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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,Stockport,England,United Kingdom,brewery exterior,Victorian brewery,red brick brewery,beer,British brewery,brewery signage,brewery name on building,brewery rooftop signs,Stockport town centre,industrial heritage,British beer industry,independent business,family business,heritage tourism,UK food and drink,brewery tours,visitor attraction,hospitality supply chain,local economy,Northern England industry,regeneration context,industrial architecture,place identity,editorial illustration,travel Stockport,craft and traditional brewing,sign,brewers sign,bottling sign,offices sign,painted lettering,rooftop branding
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM97NJ - A documentary close-up of the historic Robinsons brewery complex in Stockport, framed to emphasise the dense layers of signage and architectural character that make the Unicorn Brewery instantly recognisable. Red brick industrial blocks rise behind older, more ornate front ranges, with multiple pieces of legible branding and wayfinding painted directly onto the buildings. The most prominent rooftop lettering reads F ROBINSON, while lower fa??ades carry traditional trade wording such as BREWERS, BOTTLE and OFFICES, creating a strong visual shorthand for brewing heritage and long-established manufacturing in a town-centre setting. The mix of materials, including patterned brickwork and carved stone detailing around an arched window, adds a slightly Victorian, workmanlike elegance that feels rooted in the North West's industrial past.
The sky is changeable and cold-season in tone, with thick grey cloud and brighter breaks that give soft, even light across the brickwork without harsh shadows. That muted winter feel suits the subject, making the scene look authentic and everyday rather than staged: a working industrial landmark seen as part of the urban fabric. The composition works particularly well for editorial use because it tells the story through readable text and recognisable forms, without requiring people in the frame.
This image can illustrate a wide range of themes including British brewing history, family-run regional businesses, UK food-and-drink production, industrial architecture, and Stockport's heritage identity around the town centre and Underbank area. It is also useful for travel and destination features that reference brewery tours, visitor attractions, and the continuing cultural pull of traditional regional beer brands in Greater Manchester.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,The Arden Arms,pub,public house,Robinsons pub,SK1 2LX,England,United Kingdom,pub frontage,hanging pub sign,Arden Arms sign,traditional British pub,real ale pub,British pub culture,Northern England pub,community pub,nightlife,food and drink,traditional alehouse,heritage tourism,local business,urban documentary,editorial stock,UK travel,authentic Britain,historic buildings,regeneration context,independent hospitality,pub exterior photography,Grade II listed building,heritage pub,Victorian brickwork,red brick pub,pub signage,lantern sign,beer house
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM981K - A documentary, street-level view of the Arden Arms on Millgate in Stockport, photographed to emphasise the pub's traditional branding and heritage character. The image centres on the exterior signage: a prominent hanging sign reading ARDEN ARMS and a matching illuminated box sign mounted on the brick fa??ade, both designed for high visibility to pedestrians and passing traffic. The red brickwork, period proportions, and tidy frontage details suggest a long-established town-centre pub, with hanging flower baskets adding a softer, welcoming touch against the harder urban materials.
Seasonal cues come through in the crisp light and the trees visible beyond the building, which show late-season colour and bare branches typical of late autumn or winter. The sky is clear and bright, producing clean edges and strong contrast on the brickwork and sign frames, and giving the scene that cold-weather clarity you often get on a dry day in Greater Manchester. The composition works well as a clear location identifier because the pub name is readable and the building is photographed in a recognisable, matter-of-fact documentary style rather than as a staged hospitality interior.
Editorially, the photo is useful for stories about British pub culture, real ale and cask beer, independent hospitality, and the survival of historic pubs in modern high streets. The Arden Arms is also a listed heritage asset in Stockport, so the image can support coverage about local history, conservation, and traditional buildings still in everyday commercial use. It is equally suitable for travel and lifestyle pieces on Stockport town centre, pub trails, and authentic Northern England streetscapes where pubs remain part of the social fabric.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,public house,traditional pub,Heaton Lane,Stockport,SK4 1AR,England,United Kingdom,Stockport Viaduct,under the viaduct,Victorian brick arch,streetscape,winter,winter sunlight,North West England,Northern England,pub culture,British drinking culture,hospitality,visitor economy,community pub,documentary editorial,travel UK,architecture and infrastructure,Victorian engineering,city break Manchester area,local business,place identity,CAMRA pub,cask ale,beer pub,British pub,historic pub,local landmark,chimney pots,painted facade
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM987K - A wide, documentary winter view of The Crown Inn on Heaton Lane in Stockport, a classic North West England pub set hard against the dramatic brick arches of the railway viaduct. The pub's pale painted frontage and traditional multi-chimney roofline sit in sharp contrast to the deep red viaduct masonry towering immediately to the right of frame. The main fascia sign clearly reads Crown Inn, with Boddingtons Beer also visible, anchoring the image in familiar Northern pub history and branding. The scene is lit by low, bright winter sun under a clear blue sky, giving crisp shadows and a clean, cold-weather feel rather than rain or snow.
Outdoor benches and simple railings line the frontage, suggesting a spot where regulars and visitors can sit out when the weather behaves, while the street-level perspective keeps the composition grounded in everyday urban life. The close proximity of the viaduct creates a strong sense of place: a pub that feels shaped by infrastructure, with Victorian engineering looming overhead and the building tucked into the shadow of the arches. It is the kind of location that reads immediately as real rather than curated, with honest materials, working-city textures, and a slightly gritty beauty.
Editorially, the photograph is useful for stories about British pub culture, real ale, community hospitality, and the changing fortunes of traditional pubs in Greater Manchester. It also supports broader themes of industrial heritage and the relationship between historic transport structures and local neighbourhood businesses. The combination of readable signage, recognisable setting, and winter atmosphere makes it a strong general illustration for Stockport, Northern England streetscapes, and heritage pubs beneath the railway lines.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,city,centre,grassroots music venue,Manchester live music venue,historic Manchester pub,Manchester alternative music scene,18""?20 Fairfield Street Manchester,Fairfield Street,18""?20 Fairfield Street,Manchester M1 2QF,Piccadilly Station area,red brick architecture,corner pub Manchester,independent music venue UK,post-punk Manchester,DIY music culture,urban streetscape,night-time economy,British pub culture,heritage architecture,street photography,editorial image,northern England city,near,Piccadilly,London Road,M1,famous,gig,night,gigs,Smiths,corner,community venues,venue,venues
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DCX6FM - The Star and Garter is a historic public house and long-established grassroots live music venue located on Fairfield Street in Ardwick, Manchester, at 18?20 Fairfield Street, Manchester M1 2QF. The building occupies a prominent corner site close to Manchester Piccadilly Station, an area historically shaped by rail infrastructure, warehouses and working-city activity.
Constructed in Victorian red brick with ornate stone detailing, the pub's distinctive architecture reflects late nineteenth-century urban development in Manchester, when public houses functioned not only as drinking establishments but as important social and cultural meeting places. Architectural features visible in the image include arched windows, decorative cornices and prominent corner signage identifying both the venue and the surrounding street.
Beyond its architectural significance, the Star and Garter has earned national recognition for its role in Manchester's alternative and independent music culture. Over several decades it has operated as a key grassroots venue, hosting live performances spanning post-punk, indie, experimental, noise and DIY music scenes. The venue is widely regarded as an essential testing ground for emerging bands and touring underground acts, contributing to Manchester's reputation as a city with a deep and continually evolving music heritage.
In recent years, venues such as the Star and Garter have also come to symbolise broader debates around the future of independent cultural spaces, rising urban land values, and the pressures faced by small live-music venues within regenerating city centres. As such, the building represents not just a pub or concert space, but a wider narrative about cultural survival, community identity and the importance of grassroots infrastructure within the UK's creative industries.
Photographed in daylight with street signage and surrounding urban context visible, the image documents the physical presence of the Star and Garter
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,city,centre,Manchester historic pub,Manchester music venue,Manchester city centre pub,Fairfield Street,pub,pubs,bar,bars,history,heritage,18""?20 Fairfield Street Manchester,Manchester M1 2QF,Star and Garter sign,Fairfield Street Ardwick,Piccadilly Station area,red brick architecture,ornate stonework,historic streetscape,Manchester nightlife,live music pub,UK pub heritage,street name sign,urban architecture,England pub exterior,daytime exterior,M1,famous,Smiths,night,gig,gigs,grassroots music venue,Manchester alternative music scene,British pub culture,urban streetscape
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DCX6FP - The street sign and architectural frontage of The Star and Garter, a well-known historic pub and live-music venue on Fairfield Street in Ardwick, Manchester, photographed at 18?20 Fairfield Street, Manchester M1 2QF. The pub stands close to Manchester Piccadilly Station, an area long associated with rail travel, warehousing and late-nineteenth-century urban development.
The building features characteristic Victorian red-brick construction with decorative stonework and a prominent street-corner sign identifying Fairfield Street and Ardwick. The Star and Garter has operated as a public house for over a century and is widely recognised in Manchester for its association with alternative music, independent culture and the city's grassroots live-music scene.
In recent decades, the venue has gained national recognition as an important space for emerging bands and experimental music, contributing to Manchester's reputation as a city with a strong and diverse musical heritage. The image documents both the architectural detail of the building and its place within Manchester's historic streetscape, offering editorial value for themes of urban history, pub culture and music venues in northern England. The Star and Garter has long been regarded as one of Manchester's most important grass-roots live-music pubs, particularly for post-punk, indie, noise and DIY scenes. Over the years it has hosted performances by bands closely associated with the city's alternative music heritage, including The Fall, whose members were known to frequent and play small, informal venues around Piccadilly and Ardwick, as well as later generations of experimental and underground acts. More recently, the venue has become a key stop for touring and local artists such as Gnod, Hey Colossus, and Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, reinforcing its reputation as a place where loud, uncompromising music thrives. Rather than hosting polished mainstream shows, the Star and Garter's significance lies in rock.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,urban,city,centre,Ireland,Dublins,Rory,fish,fishing,corner,cornershop,store,independent,city centre,Irish business,Dublin Temple Bar,fishing equipment,angling Ireland,specialist retailer,shuttered shop,hand painted shutters,street art shutters,urban decay,retail decline,independent shops,city streetscape,red brick building,traditional business,local commerce,tourism,Rorys Fishing Tackle,fishing tackle shop,Temple Bar,17a,rods,bait
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3BKDJGJ - The exterior of Rory's Fishing Tackle, a long-established specialist fishing and angling shop located in the Temple Bar area of Dublin city centre, Ireland. The image shows the premises closed, with metal shutters pulled down and decorated with painted fishing-themed artwork, including fish and angling imagery.
Temple Bar is best known as Dublin's cultural and nightlife quarter, but it has also historically been home to small independent retailers serving niche interests such as fishing, music, and crafts. Shops like Rory's Fishing Tackle reflect an earlier phase of the area's commercial life, prior to its transformation into a tourism- and hospitality-led district.
The red brick corner building and layered signage give the scene a slightly timeworn appearance, capturing the impact of changing retail patterns, rising rents, and shifting economic priorities in Dublin's city centre. The closed shopfront stands as a visual marker of the challenges faced by specialist independent retailers in high-profile urban locations.
This image is suitable for editorial use illustrating Dublin retail change, independent businesses, urban decline and regeneration, specialist shops, angling culture in Ireland, and the evolving character of Temple Bar beyond its tourist image.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,art,401,Bow,London,England,UK,E3 4PB,E3,of,Spitalfields,Royal London Hospital,Brick Lane,councils,the,sight,attraction,attractions,borough,artwork,history,historic,heritage,path,walkway,pavement,sunny,blue sky,tourist,trail,tourism,Landmarks of Tower Hamlets,travel,inner,east
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T0BDNJ -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA1,Smith St,Smith Street,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 2NS,Mary,tower,St Marys Shrine church,Warrington church,Catholic church Warrington,Victorian church architecture,church tower,religious building England,place of worship,historic church building,Smith Street Warrington,Gothic Revival church,brick church,parish church,religious heritage,Christian shrine,ecclesiastical architecture,church exterior,urban church,local landmark Warrington,19th century church,St Marys Shrine Catholic church on Smith Street,blue sky,bright,sunny,Gothic Revival,architectural,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RX189P - This image shows St Mary's Shrine, a Roman Catholic church located on Smith Street in Warrington, Cheshire, England. The photograph captures the exterior of the building, focusing on its tall tower and red brick Gothic Revival architecture, with pointed arched windows and decorative stone detailing typical of nineteenth-century ecclesiastical design. The church stands prominently within the urban streetscape, marking it as a significant local landmark.
St Mary's has long been an important centre of Catholic worship in Warrington and serves as a shrine church, reflecting its wider religious and spiritual significance beyond the local parish. Churches of this period were often constructed to serve growing industrial towns, providing both religious facilities and a sense of community identity during periods of rapid urban expansion.
The image highlights themes of religious heritage, historic architecture, and the role of churches within English towns and cities. It is suitable for editorial and commercial use relating to Christianity, Catholicism in England, church architecture, local history, heritage buildings, and urban religious landmarks.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,historic,building,buildings,L1,35,Merseyside,England,UK,L1 2SF,Grand,by,of,Bolton,Mission,Wesley,the,Methodists,Methodist,Renshaw Street Liverpool,Liverpool city centre,historic building Liverpool,Edwardian architecture,red brick building,terracotta architecture,landmark building,former chapel Liverpool,Grade II listed building,Liverpool architecture,urban streetscape,historic chapel,former Methodist Central Hall,ornate facade,tower building,arched entrance,heritage architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJ3YJM - A street-level view of Grand Central Hall, located at 35 Renshaw Street, Liverpool, showing its distinctive red brick and terracotta fa??ade with ornate Edwardian architectural detailing. The building features a prominent corner tower, arched main entrance, decorative stonework, and vertical emphasis typical of early twentieth-century nonconformist religious architecture. Pedestrians pass by at street level, providing scale and reinforcing its role within Liverpool's busy city centre streetscape.
Originally constructed as the Methodist Central Hall, the building formed part of a wider movement in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods to create large, multifunctional religious and social spaces within Britain's expanding industrial cities. Over time, Grand Central Hall has been repurposed for cultural, leisure, and entertainment uses, reflecting Liverpool's wider pattern of adaptive reuse of historic buildings.
The image captures the building under bright but lightly clouded daylight conditions, emphasising the contrast between red brickwork, pale stone detailing, and the surrounding urban environment. The photograph is suitable for editorial and commercial use illustrating British architectural heritage, Liverpool landmarks, historic city-centre buildings, and urban regeneration through reuse of former religious structures.
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Keywords: WA1,Cheshire,England,English,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Buttermarket Street,WA1 2NN,evening,dusk,drinking,pub,pubs,bar,bars,beer,garden,beer garden,music,nights,live,band,bands,outside,exterior,friendly,local,traditional,British,brick,previously,the,Cross Keys,CrossKeys
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHH6HP -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,Hale,Merseyside,home,house,Whiston Rural District,history,tourism,architecture,buildings,centre,L24,Hale village,Halton,L24 4WB,village,English,1578""?1623,roof,material,roofs,front,garden,neat,path,flowers,listed,evening,rural,row,three,formerly timber-framed,lime-washed brick
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG8YRW - Hale is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England with a population of 1,800. The village is north of the River Mersey, and just to the east of the boundary with Merseyside. It is 2+1?2 miles east of Speke in Liverpool, and 4 miles south-west of Widnes. The nearby village of Halebank is to the north-east.
Historically part of Lancashire, until 1 April 1974 the area formed part of the Whiston Rural District.
The population of the parish is stable with a population of 1,898 (2001 census), 1,841 (2011 census) and 1,800 (2021 census).
John Middleton (1578?1623), the Childe of Hale, was reputed to be nine feet, three inches tall, or 2.8 m. His cottage and grave are located in the village. Just outside St Mary's Church was a wooden carving of the Childe Of Hale that is said to have been life-sized. It was replaced in 2013 by a 3-metre bronze statue by sculptor Diane Gorvin
Middleton was born in the village of Hale, near Liverpool. According to contemporary accounts and his epitaph, he grew to the height of 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) and slept with his feet hanging out the window of his house.
