Building of New Stores. A Special Meeting of the members was held at the Slack Side School on Monday evening,Dec.22nd,1980,Joseph Wilkinson,president,in the chair.Moved by Edmund Barraclough,seconded by Peter Firth,that a New Store be built at Slack Side,and that the Plans as shown be accepted,and that we instruct John Drake,Architect,to apply for Tenders as early as possible. Contracts For The New Store---- Masons'Work--Oliver Booth,Great Horton, �630. Slaters'Work--Thomas Nelson,Bradford �42 E.& B.Briggs,Low Moor �20 T,B,Lumb,Bradford �127 Charles Bell,Wibsey,�25 Joiners'Work--Wilkinson & Kellett,Wibsey �400. ======================================== Moving On----- The position of the Society on the 21st.November 1901,was as follows--- Number of members 380,the sales for the half year ending on the above-named date was �5,499 3s 3d.Share Capital was �6,958 15s 4d.,nett profit,�855 9s 1d. Bonus declared of 3s 1d in the � to members Officers of the Society,January ,1902 President ; Stephen Constantine Secretary : W.Woodcock Auditors : Ernest Priestley and Joseph Ormondroyd. Committee :Wilton Barraclough,Joseph Parker,Samuel Speight,Luke Ellis,Albert Kellett,John William Booth,Arthur Kellett,Robert Pearson,Edmund Barraclough,David Ormondroyd,Jowett Priestley. ========================================I hope that these postings about Slack Side have made these Wibsey folk seem more alive,with their Bazaar and all its stalls,Oriental Cafe,ping pong etc ; and the Co-Op Tea Party,with,of course,ham ! I've enjoyed doing it very much. Cheers------Derek.