CURIOSITIES OF ENGLAND - 12th October

CURIOSITIES OF ENGLAND - 12th October

The Pearly Kings and Queens Harvest Festival at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Trafalgar Square ( London). The 'Pearlies' were costermonger's (street seller of fruit; apples, oranges etc.) 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.

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