Sutton Park rose tribute 'was very touching'
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Ian Bousfield took a powerboat out onto the lake to place the rose
A man who helped a woman to pay tribute to her dead husband says he was so touched by the request he had to help.
Ian Bousfield found a rose and a note in a Birmingham park asking: "Please can someone throw this into the lake for me...my late husband's ashes are in the lake and I can't get to the lakeside in my wheelchair".
A photo he tweeted of the rose in the water at Sutton Park went viral.
He said the response to his good deed was "overwhelming".
The note was pinned to a gate near the lake
Mr Bousfield, a geography teacher, was at Powell's Pool for a school rowing session on Thursday when he noticed the note stuck to a gate.
He said: "It was a very touching tribute and I felt obliged to fulfil the person's wishes.
"I took the school powerboat out, which I use to coach the boys on the water, and placed the rose in the middle of the lake, before the lads arrived for the rowing session."
"It is wonderful to hear the uplifting effect it seems to be having," the 29-year-old added.
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