Simpsons malt,for brewing,whisky,spirits,beer and craft ale,Digbeth,Birmingham,B5 5SA

Simpsons malt,for brewing,whisky,spirits,beer and craft ale,Digbeth,Birmingham,B5 5SA Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2AERPR4

File size:

57.1 MB (2.7 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

19 October 2019

Location:

43 River St, Deritend, Birmingham B5 5SA

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. This period scene at 43 River St, Deritend, Birmingham B5 5SA in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The main subject is Simpsons malt, for brewing, whisky, spirits, beer and craft ale, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SA. Further facets of the subject include towpath landscape, inland navigation, independent brewing, blue-green infrastructure, historical comparison, contemporary social history, drinks hospitality, festival bar service, beer appreciation, changing streetscape, community identity, beer festival scene, canal heritage, and social history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about beer duty, business rates and the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues. The present-day relevance extends to flood resilience and towpath access, while a wider concern is balancing leisure, ecology and engineering needs. As a piece of social history, the image captures the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change at 43 River St, Deritend, Birmingham B5 5SA. The subject sits alongside public realm, archival record, everyday life, changing land use, visual archive, cask-beer tradition, British brewing tradition, and social drinking culture. Elements such as spirits, Digbeth, craft, whisky, and Birmingham add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 43 River St, Deritend, Birmingham B5 5SA, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of beer duty and the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues in a form that can be compared with future views of 43 River St, Deritend, Birmingham B5 5SA. The scene captures a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.