The Jarrow Marchers
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The Jarrow Marchers
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 15 Jun 2012
The statue/sculpture outside Morrisons supermarket in the Viking Precinct. It is dedicated to the Jarrow Marchers, 200 unemployed men who marched from Jarrow to London petitioning for assistance for those out of work. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/jarrow_01.shtml - The Jarrow Crusade (BBC History)
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