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31 July
LONDON.
Walk: ‘Radical St. Pancras & Somers Town’ with Mike Berlin. Spaces are
limited so please email nik@housmans.com to reserve a spot and to find out
where to meet. 11.15am Housmans, 5
Caledonian Road, King’s Cross, London
N1 9DX t: 020 7837 4473 e: shop@housmans.com www.housmans.com
LONDON.
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom “Voices of African
women Campaign” Launch of the African Women's Decade 2010-2020 and The
celebration of African Women's Day. At the Centre for Gender Studies at the School of Oriental
and African Studies (SOAS), University of London Room G2. Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square London WC1H 0XG. 2-5pm. http://www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/ Although
this event is free, it is essential to book! office@ukwilpf.org.uk
020 7250 1968.
1 August
LONDON. Walk in Peace – a slow, silent walk in peace for peace. Meet by
‘Speakers Corner Café’, just south of Speaker’s Corner, Hyde
Park (Marble Arch tube), at 10.55am, returning to starting point
at 12 noon. Contact: Clare 020 8755 0353 or beatricemillar@freeuk.com
www.walkinpeace.co.uk
2-12
August
LONDON. Exhibition:
After the Bomb Dropped: How Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Suffered' 10am-5.30pm daily at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London
NW1 2BJ. 0207 7700
2393 / 0207 7663 1067.
3
– 17 August
BRADFORD. Hiroshima & Nagasaki
A-Bomb Exhibition. 10 – 4pm (closed Mondays) at Pop Up Space, Centenary
Square, Bradford. Yorkshire CND 2 Ashgrove, Bradford, BD7 1BN
01274 730795 info@yorkshirecnd.org.uk
www.yorkshirecnd.org.uk
6 August
WORLDWIDE. Hiroshima
Day.
KINGSTON.
Join us by the Thames in Canbury Gardens at 8.30pm to remember the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Bring white flowers and biodegradable lanterns to float on the river.
Kingston Peace Council/CND evans39@gotadsl.co.uk
020 8898 4850 or 020 8395 2656.
LIVERPOOL.
Hiroshima Day commemoration at 11am St. John's
Gardens, central Liverpool, wreath laying, Green Blade singing.
Programme to be arranged. Contact: Merseyside CND, mcnd@care4free.net 0151 702
6974
LIVERPOOL.
'Beating the Bomb - 6pm followed by discussion at The Social Centre 96 Bold
St. Details to be confirmed - contact: mcnd@care4free.net Tel. 0151 702 6974
Limited disabled access.
LONDON. Hiroshima Day Commemoration, Tavistock Square,
12noon. Contact London
Region CND. david.lrcnd@cnduk.org 0207 607 2302
LONDON. Hiroshima Day vigil Piazza at Westminster Cathedral London
10.00 am - 5.00pm. Pax Christi, St Joseph's Watford Way London
, NW4 4TY 0208 203
4884 www.paxchristi.org.uk
MILTON KEYNES
Lantern Floating Ceremony at the Peace Pagoda, Willen. Info: office@mkpeaceandjustice.org.uk
WOKING. Annual Hiroshima Event at New Inn,
Send – where those who wish to have a meal first can gather, and grapefruits
will be floated when daylight fades. For further information, please contact
Allison W. 725439 or Mary W. 768228.
Saturday
7 August
BIRMINGHAM. Hiroshima Day Commemoration in the ground of Birmingham Cathedral,
10.30 – 11.30, and exhibition of pictures of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
in the cathedral and in the Central Library, dates to be confirmed.
BLAENAU GWENT. National Eisteddfod
Meet: Y Pabell Heddwch 12pm Remembering Hiroshima
& Nagasaki
– Scrap all Nuclear weapons Now – and let it begin here! National Eisteddfod.
Walk around Maes with banners followed by address by Jill Evans at Y Pabell.
More information from CND Cymru heddwch@cndcymru.org
BROMLEY. CND Hiroshima day vigil
from 12.00 - 3.00 outside the Churchill Theatre and library in Bromley town
centre. Info anncgarrett@yahoo.com
CHICHESTER.
S.E. Hants Peace Council Hiroshima/Nagasaki remembrance - peace stall
and vigil Chichester Cathedral Lawns
10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Contact vida.henning@ntlworld.com or Midge 01243 783153 wheelchair
access.
LONDON. ‘Soho
Noir’ with Cathi Unsworth and Marc Glendening. 5pm Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road,
King’s Cross, London
N1 9DX t: 020 7837 4473 e: shop@housmans.com www.housmans.com
More Hiroshima Day
events
Sunday
8 August
OXFORD. Lantern floating at Donnington
Bridge, Oxford. To commemorate the victims of the
Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. 6pm Picnic to share &
make your own floating lanterns, music, reflections, prayers. Flute: Holly
Taylor, Lament for Hiroshima;
Lord Mayor of Oxford Cllrs David Williams & Nuala Young, 8.30 pm Mayor
launches first lantern Oxford CND 242 919. Oxford Christian CND 241 290; maasgilbert@hotmail.com
8
– 16 Augusts
FLORENCE. Pax Christi International Work Camp. Download the flyer for more
details (http://www.paxchristi.org.uk/Documents/PeacEd/SummerCamp2010.pdf)
Tel: 020 8203 4884 www.paxchristi.org.uk
9 August
WORLDWIDE. Nagasaki
Day.
BRADFORD. Remembering Hiroshima
& Nagasaki.
Join us in our annual remembrance of the atomic bombings in Japan with an opportunity to
visit the exhibition. There will be a rededication of the memorial and
refreshments will be available. 5pm at Pop Up Space, Centenary Square, Bradford. Yorkshire CND 2 Ashgrove, Bradford,
BD7 1BN 01274 730795 info@yorkshirecnd.org.uk www.yorkshirecnd.org.uk
LONDON.
Pax Christi service in the Crypt of Westminster Cathedral at 6.30 pm on to
commemorate Franz Jagerstatter (anniversary of his execution). The monks from
Battersea Peace Pagoda will join us for a walk down to Battersea
Park for the final part of Nagasaki day. Pax
Christi, St Joseph's,
Watford Way, London , NW4 4TY
0208 203 4884 www.paxchristi.org.uk
9-29
August
EDINBURGH. Get Up Stand Up! At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Comedy, music and
politics with top comedians, live music & an award-winning film, a show
every evening 5-7pm at the Jazz Bar, 1a Chambers Street. WMD Awareness
Programme, Bell Push 13, 63A Gt.
Russell Street, London WC1B 3BJ. 020 7405 6661 or (Birmingham office) 0121
244 9965 http://www.wmdawareness.org.uk/
Sorry no wheelchair access.
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