Judge gives Wallies their marching orders,1974

Up The Pole ! Its the High Court Wallies

Wallies seeking Justice 1974

This lovely photo of the Wallies outside the High Court in London (Aug 12th 1974) has been donated to the archive by Justice Wally.Big love to him.

From left to right , ?, Wally Egypt, Alan ?, 

Sir Wally Raleigh (AKA Sir Walter Wally,Tim Abbott,)

Clarence Wally (Aka Fritz) Kris Wally (Aka Scotch Wally)

and of course Phil Russell (Aka Wally Hope)

Wally Hopes letter to the farmer 1974

While organising the First festival in 1974,Wally wrote this letter to the farmer who owned land adjacent to Stonehenge.The copys Ive seen on line were a little unclear,so here tis .x
The letter has stayed until recently with Sir Walter Wally aka Sir Wally Raleigh.He passed on at the end of last year and I am currently trying to reunite this letter with Wallys box.Wish me luck xx Wally Dean

                                                   Thanks to Wally Krys for her help with the scanning x

Penny Rimbaud talks to Gavin McInnes

Penny talks about Wally Hope.
Thanks to the Wallies who sent in this link.

Zorch at Stonehenge 1974

Until I began this research the word Zorch would have meant nothing to me.Maybe the sound of melting plastic sacks,but no.Zorch were the only band to play the first Stonehenge Free Festival in 1974

"We knew Wally Hope who got it all together. This was the first one there. So the band all piled in to the old green van and made it there." Thus was the will of the gods.

"Zorch set up stage facing the Stones, ……200 yards away .1974, it wasn't heavy at all . Not many people there . Best so far. First day the whole band played and we went down pretty well."
The following day was Basil Brookes solo set during which he completely freaked out a guy in the audience who thought he was conjuring up Dark Forces.

More Zorch can be found at Zorch .

I mention this as I was given George Bergers "The Story of Crass" inside was a photo taken by Basil of Zorch of Phil Russell enjoying life at Stonehenge 1974.I have been holding back but will show this now,even though I am still eagerly awaiting approval .I have Emailed and Flickred and Facebooked and My Spaced but to no avail.If anyone can help me contact him,please do.I would love to record his contribution to Henge Folklore and to connect Zorch back fully to the Wallies x

Wally Hope and the Anarcho Punk movement

Penny Rimbaud (The founder of Crass)was a close friend of Phil from 1973 until his death,he was a major driving force in the preparations for the Stonehenge Free Peoples Festival.He spent a year and a half investigating the circumstances surrounding his untimely death,here he talks honestly about the experiences,the highs and the lows of his time with Wally Hope.

Penny Rimbaud and the Homage to Catatonia  

He has written a few times about Wally Hope 

His first work was a booklet given away in a Crass lp boxset.

Below is a part of that book

http://www.spunk.org/texts/places/britain/sp001297.txt                                                                                

The Last Of The Hippies - An Hysterical Romance
More on Penny in forthcoming blog post as i cover more of his work .
I will be visiting him at Dial House soon x

Ricky Wally

As you can see your humble blogger had the pleasure of meeting Ricky Wally (and Milly Wally) at the Spring Equinox 2010.Twas a sad and poignant moment as he was reunited with Wally Hopes Box.Since then I have learnt a great deal through his postings on Tribal Living and through Facebook.He was a veteran of the camp and a major character at the London Road squats.After this he has spent time living in squats,communal farms and chasing a Wallies dream x

Arthur Wally,Ricky Wally and Wally Woof.Hyde Park Sept 1st 1974

Sadly Arthur And Woof are no longer with us ,but Ricky Wally is still very much alive and is going to be a regular contributor to this page.I had the pleasure of metting Ricky and Milly Wally at last years spring equinox at Stonehenge x (More of Ricky in my next blog x)

Justice Wallies

This photo of the Wallies outside the High Court Aug 1974 has been bought for the archives by a dear friend,who shall from this moment on be known in this camp as Justice Wally.
WE ARE ALL BEST MATES x(Phil Russel 1974)
A higher res version will be available soon