WH Smith,newsagent shop,retail unit,Food To Go,Moor street station,Queensway, Birmingham, West Midlands,England,UK, B4 7UL

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2ABJGJ7File size:
53.3 MB (2.6 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
3648 x 5104 px | 30.9 x 43.2 cm | 12.2 x 17 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
19 October 2019Location:
Moor street,Queensway Birmingham West Midlands,England,UK, B4 7ULMore information:
. Recorded at Moor street, Queensway Birmingham West Midlands, England, UK, B4 7UL in 2019, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. The photograph records WH Smith, newsagent shop, retail unit, Food To Go, Moor street station, Queensway, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B4 7UL. The scene additionally carries associations with regional rail, national food identity, traditional cuisine, railway branding, contemporary social history, comfort food, commuter travel, everyday life, regional food culture, festive eating, local history, historical comparison, place identity, and historic context. Today's wider story includes rail reform, reliability and the practical question of making rail simpler and more dependable. For contemporary context, cultural identity and food prices are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the tourism and cultural value of distinctive local cuisine. As a documentary source, the photograph preserves local appearance, occupation, access and public activity within the setting of Moor street, Queensway Birmingham West Midlands, England, UK, B4 7UL. Other useful associations include rail transport, period detail, railway heritage, before-and-after reference, traditional recipe, regional speciality, trackside infrastructure, and changing land use. References to Smith, newsagent, Birmingham, retail, and Midlands help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. A later view of Moor street, Queensway Birmingham West Midlands, England, UK, B4 7UL may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes rail reform and linking trains more effectively with other transport as part of the longer story of Moor street, Queensway Birmingham West Midlands, England, UK, B4 7UL.