The Only Fools and Horses tower block known to millions of fans as Nelson Mandela House is earmarked for demolition and can, at best, be described as 'shabby'. But residents still love living there.

It was here, he said, that Nelson Mandela toiled virtually every day for 13 years, digging up rock, some of which paved the road we were driving on. The sun was so relentless, the quarry so bright ...

Pupils from Parkgate House School delivered a choir performance at Guildhall to launch the Letter to Mandela competition.