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Oastler

British  
/ ˈəʊstlə /

noun

  1. Richard. 1789–1861, British social reformer; he campaigned against child labour and helped achieve the ten-hour day (1847)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Past the Alhambra Theatre and north up a steep hill is the Oastler Shopping Centre, where 59-year-old Stella Georgiou of the Fountains Cafe is busy serving up fried breakfasts and pots of tea for shoppers.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2022

Traders at its replacement, the nearby Oastler Centre, urged the likely new owners to respect the company's origins.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2021

This narrow little street saw the endless procession of around they roared their support for Oastler and the Ten Hour Bill.

From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2013

Within a few hours, on the advice of Drs. Frank R. Oastler and Samuel W. Lambert, he was moved to the Lenox Hill Hospital.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oastler had just then regained his liberty; a number of his friends and a collection among the workers had paid his debt, and he threw himself into the movement with all his might. 

From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence

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