Solstice Pictures 2, Stonehenge 2004
alan lodge [Tash] | 25.06.2004 21:38 | Culture | Free Spaces | Social Struggles
I had a nice time, met old friends and some wierd and wonderful people, doing wierd and wonderful things. BUT .... it is not as I would have it. The whole policing operation and security policy might seem a little 'over the top' for those just wanting to gather for an overnight party. The operations are more intelligable though, if you have had any experience of the free festivals.
Solstice Pictures 2, Stonehenge 2004
Stonehenge 2004
http://tash.dns2go.com/xtra/stonehenge2004/index.htm
and last year.
http://tash.dns2go.com/xtra/stonehenge2003/index.htm
earlier set on Indymedia at:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/06/293800.html
Another 'Managed Access' at Stonehenge, at the permission [and conditions] of English Heritage.
I had a nice time, met old friends and some wierd and wonderful people, doing wierd and wonderful things. BUT .... it is not as I would have it. The whole policing operation and security policy might seem a little 'over the top' for those just wanting to gather for an overnight party. The operations are more intelligable though, if you have had any experience of the free festivals. In the names of health & Safety, and public order, rules and regs are devised, together with the limits of stay, to stiffle any possibility / attempt to re-establish
"The Peoples' Free Festival of Albion at Stonehenge"
This place has such a history in recent times, that the public demand that there clearly is for a gathering at this time, that has been squashed by force. The police money continues to be spent to resist this idea. Now 20 years since the last proper event there and next year is 20 years since the Battle of the Beanfield http://tash.gn.apc.org/sh_bean.htm
Add it all together and the sum is huge. Other parts of the world hold events like this up to the world. The Kum Mella festival has 15 million participants every four years. The authorities plan for years and turn out in some force, BUT to help those gathering and to help enable the event. This country, well .....
More pictures from this set, on my PhotoBlog at:
http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=141373
Recent Stonehenge stories on my blog at:
http://tash_lodge.blogspot.com
Also pictures of last years events, on various sites:
UK Indymedia Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2003 Pictures
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/06/273217.html
PhotoBlog at:
http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=4037
Further, a reminder to check out some earlier work, describing how we have arrived at this phase, in the story, The story so far .. .. ..
Stonehenge: http://tash.gn.apc.org/stones1.htm
Solstice Ritual: http://tash.gn.apc.org/solst_0.htm
[pdf version] http://tash.gn.apc.org/solstice.pdf
Beanfield: http://tash.gn.apc.org/sh_bean.htm
Operation Solstice: http://tash.gn.apc.org/op_solstice.htm
The Story so far: http://tash.gn.apc.org/history.htm
My Diary: http://tash.gn.apc.org/diary.htm
2004 NEWS
=========================================
BBC Revisiting Britain's biggest free festival
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3662921.stm
BBC In pictures- Summer solstice
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/3825135.stm
BBC Thousands gather at Stonehenge
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3823379.stm
Guardian Stonehenge builders identified
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1243952,00.html
Guardian Summer solstice
http://www.guardian.co.uk/netnotes/article/0,6729,1243856,00.html
Stonehenge Reveller 'Dies of Drink and Drugs'
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3104700
and
Google Search stonehenge
http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&edition=uk&ie=ascii&q=stonehenge&btnG=Search+News
Observer Magazine Beanfiled: What happened next
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1151750,00.html
best,
Tash
____________________________________________
ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Web: http://tash.gn.apc.org
Email: tash@gn.apc.org
WAP phone http://wappy.to/tash
ICQ #24654598
My Blog http://tash_lodge.blogspot.com
BroadBand http://tash.dns2go.com
My WAP on web http://tash.gn.apc.org/wap_phone.htm
Member of the National Union of Journalist [No: 014345]
____________________________________________
"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
___________________________________________
OS Grid Ref: SK 575414 - Lat/Lon: 52:58:03N, 1:08:38W
Stonehenge 2004
http://tash.dns2go.com/xtra/stonehenge2004/index.htm
and last year.
http://tash.dns2go.com/xtra/stonehenge2003/index.htm
earlier set on Indymedia at:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/06/293800.html
Another 'Managed Access' at Stonehenge, at the permission [and conditions] of English Heritage.
I had a nice time, met old friends and some wierd and wonderful people, doing wierd and wonderful things. BUT .... it is not as I would have it. The whole policing operation and security policy might seem a little 'over the top' for those just wanting to gather for an overnight party. The operations are more intelligable though, if you have had any experience of the free festivals. In the names of health & Safety, and public order, rules and regs are devised, together with the limits of stay, to stiffle any possibility / attempt to re-establish
"The Peoples' Free Festival of Albion at Stonehenge"
This place has such a history in recent times, that the public demand that there clearly is for a gathering at this time, that has been squashed by force. The police money continues to be spent to resist this idea. Now 20 years since the last proper event there and next year is 20 years since the Battle of the Beanfield http://tash.gn.apc.org/sh_bean.htm
Add it all together and the sum is huge. Other parts of the world hold events like this up to the world. The Kum Mella festival has 15 million participants every four years. The authorities plan for years and turn out in some force, BUT to help those gathering and to help enable the event. This country, well .....
More pictures from this set, on my PhotoBlog at:
http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=141373
Recent Stonehenge stories on my blog at:
http://tash_lodge.blogspot.com
Also pictures of last years events, on various sites:
UK Indymedia Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2003 Pictures
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/06/273217.html
PhotoBlog at:
http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=4037
Further, a reminder to check out some earlier work, describing how we have arrived at this phase, in the story, The story so far .. .. ..
Stonehenge: http://tash.gn.apc.org/stones1.htm
Solstice Ritual: http://tash.gn.apc.org/solst_0.htm
[pdf version] http://tash.gn.apc.org/solstice.pdf
Beanfield: http://tash.gn.apc.org/sh_bean.htm
Operation Solstice: http://tash.gn.apc.org/op_solstice.htm
The Story so far: http://tash.gn.apc.org/history.htm
My Diary: http://tash.gn.apc.org/diary.htm
2004 NEWS
=========================================
BBC Revisiting Britain's biggest free festival
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3662921.stm
BBC In pictures- Summer solstice
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/3825135.stm
BBC Thousands gather at Stonehenge
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3823379.stm
Guardian Stonehenge builders identified
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1243952,00.html
Guardian Summer solstice
http://www.guardian.co.uk/netnotes/article/0,6729,1243856,00.html
Stonehenge Reveller 'Dies of Drink and Drugs'
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3104700
and
Google Search stonehenge
http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&edition=uk&ie=ascii&q=stonehenge&btnG=Search+News
Observer Magazine Beanfiled: What happened next
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1151750,00.html
best,
Tash
____________________________________________
ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Web: http://tash.gn.apc.org
Email: tash@gn.apc.org
WAP phone http://wappy.to/tash
ICQ #24654598
My Blog http://tash_lodge.blogspot.com
BroadBand http://tash.dns2go.com
My WAP on web http://tash.gn.apc.org/wap_phone.htm
Member of the National Union of Journalist [No: 014345]
____________________________________________
"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
___________________________________________
OS Grid Ref: SK 575414 - Lat/Lon: 52:58:03N, 1:08:38W
alan lodge [Tash]
e-mail:
tash@gn.apc.org
Homepage:
http://tash.gn.apc.org