Culture Lyme Regis

coade stone ammonites

the museum built on site of mary anning s birthplace , family shop off bridge street. houses collection of local memorabilia, historical items , exhibits explaining local geological , palaeontological treasures. formerly known philpot museum. set pavement outside museum example of coade stone work, in form of ammonites reflecting palaeontology town famous , commemorates eleanor coade, had 18th-century artificial stone factory in london , seaside home, belmont house, in town.

the dinosaurland fossil museum in former church mary anning baptised.

thanksgiving day has been held since parliament decreed, @ end of english civil war, day of celebration , prayer in lyme commemorate victory on long siege of town royalist forces. celebration includes residents dressing in period costume parade through streets.

the samba band street heat, in twilight parade marking end of 2006 lyme regis carnival

annual events in town include lyme regis carnival , regatta, lyme regis fossil festival (in conjunction london natural history museum), , mary anning day. traditional conger cuddling event takes place during lifeboat week. carnival , regatta, organized volunteers, takes place on week in august. lyme regis gig club regatta takes place during carnival week.

bonfire night celebrations include torchlight procession, bonfire on beach , firework display. christmas tree festival has more 30 trees decorated , displayed in lyme regis baptist church. easter bonnet parade takes place each year in town on easter sunday. may day fete has stalls , entertainment different lyme groups.

lyme regis home of b sharp, music charity young people. b sharp organises music workshops, performances, training , signposts progression routes beyond b sharp. organises annual busking festival open performing artists, in may , open air big mix festival in july showcase young people s music making.

the marine theatre, operated charity lymearts community trust, stages variety of live events.

marine theatre in lyme regis

in 2012 graffiti artist banksy stenciled origami crane on wall adjacent river lym @ intersection of mill , coombe streets.

literature , films

the cobb featured in jane austen s novel persuasion (1818) , in 1981 film french lieutenant s woman, based on 1969 novel of same name british writer john fowles. poet tennyson said have gone straight cobb on arrival, saying, show me exact spot louisa musgrove fell! town featured in a.s. byatt s 1990 novel possession, won booker prize, 2002 film adapted it. lyme regis setting of historical novel remarkable creatures tracy chevalier, of fossil hunter mary anning protagonist.