Saturday 31 August 2019

Merriment at the New Day Festival


In the shot above, you can just about make out both stages at this year's A New Day Festival at Mount Ephraim Gardens near Faversham and Canterbury in Kent.

In the late 1990s/early 2000s, I attended a few of the Canterbury Fayre Festivals at Mount Ephraim Gardens, so I knew the beautiful setting well.

Below, my old friend Phil (right) is enjoying a drink with a lad from Birmingham or Wolverhampton who was down for the first day to see the Martin Barre Band:


They'd just enjoyed listening to humorous, expletive-filled anecdotes during the Jackie Lynton set:



Below, Phil (right again) is with another good old mate, Dave:


Many moons ago, we had an interesting garage band, we sounded something like a cross between The Fall and Hawkwind.

This was the first time Phil and Dave had seen each other in 30 years, and each day, they enjoyed having a few beers in a pub not far from the Festival gate before going inside the Festival itself:


Think that the two shots below of Phil and his friend Linda capture the great spirit at this year's New Day Festival:



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