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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Richard Dellar, post: 997752, member: 25369&quot;]Hello yarm</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As a resident of Bath, I suppose I ought to know the answer to this. The hospital was founded in 1742 and as the coin says, it was open to all visitors to Bath but not the people of Bath themselves. The reason, I believe, is that Bath is a spa city and that that time it was building its reputation as such by attracting visitors who wished to bathe and partake of the healing waters. The hospital was the logical extension to this, i.e. encouraging visitors who shall we say needed some form of healing. The good city burgers did not want local oiks filling up the places!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>These Kempson&#039;s series of Bath Buildings are the cream of Bath tokens. I have 11 out of the series of 16 (and I hope to [ATTACH]96324.vB[/ATTACH]gain another shortly ....). Just to show that Bath citizens were not totally neglected, here is the Free Church and the Free School</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Richard[ATTACH]96323.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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