WME Update Digest: February 2011

2011 is ticking by quickly and it's already time for another of my monthly missives about gallery progress. February's updates were exclusively dominated by WME Wolverhampton and WME Walsall, with Walsall having secured its 200th photo in the process...

To WME Wolverhampton then where it has been a very constructive month with something approaching an array of additions. Firstly there's a new collection to report, Exploring Pendeford having arrived with starter photos of St Paul's School and the Morrisons Supermarket. Pendeford is one of those areas of town I remember well from childhood so it was essential to ensure it was represented in some form or another.

Amongst Wolverhampton's other local gains I offer the YMCA centre on Catisfield Crescent (Exploring Dovecotes), some park scenes and the local health centre (Exploring Northwood Park), a further look at what used to be the Kingswood pub (Exploring Tettenhall), a safety sign at Fowlers Park (Exploring Park Village), an additional shot of the New Crown and yet another park noticeboard (Exploring Wednesfield) and a slushy peek at Bee Lane's play area (Exploring Fordhouses).

That's not all - a quick pause for breath and on we go. Exploring Springfield has received a second shot of the Freemason's Arms whilst Exploring Bushbury now presents the rather unsightly local shops on Bushbury Lane. A sprinkling of canal content includes Autherley Lock Pump-out Station (Shropshire Union), the Wildside Activity Centre (Staffs & Worcs) and New Cross Bridge (Wyrley & Essington) - and there's even been a new member in the 698 at Wobaston series to keep Wolverhampton by Bus ticking over.

With all that going on it's a wonder WME Walsall got a word in edgeways, but it did of course celebrate that significant 200-photo milestone, the details of which I have largely covered previously. There have been a couple of further arrivals since then though, so to bring you bang up to date these comprise Goscote Hall Bridge (Wyrley & Essington Canal), the 301 bus posing at Mossley Eagle terminus (Walsall by Bus) and a look at the old Brownhills Clinic standing disused once services transferred to the new Park View centre (Exploring Brownhills).

An interesting month then - my usual scattergun approach to updates was replaced with a more concentrated effort to get a couple of galleries moving. It's good to focus in on certain places once in a while, although I will have to be careful not to neglect the other areas too much. Anyway that's all for now as we wait to see what March has in store...