Letter of the week: 'A brilliant advert for Hartlepool and its people'

I live just outside Newcastle and I'm ashamed to admit that I've never been to Hartlepool.
By The Newsroom
Published 16th Nov 2018, 12:26 BST
Updated 22nd Nov 2018, 15:29 BST
The visitor was heading to Wallis and Co, on Hartlepool Marina.The visitor was heading to Wallis and Co, on Hartlepool Marina.
The visitor was heading to Wallis and Co, on Hartlepool Marina.

Sadly I made my first visit last Wednesday to attend the funeral of the husband of an ex-colleague.

After the funeral we were invited to gather at Wallis and Co. to celebrate the life of a much-loved man.

I was told that the venue was on the marina.

After a while I managed to find the marina.

I parked my car but could not see Wallis and Co.

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Two men were walking past me so I asked them if they could point me in the right direction: it turned out that we were standing about 150 yards away!

I thanked the men and then asked them if I had to pay to park at the marina.

“Yes, it’s £1.50.”

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I had a pound coin in the car and my credit cards.

“Will the machine take cards?”

“No, just cash.”

“Oh, that’s a problem for me, I only have a pound.”

Without hesitating both men took a pound coin out of their pockets and gave them to me.

“There you are – repay us the next time you see us.”

I can’t tell you how grateful I was to these two strangers: they are a brilliant advert for Hartlepool and its people.

I hope they read this newspaper and appreciate how impressed I was with their kindness.

Geoff Walker,Newcastle.

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