Common Ground Activity Day
2023-03-25 12:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Hilldrop Community Centre, Community Lane, Hilldrop Road, Islington, London, N7 0JE, United Kingdom
Join us at Hilldrop Community Centre in Islington for a day of stories, songs and memories celebrating Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp!
What’s On:
There will be an exhibition of photographs from Greenham Common, a book reading, craft activities, face painting, willow den building and the chance to share your own stories of resistance!
We will be joined by local organisations including Community Plan 4 Holloway, St George Mutual Aid Group and Disability Action Islington who will be sharing information about their campaigns and how you can get involved.
The Museum of Youth Culture will be bringing their scanner, so that you can add pictures from your youth to their archive. Remember to bring your personal photographs!
Refreshments will be provided from 1pm, including a free, hot, vegan soup.
Accessibility:
We are taking steps to ensure barriers to participation at this event are removed.
There will be a BSL Interpreter and Audio Describer throughout the day to support anyone with visual/audio impairments to enjoy all the activities. We will also be sharing a Trauma Busting Sheet to help ease any anxieties anyone might have about the day.
The venue is wheelchair accessible.
Please get in touch with Elaine about any access needs: elaine.maffrett@hilldrop.org.uk
About the Organisers:
This event is created by Scary Little Girls with the support of Greenham Women Everywhere and with thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Islington Giving.
Whilst you are welcome to book in to this event, a ticket will not be needed for entry.
Everyone is welcome!
Here’s our access guide for the day, and you can download it here.
This is an event run by the company Scary Little Girls.
It is part of a project called Greenham Women Everywhere. This project shares information about the women who lived at the Greenham Women’s Peace Camp.
The event is at Hilldrop Community Centre. There will be three event spaces: the Main Hall, the Small Hall and the Garden. You can go in all the spaces.
When you arrive, you will be welcomed by Hilldrop Community Centre Staff. They will ask you to sign in at the Registration Desk.
They will ask you if you are happy to be in photographs whilst you are at the event. If you do not want your picture taken, you will be given a coloured sticker to wear.
These are the activities that will be there:
Pop – Up Exhibition
-A tent that you can sit inside on your own to listen to a soundscape on headphones. You can also sit next to the tent on a chair.
-Photographs of Greenham Women.
Craft Activities
-A willow building workshop in the garden with Jo. This will start at 2pm and finish at 4pm.
-Craft activities with Maz. You can spend as much time or as little time making these as you like.
-A face painter will be there.
Talks
-Stalls with local organisations talking about their work.
-Talks and songs about the Greenham Women’s Peace Camp.
-People you can talk to about Greenham, local events or anything else that you think about while you’re there!
The event is open from 12 noon until 5pm. You can drop in and leave at any time.
You do not have to join in with any of the activities. You can just enjoy looking around.
All of the activities are free.
Food
There will be free teas, coffees and cakes. There will be a free vegan and gluten free hot soup from 1pm.
The Venue
You can find out how to get to Hilldrop by clicking here.
At the venue there is:
-1 unisex accessible toilet with baby changing facility in the reception lobby.
-Separate male toilets with urinals and single stall cubicle in the main hall lobby.
-Separate female toilets with 2 stalls in the main hall lobby.
The venue is single storey, step-free and wheelchair accessible.
Seated areas will be available.
There will be a BSL interpreter & audio describer at the event.
If you feel like you need to be in a quiet space, you can ask a member of staff who will take you to a quiet space.
If at any point, you need urgent help, have any problems, or become lost, you can contact Sharon Foster. She is one of the people organising the event.
Here is her phone number: 07919 417812
The Scary Little Girls team hope you have a wonderful time!
We are excited to see you there.

