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Radio 2 is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Glastonbury in 2020 with a special programme telling the stories of the festival from the fans in the fields - and we want you to be a part of it!

 

Do you, a friend or family member have an incredible story from Glastonbury Festival? If so you could be on Radio 2 telling our listeners about your experience.

We’re looking for a range of stories, big or small, funny or sad, which could include:

  • Going to the very first festival in 1970
  • Meeting a significant other at the festival, getting married or even giving birth
  • Tackling the legendary Glastonbury rain and mud
  • Going to Glastonbury as a child
  • A life-changing moment in the healing fields or late-night areas
  • Seeing a historic Glastonbury moment
  • Or anything in-between from the last fifty years!

 

To take part all you need to do is get in touch with us at R2Glastonbury50@bbc.co.uk with the information below:

  • Name
  • Email Address
  • Contact number
  • An outline of your Glastonbury experience. Try to give us plenty of detail about your memories, in particular how it made you feel, how it might have changed your life in some way or what made it so special - the more you can tell us the better.

 

Please note, we cannot guarantee a reply to every email. If we would like to know more about your story then we will contact you and then potentially arrange for you to record your story for the programme. The deadline for submitting your stories is Friday 10 April.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/lcVfhFtGtGPqgx2bJ7dWH9/glastonbury-50-years-of-fans-get-involved

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23 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

@glasto-worker your time is now

Thanks for nominating me 

The BBC { something called BBC Points West } asked me before to do a live interview at Glastonbury { they have a raised studio on the far left as you look at the Pyramid } - think it was Friday 27th June 2014 # but they kept on about it being Live as I did warn them that it would be better if it was recorded in advance but No it had to be live #

anyway as many will recall Friday 27th June 2014 was the day GFL cut the power so the BBC pulled out as I was about to get a Buggy down to them

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28056363

# they should have made the recording in advance #  so I am not sure if this is a live broadcast or not .

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1 hour ago, crazyfool1 said:

Might do a bit about efforts to get to the 50th :) 

Good idea, the scramble for tickets signifies the start of the festival activities and its worth recounting the ends folk go to in trying to secure a ticket or volunteering. Remember Hats don’t work on the radio!😁! 

Might go for ‘Longs Drops, their importance to the veteran festival goer. ‘

 

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14 minutes ago, kalifire said:

I'm surprised there hasn't been a 'behind the scenes' documentary on the Glastonbury build yet. Maybe they're doing that this year.

True, I posted on the nostalgia thread that the bbc must have a tremendous archive on the festival, not only the music but also the clips from around the site, different fields, characters, performers , workers etc etc. Could even put the footage out on dvd and profits to oxfam, water-aid and  Greenpeace.   

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26 minutes ago, kalifire said:

I'm surprised there hasn't been a 'behind the scenes' documentary on the Glastonbury build yet. Maybe they're doing that this year.

I've long thought that this'd make a great documentary.  Start it with the early planning (whenever that is) and end when the gates open.  I bet there's some very interesting characters involved.

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Glastonbury 50 the battle commences ...... Glastonbury for me is like the second home ... ive attended 13 festivals behind that beautiful super fence thats 65 days in the beautiful vale of Avalon .... and managed to get lucky with tickets on every occasion up until now ... I spend my life talking about the festival and helping new members in an online community called efestivals ... and making Glastonbury related fancy dress 
 
 
 
Sadly this year in October I missed out on tickets in the main sale despite all the usual preparation ... shortcodes set up on the computer , many helpers and several devices ... like many others . So after that its time to let battle commence and work out and try as many different avenues of getting to the farm ( my second home )  as possible .  I started with a tweet and tagged Emily Eavis in it highlighting my campaign to get to the farm .... A few days past and then a little glimmer of hope .... a like of my tweet from Emily ... my expectations rise .. and then nothing ... Its all good it was a long shot at best 🙂 . Next up a  trip to the farm for a little stroll fortunately not living so far away its not a mammoth undertaking ... I marvel at those that travel mammoth distances to the festival sometimes right across the planet .. this festival also means as much to them as me . The trip to the farm was in the hope of bumping into Michael or Emily whilst having a wander but sadly it wasn't to be ... but I loved spending  a few hours back in that beautiful place reminiscing about the fun times id had in those fields .
 
So next up Christmas and what else to do but send a Christmas card to the farm .... they have provided me with so much fun in my life and it was a great opportunity to say thankyou with a few photos of it of the times I have met Michael and a photo of my pyramid stage hat in the snow ... again nothing ... I go again ...
 
