 Pearce has been name-checked in a number of books, including Diana Dors' "A-Z of Men", Bartley Gorman and Peter Walsh's "King of the Gypsies" and Leighton Frayne's "The Frayne Brothers".Paddy Monaghan's "TheSunshine in my life".Pearce's family relative Luke Pearce has donated 61 copies of a portrait of Pearce, to be installed at well-known locations in Newport and the rest of Wales and the UK.