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Hatherton Road, WALSALL, WS1 1XS

Central Trains DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit) 150011 heads north From Walsall. Above the tunnel is St Paul's Street multi-storey car park, to the right is Walsall Technical College.

On a dry, sunny day in February a view down a sun dappled Darwall Street in Walsall. On the right Hatherton URC (United Reformed Church) church and ahead the junction with Hatherton Road. Hatherton Road runs from Walsall Bus Station to join Lichfield Street. Opposite the junction, leading south-east, is the unusually named Intown Row. Time photo taken 3.01 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Image] Image]

This building, Hatherton United Reformed Church, and its design were the result of a competition in 1878 to design this church. The architects appointed were John Cotton and Henry Hill McConnal and the building was completed and opened in 1882. It was Grade II listed on 22nd February 2010. Time photo taken 3.11 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Source:British Listed Buildings Image]

A memorial stone recording the establishment of the Enlarged Sunday Schools here at Hatherton United Reformed Church in Walsall. The inscription reads 'THIS MEMORIAL STONE OF THE ENLARGED SUNDAY SCHOOLS WAS LAID BY SIR GEORGE B BRUCE JUNE 16TH 1904'. It is visible in 'Hatherton URC in Walsall' below the lancet window to the right of centre in that photo. Time photo taken 3.08 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Image]

The older building with the clock tower is part of what was left of the old functional bus station in Walsall, whilst the canopy and glass section are part of the new (less functional and extremely expensive) bus station. When the bus station first opened it had a continuous recorded message which warned pedestrians not to walk in front of moving buses and not to skateboard in the bus station. This featured on the Jeremy Vine Radio Two programme for a few days after I called the programme to point this out.

Walsall Gala swimming baths.

What, no buses! This vast paved area and shiny new building cost millions when it replaced the old 1930's functional bus station. Now, where buses used to stop, paving slabs have taken over and the new bus station, which has proven quite dangerous to pedestrians, has less space than the old bus station - they call it progress!

Enjoying the shade of a tree outside the church in Darwall Street Walsall.

Flowers brighten a dull day in Hatherton Street in Walsall.

Walsall has a fine old Post Office building in the town centre, it's always busy.