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."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
donkeys of Covent Garden
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Covent Garden donkeys
Covent Garden Area Trust has an interesting page about the unveiling ceremony.
Other Subjects
National Council for Animal Welfare
One of a number of organisations active in the 1920s promoting animal welfare.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Frances Power Cobbe
Irish social reformer and suffragist. Writer, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist and leading women's suffrage campaigner. She founded a number of animal advocacy groups, including the Nati...
1 memorial
Bernard N. Mills
Second son of Bertram. The picture shows him with his brother, Cyril. We think Bernard is on the left. Died at home in London.
1 memorial
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