6 AUGUST 1988, Page 49

No. 1537: Undespondent `Come, friendly bombs,. and fall o Slough',

sang Betjeman. But recently al `alternative poet' was commissioned to N a paean on the town to coincide with tour taking in the Mars factory and the Counc. offices. Please provide such a poem (ma imum 16 lines). Entries to `Ccimpetitio No. 1537' by 19 August.