The Great Hall and the Guild of St Bartholomew Fair

We went to this great event- fabulous hall and pianists playing - it was a great day. These Fairs are quite historic and were run by the quite posh ladies of the city to help the poor and sick of the hospital. Today many of the ladies who ran the Fair were still the quite refined and good hearted people who ran this event with very good taste.  The stalls were very interesting and we tried hard to buy things that we could give as gifts.  Myself and friends seem to be fighting an endless battle against 'stuff' but it's horrible to be mean at such an event- especially as I have stalls myself

 The painting is of 'The good Samaritan' by Hogarth.  The hospital was founded by the monk Rahere and is one of the first hospitals in the world.  I had my first transplant  here and have been twice in intensive care- it is a wonderful spot in the City and now I am not sick, I love coming here