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  1. The Crew site was in that field { where people were waiting for tickets last year } in 2008 so it was outside the wall {1} you could park next to the crew site { only feet away } {2} No one had to produce tickets so no hanging about - they were checking ID if they did not know you {3} I was setting up my tent within 5 mins of parking {4} We had to leave early Monday morning to drive back to London so missed all the traffic - forget why but it was the quickest exit I have encountered since 1979. Hope all the paperwork arrives on time.
  2. You must be well connected as I know many who tried but did not get a parking permit - the last time I had one was many years ago { parked in the press area - Big note - a lot has has changed since then } - they used to have a portacabin { outside the wall } but no bugger was there but by Luck Scottish Security { they work in the bars } was driving past in a Land rover and offered me a lift to the Crew site - I was driving in and went hunting for the guy who should have been working in the portacabin - He Claimed there was no one waiting when I knew there was 40 people outside it waiting - A shot from 2022 all that mob in the middle are waiting for worker tickets - it was so hot even at 17.40 ' I was sitting in shade ' - I would imagine they will use the same area this year.
  3. I was not meaning Your group organiser HQ I was meaning WBC HQ as after all they are the ones handing out tickets. The main problem is ' you cant get a private car ' though yellow gate without a pass so you cant drive in and dump your stuff and then park. + you may not even get into public parking without a letter of authority 2pm Tuesday 20th of June would make sense but you have to make bloody certain that you can make it { allowing time to park and walking down to Gate A } 9pm would be risky as I don't know any coach that would plan to arrive at that time { big note I am only going on previous years } but provided its cleared by the WBC anytime in the afternoon as they will be there for all the various Coach arrivals { they will send the letter of authority to get into parking } + you could wait hours - Last year they could not find my ticket even although I have been with them 34 years !!! and there was about 50 of us waiting for nearly 2 hours before they found them. Years ago it was easier as there was a Portacabin you could go to but I think they have ditched that unit.
  4. Please note ' I do not see the normal e-mails ' but I am sure in 2022 the Master plan was ## to get everyone on a coach ## unless they had permission from HQ { who I assume would be sent extra information } have you let them know ? I know people who wanted to drive but were told to book a Coach. The whole entry system is set up for people walking off a Crew Coach.
  5. you will need a time machine if you want better information - at one stage they used to send out a Clear map showing the actual crew camp but that was dropped many years ago. When you write ## I'm arriving separately ## - not sure if you mean on the Coach or Private car - By Coach its simple as they will be waiting but Private car will be tricky - its all designed for people arriving by Coach.
  6. they moved last year ' except the new area this year the area has more crew camping { far more than the WBC need } so its not clear if it will be in the exact same spot + crew entry gates may change this year - You should find out when you come off the coach ' to pick your ticket up ' - Big note last year they were doing it by Coach order so if your Team arrives by later coach they may have to wait longer. Last year they did have a van running down camping gear ## so look out for it ## many just rushed in after picking up their ticket so they did not spot the van . Facilities are roughly the same as other years. the crew bar has phone power charging its though Gate A and Pylon is down the hill - you can see the pylons in the photo - crew bar was on the left { out of sight } and the Pyramid would be on the right { out of sight } - that is not all the camp - it was split in two { but the same field } I always work in the crew bar { well for the past 15 years } so don't know the times of the public bars.
  7. somewhere in a post many years ago there was a full list - at different periods of time the number has varied and for god knows how many years I think it reached 44 Public Bars but when Avalon was formed they were divided up so the list is much smaller now but as 'incident' has reported they tend to the major high volume bars which in general are 'Counter bars' but with a few exceptions. As I now only work in the Crew area I am not sent the full list as its not relevant to me. taking the old list and the current list the only bar I have not worked in is the Mandela bar - sure Oxfam etc etc may use a 'standard volunteer allocation' but its more flexible in a few limited bars due to staffing requirements - Volunteer groups get paid for the hours worked per Volunteer so some of the smaller charities may be glad for the extra money earned. Its not uncommon for some Groups to seek out extra hours in the past. Each member of that Group will have a choice if they wish to earn extra money or not. So Volunteers are not just involved just to get a ticket they do have a strong link with their individual Group.
  8. Fine - sure it will not suit everyone - when I first started in 1988 the shifts were far longer - these days its about 6 Hours so most will do between 18 and 24 hours - it all depends which bar that Team has been allocated to.{only a few Teams would be expected to work 6 days as most bars are not open on the Tuesday} + these Volunteers are keen to raise money for their team/Group so they are not just doing it for a free ticket. Everyone arriving on the Tuesday makes sense due to the GFL security checks they have to go though. Entry last year was by Gate A - tickets were handed to Volunteers once their ID was checked just before entry and after going though GFL security they made their way to the Crew Camp . being part of a Team means that trying to swap a shift is very tricky so its all the luck of the draw. I have never met anyone who was concerned about the departure time of the Coaches { its designed to depart before the main bulk of the public Coaches.} last year it was 5am when the first London coach departed.
  9. The WBC was set up before the Internet {The World Wide Web} began so its a bit more complicated because # they don't Directly recruit Volunteers # They have many authorised Groups as listed at https://www.workersbeer.co.uk/volunteers/current-organisations/ so a person ' who has a connection with that Group ' should contact them. but please note - even well connected authorised Groups may not get all the places they are after. My Group in the 90's used to get 25 places at Glastonbury - because there is now far more groups that has reduced my allocation - I have to tell people who have been a volunteer for 20 years+ that they will have to skip a year. This is the right time to contact a authorised Group { provided you have a connection } - they should be able to tell you ' if you have a realistic chance ' - they will have to register you with the WBC { including face image } please understand Your Team Leader Cant Change Any Shift - depending where you are you could be working 6 days { although most will be 4 } - give them hassle and you can forget getting a allocation for other years. when I joined I certainly did not think I would still be a volunteer 35 years later { at Glastonbury and at loads of other events } Being a volunteer will not suit everyone but most bars at Glastonbury are easy compared to other events I have done in the past. You have to arrive by WBC coach on the Tuesday { they depart from various places in the UK } if they don't know you bring photo ID as you may be asked for ID before they let you on the Coach. They have a canteen { 2 food vouchers per day } and cheap bar + showers etc etc ' you will be expected to camp in the crew area ' The Coaches will leave on the Monday morning so most people will pack up on the Sunday as its a mad scramble in the morning. Always double check its the right coach - some who thought they were on the London Coach ended up in Glasgow !!! - not sure at what point they twigged.
  10. They were about to open Gate D but I suspect they were contacted by Gate A and were told to stand down. I have all the time codes { As I was there long before the gates actually opened so have lots of preparation shots } and it had to be a 25min delay from when they were about to open - why I don't have a clue as I was up at Gate D. Whatever the problem was it was not at Gate D ## Must Have Baffled the ticket holders as the gate was swung open and then there was a frantic rush to close it ## All the staff was called back - they were formed into 4 or 5 groups.
  11. Yes and No - because I was already inside so have been standing there taking photos ' as the public has been let in ' Not Sure If This Has Been Mentioned Before - All the gates do not open up at the same time one year I was up at Gate D and just as Gate D was swung open I spotted some people shifting bags who had walked from Gate A - A fair old walk. I have a sequence - below is only one of them - all the preparation you don't see - the odd thing is ' its very quiet the other side of the gate ' { sure if you are in that queue you may not agree but if your inside its quiet } Unlike other years ' this year we entered using Gate A Tuesday 21st of June ' but I am sure it was far more hectic on the Wednesday - lucky enough I arranged for all my camping gear to be transported to the Crew site so I did not have to carry anything as it was a scorching day. there was no mad rush to get in - we all had to wait for staffing to hand us a named ticket { a staff ticket does not have a photo on it } The Big change this year was ' we were using a new Crew site ' - always a pain in the Arse because Crew entry gates may not be where you expect them { which was the case this year } - I know a fair number who got a bit lost { some who have been going for donkey years } - after 34 years I don't walk anywhere until I am sure I know where I am going so I sat in the shade and waited for one of my Team to call me once they were inside the crew site. I cant walk as far as I used to so no photos of Gate A being swung open.
  12. That must have been a pain in the Arse for you. photo is from 2009 when we were camping in 'Bushy ground' {first time we had used that as a Crew site} I had persuaded two friends from Iceland to Volunteer - they had never been to Glastonbury before !!! by the way ' the London Coach driver got lost when we were driving down ' - the idiot turned left down a single track road ## that took us close to the M5 { I am not kidding } ## and when we reached Glastonbury Town there was a massive traffic jam we should have arrived at 8pm but we did not arrive until After 2am and GFL Security at first would not let the Coach in - lucky enough I had my pass from 2008 and that was enough and they let us though. Same pass got me though the Crew Gate and was able to track down some of the office staff ## but the crew site was full so we camped next to it { closer to the chicken sheds } ## - first time since 1988 that I did not camp in the official crew site Anyway early Monday I spotted the driver arriving { the same guy who got us lost } so was able to get him to open up the coach ## so we were already loaded by the time the Coach Coordinator announced the first London Coach is here ## I fully agree with your words - I always advise Oli { guy from Iceland } to book the Last Flight of the day as there is so many factors - one year a London crew Coach broke down - it was at that point ' they discovered the driver had been filling in for a Mate so had no clue who to contact at the coach company ' but lucky enough Sean Taylor (singer-songwriter) was on that coach so he called me as he knew I could patch him though to Staff HQ and they were able to sort out a replacement coach. they were bloody lucky I had not switched my phone off.
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    Brixton Crush

