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.
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![Ascroft memorial](http://www.oldham.gov.uk/images/Ascroft_Memorial_copy.jpg)