Alan and Jean Johnson, who are members of the Blackpool and Fylde branch of CND (the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament), were taken into custody following a blockade of the nuclear submarine base at Faslane in Scotland.
They had joined other activists from the North West at a peace camp outside the base.
Alan, 70, and Jean, 65, along with others, blockaded the South Gate for about 15 minutes before being arrested by police who had to cut through equipment they were wearing to lock themselves together.
Back at home in The Croft, Fleetwood, Alan said: "We were determined that we would blockade even if it meant being arrested.
"To this end we acquired the tools of the trade for 'locking on', namely a piece of drainpipe, karabiners and handcuffs, and we practised locking our arms together.
"This practice makes it more difficult for the police to remove us, compared to if we just squatted on the ground.
"After asking us to get up, which we refused to do, we were arrested and physically carried, still locked together.
"When we refused to release ourselves, they brought in an officer who used the cutting equipment which is used on hospitals to remove plaster casts.
"He cut a rectangle in the centre of the tube, and the rope tied to the karabiners which held us together was cut.
"Afterwards we were taken to a police station, myself to Dumbarton, along with the six men arrested at the North Gate, and Jean to Clydebank along with the 19 other women."
Because of his age, Alan was released without charge after more than seven hours in custody. But Jean spent nearly 24 hours in a cell before being given a formal reprimand and being told she would face prosecution if she returned to blockade the base.
Alan and Jean, who have two children and two grandchildren, are no strangers to controversy.
Both have been arrested and prosecuted on previous occasions for CND activities, and Jean is one of the original Greenham Common protesters.
They have been going to Faslane for 25 years and intend to return next spring.
Alan said: "We see non-violent direct action as the only way forward."
Various groups, including the Greater Manchester branch of CND, are undertaking a year-long blockade called Faslane 365. Their aim is to apply pressure for the disarmament of Britain's nuclear weapons.
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