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Atherstone Shrove Tuesday (mob) Football

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Feb 07 2008

In Atherstone, Shrove Tuesday can mean only one thing. No, not pancakes, but ‘Football’. There doesn’t seem to be much purpose to it, as there are no teams and no goals, but that doesn’t seem to matter. Shop windows are boarded up and traffic is diverted on the afternoon whilst the game, in which hundreds of people take part, progresses along the town’s main streets. It’s a complete free-for-all with everyone just trying to take possession of the ball. The match starts at 3pm when it’s thrown from the window of Barclays Bank and continues until 5pm. While the stewards […]

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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