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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RADRX1 - Milton Keynes Central railway station serves Milton Keynes and surrounding parts of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire (England). The station is located on the West Coast Main Line about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of London. The station is served by Avanti West Coast intercity services, and by West Midlands Trains regional services.
This is the principal station for the city, one of seven serving the Milton Keynes urban area. Milton Keynes Central, which opened on 17 May 1982, is by far the busiest and most important of these, as well as being the largest in terms of platforms in use, having overtaken Bletchley when platforms 2A and 6 became operational.
Milton Keynes Central has a total of seven platforms. Platforms 1 and 3 are the south and northbound slow platforms, while 4 and 6 are the south and northbound fast platforms. Platforms 2 and 5 are reversible, being slow and fast respectively. Platform 2 is used mainly by terminating stopping services from London Euston, whilst platforms 1 and 3 are used by West Midlands Trains services between Euston and Northampton, Birmingham New Street or Crewe. Platforms 4, 5 and 6 are used by Avanti West Coast inter-city express services between London and the West Midlands, north Wales, the north-west or Scotland.
Platform 2A is a five-car south-facing bay platform, originally intended for the extension of Marston Vale Line services from Bedford into Milton Keynes Central this proposal no longer appears in plans for East West Rail, being replaced by a planned service to/from Oxford or Aylesbury (see below). Meanwhile, platform 2A is used only by exception when additional platform capacity is needed, such as when there is a service delay. To the north of the station the six lines reduce to four (two slow and two fast) and there is a mile of five-track running to the south before this also reduces back to four.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG512E - Iceland, officially Iceland Foods Ltd, is a British supermarket chain headquartered in Deeside, Wales. It mainly sells frozen foods, including prepared meals and vegetables, alongside non-frozen grocery items such as produce, meat, dairy and dry goods. The company also operates a chain of shops called The Food Warehouse.
Iceland Foods began business in 1970, when Malcolm Walker opened the first store in Leg Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, with his business partner Peter Hinchcliffe. Together, they invested £60 for one month's rent at the store. They were still employees of Woolworths at the time, and their employment was terminated once their employer discovered their other roles. Iceland Foods initially specialised in loose frozen food. In 1977, they opened a store in Manchester selling own-labelled packaged food, and by 1978 the company had 28 stores.
In 1983, the business grew by purchasing the 18 stores of Bristol-based St. Catherine's Freezer Centres, and in 1984 the business went public for the first time. The cash investment was used to purchase South East-based Orchard Frozen Foods in 1986, and the purchase of larger rival Bejam in 1988. In 1993, the firm took over the food halls of the Littlewoods department store and also acquired the French Au Gel chain. This last move proved unsuccessful and the stores were dropped within a year
In 2019, Iceland Foods opened 45 new stores in the UK (including 31 larger stores under The Food Warehouse fascia) but had also closed eight, increasing the number of UK stores to 942. The company has a strategic alliance with The Range, where Iceland's food offer has been introduced to nine of the home and garden retailer's stores. In 2019 it also expanded its warehousing locations, adding five multi-temperature regional distribution centres at Livingston, Warrington, Deeside, Enfield and Swindon
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG92TN - Iceland, officially Iceland Foods Ltd, is a British supermarket chain headquartered in Deeside, Wales. It mainly sells frozen foods, including prepared meals and vegetables, alongside non-frozen grocery items such as produce, meat, dairy and dry goods. The company also operates a chain of shops called The Food Warehouse.
Iceland Foods began business in 1970, when Malcolm Walker opened the first store in Leg Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, with his business partner Peter Hinchcliffe. Together, they invested £60 for one month's rent at the store. They were still employees of Woolworths at the time, and their employment was terminated once their employer discovered their other roles. Iceland Foods initially specialised in loose frozen food. In 1977, they opened a store in Manchester selling own-labelled packaged food, and by 1978 the company had 28 stores.
In 1983, the business grew by purchasing the 18 stores of Bristol-based St. Catherine's Freezer Centres, and in 1984 the business went public for the first time. The cash investment was used to purchase South East-based Orchard Frozen Foods in 1986, and the purchase of larger rival Bejam in 1988. In 1993, the firm took over the food halls of the Littlewoods department store and also acquired the French Au Gel chain. This last move proved unsuccessful and the stores were dropped within a year
In 2019, Iceland Foods opened 45 new stores in the UK (including 31 larger stores under The Food Warehouse fascia) but had also closed eight, increasing the number of UK stores to 942. The company has a strategic alliance with The Range, where Iceland's food offer has been introduced to nine of the home and garden retailer's stores. In 2019 it also expanded its warehousing locations, adding five multi-temperature regional distribution centres at Livingston, Warrington, Deeside, Enfield and Swindon
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGJ2FD -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYR43 - 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.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYRMD - A curated display of historic firearms and bladed weapons mounted on a deep red wall inside the Bachelor Wing of Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England. The collection includes antique rifles, pistols and knives arranged symmetrically as a decorative wall display, reflecting nineteenth-century aristocratic traditions of collecting arms as symbols of status, craftsmanship and historical interest rather than practical use. The varied forms, materials and patina of the weapons reveal their age and individual histories, with ornate detailing and hand-finished components visible across the collection
Waddesdon Manor was built in the late nineteenth century by Ferdinand de Rothschild & is renowned for its extensive art and object collections, assembled to reflect European cultural heritage and elite tastes of the period. The Bachelor Wing was designed as a private and informal space, often used to display personal collections that blended aesthetics, history and curiosity. Displays such as this weapon collection illustrate how arms were historically viewed as collectible artefacts, valued for their design, engineering and association with hunting, warfare and social standing.
The presentation against a richly coloured backdrop emphasises the sculptural quality of the objects and transforms functional weapons into curated historical exhibits. The arrangement highlights contrasts between long-barrelled firearms, compact pistols and finely crafted knives,drawing attention to developments in weapon technology and decorative metalwork over time.As a museum setting, the display is contextualised within heritage interpretation rather than contemporary use
This image is well suited for editorial use covering museums, stately homes, historic collections,weapon history, material culture and European aristocratic life,as well as commercial editorial projects focused on heritage tourism,historic interiors and curated artefact displays within nationally significant properties
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYRN4 - 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.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYRRK - 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.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYRXF - 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.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYRYB - 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.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYT16 - 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.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYW49 - 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.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYWRF - 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.
