A little bit of everything, that's what September had in store during an unusually productive month of photostream updates. Here's a handle on what was harvested...
Perhaps the most notable pickings from the early autumn crop came courtesy of Exploration Extra, which seems to have spent most of the year in hibernation otherwise. From Altrincham and Arnside to Liverpool and Lincoln a swathe of the country has been scoured in search of photographic fruit, with examples being Lord Tennyson's Statue, a Metrolink tram at Altrincham, an amusement arcade at Chapel St Leonard's and a platform view from Bristol Temple Meads.
Closer to home there have been good yields back in the West Midlands. WME Birmingham summoned forth Yardley (Swan Centre demolition, the New Inn pub), Warstock (the Community Centre) and Stirchley (the British Oak bowling green) among others, while WME Dudley was offered fresh new produce for Wollaston (the Waterloo and Barley Mow former pubs) and Woodsetton (the Brook). WME Sandwell takes it's place on display with a trio of West Bromwich pictures focusing on the Crown & Cushion and the Saturday market.
WME Wolverhampton anticipates the arrival of winter with some snowy shots from West Park, although the weather is brighter for a look at Stowlawn bus terminus. There are also sunnier skies on WME Walsall where Walsall Wood offers up a colliery pithead memorial and the gates to Oak Park football ground. Even WME Solihull has been active, getting into step with the Plume of Feathers at Shirley, a train at Whitlocks End and various canal bridges near Hockley Heath.
Slightly further afield, the neighbouring counties have been sure to make their contributions. WME Staffordshire called by at Shenstone (the Bulls Head sign) and Stonnall (the Pinfold) whilst also securing a Shropshire Union sequence from Upper Hattons towards Brewood. WME Worcestershire homed in on Stoke Prior (a bus stop, a canal bridge and the Bowling Green pub) while WME Warwickshire stopped off at Warwick Market, a place a certain Nick Turpin has been known to frequent on event days.
September has also seen encouraging signs of regrowth as my old Fotopic archive has been plundered for a handful of returning rarities, so planted back into position are trains at Stourbridge Junction and Solihull stations plus a 34 bus at Tile Hill South. With that I shall close the lid on September's harvest hamper but still look forward to further autumnal additions as we proceed into October...
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