A few years ago just b4 Christmas I had a call from a lady at the lottery office asking was I still living in the posh part of Salford. When I said of course she said good we are sending you a cheque for £250. The cheque duly arrived and then a week or so later I got another cheque for £250. I rang the lottery office to point out that I had already received the cheque and there had obviously been some mistake. She said no mistake Frank you have won again. Well naturally I got the first round in that night
so you see you do have to be in it to win it.
Older posters may remember the £50 draw. Way back in the sixties a mate of mine and me got our monthly pay cheques and decided to go out in Manchester. We went playing cards in a club there and both lost all our wages and had to walk the 13 miles home. Following week we split the £50 one of us won. Way back then we did not earn £5 a week.
