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British pensioners in lockdown show Blitz spirit - 'Coronavirus can do one!'PLUCKY pensioners have been sending defiant messages from their care home where they are self-isolating to protect

themselves from coronavirus. By Simon Osborne 14:57, Fri, Mar 20, 2020 | UPDATED: 15:23, Fri, Mar 20, 2020 Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link

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The vulnerable residents, who are being kept away from the outside world throughout the health crisis, were asked to pose with a note to concerned relatives on Facebook. The old folk were

keen to send out a positive message telling love ones: "Don't worry we are all well looked after."families.

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And among the messages was one written on a card which read: "Coronavirus can do one!"

The residents all live at the Dearnlea Park Residential Care Home, Rotherham, South Yorks.

Activity coordinator Kerry Nippers, 47, said not allowing visitors has been hard for their residents and staff.

She said: "You can see on their faces they are so used to their families coming and seeing them.

"Facebook gives us that opportunity to put them in touch with the people they love."

Ms Nippers asked the elderly residents to pick a message she could write down and then took pictures of them holding them up to reassure worried relatives.

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Johnny Thwaites sends his message from the care home (Image: SWNS)

One of the home's oldest residents, 100-year-old Faith Swift said she "wants everyone to stay safe".

Faith's niece can no longer visit her while the care home imposes stricter rules during the coronavirus outbreak.

June Jones, 74, wrote to her five children: "I love you, miss you, see you soon xx."

Resident Edna Brown, 88, held up a sign to her two children which read: "I would like to let my family know I am OK and I love you all xxxx."

Johnny Thwaites, 76, looked mischievous in his photo to his three children as he wrote 'coronavirus can do one!'.

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The plucky pensioners have stuck a defiant tone (Image: SWNS)

Ms Nippers said: "The Facebook post really uplifted them. It actually reached about 6,000 people and I was getting messages from people in Canada and France.

"I have been telling them today I have had messages and they are all just like 'oh my god we are famous'."

She said the idea to post messages online came she was planning to set up Facetime video calls between residents in the care home and their families.