Peterloo Memorial Campaign
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Proud to have campaigned for a respectful, informative and permanent Peterloo Memorial at the heart of Manchester http://peterloomassacre.org
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K M Flett
@keithbeard.bsky.social
· Aug 26
E P Thompson & the Making of the English Working Class. Made in August
Cover of the 1963 hardback edition E P Thompson & the Making of the English Working Class. Made in August E P Thompson signed the contract for the Making of the English Working Class in August …
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PETERLOO COMMEMORATION 2025
Saturday 16 August, 1pm
We'll meet at the Peterloo Memorial in front of Manchester Central for the reading of the names of those who died in 1819.
Bring flowers if you can, especially if you've got some from a garden!
There are two other Peterloo events on 16 August:
Saturday 16 August, 1pm
We'll meet at the Peterloo Memorial in front of Manchester Central for the reading of the names of those who died in 1819.
Bring flowers if you can, especially if you've got some from a garden!
There are two other Peterloo events on 16 August:
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Mark Crail
@markcrail.bsky.social
· Aug 16
Peterloo and its place in the Chartist memory
So much is being written about Peterloo in this bicentenary year that I am reluctant to pitch in. But I think it is worth commenting on the ways in which memories of the 1819 massacre were co-opted…
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K M Flett
@keithbeard.bsky.social
· Aug 15
The Magistrate who sent the Yeomanry in at Peterloo on 16th August 1819 went on to be a founder of the modern Tory Party
The Magistrate who gave the order to send the Yeomanry in at Peterloo in Manchester in August 1819 was William Hulton (1787-1864). In a review of books published to mark the 150th anniversary of Pe…
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Also @thejohnrylands.bsky.social is running a Rare Reads drop-in session on Peterloo on Friday 15 August, 2.10-2.50pm in the Reading Room.
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Rare Reads: Peterloo | Events at The University of Manchester
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11am: Peterloo walk from Central Library www.newmanchesterwalks.com/event/26289/
[1pm: Peterloo commemoration]
3pm (sold out) 8pm (available): Peterloo Rock Musical at 53Two www.ticketsource.co.uk/53two/e-jqlmlx
Our Peterloo Tapestry will be in the 53Two bar, with replica items from the movie.
[1pm: Peterloo commemoration]
3pm (sold out) 8pm (available): Peterloo Rock Musical at 53Two www.ticketsource.co.uk/53two/e-jqlmlx
Our Peterloo Tapestry will be in the 53Two bar, with replica items from the movie.
PETERLOO COMMEMORATION 2025
Saturday 16 August, 1pm
We'll meet at the Peterloo Memorial in front of Manchester Central for the reading of the names of those who died in 1819.
Bring flowers if you can, especially if you've got some from a garden!
There are two other Peterloo events on 16 August:
Saturday 16 August, 1pm
We'll meet at the Peterloo Memorial in front of Manchester Central for the reading of the names of those who died in 1819.
Bring flowers if you can, especially if you've got some from a garden!
There are two other Peterloo events on 16 August:
Come and join us for Chartism Day 2025. All welcome; booking required.
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K M Flett
@keithbeard.bsky.social
· Aug 15
Peterloo 16th August 1819. E P Thompson on why it mattered
Its 206 years since the Peterloo Massacre, when 60,000 or so gathered in central Manchester to call for the vote and cheaper bread. The Magistrates sent in the Yeomanry, the local business communit…
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