Christmas 1982 Greenham Common Women

The women peace campaigners camped round the RAF base at Greenham Common get ready for Christmas whilst continuing their protests.

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[pixiewilson42]

Thankyou for your reply x..Hooray!!!decent non-judging hating person here...see other comments posted says it all. was an incredible time,I was secretary of Youth CND at the time where I live..we had passion running through our veins,we wanted to stop cruise+trident..we wanted to secure the future of the future generations.All in all the women were very well behaved,pulled together like a community,I was a kid,cold+sodden feet .lol..but I passionately believed in CND,I'm 42 now+still do,peace xx

[pixiewilson42]

I was a Greenham girl 15/16 yrs old.soggy ,sodden+cold.,away from home for the 1st time alone.....everyone pulling together,same belief for peace......solidarity...god what happened here in the UK???..greed,McDonalds+Primark­,plasticity thats what happened..sad greedy bastards!! lol

[transonicbuoy1]

@Poldark3 Thanks mate.

[Poldark3]

@transonicbuoy1 WELL said,I hate those left wing sluts.They destroyed my life-Those South american Generalissimos had the right idea.I hate the CND-I hate their guts.

[JetMechMA]

@58sqnrockape That's a cool story.

[JetMechMA]

 On this animalistic planet, America can never fully eliminate it's nuclear weapons.

not as long as there are billions of communist Chinese who could overwhelm our conventional forces. The smaller nation like America must maintain it's equalizer nuclear weapons. To do otherwise would be suicide.

[JetMechMA]

@vkman34 Peace was maintained for a LONG time before the cold war was ended. The only reason no nation attacked the US or our allies was because of the nukes. No way around that. The USSR collapsed because they went bankrupt trying to match the capitalist system arms race. I don't like that fact. I'm a big lib. I like peace, not war. But the reality is that only superior weapons kept the peace. On this animalistic planet, America can never fully eliminate it's nuclear weapons.

[vkman34]

@58sqnrockape Guess you lost your job in the end though

[vkman34]

@JetMechMA No, peace has been maintained by the ending of the Cold War and that happened as a result of the collapse of the USSR. Nothing to do with nuclear weapons. The USSR and USA signed 5 nuclear reduction and non-proliferation treaties during the 1980's - why?

[JetMechMA]

I was in the US Air Force in '82 and I remember the graffitti or whatever being put on the SR-71. We couldn't believe that such an aircraft was left unguarded. How could it be allowed to happen? These peace protesters are sadly misguided....and I'm a big lib. In America, right wingers see me as a communist enemy of America, even though I served in the Air Force and believe in a strong defense. I lived my entire life in the nuclear age and I can see how nukes kept the peace. These people?...sad.

[joydivision808]

use to drive past them

[58sqnrockape]

When i was there as a young squaddie i climbed over the fence and sat round the fire and had a chat with the women ....i didn't feel that welcome though !! ....and me and my mate had a CND songbook and we would sing songs with the women through the fence , funny as fuck !! and my mate has still got the song book !!