Girl, 13, behind a bid to erect a statue of Mary Anning accuses officials of ...

Girl, 13, behind a bid to erect a statue of Mary Anning accuses officials of ...
Girl, 13, behind a bid to erect a statue of Mary Anning accuses officials of ...
You're all dinosaurs! Girl, 13, behind a bid to erect a statue of fossil hunter Mary Anning accuses officials of being too old and jeopardising the project Eve Swire, 13, is behind a bid to erect a statue of the fossil hunter Mary Anning Eve and her mum Anya Pearson, from Dorset, set up a charity to raise £150,000 They hoped to unveil the 8ft statue next May but have hit a wall of bureaucracy Miss Pearson said men 'of a certain age' refused to recognise Anning's influence 

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A girl behind a bid to erect a statue of fossil hunter Mary Anning has accused officials of being dinosaurs for jeopardising the project.

Evie Swire, 13, and her mother Anya Pearson set up a charity and raised £150,000 for a tribute to the pioneer palaeontologist in her home town of Lyme Regis, Dorset.

They had hoped to unveil the 8ft statue next May

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