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...
The flowers behind the 'No Entry' sign are tributes to the murdered soldier Lee Rigby. We are sure that in time we will be back here to s...
We've over-lightened the photo so you can see the indentation which used to hold the plaque, on the side facing the path.
In our photo (looking south): the El Alamein stone is between the two nearest trees, and the Burma Star Association plaque is on the wall...
This strangely monikered garden was named for Dr William Heath Strange who, in 1882, founded the Hampstead General Hospital that went on ...
A large piece of pre-Cambrian granite mounted on three smaller stones, which give it a rather comical stance.
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