    I am not so sure but I have not got a tape measure out but if you take the length of 'astoria walk' its longer than the area on the left hand side of the Hammersmith Odeon they were using that night to do the Covid checks but the main part of the checking was in front of the doors.
  14. glasto-worker

    Brixton Crush

    Have been to Brixton Academy many times but not in recent years . at the Hammersmith Odeon { think this week its called Eventim Apollo } when they were doing Covid checks they had a whole load of barriers up - lots of security. It started from the left side went down the side alley and then back up again and then a whole zig-zag of barriers ## and at some point people were split depending if you had a Covid pass on your phone or a paper print out ## and at some point you reached the doors ' where they were checking if a person had a ticket { although seeing it took one hour to reach that point I suspect they did have tickets } it all worked because people were compliant. In fact they could set up a similar system at the Brixton Academy using 'astoria walk' { photo } but that only works if people are compliant - and that mob the other day certainly did not look compliant. from the various videos its not clear # who was who # - were they ticket holders or people pretending to be ticket holders. I am sure we will find out at some point in time but we may be affected .{ new rules etc etc } I have never seen the Brixton Academy that chaotic.
  15. well you have been busy - wish that had been about in the 80's Avalon/Shelter in the past may use 3 days x 8 hours or 4 days x 6 hours or 2 days x 8 hours plus 2 days x 4 hours have no idea if this will be continued for 2023. I have worked split shifts before {Not with Avalon} and had no problem with them but I do know that some people are not Keen. Its all down to luck so be prepared for the unexpected.
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