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 Henry Fielding (1707-54) got himself into a scrape here in 1725. He tried to run away with Sarah Andrew, the ward of a merchant, Andrew Tucker. His attempt was repulsed: the next day Fielding publicly posted this notice and left town in a hurry.
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 John Fowles, writer, curator, collector. In 1978 when the writer John Fowles became curator of the museum, its fortunes started to change.
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In 2009 Tracy Chevalier published her novel Remarkable Creatures about Lyme's famous woman fossil-hunter Mary Anning and her friendship with Elizabeth Philpot. |
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 On two occasions in the 17th century Lyme sprang into national prominence.
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Photographic and Postcard Collection |
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 The museum holds a large archive of thousands of photographs and postcards.
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 The town's fortunes have always been closely bound up with the sea. For seven centuries trade has flourished and faded through its port, protected by the great wall of the Cobb. Fishing, smuggling, storms and shipwrecks have left their relics. For the past two hundred years the town has earned its living as a tourist resort.
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