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 Strongest Link. The Royal Air Force Station motto commemorates all service and civilian personnel based here during World War II who ...
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1708 - 1778, Prime Minister, lived in a house on this site.
There are two other plaques on the front of this building. They don't commemorate anything so we can't really enter them as memorials but...
W.D. Kinnear, 1880 - 1974. Kensington Rowing Club, member 1905 - 1974, President 1964 - 1965 - 1972. Winner of Diamond Sculls 1910 - 19...
Eugen Sandow, 1867 - 1925, body builder and promoter of physical culture, lived and died here. English Heritage
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