More than 2000 people have signed a petition calling on Rutland County Council to acquire the fossil ichthyosaur found at Rutland Water in 2021 for display in the county museum at Oakham.
Writing on Oakham Nub News, Lawrence Fenelon, chair of the Friends of Rutland County Museum and Oakham Castle, says:
At March last year RCC's accounts showed over £39m of usable capital reserve. Why can't a small bit of it be used to get the Sea Dragon back in Rutland? If it is not spent by March 2028 it will go to the new combined authority and be lost to Rutland.
Our council is in danger of missing a once in a lifetime opportunity to bring a major attraction to Oakham.
A BBC News story about the campaign for the fossil to be displayed Rutland says:
The authority told the BBC risings costs meant it could no longer afford to proceed with its original plan, but confirmed the petition would trigger a debate on the issue at a future full council meeting.
Readers of Lord Bonkers' Diary, whether in Liberator or on this blog, will have known all about the Rutland Water Monster long before 2021.
Can’t the Old Boy offer Bonkers Hall as its home. Not like his Lordship to pass up on an opportunity like this.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that the present-day monster would want to be involved, and that would make it difficult to get public liability insurance.
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