Plaque

Bowler plaque - Freedom Press

Inscription

Angel Alley, A, A

The "A"s are certainly the anarchists' 'A' symbol but we don't understand what the hands signify. The gesture shows the thumb and first finger formed into a cup shape, so not the "hand rock" horns. Any ideas?

This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details. This one was not in the original 1995 group, but was installed by December 2016.

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E1, Whitechapel High Street

The plaque can be seen in our photo between the man's heels and the vertical "Freedom".

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Bowler plaque - Freedom Press

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Freedom Press

Anarchist publishing house in Whitechapel. Co-founded by Peter Kropotkin as a...

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Bowler plaque - Freedom Press

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Keith Bowler

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