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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,traffic,monument,sculpture,Sir John Steell statue,Arthur Wellesley,memorial,equestrian,bronze,Copenhagen war horse,public art,Scottish,street,humour,prank,historic,landmark,city centre,cone on statue tradition,playful civic irreverence,urban cultural identity,unconventional tourist attraction,custom,contemporary,folklore,social,commentary,listed,victorian,military,commemoration,debate,figure,reinterpreted,city sightseeing destination,leader,napoleonic wars,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EX1RCY - Equestrian monument to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, stands outside General Register House at the east end of Princes Street in central Edinburgh. In this humorous contemporary scene, an orange-and-white road cone has been placed on the military leader's head, creating a striking contrast between the formal bronze sculpture, its rearing horse and the everyday object balanced above the figure.
Sir John Steell's monument depicts Wellington mounted on Copenhagen, his celebrated war horse. Commissioned in 1842, the bronze work was created during the 1840s and unveiled on 18 June 1852, the thirty-seventh anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. The sculpture is mounted on a substantial red Aberdeen granite pedestal and forms part of the historic setting of Register House. It is protected as a Category A listed monument.
Traffic cones placed on statues have become a familiar feature of Scottish urban humour, most famously associated with the Duke of Wellington outside Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art. The appearance of a cone on Edinburgh's Wellington creates an obvious visual echo of that better-known tradition, combining public art, irreverence and playful street culture. The intervention also prompts debate about civic identity, imitation, harmless mischief, vandalism, public safety and the treatment of historic monuments.
Pedestrians gather around the base while the classical stone façade of General Register House fills the background. Bright daylight reveals the bronze surface, architectural masonry, sash windows and decorative street lighting. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Edinburgh tourism, Scottish humour, public sculpture, heritage conservation, city-centre culture, traffic-cone pranks and changing attitudes towards monuments in public space
General Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3YY, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EW7CB3 - Bronze statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, known affectionately as Our Emmeline and officially titled Rise up, Women, photographed in St Peter's Square in central Manchester. Created by sculptor Hazel Reeves, the public artwork shows the Manchester-born suffragette leader standing on a chair with one arm outstretched as if addressing a crowd, a deliberate reference to open-air political speaking and to her central role in the struggle for women's voting rights. The chair is an integral part of the composition and the sculpture stands within the pale stone Pankhurst Meeting Circle, also designed by Reeves, giving the monument a civic setting that invites gathering, reflection and public discussion.
The statue was unveiled on 14 December 2018, marking one hundred years since the first general election in which some women in the United Kingdom were able to vote. It is widely regarded as a landmark in Manchester's public realm, becoming the first statue of a woman erected in the city since Queen Victoria more than a century earlier. The work is strongly connected to Manchester's reforming history and to the nearby Free Trade Hall, towards which Pankhurst is directed, linking the sculpture to traditions of protest, speech-making and democratic change.
This image captures the monument against a contemporary glass-fronted city backdrop, underlining the contrast between modern Manchester and the Edwardian political struggle represented by Pankhurst. For editorial, educational and heritage use, the scene works strongly across themes of women's suffrage, feminism, public memorials, civic identity, social reform, political history, equality campaigns and the growing recognition of female leaders in British public sculpture. The statue is also a well-known city-centre landmark for visitors exploring Manchester's radical and social history
St Peter's Sq, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M1 5AN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,LFC,Liverpool,FC,football,club,255A9831,Bill Shankly,statue,Anfield,stadium,England,UK,Liverpool FC,manager,bronze,sculpture,heritage,supporters,fans,history,sports,tourism,memorial,legendary,celebration
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKNYW9 - . Bill Shankly statue outside Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, UK, honouring the legendary Liverpool FC manager. Photographed on 30 May 2026. The recorded location is Anfield stadium, Anfield Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. The bronze sculpture shows Shankly with both arms raised in a celebratory pose against the backdrop of the stadium seating. Shankly transformed Liverpool during his managerial career and remains one of the most important figures in the club's history. The dramatic outstretched pose and stadium background create a strong visual connection between the manager's legacy and the modern home of Liverpool FC. For the story of community art, it is useful to note that public art turns streets and buildings into records of local culture
Murals, statues and memorial sculpture can commemorate people and events, celebrate industry, respond to politics or simply enliven public space, while materials and style often identify a particular era. The historical setting for supporter culture is that football and major sporting events leave a rich material record through flags, tickets, souvenirs, programmes and venue signage
International tournaments in particular can turn everyday objects into historical evidence of national sporting culture. Seen through ecclesiastical architecture, the earlier context is that ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local evidence
Churchyard monuments, carved stone, stained glass and plaques provide material for genealogy, architectural history, religious practice and remembrance. For present-day community art, 2026 is significant because contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. Its associated themes also include heritage, fans, history, sports, tourism, and legendary.
Anfield stadium, Anfield Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Sarah Brindley,of,SLB Designs,255A9077,Bronze Hands,sculpture,Walmesley Park,Wigan,Greater Manchester,England,UK,bronze,hands,public,art,park,entrance,landmark,local,civic,identity,culture,urban,realm,trees,greenery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKD80D - . Bronze Hands sculpture at the entrance to Walmesley Park in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 6 May 2026. The recorded location is Walmesley Park, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The unusual public artwork depicts a pair of enlarged hands rising vertically from a sculpted base amid trees and greenery. The expressive bronze form provides a distinctive visual subject and can support stories about local art, place-making, park entrances, public-space investment and the role of sculpture in creating memorable neighbourhood landmarks. In relation to sculpture, historical context shows that public art turns streets and buildings into records of local culture
Murals, statues and memorial sculpture can commemorate people and events, celebrate industry, respond to politics or simply enliven public space, while materials and style often identify a particular era. For the story of neighbourhood, it is useful to note that town and neighbourhood images record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. The historical setting for countryside is that irrigation and crop management became increasingly mechanised during the twentieth century, allowing farmers to control water and improve yields but also increasing attention to resource use and environmental impact. As of 2026, the position for sculpture is that public art is closely connected with regeneration, tourism, identity and debate about representation
Murals and sculptures can become visitor landmarks while also prompting discussion about whose past is visible in public space. For present-day neighbourhood, 2026 is significant because current place-making policy increasingly emphasises distinctive local identity rather than generic development, so small landmarks and community businesses.
Walmesley Park, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E54R9X - . Full-length Mahatma Gandhi statue in Manchester city centre. Photographed on 21 March 2026. The recorded location is Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Looking at cultural landmark, the longer history is that street art and murals are especially valuable as temporary cultural evidence because they may be painted over or lost during redevelopment
Photographs preserve both the artwork and its relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood. The background to Christian heritage is that churches combine worship with architecture, local memory and centuries of community history
Stonework, stained glass, memorials, furnishings and churchyards often record successive periods of rebuilding, Victorian restoration, local benefactors and family history. In 2026, cultural landmark remains relevant because contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. Current 2026 context around Christian heritage is that many historic churches face the practical challenge of maintaining listed fabric while remaining active community buildings, visitor attractions and venues for worship, music and local events
Conservation, heating costs and new uses are therefore part of the modern story of these ancient places. Other useful descriptive phrases include public art, sculpture, cultural identity, visual culture, community art, memorial art, public realm, ecclesiastical architecture, parish church, sacred art, religious symbolism, church interior, place of worship, architectural conservation, and local history. Further editorial search language includes faith community, historic fabric, religious heritage, 255A9153, bronze, and public. Its wider context brings together public art, sculpture and cultural identity.
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A8962,Walter,Smith,Rangers,Ibrox,Glasgow,football,manager,statue,Scotland,RFC,memorial,sport,heritage,bronze,RangersFC,Rangers FC,soccer,Premier League,league,team,teams,Old firm,Protestant teams,1872,Gers,Light Blues,ground,Unionist,community,culture,Shankill,road,Andrew Cavenagh,49ers,Enterprises,classic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7X9E - . Walter Smith memorial statue at Rangers FC Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. The bronze figure commemorates the former Rangers and Scotland manager, whose career is closely associated with the club. Photographed against the stadium setting, the sculpture provides a strong editorial image for Rangers history, Scottish football, management, supporters, sporting remembrance and the way major clubs commemorate influential figures. For the story of cultural landmark, it is useful to note that street art and murals are especially valuable as temporary cultural evidence because they may be painted over or lost during redevelopment
Photographs preserve both the artwork and its relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood. The historical setting for supporters is that sporting grounds, club colours and event memorabilia become part of local identity as generations of supporters associate particular streets, gates and stands with matchday ritual
Stadium architecture and branding also change repeatedly as clubs modernise facilities. Seen through stained glass, the earlier context is that parish churches and cathedrals are among Britain's richest sources of architectural and social history
Medieval fabric, later chapels, organs, altars, monuments and inscriptions can coexist within a single building, revealing generations of craftsmanship and evolving liturgy. For present-day cultural landmark, 2026 is significant because contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. In the 2026 discussion of supporters, professional sport remains closely tied to broadcast rights, tourism, sponsorship and stadium redevelopment, while supporter experience, policing, ticket prices and transport continue to shape.
Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7X9J - . Walter Smith bronze statue with raised arms outside Rangers Ibrox. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Full-length view of the Walter Smith bronze statue outside Rangers FC's Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow. The former manager is depicted with both arms raised in celebration, creating a strong sporting memorial image. The statue reflects Smith's enduring association with Rangers and can illustrate Scottish football history, football management, club legends, supporter culture, memorial art and the heritage of Ibrox Stadium. Seen through mural, the earlier context is that monuments and civic artworks are part of the visual history of place
Their subjects reveal whom a community chose to celebrate, while later reinterpretation or controversy can change the meaning of an apparently permanent object. For matchday, the historical context is that british sports venues often have histories extending far beyond their present-day appearance, with rebuilt stands, sponsorship names and safety standards reflecting the professionalisation and commercial growth of spectator sport. Looking at business signage, the longer history is that local businesses provide unusually precise social-history evidence because names, branding and uses change more quickly than the buildings they occupy
A shop, café, pub or service company can disappear while the façade survives, leaving photographs as a record of the previous commercial life of the street. The 2026 relevance of mural comes from the fact that contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. For matchday, the 2026 context is that professional sport continues to be closely tied to broadcast rights, tourism, sponsorship and stadium redevelopment, while supporter experience, policing, ticket.
Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7X9K - . Walter Smith statue outside Ibrox Stadium, home of Rangers FC. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Bronze statue of former Rangers manager Walter Smith outside Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow. Smith is shown in a celebratory pose with both arms raised, commemorating a manager strongly associated with Rangers and Scottish football. The sculpture forms part of the club's memorial landscape around Ibrox and provides editorial context for Rangers history, football management, sporting heritage, supporters, memorials and the legacy of Walter Smith. Within the history of creative industries, public art turns streets and buildings into records of local culture
Murals, statues and memorial sculpture can commemorate people and events, celebrate industry, respond to politics or simply enliven public space, while materials and style often identify a particular era. In relation to football club, historical context shows that football and major sporting events leave a rich material record through flags, tickets, souvenirs, programmes and venue signage
International tournaments in particular can turn everyday objects into historical evidence of national sporting culture. For the story of sacred art, it is useful to note that ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local evidence
Churchyard monuments, carved stone, stained glass and plaques provide material for genealogy, architectural history, religious practice and remembrance. Against the 2026 backdrop for creative industries, contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. As of 2026, the position for football club is that professional sport remains closely tied to broadcast rights, tourism, sponsorship and stadium redevelopment, while.
Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,city,centre,characters,DC Thompson,Desparate Dan,Overgate Dundee sculpture,British comics heritage,cartoon character statue,Desperate Dan and Gnasher,cultural landmark Dundee,British popular culture,comics publishing history,childhood nostalgia UK,creative industries Dundee,humour and masculinity in comics,illustrated characters in public space,city identity through culture,media heritage Britain,family-friendly public art,place-making through culture,Overgate Shopping Centre Dundee,Dundee DD1 1UF,High Street Dundee,Dundee Scotland UK,bronze statue,childrens comic character,The Beano history,publishing heritage Dundee,public sculpture city centre,editorial image,daytime exterior,bronze,wide angle,unusual
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DCX6DH - A bronze statue of Desperate Dan, photographed in Dundee city centre within the Overgate shopping area, Dundee DD1 1UF. The sculpture shows the iconic Beano character captured mid-stride, holding a rolled newspaper and accompanied by his small dog Gnasher, reflecting the exaggerated strength, humour and bravado that defined the character.
Desperate Dan is one of the most recognisable figures from The Beano, the long-running British children's comic first published in 1938. Dundee has a central place in British comics history as the home of DC Thomson, whose publications, including The Beano and The Dandy, became staples of twentieth-century childhood reading and shaped British popular culture.
The statue forms part of Dundee's deliberate celebration of its comics and publishing heritage, with Beano characters installed as permanent public artworks within the city centre. Positioned in a busy pedestrian and retail environment, the sculpture integrates popular culture into everyday urban life, encouraging interaction, photography and engagement from residents and visitors.
Public artworks such as this play a role in reinforcing Dundee's identity as a creative and cultural city, linking its historic publishing industry with contemporary regeneration and place-making. Photographed in daylight with surrounding buildings and paving visible, the image offers strong editorial value for themes including British comics history, nostalgia, creative industries, public art and cultural identity in Scottish cities.
Bronze statue of Desperate Dan, a character from The Beano comic, striding through the Overgate area
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EBGJG7 - The Little Mermaid statue, known in Danish as Den Lille Havfrue, sits on a waterside rock at Langelinie in Copenhagen harbour, Denmark. This famous bronze sculpture by Edvard Eriksen was unveiled in 1913 and was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale about a mermaid who longs for human life. The statue was commissioned by Carl Jacobsen, the Carlsberg brewer and art patron, after he saw a ballet based on the story at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. The image shows the small green-patinated figure seated beside the water, with harbour vessels, cranes and the Copenhagen waterfront in the background, giving useful context for travel, tourism, literary heritage and Danish cultural identity. Although modest in scale, the statue has become one of Copenhagen's best-known landmarks and a powerful city symbol, frequently photographed by visitors walking along Langelinie, touring the harbour, visiting nearby Kastellet, or exploring the waterfront north of the city centre. The photograph has strong editorial value for articles about Copenhagen sightseeing, Denmark travel, Scandinavian city breaks, Hans Christian Andersen, fairy tale tourism, public sculpture, bronze monuments, harbour promenades and the relationship between Copenhagen and the sea. The green bronze surface, rounded rock, calm water and open sky create a classic documentary view of a much visited landmark, while the industrial and maritime background helps avoid a purely postcard reading by placing the sculpture in the working harbour landscape. The Little Mermaid is also useful for wider themes around cultural memory, national icons, literary adaptation, tourist expectations, public access to art and the continuing appeal of understated civic monuments. The scene suits guidebooks, travel features, educational publishing, cultural history, cruise tourism, Nordic destination marketing and stock photography uses needing a recognisable image of Copenhagen and Denmark.
The Little Mermaid, Edvard Eriksen's bronze statue on Langelinie, Copenhagen, inspired by Hans Chris
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TC62 - V&A Dundee design museum on the regenerated River Tay waterfront, Dundee, Scotland, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ, Scotland, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. V&A Dundee is Scotland's design museum and the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London. Designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, it opened in 2018 as a landmark element of Dundee's waterfront regeneration, with its dramatic layered form inspired by Scotland's coastal cliffs. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5510,Adam,Duncan,Admiral,Dundee,Scotland,statue,bronze,Cathedral,naval,Camperdown,1797,monument,heritage,High,Street,outside,Paul
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TC67 - Admiral Adam Duncan bronze statue outside St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, Scotland, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at High Street, Dundee, DD1 1TD, Scotland, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The Dundee city-centre statue honours Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, who was born in the city and became famous for victory over the Dutch fleet at Camperdown in 1797. Erected in 1997, the monument forms part of Dundee's collection of public sculpture and sits close to St Paul's Cathedral. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
High Street, Dundee, DD1 1TD, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDM01A - Bronze statue of Scottish boxing legend Ken Buchanan MBE on Little King Street near St James Quarter in central Edinburgh. The life-size sculpture shows Buchanan in a guarded fighting stance, wearing boxing gloves and detailed championship shorts, with the modern stone and glass buildings of the redeveloped city centre behind. The work was created by Scottish sculptor Alan Herriot, cast by Powderhall Bronze and unveiled on 14 August 2022. It was commissioned by the Ken Buchanan MBE Foundation after a long public fundraising campaign to secure a permanent memorial to one of Scotland's greatest sporting figures.
Born in Edinburgh on 28 June 1945, Buchanan became a major international boxing star during a professional career lasting from 1965 to 1982. He defeated Ismael Laguna in Puerto Rico in September 1970 to win the World Boxing Association lightweight title, then beat Ruben Navarro in Los Angeles in February 1971 to add the World Boxing Council crown and become undisputed world lightweight champion. Known for exceptional footwork, timing, stamina and technical skill, he later regained the British title, won the European championship and fought leading opponents including Roberto Duran. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
Buchanan attended the statue's unveiling, less than a year before his death on 1 April 2023 aged 77. The monument records his importance to Edinburgh, Scottish boxing and international sport, while the close view emphasises the bronze modelling of his face, gloves, belt and athletic stance. This editorial image is suitable for themes involving public art, boxing heritage, sporting memorials, Scottish identity, Edinburgh tourism, world champions and the commemoration of working-class sporting achievement. The dramatic low viewpoint also gives the figure a strong physical presence, presenting Buchanan as alert, resilient and ready to compete
Little King Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, EH1 3AR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T35C2K - The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk is a 7-mile (11 km) long circular walking trail in central London, England, dedicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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The walk passes between Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park and St. James's Park in a figure-eight pattern, passing five sites that are associated with Princess Diana's life: Kensington Palace, Spencer House, Buckingham Palace, St. James's Palace, and Clarence House. It is marked with ninety individual plaques, each of which has a heraldic rose etched in the centre made of aluminium. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, who was the Chairman of the Diana, Princess of Wales, Memorial Committee was quoted as saying it is one of the most magnificent urban parkland walks in the world. The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk is in London, and celebrates the life of the Princess of Wales who died in a car accident on 31 August 1997 in Paris.
The walk was constructed at a cost of £1.3 million. No member of the Royal Family was present at its opening
St James Park, 42 The Mall, London, England, SW1A 2BJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXH7 - Read more at https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/sculpture-of-duke-of-devonshire-officially-unveiled-at-buxton-crescent-hotel-3396129
A statue of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, standing pose holding a scroll of plans in his hand. The duke built the crescent area in Buxton but had never been celebrated for his achievement. Two local people commissioned and funded the project which took 20 years to come to fruition, due to the extensive renovations to the Crescent Hotel.
The idea for the statue has been long in the planning, with Sheila previously explaining that it first came about in the late 90s when tourists asked the couple who had built the Crescent and why there was no monument honouring the achievement.
It was commissioned and funded by Bill and Sheila more than 20 years ago but had been put on hold several times as various complications caused set backs to the major scheme to redevelop the Crescent into a five-star spa hotel.
The striking 7.5 ft bronze sculpture - weighing 285kg - shows William Cavendish in his favourite, every-day business clothes - reflecting his reputation as a ˜quiet sort of person'.
George Street, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England , UK, SK17 6BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJPXH9 - Read more at https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/sculpture-of-duke-of-devonshire-officially-unveiled-at-buxton-crescent-hotel-3396129
A statue of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, standing pose holding a scroll of plans in his hand. The duke built the crescent area in Buxton but had never been celebrated for his achievement. Two local people commissioned and funded the project which took 20 years to come to fruition, due to the extensive renovations to the Crescent Hotel.
The idea for the statue has been long in the planning, with Sheila previously explaining that it first came about in the late 90s when tourists asked the couple who had built the Crescent and why there was no monument honouring the achievement.
It was commissioned and funded by Bill and Sheila more than 20 years ago but had been put on hold several times as various complications caused set backs to the major scheme to redevelop the Crescent into a five-star spa hotel.
The striking 7.5 ft bronze sculpture - weighing 285kg - shows William Cavendish in his favourite, every-day business clothes - reflecting his reputation as a ˜quiet sort of person'.
George Street, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England , UK, SK17 6BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJCCB4 - David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool (6 March 1929 “ 5 March 2005) was a Church of England bishop who played cricket for Sussex and England in his youth, before serving as Bishop of Liverpool from 1975 to 1997. Sheppard remains the only ordained minister to have played Test cricket,[2] though others such as Tom Killick were ordained after playing Tests
Sheppard was born in Reigate and brought up in Charlwood, Surrey. His father was a solicitor, and a cousin of Tubby Clayton, founder of Toc H
Sheppard was converted to evangelical Christianity whilst at Cambridge, influenced by Donald Grey Barnhouse, and trained for the ministry at Ridley Hall, Cambridge from 1953 to 1955, where he attended the lectures of Owen Chadwick and Maurice Wiles, and was much impressed by a visiting lecturer, Donald Soper. He was involved with the ministry of E. J. H. Nash. He was ordained in 1955, serving his title as curate at St Mary's Church, Islington, but continued to play Test cricket sporadically until 1963, being the first ordained minister to do so. From 1957, he was warden of the Mayflower Family Centre in Canning Town.
Sheppard worked closely with the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool, Derek Worlock, on these issues, and was often an outspoken critic of Margaret Thatcher's government. The Queen visited both Liverpool cathedrals in 1978 to celebrate the long-delayed completion of the Anglican cathedral, and Pope John Paul II visited both cathedrals during his tour of England in 1982. The bishops worked together in the aftermath of the 1981 Toxteth riots, the 1985 Heysel stadium disaster and the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium disaster. Sheppard also worked with other church leaders in Liverpool, including the Methodist chairman John Newton. He gave the Dimbleby Lecture in 1984, on The Other Britain. In 1985 he was appointed as a member of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Commission on Urban Priority Areas
Hope St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 9BW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFER1H - A statue of Aneurin Bevan stands at the western end of Queen Street, Cardiff, Wales in recognition of Aneurin Bevan (1897 “ 1960) who is credited with founding the National Health Service (NHS). It has been described as perhaps one of Wales' most iconic statues
Aneurin Nye Bevan PC (15 November 1897 “ 6 July 1960) was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government in which he spearheaded the creation of the British National Health Service. He is also known for his wider contribution to the founding of the British welfare state.
Bevan is widely regarded as one of the most influential left-wing politicians in British history.
The statue was erected in 1987, designed by Robert Thomas.
Bevan became Labour MP for Ebbw Vale in 1929, subsequently an effective public speaker known for his left wing views and being temporarily expelled from the party on two occasions (one of them for his opposition to nuclear weapons). He was elected to the Labour's National Executive and became Minister for Health in the post-war Labour government, where he was behind the nationalisation of healthcare and founding of the NHS. As Minister for Housing he took steps to solve the post-war housing shortage. Bevan remained MP for Tredegar until his death in 1960.
The statue was commissioned by South Glamorgan County Council and designed by Welsh sculptor, Robert Thomas, who also created a number of other sculptures in Cardiff city centre. The statue was erected in 1987 at the far end of Queen Street. It is the only statue of Bevan (as of 2021) in the United Kingdom.
The figure of Bevan, wearing a suit and leaning forward in a typical pose, is cast in bronze and stands on top of a polished granite pedestal. The statue is 1.83 metres (6.0 ft) in height, while the pedestal is 2.14 metres (7.0 ft) high. In gold on the front of the pedestal are the words Founder of the National Health Service.
Queen Street, Cardiff, Wales, UK,CF10 2BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9J0DE - Main Belfast hall for Orange Order
contains meeting rooms, a museum, and facilitates educational tours to showcase the political and religious aspects of the Order
starting point of the largest 12th July cultural parade in Ireland
Managed by voluntary Committee comprised of members of lodges
no staff
Opened 1886
largest purpose built Orange Hall in the world
statue of King William III on the cornice, 12ft high and made of bronze, unveiled in 1889, is the only equestrian statue in Northern Ireland
B listed.
The Loyal Orange Institution, commonly known as the Orange Order, is an international fraternal movement based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants (it also has lodges in England, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, as well as in parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States. Most of the organization's lodges are located in Ireland, England, and Scotland, although others can be found throughout the British Commonwealth, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Africa. The lodges of every country are independent, but the Orange Order meets in a triennial world council. The Orange Order was founded by Ulster Protestants in County Armagh in 1795, during a period of Protestant“Catholic sectarian conflict, as a fraternity sworn to maintain the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. It is headed[definition needed] by the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, established in 1798. Its name is a tribute to the Dutch-born Protestant king William of Orange, who defeated Catholic king James II in the Williamite“Jacobite War (1688“1691). The order is best known for its yearly marches, the biggest of which are held on or around 12 July (The Twelfth), a public holiday in Northern Ireland
The Orange Order is a conservative, British unionist and Ulster loyalist organisation. Thus it has traditionally opposed Irish nationalism/republicanism and campaigned against Scottish independence.
Clifton Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT13 1AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R6AHTX - Queen Victoria by Thomas Thornycroft (1814-1885)
Dated 1869, unveiled in 1870
Bronze on a granite pedestal
St George's Plateau, Liverpool
This striking sculpture of the young Queen Victoria riding side-saddle was commissioned to match the one of Prince Albert already completed by Thornycroft and unveiled in 1866. The Queen's hat is generously plumed, and, appropriately for this position outside St George's Hall, she bears the St. George's riband as a sash across her breast. The fine detail of the statue is most easily seen from below in the embroidered crown and scrolling, as well as the fringe, of the ceremonial saddle-blanket. In a description from the Art Journal, the horse is seen as full of impatient action, which tells on the sway of the figure
an effect difficult to express well in sculpture (qtd. in Cavanagh 95). The Queen holds what looks like a small sceptre, but is actually the handle of a riding crop, the rest of which has been lost. The drape of her voluminous skirt can be seen in the right-hand profile.
According to Bob Speel, this was the piece that made [Thomas Thornycroft's] name. Compare it with his equestrian statuette of the Queen from 1853.
Bibliography
Cavanagh, Terry. Public Sculpture of Liverpool. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1996.
Speel, Bob. St George's Hall and St John's Gardens, Liverpool.
St Georges plateau, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PCB3K3 - Baptism (from KoinÄ“ Greek: βάπτισμα, romanized: váptisma, lit.‰'immerse, dip in water') is a Christian sacrament of initiation and adoption,[2] almost invariably with the use of water. It may be performed by sprinkling or pouring water on the head, or by immersing in water either partially or completely, traditionally three times, once for each person of the Trinity. The synoptic gospels recount that John the Baptist baptised Jesus. Baptism is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. Baptism according to the Trinitarian formula, which is done in most mainstream Christian denominations, is seen as being a basis for Christian ecumenism, the concept of unity amongst Christians. Baptism is also called christening,[14][15] although some reserve the word christening for the baptism of infants. In certain Christian denominations, such as the Catholic Churches, Eastern Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Assyrian Church of the East, and Lutheran Churches, baptism is the door to church membership, with candidates taking baptismal vows. It has also given its name to the Baptist churches and denominations.
Some Christian thinking regards baptism as necessary for salvation, but some writers, such as Huldrych Zwingli (1484“1531), have denied its necessity. Though water baptism is extremely common among Christian denominations, some, such as the Quakers and the Salvation Army, do not practice water baptism at all.[20] Among denominations that practice water baptism, differences occur in the manner and mode of baptizing and in the understanding of the significance of the rite. Most Christians baptize using the trinitarian formula in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (following the Great Commission), but Oneness Pentecostals baptize using Jesus' name only. Much more than half of all Christians baptize infants
many others, such as Baptist Churches, regard only believer's baptism as true baptism.
Market Gate, Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1XG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NCX258 - John Howard FRS (2 September 1726 “ 20 January 1790) was a philanthropist and early English prison reformer.
Howard was born in North London, either in Hackney or Enfield. His father, also John, was a wealthy upholsterer at Smithfield Market in the city. His mother Ann Pettitt, or Cholmley, died when he was five years old, and, described as a sickly child, he was sent to live at Cardington, Bedfordshire, some fifty miles from London, where his father owned property.
Statue of John Howard, Bedford
John Howard was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1773,:Š9Š initially for a one-year period. Rather than delegating his duties to the under-sheriff as was customary, Howard inspected the county prison himself. He was shocked by what he found, and spurred into action to inspect prisons throughout England. Of particular concern to Howard were those prisoners who were held because they could not pay the jailer's fee “ an amount paid to the owner or keeper of the prison for upkeep. He took this issue to parliament, and in 1774 was called to give evidence on prison conditions to a House of Commons select committee. Unusually, Howard was called to the bar of the House of Commons and publicly thanked for his humanity and zeal.
Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2HE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NEM - The legendary Liverpudlian comedian Sir Ken Dodd was a star of stage and screen for more than 70 years. Famed for his tickling sticks, wild hair and buck teeth, he was an entertainer in the music hall tradition, with some of his live shows going on for hours after their supposed finishing time. A master of the one-liner, he was also a successful singer. Dodd worked his beloved Knotty Ash into his routines, telling stories about the Diddymen and the jam-butty mines. He was tried for tax evasion in 1989 and was acquitted, typically then introducing himself on stage as a 'failed accountant'. Ken became Sir Ken when he was made a Knight in the 2017 New Year's Honours list. He passed away aged 90 on March 11 2018, just two days after he married his beloved Anne.
Lime Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NT2 - . An identifiable period record of 10 Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE in 2023, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The scene records Sign & John Lennon statue, at Cavern Walks, The Cavern Club, pub and other venues, 10 Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The surrounding context encompasses archival record, regional food identity, hospitality economy, licensed hospitality, licensed trade, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, local character, public realm, local produce retail, local speciality shop, changing land use, and period detail. Current relevance extends to hospitality costs and staffing pressure, particularly through the role of historic venues in tourism and neighbourhood identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into cost of living and domestic tourism, not least because of the seasonal pressure faced by tourism-dependent businesses. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around 10 Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE before conservation work alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes destination shopping, Scottish food culture, social history, tourism business, local history, traditional pub, place identity, and contemporary social history. The combination of Walks, statue, Liverpool, Cavern, and Mathew anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 10 Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is hospitality costs and pressure on hospitality margins in a high-cost economy in a form that can be compared with future views of 10 Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE.
10 Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBNM - A sundial is a horological device that tells the time of day (referred to as civil time in modern usage) when direct sunlight shines by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky. In the narrowest sense of the word, it consists of a flat plate (the dial) and a gnomon, which casts a shadow onto the dial. As the Sun appears to move through the sky, the shadow aligns with different hour-lines, which are marked on the dial to indicate the time of day. The style is the time-telling edge of the gnomon, though a single point or nodus may be used. The gnomon casts a broad shadow
the shadow of the style shows the time. The gnomon may be a rod, wire, or elaborately decorated metal casting. The style must be parallel to the axis of the Earth's rotation for the sundial to be accurate throughout the year. The style's angle from horizontal is equal to the sundial's geographical latitude.
The term sundial can refer to any device that uses the Sun's altitude or azimuth (or both) to show the time. Sundials are valued as decorative objects, metaphors, and objects of intrigue and mathematical study.
The passing of time can be observed by placing a stick in the sand or a nail in a board and placing markers at the edge of a shadow or outlining a shadow at intervals. It is common for inexpensive, mass-produced decorative sundials to have incorrectly aligned gnomons, shadow lengths, and hour-lines, which cannot be adjusted to tell correct time
Church Lane, Grappenhall Village, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRFEPG - Morecambe & Wise Statue
Have you seen the Morecambe & Wise statue in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool? In 2016 it's unveiling celebrated the comedy double-acts 75th anniversary.
Morecambe and Wise are comedy classics, favourites of their time. Eric and Ernie performed in Blackpool more than 1,000 times in their career, first appearing on stage together in 1941.
During their years in Blackpool, the pair entertained hundreds of thousands of people. They played at seven theatres and six summer seasons, also enjoying a starring role in the 1955 Royal Variety Performance at the Winter Gardens.
You can see it on permanent display in the spectacular domed entrance to the Winter Gardens.
97 Church St, Blackpool,lancs, England,UK, FY1 1HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRG8Y1 - Morecambe & Wise Statue
Have you seen the Morecambe & Wise statue in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool? In 2016 it's unveiling celebrated the comedy double-acts 75th anniversary.
Morecambe and Wise are comedy classics, favourites of their time. Eric and Ernie performed in Blackpool more than 1,000 times in their career, first appearing on stage together in 1941.
During their years in Blackpool, the pair entertained hundreds of thousands of people. They played at seven theatres and six summer seasons, also enjoying a starring role in the 1955 Royal Variety Performance at the Winter Gardens.
You can see it on permanent display in the spectacular domed entrance to the Winter Gardens.
97 Church St, Blackpool,lancs, England,UK, FY1 1HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPH6RC - . This dated editorial view of Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents Qs, Marvel and other comics stall, in Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA. The frame also records themes of changing streetscape, shopfront economy, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, public realm, documentary photography, local enterprise, historical comparison, social history, period detail, local history, local character, changing land use, and high-street commerce. Today's relevance is strengthened by business rates, store closures and the continuing question of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA, details that may look very different after new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with specialist retailer, place identity, small business, commercial streetscape, everyday life, bricks-and-mortar retail, visual archive, and local trading. Elements such as other, Herefordshire, Marvel, stall, and comics add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is business rates and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding when considered against later change at Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA.
Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16ARC - The Meeting Place is a 9-metre-high (30 ft), 20-tonne (20-long-ton) bronze sculpture that stands at the south end of the upper level of St Pancras railway station. Designed by the British artist Paul Day and unveiled in 2007, it is intended to evoke the romance of travel through the depiction of a couple locked in an amorous embrace.
