Erection date: 1995
There is meant to be another identical plaque further north in Brick Lane but we cannot find it. This cast-iron roundel, showing buttons and scissors, is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.
E1, Brick Lane
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Scissors and Buttons - Brick Lane south
The origins of the East End textile industry can be traced to the 14th centur...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Scissors and Buttons - Brick Lane south
We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010...
The plaque on the brick wall in the picture reads: The BBC Star Terrace, "Bring me fun, bring me sunshine, bring me love" Sylvie Dee. De...
The wall plaque is between the pair of first floor windows on the far end wall. Designed in 1860 by architect T. E. Knightley and built b...
The round plaque is on the wall under the main entrance canopy, high up, near the first "E" of Empire. The three brass plaques are in the...
{On the plaque attached to the railings:} Pat McDonald, working-class heroine, lived and worked in North Kensington from the 1960s until ...
Rudy Narayan, 1938 - 1998, barrister, civil rights activist, community champion and "voice for the voiceless", practised law here 1987 - ...
Commemoration of this event has had a chequered history. First Hackney mistakenly erected a plaque on the wrong building. That plaque the...
Joint host of Luigi Sturzo with Barbara Barclay Carter (see there for details). In 1934 and in 1945/46 she was living at 32 Chepstow Villas, W11. Our colleague, Andrew Behan has researched Marsha...
