Tributes have been paid a "one in a million" Liverpool man who has died aged 100.
Born December 10, 1922, Alfred Ridpath, known as Alf, had lived in the same house in West Derby since leaving the RAF in 1947. An accomplished artist, Alf joined the RAF at the beginning of World War II aged just 17; he was part of a Lancaster bomber crew flying operations over Germany and parts of Nazi occupied Europe.
After the war, Alf bought a house in West Derby using the £100 he received on leaving the forces as a deposit and from there he set up home with wife Joan and son David. However, in later years he struggled with dementia and on January 17, Alf died aged 100, just weeks after celebrating his milestone birthday.
