Tag: 19th century Records and researchFrom Peterloo to the Pankhursts: A new way of exploring 19th-century radical historyMonday 5 August 2019On 16th August 1819 more than 60,000 men, women and children arrived at St...Records and researchEarly Trade Unions and the Combination LawsThursday 27 June 2019The concept of a trade union, or a body of workers joining together to...Archives and archivistsPeel’s Police: Raw Lobsters and Blue Devils!Thursday 25 April 2019On 19 June 1829, Sir Robert Peel’s Act for Improving the Police in and...Records and researchTrade marks: making their markWednesday 23 January 2019For hundreds of years, traders have put their particular marks or symbols on their...Records and researchLaw enforcement in Britain before and after PeterlooFriday 2 November 2018This is the last in our series of blogs marking the release of the...Records and researchThe Peterloo MassacreMonday 29 October 2018This Friday sees the release of director Mike Leigh’s film ‘Peterloo’, which dramatises the events of...Behind the scenesBringing two 19th century rail plans back on trackThursday 26 April 2018Wednesday 2 May 2018, 14:00 Britain on film: Railways Part 3 of RAIL 795/250...Records and researchFrom Tripoli to TimbuktuThursday 5 April 2018One hundred and ninety years ago, in April 1828, French explorer René Caillé became... « 1 2