The Merthyr railway timetable story that is absolutely beautiful
On New Year’s Eve here is a beautiful story which we all loved when we first heard it.
It’s sure to make you smile and even shed a tear as we enter the forthcoming new year.
When Merthyr-born Dave Jones took to social media to tell the wonderful story of his lovely dad, he possibly wasn’t expecting the huge reaction it received.
The story went viral, touching the hearts of many, with thousands sharing the original tweet.
When I lived in Merthyr, our phone number was similar to that of Merthyr railway station.
My dad used to keep a copy of the timetable next to the phone as we had a number of people inadvertently ringing our number.
As most used phone boxes, he didn’t want them to lose money.
— Dave Jones 🎭 (@davedhjones) December 27, 2021
One of those moved by this warmhearted tale, Hisham Ziauddeen, took to Twitter last night and penned a beautiful, tear-jerking tribute to Dave’s dad.
In turn Hisham’s story has now gone viral with thousands loving his post.
It’s too good a tale not to share here, but please do read to the very end…
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While not on the same level as the sentiment in the piece above my landline telephone number is just one digit difference to that of a home meals delivery service here in Cwmbran specialising in delivering hot meals to the elderly & infirm in the surrounding areas. This means every so often we’ll have a customer of theirs phone our number by mistake. Now & again we’ll have the odd huffy one demanding to know why their order hasn’t turned up but, pleased to say most are ok with some being quite chatty. The ones that tug the heart strings… Read more »
I can relate to that my old landline number was the same as a doctors surgery in reverse. The number of times I got calls of patients asking to make an appointment.