Plaque

(lost) Bowler plaque - Purse and Coins

Erection date: 1995

We failed to find this plaque in Dec-Jan 2017 so are grateful to Spitalfields Life for their photo.

This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.

Site: Bowler plaque - Purse and Coins (1 memorial)

E1, Middlesex Street

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Purse and Coins

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Petticoat Lane Market

By 1608 this street was known as Peticote Lane for the second-hand clothes, e...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Purse and Coins

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Keith Bowler

We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010...

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