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We bought this banner in the Army and Navy stores at Lawrence Corner London in the early 1980s for £12. We thought at the time it must be a banner that had been used in Northern Ireland. We were amazed it was for sale. We used it on the fence at Greenham Common at demonstrations many of the military who were inside the base had served in N Ireland
I have posted it to the museum and they got it safely and are putting it up when they reorganise their museum in November! My banners are now finding appropriate homes. The idea to give it to them just came to me in a flash as we looked around the museum. They Just love the Greenham story of that banner as part of their story at the Derry Museum. Thalia

Thalia and Ian were founder members of "Arts for Labour" an organisation for artists who support the Labour Party and of party members who support the arts.

The making of banners brought Thalia and Ian's profound interest in politics and art together. Before making banners they were etchers and painters, exhibiting regularly from the 1950's onwards. Since 1978 they helped to promote the revival of the traditional craft of sewn banners, following in the tradition of William Morris, the Suffragettes the Cooperative Women's Guild and the Association of International Artists.

click to view arts and crafts pages

I've given most of the Banners to the Peace Museum in Bradford.. There are a couple very relevant to Wales !

Now retired artists and lecturers, Thalia and Ian not only made banners for a wide range of organisations, they also organised itinerent exhibitions and ran workshops where they helped people to make their own banners.
Many of the 100's of banners Ian and Thalia made in the past quarter of the 20th Century have traveled the world.

Peace tapestry exhibition at Global Connections opening event at the Eastgate centre – Monday 23rd January 2006 – 6.00 till 7.00 p.m.
In the mid 1980s Pembroke resident Thalia Campbell concerned about the hatred of USA at the height of the cold war decided there must be another America to share with people in U.K. In a friends kitchen in North Wales she read the book “The Ribbon, A celebration of Life”. The ribbon was originally created to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. To make a statement people made ribbon segments they then converged on Washington in their thousands and encircled the Pentagon as well as many main avenues and boulevards. The whole route being lined with people carrying over 17 miles of ribbons from all over the world. The theme running through them all being “what you would miss most in event of a nuclear war”.

Thalia met the founder of this great idea and brought back some of the thousands of art works made by Americans of all colours, creeds and ages. She raised the money, travelled to Chicago and Milwaukee, and visited the Peace Museum and the homes of rich and poor and listened to their stories. Others heard of the display in the UK and sent more ribbon pieces from Vermont and Oregon.
Justine Merritt the inspiration for the project came over and did a speaking tour. Recently after years of silence because of ill health Justine Merritt now 81 emailed Thalia. She is delighted it will be on show again in Pembroke and we are privileged to be able to see some of this unique piece of history, which has been exhibited and touched people all around the world. Its message is timeless…The project is still being run from the U.S and there is a dedicated website click to view

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