Barnes Fair

Barnes Fair was fantastic: the best ever.Lovely sunny day with only a couple of five minute light showers, masses of stalls and a fun parade.

Victorine turned up after lunch and was most impressed by the array of offerings. There were bands, a wonderful carousel, a helter-skelter, barbecues, craft stalls, furniture, clothes, jewels, cakes etc etc.

Pete was there, selling masses of bottles. I bought a Keiller marmalade ceramic pot, plus a small ' J. Sainsbury's potted meats pot' and a "Hailwood's pure rich cream' pot from the Manchester Creamery, Broughton. Elsewhere I bought a lovely blue brass and enamel cloisonne vase. I also purchased a rather jaunty red recycled hat, some red slingbacks with white dots, and a gorgeous black brocade jacket. Victorine purchased some jewels, a teddy bear and a rather daft large wooden chicken with jointed legs which could sit on a shelf.

We sat in Victorine's garden later, drinking gin and tonic, until I cabbed it back to feed the long-suffering Kook before falling into bed.