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Reform
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Harsh conditions, unfair practices and lack of electoral representation provoked demands for reform with mass protests (Peterloo), strikes, disputes and the growth of trades unions.
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Strikes & protests - Image: Manchester marchers during the General Strike, 1926 Trade Unions - Image: Meeting in Piccadilly, Manchester during the General Strike, 1926 Living conditions - Image: Row of terraced houses in Ancoats, Manchester

Education - Image: Saint Agnes' Primary School, Longsight, Manchester, Class of Children, 1915 Health - Image: a 16H.P. Sunbeam ambulance, presented by Oldham & District Trades & Labour Council, 1915
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Image: an operative tending a beaming machine at Lily Mills, Shaw in the 1950s Image: Row of Terraced Houses in Ancoats, Manchester
Image: Manchester marchers during the General Strike,1926 Image: Lap-frame engraving by J.R. Barfoot, published 1835-40
Image: illustration of a worker at a Bleach Mill, c.1780 Image: Female Millworker, 1930s
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