Listen to our collection brought to life
With thanks to James Quinn and Maxine Peake who have kindly made these recordings .
Luddism
-Listen to the poem 'The Burning of Westhoughton Cotton Mill, 1812' (6 mins)
Peterloo: what actually happened?
-Listen to evidence of radical Samuel Bamford, describing the events as he experienced them (1 minute 30)
- Listen to evidence given by William Jolliffe, who was in the cavalry on the day (2 minutes 30)