Ellen Wilkinson, Minister of Education in the 1945 Labour government, leads the Jarrow Marchers through London, 1936
@LabourInColour @MissSarahWise Her detective novel The Division Bell Mystery is being reprinted in August by the British Library crime classics series. I can't wait!
@LabourInColour Another good colour photo of her here, by Percy Hennell & from J B Priestley's "British Women Go To War" (1943)
@LabourInColour Blue plaque at her birthplace in Manchester
@LabourInColour @GeorgeAylett Let’s remember and applaud them💕👏👏💕💕👏👏💕👏👏👏👏👏
@LabourInColour @tfMichael1892 Great picture so many Geordies in the Edgware area from the original marchers
@LabourInColour @sylviastatue sorry if this is irrelevant/irreverant - but my Mum had a coat like that, and then I wore it until it fell to bits.
@LabourInColour @estebanrooney Interesting to read about this en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrow_Ma…