In memory of the uncounted millions of animals who died, not of foot and mouth, but of the cure for foot and mouth.
The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our photograph was taken in 2013. We returned in 2015 and photographed the replacement, but we do not know exactly when the switch happened.
SE10, Ballast Quay, Ballast Quay communal garden
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Foot-and-mouth epidemic - new memorial
Foot and mouth disease (aphthae epizooticae) is an infectious disease that af...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Foot-and-mouth epidemic - new memorial
 The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our...
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From Polish Solidarity we learn that the granite was shipped from Strzegom in Silesia. POSK, the Polish Cultural Centre, is at nearby 238...
Some of the names on the memorial are illegible. We have found a list on the War Memorials Register and another on the Lewisham War Memor...
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