Stan Brewster was passionate about two things: his family and sport. He lived in the Derbyshire village of Swanwick, the sort of place where everybody knows everybody else.
His wife, Sandra, is a hairdresser in the village, his son, Mark, 17, is a keen cricketer, and his daughter, Katie, 20, shares the family love of sports.Mr Brewster, a project engineer with the local council, was only in London for a conference. For a week, his family put posters up around the city, vainly hoping he would turn up alive. But police confirmed he had died at Edgware Road. Swanwick businesses closed for an hour on the day of his funeral as more than 1,000 people packed into St Andrew's church to pay their respects to a man who played football for two teams and coached local youngsters. At work Mr Brewster supervised the construction of the Torrs millennium walkway, a footpath along the River Goyt which won the 2000 small project award at the British Construction Industry awards.His family summed up their feelings in a brief statement: "Stan's needless and inhuman death has touched all of our family, close friends and the community at large. A loving husband, father and friend to many. Our lives have changed in a split second, but our memories will last forever. Courtesy Guardian Unlimited