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Thursday 6th February
Friends of Lyme Regis
Museum ‘William Buckland:
his Career & Character and Collaboration with William Conybeare’
by David Knapman. David
is a local historian based at Axminster Heritage Centre.
Everyone is welcome to attend this illustrated talk in the
Woodmead Hall, Lyme Regis, at 2.30pm
. Entrance fee is Members £3; Visitors £5. (NB Annual membership of Museum
Friends is £8 single and £12 for family. (Join on the day!).
William Buckland, FRS, one of the leading geologists of his day
and an ordained Anglican priest, was born in Axminster in 1784. He became the
Dean of Westminster in 1845. In 1819 he was appointed professor of geology and
minerology at Oxford University and in 1824 he was elected president of the
Geological Society. The talk will touch on Buckland’s struggle to reconcile
the scientific evidence of geology and extinct creatures from a distant past
with a literal reading of the bible.
Buckland was a noted communicator with many illustrious
contacts, including Mary Anning, whose achievements he championed. He
returned frequently to Axminster, often to visit his friend, Rev. W.D.
Conybeare another distinguished local geologist. The Bucklands were staying
with the Conybeares at the time of the great Bindon landslip when 50 acres
collapsed, crashing to the beach on Christmas Day in 1839, allowing them to
make first hand observations. Sketches were made by Buckland’s wife, Mary, an
eminent scientific illustrator.
This talk of local and national interest is not to be missed! Enquiries
to David Cox (Chairman of Museum Friends) Tel. 01297 443156
February 8th
(Saturday)
 COFFEE
MORNING.
Everyone welcome. Now is the time to renew your membership for 2025 - please
bring £6 cash. 10am to 12 noon
Uplyme Village Hall DT7
3UY.
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Monday 10th February 2025
Soup & Ploughman's
Lunch
An annual event held in the Alexandra Hotel Lyme Regis.
 Vegetarian
soup followed by a Ploughman's lunch then coffee in the lovely surroundings of
the Alexandra Hotel. In aid of Water Survival Box. Tickets
£12.50 from
local Rotarians. No tickets on the door
February 11th (Tuesday)
Rosemoor
then Higher Cherubeer Snowdrops
COACH TRIP
departs 9.00am. Rosemoor’s winter
garden for coffee/lunch/walk. Then 400+ snowdrop varieties and National
Collection of cyclamens at Higher Cherubeer. Woodland paths and alpine house.
Tea/cake £4. Cost £22. 34 seats.
Thursday 13th February- Monday 24th February 2025
Half Term
Monday 14th 2025
Valentines Day
Monday February 2025
Back to School
February 26th
(Wednesday)
TALK .
‘How to Add Colour to the Garden’ by Claire Greenslade.
Colour
theory, how designers use colour, its emotional effects, achieving different
looks in your garden. Get your ‘Potato in a Bucket’ kit for the Summer Show -
£3. 7.30pm
Uplyme Village Hall DT7
3UY.
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Dates to be advised
BEACH LITTER PICK
All invited to help with a litter pick.
It's fun.. great to be outside and
helps keep our beaches clean, safe and welcoming. Families welcome;
children under 16 do need to be supervised.
Wear sturdy shoes and bring
gloves. Afterwards, there will be a chat over coffee about ideas for future
plans.
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library, we may be able to arrange for books to be delivered to your home, free at regular intervals by volunteers.