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Greenham Common

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Greenham Common
a village in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire; site of a US cruise missile base, and, from 1981, a camp of women protesters against nuclear weapons; although the base had closed by 1991 a small number of women remained until 2000


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BAILIFFS swooped in April, 1984, when they evicted the women from the main peace camp outside the airbase at Greenham Common in Berkshire.
They were doing it in protest at attempts to evict other campaigning women campers at Greenham Common, Berkshire.
1983: The Greenham Common women's group mounted their first protest as cruise missiles arrived at the US airbase in Berkshire.
 
 
 
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