Stonehenge - the truth

First the boring bit! (but read it anyway)
In a break from our usual position we've yet to assatain who the rightful owner of these snaps are. However we feel that they are too good to leave on the shelf indefinately. So if there yours or you know who they do belong to then please getin touch and we'll abide by your wishes. If you can help in any way please-

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I should also point out that I was abley assisted in this piece by 2 other investigative "journalists" in order to get this piece together, or put another way they came up with a lot of the awful puns! You know who you are, thanks!
Thanks for reading that, now read on and enjoy!

Drugs, free love, music and mud and not necessarily in that order, but five words (six if you include 'and') that would describe to the masses the general vibe that was the Stonehenge free festival (or any other festival for that matter, but I digress). Before it was outlawed by the "fascist bitch" that was Margaret Thatcher, readers of such fine upstanding (and overtly conservative) newspapers such as the Daily Mail would literally be "quaking" in their (hunting) boots as they read the stories of shocking and frankly depraved behaviour that was being indulged in by most if not all of the assembled masses over those solstice periods.

However as with much that is written in the supposedly "free press" this was far from the truth and now for the first time the museum can exclusively reveal the real reason why thousands of souls from all corners of the country and further afield descended on the "Henge" for that week in June when the nights are shorter and the days longer. Dave Brock it's alledgedly over to you -

"Stonehenge?, nah it was never really a music thing, that was all a myth, the real reason why so many of us went down their was to buy and sell used cars!, for that week in June it became a mecca for the countries Arthur Daley's who'd all descend on the place to try and shift some of the stock that they'd had cluttering up their forecourts for too long, how we got involved initially, was that in the 70's we were very big with the motor trade, you know dealers, cars not drugs I hasten to add!, mechanics, AA men etc, so we were invited to put on a show in the evening, trouble was bl**dy light show never turned up so wenhad to play using some of the car head lights, we did about an hour then the bl**dy batteries went flat, thing is we'd been hired to do a 2 hour set so rather than disappoint these fine upstanding pillars of the community we agreed that we'd finish off the set first thing in the morning, just as the sun comes up, it was pure coincidence that it was on the longest day of the year. Anyway the whole thing went swimmingly and we was invited back the following year and on this occasion we decided to waive our fee and instead took payment for the gig in the form of having one of the prime sites on the field, bought a few old bangers from the local auctions and bob's yer uncle (well the singer actually), with a bit of filler and some polish we were away with the mixer sold the lot, made a tidy packet as well. Another myth was the whole hippy thing going on, the cats that the press described as "scruffy individuals often dressed in Afghan coats" were in fact the car dealers dressed in their standard uniform of the sheepskin coat, and as for drugs, I think that the hacks mistook these guys huge Cuban cigars for the supposed "exotic cigarettes!"

Well how about that for a revelation, at this point I guess some of you may be a tad confused but let me explain a little, on the left we have a picture of a classic Afghan coat, albeit lacking the obligatory "hippy type" wearing it (it was the best one I could find!), whilst on the right we have Arthur Daley, 2nd hand car dealer par excellence and star of the 80's - 90's comedy drama series "Minder", I'm sure you can see how some folks from a distance could make the mistake (especially from a distance) that the field was indeed full of these "hippy types".

I'm sure that your already rocked by these revelations as we are pleased to say (as if you haven't guessed by know) we also have some exclusive photos of "our boys" in full wheeling and dealing mode -

Dave was no slouch when it came to knowing what to look for, look as he closely inspects this camper van for signs of holes being filled

What! this hole in the metallic bodywork? THAT golden void....just there

Here we see another member of the "sales team" trying to close a deal with this gullible punter (actually Trev Hughes). That's not an over large Rizla paper in his hand but actually the warranty that came with every vehicle, for more details click here

"there's one born every minute" thinks Nik as a swift hug replaces the more usual handshake to confirm that the deal has been completed.
"you won't be disappointed sir, "she's a lovely little runner sir, one lady owner, only used it to pop up the shops and back etc, etc"

"lovely camper van this madam, comes complete with the orange tent and that chimney thing on top, don't ask me what that's for, I'm a bl**dy rock star at the end of the day not a used car salesman, whoops, sorry forgot meself there for a minute, you want to negotiate on the price, you'll have to see my guv'nor Mr Brock about that, I'm not allowed to discuss financial matters, oh and would you Adam and Eve it me old mate Dave Anderson's just turned up, Dave I've got those tapes for ya"

Pretty sensational stuff I'm sure you'll agree and there's more as we can also exclusively reveal how bass assassin Alan Davey came to join the band, forget all that rubbish about him sending Dave Brock a demo tape, for the real story