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Modern-day Jarrow march reaches Trafalgar Square destination

THREE hundred miles. Tens and tens and tens of thousands of leaflets. 

After three weeks on the road the heroic NHS crusaders have finally reached their destination.

This epic 23-day march, begun by a group of Darlington mums, had a hard core of 26 but a cast of thousands. It touched hearts and minds across a nation.

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