Photographs of Women for Life on Earth Cardiff to Greenham Common marchers outside Cardiff City Hall, 27 August 1981

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Photographs of women from the Women for Life on Earth (WFLOE) peace movement outside City Hall. This was the meeting place for the commencement of the Cardiff to Greenham Common march on 27 August 1981.

Women for Life on Earth was an anti-nuclear, Welsh women’s peace movement. The group was originally founded by Ann Pettitt and a group of friends in early 1981. The group was formed due to a growing concern in regard to nuclear weaponry and nuclear waste. With the threat of the Cold War, there was the lingering concern of a nuclear war that would destroy the World. They came together to peacefully protest for nuclear disarmament. Their most notable actions include a peace march, walking 120 miles from Cardiff to RAF Greenham Common in 1981, and a march from Cardiff to RAF Brawdy, Pembrokeshire in 1982. Both marches were in opposition to the nuclear weapons stored at the RAF bases and to raise awareness of the issue.

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) was founded in 1958 amid the growing concern of nuclear conflict and destruction. The CND campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations.

Ref: Glamorgan Archives, D614/5/1