Because of his size the landlord and sheriff of Lancashire, Gilbert Ireland, hired him as a bodyguard. When King James I stopped by in 1617 to knight Ireland he heard about Middleton and invited both of them to the court, which they accepted in 1620. Middleton beat the King's champion in wrestling and in doing so broke the man's thumb. He received ?20, a large amount of money in those times. Jealous of his wealth, Middleton's companions mugged him or swindled him out of his money while he was returning to Hale. Middleton died impoverished in 1623. He was buried in the cemetery of St Mary's Church in Hale. The epitaph reads, Here lyeth the bodie of John Middleton the Childe of Hale. Nine feet three. Borne 1578 Dyede 1623. He is likely one of the tallest people in history. If these height markings are accurate, he would surpass Robert Wadlow's stature
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,canal bridge,bridges,summer,evening,town,centre,waterways,British,industrial,heritage,urban,calm,water,reflections,traditional,architecture,timber framed,timber frame,buildings,River Weaver Navigation,metal bridge,riverside buildings,Tudor style buildings,black and white timber framing,brick houses,historic townscape,waterways England,inland waterways,English towns,northern England,travel destination,market town,urban regeneration,Cheshire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ2H - This image shows Town Swing Bridge spanning the River Weaver in the heart of Northwich, Cheshire, captured on a calm summer evening with clear reflections mirrored in the still water below. The bridge forms an important crossing on Chester Way and is a distinctive local landmark, combining functional engineering with a strong sense of place within the historic town centre.
Behind the bridge, traditional black and white timber framed buildings sit alongside red brick riverside properties, reflecting Northwich's layered architectural history. The River Weaver has been central to the town's development for centuries, particularly through its role in salt production, navigation, and later industrial transport, shaping Northwich into one of Cheshire's key inland waterway towns.
The soft evening light, blue sky, and scattered clouds create a tranquil atmosphere, while the reflections in the river emphasise the symmetry between bridge, buildings, and water. The scene highlights the quieter, reflective character of Northwich beyond its industrial past, showing how historic infrastructure and waterways continue to define the town's identity.
This photograph works as strong editorial imagery illustrating British inland waterways, historic town centres, industrial heritage, and the everyday relationship between towns and their rivers in northern England.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,the,bar,Northwich,Cheshire,Greenalls,brewery,Converted,to,Estate Agent,office,offices,red,brick,traditional,boozer,44,CW9,classic,lettering,sign,signage,former,public house,tied,house,facade,decorative,gable frontage,licensed premises,pub closure UK,commercial conversion,adaptive,reuse
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ39 - image shows the upper frontage of the former Bee Hive Inn, located at 44 High Street in Northwich town centre, Cheshire. The red-brick building retains prominent raised lettering reading Greenall Whitley & Co, identifying it as a former tied house of the well-known Cheshire and Lancashire brewery.
Greenall Whitley was founded in Warrington in the eighteenth century and became one of the North West's most significant regional brewers and pub owners. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the company operated hundreds of tied public houses across Cheshire, Lancashire, and North Wales. The Bee Hive Inn formed part of this estate and served generations of local residents as a traditional town-centre public house.
Architecturally, the building reflects late Victorian or Edwardian pub design, with a shaped gable, red brickwork, and strong street presence intended to signal permanence and respectability. Such design features were typical of brewery-owned pubs built or remodelled during this period.
The Bee Hive Inn has since closed as a licensed premises and the building has been repurposed for commercial use, reflecting wider patterns of pub closures and high-street change across the UK. Despite this, the surviving brewery signage and facade detailing preserve a visible link to Northwich's social and brewing history.
The photograph documents the layered history of a former public house, illustrating the transition from traditional pub culture to modern commercial reuse within a changing town-centre environment.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,the,bar,Northwich,Cheshire,Greenalls,brewery,Converted,to,Estate Agent,office,offices,red,brick,traditional,boozer,44,CW9,classic,lettering,sign,signage,former,public house,tied,house,facade,decorative,gable frontage,licensed premises,pub closure UK,commercial conversion,adaptive,reuse
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ50 - image shows the upper frontage of the former Bee Hive Inn, located at 44 High Street in Northwich town centre, Cheshire. The red-brick building retains prominent raised lettering reading Greenall Whitley & Co, identifying it as a former tied house of the well-known Cheshire and Lancashire brewery.
Greenall Whitley was founded in Warrington in the eighteenth century and became one of the North West's most significant regional brewers and pub owners. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the company operated hundreds of tied public houses across Cheshire, Lancashire, and North Wales. The Bee Hive Inn formed part of this estate and served generations of local residents as a traditional town-centre public house.
Architecturally, the building reflects late Victorian or Edwardian pub design, with a shaped gable, red brickwork, and strong street presence intended to signal permanence and respectability. Such design features were typical of brewery-owned pubs built or remodelled during this period.
The Bee Hive Inn has since closed as a licensed premises and the building has been repurposed for commercial use, reflecting wider patterns of pub closures and high-street change across the UK. Despite this, the surviving brewery signage and facade detailing preserve a visible link to Northwich's social and brewing history.
The photograph documents the layered history of a former public house, illustrating the transition from traditional pub culture to modern commercial reuse within a changing town-centre environment.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,the,bar,Northwich,Cheshire,Greenalls,brewery,Converted,to,Estate Agent,office,offices,red,brick,traditional,boozer,44,CW9,classic,lettering,sign,signage,former,public house,tied,house,facade,decorative,gable frontage,licensed premises,pub closure UK,commercial conversion,adaptive,reuse
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ55 - image shows the upper frontage of the former Bee Hive Inn, located at 44 High Street in Northwich town centre, Cheshire. The red-brick building retains prominent raised lettering reading Greenall Whitley & Co, identifying it as a former tied house of the well-known Cheshire and Lancashire brewery.
Greenall Whitley was founded in Warrington in the eighteenth century and became one of the North West's most significant regional brewers and pub owners. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the company operated hundreds of tied public houses across Cheshire, Lancashire, and North Wales. The Bee Hive Inn formed part of this estate and served generations of local residents as a traditional town-centre public house.
Architecturally, the building reflects late Victorian or Edwardian pub design, with a shaped gable, red brickwork, and strong street presence intended to signal permanence and respectability. Such design features were typical of brewery-owned pubs built or remodelled during this period.
The Bee Hive Inn has since closed as a licensed premises and the building has been repurposed for commercial use, reflecting wider patterns of pub closures and high-street change across the UK. Despite this, the surviving brewery signage and facade detailing preserve a visible link to Northwich's social and brewing history.
The photograph documents the layered history of a former public house, illustrating the transition from traditional pub culture to modern commercial reuse within a changing town-centre environment.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,small,store,retail,Northwich,colourful wooden sign,reuse,and,recycling,creative,retail sign,small business UK,business,on,a,wall,Tabley Street Northwich,CW9 5DP,hand painted sign,reclaimed wood sign,charity shop style,preloved goods,vintage retro shop,vinyl records for sale,house clearance items,furniture and clothing shop,independent retailer,high street decline,reuse economy,sustainable shopping,brick wall exterior,documentary photography,CW9
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2REGJ65 - A brightly coloured, hand-painted wooden sign mounted on a brick wall outside Leon's Store on Tabley Street in Northwich, Cheshire. The sign lists a wide range of goods including used furniture, clothing, house clearances, pre-loved furnishings, vintage and retro items, toys, games and vinyl records, reflecting the eclectic nature of independent second-hand retail.
The informal, recycled appearance of the sign, with individual painted wooden slats in different colours, conveys a do-it-yourself aesthetic often associated with small independent shops and reuse-based businesses. Such retailers play an important role in town centres like Northwich, combining affordability, sustainability and local character at a time when many UK high streets face pressure from vacancy and chain-store dominance.
Photographed in daylight, the image documents everyday independent retail culture in a provincial English town. It is suitable for editorial use relating to high-street change, small businesses, sustainability, reuse economies, and contemporary British town-centre life. Visible Text (fully analysed)
LEONS STORE
Used furniture
Clothing
House clearances
Pre-loved furnishings
House bedding plants
Vintage retro
Vintage toys + games
Telephone number visible
VINYL
- All text appears hand-painted on individual wooden boards.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,reuse and recycling,circular economy,Cheshire,CW9,Tabley Street,CW9 5DP,second hand furniture,used clothing shop,vintage retro items,reuse economy,recycling culture,small independent business,community shop,thrift store UK,upcycling,ethical consumption,local retail,high street survival,brick,timber-framed,shop exterior,documentary,photography,Exterior of Leons Store,a secondhand and reuse-focused shop on Tabley Street in,Cheshire.,exterior,outside,sunny,hidden gem,reuse,recycle,simple
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2REGJ6D - The exterior of Leon's Store, a small independent secondhand shop on Tabley Street in Northwich, Cheshire. The brick-built building houses a reuse-focused retailer offering a mix of pre-loved furniture, clothing, vintage items and household goods, reflecting the continued role of independent shops in supporting recycling and sustainable consumption.
Businesses like Leon's Store form part of the local reuse economy, extending the life of everyday items through resale rather than disposal. In towns such as Northwich, these shops provide affordable goods while contributing to waste reduction and circular-economy principles, often operating with minimal branding and a strong community presence.
Photographed in daylight, the image documents a modest but resilient example of independent high-street retail in a UK town. It is suitable for editorial use relating to sustainability, recycling, vintage retail, small businesses, and the changing nature of British high streets. Shops like Leon's Store play an outsized role in small towns, acting as quiet anchors of continuity at a time when many high streets are dominated by short-lived chains or empty units. By dealing in second-hand, pre-loved and vintage goods, they reconnect everyday shopping with older patterns of reuse and repair that once defined local economies, when objects were valued for their durability and story rather than their novelty. These shops keep money circulating locally, offer affordable alternatives in difficult economic times, and create informal social spaces where knowledge, memory and local history are exchanged alongside goods. At the same time, they sit squarely within modern green thinking, extending the life of furniture, clothing and household items, reducing waste and carbon costs, and embodying practical, everyday recycling rather than abstract environmental rhetoric.In doing so, they link past and present, showing how traditional ways of living lightly on resources are increasingly relevant
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Cheshire,WA1,94 Bridge St,WA1 2RF,pubs,bars,town,centre,nightlife,hotel,94,Victorian,building,architecture,the,late night,front,exterior,outside,sports bar,cocktails,Gerogian,lodging,lodgings,licensed,premises,premise,brick,facade,fa??ade,Feathers Warrington,refurb,refurbishment,AJP,Pub Group Ltd
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC31AA - More info at https://ajppubs.co.uk/venues/
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,Knutsford Railway Station,rail,station,Knutsford,United Kingdom,Knutsford railway station,Knutsford station,Northern Rail,British railway,Northern trains,regional rail network,station entrance,red brick railway architecture,blue station signage,Network Rail infrastructure,pedestrian access ramp,urban greenery,shrubs and planting,accessibility ramp,handrails,transport hub,commuter travel,public transport UK,North West England railways,town centre station,Canute Place Knutsford,travel and transport,railway signage,daytime,overcast sky,local transport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP38E - Knutsford Railway Station, located on Adams Hill in Knutsford, Cheshire, is shown here with its distinctive blue station signage and red brick buildings, framed by landscaped greenery and pedestrian access ramps. The station is operated by Northern and serves the town on the Mid-Cheshire Line, providing rail connections to destinations including Manchester, Altrincham, and Chester.
The image highlights everyday British railway infrastructure, including accessibility features such as handrails and ramps, alongside mature planting that softens the station approach. Knutsford is a historic Cheshire market town, and the station plays an important role in supporting local commuting, tourism, and regional travel across North West England.
This photograph is suitable for editorial use relating to UK public transport, regional rail services, accessibility in transport, commuter travel, and town-centre railway stations.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,Knutsford Market,Knutsford market hall exterior,Knutsford town centre,Cheshire market town,white,building,summer,blue sky,Victorian market hall,traditional market building,local market hall,Princess Street Knutsford,Cheshire architecture,English market town,heritage building,civic building,white painted facade,brick arches,closed shutters,bunting flags,street scene,small town England,local economy,retail heritage,community building,North West England town,daytime street view,historic town centre,conservation area,UK high street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP38Y - Knutsford Market Hall on Princess Street, Knutsford, Cheshire, shown from the street with its distinctive white-painted frontage, arched brick detailing, and traditional signage. The historic market hall has long formed part of Knutsford's town-centre identity, reflecting the town's role as a local trading and market centre serving surrounding rural Cheshire.
Bunting strung across the street suggests a community or seasonal event, reinforcing the building's ongoing civic and cultural role within the town. Knutsford is a well-known Cheshire market town, combining historic architecture with independent retail and local services, and the Market Hall remains a visible reminder of traditional English market-town life.
This image is suitable for editorial use illustrating British market towns, historic civic buildings, local retail heritage, town-centre regeneration, and everyday life in small-town England.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP32R - Coleraine Fire Station, operated by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, is pictured on Lodge Lane in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The purpose-built station features distinctive red appliance bay doors and provides an operational base for fire engines and emergency response crews serving Coleraine and the surrounding Causeway Coast area.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service is responsible for fire prevention, firefighting, road traffic collision response, and a range of community safety activities across Northern Ireland. Local stations such as Coleraine play a key role in delivering rapid emergency response, public reassurance, and resilience within their communities.
Photographed in natural daylight, the image documents everyday emergency-service infrastructure within a Northern Irish town, illustrating the physical presence of public safety services and the built environment that supports frontline response. It is suitable for use in news reporting, public-sector communications, and educational material relating to emergency services and civic provision.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Northern Ireland,United Kingdom,Located adjacent to Coleraine railway station and the Bus &,Coleraine signal box,railway signal box,Northern Ireland railways,Translink railway,railway signalling,historic signal box,mechanical signal box,semaphore signals,level crossing barrier,railway crossing,Ulster rail network,County Londonderry railway,rail infrastructure,transport heritage,British railway architecture,brick signal box,control tower,railway operations,rail safety,junction control,regional rail hub,Northern Ireland transport,cloudy sky,daytime,town railway,urban rail environment,Coleraine railway signal box,beside Coleraine station,in County Londonderry,controlling rail movements and level crossings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP36X - This image shows the Coleraine signal box, a traditional brick-built railway control structure located on Railway Road, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Positioned next to the station and adjacent to the bus and rail interchange, the signal box plays a key role in managing train movements, signalling, and level crossings on this important section of the Northern Ireland rail network.
The structure features classic railway architecture, with an elevated glazed operating room providing clear sightlines over the tracks, along with visible barrier mechanisms and signalling equipment. A British railway crossing arm and associated safety infrastructure are prominent, illustrating the continued operational importance of the site.
Coleraine is a strategic rail junction, linking services between Belfast, Derry~Londonderry, and the north coast, and the signal box represents both the heritage and ongoing functionality of the region's rail system. The image is suitable for editorial use relating to rail transport, signalling systems, infrastructure management, public transport history, and Northern Ireland rail operations.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Northern Ireland,NI,Limavady,Ireland,urban warning sign,on,fence,fencing,no ball games,council housing,social housing estate,British housing estate,estate regulations,children playing banned,public space restriction,municipal sign,UK urban environment,estate management,antisocial behaviour policy,community rules,1970s signage style,classic British sign,metal warning sign,brick wall background,housing policy concept,public order sign,everyday Britain,public,space,spaces,estates,schemes,regulation,Scotland,Wales,England
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RBN9EC - This image shows a traditional No Ball Games sign, commonly found on UK council and social housing estates, mounted against a dark brick wall. Such signs have been widely used by local authorities and housing providers to regulate play and reduce noise, damage, or nuisance in shared residential spaces.
The phrase No Ball Games has become a cultural shorthand in Britain, often referenced in discussions about urban childhood, public space, social housing management, and community control. While originally intended as a practical estate-management measure, the signage is now frequently used symbolically in media and policy commentary about youth provision, play spaces, and social behaviour.
The image is well suited to editorial and conceptual use covering social housing, council estates, urban life, local government policy, childhood and play, community rules, and British social history, as well as nostalgic or critical perspectives on post-war housing design and regulation.
