Stockport icon Mama Flo was in tears after a camera crew from Good Morning Britain descended on her famous takeaway to give her a special award for her services to the community. Weatherman Alex Beresford awarded Flo with the One Million Minutes award, part of a campaign which asks the public to pledge their time to help those experiencing loneliness in the UK.
Beresford surprised Flo, real name Florence Coke, at her takeaway on Buxton Road with the award, and then introduced a special guest, I’m A Celebrity star Owen Warner, to present it to her. It was all too much for Flo, who has been providing free meals to pensioners over the festive period.
“I get up at four o’clock in the morning every morning, and when the pandemic struck, I said I felt sorry for those people who didn’t have a job, and I said I have to get out and cook for everybody in the community, and I’ve been doing that since,” she said, fighting back the tears.
