WHAT a cute story in today’s Metro on how a pair of glasses were returned to an 89-year-old lady after she dropped them in her compost bin.
It was only after dustmen had been and emptied her bin that Irene Brown from Suffolk realised what had happened.
Now faced with the task of buying another pair, convinced they were lost forever, you can imagine her surprise when suddenly they appeared at her doorstep, in the hands of composting site manager, Peter Clarke.
He had told her “Igna (employed on the conveyer belts) spotted the glasses and saved them before they went through the grinder!”
Innocent lies
This story struck a cord with me because last night I spent the evening with my nonna at her house.
She told me all about her boss who calls her up each morning asking her to come into work.
And how she worked in an office all her life and this was the reason she was able to get such a good pension.
The truth of the matter is that she cleaned offices but for some reason she gives herself a promotion and makes out that she is still going about her business as normal. Just like she did before her stroke.
My nonna continued and looked me right in the eyes, with pride she said: “Did you know the royal family used to come for lunch all the time! I even gave Prince Charles a bottle of your Nonno’s wine once.”!?!
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