Photograph of the Women for Life on Earth (WFLOE) Volunteers on the Peace March from Cardiff to Greenham Common, outside Cardiff City Hall, 27 August 1981

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This photograph shows Women for Life on Earth (WFLOE) marchers outside Cardiff City Hall. A woman in the background carries a homemade placard/banner. This placard has the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) or 'peace' symbol formed out of the image of a flowering tree. Beneath this, on the placard you can see the word 'Cardiff' written across the bottom. There are three police officers in the background of the photograph. The focus of the picture seems to be on a woman wearing an armband that reads 'steward'. She is carrying a lot of baggage with her, presumably with the necessities for the march ahead. This was the meeting place for the commencement of the march from Cardiff to Greenham Common 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 Pettit and a group of friends in early 1981. The group formed due to a growing concern regarding nuclear weaponry and nuclear waste. With the threat of the Cold War, there was the lingering concern that nuclear war could destroy the planet. The group came together to peacefully protest for nuclear disarmament. Their most notable actions include organzing a peace march, walking 120 miles from Cardiff to RAF Greenham Common in 1981, as well as 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 helped 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.---------------The Chronicle Project is a community heritage project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and run by VCS Cymru with the aims to document the history of volunteering in Cardiff, from 1914 to 2014. Visit our website at: http://www.vcscymru.org.ukFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/chronicleVCS/Twitter: https://twitter.com/vcs_chronicle