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You can get into Alton Towers for half price if you have one of these names

To celebrate Staffordshire Day, Alton Towers - based in the county - is offering half price entry to guests with these names this weekend.

Visitors called Molly (or Molea, Moleah, Molee, Molei, Moleigh, Moley, Moli, Molie, Mollea, Molleah, Mollee, Mollei, Molleigh, Molley, Molli, Mollie) or Lee (Lee, Leigh, Lea, Leah, Lei, Ley) can get half price tickets if they visit this weekend, Saturday April 27 and 28.

That's because their new dungeon attraction features the infamous 'witch' of Burslem, Molly Leigh, BirminghamLive reports .

Visitors who share a name with the woman just need to take their valid ID to the Ticket Sales and Collection point, quoting 'Molly Leigh'.

James Walker from Alton Towers Resort said: “We are proud to be located in the heart of Staffordshire and looking forward to celebrating Staffordshire Day again in a unique and fun way.

“The new Alton Towers Dungeon gave us a great opportunity to delve into the history of Staffordshire and it goes without say that the legend of Molly Leigh really struck a chord.

"We wanted to use the theme of Staffordshire Day to further highlight Molly’s story and do something memorable for our guests visiting over the celebratory weekend.”

This year, Staffordshire Day, coordinated by Destination Staffordshire, has the theme ‘Made in Staffordshire’.

The day will celebrate the county’s brewing and ceramic heritage, as well as food and drink, music, and people made in the region.

To mark the occasion Alton Towers has chosen to honour Molly Leigh, a local legend whose story is embedded within the region, renowned for being shunned by the local villagers and accused of cursing the community.

Alton Towers in Staffordshire (oe Giddens/PA Wire)

After her death locals said they were being haunted and terrorised her restless ghost.

The Pastor Spencer then had her body exhumed and had her pet Raven thrown inside the coffin, which was then re-buried in the opposite direction.

Over 300 years later her ghostly tale lives on and has been brought to life in the new Alton Towers Dungeon, a live actor led experience takes guests on a hilariously hideous journey through Staffordshire’s darkest history.

Over the weekend, the theme park will also be surprising guests with a range of freebies as random acts of kindness, including free ice-cream, doughnuts and fastracks. 

It mirrors the lesser known and unlikely end to Molly’s story.

In a random and bemusing twist of fate, a copy of her will that was recently recovered showed that following her death, Molly had in fact left all her fortune to benefit the local church and the very community that ostracised her.

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