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Obituary: Roy Stenning


Trading standards lost a valued colleague and devoted family man on April 26

Richard Young

Posted 08 June 2020 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Inside Trading Standards|National


UPDATES: A tribute to Roy Stenning traces his life from wartime engineering to a long Trading Standards career in Greenwich, reflecting on his public service, family life and enduring friendships.

Roy Frederick Stenning (April 9 1926- April 26 2020) was former Head of Consumer Services and Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Born in Bedfont, Surrey in 1926, Roy was the oldest son of Albert and Elsie Stenning. His father was a gardener and his mother a housekeeper. The family moved to Emsworth on the south coast in the mid 1930s, where a lifetime love...

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