LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/15 part 6

250. Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
251. Telegram from Lady Stafford Cripps to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
252. Letter from Edward Cruse to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
253. Letter from Sir Benjamin Drage to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
254. Telegram from Eastern Valley Subsistence Production Scheme to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
255. Letter from Julius Salter Elias to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
256. Letter from the William Norman Ewer to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
257. Letter from Henry Sanderson Furniss to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
258. Letter from Sir John Gilmour to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
259. Letter from Arthur Henderson to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
260. Letter from Sir George Hopwood Hume to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
261. Letter from Barnett Janner to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
262. Letter from Rev William Rowland Jones to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
263. Letter from Thomas Kennedy to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
     264-265. Letter from Joseph Montague Kenworthy to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
264. Letter from Rev Henry J Kitcat to Lansbury, 29 May 1935. .
265. Letter from David C Lamb to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
266. Letter from Hugh Hartley Lawrie to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
     269-270. Telegram from David Lloyd-George to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
267. Letter from Lady Megan Lloyd-George to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
268. Telegram from James Ramsay Macdonald to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
269. Letter from Ivan Mikhailovich Maisky to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
270. Telegram from Samuel March to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
271. Letter from Leonard Warburton Matters to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
272. Letter from William Mellor to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
273. Letter from Edgar E Metivier to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
274. Letter from Wilfrid Meynell to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
275. Telegram from Bertram W Mills to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
276. Letter from Sir Frederick Mills to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
277. Letter from Herbert Stanley Morrison to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
278. Telegram from National Hospital for Dentures to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
279. Telegram from National Union of Railwaymen to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
280. Letter from Albert George Ogilvie to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
281. Letter from Grace M Oldfield to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
282. Letter from Isidore Ostrer to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
283. Letter from Lady Parmoor to Lansbury, 29May 1935.
284. Letter from Etta Tatham Paton to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
285. Letter from Major D Graham Pole to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
286. Letter from Poplar Electricity Works to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
287. Letter from William Corbett to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
288. Telegram from Shapurji Saklatvala to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
289. Letter from Herbert Louis Samuel to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
290. Letter from Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
291. Letter from Evelyn Sharp to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
292. Letter from John Allsebrook Simon to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
293. Letter from Sir Henry Slesser to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
294. Letter from Frank Smith to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.
295. Letter from James Henry Thomas to Lansbury, 29 May 1935.

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/16 part 1
Section I, 1936 (ff 1-144):.

1. Telegram from Mrs Dutt (nee Violet Lansbury) to Lansbury, 1 January 1936.
2. Letter from Christopher Addison to Lansbury, 2 January 1936.
   3-5. Letter from Lansbury to Sir John Reith, 8 January 1936.
   6-7. Letter from Sir John Reith to Lansbury, 16 January 1936.
3. Invitation from King Edward VIII to Lansbury, to the funeral of King George V, 28 January 1936.
   9-10. Memorandum of agreement between the US Emergency Peace Campaign and Lansbury, arranging a visit by Lansbury to the US (includes itinerary) 22 January 1936.
   11-12. Telegram from Canadian League against War and Fascism and Alexander MacLeod to Lansbury, 6 February 1936.
4. Letter from Lansbury to Canadian League against War and Fascism, 12 February 1936.
   14-16 Letter from Canadian Co-operative Commonwealth Federation to Lansbury, 21 February 1936.
   17-19. Letter from Walter Knox to Lansbury, 21 February 1936.
   20-21. Letter from Frank Bertrand to Lansbury, 22 February 1936.
   22.Letter from Daisy Postgate to Fellowship of Reconciliation, 24 February 1936 .
   23-25.Letter from the Canadian Co-operative Commonwealth Federation to J.S.Middleton, 24 February 1936 .
   26-29. Telegram from Graham Spry to Sir Stafford Cripps,25 February 1936.
   30.Letter from Lansbury's private secretary to A. A Mcleod, 26 February 1936.
   31.Letter from Ray Newton to Lansbury, 28 February 1936.
   32-36. Press statement from the Emergency Peace Campaign (includes draft copy) detailing Lansbury as a prominent speaker, 1 March 1936. .
   37.Letter from Graham Spry to Miss Hill, 2 March 1936.
   38.Letter from Kirby Page to Daisy Postgate, 6 March 1936.
   39.Letter from Fred Atkins Moore to Lansbury, 9 March 1936.
   40.Letter from Ray Newton to Lansbury, 10 March 1936.
   41-43. Telegram from A. A Macleod to Lansbury, 12 March 1936.
   44-50.Letter from A. A Macleod to Lansbury, 12 March 1936.

