by canal has never recovered, as rail transport is cheaper and more economical. The Grand Union Canal today provides a useful outlet for factory waste and pleasure trips on summer Saturday afternoons are run to Greenford from Paddington (Little Venice). Greenford is served by an efficient road and rail service, and Northolt Airport, though small, caters for air clubs. It also provides an alternative landing ground for aeroplanes bound for London Airport. Until recently, the Middlesex County Council provided Council Houses in Greenford, and a long waiting list still indicates that many people are moving from the centre of London to the suburbs. A reasonable proportion of these people, who live in Greenford and the surrounding areas, work in Middlesex, although many are commuters, travelling into town each day- Greenford also has many parks and open spaces like Horsen-den Hill, Ravenor Park, Perivale Woods and Brabsden Green. Well-lit roads and pleasant surroundings make this suburb of London an agreeable place to live in. PENINAH THOMSON, 5A. GREENFORD ESTATE AGENCY LTD. 590 GREENFORD ROAD, GREENFORD, MIDDLESEX Telephone: WAXlow 6751/2 34 A VISIT TO WELLS CATHEDRAL On our arrival at Wells, we alighted from the coach and walked along some narrow, cobbled streets to reach the Cathedral. We passed through an old and crumbling archway into the foreground of the Cathedral and soon found ourselves facing the magnificent west facade. This carries the largest collection of medieval sculptures in Britain and more than three hundred still remain of the original four hundred. We entered the Cathedral through a fairly small, arched, sturdy-looking oak door. It looked just as splendid inside as it had from my first impression of the Cathedral outside. To me, it seemed a miracle how this fine Cathedral had been preserved for so many years. We found ourselves looking round the nave, which was in Early English style with distinct traces of the Norman style. Then we viewed the Clock Dial with two bells and two figures called "quarter-jacks" in fifteenth century armour, that struck the quarters with their battle-axes. Then we walked through the Retro-Quire which connected one of the chapels named the Lady Chapel with the main building, and we saw an ancient cope chest Which was still used for its original purpose of keeping the vestments. It was made of solid oak- The Lady Chapel itself was separate from the rest of the Cathedral. It had its own parapet and fly buttress and large, beautiful windows. The next feature of the Cathedral that we saw was the Chapter House stair. It was not difficult to believe that these stairs were over seven hundred years old because they were very worn down with the feet of generations of people gone by. In fact, we had to climb them at our own risk, but at least there was a hand rail to grip. At the top was a gallery where we had a bird's-eye view of the rest of the town. Descending the stairs seemed an even more risky task than ascending them. Then we viewed the Quire and High Altar which was the centre of the Cathedral's life and contained the Bishop's throne. Although Wells Cathedral is one of the smallest cathedrals in Britain. I am sure that it must be one of the most beautiful. Throughout the Cathedral there was an atmosphere of grandeur and stateliness. I shall never forget our visit to Wells Cathedral. VALERIE BATH, 4A- 35