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What really happened at Dolphin Square, Britain's most notorious address

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There really was – and is – nowhere quite like Dolphin Square. Even today, if you visit its basement laundry, you will discover that its washing machines have a setting for capes.When Dolphin Square officially opened in 1936, it was never intended to be just another block of flats.

Boasting some 1,200 upmarket units on a seven-and-a-half-acre site, it was the largest self-contained apartment complex in Europe – a city dwelling for the modern age.Nor was there any pretence at classlessness.

These were apartments for the affluent and the influential, the movers and shakers, the people who ran the country and made it tick.

At times it has been called home by upwards of 100 sitting MPs and Lords. Its proximity to Westminster, Whitehall and the offices of Britain’s various intelligence agencies ensured a steady stream of such characters.

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