Update (#1546 - 1551)

1546. This beautiful Quince (Chaenomoles speciosa) bush has flowered outside the front entrance to the OLRC. (14/MAR/2014)

1547. The Quince (Chaenomoles speciosa) bush outside the front entrance to the OLRC. (14/MAR/2014)

1548. The cedar tree is no more. Taken on Hamilton Drive. The OLRC is background left. BCC (Birmingham Christian College) staff buildings are background centre. (17/MAR/2014)

1549. The huge cedar tree stump. Facing Bristol Road, looking across the demolition site and the meadow. The teaching wing is background right. (17/MAR/2014)

 1550. The huge cedar tree stump. (17/MAR/2014)

1551.  The remains of the cedar tree. Hamilton Drive in the background. (17/MAR/2014)

The cedar tree was originally the reason why this blog was started.

More News (#1523 - 1545)

1523. One side of Barrow-Cadbury House has been boarded up. The start of path that runs down the side and behind Barrow-Cadbury can be seen here. (14/MAR/2014)

1524. Barrow-Cadbury boarded up, with the path in the foreground. (14/MAR/2014)

1525. Barrow-Cadbury being boarded up. Taken from the path beside it. (14/MAR/2014)

1526. Barrow-Cadbury being boarded up. Taken from the path beside it. (14/MAR/2014)

1527. The side of Barrow-Cadbury building. (14/MAR/2014)

1528. Some sort of mains cupboard with an abandoned greenhouse behind it. (14/MAR/2014)

1529. The abandoned greenhouse behind the mains cupboard. Taken on the path behind Barrow-Cadbury. (14/MAR/2014)

1530. The abandoned greenhouse behind the mains cupboard. (14/MAR/2014)

1531. The abandoned greenhouse behind the mains cupboard. (14/MAR/2014)

1532. The abandoned greenhouse behind the mains cupboard. (14/MAR/2014)

1533. The abandoned greenhouse behind the mains cupboard. (14/MAR/2014)

1534. A single crocus in flower on the path that runs behind Barrow-Cadbury. (14/MAR/2014)

1535. Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) growing on the path that runs behind Barrow-Cadbury. (14/MAR/2014)

1536. Pink and white Viburnum (Viburnum tinis) growing at the south entrance to the Selly Oak campus. (14/MAR/2014)

1537. Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum 'Brassicaceae') growing at the west end of the row of cottages, opposite Archibald House. (14/MAR/2014)

1538. Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum 'Brassicaceae') growing at the west end of the row of cottages, opposite Archibald House. (14/MAR/2014)

1539. Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum 'Brassicaceae') growing at the west end of the row of cottages, opposite Archibald House. (14/MAR/2014)

1540. Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum 'Brassicaceae') growing at the west end of the row of cottages, opposite Archibald House. (14/MAR/2014)

1541. Daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) in the Close, with Alan Geale House in the background. (14/MAR/2014)

1542. Daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) in the Close, with Alan Geale House in the background. (14/MAR/2014)

1543. Bergena (aka Elephant-eared Saxifrage) (Cordifolia) flowers in one of the cottage gardens. (14/MAR/2014)

1544. Bergena (aka Elephant-eared Saxifrage) (Cordifolia) flowers in one of the cottage gardens. (14/MAR/2014)

1545. Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) shoots outside Alan Geale House. (14/MAR/2014)

School News and a Visit to the Multi-Faith Chapel (#1484 - 1522)

1484. More fog this morning. View across Hamilton Drive and the building site with Weoley Park Road background left.  (14/MAR/2014)

1485. The Multi-Faith Chapel, next to the Rendezvous Cafe. (13/MAR/2014)

1486. Outside the Chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1487. The door to the Chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1488. Just inside the door to the Chaplaincy is a little seating area. (13/MAR/2014)

1489. Inside the Chaplaincy. Facing south-west (oddly!) (13/MAR/2014)

1490. 360 degree panoramic shot (LOTS of distortion!) of the Chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1491. Inside the chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1492. Inside the chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1493. Inside the chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1494. Artwork in the chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1495. Artwork in the chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1496. Artwork in the chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1497. Artwork in the chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1498. Artwork in the chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1499. Artwork in the chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1500. Artwork in the chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1501. Artwork in the chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1502. The altar in the chapel. (13/MAR/2014)

1503. A pretty Cherry-Plum (Prunus cerasifera) tree is in flower in the shrubbery where Johnston House once stood. The rear of the Orchard Learning Resource Centre can be seen in the background. (13/MAR/2014)

1504. Cherry-Plum (Prunus cerasifera) blossom. (13/MAR/2014)

1505. Cherry-Plum (Prunus cerasifera) blossom. (13/MAR/2014)

1506. Broken glass and bricks scattered throughout the shrubbery which was once at the front of Johnston House. (13/MAR/2014)

1507. Surveyors visited the demolition site yesterday, leaving orange markings on the pavements and orange wooden markers in the ground, heralding the start of building work for the new school next month. (13/MAR/2014)

1508. Orange marking across the pavement on Hamilton Drive. The demolition site and pile of rubble in the meadow can be seen in the background. (13/MAR/2014)

1509. Orange marking on the pavement on Hamilton Drive. The demolition site and pile of rubble in the meadow can be seen in the background. (13/MAR/2014)

1510. Orange markings on the pavement on Hamilton Drive. The demolition site, the thicket and the Orchard Learning Resource Centre can be seen in the background. (13/MAR/2014)

1511. More orange markings on Hamilton Drive. (13/MAR/2014)

1512. Orange markings on Hamilton Drive. (13/MAR/2014)

1513. Orange markings on Hamilton Drive. (13/MAR/2014)

1514. Some of the orange posts on the land. (13/MAR/2014)

1515. In the midst of all the rubble, 'Glory of the Snow' Chinodoxa luciliae gigantea) is blooming at the top of Hamilton Drive. (13/MAR/2014)

1516. 'Glory of the Snow' Chinodoxa luciliae gigantea) at the top of Hamilton Drive. Weoley Park Road in the background. (13/MAR/2014)

1517. Orange markings on Hamilton Drive, in the car park that used to be at the side of Hamilton Building. The OLRC in backgound right. The rubble pile in the meadow is background left. The tree surgeons are background centre, still removing wood from the felled hedgerow. (13/MAR/2014)

1518. Orange markings under the blue cedar tree at the top of Hamilton Drive. The OLRC is in the background. (13/MAR/2014)

1519. More orange posts. These are where the front of Hamilton Building used to be, with Weoley Park Road on the left. The Lime tree here is lucky to have survived - the two cherry trees behind it were cut down. (13/MAR/2014)

1520. An orange post in front of the Lime tree on the Weoley Park Road boundary. The OLRC is in the background. (13/MAR/2014)

1521. More orange posts across the demolition site. The tree surgeons and the OLRC are in the background.  (13/MAR/2014)

1522. Taken on the driveway of 9 Weoley Park Road. View across the slip road, Weoley Park Road and the demo site, to the OLRC. A view only recently revealed and soon to disappear. (13/MAR/2014)