A very hard to find 239 page account of the terrible event that took place on 1st june 1985, full of eye witness accounts, photos etc, compiled by andy worthington. This book is the combined effort of a large number of people who feel passionately that only. Sep 17, 2011 andy worthington, the editor of a book about the event, called the battle of the beanfield, said. The milagro beanfield war is a splendid book, well worth reading by anyone and me, no less, who will be in new mexico within a few short weeks. The battle of the beanfield chapter seven, page four. The milagro beanfield war is the first book in john nicholss new mexico trilogy gentle, funny, transcendent. I thought i heard someone calling me ive seen the pictures on tv and i made up my mind that i would go and see with my own eyes it didnt take too long to hitch a ride with a guy going south to start a new life past the place where my friend died two years ago down the 303 at the end of the road flashing lights exclusion zones and it made me think its not just the stones that theyre. From the battle of beaulieu 1960 to the battle of the. The battle of the beanfield took place over several hours on 1 june 1985, when wiltshire police prevented a convoy of several hundred new age travellers from setting up the 1985 stonehenge free festival in wiltshire, england. It started at five in the morning with some wildeyed crazy person waking me up in savernake forest, where i was sleeping in a cameramans car, to ask if he could bum a light, man. Levellers battle of the beanfield lyrics songmeanings. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading battle of the beanfield. The battle of the beanfield took place on june 1st 1985, after a convoy of new travellers, peace protestors, green activists and festivalgoers had set off from savernake forest in wiltshire to establish the 12th annual free festival at stonehenge. If so, i would suggest that there is possibly more factual information about the battle of the beanfield in them, than most of the major media websites.
Its now 31 years since the battle of the beanfield. A top 20 success on the uk album chart, it was the start of a sharp upward trajectory for the levellers that would bring them a fistful of hit singles over the next few years. To those who were there on that day, june 1st, 1985, it was a profound moment in history. This shot has been in newspapers and magazines all over the world, and on books. Mar 10, 2021 battle of the beanfield paper back book. Fewer and fewer people remember the harrowing details of battle of the beanfield. This book is the combined effort of a large number of people who feel passionately that only through reaching an understanding of what actually occurred before, during and after the events at the beanfield, can a proper closure of the event take place for those involved and the many people who have been in some way touched by those events. Andy worthington, 2005, the battle of the beanfield, enabler publications, isbn 0952331667 2. This book is the combined effort of a large number of people who feel passionately that only through reaching an understanding of what actually occurred before, during and after the battle of the beanfield can a proper closure take place for those involved and the many people who have been in some way touched by it. Battle of the beanfield song meanings add your thoughts 6 comments. Its about when at stonehenge, close to where a festival would take place, a bunch.
A date that signifies horror and disillusionment to. The battle of the beanfield took place over several hours on 1 june 1985, when wiltshire police prevented the peace convoy, a convoy of several hundred. What we the itn camera crew and myself as a reporter have seen in the last 30 minutes here in this field has been some of the most brutal police treatment of people that ive witnessed in my. Andy worthington has written a book about the beanfield. Jun 12, 2005 the battle of the beanfield, edited by andy worthington, is published by enabler publications on wednesday. The battle of the beanfield took place on 1 june 1985. One wonders if they will make a connection between what happened at orgreave and what happened twelve months later near. And so beganthough few knew it at the timethe milagro beanfield war. I thought i heard someone calling me ive seen the pictures on tv and i made up my mind that id go and see with my own eyes it didnt take too long to. This was taken from andy worthingtons excellent book, the battle of the beanfield, which contains extensive testimony from travellers, journalists, the landowner the earl of cardiagan, and even the qc in the beanfield trial in 199091 lord gifford, as well as extracts from.
Carefully and also illegally, he tapped into the main irrigation channel. There were between 80 and 120 vehicles, most of them buses and vans that had been converted into living spaces. Rose brash, 20, is led away by police at the battle of the beanfield. Battle of the beanfield was the closing track on 1991s levelling the land. From the battle of beaulieu 1960 to the battle of the beanfield 1985. Throughout the book there is an ongoing sense of timeslip. Twenty years after, mystery still clouds battle of the. On june 1st 1985, a convoy of new travellers, peace protestors, green activists and festivalgoers set off from savernake forest in wiltshire to. In 1985 the festival was banned by the thatcher government and in may the battle of the beanfield took place, with an estimated police ambushing a convoy of travellers on their way to stonehenge, trashing their vehicles and doing their best to completely demoralise the hard core festival community. The guardian, may 31 1995 published ten years after the battle.
