Sign of the Times
It is Good Friday for Christians and 50 years ago on Good Friday [April 4, 1958] this symbol first appeared on signs and banners in Britain. The BBC gives some of the back ground on the World’s best-known protest symbol turns 50
It started life as the emblem of the British anti-nuclear movement but it has become an international sign for peace, and arguably the most widely used protest symbol in the world. It has also been adapted, attacked and commercialised.
It had its first public outing 50 years ago on a chilly Good Friday as thousands of British anti-nuclear campaigners set off from London’s Trafalgar Square on a 50-mile march to the weapons factory at Aldermaston.
The demonstration had been organised by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC) and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) joined in.
Gerald Holtom, a designer and former World War II conscientious objector from West London, persuaded DAC that their aims would have greater impact if they were conveyed in a visual image. The “Ban the Bomb” symbol was born.
March 21, 2008 6 Comments
Friday Cat Blogging
My Editor
Isn’t it time for dinner?
[Editor: Ringo has decided that the area behind the monitor is is a great place to be annoying.]
March 21, 2008 10 Comments
