What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: In this former Pharmacy Kenneth White made the first penicillin for civilian use during WW2 at these premises 1943-1951 Recorded plaque organisation: Send & Ripley History Society.
Kenneth White was a pharmacist who produced the first batches of penicillin for civilian use in the UK, significantly contributing to the antibiotic's availability outside military contexts during and after World War II.
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