British Peace Protest at Queen Mary University London - Carry Greenham Home with Q&A
2023-03-30 16:00 - 21:00 | The Bloc Cinema, QMUL Arts One, Mile End Rd, Bethnal Green,, London, E1 4PA
We’re excited to be part of two great events in the BLOC exhibition space of Queen Mary University, London, on March 30th
4pm – 6pm In the BLOC exhibition space explore an installation of exhibits produced by Greenham Women Everywhere as part of their work to archive and remember the Greenham protests, and pass on the legacy of the protests to future generations.
6pm – 9pm, Screening of Carry Greenham Home (Beeban Kidron, 1983, 66mins.) The film documents the Greenham peace protests and will be introduced by Rebecca Mordan and followed by a Q&A with Rebecca and other Greenham Women.
**All welcome, no booking required**

Es & Flo Opening Preview
2023-04-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Pl, Cardiff, CF10 5AL, United Kingdom
We will be at the opening preview for Es & Flo at the Wales Millennium Centre!
Es and Flo fell fiercely in love in the 80s. They’ve been secretly living as lovers ever since. As Es becomes more forgetful around their home, an unexpected carer arrives.
Who sent this woman? Why? Can they trust her?
As the outside world comes crashing in, Flo fights to protect the life they’ve built together over forty years behind closed doors. And faces the hardest battle of her life – to hold on to the woman she loves.
Coloured with memories of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp – where Es and Flo first met as activists – this sharply observed new play by Jennifer Lunn celebrates the love of an older lesbian relationship, women coming together to fight for what’s right, and the healing power of chosen family.
Jennifer Lunn joined Greenham Women Everywhere on the 40th anniversary walk from Cardiff to Greenham in 2021, so we are very happy to be supporting this production!
The preview will be accompanied by a talk from our director Becca and her ukelady!
Grab your tickets here!

Craftivism & Memory Share Coffee Morning
2023-04-30 09:30 - 13:00 | The Melville Centre, The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5UD, United Kingdom
Join us for a Craftivism & Memory Share Coffee Morning in Abergavenny!
Drop in to the Melville Centre for a relaxed session sharing memories and stories from Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.
We will be joined by local Greenham Women, Greenham Child Rebecca Mordan and local crafter Pat Wesson from Stop and Stitch, who will be running a radical stitching workshop.
All materials and refreshments provided.
Accessibility:
The Melville has disabled parking space, rear door for wheelchair access (please call the Melville if required 01873 853167), and a disabled toilet.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.
Cafe Space
The Melville Centre
Pen-y-Pound
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire NP7 5UD

Common Ground: An Exhibition of Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp
2023-05-11 11:00 - 16:00 | Positive Lights Project, 184 - 187 Sidwell Street, Exeter, EX4 6RD, United Kingdom
Scary Little Girls and Positive Lights Projects join forces to bring you a pop-up exhibition and free craft activities celebrating Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.
Pop-Up Exhibition
Look around the gallery at portrait photos of the Greenham Women by Christine Bradshaw, chat to us about your memories of Greenham and hear ours. Hang out in our bender tent listening to a soundscape of stories from the peace camp and interviews with Greenham Women. Our oral history team will be there to record your memories of Greenham so that you can become part of our growing archive.
Free Craft Activities:
11am – 1pm Radical Bunting with Caroline Wilkins
Drop-in at any time to make protest bunting using simple kitchen table print techniques. Your printed bunting flags will be stitched together and will travel around the UK with Scary Little Girls as we continue to gather Greenham stories.
2pm – 4pm TBC Free Craft Activity
You can drop in for these activities at any time. All materials will be provided.
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. You can view our archive of oral histories, photographs and ephemera from Greenham here.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.

Common Ground: Craftivism and Memory Share Coffee Morning
2023-05-12 10:00 - 12:30 | The Rougemont Room, St Sidwell's Community Centre, Sidwell St, Exeter, EX4 6NN, United Kingdom
Join us for a Craftivism & Memory Share Coffee Morning hosted by Greenham Women Everywhere and Scary Little Girls!
Drop in to the Rougemont Room at St Sidwell’s Community Centre between 10am – 12:30pm.
Printmaker Caroline Wilkins will be leading a relaxed session making protest bunting using simple kitchen table print techniques. Your printed bunting flags will be stitched together and will travel around the UK with Scary Little Girls as we continue to gather Greenham stories.
Whilst crafting, Greenham Child Rebecca Mordan will be sharing her memories of Greenham and chatting to you about yours.
All materials and refreshments provided.
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. You can view our archive of oral histories, photographs and ephemera from Greenham here.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.

