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ScottBailey

I used to live about 10-15 mins away from Glastonbury.

First went in 95 (I think) when Oasis and Pulp were headlining (The Orb may have played) but really remember the NME tent for The Verve, Charlatans and Skunk Anansie (not my kind of music but I still remember the intensity of their performance).

Was one of the last years that people were still able to get over the fence, I think, and the dealers would go to all the tents in the morning. Was amazing weather and definitely a fantastic memory.

Went a few years later when it was muddy and it was a massive ball ache trying to get anywhere in the thick mud, which definitely changes your perception. Would still like to go again but probably find it difficult to not shower or have a dump for 3 days. 😃

      whatever I used to live about 10-15 mins away from Glastonbury.

      Where abouts? I was raised in Street (born in Taunton)

          The locals still get free tickets, know someone who lives in Wookey who gets in with his mates every time via this method

            Hursty used to be that anyone within a 7 mile radius got free tickets. Thought that finished ages ago though?

                ScottBailey

                Lived in Catcott for a number of years, Taunton and grew up in small village in Somerset. I know Street well. Went to the college there and went to the really cheesy nightclub (can’t remember what it was called).

                    ScottBailey

                    Maxims, yeah that’s the one. Proper Sharon and Tracey venue. Assume you don’t live in Somerset these days?

                        whatever did you ever get to Pawlett Manor? I was too young at the time, but apparently used to be a right sweatbox of a rave there!

                            ScottBailey

                            I did! 😅 Know it very well. Proper rough place. Was bulldozed years ago. They had a good rep for running house nights and Happy Hardcore and bangin’ techno/hard house really took hold. Was infamous, as you probably know, because the Sun ran an expose about one of their reporters buying crack there. I discovered Lakota and a range of other ‘proper’ clubs after that so it was really just my entree into house music, I guess.

                                whatever nope, moved to London in 2006. Went back there last weekend for my 40th and Maxims is bizarrely a restaurant now. It’s like eating dinner in an aircraft hanger (yes I went for nostalgia)

                                    ScottBailey
                                    My family used to work there every year on the Kids area. That’s how I got in. Got there a week before to help set it up. We also had our own private camping area right in the middle. With security at the entrance. I think it was 2004 & the weather was horrific with massive thunderstorms and major floods & heavy mud. Still had a great time though. Would definitely go back but only in a campervan.

                                      ScottBailey

                                      It’s a restaurant now! I imagine the smell of stale tobacco, piss and lager still lingers. Same, I moved to London in 2008 (although I moved around quite a lot overall).

                                      I reckon our paths may have even crossed at some point in Somerset history and probably knew some of the same people.

                                          Ed has been spotted already, school tie as well, natch!

                                          whatever there were a few places I missed. I missed Tony De Vit cutting his teeth at Kingston’s in Taunton, and I missed Sasha at Lakota too. But I used to go to a wicked night at Timbuk2 in Bristol called Empathy run by Stu Wilkinson and Jim Rivers. Both top lads

                                              whatever reckon our paths may have even crossed at some point in Somerset history and probably knew some of the same people.

                                              Most probably

                                                ScottBailey

                                                Yeah, TDV played a lot in the west country in general. Saw him a number of times in different places. Think Sasha at Lakota was slightly before my time as well. The classic mixtape seems to be from around 93. Used to go to Fandango nights and saw so many amazing DJs. Was a bit worse for ware one night and got speaking to the resident DJ there, Mark Davis. Think I had asked him for a recording of one of the nights. Promptly forgot about it completely and then a tape turned up about 2 weeks later. Really top guy. Completely blown away by his kindness. Went out and about in Bristol quite a lot before moving onto the London venues.