SPIRALLING TOWARDS CASTLEMORTON

[@GaraGambini]

Slave to the rave, rave to the grave! ❤❤❤

[@surrealmadrid7971]

'Why is it I saw a man with a machete chasing my sheep shouting meat?' That posh woman was clearly tripping

[@ginnythwaite]

Ha!

[@ginnythwaite]

Castle Morton was bonkers. Loved every single second of the four days I spent there...

[@curtisducati]

I miss all the early raves , all bikers & New age travellers , was all amazing from 1989 to 1997 then all commercial £50 a ticket crap with look at me DJ's ... The day DJ's turned round to face the crowd it ruined the whole rave thing .... My best memory was driving down the M1 at 90 trying to get rizla from a group in a red escort ! Totaly out my face on doves heading to TRADE in London with Tony De-Vitt the DJ bless him ...

[@dibz4166]

Don’t worry we still out here chucking soundsystems in warehouses and fields, battling the police every weekend carrying on the cause

[@Yoyo-01]

Best time of our lives, lets do it again!!

[@curtisducati]

I was there ! Great times .....

[@missredumbrella]

Oh yeah...reeeewind please !!!

[@modulblok-e3168]

🤚👽👍🏼

[@Erebus.666.]

I'm in... F*ck the Criminal Injustice Bill.

[@AlexAlcyone]

Tbf it was not 'purely by word of mouth'; while those that were 'in the know', knew - those numbers were nowhere near the final attendance: it was announced on the news and swarms of additional weekenders piled in at that point. Most interesting thing to do on a bank holiday by far. Wandering around, I very clearly remember the 'traveller part' of the site was kept the cleanest, they got there first so they were are the far end of the common... they were yelling at people to clear up after themselves, and the weekenders did not, they dropped trash (and shite) everywhere. Convoy got blamed for a lot of things that were not of their doing and they certainly did not set forth to have the biggest free festival ever, or anything like that. They were being hounded from place to place and dealing with roadblocks if anyone remembers and had to go "somewhere", Castlemorton was common land and so it got the job.

[@AlfieandCarla]

OMG, Castle Morton, brings back memories of dancing for days, and to be honest, I would do it all again 30 years later given the chance ..

[@mark.kelley1928]

I was there lol 😂 what a experience that was never to be forgotten, that poor lad bringing his car in when the lights went out and everyone danced on it , the guy who flew in on a hand glider to avoid the police haha 😂 where there’s a will there’s a way hay 👍🤣🤣🤣

[@fernandasa2158]

This country lost it the minute they stopped young people have free , creative and fun days like this

[@fluffybites6392]

What a show of togetherness, the old bill were overwhelmed and it frightened the government. I would love to say that I was one of the 20,000, but I missed it...

[@pjg_77]

I remember going to gullet quarry the summer of 92 & whilst skinny dipping in the quarry we got talking to a load of New Age travellers. Next thing we’re tripping our balls off from micro-dots. A bunch of young lads from Brum had the best summers weekend ever. I have very fond memories of the quarry.

[@Yogman444]

gullet quarry is great but lots of people have drowned there

[@eibhlinnichrualoai]

Best days of my life.. started with going to Stonehenge with my parents and had my whole teens in the 90s. I used to do backdrops for various party conveys..Castle Morton was ALLOWED to deliberately happen to bring in the CJA...thank you for putting this up..big love -Jas(+Barry RIP)..our community was flooded with her@in after that. No one helped us..now they've come for everyone in 2020.. thankfully I didn't do what they told me 💉🖕🙌🙏☘️💚

[@harri7416]

Same gig with Hillsborough and all seater stadiums?

[@sniperHEX]

Only for the headstrong... 88-92 Best years of my life...

[@oosqueezemylemon]

It was the second summer of love, that should not be forgotten

[@tom_123]

Despite mass communication being easier than ever, mass mobilisation of people for an ‘unofficial event’ like this doesn’t happen any more. Not just because of the criminal justice act. The music and the spirit of the time was very powerful in the 90s. It really brought people together and was energising. The culture these days pushes us apart.

