Hippies in Westport 1971

SpacialNeeds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoC2f0pMSbA

Busybodies had issues with these people in Clew Bay the 70s.

My da's response "nothing has changed, they would be treated the exact same way today".

I think they'd be treated worse.

Based on my experience of seaside towns and rural seasonal getaways, they'd be burned out.

Where have all the flowers gone?

Your Face

Interesting videos.

I wonder did they last long there?
The west coast will test any ideology.

SpacialNeeds

What I find funniest is that the biddy sitting on her hoop giving out that they're thieves and drug addicts may well never have earned a cent in her life, but feels content to speculate about their work ethic.

I too wonder what became of them. I think they might have moved to Kinsale. As you say the Western side is not renowned for its hospitable winters and they've obviously never heard the expression "to hell or to Connacht".

AllForIt

OP, maybe I'm biased speaking as a Westport native, but I was well impressed by the well spoken Westport woman, and in fairness when pressed on the damage they might do to their local community she laid out her argument well, in an era where ppl weren't so accustomed to being recorded on camera or came from such a diverse community as it does now.

Secondly, as for Westport's 'running out hippies', Westport had a significant hippy culture when I grew up there back in the 80's and non one was ever 'run out'. There are still some old hippies around the town that walk in that hippy fashion, that sorta plodding walk wearing an unnecessarily long jacket and boots with big hair (what's left of it) so the fantasy is over for them even if they don't know it.

4Ad

Plenty of Hippies moved to Clare around that time, mainly the Burren and East Clare, near the villages of Tulla and Scariff.

Hangdogroad

Loads of hippies in West Cork.

Plasandrunt

I was reading up on the main guy in that video a few weeks ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Rawle

Interesting that the small island on Clew Bay was owned by John Lennon

silliussoddius

The whole bay?

Bobblehats

10-4 old buddies

Destroy

Kill all hippies.

Grayson

AllForIt wrote: »

OP, maybe I'm biased speaking as a Westport native, but I was well impressed by the well spoken Westport woman, and in fairness when pressed on the damage they might do to their local community she laid out her argument well, in an era where ppl weren't so accustomed to being recorded on camera or came from such a diverse community as it does now.

Secondly, as for Westport's 'running out hippies', Westport had a significant hippy culture when I grew up there back in the 80's and non one was ever 'run out'. There are still some old hippies around the town that walk in that hippy fashion, that sorta plodding walk wearing an unnecessarily long jacket and boots with big hair (what's left of it) so the fantasy is over for them even if they don't know it.

My whole family live down there. Half the town is blowins at the moment. And the hippy vibe is huge.

There's a place near supervalu in Westport that advertises CV writing and Past life experiences on it's sign.

Cerveza

Fine women in those hippie hubs.

Rothko

Bobblehats wrote: »

10-4 old buddies

Destroy

Kill all hippies.

Subvert normality

I remember my dad picking up a hippy thumbing out of Westport about 25 years back. She was telling us about their own currency, the Reek, and their barter system. She would make you a stained glass window in return for goods and services!

John Lennon had an island off clew Bay and he permitted a hippy commune on it. If I recall, the last lady left in the 90s and she had been there on her own for a while. Would have been tough living, very Sandy islands in clew bay.

Anyway, Covies are scum :-)

Bobblehats

Rothko wrote: »

Subvert normality

Every brother is a star!

Church on Tuesday

There's still one or two hippies knocking about here. Tend to have colorful head gear.

the purple tin

From Easy Rider


George: You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it.
Billy: Huh. Man, everybody got chicken, that's what happened, man. Hey, we can't even get into like, uh, second-rate hotel, I mean, a second-rate motel. You dig? They think we're gonna cut their throat or something, man. They're scared, man.
George: Oh, they're not scared of you. They're scared of what you represent to 'em.
Billy: Hey man. All we represent to them, man, is somebody needs a haircut.
George: Oh no. What you represent to them is freedom.
Billy: What the hell's wrong with freedom, man? That's what it's all about.
George: Oh yeah, that's right, that's what it's all about, all right. But talkin' about it and bein' it - that's two different things. I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. 'Course, don't ever tell anybody that they're not free 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are. Oh yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom, but they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.
Billy: Mmmm, well, that don't make 'em runnin' scared.
George: No, it makes 'em dangerous. Nik, nik, nik, nik, nik, nik, nik, nik - Swamp.

silliussoddius

Grayson wrote: »

There's a place near supervalu in Westport that advertises CV writing and Past life experiences on it's sign.

Really doing wonders for the stereotype.