Picture Nostalgia: How Easter used to be celebrated

From the Pace Egg plays at Brighouse and Mytholmroyd to the Easter Bonnet Parades in Leeds.

In this picture slideshow we take a look back at some of the ways that we have celebrated Easter in the region.

28th March 1970

Players of Brighouse Children's Theatre give their 'Pace Egg' performance in Mirfield town centre.placeholder image
28th March 1970 Players of Brighouse Children's Theatre give their 'Pace Egg' performance in Mirfield town centre.

To browse our historic pages online visit the British Newspaper Archive

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