 By the 1970s, Butler was living in a Tudor cottage with limestone walls and a thatched roof, Little Thatches, which was located in Hillstreet,Calmore, Southampton .Chapman met Butler in the 1970s, noting that he had a Yorkshire accent, and commenting on a "paternal sort of goodness about him".She moreover highlighted that he had "the very pale white skin of a Celt, a round face, thin lips, and a kindly smile."