Peterloo 1819-2019 A talk by Robert Poole
Starts: Mon 24th June 1:00PM
Ends: Mon 24th June 2:00PM
Venue: Wigan Library, Wigan Life Centre, The Wiend, Wigan, WN1 1NH
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This event is free. No booking required.
Event organisation: Wigan Library
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Mon 24 Jun, 1pm
Free, no booking required.
A timely illustrated lecture on the Peterloo massacre of 1819, with the emphasis on new findings and on connections with the local area.
Robert Poole Professor of History at the University of Central Lancashire, author of the new book Peterloo: the English Uprising, co-author of the graphic novel Peterloo: Witnesses to a Massacre, and consultant historian to the Peterloo 2019 programme.