the:right~harid halve~? :1'. i .' the-oId,lady with I 1M A UiR'E'£N .nd'TER:RY SHARPE lIbove): two halves make £10,000-111 done without the , 'helno! IILL HE'NS<LEY' ," a!1d hie .comnuhr ,(riahU • , -, of 'BP and. .,1:latdona.1 and THEY haNel' a top· wack of £20,000. .';. ,,' -' ' B<ut back to, ElihelJ. Has no one ~ 'found -:8.' -, 'right-hancl £10,000 yet-?, '.' .' . Yes they haVe.. 'Four' have turned up 50' far':"'in, .Mother- well;: Bradt, ord;" Haywards Heath and Oun<lle. All were·' . Instantly, turned;'lnto-' cll-Sh.' :, , The Oundle ,CoupOn,a fine example of late 20th .century voucherwork and very rare~ was discovered; '1n' 'this way .. Mr TeriYSllal:~ has a shop : In Oundle-he. dealll'In second· . hand furniture,'. 't\nd he fiUs hIs Transit van twice a week a.t MarshaJI's a smaugiu'age In the vJllage.' ._, . Six sealed Shell coupons , had accumulated on his dash~ board before his wife· opened them, found a oommonplace left-hand £10,000 couPOI\ among lihem and put lit In her purse. , ' That weekend the ShaI1p€s' 17-year-old son -Darren filled up his motol"bl.ke at Mai'shall's and' brought oook a coupon with the ohange. His father shoved It In his pooket but opened It next day,Unbellev- ably It Wa.<!· a. rlr,rht-hand £10,000. There has been some cele- brating at Oundle lately. .TheTe have also been long queues of motorlsts at Marshall's. I 11ne way (JIf hdl1Ang uhe jack, pot WltlhOll't going 'near a petrol pump, .' , '" 'He Is an Insmanoe broker Wiho works at ~lome, emplay·, lng' hls gir1!rle,nd,' Pam, and' an' Osborne buslne$iS compu~ I tel' wlhl~h, ihe says, ,had' plentY of spare ca-paclty, So he 'advertised too. He &i\ld Vhat for a' nleq-e £5 he )VoUJId pU't your I1l1me, address and detaIls of your' couJPons onto th'ls computer 'and It woUJld'pult 'you' m touoh with tale owners or the, otJ1er halves. ' Computer , People nlshed to join Mr' '.' Hensley's ,sche,me and pleas-, Ingclouds of £5' notes des- cended on" HIgh . street, Warboys. Within' days ·2QOO people had registered their coupons on the computer-59 MANY left·hand' £10,000s-, and new ones are coming In" at the rate of 150 a day. ., . Mr Hensley has had tp take,' on three girlS to answer' the telephones' and'· bank the ~heques and to rope In an- other computer " round, the corner. The Post Office has put In two extra Hnes but even so 0487-82;1723 Is COI1' 8'tantly engaged as the girls cope.- with,,· the, flood of hopefuls.' , ' 'Mr Hensley's success rate .Is no-t large so far.' No right- hand £10,ooos have come In at all. Mr Hensley's theory Is that there's an orld lady some· where who gets one every- time she buys petrol and then puts It In a drawer. The rcst i • 'he says, are proba.b]y In , ScO'Wand. ' He hM only found one matching pall' of £1000s and they have not yet been eon- I flrmed. But, he says, he has successful £10, £1 and SOp match-ups every day and, with onJy ,three weeks of the Shell' scheme left, things wlll hot up now he says. After that there will be weeks and weeks Bob Walker who Is In the car hire busine,ss In Lambeth and so does a'lot of driVing now has s!'x left-hand £10,000s and five rll1ht·hand £10005. not to mention a pile of £1005, £1Os, £ls and 50ps. He advertised In The SLan- dal'd and ha,d 47 replies. None of them had