#OTD in 1819, a peaceful pro-democracy rally of 60,000 people was attacked by government militia at St Peter's Field, Manchester. 15 people were killed & over 600 injured. Inviting mocking comparisons with Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, the event became known as #Peterloo (1/2)

TheJohnRylands's tweet image. #OTD in 1819, a peaceful pro-democracy rally of 60,000 people was attacked by government militia at St Peter's Field, Manchester. 15 people were killed & over 600 injured.

Inviting mocking comparisons with Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, the event became known as #Peterloo (1/2)

Today marks the anniversary of the #Peterloo Massacre and we remember the bravery of the working people of Greater Manchester. We care for broadsides, commonplace books and other items relating to Peterloo and collected by the Reverend W.R. Hay 👉shorturl.re/7el8m

chethamslibrary's tweet image. Today marks the anniversary of the #Peterloo Massacre and we remember the bravery of the working people of Greater Manchester.

We care for broadsides, commonplace books and other items relating to Peterloo and collected by the Reverend W.R. Hay 👉shorturl.re/7el8m

Leaving for Manchester’s #Peterloo March. Doing my bit for @JENGbA ♥️ such an honour to be speaking along such great names. Have a great #SocialistSaturday 💪🏽

Jliffe's tweet image. Leaving for Manchester’s #Peterloo March. Doing my bit for @JENGbA ♥️ such an honour to be speaking along such great names. Have a great #SocialistSaturday 💪🏽

A fantastic conclusion to our art exhibition! Year 6 created incredible installations, rallying for change like Henry Hunt. Their voices will echo across our Playful City. @SalfordLCEP @SalfordCouncil @Lynsey_Merrick @RCSalfordEd @RFKHumanRights #Peterloo

ctkrcps's tweet image. A fantastic conclusion to our art exhibition! Year 6 created incredible installations, rallying for change like Henry Hunt. Their voices will echo across our Playful City. @SalfordLCEP @SalfordCouncil @Lynsey_Merrick @RCSalfordEd @RFKHumanRights #Peterloo

Part 3 of 3 of me in #Middleton in the footsteps of #SamBamford ahead of the premiere of Peter’s Field @FolkEast 16th Aug #peterloo feat @elizacarthy @samcartermusic preview show @FeelGoodFest Rochdale 11th Aug 2pm

StorytellerSean's tweet image. Part 3 of 3 of me in #Middleton in the footsteps of #SamBamford ahead of the premiere of Peter’s Field @FolkEast 16th Aug  #peterloo feat @elizacarthy @samcartermusic preview show @FeelGoodFest Rochdale 11th Aug 2pm

Thanks to all those who joined us this evening to commemorate the 204th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. #Peterloo #ManchesterHistory #Democracy

PeterlooMemoria's tweet image. Thanks to all those who joined us this evening to commemorate the 204th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre.

#Peterloo #ManchesterHistory #Democracy
PeterlooMemoria's tweet image. Thanks to all those who joined us this evening to commemorate the 204th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre.

#Peterloo #ManchesterHistory #Democracy

Really special performing #PetersField at @FolkEast tonight on anniversary of #Peterloo with @samcartermusic @elizacarthy and a special someone who wore his white hat of Liberty and shared the applause. Recording show in autumn with few chances to see it in Manchester coming up

StorytellerSean's tweet image. Really special performing #PetersField at @FolkEast tonight on anniversary of #Peterloo with @samcartermusic @elizacarthy and a special someone who wore his white hat of Liberty and shared the applause. Recording show in autumn with few chances to see it in Manchester coming up
StorytellerSean's tweet image. Really special performing #PetersField at @FolkEast tonight on anniversary of #Peterloo with @samcartermusic @elizacarthy and a special someone who wore his white hat of Liberty and shared the applause. Recording show in autumn with few chances to see it in Manchester coming up
StorytellerSean's tweet image. Really special performing #PetersField at @FolkEast tonight on anniversary of #Peterloo with @samcartermusic @elizacarthy and a special someone who wore his white hat of Liberty and shared the applause. Recording show in autumn with few chances to see it in Manchester coming up

