CO-OPERATIVES: the way forward?

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CLUBS and societies have been in overall decline for a long time, especially the cage bird societies that used to encourage Sunday morning club activities.

There was a time when a feature of almost every club was for its members to visit fellow fanciers, look at the birds and discuss birds and the hobby. Those Sunday morning visits were informal and local club members would just be expected to drop