This week over will stories. Bolivia completely legal child labor. What stuck cashing in on its hippie past when we start off and its in just over a year ago the marandi bridge ingenue a collapsed killing 43. 00 people 600. 00 more were left homeless now those affected are fighting for compensation. Rita charcoal has lived near the rugby bridge for most of her life she says seeing the last few pillars disappear didnt bother her it was more of a spectacle but now she has to watch as the house she lived in for nearly 60 years is demolished only pieces of the 1st floor remain the same thing and so on then. You can hear the diggers and the jackhammers working away. The sound is
terrible. That affects you more than watching it. And i rita and her sister me mum were lucky they own a flat in the center of genoa and were able to move there its smaller than their home near the bridge but they had to leave a lot of their belongings behind anyway they were only permitted to return to their old ho
Looking to its enduring fascination and also coming up. Our series on european landmarks takes us to barcelona in northeastern spain where the slick writer for me is still under construction. And well meet dimitri polly who takes the art pole dancing to entirely new life. Well it was 50 years ago that some 400000 people descended on max farm near woodstock new york for what amounted to a hippies utopian dream namely 4 days of sex drugs and rock n roll as far as the eye could see janis joplin the who and Crosby Stills And Nash all joined hendrix and many others for what became a legendary line up and even though heavy rains in the unexpected numbers turned it into something of a mud fest the euphoria of freedom prevails. Woodstock
festival one of the most famous festivals of all time half a century ago. And the town of woodstock today their own mind is everywhere from peace signs to tired eyes sixtys Hippie Culture is still ever present but has woodstock become somewhat of a Theme Park
memories of the legendary musical event the hippie movements. there are reminders everywhere from peace signs to toys 19 sixties hippie culture is still ever present. but as woodstock become somewhat of a theme park. mark hedrick has run a souvenir shop on the times main street for over 20 years. marketing is a stronghold in any kind of market like this the there was very little marketing done when the concert was done in fact that to the best my knowledge there was never a shirt sold. now the marketing stuff came after the fact. but here in the town you know we still like to take advantage of that. the local economy is benefited
festival one of the most famous festivals of all time half a century ago. and the town of woodstock today their own mind is everywhere from peace signs to tired eyes sixty s hippie culture is still ever present but has woodstock become somewhat of a theme park mark hedrick has rose souvenir shop on the town s main street for over 20 years he says woodstock merchandise didn t play a role 50 years ago. to the best of my knowledge there was never a shirt. that no other marketing stuff came after the for. but here in the town you know we still like to take advantage of that. the local economy has benefited greatly since the festival but why do people come here when many of them weren t even born when the festival took place back in 1969. i think it s out . here. feeling of this special place for people like the people that believe in
a farm in upstate new york for 3 chaotic days of music and indulgence the festival featured acts like a janis joplin and jimi hendrix but it also became a byword for mind expanding drugs and useful idealism 50 years later pablo foley ileus visits the town where it all happened there are reminders everywhere from peace signs to toys 19 sixties hippie culture is still ever present. but as woodstock become some want of a theme park. mark hedrick has run a souvenir shop on the thames main street for over 20 years. marketing is a stronghold in any kind of market like this the there was very little marketing done when the concert was done in fact that to the best my knowledge there was never a shirt sold and now the marketing stuff came after the fact. but here in the town