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...
Above the door on the left is inscribed "1892". On the south face of this building are 4 inscribed stones laid by (left to right) JC Ran...
"Antiques market" might means a shop with multiple stalls inside selling antiques, run by different people. A date would have been helpfu...
English Heritage Dame Edith Sitwell, 1887 - 1964, poet lived here in Flat 42.
This framed photo is in the ground floor foyer of this block of flats.
Unveiled by councillor Carolyn Keen, Lord Mayor of Westminster.
