"Andrew Denny" <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:b2289f64.0402100812.647f69f2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I heard the other day that George Major, the well known 'Pearly King
> of Peckham', claims that Del-Boy Trotter was based on him. Is there
> any truth in this? I heard he has the same sort of independent
> trading background (although more respectable than Del-Boy!), is about
> the same age, lived in Peckham with a younger brother and older uncle
> at the time OFAH started, and even has a Reliant Regal, same as in the
> TV series. Is it coincidence, or did John Sullivan base his character
> on him?
Nah, the guy himself trades on the old 1960s white Bermondsey Boys - he
isn't that unique. I think that sort of white working class,
wheeler-dealer
culture is less visible now and so less striking but it still exists (just
visit East Street Market). Sullivan says that the character is based on
many
people he knew and I don't doubt that he's telling the truth.
As for the family composition - the original cast consisted of brother and
granddad which isn't that unusual.
Gareth.
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