Interview with Gladys Strickson

Recalls involvement with sister in the Co-operative Women's Guild in Gateshead. Recalls move to Leicester with husband in 1930 where husband worked for Wheatsheaf Wholesale Society as a wages clerk. Describes husband's work and wages. Describes gradual involvement in the Women's Guild in Leicester and husband' s involvement in the Co-op movement, becoming a committee member of the board of directors and President in 1939/40 until retirement. Describes the activities of the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) in Leicester, the dividend, and a history of the Co-op movement. Describes being on the Education Committee, travel abroad to various delegations, and the work and decline of the Women's Guild