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Keywords: Greater Manchester,centre,England,UK,NW,North West,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the,CoOp,Co Op,OL12,OL12 0NU,Original Co-operative Store,historic shopfront,heritage building,red brick building,green door,store,Toad Lane Rochdale,birthplace of the Co-op,British retail history,Lancashire history,social reform,working class history,mutual trading,ethical retail,cooperative principles,nineteenth century retail,historic street,preserved shop,museum building,independent retail heritage,bay windows,sash windows,town centre heritage,cultural landmark,editorial photography,documentary image
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCC5PG - This photograph shows the frontage of the Original Co-operative Store on Toad Lane in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, widely recognised as the birthplace of the modern Co-operative movement. It was here, in 1844, that the Rochdale Pioneers opened a small shop selling basic goods under principles that would go on to influence cooperative retailing across Britain and around the world.
The modest red brick building, with its distinctive green door and bay windows, reflects the practical and unpretentious origins of the movement. The Rochdale Pioneers were working men seeking fair prices, honest weights, and ethical trading at a time when food adulteration and exploitative retail practices were common. Their principles, including democratic member control and the distribution of surplus to members, became the foundation of the global cooperative model.
Today the building is preserved as a heritage site and museum, forming a key part of Rochdale's identity and its contribution to social reform, retail history, and working-class self-organisation. The surrounding streetscape of Toad Lane reinforces the historical setting, offering a tangible link to nineteenth-century industrial Lancashire.
Photographed in clear daylight, this image documents an internationally significant site in the history of retail, mutualism, and social enterprise. It is well suited for editorial use covering British social history, cooperative economics, heritage preservation, and the development of ethical retailing traditions.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WN7,Wigan,Lancashire,England,UK,WN7 2LB,Leigh,cotton,art,arts,historic,venue,community,ring,spindles,Platt Brothers,now,a,heritage,centre,cinema,red,brick,traditional,factory,Cotonopolis,chimney,inscription,town,evening,factories,Leigh Film Society,Park Ln,Bradshaw Gass & Hope
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R8T9JC - Leigh Spinners or Leigh Mill is an Art's and Heritage Centre consisting of over 60 independent businesses within the complex. https://www.leighspinnersmill.co.uk/
This includes Leigh Film Factory an independent cinema run by volunteers from Leigh Film Society. The building is Grade II* listed It is a former double cotton spinning mill and is located in Bedford, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England.
Businesses
-Leigh Film Factory To provide an affordable, accessible and welcoming space where everyone can enjoy quality cinema experiences, whether for education, business or pleasure.
https://www.leighfilmfactory.com/
History
A product of the last generation of cotton mill building, Leigh Spinners was designed by Bolton architects Bradshaw, Gass & Hope for the Horrocks Company, and built in two phases. The east section comprising the six-storey mill, boiler house and chimney stack was built in 1913 and the matching west section was completed ten years later. One of the few double mills to be completed, it is one of the most complete still standing in Greater Manchester. Part of the factory is occupied by Leigh Spinners Ltd who have manufactured carpets since 1969 and since 2012, synthetic turf products for landscaping and sport.
The building is in poor condition and considered to be at risk by Historic England. A charity, the Leigh Building Preservation Trust was formed to restore the steam engine and engine house. In September 2013 the charity was awarded a ?75,000 grant to restore the steam engine and repair the engine house by Waste Recycling Environmental Limited, a heritage fund that protects buildings of historical importance. The charity was able to turn the engine in 2018 for the first time in many years.
As at January 2019, the younger of the two mill buildings has had extensive roof repairs, allowing the Charity to advance the restoration of several floors. Sport England funding enabled the conversion of one floor to accommodate a Table Tennis Club,
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,London,city,centre,central,E17 4RH,Church Hill,Walthamstow Village,apartment building,council flats,1930s architecture,interwar architecture,brick building,concrete tower,London street scene,UKhousing,London Borough of Waltham Forest,East London,Walthamstow Village conservation area,mixed use building,retail at ground floor,residential above,architectural detail,decorative facade,geometric patterns,municipal architecture,civic design,pedestrian crossing,traffic lights,British high street,everyday life,summer,blue sky,clouds,daylight,streetscape
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3WMNT - This image shows Central Parade flats and its prominent clock tower on Church Hill in Walthamstow, East London, an instantly recognisable local landmark within the Walthamstow Village area of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The building dates from the interwar period and reflects the practical yet decorative municipal architecture of the 1930s, combining red brick construction with patterned concrete panels and a tall vertical tower housing a large public clock.
The development was designed as mixed-use housing, with commercial premises at ground level and residential flats above, a common urban model intended to support walkable neighbourhoods and local trade. The clock tower acts as both a civic feature and a wayfinding landmark, visually anchoring Church Hill and the surrounding streets.
The photograph was taken in daylight under a bright, partly cloudy summer sky, which highlights the contrasting textures of brick, concrete, and glazing across the facade. Pedestrians, traffic signals, and nearby residential buildings place the structure firmly within everyday London life, emphasising its continued role as functional housing rather than a preserved monument.
Images such as this are well suited to editorial use covering themes of London housing, social and municipal architecture, urban regeneration, local identity, mixed-use development, and the character of historic residential areas in East London.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,London,city,centre,central,historic,Gods Own Junkyard,Walthamstow,London cafe,independent cafe,coffee shop,neon signage,illuminated sign,red neon sign,creative space cafe,arts venue cafe,Rolling Stones,Ravenswood Industrial Estate,London Borough of Waltham Forest,East London,neon art gallery,creative industries,independent hospitality,food and drink,visitor attraction cafe,cultural venue,small business,retro signage,typography,sign writing,brick wall,industrial architecture,documentary photography,editorial image,UK culture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3WMTW - This image shows the illuminated neon sign for The Rolling Scones Cafe, located within God's Own Junkyard on the Ravenswood Industrial Estate in Walthamstow, East London. The caf?? forms an integral part of the visitor experience at the venue, providing food and drink amid one of London's most distinctive collections of neon signage.
God's Own Junkyard is internationally recognised for its dense, immersive displays of vintage and custom-made neon signs, many of which have appeared in films, television, and music videos. The Rolling Scones Caf?? sits among this visual overload, serving visitors, photographers, and tourists who come to experience the space as both an art installation and a cultural attraction.
The sign itself uses flowing red neon script spelling The Rolling Scones, with a smaller illuminated Cafe panel beneath, mounted against industrial brickwork typical of former light-industrial buildings in the area. The contrast between utilitarian architecture and expressive neon typography reflects the wider character of the Junkyard, where commercial signage is recontextualised as art.
Photographed in daylight, the image highlights the continued relevance of neon signage in contemporary creative spaces. It is well suited to editorial use covering London cafes, independent hospitality, creative venues, neon art, cultural tourism, and the adaptive reuse of industrial estates in East London.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,city,centre,street art,graffiti art,Brick Lane area,urban art,large scale mural,face mural,contemporary mural,London graffiti,Shepard Fairey artwork,Obey Giant campaign,counterculture,protest art,political messaging,urban culture,public art,brick wall mural,layered graffiti,tags and posters,YMC building,fashion district,London creative quarter,Tower Hamlets,street photography,documentary photography,editorial image,UK city life,art,Shepard Faireys,Obey movement.,eyes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3YBA2 - This image shows a large-scale Obey street art mural by Shepard Fairey on Hanbury Street in the Spitalfields area of East London. The mural features Fairey's distinctive visual style, with a bold, stylised face rendered in high-contrast colours and graphic symmetry, immediately recognisable from his long-running Obey Giant campaign.
The artwork occupies a prominent brick wall in one of London's most active street art districts, close to Brick Lane and surrounded by layers of graffiti tags, posters, and paste-ups. This constant turnover of visual material reflects the dynamic, contested nature of public space in urban street art culture, where murals are frequently added to, defaced, or recontextualised over time.
Shepard Fairey's work is closely associated with political commentary, counterculture, and anti-authoritarian themes, using visual language influenced by propaganda, punk graphics, and activist design. Its presence in Spitalfields aligns with the area's history of radical politics, migration, and creative subcultures.
The image was photographed in daylight, capturing not only the mural itself but also the surrounding street-level detail, including posters, refuse bags, and street furniture, which ground the artwork in everyday urban life. This photograph is well suited to editorial use covering street art, contemporary urban culture, political art, graffiti, London neighbourhoods, and the global influence of Shepard Fairey's Obey movement.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,London N6,red brick architecture,neighbourhood,society,Highgate Society,Highgate conservation,community group office,heritage organisation,local history,civic engagement,South Grove Highgate,period architecture,arched window,brick facade,street entrance,notice boards,community noticeboard,London neighbourhoods,grassroots organisation,urban heritage,documentary photography,everyday civic life,community,notices,pinned,displayed,official,on,external,boards
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RA23AR - The exterior of The Highgate Society building at 11 South Grove in Highgate, north London. The red-brick property features arched windows and period detailing typical of the area's late-19th-century architecture and serves as the headquarters of the Highgate Society, a long-established local community and conservation organisation.
The Highgate Society is known for its involvement in protecting the historic character, green spaces, and built environment of Highgate, as well as representing local residents' interests in planning and development matters. Notice boards outside the building display community information and events, reinforcing its role as a focal point for civic engagement.
Photographed in natural daylight, the image documents the everyday presence of grassroots community organisations within London neighbourhoods. It illustrates themes of local activism, conservation, heritage stewardship, and the continuing use of historic buildings for contemporary civic purposes.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,Hornsey Parish marker,London history,North London,civic heritage,street,history,heritage,1859,1791,PxP,P x P,white,black,wall,red brick,against,Hornsey Parish 1859,parish boundary stone,historic signage,municipal history,red brick wall,painted stone plaque,typography in stone,urban archaeology,Victorian era London,local identity,borough history,former parish boundary,streetscape detail,documentary photography,heritage marker,conservation area,N6 5JG,N6
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RA23AX - A historic parish boundary marker set into a red brick wall on Highgate High Street in Highgate, north London. The stone displays the inscription Hornsey Parish 1859 beneath an earlier plaque marked S P ?? P 1791, reflecting successive phases of local administrative and parish history.
Such markers were used to denote historic parish boundaries and responsibilities, dating from a period when parishes played a central role in local governance, poor relief, and civic organisation before the development of modern London boroughs. Hornsey Parish once covered a wide area of what is now north London, including parts of Highgate.
Photographed in close-up, the image documents a surviving fragment of London's pre-modern administrative landscape. It highlights how traces of historic governance remain embedded within everyday streetscapes, offering insight into the layered history of local boundaries, identity, and urban development in the capital. Visible Text :-
S P ?? P 1791
Hornsey Parish 1859
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,3 Pigeons,35,Cheshire,England,UK,WA2,WA2 7NL,pubs,bar,bars,historic,local,Three Pigeons Warrington,Three Pigeons pub,public house exterior,corner pub building,Cheshire pub,neighbourhood pub,building,Tanners Lane Warrington,Cheshire England,red brick pub,white painted pub frontage,pub signage,street corner building,British pub culture,local community pub,hospitality venue,urban streetscape,older pub architecture,pub exterior daylight,documentary photography,editorial image,community,spirit,beer,beers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PNGX - This image shows the exterior of the Three Pigeons, a traditional public house located at 35 Tanners Lane in Warrington, Cheshire (postcode WA2 7NL). The building occupies a prominent street-corner position and features a red-brick upper storey with a white-painted ground floor and black architectural detailing around the windows and entrances.
Pubs such as the Three Pigeons form part of the historic fabric of English towns, serving as long-established social spaces within residential neighbourhoods. The architectural style reflects a practical late 19th or early 20th century pub design, intended to be both visible and accessible within a mixed urban streetscape.
The signage and fa??ade identify the building clearly as a licensed premises, while the surrounding street context places it within a typical Warrington setting, close to housing and local services. The image documents the pub as a physical landmark within the community, regardless of changes in the wider hospitality sector.
Photographed in daylight, the image is well suited to editorial use covering British pub culture, neighbourhood life, historic public houses, urban architecture, and the role of pubs within towns such as Warrington.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,WA4 1QJ,Take a Bao,Take a Bao Warrington,bao buns cafe,street food cafe,independent cafe,takeaway restaurant,south Warrington,street,Wilderspool Road,Warrington WA4,Cheshire England,bao bun shop,Asian fusion food,modern cafe branding,takeaway food outlet,independent food retailer,corner building,red brick building,neighbourhood food venue,local high street,documentary photography,editorial image,small,door,TakeaBao,cornershop,corner,shop
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PNG0 - This image shows the exterior of Take a Bao, an independent street-food cafe located on Wilderspool Road in south Warrington, Cheshire (postcode WA4 1QJ). The premises occupies a corner position in a red-brick building and features modern grey-and-white fascia signage displaying the business name and bao bun logo.
Take a Bao specialises in Asian-inspired street food, particularly bao buns, reflecting the growth of small independent food businesses outside traditional city-centre locations. Cafes and takeaway outlets such as this contribute to the changing character of suburban high streets, offering contemporary food options alongside long-established local services.
The clean, modern branding contrasts with the older brick architecture of the building, illustrating the layering of new businesses within historic urban fabric. The large windows and corner entrance give the venue strong street presence, typical of small hospitality enterprises seeking visibility and footfall in neighbourhood settings.
Photographed in daylight, the image is well suited to editorial use covering independent food businesses, street food culture, suburban retail, local economies, and the evolution of high streets in towns such as Warrington.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,UK,sign,Grappenhall,cheap,profit,profits,loss,share,house,flat,flates,houses,free,selling,sales,England,WA4,bought,buys,PurpleBricks,Purple Bricks,on-line,for sale sign,signs,sell your,property,for free,free sales,shortage,home,homes,of,traditional,UKhousing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PR5999 -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,Wa4 2PL,sign,in,web,internet,sale,board,for,market,DN Capital,Michael Bruce,Kenny Bruce,David Shepherd,sales,digital,model,residential,purple,bricks,listing,home,properties,Purplebricks Groups Limited,vetting,reviews,corporate bullying,real,estate,company,business model,disrupt,disrupter,profit,loss
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PNRFC4 - Purplebricks is an online estate agent which operates in the UK. Founded in 2012 by Michael Bruce, Kenny Bruce and David Shepherd, it is backed by investors that include venture capital firm DN Capital as well as Neil Woodford, Paul Pindar, and Errol Damelin.
History
Early history
Michael Bruce, Kenny Bruce and David Shepherd conceived their idea for an online estate agency in 2012.Property sales in the United Kingdom had historically been handled by traditional (or high street) estate agencies
Purplebricks' commission-free, hybrid agency business model was intended to disrupt the UK residential property market, and marketing has been a central element of the company's business strategy.
In 2016, Purplebricks began using the tagline commisery, meaning the misery home sellers feel about paying commission, to distinguish itself from traditional real estate agencies. A full advertising campaign about the concept followed the next year, and ran extensively in the UK, US, and Australia. The campaign won an Effectiveness Award from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising in 2018 for demonstrating proof on payback on marketing communications, as the campaign contributed to a 218 percent growth in revenue.
In 2019, Purplebricks was added to the Superbrands list, which tracks consumer perception of brand and marketing activity. Purplebricks' presence on the list was seen as an indication that the company had established itself as a household name. In 2020, Purplebricks claimed to have achieved 98 percent brand awareness within the UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,city,centre,Eurovision 2023,tourism,tourist,attraction,the,John,Lennon,Paul,lyric,McCartney,on,red,brick,wall,walls,music,in,love,is,Valentines,lovers,backstreet,street,day,heart,valentine,card,cards,romance,romantic,two,hearts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJW6NK -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,Waverley,GU7 1AB,GU7,side,history,grade II,Between The Lines,Costa Coffee,House,or,inn,two,shop,shops,and,2 flats,dated,1663,Bargate rubblestone,with,red-brick,dressings,polygonal-paned,polygon,glazing,windows,brick,NGR,SU9699343847,17th,century,1600s
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYHB - SU 9743 NW SU 9643 NE 13/130 and 12/130
GODALMING HIGH STREET (north side) Nos 74, 74A, 76 and 76A
(Formerly listed as Nos 74 (Gateway), 74A, 76 (Country House Curtains) and 76A, previously listed as 28 and 29)
18.12.47
GV II*
House or inn, now two shops and two flats. Dated 1663, altered C19 and C20. Bargate rubblestone with red-brick dressings. Plain tile roof. Two storeys with attic
four bays. Two C20 shop fronts, not of special interest, and panelled door on left (to No 76A). Ground and first floors each have moulded brick cornice, with tile weathering, above a band of raised, brick, ovals and lozenges, first floor cornice rising at centre into segmental pediment (broken by rainwater pipe).
Windows have flat brick arches and are of three lights to first floor, two lights to attic, all with mid-C19 decorative square- and polygonal-paned glazing. First floor has strapwork panels between windows, pendant finials to ends, and more elaborate central panel with oval datestone. Attic originally had four gables, with strapwork, these joined up in C19 to form coped parapet ramping down at each end
three old rainwater heads. Very large multiple-flue, central ridge stack.
Rear: ground-floor, masked by late C19 addition (which is not of special interest), has round arched door on right (to No 76A). First floor has strapwork decoration
wood-mullioned three-light windows with flat brick arches, right-hand window retaining two diamond-leaded lights, left-hand window masked by addition (not of special interest)
stepped cornice.
Attic: four gables, each with header-brick-arched, two-light windows,those on right having iron casements with saddle bars and diamond-leaded glazing, the left-hand gable masked by later stack.
Left return (visible from rear) has the left-hand gable strapwork and cornice as rear
on ground floor a blocked former doorway and window with an inserted doorway on right
a three-light window former floor
gable has over-sailing, brick-banded
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,pano,CF10,CF99,Cymru,Wales,UK,Cardiff Bay,the,bay,red brick,historic,Bute,Dock,company,in,estate,of,1897,National Assembly,for,HQ,gothic,style,Victorian,Welsh,building,architecture,grade,listed,history,French,renaissance,William Frame,architect,Adeilad y Pierhead,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R0MMXN - The Pierhead Building (Welsh: Adeilad y Pierhead) is a Grade I listed building in Cardiff Bay, Wales. One of Cardiff's most familiar landmarks, it was built in 1897 as the headquarters for the Bute Dock Company.
The Pierhead Building is part of the estate of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament
Welsh: Senedd Cymru), which also includes the Senedd building and T Hywel. The clock on the building is unofficially known as the Baby Big Ben or the Big Ben of Wales.
The building was built in 1897 and designed by the English architect William Frame. It was a replacement for the headquarters of the Bute Dock Company which burnt down in 1892. Frame's mentor was William Burges, with whom he worked on the rebuilding of Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch until Burges's death in 1881.
The Bute Dock Company was renamed the Cardiff Railway Company in 1897. A coat of arms on the building's fa??ade bears the company's motto Wrth ddr a th?n (by water and fire), encapsulating the elements creating the steam power which transformed Wales.
The building became the administrative office for the Port of Cardiff in 1947.
The 1897 clock mechanism, by William Potts & Sons of Leeds, was removed and replaced with an electronic motor, and auctioned off by British Rail and sold to an American collector in 1973. It was returned to Cardiff in 2005 and in 2011 was restored by Smith of Derby Group and installed as a piece of contemporary art created by the artist Marianne Forrest in Cardiff city centre.
Architecture
Incorporating a French-Gothic Renaissance theme, the Pierhead boasts details such as hexagonal chimneys, carved friezes, gargoyles, and a highly ornamental and distinctive clock tower. Its exterior is finished in glazed terracotta blocks supplied at the end of the 19th century by J. C. Edwards & Co. of Acrefair, near Ruabon in Wrexham County Borough
they were once described as one of the most successful producers of terracotta in the world.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NHT -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JWHR -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bar,bars,pubs,pub,Ouse,North Yorkshire,England,UK,the,YO1,8,YO1 9SW,side,history,signage,landmark,landmarks,traditional,corner,of,Kings Staith,exterior,outside,public,house,north,Yorkshire,Victorian,ale,alehouse,brick,built,local,riverside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X54 -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,England,UK,YO1 9SP,YO1,Stone Roses Bar York,music bar York,indie bar,alternative music venue,York nightlife,city centre bar,evening venue,bar,pubs,bars,music,York city centre,King Street York,live music bar,DJ bar,Manchester music influence,Britpop heritage,pub exterior,urban nightlife,cultural tourism,popular music history,red brick building,street scene,documentary photography,editorial image,Madchester,Ian Brown,Mani,Gary Mani Mounfield
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X6W - This image shows the exterior of the Stone Roses Bar, a well-known music-themed bar located on King Street in York. The venue is named after the influential British band The Stone Roses and reflects the continuing cultural legacy of late-1980s and early-1990s indie and Madchester music.
The red brick fa??ade is decorated with distinctive signage, posters, and window graphics referencing British alternative music culture. The building's historic urban fabric contrasts with the modern graphic artwork and band imagery, linking York's traditional streetscape with contemporary nightlife and popular music heritage.
Bars such as this play an important role in city-centre evening economies, attracting locals, students, and visitors interested in alternative music scenes and themed venues. The Stone Roses Bar is particularly associated with indie, Britpop, and guitar-based music, often hosting DJs and events that celebrate British rock history.
Photographed in daylight, the image documents the venue as part of York's wider cultural and nightlife landscape. It is well suited to editorial use covering British music culture, urban leisure, themed bars, tourism, and the influence of iconic bands on local identity and commercial spaces.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD243W - This image shows Wesley Hall, a red-brick Victorian building constructed in 1901, located on Church Street in the historic seaside town of Whitby, North Yorkshire. Originally built as a Wesleyan Methodist hall, the building has since been repurposed and now houses the Museum of Whitby Jet.
The facade features decorative brickwork, stone detailing around arched windows, and a central arched entrance, typical of late-Victorian civic and religious architecture. Display boards on either side of the entrance advertise exhibitions and provide information for visitors, clearly identifying the building's current role as a museum and cultural venue.
The Museum of Whitby Jet focuses on the history and craftsmanship of Whitby Jet, a fossilised gemstone formed from ancient wood and famously used in mourning jewellery during the Victorian period. Jet mining and carving were once major local industries and remain closely associated with Whitby's identity.
The photograph was taken in daylight under partly cloudy skies, with a passer-by visible outside the entrance, providing scale and a sense of everyday activity. The image documents the adaptive reuse of a historic religious building as a museum, reflecting Whitby's strong emphasis on heritage tourism, local craft history, and architectural preservation.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P06T - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ?gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ?electric side'.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0PRPB - GV II Terrace of eight houses. Late C19. Common brick with red brick and stone dressings, slate roof. Two storeys, one bay to each house. Flush brick band to ground floor and first floor sill band
and top brick cornice. Windows have wedge lintels and mostly C20 casements. Entrances have segmental brick heads with red brick jambs. C20 doors and overlights. Stacks have moulded caps. Nos. 6 and 16 have sashes, no glazing bars, No.10 has four-panel door.
A good example of C19 workers' housing on pedestrian street with blue tiles and central gutter.
Listing NGR: SJ3920587421
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTWGH0 - Soup and Reform: Improving the Poor and Reforming Immigrants through Soup Kitchens 1870?1910 - more at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10761-017-0403-8
Charitable soup kitchens proliferated in nineteenth-century Europe and North America. Three soup kitchens operating in England between 1870 and 1910 are compared
two were Jewish soup kitchens, the other was an English (non-Jewish) charity. Institutional buildings are often analyzed using Foucault-derived models of control based on surveillance and punishment. Such models may not explain fully charities, their buildings, or their method of reform. Historical archaeology can show how charity that coerces or dehumanizes the poor is less likely to create lasting improvements in the behaviors it is seeking to reform than charity that adopts a more positive approach.
The Manchester Jewish Soup Kitchen
Documentary History
The Jewish soup kitchen in Manchester had its first meeting in November 1895 (Manchester Jewish Soup Kitchen 1912). The committee was formed by local rabbis
the women present formed a sub-committee to organize fund-raising. By 1904, half of the main committee was made up of women. The kitchen opened three times a week from Chanukah (i.e., in early 1896) until Passover. The committee adopted the name The Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor Manchester, after the London soup kitchen. In 1908 the name was changed to The Manchester Jewish Soup Kitchen.
The committee located a site on the corner of Exchange Street (now Empire Street) and Southall Street, opposite the northeast corner of Strangeways Prison, on the western side of the Jewish community. Plans were drawn up by architect Thomas Bushell. Fundraising for the new building included a penny-brick fund by which less well-off donors could sponsor a brick for the cost of one penny.
Michael Marks, the co-founder of department store Marks & Spencer and an active committee member, made a substantial donation in 1905 for funding tickets
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JY55WY - Architecture and features
The original M&LR single-storey offices facing Hunt's Bank Approach were built in the Italianate style in sandstone ashlar with slate roofs in 1844. They were later enlarged and given a second storey. William Dawes built the station's larger extension for the L&YR in 1909. It is at right-angles to the north end of the old station giving the enlarged station an L-shaped plan. Facing Victoria Station Approach, its fa??ade is in the Edwardian neo-Baroque style, four storeys high and 31 bays to the rounded corner at the south-east end. The ground floor windows have rounded heads and those on the floors above are square. The ornate glass and iron canopy along the fa??ade displays the names of destinations that the station served in Art Nouveau lettering. The canopy was damaged by the Provisional IRA's 1996 bomb placed in a street adjacent to the Arndale Centre and was restored four years later.
Heritage features in the concourse were restored during the 2013-15 renovation, they include the caf?? with its glass dome and mosaic lettering which was originally the first-class dining room, the adjacent bookstall, and the original 1909 wood-panelled booking hall. In the entrance is a large, white glazed tiled map showing the former network of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
Underneath the map is a bronze World War I war memorial with effigies of Saint George and Saint Michael at each end which was installed in 1923. At the south end of the concourse is the 'soldier's gate' which opened to the former fish docks from where thousands of soldiers departed for World War I and where a bronze plaque was erected to commemorate them. The gateway was restored in 2015 and a steel screen inserted featuring a map of World War I Commonwealth grave cemeteries in Northern France and Belgium.
The station received Grade II listed building status in 1988
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K11NXA - The Co-operative Group has developed over the years from the merger of co-operative wholesale societies and many independent retail societies. The Group's roots are traced back to the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, established in 1844. The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers was based on the Rochdale Principles ? which notably introduced the idea of distributing a share of profits according to purchases through a scheme which became known as the dividend or Divi.
Although the Co-operative Group incorporates the original Rochdale Society, the business's core for much of its history were its wholesale operations. This began in 1863 when the North of England Co-operative Wholesale Industrial and Provident Society Limited was launched in Manchester by 300 individual co-operatives in Yorkshire and Lancashire. By 1872, it was known as the 'Co-operative Wholesale Society' (CWS) and it was wholly owned by the co-operatives which traded with it. The CWS grew rapidly and supplied produce to co-operative stores across England, though many co-ops only sourced around a third of their produce through the CWS. It was this continued and fierce competition with other non-co-operative wholesalers which led to the CWS becoming highly innovative. By 1890 the CWS had established significant branches in Leeds, Blackburn, Bristol, Nottingham and Huddersfield alongside a number of factories which produced biscuits (Manchester), boots (Leicester), soap (Durham) and textiles (Batley). In an attempt to drive down the significant cost of transportation for produce the CWS even began its own shipping line which initially sailed from Goole docks to parts of continental Europe. One of the CWS' steamships, the Pioneer, was the first commercial vessel to use the Manchester Ship Canal.
A co-operative wholesale society, or CWS, is a form of co-operative federation (that is, a co-operative in which all the members are co-operatives)
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JREBM5 - The Central Picture Theatre opened its doors for the first time on 11th July 1913. It was renamed the King Edward Picture Palace in 1914.
By 1972 it had closed as a cinema and was in use as a bingo hall, a use that continued until March 1984.
After several years laying empty and un-used, it became a nightclub named ?The Venue' and the facade was restored in recent years. The chequerboard brickwork and Dutch gable enlivens a rather drab part of town. It became an entertainment venue named Family Fun, the went back to night club use, but was closed by 2011.
The King Edward Picture House is a Grade II Listed building
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP0KBX - Macclesfield Sunday School is in Roe Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It started in 1796 as a non-denominational Sunday School in Pickford Street, which catered for 40 children. It was founded by John Whitaker whose objective was to lessen the sum of human wretchedness by diffusing religious knowledge and useful learning among the lower classes of society. Though chapels set up their denominational schools, the Sunday School committee in 1812 elected to erect a purpose-built school on Roe Street. The Big Sunday School had 1,127 boys and 1,324 girls on its books when it opened. The building is now known as The Old Sunday School and is part of Macclesfield Museums.
The role of the Sunday Schools changed with the Education Act 1870. In the 1920s, they promoted sports, and it was common for teams to compete in a Sunday School League. They were social centres hosting amateur dramatics and concert parties. By the 1960s the term Sunday School could refer to the building and not to any education classes, and by the 1970s even the largest Sunday School at Stockport had been demolished. The Macclesfield Large Sunday School was rescued and converted into the Macclesfield Heritage Centre.
The Sunday school closed in September 1973. It had stopped keeping registers in 1967 when average attendance was fourteen. Funds were disbursed to various missionary organisations. Though the fabric of the building was deteriorating it was listed as a Grade II* Listed Building because of its historical significance. Stockport Sunday School had already been lost. A new charitable trust, The Macclesfield Sunday School Heritage Trust, was formed and funds were raised and the building restored. Essential work and fitting out the museum cost ?500,000. The building is now known as The Old Sunday School and is managed by Macclesfield Museums. It has multiple uses which include a Museum with Victorian School Room
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PP38 - This image shows the Clock Tower at Walton Hall and Gardens, a prominent historic feature within the public park at Walton, Warrington, Cheshire (WA4 6SN). Constructed in red brick with a metal cupola and clock faces on each side, the tower reflects Victorian park and estate architecture and acts as a recognisable local landmark.
Walton Hall and Gardens is a well-known green space serving the Warrington area, offering landscaped gardens, mature trees, and heritage buildings within the former grounds of Walton Hall. The clock tower stands out against a clear blue sky, framed by surrounding greenery, highlighting the park's role as both a recreational amenity and a site of local historical interest.
The image is suitable for editorial and commercial use illustrating British parks, heritage architecture, civic spaces, local landmarks, and leisure environments in north-west England.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKBPGT - Tate has announced that the recent ?260 million extension of the Tate Modern, The Switch House, is to be renamed the Blavatnik Building, The Art Newspaper reports. Following a more-than ?50m donation, the building will be named after American businessman Len Blavatnik, whose contribution is believed to be the largest-ever financial gift given to a UK museum. The donation was originally pledged in 2011, which helped Tate to secure support from other donors for the extension. Blavatnik, who emigrated to the US from the Soviet union in 1978, made his money in the Russian oil industry. The family's foundation, the Blavatnik Family Trust has gifted money to other cultural institutions including the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, British Museum and Royal Academy of Arts (all London), the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
Nicholas Serota, who will be stepping down as the Tate director at the end of May, says that he is ?delighted the new building now bears his name'.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH06R8 - (1894 J C Prestwich and J H Stephen). Corner tower with complex ogee cap roof and open fretwork lantern, finial and lead roll ribs emphasising the roof shape. To the side the elaborate Dutch gable and also the window with red sandstone details
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH06RD - (1894 J C Prestwich and J H Stephen). Corner tower with complex ogee cap roof and open fretwork lantern, finial and lead roll ribs emphasising the roof shape. To the side the elaborate Dutch gable and also the window with red sandstone details
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JGM7E8 - The Tower of Light is a 40-metre tall tower supporting and enclosing flues for a new low-carbon energy centre in Manchester's city centre. The biomimetic structure has built on the decade-long innovation and research, Shell Lace Structure, pioneered by Tonkin Liu and developed in collaboration with engineers at Arup. Learning from geometries in nature, the tower's form is its strength. The super-light, super-thin single-surface structure uses the least material to achieve the most. The tower is constructed from 6 and 8mm thick flat steel sheets, tailored, laser-cut, then welded together to create a curved stiff strong surface. Modern methods of construction using advanced digital modelling, analysis, and fabrication, combined with principles of tailoring, have made the Shell Lace Structure innovation possible. This is the largest built Shell Lace Structure to date.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDRMNW - Marks and Spencer Group plc (commonly abbreviated to M&S and colloquially known as Marks's or Marks & Sparks) is a major British multinational retailer with headquarters in Paddington, London, England, that specialises in selling clothing, beauty, home products and food products. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index
On 22 May 2018, it was confirmed that over 100 stores will have closed by 2022 in a radical plan. On 18 August 2020, M&S stated that they would cut 7,000 jobs over the next three months owing to the coronavirus pandemic. In May 2021, the company announced plans to close another 30 shops over the next 10 years as part of its turnaround plan
The company was founded by a partnership between Michael Marks, a Polish Jew born in Slonim (now Belarus), who had migrated to Leeds, England in the early 1880s, and Thomas Spencer, a cashier from the English market town of Skipton in North Yorkshire
In 1901, Marks moved to the Birkenhead open market, where he amalgamated his business with Spencer. In 1903, the two men were allocated stall numbers 11 & 12 in the centre aisle, and there they opened the Penny Bazaar. The company left Birkenhead Market on 24 February 1923.