The milagro beanfield war by john nichols, paperback. Melody maker used it on the 10th anniversary of what. Battle of the beanfield a short account of the brutal police attack on a convoy of travellers and others on their way to the annual the stonehenge free festival. He has written seven books, and columns and articles for many newspapers and magazines. Beloved for his compassionate, richly comic vision and admired for his insight into the cancer that accompanies unbridled progress, nichols is the author of novels and works of nonfiction. Lord montagu, the pop festival, the media, and alternative culture in britain post author by george post date 1 september 2015. Levellers battle of the beanfield chordie guitar chords. Around 1,300 police officers took part in the operation against approximately 600 travellers. The battle of the beanfield and lord cardigans testimony 4 june 2015 by tony millett last year the thirtieth anniversary of the police action against striking coal miners at orgreave colliery 18 june 1984 was duly marked with reports, articles and photographs in the media.
The first book concerns modern celebrations at the ancient astronomical site, and the differing interpretations of modern celebrants. This was the device to be used to justify the attack at the battle of the beanfield on the 1st june in hampshire. Enabler publications presents the first fulllength book about an event that has gone down in modern british folk history as the battle of the beanfield. The book does a good job of piecing together the battle of the beanfield and the events leading up to it through interviews travellers, journalists, landowners. John nicholss new mexico trilogy, inaugurated in 1974 with the publication of the milagro beanfield war, has grown from regional stature to national appeal, from literary radicals to cult classics. Jul 20, 2005 beanfield was very much part of thatchers assault on the enemy within along with football fans and miners. Remembering the anniversary of an infamous day in british history. This was taken from andy worthingtons excellent book, the battle of the beanfield, which contains extensive testimony from travellers, journalists, the landowner the earl of cardiagan, and even the qc in the beanfield trial in 199091 lord gifford, as well as extracts from the police radio log, and the police report. And 1 june will be known as beanfield day for ever more.
Cathy augustine, covice chair of the labour representation committee, remembers the battle of the beanfield, 35 years after the largest. Joe mondragon, a feisty hustler with a talent for trouble, slammed his battered pickup to a stop, tugged on his gumboots, and marched into the arid patch of ground. People attacked the fence with saws and axes, and the convoy broke through. The beanfield by breach theatre 2017, trade paperback. The police were enforcing a high court injunction obtained by the authorities prohibiting the 1985 festival from taking place.
The week after, 38 football fans were killed in a riot at an away match in europe which. Levellers battle of the beanfield lyrics genius lyrics. Battle of the beanfield clash at stonehenge the gypsy. Some of the people were psychologically damaged but for the most part, people refused to be cowed. The battle of the beanfield chapter seven interview with. In future history books orgreave may get a footnote along the way to more accountable policing in britain.
But the battle of the beanfield has remained well out of view of the public still shunned by most of the press. It is stressed that we allow them to enter this field. An anthology board game and its nocturne expansion. That event has gone down in history as the battle of the beanfield. I havent laughed so hard for years although john nichols has written some fifteen or more books, this is the one that counted. The battle of the beanfield by andy worthington goodreads. Jul 23, 2019 battle of the beanfield clash at stonehenge. Battle of the beanfield and similar civil conflicts.
The beanfield by breach theatre 2017, trade paperback for. Its taken this amount of time for hillsborough and even an inquiry into orgreave, but i cant see beanfield ever being subject to the same. Andy is also the author of the excellent book about stonehenge. With the socalled battle of the beanfield two months laterhundreds of travellers and festivalgoers en route to the stones ambushed by a seemingly outofcontrol english police force, violently attacked and homes destroyedthese opinions and values around heritage and identity were starkly politicised, though of course they had been about. Music is battle of the beanfield written and performed by the levellers. Twenty years on, the peaceloving festival fans still bear. The battle of the beanfield took place on june 1st 1985, after a convoy of new travellers, peace protestors, green activists and festivalgoers had set off from savernake forest in. Battle of the beanfield is a solitaire game for stonehenge. The battle of the beanfield occurred when the police stopped several hundred members of a peace convoy from setting up the fourteenth stonehenge free festival, in wiltshire. The violent newage traveller clash with police at stonehenge remembered 30 years on police and travellers clashed violently over festival plans at stonehenge richard. The fountain in the forest further explorations of hidden history. The milagro beanfield war by john nichols, paperback barnes.
Excerpt from the battle of the beanfield, edited by andy worthington. Battle of the beanfield clash at stonehenge the gypsy thread. Raw, unedited footage from news crew of police brutality. The battle of the beanfield took place over several hours on 1 june 1985, when wiltshire police prevented the peace convoy, a convoy of several hundred new age travellers, from setting up the 1985 stonehenge free festival in wiltshire, england. Rose brash, 20, is led away by police at the battle of the.
Melody maker used it on the 10th anniversary of what become known as the battle of the beanfield. At a meeting of the association of chief police officers acpo, in early 1985, it was resolved to obtain a high court injunction preventing the annual gathering at stonehenge. A jamie poole book jamie poole diaries 4 kindle edition by sutherland, ellen e download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Battle of the beanfield, police attack a stonehenge peace.
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