AGE OF REVOLUTION 08

where the project took place:

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School

Partners involved in the delivery of project:

University of Kent People’s History Museum Manchester Metropolitan University Professor Robert Poole, University of Central Lancashire

Main outcomes:

 Linked the University of Kent students to the

Peterloo Ambassador team, uploading over 700

Eyewitness Testimonials as a permanent resource on peterloo1819.co.uk  Distribution of the schools’ version of the Peterloo

Graphic Novel to over 370 schools across Greater

Manchester

Key Learning:

The accounts were sometimes difficult to read and transcribe and the system of uploading was complex and time consuming. These issues were successfully resolved through the determination of the group and support of the digital team.

The Ambassadors and students increased their learning about the Peterloo Massacre through accessing personal accounts. They experienced a deeper emotional response to the event through reading the distressing impact on the lives of ordinary people.

Legacy of project:

 The relationship between Age of Revolution and the People’s History Museum was extended through the emergence of shared interests around the ‘Disrupt Exhibition’ and an opportunity for the University of Kent to deliver a talk at PHM

❝The Peterloo Eyewitness Accounts are a fantastic resource! I’m carrying out research for a project about the role of women at Peterloo and to be able to search both the names and status of people who were at the event has been a huge help.

Eyewitness Account User

 Over 700 Eyewitness Accounts are now searchable online at peterloo1819.co.uk

 The Peterloo Ambassadors were able to recite and share selected Eyewitness accounts at events at

Manchester Cathedral and ‘From the Crowd’

 A working relationship with the University of

Kent was established with the potential for future collaborations

ARTIVIST GM

Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Greater Manchester Libraries & Archives, and Manchester Histories collaborated to deliver an exciting programme of artist residencies in archives across Greater Manchester.

The project was designed to enable a dynamic relationship between a creative practitioner and an archivist in each Greater Manchester district that explored the importance of a creative archival process to develope a deeper understanding of how archives can be opened up to public engagement in new ways.

The work took its inspiration from the Peterloo Massacre and the themes of Protest, Democracy and Freedom of Speech.

where the project took place:

Across the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester

Partners involved in the delivery of project:

Great Place, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Greater Manchester Libraries & Archives

❝I was keen to create something that had a life beyond the project and inspire people to visit the archive, its empowering to see how archives can come to life through artistic practice, I would like to continue this process in similar projects in the future. Artists:

Aziz Ibrahim – The Peterloo- Amritsar Massacre Parallel – Archives+ Manchester Central Library

Sally Gilford – Hannah Winbolt - Heritage & Archives Stockport Libraries

Oliver Bishop – Time Travelled Question Time –Peterloo - Touchstone Rochdale

Powder Keg – To be continued - Trafford Local Studies, Sale, Altrincham and Stretford Libraries

Al & Al - Allan Horsfall - Wigan Borough Council

Abigail Ward - Minutes of the Manchester and Salford Women’s Trades Union Council 1895-1919 - Working Class Movement Library Salford

Claire Barber - Spinning wheels, muffins and hedges in repeat - Bolton Library & Museum Services

Michael Lacey - Photographic collection, transport committees and boards from Centre predecessor authorities Tameside Local Studies & Archive

Gang of Five - Live event as part of Thank Art series with models, music, drawing, spoken word performance, artist workshops - Bury Archives & Local History

Anne Louise Kershaw – Marjorie Lees and the Oldham Women’s’ Suffrage Society -Local Studies and Archives Oldham Council