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Pleck Road, WALSALL, WS2 9EY

Once part of Walsall College of Arts and Technology, this former school has signage describing it as the Shelley Campus; it has now been vacated and the site is available for sale and/or redevelopment.

A satellite campus of Walsall College. I did a BTEC in popular music here in 2000-1; back then, it was the home of the performing arts and leather departments, though I don't know whether that is still the case.

Formerly The Forge & Fettle public house, this is now operated as an Indian restaurant.

A rear-view of part of the Walsall Manor General Hospital.

Passing between Pleck Industrial Estate (left) and Queen Street Cemetery (right).

The van is parked in the mortuary entrance where bodies are received. The wooden fencing surrounds two modular external body stores that were installed to address capacity issues. The part of the building to the left houses the histopathology department but that is due to move to a new large facility at New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton. I worked in that department from 1994 to 2005 and a merger with New Cross was discussed more than once but it has taken until 2020 to become a reality.

This is the hospital's department of histopathology (cellular pathology) and includes a Coroner's court and the adjoining mortuary. I worked in this building from 1994 to 2005 but it is soon to be moving to a new large facility at New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton. The wooden fence on the right encloses an external body store for the mortuary. This addressed the winter capacity issue that had seen bodies stored in a refrigerated lorry trailer in the estates yard. By 2005 when I left it was realised this was no longer acceptable and money was spent to provide a more dignified solution. This is a common problem and other hospitals are also seeking solutions.

The bridge carrying Rollingmill Street across the Walsall Canal.