IN 2005 authorities implemented an "exclusion zone" around Smeatharpe airfield to stop illegal raves during Glastonbury Festival.
A report in the Gazette read: "The zone, covering a five-mile radius around the Blackdown Hills and East Devon, has been set up under police powers as part of the Public Order Act to arrest anyone organising unauthorised events in the area.
"It comes into force today (Thursday) and lasts until Monday.
"The exclusion zone is an extra measure brought in by Devon and Cornwall Police following an illegal rave on the airfield during the Glastonbury Festival in 2002.
"The police also put up a ring of water-filled blocks around the airfield last week to prevent any cars from being driven on to the land as an extra measure to stop any illegal raves.
"These will remain in place until after the Live 8 concerts on July 2."
Unbeknown to readers of that week's Gazette, Glastonbury's 2005 festival would be one of the wettest on record at the water-logged Worthy Farm. So much for raving!
Streams flooded tents, washed away car keys, and left people unable to get home. This led organisers to improve drainage, just in time for the wettest Glastonbury on record in 2007.
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