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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Dundee,Dundee city centre,panorama,Scotland,UK,rooftops,landmarks,urban,skyline,city,centre,Scottish,architecture,development,regeneration,tourism,planning,buildings,historic,modern,streets,cityscape,elevated,view,property,spires,landscape,wide,horizontal,built,pano
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F8YR4C - . Dundee city centre panorama showing rooftops, landmarks and the urban skyline in Dundee, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 13 August 2025. The recorded location is Dundee city centre, Dundee, Scotland, UK. Wide panoramic view across Dundee city centre in Scotland, UK, showing a dense mix of rooftops, streets, modern buildings, historic structures and church spires stretching across the urban skyline. The long horizontal composition gives useful geographic context and shows the mixture of old and new architecture that characterises central Dundee. Seen through urban housing, the earlier context is that residential architecture is closely tied to planning and social change
Post-war estates, high-rise blocks, gated developments and city-centre apartments reveal assumptions about land values, transport, security and the relationship between private and public space. For visitor destination, the historical context is that travel imagery becomes historical evidence when transport, signage or the visitor economy changes
A familiar destination photographed years earlier can reveal redevelopment, altered businesses and changing patterns of access. The 2026 relevance of urban housing comes from the fact that debate about housing focuses not only on numbers but also energy performance, building safety, infrastructure and the balance between social, affordable and market homes
Development photographs can illustrate how those policies translate into physical change. For visitor destination, the 2026 context is that tourism businesses continue to balance visitor demand with staffing, transport, environmental impact and pressure on popular places
Images of gateways, attractions and town centres can illustrate both destination appeal and the infrastructure required to support it. Additional subject vocabulary includes residential development, flats, housing estate, social housing, affordable housing, regeneration, property, neighbourhood, and housing supply.
Dundee city centre, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,High Peak,Derbyshire,England,UK,spa,historic,SK17 6BH,SK17,bronze,hotel,Crescent,the,1748""“1811,5th,stands,standing,by,sculptor,pose,scroll,plans,built,builder,commissioned,funded,Bill,Sheila,Barratt,Buxton Crescent Hotel,restored,gift,gifted,Trevor Osborne,Ensana
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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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,High Peak,Derbyshire,England,UK,spa,historic,SK17 6BH,SK17,bronze,hotel,Crescent,the,1748""“1811,5th,stands,standing,by,sculptor,pose,scroll,plans,built,builder,commissioned,funded,Bill,Sheila,Barratt,Buxton Crescent Hotel,restored,gift,gifted,Trevor Osborne,Ensana
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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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,events,venue,cinema,CW9,139 Witton Street,Cheshire,England,UK,CW9 5EA,movie house,cinemas,1920,Plaza,built,in,1928,building,architecture,classic,the,51,stucco,render,rendering,rendered,Cheshire County Cinemas,County,entertainment,architects,architect,William Owen,and,Segar Owen,British Talking Picture,BTP,Everybody else burns TV show,Channel4
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RE4716 - The Plaza cinema opened its doors on December 14, 1929. The architects were William and Segar Owen. They would also go on to design The Regal in the town.
The exterior was described as being severe in character. There was a rough cast finish relieved by by a central entrance, leaded light windows, a wrought iron and glass canopy sheltering all doorways and an effective Won Lite electric sign on a high facade over the main entrance.
There was a mahogany paybox occupying a central position flanked by two doors leading to the auditorium. Two staircases took patrons to the balcony area.
The auditorium was decorated in blue and orange. Fibrous plastering and colouring was carried out by Warrington firm Winstanley and Company.
Stage lighting was supplied by Holophane. In the 1960s it became a bingo club until 2011.
In the operating box there were two Kalee 8 machines and British Talking Picture (BTP) sound system.
51 Witton St, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 5EA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,29,old market place,WA1,tudor,timber,frame,framed pubs,Sky Sports,live here,black,&,and,white,history,heritage,shopping centre,built,beer,beers,drinking,in,29 Old Mkt Pl,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 1QB,Mr,J Hepherd,1844,Mr J Hepherd,estate,Hepherd,Stonegate,Pub Company
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RX1852 - . The Barley Mow historic pub built 1561,Golden Square shopping centre, 29 Old Mkt Pl, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB. Photographed on 16 June 2023. The Barley Mow Established in 1561, The Barley Mow is one of the oldest pubs in the local area. It was independently owned until November 1838. The property was then leased to Mr J Hepherd in 1844. The Barley Mow was to remain in the Hepherd estate until 1919. It is rumoured that members of this family haunt this pub to this day. Later in 1964 the premises were then leased to Walker Cain Ltd, joining the estate of Tetley Walker Ltd in 1987, then Allied Domeq Inns in 1998, Bass Leisure Retail in 1999, and finally becoming part of Stonegate Pub Company in 2011. Seen through licensed trade, the earlier context is that beer culture links agriculture, brewing, distribution and the licensed trade
Cask-conditioned ale, handpumps, brewery branding and pub interiors became especially significant to the real-ale revival from the 1970s onwards, while later craft brewing introduced new styles and independent producers. For crop field, the historical context 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. Looking at community history, the longer history is that local place names and small landmarks can be as significant to community history as nationally famous buildings
Streets, neighbourhood businesses and informal attractions offer reference points that may vanish during redevelopment or rebranding. The 2026 relevance of licensed trade comes from the fact that pub survival remains a live issue as energy, staffing, taxation and changing drinking habits affect the licensed trade
Historic and contemporary pub images therefore have relevance to community assets, nightlife, independent brewing, high-street change and hospitality.
29 Old Mkt Pl, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,sunny,blue sky,statues,bronze,FD,DF,horse,riding,a,horses,1814-1885,of,DG,1870,granite,L1 1JJ,L1,St Georges plateau,St Georges hall,outside,Verdigris,green,summer,Grade I,neoclassical,built,on,horseback,never had a horse
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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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wales,Vale of Glamorgan,South Wales,Cymru,UK,View down Queen St,east,towards,Staceys,House,down,over,parked,car,cars,parking,problem,congestion,terrace,terraced,urban,builtup,built,up,Queen Street,terraces,hill,hills,hilly,valley,town,centre,view,Staceys House
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P91TPT - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK in 2023, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The frame specifically shows View down Queen St, Barry, looking east towards Staceys House, Barry ( Y Barri ), Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, Cymru, UK. The frame also records themes of everyday life, night-time economy, archival record, social history, real-ale culture, local history, visitor hospitality, beer-led hospitality, licensed hospitality, traditional pub, hospitality economy, local social venue, community drinking venue, and documentary photography. Today's relevance is strengthened by consumer spending, tourism and the continuing question of pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s. Small period details of public access and movement at Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with cask-beer tradition, community identity, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, traditional ale house, contemporary social history, licensed trade, and regional identity. The combination of Barry, Cymru, House, Glamorgan, and Wales anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects consumer spending and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s when considered against later change at Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK. Its period value extends to business rates and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity without losing the local specificity of Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK. The period view preserves part of the area's social history within the wider story of Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK.
Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bar,bars,pubs,pub,Ouse,North Yorkshire,England,UK,the,YO1,8,YO1 9SW,side,history,signage,landmark,landmarks,traditional,corner,of,Kings Staith,exterior,outside,public,house,north,Yorkshire,Victorian,ale,alehouse,brick,built,local,riverside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X51 - . Lowthers riverside pub, river Ouse, York city centre, 8 Cumberland Street, York, England, UK, YO1 9SW. Photographed on 16 October 2022, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 8 Cumberland Street, York, England, UK, YO1 9SW, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include bar, bars, pubs, pub, Ouse, North Yorkshire, YO1, YO1 9SW, side, history, signage, landmark, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The subject has strong relevance to British pub and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, brewing, cask ale, consumer leisure and the continuing role of pubs as social meeting places. It is suitable for coverage of the licensed trade, independent and managed pubs, brewery branding, CAMRA and real-ale culture, hospitality economics, changing drinking habits and the condition of the UK pub sector. Food and drink content broadens the image's relevance to eating out, grocery retail, hospitality, pricing, consumer choice, local food culture and the commercial presentation of meals, ingredients or products. It can illustrate changing tastes, inflation and cost-of-living pressures, food retail competition, traditional businesses and the everyday economics of buying food and drink where those themes are relevant. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
8 Cumberland Street, York, England, UK, YO1 9SW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bar,bars,pubs,pub,Ouse,North Yorkshire,England,UK,the,YO1,8,YO1 9SW,side,history,signage,landmark,landmarks,traditional,corner,of,Kings Staith,exterior,outside,public,house,north,Yorkshire,Victorian,ale,alehouse,brick,built,local,riverside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X54 - . Lowthers riverside pub, river Ouse, York city centre, 8 Cumberland Street, York, England, UK, YO1 9SW. Photographed on 16 October 2022, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 8 Cumberland Street, York, England, UK, YO1 9SW, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include bar, bars, pubs, pub, Ouse, North Yorkshire, YO1, YO1 9SW, side, history, signage, landmark, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The subject has strong relevance to British pub and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, brewing, cask ale, consumer leisure and the continuing role of pubs as social meeting places. It is suitable for coverage of the licensed trade, independent and managed pubs, brewery branding, CAMRA and real-ale culture, hospitality economics, changing drinking habits and the condition of the UK pub sector. Food and drink content broadens the image's relevance to eating out, grocery retail, hospitality, pricing, consumer choice, local food culture and the commercial presentation of meals, ingredients or products. It can illustrate changing tastes, inflation and cost-of-living pressures, food retail competition, traditional businesses and the everyday economics of buying food and drink where those themes are relevant. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
8 Cumberland Street, York, England, UK, YO1 9SW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,British,history,historic,vessel,vessels,The,MSCC,Bridgewater Canal,department,boat,service,II,Lighterage tug,Lighterage,tug,built,by,EC Jones,& Son,Brentford,green,cream,creme,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,CH65 4FW,CH65,1952,Bantam 11,narrowboats
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K30856 - . This dated editorial view of National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. At the centre of the view is The MSC Bantam II, MSCC Bridgewater Canal maintenance department boat, Built by E.C. Jones & Son, Brentford
Lighterage tug formerly operated by MSCC. The frame also records themes of commercial redevelopment, civic architecture, historic narrowboat, contemporary social history, public-realm investment, everyday life, boat museum collection, inland navigation, social history, changing land use, waterway conservation, urban regeneration, industrial navigation, and regional identity. The wider contemporary story combines heritage conservation, biodiversity and the transition from freight transport to leisure and heritage use. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with adaptive reuse, housing pressure and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside place-making, inland transport history, heritage-led regeneration, public realm, architectural character, historical comparison, canal transport, and documentary photography. Details involving Bantam, operated, Jones, maintenance, and department make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,rail,railway,train,trains,BR,loco,yellow,engine,built,1960s,1960,AL6,electrified West Coast Main Line,engines,English Electric,Foundry,Doncaster,freight,fleet,zero injuries,cab,grey,green,Powerhaul,livery,preserved,history,historic,railways,transport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWGT80 - The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives built during the 1960s. Developed as a 'standard' electric locomotive from earlier prototype models, one hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965 to 1966 to haul trains on the then newly electrified West Coast Main Line (WCML) from London Euston to Birmingham, Crewe, Liverpool, Manchester and later Glasgow and Preston. Introduction of the class enabled the replacement of many steam locomotives, which were finally withdrawn by British Rail in 1968.
