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Essex
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news and information from the
official Essex county cricket site.
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the online Essex shop for a wide
range of cricketing gear. Statistics
on contracted players. The club
offers a wide range of coaching for
cricketers of all ages and
abilities, a run down on courses
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Blimey!
Latest news an'
infawmashun from da official Essex
coun'y cricket site. Visi' da
online
Essex shop fer a wide range ov
cricketin' gear. Statistics on
contracted players. The club
offers a wide range ov coachin'
fer
cricketers ov all ages an'
abilities, a run down on caaahrses
available. Nuff said, yeah? |
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Kent
The formation of the original
Kent County Cricket Club took
place in
Canterbury in August 1842, and
played its initial first-class
match
against All-England that same
month. On March 1 1859 there was
a
substantial reorganisation and
the present Kent CCC was formed.
Kent
had been proclaimed Champion
County in 1837, and held the
title through
most of the 1840s. However, they
did not claim it again before
the
formation of the County
Championship as we know it in
1890.
Kent
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Lawd above! The fawmashun
ov da original Ken' Coun'y Cricket
Club an' allk place in Can'erbury in
August 1842, an' played its
initial first-class match against
All-England what same month. On
March
1 1859 there was a substantial
reorganisashun an' da presen' Ken'
CCC
was fawmed. Ken' 'ad been proclaimed
Champion Coun'y in 1837, an' 'eld
da title fruff most ov da 1840s.
However, they did not claim i' again
befawer da fawmashun ov da Coun'y
Championship as we know i' in 1890.,
innit.
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Middlesex
Welcome
to the site for the Middlesex
Crusaders! Competitions, interactive
games, quizzes, even online
coaching. it's all about cricket.
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on the club, the players, match
reports and training courses offered
by
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Awright geeezzaa! Welcome
ter da site fer da Middlesex
Crusaders! Competishuns, in'eractive
games, quizzes, even online
coaching. It's all abaaaht cricket.
Details on da club, da players,
match repawts an' trainin' caaahrses
offered by da club. En'er da
corpawate area if yew are in'erested
in sponsorship awer advertising.
Sorted mate.
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Surrey
Its limited overs team is called the
Surrey Brown Caps. The club is the
most financially secure first class
county club, with a turnover of
£22 million in 2006. The club's home
since its foundation in 1845
has been The Oval cricket ground
(currently known officially as the
'Brit Oval' following a sponsorship
deal with the Brit insurance
company), within the Kennington area
of Lambeth in south London. Some
home games each season are also
played at Whitgift School, Croydon
and
at Woodbridge Road, Guildford. The
traditional club colours are
chocolate brown and silver. The club
badge is the Prince of Wales'
three feathers. Lord Rosebery
obtained the permission to use this
symbol from the Prince of Wales,
owner of the land on which The Oval
stands, in 1915. Surrey
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Gawdon Bennet! Its limited
overs team is called da Surrey
Brown Caps. The club is da most
financially secure first class
coun'y
club, wiv a turnover ov £22 million
in 2006. The club's 'ome
since its foundashun in 1845 'as
been The Oval cricket ground
(currently known officially as da
'Bri' Oval' followin' a sponsorship
deal wiv da Bri' insurance company),
wivin da Kennington area ov Lambef
in sowf London. Some 'ome games each
season are also played at Whitgift
School, Croydon an' at Woodbridge
Road, Guildford. The tradishunal
club
colaaahrs are chocolate brown an'
silver. The club badge is da Prince
ov Can'erbury Tales' free fearfers.
Lord Rosebery obtained da
permission ter use dis symbol from
da Prince ov Can'erbury Tales, owner
ov da land on which The Oval stands,
in 1915. OK?
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ANGLO-
SAXON
LONDON
This description of Anglo-Saxon
London is taken from
Wikipedia. It is written in conjunction
with our Wessex (www.wessextouristboard.org.uk)
and Mercian (www.mercia.me.uk)
sites which cover the Ancient English
kingdoms.
We have incorporated London into our
financial (www.ukinformedinvestor.co.uk)
site.
Early
settlement
Following the virtual
abandonment of the
Roman city, the area's strategic
location on the River Thames meant
that the site was not deserted for
long. From the late 5th century,
Anglo-Saxons began to inhabit the
area.
