Shot, hung, deported, gibbeted, evicted, starved – 182 years of class struggle
FOLK OF JARROW – REBEL TOWN FESTIVAL Saturday 25 June Assemble 11 am near the Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel entrance at Jarrow. The parade, led by Felling Silver Band and the Wardley Miners Lodge Banner, will proceed from the monument commemorating William Jobling, the union miner hanged and gibbeted for his part in the great miners’ struggles of the 1830s. The march will pause at the site of the Deep Shaft, to mark the deaths of some of the youngest miners killed in the early years of the mine. The rally, presided over by Vin Wynne of NEU, will be held in the beer garden of the Albion Gin and Ale House, Jarrow, with the band playing the miners’ hymn, Gresford, followed by invited speakers:
Kate Osborne MP The Mayor and Deputy Mayor of South Tyneside Tom Pickard, Geordie poet and author of the book, Jarrow March David John Douglass NUM and Follonsby Wardley Miners Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP, former leader of the Labour Party The speakers will be followed by an afternoon of music and song from the region, plus stalls with books and T shirts etc. Please publicise the event, attend and bring your union banner. Donations to defray costs are welcome: send cheques to Follonsby Wardley Miners’ Lodge Banner Community Heritage Association, 193 Osborne Ave, South Shields NE33 3BY, or BACS to Co-operative Bank, sort code 089299, account no 65442360. Sponsored by South Tyneside Council, Tyne and Wear County Association of Trades Union Councils, Durham Miners’ Association, National Education Union, Follonsby Wardley Miners Lodge Association, Tyneside Irish Cultural Society. 30 | TYNE & WEAR MAY DAY 2022|
