Credit union office in Chorley, Lancashire, England, helping poor people access savings and finance, 29 Market St, Chorley, PR7 2SY

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2K43PNGFile size:
43.3 MB (1.9 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
4452 x 3396 px | 37.7 x 28.8 cm | 14.8 x 11.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
10 May 2019Location:
29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SYMore information:
. An on-location photograph from 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The principal subject is Credit union office in Chorley, Lancashire, England, helping poor people access savings and finance, 29 Market St, Chorley, PR7 2SY. Other connected aspects include shopfront economy, local history, specialist shop, public realm, commercial frontage, town-centre trading, high-street commerce, community identity, independent retail, retail property, street-level business, documentary photography, regional identity, and historical comparison. For current editorial use, business rates and town-centre regeneration provide additional context, especially through the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes period detail, specialist retailer, place identity, customer footfall, bricks-and-mortar retail, local enterprise, before-and-after reference, and changing streetscape. References to finance, Chorley, Market, savings, and office give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to business rates and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets without losing the local specificity of 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY. The record includes part of the area's social history within the wider story of 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY.