This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording. Lou has been a lifelong activist inspired by her time at Greenham in her teens. She is now a housing adviser in London and feels the experience at camp gave her the courage to be or do anything! She was there in her late teens and shares her experience of camp life, arrest and prison. Louella was interviewed by Emma Gliddon in 2019.
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording. Lynette was a crucial figure at Greenham and ran the Greenham office from her house (where this interview was conducted). As the key administrator for the campaign, she was the person who triggered the telephone tree, and watched for cruise missiles. She gave space to the Greenham women in her home, letting them use it for phone calls and administration, as well as showers, childcare and long discussions on politics and feminism. As a journalist, she wrote press releases trying to get proper media representation and helped the women with paperwork related to court appeals. As a key player in the whole campaign, Lynette was arrested many times, herself experiencing physical assault. This is the fascinating story of one of the key brains behind the campaign. She was a key presence at Orange Gate from the beginning until Cruise left. Lynette was interviewed by Kate Kerrow in 2019.
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Maggie. In telling her story of living at the Greenham camp, Maggie Parks illustrates the power of the experience to inspire and uplift. Finding Greenham at the time of her beloved father's death at 58 years old, Maggie allowed the energy and love at the camp to swell into the void and become a vital part of something as powerful as her grief. Very much a personal life story, Maggie describes how the experience and energy has stayed with her in a lifelong career supporting and protecting women against violence. Maggie was interviewed by Elaine Ruth White 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 Penny. Penny was 21 when she went to Greenham. She stayed for a year. She lived at Blue Gate and was at the camp during the evictions. She recalls the enjoyment of political discussions with women, recounts actions such as painting out the lights on the runway to try and stop the Cruise missiles landing. Penny talks about the legacy of Greenham, the impact of the protest, going to prison and the echoes of Greenham across her life. Penny was interviewed by Isabelle Tracy 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. In this expansive and generous interview, Ruth discusses travelling to Greenham with her friend Sarah Green in 1981/2 and stayed at Yellow Gate, finding solidarity and comfort in the women's peace movement in Sheffield, the acrobatic workshops she led at camp so women could take part in creative actions, how her interests (spirituality, in particular) developed at Greenham and the deep friendships at the camp which she formed. Ruth also recounts the thinking behind forming Green Gate in the early years of Greenham. Ruth was interviewed by Sara Sherwood in 2019.
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording. Tamsin answered a call for women to go to Greenham Peace Camp. She arrived in 1983 with her 2-year-old daughter and although she started at Blue Gate, she and others with children decided to re-establish Red Gate. Tamsin talks about how she went to Greenham to save herself, to discover her people and how amazing it felt to be able to be herself and discuss any issues without being judged. Tamsin's story is one of great personal discovery, a legacy that she has taken into the rest of her life: 'I went to Greenham and I wasn't mad anymore, I was normal'. Tamsin was interviewed by Sarah Learmonth in 2019.
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording. Wendy Moorhouse Johns was based in Leamington Spa during the height of the peace movement. She organised a Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) group through Spare Rib magazine and they visited Greenham Common together. In her interview, she touches on class relations to protest and the different challenges faced by women from different socio-economic backgrounds. Wendy has a passion and talent for music and she discusses the relationship between folk music and the peace movement, including her project undertaken as part of a degree at the Ruskin School of Art. She tells us about meeting Peggy Seeger in Oxford and singing together on stage. Wendy talks widely about women's history, family, and experiences in relation to protest and activism. Wendy was interviewed by Kitty Gurnos Davies in 2019.
This file includes the recorded audio of the interview with Sarbjit Ganger, along with a transcript, a summary of the recording, and a photo of the interviewee. At the time of the interview, Sarbjit was the Director of Asian Women's Resource Centre, a specialist women's organisation providing holistic, independent support services to Black and minoritised women and girls experiencing abuse. Date of interview: 20/11/2019. Length of recording: 00:41:19.
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording. Anni was 19 when she went to the Embrace the Base demonstration at Greenham and decided to stay at the camp, moving into Green Gate. She was there the day the missiles arrived and talks about feelings of powerlessness at the escalation of the arms race and the importance of taking action, belonging and acceptance she got from the camp. Anni now runs women's choirs saying that singing with other women feels like 'coming home'. Anni was interviewed by Isabelle Tracy in 2019.
Speaker(s): Professor Julian Richards, Dr Norma Rossi, Malte Riemann, Emil Archambault, Baraa Shiban and Camilla Molyneux Publication date: 27 March 2019
