Isn’t this a lovely way to remember Capt Sir Tom

Captain Sir Tom was a humble man who did not seek publicity. He began the challenge to himself in the hope of raising £1,000. It was the media that catapulted him to fame. He and his family remained quietly gracious throughout. His family are deeply hurt by nastiness on social media. They loved Tom. Let them grieve in peace. RIP Captain Sir Tom.

What a lovely way to remember Sir Tom,he did such a wonderful thing and needs to be remembered in some way,apart from the rose, I think a Hospital should be named after him,the next new Hospital to be built that would be fitting.I hope people especially on Gransnet, will leave the poor Daughter alone to grieve.Gransnet admin should cut people like this off the thread.

JaneJudge

I am fed up of people taking something nice and trying to make it horrible. What he did was something good in a time when most of us were locked in our houses worrying about how this virus would unfold. It doesn't mean other people didn't do good/nice things too.

The rose sounds like a lovely idea

Well said!

Also, I think a rose in Captain Tom’s name is a brilliant idea. I’ll buy one!

I forgot to add.. Yes, I will buy a rose.

Jealousy is not nice in any shape or form

I don't believe paddyanne's comments were in any way based on jealousy. She just posted in her usual forthright manner.

That’s one way of putting it I suppose, merlot, others will beg to differ, I think.

I don’t think her comments were based on jealousy, by the way.

always someone waiting to put the boot in.
If you can't say anything nice then don't say anything!

BBc news revealed this after his death.

Captain Sir Tom Moore's family shielded him from "pretty horrific" internet trolling that would have "broken his heart", his daughter said.

Captain Tom didn't seek fame. It came about because of an act of kindness on his part. It was the media that brought attention to him and he raised a great deal of money and also raised spirits with his optimistic views on life.

paddyanne

I think some folk are in danger of giving him a "Princess Diana" type of eternal memory .The old boy did good...it wasn't what he set out to do and the millions raised were ONLY because of his age.Not because he was some sort of saint .
Quite frankly I'm a bit fed up of seeing stuff about him on line.Millions of people fund raise and actually WORK with people in need for decades and dont even get a thank you .I think the Captains daughter likes the fame and she'll keep it going as long as she can

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I think that Captain Sir Tom was a lovely gentleman whose act of kindness was regrettably hijacked by the tabloid press and some of the government. There were and are many others doggedly fund raising and thousands of others who have lost their family members without the resulting mawkish calling for statues named after them. This has no reflection on Captain Sir Tom or his family, who are the only ones affected by his death, more on the media fuss. Oh, and I don't think Gransnet should cut people off this thread just for having a different opinion.

It’s a rose not a statue. Many many people have roses named after them. Some remarks on here are so curmudgeonly I feel sorry for those making them. Don’t forget tomorrow will be a good day. A very fitting name for this rose.

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Well I'm in no doubt that paddyanne can answer for herself, but I'm also in no doubt that she thinks that was out of order, as would any sensible person. But you know, never miss a chance to pile on someone who doesn't take the accepted view about something .

Was there actually a need to repeat this terrible tweet so that it gets spread further? Did you have to give it more publicity? Did it matter that they were Scottish? Maybe I should have mentioned it saying that they were a resident of Lancashire. Terrible people, those Lancastrians. (of course they're not, but hey-ho)

Aldom

Captain Sir Tom was a humble man who did not seek publicity. He began the challenge to himself in the hope of raising £1,000. It was the media that catapulted him to fame. He and his family remained quietly gracious throughout. His family are deeply hurt by nastiness on social media. They loved Tom. Let them grieve in peace. RIP Captain Sir Tom.

In a generation or so he will be forgotten but at the time he did what he did and through the limelight of the media, gave everyone a ray of hope.

MagicWand

Paddyanne's post has at least gone some way to explaining the reasons for the hate mail that the family have received.

Captain Tom was the right person in the right place at the right time. As previous posters have already said, it's just a shame people cannot accept that sometimes someone comes along who acts as an unwitting catalyst for something that is so much greater than anything they had originally planned. We should thank our lucky stars for these people as without them we might all live in a mean little world where no-one dare put their head above the parapet for fear of being shot down.

The rose is a lovely idea and I think the sentiments expressed in MagicWand's post are exactly right.