[@daria55]

Still happens. You just have to know where to look

[@domtekos7761]

​​@@daria55yes it does still happen, we and others still make it happen. But the other comment isn't wrong... things aren't like the 90s anymore socially and we are a very small fringe group. Even those who do the events now still witness the lack of cohesion and community by some of the attendees- be it their trying to sneak in without paying a fiver to cover the costs or those not willing to get stuck in and help when help is needed at the party to police itself. They just stand and film it on their phones! This is a problem with the individualistic side of society and like it or not this is getting worse over time and people are becoming more divided and more individualistic over time. The underground parties in the UK have been getting smaller over the years and the ability to get the larger ones to happen has become harder. I remember when there used to be multiple free parties on in London every single weekend and there were frequently huge multi rig parties with sound systems from all over the country. You just can't get away with it now and there also doesn't seem to be the same number or type of crowd who comes anymore. The vibe has changed. For me, the closest I get now to what it once was is to leave the UK and do the European teknival circuit.

[@upthebuffer1921]

This was the end. That will never be repeated. Much love to you all.

[@modulblok-e3168]

Freedom is out there ,,,fight for your rights ,, start a anti war protest party people will come 🙂👍🏼

[@djitisty]

I'm sorry but we have an anual celebrating of castlemorton every year that we call uk-tek, and the stages, soundsystems have all evolved massively since the early 90s

[@GaraGambini]

@@djitisty But you will never be able to catch the original excitement, innocence and togetherness….. That type of music had never ever been made before and the pills were a new thing too!

[@domtekos7761]

​@@GaraGambiniagree it cannot capture what it once was. The closest I think you'll get to that experience is to go to one of the large French Teknivals.

[@sean3691]

Four days i will never forget and could never describe to anyone who wasn't there. I did use to try but cant be bothered anymore, fckum 😁. The starvation and sleep deprivation got me in the end and the long hot walk to the m50 junction finished me off. Wish i had a time machine ❤️

[@donwright3427]

Went there and never been the same since🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Astrajet]

We were in Holland in early 92.. Spiral Tribe joined us after Castle Morton, and we did a few Squat Parties

[@BEDFORD303]

Was that the one in the gas tower?... stayed in Holland 92 for 5yrs, .. Lieden was our go to place, we were on a site in Ter Aar

[@DouglasDaggart]

Just chilling on the crib tripping and loving lovely peeps for fairyland

[@lemagreengreen]

Bring it back.

[@stevenbance1745]

NEVER4GET..WICKED TIMES STILL LOVE THE MUSIC.

[@kikupafuss]

Castlemorton was ace. I say give the old bill a massive thanks for assisting and directing the traffic.

[@ginnythwaite]

Ha!

[@natureseyemusic]

I was there. I rolled up on the Saturday. Phoned my boss on the Monday chucking a sicky and finally went home on the Tuesday. It was fucking wild.

[@pavelsojka3419]

Still going strong in 2024!!!

[@shring7]

Such a time, out of the chaos comes love.

[@richardpedley6291]

I pity the younger genarashon thay will never have enything like we had back then good times

[@konrad7572]

3:12 i couldnt contain myself here hahahahahahaha

[@55tranquility]

my mate took so many drugs that weekend he had a psychotic episode and was sectioned, it was a nightmare. might have been great but not if you are dealing with someone who thinks voices are coming out of his car speakers telling him to do stuff and thinks everyone is there to steal his car and works for the Russians it wasn't. got him home, more craziness, then he went missing for a day apparently he had driven back to castle morton again and back home again because he thought he was leading a convoy their (he wasn't). his parents had called the police because he was missing and we'd been looking for him, when he came back he was talking nonsense ended up in psych hospital for about 7 months - that was enough for me and i hung up my whistle and ravin shoes after that.

[@eamonnhoulihan1366]

Sorry to hear that mate, but for one bad story about castle morten,there is thousands of happy ones, hope you're mate is OK ❤

[@ginnythwaite]

That's a bummer. It happened to a pal of mine there too, on acid, I may have, or may have not, lent to him. Wheat from the chaff...

[@lhyperboreen9716]

Free Party NEVER DIE 🔊😍🔊🔊🔊😍🔊🔊

[@peachyaudio]

"numerous discos"

[@joeglabus7255]

Long stock rats lodge outside Winchester good times 😊😊😊

[@petelees6142]

I live near castlemorton it scared the crap out of the people who were living there

[@PeteRed-ig3fp]

I'd like to answer the lady pertaining to the lamb a machete and meat..that unfortunately was myself.. being a butcher of 20 years standing at that point i didn't understand exactly ug and g...in relation to lsd...🏴‍☠️

[@urbansurvivor360]

Opening tune guys? I had it I just cannot remember!

[@mikemcmahon1970]

The Age Of Love - The Age Of Love

[@Whazzar]

What documentary is this from?

[@Angela-1974]

Can someone please tell me the name of that tune at the beginning? I love it but I've forgotten the name of it.

[@1brokenspoke189]

Age of love . its a proper banger .

[@Angela-1974]

​@@1brokenspoke189I agree 👍

[@inkcap1002]

Then thatcher said "Destroy the convoy " and then coincidentally or not smack started to appear on the scene and fucked it all up!!

[@mark.kelley1928]

1985 battle or the bean field, that was swept under the carpet with the establishment yet again

[@divinaluz7]

Absolutely not a coincidence. No one in the mainstream is talking about how drugs destroyed our generation. Or how they got there.

[@ginnythwaite]

I think it's a bit more complicated than that. When squats became illegal, those folk who were into smack, mostly went to live on buses. They introduced smack to the travellers, therefore the free party scene. And we all got so ridiculously high on the excellent ecstasy pre-1994ish, smack was already just there, to climb down the mountain, to go back to work...

[@ginnythwaite]

@@mark.kelley1928 Right on.

[@vernantruman1797]

Spiral Tribe were quick enough to claim the credit for organising Castlemorton.. They had their photos in national press trying to big themselves up.. When the shit hit the fan & they were going to court & realised the possible legal implications. They changed their tune & were happy to try & drop it on Circus Warp..

[@2009jamiebell]

So true

[@vernantruman1797]

@@2009jamiebell Hey up Jamie, long time no see..

[@2009jamiebell]

@@vernantruman1797 will be back in lelant 11th till 30th march

[@justahumanbeing.709]

Mark Harrisson of ST has actually said in interviews recently and i guess he will in his new book that ST had nothing to do with the organising and decided to go at last minute.

[@vernantruman1797]

It still don't address the fact, that after Castlemorton. Spiral Tribe did go to the press. They had their photo in the Sun with a headline claiming they organised it..

[@pm-bg9mu]

Went there ; had to go to the Severn bridge because guy following didn't know he was going Got there and in the morning a Aussie bloke we was with went to ring his bro back home in Australia And his bro in auss said I know where u are !! You at castle Morton It's was all over the news papers there lol True story

[@anz2233]

I wish

[@keepgoing1973]

I was there

[@barneyrichardson4676]

Me old mate Mixxy at 0.39 secs 🤣👍🙄

[@alcyonemusic]

word of mouth alone?? It got nationwide promotion when the TV news reports said 'massive illegal festival, don't go' or something like that lol. Hence the opinion that it was actually encouraged in order to boost public support for legal changes.

[@ginnythwaite]

I recall having a few landline numbers to call, see where the part was. I didn't watch telly or read jewspapers...

[@oakashthorn5714]

Lol @317 😂

[@stevebubble2010]

i set the date, but didn't go as the Bristol police were never gonna let it happen...lol, typical.

[@RA-Redacted68]

How dare you have fun without our permission. Today it is how dare you have fun in pubs.

[@ryanmcgrath339]

👇👍this guy is right

[@SteveJones-gz4vd]

Most of the traveller types were from Aristocacy , you know rich kids, Monthly allowance and millionares in the waiting, I bet they are just fine right now

[@JimmyHandtrixx]

of course they are fine. look at SP in recent years with their olympic grants and what not....same as any crustie punk hippy scenes. rich kids. and yet they will use you for what you have worked hard for. i had to learn the hard way.

[@johnbaker8741]

Most of them? They were not.

[@ginnythwaite]

@@johnbaker8741 Agreed. Some of them, were trustafarians, or public school kids. And they were a tough crowd for acceptance. But not all of them...

[@simonhobbs3826]

Prefur Hawkwind etc rave didnt help the tribe as castlemorton went on for too long and there was no respect for real travellers who were not into dance but into travelling and respecting that way of life. Shame. Rave music for me isnt organic and doesnt speak to me like Hawkwind the enid or punk bands do . DO NOT PICNIC THIS ISNT Hawkwind lol

[@JimmyHandtrixx]

and people before were moaning about electric guitar 😂 you want organic then no Hawkwind

[@philtomlinson7443]

We breathed fresh air into a dying scene n you know it , the travellers were happy to make money selling teas n pills too so it was a win win

[@ginnythwaite]

Hawkwind were my entry to psychedelic dance music. I followed them around in my late teens. Rave was a natural progression, if like me, you were 25 years too late for the birth of Hawkwind.

[@deepzeliade-dk8uo]

those Orbital brothers are total 100% bell ends, always were, always will be, don;'t be fooled.

[@metajomaguire396]

I still do not get bail 😞 and we lost! think ? 88