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...

@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

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.

@peterloomemorial.bsky.social This will be a cracker. Glossop, Sat 7th March. All other gigs have sold out, standing ovations etc... We suggest a stroll in the hills, then a gig?! Easy by train. Gig visuals by author of PETERLOO graphic novel. whatsoninglossop.com/event/peterl...

Online talk on The Radical Life of Thomas Paine, on his 289th birthday - Monday 9 February, 7pm - with @peterloomemorial.bsky.social chair Polyp, who published a Fantastical Visual Biography of Paine. Book now! humanists.uk/events/in-co... polyp.org.uk/books/paine-...

@peterloomemorial.bsky.social Another Peterloo in Rock gig in Glossop... coming soon!

Really looking forward to this! Paine needs to be bought back into popular history more than ever right now, as USA democracy slides into crisis... "These are the times that try men's souls."

In early April 1820, what could have been a significant uprising occurred in the West Riding of Yorkshire, It was closely linked to unrest in the west of Scotland, particularly around Glasgow and the aftermath of the "Peterloo" trials. The unrest unfolded in several towns. 1/3

#OTD in 1819: The Seditious Meetings Act is passed. One of the 'Six Acts' passed to suppress radical movements in the wake of Peterloo. statutes.org.uk/site/the-sta... #History

CW: maternal death 17 December 1819 Mary Heys died. Four months earlier, while pregnant, she had been trampled by cavalry at the Peterloo Massacre Manchester, resulting in severe bruising, daily fits, and ultimately her death giving birth prematurely.

#Chartism #BookSky #History Forty-two inspirational, committed, tumultuous, stirring, eccentric, breathtaking, unwavering, astonishing, entertaining, hapless, tragic and reprehensible Chartist lives for a tenner… www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y

Most read in Transactions: 'The Preston Strike in Literature: Dickens, Gaskell and Bamford' by Robert Poole Read it #OpenAccess online: bit.ly/DiGaBa 🔐 @peterloomemorial.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social

COUNCIL PETITION RE CLEANING THE PETERLOO MEMORIAL We've loads of paper signatures but could do with more on the e-petition. Please sign now! (Ignore any glitch message; the link works, petition is live.) democracy.manchester.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD... Polyp explains all: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mcE...

COUNCIL PETITION RE CLEANING THE PETERLOO MEMORIAL We've loads of paper signatures but could do with more on the e-petition. Please sign now! (Ignore any glitch message; the link works, petition is live.) democracy.manchester.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD... Polyp explains all: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mcE...

Reminder! The next Freethought History Webinar, ft. Paul Fitzgerald aka Polyp on Thomas Paine, is happening on 9 Sep. Sign up now! @polypartist.bsky.social freethinker.co.uk/2025/08/free...

E P Thompson signed the contract for the Making of the English Working Class in August 1959 and delivered it in August 1963. It remains in print. He was meant to deliver 60,000 words covering 1790-1921. In fact he wrote 100,000 words on the period 1790-1830s 👇 wp.me/p15p2Q-eV0

If you came to the Peterloo commemoration on 16 August you may have signed a petition to the council asking to add an anti-mould treatment to the annual cleaning of the memorial. There's an online version to sign at democracy.manchester.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD... More at www.facebook.com/groups/33595...

Thanks to all those who joined us at the Peterloo Memorial today to remember those who were killed on St Peter's Field in 1819 during the campaign for democracy. #Peterloo2025 #Peterloo

Today!

The #Peterloo massacre took place #OnThisDay 16 August 1819. How did the Chartists remember it? chartistancestors.blog/2019/05/10/p...

#OtD 16 Aug 1819 the Peterloo massacre took place when British cavalry charge into a crowd of 60,000-80,000 working-class people demanding the right to vote. 15 were murdered and up to 700 injured, including many women. Learn more in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/11/07/e...

The #Peterloo massacre took place in Manchester, #OnThisDay 16 August 1819. Our free resource pack offers a guide to sources in the archives. sslh.org.uk/2019/05/01/s...

206th anniversary of Peterloo, Monday 16th August 1819, central Manchester. 60,000 protested for the vote. Local businessmen on horseback cut them down. The Magistrate who sent them in 👇 wp.me/p15p2Q-eQC

Manchester, August 16, 1819.

And today, 2.10-2.50 this afternoon...

Also tomorrow:

One day to go!

(They do mean 6 September 2025!)

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. events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...

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.

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:

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:

185 years ago this week, in a pub in Manchester delegates met from 5 days to form Britain's first working class party, The National Charter Association👇 wp.me/p15p2Q-eF3

PETERLOO 206th ANNIVERSARY SATURDAY 16 AUGUST 1pm At the PETERLOO MEMORIAL, by Manchester Central/GMex Our annual commemoration of the dead is at 1pm Saturday 16 August. We'd really like to see a LOT of flowers on the memorial this year - it'd be great if folk can bring some from their gardens, etc.

New on the website: Professor Peter Gurney challenges the dominance of liberal readings of the Chartist movement and its aims. sslh.org.uk/2025/06/20/t...

OF INTEREST TO CHARTISTS! Come Monday, I will be starting a funded project with the Co-operative Heritage Trust archive to create a research resource highlighting points of interaction between Chartism and co-operation. More details below: dnhamiltonblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/a...

The 1832 Reform Act received royal assent #OnThisDay 1832. This blog from our editor Philip Salmon provides an overview of the Act’s significance and legacy: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2022/06/07/1...

Tickets for a rock musical about Peterloo on Saturday 16 August this year are now on sale. It's at 53two on Watson Street, just round the corner from the Peterloo Memorial. We'll be holding our annual commemoration at 1pm, so that would be handy for the 3pm show - but there's another one at 8pm.

Dr Murray Tremellen will be speaking at tonight's IHR Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar about 'The Speaker's House and the Evolution of the Speakership, 1794-1834'. To register for the seminar, taking place at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom, please follow this link: