In which county is Greenham Common, scene of the peace camp from 1981 to 2001?
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp Allen, and others. FootnotesBibliography Several sets of papers related to Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp are held at The Women's Library at the Library of the London School of Economics, including; Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a series of protest camps established to protest nuclear weapons being placed at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began in September 1981 after a Welsh group, "Women for Life on Earth", arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the British government to allow cruise missiles to be stored there. After realising that the
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp of the base occurred in March 1982 with 250 women protesting, during which 34 arrests were made. The camp was active for 19 years and disbanded in 2000. The first act of resistance by the Greenham Common Peace Camps came about when, in September 1981, 36 women chained themselves to the base fence in protest against nuclear weapons. On 29 September 1982, the women were evicted by Newbury District Council but set up a new camp nearby within days. In December 1982, 30,000 women responded to a chain letter sent out and joined hands around the base at the "Embrace