The Pretty Bricks Pub, Walsall, Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK
Image details
Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
EY7Y5PFile size:
34.3 MB (1.4 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
4000 x 3000 px | 33.9 x 25.4 cm | 13.3 x 10 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
21 July 2015Location:
5 John St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, WS2 8AFMore information:
. A grounded documentary photograph made at 5 John St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, WS2 8AF in 2015, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is The Pretty Bricks Pub, Walsall, Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK. The image also relates to documentary photography, real-ale culture, night-time economy, local history, historic hostelry, visual archive, public realm, place identity, traditional ale house, visitor hospitality, local character, historical comparison, period detail, and beer-led hospitality. Today's relevance is strengthened by energy costs, staffing pressure and the continuing question of the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. The image fixes equipment and working practice within 5 John St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, WS2 8AF at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The subject also sits alongside before-and-after reference, community drinking venue, contemporary social history, changing land use, changing streetscape, everyday life, local social venue, and licensed hospitality. Elements such as Country, Black, Midlands, Pretty, and Bricks add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at 5 John St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, WS2 8AF helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for energy costs and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing within the specific setting of 5 John St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, WS2 8AF. Another useful connection is energy costs and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s as part of the longer story of 5 John St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, WS2 8AF.
