IT was not quite Woodstock, but then most things American tend to be larger than their British counterparts.

Mind you, the weather didn't help, and organiser Jon Fulcher reckoned 500 soaking wet souls endured the seven-band open air pop festival on Malvern Link Common in 1974, as opposed to the 400,000 at Max Yasgur's farm.

The day after it was bright sunshine, but there's your luck.