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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,_691IMG_,Peugeot 201,Peugeot 201 Coupe,vintage Peugeot,classic car,1931 car,French car,Peugeot,Lyon,France,automotive history,vintage car,interwar motoring,historic vehicle,classic motoring,car design,French automotive,car museum,collector car,heritage vehicle,1930s,motor history,antique car,industrial heritage,vehicle display,Rhône,Auvergne Rhone Alpes,France travel,automobile,motoring heritage,retro car
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKKKF8 - . Vintage Peugeot 201 Coupé from around 1931 displayed indoors in Lyon, France. A cream and black vintage Peugeot 201 Coupé, dating from around 1931, is displayed indoors in Lyon with its upright grille, separate headlamps, running boards and narrow period tyres visible. The Peugeot 201 is an important model in French motoring history and helped establish the three-digit naming convention with a central zero that became closely associated with Peugeot cars. Its compact proportions show how dramatically private motoring changed between the interwar years and modern traffic. Photographed as a preserved display rather than moving on the road, the car works well for stories about automotive heritage, industrial design, collecting and France's long manufacturing tradition. The Peugeot 201 belongs to the inter-war period when motoring was becoming more widely accessible but car ownership still carried a strong sense of novelty and status. Its upright body, narrow tyres, external running boards and separate wings are immediately different from the integrated shapes of modern vehicles, making the engineering changes of nearly a century visible at a glance. Peugeot's numbering system, with a central zero, became one of the company's most recognisable naming conventions, and the 201 helped establish that pattern. An indoor display protects details that would otherwise be difficult to preserve on a regularly used vehicle, including chrome fittings, body trim and period cabin features. In Lyon, the car can connect local audiences with wider history of French manufacturing and mobility without needing to be photographed on a road. It can support automotive history, industrial design, collecting, restoration and the social history of early mass motoring. It provides a contrast with today's electric and software-heavy cars: this machine is mechanically simple by comparison, yet it represents an earlier technological transformation in how ordinary people travelled.
Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,George Orwell,Penguin,book,paperback,literature,author,writer,Lancashire,Manchester,map,social,history,poverty,workingclass,industry,industrial,1937,documentary,British,reading,August,heritage,north,reportage,1930s,Britain,Great Depression,miners,pit,villages,pits,unemployment,low wages,overcrowded,Eric Arthur Blair,coal miners,coal miner,coalmine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAP8H2 - George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier, shown in a Penguin paperback edition laid across a street map of the Wigan coalfield in Greater Manchester, England. Orwell, whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair, travelled through industrial northern England in early 1936 after being commissioned by publisher Victor Gollancz to investigate unemployment, housing, poverty and working conditions in depressed communities. He spent time in Wigan as well as Manchester, Barnsley and Sheffield, staying in modest lodgings, visiting working-class homes, attending political meetings and descending a coal mine. The resulting book, published in 1937, combined social reportage about miners, low wages, overcrowding, poor housing and hardship with a wider political argument about socialism and class. Wigan was then heavily shaped by coal mining and industry, and Orwell used the town as a lens through which to describe the human consequences of the inter-war depression. The book remains closely associated with Wigan's industrial identity, even though the famous 'pier' was not a seaside structure but a local name associated with canal-side coal handling. Nearly ninety years later, its themes still resonate in debates about regional inequality, deprivation, insecure work, housing costs and the long economic transition of former mining and manufacturing districts. Towns across the wider Wigan borough, including Ashton-in-Makerfield, continue to carry visible traces of that industrial past while pursuing regeneration and new employment. Ashton-in-Makerfield lies in the Makerfield parliamentary constituency, won by Labour's Andy Burnham in a June 2026 by-election. Burnham became Prime Minister on 20 July 2026, giving the constituency unusual contemporary political significance. The image links Orwell's landmark documentary writing with the geography of the Lancashire coalfield and modern debate over investment, inequality and economic renewal in post-industrial communities
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,ArtDeco,municipal,building,tower,brick,council headquarters,historic,history,government,1930s,British,civic,administration,landmark,city,centre,Grade II listed building,twentieth century,tourist attraction,dusk,evening,modernist,civic pride,symbol,public,realm,streetscape,built environment,low angle view,vertical architectural,evening light,blue sky clouds,cityscape,architect,S R Pierce,1938,C H James
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3A01G - Low-angle exterior view of Norwich City Hall photographed from the Bethel Street side at dusk in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The composition is dominated by the building's tall red brick tower, which rises above the substantial municipal offices and forms one of the most recognisable features of the Norwich skyline. Blue evening sky, scattered clouds and a mature leafy tree frame the architecture, while the upward viewpoint emphasises the height and monumental character of the civic landmark.
Norwich City Hall was designed by architects Charles Holloway James and Stephen Rowland Pierce following a national architectural competition and was formally opened in 1938. Its restrained interwar design combines Scandinavian-influenced modernism, Art Deco detailing and traditional civic monumentality. The long elevations use warm brick above solid stone lower storeys, with carefully proportioned windows and relatively little applied decoration. A green copper feature crowns the tower and adds a contrasting colour to the red masonry.
The building was created as the headquarters of local government in Norwich and continues to accommodate the city's civic and administrative functions. Its scale and commanding tower reflected the confidence placed in municipal government and public service during the interwar period. The architecture also forms part of the wider civic centre around St Peter's Street, close to Norwich Market, the Guildhall and other important historic buildings.
Photographed in soft evening light, the image highlights the contrast between the heavy stone base, broad brick elevations and the slender vertical tower. The Bethel Street viewpoint reveals a less commonly photographed side of the building and places the tower against an open sky rather than the busier principal frontage. The scene is suitable for editorial subjects including Norwich architecture, British local government, civic buildings, Art Deco, interwar design, Norfolk tourism, urban heritage
Norwich City Hall, St Peter's Street, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK, NR2 1NH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,old,history,trams,700,creme,cream,electric,tramway,tramways,seaside,English,British,holiday,double,deck,decker,1930,1930s,Balloon,sea,front,Corporation,fleet,Walter Luff,design,livery,BTS,Fylde,coast,English Electric double-deck Luxury Dreadnought,English Electric Balloon,British manufacturing,English Electric Preston
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JR3MR5 - A classic green and cream English Electric Balloon tram travels along Blackpool Promenade in Lancashire, displaying Promenade Tour destination boards. Fleet number 700 is seen in bright daylight beneath the overhead wires, with hotels, parked cars and the busy seafront behind. Its rounded double-deck body, curved upper windows and traditional livery create one of the most recognisable transport images associated with the English seaside resort.
The vehicle was built by English Electric in Preston in 1934 and was the first of Blackpool's production Balloon cars. It originally carried fleet number 237 before the class was renumbered in the late 1960s, when it became number 700. The streamlined design formed part of Walter Luff's modernisation of Blackpool Corporation Tramways during the 1930s. Balloon cars offered high passenger capacity for seasonal crowds and became enduring symbols of holidays, Illuminations journeys and travel along the Fylde coast.
Number 700 later received a sympathetic restoration that reinstated traditional styling details and a wartime green and cream colour scheme. Although modified for the upgraded tramway, it retained much of its historic appearance and has appeared on heritage and promenade tours. Blackpool's electric tramway opened in 1885 and remains a rare surviving first-generation British street tramway, combining modern vehicles with preserved historic cars on selected occasions.
The photograph suits editorial themes including British transport history, heritage tourism, seaside holidays, public transport, tram preservation, English Electric engineering, Art Deco design, coastal travel and nostalgia for Blackpool. It also records the contrast between a 1930s vehicle, present-day traffic and changing Promenade hotels. Blackpool Transport announced plans in 2026 for summer heritage trips and a permanent home for the historic fleet, keeping these vehicles relevant to the resort's tourism economy and cultural identity
Waterloo Road, Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 1AD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,pubs,bar,bars,L1,off Hope Street,L1 9BB,the,band,bands,The Dissenters,inside,fixtures,interior,features,feature,etched,window,door,windows,Houlding,Beacon,ales,traditional,local,1920s,1930s,frost,frosted,entrance,front,doors
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJCCAR - . Ye Cracke window, John Lennon of The Beatles, watering hole pub, Rice Street, off Hope Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 9BB. Photographed on 19 August 2023. The recorded location is Rice St, off Hope St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 9BB. The name is in Old English: the Y is a thorn and the e on the end of Cracke is silent, thus the name is correctly pronounced The Crack. Despite the name, Ye Cracke is a 19th-century pub. The War Office is a small room in the pub, which is the oldest part of the pub. It has historical connections with The Beatles because it was frequented by John Lennon and his girlfriend Cynthia when they were at art school, as well as the Dissenters, to whom a plaque hangs in the bar. Thomas Cecil Gray and John Halton conceived the techniques described in their 1946 book A Milestone in Anaesthesia while in the pub. In relation to bar trade, historical context shows that beer culture links agriculture, brewing, distribution and the licensed trade
Cask-conditioned ale, handpumps, brewery branding and pub interiors became especially important to the real-ale revival from the 1970s onwards, while later craft brewing introduced new styles and independent producers. For the story of stage, it is useful to note that concert culture changed with amplification, arena touring, festivals and digital promotion, yet the basic relationship between performer, venue and audience continues to be central
Older gig photographs can gain significance as bands, buildings and local scenes change. As of 2026, the position for bar trade is that in England eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief for the 2026/27 billing year, reflecting continuing concern about operating costs, closures and the role of hospitality in town-centre vitality. For present-day stage, 2026 is significant because streaming dominates recorded music , increasing the importance of touring, merchandise and live events to many.
Rice St, off Hope St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 9BB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,London,city,centre,EC2,EC2M 7PR,grade II,red,light,on,top,UK,railway,in,front,vintage,central,people,busy,mainline,rail,eastside,east side,Ericsson,British,1930,1930s,cast-iron,cast iron,metal,Policeman,on the,beat,crime,response,rapid,telephone,sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3YB98 - More at https://rupertharris.com/products/police-call-posts-1
These cast-iron Police Call Posts were manufactured in the early 1930's by British Ericsson and sited throughout the City of London. The posts enabled the public to call the Police station and were also used for the station to contact the Policeman on the beat in that area. The red signal light would flash if the Constable were required to contact the station. The upper hatch opened to give access to the telephone
the middle door opened horizontally to provide a writing surface and lower door opened to a storage cupboard containing first aid kit and other useful items.
All the posts were decommissioned in the 1960's, when radio communication took over, and the majority of their contents were removed at that time.
A number of these posts were sold in the 1980's
The Liverpool Street Call Post had been particularly severely damaged by a vehicle collision. The fragments were painstakingly welded together and replacement cast-iron parts made only where absolutely necessary. All the posts were cleaned and repaired and their surfaces primed and filled where required to improve their surface quality.
Prior to restoration, the condition of the City's collection was in varying condition. Three of the posts, Aldgate, St Martin's le Grand and Walbrook, were in fairly good condition, however the remainder required full repair and replacement of missing parts.
The decision to remove cast-iron objects to the workshop for repair is one that requires careful judgement: as cast-iron is fragile, such objects should always be repaired in situ when possible to limit the risk of damage in transit. However, five of these posts could only be repaired off site, so having acquired consent, their temporary removal was carried out with great care.
53 Liverpool St, London, England, UK, EC2M 7PR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PP7B - Linguaphone is a global language training provider based in London that has provided self-study language courses since 1901.
Methodology
Linguaphone's self-study courses follow Linguaphone's in-house methodology of Listen, Understand, Speak. Students are encouraged to listen to the language from the beginning, to begin to read as they listen, and only to speak once they have learned to understand the language presented.
Linguaphone was established in 1901 by Jacques Roston, a translator and language teacher, born in Poland, (Koło), and they were the first language training company to recognise the potential of combining the traditional written course with the wax cylinder and later with records.
