THE owner of a chip shop in Carlisle has been praised for an ‘unbelievable act of kindness’.

Lisa Williams travelled to Carlisle for the Christmas market with her husband, mother, and her mother’s friend yesterday (December 7), and stopped in Mammas, a chip shop and café on Scotch Street.

The group became worried about missing their train back and were unable to walk back due to illness, when Ahmed, who runs the café, displayed a remarkable act of simple kindness.

Ms Williams explained: “I experienced the most unbelievable act of kindness in Carlisle and I want to shout out loud about it.

“We had a little stroll around the Christmas market and went to Mammas for something to eat.

“Hubbie and I had been there before and remembered the owner being really friendly, and the food was lovely.

“Again, neither disappointed, and we had a lovely meal and banter with the owner, Ahmed.

“I had also noticed how he helped an elderly lady with her money, called her a cab, and gave her two little pot plants to take with her.

“Almost every review on TripAdvisor comments on the owner just as much as the food.

“My mum wasn’t feeling too good so we decided to get a taxi back to the train station and I asked Ahmed to call us a taxi which he did.

“My mum asked for a bottle of water to take with her and Ahmed gave this to her and refused to charge her.

“We waited outside for the taxi but it didn’t arrive so Ahmed called them, and they said they were on their way but would be another ten minutes.

“We were now at the point that even if my mum were up to it, we wouldn’t make it to the station walking it, so I was getting a bit nervous about missing our train.

“The next minute Ahmed rushed up to us and said: ‘I’ll get my car’.

“He had left his café and got his car to take us all to the station.

"We made it with just a few minutes to spare.

"I was and am truly overwhelmed by this act of kindness.

“Words can’t express how grateful we all are.”