#OtD 27 Jul 1838 70,000 people attended a Chartist rally in Newcastle as part of the fight for universal male suffrage. The Northern Star newspaper thought the meeting was "the most splendid display of the working classes ever witnessed in England". https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9909/newcastle-chartists-rally?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon