Metro Reopens

The city centre Metro stop reopened this morning after being closed for months for repairs. Should make getting into Birmingham easier.

Market Clock

 Entrance to the market.

Under the clock is the city motto 'Out of Darkness cometh Light'.

Trophies

One from 2009. The trophy room at Wolverhampton Wanderers football club, Molyneux stadium.

Chapel Ash

View towards Chapel Ash from the ring road.

Another Market Stall

Fruit this time, melons and oranges.

Beatties' Plaque

Blue plaque marking the founding of Beatties department store. The present owners wanted to change the name to show their 'corporate image' but Wulfrunians would have none of it. Beatties it was, is now and ever will be.

Sheltered Spot

This sheltered area in my garden is where I sit with a mug of coffee after a morning's gardening. The winter Iris are still flowering and the Camellia is starting to open.

Taxi Rank

Taxi cabs waiting outside Beatties.

Hole in the Road 3

The repair has been completed. Pity it doesn't match the rest of the paving.

Market Day

Fine display of vegetables on a market stall.

Frog

The frogs have at last arrived in my pool, later than usual this year, I usually see them at the end of February. Only one was brave enough to pop up for a photo.

Eclipse

Tried to capture the partial eclipse of the sun this morning, not very successfully.

The camera also hasn't captured the eerie  light when the eclipse was at its maximum.

                           

Prince Consort

Prince Albert from a different angle.

Wulfruna Street

Looking towards the Civic centre and University.

Crocuses

These were planted last autumn, variety 'Pickwick'.

Charity Super Store

A new charity superstore has opened, under Faces night club, in aid of the local Hospice.

Mothering Sunday

A display of Mother's Day flowers and balloons in the Mander centre.

Retired Greyhounds

Charity stall in Dudley street.

Rear of Art Gallery

The back of the art gallery in Wulfruna street. The architecture is very different from that at the front.

Royal Mail

Mail van outside Waitrose.

Mander House

Tall office block, seen through the roof of the shopping centre.

Stafford Street.

Looking North.

Another Bank

Another bank in Queen Square, this time HSBC.

Ironwork

Decorative fencing in St. Peter's gardens, modern but a copy of the original Victorian ironwork.

Hole in the Road 2

The hole has now been filled but judging by the rusty pipes which have been removed, the replacements were none too soon.

Spring Blooms

Pots of seasonal flowers at Waitrose.

Hole in the Road

New pipework is being laid in Dudley street.

Railway Station

Wolverhampton railway station, track going north.

Wulfruna Street

Art Gallery and St. Peter's.

Spring ?

It may be the first day of spring, meteorologically speaking but we've had flurries of  snow this morning and Jack Frost has decorated the conservatory windows.

Theme Day, Ageing.

The saxon column in St. Peter's gardens has been ageing
  since 985 AD and is probably good for a few more centuries.