1965: The first commercial monorail system in the UK opens at ... Status Quo kick off their 25th anniversary tour at Minehead. 1991: Butlins introduces “Number 1 for Family Fun” as new slogan.

It was Butlin’s in Minehead that I was taken on my first ... started belting out his Big Ballad in the Redcoat show. How the monorail ran 20ft above the ground with not so much as a safety ...