A dinner lady who scooped £1million on the lottery has today revealed how she kept the win a secret from her family - and plans to return to work.
Paula Williamson bought the winning EuroMillions ticket from Morrisons and walked around with it in her purse for more than a week before realising it was worth a million pounds.
The 59-year-old told her husband Geoff, 68, but the couple chose not to tell their sons Ian and Jack, who live at home.
Mrs Williamson wanted to wait until her son Jack returned from a trip to Australia before she told him and his brother the news.
Paula Williamson kept her £1million Lotto win a secret from her sons Jack (left) and Ian (right) for five weeks
The 59-year-old told her husband Geoff, 68, but the couple chose not to tell their sons Ian and Jack, who live at home
The dinner lady has today revealed how she plans to return to her job of 20 years
The brothers thought they were attending a presentation for their mother at the Wentbridge House Hotel today to mark 20 years of service at a local school - but were greeted by Camelot staff.
Mrs Williamson said she kept the news a secret for five weeks so they could all be together as a family and share the celebratory moment.
She now plans to buy a house each for Jack, a bus driver and father-of-two and Ian, 24, a ground worker and father-of-one, because they both still live at home and she wants to 'get rid of them'.
Mrs Williamson usually buys a EuroMillions lucky dip ticket once a week while shopping in the supermarket with her husband of 23 years Geoff.
She bought her winning EuroMillions ticket from Morrisons in Dearne Valley Parkway, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and scooped the win from the special EuroMillions draw on March 1.
She said: 'There is no way we could have celebrated without our two sons being with us.
'I did tell Geoff because that would have been so hard to keep the winning news from him, but we both decided we wanted to tell Jack and Ian at the same time.
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