Elephant Fayre 1983

[filf]

In 1983 a whole bunch of us from Southend, Canvey and surrounds headed down to the Elephant Fayre festival in St. Germans Cornwall.
On the Friday night Clint Eastwood and General Saint played and on the Sat it was the Cure.
My memory is a bit fragmented, but i do recall Me, Mark Bristow and Spider went down in my old Marina van. We met up with Mole and all the Canvey boys (Nimroy, Pat Webster, Phil Smith and others...) and Siz, Janice, Wendy, Donald, Pat and allthough he didnt come down with us, Dave Ashley from the legendary No6.
There must have been around 30 of us.
Can anyone remember this weekend? The weather was sensational and it was just one of those great festivals where everyone just had a good time.
There is a website dedicated to the event at ukrockfestivals.com/elephant_fayre_1981-86.html
After the Stonehenge experience this was how it should be done!

[bob steele]

i went to the 82 elephant fayre to see siouxsie and the banshees great memories had forgoten about it till you mentioned it i still got the ticket as well

[filfefil]

hello, i went also to elephant fair, i was one of the types in buses and trucks, had been since left essex in 81.my name was filthy fil and i lived in wickford at the time, funny seeing mark bristo s name as just done a post about crocs that mentions him and adam.

[rat]

filfefil??? as in the wonderful band the menstrating girl thingys(last time i mentioned this band the site changed it to menstrating ladies parts or something ha ha)how are ya dude???its rat,scruffy little bugger....anyways,great laughs with you guys hope ya well brother

[filfefil]

hello yes its me , the band was called after birth, pretty sure about that and we used to play at youth club in southend

[rat]

i remember it will(apart from the name apparently!)....think i saw ya first(and a few after that)set at focus in southend,probably with bristows band the sikies,or school bullies,but i remember they were great nights.i think the first set ya did was a song called period pains,belson was a gas and another one of ya own an it was over so quick an the crowd were lovin it ya just did the set again ha ha ha pure wonderful punk rock behaviour!!...i was a f**ked up little kid back then,an tough long road since,so i think of meself as a survivor....glad your one of the survivors too,hope lifes good....cheers ...rat