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ALL MAIL SENT in the UK from today will be stamped with a special postmark to celebrate the upcoming 100th birthday of NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore.
The Royal Mail postmark, which will be applied to all stamped post between 26 April and 1 May reads: “Happy 100th Birthday Captain Thomas Moore NHS fundraising hero 30th April 2020.”
The Second World War veteran has raised more than £28 million for the NHS by walking laps of his garden in Bedfordshire ahead of his milestone birthday.
His original target of £1,000 was broken in around 24 hours and he extended his challenge to 200 laps after he completed the first 100 14 days ahead of schedule.
The postal recognition comes after Royal Mail had to adapt its sorting machines in the South Midlands Mail Centre to re-route all post to Captain Tom into a dedicated collection box.
A spokesman said staff had already processed more than 100,000 cards using this new process and were expecting thousands more in the run-up to his birthday.
David Gold, director of public affairs and policy at Royal Mail, said: “What Captain Thomas Moore has achieved is truly phenomenal, and this is reflected in the affection shown for him across the world.
“As Royal Mail works to keep the country connected during these challenging times, we are honoured to issue a special postmark in celebration of his 100th birthday.
“We continued to deliver the many tens of thousands of birthday cards from well-wishers across the UK and abroad as people look to show their gratitude for all he has achieved on a more personal level.
“We would like to extend our own best wishes and congratulations to him from everyone at Royal Mail.”
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I’m still on a ‘waiting list’ for counselling after a miscarriage two years after it happened. Services here are woeful.
@S: try nurture health. They offer counselling
Absolutely dire services here in Ireland particularly at the moment with no partners allowed in . To go through the experience on your own is inhuman and degrading. .
I remember encountering a doctor who didn’t read my file beforehand and she asked did I have other children at home – that was pretty upsetting. Other than that, everyone else was great though but we were told we’d have to go to the UK for genetic testing and it was expensive enough so we didn’t bother. Other than that, the care was excellent. They were able to tell us the foetus was a girl but she had a condition called tetraploidy
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