Broad Court, Covent Garden WC2
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Broad Court, Covent Garden WC2
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 25 Feb 2012
Looking towards Bow Street, with the fly tower of the Royal Opera House looming large. In the late 1960s I shared a flat in No 17 Broad Court, right, when the Covent Garden fruit, vegetable and flower markets thrived here. They operated at night: the streets would be brightly lit, colourful and noisy, thronged with porters, barrows and drivers. At the front the (guessing) Edwardian flats looked out on some Peabody Buildings and a 5-a-side pitch. At the back the kitchens had small balconies. From there one could look into the backs of offices in Long Acre, including the offices of the Sporting Life newspaper. Bow Street saw some excitement because the busy magistrates' court was there then. Just up Drury Lane was the original J.Sainsbury, and I don't recall it being a supermarket. Handy spot: could walk to work.
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