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The Shore Porters Society
In 1992, Rumsey & Son became part of The Shore Porters Society, a private partnership comprising seven partners, five retired members and one widow.
Originally established in 1498 - six years after Columbus discovered America - The Shore Porters Society began as a group of porters, or 'Pynours' who worked at the Aberdeen harbour and formed, for their mutual protection, what must be one of the oldest co-operatives in existence.
In 1666, as the Great Fire of London raged, the Superannuated Members Fund, or Property Department was founded as one of two distinct trading units to provide for retired and sick partners. The other unit was known as the General Haulage Department, The Horse and van department or simply the Working Department.
For centuries the Society was a semi-public body under the control of Aberdeen Town Council, but by 1850 - the year before the Great Exhibition - it was completely independant.
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