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/16 part 7
300-301. Letter from M. Kissenisky to Lansbury, 3 November 1938.

302. Letter from High Commissioner for New Zealand to Daisy Postgate, 10 November 1938.
     303-306. Letter from H. F Kvergic with enclosed papers from Oskar Beck to Lansbury, 10 November 1938.
     307-308. Letter from Robert Walter Jones to Lansbury, 12 November 1938.
303. Letter from private secretary to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to Lansbury's private secretary, 16 November 1938.
304. Letter from Germany Embassy to Lansbury, 16 November 1938.
305. Letter from Emil von Hofmannsthal to Lansbury, 16 November 1938.
306. Letter from Emil von Hofmannsthal to Mr. Portgate, 25 November 1938.
307. Letter from Home Office to Lansbury's private secretary, 16 November 1938.
308. Letter from Viktor Pollak to Lansbury, 17 November 1938.
309. Letter from private secretary to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to Lansbury's private secretary, 18 November 1938.
     316-320. Letters from Alice H. Joseph to Lansbury, 21-25 November 1938, with notes on letter from Lansbury.
     321-322. Letter from Anna Barnes to Mary Fels, 28 November 1938.
310. Letter from International Fellowship of Reconciliation to Lansbury, 30 November 1938.
311. Letter from Erich Stern to Lansbury, 3 December 1938.
312. Letter from Anna Barnes to Mary Fels, 8 December 1938.
313. Letter from Home Office to Lansbury's private secretary, 12 December 1938.
314. Letter from D. H. Klausner to Daisy Postgate, 13 December 1938.
     328-331. Letters from Home Office to Lansbury's private secretary, 15-16 December 1938.
315. Letter from Robert Walter Jones to Lansbury, 19 December 1938.
     333-334. Letters from Home Office to Lansbury's private secretary, 20 December 1938.
316. Letter from Mary Fels to Lansbury, 28 December 1938.
317. Page of signatures from petition against the second world war, 1938

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/17 part 1
Section I, 1939 (ff 1-153) and 1940 (ff 154-266) and undated material (ff 267-274):.
1.Letter from Home Office to Lansbury's private secretary, 5 January 1939.

2. Letter from Home Office to Lansbury, 9 January 1939.
3. Letter from Mary Fels to Lansbury, 15 January 1939.
4. Letter from Society of Friends Germany Emergency Committee to Lansbury, 31 January 1939.
   5-6. Letter from Erwin Strunz to Lansbury, 31 January 1939.
5. Article from Evening News on the 80th birthday of Lansbury, 4 February 1939.
   8-9. Letter from Joseph Weingarten to Lansbury, 9 February 1939.
6. Letter from William Joseph Jordan to Lansbury, 13 February 1939.
   11-13. Letter from Wilhelm Wolf to Lansbury, 19 February 1939.
   14-15. Letters from the BBC to Lansbury, 22 February 1939.
7. Letter from O. N. Stee with newspaper cutting to Lansbury, 25 February 1939.
   17-18. Letter from Arthur Proskauer to Lansbury, 27 February 1939.
   19-20. Letter from Lansbury to Pope Pius XII, 4 March 1939 .
   21-22 Letter from Mary Fels to Lansbury, 9 March 1939.
8. Letter from Ethel Halpin to Lansbury, 5 March 1939.
   24-29. Letter from South American Settlement for Refugees to Lansbury, 9 March 1939.
   30-36. Letter from Sir Wyndham Deedes to Lansbury, 11 March 1939.
   37-51. Letters from Walter Harold Gribbon with newspaper cuttings to Lansbury, 12 March 1939.

