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Alexandra Park blue plaque

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Alexandra Park blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Alexandra Park 28th August 1865. This public park was crested as a labour project for the unemployed during the cotton famine of the American Civil War. The area was often used as a speakers corner Recorded plaque organisation: Oldham Council.
Alexandra Park was established in 1865 as a labor project to aid the unemployed during the cotton famine caused by the American Civil War; it later served as a popular Speakers' Corner for public speeches and debates.

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