British Steam 1930 (travel back in time ) Rare Footage Isle of Wight Bustling with Holiday Makers 

Thank you, Alrx! P-Way Holiday Time Intrigues. I wonder if any of the people appearing in your appreciated upload (or their descendants) attended any of the (later) Isle of Wight music 'fesivals'? What a difference 40 years can make in our society! All the best, A. Stay free. Rab 🍻 😎 🎲 🕊 ---------------------------------------------- 'The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 was a music festival held between 26 and 31 August 1970 at Afton Down, an area on the western side of the Isle of Wight in England. It was the last of three consecutive music festivals to take place on the island between 1968 and 1970 and often acknowledged as the largest musical event of its time, with a larger attendance than Woodstock. Although estimates vary, Guinness World Records estimated 600,000 to 700,000 people attended. It was organised and promoted by local brothers, Ron and Ray Foulk through their company Fiery Creations Ltd., and their brother Bill Foulk. 'The 1970 version, following Woodstock in the previous year, set out to move one step forward and enlisted Jimi Hendrix. With Hendrix confirmed, artists such as Cactus, Chicago, the Doors, Lighthouse, the Moody Blues, the Who, Miles Davis, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Jethro Tull, Sly and the Family Stone, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Free also took part. The event had a magnificent but impractical site, since the prevailing wind blew the sound sideways across the venue, and the sound system had to be augmented by the Who's own PA. Organizers also faced the logistical problems involved in transporting some 600,000 people onto an island with a population of fewer than 100,000. The Island's transport services were already stretched by the annual influx of summer holiday-makers at the same time. French anarchists armed with knives were already causing trouble on the ferry crossing. 'Political and logistical difficulties resulted in the organisers eventually realising that the festival would not make a profit and declaring it to be 'a free festival', although the majority of the audience had paid for tickets in advance, and the event was filmed contemporaneously. The commercial failings of the festival ensured it was the last event of its kind on the Isle of Wight for 32 years.' [Credit: 'Isle of Wight Festival 1970' - Wi ki pe d ia] R 👋

Wonderful... Was that a glimpse of the paddle steamer..Embassy..that sailed from Bournemouth pier to I.o.w?...old England... X