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Hundreds turn out for Easter Egg Rolling tradition in Avenham Park
Posted on - 1st April, 2013 - 12:08pm | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Preston News, What's On in Preston
Michelle Steele sent in this photo of the egg rolling in action
Despite being the coldest Easter on record nothing could stop a tradition dating back to Victorian times taking place in Avenham Park.
Hundreds of families turned out to roll their Easter Eggs down the slopes of the park towards the Ribble.
There will also be an Easter bonnet parade and coffee and cake from the Avenham ParkĀ pavilion.
We’ve put the best tweets and photos into a Storify below to show what happened on the day.
Easter Egg Rolling in Avenham Park
Hundreds turn out in Avenham Park for the Preston tradition of Easter Egg Rolling. It dates back to Victorian times.
Storified by Blog Preston· Mon, Apr 01 2013 04:08:01
Image credit to Disability North West. Feel free to send us your photos of the event by tweeting them @blogpreston, emailing contactus@blogpreston.co.uk or posting them on the Preston Flickr group.
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