Some were simple and straightforward, others were totally outrageous.
Easter bonnets have long been a tradition in Oxfordshire, as these pictures show.
An amazing array of seasonal headgear was on display at Kidlington Evergreen Club in 1977.
No wonder the man in the middle needed a helping hand to keep his balance!
Ann Bowman, however, must have faced even greater problems when she arrived at the club’s 1980 contest with a musical windmill on her head.
Pupils at St Andrew’s First School in Headington, Oxford, celebrated Easter with an array of weird and wonderful hats in 1982.
Melanie Jones, Alexis Goddard, Richard Purnell, Nicholas Tegg and Richard Sinnett, were among the best.
In 1981, customers of the Chocolate House in Market Place, Abingdon, had a chance to win a 3lb egg if they could guess how many chocolates were inside it.
Dorothy Jackman, who ran the shop with her husband Len, is seen with the giant egg.
Proceeds from the competition went to the kidney transplant unit at the Churchill Hospital in Headington, Oxford.
Does anyone remember winning the giant treat?
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