A LOTTERY winner who scooped at £13.5million jackpot makes use of his fleet of luxurious vehicles to assist individuals in want.
Peter Congdon, 76, celebrated his huge win in 2015 by snapping up plenty of luxurious motors together with a BMW i8, BMW i3, Bentley Continental, Porsche Cayman and three Land Rover Defenders.
However removed from pursuing a lifetime of selfishness, the retired bus driver and funeral director has used his fortune to assist others – beginning with a bride whose wedding ceremony was scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The lady’s wedding ceremony had been cancelled 4 instances, leaving her unable to get an acceptable car in time for the massive day.
Peter, from Truro, Cornwall, stated the bride was resigned to utilizing her dad’s automotive for the massive day, however was overjoyed to see a Bentley parked throughout the road and realise she did “have an attractive wedding ceremony automotive”.
Grandfather-of-ten Peter informed the Manchester Night Information: “She wept a lot that she had to return in to get her make up fastened.”
He added: “Since then, after I hear of a bride who can’t afford a automotive, I will step in to volunteer. I believe I’ve taken greater than 25 Cornish brides to say ‘I do’.
“I at all times flip up in my finest swimsuit to assist make it the happiest day of her life, and the one fee I would like is to see the enjoyment on their faces.”
When Peter first gained, he gave £1.2million in funding in the direction of an anti-gravity hydro pool on the Merlin Centre – a nauerotherapy unit in Cornwall – in tribute to his late spouse Rosemary, who suffered from A number of Sclerosis.
He additionally donated a brand new Vary Rover, to be auctioned off in a raffle by the centre.
Variety-hearted Peter now makes use of his fleet of luxurious vehicles to assist individuals in want – together with a “native lad” who wished to reach in model at his faculty promenade in Peter’s BMW.
One teenage woman who sat in his BMW “cried as a result of it was her dream automotive”, Peter stated.
He has additionally taken hospice sufferers on days out, together with one younger woman battling most cancers, who wished to be a “princess for a day”.
Peter additionally stated he heard a few lady who couldn’t afford to get to her brother’s funeral, so he took her in his Bentley at no cost.
He has additionally purchased a number of houses, which he rents out to “deserving native younger individuals” to assist them get on the property ladder.
He had been driving an outdated Ford Kuga on the time of his win.