Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club

Tiddlywinks in the media

References to tiddlywinks do crop up in the media from time to time. If you see or hear anything about winks that you'd like included, drop me a line.

June 2000

Cadbury's Chomp bars (very nice, by the way, even though they wouldn't sponsor us) have the following text on the wrapper:
"If Chomp's not busy in the Chomp bar quarry, he'll be playing tiddlywinks with a sunflower called Roger."

May 2000

June 2000/Issue 62: Alan Dean's World Singles win is mentioned in Maxim Magazine, under "The Best of British", p.92.

February 2000

12th, Christine puts in an appearance in the Express's Saturday puzzle supplement

October 1999

The story of the coming together of the president and his (OUTS) other half has been told on Heart FM. We await the playback with interest.

Some appearance to do with WS51 on Anglia news(?) and BBC Radio Hertfordshire.

26th, Cambridge Evening News
(Feature on WS51)

22nd, Q103FM, am
(Recorded interview with Patrick on World Singles 51)

Mid October, @DEMON (Demon Internet magazine) recommends various winks pages

August 1999

August edition? FOCUS magazine
"NASA should hire tiddlywink players to be astronauts" (and bonus gay lion)

23rd, BBC (digital) "Backstage"

March 1999

20th, BBC News 24

October 1998

13th, ITV "A Way With Words"

24th, ITV "The Moment Of Truth"

May 1997

10th, Telegraph

17th, Telegraph

January 1997

2nd, BBC Radio Bristol
BBC Somerset Sound
BBC Wiltshire Sound
BBC Radio Manchester
BBC Radio Cambridge
BBC Radio Five Live
BBC West "NewsWest"
An enormous number of sports/news reports concerning the Somerset Invitation.

6th, The Times, BRITAIN, News in brief
The Sun, in a `SunSpot' page 11
The Daily Mail, page 24
Christine is the first female ETwA chairman

7th, The Guardian, Section 2

8th, Liberty 963 radio, 6:45am

9th, Radio1 Ulster, 9:15am

16th, Radio 4, 10:30am
Christine is interviewed live on Woman's Hour

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