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| Stone Formation Archive 1992 |
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First Published June 22 1992 LAND near Stonehenge could be used for a legal summer solstice festival in the future. This weekend saw a huge police operation, costing poll tax payers thousands of pounds, but the monument remained quiet as travellers kept away for the third year. English Heritage, which administers the site, said a restricted legal event for up to 1,000 travellers and druids could be held nearby in future. Police made 32 arrests, mostly for breach of the peace, during this year's military-style security clampdown. Three of those detained were charged with breaking the area's procession order and the others were released. Travellers' spokesman Alex Rosenberger said the solstice had become a 'farce' and called for a legal festival. But Dirk Aldous, Wiltshire's deputy chief constable, said: 'People are deluding themselves if they think that this will have any less of a policing implication than the present arrangements. 'A legalised festival would be a disaster and would become a haven for stolen property, criminals and drugs.' Fifteen archaeologists from universities across the country were unsuccessful in their bid to get to the stones but said in a statement: 'We believe that English Heritage and the National Trust could, if they had to, find a suitable location for a festival at a reasonable distance from the stones.' An anonymous businessman put up a £10,000 prize for the first hippie to beat the exclusion zone and roadblocks by landing at Stonehenge by air, the prize was not won. Back to 1992 index |
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