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Main image: Jarrow March

Jarrow marchers passing throught the village of Lavendon, near Bedford, on their way to London, many playing mouth organs to keep spirits up. The Jarrow March was a hunger march during the Great Depression, starting in Jarrow it reached London a month later to put pressure on the coalition government of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. (Photo by Savill/Getty Images) Photograph: David Savill/Getty Images