The next few years saw Michael Marks and Tom Spencer move the original Leeds Penny Bazaar to 20, Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, and they also opened market stalls in many locations around the North West of England
Marks and Spencer, known colloquially as Marks and Sparks, or M&S, made its reputation in the early 20th century with a policy of only selling British-made goods (it started to back down from this policy in the 1990s). It entered into long-term relationships with British manufacturers, and sold clothes and food under the St Michael brand
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ563 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4J2 - The parish of Christ Church started with the building of an infant's school when the population of Latchford grew large enough to warrant such a school. This building still exists and it is now known as Wash Lane Schoolroom. However, after the death of Thomas Greenall, and following his wishes, his family decided to build a small sandstone church of Gothic design. The church consisted of a nave and chancel with an ornamental spire and its first priest was the Reverend Richard Greenall. On Tuesday, 16th July 1861 the Bishop of Chester, the Right Rev. Dr. John Graham, consecrated the church under the name of Christ Church. One can still find a brass plate in the chancel of the church commemorating the event: ? To the glory of God, and in affectionate memory of the late Thomas Greenall of Wilderspool and Grappenhall this church was erected Anno Domini 1861.
Christ Church was originally a chapel of ease to the mother church of St. Wilfrid at Grappenhall and was made a parish by Order of Council on 12th March 1866 with a population of 1,031 people. The parish priest at that time was the Reverend W.R. Burgess. The Vicarage was built in 1867 on land adjoining the church bought by Thomas Greenall's sons.
In 1875-76 a gallery at the west end of the nave was removed along with the organ. A transept, organ chamber and a vestry were added on the north side of the church. An organ which originally belonged to St. Wilfrid's church was installed as well as the west tracery window and a sedilia was placed in the
Sanctuary. Stained glass windows were placed at the south side of the chancel and at the southwest end of the nave. At the beginning of September 1882 an alabaster reredos and chancel arch were added.
The church consists of three separate elements joined together. The tower and spire are situated above the porch on the south side of the church and they are attached to the nave by a short corridor. An aisle on the north side of the nave was an addition to the church i
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ426 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T3BN -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T347 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DD8JBA -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CBTEG9 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CC79KX -
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,town,Albion,brick,Victorian,windows,flats,apartments,change of use,Midlands,historic,listed building,Albion Flour Mill,Smiths,Birchill,flight of locks,locks,Birchills,red brick,factory,mill,commercial,Albion Flour Mill now Smiths Flour Mill Walsall,EBL751,Steam Mill,Corn Mill,Flour Mill,Wolverhampton St,WS2 8DD,WS2,miller,Thomas Caloe
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2B1YFRM - Post Medieval (1540 - 1900) Post Roman (410 - 1900)
Summary: Dated 1849. 4-storey purpose-built flour mill (originally steam-powered). Ranges of arched and half-moon windows with iron grids and fanlights. Includes covered dock opening off a basin on the (Listed) lock flight next door.
Description: On E bank of Walsall Locks (2695), served by canal branch leading to covered wharf inside mill. Steam mill, 1898 (sic - but should this be 1848 - MS 25.4.02), with 2 main, 4 storey blocks flanking an archway. (1) (2)
Outstanding industrial building of 1849. Brick, with orig cast iron windows of small lights. Arched heads on all floors & lunettes at inter mezzanine level etc etc. (3)
IRIS report. (4)
A fine 4-storey brick steam mill built 1848. The central archway once extended over a public road, and there was a covered canal dock as well as a private coal wharf. (5)
Dated 1849. 4-storey purpose-built flour mill (originally steam-powered). Ranges of arched and half-moon windows with iron grids and fanlights. Includes covered dock opening off a basin on the (Listed) lock flight next door. (6)
Detailed analysis and recording ahead of conversion into flats. Four phases identfied: Phase 1 (1849) - rectangular building fronting Wolverhampton Road and adjoining terrace of Georgian houses
Phase 2 (later 19th century) - Phase 1 building extended to north, acquisition of warehouse building to W (which had a purpose built integral canal arm)
Phase 3 (later 19th century) - original mill and adjacent warehouse joined at 2nd and 3rd floor levels
Phase 4 (20th century) various concrete and steel frame and corrugated steel clad structures built to the north of the historic mill buildings. The Albion Flour Mill in Wolverhampton Street was built in 1849, probably for Thomas Caloe, miller there from at least 1851 until the 1890s. By 1900 Smith Bros. (Walsall) Ltd. had taken it over, and the firm was still milling there in 1973.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE024K -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE028J -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE028N - Christ Church Middlesex. This house and these
schools were erected A.D. 1973. In lieu of the
house and parochial schools as shewn above
that formerly stood at the north west angle of
the church yard of this parish.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02BA -
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,The Buxton pub and hotel,Brick Lane,42 Osborn Street,Buxton,building,outside,external,on,history,historic,brewer,brewery,breweries,Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton,a,19th-century,MP,Thomas Fowell Buxton,Thomas Buxton,Victorian,architecture,traditional East End,east-End,night,evening,dusk,Truman Brewery,The Buxton,brick,red brick,rooms
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02DF - In London's East End, this former Victorian pub brings an airy escape to the streets of Spitalfields. Ideal for staycationers, solo travellers and loved-up duos alike, The Buxton hotel invites you to explore the streets of Shoreditch before heading to its panoramic rooftop for sundown cocktails.
We love a rags-to-riches story, so this Eliza Doolittle-esque tale of an East End boozer given a modern East London makeover warms our Cockney cockles. Housed in a former Victorian pub, The Buxton is a big-hearted homage to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, a 19th-century MP and previously the owner of the nearby Truman Brewery (itself now a hub for creative businesses and a weekly street-food market). In his day Sir Thomas was committed to abolishing slavery, founding the RSPCA and raising money for the local weaving community - acts of generosity that The Buxton nods to through its work with neighbourhood charity Cardboard Citizens, which uses theatre to tackle the issue of homelessness. Its present incarnation is the work of the team behind nearby Spitalfields gastropub The Culpeper, of gigantic rooftop-gherkin fame. Architect Gareth Roberts and business partner Nico Treguer have revamped the building by adding two extra floors, a rooftop terrace and a stonking street-level restaurant/bar, a much-needed addition to the kebab shops that more commonly characterise this end of Brick Lane.
Interiors avoid the traps of steampunk junk and Edison bulb-lit bareness, instead balancing whitewashed walls and potted plants with cleverly sourced vintage elements such as a Rosso Levanto marble counter, sapphire velvet chairs in the hallways and a 50s terrazzo-patterned floor. While the rooms are compact to say the least, for a flat rate of ?100 (including a welcome drink and breakfast) it's a seductive option for staycationers, solo travellers and loved-up duos who fancy travelling no further than a few flights of stairs when going from dinner to duvet.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,Scotland,City Centre,Strathclyde,city centre,East End,history,historic,Barrack Street,Calton,D,sign,brick wall,Tyres,Distributor,buildings,architecture,city,centre,urban,ghost,signs,painted,painting,G4,G4 0TZ,rundown,gable,end,gable-end,old sign,old signs,G40TZ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,Manchester,Cheshire,England,UK,town,office,north west England,SK1,Robinson,Offices,beer,bitter,CAMRA,real ale,cask,ale,Unicorn,red brick,Brewery offices,casking,kegging,bottling,bottling services,Victorian,architecture,industry,industrial,Lower Hillgate,F.Robinson Ltd,North West Brewery,Apsley Street,Apsley St,pubs,pub,pub estate,packaging centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGY9 - William Robinson purchased the Unicorn Inn from Samuel Hole on 29 September 1838. His eldest son George brewed the first Robinsons Ale there in 1849.
In 1859, Frederic Robinson took over from George and bought a warehouse to the rear of the inn to expand brewing capacity. As a result, Robinsons ale became available at pubs around the Stockport area. To control the quality of ale sold, Frederic began to purchase public houses. From 1878 until his death in 1890, Frederic established twelve pubs which exclusively served his ale. This was the beginning of what was to become an estate of over 300 pubs across the North West of England and North Wales.
The Unicorn Brewery still rests on the foundations of the public house on Lower Hillgate in Stockport.
The brewery continues to be run by the fifth and sixth generations of the Robinson family. The company took over Hartley's Brewery in Ulverston in 1982, closing it and transferring the brewing of Hartley's beers to Stockport in 1991. Robinsons have acquired a number of other breweries over the years, including John Heginbotham, Stalybridge (1915)
T. Schofield & Son, Ashton under Lyne (1926)
Kays Atlas Brewery, Ardwick (1929) and Bell & Co, Stockport (1949).
The brewery owns many historic pubs, including the New Hall Inn in Bowness on Windermere.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTH2D - William Robinson purchased the Unicorn Inn from Samuel Hole on 29 September 1838. His eldest son George brewed the first Robinsons Ale there in 1849.
In 1859, Frederic Robinson took over from George and bought a warehouse to the rear of the inn to expand brewing capacity. As a result, Robinsons ale became available at pubs around the Stockport area. To control the quality of ale sold, Frederic began to purchase public houses. From 1878 until his death in 1890, Frederic established twelve pubs which exclusively served his ale. This was the beginning of what was to become an estate of over 300 pubs across the North West of England and North Wales.
The Unicorn Brewery still rests on the foundations of the public house on Lower Hillgate in Stockport.
The brewery continues to be run by the fifth and sixth generations of the Robinson family. The company took over Hartley's Brewery in Ulverston in 1982, closing it and transferring the brewing of Hartley's beers to Stockport in 1991. Robinsons have acquired a number of other breweries over the years, including John Heginbotham, Stalybridge (1915)
T. Schofield & Son, Ashton under Lyne (1926)
Kays Atlas Brewery, Ardwick (1929) and Bell & Co, Stockport (1949).
The brewery owns many historic pubs, including the New Hall Inn in Bowness on Windermere.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,Northern,Great,M3,gambling,gamble,responsibly,warehouse,warehouses,North,casino,casinos,bet,betting,Victorian,history,historic,tourist,tourism,attraction,brick,city,centre,building,architecture,sign,canopy,canopies
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,great northerners,wall,display,entertainment,complex,red,brick,railway,warehouse,Northern,Great,Deansgate,Deansgate Manchester,Great Northerners at the Great Northern Warehouse,famous northern faces,235 Deansgate,M3 4EN,M3,Ian Brown,Caroline Aherne,Victoria Wood,Mancunians,icons,artists,sports,faces,Stanley Chow,Liam Gallagher,Forever Manchester,10 Great Northerners,Ten Great Northerners
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEE6 - 1. Alan Turing (1912 ? 1954)
A highly influential mathematician and inventor in the development of theoretical computer science, credited for decrypting the German Enigma code during World War Two with his creation of the Turing machine. Turing moved to the University of Manchester after the war to work on software for one of the earliest stored-program computers, devising an experiment called the Turing Test addressing the problem of artificial intelligence.
2. Maxine Peake (1974 ? present)
A Bolton-born film and television actress known for her talent and versatility, appearing in popular shows such as Dinnerladies, Shameless, and Three Girls among many others, as well as being a renowned feminist and socialist.
3. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 ? 1928)
A leading women's rights and political activist, who led the British Suffragettes Movement which famously helped women win the right to vote in 1918.
4. LS Lowry (1887 ? 1976)
Stretford-born Lowry was a highly successful post-war artist famous for painting urban scenes and industrial landscapes chronicling 20th Century city life, and enjoying a grassroots popularity known by few other artists due to his down-to-earth paintings and nature.
5. Ian McKellen (1939 ? present)
An actor famous for his roles in blockbuster films such as Lord of the Rings and X-Men, as well as being a renowned activist continually championing the LGBT social movement worldwide. Born and bred in Manchester, McKellen regularly returns to Bolton School to give talks and Bolton Little Theatre, of which he is now a patron.
6. Victoria Wood (1953 ? 2016)
A comedian, writer and actress, noted for her skills in observing culture and in satirising social classes with her unique and accessible humour hailed as a product of her northern roots.
7. Tony Wilson (1950 ? 2007)
Radio presenter and record label owner who founded the legendary Factory Records, and credited as the man behind some of Manchester's most successful bands including Joy Division
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,great northerners,wall,display,entertainment,complex,red,brick,railway,warehouse,Northern,Great,Deansgate,Deansgate Manchester,Great Northerners at the Great Northern Warehouse,famous northern faces,235 Deansgate,M3 4EN,M3,Ian Brown,Caroline Aherne,Victoria Wood,Mancunians,icons,artists,sports,faces,Stanley Chow,Liam Gallagher,Forever Manchester,10 Great Northerners,Ten Great Northerners
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEE8 - 1. Alan Turing (1912 ? 1954)
A highly influential mathematician and inventor in the development of theoretical computer science, credited for decrypting the German Enigma code during World War Two with his creation of the Turing machine. Turing moved to the University of Manchester after the war to work on software for one of the earliest stored-program computers, devising an experiment called the Turing Test addressing the problem of artificial intelligence.
2. Maxine Peake (1974 ? present)
A Bolton-born film and television actress known for her talent and versatility, appearing in popular shows such as Dinnerladies, Shameless, and Three Girls among many others, as well as being a renowned feminist and socialist.
3. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 ? 1928)
A leading women's rights and political activist, who led the British Suffragettes Movement which famously helped women win the right to vote in 1918.
4. LS Lowry (1887 ? 1976)
Stretford-born Lowry was a highly successful post-war artist famous for painting urban scenes and industrial landscapes chronicling 20th Century city life, and enjoying a grassroots popularity known by few other artists due to his down-to-earth paintings and nature.
5. Ian McKellen (1939 ? present)
An actor famous for his roles in blockbuster films such as Lord of the Rings and X-Men, as well as being a renowned activist continually championing the LGBT social movement worldwide. Born and bred in Manchester, McKellen regularly returns to Bolton School to give talks and Bolton Little Theatre, of which he is now a patron.
6. Victoria Wood (1953 ? 2016)
A comedian, writer and actress, noted for her skills in observing culture and in satirising social classes with her unique and accessible humour hailed as a product of her northern roots.
7. Tony Wilson (1950 ? 2007)
Radio presenter and record label owner who founded the legendary Factory Records, and credited as the man behind some of Manchester's most successful bands including Joy Division
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Great Britain,Somerset,South West England,South West,museum,Bath Brick,John Sealey,Colthurst and Symons,John Browne,William Maidment,John Board,Barham Brothers,H J and C Major,W Robins,J B Hammill (previously R Ford),brickyard,brickyards,brickyard workers,TA6,Bath Brick Company,South West Heritage Trust,Tile Museum,building materials,history,industrial,maker,making,kiln,industry,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2PW - Despite its name, Bath Brick was a Bridgwater product. Anywhere the British army went, the Bath Brick went likewise. It started in 1820 when it was discovered that using silt from the river bank, bricks could be made which when scraped would produce a gritty substance suitable for scouring metal. It was a predecessor to Vim and Ajax. The river carries a heavy burden of silt. This is deposited on each tide as a layer of slimy yellow matter. Within a mile of either side of the town bridge, the particle size of the grit, and the algae content, is perfect for making the Bath Bricks. Square pens were constructed on the river bank to trap the silt. After two or three months, this would be ?harvested', ground by a horse-driven mechanism and shaped into bricks for kiln-firing.