Thanks to the organisers of today's #Peterloo commemoration for the chance to reflect on the events of 1819 + their echoes today not least the need to extend politics into economic democracy thru public ownership and socialist planning and the need for a new workers' party #TUSC

davenellist's tweet image. Thanks to the organisers of today's #Peterloo commemoration for the chance to reflect on the events of 1819 + their echoes today not least the need to extend politics into economic democracy thru public ownership and socialist planning and the need for a new workers' party #TUSC

16th August is the 205th anniversary of The Peterloo Massacre. Middleton Library's display details those casualties who were from the Middleton area. We also have a replica banner on display. #Peterloo

RochdaleLibrary's tweet image. 16th August is the 205th anniversary of The Peterloo Massacre.
Middleton Library's display details those casualties who were from the Middleton area. We also have a replica banner on display.
#Peterloo
RochdaleLibrary's tweet image. 16th August is the 205th anniversary of The Peterloo Massacre.
Middleton Library's display details those casualties who were from the Middleton area. We also have a replica banner on display.
#Peterloo
RochdaleLibrary's tweet image. 16th August is the 205th anniversary of The Peterloo Massacre.
Middleton Library's display details those casualties who were from the Middleton area. We also have a replica banner on display.
#Peterloo
RochdaleLibrary's tweet image. 16th August is the 205th anniversary of The Peterloo Massacre.
Middleton Library's display details those casualties who were from the Middleton area. We also have a replica banner on display.
#Peterloo

Today is the 204th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. The Rochdale Pioneers wanted fair prices and social reform for the working classes. A number were Chartists. In 1919, Co-op News published two articles that marked the anniversary. #CoopArchives #Peterloo #Chartism

CoopHeritage's tweet image. Today is the 204th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre.  

The Rochdale Pioneers wanted fair prices and social reform for the working classes.  A number were Chartists. In 1919, Co-op News published two articles that marked the anniversary. #CoopArchives #Peterloo #Chartism

The anniversary of the #Peterloo Massacre is this week. It is in this spirit that this #ConstituencyTuesday we thought we would focus on the fight for enfranchisement in Manchester during the 18th and 19th century. (1/7) 🗺️1801

HistParl's tweet image. The anniversary of the #Peterloo Massacre is this week. It is in this spirit that this #ConstituencyTuesday we thought we would focus on the fight for enfranchisement in Manchester during the 18th and 19th century. (1/7)
🗺️1801

B. #OTD 1786 John Cam Hobhouse, MP, social reformer, Unitarian & proponent of religious freedom. In 1819 he carried out private investigation into #Peterloo Massacre & in House of Commons was highly critical of the way the authorities had dealt with those who assembled. 🧵1/3

BCUIM's tweet image. B. #OTD 1786 John Cam Hobhouse, MP, social reformer, Unitarian & proponent of religious freedom. In 1819 he carried out private investigation into  #Peterloo Massacre & in House of Commons was highly critical of the way the authorities had dealt with those who assembled. 🧵1/3

#OTD in 1819, 60,000 people gathered in Manchester’s St Peter’s Field to call for universal male suffrage and parliamentary reform. They were charged by the yeomanry. At least 14 people died and over 650 were injured. Newspapers dubbed the event the #Peterloo Massacre. 🧵 1/6

HistoryToday's tweet image. #OTD in 1819, 60,000 people gathered in Manchester’s St Peter’s Field to call for universal male suffrage and parliamentary reform.

They were charged by the yeomanry. At least 14 people died and over 650 were injured. Newspapers dubbed the event the #Peterloo Massacre. 🧵 1/6

UNITY IS STRENGTH : United we stand, divided we fall #Peterloo

Father_Reg's tweet image. UNITY IS STRENGTH : United we stand, divided we fall 
#Peterloo

Thanks to all who joined us last night to commemorate the 205th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, including Deputy Lord Mayor Carmine Grimshaw. We read the names of the 18 who lost their lives as a result of the attack on the crowd and laid flowers in their memory. #Peterloo

PeterlooMemoria's tweet image. Thanks to all who joined us last night to commemorate the 205th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, including Deputy Lord Mayor Carmine Grimshaw. We read the names of the 18 who lost their lives as a result of the attack on the crowd and laid flowers in their memory. #Peterloo

