Biggles Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 A 99 year old veteran soldier here in the UK thought that he would do his bit for our National Health Service charities by walking a hundred laps of his back garden with the aim of raising a £1,000. Not only did he eclipse this figure in the first day his actions touched the soul of not only our Nation but of people throughout the whole world and donations came flooding in. He quickly became a TV and Radio star with daily interviews and his manner has produced a National Treasure for us and a figure of inspiration for people throughout the world. We are just watching our BBC TV Breakfast Show where they are broadcasting from his Garden where a Guard of Honour from the Yorkshire Regiment are standing to attention as he complete the 100th lap. Captain Tom has vowed to continue as long as donations keep coming in to the just giving website. We are so proud of him and of the people who have donated, a huge thankyou to you all for reading this and perhaps following his lead, stay safe. So far he has raised over £12,000,000 Quote Col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 BTW There is now a massive Social Media campaign to have Captain Tom honoured by The Queen with a Knighthood. Sir Captain Tom Moore as an appropriate ring to it does it not? Quote Col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Williams Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Very inspiring, but not exactly on topic for a Keyboard forum, imo. Quote -Tom Williams {First Name} {at} AirNetworking {dot} com PC4-7, PX-5S, AX-Edge, PC361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodbyee Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Maybe it should be OT, but, still a lot more inspiring than many petty squabbles found here and elsewhere! I also agree with Biggles that he is very worthy of a knighthood, however, with the dubious value of some of those who have been awarded one in recent years, perhaps just his former military title is enough. They don"t make 'em like that anymore in my opinion, and his modesty and delight at the response he has received is humbling, again, in my opinion. Thanks for bringing it to peoples attention. Edit - it is now of course changed, presumably by OP, to OT, so hopefully that will satisfy those that had 10 seconds of their lives 'wasted' by reading it and discovering it wasn"t 'keyboard related'........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3plyr Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Although a good message in troubling times, as a minimum this is OT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefDanG Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Yeah- maybe should be marked OT, but I"m glad you posted it. Even keyboard players could use good news nowadays. Quote Professional musician = great source of poverty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodbyee Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 .......So far he has raised over £12,000,000 For those that might be interested here is a link to the Just Giving page - I"m not soliciting donations, but it is a remarkable and still rising amount which changes every few moments if you refresh the page. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJUSCULE Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Over 16 million pounds now, that's amazing. Reminds me of this story, though he wasn't raising funds. Quote Eric Website Gear page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 He is a total hero. P.s. (I wouldn"t be surprised if I heard that he plays the piano....) Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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