The bricks, some two or three inches across, were patented in 1827 by John Browne and became a world-wide commodity. They were given the name of Bath Brick since the colour after firing closely resembled that of Bath stone. At its peak, 24,000,000 bricks per year were being produced by ten different Bridgwater companies, especially during First World War when they were part of the soldier's standard kit issue. By the start of First World War l, they had been replaced by those tall cans of kitchen scourers.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,AA,on wall,wall mounted,history,motoring,Warrington 6 miles,Tarporley 11 miles,London 177,Safety First,village,Lower Whitley Village,sign,WA4,circular,circular sign,yellow black,yellow,black,distance,distances,A49,road,rust,rusty,old,Antique AA Road sign,Antique,AA Road sign,AA Sign,British brick world,historic,The AA,TheAA
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,pub,bar,doggy friendly,doggy,friendly,Thwaites bar,ale,beer,cask ale,outdoor terrace,The Red Lion,Stockton Heath,Red Lion Stockton Heath,sign,pub sign,brewers since 1807,brewers,Thoroughly good beers,CAMRA,real ale pub,brick wall,wall,Daniel Thwaites,friends,mans best friend,beer garden,garden,blackboard,chalk board,chalkboard,1807,local,NW,North West,tourist,tourism,real ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFF90 - Thwaites Brewery is a regional brewery owned by founded in 1807 by Daniel Thwaites in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The firm still operates from its original town centre site, although the original brewery was demolished in 2011, and part of its beer business was sold to Marston's in March 2015. Today, Thwaites still produces beer but it in much smaller quantities as it only sells to its own estate of pubs, inns and hotels. In 1999, the Mitchell brewery in Lancaster closed down, and was bought in part by Thwaites. Lancaster Bomber has since been available from Thwaites public houses after being acquired in the takeover. Lancaster Bomber is now brewed by Marston's, as is Wainwright, the other top-selling Thwaite's beer.
The company has over 270 pubs, mainly in the North of England but reaching from the North Lakes area down to Solihull & Leicestershire. It also has six four-star Hotels & Spas and eight Inns of Characters
The brewery invested heavily in pasteurised keg beers, especially those powered by nitro in the 1990s. However, it is now working to increase the market for its cask beers. Thwaites unveiled a new craft brewery in December 2011 named Crafty Dan
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Keywords: Manchester City Centre,Manchester,City Centre,city,NQ,NQ4,Northern Quarter,North West,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,buildings,streets,Railway,sign,Everything Is Connected,Everything Is Connected sign,Fairfield St,Mayfield,history,brick,station,scheme,proposed,development,schemes,poster,posters,property,London and Continental Railways,London & Continental Railways,LNWR,London Midland,Goods Station,disused,Square One development,Square One,Prime Suspect drug dealers haunt
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RF7KXJ - Manchester Mayfield is a former railway station in Manchester, England, on the south side of Fairfield Street next to Manchester Piccadilly Station. Opened in 1910, Mayfield was constructed as a four-platform relief station adjacent to Piccadilly to alleviate overcrowding. In 1960, the station was closed to passengers and in 1986 it was permanently closed to all services.
After years of abandonment and many proposed development schemes, the station roof was dismantled in February 2013. The site was used for Manchester International Festival in July 2013.
Manchester Mayfield railway station and the surrounding 6.2-acre (25,000 m2) site is the property of London and Continental Railways, the residual government-owned corporation and former partner in Eurostar.
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Keywords: Manchester City Centre,Manchester,City Centre,city,NQ,NQ4,Northern Quarter,North West,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,buildings,streets,Railway,sign,Fairfield St,Mayfield,history,brick,station,scheme,proposed,development,schemes,poster,posters,property,London and Continental Railways,London & Continental Railways,LNWR,London Midland,Goods Station,disused,Square One development,Square One,Prime Suspect drug dealers haunt
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RF7KXX - Manchester Mayfield is a former railway station in Manchester, England, on the south side of Fairfield Street next to Manchester Piccadilly Station. Opened in 1910, Mayfield was constructed as a four-platform relief station adjacent to Piccadilly to alleviate overcrowding. In 1960, the station was closed to passengers and in 1986 it was permanently closed to all services.
After years of abandonment and many proposed development schemes, the station roof was dismantled in February 2013. The site was used for Manchester International Festival in July 2013.
Manchester Mayfield railway station and the surrounding 6.2-acre (25,000 m2) site is the property of London and Continental Railways, the residual government-owned corporation and former partner in Eurostar.
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Keywords: Manchester City Centre,Manchester,City Centre,city,NQ,NQ4,Northern Quarter,North West,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,buildings,streets,Railway,sign,Fairfield St,Mayfield,history,brick,station,scheme,proposed,development,schemes,poster,posters,property,London and Continental Railways,London & Continental Railways,LNWR,London Midland,Goods Station,disused,Square One development,Square One,Prime Suspect drug dealers haunt
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RF7KY2 - Manchester Mayfield is a former railway station in Manchester, England, on the south side of Fairfield Street next to Manchester Piccadilly Station. Opened in 1910, Mayfield was constructed as a four-platform relief station adjacent to Piccadilly to alleviate overcrowding. In 1960, the station was closed to passengers and in 1986 it was permanently closed to all services.
After years of abandonment and many proposed development schemes, the station roof was dismantled in February 2013. The site was used for Manchester International Festival in July 2013.
Manchester Mayfield railway station and the surrounding 6.2-acre (25,000 m2) site is the property of London and Continental Railways, the residual government-owned corporation and former partner in Eurostar.
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Keywords: Manchester City Centre,Manchester,City Centre,city,NQ,NQ4,Northern Quarter,North West,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,buildings,streets,Railway,sign,Fairfield St,Mayfield,history,brick,station,scheme,proposed,development,schemes,poster,posters,property,London and Continental Railways,London & Continental Railways,LNWR,London Midland,Goods Station,disused,Square One development,Square One,Prime Suspect drug dealers haunt
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RF7KY9 - Manchester Mayfield is a former railway station in Manchester, England, on the south side of Fairfield Street next to Manchester Piccadilly Station. Opened in 1910, Mayfield was constructed as a four-platform relief station adjacent to Piccadilly to alleviate overcrowding. In 1960, the station was closed to passengers and in 1986 it was permanently closed to all services.
After years of abandonment and many proposed development schemes, the station roof was dismantled in February 2013. The site was used for Manchester International Festival in July 2013.
Manchester Mayfield railway station and the surrounding 6.2-acre (25,000 m2) site is the property of London and Continental Railways, the residual government-owned corporation and former partner in Eurostar.
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Keywords: City Centre,city,NQ,NQ4,Northern Quarter,North West,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,buildings,streets,Basin,brick,Dale St,Dale street,Waterside,Mixed Use,Development Site,site,land,commercial,residential,Urban Exchange,Carvers Warehouse,Ducie House,iconic,history,building,architecture,outside,exterior,listed,centre,parking
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Keywords: Manchester,City Centre,city,NQ,NQ4,Northern Quarter,North West,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,buildings,streets,fingers,hands,bar,pub,Gore Street,Piccadilly,Piccadilly Manchester,local,CAMRA,real ale,beers,Real Ales,cask ale,gable end,6th day,on the 6th day,God Created Man,Madchester,tasty food,menu,brick wall,sign,poster
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,North West England,manchester,city centre,NQ4,brick wall,NQ,bottle art,art,artist,gable,end,Cross Keys St,Manchester NQ4,M4 5ET,M4,Esher,Art,Cross Keys Street,Manchester,North West,history,historic gable,gable-end,of,a,city,centre,MC Esher,graphic,in,the,style,graffiti trail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG98JK -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,England,Regent St,Birmingham,UK,offices,factory,brick building,history,historic,rail,railings,1927,Frederick Street,Frederick St,Badges,Medals,medal,Insignia,Regalia,Ceremonial Swords,sporting gods,trophies,trophy,factories,Brum,English Midlands,B1 3HQ,B1,English,British,Regent street,makers,manufacturers,manufacturer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTDH -
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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
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.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,south,England,UK,viaduct,underpass,road,walkway,pavement,CharingX,area,transport,railways,history,historic,South Eastern Railway,south bank,tunnel,rail,BR,stations,people,walkers,walking,railway,infrastructure,Victorian,the,Charing Cross Railway,bricks,tiled,sign,signs,south of the river
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6XP - Charing Cross railway station (also known as London Charing Cross)[4] is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster. It is the terminus of the South Eastern Main Line to Dover via Ashford. All trains are operated by Southeastern, which provides the majority of commuter and regional services to south-east London and Kent. It is connected to Charing Cross Underground station and is near to Embankment Underground station and Embankment Pier.
The station was originally opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1864. It takes its name from its proximity to the road junction Charing Cross, the notional centre of London from which distances from the city are measured. During the 19th century the station became the main London terminus for continental traffic via boat trains, and served several prestigious international services. It was badly damaged by a roof collapse in 1905 and extensively rebuilt, subsequently becoming an important meeting point for military and government traffic during World War I. By this time, Charing Cross station was seen as out of date by some politicians and proposals were made to replace Hungerford Bridge with a road bridge or road/rail combination, with the station moving to the south bank of the River Thames in the case of a road-only replacement. The station was bombed several times during World War II, and was rebuilt afterwards, re-opening in 1951. In the late 1980s, the station complex was redesigned by Terry Farrell and rebuilt to accommodate a modern office block, now known as Embankment Place.
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Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,Trafford,Cheshire,town,centre,shopping,retail,similar to Borough Market London,Greater Manchester,Manchester,North West England,UK,shop,shoppers,stall,happy shoppers,food,cheese,meat,vegetables,drink,food court,bar,drinks,diners,dining,destination,Market House,Altrincham Market House,clock,exterior,outside,building,brick,history,historic,historic market,Altrincham historic Market,Alty
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,bricks,land,new,newbuild,building,being built,on a,building site,site,plot,development,Warrington,Cheshire,North West England,UK,GB,industry,builders,Brexit,shortage,planning,new house,responsible construction,demolition,redevelopment,regeneration,scale,small scale,footings,foundations,small building site,no people,no workers,no builders,new build houses,NIMBY,NIMBYs
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,House,North West England,M3 3HP,M3,Grade II,listed,building,Ambassador,Group,Albert Richardson,Charles Lovett Gill,architects,Palace Trust,musical,musicals,play,plays,Apollo Leisure,tourist,tourism,theatregoer,goer,stuccoed brick,slate roof,classical,style,symmetrical,fifteen-bay,facade,fluted,Ionic,columns,horse-drawn,semi-circular,arch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM252Y - The Opera House in Quay Street, Manchester, England, is a 1,920-seater commercial touring theatre that plays host to touring musicals, ballet, concerts and a Christmas pantomime. It is a Grade II listed building. The Opera House is one of the main theatres in Manchester, England. The Opera House and its sister theatre the Palace Theatre, Manchester on Oxford Street are operated by the same parent company, Ambassador Theatre Group.
The theatre opened as the New Theatre in 1912, renamed the New Queen's Theatre in 1915 and as the Opera House in 1920 when it came under the wing of John Hart and his associates of United Theatres Ltd. In 1931 it was bought by, and prospered under, Howard & Wyndham Ltd which had been formed at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in 1895 by Michael Simons. The group`s managing director A Stewart Cruikshank, headquartered at the group's headquarters in the King's Theatre, Edinburgh was joined on the board by Charles B Cochrane who now became a visiting producer at the Opera House, premiering numerous musicals and revues. The theatre staged the full range of plays, musicals, opera, and pantomime.
It closed in 1979 and for five years was a bingo hall. The Palace Trust acquired it in 1984 and returned it to a theatre. In 1990 it was acquired by Apollo Leisure and staged large-scale musicals.
The theatre has a rectangular plan and is built of stuccoed brick with a slate roof. Its symmetrical fifteen-bay facade is in the Classical style with a five-bay centre with fluted Ionic columns. Above the three central bays is a relief of a horse-drawn chariot within a semi-circular arch. The gable has a moulded cornice on brackets. The entrance canopy is a 20th-century addition.
The auditorium has two curved cantilevered balconies with large overhangs each holding 500 seats. Either side of the stage are stacked boxes between pairs of fluted Corinthian columns. The high proscenium arch is decorated with a circular medallion flanked by gryphons.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,House,North West England,M3 3HP,M3,Grade II,listed,building,Ambassador,Group,Albert Richardson,Charles Lovett Gill,architects,Palace Trust,musical,musicals,play,plays,Apollo Leisure,tourist,tourism,theatregoer,goer,stuccoed brick,slate roof,classical,style,symmetrical,fifteen-bay,facade,fluted,Ionic,columns,horse-drawn,semi-circular,arch,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM2534 - The Opera House in Quay Street, Manchester, England, is a 1,920-seater commercial touring theatre that plays host to touring musicals, ballet, concerts and a Christmas pantomime. It is a Grade II listed building. The Opera House is one of the main theatres in Manchester, England. The Opera House and its sister theatre the Palace Theatre, Manchester on Oxford Street are operated by the same parent company, Ambassador Theatre Group.
The theatre opened as the New Theatre in 1912, renamed the New Queen's Theatre in 1915 and as the Opera House in 1920 when it came under the wing of John Hart and his associates of United Theatres Ltd. In 1931 it was bought by, and prospered under, Howard & Wyndham Ltd which had been formed at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in 1895 by Michael Simons. The group`s managing director A Stewart Cruikshank, headquartered at the group's headquarters in the King's Theatre, Edinburgh was joined on the board by Charles B Cochrane who now became a visiting producer at the Opera House, premiering numerous musicals and revues. The theatre staged the full range of plays, musicals, opera, and pantomime.
It closed in 1979 and for five years was a bingo hall. The Palace Trust acquired it in 1984 and returned it to a theatre. In 1990 it was acquired by Apollo Leisure and staged large-scale musicals.
The theatre has a rectangular plan and is built of stuccoed brick with a slate roof. Its symmetrical fifteen-bay facade is in the Classical style with a five-bay centre with fluted Ionic columns. Above the three central bays is a relief of a horse-drawn chariot within a semi-circular arch. The gable has a moulded cornice on brackets. The entrance canopy is a 20th-century addition.
The auditorium has two curved cantilevered balconies with large overhangs each holding 500 seats. Either side of the stage are stacked boxes between pairs of fluted Corinthian columns. The high proscenium arch is decorated with a circular medallion flanked by gryphons.
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Keywords: SDC,and,District,Civic,Society,blue,plaque,By,Holloway and Hutt,North Somerset,England,UK,GB,Gotonysmith,constructed,1726-1728,three Houses,Bridgwater & District,Bridgewater,wall,brick,chandos St,Chandos,street,home,homes,buildings,cottage,cottages,history,historic,built,3 houses,3 homes,levels,Somerset Levels,Brigg,Brigg-Walter,Somerset
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MHM69F -
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Keywords: SDC,and,District,Civic,Society,blue,plaque,By,Holloway and Hutt,North Somerset,England,UK,GB,Gotonysmith,constructed,1726-1728,three Houses,Bridgwater & District,Bridgewater,wall,brick,chandos St,Chandos,street,home,homes,buildings,cottage,cottages,history,historic,built,3 houses,3 homes,levels,Somerset Levels,Brigg,Brigg-Walter,Somerset
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MHM6B0 -
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Keywords: Irish,Bogside,Troubles,Political,NorthernIreland,tourist,Tourism,Struggle,DerryCity,Peace,Art,Culture,violence,fighter,painting,Magazine St,Magazine street sign,sign,wall,gotonysmith,Sunday Bloody Sunday,SundayBloodySunday,BT48,Foyle,ward,County Londonderry,Magazine,Street,signs,Londonderry,walled,walls,city,brick wall,gun magazine,Magazine Gate,gate,gates
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy JH6747 -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Bank Closures,Bank Closure,branch network,bank branch network decline,bank,banking,High St,High Street,decline,High St Decline,Sankey St,Cheshire,personal finance,For Sale sign,sign,For sale,building,red brick,Bricks and Mortar,traditional,retail banking,Barclays bank,No longer required,old,bank building,banking building,auction,up for sale,no longer needed,wine bar,Tolet,boarded up,secured,closed,bank closed,Another bank closed,Barclays Bank Closes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJM4 -
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,67-81 Sauchiehall Street,Scotland,UK,retail,bankrupt,high street,person,shopping,fail,failure,now,closed,67-81,Sauchiehall Street,city,centre,failed,bricks and mortar,chain,store,British,Home,Stores,crashed,sign,outside,exterior,administration,2018,department,dept,Sir,Philip Green,Greens,Arcadia,Group,Al Mana Group
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BC397X - British Home Stores, commonly abbreviated to BHS and latterly legally styled BHS Ltd, was a British department store chain, primarily selling clothing and household items. In its later years, the company began to expand into furniture, electronics, entertainment, convenience groceries and fragrance and beauty products.
