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Michael Wood on the Peterloo photograph

Michael Wood talks to us about a photograph that links his family to the Peterloo massacre of 1819

Michael Wood at BBC History Magazine's History Weekend in Chester (Photo byVictoria Tetley / VJT Photography)

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The acclaimed popular historian and broadcaster Michael Wood talks to us about a photograph he discovered that links his family to the infamous Peterloo massacre of 1819.

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