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Banner made by peace activist, Thalia Campbell, in September/October 1981. She was a member of the Women for Life on Earth group who established the peace camp at Greenham Common in September 1981. The banner was displayed on the military base's perimeter fence. "I think this would be very early on. That would be September-October [19]81. And it was just what I had to hand. You know, I wanted to make a banner and I found this green curtain, and this was a horrible bit of blue, slimy blue fabric. And the barbed wire is wool and tied round... A very simple, hurriedly made banner. But actually, when I first made it I didn't like it very much. I thought it was pathetic. But now actually it's grown on me. It was made hastily with a lot of feeling and the word NO". Source: Oral history interview with Thalia Campbell conducted by Elen Phillips (19 December 2017).