The Cathedral 
THE DELIGHTS OF OLD WORCESTER 
By Minni Sweet Muchmore 
TTLD Worcester, although famous to the 
world at large for its famed pottery, 
is generally known to the tourist only as a 
Cathedral town and 
so is more than often 
overlooked, save in 
the “personally con¬ 
ducted ” way. Some 
tourists now and 
then rush into the 
town, give the beau¬ 
tiful Cathedral and 
its famous old close 
cursory attention, 
purchase a few pho¬ 
tographs and are off 
to fresh fields, un¬ 
mindful alike of the 
delights to be met 
down the narrow 
winding ways of this 
historic town, and of 
the homey hospi¬ 
tality to be found 
within its quiet, old- 
time inns. The 
greatest charm of 
the place is its un¬ 
pretentiousness, its 
unknowing air of 
possessing anything 
out of the usual for 
APOSTLES BED IN “THE COMMANDERY 
the lover of the quaint and beautiful in the 
architecture of bygone centuries. Every 
turn of the head, every glimpse down the 
straggling, interwo¬ 
ven ways of the old 
town reveal a jutting 
roof, an over-hang¬ 
ing storey, a carven 
doorway, or leaden 
window, and one is 
fascinated to a de¬ 
gree. It is a mystery 
to one’s mind why 
travelers through 
England have not 
long ago set up 
Worcester’s claim to 
rivalry with Chester. 
In all of Chester, 
that city of delights, 
I do not think there 
is a building—with 
due respect to the 
fascinations of its 
“ Rows” and historic 
houses—that can 
compare with the 
“Trinity House” of 
Worcester, possibly 
the most artistic bit 
of half-timbered ar¬ 
chitecture in Eng- 
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