Blackpool Tramways, Bombardier tram 006, with Tunnocks advert on the Blackpool promenade, Lancashire, England, UK

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2JRM360File size:
57.1 MB (2 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
20 August 2022More information:
. An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Blackpool Tramways, Bombardier tram 006, with Tunnocks advert on the Blackpool promenade, Lancashire, England, UK. The setting additionally reflects transport accessibility, changing land use, local bus network, bus route infrastructure, public realm, period detail, historical comparison, local history, regional identity, community identity, local character, public-transport wayfinding, place identity, and passenger information. The wider contemporary story combines service frequency, reliability and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface with public transport. For later comparison, the photograph preserves local activity and public use at the recorded location, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The photograph additionally reflects archival record, social history, bus infrastructure, surface public transport, contemporary social history, visual archive, street-side transport, and everyday life. The recorded references to Bombardier, Tramways, Tunnocks, Lancashire, and advert preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate service frequency and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare within the specific setting of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for reliability and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface with public transport as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The image fixes period character as a date-specific reference.