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The Town that Was Murdered, Paperback / softback Book

The Town that Was Murdered Paperback / softback

Edited by Matt Perry

Paperback / softback

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Jarrow is best known as the town that gave its name to the Jarrow March of 1936.

In November 1935 Jarrow chose Ellen Wilkinson as its Labour MP.

A month later in a speech in parliament she challenged the government to address mass unemployment in the shipyards: `skilled fitters, men who have built destroyers and battleships and the finest passenger ships ... The years go on and nothing is done ... this is a desperately urgent matter... 'The Town That Was Murdered is her well-researched survey of Jarrow: local and labour history, the impact of poverty, the hateful misery of state relief, the history of shipbuilding, and the combined power of city and bank finance and shipbuilding magnates - in the UK and abroad - who drove local firms into bankruptcy and destroyed jobs.

The book helped the drive for a Welfare State, and the Labour government of 1945.

It is a historical document, but as finance looks to relocate investments, it still resonates today.

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