NEWSPAPER competitions are numerous and varied and tend to come and go. But one operated by the Lincolnshire and South Humberside Times weekly newspaper stood the test of time and ran for many years.

The Spot Your Car competition usually involved a picture being taken within easy walking distance of the paper's office at 57 Wrawby Street, often in the town's main Old Courts Road car park, where a vehicle was selected at random.

The picture would then appear in that Friday's edition, with a £20 voucher going to the owner if they came forward by the following Wednesday.

Early in November 1977, the paper centred its attentions on this 1966-67 Triumph. Perhaps it belonged to one of our current Nostalgia readers. If so, please get in touch.

The previous week's competition winner was always given and in this case it was Joan Clark, of the Pandora's Box pub in Bonby.

Mrs Clark popped into the newspaper's office in Brigg to claim her prize, being required to present the vehicle's log book and a copy of that week's paper.

Her voucher had to be spent with one of the advertisers supporting the Spot Your Car page.

They included Woolliams and Eyre, of Market Place, Brigg, offering souvenir Coalport Christmas plates, plus other bone china souvenirs of America's bi-centenary, and even at Oxford-Cambridge boat race bowl.

Various cycles and accessories were on offer at Sherwood's in Bridge Street or Mrs Clark could have snapped up a couple of new tubeless crossply tyres for her car from Wilgrave Tyres in Elwes Street, which cost £8.80 apiece.

If troubled by an annoying drip in the kitchen or bathroom, she could have had it sorted by David P Portess, the plumbing and heating engineer, of Churchill Avenue, Brigg, whose advert said he was happy dealing with anything from tap washers to swimming pools.

It is difficult to imagine what some of the other advertisers might have offered for the £20 voucher.

Among other supporters of the page were car companies WA Sass, of Monument Works, Brigg; John Roberts' Park Street Motors, Winterton; Thompson of Scunthorpe Ltd, Moorwell Road, Yaddlethorpe; E Rounce Ltd, Brumby Wood Lane, Scunthorpe; Ridgewood Motors, Wrawby Street, Brigg; and Rusty's Motorcycles Ltd, 18-22 High Street, Scunthorpe.

Obviously, you couldn't get a car for £20, but they offered a range of spares and accessories.

The cheapest vehicle available on that page was a 1968 Bedford Dormobile six-seater for £195 at Ridgewood Motors.

At the other end of the scale, John Roberts had a one-year-old (1976) Renault 30TS, with sunroof and electric windows, on sale at £4,250.

If no one came forward in time to claim that week's mystery car prize, it rolled over to the next.

If you have any nostalgic photos or memories on any topic, send them to Nigel Fisher, Nostalgia, 4/5 Park Square, Laneham Street, Scunthorpe, DN15 6JH, or e-mail nigel.fisher@gsmg.co.uk