There is almost no reliable
evidence about
what happened in the London area
during the Sub-Roman "Dark Age"
period
from around 450 AD to 600
AD. Although early Anglo-Saxon
settlement avoided the area
immediately
around Londinium, there was
occupation on a small scale of much
of the
hinterland on both sides of the
river. There is no contemporary
literary evidence, but the area must
for some time have been an active
frontier between Saxons and Britons.
Lundenwic
Early Anglo-Saxon settlement
in the London
area was not on the site of the
abandoned Roman city, although the
Roman city walls remained intact.
Instead, by the 7th century a
village and
trading centre named Lundenwic,
was established approximately
one mile (1.6km) to the west of Londinium
(named Lundenburh
or "London Fort" by the Saxons
Probably using the mouth of the
River Fleet as a trading ship and
fishing boat harbour.
Lundenwic in the early eighth
century, was
described by the Venerable Bede as
"a trading centre for many nations
who visit it by land and sea". The
word "wic" was an Old English
word for 'trading town' ,
so Lundenwic literally meant
'London trading town'.
Archaeologists were for
many years
puzzled as to where early
Anglo-Saxon London was located, as
they could find little evidence of
occupation within the Roman city
walls from this period. However in
the
1980s it was 'rediscovered' after
extensive excavations were
reinterpreted as of an urban
character by archaeologists Alan
Vince and
Martin Biddle working
independently . Recent
excavations
in the Covent Garden
area have uncovered the extensive
Anglo-Saxon settlement dating back
into the 7th century. The
excavations show that the settlement
covered
about 600,000 square metres,
stretching from the present-day
National
Gallery site in the west to Aldwych
in the east.
By about 600 AD Anglo-Saxon
England had
become divided into a number of
small kingdoms (see Heptarchy) From
the
mid-6th century, the London area was
incorporated into the East Saxons
kingdom, which extended as far
west as St Albans and included all
of later Middlesex, and probably
Surrey too for a time.In 604
Saeberht of the East Saxons
converted to
Christianity and London received
Mellitus, its first post-Roman
bishop.
At this time Essex owed allegiance
to the Bretwalda Ethelbert
of Kent, and it was under
Ethelbert that Mellitus founded the
first St.
Paul's Cathedral,
traditionally said to be on the site
of an old
Roman Temple of Diana (although
Christopher Wren
found no evidence of this). This
would have only been a modest church
at first and may well have been
destroyed after he was expelled from
the city by Saeberht's pagan
successors in 616. Christianity did
not
return until around 675 when
Theodore of Tarsus installed St Eorconweald
as bishop.
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The new town came under direct
Mercian
control in c.670 as the East Saxon
kingdom of which it had once been
part was gradually reduced in size
and status. After the death of the
Mercian king Offa in 796, control of
London was disputed between Mercia
and Wessex.
Viking
attacks
Attacks from Vikings
became increasingly common from
around 830 onwards. London was
attacked
in 842 in a raid that was described
by a chronicler as the "great
slaughter". In 851 another raid on
London, reputedly involving 350
ships, came to plunder the city.
In 865 the Viking "Great
Heathen Army"
launched a large scale invasion of
East Anglia and soon overran East
Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria and
came close to controlling most of
England. By 871
they had reached London, and are
believed to have camped within the
old
Roman walls during the winter of
that year. Although it is unclear
what
happened during this time, London
may have come under Viking control
for a period.
In 878 however, English forces
led by King
Alfred the Great defeated the
Vikings at the Battle of Edington
and
forced the Viking leader Guthrum
to
sue for peace. The Treaty of Wedmore
and the later Treaty of Alfred and
Guthrum divided England into
Alfred's Saxon controlled kingdom
and
Danish controlled Danelaw
Lundenburh
English rule in London was
restored by 886.
King Alfred quickly set about
establishing fortified towns or "Burhs"
across England to improve defences,
London was no exception. Within ten
years, settlement within the old
Roman walls was re-established, but
known as Lundenburh. The
Roman walls were repaired and the
defensive ditch re-cut. This move
was effectively the beginning of the
present City of London, the
boundaries of which are still to
some
extent defined by the ancient city
walls.
As the focus of the city was
moved back to
within the old Roman walls, the
older settlement of Lundenwic
was largely abandoned and gained the
name of Ealdwic or "old
settlement". The name survives today
as Aldwych.
