Comments on: Henry Croft, Road Sweeper

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 11:14:32 +0000

I paid my respects to Henry on a site visit a couple of weeks ago and he is quite difficult to find, but worth it.

I was also in the crypt of St Martin’s last night for a brilliantly atmospheric concert celebrating 400 years since William Byrd’s death. It was all done by real candlelight with the the musicians gathered around a table as though they were celebrating a secret Catholic mass, and it was interrupted at one stage by a loud rapping on the door and we were plunged into darkness and waited with baited breath to see we would be discovered…

All very magical in a very special place.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:13:37 +0000

It took a special man to recognise the vulnerable.
Someone who lived it.
Charlie Chaplin too.
Andy

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 14:42:35 +0000

I know who I would rather have a beer with an it ain’t with that Norfolk nobody. Cheers Henry!

By: Bernie

Bernie — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 11:05:22 +0000

My sister, a professional violinist, played in the StMartin’s crypt often in the Boyd Neel orchestra, and I was sometimes in the audience during the 1950’s, but Henry Croft’s statue never came to my attention. Perhaps it was not there then. Or was it in such a retired position? Or were my eyes not open?

By: Bailey Jones

Bailey Jones — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 10:54:55 +0000

How sad that a man who did so much to help others should end his life in the workhouse. I know the workhouse sometimes provided hospitals for the poor. So I hope he died there with his family around him.

By: Mathilde Grange

Mathilde Grange — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 10:03:49 +0000

Thank you so much, dear G.A., for making me aware of Henry Crfot’s existence. I’d even go as far as saying that he seems much more interesting than the admiral perched on his column.