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...
In memory of the young people who died as a result of the New Cross fire 18th January 1981 The names of those remembered Patrick Cummings...
Both these stones must have been rescued from the building during renovation works. The top one looks like it formed the blind fanlight ...
The inscription seems to have been re-carved, incorrectly, at some point, introducing some ambiguity. The measurements are corroborated b...
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...
These two houses now seem to have a single address and, like most of the street, are occupied by lawyers. We asked at reception for info...
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