Ashbourne Shrovetide Footy pics

[Mrs Fish]

WARNING CONTAINS LOTS OF PICS

Ashbourne battoning down the hatches


Getting ready for the start


5 mins after the start




Wrong place, wrong time












So near and yet so far








Birds eye view


Time out






Poor picture, but this guy took a swing and ended up cutting a lads face


The ball takes to the road




Feel sorry for this persons house...


Quick... run away

[tuscan_v8]

Cool picture !! Gutted that I missed it :-(

I think I've spotted my brother in law on one of your picture.

[chris.mapey]

Really like that last picture.

(being petty though, could it not benefit from a crop of the top, and also a slight straighten )

Chris

[Mrs Fish]

Like this?

[up-the-dubs]

Hold on a sec, great pics and all, but WTF is going on? Is it a fight or something? Why did the town batton itself down? What were kids doing there? It nearly looks like Dublin last Saturday!

Is whats going on a good thing or a bad thing?

[chris.mapey]

Spot on. Stunning.

Very "Schindlers Footy"

Chris

[Mrs Fish]

up-the-dubs said:

Hold on a sec, great pics and all, but WTF is going on? Is it a fight or something? Why did the town batton itself down? What were kids doing there? It nearly looks like Dublin last Saturday! Is whats going on a good thing or a bad thing?

www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2006/02/21/ashbourne_shrovetide_latest_news_feature.shtml

Tradition goes back to medieval times

[_dobbo_]

These things really are a peculiar English tradition!

[up-the-dubs]

Ahhh :enlightened:


How you folk conquered the world is beyond me! . 8 hour games of football and chasing cheeses down hills .

[simpo two]

Nope, you've lost me there Mrs F. Might have been fun on the day but they don't make it as photos for me.

I'd pick this one, get both the flags in and spot colour those instead of the people:

[Mrs Fish]

They weren't supposed to be a work of art, a bit difficult when you are in the midst of things to get anything other than snapshots

[simpo two]

Mrs Fish said:

They weren't supposed to be a work of art, a bit difficult when you are in the midst of things to get anything other than snapshots

Did you get my mail about stickies etc?

[LongQ]

Hehe.

I guess the game probably worked worked more effectively when the population was smaller ...

Unless of course the history is similar to that of Dwile Flonking which apparently generated a lot of history at the time it was invented.

Just browsing the shots - you could turn some of them into a 'Where's Wally'type of series. Spot the person without a camera would be a place to start.

Hats off to you though Mrs. F. Some of the people you were close to when taking the shots were probably better met in bright sunshine in a crowd than they would be if met in a dark lane at night. I guess the game will attract all sorts.

[bluespanner]

OMFG, the guy in the stripy top in the tree is my bestest bud, Tim! of all the people you could have captured... lol

[Andy Mac]

Thats so odd. I was in that Green man pub not a couple of months ago! Had a wee wander all over that place. Only recognized it because of the big iron thing over the road.