Comments on: It’s 25 Years Since The Last Stonehenge Free Festival

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:06:38 +0000

You’re welcome, Adam. Thank you for the comments. Shining a light on what has happened in the past, to understand what is happening now, was a major intention.

By: Adam Beer

Adam Beer — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:27:05 +0000

Thank you so much Andy. Your writings on Stonehenge have really helped, not just on my free festival essays but in making me much more aware of the history that proceeds me!

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:25:11 +0000

Thanks, Phil, for the recollections!

By: phil

phil — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:16:22 +0000

first time saw stonehenge was in 1972 (8 years old) when my old man took me on holiday and there were lots of people with no clothes on, then and there decided i like this idea, so in 1982 got to go to my first festival, spent a week there and best holiday ever, just easy, free, relaxed and many new friends. it now became mission to go to every one after that, 1983 was good year realy enjoyed my self but had to much of something and ended up in hells angels tent, didn’t know anyone or how got there, but one best laughs i had all week. 1984 was the best ever or the ones after 1981 for me, spent nearly 3 weeks there it was hot every day and was lovely sitting under water taps cooling down, managed to drive over some ones cocconut bong that 10 years old, oops, drove into camper van at 3 in morning and woke the occupants, to comments like, what the fu k happening, oops, took to much off something and fell on someones tent and it broke, oops, and on way home drove through a hedge then ditch and into corn field, oops, but can say best time ever, the only thing that did get to me was the sexy belgium woman who was next to us walking around naked all the time, well as blokes do u look at the sky or the beaver when u chatting, well as bloke managed to do both lol, when got home my old man said where did u go on holiday to which i said cornwall, then he delivered the punchline, “so that wasn’t u walking accross tele screen on southern news” any way managed to bull sh t my way out of it, hope some one likes this comment and has bit of a giggle over it and remembers, true festival days

By: G

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:29:35 +0000

I was there in 83 and 84,living under tarp opposite the big cider tent(skull n crossbones flag)
Many other free fests too,great days,acid,veg burgers and hereૐnow band ahhh magick…

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By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08:25:37 +0000

I was there in ’84, it was my third Stonehenge. The festival made a real impression on me.
Speed supper, chemical breakfast. Half a mix! We smoked a chillum in the stones after watching Hawkwind. There was nakedness and celebration and madness! I remember a girl shaking her boobs at a policeman and a guy stood on top of one of the stones and then something in the chillum, I think opium, did my head in and me and my friend just ran! What a day we had. Such fun!
I think it was a shame it ended , but also good in a way, becuse it wold have changed and become commercialised and lost it’s true heart.

By: Jack Daw

Jack Daw — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:20:23 +0000

As it will be the 25th anniversary of Wally Hope’s death it might be nice to do something on the 3rd of September (the date of his death) this year.

By: Martin Evans

Martin Evans — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:21:35 +0000

I went to the free festival at Stonehenge for the first time in 1984. It was an astonishing affair which regrettably I can never experience again. I am so glad I went as alas it was to be the last. Something compelled me to go as I had never done anything like that before or since. I am so proud to have been there! Keep up the good work.