Fish & Poultry, F.Hodgkinson Sales office, Manchester Craft Village, Oak Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, Lancashire, UK, M4 5JD

Fish & Poultry, F.Hodgkinson Sales office, Manchester Craft Village,  Oak Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, Lancashire, UK, M4 5JD Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

RPGEK9

File size:

39.8 MB (1.8 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 2540 px | 46.3 x 21.5 cm | 18.2 x 8.5 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

15 February 2019

Location:

17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD

More information:

. A close documentary record depicts a moment within 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD, in a view made during 2019. The supplied image information identifies Fish & Poultry, F.Hodgkinson Sales office, Manchester Craft Village, Oak Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, Lancashire, UK, M4 5JD. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are everyday Britain, changing Britain, local identity, place and memory, social context, modern history, community life, public realm, documentary photography, documentary record, place-based history, and cultural landscape. In the mid-2020s, regional identity is increasingly discussed through shifts in local identity and the passage of time, with attention turning to stronger archival comparison. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. The view also records themes involving visual record, regional identity, everyday infrastructure, local character, contemporary social history, urban and rural change. The scene is further associated with Manchester City Centre, Fish and Poultry, Fresh Fish, Hodgkinson Fresh Fish. Its context additionally embraces social landscape, and community environment. Current debate around regional identity often combines shifts in local identity, the passage of time and the practical challenge of a clearer record of local change. The combination preserved here provides evidence of movement through the area, planning and redevelopment, historic fabric, everyday services, and social change at this precise location. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for architecture and streetscape, public access, ownership or occupation, transport patterns, and neighbourhood identity within the surrounding area.