Aldermaston

British  

/ ˈɔːldəˌmɑːstən /

noun

1. a village in S England, in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire, SW of Reading: site of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and starting point of the Aldermaston marches (1958–63), organized by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Pop: 927 (2001)

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His famous black and white poster for the 1962 Aldermaston march placed repeats of his design in a procession, one in front of another.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2020

"We're delighted to have some of the original designs by Gerald Holtom for possibly the best-known peace symbol of them all, designed for the first Aldermaston anti-nuclear march in 1958," says Brosnan.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2017

Re-tested at Aldermaston, it yielded an astonishing result: in excess of 17m becquerels per sq cm.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2016

Scientists at Aldermaston are more accustomed to working with nuclear weapons, but they used their expertise to search for radioactive poison.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2015

At Aldermaston land is let by means of a lighted candle.

From Vanishing England by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield