The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence stars in new Canterbury Monopoly
Friday 10th October 2014
Kent Cricket stars in a new Canterbury edition of the popular board game Monopoly, which hits the shops today.
The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence has a square in the new versionrevealed in the official launch at The Beaney in Canterbury High Street this morning.
Head coach Jimmy Adams and vice-captain Sam Northeast were there to see the big reveal as the game went on sale in shops across Kent.
Canterbury become the very first Kent location to land its own official board, the honour of opening the first game fell to eight-year-old Leila Webb and her brother Lucas, 10, from Canterbury – as well as a third primary schoolchild from the city. All three won a competition to be ‘VIPs’ (Very Important Players) for the day.
More than 7,500 people voted to decide which Canterbury landmarks should be chosen to swap places with the famous London streets.
The Cathedral heads the top ranked set along with St. Augustine’s Abbey, which occupies the swish Park Lane site.
The board is largely constructed in themes. There is a heritage set, a leisure one, an educational set and also a tourist one.The four train stations from the London MONOPOLY original take on a ‘travel’ theme.
The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence was invited alongside Canterbury RFC, The Marlowe Theatre, The Beaney and University of Kent.
The new MONOPOLY Canterbury Edition is available now at all leading stores including Fenwick, Waitrose, Waterstones, WH Smith and The Works.