Woman shares adorable video of her grandfather, who feared he’d spend his 92nd birthday alone, being serenaded by kind-hearted friends and neighbours (from a safe social distance)
- Beth Pickard shared a video on Twitter of her granddad Peter Sheen being sung to by neighbours and friends on Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire
- She revealed that the pensioner had feared he’d spend the whole of his 92nd birthday alone because he’s in self-isolation due to coronavirus fears
- Video shows crowd – all stood at a safe social distance from each other – delivering rousing rendition of happy birthday from green outside Peter’s home
- Beth revealed the heartwarming moment had brought her relative to tears
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A pensioner who feared he wouldn’t see anyone on his 92nd birthday because of being in isolation due to the coronavirus is captured shedding a tear after his friends and neighbours gathered outside his home to serenade him.
In a video shared on Twitter by his granddaughter, Peter Sheen, from Letchmore Heath in Hertfordshire, is seen standing on his doorstep as a makeshift choir – all standing at a safe social distance from each other – break out into a rousing rendition of happy birthday.
His granddaughter, Beth Pickard, posted that her relative had been ‘so sad’ at the thought of spending his birthday in solitary confinement.
The video has already had almost 50,000 views on Twitter.
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Pensioner Peter Sheen, from Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire, feared he’d see no-one on his 92nd birthday because of the coronavirus lock-down but friends and neighbours surprised him, standing outside his house to sing happy birthday from a safe social distance
Granddaughter Beth Pickard shared the footage on Twitter of Peter, 92, standing on his doorstep to listen to a makeshift choir sing him happy birthday
She wrote: ‘It’s my grandad’s 92nd birthday today. He was so sad he couldn’t have any visitors and then this happened. My heart.’
The clip begins showing a pretty row of terrace houses bathed in sunlight on the edge of Letchmore Heath.
Peter is then seen emerging from his front door as the singers begin a spirited version of happy birthday.
Beth told FEMAIL: ‘His neighbours and friends surprised him, as he thought he wasn’t going to see anyone on his birthday.
The well-wishers sang their hearts out while remaining metres apart from each other
Nice day for a sing-song: A dog-walker and her pet arrived to join in the celebratory sing-song
She said the gesture had made him cry, adding: ‘He’s the most sociable 92-year-old who still lives by himself, so it really made his day!’
Peter, who was born in the late twenties, well before the outbreak of the Second World War, looked delighted with the surprising greeting.
On Twitter, there was a wave of positive reaction to the video.
@alisonrobo41 wrote: That’s what community is all about, happy birthday, stay safe xxxx’
@romilly_brown added: ‘That’s made me cry a little. Happy birthday to your grandad xxx’
Peter, who was born well before the outbreak of World War II in the late twenties, is pictured watching the sing-song from his doorstep
@RachelHazey penned: ‘Happy 92nd birthday to your grandad Balloon I’m sure seeing his birthday audience cheered him up.’
@alixdeeee said celebrating birthdays in lock-down was tough, writing: ‘Happy birthday to your grandad it’s my sons 1st birthday today had a few visitors to see him through the window it’s just not the same.’
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