Overview
- Lumber, 60, fell from a ladder on November 23 while attaching Union Jack flags near his South Bristol home and later died after not waking from an induced coma.
- He had launched a 'Raise the Colours' campaign in October that drew more than £1,000 to put Union and St George flags on lampposts across areas including Bedminster, Knowle and Hartcliffe.
- Friends created a separate support fund during his hospitalisation that has raised over £5,000 for his family and continues to receive donations.
- A former leading figure in Bristol City’s 1980s City Service Firm, he later authored two books, including 'It All Kicked Off In Bristol,' reflecting on that era.
- Friends and locals, including the Three Lions landlord Sean Donnelly, remembered him as a devoted City supporter, a painter-decorator by trade, and a recent husband to Michele.