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PHOTOS OF THE DAYS - 1985 - IF YOUR NOT CAREFUL THE COPPERS ARE GONNA BE AFTER YA! #OPSOL40 - Pix credit Alan Lodge
May 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
PHOTOS OF THE DAYS - Life on the road - Nobel Nomadic Traditions, Old and New - People have always moved! Don't let anyone tell you you stay still !! #OpSol40 - Photo Credit -Alan Lodge
May 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
PHOTOS OF THE DAYS - WE ARE ON THE ROAD!!! - THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN!!!!! STONEHENGE PEOPLES FREE FESTIVAL HERE WE COME!!!!! - Photo credit Alan Lodge - #OpSol40
May 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
PHOTOS OF THE DAYS - THE Ancient mysteries of old Albion ! Pix credit Alan Lodge - The Free Festival - the reenactment of the ancient fayre. Why were people drawn to the areas around Glastonbury and Stonehenge? Hats off to M. Eavis for his support over the years. TAKE TO THE ROAD !!! #OpSol40
May 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
PHOTOS OF THE DAYS - SITE LIFE - Pix credit Alan Lodge - 1980's 'Escape the rat race - Access to the countryside - A new way of living - Repurposing old vehicles into homes'. #OpSol40
May 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEVER FORGET - NEVER FORGIVE - #OPSOL40 - THE LARGEST MASS ARREST IN PEACETIME WAS ORCHESTRATED BY THE THEN TORY GOVERNMENT TO STOP A FREE FESTIVAL.
May 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - CONVOY - Happy Beltane everyone!!! Countdown to Summer Solstice!!! picture credit - Alan Lodge #OpSol40
May 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - Picture credit Alan Lodge - Since Tash has had multiple cyber attacks accross multiple platforms many originating in the UK over recent months. don't have all the who what where information for his photo's. Suffice to say we're a creative bunch!! We win with a grin !!! #OpSol40
April 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Happy Easter ! - Crowned by Thorns - Stonehenge pictured behind barbed wire signifying the exclusion from a pagan past by the fundamentalist capitalist state! - Pic credit - Alan Lodge - #OpSol40
April 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - EASTER EGG HUNT !!! - NAH just kidding!!! its some more crusty travellers - pix courtesy of Alan Lodge aka Tash - one of the original plaintiffs in the case that saw Wiltshire police found to of acted unlawfully in the 1985 mass trashing of new travellers. #OPSOL40
April 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - Convoy on the A303 1980's - Photo Credit Alan Lodge #OPSOL40
April 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - Sign reading TASH'S (Famous) FESTIVAL SLIDES - #OPSOL40 - Tash known as Alan Lodge was one of the plaintiffs in the case that THEY WON against Wiltshire Police regarding the unlawful arrest and deliberate destruction of those in the convoy to Stonehenge Free Festival 1985.
April 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
APPEAL - A chance meeting with Tash the guy that took all these photos whilst on the dance floor at DiY 's Sponge 1992 changed the course of my life. Now suddenly we are at the 40th anniversary - This year like most years I'm doing all I can but I can't do everything I have planned alone. DM me.
April 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - The iconic Atkinson truck cab. Pictured here with artwork 1985 - Picture credit Alan Lodge #OpSol40
April 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - picture credit Alan Lodge # OpSOL40 - ok maybe there might of been the recreational use of psychoactive substances!!!! Oft used as a stick to beat the adherents of underground culture. Now widely accepted as a part of modern self healing and learning.
March 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - That moment when you ask yourself - would gun metal grey of been a more contemporary look . Nah !!!! We used to be loud and proud! Fxxk conformity bring the colour back!!!! - #OpSol40 - Picture Credit - Alan Lodge 1980's
March 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - Living a free nomadic life is the oldest form of social cohesion. - picture credit - Alan Lodge 1984 #OpSol40
March 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - Plaxton Panorama Coach body with sign reading - "You have been misinformed (as usual) STONEHENGE 1985 FREE FESTIVAL SHALL HAPPEN " - picture credit Alan Lodge 1985 - #OpSol40
March 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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PHOTO OF THE DAY - The painted wagon - Imagine a world where this was possible - we have lost so much and hardly anyone has noticed. #OpSol40 - Photo credit Alan Lodge 1980's
March 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - The classic Bedford RL - photo credit Alan Lodge - #OpSol40 - Did you have one? Was the design really copied from a jelly mould?
March 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - The Thames Yeoman and Bedford Super Vega shaped luxury coach repurposed into a home is possibly one of the finest examples of new traveller living. Just sublime! pix credit Alan Lodge #OpSol40
March 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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PHOTO OF THE DAY - The Iconic 1960's luxury coach repurposed for full time living. Pix Credit - Alan Lodge - 1985ish #OpSol40
March 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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PHOTO OF THE DAY - There's nothing like being in convoy - A303 Wiltshire - 1980's - Pix Credit Allen Lodge - #OpSol40 - Can you see where we are heading with this?
February 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - TRAVELLERS VEHICLES - Pic credit Alan Lodge #OpSol40. weren't they so much more beautiful than todays streamlined motors. No wonder the vehicles were such a part of living on the road.
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February 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
PHOTO OF THE DAY - TRAVELLERS VEHICLES - Commer Q4 pictured here with RAF Auxillory fire service number plate. and reggae paint job. #OpSol40 - There's nothing like living inside a iconic vehicle . They almost become part of you. more pictures of the day to follow. stay tuned !
February 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM