It was Shrove Tuesday this week, known to most of us as Pancake Day.

The tradition of eating pancakes on this day is more than 1,000 years old and was a way of using up all the rich and fatty foods before the fasting season of Lent began on Ash Wednesday.

These days, it's often a great way to bring people together for an often hilarious pancake race.

Sadly those won't be happening this year, so it's the perfect excuse to look back at some flipping good pancake moments from the archives.

If you have any old photos you would like to share, you can submit your own snaps using the link below or email claire.pierce@newsquest.co.uk

You can check out more galleries from our archives in our Local Bygones section, including our most recent nostalgic gallery.