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09 Feb 10 - 04:30 PM (#2834429) Subject: BS: Shrove Tide Football From: Dave MacKenzie For lovers of traditional forms of the game, it's nearly that time of year again. Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football |
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09 Feb 10 - 04:38 PM (#2834440) Subject: RE: BS: Shrove Tide Football From: Rasener Thats a good en |
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09 Feb 10 - 05:15 PM (#2834492) Subject: RE: BS: Shrove Tide Football From: Dave MacKenzie And here's how to find out about the rest of the games played in Britain Uppies and Downies Shame the author's a soccer historian, so he keeps trying to rename everything. |
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09 Feb 10 - 05:47 PM (#2834522) Subject: RE: BS: Shrove Tide Football From: Cats 16th and 27th February is Hurling of the Silver Ball at St Columb in Cornwall |
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10 Feb 10 - 08:51 AM (#2834847) Subject: RE: BS: Shrove Tide Football From: gnomad If the early months are a bit too nippy for your taste, then April 5th (this year, it's Easter Monday every year) brings Bottle Kicking at Hallaton. Thank heavens that the health&safety tyrants haven't managed to kill off all such pursuits, yet. |