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MORE than 700 people attended the annual open day at a Worthing hospital home for ex-servicemen and women.
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Dame Vera Lynn opened the annual event at the Queen Alexandra Hospital Home, in Boundary Road, on Saturday, July 12.
The event, which is estimated to have raised more than £7,000, included entertainment from the Band of the Blues and Royals and the Mulligan School of Irish Dancing.
Children at the open day were able to hold and pet farm animals and reptiles and got to see Pete the magician performing tricks and balloon modelling.
Girls from Davison High School helped on the day by running various stalls, while members of the Worthing Chamber of Commerce, which is supporting the hospital home as its chosen charity for the year, volunteered to get in the stocks and have sponges thrown at them.
As well as opening the event, Dame Vera Lynn, who is the home's patron, signed autographs.
The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home, known locally as Gifford House, has thanked all those who volunteered on the day and all the visitors.
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