pearly king

The Pearly Kings and Queens are an elaborate example of this.

I finished my fourpenny pint, pushed through the pearly kings and queens, and made it to the door.

The Pearly King and Queen section was framed by a red-and-gold toy theater.

The Original Pearly Kings' and Queens' Association was established that year.

The elaborate patterns were inspired by the button-bedecked costumes worn by the so-called pearly kings and queens of London parade fame.

Henry Croft, first "Pearly King".

Nilas Martins's Pearly King was pure silent-movie mime and another high point.

Pearly Kings and Queens, known as pearlies, are an organised charitable tradition of working class culture in London, England.

Croft's founding organisation is called the Original London Pearly Kings and Queens Association.

"Show business suddenly became 'the entertainment industry,' " said Ron Schwinn, 54, who played Pearly King in the show.

South of the River Thames, the pearly families were associated into a Pearly Kings' and Queens' Guild.

A parade of real-life Pearly Kings and Queens was featured at the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Among Gandhi's visitors were Charlie Chaplin, the Pearly King and Queen of east London, and many politicians.

The Pulp song "Mile End" (1996) features the lyrics "The pearly king of the Isle of Dogs, feels up children in the bogs."

By 1911, all 28 of the metropolitan boroughs of London had its own pearly king, pearly queen, and pearly family, often members of the local costermonger community.

A life-sized marble statue of Henry Croft, London's first pearly king, was moved to the crypt in 2002 from its original site at St Pancras Cemetery.

Also included were real-life Chelsea Pensioners, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, and a group of Pearly Kings and Queens.

Costers were notoriously competitive: respected "elder statespeople" in the costermonger community were elected as pearly kings and queens to keep the peace between rival costermongers.

Henry Croft (24 May 1861 - 1 January 1930) was a road sweeper in London and founder of the working class tradition of Pearly Kings and Queens.

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.