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The
Weeley Festival. Clacton On Sea . Essex. August 27th-29th 1971. |
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Weeley
saw the Angels arrive , stomp around and generally behave like an army of occupation.
They took over the stage security. complete with wooden clubs
to underline the point as they checked papers. Later they tried to rip
off the concessionaires and they got trashed. The fuzz arrived to try to cool
things. A vigilante committee formed consisting of concessionaires, security
men, (very heavy, out of work commandos ,etc.) and stage hands. Armed with monkey
wrenches, clubs and sledge hammers, they marched on the Angels, who had
moved to a small area backstage because they were scared. Result. Three Angels
were taken to hospItal unconscious , one at least with a fractured skull , many
more badly beaten up. Most of them wisely jumped over the wall the second they
saw what was coming . Then the peace loving vigilantes smashed up the Angels
beloved bikes. Reliable reports reached Frendz indicating that one of the Angels
had died in hospital . He that lives by the sword ....
Perhaps the Angels will learn from this tragedy that violence is not the
answer . There's always someone tougher than you.
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