Update 2 - Demolition Day 50 (# 382 - 407)

382. The fence around the "Road to Nowhere" in the meadow has been removed. The gate at the top leads to Weoley Park Road. (11/OCT/13)

 

383. The Road to Nowhere curving into the meadow from Weoley Park Road. No-one knows why it is there. It post-dates any of the original buildings on the site, and seems to have been built at the same time at Frank Price Building, but has never led to a building. (11/OCT/13)

384. The Road to Nowhere, covered in moss and pine needles. (11/OCT/2013)

385. The double gate at the end of The Road To Nowhere, which leads to Weoley Park Road. (11/OCT/2013)

386. Digger marks in the turf in front of the rubble pile. (11/OCT/2013)

387. Crushed brick rubble. What is left of Frank Price Building, Hamilton Building, Brooksbank Centre, Mary Burnie House, and their foundations. (11/OCT/2013)

388. Spindleberry flowers in the thicket, with their dark seeds popping out of the centre. The Spindleberry bushes outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC are a bit behind this bush - their seeds haven't emerged yet, and are less pink and more orange in shade.  (11/OCT/2013)

389. Slug on a leaf, found at the edge of the meadow, close to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

390. A Brown Roll-Rim (Paxilus involutus) mushroom, found on the grass outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

391. A Brown Roll-Rim (Paxilus involutus) mushroom, found on the grass outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

392. A Brown Roll-Rim (Paxilus involutus) mushroom, found on the grass outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

393. A Brown Roll-Rim (Paxilus involutus) mushroom, found on the grass outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

394. A Purple Brittlegill (Russula sardonia) mushroom, found in the thicket. (11/OCT/2013)

395. A Purple Brittlegill (Russula sardonia) mushroom, found in the thicket. (11/OCT/2013)

396. A Purple Brittlegill (Russula sardonia) mushroom, found in the thicket. (11/OCT/2013)

397. A Purple Brittlegill (Russula sardonia) mushroom, found in the thicket. (11/OCT/2013)

398. Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus) in its "deliquescent" (melting) stage. This one was outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

399. Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus) in its "deliquescent" (melting) stage. This one was outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

400. Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus) in its "deliquescent" (melting) stage. This one was outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

401. Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus) in its "deliquescent" (melting) stage. This one was outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

402. Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus) in its "deliquescent" (melting) stage. This one was outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

403. A Russula mushroom, outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

401.  A Russula mushroom, outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

406. A Russula mushroom, outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)

407. A Russula mushroom, outside the Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. (11/OCT/2013)