Dog groomer set to pursue dream after lottery win

A dog groomer says she will celebrate a lottery win by setting up her own salon.

Gill Grose, 57, scooped an £87,400 share of a £3.2m Postcode Lottery prize won by people living in Walkington Drive, Market Weighton on Saturday.

Despite leaving the street three months ago, Ms Grose still kept one of the tickets at her old postcode and became one of 16 winners.

She said she plans to use some of her winnings to set up a dog grooming business from home.

Ms Grose said: "I thought I'd leave this [postcode] for a year just in case.

"I started my business properly in January and there's a company down in Kent somewhere that does groom pods."

She said the pods were housed in a portable building: "It's got everything in it fully equipped, washed down and everything and they just crane it into your drive.

"This will help me set it up from home now because I'm temporarily in kennels working there."

Ms Grose's friend and former neighbour, Jean Phillips, 71, won £252,630 from the prize pot after playing with three tickets.

They became friends when Ms Grose moved to the street eight years ago and bonded with Ms Phillips over her pet border collie, Moss.

Ms Grose left her job as an investment finance manager in June 2023 to pursue her passion for dogs, with Moss being used as her assessment dog during her various dog grooming courses.

Ms Phillips said: "Gill has worked wonders with him. He was a blank page when I got him. And he is really well trained now.

"It is just wonderful to share this moment with Gill. She's great and I'm delighted for her too."

Engaged couple Laura Horsley, 42, and Mark Cox, 56, each won £84,210, despite Ms Horsley admitting she had considered cancelling her ticket.

She said: "I did think about stopping. We'd not really won anything big. I'm so glad I didn't."

Marie, 51, and husband Michael, 54, who moved into the street at the end of last year, also won £84,210.

The win came just a few weeks after Marie decided to update her address after winning £12 on her old postcode in February.

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