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The Pearly KingsPearly Kings and Queens Pearly Kings and Queens Charitible figures of London boroughs "Pearlies" redirects here. For the animated series, see Pearlie. For the Traffic song "Pearly Queen", see Traffic (Traffic album). Pearly Kings and Queens, known as pearlies, are an organised charitable tradition of working-class culture in London, England.[1][2] Henry Croft, the first Pearly King, c. 1900 Henry Croft The practice of wearing clothes decorated with mother-of-pearl buttons[1] is first associated with Henry Croft (1861–1930), an orphan street sweeper who collected money for charity. At the time, London costermongers (street traders) were in the habit of wearing trousers decorated at the seams with pearl buttons that had been found by market traders. In the late 1870s, Croft adapted this… (Source: Wikipedia)
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