RECENTLY I dropped my keys down a drain in Sale shopping centre.

I would like to say the most enormous "thank you" to all those who rushed to help me including Dawn in Greenhalghs who rushed to my cry of alarm, the centre manager, security guards and cleaners who all ran around looking for equipment that might help in the rescue operation and the man in Grainger Games who cleaned the keys once they were retrieved.

Special thanks to the security guard who knelt down and valiantly fished in the drain over about half an hour, absolutely determined the keys would be found. Thank you again.

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