The Rolling People

Music by THE VERVE This HD video is made from my own photos and documents my story of life on the road as a new age traveller 1985-1994. These photos are 1986-1991. I've deliberately omitted very nasty or violent scenes, but they did happen. this was a time of brutal tory party repression, remember that when you vote next.

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Music

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• the verve
• hippies
• travellers
• peace convoy
• stonehenge
• free festival
• free party
• castlmorton
• spiral tribe

[polotown1]

We were on the receiving end of The 'Peace' convoy in the beautiful, unspoilt Upper Eden Valley. Previous to their arrival I was always the first to defend the right of people to travel about whether they were New Agers or more traditional Gypsies - we lived near Appleby so they are very used to a transient population.

The new agers crapped and pissed in barns, left dirty needles by the river and their garbage, passed out pissed on the village green outside the pub.

Peaceful hippies my arse

[LordMungo63]

@polotown1 Yes, I met a black man once who was a mugger, so obviously they all are! I cannot take responsibility for EVERY traveller that ever lived, some groups were awful. especially after the media labeled us as scum and attracted a lot of badly behaved drug addicts. The original convoy types were just as appalled by this behaviour as you, but it is simple prejudice to say you had a bad experience with a group of travellers so we must ALL be guilty! I left my sites pristine is all I can say.

[MrTelboy1962]

Oh I loved the NoWage Travellers, don't work for the man etc. happy to live off mummy and daddy or even worse the tax payers, don't work for the man but happy to take what ever benefit was going.

[LordMungo63]

@MrTelboy1962 Most travellers worked fruitpicking and farmworking untill the arrival of gang bosses and cheap labour, or often in warehouses etc, but it's difficult to hold down a job when you are being (unlawfully) evicted and villified by Thatcher and the Murdoch press. There were also many ex-servicemen and women, and we held the view that if you are expected to die for your country, you ought to be able to live on a piece of it! Best go back to reading your daily mail bullshit.

[TheNatashazak]

hi my name is natasha, came across this looking for peace convoy stuff, i was brought up on the road from the age of 10, i am now 39. My parnets went to all the festivals starting with stonehenge and going to all the little ones, then holing up for teh winter, does anyone remember SPICY DONUTS!! I was just a 10yr old when the fence came down at greenham common, i remeber it all like it was yeasterday

[LordMungo63]

@TheNatashazak Hi Natasha, I expect we must have met somewhere..Who are your parents? If they have any photo's, I'd love to see them, maybe use them for the next vid. Full credit, of course, Cheers, Jim

[peanutworm]

I was born too late!! I'm 24 now and want to get out on the road in a house bus. No network of festivals or sites to support it nowadays though... :( Bollocks to it, I'm getting a bus, I'll see what I can do.

[leveller02]

@polotown1 Definately a lot of rough with the smooth, but no doubt they were unjustly and politically persecuted. Put old lady Thatcher on trial.

[twotoneandy73]

the problem with britain...too many laws,too many do-gooders and too many people trying to tell others how to live their lives nothing great about britain any more

[punxpeople]

@polotown1 Cheers mate i too lived on the road between 1984 - 1995, best years of my life, think the 94 cjb was the final nail in my travelling days, love the photos you've got never realy took any myself when was travelling still i regret that now, about to start uni now though, finally going to try and get inside the system and take it apart from the inside, years of banging on the door has failed so far......nice one

[finlyhunt]

@polotown1 

[finlyhunt]

NOT FUCKING OVER

[abc123dsa]

Does anybody still travel today? It seems a shame to think that everybody nowadays is conforming to what is considered normal and living under the thumb of this oppressive government and brainwashing media and celebrity culture. I hate the the fact that I've missed out on such a liberated way of life and amazing experiences because I was born too late

[magickal233]

some of us did what we did to ecape narrow minded fools.i guess its 2011 and nothings changed.narrow minded fools.was on road 20yrs.best times ever.....free the convoy

[Tishy43]

Remember this as if it was yesterday. We were hounded wherever we went by societies police and its still happening today. Look at how they treated the travellers at Dale Farm. Surely the world is big enough for everyone to live their lifes as they wish. I still have the scars on my head and arms from being dragged through a smashed bus window by the police at the battle of the beanfield nightmare. Society hasnt learnt anything about prejudice againgst travellers. Thanks 4 the memories : )

[SuperDragonmist]

I lived with The Peace Convoy in 85 on Greenlands farm in Glastonbury. Its almost brought a tear to my eye seeing pictures of those wonderfull people that I met during that time and thank you LordMungo for putting your pictures on Youtube. Many Bright Blessings to all that live free in peace and harmony outside of the rat race. Blessed be from a now middle aged Wolfie!