Monthly Archives: June 2004

Well, it all comes another step forward then. Bloody heck! over the last few years, we have had this 4 or 5 times a year, while we keep thinking an argument got one, and oh no, round it goes again … Continue reading →

http://www.telegraph.co.uk 28/06/2004 A world away from today’s money-spinning Glastonbury, the Windsor Free Festival of 1974 was illegal, drug-happy and absurdly idealistic, recalls Mark Hudson Staggering across Windsor Great Park with my rucksack, I caught sight of a great encampment of … Continue reading →

BBC Revisiting Britain’s biggest free festival http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3662921.stm BBC In pictures- Summer solstice http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/3825135.stm BBC Thousands gather at Stonehenge http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3823379.stm Guardian Stonehenge builders identified http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1243952,00.html Guardian Summer solstice http://www.guardian.co.uk/netnotes/article/0,6729,1243856,00.html Salisbury Journal Crowd greets solstice dawn http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/wiltshire/salisbury/news/SALIS_NEWS5.html Stonehenge Reveller ‘Dies of Drink … Continue reading →

Gaby Hinsliff, chief political correspondent Sunday June 27, 2004 The Observer · Police claim drug dealers openly flout the law · Officers fear community backlash over arrests http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1248264,00.html Police are demanding a U-turn over the softening of the law on … Continue reading →

BBC Revisiting Britain’s biggest free festival http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3662921.stm BBC In pictures- Summer solstice http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/3825135.stm BBC Thousands gather at Stonehenge http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3823379.stm Guardian Stonehenge builders identified http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1243952,00.html Guardian Summer solstice http://www.guardian.co.uk/netnotes/article/0,6729,1243856,00.html Salisbury Journal Crowd greets solstice dawn http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/wiltshire/salisbury/news/SALIS_NEWS5.html Stonehenge Reveller ‘Dies of Drink … Continue reading →

Stonehenge study tells pagans and historians it’s good to talk More understanding among all sides in the great Stonehenge debate might be made if the world was shown images of how the site is experienced by visitors today rather than … Continue reading →

If you missed the show, like you are at Glastonbury, or somsuch, then you can listen to the latest Archive Hour, for the following week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/rams/archivehour.ram Real Player required

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk 19 June 2004 Police across the Westcountry are preparing to crack down on illegal raves this summer, armed with new powers to confiscate stereos and take revellers to court. Officers have set up road blocks and barricades around the … Continue reading →

A note for your diaries. BBC Radio 4 Archive Hour on Festivals. Saturday 26 Jun, 20:00 – 21:00 Summers Of Mud And Madness: It’s Glastonbury weekend, and Annie Nightingale conducts a guided tour of the Great British Pop Festival, from … Continue reading →

Full set of everything from the solstice this year collected at Stonehenge 2004 http://tash.dns2go.com/xtra/stonehenge2004/index.htm and last year. http://tash.dns2go.com/xtra/stonehenge2003/index.htm and on my PhotoBlog at: http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=141373 http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=143062 http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=143077 The pictures I’ve put up over the last few days, are of the celebration … Continue reading →

Monday June 21, 2004 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1243952,00.html Meanwhile, the sound of jungle drums and jazz saxophone reverberated around the site today as an estimated 21,000 people marked the summer solstice, braving chilly temperatures to catch a glimpse of the sun rising between … Continue reading →

BBC News Online 21st June 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3823379.stm About 21,000 revellers gathered at Stonehenge in Wiltshire overnight to mark the summer solstice. The 5,000-year-old World Heritage site was open to the public, following earlier years in which it was closed amid … Continue reading →

A jaunt out to another ‘Managed Access’ at Stonehenge, at the permission [and conditions] of English Heritage. I had a nice time, met old friends and some wierd and wonderful people, doing wierd and wonderful things. BUT …. it is … Continue reading →

By Steve Hawkes BBC News Online 21st June 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/music/3662921.stm This Monday sees the 30th anniversary of the biggest free festival in British history. BBC News Online examines how a small gathering of hippies celebrating the summer solstice at Stonehenge … Continue reading →

Have been invited to contribute some pictures to this event. I wish them well …… http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/04/289874.html Vinny van GoGo, 25.04.2004 22:51 To celebrate the beginning of the end of BP’s sponsorship of the National Portrait Award, we (London Rising Tide) … Continue reading →

Check out the 360 deg. image on the BBC website. An informative little toy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/360/360_stonehenge_001.shtml Interesting eh!!

Since it’s coming up to the Summer Solstice, I thought I’d remind you all, what the ‘Peoples’ Free Festival of Albion at Stonehenge’ looked like. Here is an aerial view.

Guardian Society http://society.guardian.co.uk/environment/news/0,14129,1239334,00.html As antiquarian rock star Julian Cope reflects on the significance of ancient megalithic monuments Andy Worthington says attempts to suppress the popularity of the summer solstice at Stonehenge and Avebury are doomed Wednesday June 16, 2004 As … Continue reading →

Andy Worthington This innovative social history looks in detail at how the summer solstice celebrations at Stonehenge have brought together different aspects of British counter-culture to make the monument a ‘living temple’ and an icon of alternative Britain. The history … Continue reading →

A celebration of the 20th anniversary of the last Stonehenge Free Festival is taking place at the Vertigo Arts Centre/491 Club in Leytonstone on Saturday 19 June, featuring a photo exhibition, films and music, and tying in with the publication … Continue reading →