How Ipswich celebrated Easter in days gone by
Do you know who this talented egg decorator was? - Credit: Archant
As we hit October, your mind might start wandering to trick or treaters, fancy dress and excessive mountains of sweets.
Here he shows off his artistic work - Credit: Archant
But Halloween isn’t the only time that we gorge ourselves on large amounts of chocolate and as our A-Z look back at Ipswich reaches E we look at how Easter has been marked over the past 35 years. Our first images show an egg decorator at work in April 1979.
Look at that chocolate! - Credit: Archant
And here we see Tower Ramparts Easter egg competition from back in March 1989.
Were you one the pupils who won the egg competition at Whitehouse Primary? - Credit: Archant
Do you think she struggled to eat all that chocolate?
Were you one the pupils who won the egg competition at Whitehouse Primary? - Credit: Archant
Proudly showing off their decorated eggs are pupils from Whitehouse School who entered the Easter egg competition in April 1979.
These winners will have enjoyed tucking into their eggs - Credit: Archant
Were you one of the winning artists?
These winners will have enjoyed tucking into their eggs - Credit: Archant
And these are the winners of another egg decorating contest held four years later in 1983, when Easter fell slightly earlier.
Top Rank Bingo hosted an Easter parade - check out these bonnets - Credit: Archant
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Top Rank Bingo hosted an Easter Parade in March 1986 - are you in this photo?
Top Rank Bingo hosted an Easter parade - check out these bonnets - Credit: Archant
Our A-Z started with Sir Alf Ramsey, followed by Broomhill Pool then we looked at the Corn Exchange and Debenhams.
Tomorrow we look at Foxhall Stadium.
