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Police constable Stu Ockwell was responding to an emergency call made at the home of Fred and Doris Thomson in Manchester.
He
feared the worst, thinking one of them may have taken a bad fall.
But
when he met the 95-year-olds he realised all they wanted was someone to talk to
because they were feeling lonely.
Fred
had gone blind and Doris was finding it difficult looking after him.
She had phoned the emergency services ‘in desperation’ as she was
struggling to cope.
![DM Webgrab MUST CREDIT ITV Granada News. 11/Nov/15 Pic Shows PC Stu Ockwell at the couples home. Both 95 years old, Fred and Dorothy Thompson, Middleton, Manchester. Dorothy too frail to be filmed today. PC Stu Ockwell responded to a 999 call made by Dorothy saying they needed help. In fact the couple were just lonely so PC Ockwell made them a cup of tea and had a chat.](https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/ad_187601372.jpg?w=620&h=349&crop=1)
PC
Stu Ockwell said:
We expected to find somebody probably that had had a fall out of
bed or a fall out of their chair or who could have had a more serious medical condition.
So finding someone who just wanted to talk, that hadn’t phoned
the police to waste our time – they’d phoned the police maybe out of
desperation or wanting someone to speak to.
We’d do it all day long.
The lady’s husband has gone blind and she struggles to look
after him.
It was out of desperation, really. She isn’t very well herself.
I went down to see them
and had a cup of tea with them. They were telling me war stories.
Afterwards,
Fred Thomson said he was grateful for the police man’s actions.
‘It
was a nice change to have somebody to talk to,’ he told ITV News. ‘I was very
pleased to know there was help about and pleased to talk to them because
sometimes you can be a bit isolated as you get older but they made me feel at
home.’
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