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Alexandra Park Trail - The Robert Ascroft Statue

Alexandra Park Trail

4. The Robert Ascroft Statue

Further along the Promenade is a granite and bronze statue of Oldham MP Robert Ascroft. He earned the title, ‘The Workers’ Friend’, after settling a five-month long strike with an agreement on rates of pay in the cotton industry.

What phrase would you like people to use to describe you to future generations?

Ascroft memorial