Photo archive by Terry Farebrother .

Terry took 35 black and white images of the festival, capturing some rare moments such as the Pink Faires onstage playing for free outside the festival grounds and many candid shots of the crowd. The photographs are in chronological order .Most of the images have larger versions , mouse over the images to see which ones are available.

NB:Some images have had to be restored due to damage .Unfortunately, portions of these were beyond repair due to faulty developing.

Saturday June 27th 1970

Market cross Shepton Mallet Saturday

The gathering of the clans

 

Weathering the storm.

After the rain

 

Grooving to an afternoon performance. Possibly Donovan.

A standing ovation for Colosseum.

Hangin' round between acts

More rain on the way

At last, the sun!

This would have been late afternoon Saturday , which was probably some of the best weather of the weekend

Early evening

 

Dusk .

Lights on Saturday night

Sunday June 28th 1970

The Pink Fairies play Sunday Am outside the main arena

The Pink Fairies

 

The Fairies do their thang

View from the back

 

Chilling between acts

Grabbin' some zzz's

Mid day .

 

The stage must be around here somewhere.....

Pipedreams

The main drag -Sunday

Crowds enjoy the brief spell of warmer weather in the afternoon on Sunday

Early evening Sunday

 

Ok , so it was Sunday, but we really would like to know what the fuck was going on in this picture ......

c'mon whoever is responsible for this- OWN UP !

 

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