Peterloo - 194th anniversary, part one

Aug 16, 2013 22:28

Today is the 194th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. The wreath-laying ceremony under the plaque on the Free Trade Hall (now masquerading as a Radisson Edwardian hotel) was our biggest yet. The Peterloo Memorial Campaign had persuaded Maxine Peake, who performed Shelley's Peterloo poem The Masque of Anarchy at the Manchester International ( Read more... )

politics, anniversary, history, manchester, peterloo

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vjezkova August 17 2013, 20:12:22 UTC
Thanks to you, I have been watching/remembering the Peterloo event for several years.
It is really great that you can have your Council inveloved and focused. Good work and I believe you will succeed!!!!

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