Apples and Cedar (#1083 - 1085)

 

1083. The cedar tree and BMS (Baptist Mission Society) apple tree on Hamilton Drive. The apple tree has huge apples! The demolition site where Hamilton once stood in the background. Facing south-east.(29/NOV/2013)

1084. The cedar tree and BMS (Baptist Mission Society) apple tree on Hamilton Drive. The apple tree has huge apples! The demolition site where Hamilton once stood in the background. Facing south-east. (29/NOV/2013)

1085. The cedar tree and BMS (Baptist Mission Society) apple tree on Hamilton Drive. The apple tree has huge apples! (29/NOV/2013)

Johnston House Demolition (#1080 - 1082)

1080. Coloured cones set out to stop people from parking around Johnston House during the demolition. (29/NOV/2013)

 

1081. The demolition site around Johnston House. (29/NOV/2013)

1082. The asbestos removal machine has arrived. (29/NOV/2013)

More scenes from around the campus (#1062 - 1079)

1062. View of Fircroft College for Adult Education, over the hedge behind the OLRC. (28/NOV/2013)

1063. The OLRC viewed through one of the trees on island B* in the meadow. (28/NOV/2013)

1064. The OLRC viewed through one of the trees on island B* in the meadow. (28/NOV/2013)

1065. View of the demolition site taken from the meadow. BMS (Baptist Mission Society) in the background, off Hamilton Drive. This is where Hamilton Building and Frank Price Building stood. (28/NOV/2013)

1066.  View of the demolition site taken from the meadow. This is where Hamilton Building and Frank Price Building stood. Weoley Park road in the background. Facing north. (28/NOV/2013)

1067.  View of the demolition site taken from the meadow. BMS (Baptist Mission Society) in the background, off Hamilton Drive. This is where Brooksbank Centre and Mary Burnie House stood. Facing west. (28/NOV/2013)

1068. The rubble and topsoil piles in the meadow. Facing south-east. (28/NOV/2013)

1069. The north corner of the meadow. Weoley Park Road in the background. The gate at the top of the road to nowhere is background centre. (28/NOV/2013)

1070. The gate at the top of the road to nowhere. Weoley Park Road in the background. Taken in the north corner of the meadow. (28/NOV/2013)

1071. The road to nowhere in the north corner of the meadow, with the pile of demolition rubble at the end. facing Bristol Road and the south-east. (28/NOV/2013)

1072. The road to nowhere in the meadow. The piles of rubble and topsoil from the demolition are in the background. Facing Bristol Road and the south-east. Taken in the north corner of the meadow. (28/NOV/2013)

1073. The gate at the top of the road to nowhere with a view of the end of Weoley Park Drive and Bristol Road in the background. (28/NOV/2013)

1074. The gate to the meadow at the top of the road to nowhere. (28/NOV/2013)

1075. Panoramic view (not much distortion) of the road to nowhere in the north corner of the meadow. (28/NOV/2013)

1076. The Horse Chestnut tree along the north-east side of the meadow. The topsoil pile is fenced off on the left. (28/NOV/2013)

1077. Panoramic view (not much distortion) of island C* in the meadow, which is mostly brambles. (28/NOV/2013)

1078. Island C* in the meadow. Taken close to vantage point u* facing north-west. (28/NOV/2013)

1079. Island C* in the meadow, which is mostly brambles. The teaching wing and OLRC are on the left. Taken close to vantage point u* facing west. (28/NOV/2013)

*See map and key for vantage points: Map and key

Demolition Day 10 - Clearing Johnston House (#1060 - 1061)

Watch as the contents of Johnston House are cleared and taken away. 

1060. The rubbish pile outside Johnston House. (28/NOV/2013)




1061. The rubbish pile outside Johnston House. (28/NOV/2013)

Waning moon over Selly Oak campus (#1057 - 1058)

1057. Waning moon over the OLRC. Taken at about 7:40am from Hamilton Drive. (29/NOV/2013)

1058. Waning moon over Johnston House. Taken at about 7:40am from the OLRC staff car park. (29/NOV/2013)

Update (#1016 - 1056)

1016. The main Christmas tree at the OLRC. (26/NOV/2013)

1017. The festive basket and main Christmas tree at the OLRC. (26/NOV/2013)

1018. Smaller Christmas tree and kitsch angel at the OLRC. (26/NOV/2013)

1019. The Christmas angel is a tradition dating back to Westhill times.Her name had been forgotten. This year she has been renamed Lucy, who is the grand-daughter of Janet Bushell, the OLRC's longest serving Information Assistant, and also because of St Lucy's association with this time of year. (26/NOV/2013)

1020. Small Christmas tree in the foyer of the OLRC. This one is known as Ann's tree because it is in the area around the ("Ann's") coffee shop. (26/NOV/2013)

