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Monday, 14 November 2011

14th November 1811: The funeral of the Luddite John Westley

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In the afternoon of Thursday the 14th November, an almost palpable air of tension existed in the village of Arnold. Up to 1000 people had ga...
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Friday, 11 November 2011

11th November 1811: John Westley, Luddite Martyr

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At dawn near the road at Bulwell Forest, and at a short distance from Edward Hollingworth's wrecked house, lay the body of the man who h...
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