22 Nov 2009

Pelsall pleasure

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As time ticks by more and more villages within the West Midlands conurbation get completed. This time its Pelsall, a 1000 year old settlement that is now part of Walsall Metropolitan Borough. It’s another old mining village though there is little sign of its earlier industrial past other than the canal that meanders peacefully around its western and northern fringes.

Pelsall is the home of one of the oldest Finger Posts in the country. Recently restored to its former glory it stands at the main principal road junction to the north-east of the village. Naturally such a fine monument has a road named after it; Finger post Drive.

11 Nov 2009

Where the bus shelters get made

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Passed by this small engineering works near Cradley Heath station and couldn’t resist taking a snap of a stock of bus shelters (didn’t tag them all though!) A pint of beer to anyone who discovers where the bus stops are made! However the picture shows the older style of bus stops so this might just be a recycling centre so I’d better do a more thorough survey next time I’m out there.