22 APRIL 1955, Page 37

Competitors are invited for a prize of t5 to celebrate

the tenth anniversary of VE Day by recalling the atmosphere of 1939-45 in twelve lines of verse, written as if con- temporary, and containing ten or more of the following expressions : Second Front, Dockets, Wootton Pie, Firewatching, Make Do and Mend, Ensa, Wings for Victory, ARP, Blitz, Bevin Boys, Lord Haw-Haw, Doodlebug(s), Reserved Occupation. Spam, 1TMA, 18B, Land-girl(s), Black-out, Evacuee(s).