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The protestors were fifth columnists carrying water for the USSR. We did not know of the Westminster Abbey in the People's Republic I had the misfortune to be born in, but we knew of the Greenham Common Airbase as the government commissioned songs about it under socialism. Trators.

Thank you for sharing that booklet! I adore the "New Egyptian" pattern on the front, and crocheted clothes hanger covers!

Conclusion: Greenham common was not about stew and not needing men. It's about the strength women hold individually and collectively. That we proved since forever and they are scared of us. Oh and the nuclear thing...

I remember being driven in and out of the camp by various men but no man was allowed to stay there.

NO dads stayed at Greenham! nonono never saw that. and that's a big nono

I had two broken arms also hahah

The soldiers there deliberately sent us to the opposite end of the gates. They had no means to even pick us two up.

we just said her name and we were directed every time and felt safe and protected,

My little sister was 4 and we both had to walk back many gates on our own to find our mum again.

I was 6

We sang in the back of the army vehicles as they drove us away from the gate they found us

We sang so many songs! every minute of the day. From morning with our wooden porridge bowls and the smell was invigorating. Till evening when we count our wounds. We sang all day it's mostly what I rememeber.

30:00 Spot on. The words made my cry I haven't heard that for such a long time.

"it stays finished" ...right, not if you have small children or dogs that think they're. I run a public history museum out of a 1904 house, and am an advanced knitter, but send out things to friends for crochet edges and things...which, as you mention, is most things.

This was wonderful thank you. My mother, in the 60s, use to knit something like that skating outfit, including turned heels socks, turtle neck with ribbed cuffs and neck, flared skating skirt and pompom toque, for Barbie dolls without a pattern - from fine baby wool and pick up sticks (pick up sticks are from a childrens game with very fine skewer type sticks and marbles). All were two color striped sets and they were beautiful. She would sell a set for 20 dollars each for her pin money. She learned how to knit from her mother who taught me later on but I will never be as good as either of them.

Brought back such happy memories of my Gran, born in 1898, who was a skilled knitter and was excellent at crochet. She collected patterns from several of these magazines.

What a good presentation. I never heard about this collection. I started to crochet again during the lock-down. I like these old magazines

Thanks for Uploading.

Let's not forget that knitting machines were becoming more common in the home at that time, regarding the skating outfit.

This is so interesting and so well researched - a topic which absolutely deserves more attention considering the things discussed here form the basis of lots of contemporary LGBTQ+ and feminist activism!!! Thank you so much for this valuable talk :)