10th
century
London
Alfred appointed his
son-in-law Earl
Aethelred of Mercia, who was the
heir to the destroyed Kingdom of
Mercia, as Governor of London and
established two defended Boroughs
to defend the bridge which was
probably rebuilt at this time. The
southern end of the Bridge was
established as the Borough of
Southwark or Suthringa Geworc
(defensive work of the men of
Surrey) as it was originally known.
From
this point, the City of London began
to develop its own unique local
government.
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After
Aethelred's death, London came
under the direct control of English
kings. The Kingdom of England
established by Alfred was expanded
by his son Edward the Elder who won
back much land from Danish control.
By the early 10th century London
had become an important commercial
centre. Although the capital of the
Kingdom of England was in
Winchester, London became
increasingly
important as a political centre.
King Aethelstan held many Royal
Councils in London and issued laws
from there. King Aethelred the
Unready favoured London as
his capital and issued the Laws of London
there in 978.
The
Vikings
return
It was during the reign of
Aethelred that
Viking raids began again, led by
King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark.
London was attacked unsuccessfully
in 994, but numerous raids followed.
By 1013 London underwent a long
siege and Aethelred fled abroad.
King
Sven died but his son Canute
continued the attacks, and the
following
year overran the city.
Aethelred returned with his
ally Olaf of
Norway to reclaim London. A Norse saga
tells of a battle during the Viking
occupation where Aethelred returned
to attack Viking-occupied London.
According to the saga, the Danes
lined London Bridge
and showered the attackers with
spears. Undaunted, the attackers
pulled
the roofs off nearby houses and held
them over their heads in the
boats. Thus protected, they were
able to get close enough to the
bridge
to attach ropes to the piers and
pull the bridge down, thus ending
the
Viking occupation of London. There
is some speculation that the nursery
rhyme "London Bridge is falling
down" stems from this incident.
Following Aethelred's death in
1016, his
son Edmund Ironside
was declared king. The Vikings
however returned and again placed
London
under siege. Initially the city's
defenders were able to hold back the
invaders. However, Edmund was
eventually forced to share power
with
Canute. When Edmund died Canute
became the sole King of England.
After
two short lived Danish kings,
(Harold Harefoot and Harthacanute)
the
Anglo-Saxon line was restored when
Canute's stepson Edward the
Confessor
took up the throne in 1042.
Run up to
the Norman invasion
Following Edward's death, no
clear heir was
apparent, and his cousin, Duke William of
Normandy, claimed the
throne. The Royal Council, however,
met in
the city and elected the dead King's
brother-in-law, Harold Godwinson
(The Earl of Wessex)
as King. He was crowned in
Westminster Abbey. William, outraged
by
this, then sent an army to invade
England. on 11th of October 1066
Harold marched his army out of
London.At Hastings,
on 15
October 1066, the Anglo-Saxon
Kingdom ended and Norman England
began.
The Kingdoms were demolished and
replaced by counties.
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THE
LANGUAGE
If you are coming to London you will need to
know Rhyming Cockney
Slang-
otherwise you will not understand what the
natives are talking
about.
Full Details are available on
http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/rabbit
There is a handy transalator on the page.
What is Cockney rhyming slang?
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Cockney
rhyming
slang is not a language but a
collection of phrases used by
Cockneys and other Londoners.
What's
a
Cockney?
St
Mary Le Bow church in Cheapside,
London
A
true Cockney
is someone born within the sound
of Bow Bells. (St Mary-le-Bow
Church
in Cheapside, London).
However
the
term Cockney is now loosely
applied to many born outside this
area as
long as they
have a "Cockney" accent or a
Cockney heritage.
The
Cockney
accent is heard less often in
Central London these days but is
widely heard in the outer London
boroughs, the London suburbs and
all
across South East England. It is
common in Bedfordshire towns like
Luton and Leighton Buzzard, and
Essex towns such as Romford.
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What's
Rhyming
Slang?
Rhyming Slang phrases are
derived from
taking an expression which rhymes
with a word and then using that
expression instead of the word.
For example the word "look" rhymes
with
"butcher's hook". In many cases
the rhyming word is omitted - so
you
won't find too many Londoners
having a "bucher's hook" at this
site,
but you might find a few having a
"butcher's".
