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QUIRKY: Egg Rolling at Preston
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0:34Now PlayingQUIRKY: Egg Rolling at Preston
Date: 4th April 1929
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection. EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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SLATE INFORMATION: Egg Rolling. The ancient custom attracts large crowds at Preston.
ENGLAND: Lancashire: Preston:
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People arriving through gates
People on grassy hillside
Adults and children rolling eggs on ground
SLATE INFORMATION: The eggs are rolled until they break, and then - it is feeding time.
Two boys rolling egg to each other
Little boy eating hard-boiled egg
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