WME Flickr Focus - May 2022

I'm putting together this particular monthly summary in between coming back from Headingley and preparing for a few days break in Scotland, so forgive me if I'm still in the holiday spirit. May might have contained some cricket-based distractions but I still managed to inch out some photostream updates...

I'll begin this month with a shout out to both WME Solihull and WME Coventry, not because either gallery has been especially active lately but they tend to be so starved of updates that any new arrivals become big news. Solihull therefore welcomes Olton Friary (or the Catholic Church of the Holy Ghost and Mary Immaculate to give its full title) whilst Coventry pays a spooky Halloween visit to the Maudslay pub on Allesley Old Road.

My next port of call needs to be WME Telford, which itself tends to be generally quiet on the additions front. That's not the case recently however as Newport and Oakengates have leapt into action; the former supplies glimpses of the Barley pub, The Smithfields and Wellington Road whereas the latter remembers the Claddagh (a disused boozer near Oakengates railway station) and the town's 2015 Christmas decorations.

Back in the Black Country, we've received correspondence from WME Dudley about Norton (another appearance from the Greyhound) and Oldswinford (a Bathams lamp at the Bird in Hand plus a second sighting of the Shrubbery Cottage). WME Sandwell squeaks in with the Old Hill Cafe and some Oldbury-ish industrial nuggets, namely the Weatherite works and Liberty Performance Steels - it isn't all pubs and street signs you know!

After a brief acknowledgement for WME Birmingham - grateful recipient of New Bingley Hall (Hockley) and Oaklands Primary School (Acocks Green) pictures - I'll close off with my almost statutory mention for WME Wolverhampton. Much focus here has been given to the Old Nursery portion of the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve, including pond views and marker signs, but there are also snippets of Northycote Farm pigs and Northwood Park Primary School to note. Until next time, enjoy the photos!