The
rhyming word is not always omitted
so Cockney expressions can vary in
their construction, and it is
simply a matter of convention
which
version is used.
Some
Cockney
rhyming slang for parts of the
body
In
this
list of example Cockney slang
for parts of the body, you'll
notice
that some expressions omit the
rhyming word but others do
not.
Who
uses
Cockney Rhyming Slang?
Cockney Rhyming Slang
originated in the
East End of London. Some slang
expressions have escaped from
London and
are in popular use throughout the
rest of Britain. For example "use
your loaf" is an everyday phrase
for the British, but not too many
people realise it is Cockney
Rhyming Slang ("loaf of bread:
head").
There are many more examples of
this unwitting use of Cockney
Rhyming
Slang.
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Television
has
raised awareness of Cockney
Rhyming Slang to far greater
heights. Classic TV shows such
as "Steptoe
and Son", "Minder", "Porridge"
and "Only Fools and Horses"
have done
much to spread the slang
throughout Britain and to the
rest of the
world.
Is
Cockney
Rhyming Slang dead?
Not on your Nelly! Cockney
Rhyming Slang
may have had its highs and lows
but today it is in use
as never before.
In
the last few years hundreds of
brand new slang expressions have
been
invented - many betraying their
modern roots, eg "Emma Freuds:
hemorrhoids"; (Emma Freud is a TV
and radio broadcaster) and "Ayrton
Senna": tenner (10 pound note).
How
is Cockney
slang developing?
Modern
Cockney slang that is being
developed today tends to only
rhyme words
with the names of celebrities or
famous people. There
are very few new Cockney slang
expressions that do not follow
this
trend. The only one that has
gained much ground recently that
bucks
this trend is "Wind and Kite"
meaning "Web site".
Cockney
expressions are being exported
from London all over the world.
Here at
cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk we get
loads of enquiries from folks as
far
afield as the USA, Canada and
Japan, all wanting to know the
meaning of
Cockney expressions.
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| Slang |
Meaning |
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Slang |
Meaning |
| Adam and
Eve |
believe |
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Holy friar |
liar |
| Almond
rocks |
socks |
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Holy ghost |
toast |
| Apple
fritter |
bitter
(beer) |
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House to
let |
bet |
| Apple
peeling |
feeling |
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Jack the
Ripper |
kipper |
| Apple tart |
heart |
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Jack 'n'
Jill |
till |
| Apples and
pears |
stairs |
|
Jam jar |
car |
| Ball of
Chalk |
walk |
|
Jam tart |
heart |
| Barnet Fair |
hair |
|
Jeremiah |
fire |
| Bees 'n'
honey |
money |
|
Jimmy
Riddle |
piddle
(Just off for a Jimmy) |
| Boat race |
face |
|
Jim Skinner |
dinner |
| Bo-peep |
sleep |
|
Joanna |
piano |
| Bottle and
glass |
arse |
|
Joe Blake |
steak |
| Bow &
arrow |
barrow |
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Kate Karney |
army |
| Brown bread |
dead |
|
Lemon
squash |
wash |
| Bubble and
squeak |
speak |
|
Linen
draper |
paper |
| Burnt
cinder |
winder
(window) |
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Loaf of
bread |
head |
| Butcher' s
hook |
look |
|
Mince pies |
eyes |
| Cain &
Able |
table |
|
Mother
Hubbard |
cupboard |
| Chalk Farm |
arm |
|
Mutt and
Jeff |
deaf |
| Cherry-'ogg
(Hogg) |
dog |
|
Peckham Rye |
tie |
| China plate |
mate
(friend) |
|
Pig's ear |
beer |
| Coach 'n'
badge |
cadge (get
money off) |
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Plates of
meat |
feet |
| Cock 'n'
hen |
ten or £10 |
|
Pork pie |
lie |
| Currant bun |
son/sun |
|
Rabbit 'n'
pork |
talk
(Bunny) |
| Daisy Roots |
boots |
|
Rocking
horse |
sauce |
| Derby Kelly |
belly |
|
Rory O'More |
floor |
| Dicky Bird |
word |
|
Rosie Lee |
tea |
| Dicky Dirt |
shirt |
|
Rub a Dub
Dub |
pub |
| Dig in the
grave |
shave |
|
Salmon and
trout |
gout |
| Ding Dong |
sing song |
|
Saucepan
lid |
kid
(child) |
| Dr. Crippen |
dripping |
|
Sexton
Blake |
cake |
| Dog and
bone |
phone |
|
Six to four |
whore |
| Duke of
Kent |
rent |
|
Skin 'n'
blister |
sister |
| Friar Tuck |
luck |
|
Sky rocket |
pocket |
| Frog and
toad |
road |
|
Taters in
the mould |
cold |
| George Raft |
daft
(crazy) |
|
Tea leaf |
thief |
| Ginger beer |
queer |
|
Tit for tat |
hat |
| Gold watch |
scotch |
|
Tom and
Dick |
sick |
| Ham and
eggs |
legs |
|
Tommy
Tucker |
supper |
| Hampstead
Heath |
teeth |
|
Trouble and
strife |
wife |
| Harry Lime |
time |
|
Two and
Eight |
state |
| Heap of
coke |
bloke |
|
Uncle Ned |
bed |
| Hen 'n' fox |
box |
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Whistle and
Flute |
suit |
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THE
PEARLY KINGS & QUEENS OF LONDON
One of
the great
traditions at the Epsom horseracing
course, on the
southern outskirts of London, on
Derby Day is the arrival of the
Pearly
King and Queen in their decorated
donkey-cart.
