{"id":7340,"date":"2019-01-07T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=7340"},"modified":"2019-09-16T08:53:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T07:53:39","slug":"nelson-mandella-house-bulldozed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/nelson-mandella-house-bulldozed\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Mandella House Bulldozed"},"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\n<p>The West London tower block that was the setting for our beloved sitcom Only Fools and Horses is to be torn down. <br \/>&nbsp; <br \/>Nelson Mandella house is actually Harlech Tower, we are told will be bulldozed so that 1,950 new homes can be built <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Harlech-Tower7-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4348\" width=\"581\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Harlech-Tower7-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Harlech-Tower7-530x397.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Harlech-Tower7.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Planning permission has been granted for the ongoing redevelopment of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/all-about\/ealing\">Ealing&#8217;s<\/a>&nbsp;largest housing estate, South&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/all-about\/acton\">Acton<\/a>&nbsp;Estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 3,300 new homes will be built in the redevelopment, with outline planning permission granted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/all-about\/ealing-london-borough-council\">Ealing Council<\/a>&nbsp;in December for 1,950 of these homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Harlech-Tower4-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"Harlech Tower\" class=\"wp-image-4345\" width=\"585\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Harlech-Tower4-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Harlech-Tower4-530x397.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Harlech-Tower4.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the redevelopment will see Harlech Tower, which was used to portray the exterior of the fictional Nelson Mandela House in Peckham where Derek &#8220;Del Boy&#8221; Trotter lived in Only Fools and Horses, demolished.<\/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\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/the-van.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5020\" width=\"582\" height=\"456\"\/><figcaption>Figure 1: The final frame in the title sequence of Only Fools and Horses, showing Harlech Tower with the Trotters\u2019 yellow Reliant Robin van parked outside. \n\nScreenshot captured by the author from the Complete Series 1 DVD (BBCDVD 1035)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Harlech Tower&nbsp;was used as Nelson Mandela House in various&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/episodes\/\">episodes<\/a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/category\/episodes\/series-1\/\">series 1<\/a>&nbsp;to 5 before filming went to Whitemead House ,Bristol<br \/>This Location can be found on Park Road East, &nbsp;Acton, London<br \/>Sat Nav Postcode: W3 8TZ<br \/>Nearest Train Station: Acton Town <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Harlech-Tower1-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Harlech-Tower1-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Harlech-Tower1-530x397.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Harlech-Tower1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; 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