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| The Pyramid Stage came to Mr Harkin in a dream and in 1971 |
The first festival was held in 1970, when 1,500 people paid £1 for a ticket, which included free milk from Worthy Farm, the home of the Somerset event.
Mr Harkin's Pyramid Stage was the first of three versions of the famous festival platform which has been graced by iconic names from music history for 50 years.
Made from sheeting bought at Taunton cattle market, it took about three months to build.
It was replaced in 1981 with a more permanent structure which doubled as a cow shed in winter, but burned down shortly before the festival in 1994.
Mr Harkin's Pyramid Stage was the first of three versions of the famous festival platform which has been graced by iconic names from music history for 50 years.
Made from sheeting bought at Taunton cattle market, it took about three months to build.
It was replaced in 1981 with a more permanent structure which doubled as a cow shed in winter, but burned down shortly before the festival in 1994.
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