A KIRKHAM couple could lead to the Macmillan Windmill Appeal meeting the £1million deadline next month.

And in an ironic twist of fate it just so happens they live in a windmill!

Brian and Sandra Peet, who live in Kirkham Windmill, have generously pledged five per cent of the sale of their house to the cancer charity if they can sell it before February.

Brian, pictured here with his wife, explained when he said: "We have lived here for four years but now our four children have all grown up and left we are looking for something smaller.

"My brother died of cancer three years ago and the Macmillan nurses helped us so much in the last months with their dedication and support that we always said we would give something back.

With the February deadline on the horizon we thought this would be the perfect way."

The market value of the windmill is £395,000 and if it was sold at this price the Windmill Appeal's share could be nearly as much as £20,000.

The news comes just in time for the charity as they made a special fundraising deal with Squires Gate internet company ITM Communications in December.

The company said if the appeal could raise £83,000 between the start of December and the end of it would up its original donation by the same, taking their total pledge to a quarter of a million pounds.

If everything falls into place the pledge could be just enough to top the charity's original aim of rasing £1m.

Brian said: "I think its a win-win situation - we get the sale and the Windmill appeal gets a chunk of money to hopefully reach their target."

And deputy director of fundraising Elaine Fossett praised the donation when she said: "It is almost a gift from the Gods!

It would be great if it was any house but the fact it's a windmill is all the more meaningful. In all my fundraising years, nobody has ever offered a share their house sale - its a total first!