WME Wolverhampton - now up to 164 photos in total, meaning the gallery has overtaken WME Birmingham as the biggest of the local WMEs! The new stuff includes...
- A nice new Exploring Claregate collection featuring the local Co-op and the Claregate pub
- More local additions: Another view of the now-defunct Dovecote pub on Exploring Dovecotes; Wednesfield Library joins Exploring Wednesfield to help showcase something of the area other than the local park; West Park Hospital makes an appearance on Exploring West Park; and All Saints Church/Community Centre finds itself on the Exploring All Saints collection. All these additions are useful building blocks for fleshing out the local collections and documenting that little bit more of Wolverhampton
- A Wolverhampton update isn't complete without a Wolverhampton by Bus photo, so my offering this time is the 526 at Goldthorn Park, taken as the bus did its loop of Ednam Road. Its always great to add another bus location into the mix, and Goldthorn Park does the job just nicely - a revisit might even be in order to track down a shot of the 641 perhaps?
WME Dudley - having passed its century, the gallery continues its growth spurt with these new housemates...
- An alternative view of Quarry Bank Library showing the whole building (and some Saturday afternoon traffic) joins Exploring Quarry Bank
- On Stops & Stations there are a couple of quite similar shots of Stand A at Dudley Bus Station, adding to the existing views of Stands K and Q
- And big news on the Dudley by Bus front - the inclusion of a second view of the 267 at Stourbridge means this collection now contains 50 photos, a well deserved half century even if I still can't quite break the dominance of Stourbridge and Halesowen amongst the featured locations.
WME Coventry - this gallery is just about getting by with tiny scraps at the moment, hardly ideal but a fair reflection of the fact that my Coventry visits and photos are few and far between
- It'll come as no surprise then that the latest update comprises one single photo - a view of the entrance doors to Coventry Station. At least it offers a glimpse of the station itself to go with the three train photos already in the collection.
WME Staffordshire - something a bit more constructive here. Indeed, with 87 photos now, WME Staffordshire is leaving the likes of Coventry, Solihull and even Walsall (!) trailing in its wake
- A photo of the 535A at Codsall on Staffordshire by Bus - ok, its exactly the same as the 535 photo only the driver changed the blind, but it did give me a chance to discuss the slight variation between the two routes
- Canals wise, another view of Kinver Bridge joins the Staffs & Worcs collection to swell the ranks here to a very healthy 20 photos
- Some local stuff with new arrivals on Exploring Kinver (a useful look at the war memorial) and Exploring Hednesford (a view of the Uxbridge Motel, which leads me to wonder what other pubs there are in Hednesford that I could get photos of in future)
- And still with the local theme, there's a new Exploring Chase Terrace collection featuring the post office and the shopping precinct, another small victory for persevering with the archive
WME Worcestershire - another gallery surviving on scraps, although this is more forgiveable because, unlike Coventry, I can argue that WME Worcestershire isn't a core WME gallery
- So, again, its a single photo update, which bizarrely echoes Coventry further as the photo in question is a view of station entrance doors, this time at Worcester Shrub Hill
WME Telford - saving the best till last perhaps. The Telford update means that I've updated six separate galleries in one day, not bad going really, and unlike Coventry and Worcestershire, the Telford update actually provides a meaningful bit of substance
- Two bus photos first - A successful tweak with my first photo of the 55 at Oakengates, meant that I could use that shot and free up 55 at Oakengates (2) for inclusion as well. They join my existing photo of the 24 to give Oakengates a greater presence on Telford by Bus, a good result as I really enjoyed my visit there
- And now for the star update... I didn't think it could happen, but WME Telford now has a local area collection! Exploring Hadley is the pioneering feature, with Hadley Library and Hadley Shops the photos that made it all happen. This collection alone makes the hard work I've done on the archive recently all worthwhile, but it is only 2 photos so I need to return to Telford ASAP to explore more local areas as a matter of priority.
One of my more substantial updates there then, I hope you kept up with the changes. All this trawling through the archive has taken a lot of time and patience, but I can now see some light at the end of the tunnel. Enjoy the updates!
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