Flares Nightclub, good 1980s disco fun, 5 Hall Gate, Doncaster DN1 3LU, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Flares Nightclub, good 1980s disco fun, 5 Hall Gate, Doncaster DN1 3LU, South Yorkshire, England, UK Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

MM9A10

File size:

25.9 MB (1.6 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

2574 x 3515 px | 21.8 x 29.8 cm | 8.6 x 11.7 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

6 February 2018

Location:

61-62 Hall Gate, Doncaster DN1, UK

More information:

. A grounded documentary photograph made at 61-62 Hall Gate, Doncaster DN1, UK in 2018, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The photograph centres on Flares Nightclub, good 1980s disco fun, 5 Hall Gate, Doncaster DN1 3LU, South Yorkshire, England, UK. The locality and subject together evoke heritage landmark, archival record, built heritage, before-and-after reference, social history, period architecture, cityscape history, visual archive, period building, urban fabric, contemporary social history, community identity, everyday life, and changing land use. Current relevance extends to energy retrofit and heritage conservation, particularly through how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at 61-62 Hall Gate, Doncaster DN1, UK, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The location also brings in place identity, conservation interest, regional identity, adaptive reuse, changing streetscape, architectural character, historic townscape, and conservation architecture. References to Yorkshire, Nightclub, Flares, 1980s, and Doncaster give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within 61-62 Hall Gate, Doncaster DN1, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the specific setting of 61-62 Hall Gate, Doncaster DN1, UK. Another strand within the photograph is planning control and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism as part of the longer story of 61-62 Hall Gate, Doncaster DN1, UK. The frame retains details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.