Long Millgate, Manchester circa 1800	'THE PETERLOO MASSACRE' Monday 16th August, 1819 St. Peter's Field, Manchester. An on-going project towards the 200th Anniversay in 2019 BEFORE ... ON THE DAY ... AFTERMATH : In Two parts Narrative & Pictures from the talk at Oldham HRG Meeting, August 2016		Market Place, Manchester in 1823
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Failsworth Veterans of the Peterloo Massacre in 1884

The photograph was taken by John Birch, 27th September 1884 on the occasion of a Reform Meeting in Failsworth.
It was published in 'Short Stories About Failsworth Folk' by Sim Schofield, 1905.

The Reformers are, from the back:

David Hilton (79)
next row: Thomas Chadderton (81), John Davies (78), Thomas Ogden (81), Jonathan Dawson (82).
next row: Susannah Whittaker (81), Mary Collins (83), Catherine McMurdo (88), Richard Waters.
Front: Thomas Schofield (81) father of the author, Alice Schofield (79)

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