Islington Council support for Greenham Common women

Title

Islington Council support for Greenham Common women

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Feb 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:04

Description

Maureen Leigh, Chairwoman of Labour-controlled Islington Council, on the support being offered by the council to the Greenham Common women peace camp protesters demonstrating outside Holloway Prison where some of their number have been imprisoned, and on the council’s plans to fly the CND flag over the Town Hall. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Jo Andrews).

Contributors

Jo Andrews?; Maureen Leigh

Keywords

Local authorities; Town halls; Labour Party; GLC; Prisons; Demonstrations; Islington; Protest movements; Nuclear weapons; CND; Anti-nuclear movements; Holloway Prison; Islington Council; Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp

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