Chorley mum sends message to kind-hearted stranger who stopped his car to get out and give her an umbrella

Jodie Baines, 25, from Chorley, got caught in a hailstorm last Saturday afternoon on a busy Water Street beside Hillcrest Vets around 2pm when she was out with her children Aria, 1, and Theo 3. Having difficulty putting the rain cover over the pram and with her little girl crying, a guardian angel pulled up in a car and offered his umbrella to the struggling mum.

She said: “I was walking next to a busy road just before little Asda when it started hailstoning and I didn’t have a coat with me, I was struggling to put the rain cover on my pram with the wind and was getting soaked walking.

"It all happened so quick but a man stopped his car at the side of the road to get out and give me an umbrella from his boot. I think it was either a black or dark navy Skoda car this gent got out of and just said ‘here love’. I think he was in his 40s. It’s such as nice thing to do. I had tears in my eyes as no-one has ever done anything like that for me before.”

Hoping he is local, Jodie added: “I would just like to say to him if he is reading this or if anyone knows who he is – thank you. I would also like to return your umbrella and give you something to as a thank you as in this day and age we don’t expect people to do that as it doesn’t happen very often. Even though it’s a small thing, for me it is a big thing and it made my day.”