My Good Deed For The Week =)
 

Well.. driving home from work at 4am this morning (Sunday).. just past Church traffic lights heading towards Oswaldtwistle Mills.. saw an old lady, walking stick.. the works.. walking near the railway station, in the rain. I drove past but couldnt help myself but to turn around and see if she was ok. 4am, little old lady, rain.. I had too.

So I pulled up beside her, wound down the window and asked if she was ok, to which she replied "not really no".. bless her. She was rather confused, lost etc. Didnt know where she was going, or where she had come from. Clinging onto her head scarf in the wind & rain I asked her if she'd like to sit in the car, to help get her home.

I was rather afraid on her behalf by this time, asking someone to come in my car.. someone being asked to get in my car? Ya kno.. Anyway she was more than happy to get in so I kindly got out and opened the door for her etc. After long conversation managed to get a street name out of her.. Walmsley Close in Church to be precise.

Didnt know where this was so thanks to Adams Taxi's for directing me over the telephone :) So I and my friend drove her to Walmsley Close nearby.. then the hunt for the house began. I was half tempted at this point to take her to the police station, but she seemed so worried/lost at this point that I didnt want to cause more worry by driving her all the way to Accrington :rolleyes:

We found the flat.. I didnt think it would be advisable for me to enter her home whilst she was in this vunerable state.. I know I trust myself.. but what would anyone else think had they found me? Anyway decided to ring the police at this point, so they could look after her.. the poor lady was getting ready to go back out of the house. So my friend made her a brew, whilst I waited outside for the police (for a cold ten minutes).. Meanwhile we managed to get hold of her grandson on the phone, as the number was on the wall.. he seemed quite worried to say the least. Kind of anger towards me & my friend.. but who can blame him.. we were in his grandmas flat. Anyway the police arrived, spoke to her grandson, thanked us, and we were on our way, leaving the old lady in the care of the police ..:)

Glad she got home safely anyway, who knows what could have happened.. maybe someone else might not have been so kind :( What would anyone else have done? Did I do the right thing? Eee' well, all in a nights work ;) lol

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God bless you for your kind actions.

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Well Done chuck

Though its a sad world we live in when you have to worry about helping someone who is vulnerable

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good for you...so many folk would have drove on by without a thought... and who knows what could have happened had you not have stopped...
karma on its way...

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Well done Thomas . would like to think I would do the same thing, but who knows.

Sure the grandson will be grateful really, just an initial reaction, and probably feeling embarassed too that the family have not recognised the signs of what appears to be this ladies onset of some type of dementia.

Wonder how the police handled this at the end of the day to ensure her safety. Would be good to have a follow up to see how her long time care is put into place.

Once again ... pat on the back, have sent Karma and forwarded this link to your Auntie, to let her know they have a Good Samaritan in the family.

xx

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Well done lad. In this day and age it’s nice to know that so many people are prepared to act unselfishly to protect others. It is often safer for both parties to ring the police and ask them for support and assistance, at the end of the day you did the right thing and that is what is needed in our society.

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Thomas yer a proper chap,well done.

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Well done Thomas, shame there isn't more people like you in Accy....would be a much better place :D

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I'm sure her grandson will realise today just how lucky she was to be spotted by yourself.

So many people might have just driven past. Well done you for not doing.

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Well done Thomas sure you did the right thing. Hope the lady is okay.

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well done Thomas, never think you are doing the wrong thing by helping someone, and it is a shame when we have to think about it first

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Well done Thomas, more power to your elbow, good Samaritans are in short supply in this so called 'modern society'.

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Yeah you did the right thing I think, good work. :)

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Gee' thanks for your responses =) I know what some of you mean about treading on thin ice, sometimes being accused of things when your only trying to help. But anyway all is good.

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you did exactly the right thing, good on ya, karma sent

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You certainly did do the right thing. Well done you. Karma sent. :)

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Well done to you, would be nice to think that maybe if my mum/nan was in the same situation that someone like you would come by and do the same thing, give yourself a pat on the back.

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That was very kind of you,i would like to say well done if every one was like you the place would be a lot safer.

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good on you, glad you did the right thing, who knows where the old lady could have ended up, just hope there will be people around like you when im old

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Very Cool!

Brian

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Way to go big guy!!!

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Something similar happened to me a few years ago. I was driving home from work (daytime, thankfully) and came across an elderly woman walking up the white line in the middle of the road. Dozens of people had driven past her but I stopped and asked her where she was going. She didn't know. I asked where she lived and, again, she didn't know.

She said she lived in a sheltered bungalow, though she couldn't tell me the address, so I drove her to the ones in our village and asked the warden if she was "one of theirs". She wasn't. By a process of deduction the warden and I gathered she might live in a similar place 4 miles away so I drove her there. As soon as we got near the place she knew where she was and I was able to drop her at her front door where her neighbour came out and confirmed she lived there.

My thoughts, that day, were that she could have walked many miles further than the 4 she'd already done, could have been hit by a car, could have been robbed - God knows what could have happened to her. You did the right thing, Thomas, as your old lady could have been in as much danger. It's nice to know you cared enough to help.