11 JANUARY 1957, page 14

City And Suburban

By JOHN B ETJEMAN I SUPPOSE one couldn't ask British Railways to do it, it would be too embarrassing for them. But perhaps Mass Observation, if it still exists, or the members......

The Treasure-seekers

By STR 1 X As it sank towards a zarcba of blackthorn hedges the January sun, intruding across Leicestershire like a distant, eccentric, but lovable relative, cast its beams upon......

Fire-eaters

Grind the rock to grow the flame, Mill the flame and bake the bread, Ask for bread, it is a stone Light's creatures all arc fed upon. Or rather say that light has bred......