NOSTALGIA: Hundreds watch Boston pancake race spectacle 50 years ago

Here we see the finalists in the Standard-organised pancake race of 1971.
Shrove Tuesday in Boston 50 years ago ...Shrove Tuesday in Boston 50 years ago ...
Shrove Tuesday in Boston 50 years ago ...

About 500 men, women and children lined the 120-yard course in Boston’s Central Park to see eight ‘gallant’ women with frying pans compete in the event.
The winner, Pauline Burton (second from left), was presented with a new pan by Boston mayor Coun Alan Foster.
The other finalists were (from left) Sue Farrow, Lynne Chapman, and Chris Roddis.

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