The statue, which stands in the Eurostar terminal, is reported to have cost £1 million and was installed as the centrepiece of the refurbished station. The work, commissioned by London and Continental Railways, is modelled on the sculptor and his wife
The sculpture received a poor critical reception, being cited by Antony Gormley as a very good example of the crap out there, comparing it to other examples of public art in the UK,[4] and later referred to as a terrible, schmaltzy, sentimental piece of kitsch by Tim Marlow of the Royal Academy of Arts. Jeremy Deller dismissed it as barely a work of art. Day commented that lot of people will no doubt detest it because it is not violent or controversial.
Further controversy was caused by Day's 2008 planned addition of a bronze relief frieze around the plinth. Originally depicting a commuter falling into the path of an Underground train driven by the Grim Reaper, Day believed the piece to be a tragi-comic style and was supposed to be a metaphor for the way people's imaginations ran wild but revised the frieze before the final version was installed.
Despite harsh criticism from major figures in the British art world, the statue has become popular with the public and contributed to its perception of St Pancras. In 2011, an edition of The World's Most Romantic Spots by Lonely Planet described the station as one of the most romantic meeting places in the world, citing the statue as a key reason
The Grand Terrace, St Pancras International, London, England, UK, N1C 4QP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16ARE - The Meeting Place is a 9-metre-high (30 ft), 20-tonne (20-long-ton) bronze sculpture that stands at the south end of the upper level of St Pancras railway station. Designed by the British artist Paul Day and unveiled in 2007, it is intended to evoke the romance of travel through the depiction of a couple locked in an amorous embrace.
The statue, which stands in the Eurostar terminal, is reported to have cost £1 million and was installed as the centrepiece of the refurbished station. The work, commissioned by London and Continental Railways, is modelled on the sculptor and his wife
The sculpture received a poor critical reception, being cited by Antony Gormley as a very good example of the crap out there, comparing it to other examples of public art in the UK,[4] and later referred to as a terrible, schmaltzy, sentimental piece of kitsch by Tim Marlow of the Royal Academy of Arts. Jeremy Deller dismissed it as barely a work of art. Day commented that lot of people will no doubt detest it because it is not violent or controversial.
Further controversy was caused by Day's 2008 planned addition of a bronze relief frieze around the plinth. Originally depicting a commuter falling into the path of an Underground train driven by the Grim Reaper, Day believed the piece to be a tragi-comic style and was supposed to be a metaphor for the way people's imaginations ran wild but revised the frieze before the final version was installed.
Despite harsh criticism from major figures in the British art world, the statue has become popular with the public and contributed to its perception of St Pancras. In 2011, an edition of The World's Most Romantic Spots by Lonely Planet described the station as one of the most romantic meeting places in the world, citing the statue as a key reason
The Grand Terrace, St Pancras International, London, England, UK, N1C 4QP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16ARF - The Meeting Place is a 9-metre-high (30 ft), 20-tonne (20-long-ton) bronze sculpture that stands at the south end of the upper level of St Pancras railway station. Designed by the British artist Paul Day and unveiled in 2007, it is intended to evoke the romance of travel through the depiction of a couple locked in an amorous embrace.
The statue, which stands in the Eurostar terminal, is reported to have cost £1 million and was installed as the centrepiece of the refurbished station. The work, commissioned by London and Continental Railways, is modelled on the sculptor and his wife
The sculpture received a poor critical reception, being cited by Antony Gormley as a very good example of the crap out there, comparing it to other examples of public art in the UK,[4] and later referred to as a terrible, schmaltzy, sentimental piece of kitsch by Tim Marlow of the Royal Academy of Arts. Jeremy Deller dismissed it as barely a work of art. Day commented that lot of people will no doubt detest it because it is not violent or controversial.
Further controversy was caused by Day's 2008 planned addition of a bronze relief frieze around the plinth. Originally depicting a commuter falling into the path of an Underground train driven by the Grim Reaper, Day believed the piece to be a tragi-comic style and was supposed to be a metaphor for the way people's imaginations ran wild but revised the frieze before the final version was installed.
Despite harsh criticism from major figures in the British art world, the statue has become popular with the public and contributed to its perception of St Pancras. In 2011, an edition of The World's Most Romantic Spots by Lonely Planet described the station as one of the most romantic meeting places in the world, citing the statue as a key reason
The Grand Terrace, St Pancras International, London, England, UK, N1C 4QP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16ARG - The Meeting Place is a 9-metre-high (30 ft), 20-tonne (20-long-ton) bronze sculpture that stands at the south end of the upper level of St Pancras railway station. Designed by the British artist Paul Day and unveiled in 2007, it is intended to evoke the romance of travel through the depiction of a couple locked in an amorous embrace.
The statue, which stands in the Eurostar terminal, is reported to have cost £1 million and was installed as the centrepiece of the refurbished station. The work, commissioned by London and Continental Railways, is modelled on the sculptor and his wife
The sculpture received a poor critical reception, being cited by Antony Gormley as a very good example of the crap out there, comparing it to other examples of public art in the UK,[4] and later referred to as a terrible, schmaltzy, sentimental piece of kitsch by Tim Marlow of the Royal Academy of Arts. Jeremy Deller dismissed it as barely a work of art. Day commented that lot of people will no doubt detest it because it is not violent or controversial.
Further controversy was caused by Day's 2008 planned addition of a bronze relief frieze around the plinth. Originally depicting a commuter falling into the path of an Underground train driven by the Grim Reaper, Day believed the piece to be a tragi-comic style and was supposed to be a metaphor for the way people's imaginations ran wild but revised the frieze before the final version was installed.
Despite harsh criticism from major figures in the British art world, the statue has become popular with the public and contributed to its perception of St Pancras. In 2011, an edition of The World's Most Romantic Spots by Lonely Planet described the station as one of the most romantic meeting places in the world, citing the statue as a key reason
The Grand Terrace, St Pancras International, London, England, UK, N1C 4QP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16ARH - The Meeting Place is a 9-metre-high (30 ft), 20-tonne (20-long-ton) bronze sculpture that stands at the south end of the upper level of St Pancras railway station. Designed by the British artist Paul Day and unveiled in 2007, it is intended to evoke the romance of travel through the depiction of a couple locked in an amorous embrace.
The statue, which stands in the Eurostar terminal, is reported to have cost £1 million and was installed as the centrepiece of the refurbished station. The work, commissioned by London and Continental Railways, is modelled on the sculptor and his wife
The sculpture received a poor critical reception, being cited by Antony Gormley as a very good example of the crap out there, comparing it to other examples of public art in the UK,[4] and later referred to as a terrible, schmaltzy, sentimental piece of kitsch by Tim Marlow of the Royal Academy of Arts. Jeremy Deller dismissed it as barely a work of art. Day commented that lot of people will no doubt detest it because it is not violent or controversial.
Further controversy was caused by Day's 2008 planned addition of a bronze relief frieze around the plinth. Originally depicting a commuter falling into the path of an Underground train driven by the Grim Reaper, Day believed the piece to be a tragi-comic style and was supposed to be a metaphor for the way people's imaginations ran wild but revised the frieze before the final version was installed.
Despite harsh criticism from major figures in the British art world, the statue has become popular with the public and contributed to its perception of St Pancras. In 2011, an edition of The World's Most Romantic Spots by Lonely Planet described the station as one of the most romantic meeting places in the world, citing the statue as a key reason
The Grand Terrace, St Pancras International, London, England, UK, N1C 4QP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108BD - . This location-specific image from Newgate Street, London, England, UK, EC1A 7AJ in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Site of Christs Hospital 1552-1902, city of London plaque, Christchurch, Newgate Street, London, England, UK, EC1A 7AJ. The frame also records themes of music memorial, DJ culture, regional identity, changing land use, cultural memory, memorial culture, regional music heritage, everyday life, social history, place identity, visual archive, community identity, historical comparison, and music-scene memorial. From a 2025-onward perspective, venue closures and creative industries are closely linked to this subject, alongside how memorials preserve figures from regional music scenes outside formal institutions. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at Newgate Street, London, England, UK, EC1A 7AJ may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The surrounding story also includes changing streetscape, local remembrance, local character, contemporary social history, archival record, documentary photography, public realm, and club-music history. Elements such as Christs, Newgate, 1552-1902, plaque, and Hospital add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Newgate Street, London, England, UK, EC1A 7AJ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes venue closures and the importance of documenting club and dance-music history within the specific setting of Newgate Street, London, England, UK, EC1A 7AJ. The view records evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of Newgate Street, London, England, UK, EC1A 7AJ.
Newgate Street, London, England, UK, EC1A 7AJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108BJ - Erected to commemorate Christ's Hospital School's 350 year presence in the City of London, from 1552 to 1902. The sculpture is designed to curve gently, reflecting the care and support provided to children, who flow from the youngest entering the school to confident adolescents marching boldly into their futures. The back of the sculpture features a verse written about Christ's Hospital by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who was a pupil from 1781 to 1791, along with a copper plate drawing of the Priory buildings at the time the school first occupied the site in 1552. The sculpture gives life to the essence of the school and its charitable mission to educate children in particular need, regardless of means. The famous Tudor uniform and marching depicted in the piece are synonymous with Christ's Hospital today.
Christchurch, Newgate Street, London, England, UK, EC1A 7AJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AYHJ9T - The original statue of Dr Salter seated on a bench, was stolen, presumably for the value of its bronze, in November 2011. The Salter Statues Campaign group raised £60k, which Southwark Council matched, to pay for replacement statues, and these were unveiled on 30 November 2014.
A Salter Memorial Lecture is promoted by the Quaker Socialist Society each year as a fringe event at the Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Alfred Salter (16 June 1873 “ 24 August 1945) was a British medical practitioner and Labour Party politician
Salter was born in Greenwich in 1873, the son of W H Salter. Following education at John Roan School, Greenwich, he went on to study medicine at Guy's Hospital, London
While at the Bermondsey Methodist Settlement, which had been established by Rev. John Scott Lidgett, Salter set up mutual health insurance schemes and adult education classes on health matters. In 1900 he married Ada Brown, who shared his political and social views
In the year of his marriage he established his medical practice in Bermondsey, and the couple worked together in trying to alleviate the effects of poverty in the largely working class area. He chose to offer services free to those who could not pay.[4] This work was to lead the establishment of a pioneering comprehensive health service in the area
Salter decided that by entering politics he could effect changes to the squalid environment in Bermondsey far more quickly and profoundly than he could outside the political arena. He was elected to Bermondsey Borough Council in 1903
In the 1922 general election he was again nominated as Labour candidate for Bermondsey West. Salter secured 7,550 votes, a majority of 2,325. His wife Ada, as mayor of the borough, was the returning officer who declared him elected. According to Fenner Brockway, the anti-war activist, Salter in his youth was known as the Settlement firebrand “ militant Republican, militant Socialist, militant Agnostic,etc
101 Bermondsey Wall East, Rotherhithe, London, England,UK, SE16 4NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABY9DF - The Theatre Royal Stratford East is a large theatre in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham. Since 1953, it has been the home of the Theatre Workshop company, famously associated with Joan Littlewood.
The theatre was designed by architect James George Buckle, who was commissioned by the actor-manager Charles Dillon in 1884. It is the architect's only surviving work, built on the site of a wheelwright's shop on Salway Road, close to the junction with Angel Lane. It opened on 17 December 1884 with a revival of Richelieu by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Two years later, Dillon sold it to Albert O'Leary Fredericks, his sister's brother-in-law and one of the original backers of the scheme.
