Introducing Colin Thackery

When 89-year-old Chelsea Pensioner Colin Thackery starts to sing, there’s barely a dry eye in the house. Performing on Britain’s Got Talent in his iconic Scarlet, with a row of medals across his chest, he mesmerised the audience as he lifted his voice in memory of his beloved wife Joan.

In the months that followed Joan’s death, music helped Colin to cope and it’s continued to be a comfort and support to him.

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