Glastonbury Festival - Intv Michael Eavis - why Worthy Farm is the perfect place for a festival, 1970
Interview Michael Eavis, founder of Glastonbury Festival, on why he thinks Worthy Farm in Pilton is a perfect place for a festival, ahead of the first one in 1970 "It's away from the awful realities of life" (BBC News BSL Rushes - 18/09/1970 - AEXZ288W)
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18 September, 1970
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