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 plaque dates the campaign from 1941, but other sources give it as 1942. The quotation is credited to John Maxwell Edmonds.
Those killed at Old Palace School are also commemorated (not by name) on a plaque at the site of the original school, although this gives...
You have to admire the 1800 skill at sentence construction, and the confidence that others wold be equally skilled at reading the results.
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