Cycle Parking at Sutton Coldfield station, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2AND2PEFile size:
48.9 MB (1.9 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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4800 x 3564 px | 40.6 x 30.2 cm | 16 x 11.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
15 January 2020Location:
Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQMore information:
. This location-based editorial photograph from Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ in 2020 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The image documents Cycle Parking at Sutton Coldfield station, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ. The frame also contains themes of regional identity, working waterway, towpath landscape, industrial waterway history, trackside infrastructure, public realm, before-and-after reference, rail mobility, archival record, canal heritage, changing land use, contemporary social history, place identity, and local character. Today's wider story includes public ownership, reliability and the practical question of reducing congestion and car dependency. For contemporary context, biodiversity and heritage conservation are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes keeping historic infrastructure safe and operational. As a piece of social history, the photograph preserves a particular stage in the life of the location around Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ. The surrounding context also covers waterside infrastructure, historical comparison, managed navigation, river transport, boating network, blue-green infrastructure, railway branding, and lock-side environment. The combination of station, Coldfield, Sutton, Parking, and Midlands anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes public ownership and linking trains more effectively with other transport within the specific setting of Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ. The record includes period character before later change alters the scene.