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The Great Western Express Festival.

Bardney . Lincolnshire.
May 26th-29th 1972.


The biggest press enclosure ever seen at a festival ? Towers that really impede crowd view by being so close to the stage ? , not good planning M'lud !!! .© Viv Hawkey

     Photogallery : crowd, village and site images.

      The Crowd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Village

 

 

 

 

 

Festival Village

 

 

 

 

 

 

Campsite

this sleep tent apparently blew down on Friday night

 

 

 


    This site contains all relevant information we can find about this festival, known recordings, set lists,  bands who played, band personnel , time-line, press articles , links to other sites dealing with this festival and oral histories of those who attended.

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  we have been endeavouring to collect audience or sbd tapes of the performances at this festival , so I can effectively review the performances, provide set lists and band line-ups. The intention is to also display as many personal histories of the festival as possible.

If you can contribute in any way, with tapes, reviews from the music press, photos or personal histories, please Contact us


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