Transcript The town that was murdered

The town that was murdered
Jarrow in the 1930s
Aims of the lesson
In this lesson you will learn about
• The reasons for the Jarrow Crusade, how
it was organised and opposition to it
• Making inferences from sources
Shipbuilding in the 1930s
• Shipbuilding was the industry
that suffered most in the 1930s –
no demand
• Owners set up National
Shipbuilders Security ltd to make
it more efficient
• In practise it meant closing lots
of them down
• North East eligible for
government help – not Jarrow
Jarrow
• Special Areas act money did not reach
Jarrow
• 1936 - demands in Parliament fro more
money for depressed areas
• Agreed to give government help to some
areas including Jarrow but she did not
receive any
• Jarrow existed because of Palmers
shipyard and it was closed by NSS in 1934
The next steps
• 1935 – unemployment in Jarrow 64%
• Many were starving – little hope left
• 1936 – National Unemployed Workers
Movement (NUWM) organised a hunger
march to London
• People of Jarrow decided to hold their own
• Labour Party and NUWM did not want this
• NUWM was seen as a communist
organisation by the government
The background to the march
• All political parties from Jarrow Town
Council organised their own march
• Picked 200 of the fittest unemployed men
to march to London
• Took a petition with 1000 signatures on it
• March was called the “Jarrow Crusade” –
black and white banner not red
• Before they set off they were blessed at a
service by the Bishop of Durham