Coordinates: 54°58′47″N 1°28′49″W / 54.9797°N 1.4804°W / 54.9797; -1.4804

Jarrow
Jarrow  Jarrow shown within Tyne and Wear
Population	27,526
OS grid reference	NZ332651
Metropolitan borough	South Tyneside
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	JARROW
Postcode district	NE32
Dialling code	0191
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
EU Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Jarrow
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Jarrow ( /ˈdʒæroʊ/ or /ˈdʒærə/) is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, located on the River Tyne, with a population of 27,526.^[1] Historically within County Durham, from the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936.

History and naming[link]

Foundation[link]

The Angles re-occupied a 1st century Roman fort on the site of Jarrow in the 5th century^{[citation needed]} Its name is recorded around AD 750 as Gyruum, representing Old English [æt] Gyrwum = "[at] the marsh dwellers", from Anglo-Saxon gyr = "mud", "marsh". Later spellings are Jaruum in 1158, and Jarwe in 1228. Today Jarrow residents' popular nickname for Jarrow is "Jarra".

The ruins of St. Paul's Monastery

Wearmouth-Jarrow Priory[link]

The Monastery of Saint Paul in Jarrow, part of the twin foundation Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory, was once the home of the Venerable Bede, whose most notable works include The Ecclesiastical History of the English People and the translation of the Gospel of John into Old English. At the time of its foundation, it was reputed to have been the only centre of learning in Europe north of Rome. In 794 Jarrow became the second target in England of the Vikings, who had plundered Lindisfarne in 793. The Monastery was later dissolved by Henry VIII. The ruins of the Monastery are now associated with and partly built into the present-day church of St. Paul, which stands on the site. One wall of the church contains the oldest stained-glass window in the world, dating from about AD 600. Just beside the Monastery is "Bede's World", a working museum dedicated to the life and times of Bede. Bede's World also incorporates Jarrow Hall, a grade II listed building and significant local landmark.

19th century to present[link]

Jarrow remained a small town until the introduction of heavy industries like coal mining and shipbuilding. Charles Mark Palmer established a shipyard – Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited – in 1852 and became the first armour-plate manufacturer in the world. John Bowes, the first iron screw collier, revived the Tyne coal trade, and Palmers was also responsible for the first modern cargo ship, as well as a number of notable warships. Around 1,000 ships were built at the yard.

Palmers employed as much as 80% of the town's working population until its closure in 1934 following purchase by National Shipbuilders Securities Ltd. (NSS). This organisation had been set up by Stanley Baldwin's Conservative government in the 1920s, but the first public statement had been made in 1930 whilst the Labour Party was in office. The aim of NSS was to reduce capacity within the British shipyards. In fact Palmer's yard was relatively efficient and modern, but had serious financial problems.^{[citation needed]} As from 1935, Olympic, the sister ship of RMS Titanic, was partially demolished at Jarrow, being towed in 1937 to Inverkeithing, Scotland for final scrapping.

The launch of the battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary from Palmers shipyard in 1912

The closure of the shipyard was responsible for one of the events for which Jarrow is best known. Jarrow is marked in history as the starting point in 1936 of the Jarrow March to London to protest against unemployment in Britain. Jarrow MP Ellen Wilkinson wrote about these events in her book The Town That Was Murdered (1939). Some doubt has been cast by historians as to how effective events such as the Jarrow March actually were^[2] but there is some evidence that they stimulated interest in regenerating 'distressed areas'.^[3]

Education[link]

Jarrow's needs for secondary education are currently served by Jarrow School, formerly Springfield Comprehensive. Springfield was merged with another of Jarrow's secondary schools, Hedworthfield Comprehensive at Fellgate, following a gradual reduction of the number of new pupils for the yearly intake of 11 year olds to the point where keeping both schools open was no longer viable. As of 2008 plans to revamp Jarrow School have come into action. Building work has now began with aims of turning the school into a modern learning facility with Specialist Engineering Status. The Head Teacher at the school plans to improve the schools grade point average, by improving the learning facilities, costing millions of pounds.

Jarrow Metro station

Transport[link]

Road

Jarrow is reached from the south by the A1(M) via the A194, and is connected to North Tyneside and Northumberland via the Tyne Tunnel.

Metro

Jarrow is served by three stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro: Jarrow station in the centre of the town (on the Yellow line) Bede station in the Bede industrial estate (also on the Yellow line), and Fellgate station (on the Green line) to the south.

Air

The nearest major airport is Newcastle Airport, about 10 miles away.

Famous Jarrow residents[link]

Famous former residents of the town, including Ellen Wilkinson MP, Charles Mark Palmer and William Jobling, have been remembered in the names of beers produced by Jarrow Brewing Company, a microbrewery in the town.