Submitted by: Mhairi Gowans
Date: 28 February 2021

In February [2021], once the government announced it would be starting vaccination for Group 6, charities became aware that the Government had taken many clinically vulnerable people off the vaccination list. This particularly affected asthmatics of whom millions had been off-boarded from priority.

A patient group formed on Facebook and then launched several Twitter events to raise awareness of this issue. This graphic pertained to the second event which I promoted on my Instagram account on the 28th of February. Each Twitter event resulted in the chosen hashtag trending (first hashtag was #AsthmaticsAtRisk, second hashtag was #VaccinesforAsthmatics. #flujabequalscovidjab and #asthmaticsunder50 were also later used).

Unfortunately while this received some press attention and celebrity support from Supernanny Jo Frost, as well as charity support from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation and the Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists, this issue has been largely ignored by the government leaving clinically vulnerable people vulnerable as society opens up.

Date Accessed: 13 and 15 Apr 2016
Significant context URL: https://backzac2016.com/
Internet Archive URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160413155851/https://backzac2016.com/Manifesto
Internet Archive URL 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20160415091504/https://issuu.com/conservativeparty/docs/zac_manifesto

Date Accessed: 7 Apr 2016
Significant context URL: http://www.sadiq.london/
Internet Archive URL: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sadiq.london/

Date Accessed: 13 Apr 2021
Significant context URL: https://www.sianberry.london/manifesto-2021/
Internet Archive URL: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.sianberry.london/manifesto-2021/

Date Accessed: 13 Apr 2021
Significant context URL: https://sadiq.london/
Internet Archive URL: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://sadiq.london/

This collection includes born-digital ephemera and other material collected by the LSE Library which relates to elections in the United Kingdom.
The first three series consist of candidate manifestos for the main political parties as well as minor and independent parties, and voter guides from the London Mayor Elections in 2016, 2021 and 2024.

Political parties represented inlude:
Conservative Party
Green Party of England and Wales
British National Party (BNP)
Labour Party
Liberal Democrats
Women's Equality Party (WEP)
UK Independence Party (UKIP)

Personal author: Webb, Beatrice
Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in the Finding Aids field.

This collection includes digital archives produced by Greenham Women Everywhere, a partnership project between Scary Little Girls Association and The Heroine Collective.

The project was funded by Heritage Lottery South West and Supported by The University of The West of England in Bristol, Cornwall Council, Falmouth University, The Women’s Library at The London School of Economics, The East End Women’s Museum, Goldsmiths University of London, The Hypatia Trust, The Feminist Library, Kresen Kernow, the UK Parliament Vote 100 Project and Dreadnought South West.

This series inludes the oral history testimonies collected as part of the Greenham Women Everywhere project between 2019 and 2021. Each folder includes the audio recording of the interview together with a transcript of it, and a photograph of the intervieew/s where available.
The project team has travelled the UK interviewing the women who formed the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp. This is the largest collection of oral testimonies of the women yet collated, digitised and made available to the public.

Please note more interviews will be added in the coming months.

