What can you learn from source A about Jarrow in the early 1930s?
From looking at source A I can learn that Jarrow is a poor area. Source A is a description of Jarrow written in the early 1930's. The depression hit Britain very hard as by 1932 there were 3,000,000 people out of work in Britain. This is around the time that the description of Jarrow was written.
It says that: ''there was no prospect of a job and the streets were becoming dilapidated''. This is hinting that Jarrow was becoming run down. You can tell that Jarrow was badly affected from the depression. The author said that he was unemployed from 1922 until 1929, where he became a Jarrow councilor. This means that he was unemployed for seven years. In those seven years he would not have received an unemployment benefit as this ended in the early 1930's. If it was 1922 then the author of this description of Jarrow would have received an unemployment benefit. Unfortunately when Britain borrowed money from America they had to cut unemployment benefit.
From looking at source A I can learn that Jarrow is a poor area. Source A is a description of Jarrow written in the early 1930's. The depression hit Britain very hard as by 1932 there were 3,000,000 people out of work in Britain. This is around the time that the description of Jarrow was written.
It says that: ''there was no prospect of a job and the streets were becoming dilapidated''. This is hinting that Jarrow was becoming run down. You can tell that Jarrow was badly affected from the depression. The author said that he was unemployed from 1922 until 1929, where he became a Jarrow councilor. This means that he was unemployed for seven years. In those seven years he would not have received an unemployment benefit as this ended in the early 1930's. If it was 1922 then the author of this description of Jarrow would have received an unemployment benefit. Unfortunately when Britain borrowed money from America they had to cut unemployment benefit.