At the height of their popularity, Linguaphone was not only a large, international publishing house with many prestigious representative offices (for books, records, tapes and cassettes) but they also ran fashionable language schools in a number of major cities across the world, such as London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. This chain of Linguaphone Institutes could claim to be the second oldest among the international language teaching establishments (the oldest being Berlitz, founded in 1878 and known today as Berlitz International, with the controversial[why?] Berlitz method) and, as such, Linguaphone had, at one time, the privilege of being an almost automatic first choice among the famous of the day, including royalty.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R27C2D - . Art Deco statue art, at the Mersey Tunnel exhaust, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, L3 1BP. Photographed on 12 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1BP, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include United Kingdom, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 1BP, 1930s, icon, iconic, history, historic, Pierhead, Pier Head, sculpture, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1BP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,United Kingdom,Liverpool,Merseyside,L3,L3 1BP,1930s,icon,iconic,history,historic,Pierhead,Pier Head,sculpture,art,at,the,Mersey,statues,artwork,tunnel design,design,Buddha,type,position,style,black,stone,stones,female,females,artdeco
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R27C2F - . Art Deco statue art, at the Mersey Tunnel exhaust, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, L3 1BP. Photographed on 12 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1BP, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include United Kingdom, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 1BP, 1930s, icon, iconic, history, historic, Pierhead, Pier Head, sculpture, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1BP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 1NN,WA4,the,nazi,facist,fascists,anti-immigration,British,unionist,rhetoric,far-right,far,right,council,local,election,leaflets,leaflet,publicity,promotion,Daily Mail,Torygraph,pure,race,racial,fears,small boats,1930,1930s,channel crossings,Tory,Tories,ReformUK,Nigel Farage,Danny Tommo
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R0MKJB - . Patriotic Alternative far-right council election leaflets, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN - White Britons to be a minority. Photographed on 22 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN, WA4, nazi, facist, fascists, anti-immigration, unionist, rhetoric, far-right, far, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. The political or campaigning content is suitable for neutral editorial coverage of protest, organised labour, elections, public debate, campaigning, civil society and the way political messages are presented in public. Placards, posters, leaflets, slogans and demonstrations are valuable documentary evidence of a particular moment and can support later historical comparison without implying endorsement of the views displayed. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R0MKKB - . Patriotic Alternative far-right council election leaflets, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN - White Britons to be a minority. Photographed on 22 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN, WA4, nazi, facist, fascists, anti-immigration, unionist, rhetoric, far-right, far, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. The political or campaigning content is suitable for neutral editorial coverage of protest, organised labour, elections, public debate, campaigning, civil society and the way political messages are presented in public. Placards, posters, leaflets, slogans and demonstrations are valuable documentary evidence of a particular moment and can support later historical comparison without implying endorsement of the views displayed. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R0MKMK - . Patriotic Alternative far-right council election leaflets, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN - White Britons to be a minority. Photographed on 22 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1NN, WA4, nazi, facist, fascists, anti-immigration, unionist, rhetoric, far-right, far, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. The political or campaigning content is suitable for neutral editorial coverage of protest, organised labour, elections, public debate, campaigning, civil society and the way political messages are presented in public. Placards, posters, leaflets, slogans and demonstrations are valuable documentary evidence of a particular moment and can support later historical comparison without implying endorsement of the views displayed. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB54R - . This scene at 219 Union Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, AB10 1TL in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The location is represented through Gee's Linctus & The Eye Lotion - prepared by Davidson & Kay, Chemists of 219 Union Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, AB10 1TL. A broader reading of the photograph includes independent trading, bricks-and-mortar retail, mixed-use town centre, commercial frontage, high-street commerce, public realm, shopfront economy, visual archive, changing land use, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, period detail, town-centre economy, and social history. For current editorial use, consumer spending and store closures provide additional context, especially through the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. Small period details of equipment and working practice at 219 Union Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, AB10 1TL may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. A second descriptive layer includes place identity, consumer retail, local enterprise, community identity, archival record, street-level business, local history, and destination shopping. The recorded references to Union, Lotion, Aberdeen, Gee's, and Scotland preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within 219 Union Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, AB10 1TL, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate consumer spending and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active in a form that can be compared with future views of 219 Union Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, AB10 1TL.
219 Union Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, AB10 1TL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB564 - Cod liver oil is a dietary supplement derived from liver of cod fish (Gadidae). As with most fish oils, it contains the omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and also vitamin A and vitamin D. Historically, it was given to children because vitamin D had been shown to prevent rickets, a consequence of vitamin D deficiency.
Cod liver oil has traditionally come in many grades. Cod liver oil for human consumption is pale and straw colored, with a mild flavor. Scandinavian Vikings produced cod liver oil by laying birch tree branches over a kettle of water, and fresh livers were laid over the branches. The water was brought to a boil and as the steam rose, the oil from the liver dripped into the water and was skimmed off. There was also a method for producing fresh raw cod liver oil.
In the Industrial Revolution, cod liver oil became popular for industrial purposes. Livers placed in barrels to rot, with the oil skimmed off over the season, was the main method for producing this oil. The resulting oil was brown and foul tasting. In the 1800s cod liver oil became popular as a medicine and both pale and brown oils were used. Brown oils were common because they were cheaper to produce. Some doctors believed in only using the fresh pale oil, while others believed the brown oil was better. The rancid brown oils tended to cause intestinal upset.
The Möller Process was invented by Peter Möller in 1850. The livers are ground with water into a slurry, then this is gently simmered until the oil rises to the top. The oil is skimmed off and purified. Other methods used in modern times include the Cold Flotation Process, pressure extraction, and pressure cooking. These all require further purification steps to get a pure oil.
Though similar in fatty acid composition to other fish oils, cod liver oil has higher concentrations of vitamins A and D
219 Union Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, AB10 1TL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NBWGEC - J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd., better known as Fry's, was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and his family. Beginning in Bristol in the 18th century, the business went through several changes of name and ownership, becoming J. S. Fry & Sons in 1822. In 1847, Fry's produced the first solid chocolate bar. The company also created the first filled chocolate sweet, Cream Sticks, in 1853. Fry is most famous for Fry's Chocolate Cream, the first mass-produced chocolate bar, which was launched in 1866, and Fry's Turkish Delight, launched in 1914.
Fry, alongside Cadbury and Rowntree's, was one of the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and all three companies were founded by Quakers. The company became a division of Cadbury in the early twentieth century. The division's Somerdale Factory near Bristol was closed after the 2010 takeover of Cadbury's by Kraft Foods Inc
Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWF7N - J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd., better known as Fry's, was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and his family. Beginning in Bristol in the 18th century, the business went through several changes of name and ownership, becoming J. S. Fry & Sons in 1822. In 1847, Fry's produced the first solid chocolate bar. The company also created the first filled chocolate sweet, Cream Sticks, in 1853. Fry is most famous for Fry's Chocolate Cream, the first mass-produced chocolate bar, which was launched in 1866, and Fry's Turkish Delight, launched in 1914.
Fry, alongside Cadbury and Rowntree's, was one of the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and all three companies were founded by Quakers. The company became a division of Cadbury in the early twentieth century. The division's Somerdale Factory near Bristol was closed after the 2010 takeover of Cadbury's by Kraft Foods Inc
Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,store,stores,baker,bakers,shops,windows,Midlands,painted,sign,confectioners,confectioner,and,chocolate,shop,Fry,BCLM,1930,1930s,Joseph Storrs Fry,fry,frys,Frys Chocolate Cream,Bristol,JS Fry,cocoa,bar,bars,confectionary,history,historic,chocolates
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWF81 - J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd., better known as Fry's, was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and his family. Beginning in Bristol in the 18th century, the business went through several changes of name and ownership, becoming J. S. Fry & Sons in 1822. In 1847, Fry's produced the first solid chocolate bar. The company also created the first filled chocolate sweet, Cream Sticks, in 1853. Fry is most famous for Fry's Chocolate Cream, the first mass-produced chocolate bar, which was launched in 1866, and Fry's Turkish Delight, launched in 1914.
Fry, alongside Cadbury and Rowntree's, was one of the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and all three companies were founded by Quakers. The company became a division of Cadbury in the early twentieth century. The division's Somerdale Factory near Bristol was closed after the 2010 takeover of Cadbury's by Kraft Foods Inc
Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,starring,lady,vanishes,the,movie,movies,film,cinema,for,Alfred Hitchcock,Hitchcock,Hitchcocks,1938,The Wheel Spins,by,Ethel Lina White,BW,monochrome,Black & White,Black and White,British,films,Gainsborough Studios,in,Islington,London,old,actor,actors,1930s,mystery,thriller,1930
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWG3H - The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White, the film is about a beautiful English tourist travelling by train in continental Europe who discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have disappeared from the train. After her fellow passengers deny ever having seen the elderly lady, the young woman is helped by a young musicologist, the two proceeding to search the train for clues to the old lady's disappearance.
The Lady Vanishes was filmed at the Gainsborough Studios in Islington, London. Hitchcock caught Hollywood's attention with the film and moved to Hollywood soon after its release. Although the director's three previous efforts had done poorly at the box office, The Lady Vanishes was widely successful, and confirmed American producer David O. Selznick's belief that Hitchcock indeed had a future in Hollywood cinema.
The British Film Institute ranked The Lady Vanishes the 35th best British film of the 20th century. In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine saw it ranked the 31st best British film ever. It is one of Hitchcock's most renowned British films, and the first of three screen versions of White's novel to date
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,starring,lady,vanishes,the,movie,movies,film,cinema,for,Alfred Hitchcock,Hitchcock,Hitchcocks,1938,The Wheel Spins,by,Ethel Lina White,British,films,Gainsborough Studios,in,Islington,London,old,actor,actors,1930s,mystery,thriller,Sidney Gilliat,Frank Launder,1930
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWG53 - The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White, the film is about a beautiful English tourist travelling by train in continental Europe who discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have disappeared from the train. After her fellow passengers deny ever having seen the elderly lady, the young woman is helped by a young musicologist, the two proceeding to search the train for clues to the old lady's disappearance.
The Lady Vanishes was filmed at the Gainsborough Studios in Islington, London. Hitchcock caught Hollywood's attention with the film and moved to Hollywood soon after its release. Although the director's three previous efforts had done poorly at the box office, The Lady Vanishes was widely successful, and confirmed American producer David O. Selznick's belief that Hitchcock indeed had a future in Hollywood cinema.
The British Film Institute ranked The Lady Vanishes the 35th best British film of the 20th century. In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine saw it ranked the 31st best British film ever. It is one of Hitchcock's most renowned British films, and the first of three screen versions of White's novel to date
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Hereford,the,live,at,section,percussion,city,centre,and,traditional,music,musicians,full,size,swing,band,1920,1930,1940,1920s,1930s,1940s,bands,event,events,rhythm,Mancell Burgess,Les Causer,Glenn Miller,Terence Rowberry,Pete Fletcher,conductor,conducting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPH6PF - During the 1930's and 40's the clubs and speakeasies of Chicago and New York swung to the Big Band sounds of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and countless others. We got to know this music by the radio and by the military bands like Glenn Miller's band during WW2. This became the British dance band sound that stayed popular in the 50's and 60's. Whereas jazz musicians tend to prefer the swinging groove of the earlier bands, the British audience still has a nostalgia for the Miller sound. We hope to offer both.
In Hereford, saxophone players Mancell Burgess and Les Causer got together to bring this music alive, with their friends playing brass and forming a rhythm section. Early Hereford bands were called the Paramount Orchestra and the Russ Allen Dance Orchestra which played regularly at the Park Hall Wormelow.
Mancell Burgess and Les Causer were Musical Directors of the band with Ray Walters sometimes taking a turn to lead. An early member of the band was Kenny Powell, previously a member of an RAF Band (now retired to grow prize cucumbers!) who brought authenticity to HBB performances!
Eventually this became the Hereford Big Band.
As the band is well-known for its performances of the music of Glenn Miller there have been some very special 40s events at RAF Cosford, at Shobdon Airfield and at Tenbury Wells.
The band has been as far afield as Calne, Wiltshire, Shrewsbury, Llandrindod Wells and Rhayadar
A singer is very often available to add that further excitement and interest to an HBB performance. The band has been privileged to include the outstanding singing of Beth Hippard and Lorna Dale, as well as their current splendid and versatile vocalist Terence Rowberry.
Hereford Big Band has been led by several further expert Musical Directors, including Pete Groves, Chris White and Andi Licqurish. The band's current Director is Pete Fletcher, versatile musician, teacher and technician who brings the band bang up-to-date
Hereford city centre , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Hereford,the,live,at,section,percussion,cornet,player,and,brass section,players,city,centre,traditional,music,full,size,swing,band,1920,1930,1940,1920s,1930s,1940s,bands,event,events,rhythm,Mancell Burgess,Les Causer,Glenn Miller,Terence Rowberry,Pete Fletcher
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPH6PR - During the 1930's and 40's the clubs and speakeasies of Chicago and New York swung to the Big Band sounds of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and countless others. We got to know this music by the radio and by the military bands like Glenn Miller's band during WW2. This became the British dance band sound that stayed popular in the 50's and 60's. Whereas jazz musicians tend to prefer the swinging groove of the earlier bands, the British audience still has a nostalgia for the Miller sound. We hope to offer both.
In Hereford, saxophone players Mancell Burgess and Les Causer got together to bring this music alive, with their friends playing brass and forming a rhythm section. Early Hereford bands were called the Paramount Orchestra and the Russ Allen Dance Orchestra which played regularly at the Park Hall Wormelow.
Mancell Burgess and Les Causer were Musical Directors of the band with Ray Walters sometimes taking a turn to lead. An early member of the band was Kenny Powell, previously a member of an RAF Band (now retired to grow prize cucumbers!) who brought authenticity to HBB performances!
Eventually this became the Hereford Big Band.
As the band is well-known for its performances of the music of Glenn Miller there have been some very special 40s events at RAF Cosford, at Shobdon Airfield and at Tenbury Wells.
The band has been as far afield as Calne, Wiltshire, Shrewsbury, Llandrindod Wells and Rhayadar
A singer is very often available to add that further excitement and interest to an HBB performance. The band has been privileged to include the outstanding singing of Beth Hippard and Lorna Dale, as well as their current splendid and versatile vocalist Terence Rowberry.
Hereford Big Band has been led by several further expert Musical Directors, including Pete Groves, Chris White and Andi Licqurish. The band's current Director is Pete Fletcher, versatile musician, teacher and technician who brings the band bang up-to-date
Hereford city centre , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,UK,BL1,lending,library,public,libraries,shelves,reading,building,buildings,pano,cuts,1930s,architecture,crescent,1930,council,BL1 1UA,design,designed,centre,Le Mans Crescent,Bolton Schools Library Museum Service,temporarily housed,at,Crompton Place shopping mall,project,local,town,shelf,books,media,physical
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRJM - The Civic Centre on Le Mans Crescent, housing the Bolton Museum, library, health clinics, and courts, was built in 1932“39 to the designs of Bradshaw Gass and Hope. Its plan is slightly asymmetric with end pavilions flanking a shallow crescent. There was previously a police station within the northern half of the building adjacent to the Magistrates' Court. This has been converted to offices although the former cells are still used for holding those facing transfer to prison or awaiting appearances before the court. The building has a steel frame faced in sandstone ashlar with parapets and a slate roof. It has three central arches accessing Cheadle Square. The Civic Buildings are Grade II listed. A £3.7m project to transform Bolton library will see the children's area treble in size and a new café built. In December 2021 Bolton was offered up to £22M of town's fund' government cash in order to ˜level up' and regenerate town centres.
Bolton Council's planning committee unanimously approved the final plans for the listed Le Mans Crescent building. The work, which will include the installation of a mezzanine floor in the building, is expected to begin in September and take around a year to complete.
During the closure period the library will be temporarily housed at Crompton Place shopping mall on the site of the former New Look unit. Sam Elliott, head of libraries and museums in Bolton spoke in support of the plans to the committee.
Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1UA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,England,UK,great,grate,blue,rusty,rusting,metal,steel,enamel,sign,signage,ad,advert,history,historic,metal enamel,for,grate polish,1920,1920s,1930s,with,a,animal,posters,promoting,old,adverts,iron,trade,mark,trademark,1930
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K244CJ - . A grounded documentary photograph made at England, Great Britain , UK in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents Metal enamel advertising sign for Zebrite, grate polish, 1920s with a zebra. Another layer of the photograph includes urban fabric, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, architectural character, visual archive, public realm, archival record, heritage-led regeneration, place-making, built heritage, urban regeneration, adaptive reuse, public-realm investment, and documentary photography. The wider contemporary story combines construction costs, planning and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at England, Great Britain , UK, details that may look very different after new construction. The photograph additionally reflects regional identity, local history, period detail, historic townscape, before-and-after reference, changing land use, historical comparison, and mixed-use redevelopment. References to Zebrite, advertising, polish, grate, and enamel give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of England, Great Britain , UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is construction costs and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space when considered against later change at England, Great Britain , UK. The wider significance includes planning and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres without losing the local specificity of England, Great Britain , UK. The image fixes evidence of changing use for future local research.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,1951,Crossley,Dominion,Manchester,transport,Trolleybus,to,Ardwick Green,Brunswick Street,1250,red,city,in,the,depot,buses,service,services,1920,1930s,centre,history,historic,route,routes,preserved,preservation,trolley,bus,vehicle,heritage,English,tramway
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K875 - More info at http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/history/buses/Trolleybus/Dominion_Empire.html
This was one of 16 TDD64's, known as the Dominion, which entered service in 1951 and were type TDD64/1, the only ones constructed. Fleet number is 1250 and carries registration number JVU 755. Crossley were relatively late coming into trolleybus manufacture. They had been the major supplier of motor buses to Manchester Corporation and it was only after Manchester announced their intention to convert some tram routes to trolleybus operation that Crossley took up trolleybus production from 1936. The first Manchester vehicles were delivered for the commencement of trolleybus operation in 1938.
Engine/gearbox/transmission, motors: Metropolitan-Vickers TDD42 - MV209, TDD64 - MV2101, Overhead line voltage: 550v DC
Manchester, England, UK,
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,renovating,old,building,home,homes,property,properties,scaffolding,improving,improvement,DIY,builders,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 2SJ,being,improved,David Backhouse,loo,with,fence,work,completed,in,improve,improvements,fixer,upper,classic 1930,1930s,detached
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T32E - . Recorded at Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ in 2021, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The scene records Renovation not new builds ,Grappenhall 1940s detached house being improved, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ. A broader reading of the photograph includes mixed-use town centre, mixed-use redevelopment, archival record, architectural character, town-centre renewal, place-making, social history, consumer retail, heritage-led regeneration, independent trading, urban fabric, before-and-after reference, public realm, and commercial redevelopment. Current relevance extends to public-realm investment and commercial viability, particularly through the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into brand consolidation and online shopping, not least because of how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ before new ownership alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include local enterprise, bricks-and-mortar retail, community identity, destination shopping, built heritage, changing streetscape, changing land use, and civic architecture. The combination of being, house, improved, 1940s, and detached anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The frame retains a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene. The scene captures part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Princess rd,depot,transport,public,history,historic,Lord Mayor,R,noton,Barclay,JP,Aldermen,councillors,bus,buses,garage,service,services,town clerk,general manager,city,architect,corp,council,provision,public transport,transportation,responsible,responsibility,1930s,Lancs,Lancashire,county,crest
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K969P2 - . This location-specific image from Manchester, England, UK in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The image documents Manchester Corporation Princess Road Depot plaque, opened 1930, Councillor Meachin. The setting additionally reflects memorial culture, before-and-after reference, place-based commemoration, music-scene memorial, changing streetscape, roadside transit, bus infrastructure, DJ culture, period detail, club-music history, place identity, changing land use, regional identity, and public transport stop. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into passenger information and integrated transport, not least because of the challenge of maintaining reliable local services. Today's relevance is strengthened by local history, venue closures and the continuing question of how public plaques turn personal remembrance into shared cultural memory. Small period details of public access and movement at Manchester, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. A second descriptive layer includes community tribute, local character, transport accessibility, commemorative plaque, local remembrance, social history, community identity, and surface public transport. Details involving Meachin, Councillor, plaque, Corporation, and Manchester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Manchester, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is passenger information and the challenge of maintaining reliable local services within the real-world context of Manchester, England, UK. The scene captures evidence of changing use for later comparison.
Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,old,history,trams,700,creme,cream,electric,tramway,tramways,seaside,English,British,holiday,double,deck,decker,1930,1930s,Balloon,sea,front,Corporation,fleet,Walter Luff,design,livery,system,BTS,Fylde,coast,tower,English Electric double-deck Luxury Dreadnought,English Electric Balloon
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JR3MPR - Blackpool Tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. It is operated by Blackpool Transport (BT) and runs for 18 km (11 miles). It carried 4.8 million passengers in 2019/20.
It is the second-oldest electric tramway in the United Kingdom, the first being Volk's Electric Railway in Brighton, which opened two years earlier and similarly runs on a reserved track along the seafront. These are also the two surviving first-generation town tramways in the UK, though the majority of services on the line have since 2012 been operated by a fleet of modern Bombardier Flexity 2 trams. A 'heritage service' using the traditional trams operates year-round on weekends, certain weekdays and bank holidays, as well as during the Blackpool Illuminations. Excluding museums, it is one of only a few tramways in the world to still use double-deck trams,
The first part opened on 29 September 1885, a conduit line from Cocker Street to Dean Street on Blackpool Promenade. It was one of the first practical electric tramways in the world, just six years after Werner von Siemens first demonstrated electric traction. The inauguration was presided over by Holroyd Smith, the inventor of the system and Alderman Harwood, the Mayor of Manchester.
It was operated by the Blackpool Electric Tramway Company until 1892, when its lease expired and Blackpool Corporation took over. A line was added in 1895 from Manchester Square along Lytham Road to South Shore, extended to South Pier with a line on Station Road connecting Lytham Road to the promenade in 1897
Waterloo Road, Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 1AD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,old,history,trams,700,creme,cream,electric,tramway,tramways,seaside,English,British,holiday,double,deck,decker,1930,1930s,Balloon,sea,front,Corporation,fleet,Walter Luff,design,livery,system,BTS,Fylde,coast,English Electric double-deck Luxury Dreadnought,English Electric Balloon
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JR3MR7 - Blackpool Tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. It is operated by Blackpool Transport (BT) and runs for 18 km (11 miles). It carried 4.8 million passengers in 2019/20.
It is the second-oldest electric tramway in the United Kingdom, the first being Volk's Electric Railway in Brighton, which opened two years earlier and similarly runs on a reserved track along the seafront. These are also the two surviving first-generation town tramways in the UK, though the majority of services on the line have since 2012 been operated by a fleet of modern Bombardier Flexity 2 trams. A 'heritage service' using the traditional trams operates year-round on weekends, certain weekdays and bank holidays, as well as during the Blackpool Illuminations. Excluding museums, it is one of only a few tramways in the world to still use double-deck trams,
The first part opened on 29 September 1885, a conduit line from Cocker Street to Dean Street on Blackpool Promenade. It was one of the first practical electric tramways in the world, just six years after Werner von Siemens first demonstrated electric traction. The inauguration was presided over by Holroyd Smith, the inventor of the system and Alderman Harwood, the Mayor of Manchester.
It was operated by the Blackpool Electric Tramway Company until 1892, when its lease expired and Blackpool Corporation took over. A line was added in 1895 from Manchester Square along Lytham Road to South Shore, extended to South Pier with a line on Station Road connecting Lytham Road to the promenade in 1897
Waterloo Road, Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 1AD
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,great,Northwich,filming,filmset,Filming set for Disney Evermoor,set,film,Cheshire,England,2014,frontage,picturesque,village,The Mysterious Village,The Evermoor Chronicles,Evermoor Chronicles,TV,show,shows,eggs,bread,1930,1930s,ginger nuts,biscuits,tea,varnish,Upton,store,stores,shop,dummy,front
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGMWGR - The Evermoor Chronicles is a British television series that aired on Disney Channel. It was produced by Lime Pictures with filming taking place in the spring of 2014. The series premiered on 10 October 2014 on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom, on 17 October 2014 on Disney Channel in the United States and Family Channel in Canada, and on 31 October 2014 on Disney Channel in Australia and New Zealand.
On 19 March 2015, the miniseries was picked up for a full series of a further 20 episodes and was confirmed under the new title of The Evermoor Chronicles as a continuation to the original. On 5 September 2015, filming for the first season was completed. An announcement by Disney EMEA at the International Kids Emmys confirmed The Evermoor Chronicles would be returning for a second series of 12 episodes, after attracting 5.3 million viewers in its first quarter on air.
To run alongside the main TV series, a web series of mini-episodes called the Evermoor Confidential Chronicles was launched. Each episode features one of the characters recording a vlog in a secret scene taking place in-between each episode from the main series. Each one gives a spoiler of what is to come in the next episode of the TV series. The series follows Tara and Bella Crossley with Otto's aid as they try to solve mysteries across Evermoor and to protect Evermoor from the evil forces
Evermoor, Church Street, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Doncaster,South Yorkshire,South,Yorkshire,England,UK,sweet maker,William Nuttall Trust,social housing,Almshouse,charity,charitable,housing,red brick,rendered,accomodation,houses,home,cottage,cottages,Nuttalls Mintos,mints,confectionary,William Nuttal Ltd,William Nuttall Ltd,William Nuttall Cottage Homes development,philanthropist,Doncaster philanthropist,Callard and Bowser,William Nuttall Cottage Homes,William Nuttall,Cottage Homes,1930s,DN2 6AQ,DN2,social homes,socialhomes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8DCT4 - The William Nuttall Cottage Homes are a good example of a planned development by a charitable benefactor, the sweet manufacturer William Nuttall. He set up a trust to provide 'cottage homes for aged spinsters' and the William Nuttall Trust purchased land in Bennetthorpe from the council on which to build these homes. The almshouses were erected in 1930, until then the area between Bennetthorpe and the racecourse had been relatively undeveloped.
The cottage homes were laid out in the pattern of traditional almshouses of standard size set in communal grounds. The buildings comprise a symmetrical group of 24 two storey homes at the centre of which is a linked terrace of eight dwellings around a central archway. To each side are four pairs of homes, each advancing forwards. The buildings are of red engineering brick with stone and concrete dressings and have either 'Rosemary' plain clay tile or Westmoreland slate roofs. The buildings are not identical but have common features and display typical detailing and materials of the inter-war period. The whole site was bounded by a low brick wall with a central vehicular access and symmetrical pedestrian side access.
The William Nuttall Cottage Homes development remains relatively unchanged and continues to have the use for which it was originally intended. Within the conservation area there are no listed structures but all the buildings are considered to be key unlisted buildings.
Bennetthorp Almshouses, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AQ
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,South Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,Donny,Doncaster Yorkshire,town,shop,shops,retail,Doncaster Town Centre,Danum,Roman Danum,DN1,DN1 Postcode,UK,Hotel,Frenchgate shopping centre,Sepulchre Gate,centre,history,historic,buildings,store,stores,shopping,high St,High Street,retailing,business,businesses,thriving,Vision,Value,hotel,Art Deco,1930s
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYY - . This location-led image depicts the physical context of 33 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, DN1 1TD, in a photograph originating in 2018. The principal recorded subject is The Nags Head Hotel, now Vision Value, Sepulchre Gate, Frenchgate shopping centre, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK. Related ideas embodied by the location include historic environment, architectural detail, shopping district, destination economy, visitor destination, adaptive reuse, restaurant sector, heritage asset, heritage streetscape, urban fabric, hospitality trade, and shopping habits. The wider contemporary story of independent trading now includes shifts in leisure spending alongside brand consolidation, while policy and investment increasingly consider stronger local footfall. Current debate around traditional structures often combines redevelopment pressure, maintenance cost and the practical challenge of heritage-led regeneration. In the mid-2020s, visitor-economy venues is increasingly discussed through delivery-platform competition and commercial rents, with attention turning to stronger town-centre leisure economies. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of 33 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, DN1 1TD may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. The scene also relates to hospitality premises, local landmark, built heritage, independent retail, customer service, architectural character. The record also refers to listed, grade, building, historic, town centre. Further aspects present in the subject include visitor economy, consumer leisure, urban commerce, urban conservation, local dining, high-street commerce, local trading, food-and-drink business, conservation architecture, and retail decline and renewal.
33 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, DN1 1TD
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Keywords: Tardis,DrWho,Dr,Who,Vape,Vapour,police,box,new,uses,for,Scotland,UK,city,centre,capital,boxes,blue,1930s,Furniture,sold,selling,Blue,Gold,colour,coloured,Dr Who,Vaping Tardis,Edinburgh Police Box,Edinburgh PoliceBox,New Uses For,City Police Boxes,Street Furniture,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,opportunity,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89P1K - Unique to Edinburgh, the distinctive and compact properties were designed by former city architect Ebenezer MacRae between 1931 and 1933.
Featuring the city crest and Saltire-patterned mouldings, they were designed to complement the classical architecture of the Capital.
