From The Archives- Protest At RAF Molesworth 1985

[poliphilo]

In 1981 the government decided to deploy Cruise missiles at the Molesworth RAF base in Cambridgeshire- making it a focus for protest by peace campaigners. I was there on a demo in 1985 (I think)- and took these pictures.

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The idea was that we were combining a Rogation procession with May ceremonies - not sure whose idea the thurible was - probably the thurifer''s - but it was carried all three years, and used at each prayer station. That first year, i thihnk that we were hoping, right to the end of the day, that we might be allowed into the chapel