And today we look back on the crusade which happened 90 years ago this year, with 200 North East campaigners walking to London to protest about their right to work.
Men from South Tyneside and some with Wearside links walked to Chester-le-Street before heading south through Ferryhill and Darlington.
Today, we begin our memory of the 1936 crusade with the first of a two-part photo gallery tribute to the heroic campaigners, with the second instalment next week.
1. Starting out in Jarrow
Protest marchers starting out on the Jarrow Crusade, a demonstration march by unemployed men from the shipyard town of Jarrow. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) | Getty Images Photo: Hulton Archive
2. On their way in 1936
How the Shields Gazette reported the start of the historic event in 1936 - carrying the hopes of the borough to London. | sg
3. Jarrow March at Harrogate
Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson with the Jarrow marchers, and their black labrador mascot, at Harrogate. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images Photo: Hulton Archive
