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...
Armstrong worked here from the age of 20, first as receptionist, then as director and fundraiser.
In remembrance of 457 civilians killed in Chelsea by enemy action 1939-1945.
Tony Meehan, 1943 - 2005, founder member of The Shadows, lived here 1977 - 2005. The Heritage Foundation
Wilkie Collins, 1824 - 1889, Victorian novelist and author of 'The Woman in White' and 'The Moonstone', was born in a house on this site....
It's not clear if this is the foundation stone of the South Ward extension to the hospital (in which case it's rather terse) or if "this ...
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