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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,anti war,protest posters,street art,peace,political posters,war,graffiti wall,campaigning,demonstration,4 years of war,four years,Russian,anti-war,Slava,Ukraini,Ukraine,invasion,flowers,support,hatred,Putin killed Navalny,relations,protest,Vladimir Putin,imperial,colonial,memorial,visible,regime,political,repression,human rights,foreign,policy,border,freedom of expression,diplomacy,2026
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FBX65X - A wide panoramic view of the perimeter of the Embassy of the Russian Federation on Pikk Street in Tallinn Old Town, Estonia, where metal barriers and fencing have become an informal protest wall covered with anti-war posters, photographs, flowers, candles and political messages opposing Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A prominent display marks 4 years of war , referring to the conflict begun by Russia on 24 February 2022, while another poster declares Putin killed Navalny beside a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024. The embassy has repeatedly been the focus of demonstrations, vigils and memorials by Estonians, Ukrainians, Russians opposed to the war and other supporters of Ukraine. The scene also reflects Estonia's particularly sensitive relationship with Moscow. Independent between the world wars, Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, endured renewed Soviet occupation from 1944 and restored its independence in 1991. That history gives modern Estonian opposition to Russian aggression particular resonance, especially as Estonia shares a land border with Russia and has become one of Ukraine's strongest political and military supporters. Estonia remains linguistically diverse: official Statistics Estonia figures for 2026 show 26.9% of residents have Russian as their mother tongue, while 20.2% identify as ethnically Russian. The posters therefore do not simply represent hostility towards Russian people
anti-war demonstrations outside the embassy have also included Russian citizens and Russian-speaking residents rejecting the Kremlin's invasion. The cobbled medieval street, historic Old Town architecture and improvised protest memorial create a striking contrast between Tallinn's heritage setting and contemporary European conflict, diplomacy, dissent, human rights, political repression and solidarity with Ukraine
Embassy of the Russian Federation, Pikk 19, 10133 Tallinn, Estonia
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,new,3.26,Italy,Italian,airport,non-Schengen,common,third,country,fingerprint,scanning,facial,recognition,Entry Exit System,EES,security,smart,border,borders,technology,passenger,processing,registration,delays,queues,scanner,gate,Polizia di Frontiera,post Brexit,post-Brexit,identity verification,passenger flow,arrivals hall,departures,vision,surveillance,passport control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEBD - Blue automated passport control eGates stand in a glass-walled Italian airport border control area for non-Schengen passengers, showing the increasingly digital nature of European travel, immigration and frontier management. The Reco 3.26 branded machines are used for automated border control and passenger flow management, with passport scanning, biometric identity checks and registration points linked to facial images and fingerprints. For travellers from outside the EU and Schengen area, including many UK passengers after Brexit, the first-use enrolment process can mean extra time at the border as a digital record is created and checked. The scene is commercially useful for illustrating airport queues, travel delays, biometric surveillance, immigration technology, border security, smart borders, post-Brexit travel, EU Entry/Exit System processes, passenger processing and the practical reality of automation in busy terminals. The equipment is clean, blue and modern, but the image also hints at the tension between faster digital journeys and the inconvenience caused when new systems require unfamiliar steps, staff guidance or repeated registration. Visible scanners, kiosks, barriers and eGate lanes create a documentary view of contemporary airport infrastructure rather than a staged technology display. The indoor lighting, polished floor and queue barriers suggest a controlled terminal environment, likely at arrivals or departures where non-Schengen travellers pass immigration checks. The photograph has strong editorial value for stories on EES implementation, biometric data privacy, passport control modernisation, identity verification, Schengen external borders, airport capacity, holiday travel disruption and the everyday use of computer vision in public-sector security. It can also support broader features on border automation, data protection, UK and EU travel rules, delayed passengers, airline pressure and changing international air travel.
Blue Reco 3.26 automated passport eGates at an Italian non-Schengen airport border, using biometrics
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,RNLIs,red,warning,danger,saving,lives,at,sea,small boats,illegal,immigrants,immigrant,ReformUK,sea rescue,maritime,rescue,search and rescue,crew,lifeboat,service,volunteer,volunteers,coast,safety,Channel crossings,migrant,boats,English Channel,asylum,seekers,migration,debate,border,politics,humanitarian,people smuggling,trafficking gangs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E91DFR - RNLI flag stock-photo/gotonysmith-Flying.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>flying beside a red beach warning flag, a symbolic image for sea rescue, beach safety, lifeboat volunteers, coastal risk and the heated UK debate over small boat crossings in the English Channel. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution describes itself as the charity that saves lives at sea, providing lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and flood rescue. Its position on Channel small boats is that lifeboats are launched when HM Coastguard reports people may be in danger at sea, and that maritime law requires vessels aware of people in distress to take reasonable steps to assist. That mission has drawn criticism from anti-immigration campaigners and some political voices who argue that rescuing asylum seekers may encourage crossings, assist people-smuggling gangs or blur the line between humanitarian rescue and border control. Supporters counter that lifeboat crews are not immigration officers, that people in small overloaded boats are at real risk of drowning, and that the moral and legal duty at sea is to save lives first and leave asylum decisions to the proper authorities later. The controversy therefore sits between public safety, charity neutrality, border enforcement, refugee protection, people-smuggling, national politics and media-driven culture war. The image can illustrate both the practical mission of lifeboat rescue and the wider argument about whether a charity should ever discriminate between casualties based on nationality, immigration status or how they came to be in danger. The red flag adds a clear danger and warning element, strengthening use for stories about unsafe water, beach hazards, drowning prevention, coastal storms, lifeguard advice and the risks of the sea. It is a strong editorial stock image for coverage of the RNLI, small boat crossings, Channel rescues, humanitarian duty, misinformation, anti-migrant protest, public donations, charity values and the difficult business of rescue ethics
RNLI flag and red beach warning flag flying, symbolising sea rescue, beach safety and debate over Ch
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Translink,bus,buses,coach,coaches,Bus Éireann,border,Store Street,Irish,Ireland,public transport,Northern Ireland,transport,intercity,Republic of Ireland,city,centre,cross-border travel,all-island transport,sustainable travel,public transport connection,Ireland tourism,Northern Ireland tourism,Belfast city break,Dublin city break,airport coach service,long-distance bus journey,international coach route,passenger transport,urban mobility,tourism,public infrastructure,transport integration,Ireland border travel,British Isles transport,regional connectivity,Ulsterbus
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM2JK8 - Translink Goldliner coach waits outside Busáras, Dublin's central bus station on Store Street. The vehicle stands beside the entrance beneath the green Bus Éireann lettering and Irish wolfhound emblem. Its blue, white and gold livery identifies it as part of Northern Ireland's Translink network, with passengers visible through the glazed entrance.
