page_title: Henry Croft (pearly)
section_title: A Royal Funeral
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Croft (pearly) / A Royal Funeral
caption_attribution_description: English: St Martin in the Fields, Henry Croft statue
context_page_description: Henry Croft was a road sweeper in London and founder of the working class tradition of Pearly Kings and Queens.
context_section_description: Croft died from lung cancer in St Pancras workhouse, where he had been born more than 68 years earlier.  He was buried at St Pancras Cemetery in East Finchley.  His funeral cortège stretched for approximately half a mile, with a procession that included a horse-drawn hearse, musicians, 400 pearly kings and queens, and representatives from the charities that he had supported.  The event was filmed by Pathé News. (Ian Dury requested that the same hearse was to be used at his funeral in April 2000.)
caption: Statue, St Martin in the Fields
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