Old Photos of Westhill College

1621. The chapel and cafe.

1622. Mary Burnie House.

1623. Chapel and Cafe.

1624. View of tennis courts at the back of Archibald House from Barrow-Cadbury.

1624. View of tennis courts at the back of Archibald House from Barrow-Cadbury.

1625. View of Barrow-Cadbury from the rear of Archibald House (on the right). Tennis courts on the left.

1626. Johnston House.

Spring Comes Early (#1585 - 1620)

1585. The front of the OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)

1586. The front of the OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)

1587. The rear of the University of Birmingham School viewed across the playground from the first floor of the OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)

1588. The University of Birmingham School viewed from the Birmingham Christian College (BCC) side of Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)

1589. The side of the OLRC viewed from the BCC side of Hamilton Drive.(3/FEB/2016)

1590. Early crocuses on Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)

1591. Early crocuses on Hamilton Drive, with the OLRC and University School in the background. (3/FEB/2016)

There didn't seem to be many mushrooms around on campus last Autumn, perhaps because of the mild weather, but there are a few to be seen now.

1592. Mushroom on Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)

1593. Mushroom on Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)

1594. Bright spring sunshine coming through the trees at the back of BCC (behind Alan Geale) (3/FEB/2016)

1595. Snowdrops and primula are up around the memorial to Dr Mike Davis at the front of the OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)

1599. The Japonica is starting to flower, at the front of the OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)

1600. Japonica at the front of the OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)




1601. The other Japonica bush, outside the cottages in The Close. That's the Cleaner's Lodge in the background. (3/FEB/2016)

1602. The University of Birmingham School ... still in it's first year. The new parking system is taking some getting used to. (3/FEB/2016)

1603. The OLRC viewed from across the OLRC car park - now mostly used by school staff. (3/FEB/2016)

1604. The OLRC viewed from Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)

1605.The OLRC viewed from Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)

1606. The University of Birmingham School, through the thicket, from Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)

1607. The bottom end of Hamilton Drive, with the OLRC on the left and BCC on the right. (3/FEB/2016)

1608. The OLRC viewed from Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)

1609. The bottom end of Hamilton Drive, with the OLRC on the left and BCC on the right. (3/FEB/2016)

1610. BCC viewed from across Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)

1611. View from the bottom end of Hamilton Drive, with the side of the OLRC on the right and the University School background right. (3/FEB/2016)

1612. Blossom on the trees! Taken from what was once the outside of Johnston House, opposite the side entrance of Alan Geale, with the OLRC and the winding path in the background. (3/FEB/2016)

1613. Berries and heather add a bit of colour to the scenery outside Alan Geale House. (3/FEB/2016)

1614. Fir cones outside Alan Geale House. (3/FEB/2016)

1615. The front of Alan Geale House, where white heather grows on the wall. (3/FEB/2016)

1616. A splash or orange berries along the winding path, with the OLRC in the background. (3/FEB/2016)

1617. The winding path and the rear of OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)

1618. Snowdrops on Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)

1619. Snowdrops with the OLRC behind them. (3/FEB/2016)

1620. A solitary flower on Hamilton Drive, with the OLRC in the background. (3/FEB/2016)

New Foliage on Campus (#1571-1584)

1571. New trees and shrubs planted at the front of the new school at the top of Hamilton Drive and along Weoley Park Road. (28/OCT/15)

1572. New trees and shrubs planted in the coach park of the new school and along Hamilton Drive. (28/OCT/15)

1573. Trees for the new school waiting to be planted along Hamilton Drive.(28/OCT/15)

1574. New trees planted at the rear of the school next to the playground, along the OLRC footpath leading to Bristol Road. Taken from the 1st floor of the OLRC. (28/OCT/15)

1575. View from the front entrance of the OLRC ups to Hamilton Drive. The Golden Liquid Amber tree is red, at the top of the drive. (28/OCT/15)

1576. The Golden Liquid Amber Tree on the opposite side of Hamilton Drive is now red, while the maple trees in the thicket are lovely golden shades. (28/OCT/15)

1577. The Golden Liquid Amber Tree. (28/OCT/15)

1578. Trees along Hamilton Drive. (28/OCT/15)

1579. The thicket. The school and OLRC (now OLRC and School staff only) car park can be seen through the trees.(28/OCT/15)

1580. The Jean Sames memorial (Rowan) tree in the foreground, with the school perimeter fence in the background along the OLRC path to Bristol Road. (28/OCT/15)

1581. Skinny new trees have been planted along the school boundary, silhouetted against the trees that make up the original Bristol Road meadow boundary. (28/OCT/15)

1582. New trees planted on the school boundary close to Bristol Road. (28/OCT/15)

1583. "Johnston House car park" (on the site where Johnston stood) and surrounding oak trees. (28/OCT/15)

1584. Rosehips on the winding path with Alan Geale House in the background. (28/OCT/15)