Family's poignant tribute after tragic death of Nottinghamshire dad
A red rose with an emotional Father's Day message was tied to a post on a residential street in Beeston, close to the spot where an elderly man suffered a tragic fall earlier this month. Bertram Crowston, known as Bert, died six days after he fell to the pavement in Clinton Street and lost consciousness.
Local residents rushed to help and a passing police car driving down Wollaton Road stopped to find "a large crowd" around him. Mrs Blair managed to track down some of the witnesses to thank them after she issued an appeal on Facebook. One of them added a rose and their own message of condolences to the family's tribute on the post.
"I am truly grateful for them trying to do all they could and I thank them no end. I'm grateful my dad wasn't on his own lying there. The police were good as well and they took my mum to A&E. In another blow Mrs Blair has had to to put her 86-year-old mum into a care home because she can't look after herself at the home she had lived in for more than 50 years. "Everything has gone pear-shaped in a heart beat.
Mr Crowston died in the Queen's Medical Centre, on June 6, after the fall on May 31. An inquest is likely to be held to establish the cause of death. Mrs Blair said a witness saw him limp before falling.
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