A week today (Sun 6 Sept) join my guided walk about Manchester Women Founders & Entrepreneurs. From an 18th Century catering empire to the city's first women's refuge, hear of Manchester's female founders. Laundries, brothels, support networks, protest groups www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guided-wal...

Guided walk: Manchester Women Founders & Entrepreneurs

This guided history walk highlights stories of Manchester’s female founders and entrepreneurs across three centuries.

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Stoneware teapot celebrating Liberty (1790) from the initial period of British enthusiasm (which later turned) for the French Revolution, with Timothy Millett, London #c18 #c18th #18thc

*Time to register* Chartism Day 2026, Warwick, Saturday 19 September All welcome www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...

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August. Not always holiday time, historically a time of class struggle

On August: no home but the struggle In the labour movement calendar August is often seen as a quiet month. Of course as Mayhew’s costermonger had it when it seems quiet, preparations are going on f…

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18 August 1819 Robert Campbell, a Special Constable, died in Manchester Infirmary. He had been beaten and stoned by a mob following rumours he had killed a child at the Peterloo Massacre, two days earlier.

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Brewers & Publicans at Peterloo, Manchester August 1819. Which side were they on?

Beer & Peterloo Update 2021. The excellent Peterloo Memorial Campaign updated the list of those known to have been present at Peterloo and made it searchable. Accordingly I’ve updated the…

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Thanks to all who joined us today at the 207th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, to honour the 18 who lost their lives in the struggle for democracy in 1819. There were plenty of wreaths - our own, the council's, and the TUC's - plus many flowers laid beside the names of those who died. (1/3)

The People's History Museum in Manchester has acquired a rare jug with a map of the Peterloo Massacre. It's on display from 1 August. If you're coming to the annual commemoration (Sunday 16 August 1pm at the Peterloo Memorial) it's a ten-minute walk to the @phm.org.uk to see the jug! #Peterloo2026

TODAY Sunday 16 August is the 207th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. We'll be reading the names of the dead and laying flowers at the Peterloo Memorial in front of Manchester Central at 1pm. The TUC are meeting at 12 noon but @presidentgmatuc.bsky.social has promised they will finish in time!

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Peterloo 16th August 1819. E P Thompson on why it mattered

Its 207 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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We're delighted that @presidentgmatuc.bsky.social has confirmed the TUC commemoration should be over by 12.45. We'll hold our annual commemoration, reading the names of the dead and laying flowers, at the Peterloo Memorial at 1pm Sunday 16 August. Of course everyone is very welcome to attend both!

President Greater Manchester Association TUC@presidentgmatuc.bsky.social · 3w ago

Join us on Sunday @peterloomemorial.bsky.social @tucnorthwest.bsky.social @unisonmmu.bsky.social @tradeunionsunited.bsky.social

@presidentgmatuc.bsky.social Hi, we're a bit worried by this sudden announcement that you are meeting at the Peterloo Memorial at 12 noon on Sunday. As we have announced several times, we are holding the annual commemoration of the dead, with the reading of the names, laying of wreaths etc at 1pm.

New research on #Peterloo: "David Olusoga has examined the story of William Cheatham, whose fight for justice reached Parliament after he was nearly killed by a cavalry sabre in the massacre, on 16 August 1819." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #History

Peterloo Massacre survivor's 'remarkable' story told 200 years on

Peterloo Massacre survivor William Cheatham's history has been told for the first time by a historian.

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Six days to the PETERLOO COMMEMORATION Sunday 16 August 1pm At the PETERLOO MEMORIAL in front of Manchester Central/GMex Local campaigners will join us to remember those who died in Tiananmen Square in 1989, one of the other attacks on human rights protesters commemorated on the Peterloo Memorial.

Two weeks to this year's Peterloo Commemoration! PETERLOO 207th ANNIVERSARY Sunday 16 August 1pm At the PETERLOO MEMORIAL in front of Manchester Central/GMex We're delighted that Sean Cooney (Young'uns) is joining us to sing his setting of the names of those who died, from his album Peter's Field.

Tickets are now available for Chartism Day 2026! All are welcome. The £12 ticket price includes refreshments and a light buffet lunch. The full programme will be available in due course. Book your tickets and find out more here: sslh.org.uk/2026/08/02/c...

