No. 1137: Hanbury Street, E1
Hanbury Street, London, E1. Photo ©RogerDean 2014
Round London: Down East And Up West – Montagu Williams Q.C., 1894:
UP WEST – CHAPTER IX
COVENT GARDEN
In my early days it was no uncommon thing for young gentlemen, after passing the night in a somewhat dissipated manner, to wend their way, in the small hours of the morning, to Covent Garden Market in order to have a cup of coffee at the stall by the church, and, as they expressed it, “to see life with the costers.”
There were many counter attractions to bed in those days.
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