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No. 1996: Local member

William Plomer wrote an enjoyably grue- some poem entitled 'The Dorking Thigh'. Your are invited to present a poem (maxi- mum 16 lines), gruesome or ungruesome, with a kindred title, eg., 'The Glastonbury Ankle' or 'The Leeds Lobe'. Entries to `Competition No. 1996' by 14 August.