Plaque

Bowler plaque - Apples and Pears

Erection date: 1995

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

Site: Bowler plaque - Apples and Pears (1 memorial)

E1, Commercial Street, Spitalfields Market

The plaque is in the pavement very close to the corner of the fruit and vegetable market building.

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Bowler plaque - Apples and Pears

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Old Spitalfields Market

1638 King Charles I gave a licence for flesh, fowl and roots to be sold on Sp...

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

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Keith Bowler

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

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