Grandad scoops lotto prize

Sharon Thompson • Published 21 Jan 2010 11:23

THERE'S a very happy schoolboy in Garelochhead who will soon to be on his way to Disneyland - paid for by his Lotto-winning grandad!

Thomas Ferry, who works in the oil fuel depot at Faslane, scooped last week's bumper £9,500 jackpot for the Sons Lotto and has promised to take his grandson on the trip of a lifetime.

Thomas received the call at work and initially thought the call was a prank, not believing his stroke of good fortune.

He said: "I thought it was a wind-up, myself and the guys were having a good laugh about it.

"I asked George Park, who presents the cheques, how he'd got my mobile number but he said he got it from my daughter.

"I went onto the internet as soon as I got home and sure enough, when I went onto the lotto page it confirmed that I had won."

He has since promised his seven year-old grandson, Mason, that he would treat him to a trip and at first, Mason decided that he wanted to go to Legoland in Denmark.

Thomas said: "We went to Legoland in Windsor last year and he loved it, he is lego-mad!"

But he later decided that Lego land wasn't for him after all, and he wanted to embark on a new adventure - to Disneyland!

Mason and his grandad, who is married to Dorothy and plays the Lotto each week, will now be making the trip to the French capital for a dose of character-spotting around one of the world's most famous resorts.

And Thomas said his colleagues would also receive a treat with the winnings.

"Next Friday I am taking the boys from work to the Ardencaple Hotel to celebrate!"

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