Paisley’s role in forging democracy in Great Britain will be unveiled in the town’s refurbished museum, bosses at the £45 million site have revealed.
The story of the Paisley Radicals, who campaigned for the right to vote to be extended to ordinary workers in the 19th century, will form one of the key displays when the museum opens next year.
Social history researchers are now bringing their history to life by focusing on the events in 1819 that saw a week of riots and bloody, pitched fighting across the streets of Paisley.
