Stone

Foot-and-mouth epidemic - original memorial

Inscription

In memory of the uncounted millions of animals who died, not of foot and mouth, but of the cure for it.

The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our photograph was taken in 2013, but we cannot discover when it was replaced.

The sculpture of the goat is by Kevin Herlihy, and the words on the memorial are by Hilary Peters, who also created the garden.

Site: Foot-and-mouth epidemic (2 memorials)

SE10, Ballast Quay, Ballast Quay communal garden

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Foot-and-mouth epidemic - original memorial

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Foot-and-mouth epidemic

Foot and mouth disease (aphthae epizooticae) is an infectious disease that af...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Foot-and-mouth epidemic - original memorial

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Kevin Herlihy

BA Fine Art, Goldsmith’s College, 1984 Art Teacher’s Certificate, Goldsmith’s...

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Hilary Peters

Peters took out a lease on the derelict wharf and a house on Ballast Quay in ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Foot-and-mouth epidemic - new memorial

Foot-and-mouth epidemic - new memorial

  The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our photo...

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