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 photo, the only close-up image we can find of this lost plaque, is from Sputnik Mediabank where it is captioned "Memorial plate on d...
Lord Kelvin, 1824 - 1907, physicist and inventor, lived here. English Heritage
Greater London Council Major-General William Roy, 1726 - 1790, founder of the Ordnance Survey, lived here.
These lovely ceramics plaques were installed some time in or before 2008. There are 12 oval ceramics of which 7 nos 1-7) are mosaic and r...
The plaque refers to the Verbruggens as brothers, when in fact they were father and son.
Samuel Palmer, 1805 - 1881, artist, lived here, 1851 - 1861. Greater London Council
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