The
Pearly Royals
started in Victorian days and some
still reign today in their various
London districts. The
'Pearlies' were
costermonger's…street vendors of
fruit and vegetables,
and their distinctive costumes are
said to have sprung from the arrival
of a big cargo of pearl-buttons from
Japan in the 1860's. It
seems that one of the costers sewed
some of the buttons round the edge
of his wide-bottomed trousers, and
the fashion caught on. Traditionally,
costers elected 'Kings' to
lead them against bullies seeking to
drive them from their pitches.
Each individual area of London
had a king and his 'donah', (as the
wives are called) and both were
elaborately turned out.
The
magnificent suits, hats and dresses,
handed down together with
hereditary titles, are sewn with
mystic symbols, stars, moons, suns,
flowers, diamonds, Trees of Life,
Eyes of God and fertility designs.
Each
outfit can have as many as 30,000
buttons on it and can weigh as much
as 30 kilograms or more.
These
suits are worn at charity events,
christenings, weddings and funerals.
Where
there is a
special charity drive the kings and
queens ride in splendour on their
decorated carts. At
the annual autumn Harvest Festival
service at St. Martin-in-the-Fields
church in London, the Pearly
princesses take bouquets of
vegetables as
thank - offerings.
Today,
around 30 Pearly
Families continue the tradition to
raise money for various
charities.Each London Borough has
a King and
Queen, as do the City of London
and the City of Westminster. It's
a
colourful London tradition and one
that has been kept alive by a few
dedicated people, who remain
figureheads for the capital's
working
class communities. It
will be very sad if the tradition
of the Pearly King and Queen dies
out, as
they are a very colourful part
of
London's history. Long
live the Pearly Kings and
Queens!
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The London
tradition of the Pearly
Kings and Queens began in
1875, by a small lad
named Henry Croft.
Henry
was born and raised in an
orphanage in Charlton
Street, Somers Town,
London, NW1. At the age of
13 he had to leave the
orphanage and make
his own way in life. His
first job was as a
Municipal Road Sweeper in
the market of Somers Town.
Henry worked hard in the
market and soon
made many friends, he was
particularly drawn to the
Costermongers who
were a tough breed of
market traders. He got to
know more about their
way of life, their
generosity and their
fashion of smoke pearl
buttons
sewn on the piped seams of
their trousers, jackets,
waistcoats and
caps. This showed their
status as they worked the
market stalls from
day to day. The
Costermongers were caring
and looked after each
other
if they were sick or in
need.
Henry was
so fascinated by this way
of life and decided he
would like to help
those who were more
unfortunate than himself,
including the children
back at the orphanage
where he had spent his
early life. He knew that
in order to collect a lot
of money he needed to draw
attention to
himself. So as Henry swept
the market streets he
started to collect all
the pearl buttons he found
that had fallen off of the
clothes of people
visiting the market, and
when he had enough he
started to sew them on
his cap and then continued
until his entire suit was
filled, the very
first smother suit.
