The Great Western Express - Lincoln (Bardney) Festival 40th Anniversary 

Great! I love this festival but not lucky enough to go. Did you take any photos?

@@GenesisMuseum not one. I went to do many places between the ages of 18 and 21 and have nothing to show for it. So much for the flippant life.

Great! Did you keep anything from the festival (photos, films, posters, tickets, etc)?

@@GenesisMuseum no sorry such a long time ago now, we met Rod Stewart and the Faces at their caravans behind the the stage, a friend who was with us used to play the Kongas with the Faces and we got to see them, there was a lot of gear being used too so we could'nt remember half of it..

I was there too! I recall Slade encouraging a straw fight. 50,000 throwing stuff about. Bought my first chillum there.

Wet but great fun ..a wonderful vibe..

Me too

Awesome! Did you keep anything else from this festival (posters, tickets, photos, etc)?

@@GenesisMuseum Just the program I do remember it raining and I put my umbrella up and then lots of people started throwing straw/hay at me so I though ok put the umbrella down as I'm blocking people's views silly me

I have the free floppy record. Don’t know where I got it from. I was with a mate from Leeds. 14 years old and hitch hiked there

Yes, maybe recorded a fair bit later the same year, and Look North were looking at the recording date! The earlier, slightly soundalike single Mama Weer All Crazee Now still wasn't out until late summer '72. Also a burst of Virginia Plain (not released for another month or so), though maybe Roxy played it?

Slade and Lindisfarne were the acts who really got the audience going. The weather, rip off food and lousy bogs had made it a fairly dour affair. First Slade bullied the audience into sitting up and taking notice, a bit later Lindisfarne did there usual magic and turned their set into a party. At some point John Peel put Dr Who over the PA and the crowd got a bit silly!

@@ianmckenney9080 How great to have been there, definitely something to remember.

Ha ha, I just mentioned the straw fight. Good days.

Did you show up on the film?

@@GenesisMuseumNope that wasn't me... We were there to help people and we did...eg stopping criminals going into the tents and stealing.... The undercover drug squads were doing their thing separately and the 'bad trip tent' was an eye-opener. We learned about women when we were in the Vampire Bar at RAF Swinderby. We were doing alright with the women until there was the roar of jets landing and the pilots came in and all the women left us and flocked to them... When the Romans landed in England it was the same. The English women got topless and went over to the enemy.... The English men were slaughtered and the women survived. I have been divorced twice but came out well coz I was aware of how it works... We were West Yorkshire Police and were also used in South Yorkshire in the 1972 (Heath) coal strikes. I kept Thorpe Marsh Power Station open so the hospital had power... I was spat on continuously and shoved under an articulated lorry.... Fun days...