A RAMSBOTTOM man who spoke out against low wages and poor working conditions in Victorian times has been honoured with a special plaque.
Dr Peter McDouall, a leading figure in the National Chartist Association, was living at his surgery at 18 Bolton Street when he reported to MPs about problems in pay and conditions for cotton workers throughout Lancashire, in 1842.
He also supported the General Strike which brought the country to its knees in the same year, and spent three years in jail for his activities with the Chartist movement, which called for a fairer government system and an end to corrupt "rotten boroughs".
The plaque outside his former home, which is now Roger Greenless Jewellers, was donated by Richards and Richards, and officially unveiled by David Chaytor MP.
It is the first plaque commissioned by the Ramsbottom Heritage Society.
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