Erection date: 1995
The plaque shows a shuttle and two bobbins, representing the local weaving trade. It is placed close to Dennis Severs' House and was made using items found in that house.
This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.
E1, Folgate Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Shuttle and Bobbins
The origins of the East End textile industry can be traced to the 14th centur...
Many of the Huguenots that arrived here in the 16th and 17th centuries were s...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Shuttle and Bobbins
We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010...
We've put 14 February as the erection date, but actually that was only the date the queen unveiled the plaque. It is becoming quite commo...
This plaque set us wondering: why was this particular path chosen to be lined with these limes from Germany, and why in 1988? Then we rem...
We haven't collected the seated ballerina statue since it is not commemorative, as far as we know, but it does belongs to the select grou...
Our photo of the plaque comes from Gary Hartwell's Flickr page. He brought it to our attention way back in 2007 We have recently visited...
Site of St Martin Outwich, demolished 1874. The Corporation of the City of London
