Wednesday, July 31

WME Flickr Focus - July 2019

The weather can't seem to make its mind up at the moment, alternating between heatwave conditions and torrential downpours. The West Midlands Exploration photostream aims to be prepared for all eventualities, but will we be racing to the deckchairs or sprinting for shelter?

WME Wolverhampton has definitely adopted a sunny disposition with sandals and suncream at the ready. Sir Jack Hayward's statue down at the Molineux might not need any Factor 50 mind, and although there are blue skies at Pendeford and Tettenhall, the photos of Ryhope Walk and Tettenhall Pool are December offerings so soaring temperatures probably wouldn't apply. Aside from that, the usual diet of street signage applies courtesy of St Jude's Road and Sunbeam Street. 

Altogether more cautious is WME Staffordshire which has an umbrella on standby just in case. Photographic precipitation here arrives in the form of Seisdon Garage and a series from Stafford itself - a Sandon Road sequence comprising the Princess Royal, the Tap & Spile, the Hop Pole and the former Sandonia Cinema (most recently a snooker club complete with depictions of a youthful Jimmy White).

WME Dudley is also braced for a deluge that is duly supplied by Sedgley and Stourbridge. The former contributes the Conservative Club, the Swan and the Red Lion while the latter chips in with the Royal Exchange and a hint of Stourbridge Town railway station. A productive month for Dudley is rounded off with a Straits Green bus stop near Gornal Wood so we didn't get too drenched in the end!

A dash to the beach is out of the question for landlocked WME Birmingham but it nonetheless benefits from the rising mercury. A Shard End snippet - the Trident - is happily pocketed whereas the Stonehouse pub at California sadly came to a sticky end, demolished to make way for housing. WME Telford fancies a paddle but has to be content with a trio of Sutton Hill shots including a skipping mural and the local church.

The holiday season is threatening to pass the other WME galleries by almost unnoticed, although WME Sandwell (Bentley Bear outside Lightwoods House), WME Shropshire (the White Hart pub sign at Shifnal) and WME Warwickshire (a vintage tractor somewhere near Five Ways) all manage to register a solitary contribution. I hope to be back again in August with more pictures for your delectation, whatever the weather...

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