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: Festivals
The Glastonbury story
By the 1970s the free festival scene had begun to take full flight with several festivals organised in Windsor, Isle of Wight, Stonehenge and Glastonbury. The most recognisable festival to come out of this period is of course, Glastonbury. Glastonbury has not only become a staple in rural festival culture, but in wider British culture.Continue reading “The Glastonbury story”
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 