Quote Originally Posted by Organ Morgan. View Post
I wonder how many of them would have obeyed their tellies had they been told to give five minutes of applause at a specific time on different days of the week for heroic binmen, shop workers, postmen, ice cream van drivers and road sweepers.

Taunton Blue Meanie and Jon definitely would have. I'm sure those two would have juggled oranges while wearing hula skirts had they been instructed to.
Definitely did - as I have described in several other threads. It was a way of showing appreciation and concern for NHS and other front line workers, and to bring communities together at the height of the Covid restrictions. The new friendships and community organisations we formed at that time are still going on today - checks on elderly and vulnerable neighbours, food bank collections, an environment group and a community Whatsapp forum that organises loads of local events.

And just to ensure that you don't reinvent history too much - the weekly clap started in southern Europe (mainly Italy and Spain) and was promoted via social media by a Dutch woman living in London - Annemarie Plas. The government and the broadcast media belatedly got behind it after the movement was already underway.