Frederick Gordon Blower (23 Jul 1928 - 20 Feb 2023)

In loving memory of Frederick Gordon Blower who sadly passed away peacefully on 20th February 2023.
Frederick Gordon blower was born on the 23 July 1928, his parents Frederick and hetty had 6 children Malcolm ,Mick, Terry, Geoffrey Jean and Fred, to which Frederick was the eldest , Fred married to Priscilla with two sons Steve and Shaun , fred lived a full life , in his early years working at Raleigh during the war, then national service , a spell at Stanton iron works ,eventually ending up a miner for around 30 years, mainly working at Gedling colliery, outside of work he became a top motorcycle grass track racer together with support from his brothers Geoff and Mick and young malc not forgetting his dad they were a well bred racing family , becoming East Midlands champion in no time at all, he also loved taking part in his grandkids life’s too, running Taylor and Ellis around and later on Lewis too, all part of a granddads duty at the time , he loved his holidays too with cilla and their friends , and the tank cor , those holidays were the most memorable old friends les and val, alan and Freda cath and Stan , , Dave and iris , when Fred retired he took up bowling oh and singing , and again his competitive nature become a force to be reconned with , he soon topped the league at Nottingham bowls club , after Byron learnt him how to play the game , he never stopped bowling and with a great circle of friends at Nottingham indoor bowls club with his best pal Barry and Jackie they made it so much more than bowls , weds when they had dinner there with Cilla , memories never stopped being made by Fred , in the 90s Fred and Steve helped Shaun with his racing Shaun tried to have a go at matching his dads racing career but the modern financial commitment was too much , Fred also loved picking up the Mic at social events through the years including recently at the queen’s jubilee street party singing his favourite song half way to paradise, he loved visits by grandchildren’ each week by Lewis , Taylor and Bradley Ellis and grace , overall Fred’s life was full , he was strong minded , fit , a great swimmer , a keen Gardner , so many story’s ,
Fred’s funeral will be on the Tuesday 21st March 2023, service at Gedling crematorium (ng4 4qh)at 2pm, and after onto the Mellish rugby club (ng3 5rx)to celebrate Fred’s life , all welcome ,
Flowers or if desired donations made payable to 'Nottingham Hospital Charities' (D55 Respiratory Ward) may be made on the Just Giving section of this page or sent to C Terry Funeral Services, 244 Bulwell High Road, Bulwell, Nottingham, NG6 8NU.
A donation box will also be available on the funeral.