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Trustees Mark Price and Rowena Lusty follow the jazz band. The Trusts Vice Chairman Neil Bisset carries a posy behind. The beautiful bouquets and the red apples were donated again this year by New Covent Garden Market and were artfully fashioned by florist Sophie Hanna.

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Walking up King Street towards the Piazza with the band oompha-ing behind. Peter Moore is accompanied by yet another excited little girl.wearing a suitably floral headband.

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The rent is paid! Helen Evans of New Covent Garden Market (far left) and Trustee Rowena Lusty (next left) hand over the apples and posies to Samantha Coote and Adam Smith of KBC. They stand at the southern end of James Street near the Georgian terrace on which the Trust owns the headlease.

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Inside the Market building Peter Webb of Scottish Widows (left) accepts a posy and a handshake from the Trust's Chairman, Geoffrey Holland. Geoffrey was head of the GLC's Covent Garden team during the restoration of the Piazza buildings.

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A final line up by Andrew Womersley (left) and Peter Webb, both of Scottish Widows, the company which together with Henderson Global, owns the freehold of Covent Garden Market. In the centre is Amanda Spedding who is the Manager of the Market.

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The Town Crier has lost his bell and hat to Richard Williams of Nelson Bakewell. He and his colleagues Stuart Adams (left) and Catherine Thomas are the managing agents of several Covent Garden buildings including Covent Garden Market.