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Jarrow is a town in South Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Historically in County Durham, it is on the south bank of the River Tyne, about three miles from the east coast. It is home
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Civic Hall in Jarrow geograph.org.uk 1597783
Council Offices, Grange Road, Jarrow
Grange Road in Jarrow geograph.org.uk 1597791
Jarrow March
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The Jarrow March of 5–31 October 1936, also known as the Jarrow Crusade, was an organised protest against the unemployment and poverty suffered in the English town of Jarrow during the 1930s. Around 2
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…County Palatine of Durham. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936. Jarrow's name is first recorded in the 8th century. It derives from the Gyrwe, an Anglian tribe that lived here. The…
Jarrow marchers en route to London
Charles Palmer, founder of Jarrow's shipyard
HMS Duchess, the last ship to be launched from Palmer's shipyard, July 1932
Ellen Wilkinson marching with the Jarrow Marchers, Cricklewood, London