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5th October 1936: The Jarrow March departs for London
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:53
Publish Date: 2017-10-04 21:05:37
Description: The Tyneside town of Jarrow had been the site for Palmer’s Shipyard that was responsible for a large proportion of the town’s employment. Having operated since 1851, the yard was sold in 1933 due to a collapse in the British shipbuilding industry and the impact of the Great Depression. The shipyard closed shortly afterwards and, although American entrepreneur T. Vosper Salt proposed turning the site into a steelworks, he was forced to withdraw after members of the British Iron and Steel Federation lobbied to make the project unfeasible. The collapse of the steelwork plan was a devastating blow to the people ...
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