In 1887 the theatre was renamed Theatre Royal and Palace of Varieties and side extensions were added in 1887. The stage was enlarged in 1891, by the original architect. In 1902, Frank Matcham undertook minor improvements to the entrance and foyer. The Theatre reverted to its Theatre Royal Stratford East ('TRSE') name in 1914. A fire on the stage on August Bank Holiday Monday of 1921 did considerable damage to the rear of the theatre. Thankfully the fire happened at midnight, with the safety curtain lowered, saving the auditorium which retains many of its original features to this day. The theatre was closed until January 1922
The theatre came under threat with the construction of the Stratford shopping centre in the 1970s, but was saved by a public campaign and protected in June 1972 by English Heritage with a Grade II* listing. Money remained short, and the manager, Gerry Raffles, only managed redecoration and replacements as cash became available. In 2001, following a successful Heritage Lottery Fund bid, all of the theatre's front of house and backstage areas were refurbished as part of the Olympiad's Stratford Cultural Quarter project
Gerry Raffles Square, Stratford East, London, England, UK, E15 1BN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGAW9 - William Temple was born the son of the Leicestershire man Anthony Temple, whose family name was said to descend from the Knight Templars, a once powerful monastic order during the Crusades, but which was outlawed by Pope Clement V. The rituals and the secrets of the order survived and many of the Knight Templars families came to prominence in 16th-century England when Protestantism was embraced. He was educated at Eton College and passed with a scholarship to King's College, Cambridge, in 1573. In 1576 he was elected a fellow of King's, and graduated with a B.A. in 1577“8 and M.A. in philosophy in 1581. He became Master of Lincoln Grammar School that same year. Though originally destined for the law, he became a tutor in logic at his college. In his logic readings, wrote a pupil, Anthony Wotton, in his Runne from Rome (1624), he always laboured to fit his pupils for the true use of that art rather than for vain and idle speculations. He accepted with enthusiasm the logical methods and views of Petrus Ramus, and became the most active champion of the Ramists in England.
William Temple's first sight of Ireland came as he landed at Howth in April 1599 to take up his position as secretary to the new lord lieutenant, Robert Devereux, and 2nd Earl of Essex. It was a baptism of fire as their first great task was to suppress a major rebellion of the native Irish tribes who had now united with the Anglo-Normans. While Essex campaigned around the country, Temple stayed behind in Dublin that summer relaying news of military deployment and successes to the Royal Court, Essex, once Elizabeth's most trusted confidant and intimate advisor, now became the unappreciated and maligned viceroy falling foul of the ageing queen. Both he and William Temple were ignominiously recalled to London that same autumn.
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGB6R - Philip Parris Lynott (20 August 1949 “ 4 January 1986) was an Irish singer, bassist, and songwriter. His most commercially successful group was Thin Lizzy, of which he was a founding member, the principal songwriter, lead vocalist and bassist. He was known for his distinctive plectrum-based style on the bass, and for his imaginative lyrical contributions including working class tales and numerous characters drawn from personal influences and Celtic culture.
Lynott was born in the West Midlands of England, but grew up in Dublin with his grandparents. He remained close to his mother, Philomena, throughout his life. He fronted several bands as a lead vocalist, including Skid Row alongside Gary Moore, before learning the bass guitar and forming Thin Lizzy in 1969. After initial success with Whiskey in the Jar, the band had several hits in the mid-1970s such as The Boys Are Back in Town, Jailbreak and Waiting for an Alibi, and became a popular live attraction combining Lynott's vocal and songwriting skills with dual lead guitars. Towards the end of the 1970s, Lynott embarked upon a solo career, published two books of poetry, and after Thin Lizzy disbanded, he assembled and fronted the band Grand Slam.
In 2005, a life-size bronze statue of Lynott by Dublin sculptor Paul Daly was unveiled on Harry Street, off Grafton Street in Dublin. The ceremony was attended by Lynott's mother Philomena, and former band members Moore, Bell, Robertson, Downey, Gorham and Darren Wharton, who performed live
In the 1980s, Lynott increasingly suffered drug-related problems, particularly an addiction to heroin. In 1985, he had a final chart success with Moore, Out in the Fields, followed by the minor hit Nineteen, before his death in 1986. He remains a popular figure in the rock world
Harry Street, (off Grafton Street), Dublin 2, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGB9X - Philip Parris Lynott (20 August 1949 “ 4 January 1986) was an Irish singer, bassist, and songwriter. His most commercially successful group was Thin Lizzy, of which he was a founding member, the principal songwriter, lead vocalist and bassist. He was known for his distinctive plectrum-based style on the bass, and for his imaginative lyrical contributions including working class tales and numerous characters drawn from personal influences and Celtic culture.
Lynott was born in the West Midlands of England, but grew up in Dublin with his grandparents. He remained close to his mother, Philomena, throughout his life. He fronted several bands as a lead vocalist, including Skid Row alongside Gary Moore, before learning the bass guitar and forming Thin Lizzy in 1969. After initial success with Whiskey in the Jar, the band had several hits in the mid-1970s such as The Boys Are Back in Town, Jailbreak and Waiting for an Alibi, and became a popular live attraction combining Lynott's vocal and songwriting skills with dual lead guitars. Towards the end of the 1970s, Lynott embarked upon a solo career, published two books of poetry, and after Thin Lizzy disbanded, he assembled and fronted the band Grand Slam.
In 2005, a life-size bronze statue of Lynott by Dublin sculptor Paul Daly was unveiled on Harry Street, off Grafton Street in Dublin. The ceremony was attended by Lynott's mother Philomena, and former band members Moore, Bell, Robertson, Downey, Gorham and Darren Wharton, who performed live
In the 1980s, Lynott increasingly suffered drug-related problems, particularly an addiction to heroin. In 1985, he had a final chart success with Moore, Out in the Fields, followed by the minor hit Nineteen, before his death in 1986. He remains a popular figure in the rock world
Harry Street, (off Grafton Street), Dublin 2, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF5JN - Turing has been honoured in various ways in Manchester, the city where he worked towards the end of his life. In 1994, a stretch of the A6010 road (the Manchester city intermediate ring road) was named Alan Turing Way. A bridge carrying this road was widened, and carries the name Alan Turing Bridge. A statue of Turing was unveiled in Manchester on 23 June 2001 in Sackville Park, between the University of Manchester building on Whitworth Street and Canal Street. The memorial statue depicts the father of computer science sitting on a bench at a central position in the park. Turing is shown holding an apple. The cast bronze bench carries in relief the text 'Alan Mathison Turing 1912“1954', and the motto 'Founder of Computer Science' as it could appear if encoded by an Enigma machine: 'IEKYF ROMSI ADXUO KVKZC GUBJ'. However, the meaning of the coded message is disputed, as the 'u' in 'computer' matches up with the 'u' in 'ADXUO'. As a letter encoded by an enigma machine can not appear as itself, the actual message behind the code is uncertain.[207]
Turing memorial statue plaque in Sackville Park, Manchester
A plaque at the statue's feet reads 'Father of computer science, mathematician, logician, wartime codebreaker, victim of prejudice'. There is also a Bertrand Russell quotation: Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty”a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture. The sculptor buried his own old Amstrad computer under the plinth as a tribute to the godfather of all modern computers - The Alan Turing Memorial, situated in Sackville Park in Manchester, England, is in memory of Alan Turing, a pioneer of modern computing. Turing is believed to have committed suicide in 1954 two years after being convicted of gross indecency (i.e. homosexual acts). As such he is as much a gay icon as an icon of computing, and it is no coincidence that this memorial is situated near Canal Street, Manchester's gay village.
Alan Turing Memorial, Sackville Park, Fairfield St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3HB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF5JR - Turing has been honoured in various ways in Manchester, the city where he worked towards the end of his life. In 1994, a stretch of the A6010 road (the Manchester city intermediate ring road) was named Alan Turing Way. A bridge carrying this road was widened, and carries the name Alan Turing Bridge. A statue of Turing was unveiled in Manchester on 23 June 2001 in Sackville Park, between the University of Manchester building on Whitworth Street and Canal Street. The memorial statue depicts the father of computer science sitting on a bench at a central position in the park. Turing is shown holding an apple. The cast bronze bench carries in relief the text 'Alan Mathison Turing 1912“1954', and the motto 'Founder of Computer Science' as it could appear if encoded by an Enigma machine: 'IEKYF ROMSI ADXUO KVKZC GUBJ'. However, the meaning of the coded message is disputed, as the 'u' in 'computer' matches up with the 'u' in 'ADXUO'. As a letter encoded by an enigma machine can not appear as itself, the actual message behind the code is uncertain.[207]
Turing memorial statue plaque in Sackville Park, Manchester
A plaque at the statue's feet reads 'Father of computer science, mathematician, logician, wartime codebreaker, victim of prejudice'. There is also a Bertrand Russell quotation: Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty”a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture. The sculptor buried his own old Amstrad computer under the plinth as a tribute to the godfather of all modern computers - The Alan Turing Memorial, situated in Sackville Park in Manchester, England, is in memory of Alan Turing, a pioneer of modern computing. Turing is believed to have committed suicide in 1954 two years after being convicted of gross indecency (i.e. homosexual acts). As such he is as much a gay icon as an icon of computing, and it is no coincidence that this memorial is situated near Canal Street, Manchester's gay village.
Alan Turing Memorial, Sackville Park, Fairfield St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3HB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GRYH - Bridgwater War Memorial is a Grade II* listed war memorial located on King Square in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, on the site previously occupied by Bridgwater Castle. It was designed by John Angel in the mid-1920s. The green figure of the memorial is allegorical, representing Civilization as a seated female, holding a globe in one hand and with the book of knowledge on her lap.
John Angel sculpted the Angel of Bridgwater. Mounted on a plinth, a female figure of 'Civilisation' lofts the world, which is encircled by emblems of commerce and peace. Under her foot are the demons of war. The throne and figure are backed by relief depictions of Labour, Home, Life and Education. On her lap is a book of laws, and she is surrounded by children. Indeed, given its monumental breadth, the many details in the design, and its metaphorical and iconic form, the sculpture is subject to colorful and variant interpretations and description. The bronze was cast by W Morris Art Bronze Foundry.
At the time, Angel was working four years as assistant to Sir George Frampton, and Frampton's influence is apparent. Figures from the roughly contemporaneous Exeter War Memorial, specifically Peace (also known as Victory) were exhibited by Angel at The Royal Academy in 1922, being exhibited in the courtyard of Burlington House,[8] as were other studies of the Bridgwater War Memorial on several occasions.
On the third step these words are inscribed: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF BRIDGWATER WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
The memorial was unveiled by General the Earl of Cavan then Chief of the Imperial General Staff on 25 September 1924, to commemorate the fallen of World War I. Further names have been added following World War II, the Korean War. Falklands Conflict and the Afghan conflict. It has been characterised as, An exceptionally fine and moving memorial, which forms an important focal point to this fine late Georgian square.
King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3AR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM0F - Kenneth Arthur Ken Dodd, OBE (born 8 November 1927) is an English comedian, singer-songwriter and actor, identified by his trademark unruly hair and protruding teeth, his red, white and blue tickling stick and his famous, upbeat greeting of How tickled I am!. He also created the world and characters of the Diddy Men, with 'diddy' being Liverpudlian slang for small.
