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Aldermaston

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Aldermaston
a village in S England, in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire, SW of Reading: site of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and starting point of the Aldermaston marches (1958--63), organized by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Pop.: 2157 (1987 est.)


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Byline: JOHN AVISON TENS of thousands of people marked the end of the Aldermaston "ban the bomb" march on April 18, 1960 with a rally that built up to a tremendous climax in London.
The Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp, led by Kay Tabernacle, said it interfered with freedom of expression but lost a High Court case.
Kay Tabernacle, from Roath, Cardiff, led a group from the Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp (AWPC), in challenging a special "no camping" by-law which threatened to put an end to the camp near the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston in Berkshire.
 
 
 
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