Neighbours of a house once owned by the notorious Madam Cynthia Payne says she helped put their suburban enclave ‘on the map’- and even helped to drive up house prices.

The large property in Ambleside Avenue, Streatham in south London, was turned into luxury flats in 2021 but was once a hotbed of vice – with Payne hosting a cast of characters reportedly including a peer of the realm, barristers, ex police officers bank managers and priests.

Despite being well-known among her clients and locals in the area for a number of years, it wasn’t until 1978 when she shot into the spotlight after police raided her home while a sex party was in progress.

During a trial in 1980, a court heard that Payne had been charging her elite clientele £25, which was exchanged for a ‘luncheon voucher’ – a toke

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