This issue dedicated to Maureen Poole
Aka Mo Lodge – 30th March 1953
“Mo was famous – she spoke a lot of sense and walked the talk “ – Helen Dancer
Many of you, will by now, have heard of the unwelcome and sad news of the passing on of Mo this November – Mo, born in Lincolnshire was well known and will remain a gentle folk hero and legend where the ‘alternative’ travelling, and Stonehenge free festival scene is concerned.
With Mo’s support her then husband, photographer and qualified accident ambulance man Alan ‘Tash’ Lodge, is responsible for documenting a photographic history of the Peace Convoy, and the Stonehenge, and free festival movement, having first attended the Stonehenge festival in 1972. Mo and Tash were at the infamous ‘Battle of the Bean field’, having travelled down together in their truck, via Long Marston and Savernake. As well as being crucial witnesses to the awful police trashing, Mo and Tash were on hand to administer first aid & support. Mo and Tash were part of the subsequent court case and featured in a documentary covering the debacle called ‘Operation Solstice’.
Thanks to Tash & Festival Eye magazine, whom Mo also wrote for, we owe them both a huge debt of gratitude for their enthusiasm with regards to the Stonehenge scene. Among many other causes, Mo supported Festival Welfare Services, of which Tash was a trustee – helping to publish info material as well as writing literature on their behalf. Nevertheless, it was her love of freedom, festivals, and being around people that brought her into contact with thousands of people as she staffed the F.W.S welfare tent. They have two children, Siri, & Sam, aka Sam Poole (Sam Distortion) (face book) Our thoughts go out to their family and close friends.
http://www.stonehengefestivalcampaign.co.uk
…… also, this from Festival Eye 1987
