Jarrow Crusade/March -Oct 1936

Jarrow Crusade/March -Oct 1936

1. Jarrow Crusade - 31ST Oct 1936 a group of 200 men from the north eastern town of jarrow marched 300 miles to london

2. AIM: they wanted the parliament and the public of the south to understand that they were responsible citizens but living in an area where there was 70% unemployment

3. Their MP -Ellen Wilkinson known as 'Red Ellen' walked with them

4. The men were demanding that a steel works be built to bring back jobs in the town

5. When the marches finished-little was done about it -industry stayed closed and marches were given £1 for a train fare back from london

6. by 1935 , unemployment in jarrow was 64%

7. was a crusade not a hunger march

8. Banners were made in black and white not red because that's communism