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Ailsa.
Ailsa had young children when the camp was set up in the 1980s and she got to know about Greenham thanks to her local CND group. She only stayed overnight once and mostly visited during the day and for the big demos. She talks about monthly peace camps at Aldermaston and Burghfield and how they went to court to 'get recognition that camping is a form of protest'. She also talks about other groups linked to the peace camps, such as Nuke Watch and Nuclear Information Service. She mentions the power of songs, NVDA and how reading 'Children of Hiroshima' was a very formative experience for her - at the end of the interview, she reads an extract from the book.
Ailsa was interviewed by Jessica Layton in 2019.
She was photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Ann and Sally Bell.
Ann was a PhD student when she first went to Greenham and Sally an American citizen living in the UK. The women met at Greenham, living permanently at Orange Gate between 1983-85. They found in Greenham a place where women grew in confidence, could 'be themselves', many women 'becoming' feminists in a space free of male hierarchy. Both women believe Greenham had a major impact on the Cold War as its existence and actions opened up debate about nuclear weapons. They remember Greenham Women as a generation that went on to achieve remarkable things, and believe Greenham gave them, personally, the confidence to understand you do not have to follow the rules if you believe they are wrong. In addition, Greenham provided them with a strong moral foundation to pass on, and the ability to question everything.
Ann and Sally were interviewed by Nicky Arikoglu in 2019.
They were photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Ann.
Without Ann and Karmen, Greenham would not have existed. Believing women's voices needed to be heard in a male dominated world of politics and anti-nuclear movements, they initiated the 1981 Women for Life on Earth walk from Cardiff to Greenham Common USAF base. Their aim was to initiate a public debate with the government regarding nuclear weapons, in particular Cruise missiles, to engage the media and make Greenham a household word. Ann believes Greenham 'had big implications...it gave a lot of different possibilities to a lot of women.' 'I can't say that Greenham stopped the arms race because I think it was one of many factors which made it imperative that leaders take disarmament seriously...but it changed the atmosphere.' Visiting Russia in 1983, they met with the Moscow Group for Trust, a peace group independent of the Soviet state, as well as with the official Soviet Peace Committee. For Karmen, 'Greenham was a protest of its time...I don't think it would happen today...it would be moved.' It enabled 'thousands upon thousands of women...(to) connect with women in other countries...maybe it changed the direction of their life.'
Ann and Karmen were interviewed by Nicky Arikoglu in 2019.
Ann was photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Anna and Mary and one of Mary.
Greenham was not the first time Mary was actively involved in social and political movement; prior to Greenham she had been supporting peace movement for years. Both Mary and her husband played an active role in Greenham in the 1980s. They had a van together that they would use to go from Bristol to Newbury, transporting goods to the women (fire wood and blankets etc.). Mary never stayed at camp overnight but had a good relationship with Orange Gate, and was part of actions such as codified phone-chains which signified when blockades would be best used to stop camp invasion. Anna attended a Quaker school and showed large interest in political movement from a young age, inspired by her mother's activism. With her mother, she attended camp as a young adult. Anna stated that with the climate change activism happening at the time of the interview, young people might think that Non-Violent Direct Action (NVDA) is a new concept, but Greenham paved the way for this.
Mary and Anna were interviewed by Emily Strange in Bristol in 2019.
They were photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Avryl and Tembre.
Avryl, her mum Marlene, her daughter Tembre, her sister, niece, neighbour's kids and friends all travelled to Embrace the Base from Dorset after hearing about Greenham through a women's consciousness raising group and CND. Avryl remembers Greenham being very welcoming, feeling at home and safe sitting drinking tea and chatting to women. She talks about the huge lesbian community which Avryl became part of, finding safety with women that she couldn't find anywhere else. She recalls putting ribbon and children's toys on the fence, the holding of hands and the power that came from that.
The community of women Tembre grew up with had a powerful impression on her. She is now a circle song leader; gathering women to sing, and feels she must have absorbed Embrace the Base as a child. Avryl reads some of her mother Marlene's poems about Greenham which feature in her book of poems and writings. The interview ends with Tembre singing a beautiful rendition of one of her grandma's poems, who she says found her tribe at Greenham.
Avryl and Tembre were interviewed by Vanessa Pini in March 2021.

