A couple’s kind gesture has caused an internet stir after their neighbour, touched by the generosity, shared it on social media.
“Mary and Bernard” wrote a touching card to Ian Freud asking him to keep in touch as they will be moving away from the area.
Included in the card was £50 and a note telling him to go out and get a drink on them.
The Leeds couple had lived in the house together for 53 years but will be moving some 40 minutes away to Halifax, Leeds Live reports.
As they left they gave neighbour Ian a sweet parting gift, which was later shared in a Twitter post that has received 11,000 likes so far.
He wrote: "Mary and Bernard Next Door are moving out on Wednesday after 53 years together in that house.”
The card which was published along with the post reads: “Please, stay in touch and anytime you are in Halifax, please come and see us.
“Please accept this gift when things get back to normal, have a drink on us.
“Lots of love, Mary and Bernard.”
Hundreds of people have since shared the post praising the kind gesture.
One person said: “Old people are so precious.”
A second person said: “Would like to have neighbours like this! I think if all this Corona is over, you have to go on a trip to Halifax!”
A third added: “The content we didn’t know we needed but we can all get behind."
And someone else said: “Fantastic gesture. Real class. All the best to Mary and Bernard.”
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