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Radio 2,1 min

Protesting at Greenham Common peace camp

The People's Songs

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Helen, 75, from Yorkshire, was one of many women protesters at Greenham Common peace camp. She tells how the nuclear protesters suffered at the hands of the Rate Payers Against Greenham Encampment and remembers how admitting to the ownership of some bolt cutters nearly cost her a 10-year sentence!

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