For eight long years, Barbara Richardson was among a group of women responsible for putting what was thought to be the final nail in the coffin for fracking in Britain.
As the Lancashire Nanas, they dressed in yellow overalls and head scarves, blocked roads, held weekly vigils and chained themselves to fences. Some were arrested.
Following their protests, which encouraged a wave of others around the country – and a 2.9 magnitude tremor after drilling at the site in Little Plumpton near Blackpool – a ban was put in place in 2019.
