Peterloo - 197th anniversary - featuring the Tapestry!

[kalypso_v]

I must report on this year's Peterloo commemoration before it slips by. After last year's event, when several hundred people turned up to hear readings by Maxine Peake, Christopher Eccleston et al, we deliberately decided to go for something a little different, not attracting as big a crowd but trying to refocus attention on our primary goal, the

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[sallymn]

Wonderful photos - you can guess how much I love the celebration of ordinary folks' history :)

[kalypso_v]

We seem to get a good response - and, since we've started carrying the Peterloo placards on the march so that people can see who we are, we've had cars honking their horns and the drivers waving at us in support!

[sallymn]

I'm glad, it's deserved - making sure these events are remembered is important.

[stevie_carroll]

Brilliant stuff!

I still need to send you my photos.

And I was raving to KJ Charles (who mentions Peterloo in one of her novels) about it all at the weekend.