Common Ground: Zine Making
2023-05-12 14:00 - 16:30 | Maketank, 3-5 Paris Street, Exeter, EX1 2JB, United Kingdom
Join us at Maketank for a Zine Making Workshop.
Printmaker Caroline Wilkins will be leading a session to make a hand-printed zine to celebrate the women who lived or visited the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp. Working with linocut stamps and text, we will make zines that can be photocopied for wider distribution.
Workshop and materials are FREE.
This event is part of Maketank’s Make Your Own Book Festival taking place 2nd-13th May.
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. As women travelled to Greenham from across the UK, local support hubs formed to ‘Carry Greenham Home’.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.
Book your free tickets here!

Common Ground: Stories, Songs and Memories From Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp
2023-05-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Maketank, 3-5 Paris Street, Exeter, EX1 2JB, United Kingdom
Join Rebecca Mordan at MakeTank on 12th May to hear more about Greenham Women Everywhere and her book, Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices 1981 – 2000!
She will sing you some songs from the Greenham Song book and answer all your burning Greenham questions – go on ask them, we dare you!
This event is part of Maketank’s Make Your Own Book Festival taking place 2nd-13th May.
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world.
You can view our archive of oral histories, photographs and ephemera from Greenham here.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.
You can RSVP to the event here.

Common Ground Exhibition Tour
2023-05-13 12:00 - 16:00 | Trinity Community Arts, Trinity Road, Bristol, BS2 0NW , United Kingdom
Come along for an exhibition celebrating the legacy of feminist resistance in Bristol!
Greenham Women Everywhere and Trinity join forces to celebrate the legacy of feminist resistance in this FREE pop-up exhibition celebrating the legacy of feminist resistance in Bristol.
Activities include:
A choral singing workshop with Pearl Love 1 – 2.30pm
A drop-in protest printmaking workshop with Caroline Wilkins
An inspiring discussion from protestors then and now
Keynote from Art and Activism author Dr Edson Burton MBE
Photographs from Christine Bradshaw’s ‘Greenham Portraits’ series
An opportunity to be interviewed for Greenham Women Everywhere’s oral history project about your experiences of Greenham and your experience of Bristol activism.
About Common Ground
This event was made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the peace camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This event is in partnership with Art of Resistance, a two-year, National Heritage Lottery Funded project charting 100 years of protest in Bristol.
About Greenham Common Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. As women travelled to Greenham from across the UK, local support hubs formed to ‘Carry Greenham Home’.
This event was made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the peace camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
This venue is wheelchair accessible. Click here for more information about accessibility at Trinity.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.
Click here for more information about travelling to the venue.

Common Ground Memory Share and Film Screening
2023-05-14 15:00 - 20:00 | Friends Meeting House, Champion Square, Bristol, BS2 9DB, United Kingdom
Head down to the Bristol Friends Meeting House to craft, share memories and watch films celebrating Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp!
All activities are FREE.
Programme of Activities:
3pm: Craftivism and Memory Share Afternoon
Drop-in for some craftivism with Greenham Woman, Jill ‘Ray’ Raymond who will be running practical web weaving sessions and sharing the history of Web Weaving as feminist protest.
You’ll also have the chance to meet with Greenham Women and share your own stories of resistance with our oral history team.
5pm: Women Against the Bomb Film Screening
First up we will be screening Women Against the Bomb, a prize-winning look at the impact of the Greenham Women, reflected through interviews and footage from women who took action and never looked back.
6pm: Q&A with Greenham Guest Speakers
We will be joined by Greenham Child Rebecca Mordan and guest Greenham Women giving you the chance to ask all your Greenham questions.
6.30pm: Carry Greenham Home Film Screening
Then we will head back to the early days of Greenham with Beeban Kidron and Amanda Richardson’s fly-on-the-wall masterpiece was shot whilst they lived at Greenham in 1982-83.
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. You can view our archive of oral histories, photographs and ephemera from Greenham here.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.
Click here for more information about travelling to the venue.

Common Ground: An Exhibition of Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp
2023-05-27 10:00 - 12:30 | Freshwater Library, 41 School Green Rd, Freshwater, PO40 9AP, United Kingdom
Scary Little Girls and Freshwater Library join forces to bring you a pop-up exhibition celebrating Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.
Join us to chat to us about your memories of Greenham and hear ours. Hang out in our bender tent listening to a soundscape of stories from the peace camp and interviews with Greenham Women. Our oral history team will be there to record your memories of Greenham so that you can become part of our growing archive.
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. You can view our archive of oral histories, photographs and ephemera from Greenham here.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.

