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I would think it was outside the offices of the mentioned association Maybe a check with an old Wigan Directory would give you the address?
Why not clean it up and post a photo of the cleaned plate?
You can polish it with a natural paste of salt, flour, and vinegar! Mix about 30mg of flour and salt in a bowl. Add in white vinegar slowly until it forms a thick paste. Polish the copper name plate with a microfiber cloth and then rinse and dry. Photograph and put on here..

Ozy it would have been screwd on the door or right next to it.
Best way to clean it, is 2 tablespoons of soya sauce and a used brillo pad.

A great find Ozy, no idea as to which building it would have been screwed to a wall and I would leave it as it is, otherwise that lovely turquoise copper patina would be stripped away and the inlaid enamel may come away too, and then only worth its weight in copper scrap.
It's taken years to get like that, and the cotton employers association office could quite possibly have been like the office of Ebenezer Scrooge, and all working away at their desks under the light of a single candle; and only one lump of coal burning in the grate.

I’ve got loads of new Brillo pads Big H , but I don’t have any used ones unfortunately …

Do they sell them at Home Bargains ?

Antique Road Show always advises never clean metal such as brass, copper pewter etc. I agree with you Cyril. Especially NOT Brillo pads as they would scratch the surface. Don’t do it Ozy. ( I watch every Sunday without fail !)

It's not the crown jewels, it's just a cheap bit of copper plate that's come from a skip.
A lot of antique restorers use fine wire wool to clean lacquer off the surface of wood don't you know.

It’s the history behind it. Yes it’s weathered and thats the point. No need to attack it and make it worse with Brillo pads which will take the surface off it and scratch away the patina. “ Don’t you know” evidently not.. Loads of antiques are found in skips. You obviously thought it was worth rescuing Ozy just don’t make it worse by taking the wrong advice. Ask the experts first if in doubt and it’s something you care about...

It’s a bit of history worth keeping.

It’s a bit of history worth keeping.