Jarrow town centre in 2005

• Roger Avon, actor
• Bede, Benedictine monk and scholar
• Catherine Cookson, writer
• Steve Cram, Olympic Athlete
• Peter Flannery, playwright
• William Goat, winner of the Victoria Cross
• Stephen Hepburn, politician
• Jem Mace Famous pugilist died at 6 Princess Street, Jarrow in 1910
• John Miles, rock musician, singer, songwriter
• Justine McKenzie (Later Marsdin), actress, (Byker Grove, the Rag Nymph and Theatre.)
• Fergus Montgomery, Conservative MP
• Charles Mark Palmer, shipbuilder, first mayor of Jarrow
• Alan Plater, writer
• Alan Price, musician, born in Washington and brought up in Jarrow
• Jim Purcell, famous half marathon runner known as "Jarra Jim" to the locals
• David Sharpe, silver medalist at 1992 European Championships over 800 Metres
• Gareth Smith, cricketer
• Patrick Stewart, actor, spent the majority of his childhood living in Jarrow, although was born in Mirfield, West Yorkshire.
• Paul Thompson, rock musician, drummer of Roxy Music
• Jimmy Thorpe, Sunderland Football Club goalkeeper who lost his life helping the club win the 1936 League title
• Frank Williams, Formula One team manager, was raised in Jarrow
• Ellen Wilkinson, Labour MP and Jarrow March organiser.
• Wee Georgie Wood, music hall star.
• Jarra Elvis, Elvis Presley impersonator.
• Christie Elliot (Footballer), Partick Thistle F.C.
• Ray Drinkwater, Goalkeeper with Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Twin towns[link]

Jarrow is twinned with the following towns, under the umbrella of the South Tyneside town-twinning project which saw individual twinning projects brought together in 1974:

• Wuppertal in Germany, originally twinned with South Shields in 1951.
• Noisy-le-Sec in France, originally twinned with Hebburn in April 1963.
• Épinay-sur-Seine in France, originally twinned with Jarrow in June 1965.

References[link]

Notes[link]

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2010)

Sources[link]

• Gibbs, Philip. England speaks (1935)
• Lloyd, T.O. Empire to Welfare State (1970)
• Marwick, Arthur. Britain in our Century (1984)
• Wilkinson, Ellen. The town that was murdered: Depicting in brief the history and demise of Jarrow (1939)

External links[link]

• South Tyneside Council & Community website - Local council website
• BBC History: The Jarrow Crusade
• Jarrow War Roll Researched by Vin Mullen

Alan Price (born 19 April 1942, Fatfield, Washington, County Durham) is an English musician, best known as the original keyboardist for the English band The Animals and for his subsequent solo work.^[1]

Price is a self-taught musician and was educated at Jarrow Grammar School, South Tyneside and was a founding member of the Tyneside group The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, which was later renamed The Animals. His organ-playing on songs by The Animals, such as "House of the Rising Sun", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "Bring It On Home To Me" was a key element in the success of the group.^[1]

After leaving the Animals, Price went on to have success on his own and with Georgie Fame. He introduced the songs of Randy Newman to a wider audience. Later he appeared on his own television show, as well as achieving success with film scores winning including critical acclaim for his musical contribution to the 1973 fim O Lucky Man! and wrote the score to the stage musical Andy Capp. In addition he has appeared in the acting credits^[1] for films and television productions.^[2][3]

Career[link]

Price formed The Animals in 1962 and left the band in 1965 to form The Alan Price Set, with the line-up of Price, Clive Burrows (baritone saxophone), Steve Gregory (tenor saxophone), John Walters (trumpet), Peter Kirtley (guitar), Rod "Boots" Slade (bass) and "Little" Roy Mills (drums). In the same year, he appeared in the film Dont Look Back, which was filmed featuring Bob Dylan on tour in the UK.^[2]

During 1966, he enjoyed singles success with "I Put A Spell On You" which reached #9 in the UK singles charts, "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" which reached #11 in the UK singles charts. In 1967, the Randy Newman song "Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear" which reached #4 in the UK singles charts and his self penned song "The House That Jack Built" which reached #4. "Don't Stop The Carnival" followed in 1968 and rose to #13 in the UK singles charts.^[4]

Price went on to host shows such as the musical Price To Play in the late 1960s, which featured Price performing and introducing the music of guests such as Fleetwood Mac and Jimi Hendrix. His second album, A Price On His Head (1967) featured seven songs by Randy Newman, who was virtually unknown at that time. In August 1967, he appeared with The Animals at the Hippie "Love-in", in the grounds of Woburn Abbey.

