{"id":20205,"date":"2024-05-20T10:32:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20205"},"modified":"2024-05-20T10:32:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:32:21","slug":"revisited-the-beanfield-16-may-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/20205","title":{"rendered":"Revisited the Beanfield : 16 May 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Revisited the Beanfield last week.\u00a0 TV company wanted to do an interview about it all, the terrors of the afternoon and the implications for us all since. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook Pix : <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2bcwgwd4\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2bcwgwd4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240422_Z9_0003-MOVEMENT-POLICE-ENLARGE.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240422_Z9_0003-MOVEMENT-POLICE-ENLARGE.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240422_Z9_0003-MOVEMENT-POLICE-ENLARGE.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/240422_Z9_0003-MOVEMENT-POLICE-ENLARGE.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Before meeting them, I insisted that they watched our own explanation of events in the film:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operation Solstice &#8211; The Battle of the Beanfield (Director&#8217;s Cut extended version)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Operation Solstice - The Battle of the Beanfield (Director&#039;s Cut extended version)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V1doyDQDZtc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have to say it brings up mixed emotions, returning there and looking on the fields 40 years later. Trees and hedges grown, the A303 completely re-routed, a shiny new solar farm in the middle distance. When we finished, I grubbed around the hedgerow and could still find broken glass, bits of rusty metal and rubber. I guess in a couple of hundred years someone might do a thorough &#8216;archaeological dig&#8217; like at Bosworth Field on Naseby \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To my surprise, I also met the current landowner. The land had been in his family and I think he was about 10yr then and still remembers it all. When introduced, he said, \u2018oh were you a policemen?\u2019 \u2026 I said \u2018no I was one of the others\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dropped in to see Dave Stooke while I was in the area &#8230;. more of this later. xx<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Battle of the Beanfield&#8217; Field revisited, July 1985<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/28qhuh9d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/28qhuh9d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revisited the Beanfield last week.\u00a0 TV company wanted to do an interview about it all, the terrors of the afternoon and the implications for us all since. 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