a right-hand £10,000 or a left-hand £l(}OO. The frustration 1 , Meanwhlle 111a ttl.le Hun" tlngdon vlJlage called Wal"~'s 31-year-old Bill Hcns,ley saw a appear to have been cut In half, If you get both halves you can cash them In. n Is a speclAlcularly success- Shell saYs'lt coupons1,put end I to end, would reach we Falk·· land! though they don't men· ' tlon the problem of mld-al" refuelling. I don't 'know wher& BPs coupons would reach. They really are Inful"latlng, these coupons. So manydef~ hand £10,0006, so few !'lght- hands, ,how could .she I do this to us? There must, be . ' some rIght-hand £10,0006 but I where ' and 'how many, and who has them? 'Such are the questions, on the nation's Ups in these crltl· Clll times and the bolder spirits among us do something about It. They buy their petrol Ilttle and often,- thus gettirig several coupons a week. 'I1hey- i boldoJy drive Into petrol ste.· 't1ons and Ignore the pumps altogether, demanding a cou- pon, as Is' their right, and drlvini straight out again.; And they advertise. ''I1he . sensible 0 n e s choose, The Standard but we rriust admIt , that· other papers get their , share. Day by day the ads march pOignantly' dow n the, persona, colllllms' with a common; ,Increasingly 'd e JO • pairing tJheme; Wan ted : right - hand . '£10,000' Shell coupon. Also the elixir of youth and the gOlden gralJ . • • , Frustra tion , . EVENING STANDARD r HAVE a' ,le!t~hand 'get fat and get' a ~reply £10,000 Shell GouPOI1: ·Lt when they ring the box- js the wrong' half, the "office of Starlight. Ex- one everyone - gets. I press. - ", .., ' might have, known. Non-J!1otorlsts and "Mar 4 People who:get' right- tlans may' not know that hand £10000 Shell cou- -: ShelI Is givIng ,out these . '. '" ,. ' coupons at' their petrol pons are ~ix feettall, e,at statIons. They are vouchers all they want a~d Jilever 'for various sums and
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the:right~harid halve~?: 1 '. i .'
the-oId,lady with
I
1M A UiR'E'£N.nd'TER:RY
SHARPElIbove): twohalves make£10,000-111
done without the, 'helno!
IILL HE'NS<LEY'," a!1d hie.comnuhr, (riahU •
, -,
of 'BP and. .,1:latdona.1 andTHEY haNel' a top· wack of£20,000. .';. ,,' -' 'B<ut back to, ElihelJ. Has no
one ~ 'found -:8.' -, 'right-hancl£10,000 yet-?, '.' .' .Yes they haVe .. 'Four' have
turned up 50' far':"'in, .Mother-well;: Bradt, ord;" HaywardsHeath and Oun<lle. All were·'. Instantly, turned;'lnto-' cll-Sh.' :,, The Oundle ,CoupOn,a fineexample of late 20th . centuryvoucherwork and very rare~was discovered; '1n' 'this way ..Mr TeriYSllal:~ has a shop :
In Oundle-he. dealll'In second· .hand furniture,'. 't\nd he fiUshIs Transit van twice a weeka.t MarshaJI's a smaugiu'ageIn the vJllage.' ._,. Six sealed Shell coupons, had accumulated on his dash~board before his wife· openedthem, found a oommonplaceleft-hand £10,000 couPOI\among lihem and put lit In herpurse. , 'That weekend the ShaI1p€s'
17-year-old son -Darren filledup his motol"bl.ke at Mai'shall'sand' brought oook a couponwith the ohange. His fathershoved It In his pooket butopened It next day,Unbellev-ably It Wa.<!· a. rlr,rht-hand£10,000.There has been some cele-brating at Oundle lately.. TheTe have also been longqueues of motorlsts atMarshall's.
I
11ne way (JIf hdl1Ang uhe jack,pot WltlhOll't going 'near apetrol pump, .' , ' "'He Is an Insmanoe broker
Wiho works at ~lome, emplay·,lng' hls gir1!rle,nd,' Pam, and'an' Osborne buslne$iS compu~ I
tel' wlhl~h, ihe says, ,had' plentYof spare ca-paclty,So he 'advertised too. He
&i\ld Vhat for a' nleq-e £5 he)VoUJId pU't your I1l1me, addressand detaIls of your' couJPonsonto th'ls computer 'and ItwoUJld'pult ' you' m touoh withtale owners or the, otJ1erhalves. '
Computer, People nlshed to join Mr'
'.' Hensley's ,sche,me and pleas-,Ingclouds of £5' notes des-cended on" HIgh . street,Warboys. Within' days ·2QOOpeople had registered theircoupons on the computer-59MANY left·hand' £10,000s-,and new ones are coming In"at the rate of 150 a day. .,. Mr Hensley has had tp take,'on three girlS to answer' thetelephones' and'· bank the~heques and to rope In an-other computer " round, thecorner. The Post Office hasput In two extra Hnes buteven so 0487-82;1723 Is COI1'8'tantly engaged as the girlscope.- with,,· the, flood ofhopefuls.' , ''Mr Hensley's success rate .Is
no-t large so far.' No right-hand £10,ooos have come Inat all. Mr Hensley's theory Isthat there's an orld lady some·where who gets one every-time she buys petrol and thenputs It In a drawer. Thercsti• 'he says, are proba.b]y In ,ScO'Wand. 'He hM only found one
matching pall' of £1000s andthey have not yet been eon- Iflrmed. But, he says, he hassuccessful £10, £1 and SOpmatch-ups every day and, withonJy ,three weeks of the Shell'scheme left, things wlll hotup now he says. After thatthere will be weeks and weeks
Bob Walker who Is In thecar hire busine,ss In Lambethand so does a'lot of driVingnow has s!'x left-hand £10,000sand five rll1ht·hand £10005.not to mention a pile of £1005,£1Os, £ls and 50ps.He advertised In The SLan-
dal'd and ha,d 47 replies. Noneof them had a right-hand£10,000 or a left-hand £l(}OO.The frustration 1, Meanwhlle 111a ttl.le Hun"tlngdon vlJlage called Wal"~'s31-year-old Bill Hcns,ley saw a
appear to have been cut Inhalf, If you get both halvesyou can cash them In.
n Is a speclAlcularly success-Shell saYs'lt coupons1,put end I
to end, would reach we Falk··land! though they don't men· 'tlon the problem of mld-al"refuelling. I don't 'know wher&BPs coupons would reach.They really are Inful"latlng,
these coupons. So manydef~hand £10,0006, so few !'lght-hands, ,how could .she I dothis to us? There must, be . 'some rIght-hand £10,0006 but Iwhere ' and 'how many, andwho has them?'Such are the questions, on
the nation's Ups in these crltl·Clll times and the bolderspirits among us do somethingabout It. They buy their petrolIlttle and often,- thus gettirigseveral coupons a week. 'I1hey-
i boldoJy drive Into petrol ste.·'t1ons and Ignore the pumpsaltogether, demanding a cou-pon, as Is' their right, anddrlvini straight out again.;And they advertise. ''I1he
. sensible 0 n e s choose, TheStandard but we rriust admIt
, that· other papers get their, share. Day by day the adsmarch pOignantly' dow n the,persona, colllllms' with acommon; ,Increasingly 'd e JO •pairing tJheme;
Wan ted : right - hand. '£10,000' Shell coupon.Also the elixir of youth and
the gOlden gralJ . • • ,
Frustra tion
, .
EVENINGSTANDARD
r HAVE a' ,le!t~hand 'get fat and get' a ~reply£10,000 Shell GouPOI1: ·Lt when they ring the box-js the wrong' half, the "office of Starlight. Ex-one everyone - gets. I press. - ", .., 'might have, known. Non-J!1otorlsts and "Mar4
People who:get' right- tlans may' not know thathand £10000 Shell cou- -: ShelI Is givIng ,out these
. '. ' " ,. ' coupons at' their petrolpons are ~ix feettall, e,at statIons. They are vouchersall they want a~d Jilever 'for various sums and
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