As I seem to be in the mood for reviews and reflections, let's have a quick look at what happened on the WME galleries during December...
First off I shall draw your attention to WME Walsall with it's new Exploring Darlaston collection. My snapshot of this small Black Country town currently features the Horse and Jockey pub, the Staffordshire Knot and Rough Hay post office as my chosen foundation layers. I note too that a further instalment of the 171 at Mossley series has squeaked its way onto Walsall by Bus, and there has also been that rarest of occurrences where a photo taken in 2010 has been homed already - the culprit in question is a crafty peek at Caldmore Green on Exploring Caldmore, a very honoured photo indeed!
Moving next to WME Birmingham where Exploring Sheldon takes its bow as a fledgling collection thanks to pictures of the pub sign for the Arden Oak along with a couple of views of the Wheatsheaf traffic lights, surely the height of glamour! Acocks Green Station has resurfaced from hibernation with another look at the station frontage, a very welcome addition to a collection that has been virtually dormant for the past five years.
A new collection too for WME Staffordshire as Exploring Rising Brook touches down with the local Co-op and the Nesbitt Arms pub - it's nice to feature more of the wider Stafford area for a change. I'm very pleased to see that the number 2 bus at Uttoxeter is now making an appearance, providing the racecourse town with an overdue first taste of WME recognition.
What else have we got? Well WME Wolverhampton is quietly ticking over - here we have additions to Exploring Bushbury (a festive St Mary's Church scene along with the snow-capped churchyard), Exploring East Park (a view in the park itself and a streetscape shot of Hollington Road) and Exploring Bradmore (a quiet look at St Philip's churchyard), not forgetting the introduction of Exploring Low Hill comprising the old Methodist Church and a wintry Showell Circus.
Elsewhere, there have been welcome returns to form for WME Telford and WME Coventry. Telford chips in with some handy bus shots of the 92 and Green Bus 3 at Telford Bus Station, whilst for Coventry a return for Canley's Herald pub accompanies a florists shop from Tile Hill South. WME Worcestershire has been a little more active recently but it's still encouraging to see further additions to Exploring Cofton Hackett (the Oak Tree pub) and Bewdley's Severn Valley Railway station (a platform view and a closer look at the station entrance).
Right then, it's time to bring on the stragglers. This month around we find WME Sandwell avoiding detention with photos of the George pub on Exploring Wednesbury and a railing-dominated peek at the Metro stop at Guns Village. I've started so I'll finish, and bringing up the rear is WME Dudley with its solitary acquisition being another Ludlow's 002 at Halesowen Bus Station.
That just about draws a line under 2010, and it wasn't such a bad year for the galleries in the end. Updates are a painstaking process, but my scattergun piecemeal approach has at least resulted in exactly 300 photos being slotted into place this last twelve months. 300 doesn't sound too shabby a number, but the fact remains that with my range of galleries to cater for things will be spread thinly at times. It might not be ideal, but there have been many positive additions to WME over the last year so there's plenty for me to build on in 2011.
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