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Lodge Park, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 7DP

These cottages are in High Street, which is not the shopping centre of the village, but just a street leading to higher land. The tall house in fine condition has the date 1779 on it and is Grade II listed. The further two have been knocked into one, and doorways to the road bricked up.

The Claverley house in High Street.

The house is the south-west corner one in Lodge Park, where properties are of substantial proportions.

This telephoto assisted image from the middle of the barley field shows the South Shropshire landscape with the 12th/15th century tower of All Saints Church dominating the skyline. A wide angle view can be seen here: Image]

Barley is growing on this side of the track (which is a public footpath), but it looks a bit dry and may have suffered from low spring rainfall. Behind the track, no crop has been planted, so many meadow flowers and grasses thrive.

The building is an automated telephone exchange. It has a notice attached saying it is B T premises. The days when telephone exchanges had people sitting in them inserting and removing plugs into switchboards, as would have been the case 60 or more years ago, are of course long gone!

The junction of High Street and Aston Lane. In the foreground is High Street. This continues to the right, by the junction. Aston Lane starts at that point, and is the road turning to the left. Most of the High Street is residential, unlike most High Streets.

The field is planted with barley on the left this year, looking distinctly dry,while on the right it has been left unplanted so many meadow plants including poppies and cornflower are thriving. The footpath is approaching the lane at the south end of High Street, Claverley. This is not the shopping centre of the village, but a street leading from the village to higher ground. I like it when the foreground is bathed in sunshine while the distance has threatening clouds. It didn't actually rain because this dark beauty passed over.

This scene is on the corner of Orchard Close and Aston Lane. Included is a B T telephone kiosk, of a modern type, a dog waste bin, a street sign and a grey box, which may be something to do with telephones, and a lot of out of control vegetation. Behind them is an electricity substation.

These buildings are situated at the junction of Church Street with High Street. Aston Lane is behind the camera.