Plaque to George Jacob Holyoake
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Plaque to George Jacob Holyoake by Gerald England as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Plaque to George Jacob Holyoake
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 28 Nov 2012
On the corner of Holyoake House Image The text reads: ERECTED 1911 THE CO-OPERATIVE UNION LIMITED The Co-operative Union is a Federation of Co-operative Societies in the United Kingdom for the purpose of propagandist and defensive action. Its object are 1. To establish & organize co-operative societies. 2. To diffuse a knowledge of the principles of co-operation by advice and instruction - literary, legal and commercial. This building was erected by the voluntary contributions of 794 co-operative societies members of the union to perpetuate the memory of the late George Jacob Holyoake one of the pioneers of co-operation, who for nearly 70 years was a strenuous worker for liberty and reform. Born 1817, died 1906.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.486484
Longitude
-2.23973