Revelers at the start of Padstow's annual festival on May 1st celebrating the approach of summer. Known as the 'Obby Oss' its origins are ancient and pagan. Today's participants are made up of locals...

Revelers at the start of Padstow's annual festival on May 1st celebrating the approach of summer. Known as the 'Obby Oss' its origins are ancient and pagan. Today's participants are made up of locals...

Padstow, Cornwall, England. Tourists watch participants in Padstow's annual festival on May 1st celebrating the approach of summer. Known as the 'Obby Oss' its origins are ancient and pagan. Today's p...

Opening times at the Noted Eel and Pie House in Leytonstone.

Customers at Cookes Pie and Mash shop, Hoxton Market.

Bethany at Manze's Pie and Mash shop in Peckham.

An elderly customer at Arments Pie and Mash shop.

A family eats at Harringtons Pie and Mash.

An order on the counter of Harringtons Pie and Mash.

Bev, the owner of Harringtons Pie and Mash.

A woman walks past the window of G Kelly Pie and Mash shop on Roman Road.

An antique clock, plates and paper bags on the wall of F Cooke's Pie and Mash shop in Broadway Market, Hackney.

An old boxing poster on the wall of F Cooke's Pie and Mash shop in Broadway Market, Hackney.

Sawdust on the floor of Manze's Eel, Pie and Mash shop in Walthamstow, East London. Although the shop still trades under the original Manze name, it is now independently owned and no longer part of th...

A boy from the Chod folklore group, chasing a girl with a willow whip in an Easter Monday tradition, with pagan origins, when boys whip girls supposedly for good health, luck and fertility.