Eric Millward’s request for the location of Sandy Brow (Stockport) has proved quite interesting. Not so much as to where it was but for what it was (a meeting place and especially a protest meeting place in 1818-1829). A few months before ‘Peterloo’ (August 1819) a large meeting took place on Sandy Brow (February 1819) to protest about the Corn Laws. William Astle tells us (in The History of Stockport 1922) that the protesters “resisted, and the authorities were defied” (p.10). To celebrate this victory a poem entitled Sandy Brow was published and the following being an extract: Hail! Sacred spot, to truth and virtue dear, Where freedom’s truths have often charmed my ear, Hail! Sacred spot, where freedom’s standard wavered, And all the force of proud oppression braved. Let ages yet unborn hear, when and how, The sons of freedom fought on Sandy brow.   An online search turned up (on liveauctioneers.com) a copy of this poem with the description: O'Bryan (Henry Ross) Sandy-Brow, a Poem, only edition, some foxing and browning, ink signature of Aircraftsman A.W. Bowyer of the RAF based at Bedford and with pencil notes of various towns in the UK dated 30 January 1945, a few pencil sketches on blank ff. at end, later morocco-backed cloth, [no other copy traced], 8vo, Manchester, Printed at the Observer Office... and Published by the Author, 1819. A radical poem of the large gathering at Sandy Brow in Stockport 1819.   The auction was in 2010 and the expected price was to be between £400-£600. I don’t know if it was sold or if it was to whom.   All very interesting.   David Gilligan Sent from Samsung Galaxy Note -------- Original message -------- From: Eric Millward <bruckshaw1@tiscali.co.uk> Date: 20/10/2013 21:35 (GMT+00:00) To: Cheshire List <cheshire@rootsweb.com> Subject: [CHS] Sandy Brow, Stockport Re my earlier request, you can all stop searching. Many thanks but I have found it in a 2011 report about conservation in the Market Place area of Stockport. It refers to: "" a large reservoir ‘at the foot of Sandy Brow, now Duke Street’"" I know it well. Eric Millward ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4158 / Virus Database: 3614/6766 - Release Date: 10/20/13 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message