Erection date: 1995
We failed to find this plaque in Dec-Jan 2017, but it is identical to that further south so see there for more details.
Site: Bowler plaque - Scissors and Buttons - Brick Lane north (1 memorial)
E1, Brick Lane (north end)
Erection date: 1995
We failed to find this plaque in Dec-Jan 2017, but it is identical to that further south so see there for more details.
E1, Brick Lane (north end)
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Scissors and Buttons - Brick Lane north
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 north
We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010...
This extension opened in 1938.
Mace Street and Tagg Street were two Victorian streets on the east side of Bonner Street, now lost to the Cranbrook Estate. This 1893 map...
The Guardian archives hold their article about this plaque being erected, and it contains some good saucy jokes, e.g. Judge: "You are pre...
{On front of plinth:} Field Marshal The Viscount Slim, KG, CGB,GGMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC 14th Army Burma, 1943 - 1945, Governor General an...
We've not seen the plaque but the V&A's description confirms that it looks just like this Charles Dickens' one.
Arthur Philip Abecasis was born in Paddington, London, in 1889, the youngest of the three children of Victor Emile Abecasis (1861-1929) and Amelia Frances Lucas Abecasis née Belinfante (1864-1939)....
This page brings together all the memorials that we have for civilians killed in London by acts of war, including terrorism. It is related to a very interesting campaign for a Citizens Memorial "to...
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