Although a Castelford grandmother joined as a member of the of the Gala Club in Park road seven years ago, she had never actually played there.
Until one lucky night recently when she must have just followed her instinct and listened to that little winning voice, the voice we all should listen to but sometimes choose to ignore. The very first time the lucky Gran chose to play bingo at the club she won £40 000 plus a house prize of £140, so she went home £40 140 richer.
The mother of two is a widow, who has two children, two grandchildren and a third grandchild on the way. She told the National bingo that she was in such shock when she was told how much she had won that she really couldn’t believe it, she says that it still hasn’t quite sunk in, but she couldn’t recover from the fright she got until she sat down and drank a quiet cup of tea. Ah the wonders that a cup of tea can perform!
This winner has not yet decided what she is going to use the money for, but she is definitely going to give a share of it to the friend who was with her at the time and she thinks that she might just get some work done on her home.