Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 2019 (Creation)
Level of description
Folder
Extent, medium and format
1 audio file, 1 image file and 1 document file
Collecting area
Archival/Digitisation history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Description
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Vicki.
Vicki first heard about Greenham when studying at Southampton University. She was fascinated by the idea that it was a women-only space and protest.
She initially went as a weekend visitor and later lived there full-time at Blue Gate, staying for about two years.
She broke into the air base three times, on one occasion getting onto the silos and on another running between the shelves of the on-site commissary. Cutting a huge hole in the fence and driving her car onto the runway resulted in a criminal damage conviction.
Vicky was a founder member of Cruisewatch, a group which aimed to monitor and disrupt military manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain. She remembers hostility from the local residents, regular evictions and too many lentils, but also describes a genuinely inclusive and nurturing women-only space where everyone was valued and heard.
Vicki was interviewed by Josephine Liptrott in London in 2019.
She was photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Access information
Open
Copyright and licencing
Please refer to the Series level description for information on copyright and re-use of this material