Will Scotland use the Sterling pound after a successful referendum to leave the United Kingdom, if so for how long - Sterling Scottish and BOE notes

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2K8NARGFile size:
48.9 MB (2.7 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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4980 x 3432 px | 42.2 x 29.1 cm | 16.6 x 11.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
24 October 2022More information:
. A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The subject captured here is Will Scotland use the Sterling pound after a successful referendum to leave the United Kingdom, if so for how long - Sterling Scottish and BOE notes. The frame also records themes of street-level business, changing streetscape, archival record, historical comparison, high-street commerce, independent retail, regional identity, customer footfall, changing land use, bricks-and-mortar retail, local history, social history, small business, and public realm. Today's relevance is strengthened by town-centre regeneration, footfall and the continuing question of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around the recorded location before different community use alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes commercial frontage, town-centre trading, place identity, retail property, local enterprise, specialist retailer, everyday life, and specialist shop. The combination of notes, pound, leave, referendum, and successful anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate town-centre regeneration and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses when considered against later change at the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for commercial rents and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Image 2K8NARG also remains a dated record of the recorded location.