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Bromley & Beckenham CND Annual Newsletter 2017 page4

DIARY OF EVENTS

B&B CND MEETINGS
 Mon Oct 16th/17  Community House (CH), South Street, Bromley 13:30 -15:00 
 Mon March 12th/18 [AGM ]  CH 13:30 - 15:00
 Mon  June 11th/18                  CH 13:30 - 15:00    ..         ..              ..                  


LOCAL EVENTS 
Leafleting in Bromley outside the Churchill Theater, in Beckenham outside LIDL, in Penge outside Boots, or at Bromley South Station - 
2.30 - 4.00 pm -  the first Saturday of each
            month [ note  - there may be changes to an occasional Friday].

Aug 5th Bromley, Sept 2nd Penge, Oct7th Bromley, Nov 11th Bromley South Station, Dec 2nd Bromley, Jan 6th/18 Beckenham, Feb 3rd/18 Bromley, March 3rd/18 Penge, April 7th/18 Bromley, May 5th/18 Bromley South Station, June 2nd/18 Bromley July 7th/18 Beckenham.


Sat Aug 5th -  Hiroshima/Nagasaki Vigil outside the Churchill Theater, Bromley     12.00 - 3.00 pm

Wed Aug 9th  - Peace Picnic in Tutu Peace Garden, Chinbrook Meadows, Grove     Park 1.30-3.00 pm

Mon Aug 28th - Bank Holiday stall in Market Square, Bromley - 12.00 - 3.00pm
Thurs Sept 21st - Peace Day Event - Bromley Parish Church Rooms, Church Rd,     Bromley  - 7.30 -10.00 pm
Sun Nov 12th   - White Poppy Ceremony at St Martins Hill, Bromley  -
10.50  [by Primark at 10.30 am]
Fri Dec 8th -  Seasonal Social at Jeanette Mitchell's -  7.00 pm 
April 26th /2018 - Chernobyl Day stall/vigil   - Bromley Market Square 12.00- 3.00 pm
NATIONAL  & LONDON REGION EVENTS
           July 27th- 31st - Peace News Summer Camp - Diss, Norfolk

           Aug 6th - Hiroshima Day ceremony in Tavistock Square at 12 noon
           Aug 7th  - Hiroshima event  - East Greenwich Pleasaunce SE10 0LB  4pm
           Aug 9th - Ceremony at The Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park at 7pm

           Oct 14th/15th - CND Conference - The Arlington Centre, Camden NW1
           Jan 6th 2018 -   London Region CND AGM  - Waterloo Action Centre -
           14 Baylis Road, London, SE1 7AA   10.30  -  4.30
Every Wednesday  - Women only vigil  - Edith Cavell Statue, St Martins Place WC1 6-7 pm
Every Friday - Fukushima Vigil outside the Japanese Embassy and TEPCO headquarters.
Every 1st Thursday of the month - Close Guantanamo demo outside US Embassy  12 - 1 pm


Every 1st Monday in the month - NTAG/Kick Nuclear/JAN meeting at 162 Holloway Rd 7.00pm


Local Activism

Chairperson +  Labour Action for Peace   - Richard Hart.
Secretary  + BPC -    Ann Garrett -
Treasurer +  Membership/ E-newsletter editor - Tahrir Swift -
Publicity -   Ruth Fabricant .
Orpington CND + WILPF   - Sheila Triggs  -
National & London Region CND   - Dave Polden -
Green Party  -  John Street  - 
Greenpeace -   Roisin Robertson -
Friends of the Earth    - Dan Sloan  - 
Stop the War  - Geraldine Cowan  -
Labour Party  [ also BPC ] - Richard Hart    
Bromley TUC - Steve Leggett  
Progressive Bromley Film Co-op  - John Courtneidge   -
Socialist Film Co-op - Colin Clary -  

Beckenham & West Wickham Amnesty International - Ann Garrett 



JOINING BROMLEY and BECKENHAM ANTI NUCLEAR GROUP [BAN]
If you wish to join or renew subscription please print and return the slip below to:
Tahrir Swift, 6 Ridgeway Crescent Gardens, Orpington. BR6 9QH
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