Sam reid

Co founder of @bserickshaw Mum of three Owner of one stunning puppy 🤓 falls prevention exercise leader 🐝

[BuryStEdmunds&Beyond 👑 🐺 @BuryStEdBeyond]

We are backing the bid for Bury St Edmunds to become the UK's first Town of Culture in 2028!
The town is putting forward an expression of interest to compete to become the UK’s First Town of Culture in 2028. The deadline for submission is 31st March.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.

Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.

One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.

Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.

Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"

"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."

He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."

The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."

Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.

But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,

"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."

So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.

Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."

Let this story reach more hearts....

Credit: Mary Nelson

[Ed Sheeran HQ @edsheeran]

Mark your calendars! ONE SHOT WITH ED SHEERAN: A MUSICAL EXPERIENCE premieres on @Netflix on November 21!

[BuryStEdmunds&Beyond 👑 🐺 @BuryStEdBeyond]

The most wonderful time of the year is almost upon us, and where better to spend it than in magical Bury St Edmunds! 🎄❄️

Plan your festive season at https://t.co/Scc2PRKyNH

#Christmas

[Sam reid @Samreid333]

@BuryStEdBeyond We had a great experience as 17 ladies were taken round Bury. Some like myself having lived here over 50 years learnt so much about the history of the town along with ghostly stories inside many buildings. John Saunders did an amazing job keeping us entertained 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Great value!

[Our Bury St Edmunds @ourburysteds]

We’re excited to welcome a new Italian trattoria to Suffolk’s Foodie Capital! 🇮🇹 PrimaVista is opening soon on Abbeygate Street, with a soft launch happening this week. 🍝 https://t.co/DNuwwpYt2T

[Bury St Edmunds Tour Guides @BuryTourGuides]

Our next tour for those less mobile will be Sunday July 6

[Bury St Edmunds Tour Guides @BuryTourGuides]

Our new Food and drink tours in this week's @buryfree see /www.burystedmundstourguides.org/our-tours/food-and-drink-tour-a-taste-of-the-town/

[Bury St Edmunds Tour Guides @BuryTourGuides]

Our new partnership with @BSERickshaw to help those with health issues is in this week's @buryfree

[Our Bury St Edmunds @ourburysteds]

Bury St Edmunds is the perfect place for a unique shopping and dining experience, with hundreds of independent businesses and national brands. Make the most of your visit today with the Free After 3pm parking initiative in short-stay car parks or paid-for street parking.

[West Suffolk Council @West_Suffolk]

The Trovr x West Suffolk recycling trial has been shortlisted for Campaign of the Year at the Awards for Excellence in Recycling & Waste Management 🎉
This acknowledges how working together has contributed to the success of the recycling initiative 💚
https://t.co/mq65AnohjO

[St Eds Cathedral @stedscath]

Tomorrow, Thursday 27 March, the Cathedral Tower will be lit orange for #NationalSupportedInternshipDay, powered by DFN Project SEARCH - a charity who supports young adults with learning disabilities and autism into work. Find out more about them here: https://t.co/JWz7ilwx3P

[West Suffolk Council @West_Suffolk]

Are you going to be one of our #LitterHeroes this Great British Spring Clean? You can turn plastic bottles or cans you collect from your little pick into rewards by using the reverse vending machines in Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill and Newmarket.

More info: https://t.co/WleoqvptHy

[Bury St Edmunds Rugby @BSERugby]

FINAL SCORE

The win's keep coming for the 2s, with a POTM performance from Billy Reid (sponsored by Magenta Insurance)

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with President Zelensky!

[EcoCarriers BSE @ecocarriersbse]

Have you used our Shop & Drop service? If so, please drop us a line to let us know what you thought. We'd love your reviews for our website, so we can let other potential customers know what to expect.

[Henk Swarttouw @copenhenken]

Best practice. In #Lyon, where the #bicycle parkings are next to the pedestrian crossings. Smart! win-win! Cars shouldn't be parked there anyhow. @EuCyclistsFed @Cycling_Embassy

[West Suffolk Council @West_Suffolk]

If you live in Suffolk, aged 66+, not on pension credit, under £5,000 savings, and maximum income of £20k/ £24k for a couple, help is available - 14th year of @suffolkgiving #SurvivingWinter. To apply contact @GatehouseBSE [email protected] or 01284 703835

[Our Bury St Edmunds @ourburysteds]

Did you know Bury St Edmunds is the UK's most dog-friendly town?🐕Take your dog for an outing in the town centre and discover all it has to offer, from our fantastic indies and national brands, new foodie cafés and restaurants and dog-friendly screenings at the Abbeygate Cinema.