Under the earlier BR classification system, the type was given the designation AL6 (meaning the sixth design of AC locomotive) and locomotives were numbered E3101“E3200. In 1968, this was changed to Class 86 when British Rail introduced the TOPS classification system.
The class was built to haul passenger and freight trains alike on the West Coast Main Line
however, some members of the class also saw use on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) between London Liverpool Street and Norwich, after the remainder of the line north of Colchester was electrified in the mid-1980s. The type has had a generally long and successful career, with some members of the class seeing main line service lives in the UK of up to 55 years. Most regular passenger duties of the class came to end on both the WCML and the GEML in the early-to-mid-2000s, after a career of up to 40 years. Some members of the class remained in use for charter work and for freight work with Freightliner until 2021. A number of the class were exported to Bulgaria and Hungary and remain in use. As of 2022, three Class 86s remain preserved in usable condition in the UK
all are in private ownership.
The order for 100 locomotives was placed in 1963
it was split between two manufacturers, with the English Electric Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows building 60 locomotives and British Rail Doncaster Works producing 40. The Doncaster and Newton-built locomotives were not identical
Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,rail,railway,train,trains,BR,loco,yellow,engine,built,1960s,1960,AL6,electrified West Coast Main Line,engines,English Electric,Foundry,Doncaster,freight,fleet,zero injuries,cab,grey,green,Powerhaul,livery,preserved,history,historic,railways,transport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWGT82 - The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives built during the 1960s. Developed as a 'standard' electric locomotive from earlier prototype models, one hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965 to 1966 to haul trains on the then newly electrified West Coast Main Line (WCML) from London Euston to Birmingham, Crewe, Liverpool, Manchester and later Glasgow and Preston. Introduction of the class enabled the replacement of many steam locomotives, which were finally withdrawn by British Rail in 1968.
Under the earlier BR classification system, the type was given the designation AL6 (meaning the sixth design of AC locomotive) and locomotives were numbered E3101“E3200. In 1968, this was changed to Class 86 when British Rail introduced the TOPS classification system.
The class was built to haul passenger and freight trains alike on the West Coast Main Line
however, some members of the class also saw use on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) between London Liverpool Street and Norwich, after the remainder of the line north of Colchester was electrified in the mid-1980s. The type has had a generally long and successful career, with some members of the class seeing main line service lives in the UK of up to 55 years. Most regular passenger duties of the class came to end on both the WCML and the GEML in the early-to-mid-2000s, after a career of up to 40 years. Some members of the class remained in use for charter work and for freight work with Freightliner until 2021. A number of the class were exported to Bulgaria and Hungary and remain in use. As of 2022, three Class 86s remain preserved in usable condition in the UK
all are in private ownership.
The order for 100 locomotives was placed in 1963
it was split between two manufacturers, with the English Electric Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows building 60 locomotives and British Rail Doncaster Works producing 40. The Doncaster and Newton-built locomotives were not identical
Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,rail,railway,train,trains,BR,loco,yellow,engine,built,1960s,1960,AL6,electrified West Coast Main Line,engines,English Electric,Foundry,Doncaster,freight,fleet,zero injuries,cab,grey,green,Powerhaul,livery,preserved,history,historic,railways,transport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWGT84 - The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives built during the 1960s. Developed as a 'standard' electric locomotive from earlier prototype models, one hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965 to 1966 to haul trains on the then newly electrified West Coast Main Line (WCML) from London Euston to Birmingham, Crewe, Liverpool, Manchester and later Glasgow and Preston. Introduction of the class enabled the replacement of many steam locomotives, which were finally withdrawn by British Rail in 1968.
Under the earlier BR classification system, the type was given the designation AL6 (meaning the sixth design of AC locomotive) and locomotives were numbered E3101“E3200. In 1968, this was changed to Class 86 when British Rail introduced the TOPS classification system.
The class was built to haul passenger and freight trains alike on the West Coast Main Line
however, some members of the class also saw use on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) between London Liverpool Street and Norwich, after the remainder of the line north of Colchester was electrified in the mid-1980s. The type has had a generally long and successful career, with some members of the class seeing main line service lives in the UK of up to 55 years. Most regular passenger duties of the class came to end on both the WCML and the GEML in the early-to-mid-2000s, after a career of up to 40 years. Some members of the class remained in use for charter work and for freight work with Freightliner until 2021. A number of the class were exported to Bulgaria and Hungary and remain in use. As of 2022, three Class 86s remain preserved in usable condition in the UK
all are in private ownership.
The order for 100 locomotives was placed in 1963
it was split between two manufacturers, with the English Electric Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows building 60 locomotives and British Rail Doncaster Works producing 40. The Doncaster and Newton-built locomotives were not identical
Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,rail,railway,train,trains,BR,loco,yellow,engine,built,1960s,1960,AL6,electrified West Coast Main Line,engines,English Electric,Foundry,Doncaster,freight,fleet,zero injuries,cab,grey,green,Powerhaul,livery,preserved,history,historic,railways,transport,overhead,line,cable,track
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWGT86 - The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives built during the 1960s. Developed as a 'standard' electric locomotive from earlier prototype models, one hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965 to 1966 to haul trains on the then newly electrified West Coast Main Line (WCML) from London Euston to Birmingham, Crewe, Liverpool, Manchester and later Glasgow and Preston. Introduction of the class enabled the replacement of many steam locomotives, which were finally withdrawn by British Rail in 1968.
Under the earlier BR classification system, the type was given the designation AL6 (meaning the sixth design of AC locomotive) and locomotives were numbered E3101“E3200. In 1968, this was changed to Class 86 when British Rail introduced the TOPS classification system.
The class was built to haul passenger and freight trains alike on the West Coast Main Line
however, some members of the class also saw use on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) between London Liverpool Street and Norwich, after the remainder of the line north of Colchester was electrified in the mid-1980s. The type has had a generally long and successful career, with some members of the class seeing main line service lives in the UK of up to 55 years. Most regular passenger duties of the class came to end on both the WCML and the GEML in the early-to-mid-2000s, after a career of up to 40 years. Some members of the class remained in use for charter work and for freight work with Freightliner until 2021. A number of the class were exported to Bulgaria and Hungary and remain in use. As of 2022, three Class 86s remain preserved in usable condition in the UK
all are in private ownership.
The order for 100 locomotives was placed in 1963
it was split between two manufacturers, with the English Electric Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows building 60 locomotives and British Rail Doncaster Works producing 40. The Doncaster and Newton-built locomotives were not identical
Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,station,train,trains,Paxman,Diesel,loco,power,car,VP185,43081,BR,British Rail,British,railways,group,TOC,at,Heritage,centre,CW1,8000,engine,built,livery,Crewe Railway Age,systems,locos,locomotive,brand,branding
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JX2TW6 - The British Rail Class 43 (HST) is the TOPS classification used for the InterCity 125 High Speed Train (formerly Classes 253 and 254) power cars, built by British Rail Engineering Limited from 1975 to 1982, and in service in the UK since 1976.
The class is officially the fastest diesel locomotive in the world, with an absolute maximum speed of 148.5 mph (239.0 km/h), and a regular service speed of 125 mph (201 km/h). The record run was led by 43102 (43302) and trailed by 43159
In the early 1970s, the British Railways Board made the decision to replace its main-line express diesel traction. Financial limitations were tight, so mass electrification was not possible. As a result, a new generation of high-speed diesel trains had to be developed.
Angel stock-photo/gotonysmith-Trains.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Trains donated 43018 to Crewe Heritage Centre following its use as a spares donor for Abellio ScotRail. Porterbrook also donated 43081, the 8,000th locomotive built at Crewe, to the museum in 2021. Porterbrook donated 43048 and 43089 to the 125 Group. Both moved to the group when their lease ended with East Midlands Railway. The group later purchased 43044 from Porterbrook in 2021, with 43159 being donated in June that year
Porterbrook is a British rolling stock company (ROSCO), created as part of the privatisation of British Rail. Together with Angel Trains and Eversholt Rail Group, it is one of the three original ROSCOs.
Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1 2DB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JXNFPG - The Lyceum Theatre is an Edwardian theatre in Heath Street, Crewe, Cheshire, England. It originated as a converted Roman Catholic Church in 1876. The church was replaced in 1887 by a purpose-built theatre, which burnt down in 1910. The theatre was rebuilt the following year, and was refurbished in 1994. It continues in use as a theatre, as of 2022 it is managed by Trafalgar Theatres. The theatre is constructed in brick, and adjacent to it is a block containing the entrance and offices. Its interior contains decorated plasterwork.
History
The theatre stands on the site of a former Roman Catholic Church that had been built to serve Irish immigrants working on the local railway. In 1876 the congregation moved into a larger church in the town. The site was acquired by Thomas Cliffe, a local farmer, and he gave permission for Henry Taylor, a local printer, to convert the church into a theatre. Taylor wanted to have a proper theatre on the site and later built the New Lyceum Theatre, which opened on 21 November 1887. It cost £5,000 (equivalent to £590,000 in 2021) and seated 1,250 people. It was re-fitted in 1908 and changed its name to the Opera House. On 11 March 1910 the theatre was destroyed in a fire, and it was decided to rebuild it on the same site. The new theatre was designed by Albert Winstanley, it seated 850, and opened on 6 October 1911. In the early 1930s it was acquired by Terence Byron, who also owned theatres elsewhere in the country. It was bought in 1955 by Crewe Borough Council who formed a management trust in 1964. It operated, with a varying degree of success, as a repertory theatre. During this time actors and actresses who later achieved fame gained experience in the theatre
these included Glenda Jackson, Richard Beckinsale, Judy Loe, and Lynda Bellingham. In 1982 the management of the theatre moved back from the trust to the Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council. The council redecorated the theatre in 1992, and installed new seating
Heath St, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW1 2DA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTJYJ1 - The council said there were:
No operational reasons to keep the building in council use or occupied beyond this point, allowing the site to be cleared for redevelopment.
Justifying the demolition, Warrington said the building has poor energy efficiency, high service costs, and is inflexible for modern office and business working
Cost estimates for refurbishment, M&E installation, and energy efficiency measures to keep the building in office use stand at £5m
even if this is actioned, the building would still have limitations for flexible modern working practices and energy efficiency.
The council had explored renting the building out but said: there was no demand for office space of this scale and quality
a sale was also considered but the council found market demand was not significant.
Residential is the most likely outcome for the site, and it will be built into a masterplan for an area including Scotland Road, Town Hill, and Cockhedge. The council said it would look to sell the site in future.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTR42F - The former Cheetham Branch of the Manchester Free Library stands on the corner of Cheetham Hill Road and Knowsley Street. It was built in 1876 and designed by the architectural practice of Barker and Ellis. It is constructed of yellow bricks and stone and features a five bay window arcade. Today it is home to Cleopatra Trading, wholesalers and importers of ethnic jewellery and crafts.SJ8499 CHEETHAM HILL ROAD, Cheetham 698-1/15/563 (East side) 03/10/74 Former Free Library
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Public library, now derelict following fire damage. Dated 1876 on frieze. Yellow brick with gritstone dressings (now roofless). Rectangular plan on corner site. Italianate style. Two storeys and basement, a symmetrical facade of 3 unequal bays, with pilasters, frieze inscribed CHEETHAM BRANCH MANCHESTER FREE LIBRARY ERECTED AD 1876, prominent cornice, parapet with balustraded centre and segmental-pedimented panelled upstands in the outer bays. Ground floor has square-headed doorway in centre, up a flight of steps protected by iron railings. The 1st floor has an arcaded range of 5 round-headed windows in the centre, and a square-headed window in each outer bay, with pedimented architrave. All windows now unglazed. Six-bay left return wall has coupled round-headed windows except the end bays which have pedimented architraves. Rear has arcaded window like that at front, and campanile chimney at south-east corner. Interior gutted by fire
fluted iron columns visible. Forms group with No.122 (former New Synagogue) to right (q.v.).
