And to help jog your memory, we are buttering you up with a selection of archive photos.
Take a look at this pantastic line-up of images from Hartlepool and East Durham and see if you can spot someone you know.
And once you do, why not get in touch and share your recollections.
![Back to 2004 and these children are showing great interest in the pancake-making session at St Joseph's RC Primary School. Remember this?](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjU1NGMwMmNiLWYxOWQtNDVkYi1iMGZiLThiNmQ0YzQ2MzUwYToyZDI4MjE2Yi00NjBlLTQ3MjktODBlNy0yODhhYmM0MmQwMTA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. Pancake day at St Joseph's RC Primary
Back to 2004 and these children are showing great interest in the pancake-making session at St Joseph's RC Primary School. Remember this? Photo: LH
![Lots of fun on Shrove Tuesday in 2010 at the Oscars play centre in Hartlepool.](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjc4YmVkNjg1LTdjZWUtNDUwYS05NzA5LTZlZGNjM2I3NTEyMTo3YjIwODU3OC03OTc2LTRhM2MtYjJhZS1mZWFjYzA5ZWY2NjE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
2. Crepe-ing back to 2010
Lots of fun on Shrove Tuesday in 2010 at the Oscars play centre in Hartlepool. Photo: FLR
![Making pancakes looks like great fun in this session at St Bega's RC Primary School where pupils got a helping hand in 2009 from Joanne Tweddle from Asda.](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmQzZDNmOTMxLWY3YjEtNGQ3Yy1iNGQzLTU4YjFjMWQ4ZjBkNTozNzYyZTYzMy1iMjliLTRkMjgtYTU4My1kNWM3M2M0Zjg5YmI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
3. Teamwork for these St Bega's pupils
Making pancakes looks like great fun in this session at St Bega's RC Primary School where pupils got a helping hand in 2009 from Joanne Tweddle from Asda. Photo: LH
![Staff at Asda in Hartlepool looked like they were having fun with this pancake-making session in 2004, but who can tell us more?](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjE5YmIxNTlmLTgzMWQtNGNhZC1hZTQxLWJlZDA4NTkzNGVlMzpjMjhmZjJhYy02ZDI5LTRhNGMtOTZmNC0zNzMwNGYyOTI0ZTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
4. Fancy a pancake?
Staff at Asda in Hartlepool looked like they were having fun with this pancake-making session in 2004, but who can tell us more? Photo: SH