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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Grappenhall,Bellhouse Lane,Warrington,South,Cheshire,North West England,England,UK,real ale,cask,ale,CAMRA,beer,festival,cask beer,casks,tokens,bar,drinkers,visitors,community,events,event,charity,poured,pouring,serving,indoor,annual,style,beer lovers,ale enthusiasts,local brewers,music,fundraiser,temporary bar,stillage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFEG34 - Photograph showing volunteers serving real ale drinkers and visitors at Grappenhall Beer Festival in May 2026, held at The Bellhouse, home of the Grappenhall Youth and Community Association, on Bellhouse Lane in Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire. The image shows a long staffed bar with beer mats, pump clips, tasting sheets and festival paperwork in the foreground, while rows of cask beer barrels on stillage line the back of the hall, ready for pouring. Men and women are gathered at the counter and around the room, giving the scene a strong sense of a busy local beer event run by volunteers. According to the organisers and ticket listings, the 2026 Grappenhall Beer Festival took place on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 May 2026 at Grappenhall Community Centre, also known as The Bellhouse, and offered more than 30 real ales and ciders together with live music and hot food. This makes the photograph useful for editorial and commercial searches around real ale festivals, CAMRA style beer events, cask-conditioned beer, local brewing, community fundraising, volunteers, charity-run venues, beer tourism, Warrington social life and traditional British pub and brewing culture. The scene captures the practical side of a local beer festival, with volunteers staffing the serving counter, customers browsing choices, and casks arranged behind the bar in a straightforward temporary taproom setting rather than a permanent pub cellar. Strong concepts include Grappenhall Beer Festival, The Bellhouse, GYCA, Bellhouse Lane, real ale, cask ale, beer festival bar, Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, community centre, charity fundraiser, local brewers, beer lovers, CAMRA supporters, festival volunteers and social gathering. The indoor lighting, casual dress and busy bar atmosphere suggest a welcoming neighbourhood event focused on beer appreciation, fundraising and community spirit.
Grappenhall Community Centre (GYCA), Bellhouse Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 2SG.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,northern beermats,craft beer mats,CAMRA,cask ale,independent breweries,pub memorabilia,beer coaster collection,British beer culture,New Islington Marina,independent pub,brewery branding,ale drinkers,beer tourism,regional brewing,microbrewery,modern,beer,movement,graphic,design,drinks,marketing,pub,decoration,collectable,ephemera,artisan,brewing,specialist,beer venue,local,producers,urban,nightlife,hospitality,industry,Manchester
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EE4M23 - Colourful wall display of brewery beermats inside Cask at New Islington Marina on the Ancoats and New Islington border in Manchester. The tightly arranged collection includes circular, square and irregularly shaped mats advertising real ale, craft beer, stout, bitter, pale ale and India pale ale from independent breweries. Visible designs use bold typography, illustrated animals, abstract artwork, traditional crests and contemporary branding, creating a visual record of northern beer culture.
Cask is an independent canalside bar at Cotton Field Wharf, known for a broad selection of cask-conditioned ale, keg beer, cider and bottled or canned craft products. CAMRA lists the venue as serving real ale and real cider, while local guides describe a rotating range supplied through handpumps, guest taps and refrigerated cabinets. Its position beside New Islington Marina places it within an area of east Manchester transformed from former industrial land into apartments, waterside paths, restaurants and leisure businesses.
Beermats began as absorbent coasters protecting tables from condensation and spills, but they also became inexpensive advertising tools and collectable examples of commercial design. This display combines traditional pub ephemera with the colourful visual language used by newer breweries to distinguish specialist beer styles and limited releases. Names and designs associated with DEYA, Track, Marble, Manchester Union and Brew York can be seen among many other changing labels.
The photograph suits editorial themes involving CAMRA, cask ale, independent pubs, brewery marketing, graphic design, beer tourism, urban regeneration and Manchester nightlife. It shows how specialist bars support regional producers and offer drinkers a choice beyond mass-market lager. The dense arrangement of promotional mats conveys variety, experimentation and the social history of drinking while documenting a distinctive feature inside a popular Ancoats beer venue
2 New Union Street, New Islington Marina, Ancoats, Manchester, UK, M4 6FQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E26WGA - Exterior view of The Molly House at 26 Richmond Street in Manchester city centre, showing the large painted mural on the gable end of the red brick building in the Gay Village area. The colourful wall artwork is strongly associated with LGBTQ+ culture and queer visibility in Manchester, combining rainbow imagery with painted portraits and decorative lettering to create a striking piece of urban public art. The mural gives the building a distinctive visual identity and makes the image useful for themes such as LGBTQ+ heritage, nightlife districts, inclusive cities, public art, cultural tourism, city branding, queer history and the role of murals in shaping the character of urban neighbourhoods. The red brick architecture, narrow street setting and recognisable Molly House signage also help root the picture firmly in central Manchester.
