1990 Glastonbury Archive

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• 1. At 11:10am on 08 Jun 2010, Lisa wrote:

  I got in free along with my twin in 1990 as we were only 10 at the time! Still have a purple 24 hour party people badge somewhere. Had a brilliant time, the bands were excellent, the Happy Mondays were suitably wrecked, and we saw Willy Nelson (the man is a Glastonbury institution), Roger Daltrey and Tony Robinson wandering around. Being children we were most excited about Baldric. Someone stole our wellies but dumped them once they finally realised they didn't fit, not the cleverest thief.

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• 2. At 12:37pm on 08 Jun 2010, shrift wrote:

  I was there oh yes
  I do not recall any looting by travellers and I think it is more than a little disingenuous of the Beeb to reprint unfounded allegations. As it happened the dispute came about because the site security were looting travellers, I think the security were, particularly after the drugs man. Well of course the travellers took none too kindly to such afront and took matters into their own hands. I remember the copper choppers overhead, the lot..... it was very wet and muddy.
  But please can the Beeb have the decency not to let the fact that it happened so long ago mean they just trot out old partisan reports from one side of the story. Please try to include other partisan reports please!!

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• 3. At 12:38pm on 08 Jun 2010, shrift wrote:

  sorry I meant the site security were looting from the travellers.

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• 4. At 3:42pm on 08 Jun 2010, Lisa wrote:

  Likewise I do not remember ANY travellers causing trouble. Remember Roma kids playing by traditional caravans. Also recall my parents getting annoyed by this mis-representation of events in the news. Only the drug dealing gangs caused trouble. Organised crime gangs came from Manchester and London. The site security were the Guardian Angels. Age old thing to go and blame the Roma. Typical.

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• 5. At 02:27am on 09 Jun 2010, shrift wrote:

  My recollections were pure til I saw that picture of Bill Oddie and now I am almost convincing myself that Bill Oddie himself stopped the agro. Bill Oddie the peacemaker......yippee

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• 6. At 00:56am on 26 Jun 2010, pitstop wrote:

  As a young mother living on the traveller's site that year-I remember being terrified by the scarey security. I felt my home was under threat. There was talk of petrol bombs and dodgey geezers in balaclavas. Love and peas man.

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