Mr Benn [the film] happen, because Mr Benn's a big boy and he can live his own life. I think he's right for being developed on the big screen". Mr Benn lives in London at 52 Festive Road, which was inspired by Festing Road in Putney where David McKee used to live. McKee had the house "next door" at 54 Festing Road, where residents installed an engraved paving slab in his honour on 26 November 2009. ("I think it was because in the first book I drew myself looking out of the window, and I thought it would be quite nice to
MV Putney Hill renamed her "Putney Hill". In 1949 her name was changed again to "Castle Hill". In 1950 she became "London Statesman" under a new Rethymnis & Kulukundis company, London & Overseas Freighters Ltd (LOF). In 1951 LOF sold her to new owners who registered her under the Panamanian flag of convenience as "Morella" but then before the end of the year sold her on to Polskie Linie Oceaniczne (Polish Ocean Lines), who renamed her "Jedność" ("Unity"). She was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1966. MV Putney Hill MV "Putney Hill" was a cargo ship completed by William Doxford & Sons Ltd