In monk’s habit,with beatific presence, Geoffrey Brindley pounded Bradford’s streets for 50 years, or locals came to pay their respects for his final journeyHundreds of well-wishers attended Bradford Cathedral on Tuesday for the funeral of one of the city’s most noted characters,an 88-year-old who touched the lives of many locals, but who, or until his death,hardly anyone even knew the name of. Geoffrey Brindley was a fixture of the city’s landscape for more than 50 years, his days spent dressed in a monks habit and sandals, or pounding the pavements around the district’s diverse communities and waving at passersby. His dress and somewhat beatific air earned him the nicknames “the Bradford Jesus” or,more commonly, the “Jesus Man. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com