100,000 costermongers' donkeys worked in and around the market. The picture source says: "In the 1860s there were as many as 2,000 donkey barrows on a Saturday morning in Covent Garden Market."
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donkeys of Covent Garden
Covent Garden Area Trust has an interesting page about the unveiling ceremony.
This site was first developed in 1795 for use by the Horse Guards. The barrac...
Racing Manager to Queen Elizabeth from 1969 until his death. A very close fr...
The memorial says "millions" have been killed and we don't dispute that. In p...