The Peterloo Massacre cast a long shadow. See how history's weight influences the choices of Sally's generation in Book Two and Three. amazon.co.uk/dp/B084V9Q2VW/… #Peterloo #HistoricalSaga #Fiction

BookJumbo's tweet image. The Peterloo Massacre cast a long shadow. See how history's weight influences the choices of Sally's generation in Book Two and Three. amazon.co.uk/dp/B084V9Q2VW/… #Peterloo #HistoricalSaga #Fiction

2. History shows “un-British” protests often spark lasting change: Peterloo, 1819: Peaceful pro-democracy rally brutally suppressed → Reform Act 1832. Suffragette marches, 1900s: Women jailed & hunger-struck for the vote → suffrage by 1928 #Peterloo #Suffrage #ProtestHistory


2. History shows “un-British” protests often spark lasting change: Peterloo, 1819: Peaceful pro-democracy rally brutally suppressed → Reform Act 1832. Suffragette marches, 1900s: Women jailed & hunger-struck for the vote → suffrage by 1928 #Peterloo #Suffrage #ProtestHistory


#Peterloo 13 years of pushing for change

mag_worden's tweet image. #Peterloo
13 years of pushing for change

D. #OTD 1846 Sir Charles Wolseley, 7th Baronet. He has present at fall of Bastille & helped revolutionaries.  An ardent reformer, elected to take grievances of Birmingham folk to government, he helped victims & accused after #Peterloo & was himself imprisoned.

BCUIM's tweet image. D. #OTD 1846 Sir Charles Wolseley, 7th Baronet. He has present at fall of Bastille & helped revolutionaries.  An ardent reformer, elected to take grievances of Birmingham folk to government, he helped victims & accused after #Peterloo & was himself imprisoned.

In Geography, Year 6 explored the Peterloo Massacre through maps and movement — discovering how far people travelled across Greater Manchester to demand change. A powerful lesson in distance, determination, and democracy. 🚶‍♂️📏 #Y6Geography #Peterloo #LocationalKnowledge

ctkrcps's tweet image. In Geography, Year 6 explored the Peterloo Massacre through maps and movement — discovering how far people travelled across Greater Manchester to demand change. A powerful lesson in distance, determination, and democracy. 🚶‍♂️📏 #Y6Geography #Peterloo #LocationalKnowledge

Year 6 stepped into history using Mantle of the Expert to explore the Peterloo Massacre. Through powerful images and their senses, they imagined the sights, sounds and emotions of the crowd. History came alive today. 👀👂🗣️ #Y6History #MantleOfTheExpert #Peterloo @imagineinquiry

ctkrcps's tweet image. Year 6 stepped into history using Mantle of the Expert to explore the Peterloo Massacre. Through powerful images and their senses, they imagined the sights, sounds and emotions of the crowd. History came alive today. 👀👂🗣️ #Y6History #MantleOfTheExpert #Peterloo @imagineinquiry

I didn't leave the Labour Party, the Labour Party left me. Good luck if you really believe that you can influence change but for me they have gone too far. Even the LD's are more left wing and that is saying something. #Peterloo


Brutality by police is sadly to be expected. Protests scare politicians as threat to their power. Police are given license to assault people with impunity. I’m sorry to have to point this out. It should be obvious to anyone aware of history. #Peterloo en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_…


Am currently watching my Recording of #Peterloo from @Channel4(HD) ! 😊


As 16th day of August once again draws to a close, let's remember "Peaceful Protest Is Part Of A Healthy Democracy" #Gaza #Peterloo @RealMancsy


Also very good to see the Peterloo tapestry, created by members of the public in the run-up to the bicentenary in 2019, on display in the bar of @53two! #Peterloo2025 #Peterloo

PeterlooMemoria's tweet image. Also very good to see the Peterloo tapestry, created by members of the public in the run-up to the bicentenary in 2019, on display in the bar of @53two!
#Peterloo2025 #Peterloo

Afterwards at @53two we saw Reformers of Peterloo perform Peterloo in Rock, a musical show about 1819 and the fight for democracy (have we won yet?) Featuring the art of @PeterlooMemoria's Polyp as ever-shifting backdrop. One more performance tonight 8pm! #Peterloo2025 #Peterloo