The company was founded in 1928 by a group of U.S. entrepreneurs, and had a total of 163 stores mainly located in high streets or shopping centres by the time of its closure in 2016, as well as 74 international stores across 18 separate territories.
BHS was previously a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, but was bought by Sir Philip Green in 2000 and taken private. The company became part of Green's Arcadia Group in 2009. Following a number of loss-making years, the company was sold to the consortium Retail Acquisitions Ltd led by the serial bankrupt Dominic Chappell, in March 2015 for the nominal price of ?1.
In April 2016, 13 months after the purchase by Retail Acquisitions, the company entered administration following unsuccessful attempts to continue trading. It was eventually wound down, and all stores were closed by late August 2016 following failed attempts to find a buyer. The overseas franchises and digital business were sold during the administration period to Al Mana Group, who closed down the website in June 2018
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Keywords: Ship,shipping,boat,ferry,ferries,oil,town,city,centre,lights,dusk,blue,hour,dock,docks,dockside,crane,cranes,reflection,reflections,Scotish,Scottish,Alba,business,cargo,commercial,coastal,economy,europe,european,gas,Northsea,sea,haven,supply,vessel,AB11,City Centre,Blue Hour,North Sea,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,AberdeenHarbour,Harbor,carpark,car,park,twilight,lowlight,low,light,board,building,harbor,brick,old,historic,Victorian,clock,tower,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Aberdeen Harbour,Aberdeen Harbour Board
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H6JMWP - Aberdeen Harbour was the first publicly limited company in the United Kingdom and is today the principal commercial port in northern Scotland and an international port for general cargo, roll-on/roll-off and container traffic. The harbour also serves NorthLink Ferries, which sail to Kirkwall, Orkney and Lerwick, Shetland. The Aberdeen Maritime Museum (on Shiprow in the city centre) includes exhibitions and displays which tell the story of the harbour and its role in the economy and development of the city.
Originally, the defective harbour, with a shallow sand and gravel bar at its entrance, retarded the trade of Aberdeen, but under various acts since 1773 it was greatly deepened.
By the Harbour Act of 1868, the river Dee near the harbour was diverted from the south at a cost of ?80,000, and 90 acres (364,000 m?) of new ground, in addition to 25 acres (101,000 m?) formerly made up, were provided on the north side of the river for the Albert Basin (with a graving dock), quays and warehouses. A 1050 ft (320 m) long concrete breakwater was constructed on the south side of the stream as a protection against south-easterly gales. On Girdleness, the southern point of the bay, a lighthouse was built in 1833.
The North Pier, built partly by John Smeaton 1775-81, and partly by Thomas Telford 1810-15, extends nearly 3,000 ft (1000 m) into the North Sea and raised the bar.
Victoria Dock, named in honour of the queen's visit to the city in that year, is a wet dock of 29 acres (117,000 m?) and with 6000 ft (1800 m) of quay, was completed in 1848
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM63 - An office building designed by Grayson and Ould. It is in brick with stone dressings, a granite ground floor, and a slate Mansard roof. The building has four storeys, and is five bays wide. In the ground floor, two of the bays form an arched entrance to Queen Avenue. In the first floor, between the windows, are Corinthian pilasters, and between the windows in the second floor are Ionic half-columns. On the front of the building are friezes, and at the top are dormers
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM7R - An office building designed by Grayson and Ould. It is in brick with stone dressings, a granite ground floor, and a slate Mansard roof. The building has four storeys, and is five bays wide. In the ground floor, two of the bays form an arched entrance to Queen Avenue. In the first floor, between the windows, are Corinthian pilasters, and between the windows in the second floor are Ionic half-columns. On the front of the building are friezes, and at the top are dormers
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM81 - An office building designed by Grayson and Ould. It is in brick with stone dressings, a granite ground floor, and a slate Mansard roof. The building has four storeys, and is five bays wide. In the ground floor, two of the bays form an arched entrance to Queen Avenue. In the first floor, between the windows, are Corinthian pilasters, and between the windows in the second floor are Ionic half-columns. On the front of the building are friezes, and at the top are dormers
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY002A - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse.[3] The foundations of this church were discovered during the 1873?74 restoration.[4]
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel.
The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 1873?74 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about ?4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY00RP - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse.[3] The foundations of this church were discovered during the 1873?74 restoration.[4]
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel.
The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 1873?74 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about ?4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY01PN - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse.[3] The foundations of this church were discovered during the 1873?74 restoration.[4]
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel.
The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 1873?74 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about ?4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY022G - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse.[3] The foundations of this church were discovered during the 1873?74 restoration.[4]
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel.
The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 1873?74 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about ?4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY02DY - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse.[3] The foundations of this church were discovered during the 1873?74 restoration.[4]
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel.
The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 1873?74 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about ?4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYAX5J - The Warrington Club is one of this historic town's few remaining traditional establishments
founded in 1876 by leading Victorian industrialists, statesmen and professionals for the sole purpose of providing a venue where members could meet on a regular basis in comfortable surroundings to enjoy each others company and meaningful conversation.
The Club offered an excellent opportunity for business ideas, suggestions and deals to be discussed considering that in those early days there was no other means of communication except for a rather hit and miss postal service. In the modern idiom the Club provided what is now known as ?net working'.
The building occupied by the Warrington Club in Bold Street was purpose built using monies raised by the original 76 founder members. Those familiar with Warrington will no doubt recognise the names of some of the founder members.
Arthur Bennett (1862- 1931) a chartered accountant, was a remarkable character. He served as a Councellor and Alderman for many years and had hopes of making Warrington a ?Garden City'. Sadly, the Great War shattered the dream but the quality of the one completed terrace of houses in Sankey gives some evidence of his vision. The foundation stone was laid by the great pioneer of garden cities, Ebenezer Howard. Bennett was a prolific writer. His ?Dream of a Warringtonian', if romanticised, is still a very readable history of our 1,000 year old town, and his collection of poems ?Songs of a Chartered Accountant' posesses both warmth and charm. John, Earnest Crosfield of Joseph Crosfield & Sons Ltd. Finally, Sir Gilbert Greenall MP, Lieut Col. Greenall and Captain Grenall of the Greenall Whitley Brewery. Paul, Harry and George Rylands founders of the world famous Rylands Brothers Ltd, Wire & Nails manufacturers ? hence the obvious connection with the local Rugby League team known as ?The Wires'.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY7XWR - Walsall College is a further education college in Walsall, West Midlands, England.
The college is the largest provider of qualifications for 14-19 year olds in the Borough of Walsall. In addition, Walsall College provides education and training for adults, delivered both at the college campuses and on-site at workplaces and community centres. Campuses of the college include the main Wisemore Campus, and the Green Lane campus which offers engineering and construction courses.
Courses offered by the college include GCSEs, NVQs, BTECs, Diplomas, Apprenticeships and Access courses. Walsall College's sixth form department, V6 is a vocational sixth form for young people focussing on vocational skills and qualification
however it does not offer A Levels or academic study.
Walsall College also offers its vocational courses through a series of academies, in partnership with businesses including Microsoft, Apple, Francesco Group and Roland DG. The academies include a gym, hair and beauty salon and restaurant. All facilities are staffed by students.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY7XX2 - Walsall College is a further education college in Walsall, West Midlands, England.
The college is the largest provider of qualifications for 14-19 year olds in the Borough of Walsall. In addition, Walsall College provides education and training for adults, delivered both at the college campuses and on-site at workplaces and community centres. Campuses of the college include the main Wisemore Campus, and the Green Lane campus which offers engineering and construction courses.
Courses offered by the college include GCSEs, NVQs, BTECs, Diplomas, Apprenticeships and Access courses. Walsall College's sixth form department, V6 is a vocational sixth form for young people focussing on vocational skills and qualification
however it does not offer A Levels or academic study.
Walsall College also offers its vocational courses through a series of academies, in partnership with businesses including Microsoft, Apple, Francesco Group and Roland DG. The academies include a gym, hair and beauty salon and restaurant. All facilities are staffed by students.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KD4 - Fred Wood (1876-1934) In honour of a forgotten hero, who on this day in 1907 undoubtedly prevented the deaths of hundreds of local workers when the couplings broke on a heavily laden goods train as it approached this station. Over 50 laden wagons sped back down the line heading towards Dukinfield Station and an occupied 'workers' train. Turning the points, he forced the runaway train onto a track towards Dukinfield goods yard, narrowly averting a major disaster.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KET - The first public baths in the town opened on Church Street on 1 May 1851 The foundation stone for Legh Street Baths was laid in 1865 and they opened in 1866. They were originally privately owned by the Warrington Baths Company who went bankrupt. The council purchased them in 1873 and added two extra pools in 1912. This was commemorated in a foundation stone on Legh Street
The baths closed forever on 31 July 2003 and stood empty until the demolition company Anthony O'Connor & Sons Ltd from Salford moved in on Saturday 16 April 2011. They had a contract to clear the site in preparation for the construction of a new health centre. The baths consisted of four swimming pools, a steam room, laundry, and slipper baths for both ladies and men. The early boilers were typical ships' boilers (there were two of those) running on heavy oil. Phil recalls spending many a happy hour warming the oil line with a blowlamp in order to get the oil thin and warm enough before the boilers would fire up.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PNMD - This image shows a historic painted wall sign advertising Burfields and The Martock Glove Company, located on Manor Road in Martock, Somerset (TA12 6JH). The weathered blue sign reads: This is where gloves of quality and superlative design are manufactured by Burfields and The Martock Glove Co, reflecting the pride once taken in local glove production.
Martock has a long-established association with glove making, with the industry forming a significant part of the village's economy from the 18th century onwards. Somerset, and Martock in particular, became known for high-quality leather gloves supplied across Britain and overseas, supported by skilled local labour and small-scale manufacturing workshops rather than large industrial mills.
The sign is mounted on a brick building beside a traditional sash-style window, reinforcing the modest, workshop-based nature of glove production in rural Somerset. The faded paint, uneven lettering, and patina of age add strong visual evidence of mid-20th-century industrial advertising practices, when painted signs served as both branding and local wayfinding.
Today, surviving signs such as this are valued as tangible reminders of Britain's manufacturing heritage and regional craft industries. The image is suitable for editorial use relating to industrial history, British textiles, traditional craftsmanship, rural manufacturing, historic signage, and Somerset local history.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKRH - The Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
At the time of its construction the Albert Dock was considered a revolutionary docking system because ships were loaded and unloaded directly from/to the warehouses. Two years after it opened it was modified to feature the world's first hydraulic cranes. Due to its open yet secure design, the Albert Dock became a popular store for valuable cargoes such as brandy, cotton, tea, silk, tobacco, ivory and sugar. However, despite the Albert Dock's advanced design, the rapid development of shipping technology meant that within 50 years, larger, more open docks were required, although it remained a valuable store for cargo.
During the Second World War, the Albert Dock was requisitioned by the Admiralty serving as a base for boats of the British Atlantic Fleet. The complex was damaged during air raids on Liverpool, notably during the May Blitz of 1941. In the aftermath of the war, the financial problems of the owners and the general decline of docking in the city meant that the future of the Albert Dock was uncertain. Numerous plans were developed for the re-use of the buildings but none came to fruition and in 1972 the dock was finally closed. Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1984.
Today the Albert Dock is a major tourist attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside of London. It is a vital component of Liverpool's UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City and the docking complex and warehouses also com
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYTGF - Brian Eyrl Bevan (1924?1991) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 50s and 60s who became the only player ever to have been inducted into both the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame and British Rugby League Hall of Fame.
An Other Nationalities representative winger, Bevan scored a world record 796 tries, mainly for the Warrington RLFC. In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, he was named on the wing of Australia's Team of the Century (1908-2007). Bevan was the only player chosen in the team who had never represented Australia in a test match.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDD6PE - Higsons Brewery was originally formed in 1780 at 64 Dale Street, Liverpool. The company brewed beer at this site until 1914, when it moved to the Windsor Brewery in Upper Parliament Street.
In 1918 the brewery was bought by J. Sykes & Company. The combined company began to expand further, acquiring several public houses in the Wirral area and the Spraggs Brewery in 1919. In 1923, the company bought the newly merged Walker Cains' Brewery in Liverpool's Stanhope Street following that company's decision to focus production at its Warrington brewery. There was one last push for expansion in 1927, when the firm acquired Joseph Jones & Co. in Knotty Ash. A further 70 public houses were added as a result.
In 1962, Higsons purchased a new head office in North Street, Liverpool. 1974 saw the brewery merge with James Mellor & Sons. In 1978, Higsons acquired the Bent's Brewery, which was based next to its North Street head office. The vendor was the Bass Brewery. Boddingtons of Manchester acquired Higsons in 1985 but decided to abandon brewing in 1989 to focus on its pubs. Boddingtons' brewing arm was sold to Whitbread in 1990 which then subsequently closed the Higsons Stanhope brewery.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDE67F - Higsons Brewery was originally formed in 1780 at 64 Dale Street, Liverpool. The company brewed beer at this site until 1914, when it moved to the Windsor Brewery in Upper Parliament Street.
In 1918 the brewery was bought by J. Sykes & Company. The combined company began to expand further, acquiring several public houses in the Wirral area and the Spraggs Brewery in 1919. In 1923, the company bought the newly merged Walker Cains' Brewery in Liverpool's Stanhope Street following that company's decision to focus production at its Warrington brewery. There was one last push for expansion in 1927, when the firm acquired Joseph Jones & Co. in Knotty Ash. A further 70 public houses were added as a result.
In 1962, Higsons purchased a new head office in North Street, Liverpool. 1974 saw the brewery merge with James Mellor & Sons. In 1978, Higsons acquired the Bent's Brewery, which was based next to its North Street head office. The vendor was the Bass Brewery. Boddingtons of Manchester acquired Higsons in 1985 but decided to abandon brewing in 1989 to focus on its pubs. Boddingtons' brewing arm was sold to Whitbread in 1990 which then subsequently closed the Higsons Stanhope brewery.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHRXT - The mosaic is built on a low brick plinth. The structure has a breeze block support and makes use of recycled Victorian blue bricks as well as slate for the seats on either side.
The whole structure is faced in ceramic mosaics, pieces from local ceramic companies' products, glass beads, and tiles.
A number of themes have been incorporated into the design, including animals and plants indigenous to the area, a picture of the church, together with mouldings of heads and other features from gravestones and monuments in the churchyard, images of the traditional coal and bottle kilns that made the city famous, as well as high-tech industries, a tribute to Sir Stanley Matthews, whose funeral service was held at the Church, and a depiction of the Trent and Mersey Canal merging into the Sea of Galilee and then into the River Trent as it wraps round the base of the mosaic, unifying the design for the whole structure. Within this ribbon of mosaic, ammonites and different varieties of fish are depicted.
On the front of the bench, facing away from the church, are plaques depicting St Peter's Church and School, interspersed with heads, both European and Asian. The base of the seat features an image of two men in a boat, with a mast in the shape of an upside-down cross and two crossed keys (both emblems of St Peter, to whom the nearby church is dedicated).
The wildlife depicted on the right hand end of the bench includes a bat with outstretched wings, a squirrel, a rabbit, a frog, a snail, a fox, a butterfly, a robin, a blackbird, a magpie, a hedgehog and a wren.
