Memorial Plate, Phillip Lower, aged 22 years, who was accidently killed, in Senchenydd explosion, Oct 14th 1913

. Photographed at Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through Memorial Plate, Phillip Lower, aged 22 years, who was accidently killed, in Senchenydd explosion, Oct 14th 1913. The frame also records themes of historical comparison, pedestrian environment, community life, contemporary social history, changing land use, townscape record, archival record, local character, changing streetscape, city-centre activity, urban social history, urban change, social landscape, and place identity. For current editorial use, regeneration and transport provide additional context, especially through the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with period detail, regional identity, public realm, street-level documentary, documentary photography, everyday life, visual archive, and before-and-after reference. The recorded references to Memorial, Lower, accidently, Phillip, and explosion preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is regeneration and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments without losing the local specificity of Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP. Image 2JAGDAN also remains a dated record of Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP.