50 Years Ago: Foot and Mouth found at four farms
8:17am Thursday 13th December 2007
THE foot and mouth disease prevalent in the farming area around Bolton struck in Radcliffe.
The disease was confirmed at four farms - Openshaw Fold Farm and Coggra Fold Farm, off Bury and Bolton Road; Hampson Fold Farm, Red Bank; and Old Hall Farm, Bank Top. Ninety cattle and 40 pigs were destroyed and buried. Among those killed was a pedigree Friesian bull.
The farms involved were isolated and put under police supervision. People were only allowed in and out of the farm on necessary business and had to disinfect their footwear when they left.
Movements of cloven-hoofed animals within a two-mile radius of the farms was prohibited.
None of the Radcliffe farms involved had retail milk rounds.
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