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On This Day In 1819 .....
..... troops broke up a protest meeting seeking Parliamentary reforms, on St Peter's Field in Manchester. It became known as the Peterloo Massacre after 11 people died.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
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.......I'm waiting - oh the one where they torched a library - or stole cakes from Greggs?
The 1819 event was incredibly badly written up. Guardian was 1821. Most inquests were over by seven days. Many on the next day or 2 days.
The play where a lawyer is hired for the deceased ( he doesnt do much at the inquest) It turns out he is paid by the mill owner. I think that is fiction.
Coroner certifies deaths such as " death from sabre slashes"
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this says the article is peterloo-y, but isnt. More Manchester Guardian 1820-1900
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