LOCKED DOWN BUT NOT OUT-GOOD PEOPLE MAKING THINGS BETTER
Feb 15, 2021
4 minutes
Words: Hannah Westwater
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@ bonhughbon/Instangram
When Harley Walsh tweeted about her dad, Jim, and how his East Kilbride garage was on the brink of collapse, thousands got involved in the fight to save a struggling business.
The 52-year-old mechanic was inundated with bookings, going from a handful of jobs a week to being “totally full” every day. The direct support of kind-hearted strangers has turned his business around in the toughest of times. It shows that where people can provide practical help, they will.
A year into the crisis, some say this is the toughest lockdown yet – a combination of cold, dark nights and pandemic fatigue driving down spirits across the nation. But there are still sparks of hope, causes
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