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Home > Archives for Shrove Tuesday

Archives for Shrove Tuesday

Olney Pancake Race, Shrove Tuesday, Olney Buckinghamshire

Skip, flip and hurl this Pancake Day

From old local customs to wacky races, there are quirky events taking place all over the UK on Pancake Day. Contrary Life brings you a selection of our favourite events…

Parliamentary Pancake Race 2018 - Pancake Day 2018

Get flipping, skipping and throwing this Pancake Day

From old local customs to wacky races, there are quirky events taking place all over the UK this Pancake Day. Contrary Life brings you a selection of our favourite events…

Rehab Parliamentary Pancake Race 2017

Quirky Pancake Day games, races, customs and challenges

From old local customs to wacky races, there are quirky Pancake Day events taking place all over the UK. Contrary Life brings you a selection of our favourites…

Rehab Pancake Race

Flip out! It’s Pancake Day!

Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) for most people means pigging out on pancakes, but there is so much more to the day. From old local customs to wacky races, there are quirky events taking place all over the UK…

Rehab Parliamentary Pancake Race in Westminster

Celebrate Shrove Tuesday with an array of quirky customs and contests

From old customs to wacky races, there are quirky events taking place all over the UK for Shrove Tuesday. Contrary Life brings you our favourite events…

Rehab Parliamentary Pancake Race 2014

Everyone is going flippin’ crazy for pancakes this Shrove Tuesday

Here at Contrary Life we have come up with our favourite Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) events taking place in the UK this year…

Olney Pancake Race, Shrove Tuesday, Olney Buckinghamshire

Watch the wacky world famous Olney Pancake Race

Olney Pancake Race is run on Shrove Tuesday every year and has become quite a famous custom, drawing in crowds from all over the country…

Watch and join-in Pancake Flipping at Blists Hill Victorian Town

Watch pancake flipping at Blists Hill Victorian Town

Watch the ladies of Blists Hill Victorian Town, near Ironbridge as they take part in the annual pancake flipping contest at 12 noon from Saturday 9th February until Shrove Tuesday on the 12th…

Olney Pancake Race, Shrove Tuesday, Olney Buckinghamshire

Olney Pancake Race should be flipping good fun

Olney Pancake Race is run on Shrove Tuesday every year in Buckinghamshire…

Pancake Race - The Three Wishes, Cheap Street, Sherborne

Will you be the fastest flipper?

The Three Wishes in Cheap Street, Sherborne, Dorset will be holding their annual pancake race on 8th March, Shrove Tuesday, at 12.30pm.

Curiosity of the Week

Normanton Church, a waterside wonder
Normanton Church by Karen Cann

Welcome to a new year, and a new Curiosity of the Week! Our first curiosity of 2021 is a sunken church. It’s also one of the UK’s finest hidden gem tourist attractions…

Top Story

Drama from a toilet cubicle
Overflow, Bush Theatre steaming show

This month, UK audiences can enjoy a streamed performance of Overflow, a heart-wrenching show played out in a club toilet…

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