Wasteland, off Rigby Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DD, with Blackpool Tower in the background

Wasteland, off Rigby Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DD, with Blackpool Tower in the background Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JRM3BB

File size:

54.6 MB (2.5 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5232 x 3648 px | 44.3 x 30.9 cm | 17.4 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

20 August 2022

Location:

Rigby Rd, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DD

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. This location-specific image from Rigby Rd, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DD in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The principal subject is Wasteland, off Rigby Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DD, with Blackpool Tower in the background. The image also relates to documentary photography, local bus network, before-and-after reference, public transport stop, local history, contemporary social history, public-transport wayfinding, public realm, historical comparison, local character, street-side transport, bus route infrastructure, surface public transport, and bus infrastructure. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with local connectivity, passenger information and the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around Rigby Rd, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DD before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. The location also brings in transport accessibility, changing streetscape, period detail, everyday life, community identity, passenger transport, local mobility, and place identity. Elements such as Rigby, Blackpool, Wasteland, Lancashire, and background add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Rigby Rd, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DD matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to local connectivity and the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing without losing the local specificity of Rigby Rd, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DD. It also preserves evidence of earlier appearance as part of Rigby Rd, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DD's history.