Common Ground: Memory Share and Film Screening
2023-05-27 13:30 - 15:30 | Freshwater Library, 41 School Green Rd, Freshwater, PO40 9AP, United Kingdom
Join us for a film screening in Freshwater Library as we transport you back to the early days of Greenham with Beeban Kidron and Amanda Richardson’s fly-on-the-wall masterpiece was shot whilst they lived at Greenham in 1982-83.
Hear songs from the camp come to life and enjoy the opportunity to hear from Greenham Women in our live Q&A.
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. You can view our archive of oral histories, photographs and ephemera from Greenham here.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.

Common Ground: Craftivism and Memory Share Coffee Morning
2023-05-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Ventnor Exchange, 11 Church St, Ventnor , PO38 1SW, United Kingdom
Join us for a Craftivism & Memory Share Coffee Morning hosted by Greenham Women Everywhere and Scary Little Girls!
Drop in to the Cafe at Ventnor Exchange between 10am – 1pm.
Printmaker Caroline Wilkins will be leading a relaxed session making protest bunting using simple kitchen table print techniques. Your printed bunting flags will be stitched together and will travel around the UK with Scary Little Girls as we continue to gather Greenham stories.
Whilst crafting, Greenham Child Rebecca Mordan and Sue Bolton will be sharing their memories of Greenham and chatting to you about yours.
All materials provided.
About Common Ground
This event was made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the peace camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to.
About Greenham Common Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. As women travelled to Greenham from across the UK, local support hubs formed to ‘Carry Greenham Home’.
This event was made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the peace camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.

Common Ground: Open Studio and Photographic Exhibition
2023-05-28 11:00 - 15:30 | The Shed, Through the archway off Church Street behind the Chinese Restaurant, PO38 1SW, United Kingdom
Just down the road from Ventnor Exchange you can join Greenham Woman and artist Bridget Boudewijn in her Isle of Wight studio to view her photographs of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp giving a unique, first hand insight into the camp.
About Common Ground
This event was made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the peace camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to.
About Greenham Common Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. As women travelled to Greenham from across the UK, local support hubs formed to ‘Carry Greenham Home’.
This event was made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the peace camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.

Common Ground: Panel discussion and book talk
2023-05-28 16:30 - 18:00 | Ventnor Exchange, 11 Church St, Ventnor , PO38 1SW, United Kingdom
Join us in the Cafe at Ventnor Exchange to hear all about life at the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp from women who were there. Hear songs and stories that bring the camp to life as we reflect on the impact of the camp 40 years on.
Greenham child and author Rebecca Mordan will introduce her book ‘Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices 1981 – 2000’ sharing the impact her early experiences of the camp have had on her life.
Did you visit the Greenham Common Peace Camp? If so we’d love to hear your stories too and take the opportunity to interview you for Greenham Women Everywhere’s oral history project about your experiences of Greenham.
About Common Ground
This event was made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the peace camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to.
About Greenham Common Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. As women travelled to Greenham from across the UK, local support hubs formed to ‘Carry Greenham Home’.
This event was made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the peace camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
This venue is wheelchair accessible. Click here for more information about accessibility at Trinity.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.

Edge of the World bookshop book talk
2023-06-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Edge of the World Bookshop, 25/26 Market Jew Street, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 2HR, United Kingdom
Join us at the wonderful Edge of the World bookshop in Penzance in June for a talk with Rebecca Mordan about her book, Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices 1981 – 2000.

Our own Artistic Director Rebecca will read, tell stories and sing you some songs from the Greenham Song Book and together with Greenham Women who contributed their stories, she will answer all your burning Greenham questions – go on ask them, we dare you!

