Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.331
Object Name
Postcard
Place
London Stock Exchange
People
Ronald Reagan
Date
1986
Description
An A5 postcard showing a black and white photograph of women laying in the middle of the road with their eyes closed as men with briefcases walk by. The back of the postcard reads: "7 June 1982. At 9am on the day that President Reagan arrives in Britain, women from the Greenham Common Peace Camo stage a 'die-in' outside the London Stock Exchange. five streets around the building are blockaded and rush hour traffic is disrupted. / Women of the Peace Camps in action for THE COMMON CAUSE / Britain's first Peace Camp was established outside Greenham Common air base near Newbury, Berkshire, in September 1981 in protest at the proposed siting there in 1983 of 96 American 'cruise' missiles. Many other Peace Camps have since been set up."
A handwritten message reads: "Women demand peace for the world! Wishing you peace and happiness" next to an address and a postage stamp.
Copyright: Ed Barber & Leeds postcards
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