Daily Mirror - 05.03.2020

(^8) DAILY MIRROR THURSDAY 05.03.
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The couple used their windfall to trade
in her old Honda for a SSangYong 4x4,
buy new tools and upsize from their
cramped three-bed terrace.
The move to a five-bed home in
Virginia Water, Surrey, meant their three
children – then aged 15, 16 and 17 – no
longer had to share rooms.
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shift and know I have done a good job.”
The specialist Alzheimer’s carer returned
to work part time at a residential home,
two years after the Lottery win.
Richard has continued his full-time
job as a carpenter.
He said: “I didn’t have a day off after
the Lottery win, that’s why I was really
supportive of Sally going back.
“You need to work, it keeps you sane.”
Richard Thursby, 57, told the Mirror: “At
first I thought I would never work again.
“But I started to miss my job more and
more. Caring for the residents was very
fulfilling, that’s what I enjoyed the most.
“Before I left, my manager said ‘there
will always be a job for you here’ so she
welcomed me back with open arms.
“It’s not the best of pay but I do it out
of my heart. I walk out of there after a
Caring millionaire
now
Lottery winner goes back to work
looking after Alzheimer’s patients
Radio opeRatoR Ms Khan
Muslim WW
heroine Noor
given plaque
B RI TAIn’S first Muslim
war heroine noor Inayat
Khan is among those being
remembered with an Eng-
lish Heritage blue plaque.
Ms Khan was the first
female radio operator sent
into nazi-occupied France.
She was killed by the
Gestapo in 1944 and post-
humously awarded the
George Cross in 1949.
Fellow Second World
War agent Christine Gran-
ville also receives a plaque.
Just 14% of 950 London
blue plaques celebrate
women, a figure which the
charity said was “still unac-
ceptably low”, but that is
starting to change.
Anna Eavis, of the
English Heritage Blue
Plaques Panel, said: “There
are now more women
shortlisted than men.”
By SheRna noah
then
A GRAN who quit work after becom-
ing a Lottery millionaire has
returned to her old job – night shifts
looking after Alzheimer’s patients.
Sally Cloke, 54, says she went back to
the role, which pays less than £10 an
hour, because it is so rewarding.
The mum-of-three, who landed the
£1million win in 2015 with partner
B y Louie Smith
Celebrating the big win in 2015
Sally & Richard
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