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Bridget.
Bridget and Sue are the epitome of 'Carry Greenham Home'. They visited the camp many, many times, never staying long but bringing the ethos of non-violent direct action back to their local protests. They were part of a contingent of women chosen to go to the US during the legal action against Reagan and they spoke 'from the heart' at many meetings. They talk fluently, passionately and emotionally about Greenham; singing, actions, prison, the good and bad of the police and authorities, the power of love and creativity and their continued hope for a better future for us all.
Bridget and Sue were interviewed by Rebecca Morden in 2019.
Bridget was photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording.
'Peace Woman refuses to pay fine, birthday in custody. Southampton Peace Woman, spent her 21st birthday in police custody at the start of a 7 day prison sentence for refusing to pay fines imposed after she took part in a blockade at Greenham Common.'
Carolyn Barnes shares the story behind the newspaper headline in the Southampton Daily Echo. She became involved with Greenham after moving from Bolton to attend Southampton University. She joined various groups including CND, 3rd World First and a local group 'Families Against the Bomb'. Her friend, Di McDonald, used to take a group of them to Greenham for demonstrations in her campervan.
Carolyn talks about being new to politics when first staying at Blue Gate, the cruise missiles being brought in, the excitement of a women-only space, treatment by the police, prison, poetry and impact on her family. She also recalls people not expecting women to stick up for each other and the different ways in which women reacted to the balance of power.
Carolyn describes Greenham as earthy, real, natural and primal.
Carolyn was interviewed by Tricia Grace-Norton in February 2021.

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Janet.
Remarkably Janet hand-wrote her entire PhD thesis at Greenham during a time when there were daily evictions. She remembers it being anarchic but not chaotic, a community of women that in her words, 'Had your back'. Janet took part in many small and large actions and particularly remembers one blockade where the seated women were rushed by mounted police.
Janet was interviewed by Sarah Learmouth in 2019.
She was photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Fran.
Fran became known as the woman who invited people for tea in her tipi, immortalised in the photograph of her by Edward Barber sitting in front of a large sign saying 'Hello can you stop for a talk?'
She approached local residents in town as a 'hippy in disguise' to invite them for tea at the camp. Fran was at times a signatory on the bank account, was interviewed many times, and spoke about Greenham at the UN.
Fran was interviewed by Florence Weston in 2019.

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Hannah.
Hannah was at Blue Gate and starts by describing her time at Greenham as 'Fun. With a capital F. U. N.' She talks about vigilantes, her time in prison, evictions and infiltrations of the camp by one particular journalist. Her overriding memories are of the women she met, how being around women all the time created an experience that was markedly different to the mixed protests she joined afterwards and what made Greenham special to her and why it should be remembered by us all.
Hannah was interviewed by Rebecca Mordan in 2019.
She was photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording.
Heather was at Greenham with her sister and remembers it as a time of innocence, where everything was possible. She talks about women being emancipated without even realising it and how the energy of the camp was about 'light, love and humour'. Heather still sings the songs and would love to meet up with other women who were at Blue Gate.
Heather was interviewed by Florence Weston in 2019.

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Illona.
Illona is an actor based in London. From an early age she had strong feelings about the unfairness of class and gender roles in society, and has been involved in the peace movement since before Greenham. Illona has kept diaries throughout her life. Looking at her photos of the 'Reflect the base' action in December 1983, Illona recalls memories of this extraordinary day when she first saw Greenham. She then came back and forth from Greenham, spending most of her time at Yellow Gate. In her interview, Illona also shares a couple of the songs she remembers most vividly and at 22.40 a poem by Wendy Poussard called 'Greenham Women'.
Illona was interviewed by Alice Robinson in 2019.
She was photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Jade.
Involved in several Women's Groups, including Women for Life on Earth, Jade first visited Greenham in the early 1980s. She later decided to live at Violet Gate permanently for two years. She believes any woman who went to the camp either as a day visitor or permanent resident is a 'Greenham Woman'.
Jade was interviewed by Nicky Arikoglu in 2019.
She was photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).

This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording.
A lifelong and inspiring activist, Jan first traveled to Greenham Common for Embrace the Base and lived at the camp for six months at Blue Gate. In this interview, Jan shares some memories of the camp, her emotional connection with the musical tradition of Greenham and discusses her wedding which took place at Blue Gate some years later.
Jan was interviewed by Sara Sherwood in 2019.