He works mainly in the music hall tradition, although, in the past, has occasionally appeared in drama, including as Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on stage in Liverpool in 1971
on television in the cameo role of 'The Tollmaster' in the 1987 Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen
and as Yorick (in silent flashback) in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1996. In the 1960s his fame in the UK was such that he rivalled The Beatles as a household name, with his recording of Tears being the UK's third-best-selling single of the 1960s. His records have sold millions worldwide. As of 2016 he continues to tour with his comedy and music show.
Lime Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM1A - Kenneth Arthur Ken Dodd, OBE (born 8 November 1927) is an English comedian, singer-songwriter and actor, identified by his trademark unruly hair and protruding teeth, his red, white and blue tickling stick and his famous, upbeat greeting of How tickled I am!. He also created the world and characters of the Diddy Men, with 'diddy' being Liverpudlian slang for small.
He works mainly in the music hall tradition, although, in the past, has occasionally appeared in drama, including as Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on stage in Liverpool in 1971
on television in the cameo role of 'The Tollmaster' in the 1987 Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen
and as Yorick (in silent flashback) in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1996. In the 1960s his fame in the UK was such that he rivalled The Beatles as a household name, with his recording of Tears being the UK's third-best-selling single of the 1960s. His records have sold millions worldwide. As of 2016 he continues to tour with his comedy and music show.
Lime Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GMACC6 - . Photographed at Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK in 2016, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Castlegate, Mercat Cross Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland, at dusk. A broader reading of the photograph includes historical comparison, regional identity, commercial frontage, town-centre trading, high-street commerce, changing streetscape, local character, community identity, changing land use, customer footfall, social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, independent retail, and shopfront economy. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with store closures, town-centre regeneration and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. Future viewers can use this scene from Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. The photograph additionally reflects contemporary social history, local enterprise, period detail, local history, public realm, street-level business, specialist retailer, and small business. Elements such as Aberdeen, Centre, Mercat, Castlegate, and Cross add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for store closures and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets in a form that can be compared with future views of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Another useful connection is consumer spending and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. It also preserves evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GMACNN - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Castlegate, Mercat Cross Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland, at dusk. The frame also records themes of specialist retailer, retail property, small business, independent retail, commercial frontage, public realm, contemporary social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, archival record, street-level business, town-centre trading, place identity, specialist shop, and everyday life. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and independent business, particularly through the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK before different community use alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes historical comparison, changing streetscape, local history, community identity, regional identity, shopfront economy, period detail, and before-and-after reference. Elements such as Cross, Aberdeen, Mercat, Castlegate, and Centre add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects consumer spending and how commercial property costs affect small retailers in a form that can be compared with future views of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Its period value extends to store closures and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. The frame retains evidence of changing use for future local research.
Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GMAD3W - . Photographed at Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK in 2016, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Castlegate, Gordon Highlander Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland, at dusk. The image also relates to changing streetscape, club-music history, popular-music heritage, documentary photography, memorial culture, historical comparison, music-scene memorial, place identity, community tribute, everyday life, music memorial, community identity, period detail, and regional music heritage. From a 2025-onward perspective, creative industries and venue closures are closely linked to this subject, alongside the fragility of local music history when venues and scenes disappear. As a dated visual record of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if conservation work subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects commemorative plaque, place-based commemoration, social history, changing land use, local remembrance, contemporary social history, DJ culture, and archival record. Elements such as Aberdeen, Highlander, Castlegate, Gordon, and Centre add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate creative industries and the importance of documenting club and dance-music history in a form that can be compared with future views of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. The image also provides a reference for community memory and how memorials preserve figures from regional music scenes outside formal institutions within the real-world context of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYAX5A - . This dated editorial view of West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 2015 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The frame specifically shows Statue/Plaque in memory of the Royal Scots Greys, Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes DJ culture, historical comparison, commemorative plaque, community identity, local remembrance, regional identity, everyday life, community tribute, place identity, popular-music heritage, music memorial, public realm, archival record, and documentary photography. The modern context includes continuing discussion of creative industries, grassroots culture and how public plaques turn personal remembrance into shared cultural memory. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes period detail, contemporary social history, social history, local history, club-music history, changing streetscape, visual archive, and local character. References to Statue, Plaque, Greys, Edinburgh, and Princes give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes creative industries and the fragility of local music history when venues and scenes disappear when considered against later change at West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Another strand within the photograph is venue closures and the importance of documenting club and dance-music history without losing the local specificity of West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYAX5E - . A grounded documentary photograph made at West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 2015, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is B/W Statue/Plaque in memory of the Royal Scots Greys, Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The locality and subject together evoke memorial culture, place-based commemoration, popular-music heritage, visual archive, regional identity, local character, historical comparison, documentary photography, local history, contemporary social history, social history, changing land use, everyday life, and music memorial. The wider contemporary story combines community memory, local history and how memorials preserve figures from regional music scenes outside formal institutions. As a dated visual record of West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if replacement signage subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes club-music history, period detail, community tribute, cultural memory, community identity, archival record, place identity, and commemorative plaque. Details involving Edinburgh, Princes, memory, Scots, and Greys make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects community memory and how memorials preserve figures from regional music scenes outside formal institutions within the real-world context of West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The image fixes evidence of changing use as part of West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK's history.
West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KD9 - James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx KG OBE PC FRS (11 March 1916 “ 24 May 1995) was a British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976. He won four general elections.
First entering Parliament in 1945, Wilson was immediately appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and rose quickly through the ministerial ranks, becoming the Secretary for Overseas Trade in 1947 and being appointed to the Cabinet just months later as the President of the Board of Trade. Later, in the Labour Shadow Cabinet, he served first as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1955 to 1961 and then as the Shadow Foreign Secretary from 1961 to 1963, when he was elected Leader of the Labour Party after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell. Wilson narrowly won the 1964 election, going on to win a much increased majority in a snap 1966 election.
Wilson's first period as Prime Minister coincided with a period of low unemployment and relative economic prosperity, though also of significant problems with Britain's external balance of payments. In 1969 Wilson sent British troops to Northern Ireland. After losing the 1970 general election to Edward Heath, he spent four years as Leader of the Opposition before the February 1974 general election resulted in a hung parliament. After Heath's talks with the Liberals broke down, Wilson returned to power as leader of a minority government until there was a second general election in the autumn, which resulted in a narrow Labour victory. A period of economic crisis was now beginning to hit most Western countries, and in 1976 Wilson suddenly announced his resignation as Prime Minister.
Wilson was born at 4 Warneford Road, Huddersfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on 11 March 1916. He came from a political family: his father James Herbert Wilson (December 1882 “ 1971) was a works chemist who had been active in the Liberal Party.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KP7 - . 1860, Sir James Graham, by John Tweed, at Carlisle Cathedral, Castle street, Cumbria, England, UK, CA3 8TZ. Photographed on 6 July 2015. The recorded location is 7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK - CA3 8TZ. 1860 Sir James Graham by John Tweed, He was an MP, First Lord of the Admiralty, Home Secretayr. Freemason and Provincial Grandmaster a faithful servant of the state- Carlisle Cathedral. As background, ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local history
Architectural details, memorials and churchyard monuments provide evidence for religious practice, craftsmanship, community identity, genealogy and the changing use of sacred space. As background, urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration. Against the 2026 backdrop, many historic churches face the practical challenge of maintaining listed fabric while remaining active community buildings, visitor attractions and venues for worship, music and local events
Images of their interiors and memorials therefore serve architectural, heritage and social-history uses. Against the 2026 backdrop, current regeneration programmes make older urban photographs particularly useful
They allow comparison of high streets, underpasses, shopping areas and public spaces before redevelopment, while also documenting local identity that may not survive physical change. From a heritage perspective, churches combine worship with architecture, local memory and centuries of community history
Their stonework, stained glass, memorials, furnishings and churchyards often record successive periods of rebuilding, changing liturgy, local benefactors, war remembrance and family history.
7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK - CA3 8TZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KP8 - . 1860, Sir James Graham, by John Tweed, at Carlisle Cathedral, Castle street, Cumbria, England, UK, CA3 8TZ. Photographed on 6 July 2015. The recorded location is 7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK - CA3 8TZ. 1860 Sir James Graham by John Tweed, He was an MP, First Lord of the Admiralty, Home Secretayr. Freemason and Provincial Grandmaster a faithful servant of the state- Carlisle Cathedral. The wider historical story is that churches combine worship with architecture, community memory and centuries of community history
Their stonework, stained glass, memorials, furnishings and churchyards often record successive periods of rebuilding, changing liturgy, community benefactors, war remembrance and family history. The wider historical story is that town and city centres are continually rewritten by new buildings, transport schemes and changing commercial uses
Photographs preserve the everyday fabric between major landmarks, including underpasses, arcades, back streets and small businesses that may disappear during redevelopment. In the present 2026 context, historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for conservation, tourism, music, community use and community identity
Their maintenance illustrates the continuing challenge of caring for ageing heritage structures while keeping them accessible and relevant. In the present 2026 context, urban regeneration in England continues to focus on town-centre renewal, housing, public realm and reuse of vacant commercial property
Earlier street scenes provide valuable before-and-after evidence of these changes and of the businesses or structures lost along the way. For the 2026 context, many historic churches face the practical challenge of maintaining listed fabric while remaining active community buildings, visitor attractions and venues for worship, music and local events
Images of their interiors and memorials therefore serve architectural, heritage and social-history uses.
7 Abbey St, Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK - CA3 8TZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKNP - John Howard, the eighteenth century prison reformer once lodged on this site. The tablet was erected on 31st December 1906 by the Warrington Society. The unveiling ceremony took place in May 1907, on the anniversary of the publication of Howard's work, 'The State of the Prisons in England and Wales'. Mayor Griffith pulled back the green curtain, and addressing those who had gathered for the ceremony, saying that although there had been many memorials to John Howard, he did not think there were any to beat this in beauty or appropriateness, because he was in a way a Warrington man.
John Howard (1726-1790). John Howard became famous for the 'State of Prisons in England and Wales', which was written and published in Warrington in 1777 at Egres Press in Horsemarket Street. He was born in Hackney and the fortune left to him by his father in 1742 allowed him to travel. In 1756, the year after the death of his wife, he travelled to Lisbon. He was captured by a French Privateer and taken to Brest Prison. A short captivity left a lasting impression of the bad treatment given to prisoners of war. He married for a second time and moved to Cardington, near Bedfordshire, where he became the High-Sheriff. He recognised that many prisoners were being held unfairly in prison without being tried and even when they had been found innocent, until family and friends bribed the jailers to let them out. He began a series of tours around Great Britain and Ireland investigating the conditions of prisoners. He wrote about what he observed and made recommendation. As a result of these actions, two laws were passed in 1774, one providing a fixed salary for jailers, the other enforcing cleanliness. Much of the remainder of his life was spent touring the prisons on the mainland and the continent. He visited Warrington many times during his life, for many months at a time. In 1774 he was visiting the northern countries to re-invigorate his prison studies.
Howard Buildings, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXH14 - . Buddha in the ground floor of the Edinburgh science museum, National Museum of Scotland, Scotland, UK,. Photographed at Chambers St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 31 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Buddha, EDN, Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland, Museum, science museum, Buddha statue, Religious, symbol and religion, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Chambers St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG391X - Shona Kinloch Born Glasgow, she studied sculpture at GSA , 1980-85, and was the winner of the Millie and Benno Schotz Award, 1985, and a Saltire Society Award, 1992.
