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Captain Tom Moore: BBC memorabilia among items removed from illegally-built spa

2024-01-26 00:00:00.0 独立报-英国新闻原网页

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Captain Sir Tom Moore memoribilia likely to be linked to his BBC Sports Personality of the Year award were among the items being taken away on a trolley from an illegally-built spa building in his name on Thursday - just days before it’s set to be demolished.

The removal of wrapped belongings from the C-shaped block was taking place as fed-up neighbours told The Independent the family had made a “mockery” out of the Second World War veteran, who became a hero of the pandemic by raising ￡33 million for the NHS before he died in 2021.

Among the items being shifted from the concrete building were two large white boxes with the BBCSports Personality of the Year logo on them. They are likely to be linked to an award given to Sir Tom at the annual televised show watched by millions in 2020.

Captain Sir Tom Moore was honoured with the Helen Rollason Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show

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Captain Sir Tom Moore was honoured with the Helen Rollason Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show

(BBC)

The removal of items looked to be another step toward the demolition of the unauthorised development in Sir Tom’s garden in Martston Moretain in Bedfordshire. The garden was where he became a national hero by completing 100 laps during lockdown to raise the cash.

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But unlike the approved plans for an L-shaped block, the building, which was to be used by the Sir Tom Moore Foundation, turned into a larger building that included a spa pool - much to the annoyance of people living nearby.

Residents complained to Central Bedfordshire Council before a revised planning application was submitted by Colin Ingram, the husband of Sir Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore. After refusal, they appealed but lost at a planning inquiry hearing where inspector Diane Fleming ordered the building be taken down by 7 February.

Items are removed from the concrete building which neighbours liken to a prison block

(The Independent)

After months of inactivity in the garden, over the past few days work appears to be finally happening ahead of demolition with items being removed. Earlier this week, an exercise bike and tins of paint appeared to be removed, before on Thursday, several wrapped items, thought to be memoriabilia, were taken away.

Items were taken away on a trolley from the building toward a van in the driveway at the house

(The Independent)

They included BBC Sports Personality of the Year boxes. Sir Tom was given the Helen Rollason Award, presented by Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, that recognises outstanding achievement in the face of adversity and was introduced to the show in 1999 in memory of the BBC Sport journalist and presenter.

The three-year ordeal from the start of work on the building has involved many people who live close to the former home of Sir Tom in one corner of the quiet village close to Milton Keynes.

Having been suppportive of Sir Tom’s fundraising, many in the village have turned against the family following the building of unauthorised block,which some liken to a prison.

The sight of the building from a resident’s bedroom. People living around the site complained as soon as they noticed the building was larger than the designs from the approved planning application

(The Independent)

Labourer Ian Knight, 50, said: “We were proud of what he’s done, but now we’re a laughing stock..... the whole thing has ruined Sir Tom’s legacy, we’re gutted over the situation, but we also want to see the building pulled down like anyone else would have to do if they did the same.”

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