It was the cushty comedy that perfectly captured 80s Britain. As Only Fools and Horses hits the stage, we celebrate the TV classic that needed a new scale to measure audience laughterBack in 1991, Peckham´s leading entrepreneur Boycie paid a visit to one of Peckham´s not so leading entrepreneurs in Nelson Mandela House, SE15. He wasn´t happy to be in Derek `Del Boy` Trotter´s flat, and not just because of the horrible carpet, tacky furniture and pretentious drinks bar. `I´d like to get away as quick as possible,` he said. `I´ve left my Mercedes parked downstairs and you know what they´re like on this estate. They´d have the wheels off a Jumbo if it flew too low.`That might have been what Peckham was like in the early 90s, but not today. Now it´s all pop-up this, artisanal that, symphony concerts in the multi-storey car park, and no change from a million quid if you seek to live in a three-bed terrace off Rye Lane. Like Boycie, Peckham has gone up in the world. Continue reading...
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