‘Stone the flaming crows, how good is that!’ Ray Meagher sweetly surprises Home and Away’s biggest fan on her 100th birthday By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:44 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 00:46 BST, 20 August 2020 Ray Meagher plays one of Home and Away’s most beloved characters, Alf Stewart, and … Read more
Lockdown families buying online put Hornby on the right track for a happy 100th birthday By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 10 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 June 2020 Model train company Hornby is celebrating its 100th anniversary as parents and grandparents spending more time with the young in … Read more
A great great-grandmother who has virtually lost the use of her legs has completed 100 ‘stand-ups’ for charity before her 100th birthday. Joyce Richardson, 100, from Thirsk, North Yorkshire, suddenly lost the ability to walk and stand after she contracted sepsis last year and has been slowly regaining her strength. She now relies on a … Read more
The cherry (picker) on top! Family hires aerial platform so they can see their relative – who lives in a fourth-floor flat – on her 100th birthday Bob Beauchamp and family rented cherry picker to mark a relative’s birthday Winifred Cleaver would have spent her 100th birthday alone were it not for idea They delivered … Read more
Captain Tom Moore has been promoted to Honorary Colonel by the Queen to mark his 100th birthday today after the World War II veteran captured the hearts of the nation by raising £29 million for the NHS by doing laps of his garden. The promotion comes alongside a personal letter from Her Majesty and the … Read more
A Spitfire flypast to celebrate Captain Tom Moore’s 100th birthday on Thursday has been cancelled after the Department of Transport cited concerns over whether it would encourage crowds to form amid coronavirus lockdown. The Mark 9 Spitfire, named The Spirit Of Kent, was supposed to fly over Cpt Tom’s home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, at … Read more
A forest of thank-yous! School hall is filled with 120,000 birthday cards wishing Captain Tom a happy 100th as veteran asks for gifts to go to coronavirus sufferers Birthday cards are flying in for Second World War hero who has helped raise £29million for NHS charities Captain Tom Moore turns 100 on Thursday, April 30, … Read more
A postmaster has been forced to take over an empty school as more than 40,000 cards pour in to mark the 100th birthday of Captain Tom Moore as a team of aircraft restorers prepare a Spitfire for flypast on his big day. The 99-year-old, who crowdfunded £28million for the NHS by walking lengths of his … Read more
Captain Tom Moore reveals Dame Vera Lynn sent him a letter after he finished his 100th lap for the NHS – but admits he’s ‘rather sorry’ about knocking her off the top of the charts with his You’ll Never Walk Alone fundraising single 99-year-old received touching tribute from the sweetheart of the armed forces Captain … Read more
Second World War hero Captain Tom Moore triumphed today as he completed the final 10 lengths of his garden on a zimmer frame – and raised a staggering £12million for the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic. The 99-year-old, who has captured the imagination of the public with his heroics, finished the last few steps of his … Read more