Atherstone 2020 Ball Game in pictures: Handbags to gladrags

By James Smith

16th Feb 2021 | Local News

Display case: The 2020 ball alongside a jacket for all weathers and a lady's handbag
Display case: The 2020 ball alongside a jacket for all weathers and a lady's handbag
Ready for the off: Ex-Coventry City players Dave Bennett, far left, and Kirk Stephens, far right, with chairman Rob Bernard and secretary Janneen Bernard
Ready for the off: Ex-Coventry City players Dave Bennett, far left, and Kirk Stephens, far right, with chairman Rob Bernard and secretary Janneen Bernard
Lone figures: Two souls wait an hour before the official start
Lone figures: Two souls wait an hour before the official start
Heading for the off: Chairman chief marshall Rob Bernard
Heading for the off: Chairman chief marshall Rob Bernard
Flying the flag; The new HQ for the event at Atherstone Conservative Club
Flying the flag; The new HQ for the event at Atherstone Conservative Club
'Gold' prospecting: The famous coin is what children look for each year as sweets are flung down from the HQ balcony prior to the main event
'Gold' prospecting: The famous coin is what children look for each year as sweets are flung down from the HQ balcony prior to the main event
And there's more: A bag of sweets on its way down
And there's more: A bag of sweets on its way down
Sweet success: Well caught
Sweet success: Well caught
Street level: A different view of the sweet action
Street level: A different view of the sweet action

With the 2021 Atherstone Ball Game regrettably but understandably cancelled, we have had a look back at some of the images from last year's event.

This is one of four galleries we will be sharing from the 821st year.

Here are the words written back in 2020 by Nick Hudson:

Atherstone Ball Game's rich tapesty of history includes ensuring the town's children join in the fun.

Launching bags of sweets from the upstairs of the event's headquarters is something that gives a nice feel to the spectacle's preamble.

There is always winner who finds a 'bag of gold' – a throwback to the game's medieval roots when the ball contained such riches.

     

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