General Chat

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I once won a photo session and have some very glamorous photos of myself to remember it by I also once won a weekend for two (plus dog) in Devon in a Dog Lovers magazine

Hiya Dee, old chum. xx I won a book-related prize! A watch, t shirt and car sticker that had a picture of a girl against a spooky house & said 'HAUNTED BY HERBERT'. You had to say where a certain quote was, and I stood in WH Smiths for hours, skim-reading the whole thing. Then I found the quote in a second front cover flap... xx Jen

yep

A cooked chicken!!!!!! Carol

Dee won a consolation prize for art at Sec School later on a duck and a wenslydale cheese June ..

only trinkets!!!

Carol dare we ask? Was II meant ot tell you what? well apart from Bingo wins as a child won a colouring comp and got vouchers for local toy shop. Won sooty stuff in Whats on TV guide mag and when Rosi Glows daughter was in the elpis model comp I won the monthly draw and won some perfume

It's good to see some people have won things As the saying goes, 'you have to be in it to win it' Trust you to win a book related prize Jen. My son has recently entered a competition where the prize is to be a character in the author's next book. If he wins I will let you know which book, then you will know to avoid it ;-))))

twer the 'meat draw' prize at the local pub!! I couldn't win anything proper if I was given the answers in advance!!! lol Carol x

Won a microwave on a charity scratch card 17 years ago and only threw it out last year! Other than that I only ever win the naff prizes in raffles - awful woolly hat and scarf set once that I was too embarrassed to claim or the years old dried flowers!!!

Hi Dee, The first time my husband and I filled in our football coupon (over forty years ago !...where has the time gone?) we won 3/6d or fifteen and a half pence in todays money. We still do the pools although we have never won anything since !!!! We spent our winnings on some salmon steaks for our evening meal. We could buy a whole salmon for 2/6d at that time. Beryl x

I won a portable television once at a charity night at my local, but I didn't rememer buying the ticket. I was at a wake there a few weeks earlier and had had a couple to many and gave £1 to a friend, who bought the ticket for me. I was so suprised when I won. Jo xx

I haven't even won an argument

Dee i won the photo session as well the glam stuff

When I was in the nursing home having our daughter (1961) I won a large red cushion in a raffle (long gone) I have won in the past:- Tickets to the show jumping event at gatcombe park. A large child's musical toy (about £30 in the shops) Two large baking trays a set of car cleaning stuff. Box of 6 bottles of wine Some gardening bits and pieces. A book (can't remember the title though) One or two other small prizes. Plus various bottles and a christmas pudding won in raffles. Ann Glos

I won £3000 - basically for giving Birth on my settee!!!! Our story won our midwife, 'midwife of the year' Well, I won £1000, my midwife won £1000 and the other £1000 was for the local cottage hospital.

i won my wifes heart, i think! well she did marry me ,and were still married ,that was 20 odd years ago.

Jeff, Why doesn't that surprise me? Well done. Ann Glos

Without appearing to be big headed ( I've just had the front door widened lol ) I am a member of the Lancashire Authors Association and I have won the first prize for my dialect poems for the last four years. Keeping my fingers crossed and waiting for this years results. If you google Lancashire Authors Association I believe there are some photos on the site. Jeff xx (Cyril)