The Peterloo Massacre

This Friday sees the release of director Mike Leigh’s film ‘Peterloo’, which dramatises the events of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre. On 16 August 1819, around 60,000 peaceful demonstrators gathered in St Peter’s Field, Manchester to hear pro-democracy speakers discuss the need for parliamentary reform. They were charged by armed cavalry. An estimated 15 people were killed, and […] https://ift.tt/2St1F1C Chris Day October 29, 2018 at 07:45AM