OHMYGOSSIP — Dame Arlene Phillips will “never forget” the kindness shown by a stranger when she was a child.
The 80-year-old choreographer remembered a time when she was growing up with her sister and they both wanted plastic watches in Woolworths but their mother had to explain tha they couldn’t afford them and was “shocked” when a woman overheard the conversation and bought the watches for them.
She told The Sun newspaper’s Fabulous magazine: “I remember going to Woolworths with my mum. They had one counter with little plastic watches, with paper faces. Me and my sister wanted those watches so badly. They were sixpence each at the time, which wasn’t very much, but Mum said, ‘Sorry darling, we can’t afford to buy them’.
“In a shocking moment, a woman standing nearby bought the watches for us. My sister and I have never forgotten that. It’s always stuck in my mind to give when you can.”
The former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judge – who has Alana, 42, from a previous relationship and 32-year-old Abi with husband Angus Ion – is now backing The Sun’s Baby Bank on Us Campaign in partnership with Save the Children, Little VIllages and various baby banks amid the cost-of-living crisis and went on to explain that the Woolworths encounter made her realise how much she wants to help others.
She added: “I totally want to give back, to think about charity as part of my life. My granddaughters are aged two and four and the loves of my life. My daughters have been taught to always give if you can afford it. Parents are ground down all the time, another and then another bill comes in then suddenly you’re lost, absolutely lost. I saw this as a child. It is important that helping one another becomes a big message that we cannot ignore.”
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