howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#1
courtesy of the bbc website.
Visit Kent is giving away tickets to 123 of the county's tourist attractions for the weekend of 17 and 18 March.
Applications for tickets via the My Big Weekend website and at visitor information centres close on Monday. They will be allocated in a ballot.
Attractions available include castles, steam trains, football matches and wildlife parks.
Sandra Matthews-Marsh, from Visit Kent, said: "This is our sixth major event for Kent people showcasing our industry and I am delighted that the variety of attractions opening their doors for free has increased every year."
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#2
I got an e-mail from the Art Fund which had a free competition to win vouchers to have tea in the London Charles Dickens museum which was also his home for some time. What with the interest here on such things I thought I would pass it on...
http://www.artfund.org/news/1283/win-tea-and-cakes-for-two-at-charles-dickenss-house?utm_source=cheetah&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=February%20eNews%202012_prospectsIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#3
Most attractions in Dover don't open fully until Easter, which this year is the 8th. (Easter Sunday).
If Dover's historic sites and attractions are opening their doors for a free week-end, I hope it will encourage more people to visit them later in the year when they can pay an entrance fee to the attraction.
Crabble Corn Mill, Roman Painted House and Dover Transport Museum, are all run by volunteers; I understand that the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel is, as well. All need more visitors and more ways to make ends meet.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#4
i should have added that applications close on monday and these tickets go very fast.
http://bigweekend.mykent.co.uk/info/latest-newsGuest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#5
I usually get emails from VisitKent, but didn't get this one. I wonder how many (more) people will apply before Monday.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#6
forget "visit kent",as usual there is nothing about this on their website.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#7
There is a link on the front page of Visit Kent, right in the middle of the page !!
Been nice knowing you :)
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#8
last day for anyone applying for a free ticket.