In Memory of
Wullie Glennon
Wullie was with the Briggs family for 33 years, working in the Cumbernauld office which he was heavily involved with establishing. Following a very successful period running the workshop activities, Wullie moved into the IT team in 2006, providing support to many locations. A further period of focused support was given to the Scottish Region in 2012 as it expanded and more recently being heavily involved in the Digital Transformation project.
Wullie was an extremely helpful person, willing to help and support everyone he came into contact with. Wullie was a personal friend of many, as well as a work colleague, who always had a big broad smile on his face, no matter the task he was undertaking.
So many people have expressed such warm memories and feelings for Wullie and he will be greatly missed, please record your memories and stories of your time with Wullie.
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Ruth Thurstance
I was deeply shocked and saddened to hear of Wullie’s passing, he was truly valued at Briggs and will be greatly missed. Unlike some I had not had the pleasure of knowing Wullie for long but I will never forget his passion, the strength of his beliefs and most importantly his big smile that was truly infectious! My sincerest condolences to Wullie’s family, whom I know he loved deeply. RIP Wullie …
Jez
In more recent times I recall Wullie always enjoying a challenge of the small man challenging the big company and the rules as was the case in one of our many stays in Cannock, we had great times with the staff Wullie managed to get a bespoke menu for us to enjoy rather than the same old rigid menu – this consisted off sausage egg and chips a very small thing but meant a great deal to Wullie something we laughed at many times. …
Jez Howell
Wullie always called me boss since 2006 – It never felt like that was right as we were always great mates, I have no idea how many miles we travelled together or how many meals we ate with fantastic colleagues one thing that will always stick in my mind will be how proud he was of Kerry & Keiran and the love for Brenda with nothing he would not do for them. This always was reflected in our many conversations over dinner with the odd beer or two, after dinner when travelling abroad we always took time to have wander around the local area taking in the architecture or even a castle which he often commented on his love of and how Kerry & Keiran did not share this passion over many family holidays in days gone by. I have never shared Wullies passion for football but do have to admit he did achieve some success with getting me to have an interest in how his beloved Celtic had got on. I do remember one ocasion when things had not gone well and Wullie had us worried as Celtic had lost and he went missing for 3 days Oh…
Jenny Clarke
Wullie Glennon I am going to miss that cheeky big smile and that wonderful caring person that he was, as everyone has said nothing was too much trouble, if you needed help he would be the go to person and if he did not know it, he would point you in right direction. It has been so difficult to write this message as it is heartfelt for his family and what they are experiencing, but you will never be forgotten by all who knew and loved him. We lost a special person far too soon …
Kenny Ritchie
Loved having a gid blether with Wullie always made me laugh. “When you walk through a storm, Hold your head up high, And don’t be afraid of the dark, at the end of a storm, there’s a golden sky, And the sweet silver song of a lark. Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain , Though your dreams be tossed and blown. Walk on, Walk on, with hope in your heart, And you’ll never walk alone, You’ll never walk alone” Rest in peace pal. …
Gary Duncan
I was deeply saddened to hear of Wullie’s passing. Wullie was the kind of guy that always had your back, was always on your side. If he spotted an opportunity to help you out, he certainly would not miss it. I’d be telling him about some problem I had, and his eyes would narrow, you knew then and there he had a solution for you. When people walked into the depot, Wullie made people feel welcome, included, he put people at ease. I’ll miss him walking into the office and hearing him say, Y’all right Gaz? , How are you Wullie? Still short, fat and ugly was always his self deprecating reply. I’ll miss chatting to him about Celtic, his love of movies, I’ll miss chatting to him about our shared love of Belgian beer (Chimay Blue was his favourite) and I’ll miss his sharp sense of humour. More than a work colleague, I’ll miss Wullie my friend….
