Kinder Scout mass trespass

Podcast: Witness History · BBC World Service

Opublikowano: 2026-09-24

In 1932, hundreds of walkers organised a mass trespass on Kinder Scout, the highest point in England's Peak District. It was a major step in the campaign by workers from the industrial city of Manchester for access to the surrounding countryside, much of which was privately owned. In 2012, Simon Watts used interviews from the BBC archives to tell the story through the memories of those who took part in the trespass. Witness History is a short BBC World Service podcast about history that takes you inside big moments from the past through first-hand testimony...