1021. Marta's festive pot plant. (26/NOV/2013)

1022. Rob's festive cactus. (26/NOV/2013)

1023. This big daisy is growing out of season next to the road to nowhere in the meadow. (26/NOV/2013)

1024. This big daisy is growing out of season next to the road to nowhere in the meadow. (26/NOV/2013)

1025. This big daisy is growing out of season next to the road to nowhere in the meadow. (26/NOV/2013)

1026. This big daisy is growing out of season next to the road to nowhere in the meadow. (26/NOV/2013)

1027. The road to nowhere in the meadow. The gate at the end leads to Weoley Park Road. (26/NOV/2013)

1028. The grounds Team have been clearing up dead leaves. (26/NOV/2013)

1029. View across the demolition site to the OLRC. The monkey puzzle tree at the top of Hamilton drive is foreground right. (26/NOV/2013)

1030. Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushroom under the monkey puzzle tree at the top of Hamilton Drive. (26/NOV/2013) 

1031. Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushroom under the monkey puzzle tree at the top of Hamilton Drive. (26/NOV/2013) 

1032. The Jean Sames Memorial Tree now has some wood chip around it. (26/NOV/2013)

1033. Johnston House is still being cleared. Today, several doors have been thrown out of the window onto the growing pile of scrap beneath. (26/NOV/2013)

1034. View across the meadow, through island C*, taken from the north-west side of the meadow. The two oak trees of island C are on the far left and right of this photo. The pinnacle of George Cadbury Hall can be seen over the hedge. Facing Bristol Road. (26/NOV/2013)

1035. View across the meadow facing Bristol Road. (south-east) Taken from island C* with a view of island B* in the background. (26/NOV/2013)

1036. View across the meadow facing south. Taken from island C*. Bristol Road is behind the hedgerow. The OLRC is on the right. (26/NOV/2013)

1037. View of the meadow, taken on island C* facing north-east, towards Weoley Park Road. The big pile of rubble from the demolition on the left. (26/NOV/2013)

1038. View of the meadow, taken on island C* facing the east corner of the meadow.  (26/NOV/2013)

1039. View of the meadow taken from island C*. Bristol Road is behind the hedgerow, the east corner of the meadow is background left, next to the pile of rubble. (26/NOV/2013)

1040. View of the meadow taken from island C*. Island b is on the right. Bristol Road is behind the hedgerow. Facing south-east. (26/NOV/2013)

1041. View of the OLRC across the meadow facing south. Bristol Road is behind the hedge. Taken from island C*. Island B* is on the left. (26/NOV/2013)

1042. View of the meadow taken from island B*, facing north-east. The east corner of the meadow is background left next to the rubble. Apples on one of the apple trees on island B*. (27/NOV/2013)

1043. The medlar tree on island B* in the meadow. Facing south-east. Bristol Road is behind the hedge. George Cadbury Hall can be seen over the gate. (26/NOV/2013)

1044. Island B* in the meadow. Facing south with the OLRC in the background. Bristol Road is through the hedge on the left. (26/NOV/2013)

1045. Lime trees in the meadow. Facing south-west. Taken from the east corner. The OLRC in the background. Bristol Road is through the hedge on the left. (26/NOV/2013)

1046. Lime tree and rubble pile in the meadow. Facing south-west. The OLRC in the background. Bristol Road is on the left. (26/NOV/2013)

1047. View of the pinnacle of George Cadbury Hall over the hedge in the meadow. Taken from under one of the lime trees. Facing south-east and Bristol Road. (27/NOV/2013)

1048. The end of the teaching wing, with the OLRC behind it and left and right. The OLRC car park is on the right. Facing south-west. Taken from vantage point h*. (26/NOV/2013)

1049. Parnoramic view taken from vantage point h*, showing the OLRC, the end of the teaching wing, the OLRC car park on the right, and the meadow. Island C* is on the left. (26/NOV/2013)

1050. The tall oak on island C* in the meadow. Taken facing south-east and Bristol Road. (26/NOV/2013)

1051. View of the OLRC taken from the end of the teaching wing, which is on the right. Taken in the meadow. (26/NOV/2013)

1052. Panoramic view of the meadow taken from vantage point h*. The rubble pile can just be seen on the left. The OLRC can be seen on the right. Island C* covers the left side of the picture. Facing south-east, island B* and Bristol Road. (26/NOV/2013)

1053. The end of the teaching wing with the spindle-berry trees in the foreground. Taken next to island A*. (26/NOV/2013)

1054. The Bristol Road entrance to the OLRC. The Jean Sames Memorial Tree is just visible in the centre, behind the wall. The fence for the new school will come right up against this wall. (26/NOV/2013) 

1055. Taken from behind the wall at the OLRC Bristol Road entrance. View of the end of the teaching wind and the start of the meadow. (26/NOV/2013)

1056. View of the OLRC across the demolition site, taken at 7:30am from Hamilton Drive. (26/NOV/2013)

*See map and key for vantage points: Map and key