The Sundown Express by John Moray-Smith, creator of various art pieces for Norwich pubs, was saved from a skip roughly 30 years ago.

However it wasn't until Peter Stone, landlord of the Railway Inn just outside Ipswich, in Westerfield discovered its true origin.

A picture of The Sundown Express, painted by John Moray-Smith in 1954 (Image: Peter Stone)

Mr Stone has since sent the work off to be restored to its former glory but how the painting, created in 1954, got there is still a mystery.

The 72-year-old, who's been the pub's landlord since 2011, said: "It was rescued from a skip during a refurbishment of the pub in 1995.

"The owner at the time literally screwed it into the wall, through the body of the painting, above the pub's fireplace.

The painting was rescued from a skip during a refurbishment of The Railway Inn, in 1995........

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