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 >>> __________________________________________________ >>> >>> Concerned about how climate change may affect older properties? What >>> about saving energy? >>> Visit our new website www.climatechangeandyourhome.org.uk today. >>> >>> This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain >>> personal views which are not the >>> views of English Heritage unless specifically stated. If you have >>> received it in error, please delete it >>> from your system and notify the sender immediately. Do not use, copy or >>> disclose the information in >>> any way nor act in reliance on it. Any information sent to English >>> Heritage may become publicly available. -------------------------- >>> contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and >>> historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT >>> conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: >>> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- For >>> CHAT meetings see: http://www.bris.ac.uk/archanth/events/chat.html >>> -------------------------- >>> >> >> >> >> ---------------------- >> JRB Dixon >> [log in to unmask] >> >> -------------------------- >> contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events >> in contemporary and historical archaeology, and >> for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. >> ------- >> For email subscription options see: >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html >> ------- >> For CHAT meetings see: >> http://www.bris.ac.uk/archanth/events/chat.html >> -------------------------- >> > > -------------------------- > contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events > in contemporary and historical archaeology, and > for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. > ------- > For email subscription options see: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html > ------- > For CHAT meetings see: > http://www.bris.ac.uk/archanth/events/chat.html > -------------------------- ---------------------- JRB Dixon [log in to unmask] -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- For CHAT meetings see: http://www.bris.ac.uk/archanth/events/chat.html --------------------------