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A black and white image taken at Glastonbury Festival during the day time. The image shows a kiosk or food stall. The stall is a counter made of wood slats with a white banner above that has the word FOOD written on it. On the front of the wooden counter the words Orange Juice + Falafel is painted. Two people stand behind the counter and a third person stands in front as a customer. To the right of the stall a double decker bus is parked. It has an awning attacked to it's side that says FOOD For Goodness Sake! A man stands in the centre of the image. He faces the camera wearing a black coat and long jeans. He holds some food in front of him in both hands.

Glastonbury Fayre 1979

Arabella Churchill, alongside Michael Eavis and Bill Harkin, organised the 1979 Glastonbury Fayre in aid of the United Nations Year of the Child. On the main stage music was provided by Peter Gabriel, Steve Hillage and Sky. The ticket price rose to £5 for the 12,000 strong crowd, but the Festival ended up £49,000 down.

Statistics

  • 15*
    performances

* Catalogued so far.

Performances

Gallery

  • A photograph of Glastonbury festival on a farm field on a sunny day. Some tents and cars are dotted across the field. A young child with blonde hair stands at the foreground of the image with their back to the camera. In the distance are green hills with trees and white clouds. 7 power lines are overhead.
    Photography by Dave Walkling
  • A photograph taken from above looking down towards the ground. A group of people sit and lie in a circle around a small fire pit. One woman lies on her stomach and wears blue jeans and no top. Next to her lies a large brown dog and a sitting woman. Above them two adults and three small children are sitting. Next to the children sit an adult in a red shirt and another adult in a brown shirt. At the bottom of the image is a large black tyre.
    Photography by Dave Walkling
  • A photograph taken during the daytime at Glastonbury festival in 1979. The image shows a group of people, possible a family, gathered in front of a blue campervan. A young man in the centre of the image plays an acoustic guitar and props one foot on a red cannister. To his right, a boy plays an accordion in front of a woman and a young child.
    Photography by Dave Walkling
  • A photograph looking towards a very large crowd of people sitting outside during the daytime. They all face the camera. In the front row of the crowd a young person with long brown hair sits with a brown blanket wrapped around them.
    Photography by Dave Walkling
  • A black and white photograph of musician John Martyn plaing the guitar, standing in front of a microphone. John Martyn is bathed in light, the rest of the image is black.
    Photography by Dave Walkling
  • A black and white photograph of the guitarist from the Only Ones playing on stage and singing into a microphone. In front of the stage, a person wearing a patterned jumper looks up towards the musician, with their back to the camera.
    Photography by Dave Walkling
  • A black and white photograph of The Slits performing on stage. Two female members of the band stand behind bongo drums. A third female is performing on a saxophone. The fourth person is looking away from the camera, towards the left side of the stage. A drum kit is visible in the background.
    Photography by Dave Walkling

Resources

  • Glastonbury Fayre 1979 poster. yellow poster with blue and green text.
    Glastonbury Fayre 1979 poster. yellow poster with blue and green text.