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AldermastonVillage in west Berkshire, England, and site of an atomic and biological weapons research establishment, which employs some 5,000 people working on the production of nuclear warheads. During 1958–63 the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) made it the focus of an annual Easter protest march. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There, artist Gerald Holtom, working for the Direct Action Committee
Against Nuclear War, designed the symbol as an emblem for a 1958 protest
march on the British nuclear weapons facility at Aldermaston.
"As the Aldermaston march approached London in 1964, I saw a
political figure standing by the side of the road holding a placard on
which there was simply a question mark. (NYSE:JEC)
announced today that a subsidiary company received a contract from the
Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) to act as managing agent for their
sites at Aldermaston and Burghfield, Berkshire, UK. |
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