Specialising in animal and figure sculptures, she has received several commissions for public sculpture in Glasgow:
Seven Glasgow Dogs, a popular though temporary feature of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, As the Crow Flies, West Princes Street (1993), Chookie Burdies, on lampposts in Garnethill (1993), Thinking of Bella, Italian Centre, 179-180 Ingram Street (1994), In Pursuit of..., on the west wall of the Chancellor's Hall, University of Strathclyde (1996), and As Proud As..., Princes Square, Glasgow (2000).
She has also received commissions for work in Edinburgh, Kilmarnock, Loughborough (The Sock, 1998), East Kilbride and Hamilton (The Square Stars, 1998).
She has exhibited regularly throughout the UK since 1984, including at the RGIFA : showing Man With a Dog on His Shoulder, 1985, and Fish With a Dog Under Its Nose, 1987.
Her work is represented in numerous public collections including Pecking Hen, at the Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie.
A number of her small-scale works form part of the Dr Helen Cargill Thomson Collection which was the subject of an exhibition at the Collins Gallery in 2000, for which the sculptor donated her sketches for In Pursuit of....
Further example's of Shona's small-scale, animal and figurative bronzes were exhibited at Ewan Mundy Fine Art, 221 West George Street, Glasgow, in April, 2002, and these will be shown again at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh from 8th June, 2002, including The Three Fancy Pigeons (Together) (2001).
She currently lives in East Kilbride
48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow Scotland UK G1 3JN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYRN4 - . French style gold clock with black bronze statue. Photographed on 8 August 2013. The recorded location is Waddesdon Manor, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England , UK HP18 0JH. Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England, UK. The house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Waddesdon Manor was built from 1874 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the style of a French Renaissance château and is now managed by the National Trust on behalf of the Rothschild Foundation. Its collections bring together French decorative arts, furniture, clocks, ceramics, paintings, textiles and sculpture assembled through the Rothschild family's collecting networks. Close-up photographs of individual objects therefore sit within a broader story of nineteenth-century wealth, collecting and European craftsmanship. In historical terms, room interiors are records of both design and daily activity
Furnishings, lighting, surfaces and specialist fittings can identify a building's function and period, while later refurbishment may erase these smaller details. In the longer view, art in public and historic settings adds another layer to the built environment
Sculpture, mosaic, painting and street art can interpret heritage, provoke debate, memorialise communities or create landmarks, and photographs preserve works that may later change or disappear. During 2026, adaptive reuse often changes internal layouts dramatically, so photographs of earlier rooms and fittings have specific conservation and design value. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that public art and murals remain important to place-making, tourism and regeneration, particularly in city districts where street art has become part of the visitor economy
They also raise questions about conservation, ownership, temporary work and the rapid redevelopment of urban neighbourhoods.
Waddesdon Manor, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England , UK HP18 0JH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYDM3 - Brian Bevan monuments - Statue of Brian Bevan at the Halliwell Jones Stadium
Two monuments to Australian winger and world record try scorer Brian Bevan, who played for Warrington 1945-62 (scoring 740 tries for the Wire), are featured at the stadium. One, a statue of him, had previously been placed in the middle of a roundabout (known as Brian Bevan island) close to Wolves' old Wilderspool ground. This was moved to the Halliwell Jones Stadium with the team. The other, a mural showing Bevan's face made from 'Primrose and Blue' bricks, the traditional Warrington colours was created specifically for the location.
Two other tributes to ex-players at the ground are the naming of the South-East quadrant the Jack Fish corner, and the road the stadium is on Mike Gregory Way.
Location: Warrington RLFC, Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington, Cheshire (From 1993-2004 sited at Wilderspool stadium, moved to Halliwell Jones Stadium in 2004, moved within stadium surrounds in 2012)
Plaque: WARRINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. THIS STATUE IS IN MEMORY OF BRIAN EYRL BEVAN 1924-1991 AUSTRALIAN BORN RUGBY LEAGUE STAR. CAREER RECORD PLAYED 688 GAMES SCORED 796 TRIES A WORLD RECORD FROM 1946 TO 1964 OF WHCH 620 GAMES AND 740 TRIES WERE FOR WARRINGTON RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB FROM 1946-1962. SCULPTURE BY PHILIP BEWS. BIRSE PROPERTIES. ERECTED ON 29TH AUGUST 1993.
Mike Gregory Way, Warrington, Cheshie, WA2 7NE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB6NKK - Detail from the 7 foot high circular bronze memorial in the Old Haymarket district of Liverpool (Erected in April 2013). This memorial is inscribed with the words: Hillsborough Disaster - we will remember them, and displays the names of the 96 victims who died
St John's Gardens,, Old Haymarket, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 6ER
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H2MCM4 - Hope Square, dedicated to the Children of the Kindertransport, who found hope and safety in Britain through the gateway of Liverpool Street Station.
Association of Jewish Refugees, Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief, 2006.
Children of the Kindertransport
In gratitude to the people of Britain for saving the lives of 10,000 unaccompied mainly Jewish children who fled from Nazi persecution in 1938 and 1939.
Whosoever rescues a single soul is credited as thought they had saved the whole world. Talmud
{To the sides of the statues are 16 bronze blocks carry place-names:}
Cologne, Hanover, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Bremen, Munich, Danzig, Breslau, Prague, Hamburg, Mannheim, Leipzig, Berlin, Vienna
{On a plaque attached to the railway track behind the statues:}
Frank Meisler, Arie Ovadia, 2006
Hope Square,London, England, UK EC2
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H2MCNM - This documentary stock photograph shows London Olympics Cycling 2012 sculpture at Liverpool St Station. The image records a London 2012 Olympic cycling sculpture at Liverpool Street Station, making it useful for editorial features on Olympic legacy, public art, cycling, commuter space and the reuse of transport hubs for civic display. The City of London and Liverpool Street area is a dense mix of railway infrastructure, Underground stations, offices, historic streets, pubs, retail units and constant pedestrian movement, so even a modest street or station view carries strong relevance for stories about commuting, working life, commercial property, transport investment and the post-pandemic future of the office. The caption and visible detail suggest readable signage, giving the photograph a practical, real-world quality that works for news, business and travel use. It can support articles about the Square Mile, banking, insurance, office rents, rail usage, Tube crowding, cycling, public art, tourism, station redevelopment, after-work hospitality and London as both a workplace and visitor destination. Search-friendly composite terms include City of London commuters, Liverpool Street railway station, Bank Underground station, Cornhill financial district, London office economy, Square Mile public realm, London 2012 Olympic legacy and central London transport hub. The photograph can also illustrate wider themes of regeneration, heritage, carbon-conscious travel, pedestrian movement, evening economy, retail footfall and how transport nodes shape urban property values. Its editorial strength lies in being specific enough for captions and broad enough for business, transport, finance, urban planning, tourism and local history stories. The image is also useful where editors need a recognisable London environment without relying on the most overused postcard views.
Liverpool St Station, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6Y3 - . Three girls and a boy by Wilfried Fitzenreiter - Statue by the Spree River, Moabit, Berlin, Germany with building behind. Photographed on 8 August 2012. 1988: Three girls and one boy, DomAquarée, Berlin (originally created between 1977 and 1979 as a group back to back in the midst of a bubbling fountain between Karl-Liebknecht-Straße and Palace Hotel on the sidewalk freely accessible). From a heritage perspective, images of parents, children and couples combine personal emotion with wider social context
They can illustrate care, intergenerational relationships, childhood and companionship while also documenting the environment in which those interactions take place. Historically, public art can become part of the identity of a street or neighbourhood, recording political ideas, local history, humour, memory and evolving cultural tastes
Murals, sculpture and decorative art are especially valuable as documentary subjects because they may be altered, moved, weathered or removed. From a heritage perspective, buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Stonework, brickwork, windows, signs and decorative details can survive changes of ownership and use, allowing photographs to document both architectural style and the evolution of a street. As of 2026, family and community imagery remains widely used for coverage of childcare, public services, wellbeing, intergenerational relationships and everyday life, particularly when the scene includes identifiable civic or leisure settings. In 2026, contemporary interest in public art is closely linked to regeneration and cultural tourism. murals and sculpture continue to be used to express identity and animate public space, while redevelopment can make photographic records of earlier works increasingly valuable. Further editorial search language includes parent and child, human interest, parenthood, community life, affection, family bond, social history, and street art.
Spree River, Moabit, Berlin, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6Y4 - . Three girls and a boy by Wilfried Fitzenreiter - Statue by the Spree River, Moabit, Berlin, Germany, reclining. Photographed on 8 August 2012. 1988: Three girls and one boy, DomAquarée, Berlin (originally created between 1977 and 1979 as a group back to back in the midst of a bubbling fountain between Karl-Liebknecht-Straße and Palace Hotel on the sidewalk freely accessible). In historical terms, everyday family scenes provide a social-history record of relationships, clothing and public behaviour
They can be especially valuable when the setting or activity changes over time, such as libraries, playgrounds, streets or travel. The wider historical story is that art in public and historic settings adds another layer to the built environment
Sculpture, mosaic, painting and street art can interpret heritage, provoke debate, memorialise communities or create landmarks, and photographs preserve works that may later change or disappear. During 2026, contemporary editorial use often places ordinary family interaction within broader discussions of public space, services, wellbeing and community life. In the present 2026 context, public art and murals continue to be important to place-making, tourism and regeneration, particularly in city districts where street art has become part of the visitor economy
They also raise questions about conservation, ownership, temporary work and the rapid redevelopment of urban neighbourhoods. In the longer view, images of parents, children and couples combine personal emotion with wider social context
They can illustrate care, intergenerational relationships, childhood and companionship while also documenting the environment in which those interactions take place. Against the 2026 backdrop, contemporary editorial use often places ordinary family interaction within broader discussions of public space, services, wellbeing and community life.
Spree River, Moabit, Berlin, Germany
Description
Keywords: 3,Statue,by,the,Spree,River,Moabit,Berlin,Germany,bronze,bank,side,of,art,artist,public,publicart,German,sculptor,DomAquarée,DomAquaree,summer,sunny,bright,city,cities,culture,front,view,frontal,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,body,bodies,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6Y6 - . Three girls and a boy by Wilfried Fitzenreiter - Statue by the Spree River, Moabit, Berlin, Germany,frontview. Photographed on 8 August 2012. 1988: Three girls and one boy, DomAquarée, Berlin (originally created between 1977 and 1979 as a group back to back in the midst of a bubbling fountain between Karl-Liebknecht-Straße and Palace Hotel on the sidewalk freely accessible). Historically, human-interest photographs record gestures and relationships that sit outside formal institutions: family care, childhood, friendship and affection
Small interactions such as holding hands can communicate age, dependence and connection without requiring a staged portrait. As background, murals, sculptures and civic artworks turn public space into a record of local culture
They can commemorate people and events, respond to politics, celebrate industry or simply enliven streets, while the artists' materials and styles place the work within a particular period. In 2026, family and community imagery remains widely used for coverage of childcare, public services, wellbeing, intergenerational relationships and everyday life, particularly when the scene includes identifiable civic or leisure settings. Against the 2026 backdrop, contemporary interest in public art is closely linked to regeneration and cultural tourism. murals and sculpture still be used to express identity and animate public space, while redevelopment can make photographic records of earlier works increasingly valuable. The historical context is that everyday family scenes provide a social-history record of relationships, clothing and public behaviour
They can be especially useful when the setting or activity changes over time, such as libraries, playgrounds, streets or travel. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that contemporary editorial use often places ordinary family interaction within broader discussions of public space, services, wellbeing and community life.
Spree River, Moabit, Berlin, Germany
Description
Keywords: 3,Statue,by,the,Spree,River,Moabit,Berlin,Germany,bronze,bank,side,of,art,artist,public,publicart,German,sculptor,DomAquarée,DomAquaree,summer,sunny,bright,city,cities,culture,from,side,sideview,view,portrait,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Wilfried Fitzenreiter,one boy,Three girls and one boy,recline,reclining,Three girls,3 girls and 1 boy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6YN - . Three girls and a boy by Wilfried Fitzenreiter - Statue by the Spree River, Moabit, Berlin, Germany. Photographed on 8 August 2012. 1988: Three girls and one boy, DomAquarée, Berlin (originally created between 1977 and 1979 as a group back to back in the midst of a bubbling fountain between Karl-Liebknecht-Straße and Palace Hotel on the sidewalk freely accessible). The wider historical story is that images of parents, children and couples combine personal emotion with wider social context
They can illustrate care, intergenerational relationships, childhood and companionship while also documenting the environment in which those interactions take place. In the longer view, public art can become part of the identity of a street or neighbourhood, recording political ideas, local history, humour, memory and changing cultural tastes
Murals, sculpture and decorative art are especially valuable as documentary subjects because they may be altered, moved, weathered or removed. In the present 2026 context, contemporary editorial use often places ordinary family interaction within broader discussions of public space, services, wellbeing and community life. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that public art and murals remain important to place-making, tourism and regeneration, particularly in city districts where street art has become part of the visitor economy
They also raise questions about conservation, ownership, temporary work and the rapid redevelopment of urban neighbourhoods. Looking at the subject's development, human-interest photographs record gestures and relationships that sit outside formal institutions: family care, childhood, friendship and affection
Small interactions such as holding hands can communicate age, dependence and connection without requiring a staged portrait. Useful subject and context terms include parent and child, human interest, parenthood, everyday life, family bond, social history, artwork, and visual culture.
Spree River, Moabit, Berlin, Germany
Description
Keywords: 3,Statue,by,the,Spree,River,Moabit,Berlin,Germany,bronze,bank,side,of,art,artist,public,publicart,German,sculptor,DomAquarée,DomAquaree,summer,sunny,bright,city,cities,culture,side,view,sideview,sit,sitting,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,body,bodies,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6YW - . Three girls and a boy by Wilfried Fitzenreiter - Statue by the Spree River, Moabit, Berlin, Germany,side view sitting. Photographed on 8 August 2012. 1988: Three girls and one boy, DomAquarée, Berlin (originally created between 1977 and 1979 as a group back to back in the midst of a bubbling fountain between Karl-Liebknecht-Straße and Palace Hotel on the sidewalk freely accessible). As background, everyday family scenes provide a social-history record of relationships, clothing and public behaviour
They can be especially useful when the setting or activity changes over time, such as libraries, playgrounds, streets or travel. The historical context is that art in public and historic settings adds another layer to the built environment
Sculpture, mosaic, painting and street art can interpret heritage, provoke debate, memorialise communities or create landmarks, and images preserve works that may later change or disappear. Against the 2026 backdrop, family and community imagery remains widely used for coverage of childcare, public services, wellbeing, intergenerational relationships and everyday life, particularly when the scene includes identifiable civic or leisure settings. The subject remains topical in 2026 because contemporary interest in public art is closely linked to regeneration and cultural tourism. murals and sculpture continue to be used to express identity and animate public space, while redevelopment can make photographic records of earlier works increasingly valuable. From a heritage perspective, images of parents, children and couples combine personal emotion with wider social context
They can illustrate care, intergenerational relationships, childhood and companionship while also documenting the environment in which those interactions take place. Useful related concepts include parent and child, human interest, parenthood, community life, affection, family bond, social history, artwork, visual culture, and cultural identity.
Spree River, Moabit, Berlin, Germany
Description
Keywords: 3,Statue,by,the,Spree,River,Moabit,Berlin,Germany,bronze,bank,side,of,art,artist,public,publicart,German,sculptor,DomAquarée,DomAquaree,summer,sunny,bright,city,cities,culture,front,frontal,view,portrait,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Three girls and one boy,Three girls,and,one boy,3 girls and 1 boy,Wilfried Fitzenreiter
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G700 - . Three girls and a boy by Wilfried Fitzenreiter - Statue by the Spree River, Moabit, Berlin, Germany, frontal view. Photographed on 8 August 2012. 1988: Three girls and one boy, DomAquarée, Berlin (originally created between 1977 and 1979 as a group back to back in the midst of a bubbling fountain between Karl-Liebknecht-Straße and Palace Hotel on the sidewalk freely accessible). In the longer view, human-interest photographs record gestures and relationships that sit outside formal institutions: family care, childhood, friendship and affection
Small interactions such as holding hands can communicate age, dependence and connection without requiring a staged portrait. Looking at the subject's development, murals, sculptures and civic artworks turn public space into a record of local culture
They can commemorate people and events, respond to politics, celebrate industry or simply enliven streets, while the artists' materials and styles place the work within a particular period. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that contemporary editorial use often places ordinary family interaction within broader discussions of public space, services, wellbeing and community life. For the 2026 context, public art and murals remain important to place-making, tourism and regeneration, particularly in city districts where street art has become part of the visitor economy
They also raise questions about conservation, ownership, temporary work and the rapid redevelopment of urban neighbourhoods. In historical terms, everyday family scenes provide a social-history record of relationships, clothing and public behaviour
They can be especially valuable when the setting or activity changes over time, such as libraries, playgrounds, streets or travel. As of 2026, contemporary editorial use often places ordinary family interaction within broader discussions of public space, services, wellbeing and community life.
Spree River, Moabit, Berlin, Germany
Description
Keywords: Xmas at the Christmas Tree at Lymm Cross,Lymm village,Cheshire,England,UK,WA13,0HP,WA130HP,winter,snowless,scene,scenes,lights,treelights,treelight,gotonysmith,dusk,night,shot,blue,hour,bluehour,25th,december,cold,frosty,evening,LymmCross,scene,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Lymm Cross is in the village of Lymm,Cheshire,England.,It,has,been,designated,by,English,Heritage,as,a,Grade,I,listed,building.,The,cross,dates,from,the,early,to,the,middle,17th,century,and,it,was,restored,in,1897.,It,is,constructed,of,sandstone,and,stands,on,an,artificially,stepped,natural,outcrop,of,red,sandstone.,Its,shaft,stands,in,a,square,pavilion,of,red,sandstone,with,square,corner,pillars.,It,has,a,stone,roof,with,a,pedimented,gable,to,each,face,and,ball,finials.,Above,the,cross,is,an,extension,which,carries,a,stone,ball,and,an,ornate,weather,vane.,On,the,east,south,and,west,gables,are,bronze,sundials,of,1897,carrying,the,inscriptions,and,1,We are a Shadow,Save Time,Think of the Last
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEXEHP - Xmas scene at the Christmas Tree at Lymm Cross, Lymm village, Cheshire, England, UK
Lymm Cross is in the village of Lymm, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
The cross dates from the early to the middle 17th century and it was restored in 1897. It is constructed of sandstone and stands on an artificially stepped natural outcrop of red sandstone. Its shaft stands in a square pavilion of red sandstone with square corner pillars. It has a stone roof with a pedimented gable to each face and ball finials.
Above the cross is an extension which carries a stone ball and an ornate weather vane. On the east, south and west gables are bronze sundials of 1897 carrying the inscriptions We are a Shadow, Save Time and Think of the Last
Lymm Cross, Lymm village, Cheshire, England, UK WA13 0HP
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Keywords: Liverpool,Old Haymarket,LFC,Anfield,St Johns Gardens,remembrance,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,sunny,blue sky,L1,L1 6ER,disaster,bronze,artwork,football,club,soccer,relief,the,dead,tragedy,deaths,we will,remember,them,frieze,names,of,memory,stadium,match,Scousers,crest
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJ3YPF - The Hillsborough Monument Memorial - Sculptor's Notes more at https://liverpoolsculptures.co.uk/the-hillsborough-monument-memorial/
The Hillsborough monument was comissioned by the Hillsborough Justice Campaign and sculpted by Tom Murphy.
Background: A young girl asked her Father, where is the Hillsborough Memorial? She was told: ˜There is one in Anfield.' She said: ˜Why can't we have one in the city centre for everyone to see.' This simple question was the catalyst for this monument
The monument is circular with a raised design in low relief. The imagery shows an imaginary place,which is meant to guide our thoughts of remembrance and all that has happened since the tragedy
The people depicted in the design are ˜the guardians of the memory', or ˜people like us' Their purpose is symbolic and other figures represent justice, hope and loss. The setting is a beautiful and quiet place, which may help us to think about the characters and individual personalities of those who died. The people who passed away are represented by the birds who fly freely throughout the work.
We reflect and empathise with those who died while considering the people they were, and might have been, were it not for the disaster
Description of the raised relief on the maquette
The design begins with two large tablets that list the names those who died. A dedication and information plaque is situated between the tablets of names with a poem, written especially for the moument, by David Charters (journalist and author). Immediately above the central dedication is a wreath of spring flowers. This reminds us of the season and number of victims who died. A Liver Bird stands guard. Below the information plaque is a rail of football scarves from differing clubs signifying the way football fans responded nationally in the days after the disaster. Around the top rim of the monument is the proclamation: ˜HILLSBOROUGH DISASTER. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.'.
St John's Gardens,, Old Haymarket, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 6ER
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Keywords: Autumn,Fall,at,Lymm,Cross,Lymmvillage,Cheshire,England,UK,WA13,0HP,WA130HP,autumn,cold,scenes,lights,gotonysmith,dusk,night,shot,blue,hour,bluehour,october,evening,LymmCross,scene,picturesque,Lloyds,bank,branch,sub-branch,sub,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Lymm Cross is in the village of Lymm,Cheshire,England.,It,has,been,designated,by,English,as,a,Grade,I,listed,building.,charming,villages,tourism,The,cross,dates,from,the,early,to,the,middle,17th,century,and,it,was,restored,in,1897.,It,is,constructed,of,sandstone,and,stands,on,an,artificially,stepped,natural,outcrop,of,red,sandstone.,Its,shaft,stands,in,a,square,pavilion,of,red,sandstone,with,square,corner,pillars.,It,has,a,stone,roof,with,a,pedimented,gable,to,each,face,and,ball,finials.,Above,the,cross,is,an,extension,which,carries,a,stone,ball,and,an,ornate,weather,vane.,On,the,east,south,and,west,gables,are,bronze,sundials,of,1897,carrying,the,inscriptions,and,We are a Shadow,Save Time,Think of the Last
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEXEHW - Autumn scene at Lymm Cross, Lymm village, Cheshire, England, UK
Lymm Cross is in the village of Lymm, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
The cross dates from the early to the middle 17th century and it was restored in 1897. It is constructed of sandstone and stands on an artificially stepped natural outcrop of red sandstone. Its shaft stands in a square pavilion of red sandstone with square corner pillars. It has a stone roof with a pedimented gable to each face and ball finials.
Above the cross is an extension which carries a stone ball and an ornate weather vane. On the east, south and west gables are bronze sundials of 1897 carrying the inscriptions We are a Shadow, Save Time and Think of the Last
Lymm Cross, Lymm village, Cheshire, England, UK WA13 0HP
