Still working on Tesco checkout - despite winning the lottery

Avis King, 64, and Shirley Hall, 68, pocketed £750,000 each in the dream win - but refuse to leave the supermarket.

The two mates were part of a 10-strong syndicate at the Tesco store in Sudbury, Suffolk, who scooped the £7.5m Lotto jackpot in September.

All of the winners have decided to remain in Sudbury and are putting their new-found wealth towards securing the futures of their children and grandchildren.

Avis said she's determined to stay on at Tesco - despite having the world at her feet.

The mum-of-three said: "I'm still on the checkouts and very much enjoying it. I love working at the store - and I've not even thought of leaving. I know a lot of the customers and they have been very happy for us."

She added: "However, I am going on holiday to Canada for two weeks to see the Niagara Falls and Toronto city area because it has always been a dream of mine.

"Apart from that I've helped my family out and I am having a new kitchen - that is about enough to cope with.

Shirley said her winnings had been tinged with sadness because her husband died shortly before she won - and she has no one to go on holiday with.

She said: "I've helped my children out with their mortgages. And now I go to work at Tesco because I enjoy it and I like the company - I certainly don't do it for the money.~

Others in the syndicate have retired but they said the money had not changed them - not even their lottery numbers.

Shelagh Matthews, 56, who is doing her house up, said: "We are all too old and set in our ways to do anything different.

"We even still do the same syndicate together and we haven~t changed the numbers.

She added: "We still have the values we were brought up with but it's nice being able to afford things and trying to resist spoiling the grandchildren. The main thing now is just to be there for our children."

Brenda Cleverly, who has also taken retirement, said: "The money has changed my lifestyle but it hasn't changed me.

"My husband and I are taking 10 of our grandchildren to Disneyland, Paris, this summer. I am tempted to spoil them and I certainly give them more treats. But the main thing the money has done is to allow us to spend more time with our family."

Hilary Cox, 61, echoed the views of her friends: "It hasn't changed me, it's just given me more time - right now I have my bungalow and I am just enjoying my retirement."