Busáras is a major arrival and departure point for intercity and regional coaches in Dublin. The station serves Bus Éireann and Expressway routes within the Republic of Ireland, alongside cross-border Goldliner services operated by Translink. The Goldliner X1 connects Dublin city centre and Dublin Airport with Newry, Banbridge, Sprucefield and Belfast Grand Central Station. Other routes connect Dublin with Derry and destinations in Northern Ireland.
The image records everyday cross-border public transport between Ireland and Northern Ireland. Coach links provide an alternative to driving and complement the Enterprise rail service between Dublin and Belfast. They serve commuters, students, tourists and airport passengers on both sides of the border. Such services demonstrate practical connections across the island despite separate currencies, transport authorities and political jurisdictions.
Designed by Irish architect Michael Scott, Busáras was completed in 1953 and is an example of post-war International Modern architecture. Its Irish name means bus building or bus house, while the wider building is officially known as Áras Mhic Dhiarmada. The station stands close to Dublin Connolly railway station, the International Financial Services Centre and a Luas Red Line stop.
This documentary image is suitable for editorial themes including Dublin transport, Belfast connections, cross-border mobility, all-island travel, coach tourism, sustainable public transport, Irish infrastructure, Bus Éireann, Translink Goldliner, Northern Ireland travel and relations between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Busáras Central Bus Station, Store Street, Dublin 1, Republic of Ireland, D01 P6V6
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Shropshire,England,UK,castle,castles,ruins,ruined,border,Welsh,English,stronghold,historic,history,heritage,attraction,visitor,summer,days out,UK days out,view,tourism,wide angle,walls,courtyard,tourists,British,River Teme,Walter de Lacy,Roger de Lacy,Roger Mortimer,Council of the Marches,Prince Arthur,Tudor,Tudors,English Civil War,fortified castle,cultural
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWM7A - A wide panoramic view looks across the interior ruins of Ludlow Castle in Shropshire on a bright sunny day, with dramatic clouds, blue sky, green lawns, stone towers, curtain walls and visitors exploring the medieval fortress. The elevated viewpoint from the ramparts shows the scale of the castle complex, including the courtyards, surviving towers, domestic ranges and defensive walls that made Ludlow one of the key power bases of the Welsh Marches. Built as a Norman border stronghold after the Conquest, Ludlow Castle became closely linked with the de Lacy and Mortimer families, the Wars of the Roses, Tudor government and the Council of the Marches. Its position above the River Teme and close to the Welsh border gave it military, administrative and symbolic importance, while its later ruined state has made it one of Shropshire's most atmospheric heritage attractions. The image is useful for editorial coverage of UK tourism, summer days out, family attractions, school holidays, domestic travel, staycations, medieval history, castle conservation, heritage admission costs, visitor economy and debates about reducing VAT or other taxes to make leisure and cultural visits more affordable during cost of living pressure. The photograph also works for stories on English heritage, Welsh Borders history, historic market towns, rural tourism, Shropshire breaks, educational trips, outdoor attractions and the economic value of castles, gardens, museums and historic houses to local communities. The bright sunlight and open-air setting emphasise Ludlow Castle as a place for walking, learning, photography and family exploration rather than a static ruin. With no close identifiable people, the scene can be used widely as a generic yet strongly located image of British heritage tourism, showing how medieval architecture, landscape views, history and good weather combine to make a classic UK summer day out.
Ludlow Castle, Castle Square, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1AY.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,satire,book,books,Brexit,The Story of Brexit,Remainer,Remoaner,Remoaners,five,on,Tory,Tories,comedy,clown,literature,EU,referendum,2016,Boris Johnson,Michael Gove,union,flag,jack,Enid Blyton,tale,tales,lies,hard,border,Brexiteer,Brexiteers,Nigel Farage,save,our,ReformUK,Reform
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KPD - . This scene at Britain , UK 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 frame specifically shows Bexit books, Five Escape Brexit Island, The Story of Brexit, ladybird book. Another layer of the photograph includes place identity, bricks-and-mortar retail, retail property, before-and-after reference, visual archive, public realm, local character, town-centre trading, customer footfall, commercial frontage, archival record, everyday life, small business, and regional identity. From a 2025-onward perspective, store closures and footfall are closely linked to this subject, alongside the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around Britain , UK before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are period detail, shopfront economy, contemporary social history, documentary photography, historical comparison, independent retail, local enterprise, and street-level business. References to books, ladybird, Story, Island, and Bexit give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Britain , UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for store closures and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy as part of the longer story of Britain , UK. Another useful connection is independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses when considered against later change at Britain , UK. The scene further reflects town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of Britain , UK.
Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,SK13,GM,sign,1 mile,Andy Burnham,less,reduced,pollution,30th,May,CAZ,reducing,directive,cleaner,breathe,easy,vehicle,vehicles,emissions,emission,Manchester Clean Air Zone,border,of GM,plan,project,update,updates,charge,charging,clean air greater Manchester,non-charging,non charging,LEZ,ULEZ
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRJP - In January 2023, government asked Greater Manchester for additional evidence to support our case for anon-chargingClean Air Plan.
We have submitted some of the evidence requested and will submit further evidence, which requires detailed modelling, at the end of June 2023.
Our investment-led, non-charging Clean Air Plan aims to tackle air pollution in a way that protects jobs, livelihoods and businesses.
Greater Manchester leaders believe that this is possible without the need for a charging Clean Air Zone.
Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5DA
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Warwickshire,England,UK,Little Rollright,OX7 5QB,ancient,stones,stone,site,located,border,the,uprights,capstone,early,funerary,monuments,monument,GB,British,1700BC,legend,about the,king and his army,man,heritage,past,tourism,attraction,belief,believes,summer,sunny,bright,blue sky,blue skies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP9HTJ - The Whispering Knights is a 'portal dolmen' burial chamber that consists of four upright stones and a large fallen capstone. The so-called portal' facade is formed by three stones that look like a giant doorway facing down the hill and it was probably intended to be seen from that side. Originally there were two or three more uprights to support the capstone which would have been placed on top, possibly at a rakish angle, to form a table-like 'dolmen' structure. At one time it was believed to be part of a long barrow, but excavations in the 1980s suggested that it is more likely to have been free-standing and intended to impress. The very large pillar-like stone on the left of the portal is the largest of all the Rollright Stones, and with the capstone in place on top (as it was until the 18th century) the chamber would have been even more striking. It is estimated that using rollers, levers and sledges it may have taken over 60 people to move and erect the stones. It is thought that there would have been a low platform of small stones round the sides and back.
By analogy with other such monuments, the Whispering Knights was probably one the earliest funerary monuments in Britain, perhaps built around 3,800 BC and the c.2m square chamber would have contained the disarticulated bones of several individuals. Early Neolithic, Beaker and early Bronze Age pottery found in the immediate vicinity suggests that the tomb was venerated over many centuries and a piece of human bone washed out from the chamber was radiocarbon dated to c.1700BC.
The monument got its name as part of the legend about the king and his army who were outwitted by a witch and turned to stone: because of the conspiratorial way in which the portal stones lean towards each other, the stones are said to be the treacherous knights conniving against the king, though others think they are praying. Intriguingly, although it looks as if the central slab of the portal should be supporting the pillars
Little Rollright, Long Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Warwickshire,England,UK,Little Rollright,OX7 5QB,ancient,stones,stone,site,located,border,the,uprights,capstone,early,funerary,monuments,monument,GB,British,1700BC,legend,about the,king and his army,belief,believes,summer,sunny,bright,blue sky,blue skies,portal,portals,dolmen,burial chambers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP9HTW - The Whispering Knights is a 'portal dolmen' burial chamber that consists of four upright stones and a large fallen capstone. The so-called portal' facade is formed by three stones that look like a giant doorway facing down the hill and it was probably intended to be seen from that side. Originally there were two or three more uprights to support the capstone which would have been placed on top, possibly at a rakish angle, to form a table-like 'dolmen' structure. At one time it was believed to be part of a long barrow, but excavations in the 1980s suggested that it is more likely to have been free-standing and intended to impress. The very large pillar-like stone on the left of the portal is the largest of all the Rollright Stones, and with the capstone in place on top (as it was until the 18th century) the chamber would have been even more striking. It is estimated that using rollers, levers and sledges it may have taken over 60 people to move and erect the stones. It is thought that there would have been a low platform of small stones round the sides and back.
By analogy with other such monuments, the Whispering Knights was probably one the earliest funerary monuments in Britain, perhaps built around 3,800 BC and the c.2m square chamber would have contained the disarticulated bones of several individuals. Early Neolithic, Beaker and early Bronze Age pottery found in the immediate vicinity suggests that the tomb was venerated over many centuries and a piece of human bone washed out from the chamber was radiocarbon dated to c.1700BC.
The monument got its name as part of the legend about the king and his army who were outwitted by a witch and turned to stone: because of the conspiratorial way in which the portal stones lean towards each other, the stones are said to be the treacherous knights conniving against the king, though others think they are praying. Intriguingly, although it looks as if the central slab of the portal should be supporting the pillars
Little Rollright, Long Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,man,GB,site,OX7 5QB,England,Warwickshire,UK,Little Rollright,ancient,stones,stone,border,located,early,monument,monuments,British,legend,drought,dry,fields,field,grass,figure,effigy,diviner,magic,wand,magick,mystery,pagan,paganism,sacred,statue,art,artwork
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP9HYJ - . Photographed at Little Rollright, Long Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. At the centre of the view is Rollright stones - wicker water diviner , The Whispering Knights, Little Rollright, Long Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB. The locality and subject together evoke creative placemaking, stencil art, local history, changing streetscape, public-realm art, urban graphics, public art, documentary photography, visual archive, community art, public realm, archival record, changing land use, and regional identity. From a 2025-onward perspective, temporary works and local identity are closely linked to this subject, alongside how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at Little Rollright, Long Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The subject also sits alongside social history, street creativity, graffiti heritage, contemporary social history, visual street culture, contemporary mural, street-level design, and community identity. Details involving Rollright, Warwickshire, Little, water, and wicker make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Little Rollright, Long Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate temporary works and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art when considered against later change at Little Rollright, Long Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB. The view records period character for later comparison.
Little Rollright, Long Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,London,Westminster,England,UK,protests,protesting,for,treason & genocide,treason,genocide,chalk,black,board,PM,Tory,Spaffer,Johnoccio,Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson,Get Brexit Done,Build back Better,hard,border,most,useless,Prime Minister,arrested,lock him up,locked up,Bojo,Johnocchio,chalkboard,blackboard,pen,removed,shed,Downing Street,opposite,10 Years of Brexit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07A80 - . Made at Whitehall, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1 in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through Arrest Boris for treason & Genocide - Whitehall Protest, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1. The image also relates to capital landmark imagery, metropolitan identity, London cityscape, capital-city heritage, documentary photography, historic London streetscape, local history, changing land use, everyday life, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, heritage tourism, before-and-after reference, and Westminster landmark. The modern context includes continuing discussion of air quality, security and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain. The image fixes public access and movement within Whitehall, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1 at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. A second descriptive layer includes Thames city view, visual archive, regional identity, urban tourism, community identity, iconic London transport, city branding, and public realm. Details involving Westminster, Genocide, Whitehall, Protest, and Arrest make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Whitehall, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1, 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 air quality and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain without losing the local specificity of Whitehall, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance as part of Whitehall, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1's history.
Whitehall, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Warrington,town,Cheshire,UK,England,signs,path,route,pathfinder,Barley Castle Lane,WA4 4SR,WA4,HGV,HGVs,cargo,tractor unit,articulated,trucks,lorry,lorries,inland,facility,redtape,red,tape,delay,delays,checks,trade,reduction,bill,traffic jam,gridlock,Farage Garage,Farage,Garage,hard,border
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2E0EMDN - You may need to go to a facility if you've:
Entered the UK or plan to exit the UK through Dover, Eurotunnel or Holyhead and you need any of the following:
to start or end a CTC movement
CITES checks
an ATA Carnet or TIR Carnet to be stamped
been directed there, as you're not border ready (you're not carrying the necessary documentation)
been directed there for a document or physical inspection of your load as a compliance check
Holyhead
Get ready before you travel to Holyhead, use an Authorised Consignor/Consignee to start or end your transit movement.
Check for more information on getting ready for Welsh ports on the Gov.wales website
Warrington (inbound and outbound)
start transit movement (office of departure)
end transit movement (office of destination)
ATA Carnets stamp
physical checks and inspections
More info https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/attending-an-inland-border-facility/attending-an-inland-border-facility
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Warrington,town,Cheshire,UK,England,signs,path,route,pathfinder,Barley Castle Lane,WA4 4SR,WA4,HGV,HGVs,cargo,tractor unit,articulated,trucks,lorry,lorries,inland,facility,redtape,red,tape,delay,delays,checks,trade,reduction,bill,traffic jam,gridlock,Farage Garage,Farage,Garage,hard,border
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2E0EMDR - You may need to go to a facility if you've:
Entered the UK or plan to exit the UK through Dover, Eurotunnel or Holyhead and you need any of the following:
to start or end a CTC movement
CITES checks
an ATA Carnet or TIR Carnet to be stamped
been directed there, as you're not border ready (you're not carrying the necessary documentation)
been directed there for a document or physical inspection of your load as a compliance check
Holyhead
Get ready before you travel to Holyhead, use an Authorised Consignor/Consignee to start or end your transit movement.
Check for more information on getting ready for Welsh ports on the Gov.wales website
Warrington (inbound and outbound)
start transit movement (office of departure)
end transit movement (office of destination)
ATA Carnets stamp
physical checks and inspections
More info https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/attending-an-inland-border-facility/attending-an-inland-border-facility
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,control,check,checks,controls,at,Latchford Locks,lock,sign,blue,animal,prevention,to,reduce,Warning,signs,signage,MSCC,Securing,Brexit,borders,our borders,UK,No animals,from abroad,foreign,hard,border,boarding,import,importing,pets,dogs,dog,rabid,rabies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHPHPC - . An on-location photograph from Latchford Lock, MSCC, Ship Canal, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2XT in 2020, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The photograph centres on Port checks and controls at Latchford Locks, MSCC, Peel Ports,Manchester Ship Canal,no landing of animals,to reduce disease transmission. The wider scene also brings together before-and-after reference, passenger river service, inland navigation, operational signage, riverfront regeneration, changing streetscape, wayfinding system, waterfront cityscape, local information board, orientation signage, canal heritage, contemporary social history, everyday life, and marine mobility. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into visitor experience and public safety, not least because of the importance of accessible information in hospitals, stations and public spaces. Today's relevance is strengthened by water quality, flood resilience and the continuing question of the role of passenger boats in broadening urban transport choices. Small period details of materials and architectural details at Latchford Lock, MSCC, Ship Canal, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2XT may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. The photograph additionally reflects river crossing, public-facing notice, navigation corridor, public information signage, place identity, local history, directional marker, and navigation aid. The recorded references to transmission, checks, reduce, Manchester, and Ports preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Latchford Lock, MSCC, Ship Canal, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2XT may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity.
Latchford Lock, MSCC, Ship Canal, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2XT
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,London,E1,urban,artist,Brexitshambles,agreement,reality,EU,leaving,the,48,48%,Withdrawal Method,pro-EU,pro EU,pro,hard,border,pasted,paste up,various,artworks,street,lane,themes,tolerated,E1 6QL,face,faces,image,images,ReformUK,Nigel Farage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE024H - . Recorded at Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL in 2019, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. At the centre of the frame is Brexit,The Withdrawal Method,Never Works,Brick Lane,East End,London,England,UK, E1. Further facets of the subject include public administration, industrial supply chain, historical comparison, public policy, factory history, place identity, documentary photography, historic manufacturing, changing land use, policy controversy, production technology, visual archive, regional identity, and civic debate. In the mid-2020s, industrial conservation and construction materials keep the subject current, particularly through recording industries that shaped northern towns. The subject remains useful for current coverage of housing and electoral accountability, not least because of comparing earlier political promises with later policy. With the passage of time, the photograph anchors the relationship between the subject and its surroundings at the recorded site in Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL. Other useful associations include industrial artefact, before-and-after reference, democratic accountability, government priorities, electoral messaging, production works, historic context, and engineering heritage. Details involving Never, Brexit, Method, Works, and Withdrawal give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The surrounding context at Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for industrial conservation and recording industries that shaped northern towns within the specific setting of Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL. It also preserves details of everyday use for later comparison.
Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,5X8A7421,India,passport,arrival,stamp,immigration,visa,travel,border,document,vintage,passport control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E54PJ6 - . India arrival immigration stamp in an old British passport. Photographed on 23 May 2019. Looking at design history, the longer history is that material culture includes the ordinary products people bought, used, collected or displayed
Small manufactured objects can reveal national identity, advertising, technology and popular taste in ways that formal records do not. The background to visa page is that travel documents are highly personal objects but also important examples of state bureaucracy, containing dates, stamps and permissions that show how international movement was regulated. Within the history of collectable, printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, stamps, posters, comics, manuals and vouchers combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use. In 2026, design history remains relevant because sustainability and reuse also give older objects new relevance, encouraging repair, second-hand sales and appreciation of durable material culture. Current 2026 context around visa page is that border control is increasingly digital through electronic travel authorisations, biometric passports and automated gates, reducing the number of physical stamps and paper visas issued to many travellers. Other strongly related concepts include souvenir, consumer object, vintage object, memorabilia, consumer culture, retro, household object, collecting, product history, social history, entry stamp, international travel, vintage passport, passport stamp, travel history, and border crossing. Relevant long-tail terms include identity document, immigration history, printed ephemera, graphic design, print history, paper artefact, retro design, visual communication, 5X8A7421, vintage, and passport control. Its wider context brings together souvenir, consumer object and vintage object. A further layer of meaning comes from consumer object, vintage object and memorabilia.
India
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TBN2 - Hong Kong immigration passport stamp dated 13 October 1986, historic travel document detail. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at Hong Kong. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. A close-up documentary photograph of a Hong Kong immigration passport stamp dated 13 October 1986. The image preserves the typography, ink and official markings of pre-1997 Hong Kong travel documentation and is suitable for editorial use about international travel, migration, border controls, passports and social history. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
Hong Kong
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KNR - The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Carlisle. It is located in Carlisle, in Cumbria, North West England. It was founded as an Augustinian priory and became a cathedral in 1133.
Carlisle, because of heavy losses to its fabric, is the second smallest (after Oxford), of England's ancient cathedrals. Its notable features include some fine figurative stone carving, a set of medieval choir stalls and the largest window in the Flowing Decorated Gothic style in England
7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TZ, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KNT - The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Carlisle. It is located in Carlisle, in Cumbria, North West England. It was founded as an Augustinian priory and became a cathedral in 1133.
Carlisle, because of heavy losses to its fabric, is the second smallest (after Oxford), of England's ancient cathedrals. Its notable features include some fine figurative stone carving, a set of medieval choir stalls and the largest window in the Flowing Decorated Gothic style in England
7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TZ, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KNY - The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Carlisle. It is located in Carlisle, in Cumbria, North West England. It was founded as an Augustinian priory and became a cathedral in 1133.
Carlisle, because of heavy losses to its fabric, is the second smallest (after Oxford), of England's ancient cathedrals. Its notable features include some fine figurative stone carving, a set of medieval choir stalls and the largest window in the Flowing Decorated Gothic style in England
7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TZ, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KP0 - The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Carlisle. It is located in Carlisle, in Cumbria, North West England. It was founded as an Augustinian priory and became a cathedral in 1133.
Carlisle, because of heavy losses to its fabric, is the second smallest (after Oxford), of England's ancient cathedrals. Its notable features include some fine figurative stone carving, a set of medieval choir stalls and the largest window in the Flowing Decorated Gothic style in England
7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TZ, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KP1 - . Stone Memorial in Carlisle Cathedral, 1914-1919, Cumbria, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 06 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Stone Memorial in Carlisle Cathedral, 1914-1919, Carlisle Cathedral, Territorial and service battalions of the Border Regt who fell, in the great war, Erected by Comrades, regiment, regt, Border and great war, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has direct relevance to remembrance, commemoration, war memorials, civic ceremony and the public spaces used to remember military service and loss. It can support editorial features about Remembrance Sunday, Armistice commemorations, poppies, cenotaphs, wreath laying, local military history, veterans and civic participation. Inscriptions, floral tributes, flags, stonework, surrounding streets and temporary commemorative displays can provide important documentary detail for historical and news use. A dated image of a memorial is especially valuable because ceremonies, wreaths, signage and the surrounding public realm change from year to year. Search themes include remembrance, cenotaphs, war memorials, poppies, veterans, civic ceremony, military history, Armistice and public commemoration. Temporary wreaths, poppies and ceremonial displays can make one year's view materially different from another, increasing the archive value of the photograph. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference EY3KP1, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KP3 - The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Carlisle. It is located in Carlisle, in Cumbria, North West England. It was founded as an Augustinian priory and became a cathedral in 1133.
Carlisle, because of heavy losses to its fabric, is the second smallest (after Oxford), of England's ancient cathedrals. Its notable features include some fine figurative stone carving, a set of medieval choir stalls and the largest window in the Flowing Decorated Gothic style in England
7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TZ, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KP5 - The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Carlisle. It is located in Carlisle, in Cumbria, North West England. It was founded as an Augustinian priory and became a cathedral in 1133.
Carlisle, because of heavy losses to its fabric, is the second smallest (after Oxford), of England's ancient cathedrals. Its notable features include some fine figurative stone carving, a set of medieval choir stalls and the largest window in the Flowing Decorated Gothic style in England
7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TZ, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KP6 - Francis Close (11 July 1797 18 December 1882) was the Anglican rector of Cheltenham (18261856) and Dean of Carlisle (18561881).
Close was born on 11 July 1797 in Frome, Somerset, the youngest son of the Rev. Henry Jackson Close, who was at one time Rector of Bentworth, near Alton, in Hampshire. Enrolling at St. John's College, Cambridge in 1816 he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1820, and was elevated to MA in 1825. During the same time period, he was ordained a deacon in 1820, and as a priest the following year. In 1822 he was assigned as curate of Willesden and Kingsbury in the London area. Two years later, in 1824, he was assigned to Cheltenham and the parish church of St Mary's, and when the rector died in 1826, he was elevated to that office.
Close served as rector for thirty years, where he was a popular preacher and a noted evangelical. He was a vociferous opponent of the Oxford Movement. He advocated for the creation of a training college for schoolteachers and opposed alcohol, tobacco, horse racing and theatrical amusements. He was involved in the provision of new churches in Cheltenham. On 24 November 1856, he was nominated to be Dean of Carlisle Cathedral by the Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, and the appointment was approved by the Queen. That same year, the Archbishop of Canterbury conferred a Lambeth Doctorate of Divinity upon Close. He remained as Dean of Carlisle until 1881, when failing health forced him to resign. At the time of his resignation, he was the oldest of all deans in the Church of England He died in Penzance the following year, on 12 December 1882, and was buried in Carlisle Cathedral
7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TZ, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KPA - Old Town Hall History and Information
A prominent two storey Grade I Listed Building of Medieval origin, the Old Town Hall mostly dates from the 17th and 18th centuries.
1345 is the earliest reference to the predecessor of the building, variously termed the Toll booth', 'Common Hall' and Motehall' or Moot Hall' in later medieval sources. In 1668 the medieval hall was demolished to make way for a new one on the same site. It is this building, finished in 1669, with numerous subsequent alterations and extensions which survives today.
Over the years, the ground floor of the building has consistently remained in commercial and retail use whilst the grander public rooms at first floor level have accommodated a number of important civic functions including, most notably the Courts of Assize until 1881, the City's Magistrates Court until 1941, and Council Chamber and offices of the City of Carlisle Corporation until 1964.
The first floor accommodates the Tourist Information Centre and Assembly Room.
Old Town Hall, Green Market,Carlisle, England, UK, CA3 8JE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RMF - . Streets in Carlisle named English or Scottish, Cumbria, England, UK - Border Country. Photographed at English St, Carlisle, England,UK. The photograph was taken on 06 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Streets, Carlisle, named, Scottish, The English, two, Streets in Carlisle named English or Scottish, Cumbria, Border Country and Scotch, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph gives particular emphasis to signage, lettering, public information, branding or graphic communication in a real-world setting. It can support editorial features about wayfinding, advertising, local identity, warnings, public information, business branding, typography, street design and the visual language of towns and cities. Words, symbols, colours, materials and the physical setting of the sign provide useful documentary detail for researchers interested in how information was presented at the time. Because signs and branding are frequently replaced, repainted or removed, the image also has useful archive and social-history value. Search themes include signs, lettering, typography, advertising, wayfinding, public information, warnings, branding, street graphics and local identity. Because signs are frequently replaced or repainted, a clear dated photograph of wording or graphics can acquire strong archive and social-history value. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
English St, Carlisle, England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RMG - . Streets in Carlisle named English or Scottish, Cumbria, England, UK - Border Country. Photographed at English St, Carlisle, England,UK. The photograph was taken on 06 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Streets, Carlisle, named, Scottish, The English, two, Streets in Carlisle named English or Scottish, Cumbria, Border Country and Scotch, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph gives particular emphasis to signage, lettering, public information, branding or graphic communication in a real-world setting. It can support editorial features about wayfinding, advertising, local identity, warnings, public information, business branding, typography, street design and the visual language of towns and cities. Words, symbols, colours, materials and the physical setting of the sign provide useful documentary detail for researchers interested in how information was presented at the time. Because signs and branding are frequently replaced, repainted or removed, the image also has useful archive and social-history value. Search themes include signs, lettering, typography, advertising, wayfinding, public information, warnings, branding, street graphics and local identity. Because signs are frequently replaced or repainted, a clear dated photograph of wording or graphics can acquire strong archive and social-history value. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
English St, Carlisle, England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RMR - . Streets in Carlisle named English or Scottish, Cumbria, England, UK - Border Country. Photographed at English St, Carlisle, England,UK. The photograph was taken on 06 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Streets, Carlisle, named, Scottish, The English, two, Streets in Carlisle named English or Scottish, Cumbria, Border Country and Scotch, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph gives particular emphasis to signage, lettering, public information, branding or graphic communication in a real-world setting. It can support editorial features about wayfinding, advertising, local identity, warnings, public information, business branding, typography, street design and the visual language of towns and cities. Words, symbols, colours, materials and the physical setting of the sign provide useful documentary detail for researchers interested in how information was presented at the time. Because signs and branding are frequently replaced, repainted or removed, the image also has useful archive and social-history value. Search themes include signs, lettering, typography, advertising, wayfinding, public information, warnings, branding, street graphics and local identity. Because signs are frequently replaced or repainted, a clear dated photograph of wording or graphics can acquire strong archive and social-history value. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
English St, Carlisle, England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5R - . Golden Gate fishing boat and Farne Islands Boat Trips, at Seahouses, NE England Northumberland, UK. Photographed at Seahouses, NE England, Great Britain. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Golden Gate fishing boat at Seahouses, NE England, port, harbour, fish, fishing, trip, trips, Northumberland and charter, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Seahouses, NE England, Great Britain
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5T - . Boats in Seahouses harbour, Northumbria, NE England, UK. Photographed at Seahouses Harbour,Northumbria, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Boats in, Seahouses harbour, Northumbria, NE England, seahouses, northumberland, harbour, fishing, dock and Boats, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Seahouses Harbour,Northumbria, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5W - . BK279 blue fishing boat at Seahouses harbour , Glad Tidings - Northumberland, NE England, Great Britain, UK. Photographed at Seahouses, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. The image metadata records 2 people in the frame. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with blue, fishing, boat, Seahouses, harbour, two, blue boat, Berwick on Tweed Berwick-on-Tweed Northumberland, NE England and UK charter in port classic preparing a, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Seahouses, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5Y - . Boats in Seahouses harbour, Northumbria, NE England, UK. Photographed at Seahouses Harbour,Northumbria, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Boats in, Seahouses harbour, Northumbria, NE England, seahouses, northumberland, harbour, fishing, dock and Boats, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Seahouses Harbour,Northumbria, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7557404764 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
A group of twenty units may be referred to as a score. 20 is a tetrahedral number as 20 = 1 + 3 + 6 + 10. Its the basis for vigesimal number systems. Its the atomic number of calcium.
There are 20 baby teeth in the deciduous dentition.
Age 20 is the age at which Levites in the time of King David were allowed 'to do the work for the service of the house of the Lord', the Temple in Jerusalem (see First Chronicles Chapter 23, verses 24 and 27). In the time of Ezra and Nehemiah, following the Babylonian captivity, it was Levites from the age of 20 upwards who were assigned 'to oversee the work of the house of the LORD' (Ezra Chapter 3, verse 8).
Twenty20 is a form of limited overs cricket where each team plays only 20 overs. Adam Smith's portrait can be seen on the UK \u00a320 note. There are 20 ounces in Venti size coffees at Starbucks coffee shops.
For all you people of a certain age Gene Loves Jezebel might just hit the spot for you.
Enjoy this fine Robert Cray track a reflection on youth and war.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BKC2CP - . Recorded at England, Great Britain , UK, this image forms part of the visual history of the locality and the activity, building, object or service shown. The defining feature is Dozens of gnomes, with go away signs - A message to politicians ?. Its broader subject matter includes archival record, before-and-after reference, visual archive, architectural character, contemporary history, historical comparison, cityscape history, public realm, built environment, documentary photography, changing streetscape, place identity, everyday Britain, and built heritage. The present-day relevance extends to planning control and adaptive reuse, while a wider concern is keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. For later comparison, the photograph preserves public access and movement at England, Great Britain , UK, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. Further associations include historic streetscape, community identity, period detail, traditional masonry, local history, social landscape, local character, and historic townscape. Details involving message, politicians, gnomes, signs, and Dozens make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. For England, Great Britain , UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is planning control and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development within the real-world context of England, Great Britain , UK. The image also provides a reference for energy retrofit and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development within the specific setting of England, Great Britain , UK. The wider significance includes heritage conservation and preserving local identity during urban change as part of the longer story of England, Great Britain , UK.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5222344476 - 'Ice Cream - 'New Young Pony Club' - Play this track here.
\u00bfWhats this iPod Shuffle set all about? Read about it here
New Young Pony Club are a five-piece rock band from London, UK. They consist of now London-based vocalist Tahita Bulmer and producer Andy Spence. They shared a love of punk rock and dance music. The founding pair began writing together, originally only for Bulmer to perform.
Spence later assumed a larger role when they decided to form a proper band, so the duo recruited the single-monikered Lou on keyboards, Igor Volk on bass, and Sarah Jones on percussion. The band formed in 2005, and released two limited edition 7' singles ('The Get Go' and this track 'Ice Cream') on indie label Tirk Recordings. Later that year they were discovered by more established Australian label Modular Recordings, and signing a worldwide deal.
The band's name came from lead singer Bulmer's desire to be a part of a club or team at school. Her original idea for the band name was the more concise 'Pony Club', which she describes as 'quirky and kinky and fun'. A pre-existing Irish band had already claimed the name, and the prefix 'New Young' was added to reflect that the band are 'a newer, younger and kinkier Pony Club'. So now we know.
For more, checkout NYPC's debut album, 'Fantastic Playroom'
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The Pier Head in Liverpool has gone through some transformations over the years. When back in the mid 1980's when I worked in the city centre it was part bus station and ferry terminal. The latter are mostly now for tourists, most locals taking the subway. Its now got a nice water feature and the concrete beefeater is now a swish Chinese eatery. A change for the better. On a sunny day, a nice place to enjoy an ice cream.....
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HE30 - . Wave Crest Trawler docked at Stornoway Fishing Port & Harbour at dusk. Photographed on 13 July 2010. The recorded location is Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland UK SY1. In the longer view, maritime scenes record both movement and infrastructure: ships, ferries, fishing boats, quays and waterfront buildings show how ports serve commerce, communities and tourism
The details of a vessel's design, livery and role can also date a photograph precisely. The wider historical story is that seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that modern maritime policy increasingly combines freight efficiency with lower-carbon shipping and port investment
Photographs of working vessels and harbours can illustrate the continuity between traditional maritime trades and today's logistics, offshore and passenger sectors. In the present 2026 context, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. In historical terms, harbours and shipping routes have long shaped British coastal and riverside towns
Fishing, cargo handling, ferry services, shipbuilding and port engineering created distinctive working landscapes that increasingly coexist with tourism, leisure craft and waterfront regeneration. Looking at the subject's development, maritime scenes record both movement and infrastructure: ships, ferries, fishing boats, quays and waterfront buildings show how ports serve commerce, communities and tourism
The details of a vessel's design, livery and role can also date a photograph precisely.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland UK SY1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEYA7X - Portree Harbour, Isle Of Skye at dusk. Night lights of the boats and houses reflected in the beautiful fishing boat port
Portree (Scottish Gaelic: Port Rìgh, is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the location for the only secondary school on the Island, Portree High school. Public transport services are limited to buses.
Portree has a harbour, fringed by cliffs as can be seen here, with a pier designed by Thomas Telford Attractions in the town include the Àros centre which celebrate the island's Gaelic heritage. The town also serves as a centre for tourists exploring the island.
The Royal Hotel is the site of MacNab's Inn, the last meeting place of Flora MacDonald and Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1746.
The town plays host to the Isle of Skye's shinty club, Skye Camanachd. They play at Pairc nan Laoch above the town on the road to Struan.
