William “Bill” Simpson

April 2, 1943 - April 28, 2016 " A Kind Soul " who met every eye with respect" An Irish lad with the Traveling Gene. Bill grew up number 5 of  6 children in a working class family. His father a bricklayer and mother, an avid reader and poet. Kicking stones as a child, resulted in being "scouted" by an English Football Club as a teenager. He followed Manchester United (disappointing as that was) until his last few weeks on this earth. Music gave him much joy, from his fathers concertina Continue reading