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Lobby Lud is a fictional character created in August 1927 by the Westminster Gazette, a British newspaper, now defunct. The character was used in readers' prize competitions during the summer period. Anonymous employees visited seaside resorts and afterwards wrote down a detailed description of the town they visited, without giving away its name. They also described a person they happened to see that day and declared him to be the "Lobby Lud" of that issue. Readers were given a pass phrase and had to try to guess both the location and the person described by the reporters. Anyone carrying the newspaper could challenge Lobby Lud with the phrase and receive five pounds (about £320 in 2022).

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rdfs:comment	Lobby Lud is a fictional character created in August 1927 by the Westminster Gazette, a British newspaper, now defunct. The character was used in readers' prize competitions during the summer period. Anonymous employees visited seaside resorts and afterwards wrote down a detailed description of the town they visited, without giving away its name. They also described a person they happened to see that day and declared him to be the "Lobby Lud" of that issue. Readers were given a pass phrase and had to try to guess both the location and the person described by the reporters. Anyone carrying the newspaper could challenge Lobby Lud with the phrase and receive five pounds (about £320 in 2022). (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Cardiff Private Eye V. S. Naipaul Graham Greene Westminster Gazette Ludgate Comics characters introduced in 1927 Agatha Christie's Poirot Daily Mail Daily Mirror Andy Capp Brighton Rock (novel) Works originally published in British newspapers Competitions in the United Kingdom The Daily News (UK) Aristotle Onassis British culture British comics characters Scarlet Pimpernel News Chronicle World War II A House for Mr. Biswas Wakes week Kolley Kibber Telegraphic address Pounds sterling Pass phrase Jackie Kennedy dbr:Sentinel_prize
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.worldofspectrum.org/cssfolklore/index.html%23AICMFP http://www.planetslade.com/lobby-lud.html http://www.private-eye.co.uk/covers.php%3Fshowme=180
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has abstract	Lobby Lud is a fictional character created in August 1927 by the Westminster Gazette, a British newspaper, now defunct. The character was used in readers' prize competitions during the summer period. Anonymous employees visited seaside resorts and afterwards wrote down a detailed description of the town they visited, without giving away its name. They also described a person they happened to see that day and declared him to be the "Lobby Lud" of that issue. Readers were given a pass phrase and had to try to guess both the location and the person described by the reporters. Anyone carrying the newspaper could challenge Lobby Lud with the phrase and receive five pounds (about £320 in 2022). The competition was created because people on holiday were known to be less likely to buy a newspaper. Some towns and large factories had holiday fortnights (called "wakes weeks" in the north of England); the town or works would all decamp at the same time. Circulation could drop considerably in the summer and proprietors hoped prizes would increase it. The character's name was derived from the paper's telegraphic address, "Lobby, Ludgate". The British colloquial phrase "You are (name) and I claim my five pounds" is associated with Lobby Lud, despite being based on a similar idea thought up by a different paper. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	David Pennefather Thomas More And I claim my PS5 Brighton Rock (1948 film) Lobby Lud ICMFP You are X and I claim my PS5 And I Claim My Five Pounds And I claim my five pounds And I claim my £5 AICM5UKP AICMFP You Are X And I Claim My Five Pounds You are X and I claim my five pounds You are X and I claim my £5 You are x and I claim my five pounds I claim my 5 pounds I claim my five pounds I claim my £5 Lobby Ludd
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