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MAN GETS WALLET FULL OF CASH BACK SEVEN YEARS AFTER HE LOST IT IN A TAXI IN MANCHESTER
A dad says he has been left stunned after a wallet full of cash he lost was returned to him almost seven years later! According to the Manchester Evening News, gig-goer Andy Evans, 45, from Wythenshawe, left the wallet, contain- ing his driving licence, bank cards and £134 in cash in a taxi as he travelled back from watching a gig at Heaton Park in June 2015. Dad-of-two Andy flagged the black taxi down outside the park in north Manchester and had no idea which firm it belonged to, so he had no way of contacting the driver. He assumed it was gone forever when he realised it wasn’t in his jeans pocket shortly after stepping out of the cab. So he was left gobsmacked when this weekend a package sent recorded delivery arrived for him containing the wallet - exactly as he had left it all those years ago. The wallet was completely undisturbed and had all the cash still inside with the
notes folded as Andy had put them in. However, they are now so old some of the notes and coins are no longer in circulation. The wallet contained two old-style twenty-pound notes as well as old paper five and ten pound notes, and old pound coins, whilst Andy’s bank cards expired five years ago. “It’s just absolutely crazy” Andy said. “At first I was really confused as I didn’t really remember the wallet as it was so long ago. Then as I looked at it a bit more I started to twig.
GLASGOW CABBIE PRAISED FOR HELPING STRANDED KIDS ON THE WAY TO CARNIVAL
A Glasgow taxi driver has been praised for coming to the rescue of a group of children on their way to a carnival. GlasgowLive reports that Kelly McCann, a charity worker from Clack- mannanshire, was traveling to the Galactic Carnival at Silverburn on a recent Friday with kids that she supports when their tyre burst. Facing a wait of up to two hours for roadside recovery, Kelly phoned a taxi to take the kids and a colleague to the carnival while she waited for assis- tance. Seeing their situation, Glasgow Taxis driver Alec, not only sacrificed his fare but gave up his own time to ensure the tyre was replaced and the whole group could enjoy their day out.
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Kelly explained: “We were on a work outing when I hit a pothole and got a flat tyre. In the middle of Glasgow not really with a clue where we were, recovery was going to be 90 minutes to 2 hours. I called a taxi and when he arrived he said don’t worry, I’ll be back to help you. Ten minutes later he was back, took my tyre off, and replaced it with the spare. He was an absolute legend. In a time especially hard for taxi drivers just now to take half an hour out to help complete strangers just made my week and his kindness blew me away. “We just want to say thank you so much to Alec and hope that he sees this and knows how grateful we were.”
“I just couldn’t believe it. I thought ‘it can’t be.’ Seven years!? No one I’ve told can believe it either. I texted my brother as he had to lend me money on the night so I could stay out so he remem- bered it, and he’s gobsmacked as well.” The package had an email address on the envelope which Andy wrote to, to thank the person for returning it. He received a reply saying that the wallet had been ‘found in an old taxi.’ The message, simply signed ‘Manch- ester Taxi Driver’ said: “7
years.....Wow. The wallet was found in an old taxi and looked untouched. I hope all the belongings are there. “Get yourself to a bank to get the money updated and enjoy. All the best.” “It’s mad. I just can’t believe it’s come back but with everything in it. Imagine how many passengers must have been in that taxi since me” Andy said. “Two girls got in it straight after me that night, I know that for a fact. “And it appears it’s been sat there wedged underneath the seat or some- thing all this time, even by the sounds of it after this taxi came off the road. “It’s like Robinson Crusoe or some- thing. A message in a bottle coming back years later. You couldn’t write it.” Andy has since emailed the driver offering him some diesel to thank him for his honesty. The man, who confirmed he is still a taxi driver said: “In all honesty, I wasn’t returning it for your reward, your offer of diesel brought a massive smile to my face. It is the month of Ramadan which is a great month for charity, any contri- bution you were going to make let’s get it to those less fortunate.” “I’ve asked if he wants to meet up or to get a coffee or something” Andy said. “I just want to shake his hand and say thank you. He didn’t have to do what he’s done. He sent it special delivery so will have cost £8 of his own money to send me. So for it to come back with all the money really is amazing.”
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