Portree Harbour, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Northern Scotland, UK IV51 9BZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMXA7 - Interior view of St Marys Church Linton, Forest of Dean Micheldean, Gloucester, Glos, England, UK. Shows sandstone stonework.
Linton is a small village in Herefordshire, England, around 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Ross-on-Wye.
It has a church called St. Mary's, which dates from the 13th century. The spire can be seen when travelling eastwards on the M50 motorway when 2 miles east of junction 4. There is also a village hall, and a post office which opens a few hours each week.
Several activities take place in the village hall: brownies, pilates etc.
Each year, the only pub in the village hosts a charitable event
The festival is organised by a committee responsible for the creation of funds for an increasing number of local charities and good causes. The Landlords of The Alma Inn run the beer tents, providing a range of local and more exotic ales each year. The Alma provides a natural amphitheatre that is the garden to the rear of the pub which is an intimate environment for the notable Blues acts the committee books each year.
Linton,, Herefordshire, Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0MY1 - . Dusk over St Ives Bay, South Cornwall, England, UK. Photographed on 1 June 2009. From a heritage perspective, popular destinations are shaped by repeated waves of visitors, transport investment and changing ideas of leisure
Beaches, resorts, historic streets and attractions can therefore be read as both travel imagery and social history. In the longer view, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. As of 2026, contemporary tourism is shaped by strong demand for city breaks and leisure travel alongside concerns about sustainability, crowding and the environmental cost of transport
Older destination photographs provide useful comparison with today's visitor economy. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. As background, travel photography documents the visitor economy as well as scenery, showing how historic places, coastlines and resort facilities are packaged, experienced and adapted for tourists over time. The wider historical story is that tourism images record not just destinations but changing habits of leisure: seaside holidays, city breaks, heritage visits, package travel and resort culture have all developed with transport, disposable income and mass tourism. Historically, popular destinations are shaped by repeated waves of visitors, transport investment and evolving ideas of leisure
Beaches, resorts, historical streets and attractions can therefore be read as both travel imagery and social history. Other useful descriptive phrases include heritage tourism, sightseeing, and visitor attraction.
St Ives Bay, South Cornwall, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK3DH5 - Row of unattended automated border-control gates stands ready for passengers at Frankfurt International Airport in Germany. The image shows a modern immigration area with black self-service kiosks, glass barriers, document readers and facial-recognition cameras beneath a blue illuminated sign. German and English wording identifies the facility as Automatisierte Grenzkontrolle and Automated border control , while European Union symbols indicate passport eligibility.
No travellers are waiting at the machines, leaving the queuing lanes and electronic gates visibly empty. Green arrows above several lanes show available entrances, while red cross symbols mark closed channels. Blue crowd-control belts and stainless-steel rails guide passengers towards the biometric checkpoints. The unused equipment provides a clear editorial view of airport automation, border security, immigration processing and passenger-flow technology without identifiable members of the public.
The overhead notice states that the gates are intended for passengers aged 12 and over using EU, EEA or Swiss travel documents. Frankfurt Airport identifies the automated system as EasyPASS and says eligible users require an electronic passport, with a German identity card also accepted where appropriate. The process checks the document's authenticity and compares the traveller's face with the passport image before opening the gate. The airport says EasyPASS can be used by nationals of EU and EEA countries, Switzerland and holders of German residence permits who meet the age requirement.
The scene illustrates the use of biometrics, digital identity verification and self-service technology at a European aviation hub. It is relevant to international travel, Schengen borders, airport security, immigration controls, contactless passenger processing, queuing capacity, eGates, travel documentation and the modernisation of public infrastructure
60547 Frankfurt, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED4FA - . Local Newspapers on a stand Edinburgh Scotland at a grocers shop. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, herald, scotsman, cornershop, local news, Scottish, Scot, independance and independence, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy JH6749 - Brexit: What is the Northern Ireland Protocol?
Northern Ireland Protocol - agreed with the European Union (EU) in 2019 - has been a source of tension since it came into force at the start of 2021.
Special trading arrangements were needed for Northern Ireland after the UK voted for Brexit in 2016. This is because it's the only part of the UK with a land border with an EU country - the Republic of Ireland.
Before Brexit, it was easy to transport goods across this border because both sides had the same EU trade rules. No checks or paperwork were necessary.
After Brexit, a new system was needed because the EU has strict food rules and requires border checks when certain goods - such as milk and eggs - arrive from non-EU countries.
UK and the EU agreed that protecting the 1998 Northern Ireland peace deal - the Good Friday Agreement - was an absolute priority. So, both sides signed the Northern Ireland Protocol as part of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, which is now part of international law.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says the Protocol has caused problems which had not been expected when the agreement was signed.
The government now wants to ditch parts of the deal.
It wants to create red lanes and green lanes for goods imported from Britain into Northern Ireland.
read more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-53724381
Derry City, Ireland, EU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N7R - . Panorama of Stornoway harbour, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland, United Kingdom. Photographed on 1 September 2009. The recorded location is Stornoway Harbour, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom. Stornoway developed around one of the best natural harbours in the Outer Hebrides and became the commercial and administrative centre of Lewis. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it was deeply connected with the herring industry and maritime trade
today the harbour serves fishing, freight, leisure craft, cruise traffic and the lifeline ferry route to Ullapool. The waterfront therefore combines historic island industry with modern transport and tourism. The historical context is that seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. The historical context is that ports and vessels are central to Britain's maritime history, linking coastal communities and inland industry with fishing, trade, passenger travel and international shipping
Harbours, docks and working craft also reflect evolving technology, from traditional fishing fleets to high-speed workboats and modern freight logistics. The subject remains topical in 2026 because current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. The subject remains topical in 2026 because ports remain crucial to UK trade, offshore energy, passenger travel and supply chains, while decarbonisation is driving interest in cleaner fuels, shore power and more efficient vessels
Older working-boat and harbour images therefore have both maritime-history and contemporary transport relevance.
Stornoway Harbour, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
