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Tweeting first about Peterloo & 1819, then @200Magazine which reported events in 1822/23 in the style of today. Archive: balh.org.uk/200-magazine

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Peterloo Memorial Campaign@PeterlooMemoria
16 Aug 2025
Thanks to all those who joined us at the Peterloo Memorial today to remember those who were killed on St Peter's Field in 1819 during the campaign for democracy. #Peterloo2025 #Peterloo
Lord Mayor Carmine Grimshaw reading the details of Peterloo victim Sarah Jones

ALT Lord Mayor Carmine Grimshaw reading the details of Peterloo victim Sarah Jones

Remembering two-year-old William Fildes, the first victim of Peterloo

ALT Remembering two-year-old William Fildes, the first victim of Peterloo

Remembering the dead around the Peterloo Memorial

ALT Remembering the dead around the Peterloo Memorial

The story of Edmund Dawson, read by a relative

ALT The story of Edmund Dawson, read by a relative

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Reporting the news from 1823 retweeted
Reporting the news from 1823@Live1819
14 Oct 2023
The archive of 11 editions of @200Magazine has a new home - on the website of the fantastic British Association for Local History @BALHNews
BALH@BALHNews
11 Oct 2023
New on the @BALHNews website, the 11 editions of @200Magazine reported what was happening two centuries ago in 1822 and 1823 when George IV, the Duke of Wellington, Beethoven, Shelley, Turner, Telford and Madame Tussaud were among the news-makers. ow.ly/aR2A50PRQqJ
An infographic showing the highlights of the 200 Magazine

ALT An infographic showing the highlights of the 200 Magazine
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The website of the terrific British Association for Local History @BALHNews is a fitting new home for the 11 editions of @200Magazine which strove to report the news from 1822 and 1823 in every part of the UK and Ireland. Check out the archive at balh.org.uk/200-magazine
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New on the website of @BALHNews , the 11 editions of @200Magazine reported what was happening two centuries ago in 1822 and 1823 when George IV, the Duke of Wellington, Beethoven, Shelley, Turner, Telford and Madame Tussaud were among the news-makers. balh.org.uk/200-magazine

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Reporting the news from 1823 retweeted
BALH@BALHNews
2 Oct 2023
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@200Magazine ran from June 2022 to May 2023, reporting the news from two centuries ago but in the style of today. Now its archive of 11 editions has a new home, the website of the British Association for Local History @BALHNews at balh.org.uk/200-magazine
An infographic showing some of the highlights of the 200 magazine

ALT An infographic showing some of the highlights of the 200 magazine

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Keats-Shelley House@Keats_Shelley
16 Aug 2023
#OTD in 1819 the Peterloo Massacre took place near Manchester, and in response to it P.B. Shelley wrote The Masque of Anarchy: 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
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The Peterloo Massacre of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators happened on this day 204 years ago. The dead are being mourned in Manchester today. This was how @Live1819 'live tweeted' the day's tragic events on the bicentenary in 2019. x.com/i/events/1162399703264…

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Peterloo massacre, Manchester, 16 August 1819

Peterloo Memorial Campaign@PeterlooMemoria
16 Aug 2023
Setting off shortly for the annual Peterloo commemoration. Meet at the Peterloo Memorial (in front of Manchester Central) at 5.45 for 6pm, today (Wednesday 16 August), for the reading of the names of those who died and the laying of flowers.
The reading of the names at the Peterloo Memorial at the 2022 commemoration. A group of people carrying wreaths and flowers, and holding cards with the names of the dead.

ALT The reading of the names at the Peterloo Memorial at the 2022 commemoration. A group of people carrying wreaths and flowers, and holding cards with the names of the dead.
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May's new edition of @200Magazine is out now, but will sadly be the last. (Not enough readers, too costly and time-consuming!) Catch all 11 editions at 200livinghistory.info until August. We're looking for a long-term home for them after then.
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Big names of the 1820s are all there in May's new edition of @200Magazine which reports the news from then in the language of 2023. There's Beethoven, Lord Byron, George IV, Liszt, Walter Scott's new book, and rail pioneer George Stephenson for starters at 200livinghistory.info
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From Ireland in the May 1823 edition of @200Magazine Daniel O'Connell founds a new group to fight for Catholic emancipation, and Robert Owen's plans for new communities to tackle poverty & lack of jobs are subversive says the church. It's at 200livinghistory.info @newlanarkwhs
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May's edition of @200Magazine reports the news from this month in 1823, including a big move for the planned Stockton & Darlington Railway, a riot in Stirling, and from Brighton, the latest news about King George's gout. It's at 200livinghistory.info @fsdr1825 @BrightonMuseums
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May's edition of @200Magazine (reporting the news from 1823) is now online at 200livinghistory.info but will be the last. It's costing too much in ££ and time & just not enough readers - but thanks if you were or are among them. All 11 editions stay online to August at least.
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May's new edition of @200Magazine is now online at 200livinghistory.info, with the foreign secretary accused of "monstrous truckling and tergiversation" and Beethoven bestowing (maybe) his "weihekuss" on Franz Liszt, aged 11. We explain what that meant & shine a light on 1823.
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There's big news from Westminster in the new May edition of @200Magazine reporting the news from 1823. A duel between the foreign secretary and a top Whig is just averted, MPs vote against reforming themselves, and there's a slavery stitch-up. Find it at 200livinghistory.info
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May's @200Magazine reports the news of this month in 1823, including the doings of two kings, three future PMs, Ireland's 'liberator', the biggest name in classical music, the poet who was mad, bad & dangerous to know, & the father of the railways. It's at 200livinghistory.info
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May's edition of @200Magazine reports the news from this month in 1823, with added commentary and info from 2023. In a special feature students from @sheffhallamuni write about the Luddites and Swing rioters that bookended the 1820s. 200livinghistory.info
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Sadly, the May 1823 edition of @200Magazine will be the last. Our readership, after a good start, is disappointing & costs and time demands are unsustainable. Thanks to everyone who has read the magazine. 200livinghistory.info has every edition & will remain live until August.
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There's news from far and wide in May's edition of @200Magazine including events in Westminster, Stirling, Dublin, Brighton, Durham, Greece, Spain, Vienna, Brazil and the Caribbean. It's online at 200livinghistory.info along with the previous ten editions. @BALHNews @BNArchive
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