An unlucky couple both ended up in hospital with broken hips after the wife’s walking stick got stuck between the cracks of a new multi-million pound footpath. Cath Henry, 81, and her husband Lindon, 80, were walking arm-in-arm while on their way to a Gala Bingo hall in Stoke-on-Trent, Stafforshire when her stick became jammed in grooves designed to help the visually impaired. Mr Henry went crashing to the ground as he tried to save her and both pensioners suffered fractures to their hips in the fall. Cath Henry, 81, (left) and her husband Lindon, 80, (right) both suffered broken hips in the fall on new footpath
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Cath Henry and her husband were walking arm-in-arm on their way to bingo
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Mrs Henry, 81, got her walking stick stuck in pavement grooves and fell
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Husband Lindon, 80, went tumbling with her and both broke their hips
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Stoke-on-Trent City Council spent millions on new paving and seating
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The couple are now calling on council to rip up paving slabs after fall
Mr Henry - who has already had a hip replacement - said: ‘As we started to walk to @placeholder, Cath linked our arms and we started to cross the road.