William of Walworth

[Kizzie]

For those of you who remember William, one of the original eFest posters, I am very sad to say that he has passed away 😢 

RIP William 🙏 

[THEBOILERMAN]

Met him a few times at various festivals, lovely guy. RIP.

[Neil]

such sad news, william was a hardcore festivalgo-er,  i'll miss seeing him around and having drunken catch-ups.

[Paul ™]

Very sad to hear this news, always fondly bumped into him at various size festivals over the years, most recently Glastonbury this year.

RIP WoW, you festival legend.. rest easy 😥

[clarkete]

I certainly remember him posting on here in the past, very sad indeed.  RIP 😢

[Paul ™]

 

😥 Double post, but also wanted to say he always made me laugh at festivals, usually very pissed and his smile was unforgettable. 

Such a shame 

Edited September 16, 2022 by Paul ™

[fred quimby]

Really sad news. Only met him once IRL. But always a greater contributer here. 

NRNC came from him I believe.

[gigpusher]

Sad news. Love to his family and friends. 

[westholtschic]

Very sad news 

[spg]

Tis sad news indeed, first met him at larmer tree at least 20 yrs ago and last a few weeks back at beautiful days. RiP @William of Walworth

[Pinhead]

Oh no! Remember him as a very prolific poster back in the 00s. RIP.

[Superscally]

RIP WoW NRNC

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[Rufus Gwertigan]

Balls. I hope Debs is OK. Not seen him for years but he was always good for a laugh. I remember him helping me when I got spiked with ket.  By helping I mean he gave me a pat on the head 

RIP Will xx

[stuartbert two hats]

That's so sad. As soon as I saw the topic, I feared for the worst. A lovely fella from the brief drunken time(s?) I met him at the meet and was a great contributor to the forum.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

6 hours ago, Kizzie said:

For those of you who remember William, one of the original eFest posters, I am very sad to say that he has passed away 😢 

RIP William 🙏 

I have him on my friends on FB but I was wondering about flowers etc. I know it's early but can we sort something as a group. I would offer but I am really shit at things like this.

[blutarsky]

Sorry to hear this. He was before my time here, but I’m sure it’s a safe assumption that if someone is an eFests member then there’s a 95% chance you’re going to have a fair few things in common with them (even Barry). Sounds like WoW was one of the good guys. 

[The Nal]

Oh no. Awful news. RIP. Met him a few times. Lovely fella.

[Sawdusty surfer]

Sad to hear. I'm sure that he always used to be spot on with his weather predictions on here. 

[nicktrow]

William was not only a prolific poster here back in the day, but also a quality one.

If a thread had a comment by William of Walworth in it, then it was a thread worth reading.

[Ted Dansons Wig]

Sorry to hear that. Never met the gent, but enjoyed his posts back when

[timespeedsup]

Heard yesterday, glad to see there's a thread for him. He was a well-informed poster, not least about the weather. Was looking forward to bumping into him at the last fest of the season next weekend, which means the last time I did was at a Glasto info stand where he and Debs were regular workers. RIP William. 

[Brave Sir Robin]

RIP an eFests legend. Enjoyed his weather posts, and this charming (if unexciting) write-up of Glasto 2000 (he saw Gong over Bowie and didn’t regret it), with a prescient note at the end about the future of the festival: https://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/2000/review-fest1.shtml

[Kizzie]

1 hour ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

RIP an eFests legend. Enjoyed his weather posts, and this charming (if unexciting) write-up of Glasto 2000 (he saw Gong over Bowie and didn’t regret it), with a prescient note at the end about the future of the festival: https://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/2000/review-fest1.shtml

Thank you for posting that, well remembered, it was a joy to read.

Bless you William 🙏 

[Martin Ashford]

I had a terrible shock yesterday afternoon when I saw a post on Facebook. I usually bumped into William at various festivals and occasional real ale pub binges (with Deb). He was in  poor shape at Bearded Theory (one of his faves - I don't think he missed any of them at all) and I had a call from him on Sunday evening at Glastonbury offering to get me into the Circus Fields Crew Bar. Getting into crew bars was always a top priority for William. That was the last time I saw him. I for one will miss his company immensely. I really think Bearded should have a little memorial for him next year.

[spg]

2 hours ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

RIP an eFests legend. Enjoyed his weather posts, and this charming (if unexciting) write-up of Glasto 2000 (he saw Gong over Bowie and didn’t regret it), with a prescient note at the end about the future of the festival: https://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/2000/review-fest1.shtml

Cheers for that memory nugget. A great read. He'll be sorely missed.