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Sidmouth hot cross bun giveaway goes down a treat.

Organisers of Sidmouth’s hot cross buns giveaway again proved they have the recipe for success after handing out nearly 1,000 Easter treats on Good Friday.

The weather was just right for the tradition, which sees two buns, an orange and a Cadbury’s Creme Egg given to children under the age of 12.

Anne Funnell shared the tradition with her granddaughter Sophie Langford, having attended it with her auntie in the 1950s.

Sidmouth Town Band entertained crowds as they lined up in the Bedford car park. The event was opened by Sidmouth Town Council chairman Jeff Turner.

Historical Background

Marilyn Retter, a member of Newton Poppleford History Group, discovered the Easter treat while researching old newspaper archives.

The article was published in the Exeter & Plymouth Gazette on April 5 1917 and recounts a story told by Sidbury resident Harry Ebdon about the hot cross bun strike that hit Sidmouth.

The Wandsworth Common resident referred in a poem to an 1898 event entitled Hot Buns from Newton Poppleford and how Bedford Hotel proprietor John Parfitt Millen made sure the children of Sidmouth had the Easter treat.

The article said: “The children of Sidmouth idolised Mr Millen, and great was their enthusiasm every Good Friday morning when, on the lawn of the Bedford Hotel, huge supplies of hot cross buns were freely distributed to the youngsters, the cost being met by Mr Millen and his personal friends.

“So popular was this annual event that, when at Easter 1898 it was announced that no buns would be baked in Sidmouth on Good Friday, the children were filled with consternation and dismay.”

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Taken on: April 14, 2017

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