A passer-by told Oxford Crown Court that after the near-fatal fall Mr Stocks sat down and rolled a cigarette.
She said: “I thought I would maybe win enough to get my windows done, but never in a million years did I ever think I would win this much.“It will make life a bit more comfortable. We will take my two little boys on a really nice holiday.”
Bill Cobley, 74, was another who pocketed the big prize.The keen gardener said: “We used to win a few prizes for our vegetables, but this is a prize I never expected to win.“It’s beyond my wildest dreams. People like us don’t just come into that sort of money.”
Mr Cobley feels the £3.2m win will lift spirits in the area.NHS nurse Lesley Craig, 57, also bagged a six-figure sum. She said: “It’s not sunk in yet.
“I think until it does, we can go on a nice holiday.”
Residents who play with postcodes starting DN35 7 also pocketed £1,306 for every ticket they hold.The event to set out their key messages for the coming months - the bridge, they hope, from the local election results until the general election is actually called - was remarkable in and of itself.
Literally remarkable, because it had a scale, an ambition and likely a budget normally associated with a party conference or the moment an election campaign is formally beginning.It felt like the launch of a campaign for
It was in a film studio, of all places.and no shortage of probably pricey razzmatazz.