Reading Festival
- Thread starter rik_uk3
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The awesome MakerMoot is coming up (13-15th Nov 2026), Visit the TORM & ARM markets,and have space back at camp to work on projects and enjoy great company. PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
I remember going to the Watchfield 9 day festival back in '75' as an 18 year old. Basic requirements didn't seem so important then, we managed.
http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/watchfieldfestival-menu.html
Festivals have really changed since the free festival scene of the 1970s.
I went to the last ever Stonehenge free festival in 1985 which ended in the largest mass civil arrest by police in English history, the police called it operation solstice but it became better known as the Battle of the Beanfield because of the brutal tactics of the police who smashed up the homes (vans etc) of the new age travellers and clubbed anybody within reach. After this notorious event Maggie Thatcher introduced the 1986 Public Order Act.
I went to the last ever Stonehenge free festival in 1985 which ended in the largest mass civil arrest by police in English history, the police called it operation solstice but it became better known as the Battle of the Beanfield because of the brutal tactics of the police who smashed up the homes (vans etc) of the new age travellers and clubbed anybody within reach. After this notorious event Maggie Thatcher introduced the 1986 Public Order Act.
