Captain Tom

victor2

Over £31 million now raised plus a magnificent flypast by a Spitfire and Hurricane for his birthday.

So uplifting in these difficult times.

castle96

Col. is 2 steps ABOVE Maj.

castle96

Maj. is the minimum rank you can use in civilian life. (where is "edit" gone?)

Dani_Mor

50Twuncle said:

Whatever !

Captain Tom should be officially recognised for what he's done !

agree totally

Senseicads

castle96 said:

Col. is 2 steps ABOVE Maj.

I think the disappointment was more about the opportunity to sing a song about him. 

Moneybot

Senseicads said:

castle96 said:

Col. is 2 steps ABOVE Maj.

I think the disappointment was more about the opportunity to sing a song about him. 

Thank you. It did feel like that had been totally missed in the replies before.

HornetSaver

Looks like donations closed late this morning. Final figures:

£32,796,410

raised of £500,000 target

by 1,519,389 supporters

Truly incredible

50Twuncle

Murphybear said:

Thrugelmir said:

Murphybear said:

From the local news in Bristol

“A six-year-old boy with spina bifida has raised more than £35,000 for the NHS by walking 10m a day with his frame.

Frank Mills, from Bristol, only started walking 18 months ago and struggles to complete even short distances.

He was inspired to raise money after seeing Capt Tom Moore walk 100 laps of his home in Bedfordshire.

The money will go to NHS Charities Together - an umbrella organisation that supports health service “

Really good to see inspiration passed between generations that are over 9 decades apart. Young kids could do with more such role models. 

Watching this little boy struggling to walk but determined not to give up was bittersweet.

I forgot to add that he initially wanted to raise £99, the same amount as Toms age. 

Here’s what his mother said

“We grabbed hold of that magic moment of motivation and we took his walker outside for him and chalked out ten metres on the pavement with a start and finish line and two metre ‘you can do it!’ markers. 

Frank’s enthusiasm was not just surprising but invigorating and as he shouted at one of our neighbours to sponsor him, we thought why not? Maybe we could get some friends and family to support Frank.

We quickly put something up on JustGiving and shared the link on Facebook, and from that moment it took off! We cannot believe how people are responding.

– FRANK'S MUM JANET MILLS”

the amount is now £58,000

Its up to £280,815

AlwaysOnTheGo

Congratulations to Captain Tom.  Amazing achievement

50Twuncle

£30million + and there's more to come !

This chap deserves a promotion .........