An apple a day, keeps the doctor away, advert from Williams Bros, Backwell, Bristol, England, UK

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2JPF7KBFile size:
36.1 MB (1.2 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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2768 x 4560 px | 23.4 x 38.6 cm | 9.2 x 15.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
30 July 2022Location:
Backwell, Bristol, England, UKMore information:
. Made at Backwell, Bristol, England, UK in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is An apple a day, keeps the doctor away, advert from Williams Bros, Backwell, Bristol, England, UK. The locality and subject together evoke public realm, drinks manufacturing, place identity, historic beverage advertising, visual archive, cider-making heritage, Herefordshire cider tradition, changing streetscape, beverage production, local character, cider brand history, contemporary social history, period detail, and historical comparison. The modern context includes continuing discussion of brand heritage, alcohol duty and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing. The image fixes commercial use and occupation within Backwell, Bristol, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The location also brings in bottle-filling machinery, orchard-to-bottle industry, archival record, local history, before-and-after reference, factory bottling line, everyday life, and changing land use. The combination of advert, Williams, apple, Backwell, and doctor anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Backwell, Bristol, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes brand heritage and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production within the specific setting of Backwell, Bristol, England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is brand heritage and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production as part of the longer story of Backwell, Bristol, England, UK. The photograph keeps a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.