Charlie Putman, our in-house
writer, has been busy finding Lottery-themed news stories over the past week, and
he’s come back with some fantastic tales that I want to share with you.
To make your life
easier, I have picked my favourite three:
Life has suddenly got
very exciting for old-aged-pensioner Thomas Foden. After scooping the UK’s
first quadruple Lotto rollover jackpot on Saturday 29th September, Mr. Foden suddenly finds his pension pot
grow to over £3.9 million.
Talking to ITV news,
Mr. Foden vowed he always knew he was going to win the lottery: “I always said
we’d have a big win and it’s a surprise now it’s actually come true.”
Now that’s some
premonition! An interesting fact from this tale is Mr. Foden only recently
changed where he purchases his Lottery tickets; he decided to change from
buying his tickets at local convenience store Fags and Mags to the, far luckier in his case, Costcutter supermarket.
Do you think this
change meant all the difference?
The stunning, 13th
Century city centre Sheffield Cathedral has received a £1.3 million grant
from the National Lottery. Those in charge of restoration at Sheffield
Cathedral hope that the money will go to improve the accessibility of this
historic monument to encourage visitors, whilst at the same time restoring it
to its former glory. It wasn’t too long ago since Sheffield also received Lottery
funding to restore the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, an 18th steel
works in the heart of the city.
In my opinion, it may
be worth keeping an eye on Sheffield over the next year and think about paying
a visit over the summer of 2013 to see the positive changes made by Lottery
funding!
I felt I must share
this wonderful tale because I was touched by Adrian’s strength of character. Upon
winning the second-largest Lottery jackpot in British history, Mr Bayford and
his wife Gillian secured a £148 million cheque.
However, what happened
next is the most interesting part: rather than jetting off to a sun-soaked island in the Caribbean, the Bayford’s
frugally opted for a family trip to Scotland on-board an Easyjet plane.
Once Adrian had
battled the wind and rain of Scotland, he went straight back to work as the
co-owner of a small music shop in Suffolk.
For some lucky winners,
their life is totally transformed by winning the lottery. For others, as in
Adrian Bayford’s case, it’s more about keeping the life you had, just with a
very tidy bank balance!
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about the ‘good news stories’ emanating from our news site?
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