Co-operative Holidays Association
Other Business Names:
- Holiday Fellowship Ltd
- HF Holidays Ltd
- Leonard, Rev Thomas A
- Countrywide Holidays Association
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
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Hotel, lodgings & catering services
Hotel, lodgings, etc, services
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Recreation activities
Travel agency services inc excursions & package holidays
Notes:
Traced origins to 1893 when established by Rev Thomas A Leonard of Colne, d1948, to provide group holidays that were 'physically bracing, mentally stimulating and spiritually uplifting'. Based at leased or built guest houses (18 by 1913). 1964 renamed Countrywide Holidays Association, continuing as a provider of outdoor holidays. Closed 2002. 1913 Leonard left CHA to form Holiday Fellowship, later HF Holidays Ltd, to focus on holidays for working class. HF continues in 2014. Closely associated with Co-operative Movement
Publications:
- A Claim on the Countryside. A history of the British outdoor movement by Taylor, Harvey
- Co-operative Holidays Association and the cultural function of countryside leisure practice by Snape, Robert
- Democratisation of tourism in the English Lake District. The role of the Co-operative Holidays Association and the Holiday Fellowship by Hope, Douglas G
- Summer Holidays with the CHA, 1936 by Unknown
- Thomas Arthur Leonard and the Co-operative Holidays Association. Joy in widest commonalty spread by Hope, Douglas G
- What is the CHA? by Unknown
- Whatever Happened to 'Rational' Holidays for Working People, c1919-2000. The competing demands of altruism and commercial necessity in the Co-operative Holidays Association and the Holiday Fellowship by Hope, Douglas G
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Holiday Fellowship Ltd
- HF Holidays Ltd
- Leonard, Rev Thomas A
- Countrywide Holidays Association
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
- Hotel, lodgings & catering services Hotel, lodgings, etc, services
- Recreation activities Travel agency services inc excursions & package holidays
Notes:
Traced origins to 1893 when established by Rev Thomas A Leonard of Colne, d1948, to provide group holidays that were 'physically bracing, mentally stimulating and spiritually uplifting'. Based at leased or built guest houses (18 by 1913). 1964 renamed Countrywide Holidays Association, continuing as a provider of outdoor holidays. Closed 2002. 1913 Leonard left CHA to form Holiday Fellowship, later HF Holidays Ltd, to focus on holidays for working class. HF continues in 2014. Closely associated with Co-operative MovementPublications:
- A Claim on the Countryside. A history of the British outdoor movement by Taylor, Harvey
- Co-operative Holidays Association and the cultural function of countryside leisure practice by Snape, Robert
- Democratisation of tourism in the English Lake District. The role of the Co-operative Holidays Association and the Holiday Fellowship by Hope, Douglas G
- Summer Holidays with the CHA, 1936 by Unknown
- Thomas Arthur Leonard and the Co-operative Holidays Association. Joy in widest commonalty spread by Hope, Douglas G
- What is the CHA? by Unknown
- Whatever Happened to 'Rational' Holidays for Working People, c1919-2000. The competing demands of altruism and commercial necessity in the Co-operative Holidays Association and the Holiday Fellowship by Hope, Douglas G