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Greenham Common protester Sarah Hipperson dies at 90
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INDEFATIGABLE peace campaigner Sarah Hipperson has died at the age of 90. So ends a remarkable life dedicated to peace and justice.
Sarah lived in Wanstead for many decades but it was her decision in 1983 to up sticks and move to join the peace protest at Greenham Common that brought her to national prominence.
Sarah was in her mid-fifties when she took the momentous step to go to Greenham.
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