TMA02 Part1 And 2
DD102-TMA02, PART 1
For this assignment, I will be looking at High Street in Fraserburgh, which connects Saltoun Square to Broad Street. It is Fraserburgh’s busiest shopping street. With all of the shops being either independent retailers, or offices for local organisations and media outlets, it really is a haven from the conglomerates and faceless retailers that are all too common in most town centres.
In the book Old Fraserburgh by George Allan Dey, there is a collection of photographs of High Street spanning as far back as the 1880’s. Although today many of the buildings remain unchanged, it becomes evident that the fluidity of consumer needs has played the biggest part over the years in the shaping and reshaping of the street. Interestingly, among the photographs are several buildings on High Street which were bombed during the Second World War. (Fraserburgh was bombed heavily during the War due to the production of ammunition there). It gives the harsh reality that even though we are lucky enough to live in a stable society now a days, High Street was once made and remade against a much more sinister and violent backdrop.
On page 20 of Old Fraserburgh, we can see the building which once housed the iconic Fraserburgh Picture house. This was once an important hub for the community. However, as Aberdeen and it’s amenities became more accessible to the working class, and the population grew, the building was torn down and rebuilt as sheltered housing and private let apartments.
As explained by Blakely and Staples (2014, pg 22),migration contributes to the making and remaking of a street in many ways. High Street has been reshaped by migration multiple times, and a perfect example of this is the opening of European food stores along the drag in the last 5 years in the place of other local businesses which have closed. These serve not only to connect our European community to their home countries, but also to widen the palette of the local community by
For this assignment, I will be looking at High Street in Fraserburgh, which connects Saltoun Square to Broad Street. It is Fraserburgh’s busiest shopping street. With all of the shops being either independent retailers, or offices for local organisations and media outlets, it really is a haven from the conglomerates and faceless retailers that are all too common in most town centres.
In the book Old Fraserburgh by George Allan Dey, there is a collection of photographs of High Street spanning as far back as the 1880’s. Although today many of the buildings remain unchanged, it becomes evident that the fluidity of consumer needs has played the biggest part over the years in the shaping and reshaping of the street. Interestingly, among the photographs are several buildings on High Street which were bombed during the Second World War. (Fraserburgh was bombed heavily during the War due to the production of ammunition there). It gives the harsh reality that even though we are lucky enough to live in a stable society now a days, High Street was once made and remade against a much more sinister and violent backdrop.
On page 20 of Old Fraserburgh, we can see the building which once housed the iconic Fraserburgh Picture house. This was once an important hub for the community. However, as Aberdeen and it’s amenities became more accessible to the working class, and the population grew, the building was torn down and rebuilt as sheltered housing and private let apartments.
As explained by Blakely and Staples (2014, pg 22),migration contributes to the making and remaking of a street in many ways. High Street has been reshaped by migration multiple times, and a perfect example of this is the opening of European food stores along the drag in the last 5 years in the place of other local businesses which have closed. These serve not only to connect our European community to their home countries, but also to widen the palette of the local community by
References: The Open University 2014, Connecting Lives (Video). DD102, Introducing the Social Sciences. https://learn2.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=620292§ion=2 http://www.socialinvestmentscotland.com/resources/case-studies/fraserburgh-development-trust-fdt/ Blakeley, G. and Staples, M. (2014) ‘The life and times of the street’, in Allen, J. And Blakeley, G. (eds) Understanding Social Lives, Part 1, Milton Keynes: The Open University Dey, Allan, G. (1986) “Old Fraserburgh”. P.Scrogie Ltd. The Open University 2014, Communities on the Street (Video). DD102, Introducing the Social Sciences. DD102-TMA02, PART 1 After the feedback from TMA01, I have really tried to follow a method to tighten up my work by using a reference then giving an example on my street. I would appreciate feedback on my referencing and the overall structure of my essay, as well as the introduction and conclusion. (Word Count: 50)