Kindness of strangers: A hall-of-fame athlete helped my 94-year-old mum buy a vacuum cleaner

A woman in the queue said she was happy to drive an hour, pick up the vacuum, then bring it to Mum’s house. I was worried – but how wrong I was! Read more in the kindness of strangers series For a 94-year-old woman, my mother is still very busy and active. So when a vacuum cleaner she liked the look of went on sale at a national electronics chain, Mum drove herself to the nearest store to buy it.