The chief beneficiary of this return to standard procedure appears to have been WME Walsall, which has amassed itself a clutch of Darlaston-related newbies. Salisbury Primary School earns a gold star for its multicultural mural saying 'welcome' (or similar greetings) in a whole host of different languages, then we've got the Allied Storage Tanks compound on Richards Street plus a sighting of a backstreet mechanics building near St Lawrence's Church. Holden's memories are evoked by a Prince of Wales sign but the pub sadly stopped trading a few years ago.
WME Dudley has responded impressively to being ignored in April by bouncing back to life on a wave of Coseley content. Memorial wreaths, purple planting, Royal lettering and Broadbents Butchers all make the cut along with the customary collection of street signs, not forgetting a reappearance for Deepfields Footbridge on the Birmingham Main Line Canal. WME Sandwell hasn't been anywhere near as active but does conjure up a dusky Bell & Bear snapshot from Gorsty Hill Road.
Of the galleries that monopolised all of April's activities, WME Birmingham and WME Wolverhampton have remained busy whereas WME Staffordshire has gone suspiciously quiet. Brum dabbled once more with Digbeth (hence selected street art specimens, Barn Street bites and a gilded glance at the Old Crown) while Wolverhampton captured some Colton Hills vistas, sunkissed scenery near the secondary school there.
Other May moments mean I'm giving shout-outs to three galleries that don't get very much attention. WME Telford has chipped away at Church Aston for spring-loaded play equipment and a Pinewoods cul-de-sac; WME Coventry nudged out a Nunts Lane street sign from the vicinity of Holbrooks and Whitmore Park, then last up is WME Solihull with a mooring perch on the Grand Union Canal at Catherine-de-Barnes. Until next time, enjoy the pictures!
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