© under license to London News Pictures.  13/12/2010..(Left to right)..Church warden Janice Macdonald, Lord of the Manor Tony Jackson, auctioneer, Rector Becky Bevan, and church warden Dr Chris Newman oversee the age-old tradition of a candle auction. The auction, held every three years, is where people bid to lease a local meadow while a candle containing a horse-nail burns...The person with the bid when the nail drops out of the specially-made tallow candle is declared the winner...The event, which originates from the early 1800s, was held at Aldermaston Parish Hall, Berkshire, with the local vicar as the auctioneer. Church wardens, in-keeping with tradition, are given pipes, although they were not allowed to light them...Picture credit should read: Rebecca Mckevitt/London News Pictures