Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CCND)... Ash Wednesday action at Ministry of Defence, London; Hiroshima Day 'snowball' at Upper Heyford United States Air Force base, Upper Heyford., 1989
Ash Wednesday action at Ministry of Defence, London; Hiroshima Day 'snowball' at Upper Heyford United States Air Force base, Upper Heyford., 1989
MSS.462/Box 9/photographic file 22
1989
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Numbered in circle in right-hand corner. Name of photographer/previous owner shown in brackets if known.
Ash Wednesday action:
1. An affinity group.
Hiroshima Day 'snowball':
2. An affinity group.
3. An affinity group prays before the action.
4. Banner.
5-6. The march approaches the base.
7. Removed.
8. Priests at the service, Father Richard Finn on the far right.
9. The musicians.
10. A reading.
11. Crowd at fence.
12-15. The affinity group praying before the action.
16-17. Father Richard Finn being arrested.
18. Arrest of unknown activist.
19. Not found on deposit.
20. Sister Maire Collette and Mary Brennan being arrested.
The group who took part in the 'snowball' action aimed to cut the fence, which was the tactic used in that campaign, but also chained themselves together to make arrest more difficult.
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