good samaritan - many thanks

[johnhinton]

This evening, turning in from Lyndhurst Grove to Camberwell Grove over that very narrow section of road on the bridge, my wife clipped the road barrier and punctured a tyre. As she pulled over to see what had happened, a very nice guy travelling behind her turned around on Camberwell Grove and offered to help, even though he had small child in the car (my wife was driving a passenger van with six children under seven inside). Several other people passing by also offered to help - by the time I got there, the tyre had been changed and all I had to do was the clearing up.

Many thanks for helping us out

john hinton

[citizenED]

Good to hear of such an act. Cheers all round to those who helped out.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Co-Sign! Quite Refreshing:)-D

[david_carnell]

See, Tony. We'll be leaving our front doors unlocked next. Or allowin our children out to play unsupervised *gasp*

Well done to those that stopped. Good show.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> See, Tony. We'll be leaving our front doors

> unlocked next. Or allowin our children out to play

> unsupervised *gasp*

Steady on Old Thing.One swallow does not a Summer make>:D<

When I see people apologising(like back in the day) when YOU step on my shoes(i.e Thats the "stepped on" apologising,instinctively to show there's no problem.

When I see MANY people acknowledging when you allow them to cross the road or extend a courtesy to another motorist.

When I see people waiting patiently in single file,actualling queueing,at an Inner London Bus Stop.

When I see most Offices and Betting Shops are OPen-Plan.

When people can buy a Newspaper at the roadside with no vendor but just simply leavingthe money to pile up during the day.

When Council Officers can walk round,carefree,collecting in cash the weekly rent so that it amounts to a pretty penny at days end

When all the Security Systems and bars and grills are removed from properties etc etc then I know that "Inner" London is beginning to get back to where we were 40 years ago....until then(?)

[Mark]

40 years ago, that'll be 1968:

1968: Rail go-slow begins

The country's rail network has been thrown into disarray by the National Union of Railwaymen's (NUR) work-to-rule.

1968: Police clash with anti-war protesters

1968: Shops told to stop conning customers

Shopkeepers could face prosecution from now on for not telling the truth about goods they are selling.

1968: Mary Bell found guilty of double killing

An 11-year-old girl has been sentenced to life for the manslaughter of two small boys

Those were the days eh?

(I feel a Loungin' coming on)

[SeanMacGabhann]

And that's before you starttalking about what it was like to be a black or Irish person walking the "safe" streets of London

[Jah Lush]

Good work those who helped out.

Tony, you're living in a rose tinted past. Get real. There were plenty of villains and thugs and a lot of violence around 40 years ago.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Jah Lush Wrote:

Good work those who helped out.>

Tony, you're living in a rose tinted past. Get

real. There were plenty of villains and thugs and

a lot of violence around 40 years ago.

Of course there were villians and thugs who,invariably harmed other villians and thugs! The average Guy walking the street could walk safely thru' any part of London at 4/5.00AM I did scores of times and never gave it a thought in the Early 1970's..

I'll think you'll find most people who were there realised London was THe Centre of The Universe for Creativity in Music/Fashion/Photography/Theatre etc....

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Out for the night but as this IS a positive thread,lets all agree to let it continue to be so,which means I'll bail out(unless provoked:)))..off to catch the Clapham Omnibus,there's a Man I need to speak to!>:D

[NewtoED]

Reminds me of a movie, Pay it Forward if the old noggin serves correct. Where a boy did a good deed to a stranger, and that stranger did a good deed to another and so on and so forth with the aim of making the world a better place. Hats off to the people who helped. Truly inspirational! Lets all try do a good deed to a stranger this week :)

[Clinker]

I was a good samaritan a few weeks ago on Nunhead Lane. I didn't get a thread dedicated to me . . . boo hoo!(td)

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Clinker Wrote:

I was a good samaritan a few weeks ago on Nunhead

Lane. I didn't get a thread dedicated to me . . .

boo hoo!(td)

...What was your good deed Clinker?

[Clinker]

My good deed: I was cycling past a lady who dropped a HUGE wad of folded up fifty pound notes, must have been a grands worth. She proceeded to walk into her flat leaving the fifty pound notes swaying in the wind on the pavement. I shouted "you dropped your money" and she turned and shieked and ran towards the notes. It all happened in a flash and I was already at the bottom of the street before she could respond. But I looked back to make sure she heard me and I saw her pick them up.

B)

See? There are some nice people in London.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Clinker Wrote:-

> My good deed: I was cycling past a lady who

> dropped a HUGE wad of folded up fifty pound notes,

> must have been a grands worth. She proceeded to

> walk into her flat leaving the fifty pound notes

> swaying in the wind on the pavement. I shouted

> "you dropped your money" and she turned and

> shieked and ran towards the notes. It all happened

> in a flash and I was already at the bottom of the

> street before she could respond. But I looked

> back to make sure she heard me and I saw her pick

> them up.

> B)

> See? There are some nice people in London.

........Nice story! Well Done!...Lucky it never happened at,say,Catford Dog Track(td)...the notes would have already been insomeones's back pocket b4 they hit the deck(td)..when you shook hands with many Guys there it was always advisable to check the number of fingers you had left afterwards:))

Actually,I did the same once at Bushey Hill Road/Peckham Road Junction.Woman in the Pram did not even say "Thanks!":(

[AcedOut]

Were they all folded length-ways?

[Clinker]

AcedOut Wrote:

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> Were they all folded length-ways?

No, they weren't, they were folded in half... a huge wad...why praytell?