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Preparing for a Massacre: Peterloo and the Trafford Area
On 16 August 1819, an enormous number of people gathered in St Peter’s Field in the middle of Manchester. A day that started out with hope ended with tragedy, as members of the crown were killed and hundreds more injured. The areas that today make up Trafford had a significant, and in some cases troubling, role to play in the days and months that led up to the Peterloo Massacre.