'I've been very lucky in my life,' says Pelsall war veteran who celebrates his 100th birthday in style
"I've not travelled anywhere as pretty as here," says the irrepressible war veteran Sim Mayou is now a grand 100-years-old.
Also known as 'Mr Pelsall' due to his civic pride for the place where he has lived all his life, he survived the Second World War, served as a Walsall councillor and is a retired businessman. And he as been celebrating his milestone birthday in style.
The former Liberal Democrat councillor was born in Pelsall on August 31, 1924 was treated to a big party at Fishley Golf Club by his family to mark his special day.
A tireless campaigner for all things Pelsall, Sim, also known as Simeon, built up a family hardware business which is now run by his son Geoff.
He grew up in the Wood Lane area of the village and his father Bertie Mayou was a miner.
"We were very poor. Fortunately my father was miner because work was very scare in the years before the war.
