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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn

Spike Milligan’s “factory of fun” on sale for £6.5 million

Eric Sykes in his first floor office in 1965

(Picture: Beauchamp Estates)

London’s “fun factory” where comedy classics such as The Goon Show, Hancock’s Half Hour, Sykes and Steptoe and Son were created, has gone on the market for £6.5 million.

The Victorian townhouse in Bayswater was used by scriptwriter co-operative Associated London Scripts (ALS) from 1962 when it was bought by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.

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