Tag Archives: 1985

Revisiting the site of the ‘Battle of the Beanfield’ July 1985

Posted on 8 March 2024 by admin

Google map: https://www.google.com/maps/@51.1921722,-1.6660082,1337m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu At a meeting of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), in early 1985,  it was resolved to obtain a High Court Injunction preventing the annual gathering at Stonehenge. This was the device to be used to … Continue reading →

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Battle of the Beanfield : 1st June 1985

Posted on 1 June 2021 by admin

The Stonehenge Free Festival had been held at the Summer Solstice since 1974. However at 1977 event, numbers suddenly increased and this became the Annual People’s Festival. Since then, the numbers involved doubled each successive year. ‘Free Festivals’ developed. People … Continue reading →

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