Guildford Arms bar, West Register Place, Edinburgh City, Scotland, UK, EH2 2AA

Guildford Arms bar, West Register Place, Edinburgh City, Scotland, UK, EH2 2AA Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

D8G09N

File size:

60 MB (2.8 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5607 x 3740 px | 47.5 x 31.7 cm | 18.7 x 12.5 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

3 April 2010

Location:

West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK

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. This dated editorial view of West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK in 2010 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The defining feature is Guildford Arms bar, West Register Place, Edinburgh City, Scotland, UK, EH2 2AA. Another layer of the photograph includes period detail, before-and-after reference, licensed trade, community identity, public realm, traditional pub, changing streetscape, local social venue, everyday life, community drinking venue, night-time economy, archival record, regional identity, and traditional ale house. Current relevance extends to pub closures and beer duty, particularly through the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK, details that may look very different after changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include historic hostelry, social history, place identity, cask-beer tradition, visitor hospitality, changing land use, real-ale culture, and documentary photography. The combination of Register, Guildford, Edinburgh, and Place anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate pub closures and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity when considered against later change at West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK. The image also provides a reference for changing drinking habits and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity without losing the local specificity of West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK. The frame retains details of everyday use for later comparison.

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