MLFHS, Oldham & District Branch, monthly meeting and talk
Free online to everyone. Free in the library to MLFHS members, £3 for non-members.
- Sat, 12 Aug 2023
- 2pm start (login if on zoom from 1:45pm)
- In Oldham Library and simultaneously online on Zoom · Oldham Library, Greaves St, Oldham OL1 1AL and online on Zoom.
- Contact: Sheila Goodyear · 01706 847772
About this event
MLFHS, Oldham & District Monthly Meeting - Hybrid in library and on zoom Saturday 12th August 2023, at 2pm
'Joseph Healey, of Lees (Friend of Samuel Bamford)'
An illustrated presentation given by Professor Robert Poole who is a historian and author.
"The radical quack doctor Joseph Healey must be the oddest hero of Peterloo. Healey led the Saddleworth and Lees contingent with its controversial banner, ‘Equal representation or death!’, and was gaoled for a year as a result. Samuel Bamford of Middleton wrote warmly of his brave and hilarious comrade, and of their eventual falling-out. Thanks in part to hostile spies we know a surprising amount about ‘Doctor Healey’, and this talk will bring him roaring back to life."
This is a hybrid meeting in the Performance Space at Oldham Library and on zoom.
All are welcome.
Booking on Eventbrite essential for attendance on zoom and will be free to all. Link below: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mlfhs-oldham-district-monthly-meeting-hybrid-in-library-and-on-zoom-tickets-677455065337?aff=ebdsoporgprofile *
No booking necessary for attendance in the library; members free, non-members £3.