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 building has been occupied by the East India Club since 1850, and 2018, still is. From British History Online: 1804 the Boehms boug...
This is an unusual plaque - painted on a large wooden board that looks like it was intended to be somewhere more populated, holding more ...
London County Council Rudyard Kipling, 1865 - 1936, poet and story writer, lived here, 1889 - 1891.
There are actually 2 plaques, with the same wording, on the building, one at first floor and one at ground floor level.
The plaque is at the base of the tower. Our colleague Andrew Behan, has researched all the names on the memorial. A history time line of...
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