📕 Chapter 3: A Long and Illustrious History

3.5.4 The Great Depression and the inter-war period

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The period between the two world wars was marked by economic difficulties. The Great Depression of the 1930s caused mass unemployment, particularly in industrial areas of northern England, Scotland, and Wales. Millions of people were out of work and living in poverty. The Jarrow March of 1936, when 200 unemployed men walked from Jarrow to London, became a symbol of the hardship.

Key Facts

  • Great Depression 1930s caused mass unemployment
  • Worst in industrial areas of north England, Scotland, Wales
  • Jarrow March 1936 — 200 men walked to London as protest
The Great Depression and the inter-war period
Illustration: The Great Depression and the inter-war period

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    • Jarrow March 1936 — 200 āϜāύ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ London āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ
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    • āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ England, Scotland, Wales-āĻāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ
    • Jarrow March 1936 — 200 āϜāύ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ London āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ

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