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This poster was produced to mark the first anniversary of the day on 5th September 1981 that a Welsh group, Women for Life on Earth arrived at Greenham Common airbase in Berkshire, having marched from Cardiff, to protest at the NATO decision to site ground launched cruise missiles there. A peace camp was set up outside the main gate and remained for 19 years. Greenham Common Peace Camp, Greenham Common, Protest Design, Second Wave Feminism, On Progress, Community Volunteering, Grade 12, 5th September, Warrior Women

The Hawkhurst branch line was a classic example of a rural railway which belonged to a different time - it was opened in 1893 - but was never really viable and closed in 1961. It was single track, only 11 miles long and linked Hawkhurst with its neighbouring Kent villages of Cranbrook, Goudhurst, Horsmonden and Paddock Wood, where there was a mainline connection. The ticket here is dated July 4th 1907, and one can't help speculating on the cause for that particular journey from Hawkhurst to…

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