Padstow May Day

This 1945 recording of May celebrations in Padstow was played on the BBC, and I thought it quite charming, so I stole some photos too to make a little collage, especially for Beautiful Kate.

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• Padstow
• Mayday
• May
• Day
• Beautiful
• Kate
• Cornwall

[Cornishtinminer]

spot on me ansome, have you got the original video and any of the original details

[colinbillett]

Greetings, Cornishtinminer, and thanks for the comment. I'm afraid there is no more - it was a sound recording that was played on Radio Three on St George's Day, so no original video. I recorded it from the radio, and added some still pictures that I found in assorted places on the internet. The BBC didn't give any details of the recording, so I assume it was from their archive, and not otherwise available.

[alderneyfred]

We went there for our honeymoon, 33 years ago.

It was the first year there had been a MayDay Bank Holiday, and the rest of the British Isles were shrouded in cloud and rain; but at Padstow the sun shone all day !

[alderneyfred]

Doc Rowe, who has been recording folk customs with cameras and tape for 35 years plus, points out that the style of dancing, particularly the "teazers", has noticeably changed over the years, due, he suggests, to the dense crowds that now attend the event.

[Grym009]

good!

[Cornishtinminer]

Cheers for that Col, hadn't heard it before.