Budleigh Past and Present

At a previous post about Fairlynch’s Object of the Month for April 2016 I promised that I would give some background to my pooem at http://budleighbrewsterunited.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/fairlynch-museums-object-of-month-for.html   No, it wasn’t an April Fool. A few years ago I wrote the first biography of any length devoted to the life and achievements of Henry Carter FRS, physician, geologist and naturalist, pictured above.  Born in Budleigh Salterton, Carter returned to his “native place” as he calls it in 1862 after travels in Arabia and working as a doctor in India . He is buried in the churchyard of All Saints, East Budleigh . Carter was internationally known by his contemporaries for his research into marine sponges, but it was for his work as a geologist that the Royal Society elected him as a Fellow in 1859. There is evidence to show that his geologising had begun while he was still a boy, as he explored ...

Click on the image to make it bigger. The science behind the verse will be explained in a forthcoming post! 

Families admire the completed mosaic Fairlynch’s Lego Dinosaur Day on 28 August was a great success, with 40 children busily making a two-dimensional model of a Rhynchosaur.     A life-size version of the strange dog-like creature which lived 240 million years ago was lent by Clinton Devon Estates and had pride of place on the Museum lawn for the day.   Bones from the Rhyncosaur were found in the cliffs between Budleigh and Sidmouth in the late 19th century. Bright Bricks expert Joe Perez , seen above, was on hand to give advice. The organisation is one of the world’s most inventive design companies, creating unique models, mosaics and events from LEGO bricks.    The day concluded with the creation of a large mosaic model on the lawn, with e ach child receiving a limited edition Rynchosaur Lego kit.  The event raised £415 for the Museum, and was featured in the Budleigh Journal ....