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“On my way home in , and just at the end of my street, I tripped and fell. My more unsympathetic or possibly just more realistic friends have said that at my age - 65 - I don’t trip up, I ‘have a fall.’

As it happens I was fine, just a bit grazed and embarrassed, but two lovely ladies stopped, and took some convincing that I was very close to home, and not actually broken. Thank you both.”

Credit: Manchester Cathedral by David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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View of Manchester Cathedral and its grounds from a further away road. A blue sky with fluffy white clouds behind it, a road in front which people are driving and walking down.

In under two days, I've managed to get a collection point filled with donations of shower gel, hand soap, baby wipes and toothpaste for a South Manchester foodbank.

Everyone has been incredibly supportive but it's astonishing that 4.2 million adults and 3 million children are experiencing hygiene poverty here in the UK.

Each item has started at just £1.00 and like any community effort, it starts with people having a conversation. 🫧 🫧 🫧

In under two days, I've managed to get a collection point filled with donations of shower gel, hand soap, baby wipes and toothpaste for a South Manchester foodbank. Everyone has been incredibly supportive but it's astonishing that 4.2 million adults and 3 million children are experiencing hygiene poverty here in the UK. Each item has started at just £1.00 and like with any community effort, it starts with people having a conversation.

✨📄 New blog post: An Interview with Felienne Hermans 📄✨

We caught up with keynote speaker @Felienne to chat about her journey into and ’s influence along the way, creating Hedy, challenges & hopes for the Python ecosystem, and what she’s most looking forward to at 🐍✨

📖 Read the interview here: https://2025.pyconuk.org/2025/08/keynote-speaker-interview-felienne/

A huge thank you to Felienne for taking the time to share your thoughts with us 💜

replied to Working Class History's status

@workingclasshistory

The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, Lancashire, England, on Monday 16 August 1819. Eighteen people died and 400–700 were injured when the cavalry of the Yeomen charged into a crowd of around 60,000 people who had gathered
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre

https://www.peterloomassacre.org/history.html

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/protest-democracy-1818-1820/

2018 Film (Mike Leigh) - 200th anniversary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_(film)

I recently listened to a debate by Manchester City Council on 'Understanding' and 'Tackling Anti-Arab Racism' in the city. It was an experience which can only be described as interesting.

Unfortunately, no one mentioned how people like Albert Hourani, author of 'A History of the Arab Peoples' was born in Manchester in 1915 and had attended Magdalen College, Oxford in 1933.