To ask what's the nicest thing anyone has done for you?

Not me but my granny. She had Alzheimer’s and managed to escape out of the house (this was before we sadly had to put her into care). Long story short, she got lost and the police were called to help look for her on this cold December night. She had left without her shoes and jacket. Police eventually managed to find her. An unknown man had given her his fur coat. He left when the ambulance were called and we never got a a chance to say thank you. Such a rare act of kindness and particularly rare for London!

Lovely, lovely thread (and so, so sorry for such a tragedy, @ParkheadParadise ❤️❤️).

One time we had massive building repairs on our house that had caused everything to be covered in brick dust - even the nursery. DS was 3.5 and I was due any day with DD when the repairs finally finished.

DH happened to mention it in passing to newish neighbours across the road... that afternoon they both arrived at our front door with mops, buckets & cleaning equipment and said 'we have 3 hours - where shall we start?'.

We were so, so touched - they did the upstairs whilst we did downstairs, and we became great friends.

I had just fled my abusive partner, had a carrier bag of essentials with me and was suffering from two broken ribs and broken nose. A lovely man spotted me hiding in his street and took me into his house where he and his wife asked me to stay at theirs until the council opened in the morning. In the morning they gave me a cup of coffee and £10. I have kept in touch and will be forever grateful for their kindness.

My daughter saved my life when she was nearly 3

Sitting at my desk at work. I was 20, and my boyfriend of 5 years had ditched me at the weekend.

I was sitting there with tears silently running down my face. Hair down, hoping nobody noticed.

The gorgeous bloke who I sat opposite got up from his desk and came and put a cup of tea on my desk. Never said a word about it, just the cup of tea. Made me feel so much better that someone cared without wanting to ask me about about it or make me talk about it.

My sister's boyfriend had promised to give me his old phone when he got an upgrade. Instead he gave me the new one. I was absolutely beside myself with joy, being on a sim only contract and hadn't had a new phone in years.

My Mum was diagnosed with cancer and was having daily radiotherapy treatment. Unfortunately my Dad who would normally take her for her appointments was hospitalised due to gallstones so I took over her appointments. She made me stop outside a row of shops one day and disappeared for around 10 mins. When she came back she had a bunch of flowers. The flowers would've been enough (more than enough in fact) but it was the card that got me. It just said, "Thanks for being you". It was so thoughtful of her while she was going through her own traumas. She passed away not long after and I still cherish that card now.

This is a small thing but made such a difference to me at a very difficult time. I was under an enormous amount of pressure at work and had a close bereavement plus a parent diagnosed with a serious illness. I was feeling like I might crack under the pressure.

I was dropping my youngest child off at nursery, deep in thought over how I was going to juggle all of the demands coming at me. The mum of one of DS friends was walking towards me, calling my name, with one of the widest, sunniest, most genuine smiles inviting us over to her house.

That smile made me feel so much better about everything and helped me put things in perspective. She is a lovely, kind person and I think she sensed I needed support even though, at the time, I didn't know her well.

Scoobyboob it was never my intention to ask for entertainment maybe that says more about you than it does me. If i came across that way i appologise to ParkheadParadise but it was never ment in that way i genuinely ment it in the sense that i think i remember this in the media at the time. It was never ment in a nasty way.

Evil boss in my first job basically constructively dismissed me from role I was otherwise really enjoying I told her I was looking elsewhere.. she said she wouldn't recommend me for another such role just because I made a couple of small mistakes, then a few weeks on insisted I should name a date I was leaving - not allowed to ask that and I knew it, but role was too low paid for it to be worth making a legal challenge.

Anyway, a colleague who'd arrived after me and been promoted over me kindly took me aside after work, told me everyone thought my treatment was unfair and offered to write a reference for me, as she was my senior. She was a bit nervous doing it as evil boss would be mad at her if she found out, but we both watched the post tray like hawks until the reference request arrived once I got offered a new role.

I am still working in the same field 19 years later - thanks to her!

@ParkheadParadise I'm so sorry that you lost your daughter. Thank you for sharing that because it is really comforting to know that there really are good people in this world, ones that really do care and do the right thing in terrible circumstances.

I met up with a gay friend many years ago - 1990 - in Soho for lunch. Halfway through he reached forward to take my hand and said 'my darling I've got something to tell you'. I started to cry as I'd already guessed. Every waiter that walked by for the rest of our meal gave me a shoulder hug - they may have seen such scenes before.

Total strangers on a farm in deepest rural Ireland 30+ years ago. DH and I were travelling with my DPs and had a gift for these folk from friends of friends of my DP who had heard they were headed for the Old Country.

We turned up unannounced mid afternoon, were welcomed, feted and fed, then DH and I were pressed to stay on and we did. DPs had a B&B booking, we hadn't.

We were taken on a bouncy ride across lanes and fields to meet the brother who was a priest. A bottle of Bushmills was broached and a party followed. We went back to sleep on the sofa by a turf fire and woke to fresh soda bread baked in the coals for breakfast with marmalade.

Never anything to match that, before or since.

When I was pregnant (planned), working overseas and the baby's father said that I had to choose between him or the baby, my sister said that she would bring the baby up for as long as I needed to figure out what to do. She said that it wouldn't be ideal but she wanted to give me another option rather than termination.

I kept the baby (now 22) and brought her up alone but appreciated the offer.

My lovely friend offered me a spare ticket to the ballet and sorted her husband to pick up and look after my kids until DH got home so I could go. Also arranged for us to get a lift there and back. Was so nice to have all the arrangements taken care of

I was recently at the funeral of a friend. V unexpected death. Knew the church would be packed. I went to the funeral on my own, slipped in quietly & sat up the back. I knew it would be very busy so I arrived early. This meant I arrived before the Order of Service was distributed. I Knelt down and prayed, thinking of the wonderful woman the world has lost. As more & more folk poured into the church I found myself quietly weeping. Didn't think anyone would notice. A lovely elderly lady who goes to mass every morning and was sitting in the pew across from me obviously noticed me. She quietly went to the back of church, returned with an order of service for me, squeezed my arm & mouthed "are you okay?" I just felt so looked after in that brief moment.

Next time I see her I'm going to tell her what a difference she made to me that day.

I became suddenly, and seriously ill last year. It involved a lengthy hospital stay, rehabilitation and marked behavioral changes. For 6 months, DH and 3 grown up DC provided shared, round the clock care, with patience, humour and enormous love, putting thrown lives on hold. Unrelenting kindness.

An old friend surprised me doing a food shop for me when she knew I only had pennies in my purse.

What a lovely thread. 😊