General Chat

Oh yes Harry, weren't they fun to watch. The money container disappeared into a little booth in the corner, where a cashier would put in the correct change and back it would come along the wire. I thought it was really 'posh' if we went to the big Co-op in Portsmouth because there the money container shot upwards in some sort of vacuum shoot, - with a lovely shlurping sound. I can remember the family divvy number. Was it paid out twice a year? Mum bought coal with her summer Divvy money, ready for the winter.

Mine was 140355 and my Mum's was 78066! Ann

Hilary, How dare you give the game away. Yes, mine are recycled into pin numbers etc - the only way I can remember them. Can remember my NI; co-op; army numbers, but can,t remember what I had for breakfast. Happy days

I never had a divvy number, but I remember my mums it was 1921, this was also the year my dad was born. Pat

I remember my mums divvi number, 02326 when I had to go and get bits as a child, last thing she said, as I was going out the door 'don't forget to give the divvy number' Jennifer

I have a CO OP dividend card today!! I just hand it over when paying for goods and every 6 mths i get a gift voucher for acouple of £. depending on how much i have spent there!! My number is 633174.

I can remember my mum going to the co-op and using her divvy card but don't ask me what the number was, but the registration of my fathers first car about the same period was OJR 247, I can remember somethings

Karen just answered the question I was going to ask -don't you have Coop divvy there anymore? Just received my income tax slip from my Coop - my number is 6755. I got $178.19 in 'patronage funds' and I paid $11.73 in income tax. Nice though - I can get the $11.73 back. ..joys of being a 'Senior'

Gillian,only yesterday my dad and I had a chat about 'divi 'and Tesco stamps. Brenda

I remember them but can't remember the number of my Mums. I also remember Co-op stamps, Green Shield Stamps and the Cigarette cards that you saved then. Like Karen just said though I have a Co-op Dividend card now which pays out around Christmas time. Sheila

I remember it well both from a child and when I first got married. Our local Co-op was brilliant - I filled my book in with a list on Friday and got it delivered on Saturday morning by a lad on a bike. Any special offers they had they would put on for to subsitute normal priced items. Springtime we queued at the co-op office for out Divi plus a bonus voucher to be spent at any co-op except for groceries around November we got another pay out. Personal service with a discount thrown in that we could draw out or save for a later date. Oh those were the days..........................

My mum's number was 1805 June xx

Yes, I certainly do remember the 'divvy' receipts from the local co-operative . We used to get a small green receipt, which was then stuck in a book and when you needed the money from it ( think it was a percentage of the amount you spent) you cashed it in and they would give goods in exchange. Now my age is showing.....!! Anne

Hi Gillian, Funny enough I remember my mothers number very well 3216688 and although I my self did have a number at one time I do not remember that one. It does seem a very long time ago now and my mother being a widow from the time i was 6 I do remember she used to get a share out just before christmas which always come in handy. Margaret x

Yes, can remember Nanna's was 38118, and mum's was 45081, the counter in the shop was lovely cold marble, and I used to love watching that cheese being cut with a piece of wire that had a wooden handle on the end! It was always a friendly shop, and everybody seemed to know one another, on the way home Nanna had one bag handle and I had the other, it certainly seemed heavy sometimes! :)

My mum's was 2471 - and now I have a dividend card - over 11.00 on it so far - we get vouchers every six months and I save them for Christmas....along with my Tesco 'Clubcard' vouchers - 11.50 arrived this morning. And talking about shops as they were - do any members remember the tubes and wires they had in some to get cash and change to and from a central cashiers office ?????? - showing my age because I do......

Hi Gillian, Mom's number was 2121 really easy to remember. Last time I used one was in Scotland (Rosyth) in the late 70's. Magi ( the geordie one in Istanbul)

I can also remember my Mum`s divvy no. I used to go to the Co-op butcher nearby and can remember the saw dust on the floor. I used to push it with into piles my feet while I was waiting. Oh dear, does that give my age away? Frances

My number was 885734. Len

Remember my mum's number - 14646. Also remember my 'aunt' who worked at our local Co-op cutting and weighing the huge pat of butter in half pounds and wrapping them in greaseproof paper. Wendy