Greenham Common

Yes, I spent a lot of time at Greenham women's peace camp. It's an experience I am very proud to have been a part of. I stayed in a bender at Violet gate, cut many a wire and was arrested.

It's strange that it's so long ago c40 years. A couple of years ago the base had an open day that a friend (from Yellow Gate) and I went to and found we were practically mobbed by a little gang of visitors to the base that were very excited to have met 'real Greenham wimmin' (very strange) it was odd to be on the other side of the fence.

M0nica

^The missiles are gone - so yep...it did work.^

The missiles going had absolutely nothing to do with the Greenham Women, whose idealism I admire, but whose actions were pointless.

In the current international situation our best defence against the insane governng the asylum (Putin, Trump, and little fat Kim) is the policy that placed the missiles at Greenham. It is called MAD, or the defence of mutually assured destruction.

Were it not for MAD, Putin would have nuked Ukraine and several surrounding countries by now.

Exactly.
I don’t admire them at all.

Usedtobeblonde

I really found it hard to believe the lengths women went to in those days.
Children were left , husbands were left, the conditions were dreadful.
Marriages broke up and lives changed forever.
The strong , almost religious fervour of those women was something I found hard to understand.
Did it change anything?
I don’t believe it did.
Do any of them regret their sacrifice, I should love to know.

You won’t get them admitting it on here.

"You can't kill the Spirit."
🙏

Cossy

I have the greatest of respect for these women, as I do the suffragettes. Willing to give up so much and enduring so much for their beliefs.

Yes 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I have the greatest of respect for these women, as I do the suffragettes. Willing to give up so much and enduring so much for their beliefs.

Thank you M0nica for saying what I said but in a much better and reasoned way.

The missiles are gone - so yep...it did work.

The missiles going had absolutely nothing to do with the Greenham Women, whose idealism I admire, but whose actions were pointless.

In the current international situation our best defence against the insane governng the asylum (Putin, Trump, and little fat Kim) is the policy that placed the missiles at Greenham. It is called MAD, or the defence of mutually assured destruction.

Were it not for MAD, Putin would have nuked Ukraine and several surrounding countries by now.

They were modern martyrs actually.

Did the missiles go because of the camp?
I really don’t think so.
I think they went because the time was right or other factors came into play.
I will admit I don’t know for sure but that is what it seemed to me at the time.
If hard evidence is produced I will apologise but I hated to see children missing their mothers although they said it was for their children they were doing it and of course that was their belief.

I never felt strong enough to camp there, leaving my children and husband to camp out for an indefinite period of time.. (19 years as it turns out)..

Truly grateful.
I only supported through donations.

The missiles are gone - so yep...it did work.

I'm ashamed to say my former brother worked there and even requested (via our mother) that I stop supporting the idea of closing the base. Blimmin' cheek - and I'm the older one of us at that! But I did laugh at my mother saying "It might harm your brothers career" - yeah right.....career...he was just a driver there. I hadn't asked her to "ask" him to stop shaming me by working there...

My side of protesting involved other things basically - so I just had one visit there in the event - and do remember how freezing cold it was and was pretty admiring about women camping out there throughout the year.

I really found it hard to believe the lengths women went to in those days.
Children were left , husbands were left, the conditions were dreadful.
Marriages broke up and lives changed forever.
The strong , almost religious fervour of those women was something I found hard to understand.
Did it change anything?
I don’t believe it did.
Do any of them regret their sacrifice, I should love to know.

No. The people camping there gave me hope in what seemed to me to be a very dark and scary time.

A big Thank you from me to the women of Greenham Common - and to the men who supported them.
❤️