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Robert Owen blue plaque

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This blue commemorative plaque records: Robert Owen 1771-1858. Welsh entrepreneur and social reformer whose ideas formed the basis of the world-wide co-operative movement. Lived and worked in Manchester for 12 years working first in a business on this site c.1786 Recorded plaque organisation: Manchester City Council.

From the Open Plaques record 788

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  • Richard Carlile, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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