Sunderland's Peterloo - film by Dave Hackney and myself

This 14 minute film explains why over 100 people assembled close to the Glass Centre on Sunday August 3rd 2025 to remember the dramatic events of exactly 200 years ago when lives were lost at the hands of the employers and the army in a battle over pay, conditions and the right to form effective trade unions. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_VXf_IIVs 

Photos by John Harvey - not for reproduction without permission.

Organiser David Gordon Scott speaks to the crowd outside the world famous St Peter's Church just up from the River Wear prior to the short walk down to the quayside 

                                                                        Sunderland Mayoral Councillor Ehthesham Haq 

                                            Darren Proctor - RMT National Secretary 

                                                                    Eileen Richardson