Colonel Tom Moore

[OnlyOneTugay]

This may have been posted elsewhere but this English hero really does deserve his own thread .

Prince William hails veteran's £19m NHS fundraiser - BBC News

Capt Tom Moore called the Duke of Cambridge his "super prince" after his fundraising was praised.

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Amazing achievement by WW2 veteran Tom . Walked around his house 100 times ( looks like he has a large house ! ) and has raised £18 million for the NHS . I hope once the money is donated it doesn’t disappear down a black hole or get skimmed . Perhaps they could build something in his honour or buy some big pieces of kit

Still serving his country at 99 ! Love the way he turns out, jacket, tie and medals. In a TV interview , he came across as a lovely man , great humility and very sprightly for his age.
Noticed in the picture that his grandson Is proudly wearing an England cricket cap.

“ The sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away “ ( Captain Tom )

 

[Drog]

I reckon that walk is about 70 yards long! He lives with his daughter and son in law and I'd wager said son in law has a bob or two given the size of the house. What a wonderful generation he represents eh? Shamefully it's our lot that has not kept up the legacy his lot left.

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

A young pup is on her own similar challenge.
90-year-old lady in Scotland trying to climb the equivalent of a mountain by going up the stairs multiple times.

Coronavirus: Woman, 90, smashes fundraising target for NHS by 'climbing a mountain' on stairs

Margaret Payne started her challenge on Easter Sunday and thinks it will take her two months to climb the equivalent of Suilven.

news.sky.com

 

[Alan]

This may have been posted elsewhere but this English hero really does deserve his own thread .

Prince William hails veteran's £19m NHS fundraiser - BBC News

Capt Tom Moore called the Duke of Cambridge his "super prince" after his fundraising was praised.

www.google.co.uk

Amazing achievement by WW2 veteran Tom . Walked around his house 100 times ( looks like he has a large house ! ) and has raised £18 million for the NHS . I hope once the money is donated it doesn’t disappear down a black hole or get skimmed . Perhaps they could build something in his honour or buy some big pieces of kit

Still serving his country at 99 ! Love the way he turns out, jacket, tie and medals. In a TV interview , he came across as a lovely man , great humility and very sprightly for his age.
Noticed in the picture that his grandson Is proudly wearing an England cricket cap.

“ The sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away “ ( Captain Tom )

That final quote brought tears to my eyes. It put my medical problems into perspective.

 

[Smells Like Kean Spirit]

An inspiration!

 

[CLW-BRFC]

Big respect

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

But why are his young family stood next to him in that last but one photo? I’ve been told not to go near my 77 year old father.

 

[OnlyOneTugay]

I think he lives with them ODB . As Drog mentioned above the house belongs to his daughter and son - in - law .

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Hmm maybe. I’m getting fed up of the double standards in the media, one day it’s all horror stories and the next photos of folk obviously breaching the rules regarding social distancing.

 

[CLW-BRFC]

Agree overall ODB. Must say news reporters have kept it up well. They sit away and have a massive microphone stick. Looks comical.

 

[Drog]

If he lives with them and they are all in isolation as a family then it's fine.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Agree overall ODB. Must say news reporters have kept it up well. They sit away and have a massive microphone stick. Looks comical.

Do they? I don’t watch the propaganda on the news anymore. Is said stick six feet long though?

 

[Alan]

Do they? I don’t watch the propaganda on the news anymore. Is said stick six feet long though?

I'd say so, at least.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

I'd say so, at least.

Then I think I’ve discovered a reason to watch the news again then.

 

[CLW-BRFC]

The North-West news is worth watching.
Heard the song that the Captain has sung on the radio this afternoon.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Funnily enough I also heard that version of YNWA this afternoon. Straight to number one apparently.

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

Captain Tom is now the biggest sole fundraiser in British history

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Talking of that where are Geldhof and Bono?

 

[Drog]

They only come out when shit happens in Africa.

 

[rovers95]

They'll turn up like a bad penny!