Comment

We trust that readers will not think that we are suffering from delusions of grandeur if we state that in spite of our comments in April last year on Alexandra Palace not being the ideal venue for the Oil and Colour Chemists Association's Annual Technical Exhibition, it has again been chosen for this, the 29th exhibition, March 22–25. Obviously the OCCA Exhibition Committee have weighed up all the factors (perhaps even toying with our recommendation last year that “Ally Pally”—as Alexandra Palace is known in North London— should be blown up). If one cannot afford the expense of the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, and the high cost of exhibiting there is about the only factor against the NEC as a venue, then we would agree that Alexandra Palace does have a number of advantages over Olympia or Earls Court. Walkways between stands are wider, giving an overall feeling of more spaciousness, and parking is simple in comparison with the inner London venues. For visitors by public transport, OCCA are again laying on buses from Turnpike Lane Underground Station (Piccadilly Line) to the exhibition, which does, of course, help to offset the fact that it is some way out from Central London.