Kindness of strangers: A hall-of-fame athlete helped my 94-year-old mum buy a vacuum cleaner

<p>A woman in the queue said she was happy to drive an hour, pick up the vacuum, then bring it to Mum’s house. I was worried – but how wrong I was!</p><ul><li><p>Read more in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/kindness-of-strangers">the kindn