Because
Henry was
an orphan he had no one to
help him with his suit so
he had to learn
how to sew. It was this
that started the
tradition, which is still
carried on by descendants
of original Pearly
Families, that the Kings
do all the designs and
sewing.
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Designs on suits tend to
run in families
but here are a few that
you may see and recognise:
Horseshoe
= Luck
Doves = Peace
Heart = Charity
Anchor = Hope
Cross = Faith
Wheel = Circle of Life
Symbols of Playing Cards
= Life is a gamble
Flower Pots =
Costermongers
Donkey Carts =
Costermongers
Henry
Croft was in so much
demand for his charity
work, as many of London's
hospitals, workhouses and
orphanages needed help,
that he turned to his
friends the Costermongers
and they did not let him
down. Many of the
Costermongers became the
first Pearly Families.
There were 28 families,
one for each of the London
boroughs, one for the City
of Westminster,
and one for the City of
London.
Each
outfit can
hold many tens of
thousands of buttons on it
and can weigh as much as
30 kilograms or more.
There are two types of
suit - a Smother Suit and
a Skeleton Suit, the
former having very little
cloth showing and
totally covered in
buttons, and the latter
having far fewer buttons.
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It
is estimated that when he
died in 1930 (aged 68), he
had collected over
£5000. The equivalent in
today's values would be
approximately
£200,000.
His
funeral was a spectacular
affair, and was filmed by
Pathe News. All of
the Pearlies attended
(roughly 400) and they
followed the coffin to
where Henry was buried.
The charities that he had
helped over the year
all pulled together to
help pay for a statue of
Henry for his grave.
Unfortunately in 1995 the
statue was vandalised and
no longer stands in
the cemetery. It has been
replaced with a headstone,
inlaid with
Henry's photograph, so it
can be easily found by
visitors.
The statue
has now been fully
restored and can be seen
in the crypt at the church
of St. Martins in the
Field, Trafalgar Square.
 The
Pearly tradition has
survived for over 125
years and hopefully it
will
continue for many more to
come. We still have a few
families who can be
traced back to the
original generation of
Pearlies. Henry Croft's
family still carries on
the tradition with his
Great-Granddaughter
wearing the title of
'Somers Town'.
By Jon
Arrowsmith, the
Pearly King of Walthamstow
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Lambeth
Walk
Lambeth
Walk is
a walk, a song, a dance, two
films, a photograph, a
market and a street in
Kennington .The original
"Lambeth Walk" was an
evening promenade by the
predominantly poor residents
of North Lambeth:- that is the
area around
Black Prince Road.The
Song The walk was
popularised by Noel Gay who
wrote the song Doin'
the
Lambeth Walk with
its catchy tune for the 1937
Douglas
Furber musical comedy Me
and My Girl.
The main
verse of The Lambeth
Walk is:-
Any
time you’re Lambeth way
Any evening, any
day,
You ’ll find us all
Doin’ the Lambeth
walk. ... Oi!
The
Lambeth Walk also became a
very popular walking dance, done
in a
jaunty, strutting fashion. The hero of the
musical was Bill
Snibson, the black sheep of an
aristocratic family, who
inherited the
family fortune.
BRITISH
KING GETS LESSON FROM 'LAMBETH
WALK' STAR.
King George and Queen
Elizabeth saw the "Lambeth
Walk" show, "Me and My
Gal" at the Victoria Palace
Theatre . The Queen wore
a white
slipper-satin gown, a white
fox cape and two gardenias in
her hair. The
King, in evening dress, wore a
gardenia in his buttonhole.
Both joined
in the shouted "Oi" which ends
the Lambeth Walk chorus.
Lupino Lane,
star of the show, was
presented to the King and
Queen after the
performance. "They said they
had been walking the Lambeth
Walk the
wrong way - the ballroom way -
and promised to do it our way
in the
future.""
 "Knees
Up
Mother
Brown" is a 1938 song composed
by Harris Weston and Bert Lee.
It became
a popular pub song, and was
particularly associated with
Cockney
culture. The expression "knees
up" came to mean a party or a
dance.
"Oh, knees up Mother Brown,
Knees up Mother Brown,
Come along, dearie, let it go
E-I-E-I-E-I-Oh!
It's your blooming birthday
Let's wake up all the town;
So knees up, knees up
Don't get the breeze up
Knees up Mother Brown!"
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