Brew Crew

[TopCat]

It seemed the whole convoy turned up in Rotherhithe in the winter of 1985. The sheer numbers of people who were addicted come the spring was horrendous. I hated them for the smack and the violence and the behaviours in front of kids. They were all shit at fighting though. Push you over and kick you in the head. They could not handle a proper row. Stinking fuckers too. Eat shit collective were the worst of this.

 

[TopCat]

That and the thieving, the violence and the sexual assualts

Plus the tattooing of kids forehead went down badly.

 

[TopCat]

Printer Phil removed one from a do we put on. Shat himself for ages over hepatitis!

 

[William of Walworth]

ah sounded like you were there more than one night from what you posted at first

I said the most time on the Saturday, pernickety-merchant! Only night I wasn't there at all was the Sunday, I think.

 

[ddraig]

I hung out a lot up there that year (despite me being a rarity with an actual Glastonbury ticket in 2000 ), because there were insane sound systems and parties in that field, set up by more together(ish!) Travs.
But I tended to get there so late, that any Brew Crewers around were basically comatose, and therefore harmless.
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both of these together suggest more than one day/night
Or you went late more than once on the same night? Is that possible??

 

[William of Walworth]

Only night I wasn't there at all was the Sunday, I think.

It's really not that important! The Saturday was the night I was there for longest, is all.

 

[Ground Elder]

Twos up on your brew ddraig. No? I'll fight you for it then

edited to add:and I'll have whatever is left of your giro as well

 

[ddraig]

It went on a lot longer than the Sat and Sundays!

 

[William of Walworth]

It went on a lot longer than the Sat and Sundays!

What makes you think I don't know that? I was there on several nights. Stop looking for arguments please.

 

[ddraig]

Twos up on your brew ddraig. No? I'll fight you for it then

gladly didn't get into it! stella was my limit, along with limited other things!

Went to a well dodgy party on a site maybe, where there was a fire with a bit of scaffolding set up near it and people including kids, climbing and sat on it. One brew crew member kept going over and holding on to it and shaking/pulling it in their stupor and falling over.
Was very worrying so the kids were told to get off
Very luckily as the dickhead pulled it over eventually and fell backwards into the fire!
Topless in the fire and didn't seem to feel it at first, had to get dragged out, scary shit

 

[Ground Elder]

Look there's a punter. You sell William an eighth of clay and I'll rob his tent

 

[ddraig]

What makes you think I don't know that? I was there on several nights. Stop looking for arguments please.

oh you're a funny one!

 

[William of Walworth]

Look there's a punter. You sell William an eighth of clay and I'll rob his tent

You'd never have found where I pitched it that year! ... and I had my own (and good) 'supplies', man

 

[RTWL]

Ill just post this... ironically ... cos thats clever

 

[keybored]

Although it has to be said a few brew crew would liven up the dull predictability of most 21st century festivals.

Latitude deserves this.

 

[Chilli.s]

May as well bump because based on all the spy cops revelations it would not be much of a surprise at all to find out this crew
was a state op to some extent.

Lets just think about that now... The brew crew were famous for few things, not much of it nice. Can anyone see even the toughest of deep undercover super pigs being willing or able to do this. Wearing rags, stinking, drinking, smoking, snorting and shooting up any old crap just to make a point that they were the baddest drug fueled party monster on site. Waking up in ashes and vomit then doing it again. It's unlikely, going to lead to what? a tip off of a master plan hatched after a chillum, to rob some farmer of a bit of scrap metal or something.

 

[rutabowa]

Lets just think about that now... The brew crew were famous for few things, not much of it nice. Can anyone see even the toughest of deep undercover super pigs being willing or able to do this. Wearing rags, stinking, drinking, smoking, snorting and shooting up any old crap just to make a point that they were the baddest drug fueled party monster on site. Waking up in ashes and vomit then doing it again. It's unlikely, going to lead to what? a tip off of a master plan hatched after a chillum, to rob some farmer of a bit of scrap metal or something.

Chance of them being undercover police low. But chance of some being (low) paid informants/troublemakers?

 

[kenny g]

Chance of them being undercover police low. But chance of some being (low) paid informants/troublemakers?

Precisely. It wouldn't need them to all be serving officers. Wouldnt be at all suprised if cases of brew were being fed in at opportune moments.

 

[Chilli.s]

Chance of them being undercover police low. But chance of some being (low) paid informants/troublemakers?

Well that would be low too as the "intel" would have proved after about one meeting. More likely to have been talked into snitching to the DS.

 

[alsoknownas]

I think we might just have to accept that open and welcoming scenes can become a target for those who want to prey. A lot of people have told me that convoy was a big victim of this and was being viciously eaten from within long before it was battered to a close.

 

[rutabowa]

Well that would be low too as the "intel" would have proved after about one meeting. More likely to have been talked into snitching to the DS.

That's what an informant is, isnt it?

 

[Chilli.s]

That's what an informant is, isnt it?

Yes.