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
Bricklayer's Arms, Putney Bricklayer's Arms, Putney The Bricklayer’s Arms, Waterman St, built in 1826 is the oldest pub in Putney, London. It has twice been CAMRA National Pub of the Year for the Greater London Region, in 2007 and 2009, and "South West London Pub of the Year" in 2006, 2008 and 2010. It was built in 1826, on the site of an old coaching house and blacksmith’s forge, and was then known as the Waterman’s Arms, as it was very close to the river Thames, and the men who worked on the boats formed the majority of its customers. At the end