{"id":6681,"date":"2017-05-15T09:50:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T08:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=6681"},"modified":"2017-05-15T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T08:50:48","slug":"designing-del-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/designing-del-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Del Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: right; margin:5px 0 5px 5px;\">\n<amp-auto-ads type=\"adsense\"\r\n              data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\">\r\n<\/amp-auto-ads>\n<\/div>\n<p>Imagine being given the responsibility of\u00a0designing Del Boy!<\/p>\n<p>These are four original artists drawings of how Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad were first envisaged at the conception stage of the show<\/p>\n<p>They were drawn by Phoebe de Gaye<\/p>\n<p>Phoebe was responsible for basically &#8216;designing&#8217; Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad<\/p>\n<p>She would have researched how she thought the trio would appear by going to local markets and watching all the real life market traders<\/p>\n<p>Then she drew these very pictures and presented them to John Sullivan and Ray Butt<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/delboy-designer-410x550.jpg\" alt=\"Del boy \" width=\"410\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/delboy-designer-410x550.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/delboy-designer-530x711.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/delboy-designer.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With their approval and after David, Nick and Lennard were cast, she would have, along with the actors, gone out and bought or hired the clothing that the characters would end up wearing<\/p><div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ofah2-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5593259115\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>It was Phoebe who bought the original sheepskin coat on London&#8217;s Tottenham Court Road, plus all Del Boys shirts, Rodneys leather jacket and all of grandad&#8217;s costume, including the coat, hat and pyjamas. it&#8217;s interesting that Phoebe&#8217;s husband was a great Dan Dare fan, and as we know Rodney wore a Dan Dare shirt in series one<\/p>\n<p>She also bought all Del Boys jewellery and the famous D necklace. 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