Friday, March 10, 2017

WATCH OUT FOR THESE PURPLE FLOWERS ACROSS BRIGG


Thousands of purple crocus plants were planted in Brigg a few months ago, as part of a Rotary Club initiative to help eradicate polio - a disease which has affected millions of people over the centuries.
Brigg Blog spotted the colour purple near the Grammar School Road entrance to Sir John Nelthorpe School. 
Watch out for others springing into flower at other locations across the town in the near future.
Brigg Rotary's worth efforts raised funds for polio vaccine through Purple4Polio. 

If you are wondering about the choice of purple, it is because when a child is immunised against polio, his/her finger is dipped in purple die to signfify they have been innoculated.

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3 comments:

  1. Ken Harrison10 March 2017 at 22:33

    See Me (in red)....
    Write out 'dye' one hundred times, Nigel Fisher...

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  2. Ken Harrison10 March 2017 at 22:45

    Purple has had a long association with dirty and royalty; Queen Elizabeth I forbade the wearing of purple outside the immediate royal family.
    The earliest purple dye was produced from the mucous of a mollusc found in the Med.
    The biggest threat to the colour purple is UKIP!

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  3. Ken Harrison10 March 2017 at 22:46

    I typed in 'diety' !!!

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