Neighbours in Nottinghamshire are celebrating after winning a combined £1million on the lottery. Fourteen people in Lymington Road, Mansfield, will split the cash after getting lucky on the People’s Postcode Lottery’s Millionaire Street prize.
Among the lucky winners are Angie Stainton and her fiancé Craig Wise who recently had to to delay their wedding after he lost his job.
Angie, 48, a nurse at King’s Mill Hospital, said: “We’d booked our wedding and paid the deposit on the Monday and by the Friday he was out of a job.
“We had to put the wedding on hold because we didn’t know how long he’d be out of work. Awful thoughts go through your mind.”
But after scooping a £62,500 share of the win, the couple now plans to tie the knot next year.
Fellow winner, Karen Walker, 49, said her “dreams can come true” after winning the joint-largest sum of £125,000.
The factory worker plans to use the money to help make life easier for husband Dale Walker, 45, who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
She said: “It’s overwhelming because I’ve never had this much money in my life before. We can get the bathroom, kitchen, conservatory, flooring and everything done now. It’s always been a dream up until now but now the dream is here.”
Dale added: “This will make life so much easier because with my condition I can no longer work. I can make the house more user-friendly for me, especially for when I do eventually get worse.”
Chantelle Johnson, 31, also picked up £125,000. The training manager said: “This money has set us up for life. I can’t even say the amount out loud yet. It’s going to make a world of difference.”
She now plans to buy her first home and treat her daughter Bonnie, four, to a trip to Disney World in Florida.
The overjoyed mum added: “It couldn’t come at a better time because my landlord is selling the house that I’ve been renting. I can now buy my first house.”
Electricity board worker Steve Sherwin’s eyes welled up when he saw his winnings. He said: “I must be dreaming. This is going to change my life. I can relax.”
The father of two told Nottinghamshire Live: “You don’t think you will win, but you can, and I have.”
Steve added that the win will also help him realise his dream of taking his sons to Disney World.
Helen Tasker, 39, says the win will make her six-year-old daughter Daisy’s dreams of a holiday come true.
She said: “We haven’t been on holiday since Daisy was born because we didn’t have the money. She’s been dying to go on an aeroplane. I think we’ll do Gran Canaria all inclusive.”
Also among the winners in Lymington Road are Julieanne O’Neill, 39, Dawn Cojocariu, 48, Glenys Thorpe, 72, and Jan Switaj, 64, who all scooped £62,500 each.
