Summer Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge - police operation

Title

Summer Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge - police operation

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:21

Description

Julie Osborne reports on police operations in readiness for the Summer Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge in South Wiltshire. Many so-called hippies have set up camp on the Wiltshire-Hampshire border, but some have managed to camp in Amesbury near the monument. Includes interview with male hippy (not identified); Wiltshire deputy police Superintendent Allan Elliott; Peter Ewing(?), English Heritage. Broadcast on GWR East.

Contributors

GWR East; Julie Osborne; Allan Elliott; Peter Ewing(?)

Keywords

Police; Subcultures; Policing practice; Hampshire; England; Stonehenge; Wiltshire; Celebrations; Ancient monuments; Travellers; New Age Travellers; Countercultures; Solstices; Protection of monuments

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