Shrove Tuesday 1921

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Item title reads - Shrove Tuesday. Master Pickering wins the Dean's guinea for securing largest portion of the famous pancake. London.

A cook poses with the pancake in a pan and then walks through the gates. Men and women follow him, the men wear caps and gowns. M/S of Master Pickering stood...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22126
Sort Number:
G 0745
Time in/Out:
01:20:52:00 / 01:21:23:00
Canister:
G 745
Film ID:
228.21
Issue Date:
10/02/1921

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