A later association with Georgie Fame resulted in "Rosetta", which became a Top 20 hit (1971), reaching #11 in the UK Singles Chart.^[4] An album followed, Fame and Price, Price and Fame Together. During this period Price and Fame secured a regular slot on The Two Ronnies show produced by BBC Television also appearing on the Morecambe and Wise Show.^[2] He recorded the autobiographical album Between Today and Yesterday (1974) from which the single "Jarrow Song" was taken, returning Price to the UK singles chart at number 6.^[4]

Price participated in three reunions of The Animals between 1968 and 1984. In July 1983, The Animals started their last world tour. Price's solo performance of "O Lucky Man" was included in their set. In 1984, they broke up for the final time and the album Rip It To Shreds — Greatest Hits Live was released, comprising recordings from their concert at Wembley Stadium in London.

Price recorded two albums with The Electric Blues Company featuring guitarist and vocalist Bobby Tench and keyboardist Zoot Money, the first Covers was recorded in 1994. A Gigster's Life for Me followed in 1996^[5] and was recorded as part of Sanctuary's Blues Masters Series.

Price still tours the UK with his own band and others including The Manfreds, Maggie Bell^[6] and Bobby Tench.^[7]

Film, stage and TV[link]

Price has been closely involved with the work of film director Lindsay Anderson. In 1973 he wrote the music for Anderson's film O Lucky Man!, which he performs on screen in the film and appears as himself in one part of the storyline. In 1987, he wrote the score to Anderson's final film, The Whales of August.

He acted in Alfie Darling, a sequel to the film Alfie, during the course of which he became romantically involved with his co-star, Jill Townsend. He also composed and sang the theme tune to the 1982 film adaptation of The Plague Dogs, "Time and Tide".^[2]

In 1981 he composed the score for the musical Andy Capp, based on the eponymous comic strip. Price also wrote the lyrics, together with the actor Trevor Peacock. The play transferred from the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester to London's Aldwych Theatre in September 1982.^[8] Price later provided the theme to Thames Television's 1988 sitcom adaptation of Andy Capp in the form of a rewritten "Jarrow Song". Other TV theme work includes a re-recorded version of his 1974 single "Papers", which was used as the theme tune to the successful LWT situation comedy Hot Metal.^[9]

In 1992 Anderson included a touching episode in his autobiographical BBC film Is That All There Is?, with a boat trip down the River Thames to scatter Rachel Roberts & Jill Bennett's ashes on the waters while Price accompanied himself and sang the song "Is That All There Is?".

Film appearances[link]

• Britannia Hospital, Soundtrack
• Alfie Darling (1975), Alfie Elkins, Soundtrack
• O Lucky Man! (1973), Alan, Soundtrack
• Don't Look Back (1967), Himself

TV appearances[link]

• Ready, Steady, Go! — as the Alan Price Set (9 December 1966)
• Beat Club — 1967/1968
• Disco (TV series) — Episode #1.5 as Price and Fame (1971)
• Heartbeat (UK TV series) — Frankie Rio (a "shifty" musician) "In the Bleak Midwinter" (2004)
• The Two Ronnies — as himself (1972) eight episodes
• Saturday Night Live — as himself (April 1977)

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

^[10]

