Alexandra Park, John Platt Statue
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Alexandra Park, John Platt Statue
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 20 Oct 2011
John Platt (1817 – 1872), was considered to be Oldham's leading Liberal. He successfully campaigned, in the 1840s, for a municipal charter for Oldham. He was a strong supporter of the Anti Corn Law League. His advocacy of free trade and his business knowledge led him to go to Paris with Richard Cobden to assist in the negotiations of the French Commercial Treaty. He was elected the first Liberal Mayor of Oldham in 1854, an office he was to hold twice more in 1855-56, and 1861-62. in 1865, John Platt was elected as Member of Parliament for Oldham, and was re-elected in 1868; he remained in office until his death in 1872. In 1878, this bronze statue to his memory was erected in Oldham town centre, near to the Town Hall and Market Place (see contemporary postcards at http://www.alexandra-park.com/Platt/PS.html ). The statue was moved to its present position alongside the Promenade at Alexandra Park in 1924, when the town centre was redeveloped.
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Image Location
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53.534856
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