Dear friends,
We have been very saddened to hear, from his grand-daughter Debbie, the news that Fred Harris passed away on Thursday 3rd July 2025.
When he was able, it was good to see him regularly attending and enjoying our bi-annual gatherings at the Grantham Railway Club. During the lunchtime interval Fred’s beckoning finger would always guarantee a previously unrecorded, often amusing anecdote about his life on the railway. The original foundation stones of our Tracks through Grantham project are built around the many personal railway stories that people like Fred kindly related to us.
Fred’s working life on British Railways began on Monday 15th August 1955 at Grantham, heralding the start of a near 48 year shift and during which he saw many changes. Here is a link to the page on our website where Fred relates the story of that railway life.
Thanks for the memories Fred…..