This week’s Wednesday Freebies section consists of topics on- a) Dippy the Dinosaur is coming to Dorchester; b) Free events at So: To Speak festival in Southampton; c) Get your free sample of Yazoo Milk Drink. Also, check out for more freebies in our blog section everyday.
Dippy the Dinosaur is coming to Dorchester
Dippy the Dinosaur will be leaving the Natural History Museum in London, as part of a national tour, and coming to West County on its first stop at Dorchester. Dippy the Diplodocus will be at the Dorset County Museum for viewing. The Dippy Tour: A Natural History Adventure exhibition is expected to break any box-office records previously held, given the number of pre-booked school tickets given away.
Director of Dorset County Museum, Dr. Jon Murden, is happy to see the enthusiasm of schools and pupils to avail this opportunity, that’s once in a generation. He said pupils from across the South West region are learning about dinosaurs that lived all those year ago and are modelling or painting their own Dippys. He welcomed them to see Dippy close up and personal and for their enthusiasm. Some have already enrolled into the Jurassic Coast Trust run initiative of Big Jurassic Classroom and all others are very keen, he remarked. Dippy at over 4 metres tall and 2 metres in length just barely fits in the Victorian Gallery, he added.
The Dorset County Museum website will have the general-public ticket reservation site going live on 1st October (Sunday). There’s free entry to the Dippy Exhibition, with specific time slots being allocated for visitors on a first come, first served basis. However, to avoid any disappointment, visitors are advised to book their tickets as early as possible.
Free events at So: To Speak festival in Southampton
The festival of words So: To Speak, to be held in October around Southampton, has boasted a programme of over 60 events. It will run from 19th to 28th October, to celebrate and promote creativity and talent from theatre, spoken word, literature and writing, film and flash fiction. The full programme has been announced and details are on the festival’s website- sotospeakfestival.org.
Included in the line-up is the preview of a play about Jane Austin, playwright Hannah Silva, historian and writer James Evans, performance poet Lemn Sissay besides others. The Art House has programmed a new play, The Pendle Witch, by Lexi Wolfe, has guitarists Jon Hart and Maneli Jamal and The Travelling Talesman. The festival supports Black History Month. A half-term programme for young people is being headed by Abie Longstaff, author of Fairytale Hairdresser.
Festival director, Charlie Hislop, said the festival is a truly a Southampton event rooted strongly in their creative talent and history, reflected in the variety and numbers of those making it happen. Organisers promise lots of free events, besides poetry and open mic get-togethers and special festival nights. ‘Words on Wheels’ concludes the So: To Speak festival, bringing together storytellers, poets and vintage buses and the Anti-Slam competition following.
Get your free sample of Yazoo Milk Drink
Here is an opportunity to get a free sample of Yazoo milk drink. You have to upload a photo and then enhance your image by using the digital Jazoo-branded stickers. Submit online and if selected your photo will be used in the Hall of Fame and get again a free Yazoo. You’ll get a free Yazoo voucher. Exchange it for your free sample of Yazoo drink. You can also win other amazing prizes by participating
