Unemployed "Lie-Down" Demonstration In Oxford-Street -- The unemployed during their "lie-down" demonstration in oxford-street this afternoon. Jan. 14. Unemployed demonstrators have been staging various "scenes" to draw attention to their claims for winter relief shortly before Christmas a number of men lay down in the snow at oxford-circus. Another exploit was to order tea aft the Ritz Hotel. (Jan-17), a large number of unemployed lay down on their backs in oxford-street in the heavy rain, while women paraded the pavements with posters. January 17, 1939. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).