WME Update Digest: February 2010

February's clock is counting down as another month gets set to disappear into history. This can only mean one thing - yes, it's time for my latest blitz through the recent WME updates...

My headline act this month is WME Solihull, which happily celebrates its first new photos of the year thanks to a study of the old A6 route at Damsonwood, now showing on Solihull by Bus. Also breaking its 2010 duck is WME Shropshire with a new Gobowen Station collection featuring a selection of platform views. I'm pleased that my Salop gallery is now gathering a bit more substance although there is still much work to be done.

A new collection too on WME Dudley as Exploring Cradley makes an entrance - it currently includes views of Netherend Square and the Vine at Lyde Green, along with a picture of the Old Crown that has gained added archive value now the pub has been demolished. Elsewhere, WME Walsall has kept itself ticking over with some Catshill Junction photos (spread across the Daw End and Wyrley & Essington collections) and a flurry of buses - the 331, the 404a and the 637.

February's busiest gallery was Exploration Extra, where I steadily added to my Rail Rover 2008 selections with further views from Chirk and Moreton-in-Marsh - I particularly liked one view looking down Moreton High Street with all its Cotswold Stone and the Bell Inn pub. Harwich also muscled in on the action as the Globe pub made an appearance and there were a couple of examples from the local First Eastern National bus depot.

Returning closer to home, WME Worcestershire benefits from an injection of Great Malvern Station shots that showcase the elegance of the platform buildings. An archive view of Wellington Bus Station has sneaked onto WME Telford, and the Green Bus depot in Landywood makes its second showing on WME Staffordshire.

Finally, the stragglers. It's been a relatively low-key start to the year for my two big guns, WMEs Wolverhampton and Birmingham. Two pub photos ensured Wolverhampton registered, these being the New Crown at Wednesfield and the Ironmaster at Bradley, whilst Brum offered more signs of life courtesy of a Hall Green Station sign, a train at Snow Hill Station, another look at the old Stockland pub, an evening view along the platforms at Bournville and a quick glimpse of Raddlebarn Road Bridge on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.

I think that just about covers everything, and once again it has actually been quite a constructive month. Altogether there have been 40 new additions to the galleries, which whilst not being spectacular is still a lot more than I managed most of the time last year. Hopefully there's a photo there that might just capture your imagination, and I look forward to bringing a further selection your way in March...