A project seeks to tell the stories of the unemployed Scousers who walked to the capital in 1981.
In May 1981, 18-year-old John Williams set off on foot to London from Liverpool with a gang of mates and about 500 others to protest about unemployment.
As a new community project seeks to cast new light on what is now a largely-forgotten piece of Liverpool's history, John spoke about his involvement and how it changed him as a person."Two weeks in, I realised it was much bigger than parties and having a good time.Keith Mullin said it was a "really important march that politicised so many"
The month-long march weaved its way through the industrial heartlands of Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton and Luton and arrived in London to a reception from the Greater London Council and its new leader Ken Livingstone. Keith Mullin, who would later find fame as a member of chart-toppers The Farm, was 19 when he joined his friends on the journey." not much in the way of jobs and all of your mates are unemployed."He added that it was not just his own predicament that spurred him on.Gary Rogers kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the time and memorabilia, including a March for Jobs mug.
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