Saturday 17 August, 11.45am The Story of the Peterloo Massacre, 1819
Meeting point: Friends Meeting House, Mount Street
On 16 August 1819 an unarmed, peaceful crowd, gathered in the centre of Manchester to demand basic political rights, was attacked by the military, resulting in many deaths and injuries. This walk will explore the political and historical background and trace the events on the day. £6/£5
Saturday 24 August, 11.30am Radical Manchester: Reform, Riots and Revolution
Meeting point: Cooperative Bank, corner of Balloon Streetand Corporation street
This walk is an introduction to Manchester’s radical history and will include the Co-operative movement, the Clarion newspaper, Marx and Engels, the Siege of Manchester, the Manchester Guardian, the Jacobite risings, the radicals of the 1790s, the American Civil War and the Cotton Famine, the International Brigade, and riots in Albert Square. £6/£5
Advance booking recommended : redflagwalks@gmail.com.
More information: http//:redflagwalks.wordpress.com
The walks will be led by Michael Herbert who has been researching, writing and speaking about Manchester’s radical history for many years. His latest book “Up Then Brave Women; Manchester’s Radical Women 1819-1918 was published in October 2012. In June 2013 he was filmed with Maxine Peake and Miranda Sawyer for the BBC programme The Culture Show
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01cx83y
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