Peterloo 2019 - Animation with Historian Dr Robert Poole

On 16th August 1819, 60,000 people gathered on what was then known as St Peter’s Field in Manchester to peacefully demand the reform of parliamentary representation.
When troops, including local government forces, charged the crowds, the tragic result saw 18 people lose their lives and around 700 injured. This was to become known as the Peterloo Massacre.
Peterloo symbolises public protest, the struggle for democracy and the fight against political repression, at a time when such was the need for economic, social and political reform that ordinary people in numbers never seen before took to the streets.
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[@helenejampierremarsh1896]

Thank you for this eventful documentation of a close past that deserves to be remembered today

[@loutrepoutre49.3]

Cette vidéo apporte des détails sur des événements pas forcément bien renseignés.
Merci pour votre temps et votre travail👍
This video provides details on events that are not necessarily well informed.
Thank you for your time and your work.👍

[@chrisdb4940]

Superb production - If like me you've read (most of) the books and seen the film then you need to also watch this video as it perfectly explains those actual events

[@JuliusFawcett]

still no apology from the tories

[@Michaelneiss]

impressive!

[@yescharliesurfs]

The current government want to pass a policing bill which would make a rally like this illegal on the same thin excuses that the magistrates used to justify sending in these drunken horsemen