Leeds City Museum

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Wed 24 Oct, 2007 10:30 am

My mum mentioned to me last night that she can remember as a child that the old city museum housedthe bones of a large dinosaur. Doers anyone else remember this (i'm much too young) and if so - what sort of dinosaur was it and secondly will it be on display when the museum re-opens?Thanks in advance

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Wed 24 Oct, 2007 12:40 pm

There was on there, I remember it I'm sure. I think it was near the entrance, as you walked into the museum and walked left past the counter it was there, cant remember it being a massive one though, but I think it was found quite locally.

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Wed 24 Oct, 2007 12:49 pm

Maybe its the brightside dinosaur ?

munki · Post by **munki** » Wed 24 Oct, 2007 11:12 pm

jimbo wrote: My mum mentioned to me last night that she can remember as a child that the old city museum housedthe bones of a large dinosaur. Doers anyone else remember this (i'm much too young) and if so - what sort of dinosaur was it and secondly will it be on display when the museum re-opens?Thanks in advance Current opening date for the new museum is 30th August 2008. Still seems like a while away yet!

carrotol · Post by **carrotol** » Thu 25 Oct, 2007 10:49 pm

Yeah, I have vague memories of a dinosaur in there. They used to have a big stuffed tiger. Used to scare the pants off me.

munki · Post by **munki** » Fri 26 Oct, 2007 9:30 am

Here he is... (photo from www.leodis.net)I think that tiger is more famous than Sir Jimmy Saville, Alan Bennett, the Kaiser Chiefs..!Perhaps we should start a campaign. Immediately before the opening ceremony for the new museum, the (newly brushed & shampooed) tiger should be paraded around the City Centre in an open top bus, then formally instated as a Freeman of the City before being put back on display for future generations.