The couple shared a £1 million pot with six other neighbours, with each ticket in the winning postcode worth £142,857, according to multiple reports. The Hiscocks won their three-bedroom bungalow in a competition run by developers in the 1960s, when the house was originally worth £3,175. Other winners include Sharon Healy, 56, from Gosport, Hampshire, who won a sum on the People's Postcode Lottery, and residents of Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, who shared a £12.3 million Postcode Lottery jackpot.
According to the Daily Mirror, Pamela Hiscocks described the win as amazing and said she never dreamed she would win such a large sum. Anthony Hiscocks said he was flabbergasted and gobsmacked. The couple have been lucky before: Anthony previously won the football pools with a syndicate of 13 at work, receiving about £200,000. The winnings will be spent on family, Pamela said, including their granddaughter Amy, 26, who is due to get married after returning from her hen party in Portugal's Algarve. Pamela will turn 80 in May, Amy's wedding is in August, and the couple's 60th wedding anniversary is in October.