£500,000 payout for pals next door
Two lucky neighbours yesterday scooped almost £500,000 with the People’s Postcode Lottery.
Sheila Black, 64, and Susan Lindsay, 52, of Brechin, pocketed £239,663.
Players found out last week that residents in postcode area DD9 6 would be in line for a payout.
Sheila and Susan collected the l ion’s share of the £ 3million prize pot at a winners’ celebration in Montrose.
Susan was a l ready celebrating on a hen party with friends from the local area and described winning as “the luckiest moment of her life”.
She said: ” I’m total ly overwhelmed.
“It’s true what they say – you don’t think something like this could happen to you until it does. “It’s life- changing.” Sheila said the win would make a massive difference to her life and is looking forward to visiting her son in Australia now.
She said: “It’s amazing. I’ll be able to help my family and visit my son in Australia – in fact, after seeing how much I’ve won, I’ll be able to go a few times.”
People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Jeff Brazier was thrilled to hand out the winning cheques.
The TV presenter said: “It’s been an amazing day in Brechin. It’s an amazing feeling to hand over those cheques and it’s great to hear how our players are planning to use their winnings. Congratulations all our winners.”