WaterSupport volunteer says he lent a hand to Glastonbury’s unique Pyramid Stage
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WaterAid volunteer has mirrored on how he lent a hand to the development of Glastonbury’s unique Pyramid Stage.
Brian Johnson – who’s volunteering with WaterSupport’s workforce on the water kiosks by the Pyramid Stage this yr – recalled driving to the West Country together with his then-girlfriend en path to Cornwall and seeing an indication for Glastonbury Fayre, in 1971.
“As we drove into Worthy Farm, Michael [Eavis] warmly greeted us and asked if we’d like a pint of milk, then said ‘… just drive your van down the hill to the giant pile of scaffolding; park there and see if you can lend a hand,” the 77-year-old, who relies in Stockland in Devon, stated.
“I wasn’t sure what he meant, but then I met a scaffolder, Jim, who asked if I was handy with a spanner – I drove a VW campervan, so of course I said yes!
“Also I’m a rock climber, so he set me to work right at the top of the Pyramid structure to help them finish it. It took a day and half – an experience I’ll never forget!”
Mr Johnson has been volunteering with the water charity at Glastonbury yearly since 2014.
His 70-year-old spouse Caroline Rigby additionally has a hyperlink to Glastonbury, as she carried out on the Other Stage in 2009 as a part of WaterSupport’s choir Sing for Water.
The charity hopes to encourage the general public to help its Our Climate Fight marketing campaign, which implores the Government to lend extra help to communities on the entrance line of local weather change, forward of Cop28.
More details about the marketing campaign may be discovered right here: www.wateraid.org/uk/our-climate-fight