Stories from Southlands Hotel, by Iris Ansell: 7.i. Budleigh’s ‘Cherry Ripe’
Pictured above is Budleigh resident Iris Ansell next to a celebrated painting by Sir John Everett Millais. As a volunteer at Fairlynch Museum Iris looked after the Costume Department. In this article she recalls more memorable moments from her time as proprietor of Southlands Hotel in Budleigh Salterton. The article is the seventh in a series of her recollections Image credit: 'Cherry Ripe' Wikipedia Most local people know that Sir John Everett Millais came to Budleigh in 1870 to paint ‘The Boyhood of Raleigh’. Here Iris writes of the extraordinary and largely unknown story of a second link between Budleigh and the celebrated Pre-Raphaelite artist. I have mixed my own thoughts and research with Iris’s story. Iris’ previous story ‘The Wrong Emmanuel’ was told here Top: Southlands Hotel on Budleigh's Marine Parade was replaced by Marine Court's apartments But here’s her latest story to appear on ‘Budlei...