Anyone who regularly walks down the hill towards Wimbledon town centre on Fridays will recognise the familiar sight of campaigners handing out leaflets and promoting peace.

What they might not know is that these committed campaigners have turned out without fail every Friday for the last ten years.

Last Friday, Wimbledon’s United Nations Association (UNA) held the tenth anniversary of the weekly protests, which they have attended without fail since the invasion of Afghanistan began.

The Wimbledon Vigil for Peace on October 7, at Wimbledon Quaker Meeting House in Spencer Hill Road. was followed by a small party.

The most prominent member of the vigil is Edwin Cluer from the Wimbledon branch of CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmanent), who has spent a full hour nearly every Friday standing with his comrades.

His mother, 100-year-old Mabel Cluer, is Wimbledon CND’s oldest member and became involved in the campaign after becoming disillusioned with politicians who she thought could have done much more to prevent soldiers being killed and injured in battle.

Alison Williams, secretary of Merton Branch of UNA, said: The groups co-sponsoring this vigil all believe there are non-violent alternatives to war which should be fully explored before the use of force is considered.

“We all believe that the safest world we can hope for will be free of nuclear weapons.”

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