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4BR Quiz: First day of Festive Fun

You can get your hands on four great CDs from Brighouse & Rastrick, Cory, Grimethorpe and Tredegar if you can get your thinking caps on...

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  There is an avian link to find for the answer

We have four great CDs to be won courtesy of our friends at Wobplay.com

So if you want to enjoy the recently acclaimed 'Concert Series' performances from Brighouse & Rastrick, Cory, Grimethorpe and Tredegar, then see if you can make the link...

Question:

As it's the first day of Christmas — what's the link between the British Open test-pieces of 1884, 1936, 1999 and 2015?

Answers:

Answers with your reasons to be sent to: quiz@4barsrest.com

Closing date for answers: 12.00pm (midnight) on Friday 3rd December

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