A photographic tribute to '˜legend of Jarrow' Don Dixon

By The Newsroom
Published 20th Feb 2017, 15:28 GMT
Updated 28th Feb 2017, 11:42 GMT

Lord Don Dixon worked tirelessly for Jarrow and surrounding area as council leader, MP and in the House of Lords.

Following his death at the age of 87, we pay this photographic tribute to him by looking back at just some of the causes he supported. Read more tributes here.

Late Jarrow MP Don Dixon signs the Northern Region Low Pay Unit petition against low pay on the back of Bob Bolam from the unit in September 1989.placeholder image
Late Jarrow MP Don Dixon signs the Northern Region Low Pay Unit petition against low pay on the back of Bob Bolam from the unit in September 1989.
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