William “Willy” Geoghan was found dead yesterday by a friend at an address on Park Hill. His body is currently at the Coroner’s Office, awaiting official identification.
“Willy” or “Old Bill” as he was known locally had been walking the streets of Moseley for decades now, and whether you knew him by name or not, the smartly dressed old man with the white beard and ever present bottle of cider was a local figure of unparalleled position. His health had been declining rapidly recently since a fall last winter in which he broke his hip, but he refused to be indoors for more than the length of time it took to eat a meal or drink a cup of tea.
Although no saint, Willy was an affable old fellow, and we at Eye on Moseley would like to salute him and hope that he can rest in death in a way that he never could in life.