Thursday, April 30

WME Flickr Focus - April 2020

Lockdown is not without its advantages and here at WME Towers I have continued to make more photostream progress than would have been possible under normal circumstances. In fact, April has been one of those rare months when every single one of my constituent collections has been furnished with an update - here's a swift summary...
  • WME Wolverhampton takes a tentative tour of Tettenhall, collecting cricket ground scenes from Danescourt plus a mention for the Mitre Inn ex-pub at Lower Green. Tinacre Hill and Bradmore's Swanmore Close sensory garden have likewise landed.
  • WME Walsall registers its first arrivals of 2020 thanks to the Prince pub on Stafford Street, a Sutton Road street sign and a driveway glimpse of Bloxwich's King George V Playing Fields.
  • Elsewhere, WME Birmingham busies itself with the Arts Building at the University of Birmingham's Edgbaston Campus, bringing back a few memories from my student days. Woakes Bear makes a Big Sleuth appearance while the Clock pub at Balsall Heath clocks in for good measure.
  • Not too many deliveries for WME Dudley but I can report the requisitioning of Long Lane Library near Halesowen and the inclusion of Lock 14 on the Stourbridge Canal. 
  • WME Sandwell summons forth a Midland Metro tram at Black Lake, the Wing Wah buffet restaurant (formerly the Hen & Chickens roadhouse pub) at Causeway Green and a Victoria Park picture from Smethwick.
  • The number 2 bus rides its way onto WME Coventry where it is accompanied by some strangely-shaded sheep that were found at the Old Shepherd near Keresley.
  • The lesser-spotted WME Solihull hardly ever gets any content so April has bordered on being bounteous courtesy of beer festival tokens and Hockley Heath Bridge (No. 25 on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal).
  • By contrast, WME Staffordshire seldom struggles for material. This time around it can boast the Eagle Inn at Eccleshall, The Close by Lichfield Cathedral and Stoke's China Hall by way of recent additions.
  • WM. Swift's Butchers is the main Cookley attraction on WME Worcestershire although the number 26 bus in Worcester itself is not to be ignored.
  • WME Telford tantalises us with some Town Park fishy business - what happens among the flowerbeds stays among the flowerbeds - and an airing for the Bulls Head at Dawley Bank.
  • Just one each for WME Warwickshire and WME Shropshire, namely Sand Farm Drawbridge (the Stratford Canal again) and Albrighton village clock respectively.
  • And bringing things to a crescendo comes Exploration Extra which has dived deep into my archives to untangle forgotten items from Louth (Robinson's Greengrocers), Ruabon (Bryn Melyn's number 5 route) and Swindon railway station's main entrance. 
The photostream is proving a most welcome distraction while many of my normal activities are on hold, so please enjoy the pictures and - until next time - stay safe...

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