Certainly Minehead Hobby Horse is still going - but I don't think you'd get more than one in the Horse at a time! A few years ago there were at least three horses there, and there is much debate, I believe, about which is the 'traditional' one. I also believe there are only a few involved who actually live in Minehead, although, to be fair, back in the '60s, there were a number of accordion/melodeon players playing for the Old Oss in Padstow who weren't from there. They were called in by the Old Oss Party because there were so few Padstonians playing - a situation that, thankfully, has changed completely.

Minehead's celebrations go on for three days from 1st - 3rd May.

Barbara