An employee at a Meeca Bingo club was in for the surprise of her life, when a special birthday surprise, ended with her boyfriend popping the question in front of over 100 bingo players.

A ‘gobsmacked’ Shauna Crawshaw’s who was 19 that day had no idea that her boyfriend of seven months, Daniel Clamp, was about to propose to her in front of more than 100 bingo players while she was at work at Mecca Bingo, in Middleway Park, Burton.

Daniel, a 21 year old student living in Thorn Tree Lane in Newhall had already made the decision that he wanted to propose to his girlfriend in front of an audience and what better place than bingo club full of people.

He commented: “I thought that proposing to her at work would be quite special.”

Daniel had already spoken to the manager at the Mecca Bingo club, who was his girlfriend’s boss. The manager had agreed that Daniel could use the club microphone used for calling bingo numbers to ask the big question.

He added: “I was shaking and really nervous on the night.

“I sat down with one of my friends and said to the manager that I needed five minutes before I asked.”

Miss Crawshaw, from Springfield Road in Swadlincote, added: “My manager told me to come over and told the caller to stop the game because Dan had something to say to me.

“Dan got up on the stage and said that he loved me and he wanted to marry me.

“I was gobsmacked and I couldn’t stop shaking.”

Her boyfriend passed the microphone to her nervously, awaiting her response. To the cheers of all the customers and staff she accepted.

Daniel added: “They were shouting ‘go on son!’”

Daniel then took his new fiancée away for a romantic birthday evening. The couple are yet to confirm a date for the big day but have said that it will be after Shauna has completed her beauty course at Burton College and Daniel has finished his sports development coaching degree.