Ernie Picks the Winners, 1st July 1958. The first winning number selected by ERNIE (the Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment) at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, is shown by Wrens on the quarter-deck of HMS Vanguard at Portsmouth, where Admiral Sir Guy Grantham, the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, had just started the equipment by remote control. The winning number which gains the first ?,000 prize - 2KT887896 - is displayed by (from left to right): PO Wren Rita Hill, West Hartlepool; Wren Pat Briggs, Bournemouth; Leading Wren Vera Peppin, Gloucester; Leading Wren Pat Browne, London; Leading Wren Rhona Oliver, Portsmouth; Wren Karin Bainbridge, South Shields; Wren Betty Evans, Enfield; Wren Sandra Hill, Cambridge; and Leading Wren Frances Gwillim, Littlehampton.