Purple flowers in Louth for Rotary’s polio campaign

By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Mar 2021, 11:48 BST
Updated 23rd Mar 2021, 12:49 BST
Purple crocus plants at Spout Yard, which has had the best display in Louth this yearPurple crocus plants at Spout Yard, which has had the best display in Louth this year
Purple crocus plants at Spout Yard, which has had the best display in Louth this year
The Rotary of Club of Louth has planted thousands of purple crocus bulbs around town, in support of the Rotary’s global campaign to eradicate polio.

The Louth club members have planted the bulbs over the past few years to raise awareness of the ‘Purple 4 Polio’ campaign, and the wonderful displays can be seen at Spout Yard, St James Church, St Mary’s Triangle, and adjacent to the town’s cemetery on London Road.

The Rotary’s pledge for a polio-free world was made in 1985, when there were 125 polio-endemic countries and hundreds of new cases every single day.

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