Original version

BBC World Service Online

Witness History

Podcasts

Factual: History

History as told by the people who were there

History as told by the people who were there.

Witness

Witness History: The Women of Greenham Common

Magazines & Reviews

News

The Women of Greenham Common

05/09/2011 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Women of Greenham Common

How an anti-nuclear march turned into a peace camp based outside a US airbase in the UK

How an anti-war march turned into a peace camp that endured for nearly 20 years outside an American air base in rural England.

At the height of the Cold War, an announcement was made that the UK would host American nuclear missiles. One of the anti-war marches that followed ended at the airbase at Greenham Common in Berkshire and a permanent camp of nuclear protestors was established. The Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp endured for nearly 20 years. 

Helen John, who took part in the march and founded the camp in September 1981, speaks to Witness.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Witness History

The Women of Greenham Common

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Online

About BBC World Service