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A flipping time on shrove tuesday

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A flipping time on shrove tuesday

Date2/22/1977

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Combs, Erin (photographer)

Cosgrove, Paul, 1934- (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: A flipping time on shrove tuesday. In a loose re-enactment of 500-year-old pancake race held annually in Olney, Buckinghamshire, to mark Shrove Tuesday, teams of politicians, amateur and professional athletes, and media representatives competed yesterday over a special course on Gerrard St., between Bay and Yonge Sts. It ended in tie-breaking race between Scarborough Mayor Paul Cosgrove (left) and CITY-TV reporter Peter Gross. Gross won.

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0040394F

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