Maxine gets a lucky break

Apr 17 2008 By Tony Collins

REGULAR Birmingham Mail reader Maxine Bracey is looking forward to some guaranteed sunshine this summer.

And she is fully confident of arriving home in Rubery with a suntan after landing £1,000 in the Mail's Money Mania competition.

Mother-of-two Maxine, aged 37, made it third time lucky when she scooped the prize on the final day of the Mail's money-spinning promotion.

She is hoping her good fortune will aid her efforts to find a job after qualifying as a hairdresser from Bournville College in July last year.

But first, Maxine's thoughts are turning to a well-deserved summer holiday after spending the last three years at Bournville studying for her hairdressing qualification.

It will be a welcome trip too for son Tony, aged 17, who also enrolled at Bournville College where he is studying construction, and daughter Rebekah, aged 14, a pupil at Waseley Hills High in Rubery.

Maxine said of her £1,000 win: " I am just getting over it.

"I get the paper every day and had a go at the competition the other day, so I was really pleased when I was told I'd won.

"This money will mean I can give the children a holiday this summer, hopefully abroad.

"It's been difficult to save while I've been at college.

"I was bringing up my two children so wasn't really able to get the qualifications I needed. But, after going to Bournville College for three years, I finally became a qualified hairdresser last July.

"I am now looking for a job, so hopefully this win will bring me some luck and I can become a hairdresser somewhere."