Grandfather Splashes Out

Winning £3.5million in March 2006 was great news for retired factory worker Bob Bradbury, but even better news for his family. Bob, aged 83 has given most of the money away to children’s charities and to helping his family’s dreams come true. This has included a summer holiday for the family to Spain, a new house for his grandson and family, a motor-home for a grandson, a Mercedes for his son, a pet-rabbit for a great granddaughter, expansion of the hair-dressing business run by a grandson, and now, a treat for great grandson Lee.

Lee has just finished his GCSEs and was looking for a stylish way to arrive at his school’s end-of-term bash at Manor Park Country House, near Swansea. In steps great-grandfather Bob, who pays £1,000 for a helicopter trip for the two of them. Lee’s spectacular arrival at the ball did not go unnoticed as he was wearing a handmade pink raw-silk suit.

- 17/7/06