pearly king and queen
1Pearly Kings and Queens — Pearlies redirects here. For for the animated series, see Pearlie. Pearly King and Queen Pearly Kings and Queens, known as pearlies, are an organised charitable tradition of working class culture in London, England.[1] Th …
2Pearly King, Queen — London costermongers (street vendors) are the only English occupational group to have evolved a festive costume. Men of their leading families wear black velveteen suits to which hundreds of mother of pearl buttons are sewn in decorative… …
3pearly king — or (fem) pearly queen noun A costermonger whose costume is considered the most splendidly decorated with pearl buttons • • • Main Entry: ↑pearl * * * pearly king [pearly king] noun …
4pearly king — n (BrE) (in London) a man who on special occasions wears dark clothes covered in thousands of small shiny buttons. A pearly queen is a woman who does the same. This is a tradition among the people who sell fruit and vegetables from carts in the… …
5pearly — adj. & n. adj. (pearlier, pearliest) 1 resembling a pearl; lustrous. 2 containing pearls or mother of pearl. 3 adorned with pearls. n. (pl. ies) (in pl.) Brit. 1 pearly kings and queens. 2 a pearly king s or queen s clothes or pearl buttons.… …
6List of atheists (film, radio, television and theatre) — Film, radio, television and theatre Allen* Mary Adams (1898 ndash;1984): English producer and administrator in the BBC, instrumental in setting up the BBC s television service. [ She was a socialist, a romantic communist, and could charm with her …
7Union Jack (ballet) — Union Jack is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to traditional British tunes, hornpipe melodies and music hall songs, ca. 1890 1914, adapted by Hershy Kay: * Keel Row * Caledonian Hunt s Delight * …
8Kingsley Hall — is a community centre in the East End of London. It dates back to the work of Doris and Muriel Lester, who had a nursery school in nearby Bruce Road. Their brother, Kingsley Lester, died aged 26 in 1914, leaving money for work in the local area… …
9Kate Garner — (born 9 July 1954, Wigan, Lancashire) is an English singer and photographer. Garner was one third of the trio of 1980s avant garde, new wave pop project called Haysi Fantayzee, the other members being Jeremy Healy and Paul Caplin. Their music… …
10Paul Caplin — (born 31 December 1954 in London) started his musical career in New Romantic rock group Animal Magnet, which had a dance hit in 1981 with a synthpop track called Welcome to the Monkey House .Caplin left Animal Magnet to help create the 1980s… …
