About MARIA
Imagine growing up with Covent Garden, Soho and the British Museum as your playground.
For Maria, that was everyday life. Born in 1951, she remembers a West End full of colourful characters, familiar faces and adventures around every corner.
From childhood mischief to the extraordinary little details of ordinary life, Maria takes us back to a London that has changed enormously, but one she still remembers with great affection.
MARIA’S STORIES WELL TOLD
Secret St. Lucian Feasts Hidden Above a Public Laundry!
While mums did laundry with washboards and heavy drying horses upstairs at the Oasis, workers from St. Lucia were secretly cooking up delicious authentic meals.
Kids Used Industrial Newspaper Shoots As Playground Slides!
Growing up behind the printing presses in Covent Garden meant turning giant newspaper chutes into neighborhood slides when the presses weren’t running.
Hours-Long Queues For 1960s Beatles Boots!
Long before modern sneaker drops, young Londoners in the 1960s queued up on Friday nights just to buy Cuban heel boots made right on Drury Lane!
“We used to play run outs in the British Museum.”
MARIA
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