Easter bonnet parade by Bexhill 100

This was the club's third Easter event and owners decorated their vintage vehicles in style for the event which included a competition for the most impressive bonnet - on heads as well as on cars.

Club secretary Fiona Hemsworth commented: " It's been about Easter bonnets and bonnets - this being a car club. The entry has been absolutely superb. We have had 29 cars in total turn up. We had two winners this year because the entry has been so wonderful.

"We wanted children to also make the effort to come along, because it's been about bonnets on heads as well."

One of two winners in the competition was the striking red 1972 American Jeep owned by Charlie and Frances Rowland, which for the occasion was decorated with an Easter themed race track, entitled Scalexchick.

Charlie said: "I was scratching around for something to do and this just came to me - we were just trying to do something different. Everybody does bonnets, so I thought I would put a scalextric on it because it's about motor racing and Easter too."

The other winner was the MG TD shown by Pauline and Ray Forward - a red sportscar from 1950 decorated with chicks, eggs, bunnies, baskets, flowers and bows.

Pauline said: "The inspiration was because it was Easter - it's about young ife coming into the world. You just get carried away, don"t you? But to be fair, it's not all my own doing - I did have some help. But it is just fun."

She enjoyed the parade which gave everyone on the promenade the chance to look closely at stunning motors which spanned the best part of a century, and commented: "I think this is good - it's so good for the town."

The bonnets-on-heads competion was won by Fiona Hemsworth and Pauline Rosner, while the successful children were Ashleigh and Violet.