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In 1936, mass unemployment and extreme poverty in the north-east of England drove 200 men to march in protest from Jarrow to London. Their MP, Ellen Wilkinson was with them as they came south to ...
Harrogate welcomed the Jarrow marches to-day as cheerfully as if they were a relief column raising a siege. The music of the mouth-organ band might have been that of the bagpipes so surely did it ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Mention the town of Jarrow and it might conjure up images of the 1936 Jarrow Crusade or the historic setting of St Paul's Church and the monastery which was home to St Bede. The place has had its ups ...
In retracing the steps of the Jarrow march of 1936, Stuart Maconie finds that much of the past remains with us “Our people shall not be starved … If we cannot do this, what use are we as a Labour ...
An annual community day is making a return this weekend.
These striking photographs open a window on to a very different world. The images show Jarrow in the middle decades of the last century. They come from the upcoming book by Paul Perry. Called Jarrow ...
On 08 October 2006, the BBC marks the 70th anniversary of the Jarrow Crusade with the Politics Show live from the town hall in Jarrow. We ask what relevance the events of 1936 have to contemporary ...
In 1936, mass unemployment and extreme poverty in the north-east of England drove 200 men to march in protest from Jarrow to London. Their MP, Ellen Wilkinson was with them as they came south to ...