LANCASHIRE Bold pickets and the peace | Socialist Action 1983

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STRIKING miner: trom Bold collier! near Warrington are amono the mos enthusiastic supporters of the newly set-up the nearby Burtonwood US airbase.

Pickets visit the camp several times a day bringing supplies of coal for the fire and taking peace-campers for baths the pithead showers. Many peace regularly Join the miners' pickets where CND badges are in high demand.

On the picket lines and round the campfire there's much discussion about the issues facing the miners and tne peace movement the links between Over cup of tea one of the pickets told me:

'I don't see this strike as being just about coal miners' jobs. It's about whats ner ment is doing to working people. Bringing these American missiles in here is all part of that and I won't have finished what I set out to do until we bring down this government 'You've got sork We supper: rou at the peace camp and you support us on the pickets. That's the way we re going to do it'.

The peace camp was up on The camp can be easily reached from Warrington and Burtonwood service station. Visitors, conanors letters of support to: Burtonwood Peace Camp, Roundabout, Burtonwood •Rd, Nr Warks ington, Cheshire. BRIEFING National Brieting supplement will be with your local Briefing or can ordered direct Graham Bash Leghorn Rd, London NW1O. 20p each plus postage.