A born and bred Southwark boy and former plane engineer from the Second World Struggle has celebrated his one hundredth birthday.
William Henning is one in every of Southwark council’s most senior tenants, and was lately visited on his particular centenary by housing officer Stella who wished him a contented birthday with playing cards and items.
Mr Henning, who was born close to Outdated Kent Highway and has lived in Southwark ever since, stated: “I’ve made a lot of associates in Southwark and have a superb help community.”
In 1925, when Mr Henning was born, the Outdated Kent Highway space was a hub of trade, with the Grand Surrey Canal community operating below the bridges.
George Livesey, Camberwell and Peckham’s first public library, would nonetheless have been open and the R Whites Lemonade manufacturing facility would have been making fizzy drinks for distribution down the canal.
A lot of what Mr Henning would have been aware of within the space as a toddler in Southwark was destroyed in the course of the Second World Struggle, by which period he was serving for 4 years as an plane engineer, repairing fighter planes.
Mr Henning’s spouse, Ivy Lilian, handed away 14 years in the past. The couple moved into their council residence, the place he nonetheless lives, simply after they have been married.
Councillor Sarah King, cupboard member for council properties, stated: “It’s such an enormous privilege to find out about Mr Henning’s lengthy life within the borough – what unbelievable modifications he will need to have seen in Southwark through the years.
“The kindness and care our workers have for the person individuals they get to know is simply fantastic and I’m proud each of them, and our wonderful residents like William, who’re a part of such a implausible neighborhood in Southwark. I want Mr Henning a really glad birthday!”
Pictured high: William Henning celebrates his one hundredth birthday in his Southwark council residence (Image: Southwark council)
