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Postal, Text and Phone Competitions - Part 8
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From the Scottish Sunday Mail.
PRIZE: 3 x pair of tickets to a secret gig in Edinburgh on Wednesday 25th Aug. Winners will be texted the location of the gig on Wednesday morning.
QUESTION: What year was Bulmers Cider established?
Answer: 1887 (from text)
Text SMCOMP02 followed by a space, your answer, name, house number & postcode to 84080
Texts cost £1.50 plus snr.Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.
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From the Scottish Sunday Mail's "Right at Home" supplement.
PRIZE: A voucher valued at £400 for Dishington's Wall Fashions of Hamilton
QUESTION: What do the letters DIY stand for?
Answer: Do It Yourself
ENTRY: Call 0904 026 0085 and follow the instructions OR
Text SMCOMP05 followed by a space, your answer, name, house number & postcode to 84080
BT calls cost 60p/min for two minutes max. Texts cost £1.50 plus snr.Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.
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WIn £5000 with CSI Vegas (from 21/08/10) The man doing the voiceover said that the competition closes "somewhen later in August" which was not particularly useful, so I have guessed at the end date.
What does the C in CSI stand for:
A) Criminal
Crime 
C) Chief
Post entries to Vegas 5, P O Box 62244, London N8 1BB
Sorry I wasn't quick enough to note details for telephone & text entries.Thanks all competition posters!!! 2015 Wins: A baby on the way!! Whiplash R/U Prize. Good Luck all!:)0 -
From the Scottish Sunday Mail's "Right at Home" supplement.
PRIZE: 1 x Samsung 46-inch Full HD LED TV, Samsung 5.1ch Blu-ray Home Cinema System and the Clint Eastwood 35th anniversary 35 film collection on DVD.
QUESTION: What Clint Eastwood movie is featured in the TV screen?
a) Dirty Harry
b) Flags of Our Fathers
c) Gran Torino
ENTRY: Call 0901 609 2330 and follow the instructions OR
Text SM2330 followed by a space, your answer (a,b or c), name, address & postcode to 84080
BT calls cost 60p/min for two minutes max. Texts cost £1.50 plus snr.Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.
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Seven Days Magazine (Scottish Sunday Mail)
To be in with a chance of winning any of todays prizes, answer the question below & then make sure you leave the number
(between 1 - 7 ) that relates to the prize you'd like..
Question - What character does Elaine C Smith play in Rab C Nesbitt?
Answer - Mary Nesbitt (from here)
phone .. 0904 026 0021 & follow instructions .. bt calls cost 60p a minute for two mins max.
or
text .. SMCOMP17 followed by a space, your answer, the relevant one digit number, name, house number & postcode to 84080. texts cost £1.50 + s/n/c
Prizes ..
1 - 1 x a Tom Tom sat nav
2 - A meal for 4 (to the value of £100) at The Tullie Inn, Balloch
3 - 2 x pair of tickets to see Calendar Girls at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh (Sept 13th-35th)
4 - A 2-night mini cruise to Amsterdam with DFDS Seaways (Newcastle-Ijmulden). You will be able to sail from Sept 2010-Feb 2011.
5 - 2 x dinner for 2 at Ryries Bar in Edinburgh.
6 - A luxury 1-night break for 2 at The Abode, Glasgow, including breakfast and a 2-course dinner in BarMC & Grill, with a bottle of wine to share.
7 - 5 x 12-month subscription to making, the fantastic new craft magazine for the home.Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.
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From the Scottish Sunday Mail's "Seven Days" supplement.
PRIZE: 2 x A pair of tickets to the 50th anniversary grand tour of Coronation Street, including economy class return train travel and 1 night B&B in a twin/double room, one complimentary lunch to max. £50 total at Rain Bar, Manchester, plus a year's supply of Warburtons bread vouchers (for winner ony. max. £140). Prize must be taken on 20th September 2010.
QUESTION: In which town is Coronation Street?
a) Weatherfield
b) Macclesfield
c) Sheffield
ENTRY: Call 0901 609 1976 and follow the instructions OR
Text SM1976 followed by a space, your answer (a,b or c), name, address & postcode to 84080
BT calls cost 60p/min for two minutes max. Texts cost £1.50 plus snr.Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.
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From the Scottish Sunday Mail's "Seven Days" supplement.
PRIZE: Contains Air Hogs, Bakugan, Flick Trix, Glo Doodle, Mighty Beanz, Moon Dough, Moon Sand and Tech Deck. http://www.spinmastertoys.co.uk
QUESTION: Tom Hanks was the voice of which Toy Story character?
Answer: Woody
ENTRY: Call 0904 026 0084 and follow the instructions OR
Text SMCOMP04 followed by a space, your answer, name, house number & postcode to 84080
BT calls cost 60p/min for two minutes max. Texts cost £1.50 plus snr.Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.
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Answer - Franc

Call 0907 181 2738
Calls cost 75p per min/max 2 mins
Aug 8 winner was Miss G Cawthorne, London SW5
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£2 text comp to win a fiat motorhome, worth £34,000, pm for details
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Win a bottle of the 12 year old grendronach
Who put the royal into the edinburgh military tattoo last week?
Send answer, name, address and tel no to:
The Silver Swanney
The Scottish Sunday Express
Citypoint 2
25 Tyndrum Street
Glasgow
G4 0JY
Last winner was Irene Georgeson from Cults
Will add email entry to main board later, will link it up when i have done that0
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