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.
5. The crusade reaches Ripon
Unemployed men from the shipyard town of Jarrow, Tyneside march from Ripon to London with Helen Wilkinson MP heading the procession in October 1936. | George W. Hales / Fox Photos / Getty Images Photo: George W. Hales / Fox Photos / Getty Images
6. Sandwiches for heroes
The Jarrow marchers, headed by the Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson stop for a much needed sandwich near Luton on their way to Parliament. | Getty Images Photo: Getty Images
7. Protesting in 1936
Protest marchers on the Jarrow Crusade who walked to London to demand the right to work. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) | Keystone/Getty Images Photo: Keystone
8. Ready to march on
Joe Coyle who was pictured during the Jarrow March in an iconic Shields Gazette archive photo. | sg Photo: Shields Gazette