Old Oss party | Echoes of Padstow

Old Oss party

1 May, 1981

Master of Ceremonies

Margaret Brenton

Malcolm McCarthy

Peter Cobbler Roberts

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Putting up flags outside Golden Lion

Peeling and boiling potatoes

Peeling and boiling potatoes

Preparing the maypole

Preparing the maypole

Preparing the maypole

Preparing the maypole

Preparing the maypole

Night time, men with boom boxes

Night time, women talking through window

The Harbour Inn sign

Night time, people singing

Night time, woman looking down on street from upstairs window

Night time, man at doorway greeted by crowd on street

Night time, maypole with crowd

People walking through town at night

People at The Ship bar

People at The Ship bar

People outside The Harbour Inn at night

People outside The Harbour Inn at night

People outside The Harbour Inn at night

People outside The Harbour Inn at night

People walking at night

Blue Ribbon being teased in street

Blue Ribbon being teased in street

Blue Ribbon procession

Old Oss procession

Old Oss on street corner

Old Oss being teased

Old Oss being teased by woman

Old Oss being teased by woman

Old Oss face, with woman playing accordion in background

Children Oss being teased under Maypole

Children's Oss clucky

Early morning, empty Maypole

Old Oss party

Children's Oss with Old Oss

Old Oss - front on view

Man and woman shaking hands

Blue Ribbon Oss dancing in crowded street

Child stood on window sill held up by woman

Blue Ribbon oss dancing on road

Blue Ribbon oss dancing on road

Blue Ribbon oss dancing on road

Blue Ribbon oss dancing on road

Blue Ribbon oss dancing on road

Blue Ribbon oss dancing into back crowd

Blue Ribbon teaser dancing with oss

Women from Blue Ribbon party dancing

Man from Blue Ribbon party with drum

Blue Ribbon Master of Ceremonies leading procession

Blue Ribbon Master of Ceremonies leading procession

Blue Ribbon Master of Ceremonies leading procession

Blue Ribbon oss hat

Blue Ribbon oss hat

Blue Ribbon oss followed by crowd

Blue Ribbon Oss Clucky

Blue Ribbon oss dancing on road

Blue Ribbon oss dancing on road

Blue Ribbon oss dancing on road

Blue Ribbon oss dancing on road

Two men and a woman stood against a wall

Old Oss party

Woman smiling from Old Oss

People from Old Oss party

Old Oss party

Old Oss procession

Old Oss Master of Ceremonies

Old Oss party

Master of Ceremonies and procession in small alleyway

Old Oss accordion players

Old Oss accordion players

Old Oss accordion players

Old Oss procession

Old Oss procession

Old Oss being teased in road

Old Oss hat close up surrounded by crowd

Old Oss party

Old Oss and crowd in small alleyway

Crowd of locals and spectators

Old Oss being teased in road

Old Oss being teased in road

Old Oss being teased in road

Old Oss being teased in road

Old Oss being teased in road

Woman teasing Old Oss

Woman with club

Old Oss with party

Woman stroking Old Oss mane

Old Oss with party

Old Oss with party

Old Oss with mane

Old Oss in motion

Blue Ribbon oss daning

Old Oss being stroked

People watching from outside house

Old Oss stood in upright position

Women walking in Old Oss procession

Men in Old Oss procession

Old Oss Master of Ceremonies

Old Oss dancing in road

Old Oss dancing in road

People watching from Golden Lion upstairs window

Old Oss party singing with Master of Ceremonies

Old Oss Master of Ceremonies, band and dancers singing

Old Oss band and dancers

Master of Ceremonies leading Old Oss band procession out of Prideaux Place gate

Old Oss Clucky

Old Oss Clucky

People touching Blue Ribbon oss oilskin rim

Woman with Old Oss

Woman teasing Old Oss

Old Oss Clucky

Woman holding club on Old Oss

Old Oss, Master of Ceremonies, children, party in front of Prideaux Place house

Members of the Prideaux-Brune family greeted by the Old Oss

Woman teasing Old Oss in front of Prideaux Place house

Old Oss dancing outside Prideaux Place house

Old Oss dancing in road

Old Oss drummers

Old Oss dancing in road

Old Oss in sunshine

Old Oss in sunshine

Old Oss being stroked by children

Old Oss dancing in road

Old Oss in sunshine

Old Oss in sunshine

Old Oss being teased in road

Old Oss in sunshine

Old Oss procession

Old Oss being teased in road

Old Oss in sunshine

Crowd of Old Oss party at night

Old Oss band in yard

Old Oss being teased in yard

Man and woman with baby in pushchair

Man and woman with baby in pushchair

Old Oss hat

Old Oss Master of Ceremonies with man and woman, accordion players behind

Children's Oss with woman teasing

Old Oss on front lawn of someone's house, with woman looking out through window

Woman smiling from doorway

Old Oss procession walking along road

Old Oss rider exposed from under costume

Old Oss and Blue Ribbon Oss dancing altogether with teasers

Blue Ribbon oss dancing outside the Shipwrights

Old Oss procession walking along road

Old Oss procession walking along road

Old Oss dancing in road

Old Oss being teased in road

Old Oss procession walking along road

Old Oss band with Master of Ceremonies

Old Oss dancing

Master of Ceremonies taking off his hat

Old Oss snappers

Maypole with blue sky

Blue Ribbon oss and Old Oss dancing together

Blue Ribbon Oss dancing under maypole

Man dancing with Blue Ribbon Oss

Blue Ribbon oss and Old Oss dancing together

Blue Ribbon oss and Old Oss dancing together

Blue Ribbon oss and Old Oss dancing together

Blue Ribbon oss and Old Oss dancing together

Man dancing in pub

Landlords behind bar

Blue Ribbon Oss being teased

Landlord behind bar