RIP

Philip’s funeral will be at St Andrews Church, Swanwick,Derbyshire DE55 1BL on Thursday 11th December at 12.45pm and afterwards at The Dog Inn, Pentrich, Derbyshire DE5 3RE.

Sad news from Ken Amsbury via Facebook Harrison Line

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Sad news, my old mate Phil Waterfall passed away this  morning, fantastic fellow to sail with, so many great memories

                     RIP

Just to say, an Old colleague of the clan, Tommy Gorton, passed away in April. He was 87 so may not be remembered by anyone. He was a Chef based in Liverpool in the late 50s into the 60s. I have no further info sorry.

Jim Butterworth (1931-2025) sailed with Harrison’s from 1953-1965, sadly died this morning. He sailed with Harrison’s as a junior engineer after serving his apprenticeship ashore, becoming chief engineer before leaving Harrison’s then working many years for Shell UK.

I have an uncle (Jim Butterworth was a great friend of his and mentor to my him during his own career with Shell) who lives a couple of miles from Jim & Elspeth Brierley, outside Ruthin, the usual comment “I wonder if they knew each other?” Turns out that they did, paid off the “old” Wayfarer together when Jim Brierley was 3rd Mate and Jim Butterworth 5th Engineer. They travelled from London to Chester by train, Jim Butterworth’s parents then gave Jim a lift home, The Golden Lion, Llanfilhangel, Ruthin. They had not seen each other since but both has clear memories of the trip on the Wayfarer and their journey home.…