Welcome to the People of Covent Garden webpage. Here locals past and present are invited to add their memories of Covent garden. Whether you lived, worked or played in Covent Garden we'd love to read your memories!
Adding your memories is so simple to do, click on the 'Adding your Memories' icon on the right-hand-side of this page and follow the simple instructions. You can also add images, audio and even video clips!
We hope you enjoy sharing memories!
The Battle for Covent Garden Film
Original campaigners were interviewed to give their account of the battle for Covent Garden
TJ Poupart Ltd 1954
Fruit Shipment from Western Australia
"It's not what I live in, it's where I live"
The Memories of a 5th Generation Covent Garden Resident
Banana Art
Alternative Art in Covent Garden
Bernard O'Connor
'Really lovely days'
David Bieda
Making 'something else' happen in Covent Garden
Fiona White
A Walk in Covent Garden: Remembering the Neighbourhood
Harry
Three generations of Covent Garden market trading
Jenny Healey
A community worth fighting for
Jessica Skippon
Campaigning, gardening, and scooting off to the theatre...
Jim Monahan
Revolution was in the Air
Joan & Margaret Andrews
"It was a lovely place to live": growing up in Convent Garden
John Kent
'This place was full of characters years ago'
Kate Rich (nee: Kennedy)
Covent Garden: A place to live in
Kathy Pimlott
The Heart of Covent Garden
Lyn Baker
A Life Lived in Covent Garden
Noel Tobin
Planning Covent Garden
Robert Pimlott
'We Were Spoilt': Memories from Robert Pimlott, the Community Gardener
Tom Cook
Covent Garden: 'A place where people live'
Trofimena Ruocco Deufemia
'People travel to come here': Mena Remembers Growing Up in Covent Garden
East to West
part two The Bury to Bow St Police Station
Andy Parker
Growing up in Covent Garden
Carla Ferris & Michael Rakena
Early morning pubs, kidneys and bananas
Charlotte Bangma
A feisty housewife
Harvey Gould
Covent Garden during the war
Mary Ward & Eileen Kelly
Sisters' personal memories of life in Covent Garden
Noel Tobin
The noises of Covent Garden
Ralph Gey
A dancer and a fighter
Terry Cooke
Doing business in the market