National Grid saves Twickenham Pancake Race (From Your Local Guardian)
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National Grid saves Twickenham Pancake Race
10:32am Thursday 2nd February 2012 in Richmond By Paul Teed
Pancake-lovers can breathe a sigh of relief as news that Twickenham Pancake Race will still go ahead, thanks to a change in schedule from the National Grid.
The company, the UK’s largest utility, has agreed to delay the start of its work on Church Street to allow the traditional Shrove Tuesday race to take place.
Herbie Thomas, Project Engineer said: “We didn’t want to stand in the way of people having a flipping good time with their pancakes so we’ve postponed the start of our work.”
Work on replacing a nine metre section of pipe in Church Street was scheduled to start on Friday, February 18, but has now been delayed until Wednesday, February 22.
The road is expected to remain closed until Sunday, February 26, and traffic will be diverted via Church Lane, Riverside, Sion Road and Richmond Road.
Comments(6)
ken elmes
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9:06pm Thu 2 Feb 12
ruggabugga
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11:41pm Thu 2 Feb 12
The question is, what prize is appropriate for the winning twickenham tosser?
ken elmes
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4:58pm Fri 3 Feb 12
twickerman
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5:12pm Fri 3 Feb 12
2nd prize: 2 nights at Travelodge
3rd prize: you'll never guess!
Eyeball
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2:26pm Tue 7 Feb 12
More than can be said for Network Rail and Solum on the Rail Station fiasco.
I have enough trouble making pancakes let alone tossing them about and trying to run at the same time. I might just enter for a laugh it could be quite a spectacle !
twickerman says...
7:57pm Thu 2 Feb 12