Song that starts "At Peters field in Manchester in the year one-eight one-nine When cotton and coal in Lancashire in protest did combine"

Could be called "The fields of Peterloo" as that is how the chorus ends ie "Salute once more these men of yore, who were to concience true. Who gave their blood for the common good, on the Fields of Peterloo"

Lyrics and info please???

BTW - Manchester council, with their classic disregard of the past, have decided to 're-vamp' the Free Trade Hall which was possibly the best memorial to those who lost their lives at Peterloo. To add insult to injury the area (or at least the car park)is now 'Peters Fields' as opposed to the traditional Peters Field. Not much difference I will grant but makes life a lot more difficult for future historians and folk-lorists!