THE Vintage Fair at Mount Vernon Hospital on July 10 raised more than £8,000 for Michael Sobell House hospice and was a great family day out.

I would like to pay tribute to the organiser, Mrs Beverley Garber from Ickenham, for such an astonishingly good first event.

The excellent entertainment provided, without a fee, by top-class entertainers including the Stardust Big Band, the fashion show and jiving display - all on a lovely summer day - brought smiles to hundreds of faces and gave us an appetite for the homemade cakes served in the tea room.

I hope this will become an annual event.

ANGELA DONNELLY

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