What local easter traditions do you recall from childhood?

[annie]

A visit to "Pendle Bottoms" was order of the day, to visit Jack Moore's monkey this was a good hour's walk from home, no luxury of a car.Very happy days though, I think nearly all Burnley turned out to go to see the  monkey.I remember the swing boats I loved those,, there was about 6 of them  and to the right hand side of them there was a big cage where the monkey was kept , the one that I remember was quite bad tempered and you could'nt go too close to the cage as he would bite. Probably wouldn't be allowed today , due to regs re animal welfare (quite right too!!!).  opposite the boats was a little shop that sold tea, pop and crisps ( with little blue bags of salt inside) etc, usually Tems which were made locally. It had a low doorway and a flagged floor, the counter was just to the left as you entered and I remember a little old lady serving. There were stalls most of the way down Barden lane, on both sides, (not much traffic in those days), to tempt both adults and children. There was always a van selling Cece's ice-cream,. delicious, pure white & Italian . Sadly, it is no more, as ,when the old man dies, he had not passed on the recipe to his sons
Jack  Moorewas a local farmer and owned the land known as Pendle Bottoms, he was quite  a character

[maureenho]

The Easter fair in Norwich use to be the thing when I was a kid, it use to be held on the old cattle market where the Castle Mall is now built, the fair was never the same after that.

[JaneJ]

I don't remember local traditions.

My Gran's tradition was to buy me 3 cadbury cream eggs and a £5. Loved the cash but was allergic to chocolate at the time!!! She always made me a chocolate birthday cake too! Bless her!

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