John Baker, 3 Pump Street. This poor man was beat by the Constables, but his principal injury was an overstrain by carrying Wm. Taylor of Boardman Lane off the Field, who was wounded & lost so much blood. 40/- final.
Perhaps less has changed since the Peterloo Massacre than we’d like. The above [...]
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The Peterloo Relief Fund Account Book
I’m alright, Jack
There has been some bemused comment on the left about how strange this story is:
“For a lot of our members, it’s really difficult to have them come out, either because of parking or something else,” explains Vincente Garcia, a union representative who is supervising the picketing.
So instead, the union hires unemployed people [...]