An Open University criminologist Dr David Scott could never have imagined that a walk in the park with his new rescued dog five years ago would lead to unearthing a massacre in Lancashire that the world forgot.

Now, he’s just secured £170,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to commemorate the bicentennial of a bloody event known as the Chatterton Massacre where at least six people lost their lives at the hands of the State.

He started unravelling the history of the massacre, often erroneously described as a ‘riot’, when he walked Flossy, his English cream golden retriever, in Chatterton’s Peace Park. Read more about the story.