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...
This site has evolved over the years from flowers place around the tree to become the shrine that it is today. The steps were probably i...
The central, rather cotagey, building has both CHT plaques, the terracotta plaque to the left of the entrance and the war damage plaque t...
Royal Garrison Church of St. George, destroyed by flying bomb on 13th July 1944. Consecrated ground preserved as a memorial garden and co...
A few years later, in 1854, Lewis Cubitt also designed the much more traditional Great Nothern Hotel, a bit of which you can see on the l...
Sir James Matthew Barrie, Bart. OM, 1860 - 1937, novelist, dramatist and creator of 'Peter Pan', lived in a house on this site, 1885 - 18...
Lovely bronze plaque to a heartening war-time British service.
Actor. Born Christopher Frank Carandini Lee in Belgravia. After war service in various parts of Europe he took up acting, although at first he was told he was too tall. In films he is best remember...
Benny Hill, 1922-1992, comedian, lived here 1960-1986, The Dead Comics Society.
Born in Winford, Somerset. "The Dockers' K.C.". Self-taught. National Organiser of the Dockers' Union, 1910 - 1921. General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (which he created...
Sculptor. Born Brighton. One of thirteen children of a clergyman, he remained religious all his life. Passionate believer in the "carving direct" method. His sculptures would sometimes depict contr...
