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...
George Daniels CBE, watchmaker, 1926 - 2011, lived & worked here. The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers The British Horological Insti...
{Below the main plaque there is a small one, surmounted with two dolphins, a crown and an anchor:} National Submarine War Memorial (1922...
Underground Heritage information. Piccadilly Circus Station. Listed as a building of national importance. Architects: Entrances and ticke...
All that remains of Smirke's 1829 Post Office building in St. Martins-le-Grand is this five-ton Ionic capital from the right hand corner ...
We were there on 'Run Hackney' day, though quite a few of them were actually walking the half marathon. The street art in Hackney streets...
