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.
9. Retro egg rolling
Rebecca and James Newsham of Fulwood enjoying their Easter Eggs at the Avenham Park Egg Rolling | National World
11. Retro egg rolling
Egg rolling Avenham Park, Preston. Phoebe Douthwaite,4, with some of the entries in the Easter Bonnet competition. | National World
12. Retro egg rolling
It is Easter Monday in Avenham Park, Preston, way back in 1928 when, clearly, the local tradition for egg-rolling on the park was alive and well. Alice Grinrod, who sent us the photograph from her home in Ingol, is on the far left. Many thanks to Alice and to all our readers for making Looking Back such a popular feature. | National World