The area of Glastonbury keeping kids entertained

Tony Cordy, known as "Mr Tony", set up the Kidzfield 30 years ago

The Kidzfield at Glastonbury is celebrating 30 years of glitter, hair braiding and arts and crafts fun.

Set up in 1994 it has provided generations of children with countless wonders and parents the chance to relax.

Glastonbury has always had a family ethos - ensuring children under 12 can attend for free and everything in the Kidzfield is free too.

It was set up by Tony Cordy, known as Mr Tony.

He said: "We have got to remember that we are here to have fun, it's a short passage of time while we are alive and we have got to enjoy it - the children teach us that."

"I thought, 'I want to inspire children', as I have children of my own," he added.

The Kidzfield was started 30 years ago, when Glastonbury Festival was much smaller and it only had a few activities.

Now it is a field bursting to the brim with fun and colour.

It boasts the Big Top where performers do child-friendly shows and the famous Make and Do Tent, where kids can get crafty as well as face paint artists.

It also has the the Kidzfield Muzikademy - where instrument lessons take place as well as their very own recording studio to inspire the next generation of performers among many other activities.

Mr Tony said: "It is Europe's biggest open air festival for children.

"Michael (Eavis) phoned me up in 1994, six weeks before the festival and he's such a funny man, he said 'the children's festival looks like not a lot is happening Tony'.

"Michael and I have known each other for many years and he knew I had a bit of razzmatazz and so that's how it started in 1994."

The Kidzfield has countless activities to amuse children under 12-years-old.

Mr Tony said 30 years ago it was "quite a small" area but that they "kept adding more to it".

"We just add - we feel like every year we should just do a little bit more just to keep adding to it."

He recounted assuring Sir Michael Eavis that scaling up the Kidzfield was definitely the right way to go.

"It is incredible for children, if you see them coming in when we open the field they are just wide eyed and that is what great about children - they remind us that the world is ours and we should enjoy it.

"That saying from George Bernard Shaw - 'We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing' - that is it.

"Life should be fun - that is what the festival is all about and that is what the Kidzfield is all about."

Mindy with her two girls Tia and Darcy enjoying the Kidzfield

The Kidzfield is known for drawing constant crowds of families.

One family said to them it was the best area of the festival.

Mum Mindy said: "The girls have been coming for quite a while, they absolutely love coming here, all the activities are included and its all free.

"Glitter, hair braiding and arts and crafts there is so much for them to do.

"There is so much here to keep the kids entertained - it's fantastic."

Her daughter Tia said: "It's probably the best part of Glastonbury."

The girls said they enjoyed the trampolining, hair braiding, swings and arts and crafts.

The field is packed with free activities for children

Mr Tony added he was "very emotional" thinking about the site's 30 years run.

"It is about all of us - being part of something - no one's in charge or the boss we all pitch in to make it happen and that is the beauty of it, that is what makes this work.

"Maybe my children or my grandchildren can take it on, I don't know.

"It's about the now - who knows what the future is.

"We're here now, the sun is shining, there is no mud which is always the dread - it couldn't be better.

"We're blessed one way or another."