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There was definitely a similar walk from Cardiff to Greenham with a very 
similar name although I forget it now... I'm sure the connection is 
significant!

--On 22 September 2008 12:08 +0100 pmgb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I wonder if the cardiff connection is significant? I know that one of the
> origins of the greenham protest was a group of women from south wales.
> Indeed I  have seen the banner they made for their journey to greenham.
> c.f. http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/small/item/GTJ70230/
>
> p g-b
>
> James Dixon wrote:
>> I know that there was a walk from Scotland to Greenham organised by
>> some recently (at the time) graduated archaeologists from Cardiff
>> University. It was called Walk for Life, the specific idea being to
>> create a mobile peace camp ending up at Greenham. Over a number of
>> weeks they moved South organising various community events along the way.
>>
>> Some of the people are still involved in the walking/camping
>> community... The walk from Scotland to Greenham was organised by
>> Juliet Yelverton (Archaeology; Cardiff) who I met in May when I camped
>> in her field in Glastonbury while on a walk led by another of the
>> Greenham walkers, Graham Joyce (also Archaeology; Cardiff).
>>
>> Jim D.
>>
>> --On 22 September 2008 11:40 +0100 "SCHOFIELD, John"
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear all
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> With Veronica Fiorato, I am just in the process of writing a short essay
>>> for British Archaeology, drawing together some of the work at Greenham
>>> Common, and focused on the peace camps. I want to make reference to the
>>> presence of archaeologists (or students of archaeology) within the
>>> protest, and seem to recall 'Archaeologists for Peace' or similar. I
>>> think I have even seen a picture of women at Greenham behind this
>>> banner.
>>> If anyone can offer any comment on this subject, that would be most
>>> helpful, with an indication of whether you'd be happy for any
>>> comments to
>>> be repeated and attributed. If you have any publishable photos of
>>> archaeologists at Greenham, brilliant! And do feel free to pass this
>>> message on as appropriate.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> With thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John
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