Next  im exploring the opportunities of volunteering at the festival .... and oxfam appears like it would be the perfect opportunity for me to give something back and to do something for a charity too ... so I registered and applied on the dot of the time expected but sadly again missed out .
 
In the intervening time ive entered all the competitions that have been available ... Radio 1 and a certain brand of cider ... as well as going in for the draw ... and entering the Glastonbury 50 book draw ... am I mad ? no ... Glastonbury festival obsessed ... yes probably 🙂 oh and I did write them a letter too ...
 
Anyway the battle goes on ... several resale opportunities ahead and many friends made though the festival site  that are prepared to give time to help me .... I will get there somehow (hopefully ) ... and if not I resign myself to the fact that someone will be enjoying the brilliant opportunity of tickets in my place 
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10 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:
Glastonbury 50 the battle commences ...... Glastonbury for me is like the second home ... ive attended 13 festivals behind that beautiful super fence thats 65 days in the beautiful vale of Avalon .... and managed to get lucky with tickets on every occasion up until now ... I spend my life talking about the festival and helping new members in an online community called efestivals ... and making Glastonbury related fancy dress 
 
 
 
Sadly this year in October I missed out on tickets in the main sale despite all the usual preparation ... shortcodes set up on the computer , many helpers and several devices ... like many others . So after that its time to let battle commence and work out and try as many different avenues of getting to the farm ( my second home )  as possible .  I started with a tweet and tagged Emily Eavis in it highlighting my campaign to get to the farm .... A few days past and then a little glimmer of hope .... a like of my tweet from Emily ... my expectations rise .. and then nothing ... Its all good it was a long shot at best 🙂 . Next up a  trip to the farm for a little stroll fortunately not living so far away its not a mammoth undertaking ... I marvel at those that travel mammoth distances to the festival sometimes right across the planet .. this festival also means as much to them as me . The trip to the farm was in the hope of bumping into Michael or Emily whilst having a wander but sadly it wasn't to be ... but I loved spending  a few hours back in that beautiful place reminiscing about the fun times id had in those fields .
 
So next up Christmas and what else to do but send a Christmas card to the farm .... they have provided me with so much fun in my life and it was a great opportunity to say thankyou with a few photos of it of the times I have met Michael and a photo of my pyramid stage hat in the snow ... again nothing ... I go again ...
 
Next  im exploring the opportunities of volunteering at the festival .... and oxfam appears like it would be the perfect opportunity for me to give something back and to do something for a charity too ... so I registered and applied on the dot of the time expected but sadly again missed out .
 
In the intervening time ive entered all the competitions that have been available ... Radio 1 and a certain brand of cider ... as well as going in for the draw ... and entering the Glastonbury 50 book draw ... am I mad ? no ... Glastonbury festival obsessed ... yes probably 🙂 oh and I did write them a letter too ...
 
Anyway the battle goes on ... several resale opportunities ahead and many friends made though the festival site  that are prepared to give time to help me .... I will get there somehow (hopefully ) ... and if not I resign myself to the fact that someone will be enjoying the brilliant opportunity of tickets in my place 

You ought to include images of your hats etc, just to emphasise the dedication

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7 hours ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

True, I posted on the nostalgia thread that the bbc must have a tremendous archive on the festival, not only the music but also the clips from around the site, different fields, characters, performers , workers etc etc. Could even put the footage out on dvd and profits to oxfam, water-aid and  Greenpeace.   

I know there is a ton of news report related stuff, especially from BBC Points West that is sitting in archives from pretty much every year since the festival started.

A guy called Clinton Rogers presenter most of it, I’ve seen a fair amount of it from 1994 and snippets from 1998.
 

Anything post 2002 is fairly easy to find on YouTube etc. 

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15 minutes ago, gooner1990 said:

I know there is a ton of news report related stuff, especially from BBC Points West that is sitting in archives from pretty much every year since the festival started.

A guy called Clinton Rogers presenter most of it, I’ve seen a fair amount of it from 1994 and snippets from 1998.
 

Anything post 2002 is fairly easy to find on YouTube etc. 

hes a bit of a west country legend Clinton .... he interviewed me whilst stuck in Traffic just before Street in 2016 .... sadly the clip wasn't broadcast .... so will never find it .... I was so happy to be interviewed too ...:) 

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29 minutes ago, gooner1990 said:

I know there is a ton of news report related stuff, especially from BBC Points West that is sitting in archives from pretty much every year since the festival started.

A guy called Clinton Rogers presenter most of it, I’ve seen a fair amount of it from 1994 and snippets from 1998.
 

Anything post 2002 is fairly easy to find on YouTube etc. 

Would be terrific if the local bbc compiled it all into a series of documentaries. 

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