Tickets are £6 and on sale here

Living Literature Walks: The Great Estate Festival
2023-06-03 - 2023-06-04 | The Great Estate Festival, The Secret Gin Garden, Scorrier House, Redruth, TR16 5AW
Will you be in Redruth, Cornwall for The Great Estate Festival? We will – we’re back for another year with our Living Literature Walks – find us in the Secret Gin Garden on the 3rd and 4th June!
Join us to explore the most rambunctious garden fête! This walk will take you on an exciting journey around the Secret Gin Garden to discover female botanists and explorers.
Find performative pioneers and seeds of information planted amongst the trees.
As well as evergreen plays, music and poetry, we will also shed light on some budding shoots!
Cast:
Rebecca Mordan
Sue Hill
Vanessa Pini
Indira Falle

Common Ground: Craftivism & Memory Share
2023-06-08 15:00 - 18:00 | Penlee Park Theatre, Morrab Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4HE
40 years on from the iconic Greenham actions of Embrace the Base, Carry Greenham Home and women dancing on the silos at the nuclear air base, we are excited to host social archivers Greenham Women Everywhere in an afternoon of print-making, radical bunting, information sharing, memory recording and song!
The session will begin with a chat about the impact of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp from local Greenham Women and Greenham Child Rebecca Mordan.

We will then enjoy craftivsim with Caroline Wilkins and cake as we create a space for the change we want to see in the world!

Entry is £5 – book your place here

Common Ground: Greenham on Film
2023-06-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Penlee Park Theatre, Morrab Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4HE
Photograph by Raissa Page. Copyright: Adrianne Jones – courtesy of The Richard Burton Archives, Swansea University. Not to be used without permission
Join us for a double feature combining classic and contemporary takes on the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.
In an evening of cutting edge documentary making, we bring you Women Against the Bomb, a prize-winning look at the impact of the Greenham Women, reflected through interviews and footage from women who took action and never looked back. Then we’ll go back to early days of the camp with Beeban Kidron and Amanda Richardson’s fly-on-the-wall masterpiece shot in the year they lived at Greenham – Carry Greenham Home.
Linked by guest speakers who feature in the films and artists from Scary Little Girls and Greenham Women Everywhere, this evening will be a chance to see the Greenham movement in all its glory, grim, grit and enduring grandeur.
Adult £10
Concs £8
Child £5
Family £26

Glastonbury goers - get a load of our Pockets of Power!
2023-06-21 - 2023-06-25 | Glastonbury Festival, United Kingdom
We are delighted to be taking a brand new show to Glastonbury this year, celebrating pockets! Will you be there? Come and see us!
Pockets of Power! is an original concept from the minds of our very own Artistic Director Rebecca Mordan (who, dontcherknow, has also featured in the BBC Writers Room and is the Glastonbury Circus Big Top Compère) our fabulous friend Dr Naomi Paxton (The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker, and aka award-winning cabaret act and member of The Magic Circle, Ada Campe) and is in collaboration with Dr Kat Jungnickel (Goldsmith Uni and author of Bikes and Bloomers)
Together, these flamboyant miscreants will present comedy, song, sketches and audience games to show how women radically reinvented the worlds of fashion and design to solve problems, smash stereotypes and have adventures!
This interactive rampage through the history of the pocket draws on research from the Politics of Patents project at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and will feature:

costumes made from original patents and adapted for festival fabulousness in glitter and neon by Dr Jungnickel’s team, including a Victorian lunchbox and muff combination, a personal Edwardian life-saving device for long sea voyages (with hidden sandwich), and a vast array of secret compartments in everything from bags and bustles to hats and hooped skirts!
six live performers, embodying the characters who came up with and used these fabric inventions, such as Milly the Shop-Lifter, Lea the Land-Girl and Sal the Sports-Woman
live music, some specially commissioned for the project and some from pop culture, from music hall to the swinging 60’s
bespoke magic tricks
a specially commissioned puppet designed by Velma von Bon Bon
games, gifts and dressing up for audiences as they take part in activities and sections, such as Paper Doll Finger races and the Pockets vs Hands Ultimate Challenge!

