Egg rolling, which began in 1867, involved rolling decorated eggs down grassy hills known as pace-eggs which were originally a Lancashire custom.
Pace-eggs were traditionally decorated by wrapping the eggs in onion skins and boiling them to give the shells a golden mottled effect.
Children would then roll their pace-eggs down the hills and see who could get theirs the furthest without it breaking.
These days it’s mainly the chocolate ones and the tradition is still going strong.
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Winner of the decorated egg competition at the Easter egg rolling at Avenham Park, Preston, was six year old Katy Shaw of Deepdale, Preston with this entry, 1997 | National World
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Excited egg rollers, from left, Jonathan Topping, eight, Rebecca Mason, eight, Oliver Topping, seven, and Hannah Mason, 13, at the Easter Monday event at Avenham Park in Preston | National World
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7 year old Gemma Pilkington of Preston gets in some Easter Egg rolling practice at Avenham Park on Saturday | National World
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Two year old Natasha Koziarski from Penwortham near Preston who entered the Lancashire Evening Post Easter Bonnet competition at the egg rolling event on Avenham Park. | National World