Royal Mail Postman, with mail trolley wearing orange jacket, delivering in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
R9GT8HFile size:
57.1 MB (2.7 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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3648 x 5472 px | 30.9 x 46.3 cm | 12.2 x 18.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
14 November 2018More information:
. This contextual photograph preserves the everyday reality of the recorded location, in this period view from 2018. The defining subject in the supplied record is Royal Mail Postman, with mail trolley wearing orange jacket, delivering in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. Further features of the subject include place and memory, social landscape, local character, local identity, everyday Britain, social context, cultural landscape, changing Britain, urban and rural change, modern history, everyday infrastructure, and documentary photography. Modern coverage of everyday local life frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of business turnover, shifts in local identity and a clearer record of local change. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at the recorded location, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves, specifically in relation to Royal Mail Postman. The surrounding context also touches on regional identity, visual record, documentary record, public realm, community environment, place-based history. The scene is further associated with hiVis, delivery man, postie, postal service, Royalmail, British Postman. For present-day editorial use, community change can also illustrate debates about redevelopment and business turnover, particularly where these affect a clearer record of local change. The lasting documentary value lies in its record of public access, neighbourhood identity, transport patterns, architecture and streetscape, and ownership or occupation as an authentic period reference. For future comparison, the scene preserves local business activity, public-realm details, regional identity, the condition of buildings, and patterns of everyday use at this precise location. The view of Royal Mail Postman also preserves another layer of local identity and period change.