Oldham Historical Research Group

Sunday 16th August 2015 - The 196th Anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre.

Monday 16th August, 1819 - The Peterloo Massacre in Manchester.
Sunday 16th August 2015 - The 196th Anniversary of the Massacre.

1884 photograph of Failsworth Veterans of Peterloo, at the 'Great Reform Demonstration'

Standing: David Hilton (79)
Across the middle: Susannah Whittaker (81), Mary Collins (83), Catherine McMurdo (88), Richard Waters.
Seated front & left: Thomas Schofield (81; father of writer Sim Schofield). Seated front & right: Alice Schofield (79)

PHOTOS from 2015 - The 196th Anniversary of the Massacre

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