Our cast includes friends of Team Scary old and new: Sarah Annakin, Don One, Koko Brown, Nadia Shash, Velma von Bon Bon and Dr Naomi Paxton
This is a Scary Little Girls Production created with Naomi Paxton, commissioned by Glastonbury Festival and Goldsmiths Uni, the first time we’ve been commissioned by either of these bodies.
Look for us in the festival programme!
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EDIT – our event is now on the Glastopedia page for the stage we’re performing on – A Little More Sensation

Chatty Cakey Tea Party - Saltash
2023-07-21 10:00 - 13:00 | Saltash Library and Information Service, Callington Road, Saltash, PL12 6DX, United Kingdom
Come and tell us your favourite Cornish stories, myths and legends–true or otherwise!
Jenny Beare, Bec Applebee and Shazz Andrew are the story gatherers and would love to hear your Cornish tales as we begin our project to create a legacy of our collective community storytelling heritage, from which we’ll create a new archive of Cornish Folklore, a new play and a digital map to keep these stories alive.
Come to our free tea party to learn more about the project and tell us your stories.
We’ll be hosting tea parties at several venues across Cornwall until 25th August – see them all here.
The Cornish Storylines project has received £296,200 from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and is part of a £4.4m investment in a cultural events and talent programme across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Common Ground: Exhibition and Film Screening
2023-07-24 16:00 - 20:30 | RISC, 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS, United Kingdom
Scary Little Girls and RISC join forces to bring you a unique opportunity to discover the work of Judith Baron in this exhibition of her photographic works from her time at Greenham Common and Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camps.
4.30 – 6.30: Judith Baron Exhibition Private View – photographs from Greenham and Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camps.
6.30pm: Talks from photographer Judith Baron and Greenham Women
7.30pm – 8.30pm Film screening of Women Against the Bomb, Sonia Gonzalez’s prize-winning documentary about the impact of the Greenham Women, reflected through interviews and footage from women who took action and never looked back.

Common Ground: Craftivism Coffee Morning
2023-07-25 10:00 - 13:00 | RISC, 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS, United Kingdom
Scary Little Girls and RISC join forces to bring you a unique opportunity to discover the work of Judith Baron in this exhibition of her photographic works from her time at Greenham Common and Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camps.
Join us from 10am-1pm for a relaxed craftivism session where we’ll be exploring messages of hope for the future. Whilst crafting, Greenham Child Rebecca Mordan will be sharing her memories of Greenham and chatting to you about yours.
All materials provided.
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. You can view our archive of oral histories, photographs and ephemera from Greenham here.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.

Chatty Cakey Tea Party - Bugle
2023-07-25 10:00 - 13:00 | Bugle Village Hal, New St, Bugle, Saint Austell, PL26 8PG, United Kingdom
Come and tell us your favourite Cornish stories, myths and legends–true or otherwise!
Tell us about your favourite Cornish places, anecdotes, legends and local characters. Talk to our story-gatherers as they create a legacy of our communities, their storytelling and heritage. We’ll work with archivers of Cornish Folklore, create a new play and a digital response to keep these experiences and voices alive.
Come to our free tea party to learn more about the project and tell us your stories.
We’ll be hosting tea parties at several venues across Cornwall until 25th August – see them all here.
The Cornish Storylines project has received £296,200 from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and is part of a £4.4m investment in a cultural events and talent programme across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Common Ground: Memory Share and Film Screening
2023-07-26 17:45 - 20:00 | The Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune St, Cowley Rd, Oxford, OX4 1BN, United Kingdom
We’re bringing the inspirational story of the first all-female peace camp of Greenham Common, told from the inside by the women who were there to The Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford.
Women Against the Bomb is Sonia Gonzalez’s prize-winning documentary about the impact of the Greenham Women, reflected through interviews and footage from women who took action and never looked back.
Join us for a film screening followed by a Q&A with Greenham child and author of ‘Out of the Darkness’ Rebecca Mordan as well as other Greenham Women who will discuss their first hand experiences of Greenham Common.
Hear songs from the camp come to life and enjoy the opportunity to hear from Greenham Women in our live Q&A.
Book tickets here
17:45 Doors
18:15 Film starts
19:15 Q&A
20:00 Ends
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. You can view our archive of oral histories, photographs and ephemera from Greenham here.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.

Common Ground Event Day
2023-07-28 10:00 - 16:00 | The Mill Arts Centre, Spiceball Park Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 5QE, United Kingdom
Join us for a day of Craftivism, Memory Sharing and talks hosted by Greenham Women Everywhere and Scary Little Girls to find out more about the Greenham Common Peace Camps!
Drop in to the Millers Bar at The Mill Arts Centre to discover an action packed day of events.
10am-1pm Craftivism workshop – Join us for a relaxed craftivism session
Whilst crafting, Greenham Child Rebecca Mordan will be sharing her memories of Greenham and chatting to you about yours.
All materials provided.
10am-4pm Pop Up Exhibition – Hang out in our bender tent listening to a soundscape of stories from the peace camp and interviews with Greenham Women. Our oral history team will be there to record your memories of Greenham so that you can become part of our growing archive.
2pm-4pm Panel Chat and Book Talk – Greenham child and author Rebecca Mordan will introduce her book ‘Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices 1981 – 2000’ sharing the impact her early experiences of the camp have had on her life.
We’ll also have the opportunity to hear from other Greenham Women who share their experiences of the Greenham Common Peace Camp.
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. You can view our archive of oral histories, photographs and ephemera from Greenham here.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.

Book talk with Woodstock Books
2023-07-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Woodstock Town Hall, Town Hall, Market Pl, Woodstock, OX20 1SL, United Kingdom
Join us at Woodstock Town Hall for a talk with Rebecca Mordan about her book, Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices 1981 – 2000.

Our own Artistic Director Rebecca will read, tell stories and sing you some songs from the Greenham Song Book and together with Greenham Women who contributed their stories, she will answer all your burning Greenham questions – go on ask them, we dare you!

Grab your tickets here!

Common Ground: Activities Day
2023-07-30 11:00 - 17:00 | The Sumac Centre, 245 Gladstone St, New Basford, Nottingham, NG7 6HX, United Kingdom
Scary Little Girls and the Sumac Centre join forces to bring you a pop-up exhibition and activities day celebrating Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.
We’ll have lots of family friendly activities for you to join in with including

Vegan Brunch
Craftivism
Memory sharing
Pop-up Exhibits

All activities FREE!
Vegan Brunch served by Veggies 11-2pm, more info here!
Talks from 2pm – 4pm
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. You can view our archive of oral histories, photographs and ephemera from Greenham here.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.

Common Ground: Family Activities Day
2023-07-31 13:00 - 16:00 | Central Library, High Street, West Bromwich, B70 8DZ, United Kingdom
Scary Little Girls and Sandwell Central Library join forces to bring you a pop-up exhibition and activities day celebrating Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.
We’ll have lots of family friendly activities for you to join in with including:

Craftivism
Sing-along session
Memory sharing
Pop-up Exhibits

All activities FREE!
In the Children’s Library at Sandwell Central Library
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. You can view our archive of oral histories, photographs and ephemera from Greenham here.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.

Common Ground: Book Talk and Film Screening
2023-07-31 18:00 - 20:30 | Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Rd, Smethwick, B67 5RJ, United Kingdom
Join us at Thimblemill Library for an evening hearing all about life at the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp. Hear songs and stories that bring the camp to life as we reflect on the impact of the camp 40 years on.
Greenham child and author Rebecca Mordan will introduce her book ‘Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices 1981 – 2000’ sharing the impact her early experiences of the camp have had on her life. There will be chance for you to ask any questions during a Greenham Q&A.
Following this there will be a screening of Carry Greenham Home as we transport you back to the early days of Greenham with Beeban Kidron and Amanda Richardson’s fly-on-the-wall masterpiece was shot whilst they lived at Greenham in 1982-83.
About Common Ground
Common Ground is a series of events bringing the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp to local communities across the UK. It is part of a project created by Scary Little Girls in collaboration with Greenham Women Everywhere CIC to map the impact of the Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. This project has been made possible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
About Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was an enduring and iconic protest spanning 19 years from 1981 – 2000. Whilst the occupation of the common began with the aim of forcing out the US nuclear warheads from Berkshire, the protest became a focal point of feminist history and has left a legacy of women’s liberation around the world. You can view our archive of oral histories, photographs and ephemera from Greenham here.
Inclusion and Accessibility
Common Ground strives to be an inclusive and welcoming space which celebrates diversity in all its forms. Our approach is to learn from and value each other’s lived experience.
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
If you have any access needs you’d like to speak to us about please email us.