Chartism Day 2026 Registration

Tickets for Chartism Day 2026 are now available. This year’s event takes place on Saturday 19 September at Friends Meeting House, Warwick, and is open to all. Chartism Day 2026, 19 September,…

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156th anniversary of the death of black leader of London Chartism, William Cuffay. Still no London memorial. All history matters

156th anniversary of the death of the black leader of London Chartism, William Cuffay. Still no London memorial. All history matters The black leader of London Chartism in 1848 William Cuffay died …

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The People's History Museum in Manchester has acquired a rare jug with a map of the Peterloo Massacre. It's on display from 1 August. If you're coming to the annual commemoration (Sunday 16 August 1pm at the Peterloo Memorial) it's a ten-minute walk to the @phm.org.uk to see the jug! #Peterloo2026

A new Peterloo jug is news, because all known examples are printed over a leftover batch commemorating an admiral. This one is part of a new batch on a purpose-made jug, indicating sustained demand. On display soon at the People’s History Museum. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

People's History Museum to display rare Peterloo massacre jug

The jug commemorating the 1819 Peterloo massacre will be displayed at the People's History Museum.

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PETERLOO 207th ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY 16 AUGUST 1pm At the PETERLOO MEMORIAL, in front of Manchester Central/GMex Our annual name reading / commemoration of the dead is at 1pm, Sunday 16 August. Everyone wanting to honour those who died in the struggle for the vote is welcome - and do bring flowers!

Looking 4ward 2 talking about historical representation, graphic novels & historical truth, in its various senses, with graphic novelist @polypartist.bsky.social @ the IOE History Special Interest Group seminar this coming Friday. All welcome. Registration & details: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/2026...

Polyp and Madeleine Goodall are looking for support and your involvement to crowdfund their latest project focusing on 'free-thinking humanists'. Find out more: sslh.org.uk/2026/06/16/l...

Loose Cannons: a graphic tale of forgotten humanists

A new graphic novel running through the lives and ideas of humanists, both well known and unjustly forgotten, has just been announced. Polyp, COURAGE [click to enlarge] Paul Fitzgerald (Polyp), a M…

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@peterloomemorial.bsky.social RICHARD CARLILE-the chaotic, unsung hero of Peterloo? freethinker.co.uk/2026/06/rich... See all the Carlile sample pages (from PETERLOO graphic novelist Polyp's new book crowdfunder) via this 'The Freethinker' article. He had a truly bizzare, dangerous day on 16th Aug!

This week in 1812 Spencer Perceval became the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated. Its the least interesting thing about him. Working with hedonistic lawyer James Stephen, the devout Christian engineered one of the first slavery bans in British territory WITHOUT Parliament's approval. /1

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I am sitting here fantasy story-boarding a lush tv series about the abolitionist movement that’s set in the late 1830s and called Vigilance.

Just got this Henry Hunt medal celebrating his election as MP for Preston, Dec. 24 1830.

2/2 Next week Sean Cooney, Rowan Rheingans and Sam Carter go on tour with "Peter's Field", playing Bradford-on-Avon, Sunderland, Middleton, Sheffield, London and Liverpool, followed by an online show on Monday 16 March and the album release on 23 March. Tickets at www.seancooney.co.uk/peters-field

Lots of musical accounts of Peterloo coming up! Saturday 7 March, GLOSSOP: Reformers of Peterloo perform "Peterloo in Rock" with visual backdrops by our own @polypartist.bsky.social Partington Theatre, 7.30pm, www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/glo... More dates at peterloo-in-rock.com/events/ 1/2

Lots of musical accounts of Peterloo coming up! Saturday 7 March, GLOSSOP: Reformers of Peterloo perform "Peterloo in Rock" with visual backdrops by our own @polypartist.bsky.social Partington Theatre, 7.30pm, www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/glo... More dates at peterloo-in-rock.com/events/ 1/2

Image of Sam c/o this verbatim, totally factual, visual history of Peterloo. (Though I expect most of you already have a copy!) polyp.org.uk/books/peterl...

Just time to wish a happy 238th birthday to Samuel Bamford, weaver, writer, poet and Radical, who led the Middleton contingent to Peterloo in August 1819.