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Peterloo: the Story of the Manchester Massacre

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Peterloo: the Story of the Manchester Massacre

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Oldham Library
Greaves Street
OLDHAM
Lancashire
OL1 1AL

T: 01617708000

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Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre

Wednesday 14 August, 6pm £5

Oldham Library, Greaves Street. 

This special event will be followed by a free screening of Mike Leigh’s film Peterloo which Dr Jacqueline Riding was involved with as historical adviser:

Dr Jacqueline Riding is the author of Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre. She specialises in eighteenth-century history and art. Former curator of the Palace of Westminster and Director of the Handel House Museum, she is now an author and film historical adviser, including Jacobites: A New History of the '45 Rebellion (Bloomsbury 2016) and Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner and Peterloo. To commemorate the anniversary of Peterloo, Jacqueline will be in conversation with Amy Concannon - Curator at Tate Britain responsible for art of the period 1790–1850. Amy is an expert on JMW Turner and John Constable and is co-curator of the forthcoming exhibition on William Blake. Born in Oldham, where her fascination for the nineteenth century began, she has worked at the Wordsworth Trust, Cumbria, and Dulwich Picture Gallery, London.

This special event will be followed by a free screening of Mike Leigh’s film Peterloo which Dr Jacqueline Riding was involved with as historical adviser:

Road Directions

J22 on the M60 and follow Oldham town centre signs on the A62

J20 on the M62 and follow Oldham town centre signs on the A627M

J22 on the M62 and follow Oldham signs on A672

Free town centre parking : You can park for free for up to 3 hours on all Council owned town centre car parks (listed below) every Saturday and Sunday. To qualify for this offer you must take a ticket from the pay and display machine for the length of time you are intending to stay.

Council owned town centre car parks: Civic Centre, Waterloo Street, Southgate Street, Bow Street, Bradshaw Street, Rock Street, Tommyfield (No Return Within 3 Hours) and New Radcliffe Street

What to do:

To take advantage of this offer you must take a ticket from the pay and display machine for the length of time you intend to stay. The ticket must be clearly displayed in the windscreen of your vehicle before you leave the car park. If you want to park for longer than 3 hours you must pay at the pay and display machine for the entire length of your stay. You can also park for up to 30 minutes on-street, seven days a week when you take a ticket from the pay and display machine.

Public Transport Directions

By Tram (Metrolink)

You can access Oldham Town Centre via the Rochdale/East Didsbury Metrolink line, which also provides connectivity to Manchester City Centre. There are four Metrolink stops which are within walking distance of the town centre.

  -  Oldham King Street - 7 minutes

  -  Westwood - 10 minutes

  -  Oldham Central - 10 minutes

  -  Oldham Mumps - 16 minutes

To see where you can hop on a tram to Oldham, please use this map of the Metrolink network.

By Bus

A wide range of bus services travel to Oldham Bus Station which provides a transport hub at the heart of the town centre. For a full list of all the busses that come into the town centre, please use this map provided by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).

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