Synopsis
This news report visits a school in Olney, Buckinghamshire where the town has held a pancake race every year since 1445. The school children explain the importance of Pancake Day and their own school competition.
- Programme: Newsround
- Episode: 28/02/2017
- Channel: CBBC
- Broadcast year: 2017
- Religious Education | Christianity | Practices | Festivals
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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