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Bridlington Old Town
Dickensian Festival
Festival fun 2022
On December 4th 2022, The Sleepy Phoenix was proud to offer a fun competition to Old Town visitors attending the Bridlington Old Town Dickensian Festival. We hope you all enjoyed taking part, and we are pleased to announce the winners!
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Competition Winners
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Ann Cook - 1st prize winner, received a framed illustration of Bridlington Priory, by Leonie Brown, and a signed copy of newly published 'A Dickensian Christmas Mystery', by Neil Brown.
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Lisa Gardner - 2nd prize winner, received a signed copy of newly published 'A Dickensian Christmas Mystery', by Neil Brown.
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Janet Ward - 3rd prize winner, received a signed copy of newly published 'A Dickensian Christmas Mystery', by Neil Brown.
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We'd like to thank all businesses that took part, and we'd also like to say a special thank you to Martyn Coltman and ROBOT for financing the print costs of the prizes.
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Prizes
Prizes included a beautiful, signed print of Bridlington Priory, created by your Sleepy Phoenix - Leonie Brown!
In addition to the competition, The Sleepy Phoenix also brought to you a new Dickensian-style Christmas story by Neil Brown, called A Dickensian Christmas Mystery. Set in Bridlington Old Town during the Victorian era, this festive treat was made free-to-read-online during the Christmas period, and it also featured the competition clues.
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A Dickensian Christmas Mystery has since been published as a hardback and is available for purchase on Amazon. It will also soon be available to buy at Bridlington Old Town Gallery And Information Point.
Long enough to be a story of considerable substance; short enough to read in one sitting if you should so devote yourself to that very thing one quiet evening – ideally Christmas Eve!
The Christmas Mystery Competition
Our Dickensian Christmas Mystery competition was a fun and free-to-enter interactive hunt for clues inviting players to explore Bridlington Old Town.
Players had to physically visit the Old Town shops listed below on December 4th - Dickensian Festival day. Each of the listed shops had a poster in the window featuring the Sleepy Phoenix logo, and each shop had a different Mystery Object on their poster. Players had to match six Mystery Objects with the six shops, and their entry was then included in our Prize Draw. The businesses taking part were:
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Our online Map of the Old Town was available to help players, and it proved very useful as it indicates each shop location.
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We hope you enjoyed our competition and Christmas story, brought to you as part of Bridlington Old Town's Dickensian event (in coordination with ROBOT and various Old Town businesses).
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Competition Answers
The following images featured as answers on posters in the windows of the six businesses listed.#
A Top Hat with a Pigeon
A Pendulum
A Lion-Headed Cane
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A Puffin Tree Decoration
A Ghostly Figure in a Red Shawl
A Carnelian ring
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