This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Jane. Jane is a lawyer who represented many Greenham Women and was already an active feminist herself. She first got involved in defending the women in 1982 when they broke into the base and took over a sentry box. She recalls the core of their defense being, 'It's not us on trial, it's them,' and the magistrates being stunned when they refused to be bound over to keep the peace. She remembers journalists bringing champagne to greet Greenham Women coming out of prison, daffodils in the court room, cases brought against travelers and using powerful evidence from a nun on Hanford and Dr Alice Stewart on Hiroshima to illustrate the seriousness of their plight. Jane also tells the tale of Greenham Women taking the US Government to court to try and prevent them siting the missiles at Greenham and coming up against the attorney Rudy Giuliani! You can read a first hand account of the free support Jane gave Greenham Women in chapter 18 of the book 'Other Girls Like Me' by Stephanie Davies. Jane was interviewed by Vanessa Pini in April 2021. She was photographed by Tony Prime for the Observer in March 1983.
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording. Janice was just seventeen years old when she first decided to live at the Greenham Common peace camp, abandoning her A level college courses to do so. She lived at the camp between 1986 and 1987, first at Violet Gate and then moving to Orange Gate. She was arrested and charged four times for her role in the non-violent direct actions and spent time in Holloway. She remembers frequent evictions, vigilantes, and living at the camp through freezing weather conditions, but still describes being extremely happy there. Janice was interviewed by Josephine Liptrott in Essex in 2019.
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording. Jenny was a career teacher at the time she went to Greenham and was involved in many large and small actions eventually going to prison for the 'No name action'. She vividly remembers her time on remand, the trial and then being sent to a prison in Cheshire, far away from home. Jenny recounts asking Tony Benn how influential he thought Greenham women were and feeling validated by his response. Jenny was interviewed by Florence Weston in 2019.
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Jenny. Jenny was a figure at Greenham throughout its entire existence, watching the camp change and develop until its closure. This is a tender, fascinating interview which recounts many details of living at camp in terms of day-to-day life, coping with arrests and facing courts, and the solidarity of the women and the commitment to their cause. Jenny was interviewed by Kate Kerrow in 2019. She was photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Jill. 'Ray', as she was known, spent most of her time at Greenham living at Blue Gate. Here, she talks about a range of topics including the importance of reclaiming the Common land, links with peace camps nationally and internationally, the distribution of 'camp dole' and the symbolism and strength of web weaving as a form of creative resistance. Ray was interviewed by Sarah Learmonth in 2019. She was photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording. Joanna didn't go to Greenham herself, but her Mother stayed for a long weekend. Joanna has photographs of her Mum and her friends at Greenham. She remembers Greenham being portrayed very negatively in the papers as lots of 'hairy, angry lesbians'. Joanna was interviewed by Jessica Layton in 2019.
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Josetta. Josetta lived at Blue Gate in the mid to late 1980s. They describe a time of wild parties, as well as the development of political consciousness, especially in relation to black and intersectional feminism. Josetta was interviewed by Kate Kerrow in 2019. Photograph by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).
This folder includes the recorded audio of the interview along with a transcript of the recording and a photograph of Jude. Jude left home and joined The Fallout Marching Band, an anti-nuclear street protest band based in London, at the age of 15 and went to Greenham with some of them. She remembers regularly hitching to Greenham, Non-Violent Direct Actions and crawling through the bushes with bolt cutters. The interview is in two parts - from 41.45 she is looking at photos from her time at Greenham which spark some more memories. This interview was recorded outside and there is some background noise of the wind and the birds. Jude was interviewed by Rebecca Mordan in 2019. She was photographed by Christine Bradshaw (copyright Christine Bradshaw).