Jax
Wullie- My short ugly Scottish pal (his words not mine) I am going to miss seeing you around the hotel, especially our late night chats when you would prop yourself up against the reception desk with a glass of wine in hand. You truly were a favourite guest and your happiness, bluntness and sarcasm is going to be missed. Sleep tight Wullie 🙁 …
Tony Scott
Very sad to hear the news about Wullie. I worked with Wullie from 1999 to 2007 as part of the Barlows / SAP implementation team for the service dept. As has been said before I will always remember his smiling face ,nothing was ever to much trouble for him great guy to work with. He always looked after me on my many trips to Cumbernauld branch. RIP old friend….
Tom Bowen
Wullie was more than one of the good guys… he was one of the great guys! Dependent on the Football results over the weekend I would either dread or relish seeing Wullie in the office the following week. Wullie’s quick wit, infectious humour and positive outlook made him universally admired and hugely respected. My thoughts and deepest sympathy are with Wullie’s family duringt his difficult time. Gone but never forgotten. I will raise a glass for you Wulie, until the next time! …
Longford house restaurant
Wullie was one of our restaurants favourite guests . I say guest but he was more of a friend to us . We all loved Wullie , a gentleman was how we would describe him . A smile on his face when he entered the restaurant, always had time to chat, laugh and catch up on restaurant gossip. He never complained, even when we run out of Shiraz. We will all miss this wonderful man and are heartbroken by his loss we will miss him terribly . Sending our love to his family . Diane , Jayne ,Heidi , Sara and Sue xxxx …
Lesleyanne Campbell
I was shocked when I heard this news. I worked with Wullie for a long time and he was one of the most helpful people that I ever met. It is so sad when someone you know dies especially at 61. My thoughts are with his family and I hope that their memories of him will get them through this sad time …
Alan Mood
I am truly saddened with the passing of my friend Wullie. I have known Wullie for more than 20 years and I will always remember the first week I started he made me feel very welcome and was very supportive but as the years rolled on, I found out this was just Wullie. It’s rare to find a friend within a work colleague but Wullie’s natural warm friendly personality made this very easy. I will miss our greetings every time we spoke, with me doing a very bad Scottish accent “ahhhh wee man” and Wullie’s response in Geordie “alreet pal” You leave a huge void my friend, however the impact you have made on so many people is the true measure. Sleep tight wee man, fly high my friend but more importantly never forgotten! I will raise a glass for you my friend, until we socialise again pal. …
Andy Jones
It was so shocked and saddened to hear of Wullie’s passing. I had the pleasure of working and travelling with Wullie over a number of years in the mid noughties to 2012 and always enjoyed his company. He was level-headed, down to earth and good humoured – great to be with as a colleague and a friend. Of all the times we spent together, the memory that sticks with me most is our time in South Africa, whether that be evenings spent chatting over a beer (or several) or visits to places like the Sterkfontain caves to see Lucy the human-ancestor. Probably the most poignant memory was when a few of us visited the Lion Park near Johannesburg, which is where the condolence book header photograph was taken, getting up-close and personal with the big cats and some giraffes led to some fun antics with Wullie just hopping out of the way as our friend and colleague Steve Abbey suffered the ignominy of have a 6-month old cub sink its teeth into his backside! I extend my thoughts and sympathies to Wullie’s family at this sad, sad loss of someone so well liked by all and still so young….
Angie Moorhouse
So Wullie, today we said farewell for now, but never goodbye. It has been a privilege to have known you for the last twenty years, and your legacy will live on …… Gone but never forgotten , take care wee man till we meet again xx…
Beth Baker
After hearing the devastating news about Wullie, I was drawn to look at the last emails we had shared. I couldn’t help but smile when I saw that the last thing I had sent was ‘Wullie, you don’t half make my day’. (This was in response to an email he’d sent in which he included a picture of a 90’s wrestler- as a way of thanking me, after a previous conversation where I mentioned my liking of them!) He was the sort of person who wouldn’t forget these little snippets of conversation, information about your life, he even seemed to notice if you had something new on. He just did make everyone smile! We would always joke about him not being able to get in for a meeting before 9am – but do you know he always had an alarm set on his phone to remind him to call Kieran to make sure he was up for work ( it must run in the family 😊). Problem was, 9 times out of 10 it would go off when he was outside having a fag and we’d be left listening to some Spanish salsa dance that was his alarm tone!…
