Looking up at the ceiling of the Wool Exchange (now a Waterstones book shop).
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Friday, 19 July 2024
Friday, 10 June 2011
Cobden Statue
This statue of Richard Cobden stands in the Wool Exchange which is now a Waterstones book shop. Cobden was the Member of Parliament for the West Riding of Yorkshire (1847-1857) and was a prominent peace campaigner who spoke out against the war in the Crimea.
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