Mr Thomas's Chop House sign,1867,pub,James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR,colour

Mr Thomas's Chop House sign,1867,pub,James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR,colour Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2ADE3JE

File size:

38.4 MB (1.3 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

4068 x 3300 px | 34.4 x 27.9 cm | 13.6 x 11 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

3 December 2019

Location:

James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR

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. This documentary view of James Binney House, 52 Cross St, Manchester, North West, England, UK, M2 7AR in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. At the centre of the frame is Mr Thomas's Chop House sign, 1867, pub, James Binney House, 52 Cross St, Manchester, North West, England, UK, M2 7AR, colour. The scene additionally carries associations with historic context, conservation architecture, British brewing tradition, brewing heritage, drinks hospitality, historic townscape, hand-pulled beer, social history, local character, architectural character, place identity, built heritage, beer festival scene, and period detail. For contemporary context, changing drinking habits and independent brewing are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about planning control, embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. For retrospective editorial use, the photograph anchors evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life within the setting of James Binney House, 52 Cross St, Manchester, North West, England, UK, M2 7AR. The setting also brings in community identity, changing streetscape, period streetscape, public realm, beer judging, cask-beer tradition, traditional masonry, and cityscape history. The combination of Binney, James, Thomas's, Cross, and colour anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of James Binney House, 52 Cross St, Manchester, North West, England, UK, M2 7AR may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image fixes part of the area's social history for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2ADE3JE.