Listing NGR: SJ8421599634
122-124, Cheetham Hill Rd, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8 8PZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTR42K - Joseph Holt is an English brewer of beer, founded in 1849 and remaining in the same family for six generations. The company is based in Manchester and owns 127 pubs in Greater Manchester and the North West. Its beers are supplied to over 500 locations nationally.
Brewery
Joseph Holt have brewed on their site in the Cheetham area, to the north of Manchester city centre, since 1860.[2] Ale and lager malts are now delivered in bulk loads and stored in silos while speciality malts continue to be delivered in sacks. Between 15 and 500 barrels (4,500 “ 150,000 pints) can be brewed per day, and a hopback is still in use, along with traditional whole leaf hops, to collect and clarify wort after boiling. All ales are top fermented in enclosed square fermenters using the historic Joseph Holt yeast strain, while lagers are fermented and conditioned in modern cylindroconical vessels. Joseph Holt have their own borehole on the brewery site to abstract brewing liquor (water) and are one of only a handful of brewers in the UK still to rack into 36 gallon casks, as well as hogsheads, the largest barrel size, carrying 432 pints (54 imperial gallons, 250 L) and weighing roughly 660 pounds (300 kg) when full.
History
Joseph Holt, the son of a weaver, was born in 1813 in Unsworth, a textile village near Bury. He worked as a carter at Harrison's Strangeways Brewery. In 1849 he married Catherine Parry, who helped finance a small brewery behind a pub on Oak Street, Manchester.
In 1860, he purchased the brewery site on Empire Street, Cheetham. His reputation in Manchester endures
in 2007, readers of the Manchester Evening News voted him People's Champion in the Greatest ever Business Leaders awards. In 1882, by which time he had established a chain of 20 public houses, Joseph passed control of the brewery to his son Edward. Edward Holt was later knighted, served as Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1907 to 1909 and was made a baronet in 1916.
Empire St, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1JA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB54E - . Recorded at Moore, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5LP in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The principal subject is The house in Moore Halton, Made very house builded by some man 1903, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5LP. The locality and subject together evoke before-and-after reference, archival record, passenger information, community identity, urban regeneration, period detail, mixed-use redevelopment, local character, contemporary social history, bus route infrastructure, bus infrastructure, local history, place-making, and historical comparison. The wider contemporary story combines adaptive reuse, housing pressure and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with reliability, service frequency and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense urban centres. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around Moore, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5LP before conservation work alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside local bus network, heritage-led regeneration, place identity, civic architecture, changing streetscape, public-realm investment, regional identity, and urban fabric. Elements such as house, builded, Moore, and Halton add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Moore, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5LP may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is adaptive reuse and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity within the real-world context of Moore, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5LP.
Moore, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5LP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNBYBX - One of the oldest buildings in the town is the Grade I listed Market Hall, built in 1627 by Sir Baptist Hicks in 1627 and still in use. The building was intended as a shelter for merchants and farmers selling their wares with the arched side walls open to allow light, and customers, to enter. There was a plan to sell the hall in the 1940s but locals raised funds to purchase the property and donated it to the National Trust.
Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. (Chipping is from Old English cēping, 'market', 'market-place'
the same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe.)
A wool trading centre in the Middle Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of wealthy wool merchants, most notably William Greville (d.1401). The High Street is lined with buildings built from locally quarried oolitic limestone known as Cotswold stone, and boasts a wealth of vernacular architecture. Much of the town centre is a conservation area which has helped to preserve the original buildings. The town is an end point of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile long-distance footpath.
Chipping Campden has hosted its own Olympic Games since 1612.
Chipping Camden, Cotswolds, Cotswold, Oxfordshire, England, UK, GL55 6AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108C4 - . Made at Coaldrops yard, Handyside St, Kings Cross, , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The frame specifically shows Handyside St, Coaldrops yard, Kings Cross development, retail, entertainment, shops, stores , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH. The broader subject matter reaches into specialist retailer, everyday life, period detail, documentary photography, high-street commerce, visual archive, commercial frontage, contemporary social history, changing land use, historical comparison, local history, shopfront economy, local enterprise, and community identity. The wider contemporary story combines online shopping, business rates and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Coaldrops yard, Handyside St, Kings Cross, , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The subject also sits alongside bricks-and-mortar retail, town-centre trading, regional identity, street-level business, independent retail, retail property, changing streetscape, and place identity. Elements such as shops, stores, Handyside, development, and Coaldrops add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Coaldrops yard, Handyside St, Kings Cross, , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH 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 online shopping and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets as part of the longer story of Coaldrops yard, Handyside St, Kings Cross, , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2M108C4.
Coaldrops yard, Handyside St, Kings Cross, , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JGJEEJ - One of Chinatown's most noticeable landmarks is the archway on Faulkner Street. The paifang, underneath which road traffic passes, was specially built in China and shipped over in three containers. Construction commenced over Christmas 1986 and was completed by Easter 1987, a year after the city of Manchester was twinned with Wuhan. The structure was a gift from Manchester City Council to the Chinese community, and is adorned with dragons and phoenixes.
After many years exposed to the elements, the arch required restoration work to be undertaken
netting was wrapped around a part of the structure to prevent further tiles from dislodging. The Manchester Chinatown Community Group undertook a series of charity events, including a dry land dragon boat race in June 2012. In early 2013 the archway was repaired by Manchester and Cheshire Construction Company. It is the only one in Europe and regarded as more decorative than the one in San Francisco. Designed and built by a team of engineers from Peking, it is decorated with ceramics, lacquer, paint and gold leaf.
46 Faulkner St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 4FH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JGJEET - One of Chinatown's most noticeable landmarks is the archway on Faulkner Street. The paifang, underneath which road traffic passes, was specially built in China and shipped over in three containers. Construction commenced over Christmas 1986 and was completed by Easter 1987, a year after the city of Manchester was twinned with Wuhan. The structure was a gift from Manchester City Council to the Chinese community, and is adorned with dragons and phoenixes.
After many years exposed to the elements, the arch required restoration work to be undertaken
netting was wrapped around a part of the structure to prevent further tiles from dislodging. The Manchester Chinatown Community Group undertook a series of charity events, including a dry land dragon boat race in June 2012. In early 2013 the archway was repaired by Manchester and Cheshire Construction Company. It is the only one in Europe and regarded as more decorative than the one in San Francisco. Designed and built by a team of engineers from Peking, it is decorated with ceramics, lacquer, paint and gold leaf.
46 Faulkner St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 4FH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JGM7C7 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The subject captured here is Construction build of new flats, a block at Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The locality and subject together evoke local character, community identity, place identity, engineering history, building works, changing streetscape, development pipeline, historical comparison, manufacturing heritage, public realm, heavy-industry heritage, documentary photography, historic freight equipment, and industrial material culture. The wider contemporary story combines industrial conservation, industrial tourism and how surviving industrial objects become evidence of vanished working practices. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with labour shortages, care demand and how temporary building sites mark a visible stage of long-term land-use change. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4, details that may look very different after altered transport patterns. The surrounding story also includes new-build scheme, production infrastructure, site redevelopment, manufacturing landscape, site transformation, regional identity, construction phase, and visual archive. References to Construction, flats, build, Latchford, and block give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image fixes period character for later comparison. It also preserves a trace of local identity within the wider story of Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4.
Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JD0ME1 - As far back as 1252 there has been a townhouse on the Liverpool shore. Sir John Stanley pulled down the old house in 1406 and built the first Tower known as the Tower of Liverpool. This was used as an embarkation base for their property in the Isle of Man. The Tower stood at the shore end of Water Street.
Water street being one of the original seven streets of Liverpool was originally called ˜Bonke Street'. ˜Bonke' was Lancashire dialect for ˜bank' (taken from river bank). Through the years it became Bank Street and then eventually Water Street in 1520's.
During the 18th century the Tower of Liverpool, between Tower gardens and Stringers alley was the Jail of Liverpool. A large arch joined the Tower to the building on the other side of Tower Gardens and this building was used to house debtors and Criminals.
The Tower ceased being a jail on 3rd July 1811 when all the criminals were moved to the new jail in Great Howard Street. In 1877 two men convicted of robbery were executed in Water Street opposite the Old Tower.
By the end of the 18th century the Tower was in disrepair and was pulled down in 1819 to be replaced by warehouses.
In 1856 the warehouses gave way to the second Tower called Tower Buildings, a large Italianate office block by J. A. Picton. Unfortunately The Tower fell foul to the demands of commerce and was demolished in the early 20th century.
The present Tower Building, designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas was completed around 1908. Walter Aubrey Thomas is not to be confused with his contemporary, Walter W. Thomas, who designed the Philharmonic Dining Rooms , ˜The Phil' and The Vines, ˜The Big House'. It was possibly to avoid confusion that he always styled himself as W. Aubrey Thomas
During the air raids over Liverpool in 1941 Tower Building was badly bombed and several people were killed and injured. Check out the BBC site for the real life story.
˜WW2 People's War is an online archive of wartime memories contributed by members of the public
3 Tower Gardens, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1LG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ48F - . This dated documentary view of Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3LH in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The scene records Grappenhall Heys development, roof rafters, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The image also relates to everyday street life, city-centre activity, place identity, new-build scheme, documentary photography, development pipeline, historical comparison, pedestrian environment, local character, contemporary city life, changing land use, building programme, archival record, and local identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by construction costs, local infrastructure and the continuing question of how new development responds to changing demographic demand. From a 2025-onward perspective, footfall and transport are closely linked to this subject, alongside how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. Future viewers can use this scene from Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3LH to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after different community use. The surrounding story also includes urban change, site transformation, construction phase, community life, community identity, social history, urban social history, and changing streetscape. Details involving rafters, Grappenhall, and development make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3LH, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for construction costs and how temporary building sites mark a visible stage of long-term land-use change within the real-world context of Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3LH.
Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3LH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JGM7BD - . Photographed at Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The photograph centres on New build homes construction near Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The setting additionally reflects contemporary social history, everyday street life, construction project, public realm, local history, local identity, regional identity, place identity, street-level documentary, building works, site transformation, visual archive, building programme, and changing streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, construction costs and local infrastructure are closely linked to this subject, alongside how temporary building sites mark a visible stage of long-term land-use change. The wider contemporary story combines footfall, community use and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 may become more significant with time, particularly following replacement signage. The surrounding story also includes archival record, social landscape, development pipeline, community identity, new-build scheme, development site, city-centre activity, and historical comparison. References to construction, build, homes, and Grappenhall give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to construction costs and how temporary building sites mark a visible stage of long-term land-use change within the specific setting of Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4.
Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475ER - . This location-specific image from London Road , Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JA in 2019 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The defining feature is Historic signage, divisional HQ,London Road Site for the new Salvation army, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JA. Other connected aspects include public transport stop, archival record, social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, surface public transport, everyday life, documentary photography, community identity, visual archive, changing streetscape, transport accessibility, bus infrastructure, passenger transport, local history, and local bus network. For current editorial use, integrated transport and service frequency provide additional context, especially through the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around London Road , Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JA before conservation work alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are period detail, regional identity, changing land use, local mobility, place identity, contemporary social history, public-transport wayfinding, and passenger information. Elements such as Historic, signage, Liverpool, divisional, and Merseyside add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at London Road , Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JA helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects integrated transport and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing as part of the longer story of London Road , Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JA. The record includes details of everyday use as part of London Road , Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JA's history.
London Road , Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475F0 - . This dated editorial view of London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JG in 2019 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. At the centre of the view is New flats under construction, London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JG. The image also relates to transport accessibility, historical comparison, visual archive, local mobility, changing land use, bus infrastructure, before-and-after reference, public-transport wayfinding, public transport stop, documentary photography, local history, roadside transit, community identity, and local bus network. Today's relevance is strengthened by local connectivity, bus funding and the continuing question of the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. The image fixes local activity and public use within London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JG at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against conservation work. The photograph additionally reflects regional identity, place identity, bus route infrastructure, street-side transport, period detail, everyday life, passenger transport, and surface public transport. The recorded references to Liverpool, flats, construction, Merseyside, and under preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JG may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is local connectivity and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare within the real-world context of London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JG. The wider significance includes decarbonisation and the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network within the specific setting of London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JG.
London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8JG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475F4 - . This dated editorial view of London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK in 2019 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. At the centre of the view is Trumpet Player art, London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. Other connected aspects include street-side transport, local bus network, social history, archival record, historical comparison, regional identity, before-and-after reference, period detail, contemporary social history, roadside transit, local mobility, public-transport wayfinding, local history, and bus infrastructure. Current relevance extends to decarbonisation and local connectivity, particularly through the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with public realm, transport accessibility, local character, place identity, public transport stop, everyday life, surface public transport, and passenger transport. The recorded references to Liverpool, Player, Trumpet, and Merseyside preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is decarbonisation and the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network in a form that can be compared with future views of London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. The frame retains period character for later comparison. The scene captures a trace of local identity within the wider story of London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.
London Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475N1 - . Renshaw St, Chapel memorial, Roscoe Gardens, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. Photographed on 11 April 2019. Monument. Square stone centre block with inscription, surrounded by 8 Doric columns, with octagonal entablature, set on 3 steps and surmounted by ogee tiled dome with cross finial (missing, 1984). Records the Renshaw Street chapel which stood nearby. 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. In the longer view, commemorative plaques, gravestones and monuments transform individual or collective memory into a permanent feature of the landscape
Their wording, materials and location can illuminate genealogy, social history, military service and changing attitudes to public remembrance. In the longer view, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. As of 2026, 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. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that memorials continue to play an active role in public history, supporting remembrance, genealogy, education and heritage tourism
Images can also record inscriptions before erosion or redevelopment alters the physical object. Relevant long-tail terms include ecclesiastical architecture, parish church, Christian heritage, sacred art, religious symbolism, and church interior.
Roscoe Gardens, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MHM6B0 - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2018 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The location is represented through Bridgwater & District Civic Society Blue Plaque Three Houses By Holloway and Hutt, North Somerset, england, UK. The locality and subject together evoke changing land use, visual archive, local history, commemorative object, regional identity, historic inscription, antique object, before-and-after reference, social-history object, everyday life, period craftsmanship, collectable heritage item, historic material culture, and commemorative plaque. For current editorial use, collecting and museum conservation provide additional context, especially through the importance of provenance and inscriptions in understanding historic artefacts. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around the recorded location before refurbishment alters the character of the place. The location also brings in decorative metalwork, historical comparison, local character, local-history evidence, contemporary social history, archival record, period detail, and heritage interpretation. Details involving District, Houses, Holloway, Bridgwater, and Society make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at the recorded location 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 collecting and how everyday objects can survive as evidence of earlier work and domestic life when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another useful connection is object conservation and the importance of provenance and inscriptions in understanding historic artefacts without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H552T6 - . This scene at Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK in 2016 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The subject captured here is Panorama Pendolino at Warrington, Bank Quay Station, WCML, Cheshire, England UK - Engine 69104. The image also relates to social history, transport accessibility, roadside transit, local history, bus infrastructure, community identity, everyday life, local bus network, roadside stop, regional identity, bus route infrastructure, changing land use, public transport information, and contemporary social history. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into reliability and integrated transport, not least because of the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The wider setting retains connections with public realm, local mobility, surface public transport, historical comparison, local character, documentary photography, passenger transport, and archival record. Elements such as Pendolino, Panorama, 69104, Engine, and Station add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another strand within the photograph is reliability and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres when considered against later change at Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK. The scene captures a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Annan,Scottish,Churches,religion,Anglican,Anglicans,clockface,history,historic,spire,summer,evening,morning,iconic,annandale,britain,clock,dumfriesshire,great,kingdom,red,sandstone,scotland,scottish,tower,town,Old Parish Church,of Scotland,GoTonySmith,AD 573 ""“ St Mungo passes through Annandale,AD,686,""“,Abbot,Adamnan,of,Iona,at,Annan,Waterfoot,AD,1148,""“,St,Malachi,Bishop of Clairvaux,visits,Bruce,at,Annan.,AD,1171,""“,Church,of,Annan,built,by,Robert,Bruce,near,the,site,of,the,Town,Hall.,AD,1187,""“,William,Dean of the Valley of Annan,witnesses,the,charter.,AD,1196,""“,Incumbent,of,Annan,Ministers,in,plague.,AD,1223,""“,Church,transferred,to,See,of,Glasgow,from,Gwsborough.,AD,1265,""“,Stipend,increased,by,forty,shillings,Robert,the,rector,collects,a,hundred,shillings.,AD,1213,""“,Rector,established,in,Annan,by,the,Dean,of,Glasgow,succeeding Robert the Rector. AD 1327 ""“ Robert,Rector of Annan. AD 1335 ""“ Walter,Rector of Annan,translated to Dronnok (Dornock) AD 1474 ""“ Gilbert Maxwell,Rector of Annan. AD 1487 ""“ William Turnbull,Rector of An,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KN4 - AD 573 “ St Mungo passes through Annandale
AD 686 “ Abbot Adamnan of Iona at Annan Waterfoot
AD 1148 “ St Malachi, Bishop of Clairvaux, visits Bruce at Annan.
AD 1171 “ Church of Annan built by Robert Bruce near the site of the Town Hall.
AD 1187 “ William, Dean of the Valley of Annan, witnesses the charter.
AD 1196 “ Incumbent of Annan Ministers in plague.
AD 1223 “ Church transferred to See of Glasgow from Gwsborough.
AD 1265 “ Stipend increased by forty shillings, Robert the rector collects a hundred shillings.
AD 1213 “ Rector established in Annan by the Dean of Glasgow, succeeding Robert the Rector.
AD 1327 “ Robert, Rector of Annan.
AD 1335 “ Walter, Rector of Annan, translated to Dronnok (Dornock)
AD 1474 “ Gilbert Maxwell, Rector of Annan.
AD 1487 “ William Turnbull, Rector of Annan.
AD 1510 “ Sir Adam Turnbull, Rector of Annan.
AD 1535 “ John Tumour, Rector of Annan.
AD 1538 “ In recognition of the towns loyalty a Charter was granted to Annan by King James V.
AD 1560 “ The reformation. The Scottish church breaks its ties with Rome.
AD 1597 “ David Miller
AD 1605 “ James French MA
AD 1607 “ Simon Johnstone MA
AD 1609 “ Church built behind site of Town Hall
AD 1612 “ The town's Royal Burgh status was reaffirmed by King James VI
AD 1660 “ Wilaim Bailhie MA
AD 1664 “ Patrick Inglis
AD 1687 “ James Kinnear MA
AD 1696 “ Robert Colville MA
AD 1703 “ Thomas Howie
AD 1754 “ William Moncreiff
AD 1783 “ William Hardie Moncreiff
AD 1789 “ The present church is built
AD 1825 “ James Monilaws
AD 1871 “ James Alexander Crichton MA (1893 DD)
AD 1909 “ Rev Neil McCaig MA, BD
AD 1950 “ Rev G.L.Heatley, MA, BD
AD 1974 “ Rev W.B.Ferguson, BA, BD
AD 1987 “ Rev A. Frater, BA, BD
AD 1995 “ Rev S.D.Rogerson, BSc, BD
AD 1997 “ Rev D.J.Macpherson, BSc, BD
AD 2004 “ Rev H.D. Steele, L.Th.Dip,Min
Scotts Street,Annan,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW51T - The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary dates from at least 1074. The original church was demolished and completely rebuilt, but both the chancel and the bell tower of the present building contain small amounts of re-used Norman stonework.
The present Early English Gothic chancel was built late in the 12th or early in the 13th century. The tower has a saddleback roof and may have been built in the 13th or 14th century. The present nave was built in 1793 and has a west gallery that was added in 1834.
St. Mary's is now part of the Cherwell Valley Benefice along with five other ecclesiastical parishes: Fritwell, Lower Heyford, Somerton, Souldern and Upper Heyford.
Here is shown, middle window on south side of nave
built in 1792, blocked for many years and then restored with a new stained glass window early in the 21st century.
Ardley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW524 - The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary dates from at least 1074. The original church was demolished and completely rebuilt, but both the chancel and the bell tower of the present building contain small amounts of re-used Norman stonework.
The present Early English Gothic chancel was built late in the 12th or early in the 13th century. The tower has a saddleback roof and may have been built in the 13th or 14th century. The present nave was built in 1793 and has a west gallery that was added in 1834.
St. Mary's is now part of the Cherwell Valley Benefice along with five other ecclesiastical parishes: Fritwell, Lower Heyford, Somerton, Souldern and Upper Heyford.
Here is shown, middle window on south side of nave
built in 1792, blocked for many years and then restored with a new stained glass window early in the 21st century.
Ardley with Fewcott civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Keywords: UK,English,Saint,Marys,Church,of,chancel,and,the,bell,tower,2000,new,art,artwork,Norman,stonework,Early,Gothic,chancel,Benefice,middle,window,south,side,of,nave,built,1792,blocked,for,years,and,with,a,new,stained,glass,GoTonySmith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW525 - The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary dates from at least 1074. The original church was demolished and completely rebuilt, but both the chancel and the bell tower of the present building contain small amounts of re-used Norman stonework.
The present Early English Gothic chancel was built late in the 12th or early in the 13th century. The tower has a saddleback roof and may have been built in the 13th or 14th century. The present nave was built in 1793 and has a west gallery that was added in 1834.
St. Mary's is now part of the Cherwell Valley Benefice along with five other ecclesiastical parishes: Fritwell, Lower Heyford, Somerton, Souldern and Upper Heyford.
Here is shown, middle window on south side of nave
built in 1792, blocked for many years and then restored with a new stained glass window early in the 21st century.
Ardley with Fewcott civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Oxen Oxon United Kingdom,UK,English,Saint,Church,of,chancel,and,the,2000,new,art,artwork,Norman,stonework,Early,Gothic,chancel,Benefice,middle,window,on,south,side,of,nave,built,in,GotonySmith Ardley with Fewcott civil parish in Oxfordshire,England,early,in,the,21st,century,postcard,classic,historic,history,ecclesiastical,parishes,Fritwell,Lower Heyford,Somerton,Souldern and Upper Heyford,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW526 - The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary dates from at least 1074. The original church was demolished and completely rebuilt, but both the chancel and the bell tower of the present building contain small amounts of re-used Norman stonework.
