Erection date: 31/5/19
Henry Croft, the original Pearly King, 1861 - 1930, founder of the Pearly Kings and Queens tradition, charitable fundraiser, road sweeper, orphan and father, lived here at 15 Charles Street (now Phoenix Road).
The Heritage Foundation
Camden Borough Council
NW1, Phoenix Road, 17a
The has a splendid photo of the Pearly Kings and Queens at the unveiling.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henry Croft - NW1
The original Pearly King. Born in the St Pancras Workhouse (now, 2015, the St...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Henry Croft - NW1
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The business had just moved out when the building was destroyed by a WW2 bomb.
The library, by E. Vincent Harris and opened in 1960, is the building to the south, the left of our picture. The Library Time Machine mus...
The plaque was unveiled by the writer and former MP Gyles Brandreth.
The Jewish calendar has a different start year (hence the "5425 - 1665") 3,760 years ahead of the more common, Gregorian, calendar.
The Telegraph: "That November farewell, given in aid of a Polish charity, came at the end of a difficult six-month British sojourn, whi...
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