Corner hotel, Harper Beach Hotel on the promenade, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6AH

Corner hotel, Harper Beach Hotel on the promenade, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6AH Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JRM399

File size:

48.2 MB (1.9 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

4980 x 3384 px | 42.2 x 28.7 cm | 16.6 x 11.3 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

20 August 2022

Location:

271 promenade, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6AH

More information:

. An identifiable period record of 271 promenade, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6AH in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Corner hotel, Harper Beach Hotel on the promenade, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6AH. The image also relates to grain harvest, field crop, traditional hostelry, before-and-after reference, changing land use, contemporary social history, historical comparison, social history, farm produce, summer fieldwork, grain quality, changing streetscape, community pub, and pub heritage. The modern context includes continuing discussion of farm costs, crop yields and the relationship between rural landscapes and national food security. For current editorial use, consumer spending and business rates provide additional context, especially through how branded and independent hospitality compete for changing leisure spending. As a dated visual record of 271 promenade, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6AH, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes archival record, agricultural landscape, public realm, local character, licensed hospitality, street-level dining, local history, and barley cultivation. Details involving hotel, Blackpool, Lancs, Beach, and promenade make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within 271 promenade, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6AH, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is farm costs and the relationship between rural landscapes and national food security when considered against later change at 271 promenade, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6AH.