The present Early English Gothic chancel was built late in the 12th or early in the 13th century. The tower has a saddleback roof and may have been built in the 13th or 14th century. The present nave was built in 1793 and has a west gallery that was added in 1834.
St. Mary's is now part of the Cherwell Valley Benefice along with five other ecclesiastical parishes: Fritwell, Lower Heyford, Somerton, Souldern and Upper Heyford.
Here is shown, middle window on south side of nave
built in 1792, blocked for many years and then restored with a new stained glass window early in the 21st century.
Ardley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: Oxen Oxon United Kingdom,UK,English,Saint,Marys,of,chancel,and,the,2000,new,art,artwork,stonework,Early,Gothic,chancel,Benefice,middle,window,on,south,side,of,nave,built,in,1792,pano,panorama,wide,angle,wideangle,winter,sunset,sunrise,GotonySmith Ardley with Fewcott civil parish in Oxfordshire,England,early,in,the,21st,century,postcard,classic,historic,history,ecclesiastical,parishes,Fritwell,Lower Heyford,Somerton,Souldern and Upper Heyford,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW528 - The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary dates from at least 1074. The original church was demolished and completely rebuilt, but both the chancel and the bell tower of the present building contain small amounts of re-used Norman stonework.
The present Early English Gothic chancel was built late in the 12th or early in the 13th century. The tower has a saddleback roof and may have been built in the 13th or 14th century. The present nave was built in 1793 and has a west gallery that was added in 1834.
St. Mary's is now part of the Cherwell Valley Benefice along with five other ecclesiastical parishes: Fritwell, Lower Heyford, Somerton, Souldern and Upper Heyford.
Here is shown, middle window on south side of nave
built in 1792, blocked for many years and then restored with a new stained glass window early in the 21st century.
Ardley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: Oxen Oxon United Kingdom,UK,English,Saint,Church,of,chancel,and,the,2000,new,art,artwork,Norman,stonework,Early,Gothic,chancel,Benefice,middle,window,on,south,side,of,nave,built,in,sepia,brown,winter,GotonySmith Ardley with Fewcott civil parish in Oxfordshire,England,early,in,the,21st,century,postcard,classic,historic,history,ecclesiastical,parishes,Fritwell,Lower Heyford,Somerton,Souldern and Upper Heyford,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW52D - The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary dates from at least 1074. The original church was demolished and completely rebuilt, but both the chancel and the bell tower of the present building contain small amounts of re-used Norman stonework.
The present Early English Gothic chancel was built late in the 12th or early in the 13th century. The tower has a saddleback roof and may have been built in the 13th or 14th century. The present nave was built in 1793 and has a west gallery that was added in 1834.
St. Mary's is now part of the Cherwell Valley Benefice along with five other ecclesiastical parishes: Fritwell, Lower Heyford, Somerton, Souldern and Upper Heyford.
Here is shown, middle window on south side of nave
built in 1792, blocked for many years and then restored with a new stained glass window early in the 21st century.
Ardley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: integer,number,numbers,square,84,eighty four,hipstamatic,engine,train,diesel,crewe,crewe built,1965,built
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 1574810035 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
84 is the sum of the first seven triangular numbers (making it a tetrahedral number), as well as the sum of a twin prime (41 + 43). Being thrice a perfect number, 84 is itself a semiperfect number. Also, the ISBN Group Identifier for books published in Spain
International direct dial phone calls to Vietnam are prefixed by 84.
Eighty Four is the atomic number of polonium. The murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian dissident, in 2006 was announced as due to Polonium poisoning. According to Prof. Nick Priest of Middlesex University, an environmental toxicologist and radiation expert, speaking on Sky News on December 2, Litvinenko was probably the first person ever to die of the acute \u03b1-radiation effects of Polonium.
Its also the shorthand term for the British Army 84mm Carl Gustav recoilless rifle.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHRXT - The mosaic is built on a low brick plinth. The structure has a breeze block support and makes use of recycled Victorian blue bricks as well as slate for the seats on either side.
The whole structure is faced in ceramic mosaics, pieces from local ceramic companies' products, glass beads, and tiles.
A number of themes have been incorporated into the design, including animals and plants indigenous to the area, a picture of the church, together with mouldings of heads and other features from gravestones and monuments in the churchyard, images of the traditional coal and bottle kilns that made the city famous, as well as high-tech industries, a tribute to Sir Stanley Matthews, whose funeral service was held at the Church, and a depiction of the Trent and Mersey Canal merging into the Sea of Galilee and then into the River Trent as it wraps round the base of the mosaic, unifying the design for the whole structure. Within this ribbon of mosaic, ammonites and different varieties of fish are depicted.
On the front of the bench, facing away from the church, are plaques depicting St Peter's Church and School, interspersed with heads, both European and Asian. The base of the seat features an image of two men in a boat, with a mast in the shape of an upside-down cross and two crossed keys (both emblems of St Peter, to whom the nearby church is dedicated).
The wildlife depicted on the right hand end of the bench includes a bat with outstretched wings, a squirrel, a rabbit, a frog, a snail, a fox, a butterfly, a robin, a blackbird, a magpie, a hedgehog and a wren.
The back of the bench celebrates the industrial heritage of Stoke on Trent. Its designs includes plaques featuring men in flat caps carrying pots to the kiln on wooden boards, bottle kilns, pit winding gear and factory chimneys. These are interspersed with smaller pieces commemorating the pottery produced in the area. Below the seat, the central design is of two cartoon-like figures in a canal barge.
The left ha
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England , UK
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Keywords: The Victorian industrial mill Owner,close to Manchester,Cheshire,England,United,Kingdom,gotonysmith,sepia,black,white,b/w,mono,glasses,hat,stick,in,hand,suit,jacket,cravat,NT,national,trust,Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire,England,is,one,of,the,best,preserved,textile,mills,of,the,Industrial,Revolution,and,is,now,a,museum,of,the,cotton,industry.,It,is,a,Grade,II,listed,building,and,is,now,in,the,care,of,the,National,Trust.,The,mill,was,founded,by,Samuel,Greg,(who,is,represented,here),in,1784,in,the,village,of,Styal,on,the,River,Bollin.,Its,original,iron,water,wheel,was,designed,by,Thomas,Hewes,and,built,between,1816,and,1820.,The,Hewes,wheel,finally,broke,in,1904.,After,that,the,River,Bollin,continued,to,power,the,mill,through,two,water,turbines.,Today,the,Mill,is,home,to,the,most,powerful,working,waterwheel,in,Europe,an,iron,water,wheel,which,was,originally,at,Glasshouses,Mill,at,Patley,Bridge.,This,wheel,was,designed,by,Sir,William,Fairbairn,the,Scottish,engineer,who,had,been,an,apprentice,of,Thomas,Hewes.,The,estate,surrou
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF23TD - Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire, England, is one of the best preserved textile mills of the Industrial Revolution and is now a museum of the cotton industry. It is a Grade II listed building and is now in the care of the National Trust.
The mill was founded by Samuel Greg (who is represented here), in 1784 in the village of Styal on the River Bollin. Its original iron water wheel was designed by Thomas Hewes and built between 1816 and 1820.
The Hewes wheel finally broke in 1904. After that the River Bollin continued to power the mill, through two water turbines. Today the Mill is home to the most powerful working waterwheel in Europe, an iron water wheel which was originally at Glasshouses Mill at Patley Bridge. This wheel was designed by Sir William Fairbairn, the Scottish engineer who had been an apprentice of Thomas Hewes.
The estate surrounding the mill, also developed by Greg, is the most complete and least altered factory colony of the Industrial Revolution. The estate and mill were donated to the National Trust in 1939 by Alexander Carlton Greg and are open to the public. The mill continued in commercial production until 1959.
The Greg family were Unitarians and built Norcliffe Chapel in Styal village. Their non-conformist religious beliefs provided the Gregs with important business contacts as many of the major Manchester Industrialists were Unitarian. Methodist workers at the mill later sought a place of worship, and the Gregs converted a grain store in Styal village into a Chapel for their use.
In Britain, a cotton mill is a factory that houses spinning and weaving machinery. Typically built between 1775 and 1930, mills spun cotton which was an important product during the Industrial Revolution.
Cotton mills, and the mechanisation of the spinning process, were instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. The requirement for water helped stimulate the construction of the canal system too.
Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4529292058 - 'Ah! a relaxing and very civilised Easter bank holiday monday afternoon with my friend Stephen in the Cafe Royal, tucked away in West Register Street, Edinburgh. Nice to be served real cask ales and great food.
It has its origins across the road from where it now stands back in 1826. It was known then for its Oysters, one of the rare foods I have given up trying to enjoy, they are just not for me. Local architect Robert Paterson is responsible for its parisian style and its a great step back to victorian gin palace times, a bit like the Phil in Liverpool ( www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3804831303/ ).
On the menu today was a lovely tomato based fish soup, Moules (Mussels to you), mixed starters to share, pork in cider, although the homemade sandwiches and burgers in there are also really nice. i had the fish soup followed by a really good Cranachan (a local Scots desert with double cream, oats and raspberries), try it if you get the chance, naughty but nice!
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Keywords: Livrpool,gotonysmith,liverpol,liverpool,mersyside,merseyside,dock,building,sail,ship,beatle,city,beatles,beatlesss,northwest,north,west,england,history,historic,boatyard,yard,docks,wet,UNESCO,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Albert,Dock,is,a,complex,of,dock,buildings,and,warehouses,in,Liverpool,England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick,it was opened in 1846,and,was,the,first,structure,in,Britain,to,be,built,from,cast,iron,brick and stone,with no structural wood. As a result,it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.,At,the,time,of,its,construction,the,Albert,Dock,was,considered,a,revolutionary,docking,system,because,ships,were,loaded,and,unloaded,directly,from/to,the,warehouses.,Two,years,after,it,opened,it,was,modified,to,feature,the,worlds,first,hydraulic,cranes.,Due,to,its,open,yet,secure,design,the,Albert,Dock,became,a,popular,store,for,valuable,cargoes,such,as,brandy,cotton,tea,silk,tobacco,ivory and sugar. However,despite the Albert Docks advanced design,the rapid development of shipping technology,1
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF138M - Pride of Liverpool - Ship at Albert dock Liverpool North West England UK
Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
At the time of its construction the Albert Dock was considered a revolutionary docking system because ships were loaded and unloaded directly from/to the warehouses. Two years after it opened it was modified to feature the world's first hydraulic cranes. Due to its open yet secure design, the Albert Dock became a popular store for valuable cargoes such as brandy, cotton, tea, silk, tobacco, ivory and sugar. However, despite the Albert Dock's advanced design, the rapid development of shipping technology meant that within 50 years, larger, more open docks were required, although it remained a valuable store for cargo.
During the Second World War, the Albert Dock was requisitioned by the Admiralty serving as a base for boats of the British Atlantic Fleet. The complex was damaged during air raids on Liverpool, notably during the May Blitz of 1941. In the aftermath of the war, the financial problems of the owners and the general decline of docking in the city meant that the future of the Albert Dock was uncertain. Numerous plans were developed for the re-use of the buildings but none came to fruition and in 1972 the dock was finally closed. Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1988.
Today the Albert Dock is a major tourist UNESCO attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside of London
Albert Dock, Wapping, Liverpool, Merseyside County , England, UK
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Keywords: Rehearsal,conductor,Jeremy,Jackman,candlelight,concert,English,B central,London. patron,saint Martin,Tours.classic,church,famous,landmark,rectangular Corinthian,style,columns,window distortion,Chinese,community homeless,people Rehearsal,Baroque,Choir,St,Martins,Trafalgar,Square,religious,christian,temple,cathedral,house,god,architecture,interior,inside,building,great,tours,classic,bus,trip,tonysmith,tony,smith,buildings,built,history,old,hotpix!,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4468213250 - 'Rehearsal with conductor Jeremy Jackman prior to the candlelight concert by the English Baroque Choir. St Martins is in the north east corner of Trafalgar Square, central London. The patron saint is Martin of Tours.
It is a classic church, a bit of peace from the noise and traffic of Westminster. Its pretty much rectangular with Corinthian style columns. As can be seen here, the ceiling is lovely and provides a warm glow inside. The large window at the altar has an interesting distortion.
There was a lot of work done between 2006-2008 to renovate different parts of the structure. The new East Window installed above the altar at St Martin in the Fields was one element. Designed by Shirazeh Houshiary, in collaboration with architect Pip Horne. This window replacing the old window (following World War II bomb damage) marked the final stage of the church's Renewal Project on 28 April 2008.
Donations are always welcome however and I noticed it is still possible to sponsor a pane of glass and 'Give light to St Martin's'. It offers social care services to London's Chinese community and homeless people.
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Keywords: phillis,phylis,saxon,cross,antique,sandbach,cheshire,england,UK,britain,old,stuff,furnature,furniture,classic,365project,hotpixuk,hotpix,tonysmith,tony,smith,Thrift,shop,store,centre,mill,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,12-24,sigma,wide angle lens,wide,building,buildings,built,architecture,history,angle,wideangle,lens,12-24mm,10-20mm
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4458588000 - 'Here is the first floor of Saxon Cross Antiques centre, Town Mill, High Street, Sandbach, Cheshire. It is just over from the market square Anglo-Saxon stone crosses. So quite an appropriate name. Phylis is one of the staff who looks after the centre and can guide you to that elusive collectors item or first day cover.
I stumbled upon this little treasure trove for collectors. Saxon Cross Antiques occupies part of the ground and the whole of the first and second floors. The third floor has been converted to a penthouse apartment. On the ground floor is \u201cCurshaws\u201d a bar restaurant. There are some telecommunications masts on the roof which are cunningly disguised in order to blend in with the old brick of the building.
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Keywords: Queens,Park,suspension,bridge,for,pedestrians,crossing,the,river,Dee,Chester,Cheshire,night,dusk,tripod,gotonysmith,man,walking,walk,walks,across,bag,case,briefcase,sky,blue,streetlight,streetlights,old,tourist,city,walled,wall,walls,Deva,Roman,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Queens,Park,suspension,bridge,(for,pedestrians.,A,great,spot,where,the,walker,can,see,up,the,Dee,river,and,over,to,the,stone,road,crossing.,Queens,Park,Suspension,Bridge,links,the,walled,city,centre,and,the,Groves,with,the,Queens,Park,area,on,the,southern,bank.,This,was,built,in,1923,to,replace,an,earlier,construction.,It,is,painted,white,and,lit,at,night.,The,river,was,why,the,Romans,came,to,build,their,fort,here,and,the,area,below,the,city,of,Chester,(now,called,The,Roodee),which,is,now,occupied,by,the,racecourse,was,where,the,harbour,was,located.,Over,time,the,river,silted,and,Liverpool,became,the,port,of,choice,for,sea,going,vessels.,Near,to,this,pedestrian,bridge,north of town,is the Groves. A paved promenade complete with bandstand,cafés,restaurants,and,pubs.,Here,there,are,river,cruises,or,rowing,boats,to,hire,City Centre,City
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF23MJ - Queen's Park suspension bridge (for pedestrians. A great spot where the walker can see up the Dee river and over to the stone road crossing. Queens Park Suspension Bridge, links the walled city centre and the Groves with the Queens Park area on the southern bank. This was built in 1923 to replace an earlier construction. It is painted white and lit at night.
The river was why the Romans came to build their fort here and the area below the city of Chester (now called The Roodee), which is now occupied by the racecourse was where the harbour was located. Over time the river silted and Liverpool became the port of choice for sea going vessels.
Near to this pedestrian bridge, north of town, is the Groves. A paved promenade complete with bandstand, cafés, restaurants and pubs. Here there are river cruises or rowing boats to hire.
Dee bridge, Chester, Cheshire, North west, England, united Kingdom
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Keywords: dynamic,earth,our,holyrood,edinburgh,city,capital,scotland,pano,panorama,stitched,sticher,wide,shot,scots,scottish,parliament,royal,mile,sepia,selective,colour,black,white,b/w,colores,color,blanco,negra,tonysmith,tony,smith,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,joiner,stitch,stitcher,autostitch,auto,building,buildings,built,architecture,imagen,panor\u00e1mica,image,panoramisches,Bild,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,angle,wideangle,lens,sigma,12-24mm,10-20mm,hotpicks,hotpix,hotpics,hot,pix,pics,uk,edinbrugh,Edinburg,#tonysmithhotpix,edimburgh
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4442105524 - 'This is a panoramic view from the reclaimed industrial land at the foot of the Royal Mile, where (Our) Dynamic Earth sits. It is a science centre in Edinburgh, Scotland and a popular visitor attraction and venue for exhibitions etc in the city. It is a stitched joiner of four images.
From its doors on the third floor, the Scottish Parliament and Holyrood Palace can be seen. It opened in 1999 and was a UK Millennium Commission project. It is within the walls of the the William Younger Centre, which is a distinctive castle-esque landmark building.
Dynamic Earth's architects were Michael Hopkins and Partners. The centre concentrates on earth science and the forces that have shaped the earth.
Check out this quirky panorama www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3709981451/
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Keywords: bellevue,bele,belle,vue,aces,motor,bike,motorbike,team,manchester,hyde,rd,road,lancs,lancashire,old,forgotton,red,best,speedway,1988,1987,kirkmanshuilme,lane,levenshulme,53,bus,gorton,88,87,city,motorsport,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,stuff,interesting,place,places,building,buildings,built,architecture,sex,sexy,history,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4404609984 - 'This is an old slide I came across last week taken in early 1988 when the Aces original stadium on Hyde Road was being demolished. Travelling to work at my first job at GEC Higher openshaw (The Go Easy Club as it was known by some), I used to catch a 53 bus by it every morning. At the time it appeared to have an uncertain future, similar to the fate of the Belle Vue zoo &
amusement park. I remember passing the two giant giraffes on the 125 SELNEC bus as a very small kid. The giraffes ended up at a caravan park west of Glossop in Brookfield, quite close to where I grew up. I cannot say I have been past for some time so could not really say on the giraffe condition.
Racing started in 1928 at the Belle Vue greyhound stadium before moving the following year to a specially built stadium nearby on Hyde Road. The club raced there until 1987 when the stadium was sold and demolished.
The club moved to a just a short distance away to a new track and is still there today. Manchesters Aces moved back to the Greyhound Stadium, under the promotion of Peter Collins, John Perrin and Don Bowes. On the opening meeting of the new chapter of the the Aces history was held 1st April 1988. The Aces took on Bradford Dukes in the Frank Varey Northern Trophy. Unfortunately because of a waterlogged track the match was abandoned after just two heats. The Aces finished leading the match.
If you have the chance nip down on a Monday night and breath in over 80 years of racing history.
This image has been sepia toned and selectively coloured.
Some other Manchester racing on two wheels www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3874780587/
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Keywords: rob,roy,macgregor,macgreger,mcgregor,brave,heart,braveheart,scotland,grave,balquidder,balquider,kirk,church,yard,kirkyard,heritage,b/w,black,white,selective,color,coloured,mono,monochrome,dramatic,tourist,where,visit,hdr,dark,disturbia,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,graves,tomb,tombs,cemetario,cemetary,cemetery,interesting,place,places,building,buildings,built,architecture,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,art,arty,sex,sexy,wide,angle,wideangle,lens,sigma,12-24mm,10-20mm,edinbrugh,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4393241074 - 'The grave of Rob Roy MacGregor, who died 28th December 1734 aged 70 is within the grounds of Balquhidder church looking over Loch Voil.
The stone over Rob Roy's grave reads 'MacGregor Despite Them' The MacGregor clan was the only clan in history to be 'proscribed' - that is, it became illegal to be a MacGregor, on three separate occasions. To survive, clan members took on other names, many of which their descendants still use today.
The Graves of Rob Roy and Helen/Mary MacGregor and their sons Coll and Robert are also interred there.
In the kirkyard of Balquhidder's Parish Church, the ruins of the Old Church it replaced can be clearly seen up the hill behind Rob Roy's grave. Its situated on the lower slopes of the north side of Balquhidder Glen. It reflects the continuation of a tradition of worship in the glen that goes back 4000 years or more. The Celts believed this to be a 'thin place' where the spiritual world and the earthly world came close together. To the south is a spur of Ben Ledi ('the hill of God') and traces of a Neolithic temple dating back to 1800 BC have been found in the glen.
A graveyard stone describes how the MacLarens were attacked by the MacGregors of Glen Dochart. 18 MacLaren families resident in Balquhidder were murdered in the Glen before settling on their land. At the time the MacGregors largely evaded responsibility for what would today be called an act of genocide. But it was one of the factors later held against them (the more immediate being their slaying of several hundred members of Clan Colquhoun at the Battle of Glen Fruin on 7 February 1603) when the entire Clan MacGregor was outlawed by James VI in April 1603. These were very bloody times. It became a capital offence even to carry the name MacGregor.
Standing Stones further west in Lewis www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3828011848/
(2010 week 7)
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Keywords: star,inn,starr,sparsholt,wantage,oxford,oxfordshire,oxon,england,britain,UK,pub,mick,mike,dawn,sepia,toned,b/w,black,white,bar,drinks,drinking,beer,real,ale,camra,cosy,friendly,accomodation,rooms,b&B,bed,breakfast,boozer,english,traditional,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix,hotpixuk,selctive,colour,color,colores,interesting,place,places,building,buildings,built,architecture,favourite,pubs,public,houses
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4404975390 - 'The Star Inn is an interesting country pub a few miles from the town of Wantage in Oxfordshire, England. The pub is quite cosy and at the end of a narrow lane.
It is quite close to Oxfordshire's white horse at Ridgeway / Uffington Castle, An iron age hill fort covering over 30,000 sq metres, which was still in use in the Roman era. The nearby Wiltshire Three Castles Brewery make an excellent nutty 4.2% bitter called Uffington Castle and this was on at the Star and Mike is holding its pump here with his left hand.
Dawn and Mike have recently moved in and not yet seen spring or summer in the village. Theres a mixture of homecooked food and locals can pre-order and pop in with a plate to take it away if they want. Guest ales change every month from the local Hook Norton brewery and they had a well kept London Pride on there too. Note they have the Aspall traditional cider in stock too.
This shot is sepia toned and selectively coloured.
