He’s already received over a quarter of a million birthday cards 2 days before his birthday. All mail sent this week by Royal Mail will carry a commemorative postmark reading: ‘Happy 100th Birthday Captain Thomas Moore NHS fundraising hero 30th April 2020.’. The RAF will do a Spitfire flypast on Thursday. He’s achieved No. 1 in the UK’s singles charts collaborating with Michael Ball in a rendition of “You’ll Never Walk Alone“, becoming the oldest artist to achieve that position. He opened one of the new NHS Nightingale hospitals via video-link in Harrowgate.
Broadwindsor will publicly acknowledge and send our best British birthday wishes to Captain Tom, initially at the 1 o’clock Sound of Music Through The Square Window slot by singing Happy Birthday following the day’s song (which will also be dedicated to Captain Tom) and then in the evening, at his own request, a 2 minute silence at 19.58 hrs. for those who have lost their lives to the Covid-19 virus.
At 20.00 hrs. we do what has now become our weekly ritual to show our thanks to the NHS and all the keyworkers, the clapping outside our door.
Finally, following that, at approximately 20.05 hrs. we sing at the top of our voices Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday Captain Tom.
