A CLASSIC car motorcade promises to make for a ‘head-turning’ grand finale to clap for carers in Worcester.

The retro and classic car procession will take place this evening at the same time as the last clap for carers as a thank you to the NHS and other key workers. The motorcade will begin at 7.59pm at the Claines island end of Ombersley Road, Worcester. The procession will head down towards the Co-op before turning right into Northwick Road, heading past Northwick School and turning right into Seymour Avenue. From there it will continue into Southall Avenue before turning left into Ombersley Road at around 8.10pm, right into Checketts Lane, right again into Fairbairn Avenue, left into Coombs Avenue, right at the island onto Droitwich Road, left into Blanquettes Avenue. At the end of Wordsworth Avenue the procession will turn right into Bilford Road, finishing up at the crematorium island.

Organiser Nick Ryland said the motorcade would feature classic cars from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. The 35-year-old will be behind the wheel of a former British Telecom Ford Escort from 1996. There will be an array of modified Minis, and Ford Escort Mark IIs. He hopes the motorcade will make up for this year’s cancelled car shows. The motorcade will be made up of cars belonging to members of Worcester Retro which has been running since 2004 and has ‘gone from strength to strength’.

One member (Ben Allen) even has a General Lee like the one from The Dukes of Hazzard, the 70s and 80s TV show and is said to be ‘gutted’ he could not attend. Many of the members work as delivery drivers. “We want to say thank you to all to the NHS and the frontline - the lorry drivers and the postmen, people like that who have stopped the country grinding to a halt,” said Mr Ryland.

The idea came to him when driving along Ombersley Road near where he grew up and was ‘overwhelmed’ by the sight of people clapping and banging pans, even ‘older people struggling to stand up’.

The 35-year-old sounded his horn in response. He added: “It was awesome. There were people from all walks of life clapping for a few minutes.”

Of the motorcade itself he said: “There’s a couple of cars coming I guarantee will turn some heads.”

He does not know how many cars will attend but 30 people have expressed an interest in taking part in the procession.