Name/TitleSection of Dragon banner
About this objectRainbow section of the dragon banner from Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp. The donor told us: "The cloth piece is part of a mile-long 'dragon' (I recall a huge paper-mache head). Women from across UK created large decorated pieces of cloth which were sewn together, making up 1 mile long. The 'dragon' paraded around the outside of the base."
MakerGreenham Common Women's Peace Camp
Date Madec.1981-82
Period1980s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, textile
MeasurementsH: 62 x W: 104 cm
Subject and Association KeywordsGreenham Common
Subject and Association KeywordsPeace movement
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenham_Common_Women%27s_Peace_Camp:
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a series of protest camps established to protest against nuclear weapons being placed at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began on 5 September 1981 after a Welsh group, Women for Life on Earth, arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the British government to allow cruise missiles to be stored there. After realising that the march alone was not going to get them the attention that they needed to have the missiles removed, women began to stay at Greenham to continue their protest. The first blockade of the base occurred in March 1982 with 250 women protesting, during which 34 arrests and one death occurred. The Camp was brought to a close in 2000 to make way for the Commemorative and Historic Site on the land that housed the original Women’s Peace Camp at Yellow Gate Greenham Common between the years 1981 and 2000.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBanner
Object numberGWL-2017-67-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved