‘No danger of blowing up Reading’
Well that is a disappointment!
This is in relation to designing and constructing nuclear warheads at Aldermaston. The testing must be limited though although I suppose Reading could be used for the final validation check.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/22/uk-nuclear-warhead-base-aldermaston
#OnThisDay, 1 April 1983, around 200 women dressed as teddy bears or Easter bunnies break into the Greenham Common airbase in the UK to stage a protest picnic against nuclear warfare. Greenham was due to house US nuclear missiles
A further 40,000 protestors, men and women, form a human chain linking #Greenham to #Aldermaston and Burghfield.
Women had established the peace camps at Greenham in 1981.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #PeaceProtests #Histodons
We missed one of our favourites yesterday...
On 1 April 1983, around 200 women dressed as teddy bears or Easter bunnies break into the Greenham Common airbase in the UK to stage a protest picnic against nuclear warfare. Greenham was due to house US nuclear missiles.
A further 40,000 protestors, men and women, form a human chain linking Greenham to #Aldermaston and Burghfield.
#WomenInHistory #PeaceProtests #BritishHistory #GreenhamCommon #History #Hisotodons
Aldermaston Court, Berkshire, 1912 - Righton Postcard
#PatArrowsmith obituary -
#Peace activist whose campaigning started at the time of the first #Aldermaston marches and the founding of #CND
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/01/pat-arrowsmith-obituary #RIP
Interesting one, this one - doesn't mark the railway boundary but the boundary of the Kennet & Avon Canal, bought by the GWR in 1852. The tearoom is recommended too!
#canals #gwr #BoundaryMarker #aldermaston #Kennet&AvonCanal
📍: Winding Hole, 72 ft Padworth
ℹ️: winding hole
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.4006681182922&mlon=-1.12969932002125#map=17/51.4006681182922/-1.12969932002125
📸: Photo by lovestruck. on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/61989447@N00/4738667699
#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #summer #green #water #grass #stone #geotagged #typography #reading #lock #historic #panasonic #weathered #lichen #kennetandavon #navigation #ka #newbury #2010 #aldermaston #milepost #tz7 #aldermastonlock #geo:lon=1130433 #geo:lat=51400651
There are two new posts up on my Patreon.
The first is public and free for everyone to read. It contains thoughts about drawing from historic photos, the ageing process, and how words can affect the way you think of visuals. It also has the link to an incredible Ken Russell film. Read it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/81583239
#photography #comics #drawing #socialhistory #ageing #aldermaston #protest #TheNoisyValley #sketching
#OnThisDay, 1 April 1983, around 200 women dressed as teddy bears or Easter bunnies break into the Greenham Common airbase in the UK to stage a protest picnic against nuclear warfare. Greenham was due to house US nuclear missiles.
A further 40,000 protestors, men and women, form a human chain linking Greenham to #Aldermaston and Burghfield.
#WomenInHistory #PeaceProtests #BritishHistory #GreenhamCommon #Histodons
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