Real-life inspiration - best theme for stories!

As a writer could you not use your imagination to embellish the story?
Otherwise it’s plagiarism .

Thanks for your reply. Yes, of course - and I will do...just that I read the original post in somewhat of a hurry - and realised I had skimmed through a few of the details of this delightful story. But could not get back to refresh my memory - because I didn't note who posted this...when - and where! There's no way that I would ever use the exact details, names, situation, time, etc....just an outline...

I remember the story of the lady in the "pinny" and was touched by it at the time.

As someone who does creative writing I dont regard the OP's idea as plagiarism. Most creative novels and stories have sprung from the influence of "something" that came before. This is true even of the great classic writers like Dickens and Austen.

Similar things occur in music. But dare to include a few notes that someone has used before and they will sue the ass off you for copywrite infringement!

I wrote a series of papers on an aspect of antiques that I am very familiar with. Someone accused me of plagiarism because I treated the subject chronologically - a standard technique in art history. She had done the same in her book. You cannot "own" knowedge. Even the great scientific discoveries were often based upon the work of teams of people.

Surely the OP could think up some details to personalise the story. Bit feeble asking for them to be provided.

A good novelist always does lots of research.
That's all the OP is attempting to accomplish in my opinion.

The basics are there. What more needs to be added other than the creativity of a writer?