Leigh Town Centre, Lloyds Bank, 28-30 Ellesmere St, Spinning Gate, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG

Leigh Town Centre, Lloyds Bank, 28-30 Ellesmere St, Spinning Gate, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK,  WN7 4PG Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JH06Y5

File size:

57.1 MB (2 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:

13 July 2022

Location:

28-30 Ellesmere St, Spinning Gate, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG

More information:

. An identifiable period record of 28-30 Ellesmere St, Spinning Gate, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is Leigh Town Centre, Lloyds Bank, 28-30 Ellesmere St, Spinning Gate, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG. The frame also records themes of commercial frontage, community identity, high-street commerce, contemporary social history, customer footfall, archival record, community life, contemporary city life, destination retail, town-centre economy, social landscape, urban social history, outdoor retail, and city-centre activity. The wider contemporary story combines changing footfall, business rates and the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with local identity, commercial change and the relationship between public space and local social life. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at 28-30 Ellesmere St, Spinning Gate, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. The wider setting retains connections with commercial streetscape, changing streetscape, place identity, retail property, public realm, brand-led retail, physical store, and pedestrian environment. The combination of Leigh, Ellesmere, 28-30, Centre, and Spinning anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 28-30 Ellesmere St, Spinning Gate, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image fixes period character for later comparison. It also preserves a trace of local identity within the wider story of 28-30 Ellesmere St, Spinning Gate, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG.