I had given birth just a few weeks before the Protest March, but my husband I knew we needed to join the protest. We bundled our little baby warmly and marched together with millions. We have a lovely photo of her in the pram surrounded by banners warning that an invasion of Iraq...
Marched to Hyde Park with my husband and my 2 year-old daughter in her pushchair. We had a wonderful day and had the opportunity to listen to some great speakers, including the late Charles Kennedy. It was a truly inspiring place to be and have your voice heard....
A long peaceful protest with people from all origins and levels of society. The protest went all the way to the U.S. embassy. I remember that the reason Bush and Blair (and Fogh Rasmussen for that matter) used to go to war was considered false from day one. In hindsight, the 3 people...
We travelled by coach from Rochdale and knew that this was going to be a special day by the dozens of similar coaches we saw on the motorway and at the Warwick services where first we lost one of our party and then 'rescued' a man left behind by his own coach. In...
I went to the meeting place (Cheetham Hill) on my own. I wondered if I would meet anybody I knew. When I arrived I immediately saw former work colleague and as we started off two people I knew both from the Labour Party and going on CND marches. As we neared the town...
We were amongst the million or so humans who filled 1st, 2nd, 3rd Avenues and beyond on 15 Feb 2015 in New York City. It was freezing cold but Mayor Bloomberg refused to allow us to march past the UN (we were a security threat!), so we all stood behind police barricades for...
We walked from the Ferry Building to City Hall. Market Street was wall to wall people the entire distance....
