sentences.text: Lobby Lud was a fictional character invented in August 1927 by the Westminster Gazette, a British newspaper, now defunct.
sentences.text: Lobby
sentences.text: Lud
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: fictional
sentences.text: character
sentences.text: invented
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: August
sentences.text: 1927
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Westminster
sentences.text: Gazette
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: British
sentences.text: newspaper
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: now
sentences.text: defunct
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The name derives from the telegraphic address of the newspaper (" Lobby, Ludgate ").
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: name
sentences.text: derives
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: telegraphic
sentences.text: address
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: newspaper
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: Lobby
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Ludgate
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Anonymous employees of the newspaper would visit seaside resorts.
sentences.text: Anonymous
sentences.text: employees
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: newspaper
sentences.text: would
sentences.text: visit
sentences.text: seaside
sentences.text: resorts
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The newspaper would print details of the town, a description of the appearance of that day's " Lobby Lud ", and a particular pass phrase.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: newspaper
sentences.text: would
sentences.text: print
sentences.text: details
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: town
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: description
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: appearance
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: day
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: Lobby
sentences.text: Lud
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: particular
sentences.text: pass
sentences.text: phrase
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Anyone carrying a copy of the newspaper could challenge " Lobby Lud " with the appropriate phrase, and receive the sum of money.
sentences.text: Anyone
sentences.text: carrying
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: copy
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: newspaper
sentences.text: could
sentences.text: challenge
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: Lobby
sentences.text: Lud
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: appropriate
sentences.text: phrase
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: receive
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: sum
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: money
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: After the demise of the Gazette in 1928 the competition continued in the Daily News, which became the News Chronicle from 1930, in turn being absorbed into the Daily Mail in 1960.
sentences.text: After
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: demise
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Gazette
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1928
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: competition
sentences.text: continued
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Daily
sentences.text: News
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: became
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: News
sentences.text: Chronicle
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: 1930
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: turn
sentences.text: being
sentences.text: absorbed
sentences.text: into
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Daily
sentences.text: Mail
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1960
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Other newspapers such as the Daily Mirror ran similar schemes " You are (name) and I claim my five pounds " the most well-known challenge phrase, seems to date from a Daily Mail version which ran after the Second World War.
sentences.text: Other
sentences.text: newspapers
sentences.text: such
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Daily
sentences.text: Mirror
sentences.text: ran
sentences.text: similar
sentences.text: schemes
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: You
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: name
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: claim
sentences.text: my
sentences.text: five
sentences.text: pounds
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: most
sentences.text: well-known
sentences.text: challenge
sentences.text: phrase
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: seems
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: date
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: Daily
sentences.text: Mail
sentences.text: version
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: ran
sentences.text: after
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Second
sentences.text: World
sentences.text: War
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: A special train service, the " Lobby Lud Express ", was run to take Londoners to the resorts Lobby visited.
sentences.text: A
sentences.text: special
sentences.text: train
sentences.text: service
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: Lobby
sentences.text: Lud
sentences.text: Express
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: run
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: take
sentences.text: Londoners
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: resorts
sentences.text: Lobby
sentences.text: visited
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Holidaymakers were less likely to buy a newspaper, and since claimants for the prize had to have a copy of the newspaper, the newspaper proprietors hoped the prizes would increase circulation.
sentences.text: Holidaymakers
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: less
sentences.text: likely
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: buy
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: newspaper
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: since
sentences.text: claimants
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: prize
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: copy
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: newspaper
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: newspaper
sentences.text: proprietors
sentences.text: hoped
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: prizes
sentences.text: would
sentences.text: increase
sentences.text: circulation
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Another motive was to maintain circulation levels and keep people in the habit of buying the paper while they were on holiday.
sentences.text: Another
sentences.text: motive
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: maintain
sentences.text: circulation
sentences.text: levels
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: keep
sentences.text: people
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: habit
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: buying
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: paper
sentences.text: while
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: holiday
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Some towns and large factories used to leave on " holiday fortnights " (called " wakes weeks " in the north of England); the town or works would all decamp at the same time.
sentences.text: Some
sentences.text: towns
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: large
sentences.text: factories
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: leave
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: holiday
sentences.text: fortnights
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: called
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: wakes
sentences.text: weeks
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: north
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: England
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: ;
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: town
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: works
sentences.text: would
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: decamp
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: same
sentences.text: time
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Circulation could drop considerably in the summer.
sentences.text: Circulation
sentences.text: could
sentences.text: drop
sentences.text: considerably
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: summer
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: In 1983 an original " Lobby Lud " William Chinn was rediscovered aged ninety-one and living in Cardiff.
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: 1983
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: original
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: Lobby
sentences.text: Lud
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: William
sentences.text: Chinn
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: rediscovered
sentences.text: aged
sentences.text: ninety-one
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: living
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Cardiff
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The Daily Mirror's " Chalkie White " continues to visit resorts, and the idea has been taken up by local radio stations and other media (often offering lesser prizes).
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: Daily
sentences.text: Mirror
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: Chalkie
sentences.text: White
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: continues
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: visit
sentences.text: resorts
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: idea
sentences.text: has
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: taken
sentences.text: up
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: local
sentences.text: radio
sentences.text: stations
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: other
sentences.text: media
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: often
sentences.text: offering
sentences.text: lesser
sentences.text: prizes
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Chalkie White is the name of Andy Capp's closest friend in a long-running Daily Mirror cartoon strip.
sentences.text: Chalkie
sentences.text: White
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: name
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Andy
sentences.text: Capp
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: closest
sentences.text: friend
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: long-running
sentences.text: Daily
sentences.text: Mirror
sentences.text: cartoon
sentences.text: strip
sentences.text: .
text: Lobby Lud was a fictional character invented in August 1927 by the Westminster Gazette, a British newspaper, now defunct. The name derives from the telegraphic address of the newspaper (" Lobby, Ludgate "). Anonymous employees of the newspaper would visit seaside resorts. The newspaper would print details of the town, a description of the appearance of that day's " Lobby Lud ", and a particular pass phrase. Anyone carrying a copy of the newspaper could challenge " Lobby Lud " with the appropriate phrase, and receive the sum of money. After the demise of the Gazette in 1928 the competition continued in the Daily News, which became the News Chronicle from 1930, in turn being absorbed into the Daily Mail in 1960. Other newspapers such as the Daily Mirror ran similar schemes " You are (name) and I claim my five pounds " the most well-known challenge phrase, seems to date from a Daily Mail version which ran after the Second World War. A special train service, the " Lobby Lud Express ", was run to take Londoners to the resorts Lobby visited. Holidaymakers were less likely to buy a newspaper, and since claimants for the prize had to have a copy of the newspaper, the newspaper proprietors hoped the prizes would increase circulation. Another motive was to maintain circulation levels and keep people in the habit of buying the paper while they were on holiday. Some towns and large factories used to leave on " 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. In 1983 an original " Lobby Lud " William Chinn was rediscovered aged ninety-one and living in Cardiff. The Daily Mirror's " Chalkie White " continues to visit resorts, and the idea has been taken up by local radio stations and other media (often offering lesser prizes). Chalkie White is the name of Andy Capp's closest friend in a long-running Daily Mirror cartoon strip.