Railway Hotel Pub, Nantwich etched with Greenalls Wilderspool Ales & Stout and logo from Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Railway Hotel Pub, Nantwich etched with Greenalls Wilderspool Ales & Stout and logo from Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JNN53T

File size:

49 MB (1.7 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3132 px | 46.3 x 26.5 cm | 18.2 x 10.4 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

11 August 2022

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. An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The principal subject is Railway Hotel Pub, Nantwich etched with Greenalls Wilderspool Ales & Stout and logo from Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The locality and subject together evoke beverage production, community identity, local history, archival record, public realm, changing land use, place identity, bottle-filling machinery, industrial beverage equipment, cider brand history, social history, drinks packaging, documentary photography, and changing streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, responsible drinking and manufacturing automation are closely linked to this subject, alongside how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around the recorded location before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes everyday life, contemporary social history, Herefordshire cider tradition, regional identity, period detail, visual archive, historic beverage advertising, and before-and-after reference. References to Greenalls, Wilderspool, Hotel, etched, and Stout give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The subject itself supplies the location context here: Railway Hotel Pub, Nantwich etched with Greenalls Wilderspool Ales & Stout and logo from is preserved in image 2JNN53T as a dated piece of material, social or visual history. The setting also helps illustrate responsible drinking and how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage within the specific setting of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for tourism and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production as part of the longer story of the recorded location.