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« on: April 29, 2019, 14:20:49 »
Have we gone a bit Jurassic mad?   Two seaside trips over 2 days ... looking at railways and kept tripping over dinosaurs.  A Dorset and East Devon thing!





So what are the other symbols of the south west? ... past the dinosaurs you come to - what - ?
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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2019, 15:13:25 »
Jurassic Coast innit?

Go to Lyme Regis. Dinosaur and fossil references everywhere.  Even the lamp posts.
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2019, 16:15:11 »
Gosh, that last photo made me think Mary Anning had been transgendered Huh
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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2019, 17:39:09 »
Well, the forthcoming film of her life has been accused of revisionism with regard to her sexual orientation...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/19/mary-anning-biopic-kate-winslet-fossil-hunter-film
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