Miller Day — a tradition dating back nearly 40 years — continued in Bradford on Avon on Monday as the local Lions Club staged its Easter bonnet parade and egg hunt.

The club held the event on Victory Field, with around 30 children taking part in the parade and double that number in the Easter egg hunt.

The popular event was originally introduced by New Zealander Philip Miller as an Easter Monday event for children.

Lion Lynn O’Pray said: “Despite the heavy rain we had loads of people turn up for the traditional Easter Monday event There were around 30 entries in the Easter Bonnet parade and at the Easter egg hunt, we had some 50-60 children taking part. They each had to find blue raw plugs hidden in the field, with a maximum of three per child, to claim the eggs.”

The club supplied more than 300 Cadbury’s Crème Eggs for the egg hunt, with larger eggs going to the top three contestants in the Easter bonnet parade.

Emily Greenwood was voted in first place with a straw bonnet depicting Easter chicks. Her mother Hanna said: “Her bonnet was all her design inspired by a trip to Lackham agriculture open day several weeks ago where she took a keen interest in the animals.”

Lynn said: “The children scoured the field to find the blue cues to claim their Cadbury cream eggs. The whole event was over well within an hour.

Bradford on Avon’s mayor, Cllr Katie Vigar judged the parade and families then departed to watch the Duck Race on the River Avon close to Westbury Gardens.

The Bradford on Avon Lions Club’s next event is the Giant Car Boot Sale and Family Fun Day on Monday, May 29 with a fun day on the Culver Close playing field and a car boot sale on Victory Field.