Women's Action for Disarmament Letter: Women for Life on Earth (WFLOE) Peace March from Cardiff to Greenham Common, August/September 1981

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A letter providing information and details for women who wished to join the Peace March from Cardiff to Greenham Common. The letter provides details of the route for the march, starting at Cardiff Gorsedd Gardens, opposite City Hall at 10:00 AM, on Thursday 27 August 1981. It also lists the stops to be made along the way. The poster advises women to collect back any costs they encounter on the march, or to approach their local Labour group, CND group or Church for help in covering any transport costs to and from home. The CND helped the WFLOE to arrange accommodation for the women involved in the march. The letter provides the details of a meeting held the day before the march took place. This meeting was held at Friends Meeting House, 43 Charles Street, Cardiff. Among the list of items to bring, it was suggested to pack sleeping bags, cutlery and plates, two pairs of walking shoes, and rain gear. 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 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