PeterlooMemoria's tweet image. Afterwards at @53two we saw Reformers of Peterloo perform Peterloo in Rock, a musical show about 1819 and the fight for democracy (have we won yet?) Featuring the art of @PeterlooMemoria's Polyp as ever-shifting backdrop. 
One more performance tonight 8pm!
#Peterloo2025 #Peterloo

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

PeterlooMemoria's tweet image. 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
PeterlooMemoria's tweet image. 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
PeterlooMemoria's tweet image. 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
PeterlooMemoria's tweet image. 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

#OnThisDay in 1819, at least 18 pro-democracy protesters were killed at the notorious #Peterloo massacre in #Manchester. Discover the full story with our guide: whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/feature/peterl…

wdytyamagazine's tweet image. #OnThisDay in 1819, at least 18 pro-democracy protesters were killed at the notorious #Peterloo massacre in #Manchester. Discover the full story with our guide:

whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/feature/peterl…

A stunning tapestry hung in the arches today for the #Peterloo Musical, marking the anniversary of the massacre, right on the spot where it unfolded. Tickets left for 8pm…💙💜 🎟️ 53two.com/whatson #Manchester

53two's tweet image. A stunning tapestry hung in the arches today for the #Peterloo Musical, marking the anniversary of the massacre, right on the spot where it unfolded. 

Tickets left for 8pm…💙💜

🎟️ 53two.com/whatson #Manchester

#OTD in 1819, a peaceful pro-democracy rally of 60,000 people was attacked by government militia at St Peter's Field, Manchester. 15 people were killed & over 600 injured. Inviting mocking comparisons with Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, the event became known as #Peterloo (1/2)

TheJohnRylands's tweet image. #OTD in 1819, a peaceful pro-democracy rally of 60,000 people was attacked by government militia at St Peter's Field, Manchester. 15 people were killed & over 600 injured.

Inviting mocking comparisons with Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, the event became known as #Peterloo (1/2)

Today marks the anniversary of the #Peterloo Massacre and we remember the bravery of the working people of Greater Manchester. We care for broadsides, commonplace books and other items relating to Peterloo and collected by the Reverend W.R. Hay 👉shorturl.re/7el8m

chethamslibrary's tweet image. Today marks the anniversary of the #Peterloo Massacre and we remember the bravery of the working people of Greater Manchester.

We care for broadsides, commonplace books and other items relating to Peterloo and collected by the Reverend W.R. Hay 👉shorturl.re/7el8m

Part 3 of 3 of me in #Middleton in the footsteps of #SamBamford ahead of the premiere of Peter’s Field @FolkEast 16th Aug #peterloo feat @elizacarthy @samcartermusic preview show @FeelGoodFest Rochdale 11th Aug 2pm

StorytellerSean's tweet image. Part 3 of 3 of me in #Middleton in the footsteps of #SamBamford ahead of the premiere of Peter’s Field @FolkEast 16th Aug  #peterloo feat @elizacarthy @samcartermusic preview show @FeelGoodFest Rochdale 11th Aug 2pm

16th in the #Manchester Scrapbook, Thomas Barritt, painting in the tense year of #Peterloo. 'Old buildings took down to make way for the Exchange and Exchange Street Manchester.' Nostalgia to the fore. Perhaps his memories were by then more important to him than what was to come.

chethamslibrary's tweet image. 16th in the #Manchester Scrapbook, Thomas Barritt, painting in the tense year of #Peterloo. 'Old buildings took down to make way for the Exchange and Exchange Street Manchester.' Nostalgia to the fore. Perhaps his memories were by then more important to him than what was to come.

Really special performing #PetersField at @FolkEast tonight on anniversary of #Peterloo with @samcartermusic @elizacarthy and a special someone who wore his white hat of Liberty and shared the applause. Recording show in autumn with few chances to see it in Manchester coming up

StorytellerSean's tweet image. Really special performing #PetersField at @FolkEast tonight on anniversary of #Peterloo with @samcartermusic @elizacarthy and a special someone who wore his white hat of Liberty and shared the applause. Recording show in autumn with few chances to see it in Manchester coming up
StorytellerSean's tweet image. Really special performing #PetersField at @FolkEast tonight on anniversary of #Peterloo with @samcartermusic @elizacarthy and a special someone who wore his white hat of Liberty and shared the applause. Recording show in autumn with few chances to see it in Manchester coming up
StorytellerSean's tweet image. Really special performing #PetersField at @FolkEast tonight on anniversary of #Peterloo with @samcartermusic @elizacarthy and a special someone who wore his white hat of Liberty and shared the applause. Recording show in autumn with few chances to see it in Manchester coming up

