3d,9d,5d,11d,day return,single Bury Corporation bus tickets, from 1960's, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK - Preprinted bus Tickets

3d,9d,5d,11d,day return,single Bury Corporation bus tickets, from 1960's, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK - Preprinted bus Tickets Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2BN3887

File size:

26.6 MB (1.3 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

3648 x 2544 px | 30.9 x 21.5 cm | 12.2 x 8.5 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

19 June 2011

More information:

. Photographed at the recorded location, the scene provides a dated reference to the subject and the surrounding social, commercial or physical environment. The scene records 3d, 9d, 5d, 11d, day return, single Bury Corporation bus tickets, from 1960's, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK - Preprinted bus Tickets. The frame also records themes of public transport network, local character, trackside infrastructure, railway branding, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, changing streetscape, station environment, rail corridor, rail mobility, period detail, commuter travel, local history, and everyday Britain. For contemporary context, accessibility and rail reform are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes reducing congestion and car dependency. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and construction around the recorded location before new ownership alters the character of the place. The wider local story also touches on social landscape, urban change, transport interchange, visual archive, archival record, public realm, rail modernisation, and contemporary history. Elements such as Corporation, 1960's, return, tickets, and Lancashire add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene retains a connection with accessibility and making passenger rail simpler and more dependable within the specific setting of the recorded location. That also gives the frame relevance to integrated transport and reducing congestion and car dependency as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Another useful connection is reliability and making passenger rail simpler and more dependable when considered against later change at the recorded location.