Free press issues 1973-74

.Reading these newsletters now the reader may be struck by the naivety ,degree of optimism, idealism ,prejudice, and diversity of ideas expressed by the writers. We have claims of sexism on the part of the males, cases of rape and sexual harrassment, police malpractice, disagreement as to the direction that should be taken on occasions as well as the festival attendees taking the law into their own hands and seeing the police off the premises on occasions .

The newsletters are probably the best mirror of the spirit shown by those who helped organise the festivals as well as an invaluable guide to the progress of the festivals and how and when events took place.

Thanks to Roger Hutchinson for preserving these documents and making them available to The Archive. Please note however, that these are transcriptions from the originals, although they do contain the original artwork , which has been coloured in some cases to improve the overall page design and cos they look nicer !

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