A collection of Doc Rowe's video collection about Padstow's May Day.
This is part of a Heritage Lottery funded project, Echoes of Padstow.
Copyright Doc Rowe
00 Shot from upstairs window. Blue Ribbon Oss (BRO) and teaser, followed by band and crowds progressing by.
01.08 Street level Old Oss (OO) crowds.
1.33 MC with pole and BRO musicians processing, greeting nearby man. Then CU of teaser and BRO dancing.
4.40 – 25.0 Folk singing and storytelling session upstairs. Mike O’Connor singing and playing concertina, Moe Keast singing and telling stories, Scottish(?) man singing and telling story, and then Sam Lee singing.
25.0 CU of top of Maypole.
25.54 Both Osses approaching Maypole surrounded by crowds, then being carried up close to Maypole
27.15 CUs of Osses dancing at Maypole