Yelloway Coachways bus routes posters, to Torquay, Clacton-on-Sea, London, Llandudno, Torquay, Paignton, Taunton,Cheltenham, Cornish Resorts

Yelloway Coachways bus routes posters, to Torquay, Clacton-on-Sea, London, Llandudno, Torquay, Paignton, Taunton,Cheltenham, Cornish Resorts Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2K7NBGJ

File size:

57.1 MB (2.3 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:

8 October 2022

More information:

. This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents Yelloway Coachways bus routes posters, to Torquay, Clacton-on-Sea, London, Llandudno, Torquay, Paignton, Taunton, Cheltenham, Cornish Resorts. Other connected aspects include documentary photography, passenger information, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, local character, contemporary social history, period detail, bus infrastructure, regional identity, social history, roadside transit, archival record, passenger transport, and local mobility. The wider contemporary story combines integrated transport, bus funding and the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at the recorded location, details that may look very different after changed technology. The surrounding story also includes bus route infrastructure, local bus network, everyday life, public realm, surface public transport, historical comparison, local history, and public-transport wayfinding. Elements such as routes, Paignton, Resorts, Llandudno, and Cornish add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is integrated transport and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The scene further reflects reliability and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare within the real-world context of the recorded location. The image fixes evidence of changing use for later comparison.