November has been a whirlwind of a month with the process of moving house naturally taking up much of my focus and energy. Despite a few inevitable glitches here and there, the big move has thankfully gone very well and it's now a case of settling in and beginning to feel at home. I had anticipated that the WME Flickr photosteam would be completely devoid of updates for a while, but surprisingly I have found time to unpack a few archive additions...
Carefully emptying some cardboard boxes we have WME Wolverhampton which has been getting into the festive spirit a little early this year. The Mander Centre's 2016 Christmas Grotto is our prized possession, featuring in several shots involving bears, reindeers, snowmen and even a friendly penguin. We can also pick out a couple of Warstones pieces in the form of the Changing Lives base on Claverley Drive and the terminus bus stop sign on Eastcroft Road.
Extricating itself from yard upon yard of bubble wrap is WME Walsall, not that the pub signs of Willenhall are especially fragile. The Ring O Bells and the Bell Inn are both accounted for while the Milestone at New Invention is manhandled into place. Further furniture arrives courtesy of WME Birmingham with Sutton Coldfield's artistic Narnia bench based on Aslan from 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'.
Also checking in as part of our new household inventory is WME Staffordshire which expertly manoeuvres Tamworth's Market Vaults and Wombourne's Red Lion into position - the latter has a nice cosy interior which would be especially inviting at this time of year. We also grapple briefly with Glascote Cemetery, casting a peaceful glance across one of Tamworth's municipal graveyards.
That just leaves a final handful of items to be fetched off the removal van. WME Sandwell emerges clutching the Ivy House at Smethwick, a former Holden's pub on St Paul's Road, whereas WME Telford teases out a Trench scene (Wombridge Road by the Co-op) and a golfing skull at Town Park's Wonderland. As with my house move in general, November's photographic shifting and sorting can be considered complete although the photostream should still be open for further deliveries in December. Until then, enjoy the pictures!
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