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 Camden New Journal 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
The Town Hall in Euston Road once housed these interesting murals by Cecil Os...
We believe this group now encompasses Comic Heritage, Musical Heritage, Sport...
Edwin Waterhouse, eminent accountant, worked in this building, 1899 - 1905. Corporation of London
Left to right down the plaques are: Forsyth, Davis, Garland, Houdini, which we think is the sequence of erection.
That's not a typo in the transcription - The RWF used the spelling Welch in their title, although its use is not consistent in this memor...
Westminster City Council Dr. James Yearsley, MD, MRCS, LRCP, 1805 - 1869, founded the Metropolitan Ear Institute here in 1838. Mr. Ronn...
Inscribed into the building, just below the cornice on the two facades: "The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Incorporated 1843". ...
Painter and printmaker. Born Canada c.1960. Based in London since 1984. Personal website.
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