Our Greenham

2 February 2020 - 17th December 2021

Calder Valley CND’s ‘Our Greenham’ exhibition put the women’s peace camp into the context of the wider struggle against nuclear weapons. The exhibition featured objects from The Peace Museum’s collection and many memories and memorabilia of people from the Calder Valley who were there.

5th September 2021 marked 40 years since women first arrived at Greenham Common in Berkshire to protest against the British Government's decision to store Nuclear Weapons on the site.

For the next 19 years women stayed at the site to protest, resist and raise awareness of the threat posed by Nuclear Weapons. Together they created Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, one of the longest and most famous examples of feminist protest.

Artworks was extremely privileged to be able to show some of the objects and artefacts made at and for the peace camp’s protest activities.

Take a virtual tour of the exhibition with the show’s curators Calder Valley CND

Publication

Women For Peace: Banners From Greenham Common by Charlotte Dew

A new book published by Four Corners Books to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Greenham Common peace protests.

The book is packed full of the vibrant fabric banners made for Greenham, many of which feature in the exhibition.

Get the book

Take a Virtual Visit

Local Links

This exhibition was created by Calder Valley CND and features objects from local women and archive materials from Bradford’s Peace Museum.

Find out more about their work here;

Yorkshire CND

The Peace Museum

Our Greenham - Film Screening - 4th December 2021

This was a unique chance to watch a special film “Carry Greenham Home” which documents the everyday lives of the women at Greenham Common Peace Camp directed by Beeban Kidron in 1983.

The screening took place in Artworks’ Gallery to coincide with the Calder Valley CND’s ‘Our Greenham’ exhibition which gathers an exceptional selection of memorabilia and photographs lent by people from the Calder Valley as well as objects from The Peace Museum’s collection.