Wednesday, February 9

200 and counting for WME Walsall

Only a quick note this evening but nonetheless a significant one, detailing as it does the first gallery landmark of 2011. WME Walsall has perhaps been the perennial bridesmaid amongst my frontline galleries, overshadowed by the likes of Wolverhampton and Birmingham, but today it takes its place in the spotlight having passed the notable milestone of 200 photos.

I've always considered the double hundred to be a particularly important achievement, marking the watershed at which a gallery can really claim to have a bit of substance behind it whilst looking forward to further gains. Walsall is actually my fifth gallery to have reached 200 and did so in just the small matter of five and a half years (how long?!!) - it seems quite scary to realise that WME in its current form has been going since July 2005.

So what are the critical updates that have brought about this momentous occasion? Well, a light sprinkling of new content did the trick, including additions to Exploring Palfrey (the Bradford Arms on Milton Street and a park shed with a squirrel mural) and Exploring Darlaston (the Springhead Tavern when closed prior to Black Country Traditional Inns taking over). We also had the arrival of the Queens Head at Bloxwich and the local Bains shop at Short Heath, whilst topping things off was a bus shot featuring the 394A posing at Brownhills West's Rising Sun terminus.

As Walsall takes a well deserved bow, I leave you with news that I continue to beaver away elsewhere on the galleries and full details should hopefully provided in my end-of-month digest. The ball has been set rolling now and we wait to see which other galleries might have cause to celebrate as the year progresses. Don't all rush for the party poppers and champagne just yet, but it could be an interesting 2011...

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