A classic pub game www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3813283684/
And more cider here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3870706625/
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Keywords: 3graces,3,graces,three,liverpool,maritime,city,mersey,merseyside,england,uk,beatles,thebeatles,beatle,fab,four,fabfour,fab4,waterfront,water,front,pier,head,pierhead,liver,building,cunard,tonysmith,hotpix,pano,panorama,stitch,autostich,joiner,tripod,dusk,night,shoot,shot,picture,image,port,terminal,isle,man,ferry,mann,island,town,selctive,colour,color,colores,tony,smith,interesting,place,places,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,stitcher,autostitch,auto,12-24,sigma,wide angle lens,wide,buildings,built,architecture,noche,nuit,art,arty
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4392932861 - 'The three graces on the Liverpool mersey waterfront at dusk, after rain showers.
These important architectural landmarks are:
The Royal Liver Building, built between 1908 and 1911 and designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas. It is a grade I listed building consisting of two clock towers, both crowned by mythical Liver Birds. The building is the headquarters of the Royal Liver Friendly Society. Now Deutsche Bank.
The Cunard Building, constructed between 1914 and 1916 and a grade II* listed building. It is the former headquarters of the Cunard Line shipping company.
The Port of Liverpool Building, built from 1903 to 1907 and also grade II* listed. It is the former home of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
Added to this left and right is the new Beatles exhiition and the museum of Liverpool life.
Work commenced in 2007 to build a canal link between the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and the South Docks. The \u00a322 million pound 1.6 mile extension to the Leeds-Liverpool Canal was officially opened on 25 March 2009. It opens to boaters at the end of April and links the 127 miles of the existing canal to the city\u2019s South Docks, passing Pier Head and the famous Three Graces. The Pier Head was in this form for the 2008 city of culture celebrations.
At first, the Prince's Landing Stage was situated at the Pier Head to serve the trans-Atlantic liner service. There were many stages built during Liverpool's history, the most recent opened in the 1890s and was joined to the neighbouring George's Landing Stage, situated to the south. After further lengthening took place in the early twentieth century, the combined structure originally measured nearly 3,000 feet, almost half a mile. Both were scrapped in 1973, following the termination of trans-Atlantic services from Liverpool.
In the three years or so I worked in Liverpool, Pier Head served as a major bus interchange. There was also a very poor Beefeater / Berni Inn pub at the Pier head too, where the Beatles exhibition is today.
This image is copyrighted, available for official use only on Alamy here:
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Goldfrapp live in Liverpool www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3077807669/
A pier head joiner www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4281002771/
A dusk shot with similar treatment www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4259536947/
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Keywords: Albert Dock Liverpool Dusk Panorama from Wapping,Merseyside,North west England,UK,gotonysmith,blue,hour,pump,house,pub,water,maritime,beatles,city,side,john,lennon,chimney,Albert,Dock,is,a,complex,of,dock,buildings,and,warehouses,in,Liverpool,England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick,it was opened in 1846,and,was,the,first,structure,in,Britain,to,be,built,from,cast,iron,brick and stone,with no structural wood. As a result,it,was,the,first,non-combustible,warehouse,system,in,the,world.,At,the,time,of,its,construction,the,Albert,Dock,was,considered,a,revolutionary,docking,system,because,ships,were,loaded,and,unloaded,directly,from/to,the,warehouses.,Two,years,after,it,opened,it,was,modified,to,feature,the,worlds,first,hydraulic,cranes.,Due,to,its,open,yet,secure,design,the Albert Dock became a popular store,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF13A2 - Albert Dock Liverpool Dusk Panorama from Wapping, Merseyside, North west England , UK
Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
At the time of its construction the Albert Dock was considered a revolutionary docking system because ships were loaded and unloaded directly from/to the warehouses. Two years after it opened it was modified to feature the world's first hydraulic cranes. Due to its open yet secure design, the Albert Dock became a popular store for valuable cargoes such as brandy, cotton, tea, silk, tobacco, ivory and sugar. However, despite the Albert Dock's advanced design, the rapid development of shipping technology meant that within 50 years, larger, more open docks were required, although it remained a valuable store for cargo.
During the Second World War, the Albert Dock was requisitioned by the Admiralty serving as a base for boats of the British Atlantic Fleet. The complex was damaged during air raids on Liverpool, notably during the May Blitz of 1941. In the aftermath of the war, the financial problems of the owners and the general decline of docking in the city meant that the future of the Albert Dock was uncertain. Numerous plans were developed for the re-use of the buildings but none came to fruition and in 1972 the dock was finally closed. Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1988.
Today the Albert Dock is a major tourist attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside of London. It is a vital component of Liverpool's UNESCO area.
Wapping / Albert Dock, Liverpool city, Merseyside , NW England, UK
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Keywords: stockport,market,SK,SK1,panorama,dusk,night,shot,tripod,cheshire,england,english,UK,GB,britain,magic,hour,low,light,saturday,artificial,traditional,victorian,haunted,greater,manchester,council,joiner,ptgui,autostitch,this photo rocks,Chehire,selctive,colour,color,colores,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,highway,road,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,stitch,stitcher,auto,building,buildings,built,architecture,pano,noche,nuit,imagen,panor\u00e1mica,image,panoramisches,Bild,sex,sexy,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4352626358 - 'Going back not too many years I used to work in Stockport, on the south of the Manchester conurbation (or Stokeport as the doomsday book apparently has it) and grew to know it quite well. More the old bits rather than the brutal Merseyway built over the top of the old Stockport Grammer School etc. I would often frequent the market place, Queens head, Bakers and Arden Arms, with St Marys Church at the top.
In my day the old Emersons wall advert was still covered up in Park Street (by an advertisment hoarding I think). It now adds a feeling of time to the marketplace, particularly when all the stalls have gone and only the church bells at the top of the road can be heard. It is partularly eary at dusk or early night time in this place when its deserted by traders, the council have tidied away all the cardboard and only victorian ghosts fill the streets.
Stockport Market is a collection of small traditional shops. Charlie on the Cheese Stall, the lady who does the alterations and of course the little cafe. It dates back to the 16th century as does the centre of town by 1884 it was the hub of the country's hatting industry. By which it was exporting more than six million hats a year. (Mental Note: One day I must make time to visit the the 'Museum of Hatting').
I once did a photoshoot for the short lived Stockport Ghost Tour.
This is the end of town where you would expect ghosts to be active. a place where victorian carriages would have drawn up, or maybe where public hangings would have taken place.
For sure, an interesting little bit of Englands North West.
Click here to view a public gothing at St Mary's church www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3874779379/
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Keywords: Liverpool,Albert,Dock,Dockside,UK,beatles,city,mersey,merseyside,river,pump,house,pumphouse,wet,rain,dusk,night,low,light,shot,hotpix,hotpixuk,tonysmith,tony,smith,blue,sky,warm,cobbles,stones,cobble,tate,gallery,maritime,museum,this photo rocks,HDR,high dynamic range,town,building,buildings,built,architecture,noche,nuit,sex,sexy
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4309650135 - 'A shot of the Pump House at the Albert Dock, Mersey Quayside, City of Liverpool. It has been a pub for may decades now, an old brick building. Here at dusk during heavy rain. Nice reflections on the cobbles and the wheel in the distance, near the new Liverpool One shopping centre.
The original building dates from 1878 when dockside cranes were converted to hydraulic use. However by 1920 due to the Albert dock being too small for the size of many cargo ships in use, it was mainly utilised for storage.
Regeneration started in 1981.
(2010 week 4)
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Keywords: Liverpool,three,graces,dock,side,dockside,peir,pier,head,pierhead,bus,merseybus,mersey,panorama,joiner,hockney,david,hotpix,hotpixuk,tony,smith,tonysmith,England,UK,GB,britain,beatles,the beatles,liver,building,city,town,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hot,pics,pix,picks,highway,road,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,buildings,built,architecture,merseyside,pano,stitched,join,joined,images,widescreen,wide,\u043f\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0430,\u30d1\u30ce\u30e9\u30de,\u5168\u666f,\ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4281002771 - 'Here is an old joiner.
The image was assembled from about 15 prints taken from different viewpoints one autumn afternoon, in the style of a David Hockney joiner. The Liverpool waterfront is an iconic cityscape and here is shown in the warm afternoon setting sunlight.
A 80mm or shallower lens will have been used here. To get the whole of these really impressive listed buildings (national treasures some would say) in would take a 14mm or wider, and cause much distortion).
An old merseybus double decker adds a bit of an every day feel to it. Although not as iconic as a red routemaster London bus, for a long time it was a mode of transport that marked Liverpool out.
While I lived there, if a bus had not arrived by the time seven taxi's had passed, that was time to take the eigth taxi. (Even if you had already paid \u00a34.10 for your MerseyTravel card).
Some fireworks at night in Liverpool here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3827213307/
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Keywords: Old signwriting on university buildings at 12 Nicholson Square,Edinburgh City,Lothians,Scotland,UK,gotonysmith,sign,writing,writting,street,dramatic,ghost,12,and,14,Nicolson,Square,are,lovely,old,buildings,in,the,old,town,of,Edinburgh,with,distinctive,old,faded,painted,sign,remnants,in,red.,12,and,14,Nicolson,Square,are,lovely,old,buildings,in,the,old,town,of,Edinburgh,with,distinctive,old,faded,painted,sign,remnants,in,red.,The,square,originally,contained,the,properties,of,Sir,James,Nicolson,back,pre-1800.,Older,maps,reveal,this,at,that,time,to,probably,be,the,extent,of,the,city.,Nearby,Cabbagehall,and,Turnip,Fields,would,have,once,produced,food,but,were,built,over,as,the,metropolis,expanded.,Nicholas,Martinot,looks,to,have,been,a,prominent,manufacturer,of,baskets,and,importer,of,other,goods,from,1890,or,so,onwards.,The,text,on,the,faded,paint,advertise,Rugs,Mats,walking Sticks,Hardware and Woodenware.,gotonysmith,Edinburg,Fancy Leathergoods,Basket Manufacture,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF1333 - . Old signwriting on university buildings at 12 Nicholson Square, Edinburgh City, Lothians, Scotland , UK. Photographed on 1 January 2010. 12 and 14 Nicolson Square are lovely old buildings in the old town of Edinburgh with distinctive old faded painted sign remnants in red. Looking at the subject's development, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. In historical terms, town and city centres are continually rewritten by new buildings, transport schemes and evolving commercial uses
Photographs preserve the everyday fabric between major landmarks, including underpasses, arcades, back streets and small businesses that may disappear during redevelopment. The historical context is that public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. For the 2026 context, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historical fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse. During 2026, 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. In the present 2026 context, conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change.
12 Nicholson Square, Edinburgh City, Lothians, Scotland , UK
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Keywords: Lymm,Sweet,Shop,Sweetshop,sweets,toffee,toffees,bagged,bags,loose,kurly,aniseed,village,cheshire,cross,Christmas,Xmas,Winter,shops,store,England,UK,panorama,joiner,stitcher,confectionary,confectioners,chocolate,boiled,hotpixuk,hotpix,hotpics,tonysmith,tony,smith,warrington,Crimbo,december,2009,candy,candystore,toffies,HDR,high dynamic range,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,interesting,place,places,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,stitch,autostitch,auto,building,buildings,built,architecture,pano,imagen,panor\u00e1mica,image,panoramisches,Bild
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4234272947 - 'My favorite sweet shop. (Internationals might call this a candy store). How would you lik eto work in a place like this?
Just in time to grab 6oz of Kurly Aniseed from the nice folks at the Lymm Sweet Shop before hare-ing off for Crimbo.
The scales are just lovely in here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3690681811/
Just before taking this I caught this at the Cross www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4209473520/in/set-72157617...
