Modern Wayside Shrines

Public expression of mourning through floral tributes were believed to have existed before 1989. At that time, when people offered flowers at the Southwark Bridge, London for the Marchioness Disaster, at Dunblane, Scotland for the childrens shot and killed at the school and at Anfield for the Hillsborough Disaster. As early as 1910, floral tributes were practiced by people to commemorate their loved ones who have been victims of tragedies and disasters.