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 ...

On October 5 1936, 200 unemployed men from Jarrow in north-east England set out for London carrying a petition asking for work to be brought to their town. Their march, which took just under a month, ...

At the time, the Jarrow Crusade was deemed to be a failure. But it wasn't. In the longer term it helped bring about radical changes in this country that improved people's lives. Today marks the 85th ...

OCTOBER 5, 1936: The Jarrow Crusade began on this day in 1936, as 207 jobless men began a 300-mile march from Tyneside to London in a failed bid to end mass unemployment. The poverty-stricken former ...

Banners unfurled, 200 proud men marched into the history books on this day 80 years ago. Images of the Jarrow Crusade, which set off from the hard-pressed town on October 5, 1936, have come to ...

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In 1936, amid the fallout of the Great Depression, the town of Jarrow suffered from mass unemployment following the closure of the shipyard, its main employer. In the hope of trying to secure work, ...

Embattled Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been lined up as guest speaker at an event in South Tyneside to mark the 80th anniversary of the Jarrow Crusade. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

Time is running out for the chance to see a collection of archive photographs from one of South Tyneside's most iconic historical events. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields Gazette, ...

In 1936 the town of Jarrow, on the River Tyne, was suffering from desperate poverty caused by mass unemployment following the closure of its shipyard. In a bid to highlight their plight and bring new ...

THE complete story of the Jarrow Crusade is revealed in a new book on one of the most famous marches in British history. Author Matt Perry spent five years researching The Jarrow Crusade: Protest and ...