the small town of olney in england is very famous on one tuesday every year shrove tuesday is in february and it's a special day in some places this is called called carnival or mardi gras but in the u.k. it's called pancake day traditionally this is a day when people empty their kitchen cabinets to use up foods like eggs and butter. they make a lot of delicious pancakes and eat them with lemon juice and sugar. so why is olney famous on shrove tuesday