Fascinating photos from the Glastonbury Festival's early years at Worthy Farm
We have dozens of colour photos from the first two Glastonbury Festivals

When Michael Eavis decided to open up his dairy farm fields to host the Pilton Pop Folk and Blues festival, Robert Blomfield, a doctor with a part-time hippy lifestyle and a love for photography was there to capture the event that would go on to become the world-famous Glastonbury Festival.
He produced an incredible collection of images from the first Glastonbury Festival. We have put together a big picture gallery of the brilliant pictures he took at at Worthy Farm you can see below.
Photographs documenting this significant yet understated event are rare and were predominantly shot in black and white, reports SomersetLive, but Robert used Kodachrome film to produce a fascinating series of colour photographs that encapsulate the relaxed, chaotic atmosphere of Michael Eavis's first attempt as a festival host.
Robert and his wife Jane had recently moved to London from Edinburgh, where he had been studying medicine. They borrowed a sky blue VW campervan and travelled down to Somerset for the weekend with their toddler son, Will, who celebrated his second birthday at the festival, although he has no memory of it now.
"My parents had heard about the Pilton festival through the hippy grapevine circulating around the city; there were even whispers that Jimi Hendrix might perform. Hendrix was indeed in London at the time but tragically passed away the day before the festival began by a strange twist of fate just a few hundred yards from where my parents lived in Bayswater," said Will, writing for GlastoFestFeed.
Robert, who had been documenting life in monochrome since his adolescent years in the 1950s, capturing everyday life in Scotland, Sheffield, and London, and developing the photos himself, had recently started using colour slide film in his trusty Nikon camera. This was his preferred medium when he focused his lens on the roughly 1,500 individuals who flocked to Worthy Farm in 1970
Fast forward more than fifty years, and anyone with a mobile phone can snap unlimited digital photos. However, back in the day, film and processing were expensive, meaning each shot counted.
Forget about multiple outfits, wet wipes and dry shampoo - back then all you really needed were the clothes on your back, a musical instrument, a sleeping bag and a whole lot of love... although the more prepared brought along a tent and a quirky hat too.
Talented photographer Ron Reid was also there to capture that groundbreaking solstice gathering over five days in June, snapping pictures that encapsulate the relaxed and joyful atmosphere, with major stage performances seen as secondary distraction.
Australian born Ron, who was the resident photographer at London's Marquee Club in the '70s and '80s, was a lifelong advocate of vegetarianism, ecology, sexual liberation and non-coercive spiritual values. He was also an engineer, and played a key role in preparing and maintaining the first Rainbow Warrior ship for Greenpeace.
While fitting right in with the Glastonbury Fair ethos, he was acutely aware that this laid-back hippy culture appeared strange and even threatening to some people - particularly the neighbours. With an instinctive knack for knowing when to press the camera shutter, Ron's portrait of the 1971 festival documents Glastonbury in its early stages but the seeds had been planted for the celebration that has lasted for another half century.
Ron Reid died in 1997, leaving behind an archive of almost 15,000 photos, many of which have never been published. For more captivating images from yesteryears, visit memorylane.co.uk/ and uncover what you can find.
An earnest young man plays the guitar while his friends relax. The day's entertainment bill is painted on a red three-wheeler and in the distance people check out a food stall
(Image: Robert Blomfield Photography/Getty Images)1 of 35Keeping warm in the camping field at the Pilton Pop Folk and Blues festival, aka Glastonbury 1970
(Image: Robert Blomfield Photography)2 of 35A young man and woman prepare food on a camp fire by their tent at the first Glastonbury Festival, United Kingdom, September 1970. (Photo by Robert Blomfield Photography/Getty Images)
3 of 35Ron Reid captures fellow photographer Robert Blomfield blowing bubbles by the Pyramid Stage in 1971
(Image: Ron Reid Estate/www.nickyakehurst.com)4 of 35Close to the spot where Zonkt played their opening set, an impromptu music session in front of the Pyramid Stage 1971
(Image: Robert Blomfield Photography/Getty Images)5 of 35Laid-back audience members wait in the sunshine in front of the first Pyramid stage at Glastonbury Fayre in June 1971
(Image: Robert Blomfield Photography/Getty Images)6 of 35A group of festival-goers cook on an open fire at the first Glastonbury Festival
(Image: Robert Blomfield Photography/Getty Images)7 of 35The main stage at the first Glastonbury Festival
(Image: Robert Blomfield Photography/Getty Images)8 of 35A general view of tents and a camper van with the stage behind at the first Glastonbury Festival
(Image: Robert Blomfield Photography/Getty Images)9 of 35A group keep warm and play the guitar at the first Glastonbury Festival
(Image: Robert Blomfield Photography/Getty Images)10 of 35A young man and woman walk to the site at the first Glastonbury Festival
(Image: Robert Blomfield Photography/Getty Images)11 of 35Festival organiser Michael Eavis being interviewed for television in front of the stage at the first Glastonbury Festival
(Image: Robert Blomfield Photography/Getty Images)12 of 35The main stage and audience between sets at the first Glastonbury Festival
(Image: Robert Blomfield Photography/Getty Images)13 of 35A group of festival-goers drinking tea beside a VW camper van at the first Glastonbury Festival
(Image: Robert Blomfield Photography/Getty Images)14 of 35A self-declared wizard at Glastonbury Fayre 1971
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