Jarrow, Metro Station, 'Jarrow March'

HER Number:
11037

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Metro Station, 'Jarrow March'

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1984 by Vincent Rea. A silver-painted steel plate, based on an original photograph, showing a group of people and a dog on the Jarrow March. It was made of steel from a scrapped ship. It was unveiled by Labour opposition leader Neil Kinnock. Installed on the 15th anniversary of the March. Co-funded by North Arts and Nexus. The Jarrow marchers (207 men led by local MP Ellen Wilkinson) walked from Tyneside to London in 1936 to protest about the lack of jobs.

Easting:
3250

Northing:
6511

Grid Reference:
NZ32506511

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England