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Postal, Text and Phone Competitions - Part 21

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  • ness13
    ness13 Posts: 8,496 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Question: In 1969 who became the first person to sail around the world solo without stopping?

    Answer – Robin Knox-Johnston :D (here)

    Send a postcard with your answer, name, address and daytime telephone number to:

    Competition 16059
    PO Box 12581
    Sutton Coldfield
    B73 9BX

    or call 0901 022 2042 (calls cost 25p per minute from a BT landline and last 2.5 minutes)

    or text SXGILES followed by your answer, name and address details to 87080 (Texts cost 50p + snr)
    Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.

    An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
  • ness13
    ness13 Posts: 8,496 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    PRIZE: A £10,000 home security makeover with the BBC's Beat the Burglar's Michael Fraser. He will inspect the winner's premises and carry out upgrades free of charge - including door, window, lock or glazing needs.

    Terms: Open to UK residents only. Offer is subject to a non-intrusive survey by Michael Fraser and availability of an Evander technician who will carry out the upgrades.

    Send a postcard with your details to:

    Home Security Competition
    PO Box 12581
    Sutton Coldfield
    B73 9BX
    Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.

    An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
  • ness13
    ness13 Posts: 8,496 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Answer – CONTEST

    Call 0901 322 5301 and leave your answer, name and address (calls cost no more than 77p)
    Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.

    An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
  • ness13
    ness13 Posts: 8,496 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    PRIZE: 6 x framed pieces of Oor Wullie artwork

    QUESTION: What's the name of The Beano's famous school?
    a) Bash Street :D (here)
    b) Biff Street
    c) Bosh Street

    To enter

    Call 09012 925 257 (calls cost £1.02 from a landline)

    OR

    Text SUNPOST followed by a space then your answer, name and address to 83149 (Texts cost £1 plus standard network rate)
    Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.

    An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
  • ness13
    ness13 Posts: 8,496 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Match any 3 of the matchnumbers below with any 3 numbers from your telephone number (excluding area code) for a chance to win £100.

    A matchnumber can be used more than once if it occurs more than once in your own telephone number.

    4 9 7 5 3 8

    Call 09066 500 009 and follow the simple, spoken instructions.

    Calls cost 61p per min

    Last week's winner: Jean Knight of Anstruther
    Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.

    An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
  • ness13
    ness13 Posts: 8,496 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    PRIZE: A 47'' widescreen Sony Bravia KDL47W805 Smart 3D LED TV, a 3D Blu-ray Home Cinema system and four pairs of 3D glasses, all worth over £1,300!

    QUESTION: Which popular Saturday night show do Tess Daly and Bruce Forsyth present?
    A) The X Factor
    B) Strictly Come Dancing :D
    C) The National Lottery

    Call 09012 925 255 and follow the instructions. Calls cost £1.02 and more from mobiles.

    or

    Text SPCOMP followed by a space, then your answer, name and address to 83149. Texts cost £1 plus standard network rate.
    Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.

    An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
  • oddies
    oddies Posts: 10,013 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    E: 04/10 Win £100 - Quick Brain Workout Puzzles -Arroword (M.O.S)
    Quick Brain Workout Arroword (M.O.S - Review Mag)



    Answer - EGG FRIED RICE :j

    text .. AWORD followed by your answer, name & postcode to 65700
    .. texts cost £1.00 + s/n/c

    (eg: AWORD EGG FRIED RICE JOHN SMITH W8 5TT)


    phone .. 0901 292 5090
    & leave your answer .. bt calls cost £1.02 from bt landlines



    SEPTEMBER 8TH WINNER: A BEAUREGARD - UMBERLEIGH - DEVON






    Good Luck All express3.gif
    2016 Jan Wins: 9ct white Gold Diamond Necklace £530.00, Doro Easy phone. April: Hotel Chocolat Easter Egg. May: £1,000 spend @ laredoute. June: Alton towers family Ticket & In the Night Garden Toy.
  • oddies
    oddies Posts: 10,013 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    E: 04/10 Win £100 - Quick Brain Workout Puzzles - code cracker (M.O.S)
    Quick Brain Workout code-cracker (M.O.S - Review Mag)




    Answer - BLINKER :j

    text .. CRACKER followed by your answer, name & postcode to 65700
    .. texts cost £1.00 + s/n/c

    (eg: CRACKER BLINKER JOHN SMITH W8 5TT)


    phone .. 0901 292 5051
    & leave your answer .. bt calls cost £1.02 from bt landlines


    SEPTEMBER 8TH WINNER: MICHAEL PEPLER - WIRRAL - MERSEYSIDE.



    Good Luck All express3.gif
    2016 Jan Wins: 9ct white Gold Diamond Necklace £530.00, Doro Easy phone. April: Hotel Chocolat Easter Egg. May: £1,000 spend @ laredoute. June: Alton towers family Ticket & In the Night Garden Toy.
  • oddies
    oddies Posts: 10,013 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    originally posted by sidshane: E: 18/11 Daily Star (Saturday) Win a Trip to Barcelona with Magnum Chocolates

    This is a must for oddies to enter being a Magnum Monster (he he) ........just having a caramel and chocolate one now honey 600-2012-04-23_1331.jpg trouble is i have to eat them all by tuesday as new fridge freezers coming and have to turn this one off 5 hours before new one arrives.. a hard job but someone's gotta do it fille-lol.gif
    2016 Jan Wins: 9ct white Gold Diamond Necklace £530.00, Doro Easy phone. April: Hotel Chocolat Easter Egg. May: £1,000 spend @ laredoute. June: Alton towers family Ticket & In the Night Garden Toy.
  • sidshane
    sidshane Posts: 1,161 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    ha ha love it, you must enter x
    2013 Best Wins :) 3 night stay to St Petersburg :) 2 night Mercure Hotel stay :) Overnight stay and tickets at Alton Towers :)
    :rotfl: Citroen DS3 Cabrio :rotfl: premier in Dublin and meet Tom cruise with £500 spends. :) iphone 4S, iphone 5S £600 Kerastase products

    You got to be in it to win it! A lottery win awaits me
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