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The Boy Who Wants To Be The Curator Of A Museum
"Evening News" Reporter
Most boys dream of being a spaceman, airline pilot or an engine driver. But 11-year-old Spencer Swaffer, of Saltdean-vale, Saltdean, Brighton, wants to be the curator of a museum and has already started his own.
On shelves in his bedroom are more than 500 fossils, flints, neolithic tools, coins and pieces of Roman pottery. They have all been identified by officials at Brighton Museum.
A notice on the door says the museum is open to visitors daily and when Spencer conducts you round he points with pride to his oldest find - a fossil sponge more than 80,000 million years old.
"When I found it on the beach a man told me to put the `stone’ down. He thought I was going to throw it at someone, I suppose," said Spencer. Spencer is one of the youngest members of the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society. He spends most of his spare time tramping the Downs and beach equipped with a hammer, chisel and a bag to hold his finds.