Despite the filthy weather on New Year’s Day, the hardy Morris dancers and mummers of Alvechurch welcomed 2017 with their annual revels outside The Crown Inn and in The Square. The mummers play reflected the previous year’s political turmoil as well as paying tribute to some of its losses, before the men’s and women’s Morris sides entertained.
Left, below, and right: Images by Paul Wilde. Above, below left and below centre: Photos by Len Miele.