- Plaque name
- Charles Howarth
- Type
- Area
- Address
- Avon Building, 1 to 14 Kay Street, Heywood
- Description
- Social innovator, founder member and later president of the co-operative movement. He died here at 28 Wilton Street in abject poverty. Originator of the ‘co-op dividend’, Howarth applied in all things his passionate belief in a fair deal for the working class.
- Years marked
- 1814-1868
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