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Duval Court Tenants' Association
Duval Court is a small block on the corner of Bedfordbury and Bedford Court, coming under the administration of the Peabody Estate Office on the Wild Street estate. There are only 28 flats and therefore the chances of a large and impressive turnout for Tenants' Association meetings are not great.
Nevertheless, a small group meets at regular intervals during the year to discuss on-going issues relevant to the environment in which we live. The Peabody Estate itself has been going through major administrative restructuring this year and the DCTA works hard to ensure relevant dialogue with personnel who have responsibility for our block.
Apart from on-going internal maintenance issues, we are acutely aware of the need to monitor activity in the surrounding area, particularly applications for late or all-night licences for local shops, bars and restaurants. Noise features prominently in our lives, particularly after 3am, when the combination of motor bikes (parked in Bedfordbury) get kick-started and exuberant revellers turn out of the late watering holes around the Covent Garden Piazza. We wonder if any of them knows how sound travels - or even if they care!
Notwithstanding, our association continues to work with the local police and other support groups to maintain the equilibrium - and we take this opportunity to thank the CGCA for all their efforts on our behalf.
David Rogers
Covent Garden Community Association Annual Report 2000-2001
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