This may come as a relief to some of you who put up with my photostream prattlings on a regular basis, but April 2025 need only report on one of my constituent galleries. Yes this month it really is all about WME Wolverhampton...
Wolverhampton is nearly always front and centre on these summaries anyway but this time around it totally dominates to the tune of 44 new additions whereas everywhere else scored a big fat zero. The question therefore becomes about which aspects of the city have brought about this position of supremacy - the answer being the city centre, canals, and wild animals (mainly).
Barclays, Beatties and Bohemian ensure that the City Centre spreads its photographic wings, supported by Catellani's (a former Italian restaurant on School Street) and Charlie's (a Lichfield Street chip shop) for food-related content. The Wolves Ay We mural on Worcester Street makes a somewhat sad reappearance - the magic of promotion having long faded by that stage - while the Epic Cafe represents a youthful curiosity that never quite took off.
As for canal content, full concentration is given to the Wolverhampton 21 Locks with the predictable balance beam focus you've no doubt come to expect. Numbers three, five, nine and fourteen enter the fray but special attention is seemingly reserved for Lock No. 11 which attracts four separate pictures, a repetitive circumstance but that's just the way my archives panned out. In a similar vein, the Platforms 5 and 1a signage at Wolverhampton Station get repeat custom too so I must be a creature of habit.
Talking of creatures, the Wild in Wolves initiative was the summer art trail back in 2022 so some of their contingent have seen the light of day. A bear bench in the Wulfrun Centre sets the ball rolling but my main muse was Zak Zebra at St Peter's Gardens who basically stole all the limelight for himself. I am expecting a wider distribution of new arrivals in May, but for now please enjoy the photos. Cheers!
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