Time for our monthly update on photostream progress, and August brought with it some notable new additions to bring my overall photocount to 2,696 pictures...
WME Sandwell has earned first mention on this occasion, summoning up shots of Swan Bridge (the Wednesbury Old Canal), the lake at West Smethwick Park and the Pheasant pub in Warley. There are also a couple of Wednesbury arrivals in the form of the John Wesley commemorative plaque and a sneaky peek inside the Old Leathern Bottel, a pub I must admit I rather like.
Bustling over into WME Birmingham now where I can report a further sighting of Spring Road railway station's old corrugated hut (sadly no longer a part of the station scene there) plus Ward End Park and Conker Island at Warren Farm near Kingstanding. There's even a rare example of a picture from this very year thanks to the Town Gate sign at Sutton Park as captured on camera back in January.
WME Staffordshire has been busy in the vicinity of Lichfield Trent Valley station, hardly the most photogenic of places if a platform feature made out of crazy paving is anything to go by. The Trent Valley pub as was gets an airing, the building more recently being used as a children's nursery. Not to be overlooked, Trysull makes a couple of contributions courtesy of the Plough pub and a village sign.
WMEs Walsall and Wolverhampton have been in update action all year thus far and maintain their respective 100% records with Riddian Bridge (Daw End Canal) and Streetly Children's Centre from Walsall backed by Wards Bridge (Wyrley & Essington Canal) and the new Wednesfield Library mid-construction from Wolverhampton. Finally for this month, there are encouraging noises emanating from both WME Shropshire and WME Solihull. The Salopian selection is a High Street view from Much Wenlock and the Railway pub in Whitchurch, whereas Solihull tickles the towpath of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal for a brace of bridge 23 vistas. That's all for now folks, and although I predict September will be a slower month in terms of update action, there might still be a few tasty morsels dropping into place!
Thank you for the post. For more on John Wesley, I would like to invite you to the website for the book series, The Asbury Triptych Series. The trilogy based on the life of Francis Asbury, the young protégé of John Wesley and George Whitefield, opens with the book, Black Country. The opening novel in this three-book series details the amazing movement of Wesley and Whitefield in England and Ireland as well as its life-changing effect on a Great Britain sadly in need of transformation. Black Country also details the Wesleyan movement's effect on the future leader of Christianity in the American colonies, Francis Asbury. The website for the book series is www.francisasburytriptych.com. Please enjoy the numerous articles on the website. Again, thank you, for the post.
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