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in these times of little or no protest to anything the government do the folk that died that day are an example to us all i think,a lot of freedoms we take for granted were as a direct result of this awful event in our history
I read about the Peterloo Massacre many, many moons ago when I was a young girl and seem to remember this:
" Rise like lions after slumber, in unvanquishable number, shake your chains to earth like dew, which in sleep had fallen on you, ye are many, they are few "
I believe its from the Mask of Anarchy by Shelley and was inspired by the the events at Peterloo..... I haven't even checked this yet so forgive me if i'm wrong, but as soon as I read your post this quote popped into my head. Events like this should not be forgotten, so thank you Richard for reminding us .