I am an older person who can be very forgetful and I was one day last week when I was up at the Bethlehem Shopping Centre.

I had taken my hearing aids out as I was having my hair cut and put them in my bag on top of my scarf. As I was heading home on my mobility scooter I felt cold and wanted my scarf which I pulled out of my bag. And yes, my hearing aids were tossed out.

Luckily for me a young lad was watching the oldies on scooters. He picked up a hearing aid. It was near a pedestrian crossing. My husband who was behind me called out to me and I was reunited with my hearing aid. Then the lad spotted the other hearing aid down by my feet on the scooter.

So many grateful ‘thank yous' followed. But I was not fully ‘with it' and did not ask his name or think of an immediate reward. However I cannot speak highly enough of that helpful, thoughtful lad and hope somehow these written thanks might find their way to him. I would like us to meet again.

M Cullen, Bethlehem.