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Man dies after falling from ladder while hanging up flags
Paul Lumber, a lifelong Bristol City fan and author, died after falling during a flag-hanging campaign that raised over £5,000 for Union and St George flags in South Bristol.
- On November 23, Paul Lumber, 60, fell from a lamppost near his South Bristol home and later died after being placed in a medically induced coma.
- In late October, Paul Lumber launched an online fundraiser, which had raised £1227 of a £1600 target before his fatal fall on November 23.
- As an author and ex‑CSF member, Lumber's memoirs included 'It All Kicked Off In Bristol' and detailed the 1980s 'casuals' scene, involving Bristol City.
- Tributes have poured in across South Bristol, with Sean Donnelly, landlord of the Three Lions pub in Bedminster, expressing devastation while close friends launched a second online fundraiser raising more than 5,000.
- Images from October 21 show men atop tall ladders attaching St George's Cross and Union flags to lampposts around Bedminster, Bedminster Down, Knowle, Hartcliffe, Hengrove, and Whitchurch, while the Raise the Colours campaign was linked to a far-right agitator with ties to Tommy Robinson.
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Paul Lumber, 60, one of Bristol City’s most well-known fans and former a member of the notorious City Service Firm, died after he fell from a ladder while hanging up Union Jack flags near his home
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