Kindness in uncaring world
In this day and age how refreshing it is to know there are still good Samaritans willing to help.
In this day and age how refreshing it is to know there are still good Samaritans willing to help.
On March 19 my father had an accident in Arnhem Road in which he broke his hip. A lady speech therapist stopped and never left him. Even when a paramedic turned up she still stayed until the ambulance came 40 minutes later.
The paramedic and two ambulancemen were also very kind.
Some workers for Enterprise, who were cutting trees on the spare ground nearby, came over to help.
They covered him up with their coats as it was snowing. I don't know how he would have managed that day if he had just been left there lying in the road. We wish we knew who they were as we will always be eternally grateful to them.
One Enterprise worker did go to cover Dad's face with his coat, as it was snowing hard, but Dad said: "I haven't gone yet". That's Dad all over.
What a contrast to the people who caused this. A few weeks earlier he went to Bilston to do a bit of shopping for me as I had just had a major operation. Someone stole his car. He had just had a new exhaust fitted, ready for the MoT, and had put £30 worth of petrol in.
It was only an old Maestro but it got him from A to B, mainly to visit Mom in Bilston Cemetery, which was were he was going.
He took to riding his bike while he was waiting to hear about his car, and unfortunately he came off it.
He had ridden a bike for years. Although he is 82, he has always kept himself fit. He was a Commando in the Navy in the Second World War, so he is made of strong stuff.
What a contrasting world we live in.
It's a pity there aren't more people there to help our older members of the community, including the government, as we could see how stretched the medical staff were through government cuts trying to do their utmost to look after the patients.
Except for one day a year when people celebrate Poppy Day I think we have forgotten exactly what our older community did for us.
I recently visited the Menin Gate. There they stop the traffic and three buglers play the Last Post, not just one day a year but 365 days a year, for all those who lost their lives to give us all a better life.
It's a pity more people aren't like our good Samaritans and help and respect our elder community.
Thank you, whoever you are.
Glenis Pooler, Alcester Drive, Willenhall.
