Take a look back at these fun-filled photos from our archive which show people taking part in pancake races, doing the pancake toss and tucking into some tasty treats.
Who can you spot in this gallery that goes back to the early 2000s?
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1. Fun at the Arndale
Action from the pancake race in the Arndale Centre between the Arndale managers, Arndale staff and Doncaster Rovers in February 1985. Photo: Nancy Fielder
3. Pancake pride
Tickhill Estfeld Primary School pupils, from left, Joe Sutcliffe, James Kilvington, Caroline Payne, Charlotte Howatson, all aged ten, and Jessica Evans, aged 11, showed off their pancake handling skills in 2003 Photo: Steve Taylor
4. How high can you get it?
Tickhill St Mary's Church of England and Estfeld Primary Schools competeted against each other in a series of pancake at St Mary's in 2004. Our picture shows winning pupils, from left, St Mary's pupils James Morley, aged 11, and Chloe Sigsworth, aged ten, and Estfeld pupils James Kilvington, aged 11, and Emma Cowan, aged ten. Photo: Steve Taylor