Competitions & Fun
Free and easy to enter competitions.
Welcome to the competitions and fun section of the Mature Times website – the voice of our generation! This area of the site is packed with competitions that are free to enter giving you the chance to win all sorts of different goodies on a regular basis.
Books, CD’s or DVD’s, theatre tickets, or holidays - there is always something worth winning on the Mature Times website.
New competitions are being added all the time – if you would like to receive automatic notifications of these, simply go to the registration area of our website, register for free, enter your full postal address and choose competitions as one of your interests – then you will receive regular updates.
Ward a stroke of luck
- Tuesday, 08 January 2013
A retired gas engineer was celebrating yesterday (Tues) after he scooped £1 million on the lottery - just hours after he was discharged from HOSPITAL.
Roger Whitehouse, 67, bought a Euromillions ticket on New Year's Day after a four-day stint in hospital for a suspected heart attack.
He matched only one number and two stars and thought he had netted just £8.20.
Winners of our Uncle Vanya competition
- Monday, 31 December 2012
The winners of our competition to win tickets to see Uncle Vanya are:
Christine Lockwood
Polly Bastow
Edward Doogan
Congratulations!
Winners of our My Big fat Gypsy Song Book competition
- Tuesday, 25 December 2012
The winners of our competition to win a copy of My Big Fat Gypsy Songbook are:
Paul Arden - Bellingham
Nigel Leak - Greater Manchester
Laura Miskell - Tyne and Wear
Elizabeth Pullman - Lancashire
Emma Baker - West Sussex
Winners of our Punch Cartoons competition
- Monday, 24 December 2012
The winners of our competition to win a book of Punch Cartoons are:
Sarah Rachel Wray - Antrim
Terry Henry Nash - Hampshire
Arthur Dobson - Hampshire
Ian Patterson - Norfolk
Paul Vellins - Cheshire
Toys then and now
- Sunday, 23 December 2012
As Christmas draws near, many readers are buying gifts for their grandchildren, and reflecting on the presents that they were given as a child. They recall the thrill of opening their Christmas presents, but at the same time wonder if today’s children take gifts for granted. When we were given a toy it really meant something to be treasured.
Usually the first toy a child is given is a teddy bear or cuddly doll. When they reached the toddler stage they were usually given a set of wooden building bricks with colourful letters on each face. These were excellent learning tools as parents could sit down with their children and teach them the alphabet and how to spell simple words. Unfortunately today parents don’t appear to have time to play with their off-spring, and it is more likely that they are placed in front of the television to keep them quiet.
