The Great British Fudge Company red bus sweet shop, Silverstone, England, UK

The Great British Fudge Company red bus sweet shop, Silverstone, England, UK Stock Photo
Preview

Image details

Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

P87C1N

File size:

48.8 MB (1.4 MB Compressed download)

Releases:

Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?

Dimensions:

5472 x 3120 px | 46.3 x 26.4 cm | 18.2 x 10.4 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

8 July 2018

More information:

. Made at the recorded location in 2018, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through The Great British Fudge Company red bus sweet shop, Silverstone, England, UK. The image also relates to specialist retailer, period detail, local character, local history, social history, retail property, surface public transport, street-side transport, roadside stop, bricks-and-mortar retail, archival record, contemporary social history, street-level business, and public transport stop. Current relevance extends to accessibility and reliability, particularly through the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into store closures and footfall, not least because of how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains lettering, decoration and surface detail, making it especially useful if conservation work subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in visual archive, community identity, independent retail, changing land use, place identity, roadside transit, changing streetscape, and historical comparison. Elements such as sweet, Silverstone, Company, Fudge, and British add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for accessibility and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The frame retains evidence of changing use for later comparison. Image P87C1N also remains a dated record of the recorded location.