Stonehenge 2014: Summer Solstice!!?

[Nigel]

Found this on Facebook. Appears minibus going from London charging £50.00 return.​

Doesn't sound bad.


https://m.facebook.com/index.php?sr...f=2&arefdashboardfilter=upcoming&ref=bookmark

 

[Greebo]

Found this on Facebook. Appears minibus going from London charging £50.00 return.<snip>​

Sod that.​

 

[Sirena]

The link gives me my FB information.. Nothing to do with minibuses.

 

[DrRingDing]

Yea fuck the huge amounts of filth at Stonehenge. You get a more interesting crowd at Avebury anyhoo.

 

[Sirena]

Someone has been posting on pagan forums that (because they work for a government organization) there is intelligence that there will be an Islamic protest at Stonehenge on Saturday.

She got roundly shouted down as a propagandist but she was adamant that she was just passing on information.

I dunno how you're going to make a protest in the dark and in the milling throng of 20,000 people, nor how you're going to make your escape if the protest goes pear-shaped on you and a ton of right-wing bikers descend on you and your placards....

 

[TopCat]

Is there much searching of people at Avebury?

 

[Sirena]

Is there much searching of people at Avebury?

Probably not but, because the 'Keeper of the Stones' (a Druid guy called Terry Dobney) is an ex-biker, Avebury is far more popular with bikers.

Bikers tend to be fans of the Britain First facebook page. So I don't know how that would turn out.....

 

[TopCat]

I am hoping my bike will squeeze into the car park. Lively discussions with Britain First types I can do without.

 

[friedaweed]

Yea fuck the huge amounts of filth at Stonehenge. .

Totally agree. Some of them hippy folks haven't washed for months

 

[malatesta32]

beanfield:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27405147
'I suppose one would call them anarchists'

 

[Sirena]

 

[treelover]

beanfield:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27405147
'I suppose one would call them anarchists'

one day there may be an enquiry, the images clearly show police numbers, etc.

 

[Sweet FA]

"Thor you little sod, get off that sacred stone!"

 

[malatesta32]

one day there may be an enquiry, the images clearly show police numbers, etc.

hmmm... dont hold out much hope on that. if a group is as diffuse as those attacked by plod and lack any 'political' representation in the mainstream then these things will sink.

 

[Sirena]

hmmm... dont hold out much hope on that. if a group is as diffuse as those attacked by plod and lack any 'political' representation in the mainstream then these things will sink.

I think I agree. It was 30 years ago but there are enough people around to make sure it does not sink into oblivion. It can still be used as an example of what can happen when authority goes out of control.

I know someone who was there but she has moved on with her life.

 

[treelover]

Apparently Matthew Wright(The Wright Stuff/ex Sun journalist) was there, he has certainly moved on.

 

[Sirena]

Apparently Matthew Wright(The Wright Stuff/ex Sun journalist) was there, he has certainly moved on.

That surprises me a bit though I see it is mentioned on the netz.

I can imagine some people tell the story a few times and then begin to remember it as though they were actually there....

 

[Chilli.s]

I was there, the next day. Having been a Stonehenge Festival goer for about 5 or 6 years I had loads of friends who were arrested at the beanfield. That year I had a job that I liked and knew that a month long festival was not an option. So I went to find people the next day, they had been taken to various police stations under various charges.

All in all, a sad thing, flushing away something that I still remember as a great peoples cultural event. The kind of thing that other countries would be proud of. Violent police riot squads, fresh from fighting pickets for the miners strike were set on a bunch of defenceless hippies. All part of Margret Thatcher and the Tory establishments plan to prevent it.

There was a court case, years later. Both sides claimed victory.

 

[Dr Nookie]

I went this year for the very first time. It was ace! Bloody freezing overnight though!

 

[Sirena]

I was there, the next day. Having been a Stonehenge Festival goer for about 5 or 6 years I had loads of friends who were arrested at the beanfield. That year I had a job that I liked and knew that a month long festival was not an option. So I went to find people the next day, they had been taken to various police stations under various charges.

All in all, a sad thing, flushing away something that I still remember as a great peoples cultural event. The kind of thing that other countries would be proud of. Violent police riot squads, fresh from fighting pickets for the miners strike were set on a bunch of defenceless hippies. All part of Margret Thatcher and the Tory establishments plan to prevent it.

There was a court case, years later. Both sides claimed victory.

Wasn't there a background to the story to the effect that the Festival had been held there for something like 9 years and, if a 10th year was allowed, then the festival could not then be stopped under common law.... Something like that??

 

[Dr Nookie]

Wasn't there a background to the story to the effect that the Festival had been held there for something like 9 years and, if a 10th year was allowed, then the festival could not then be stopped under common law.... Something like that??

I've read a few books on the Beanfield/Stonehenge and not heard that before. Interesting...!

 

[Sirena]

CJ Stone is a good writer on alternative movements and the fringes of the pagan subculture. He has also written a biography of King Arthur.

This is a good piece by him

http://cjstone.hubpages.com/hub/The-Stonehenge-Free-Festival

 

[Dr Nookie]

Funnily enough I'm reading 'Fierce Dancing' by him as we speak! Oh the good old days....!

 

[Sirena]

Funnily enough I'm reading 'Fierce Dancing' by him as we speak! Oh the good old days....!

spooky...

 

[fogbat]

Pretty sure this is what hell is going to be like for me.

 

[Chilli.s]

Wasn't there a background to the story to the effect that the Festival had been held there for something like 9 years and, if a 10th year was allowed, then the festival could not then be stopped under common law.... Something like that??

Yeah I remember that, some of the people who were clued up about squatting law, common land, public access and all that claimed it was true.

 

[Sirena]

Yeah I remember that, some of the people who were clued up about squatting law, common land, public access and all that claimed it was true.

Ah, you see. I wasn't being daft then...

 

[Sirena]

English Heritage are beginning to wave their power around again.

They have had reports about damage to the stones caused by, among other things, onions and chewing gum and they are wanting to bring in restrictions for the Summer Solstice..

EXCLUSIVE: English Heritage to ban alcohol at Stonehenge summer solstice - and charge for parking

Onions, crayons, chewing gum and oil - how Stonehenge got damaged at solstice time

 

[DrRingDing]

English Heritage are beginning to wave their power around again.

They have had reports about damage to the stones caused by, among other things, onions and chewing gum and they are wanting to bring in restrictions for the Summer Solstice..

EXCLUSIVE: English Heritage to ban alcohol at Stonehenge summer solstice - and charge for parking

Onions, crayons, chewing gum and oil - how Stonehenge got damaged at solstice time

They're not really interested in our heritage. E.g. Celebrating the passing of the seasons. Just tiresome little englanders spending too much time on mail online.