When most of us think about winning the lottery we dream about never having to work another day of our lives. But almost 25 years after her £2.7m lottery win, Elaine Thompson refuses to give up her beloved job stacking supermarket shelves.
Despite being vulnerable due to her asthma, she continued to carry on her job as a key worker throughout the coronavirus lockdown, starting her shifts at 2am.
The 64-year-old Marks & Spencer worker told the Newcastle Chronicle : "I did the 2am starts every day so I'm in from 2am to 9am. "The company was fantastic.
They let me go at 8.30am because I'm asthmatic and I'm vulnerable so I was not with any of the customers. "I was leaving the house at 1.15am every morning, getting up at midnight. "A couple
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