KINGSTON PAST

sutton street

 

1 Sutton Street

. . . from its opening in the summer of 1911, for nearly a decade, the Covent Garden theatre was the venue for a wide variety of entertainments

1912 newspaper advertisement

"I used to sneak out at nights to watch boxing at Covent Gardens at Sutton Street" - Puckoo DeSouza, veteran Jamaican boxing promoter, and racehorse owner/trainer, remembering his teenage years, in 1962.

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27 Sutton Street

   From 1910 to about 1970 most of the references to 27 Sutton Street were to the meetings there of various Lodges and Friendly Societies, including international organisations such as the Odd Fellows, Forresters and Mechanics.

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