Wednesday, October 24

WME Flickr Focus - October 2018

It has been a case of pistols at dawn recently as various showdowns have taken place on the Wild West Midlands Exploration photostream - let's take a look at our cowboy contenders...

Stepping out into the street at dawn is WME Wolverhampton, racking up further notches on its gun courtesy of some Northwood Park and Northycote nuggets (the usual combination of pigs and herbs plus a tractor, some autumn berries and the sensory garden). Penn Fields makes its presence felt with some ceramic street signs while the moody Merry Boys pub sign appears at dusk. There's even a photo that Mr Beermat from the Life After Football blog might appreciate (see below)...


Strolling into the local saloon comes WME Birmingham, laying its money down for Moseley moments (the One Trick Pony club) and Mere Green (the Butler's Arms). Brum is accompanied on the cactus juice by WME Sandwell which stares out the bartender in demanding some Ocker Hill lubrication. The Three Horseshoes is duly supplied along with some Rolfe Street action in the form of a platform mural and the bus stop outside the railway station.

Patrolling the prairie hiding from the law is WME Warwickshire, wanted for misdemeanours involving Lapworth (the Boot Inn) and Bridge 64 on the Grand Union Canal near Rowington. Other members of the outlaw gang include WME Telford (having taken an Oakengates station sign into its possession) and WME Staffordshire (which surreptitiously raided Penkridge Market and survived a duel with the Beefeater pub at Longford Island, Cannock).

The final word is reserved for our redoubtable sheriff WME Walsall, quick on the draw thanks to some Walsall Canal gunslinging (towpath scenes near Moorcroft Junction and Bull Lane Bridge). Walsall further polishes its sheriff's star with additional watery deeds, rounding up Pelsall Junction fingerpost and Pelsall Works Bridge - both photos had evaded capture since 2007 but have finally been slammed into photostream jail where they belong. Until next time, yee-haw!

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