I first met Ray back in 1981 when I came to Covent Garden as one of the GLC's Covent Garden Team. A few years later in 1985, whilst works were being carried out in the Hall, the market temporarily relocated to the Piazza around the Central Market building.
To be honest, I don't have many clear memories of Ray from that far back, but I remember the market then, the Jubilee what it was, how it changed & the wonderful & unique thing it became.
In many ways Ray & the Jubilee are the same thing, their fortunes & history so closely linked. I still have strong links with Covent Garden through the CG Area Trust & whenever I pass through, of course I think of this great man, this great friend, this great Covent Gardener.

I only found out today of the passing of a very good friend who I had not seen for over fifty years and was very saddened by the news. I got to know Ray just after the war ended in 1945 when we just seven years old and it wasn't just me.There were five of us and we called ourselves the clan. Corny I know but we were just kids. Ray was actually the leader of the clan although being the smallest he actually was the cleverest and even at a very early age was beginning to show signs of just how shrewd he was.
The other members of the clan was Maurice Truppin who lived two houses down from mine in St Andrews Grove.and just around the corner from Ray who lived at number ten Paget Road. then there was Mickey Feld who lived just around the other corner in Fairholt Road and finally Kenny Brown.
I have many happy memories of times we spent together like playing football and cricket in the street and having stone fights with melvyn Finkle. they were the good old days.                                                                                                   What saddens me the most is having lost touch with him. If only I could turn back time?                                                                                                                   To his family I wish long life and to let you know that a lot of people loved him long before most of you were born.

Simon Gillary.

A dear friend from way back. 

 In 1976 we Jubilee market traders were trading in that mud-floored filthy hole, open to the elements and subject to the whims of any administration that wanted to abuse us. Ten years later Ray Green had given us security of tenure, a stake in our own future and a reason to be proud. Without him it would never have happened. He did not do all that work just to build a company, but to make a difference to us, his market traders. JMH ltd was a mere vehicle to enable that change. In building it, Ray created not just a company but a Jubilee Market family. Ray was our dad, at the head of the table, commanding immense respect. He will never be forgotten. He was, in every respect that matters, loved and appreciated by everyone who knew him and an inspiration to us all. I carry a vision of him as he was in the 1980s with a big cigar, waving it to emphasis a point; perhaps the shortest person in the room and yet the biggest man by a mile. It was a pleasure to have known you Ray and I'm missing you already.