Poole woman visits to museum to see her father’s art

A POOLE care home resident’s wish came true when she saw her father’s artwork on display at a Bournemouth museum.

Myrna, who lives in Marjorie House in Lilliput, which is run by not-for-profit charity, Care South, visited the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum with four other residents and the care home team.

The visit was organised in response to Care South’s Make a Wish initiative which encourages care home residents to share hobbies, passions and interests they once enjoyed but are now unable to pursue without the home’s support.

Care South’s ‘Make a Wish’ (Image: Submitted)

Myrna and the other residents toured the museum before finding the water colour painting The Darkened Bus Station by Eustace Nash, which focuses on the interior of the old Bournemouth bus station in Exeter Road.

A plaque next to the painting describes how the artwork was hung at the War Artists and Bournemouth Arts Club exhibition in 1940, which was attended by 4,000 people despite limited opening and blackout regulations at the time.

Myrna said: “It was lovely to visit the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum again, as it brought back many memories of my father.

“He was such a wonderful man.

“I am also very grateful to the team at Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum for gifting me a print of one of his most famous works as I didn’t previously have a copy of it to look at and enjoy.”

Marjorie House is owned and operated by Care South, a not-for-profit charity which runs care homes and home care services across the south of England.