Projects,
Activities & Resources
Projects
Crowdfunder (supported by Lancashire County Council)
https://www.spacehive.com/lancashireweaversuprising
This link provides details of our key tasks in 2024
Registered Charity
This link takes you to the WUBC official charity page and details out trustees.
Activities
2022 – 196th Annual Commemorations and Remembrance Walk
Released May 2022
True Levellers Media ‘Interview with Dr David Scott – Chatterton Massacre’ 23rd May 2022
This 45 minute film was made on the fourth day of the inaugural weavers uprising remembrance walk, April 2022.
The interview provides details around the context of the uprising and those killed at the Chatterton Massacre.
Broadcast 27th April 2022
Chatterton Massacre and Weavers Uprising, for BBC Radio Lancashire ‘Sharon Hartley Show’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bzpkkp
This two part interview was recorded during the inaugural weavers uprising remembrance walk.
The interviews were held at Chatterton Peace Park and Dearden Clough.
Published 22nd April 2022
Accrington Observer article ‘In the footsteps of the weaver rebels’ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/accrington-observer/20220422/281848647156222
An article detailing the inaugural remembrance walk,
Published 22nd April 2022
Rossendale Free Press article ‘’David to follow in the footsteps of the weavers”
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/rossendale-free-press/20220422/281844352188923
An article detailing the inaugural remembrance walk,
Published 11th April 2022
Lancashire Telegraph article ‘Walk to commemorate anniversary of uprising of East Lancashire’s starving weavers’
An article detailing the inaugural remembrance walk,
Published 10th April 2022
Bury Time article “Walkers to commemorate weavers uprising“ https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/20056457.walkers-commemorate-weavers-uprising/
An article detailing the inaugural remembrance walk.
2023 – 197th Annual Commemorations
Published 30th April 2023
‘Bury and Lancashire Chatterton Massacre victims remembered in tribute’ in Bury Times Bury and Lancashire Chatterton Massacre victims remembered in tribute.
An article on the 197th Annual Commemorations
Published 30th April 2023
‘Chatterton Massacre victims remembered in tribute’ in Lancashire Telegraph https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23487418.chatterton-massacre-victims-remembered-tribute/?fbclid=IwAR0VBzajgyORPkUbqqPQaZvlvJT37VxEu8Xg0IyjCWrhNMnDMQHgvGzsCz
An article on the 197th Annual Commemorations
2024 – 198th Annual Commemorations
https://www.facebook.com/events/878355913913783?ref=newsfeed
Published 24h April 2024
“Residents to commemorate 1826 Weavers uprising this month” in the Bury Times, 24th April 2024 https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/24269829.residents-commemorate-1826-weavers-uprising-month/
An article on the 198th Annual Commemorations
Published 24h April 2024
“Residents to gather at weekend to mark a little-known uprising” in Bolton News, 24th April 2024 https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/24269829.residents-commemorate-1826-weavers-uprising-month/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR02HUK4s4QCC0lE0_qBzDRqdLUkeTjcoEuH2QSFZ-kUW16h74wqxNycp1U_aem_AZlhPbK4HjSgJQCH9LOJ3UoOzzbi4Zf0UEXWXLUwTplT7v7jTccrU3PGD6nYRTfpYEleHWFBSemPjUs6vITznYzh
An article on the 198th Annual Commemorations
Published 24h April 202
“Residents commemorate uprising” in The Lancashire Telegraph, 24th April 2024 https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24269829.residents-commemorate-1826-weavers-uprising-month/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2oe3kGmF9lIyZ3VtSR-clVRwriWNbD77m”Yi9wZhHwYXDBJWR7Q4HC_K5I_aem_AZkJbzD8f2qb2iKgpNomHu4DTmGGWaRnJDf2iqPRuYzufFkNpFJfpWRYoEjPqKJ_uuxaVFxwvgtHa_s1-ZiQS41s
An article on the 198th Annual Commemorations
Published 10th May 2024
“Hundreds gather to remember uprising” in Rossendale Free Press,10th May 2024 https://www.pressreader.com/uk/rossendale-free-press/20240510/281711209739539?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0UjlHLLxav1a9uMaIIiI7xwmZfKmT5f8HIwxV4jtlh6Dc0albkeyPzj-4_aem_AQYuAqyfLmb3nPo5NxKm96V8-m-zhl90CbVWfMwAcQVFZwh9hpMtVJYlNUnIuPj8EVjFDhCN33jlGZtEYgEGO6na
An article on the 198th Annual Commemorations
Published 11th May 2024
“More than 140 gather 198 years after weavers uprising turned to tragedy”
Lancs Live 11th May 2024 More than 140 gather 198 years after weavers uprising turned to tragedy (yahoo.com)
An article on the 198th Annual Commemorations
Further Resources & Information
‘Alas Poor Weavers’: The context of the April 1826 Weavers Uprising in east Lancashire [David Scott]
A short article which provides a detailed context of the conditions of the weavers and other workers in east Lancashire prior to the 1826 weavers rising.
Chatterton, April 1826: Britain’s Hidden Massacre [David Scott]
https://www5.open.ac.uk/research-centres/herc/blog/chatterton-april-1826-britain’s-hidden-massacre
A detailed account of the Chatterton Massacre. This includes the names of those known to have been killed and also explores the reasons why the events at Chatterton on 26th April 1826 should be called a state massacre.
Walking as Activism: The inaugural ‘Weavers Uprising Remembrance Walk’ [David Scott]
An overview of the inaugural weavers uprising remembrance walk of April 2022 and an account of the journey of the uprising across Lancashire back in 1826.
Historical witnessing for the present: Truth, remembrance, and mass deaths in east Lancashire [David Scott]
A short article exploring why remembering the weavers uprising is so important 200 years on.
‘Remembering the 1826 Weavers Uprising in East Lancashire’, Manchester Histories [David Scott] https://manchesterhistories.co.uk/news-list/remembering-the-1826-weavers-uprising-in-east-lancashire/?fbclid=IwAR3eqWZifu8iuLs6Sz5ccsK_vwEzTGzjRJuaV35PQE6fKvkVMii5D8GXhCo_aem_AaEHxWgHbUJVNsJa_UvNySua09cFuLIyGwcgbVLpz09-6oXRLN_ELTojFLseFT2t1Q9_ErVELJSpJduwRnkqSB6V
An overview of the weavers uprising and work of the weavers uprising bicentennial committee
Societal Challenge – Raising Awareness and Transforming Understandings of the 1826 Weavers Uprising and Chatterton Massacre [David Scott]
A project facilitating the work of the WUBC, most notably around developing a teaching toolkit and touring exhibition for the bicentennial.
Rights, Rise Up and Routes [James Fox]
Maxine Peake portrays Mary Hindle in a short film made for Helmshore Textile Museum by James Fox in 2021.
Mary Hindle: Ballad of a Female Convict Down Under [Catherine Doucet]
A song charting the tragic life and death of Mary Hindle
