A couple who bagged £53m on the lottery has spent the last four years helping the village where they live.
Richard and Angela Maxwell's life changed forever back on March 31, 2015 when they bought a Euromillions ticket from their local McColls store in Coningsby.
Richard discovered that they had won the jackpot - £53,193,914 - after checking online.
He told his wife four hours later when she returned home from helping to cook at an OAP luncheon club, Lincolnshire Live reports.
The pair almost immediately decided they wanted to use the money to help their village and those living there.
Richard, a retired builder, said: “Within hours of winning, we’d decided to help people around us.
"The summer lunch we hold in our garden and the firework display we host are two highlights every year.
“We’ve installed CCTV in the village and are also building a new scout hut and playgroup entrance.
"We fund the Christmas lights and Angela makes wreaths with children who have lost loved ones.
"We’ve sent three pupils from the local school to space camp in America, another 50 to the Space Centre in Leicester and provided woodwork and metalwork classrooms.
"We also pay for new drivers under 30 in Lincolnshire to take an advanced test. We want to change – and save – lives.”
Richard and Angela have previously admitted they still buy tickets every week at the same newsagents - even after winning big four years ago.
A picture of the pair is now featuring in a special exhibition to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the very first National Lottery draw on November 19, 1994.h.
Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery, said, “It is always wonderful to hear about the truly amazing things that National Lottery winners do with their money.
“This exhibition is a fantastic showcase of wacky and obscure hobbies, to the generous, heartfelt and even surprising stories that winning The National Lottery has enabled some of our 5,500 millionaires to have.”
