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Radio Berkshire,1 min

The surprising history of Greenham Common

Sarah Walker

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Greenham Common is probably best known as the site of the famous nuclear disarmament protests. It might surprise you to know then that one of the earliest steeplechase rcaes in the county took place on the Common! Well this is just one of the surprising facts that Newbury historian Andy Kempe reveals in his talk 'The Uncommon History of Greenham Common'.

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