Erection date: 16/4/2009
Sir Jack Cohen, 1898 - 1979, entrepreneur founder of Tesco Stores, lived here as a child.
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Unveiled by Cohen's daughter, the Tesco heiress and disgraced Conservative politician Dame Shirley Porter.
E1, Ashfield Street, 91
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Jack Cohen
Businessman. Born Jacob Edward Kohen in Whitechapel. He worked as an apprenti...
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Jack Cohen
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