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The Peterloo Massacre Walk - Thursday 16 August, 2018
6pm

16 August, 1819: the moment that defines the British struggle for democracy, the day that coined a phrase and stirred a nation. The tour takes in the key locations associated with the mass protest meeting in central Manchester that ended in death and mayhem. 

Meet outside Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, City centre, M2 3JL. 6pm.
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For my review of The Masque of Anarchy at July's Manchester International Festival 2013, click here. 

'If you want Peterloo explained with verve, wit and real knowledge then this is the easily the best tour around,' Marple Historical Society.

6pm, 16 Aug, Peterloo Massacre Tour
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