A local doctor ended up on BBC News after flying to the U.K. to reunite a 132-year-old painting with the pub it depicts — a tavern that just happens to be called The Greyhound
John Marrack travels back to his home country of England every year to visit friends and family, but his most recent trip to the UK was extra special.
It is believed to have been painted by Suffolk artist Henry John Wykes, who moved to Ipswich as a young man with his family, as reported by the East Anglian Daily Times. “I remember my mother had it on her wall at her home,” he added. “It was an attractive little painting; it was well done. It wasn’t something I was going to throw away. This was certainly worth hanging on to.”After doing a search, he realized the pub was only a ten-minute drive from a cousin he visits in Suffolk on his annual trips.
After phoning the Claydon Greyhound and travelling overseas last month, Marrack presented the painting to an appreciative group of pub staff members.“It’s an absolutely amazing and wonderful gesture that Dr. John Marrack made by travelling to find our pub in Claydon,” she said. “We are very honoured to have the painting.”
The story was originally picked up by the East Anglian Daily Times, which eventually led to a much bigger story on BBC News. Family and colleagues in town have been congratulating Marrack since the story was published overseas, most notably during Monday's annual general meeting of the Sault Golf Club, where he sits as a director and secretary.
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