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.
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
2. Crepe-ing back to 2010
Lots of fun on Shrove Tuesday in 2010 at the Oscars play centre in Hartlepool. Photo: FLR
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
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