AMBULANCE crews working on Christmas Day were delighted to be treated to a free festive carvery lunch by staff at a city pub.

Steve Hughes, general manager at Bluebell Farm pub on Nunnery Park, Worcester, treated around 20 West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) staff to a Christmas takeaway dinner with all the trimmings.

The unsung heroes from WMAS were working hard, having given up their Christmas Day while many of us were enjoying it at home with our families.

Meanwhile, The Horn Hill Road pub, which opened around five weeks ago, had been offering £20 hot Christmas lunches and Mr Hughes decided to show some true festive generosity.

When one hungry paramedic, on duty at Worcestershire Royal Hospital on December 25, contacted the Bluebell on Facebook to put an order in, he was told he and his colleagues would be fed for free.

“A guy, who turned out to be a paramedic, tried to book on Facebook and asked about the NHS discount,” said Mr Hughes.

He said the pub is about to begin a 20 per cent discount for NHS staff in January, "which I told him".

"But then I just rang him up and asked how many crew members were working.

“He said there was about 20 of them and I told him, ‘I will feed all of you for nothing’.

“He said on Christmas Day they usually just get a bit of a buffet. So, they came along to the pub and we ended feeding about 16 or 17 of them.

“They even borrowed some cutlery,” he added.

Mr Hughes then posed for some photos outside with the grateful crew members, as they got back into their ambulances and headed back out.

Paramedic Mark Dudfield tweeted a photo of his dinner in a plastic takeaway dish, which included gammon, pigs in blankets, potatoes and more.

He wrote: “Ambulance crews never expect or ask for such offerings or reward, but it is so nice when it happens.”