Edinburgh student befriends 94-year-old pensioner in sweet friendship capturing hearts around the world
dailyrecord.co.ukGalashiels where she worked in 2015. Often placing bets for as little as two pence, widower Tommy frequented the bookmakers 'to chat to people'.Noticing the lonely OAP, Aoife, a then fashion communications student, struck up a conversation with him while on shift.
She told Edinburgh Live : "I just kind of took heed of that and one day asked if I could go to Bingo with him. "I roped in my flatmates from halls and we all went along."Aoife, who hadn't long moved to Scotland from her home in Belfast, said she and Tommy came to lean on each other for support and company.Aoife kept in touch with Tommy as she continued her studies at Heriot-Watt School of Textiles and Design.She added: "I moved to Edinburgh but was commuting to Gala."He would pick.
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