Toward the end of the 1980s the new age traveller movement had been all but suppressed. The end of the decade saw a far more aggressive stance by the authorities, harsher trespass laws, and endless police roadblocks to sites such as Stonehenge. However, a new generation and music scene would proceed to take the countrysideContinue reading “Let The Rhythm Take Control: The Rave Revolution”
Category Archives: Counterculture
New Age Origins: A Sixties Phenomenon
To contextualise to the grass roots of the New Age Traveller movement is a difficult one. Its hard to pin down one singular event that kick started it all because it emerged out of various counter cultural circles and music events (mythical groups, music concerts, free festivals). However, all of these were a by-product ofContinue reading “New Age Origins: A Sixties Phenomenon”
Rural Counterculture,Politics and Protest 