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Laura Trussell

Laura Trussell

We could sit and write a book about Geoff, but we have attempted to narrow it down to a few chosen stories and memories from over the years. He was one of a kind - funny and caring, and would always say “thank you for being my friend” when you visited him. Birthday cards were always accompanied by little doodles of himself, often with money taped inside (which we sneakily gave back to him in the form of a bottle of his favourite red wine at Christmas!) Geoff was good at repairing lots of things for us over the years - every time something broke, he would say “bring it up”, he could fix anything and everything and enjoyed being useful. Sue once had a wooden seagull ornament and the head had fallen off. Geoff offered to fix it but when it returned, it had been transformed and painted black and grey because he insisted it was a tern and not in fact a seagull. Talking of birds, Geoff was a self-confessed magpie and loved nothing more than rummaging in a skip. He took great delight at being called a Womble because he was always going around collecting rubbish that people had thrown out, sitting with his binoculars waiting for someone to dispose of something that he could take up to his flat and transform, with the hope of making a profit. Anyone who ever went in his flat will know it was a treasure trove of things that were “worth a lot of money” according to Geoff (but no one else!) He was a really kind man, and despite not being well-off himself, he hated to see people struggling. Once there was a woman who used to walk past his flat who told him she was terribly poor and needed money. Geoff got out a loan for her, even though she was a stranger. This was typical of Geoff, he loved helping people. There are so many more things we could say about Geoff, he will be greatly missed, especially by the Co-Op on Pattens Lane, which is probably going to have to close down now he is gone! Goodbye Geoff - thank you for being our friend. Love from Sue and Laura xxx

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