Photo of the day - Walcott Free Festival - Bath UK - 1980 - Before the Tory government decided to destroy any alternative to Neo liberalism there was a vibrant free festival community. #OpSol40
February 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Photo of the day - Walcott Free Festival - Bath UK - 1980 - Before the Tory government decided to destroy any alternative to Neo liberalism there was a vibrant free festival community. #OpSol40
PHOTO OF THE DAY - The sign says it all !!- STONHENGE - All June 1984 - Fun and Games - Do it now! - Ha ha imagine a self organising society without the influence of the state. As we know, it scared them to DEATH !!!!! #OpSol40
February 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - The sign says it all !!- STONHENGE - All June 1984 - Fun and Games - Do it now! - Ha ha imagine a self organising society without the influence of the state. As we know, it scared them to DEATH !!!!! #OpSol40
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PHOTO OF THE DAY - The painted wagon - Imagine a world where this was possible - we have lost so much and hardly anyone has noticed. #OpSol40 - Photo credit Alan Lodge 1980's
PHOTO OF THE DAY - The painted wagon - Imagine a world where this was possible - we have lost so much and hardly anyone has noticed. #OpSol40 - Photo credit Alan Lodge 1980's
March 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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PHOTO OF THE DAY - The painted wagon - Imagine a world where this was possible - we have lost so much and hardly anyone has noticed. #OpSol40 - Photo credit Alan Lodge 1980's
PHOTO OF THE DAY - The painted wagon - Imagine a world where this was possible - we have lost so much and hardly anyone has noticed. #OpSol40 - Photo credit Alan Lodge 1980's
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PHOTO OF THE DAY - There's nothing like being in convoy - A303 Wiltshire - 1980's - Pix Credit Allen Lodge - #OpSol40 - Can you see where we are heading with this?
PHOTO OF THE DAY - There's nothing like being in convoy - A303 Wiltshire - 1980's - Pix Credit Allen Lodge - #OpSol40 - Can you see where we are heading with this?
February 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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PHOTO OF THE DAY - There's nothing like being in convoy - A303 Wiltshire - 1980's - Pix Credit Allen Lodge - #OpSol40 - Can you see where we are heading with this?
PHOTO OF THE DAY - There's nothing like being in convoy - A303 Wiltshire - 1980's - Pix Credit Allen Lodge - #OpSol40 - Can you see where we are heading with this?
Today we are launching the campaign - Operation Solstice 40 - To Mark the 40th anniversary of the UK governments operation to stop the organising of the 11th annual Stonehenge Peoples Free Festival . It became the largest mass arrest in peacetime.
#OperationSolstice #OPSOL40
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February 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Today we are launching the campaign - Operation Solstice 40 - To Mark the 40th anniversary of the UK governments operation to stop the organising of the 11th annual Stonehenge Peoples Free Festival . It became the largest mass arrest in peacetime.
#OperationSolstice #OPSOL40
#OperationSolstice #OPSOL40
PHOTO OF THE DAY - TRAVELLERS VEHICLES - Commer Q4 pictured here with RAF Auxillory fire service number plate. and reggae paint job. #OpSol40 - There's nothing like living inside a iconic vehicle . They almost become part of you. more pictures of the day to follow. stay tuned !
February 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - TRAVELLERS VEHICLES - Commer Q4 pictured here with RAF Auxillory fire service number plate. and reggae paint job. #OpSol40 - There's nothing like living inside a iconic vehicle . They almost become part of you. more pictures of the day to follow. stay tuned !
PHOTO OF THE DAY - The classic Bedford RL - photo credit Alan Lodge - #OpSol40 - Did you have one? Was the design really copied from a jelly mould?
March 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - The classic Bedford RL - photo credit Alan Lodge - #OpSol40 - Did you have one? Was the design really copied from a jelly mould?
Happy Easter ! - Crowned by Thorns - Stonehenge pictured behind barbed wire signifying the exclusion from a pagan past by the fundamentalist capitalist state! - Pic credit - Alan Lodge - #OpSol40
April 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Happy Easter ! - Crowned by Thorns - Stonehenge pictured behind barbed wire signifying the exclusion from a pagan past by the fundamentalist capitalist state! - Pic credit - Alan Lodge - #OpSol40
PHOTO OF THE DAY - Plaxton Panorama Coach body with sign reading - "You have been misinformed (as usual) STONEHENGE 1985 FREE FESTIVAL SHALL HAPPEN " - picture credit Alan Lodge 1985 - #OpSol40
March 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - Plaxton Panorama Coach body with sign reading - "You have been misinformed (as usual) STONEHENGE 1985 FREE FESTIVAL SHALL HAPPEN " - picture credit Alan Lodge 1985 - #OpSol40
PHOTO OF THE DAY - A Travellers Live-in vehicle with art is seen at Montgomery free festival 1984 photo credit Alan Lodge #OPSOL40. - In the years before Operation Solstice Travellers vehicles were unashamedly colourful and decorated, mirroring the inner world we wanted to create outside.
February 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - A Travellers Live-in vehicle with art is seen at Montgomery free festival 1984 photo credit Alan Lodge #OPSOL40. - In the years before Operation Solstice Travellers vehicles were unashamedly colourful and decorated, mirroring the inner world we wanted to create outside.
