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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Members and friends of Mansfield Unitarian Church handing out hot cross buns on Good Friday 2015 to shoppers in the Four Seasons shopping centre, continuing the tradition of the Mary Mallatratt Dole. The 'dole' was started in 1894 when the Mansfield left monies to provide 48 hot cross buns to the children of the town. Pic shows - the Mary Mallatratt window in the Unitarian church, showing the Parabel of Talents.