Halifax Grammar School - Grammarian Yearbook (Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada)

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12. MY FAVOURITE TOWN Cambridge, a small university town Just fifty miles north of London (England), is my favourite town» This little town is situated on the beautiful river, Camo Cambridge University is the town ' s trade mark, for it is really the University that has made this town so well-known and so beautiful. The University, comprising twenty-one colleges, is one of the oldest and best- known in the world o This little place ' s next function is that of a market town. On a hot Saturday morning one finds the town crowded with buyers and sellers and the little market place in the town ' s centre used as a pitching ground for the vendors ' colourful tents. In the autumn Cambridge is crowded to capacity with graduates, undergrad- uates, tourists natives of the town and shoppers. Although three times smaller than Halifax, Cambridge has many place of entertain- ment for the public, such as a theatre (something which Halifax cannot boast), several cinemas, and an arts cinema, Cambridge a- bounds in men ' s shops, book shops, and bicycle shops. Therefore it is the shopping centre for miles around. It has many public facilities; a library, a huge outdoor swimming pool (plus an indoor one) , a large central common upon which there are bowling and crick- et greens and even a roller-skating arena. Luckily no industry has yet marred the face of Cambridge, who is much luckier than her sis- ter university town, Oxford, Of course, the most important and best known thing about Cambridge is her University, The ancient colleges with their beautiful gardens make up the university,. Some colleges face the Cam River; the beautiful stretches between the colleges and the river being called The Backs , It is along these that students from various colleges sit talking, comparing notes, and enjoying the scenery. Although The Backs are owned by the colleges they are open to the public j, and during the summer one can see tourists from many countries photographing the colleges, the students, The Backs , the Cam and the punts which move along its calm waters. Besides Trinity College there is another equally famous college called King ' s, This college is the owner of the equally famous King ' s Chapel, If you are lucky, some days you can hear the choir singing, during which time you may go into the chapel and listen. All the facts add up to one thought for me, that Cam- bridge is the most beautiful town in England, Piers Gray - Age 13.4