• Any Day Now / Never Be Sick On Sunday (1965, Alan Price Set)
• I Put A Spell On You/ Iechyd-Da (1966, Alan Price Set)
• Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo/ Take Me Home (1966, Alan Price Set)
• Willow Weep For Me / Yours Until Tomorrow (1966, Alan Price Set)
• Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear/ Tickle Me (1967, Alan Price Set)
• The House That Jack Built / Who Cares (1967, Alan Price Set)
• Shame / Don't Do That Again (1967, Alan Price Set)
• Don't Stop The Carnival / The Time Has Come (1968, Alan Price Set)
• When I Was a Cowboy / Tappy Tortise (1968)
• Love Story / My Old Kentucky Home (1968)
• The Trimdon Grange Explosion / Falling In Love Again (1969)
• Falling in Love Again / Sly Sadie (1969, Cotillion (US release))
• Sunshine and Rain (The Name of the Game) / Is There Anybody Out There (1970)
• Rosetta / John And Mary (1971, Alan Price and Georgie Fame)
• Follow Me / Sergeant Jobsworth (1971, Alan Price and Georgie Fame)
• Don’t Hit Me When I’m Down / Street Lights (1973, Alan Price and Georgie Fame)
• O Lucky Man! / Pastoral (1973)
• O Lucky Man! / Poor People (1973)
• Poor People / Arrival (1973)
• Jarrow Song / Look At My Face (1974)
• In Times Like These / Sell Sell (1974)
• Mama Divine / It's Not Easy (1975)
• Papers / Mama Divine (1975)
• Papers / A Little Inch (1975)
• Goodnight Irene / Spanish Harlem (1976)
• Kissed Away the Night / Ladybird / Hungry for Love (1976, Polydor)
• Rainbow's End / I Love You Too (1977, Jet Records)
• I Wanna Dance / Life Is Good (Alan Price and Rob Hoeke) (1977, Jet)
• I've Been Hurt / The Thrill (1977, Jet)
• This Is Your Lucky Day / Mama Don't Go Home (1977, Jet)
• Meet The People / It Will Please Me (1977, Jet)
• I Almost Lost My Mind (1977, Alan Price and Rob Hoeke, Polydor)
• Just For You / I Wanna Dance (1978)
• Just For You / I'm A Gambler (1978)
• England My England / Citizens Of The World Unite (1978)
• Baby Of Mine / Just For You (1979, red heart-shaped vinyl)
• The House Of The Rising Sun / Wake Up! (1980, Jet)
• Love You True / Mr. Sunbeam (1980, Jet)
• When My Little Girl Is Smiling / The Great Pretender (1980, Key Records)
• Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum / Geordie Melody (1980, Key Records)
• Love is a Miracle / Dear Piano (1981, Key Records)
• Down At World’s End / Rubik Blues (1981, B-side by the Alan Price Band, BBC Records)
• I Don’t Feel No Pain No More / Rowf And Snitter Run To The Sea - 1982, CBS)
• Clair De Lune / In Times Like These (1984, Safari Records)
• Jarrow Song '86 / Between Today And Yesterday '86 (1986)
• Guess Who / Slow Down (1986, Trojan Records)
• Papers / Frozen Moments (1986, Trojan)
• Changes / Vegetable (Come And Get It) / The Jarrow Song (remix) (1988, Ariola) (3-tracked 12-inch single, also on CD)
• Liberty / Say It Isn't True (1989, Ariola Records)
• Fool's In Love / Man Overboard (1989, Ariola)
• Changes (1989, Ariola)
• Love Is A Miracle (2001, Key Records)

undated:

• I Put A Spell On You / Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear - (Decca)
• Shame / Africa
• Rosetta / The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde (Alan Price and Georgie Fame)
• Wild World

Albums[link]

^[11]

• The Price to Play The Alan Price Set (Decca) 1966
• A Price on His Head (Decca) 1967
• This Price is Right (Parrot) 1968
• Fame and Price, Price and Fame: Together! w/Georgie Fame (CBS) 1971
• O Lucky Man! (Warner Bros.) 1973 — US no. 117^[12]
• Between Today and Yesterday (Warner Bros.) 1974 — UK no. 9^[4]
• 'Savaloy Dip' (Reprise) 1974 withdrawn
• Metropolitan Man (Polydor) 1975
• Performing Price Live (Polydor) 1975
• Shouts Across the Street (Polydor) 1976
• Alan Price (Polydor) 1977 — US no. 187^[12]
• Rainbow's End (Jet) 1977
• England My England (Jet) 1978
• Lucky Day (Jet) 1979
• Rising Sun (Jet) 1980
• Andy Capp (Key Records) 1982
• Geordie Roots & Branches (MWM Productions) 1983
• A Gigster's Life for Me (Indigo/Sanctuary Blues Masters) 1996
• A Rock 'N' Roll Night at the Royal Court ... (Edsel) 2001
• Willow Weep for Me (Magic) 2001
• Based on a True Story (Apaloosa) 2002
• Geordie Boy: The Anthology (Castle Music) 2002

Awards[link]

• 1974 Golden Globe nomination for O Lucky Man!^[2]
• 1974 BAFTA (Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music) O Lucky Man^[13]

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Burdon, Eric. I Used to Be an Animal, but I'm All Right Now. Faber and Faber, 1986. ISBN 978-057-113-4
• Burdon, Eric (with J. Marshall Craig). Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: A Memoir. Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001. ISBN 1-56025-330-4

External links[link]

• Making Time. "Alan Price and the Animals". Making Time.com. http://www.makingtime.co.uk/animals.html. Retrieved 2009-01-20. 
• Absolute Elsewhere. "Alan Price (WIP)". Web Works Unlimited. http://alanprice.absoluteelsewhere.net/biography.html. Retrieved 2009-01-21. 
• Dawn Eden. "Alan Price interview". Goldmine 1995-12-01. http://www.dawneden.com/price.html. Retrieved 2009-01-20. 
• "Alan Price full credits". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p19963. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 
• "Live version of "Rosetta" with Price and Fame". youtube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=no2ICU58Cgk. Retrieved 2012-03-03. </ref>