The original blue plaque went walkabout following the building's demolition in 2019
, a matter of months before the structure it was attached to was flattened to make way for a new residential care complex.
Peter says that it is fitting that the society is once again being commemorated, particularly in the wake of the Covid pandemic – because it was during the dark days of another disease outbreak that it was founded in 1787. “Nowadays, websites and things like that are all very well [for recording local history], but there’s no substitute for walking past a plaque and, seeing it, prompts people to talk about it,” Peter explained.
All fundraising is done internally from members via subscriptions, almsgiving and legacies. “We don’t rattle the bucket,” Peter laughs.
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