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Witness History: The Jarrow Crusade

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The Jarrow Crusade

02/11/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Jarrow Crusade

In 1936 men from the North of England marched to London to protest at mass unemployment.

In 1936, two hundred men marched the 300 miles from Jarrow to London to protest against poverty and mass unemployment.

In the 1930s, many parts of Britain were suffering the effects of the Great Depression. 

But conditions were particularly harsh in the town of Jarrow, in the north-east of England. In 1936, two hundred men marched the 300 miles from Jarrow to London to protest against mass unemployment and to demand that new industries be established in their town. They called it the Jarrow Crusade. 

Witness delves into the BBC archives to hear the voices of the marchers.

(Photo: Marchers on the Jarrow Crusade. Credit: Keystone/Getty Images)

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