One of the chilliest August Bank Holidays in living memory has heralded the onset of September, and as I chalk another month off the calendar it's time once again to review recent photostream progress. Here's what the last throes of summer sent our way...
Taking top billing for this sprightly summary is none other than WME Solihull, a gallery that usually struggles to register many updates at all. Not so this month for it has suddenly found a new lease of life, powering forward with a combination of buses and Barston. The bus pictures all hail from Solihull Station Interchange and represent routes such as the 40A, 42C and 60, whereas the Barston set focuses on the Bulls Head, the Malt Shovel and Oak Lane.
The second of our leading lights of late is probably more predictable. Exploration Extra maintains a healthy level of output by busying itself with Belper, thus bringing through the early stages of a Rail Rover 2019 collection. Station mosaics and running boards are to the fore alongside a carved lion, although all of this is arguably upstaged by the arrival from Betws-y-Coed of Edith the bottletop rhinoceros, surely one of my favourite photographic discoveries from the whole of last year.
Not to be overlooked are the erstwhile efforts of WME Dudley and WME Walsall. Dudley delivers bonuses from the Black Country Living Museum (the fairground cakewalk, a Kieft car and several sticks of rhubarb) whilst Walsall has some Aldridge additions to celebrate care of a Morrisons supermarket and the local cricket club. In fact, Walsall also benefits from further sightings of Barr Beacon's magnificent war memorial, not forgetting a glimpse of the 394 bus at Brownhills Parade.
Where next? WME Birmingham tentatively raises its hand, ready to declare some Aston action (Rocky Lane and a piece of platform numbering) before bettering that with a classic shot of Bartley Reservoir. WME Staffordshire takes to the airwaves when claiming the BBC Radio Stoke studios for its fledging Hanley collection, then WME Telford tempts us with an Admaston trio showcasing a jubilee boulder and a portion of Bratton Road.
That's almost all of August's arrivals but it would be remiss of me not to mention WME Worcestershire, proud recipient of the 551 bus route and Arley's traditional village store. That just leaves the not insignificant matter of WME Wolverhampton, stepping out of the limelight for a change yet still doing enough behind the scenes to contribute two Autherley Junction scenes sampling the early reaches of the Shropshire Union Canal. At the end of all of that, autumn awaits so lets hope for more photographic fruitfulness over the weeks and months to come - cheers!
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