The Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society was a large consumer co-operative based in south east London, England. The co-operative took its name from the Royal Arsenal munitions works in Woolwich and its
Detail of Central Stores in Powis Street, Woolwich, with the RACS motto and a statue of Alexander McLeod
Various RACS stores in Powis Street, Woolwich, 1884
Half-finished Central Stores, Powis Street, Woolwich, 1907
Former RACS store in Plumstead, partly used by a Co-op supermarket
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The Progress Estate is a housing estate located in Well Hall, Eltham, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, South East London. It was built in 1915 to house some of the senior and skilled workers employe
Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society
…1900 and 1914. In 1925 the RACS bought the 1250-home Royal Arsenal workers estate at Well Hall in Eltham from the Government, which it then renamed the Progress Estate. The RACS was always one of the more political co-operative societies. Its motto was "Each for All and All for Each"; it employed a Political Secretary…
Progress Estate conservation area