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Olivia Williams

'Lads on bikes' outside Home Bargains praised as 'credit to parents'

People have praised a group of "lads on bikes" outside a Home and Bargains store after a woman shared her thanks to them.

The woman took to Facebook to share her experience after she was struggling at the discount store in Newton-le-Willows.

She claims to have 'bought too much' and was unable to carry her shopping to her car, before the group of boys stepped in to help her.

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The mum described the boys as "a credit to their parents" in her post, saying their mums and dads "should be proud of them".

The boys were described "as polite" for offering to help carry the woman's shopping for her.

Her post read: "I would just like to thank two young boys on bikes outside Home Bargains for helping me with my shopping. I’d got too much and parked on the market. The boys offered to carry my bags for me and were so polite. Their parents should be very proud of them - thank you"

Since publishing the article, ECHO readers have shared their praise for the young boys.

Lynne Chiverton said: "Thank you those young boys."

Patricia Mcgenity Koenig added: "Nice to hear something nice for a change."

Sharon Gill also said: "Wow. That's so lovely to hear. Sometimes we're too quick to judge clusters of kids with bikes etc.

"Nice to hear some positive comments. Well done lads."

Moira Berry King said: "With all that is going on in the world today, it is refreshing to hear something nice, well done lads, keep on being kind the world needs more kindness and it is in our young ones now that we rely to teach others in the future."

Betty Williams added: "That’s lovely not all bad teenagers around."

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