The Wallys of Wessex

Title

The Wallys of Wessex

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Aug 1974

Year of production

1974

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Duration

00:02:54

Description

Two unidentified male Wallys (a multiple-use pseudonym employed by 1970s Free Festival-goers in order to evade eviction) on a court injunction which means they will have to leave Stonehenge, and their plans for the future. Followed by an interview with Wally Hope, aka Phil Russell (1947-1975), free festival organiser and publicist. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Wally Hope; Phil Russell

Keywords

Law; Protest movements; Festivals; Stonehenge; Land ownership; Property legislation; Human settlements; Land use; Squatter settlements; Wally (pseud.); Ancient monuments; Eviction (land); Protection of monuments

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