Monthly Archives: August 2009
Island Industries Fair: dress rehearsal for the IOW Pop Festival
The 1969 Isle of Wight Festival of Music was not the first large outdoor event with tents to take place on the island – every two years for ten years there had been an Island Industries Fair, held in 1969 … Continue reading
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The man who got the festivals banned
Let’s hear it for Martin “Mark” Woodnutt, Tory MP for the IOW from 1959-74, fan of Enoch Powell, member of the far-right Monday Club, hanging enthusiast, and the man whose Isle of Wight County Council Act put an end to … Continue reading
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IOW69 forty years on – the site
Though there is a wealth of material on the web about the 2nd Isle of Wight Festival of Music, I’ve been unable to find anything pinpointing the actual site where it took place. Checking the overhead shot from Pathe News, … Continue reading
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