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Jeremy Corbyn has once again been attracting huge crowds in the West Country almost a month after his appearance at Somerset's Glastonbury festival.

The Labour leader was in Tolpuddle, Dorset, today (July 16) after visiting Bournemouth and Southampton yesterday (July 15).

The village of Tolpuddle has special significance for Britain's trade union movement, which Mr Corbyn supports.

Find out more about the history of Tolpuddle below.

We're not sure if the crowds were as big as they were for Corbyn at Glastonbury but we hear chants of 'OH JEREMY CORBYN' returned to the West Country in Tolpuddle.

Below we round up the best pictures and tweets from the day, which involved a parade and a Corbyn speech for the Tolpuddle festival.

Who were the Tolpuddle Martyrs?

This is the official summary on the festival's website about the history of these men, who have become symbols for workers and the political left in the UK.

"In the 1830s life in villages like Tolpuddle was hard and getting worse. Farm workers could not bear yet more cuts to their pay. Some fought back by smashing the new threshing machines but this brought harsh punishments.

"In 1834, farm workers in west Dorset formed a trade union. Unions were lawful and growing fast but six leaders of the union were arrested and sentenced to seven years’ transportation for taking an oath of secrecy. A massive protest swept across the country. Thousands of people marched through London and many more organised petitions and protest meetings to demand their freedom."

The farm workers of Tolpuddle were deported to Australia for their crime of coming together to form a union (not executed as the term martyrs suggests).