Silcocks Fun Palace, amusements ,125-141 Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BE

Silcocks Fun Palace, amusements ,125-141 Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK,  FY1 5BE Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JRM416

File size:

57.1 MB (2.4 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

20 August 2022

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. This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The subject captured here is Silcocks Fun Palace, amusements , 125-141 Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BE. A broader reading of the photograph includes heritage-led regeneration, commercial redevelopment, community pub, period detail, mixed-use redevelopment, local character, historic townscape, hospitality economy, archival record, local social venue, licensed hospitality, night-time economy, changing streetscape, and pub heritage. For current editorial use, consumer spending and pub closures provide additional context, especially through the survival of local venues as social meeting places. Current relevance extends to public-realm investment and planning, particularly through how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. A second descriptive layer includes adaptive reuse, place-making, regional identity, licensed trade, civic architecture, local history, architectural character, and customer-facing leisure. Elements such as Promenade, Palace, Blackpool, amusements, and 125-141 add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is consumer spending and the survival of local venues as social meeting places as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The record includes details of everyday use as part of the recorded location's history.