Sam Morris (1917–1991) was a

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businessman who in the mid-1980s bought the

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, and turned it into the

Business Design Centre The Business Design Centre is a Grade II listed building located between Upper Street and Liverpool Road in the district of Islington in London, England. It was opened in 1862, originally named the Agricultural Hall and from 1884 the Royal Agri ...

(BDC). Morris is remembered by a bust on the upper level of the BDC near the main entrance and a charitable trust run by his sons.

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