Wed 3 Jul, 2 – 3pm Free, no booking required. Alison Morgan from the University of Warwick will talk about her recent publication ‘Ballads and songs of Peterloo’, an edited collection of poems and songs written following the massacre. This talk is part of the Working Class Movement Library series of Invisible Histories talks. Read … Continued
Tue 9 Jul, 6pm Free, booking recommended The proposed talk traces strategies of civil disobedience in Cold War Eastern Germany through the case of the German Jewish dissident Stefan Heym. Born into a German-Jewish family in Chemnitz (now notorious for its recent outbreaks of Far Right violence) in 1913, Heym was an early sympathiser of … Continued
Thu 13 Jun, 7 – 9pm Booking required An evening with Jackie Riding, historian and researcher on Mike Leigh’s film ‘Peterloo’. Jackie will talk about her research methods and how she worked with curators at Chetham’s Library to ensure historical accuracy throughout the film. Curators from Chetham’s will display items from our large collection of … Continued
Thu 11 April, 4.30pm – 7pm Free, booking required. To mark 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre, join us as we launch the special anniversary edition of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library: Peterloo – 1819. The evening will be hosted by Hannah Barker, Professor of British History and Director of the John Rylands … Continued
Wednesdays 2 – 4pm Free, no booking required. A compilation of individual stories and poems written around real and fictional characters involved in and associated with Peterloo. Writers are based in and around Swinton, Salford and are members of SWitCH – the acronym for Swinton Writers in Critchley Hub, who meet 2-4pm on Wednesday afternoons.
Sat 25 May – Sat 21 Sep 2019 Free, no booking required. Thousands of people walked from Oldham and the surrounding areas to attend the meeting. Dozens were injured and several were killed. Oldham became the scene of a notorious inquest into the death of one local man, John Lees, who had survived the battle … Continued
Sat 6 Jul, 12pm – 4pm Drop in sessions: 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm The drop-in events begin on the hour and last for approximately 40minutes. Free, booking recommended. Developed out of their work at local National Trust properties with a connection to Peterloo, artists Grace Surman, Gary Winters and their children will lead a creative … Continued
