Covent Garden TV programme

[Ann from Sussex]

Did anyone else watch the David Olusoga programme about the history of the Covent Garden Piazza that was broadcast on Sunday? It was more or less the same format as his A House Through Time series. If, like me, you have ancestors who lived and worked in the area it gave a fascinating insight into life there through the centuries. My 4xgt grandparents lived in a courtyard just behind the Royal Opera House in the 1830s and 40s, before moving to Drury Lane. In 1851 the son of the house was described as a theatrical agent so I wonder if he had some connection with the Drury Lane Theatre Royal or even the opera house. One of the daughters married into a family of Covent Garden Market fruit merchants so I have a strong connection to the area. Even without that connection I thought it was a very interesting programme.