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Keywords: Lymm,village,cheshire,england,north,west,britain,UK,cross,the cross,night,dusk,tripod,magic,hour,car,trails,december,xmas,chritmas,lights,HDR,high dynamic range,tonysmith,tony,smith,highway,road,building,buildings,built,architecture,noche,nuit,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4182561058 - '(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: Church,religion,religious,christ,buddy,buddychrist,dogma,statue,god,Kevin,Smith,catholic,Anglican,belief,fallen,angels,angel,death,Angel of Death,faith,365days,chriest,photo,photos,photography,photographer,hotpix.org.uk,www.hotpix.org.uk,HDR,high dynamic range,interior,inside,building,buildings,built,architecture,pope,el,le,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4163897698 - 'Yep, he da man of the season.
Another old church artifact here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3916729604/
and here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4001962813/
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Keywords: salts,mill,saltaire,shipley,autumn,blue,sky,england,yorkshire,yorks,GB,UK,world,heritage,site,UNESCO,stone,wet,rain,rainy,Bradford,reflection,reflections,polariser,polorising,filter,365days,HDR,high dynamic range,tonysmith,tony,smith,building,buildings,built,architecture,pano,hotpicks,hotpix,hotpics,hot,pix,pics,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4125500977 - 'Salts Mill is justifiably a UNESCO heritage site. It is currently a combination of art gallery including entries from Hockney and trendy shops. (Obviously dependent on your definition of 'trendy')
The mill was built by Sir Titus Salt in 1853. When completed, it was the largest industrial building in the world by total floor area. It is a grade II* listed building. The mill closed in 1986, with renovation beginning the following year.
Sir Titus Salt, 1st Baronet born in Morley, near Leeds, was a manufacturer, politician and philanthropist in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Around the mill he built the community of Saltaire for his workers. He built the Congregational Church (now Saltaire United Reformed Church) at his own expense in 1858\u201359, and donated the land on which the Wesleyan Chapel was built by public subscription in 1866\u201368. This is where he is buried.
A panorama from York can be found here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4003040220/
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Keywords: Car,park,steps,multistory,multi,story,parking,stair,well,stairwell,365days,this photo rocks,poole,quay,multistorie,carpark,concrete,metal,rail,railings,down,up,chasem,dorset,south,west,southwest,england,uk,gb,britain,grey,gray,spiril,spiral,wide,superwide,tonysmith,tony,smith,building,buildings,built,architecture,abstract,hotpix!,#tonysmithhotpix,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4050711807 - 'Take a journey here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4201094468/
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Keywords: Aston,Villa,FC,football,club,ground,dusk,night,shot,nightshot,Birmingham,soccer,UK,England,park,villapark,tripod,tripod shot,long,exposure,long exposure,AVFC,footballer,footballers,car,carpark,365days,west,midlands,britain,GB,europe,english,tonysmith,tony,smith,building,buildings,built,architecture,noche,nuit,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4050517963 - 'Aston Villa Football Club, Birmingham, West Midlands car park at dusk.
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Keywords: M6,Lancaster,Services,southbound,motorway,UK,lancashire,Moto,M&S,justfood,just,food,tower,Pennine Tower,pennine,five,star,loo,award,top,crapper,365days,building,buildings,built,architecture,sex,sexy,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3838285938 - 'A classic services built from stout 1965's concrete, an iconic landmark on britains first motorway, M6 Preston Bypass.
It used to be Rank, then Granada, was Forton, then Lancaster, then Lancaster (Forton).
The tower is called 'The Pennine Tower', and when it opened it had a restaurant with a panoramic view. However, the tower fell short of the Health and Safety regulations for the number of emergency exits required in a public building, so it had to be closed. It's now only used for staff training and offices.
The tower is unique to the services, but Rank built slightly smaller versions at other services of theirs such as Hilton Park,which has suffered exactly the same fate. Although the one here is the 'daddy' (as they say).
In 2008 the services won a five star loo award, one more than in 2006. Worth sharing that with you, in case you might consider holding on until Knutsford.
Rumours that the cafe used to revolve inside like 'Piz Gloria' in Switzerland where the famous James Bond was filmed'on her Majesty's Secret Service are untrue. (apparently).
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Keywords: Scots,Parliament,Debating,Chamber,Panorama,Interior,Architecture,Holyrood,Scotland,UK,Edinburgh,indoors,pano,Miralles,Enric,scottish,scotch,fisheye,10mm,government,building,wood,wooden,Architect,wide,angle,wideangle,wideshot,20mm,lens,365days,Schotland,l'Ecosse,Ecosse,Schottland,\u03a3\u03ba\u03c9\u03c4\u03af\u03b1,la,Scozia,\u30b9\u30b3\u30c3\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9,\uc2a4\ucf54\ud2c0\ub780\ub4dc,\u0428\u043e\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f,Escocia,Edinburghe,tonysmith,tony,smith,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,joiner,stitch,stitcher,autostitch,auto,sigma,wide angle lens,buildings,built,imagen,panor\u00e1mica,image,panoramisches,Bild,hotpicks,hotpix,hotpics,hot,pix,pics,edinbrugh,Edinburg,tony smith photography,tdktonysmith,edimburgh
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3811386220 - 'I had another try at this, with a tripod. Two shots with a 10mm lens joined as a panorama, hence some cutoff.
The debating chamber contains a shallow elliptical horseshoe of seating for the MSPs, with the governing party or parties sitting in the middle of the semicircle and opposition parties on either side, similar to other European legislatures. Such a layout is intended to blur political divisions and principally reflects the desire to encourage consensus amongst elected members. This is in contrast to the 'adversarial' layout reminiscent of other Westminster style national legislatures, including the House of Commons, where government and opposition sit apart and facing one another
The most notable feature of the chamber is the roof. The roof is supported by a structure of laminated oak beams joined with a total of 112 stainless steel connectors (each slightly different), which in turn are suspended on steel rods from the walls.
Such a structure enables the debating chamber to span over 30 metres (100 ft) without any supporting columns. In entering the chamber, MSPs pass under a stone lintel\u2014the Arniston Stone\u2014that was once part of the pre-1707 Parliament building, Parliament House. The use of the Arniston Stone in the structure of the debating chamber symbolises the connection between the historical Parliament of Scotland and the present day Scottish Parliament.
Note that photographs cannot be taken while parliament is in session.
On 2 March 2006, a beam in the roof of the debating chamber swung loose from its hinges during a debate, resulting in the evacuation of the debating chamber and the suspension of parliamentary business. Parliament moved to other premises while the whole roof structure was inspected and remedial works were carried out. The structural engineers, Arup, stated that the problem with the collapsed beam was entirely due to the failure of one bolt and the absence of another. There was no design fault. The engineers concluded, in a report to MSPs, that the damage is likely to have been done during construction work on the chamber roof, in the latter phases of the project. The report also indicated that whilst one of the bolts was missing, the other was broken and had damaged threads commensurate with being over tightened or jammed, which twisted the head off, or came close to doing so.
Another Lothians shot here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4241055295/
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Keywords: Cheshire,England,designated,by,English,Heritage,Grade,I,gradeI,grade1,listed,building,active,diocese,of,Liverpool,archdeaconry,of,Warrington,gotonysmith,dusk,lit,at,night,religious,graves,grave,yard,lit,at,night,illuminated,norman,Legh,doomsday,book,contained,north,arcade,south,porch,stone,built,of,with,a,metal,stainless steel roof carved pig,gotonysmith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NPH - St Oswald's Church, Winwick, is in the village of Winwick to the north of Warrington, Cheshire, England. Here shown at dusk, the church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the deanery of Winwick.
St Oswald's Church, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Cheshire,England,UK,United,Kingdom.,Religion,Brass,eagle,lectern,stained,glass,inside,interior,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Thelwall,is in the village of Thelwall,Cheshire,England.,The,church,has,been,designated,by,English,Heritage,as,a,Grade,II,listed,building.It,is,an,active,Anglican,parish,church,in,the,diocese,of,Chester,the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.,History,The,origins,of,a,church,or,at,are,unclear.,It,has,been,thought,that,a,chapel,was,built,by,of,Norton,Priory,but,a,legal,suit,in,1663,suggests,that,there,was,a,chapel,on,the,site,before,this,date.,At,this,time,Thelwall,was,in,the,parish,of,Runcorn.,In,1663,the,chapel,on,the,site,was,restored,by,Robert,Pickering.,After,this,the,chapel,fell,into,disrepair.,It,was,restored,again,and,re-opened,in,1782.,By,the,following,century,the,was,too,small,for,its,congregation,and,in,2,edit,3
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWBN - All Saints Church Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire England UK United Kingdom.
All Saints Church, Thelwall, is in the village of Thelwall, Cheshire, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.
[edit] History
The origins of a church or chapel at Thelwall are unclear. It has been thought that a chapel was built by Richard Brooke of Norton Priory but a legal suit in 1663 suggests that there was a chapel on the site before this date. At this time Thelwall was in the parish of Runcorn. In 1663 the chapel on the site was restored by Robert Pickering. After this the chapel fell into disrepair. It was restored again and re-opened in 1782. By the following century the church was too small for its congregation and in 1843 a new church was built and consecrated. This consisted of a nave which was designed by J. Mountford Allen. In 1856 the chancel was built at the expense of James Nicholson and the nave was extended by one bay. In 1890 Henry Stanton commissioned a new north aisle, a new baptistry with a new font, and a new vestry. The aisle and vestry, together with a north porch, were designed by William Owen.
[edit] Architecture
The church is built in sandstone with steeply pitched slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave of six bays, a chancel of two bays, a north aisle and a west porch. A west bellcote has one bell.
The chancel has a floor of marble and coloured glazed tiles. The reredos has two panels of Biblical scenes in marble which are separated by plaster angels. In the church is a memorial to Edward the Elder who founded Thelwall in 923. This is dated 1907 and is by Eric Gill.[5] The frame of the memorial is by F. C. Eden and Helfar Bros.[1] From around 1884 the organ used had been built by Gray and Davidson, and in 1964 it was rebuilt by Jardine.
All Saints Church Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire England UK United Kingdom.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,Coal drops,yard,KingsX,N1C,coal,shops,stores,N1C 4DH,Lower Stable St,market,Lower Stable Street,developed,redeveloped,area,district,Real Estate,properties,homes,new,square,renovated,built,rebuilt,gentrified,gentrification,architecture,buildings,design,old,and,trader,traders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108C7 - . This authentic period view of Coaldrops yard, Kings Cross, , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The scene records Coaldrops yard, Kings Cross development, retail, entertainment, shops, stores , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH. The wider scene also brings together bricks-and-mortar retail, public realm, small business, contemporary social history, everyday life, visual archive, local history, local character, changing land use, high-street commerce, street-level business, regional identity, period detail, and local enterprise. For current editorial use, commercial rents and footfall provide additional context, especially through how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. For later comparison, the photograph preserves public access and movement at Coaldrops yard, Kings Cross, , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH, details that may look very different after replacement signage. The subject also sits alongside town-centre trading, independent retail, shopfront economy, commercial frontage, changing streetscape, specialist retailer, community identity, and archival record. Elements such as retail, entertainment, stores, Cross, and shops add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Coaldrops yard, Kings Cross, , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is commercial rents and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses within the real-world context of Coaldrops yard, Kings Cross, , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH. The record includes a trace of local identity within the wider story of Coaldrops yard, Kings Cross, , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH.
Coaldrops yard, Kings Cross, , London, England, UK, N1C 4DH
