Free State

This book is the story of Glastonbury’s alternative community, and its growth since the late 1960s when the first ‘flower people’ began to arrive in the fabled Vale of Avalon. Today perhaps a third of the town’s population, and more than a third of its High Street shops, have come as part of this extraordinary influx.
The nearby summer festival that has taken on Glatonbury’s name is well known; but this is only one strand of the story. The town itself has its own tale that has been waiting to be told. Here it is. Bruce Garrard first visited Glastonbury in 1970 and has lived there since 1985. He still lives and works in the town.