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The Uncommon Market

on BBC Radio 4 FM

' When the market went, the tears poured down my face, and it wasn't just a case of the business I was going to lose, it was the friends I was going to lose.' (JOSE PLUMMER, publican) 'We have won the major battle: we have said that this area cannot, and must not, be destroyed.' (THE REV AUSTEN WILLIAMS) Nearly four years after Covent Garden Market moved from its historic home in central London, Chris Kelly remembers its heyday, and finds out whether, in filling the vacuum the market left, Britain has learned the lessons of similar situations in Europe and America. Among those taking part THE REV JOHN ARROWSMITH
JIM CADBURY-BROWN GEOFFREY HOLLAND
JIM MONAHAN , JOSE PLUMMER DONALD SINDEN , JOHN TOOLEY and THE REV AUSTEN WILLIAMS Producer SIMON ELMES

Contributors

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Chris Kelly
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John Arrowsmith
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Jim Cadbury-Brown
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Geoffrey Holland
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Jim Monahan
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Plummer Donald Sinden
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John Tooley
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Austen Williams
Producer:
Simon Elmes

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