Museums
The Mower Museum
The mower museum is home to the largest collection of lawnmowers in the south east. A collection of over 50 mowers dating from 1800's. Added to this is a display of garden tools.
One of the most unusual mowers is a sit-on "swan-neck" which was manufactured in Maidstone.
The lawn mower was invented by Edward Budding in 1830. Budding worked in a cotton mill and he designed a machine to trim tufts off cloth, thinking laterally he decided that this could also be used to cut grass and replace the scythes and shears. Neither petrol or chain had been invented so Budding used wood and cast iron to produce a heavy cumbersome implement which only men were strong enough to handle.
A baby Llama is called a Cria
Llamas come from South America where they are used as pack animals. In Britain they are kept as pets. Farmers also keep them for guarding lambs against foxes and some golfers even use them for carrying their clubs
Llamas can spit up to a pint of bile at a time! But only when frightened or at each other for supremacy