No. 46
On Shrove Tuesday the farce which is all that is left of the Pancake Greaze was gone through; the sixth went down school & did not stay to see it. C.Bompas/ Prin.Opp
Tag: The Greaze
No. 4
Truly Westminster of the past is no more. Even the pancake is virtually abolished. Rutherford has dared to substitute for the good old Greeze a wretched tip of his own, a mere baby-play. He ordered each form to elect a representative who should be permitted to try for the pancake. Thus we had about a…
No. 568
The Pancake Greeze took place as usual on Shrove Tuesday at 12.30. College John succeeded in clearing the bar at the second throw, & the pancake fell in the under remove horseshoe. D.S. Long & A.S. Waterfield obtained enough of the pancake together to get the sovereign from the Dean. The Head-master expressed to the…
No. 530
On Shrove Tuesday Feb 6th the Pancake Greaze took place. The Pancake was very well thrown & fell not far from the Rod drawer. Scoones got possession of it & ran with it to the Sixth-form benches where the Greaze took place. Scoones managed to keep his prize entire & thus won the sovereign.
No. 503
The Pancake was thrown on Shrove Tuesday and fell between the Upper Fourth and Lower Remove. Lynch T.B got about half – the rest was torn to pieces.
No. 472
A Shrove Tuesday fell on St David’s day this year the Pancake was thrown at 9 o’clock after Sir Walkin-Wynn’s annual visit. It fell between the Under School and Under fifth Horse-shoes and was at first secured by H.G. Gwinner T.B. from whose grasp however it was soon ruthlessly torn and as no one could…
No. 424
The “Pancake Greeze” occurred as usual, on Shrove Tuesday. The pancake was duly launched over the bar, & was caught by O. Scoones (Q.S.), at the end of the Greeze Scoones still remained in possession of half the pancake. & W. Bury the other half, which however he gave up. The Dean presented Scoones with…
No. 374
On Shrove Tuesday the pancake was thrown as usual. It fell between the Under School & the Under Fifth Form & after a good greeze was secured whole by C. Campbell (TB), who afterwards got the sovereign from the Dean. It was last won in 1872 by R.W.S. Vidal (captn).
No. 340
The pancake was thrown this year as usual on Shrove Tuesday, but was not thrown over the bar.
No. 278
The pancake was thrown as usual on Shrove Tuesday, although there had been some fear lest it might have to be omitted owing to the illness of Lady Augusta Stanley. It was thrown at 10 o’clock, as it happened that St. David’s day fell on the very same day. The Pan-cake was landed in Mr…