Supplied Diane and Rob ParsonsThis December, we’re championing kindness in all its forms through HuffPost UK’s Kindness Advent Calendar. A few days before Christmas, 50 years ago, Diane and Rob Parsons heard a knock at the door of their Cardiff home. Advertisement“The knocking wasn’t loud, but it was persistent,” recalls Rob Parsons. What’s with the frozen chicken?’”Rob recalls how Ronnie said somebody had given it to him for Christmas, but he had no way of cooking it. Not long after that life-changing door knock, he got a job as a refuse collector.

Source: Huffington Post December 19, 2025 07:10 UTC