The back of the bench celebrates the industrial heritage of Stoke on Trent. Its designs includes plaques featuring men in flat caps carrying pots to the kiln on wooden boards, bottle kilns, pit winding gear and factory chimneys. These are interspersed with smaller pieces commemorating the pottery produced in the area. Below the seat, the central design is of two cartoon-like figures in a canal barge.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHT2D - The mosaic is built on a low brick plinth. The structure has a breeze block support and makes use of recycled Victorian blue bricks as well as slate for the seats on either side.
The whole structure is faced in ceramic mosaics, pieces from local ceramic companies' products, glass beads, and tiles.
A number of themes have been incorporated into the design, including animals and plants indigenous to the area, a picture of the church, together with mouldings of heads and other features from gravestones and monuments in the churchyard, images of the traditional coal and bottle kilns that made the city famous, as well as high-tech industries, a tribute to Sir Stanley Matthews, whose funeral service was held at the Church, and a depiction of the Trent and Mersey Canal merging into the Sea of Galilee and then into the River Trent as it wraps round the base of the mosaic, unifying the design for the whole structure. Within this ribbon of mosaic, ammonites and different varieties of fish are depicted.
On the front of the bench, facing away from the church, are plaques depicting St Peter's Church and School, interspersed with heads, both European and Asian. The base of the seat features an image of two men in a boat, with a mast in the shape of an upside-down cross and two crossed keys (both emblems of St Peter, to whom the nearby church is dedicated).
The wildlife depicted on the right hand end of the bench includes a bat with outstretched wings, a squirrel, a rabbit, a frog, a snail, a fox, a butterfly, a robin, a blackbird, a magpie, a hedgehog and a wren.
The back of the bench celebrates the industrial heritage of Stoke on Trent. Its designs includes plaques featuring men in flat caps carrying pots to the kiln on wooden boards, bottle kilns, pit winding gear and factory chimneys. These are interspersed with smaller pieces commemorating the pottery produced in the area. Below the seat, the central design is of two cartoon-like figures in a canal barge.
The left ha
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHT37 - The mosaic is built on a low brick plinth. The structure has a breeze block support and makes use of recycled Victorian blue bricks as well as slate for the seats on either side.
The whole structure is faced in ceramic mosaics, pieces from local ceramic companies' products, glass beads, and tiles.
A number of themes have been incorporated into the design, including animals and plants indigenous to the area, a picture of the church, together with mouldings of heads and other features from gravestones and monuments in the churchyard, images of the traditional coal and bottle kilns that made the city famous, as well as high-tech industries, a tribute to Sir Stanley Matthews, whose funeral service was held at the Church, and a depiction of the Trent and Mersey Canal merging into the Sea of Galilee and then into the River Trent as it wraps round the base of the mosaic, unifying the design for the whole structure. Within this ribbon of mosaic, ammonites and different varieties of fish are depicted.
On the front of the bench, facing away from the church, are plaques depicting St Peter's Church and School, interspersed with heads, both European and Asian. The base of the seat features an image of two men in a boat, with a mast in the shape of an upside-down cross and two crossed keys (both emblems of St Peter, to whom the nearby church is dedicated).
The wildlife depicted on the right hand end of the bench includes a bat with outstretched wings, a squirrel, a rabbit, a frog, a snail, a fox, a butterfly, a robin, a blackbird, a magpie, a hedgehog and a wren.
The back of the bench celebrates the industrial heritage of Stoke on Trent. Its designs includes plaques featuring men in flat caps carrying pots to the kiln on wooden boards, bottle kilns, pit winding gear and factory chimneys. These are interspersed with smaller pieces commemorating the pottery produced in the area. Below the seat, the central design is of two cartoon-like figures in a canal barge. GoTonySmith
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHT4M - The mosaic is built on a low brick plinth. The structure has a breeze block support and makes use of recycled Victorian blue bricks as well as slate for the seats on either side.
The whole structure is faced in ceramic mosaics, pieces from local ceramic companies' products, glass beads, and tiles.
A number of themes have been incorporated into the design, including animals and plants indigenous to the area, a picture of the church, together with mouldings of heads and other features from gravestones and monuments in the churchyard, images of the traditional coal and bottle kilns that made the city famous, as well as high-tech industries, a tribute to Sir Stanley Matthews, whose funeral service was held at the Church, and a depiction of the Trent and Mersey Canal merging into the Sea of Galilee and then into the River Trent as it wraps round the base of the mosaic, unifying the design for the whole structure. Within this ribbon of mosaic, ammonites and different varieties of fish are depicted.
On the front of the bench, facing away from the church, are plaques depicting St Peter's Church and School, interspersed with heads, both European and Asian. The base of the seat features an image of two men in a boat, with a mast in the shape of an upside-down cross and two crossed keys (both emblems of St Peter, to whom the nearby church is dedicated).
The wildlife depicted on the right hand end of the bench includes a bat with outstretched wings, a squirrel, a rabbit, a frog, a snail, a fox, a butterfly, a robin, a blackbird, a magpie, a hedgehog and a wren.
The back of the bench celebrates the industrial heritage of Stoke on Trent. Its designs includes plaques featuring men in flat caps carrying pots to the kiln on wooden boards, bottle kilns, pit winding gear and factory chimneys. These are interspersed with smaller pieces commemorating the pottery produced in the area. Below the seat, the central design is of two cartoon-like figures in a canal barge.
The left ha
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CFEFH4 - Entrance of the Patten Arms Hotel, Parker Street, Bank Quay, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BFBCDB - The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, formerly the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, is an airport hotel near to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, serving the English city of Liverpool. Today a member of the Crowne Plaza chain owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group, the Grade II* listed Art Deco hotel building has an unusual history.
The building was constructed in the 1930s, as the terminal building for the airport, then known as Speke Aerodrome. It is still sometimes seen on early television news footage, with its terraces packed with fans waiting to greet the Beatles on their return from tour. The airport terminal was moved to a more modern building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 1986, and the original building was left derelict for over a decade. During this time, the building was featured on the cover art of the single Don't Go Away, by Oasis. However it has since been renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opening for business in 2001. The adaption involved adding two new bedroom wings on the frontage of the hotel, but the airside aspect has been preserved intact.
The former apron of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 G-BEJD, Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF and Percival Prince G-AMLZ, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group. Additionally, the group looks after a replica de Havilland Dragon Rapide that is displayed in front of the hotel entrance
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BFBCDE - The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, formerly the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, is an airport hotel near to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, serving the English city of Liverpool. Today a member of the Crowne Plaza chain owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group, the Grade II* listed Art Deco hotel building has an unusual history.
The building was constructed in the 1930s, as the terminal building for the airport, then known as Speke Aerodrome. It is still sometimes seen on early television news footage, with its terraces packed with fans waiting to greet the Beatles on their return from tour. The airport terminal was moved to a more modern building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 1986, and the original building was left derelict for over a decade. During this time, the building was featured on the cover art of the single Don't Go Away, by Oasis. However it has since been renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opening for business in 2001. The adaption involved adding two new bedroom wings on the frontage of the hotel, but the airside aspect has been preserved intact.
The former apron of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 G-BEJD, Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF and Percival Prince G-AMLZ, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group. Additionally, the group looks after a replica de Havilland Dragon Rapide that is displayed in front of the hotel entrance
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BFBCDP - The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, formerly the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, is an airport hotel near to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, serving the English city of Liverpool. Today a member of the Crowne Plaza chain owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group, the Grade II* listed Art Deco hotel building has an unusual history.
The building was constructed in the 1930s, as the terminal building for the airport, then known as Speke Aerodrome. It is still sometimes seen on early television news footage, with its terraces packed with fans waiting to greet the Beatles on their return from tour. The airport terminal was moved to a more modern building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 1986, and the original building was left derelict for over a decade. During this time, the building was featured on the cover art of the single Don't Go Away, by Oasis. However it has since been renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opening for business in 2001. The adaption involved adding two new bedroom wings on the frontage of the hotel, but the airside aspect has been preserved intact.
The former apron of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 G-BEJD, Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF and Percival Prince G-AMLZ, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group. Additionally, the group looks after a replica de Havilland Dragon Rapide that is displayed in front of the hotel entrance
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF138M - Pride of Liverpool - Ship at Albert dock Liverpool North West England UK
Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
At the time of its construction the Albert Dock was considered a revolutionary docking system because ships were loaded and unloaded directly from/to the warehouses. Two years after it opened it was modified to feature the world's first hydraulic cranes. Due to its open yet secure design, the Albert Dock became a popular store for valuable cargoes such as brandy, cotton, tea, silk, tobacco, ivory and sugar. However, despite the Albert Dock's advanced design, the rapid development of shipping technology meant that within 50 years, larger, more open docks were required, although it remained a valuable store for cargo.
During the Second World War, the Albert Dock was requisitioned by the Admiralty serving as a base for boats of the British Atlantic Fleet. The complex was damaged during air raids on Liverpool, notably during the May Blitz of 1941. In the aftermath of the war, the financial problems of the owners and the general decline of docking in the city meant that the future of the Albert Dock was uncertain. Numerous plans were developed for the re-use of the buildings but none came to fruition and in 1972 the dock was finally closed. Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1988.
Today the Albert Dock is a major tourist UNESCO attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside of London
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF13A2 - Albert Dock Liverpool Dusk Panorama from Wapping, Merseyside, North west England , UK
Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
At the time of its construction the Albert Dock was considered a revolutionary docking system because ships were loaded and unloaded directly from/to the warehouses. Two years after it opened it was modified to feature the world's first hydraulic cranes. Due to its open yet secure design, the Albert Dock became a popular store for valuable cargoes such as brandy, cotton, tea, silk, tobacco, ivory and sugar. However, despite the Albert Dock's advanced design, the rapid development of shipping technology meant that within 50 years, larger, more open docks were required, although it remained a valuable store for cargo.
During the Second World War, the Albert Dock was requisitioned by the Admiralty serving as a base for boats of the British Atlantic Fleet. The complex was damaged during air raids on Liverpool, notably during the May Blitz of 1941. In the aftermath of the war, the financial problems of the owners and the general decline of docking in the city meant that the future of the Albert Dock was uncertain. Numerous plans were developed for the re-use of the buildings but none came to fruition and in 1972 the dock was finally closed. Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1988.
Today the Albert Dock is a major tourist attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside of London. It is a vital component of Liverpool's UNESCO area.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3998786439 - 'A portrait of Peter with his ready rubbed shag.
Caught next to the bus interchange in Northwich, Cheshire England, UK.
Look out for him inspecting the motorcycles and vintage bikes at the Northwich Thunder Sprint or relaxing outside the salt museum.
Far away from salt infactuated industrial Northwich www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4002569282/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9X4NM -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYW0 - The ?jewel in the crown' of Walsall town is, perhaps, its famous Victorian park, The Arboretum, and the setting of that jewel is entered through the historic gateways of a fine old Victorian building ? the main Arboretum Lodge, with its distinctive clock tower.
Once home of the legendary Walsall Illuminations festival of lights enjoyed annually by millions since its inauguration in 1952, Walsall Arboretum itself has its origins in another much more ancient activity in the town ? limestone mining.
The area now occupied by the Arboretum was originally part of Rushall until 1876. Limestone had been quarried in the vicinity since at least the late 18th century, with the Persehouse family demolishing Reynolds Hall so that the very profitable quarrying could continue. However, operations had ceased by the 1840's, leaving two great pits to fill up with water, both from the nearby stream and from springs and general drainage. The larger of the two pits, now lakes, was named Hatherton Lake by 1845, and the fine old row of houses now known as Victoria Terrace just to the north was in fact built as Hatherton Lake Villas by the early 1850's.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3BKDJGT - A traditional illuminated Guinness pub sign hanging from the exterior of an Irish pub in Dublin city centre, Ireland, photographed at dusk. The sign features the instantly recognisable Guinness branding, including a stylised pint of stout with a creamy head, set against a red background.
Guinness is one of Ireland's most iconic global brands and has been closely associated with Dublin since the eighteenth century. Hanging pub signs such as this are a familiar feature of the city's streetscape, particularly in historic areas where traditional pubs continue to play a central role in social and cultural life.
The warm glow of the illuminated sign contrasts with the surrounding brick and stone architecture and the fading evening light, evoking the atmosphere of Dublin's nightlife and hospitality scene. Street lamps and neighbouring buildings help frame the image within a lived-in urban environment.
This photograph is suitable for editorial use illustrating Irish pub culture, Dublin nightlife, iconic beer branding, tourism in Ireland, traditional hospitality, and urban street scenes in European capital cities.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY7XWJ - Walsall College is a further education college in Walsall, West Midlands, England.
The college is the largest provider of qualifications for 14-19 year olds in the Borough of Walsall. In addition, Walsall College provides education and training for adults, delivered both at the college campuses and on-site at workplaces and community centres. Campuses of the college include the main Wisemore Campus, and the Green Lane campus which offers engineering and construction courses.
Courses offered by the college include GCSEs, NVQs, BTECs, Diplomas, Apprenticeships and Access courses. Walsall College's sixth form department, V6 is a vocational sixth form for young people focussing on vocational skills and qualification
however it does not offer A Levels or academic study.
Walsall College also offers its vocational courses through a series of academies, in partnership with businesses including Microsoft, Apple, Francesco Group and Roland DG. The academies include a gym, hair and beauty salon and restaurant. All facilities are staffed by students.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2RE - Debenhams prepares to file for bankruptcy April 2020
Chain buckling under coronavirus shutdown just a year after it was rescued & considering filing a formal notice of intention to appoint administrators.
Debenhams is preparing to call in administrators after the struggling department store was forced to close all its outlets under the coronavirus lockdown.
The company, which has 22,000 staff and was rescued by its lenders after collapsing into administration only a year ago, is understood to be considering filing a formal notice of intention to appoint administrators next week. The legal process provides protection from creditors for 10 working days while a company tries to secure a rescue deal.
Potential administrators lined up this time include KPMG, which handled the Debenhams restructure last May.
A Debenhams spokesman said: Like all retailers, we are making contingency plans reflecting the extraordinary current circumstances. Our owners and lenders remain highly supportive and whatever actions we may take will be with a view to protecting the business during the current situation.
They added: While our stores remain closed in line with government guidance, and the majority of our store-facing colleagues have been furloughed, our website continues to trade and we are accepting customer orders, gift cards and returns.
It is understood that the potential insolvency measure would be intended to protect the business so it could continue to trade.
Debenhams was taken over last year by a group of its financial backers, including the US hedge funds Silver Point and GoldenTree, after falling into administration. It then used an insolvency process known as a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) to cull unprofitable sites and cut rents.
The group has closed 22 stores, 19 of which shut in January, resulting in more than 700 job losses. A further 28 of its remaining 141 stores had been lined up for permanent closure next year.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6N6P - The Midland is a grand hotel in Manchester, England. Opened in September 1903, it was built by the Midland Railway to serve Manchester Central railway station, its northern terminus for its rail services to London St. Pancras. The hotel was designed by Charles Trubshaw in a highly-individualistic Edwardian Baroque style. It is a Grade II* listed building
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWPW - A picturesque view of traditional timber framed cottages lining Smithy Lane in the historic village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England. The row of houses features classic black and white half timbering combined with warm red brickwork, steeply pitched tiled roofs and prominent chimney stacks, all characteristic of vernacular English architecture found in long-established rural settlements. The narrow cobbled lane curves gently through the scene, reinforcing the sense of age and continuity within the village landscape.
Great Budworth is widely regarded as one of Cheshire's best preserved villages, with many buildings dating back several centuries. Smithy Lane retains a strong historic character, shaped by local materials, skilled craftsmanship and incremental development rather than modern planning. The cottages sit close to the roadway, reflecting a period when villages were designed around walking, horses and agricultural life rather than motor traffic. Mature trees, garden planting and soft natural light add to the calm, lived-in quality of the scene.
The image conveys themes of rural tradition, heritage conservation and village life in England. It evokes a slower pace of living and a strong connection between architecture and place, where buildings reflect both social history and the practical needs of earlier rural communities. Such streetscapes are increasingly valued for their cultural significance and as symbols of the English countryside.
This photograph is well suited for editorial use covering rural England, historic villages, heritage architecture, conservation areas and countryside living, as well as commercial applications relating to tourism, travel, housing, heritage publications and representations of traditional English village life.
