Good Friday greetings from here at WME Towers. Yes, Easter is upon us and so is a new month. Having survived April Fool's Day intact, its time to look back and see what March has left us in terms of gallery updates...
By my recent standards, March was actually a quiet month. It started well with a series of new additions, but then the site action hit the buffers as I concentrated on using my fortnight's holiday to get out and about exploring. Despite the curtailed nature of the updates, there have still been some encouraging developments to tell you about.
Top of the charts this time out is WME Staffordshire, which now boasts two new collections. Exploring Great Wyrley offers two views of the old Great Wyrley branch library, the shell of which looked rather bereft back in October 2008, whilst Kidsgrove Station adds a welcome new location into the mix. Photos here include a platform view, a footbridge sign and a sneaky shot of a train heading for Crewe - I'm particularly pleased to include the collection as it ventures away from my usual focus on South Staffordshire.
Exploration Extra has been one of my busier galleries so far this year and encouragingly maintained its charge with some further Rail Rover 2008 content. Having concentrated on places like Chirk and Moreton-in-Marsh thus far, the collection now features some Derbyshire extracts from Thursday of that epic week. Derby Station makes an appearance alongside the route 6 University bus, with Matlock taking its bow thanks to pictures of the station entrance and a totem sign - hopefully there will be more to follow.
Of the core West Midlands galleries it was WME Solihull that surprisingly received the most attention. Solihull Station has received a photo injection of some extra train shots and the customary back entrance view, not forgetting that an archive shot of the 57a has pitched up on Solihull by Bus. Heading eastwards, WME Coventry also gets a bus photo in the form of the de Courcey 85 service calling at Coventry Station.
I shall finish as ever with a look at the month's stragglers. Bringing up the rear with a solitary new photo each are WME Dudley (the 244 on Lutley Lane), WME Birmingham (the 18 outside Yardley Wood Garage), WME Wolverhampton (the latest in the Wolverhampton Station entrance series) and WME Sandwell (an extra view of Wednesbury Leisure Centre) - come to think of it, Sandwell has been particularly comatose for a while so I hope this sparks a flurry of activity. On that note I shall bid you farewell, so enjoy the updates and have a great Easter.
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