Given up #Peterloo gone to Thunderball Bond James Bond


Finished the Peterloo Massacre by @paulmagrs today. What a story it is, no aliens (other than, as @jfmouthonlegs says, Nyssa and the Doctor), just brilliant storytelling shining a light on an injustice we are still marking in Manchester 200 years later. @bigfinish #peterloo

medlockmadness's tweet image. Finished the Peterloo Massacre by @paulmagrs today. What a story it is, no aliens (other than, as @jfmouthonlegs says, Nyssa and the Doctor), just brilliant storytelling shining a light on an injustice we are still marking in Manchester 200 years later. @bigfinish  #peterloo

Commemorate the upcoming #Peterloo anniversary - spend an evening with radical writer and poet Sam Bamford at Chetham's. Bamford's prose and poems will be read by @NeilBell4 and sung by @jenniferballads. Please RT, @peterloo2019! library.chethams.com/whats-on/peter…

chethamslibrary's tweet image. Commemorate the upcoming #Peterloo anniversary - spend an evening with radical writer and poet Sam Bamford at Chetham's. Bamford's prose and poems will be read by @NeilBell4 and sung by @jenniferballads. Please RT, @peterloo2019! library.chethams.com/whats-on/peter…

ON THIS DAY The #Peterloo Massacre 16th August 1819 - at least 18 people eventually died and over 650 were injured. "Ye are many, they are few" #RIP

MCRTourGuide's tweet image. ON THIS DAY

The #Peterloo Massacre 16th August 1819 - at least 18 people eventually died and over 650 were injured. 
"Ye are many, they are few" #RIP
MCRTourGuide's tweet image. ON THIS DAY

The #Peterloo Massacre 16th August 1819 - at least 18 people eventually died and over 650 were injured. 
"Ye are many, they are few" #RIP

Amazing to meet @jeremycorbyn at the #Peterloo march in Manchester today, too wowed out to smile properly! He's the real deal, full of integrity, and those of us who met him felt such a surge of hope. Also fab to meet @btimberley, and @stellamoris1 #freeAssange x

TraffordBetty's tweet image. Amazing to meet @jeremycorbyn at the #Peterloo march in Manchester today, too wowed out to smile properly! He's the real deal, full of integrity, and those of us who met him felt such a surge of hope. Also fab to meet @btimberley, and @stellamoris1 #freeAssange x

Today marks 201 years since the #Peterloo Massacre on St Peter's Field in #Manchester. Find out how the areas that make up #Trafford were involved in our online exhibition 'Preparing for a Massacre: Peterloo and the Trafford Area'. exploringtraffordsheritage.omeka.net/exhibits/show/…

TraffordArchive's tweet image. Today marks 201 years since the #Peterloo Massacre on St Peter's Field in #Manchester. Find out how the areas that make up #Trafford were involved in our online exhibition 'Preparing for a Massacre: Peterloo and the Trafford Area'.

exploringtraffordsheritage.omeka.net/exhibits/show/…

2019 marks the bicentenary of the #Peterloo massacre. This is the only example of a coin defaced to commemorate Peterloo. It has just entered our collection and was acquired thanks to the @artfund New Collecting Award given to @Ricardonlund #NewCollectingAwards

FitzMuseum_UK's tweet image. 2019 marks the bicentenary of the #Peterloo massacre. This is the only example of a coin defaced to commemorate Peterloo. It has just entered our collection and was acquired thanks to the @artfund New Collecting Award given to @Ricardonlund #NewCollectingAwards

At the start of the #Peterloo march. Roasting 🔥

MrBenSellers's tweet image. At the start of the #Peterloo march. Roasting 🔥

'When we stand together we are unstoppable as a people and a class.' #peterloo commemoration @IanBFAWU

Tony2Wilson's tweet image. 'When we stand together we are unstoppable as a people and a class.' #peterloo commemoration @IanBFAWU

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