Winster Pancake Races will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday, February 21, continuing a tradition that is believed to have been started 150 years ago. One theory is that the event was founded by Llewellyn Jewitt when he lived in Winster Hall at a time when children were given a half-day off from school and went home to stuff their faces with pancakes.
The 100m race route stretches from the Dower House to the Market House down the cordoned-off main street. Children’s and adults’ races provide fun for families and a great spectacle for bystanders.
Photos from our archives capture the pancake day fun in Winster and other parts of Derbyshire down the years.
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