William of Walworth

[Neil]

at the very first efests meet in bristol  william got slaughtered, he tried to vault over railings down the middle of a dual carriageway, caught his foot, and fell heavily, and limped for a while after. he got himself to the hotel we were staying at, he hadn't booked a room himself, but was hoping to stay in somone's room, reception wouldn't left him in, because he didn't know anyone's real name, just forum names, he kept asking for suzie sausage's room, in the end he went and slept in the car park.

[Superscally]

3 hours ago, Neil said:

at the very first efests meet in bristol  william got slaughtered, he tried to vault over railings down the middle of a dual carriageway, caught his foot, and fell heavily, and limped for a while after. he got himself to the hotel we were staying at, he hadn't booked a room himself, but was hoping to stay in somone's room, reception wouldn't left him in, because he didn't know anyone's real name, just forum names, he kept asking for suzie sausage's room, in the end he went and slept in the car park.

This is gold.

[stuartbert two hats]

5 hours ago, Neil said:

at the very first efests meet in bristol  william got slaughtered, he tried to vault over railings down the middle of a dual carriageway, caught his foot, and fell heavily, and limped for a while after. he got himself to the hotel we were staying at, he hadn't booked a room himself, but was hoping to stay in somone's room, reception wouldn't left him in, because he didn't know anyone's real name, just forum names, he kept asking for suzie sausage's room, in the end he went and slept in the car park.

😂😂😂

[pennimania]

I haven’t been here for at least 10 years or more but I wanted to say that I’ve always been grateful to Efests because that’s where I first encountered William.

A truly lovely guy. RIP dear William xxx

[fred quimby]

8 hours ago, Neil said:

at the very first efests meet in bristol  william got slaughtered, he tried to vault over railings down the middle of a dual carriageway, caught his foot, and fell heavily, and limped for a while after. he got himself to the hotel we were staying at, he hadn't booked a room himself, but was hoping to stay in somone's room, reception wouldn't left him in, because he didn't know anyone's real name, just forum names, he kept asking for suzie sausage's room, in the end he went and slept in the car park.

Love it 😄

[Ringo_Spar]

8 hours ago, Neil said:

at the very first efests meet in bristol  william got slaughtered, he tried to vault over railings down the middle of a dual carriageway, caught his foot, and fell heavily, and limped for a while after. he got himself to the hotel we were staying at, he hadn't booked a room himself, but was hoping to stay in somone's room, reception wouldn't left him in, because he didn't know anyone's real name, just forum names, he kept asking for suzie sausage's room, in the end he went and slept in the car park.

I always called him Lord William of Walworth. We had many beer and festival adventures. Probably my favourite, Alabama 3, full band, playing Brixton JAMM for an album launch or something, about 15 years ago. Don Letts was also DJing in the second room. We, naturally, pub crawled from Walworth to the gig, the ‘bamas must’ve played about midnight. We were well and truly hammered. We finally quit about 6am, Will, “but i haven’t seen The Don yet…”

Several hours earlier, Will had nearly taken out Don and his entire DJ rig as he windmill danced for all he was worth!

Sleep well, Lord William

[glasto-worker]

On 9/16/2022 at 3:54 PM, 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 🙏 

Thank you for letting us know - very kind of you.

Very sad - one of the few posters who would contact me by e-mail ## although I have not got a Clue - if he approached me or if I approached him { I have had 2 stroke's so ' dates and memory is not a strong point ' } ## and I cant even recall the last time we had a drink.

he will be greatly missed.

RIP William 🍺

[Neil]

26 minutes ago, glasto-worker said:

I cant even recall the last time we had a drink.

it was william, so you'd have last had a drink with him, the last time you saw him.

[Mardy]

ah man, I used to absolutely love his posts on here when I first started using this site. Was always erudite, funny and informative. That's such a shame.

[Avalon_Fields]

On 9/17/2022 at 1:11 PM, 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

Gong over Bowie! Love it. I vaguely recall his name but must have seen him at Bearded I guess. What sort of age was he do we know? 

[Neil]

6 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

Gong over Bowie! Love it. I vaguely recall his name but must have seen him at Bearded I guess. What sort of age was he do we know? 

i'm guessing he was about 55.

[Ringo_Spar]

13 minutes ago, Neil said:

i'm guessing he was about 55.

Turned 60 last month…

[Neil]

2 hours ago, Ringo_Spar said:

Turned 60 last month…

thanks

[5co77ie]

More later….

[Avalon_Fields]

4 hours ago, Ringo_Spar said:

Turned 60 last month…

Oh no. That’s not old at all. 

[Neil]

9 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

Oh no. That’s not old at all. 

getting old sucks. 😞 

[gooner1990]

RIP.

Only knew him from chatting on here especially in my early days of posting, but his posts were always worth reading.

Like someone else said he was the original 'NFR NFC' phrase in the lead up to the (I think) 2010 festival.

 

[musky]

I never met him personally but used to enjoy his posts and missed them when he stopped frequenting here. My condolences to all that knew him.

[steviewevie]

That is sad. I remember him for his weather posts on here and netweather. RIP WoW.

[MrHew]

I only knew hum via these forums, never knowingly met him. Always loved his posts!

Love to anyone who knew him xx

[blue6field]

Never met him, but loved his posts when I started on here, 60 is no age at all!

 

RIP WOW!!

[Ringo_Spar]

William’s funeral arrangements have now been published.

Friday 14th October

11:00 Swansea Crematorium, Morriston, SA6 6BY

then to “No Sign Wine Bar”, 56 Wind Street, Swansea

”please dress as William would have wanted us to.

[Cooter]

Rip William

As others have said, always informative and entertaining posts, here and the digitalspy forums.

I could be wrong but didn't he do some voluntary work at the info points near the Pyramid in recent years?

Edited October 4, 2022 by Cooter

[Kizzie]

7 hours ago, Cooter said:

 

I could be wrong but didn't he do some voluntary work at the info points near the Pyramid in recent years?

Yes, he did. We used to try and think up impossible questions for him to find the answers to. He twigged eventually, but he'd have a go. 🙂

[pie_and_a_pint]

Gosh, very sad news! I’m not sure I ever met him (I’m terrible with names and usually drunk) but remember his posts very fondly over many years.
 

RIP.