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| Stone Formation Archive 1986 |
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First published on June 26, 1986 AS peace returns to Stonehenge, talks are set to be held on how to handle next year's hippie invasion threat. Monument owners English Heritage and the National Trust, which owns land surrounding the ancient site, banned the festival again this year. But relations between them and Wiltshire County Council, which has to foot the policing bill, were clearly strained by uncertainty over the anti-festival plans. In April, just weeks before the huge policing operation began, the Gazette broke the news to an alarmed Wiltshire County Council chairman Jack Ainslie that a limited festival was being planned. He then hit out at English Heritage chiefs for not informing Wiltshire of their plans. Coun Ainslie yesterday said talks would soon be held to find ways of improving communications between the authorities. And he praised Wiltshire Chief Constable Donald Smith for the restrained way his officers dealt with this summer's hippie invasion. Around 210 hippies were arrested last week as they tried to get to Stonehenge. But there was no repetition of last year's bloody clash between officers and members of the so-called Peace Convoy which resulted in more than 500 hippie arrests. Swindon magistrates sat for about six hours on Saturday to deal with 120 hippies arrested near Stonehenge. Most were accused of obstructing the highway and police. They were remanded on bail until dates in July and August on condition they did not return to Wiltshire before the resumed court hearings. Back to 1986 index |
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