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Plaque

Jack Cohen

Erection date: 16/4/2009

Inscription

Sir Jack Cohen, 1898 - 1979, entrepreneur founder of Tesco Stores, lived here as a child.
English Heritage

Unveiled by Cohen's daughter, the Tesco heiress and disgraced Conservative politician Dame Shirley Porter.

Site: Jack Cohen (1 memorial)

E1, Ashfield Street, 91

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Sir Jack Cohen

Businessman. Born Jacob Edward Kohen in Whitechapel. He worked as an apprenti...

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