PHOTOS OF THE DAY - For you today 4 pictures from Tash’s archive all from - The mushroom festival at Pont-Rhyd-Y-Groes, Mid-Wales 1980 - #OPSOL40 - The alternative community has always been stopped and harassed by the police. And we are such mellow types !! #1312
February 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
PHOTOS OF THE DAY - For you today 4 pictures from Tash’s archive all from - The mushroom festival at Pont-Rhyd-Y-Groes, Mid-Wales 1980 - #OPSOL40 - The alternative community has always been stopped and harassed by the police. And we are such mellow types !! #1312
PHOTO OF THE DAY - File photo from Alan Lodge one of the plaintiffs in the Beanfield court case. Man with horse Cannock chase July 1985 after the mass trashing. - In the 1991 court case the Jury found the police acted unlawfully on numerous accounts. #OpSol40
February 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - File photo from Alan Lodge one of the plaintiffs in the Beanfield court case. Man with horse Cannock chase July 1985 after the mass trashing. - In the 1991 court case the Jury found the police acted unlawfully on numerous accounts. #OpSol40
PHOTO OF THE DAY - That moment when you ask yourself - would gun metal grey of been a more contemporary look . Nah !!!! We used to be loud and proud! Fxxk conformity bring the colour back!!!! - #OpSol40 - Picture Credit - Alan Lodge 1980's
March 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - That moment when you ask yourself - would gun metal grey of been a more contemporary look . Nah !!!! We used to be loud and proud! Fxxk conformity bring the colour back!!!! - #OpSol40 - Picture Credit - Alan Lodge 1980's
PHOTO OF THE DAY - The mushroom festival at Pont-Rhyd-Y-Groes, Mid-Wales 1980. - picture credit - Alan Lodge - Imagine if since the 80's we could of been allowed to explore living low impact alternative lifestyles. - Instead Thatcher said "There is NO alternative " #OpSol40
February 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - The mushroom festival at Pont-Rhyd-Y-Groes, Mid-Wales 1980. - picture credit - Alan Lodge - Imagine if since the 80's we could of been allowed to explore living low impact alternative lifestyles. - Instead Thatcher said "There is NO alternative " #OpSol40
PHOTO OF THE DAY - Sign reading TASH'S (Famous) FESTIVAL SLIDES - #OPSOL40 - Tash known as Alan Lodge was one of the plaintiffs in the case that THEY WON against Wiltshire Police regarding the unlawful arrest and deliberate destruction of those in the convoy to Stonehenge Free Festival 1985.
April 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - Sign reading TASH'S (Famous) FESTIVAL SLIDES - #OPSOL40 - Tash known as Alan Lodge was one of the plaintiffs in the case that THEY WON against Wiltshire Police regarding the unlawful arrest and deliberate destruction of those in the convoy to Stonehenge Free Festival 1985.
PHOTOS OF THE DAYS - WE ARE ON THE ROAD!!! - THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN!!!!! STONEHENGE PEOPLES FREE FESTIVAL HERE WE COME!!!!! - Photo credit Alan Lodge - #OpSol40
May 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
PHOTOS OF THE DAYS - WE ARE ON THE ROAD!!! - THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN!!!!! STONEHENGE PEOPLES FREE FESTIVAL HERE WE COME!!!!! - Photo credit Alan Lodge - #OpSol40
Its not quite a HAPPY ANNIVERSARY !! - Is it when you are remembering the largest mass arrest in peacetime history. It was also no 'Battle' more a ambush by the British State and Wiltshire Police! read more here : www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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40 years on, an astonishing new archive documents the Battle of the Beanfield
1 June 2025 sees the 40th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield - one of the darkest days in contemporary British history
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June 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Its not quite a HAPPY ANNIVERSARY !! - Is it when you are remembering the largest mass arrest in peacetime history. It was also no 'Battle' more a ambush by the British State and Wiltshire Police! read more here : www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY - The Thames Yeoman and Bedford Super Vega shaped luxury coach repurposed into a home is possibly one of the finest examples of new traveller living. Just sublime! pix credit Alan Lodge #OpSol40
March 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - The Thames Yeoman and Bedford Super Vega shaped luxury coach repurposed into a home is possibly one of the finest examples of new traveller living. Just sublime! pix credit Alan Lodge #OpSol40
PHOTO OF THE DAY - TRAVELLERS VEHICLES - Pic credit Alan Lodge #OpSol40. weren't they so much more beautiful than todays streamlined motors. No wonder the vehicles were such a part of living on the road.
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February 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - TRAVELLERS VEHICLES - Pic credit Alan Lodge #OpSol40. weren't they so much more beautiful than todays streamlined motors. No wonder the vehicles were such a part of living on the road.
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PHOTO OF THE DAY - picture credit Alan Lodge # OpSOL40 - ok maybe there might of been the recreational use of psychoactive substances!!!! Oft used as a stick to beat the adherents of underground culture. Now widely accepted as a part of modern self healing and learning.
March 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - picture credit Alan Lodge # OpSOL40 - ok maybe there might of been the recreational use of psychoactive substances!!!! Oft used as a stick to beat the adherents of underground culture. Now widely accepted as a part of modern self healing and learning.