MacRae created 85 in total, and they were made of cast iron “ rather than Glasgow's pre-cast concrete ones designed by Gilbert Mackenzie Trench “ at the Carron foundry near Falkirk.
Around half of the slope-roofed structures “ measuring just 1.98 metres by 1.37m with a ridge height of around 2.74m “ are listed.
Read more: http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/last-batch-of-city-police-boxes-up-for-sale-1-3524681#ixzz3vRoKdUeR
Rose Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: CWS,Co-operative,retail,Society,Manchester,England,UK,Cooperative,wholesale,wholesale society,historic,history,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Buy Pictures of CWS,Buy Images Of CWS,gotonysmith,Hanover Building,office,Hanover,Building,English CWS,Scottish CWS,the,style,brick,M60,M60 0AL,Redfern,1936,W. A. Johnson and J. W. Cropper,1930s,Dutch brick modernism,Danzig Street,Mayes Street,Hanover Street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9APY - Where Danzig Street meets Mayes Street and Hanover Street, the CWS (Cooperative Wholesale Society) has two office/warehouse Buildings.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>buildings. One is the Redfern Building, the other, one block away, is its twin. The style of both buildings is described as Dutch brick modernism.
Millar street, Manchester,England, UK, M60 0AL
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Keywords: Old,suitcases,on,a,GWR,English,railway,platform,gotonysmith,label,writing,1930s,1940s,1950s,1930,s,1950's,Winchcombe,Glos,Gloustershire,England,UK,United,Kingdom,railway,line,preservation,brown,leather,fashioned,nairn,Eglin,Thurlow,Rd,road,s 1940,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HWBM - . Old suitcases on a GWR English railway platform. Photographed on 16 January 2013. The recorded location is Winchcombe Station, Gloucester, England UK. (Winchcombe Gloucestershire) England. The historical context is that railway scenes connect industrial-age engineering with everyday passenger mobility
Station architecture, platforms, signal boxes, ticketing and rolling stock show how the network has evolved from steam and regional companies through British Rail, privatisation and today's increasingly digital passenger railway. In historical terms, older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. In historical terms, printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, labels, cards, stamps, posters and logos combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use, so surviving examples can become valuable records of popular culture and commerce. The subject remains topical in 2026 because britain's railway is in another period of structural change as legislation for Great British Railways progresses, bringing infrastructure and passenger services into a more unified publicly owned model
Images of earlier operators, ticket machines and station branding help illustrate how quickly the passenger railway changes. During 2026, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse. Against the 2026 backdrop, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse.
Winchcombe Station, Gloucester, England UK
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Keywords: Old,style,Mullard,triode,valve,sitting,on,a,printed,circuit,wiring,diagram,from,1960,gotonysmith,thermionic,valves,TV,Vacuum,tube,tubes,electron,filament,hot,cathode,Tetrodes,pentodes,tetrode,television,gotonysmith,schematic,1930,1930s,sepia,vacuum tube,1940s,vacuum tubes,1950s
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NM7 - . Old style Mullard triode valve sitting on a printed circuit vacuum valves wiring diagram from 1960. In historical terms, technology objects become historical remarkably quickly
Telephones, calculators, cameras, valves, televisions and workplace machines chart successive shifts from mechanical and analogue systems to electronics, digital processing, smartphones and cloud-connected services. In historical terms, mechanical calculators, time clocks and electronic valves belong to successive generations of office and industrial technology before solid-state electronics and networked computers became dominant
Their keys, dials, circuits and mechanisms make visible tasks that contemporary digital systems perform almost invisibly. In historical terms, older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. During 2026, technology is dominated by connected devices, cloud services and rapid product cycles
Historic hardware therefore offers a useful counterpoint to contemporary debates about electronic waste, right-to-repair, data dependence and the speed with which once-common devices become obsolete. During 2026, calculation, payroll, attendance and communications are largely software-based, while vintage office and electronic equipment survives mainly in museums, collections and specialist restoration
Such objects are increasingly useful for illustrating the material history behind contemporary digital work. In the longer view, everyday technology provides a compact history of design and changing behaviour
Rotary dials, thermionic valves, mechanical keypads, film cameras and early televisions were once ordinary equipment but now illustrate obsolete standards, manufacturing methods and patterns of work or communication.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHTX6 - . The old Winkhill Mill Co in Stoke-On-Trent. Photographed on 27 July 2013. The recorded location is Swan St, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. The old Winkhill Mill Co building that used to make cardboard boxes in Stoke-On-Trent, Staffs, UK. Historically, factories, mills, engines and workshops record the technologies and labour that powered Britain's industrial expansion
Their machinery, inscriptions and specialist buildings are valuable evidence of engineering practice, working conditions, regional industries and the later shift from heavy industry to heritage, housing or new commercial uses. The wider historical story is that earlier buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. In 2026, industrial heritage is increasingly tied to regeneration, tourism, conservation and skills education, particularly in former manufacturing towns seeking new uses for historic sites
Preserved machinery and redundant industrial buildings also provide evidence for debates about adaptive reuse and local identity. In the present 2026 context, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse. The historical context is that industrial heritage links machinery and architecture with the lives of workers who operated mines, mills, potbanks, foundries and factories
As production declined or modernised, many sites were demolished, adapted or preserved, making photographs an important record of manufacturing landscapes and engineering culture. Alternative search wording includes industrial archaeology, engineering history, historic machinery, factory, labour history, working life, and mechanical engineering.
Swan St, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6MPR - Photo shows Typical 1930s English brick built semi-detached house with triangles over bedrooms, front garden shared chimney Warrington UK. The image is useful for lifestyle, housing, domestic life, gardens, weather, landscape, property, heritage interiors and everyday British place imagery. These subjects can illustrate how people live with buildings, seasons, homes, public spaces and rural or suburban surroundings. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Warrington, UK, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Season, sky and weather should be read from the photograph where visible
the caption suggests an everyday real location rather than a staged scene. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA4 2PL
