The Weavers' Uprising of 1826
Wednesday 4th June 2025, 19:30-21:00
The talk will be an overview of a time in East Lancashire’s history when the wages of domestic handloom weavers were being cut as factory-based textile production became more dominant. Struggling to survive, the weavers organised a protest in April 1826, and the mill owners responded by calling in soldiers to deal with what they considered to be a “riot”
Rather than concentrate on everything that happened during that week, the talk will concentrate on events in the Accrington/Oswaldtwistle area, Blackburn, Chorley, Clitheroe, Haslingden and Chatterton (near Ramsbottom), where six people were killed by the soldiers.
Date: 4 June 2025
Wednesday 7.30pm (Room open from 7.00pm and the talk commences at 7.30pm.)
The Weavers' Uprising of 1826
Speaker: Kate Hurst
Meeting at Great Lever & Farnworth Golf Club & Online via Zoom
Attendance in person at Great Lever & Farnworth Golf Club - no booking required
ZOOM - Booking required - tickets will be available via Eventbrite from 8th May
Members of MLFHS – free, Non-Members of MLFHS - £5 (refunded if you join the society on the night)
For more information go to https://mlfhs.uk/bolton/events/meetings
