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)