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This site is dedicated in the memory of

Roger Hutchinson,

who inspired me to delve deep into the magic of the free festival and who passed away Sept 3rd 2010.

R.I.P. Roger .....


1967-1992.


The Beltane Free Festival

Nr Swindon & Uffington April 30th 1989.

Der polis (as is their mission ) make life difficult for attendees at the first site © Dick Short

     Well, this appears to have been a pretty low key event , which was held over a few years - at a few different sites .

The 1989 event was forced to move sites by the dear boyz in bloo , moving from the flat to a more hilly site at Dragon Hill near the famous White Horse. A festival was held in the area in 1985 .

     The photos we have are from both sites, but we may have got some wrongly identified . Can anyone confirm or add more details, such as who played ? When was it held exactly and how did the plod behave ? The photos indicate they were as usual , not helpful to say the least........

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Feisty traveller lass points out to plod just where they are going wrong ...© Dick Short
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Nukli at Uffingham 1989 © Heather Wooton

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Eviction time . © Dick Short

" Read this and then Eff Off "© Dick Short

Dragon Hill .

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Road block ahead.... :-( © Dick Short

 

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Free festivals and small fayres held in the United Kingdom between 1967-90.

1967-69.

 1970-79  
1980-92

 

  • Windsor Peoples Free Festival 1972-74
 
 Free festival related articles
Pay Festivals- Benefits for Travellers aid.
 

Main list of Free festivals 1970-1985

Free rock festivals of the 70s and 80s

Publications

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We are proud of the contribution we have made to Andy Worthington's sociological history of Stonehenge and the free festival scene in the UK .This new book gives a fascinating insight into the various counter cultural obsessions with the Stones and provides a variety of new perspectives to many of the key events surrounding the Henge such as the Battle Of The Beanfield and the more recent attempts hold a celebration at the Stones during the Solstice.

 

Find out more about this great book by clicking on the image on the left and visit the Heart of Albion Press web site .

Sending details of a small book I've just self-published which might be of interest to some readers of your admirable site.

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Tibetan Ukranian Mountain Troupe-surreal pranksters of the Traveller community .

Acidia Lightshow Lightshow for Windsor festival and Stonehenge in the 1970s.

Traveller Daves Website - Chock full of of free festival photos !

Many, many thanks go to Roger Hutchinson , Big Steve , Roger Duncan, Celia, Will , Chazz, Jeza ,Chris Hewitt ,The Fabulous Time Tortoise , Peter Piwowarski - ( 70s music site/photos ) Martin S, Steve Austin ,Traveller Dave, Herb, Tim Brighton, Vin Miles, Haze Evans , Noddy Guevara, Chris Brown, Janet Thompson, David Stooke, Gary Gibbons , Nigel Ayers, Rich Deakin ,Glenda Pescardo,Justin Warman,Brian F, Steve Bayfield, Kev Ellis, Paul Seaton and many other minor contributors for their help in providing the archival material related to these free festivals which has at enabled us to construct the site .

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