Covent Garden reopens

Title

Covent Garden reopens

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

18 Jun 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:41

Description

Report on the reopening of Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market in central London as a specialist restaurant and shopping centre. Includes interviews with Mark Patterson, chairman of the Greater London Council’s Covent Garden Committee; architect Geoff Holland, Covent Garden development team leader. Female reporter not identified (poss. Barbara Groom?).

Contributors

Barbara Groom?; Mark Patterson; Geoff Holland

Keywords

London; GLC; Covent Garden; Markets; Restoration; Architectural conservation

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