The Molly House is a well-known bar and restaurant on Richmond Street, close to Canal Street and the wider Gay Village, giving the image added place value for editorial and commercial use around Manchester nightlife, city centre culture, tourism, creative districts and the visual history of LGBTQ+ spaces in northern England. The mural has been described as a major LGBT street artwork in Manchester and depicts notable LGBTQIA+ icons associated with the city, which strengthens its usefulness for searches linked to equality, diversity, community memory and public representation. The image can also support broader themes such as placemaking, street photography, urban art, city identity, alternative Manchester and modern British social history.
The Molly House on Richmond Street, Manchester, with LGBTQ+ icons mural on the gable end in the city
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EBGJWJ - Exterior view of The Salutation, a historic Victorian pub on Higher Chatham Street in Manchester, close to Oxford Road, Manchester Metropolitan University and the city centre student quarter. The photograph shows the frontage with its distinctive copper-toned sign, tiled facade, hanging baskets and blue plaque, making it a strong editorial image for Manchester pub history, real ale culture, student life, heritage streetscapes and literary tourism. The Salutation, often known locally as The Sally, has long been associated with Manchester drinking culture, cask ale, craft beer, music, comedy and community events. Current listings give the address as 12 Higher Chatham Street, Manchester M15 6ED, while CAMRA records it as a cask ale pub operated by Manchester Metropolitan Students' Union. The building is also noted for its Charlotte Brontë connection: the pub's own history page says a commemorative blue plaque recognises Brontë's link with the site, and Manchester literary sources describe how Charlotte Brontë came to Manchester in 1846 with her father, Patrick Brontë, when he underwent eye surgery, and began work on Jane Eyre while staying nearby. The image may also suit archive and feature uses connected with old brewery branding, including Hardy's Ales and historic Manchester pub signs, although the visible frontage should be captioned primarily as The Salutation rather than as a brewery premises. Beyond its literary association, The Salutation has more recent cultural links, including accounts of Frank Sidebottom, Chris Sievey, The Fall and Manchester's alternative music scene. The upward viewpoint, urban light and warm illuminated signage give the image a documentary feel, useful for coverage of Victorian pubs, campus drinking places, Manchester heritage, Oxford Road Corridor regeneration, pub preservation, hospitality, real ale, local identity and the value of characterful pubs in a city increasingly dominated by redevelopment and chain venues.
The Salutation, historic Victorian pub in Manchester linked to Charlotte Brontë, pictured on Higher
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DNNPYE - A broad view of the Robinsons Brewery, also known as the Unicorn Brewery, rising above Underbank in Stockport town centre. Red brick brewery buildings dominate the frame, their facades painted with large white lettering, including F Robinson and Brewery , so the purpose of the site is instantly clear. A tall central tower and adjoining blocks read as a working industrial complex that has grown over time, with different rooflines and sections joined together as the business expanded. In the foreground a weathered stone wall and black iron railings create a strong street level barrier, giving the sense of looking up from an older town centre route. A traditional street lamp to the right adds to the heritage character.
The sky is a vivid, cloudless blue and the brickwork is lit by bright, direct sunshine. Shadows are crisp, suggesting clear, dry conditions and a time of year when daylight is strong, most likely late spring or summer. There is no obvious rain sheen on the masonry and the overall palette feels warm and saturated, which helps the image work well for travel, lifestyle, and business reporting.
As a subject, a regional brewery supports multiple editorial angles. It can illustrate stories about independent producers, traditional manufacturing, local employment, supply chains, and the continued popularity of beer and pub culture in the UK. The integrated painted signage is useful for picture editors because it remains readable even when cropped.
For keywording and sales, keep the emphasis on what is visible: red brick industrial architecture, prominent brewery signage, tower structure, street railings, stone wall, and bright blue-sky sunshine. That combination makes the photo flexible for pieces about brewing, pubs, hospitality, northern towns, heritage buildings, and local business in Greater Manchester. The upward viewpoint and clean background make it a strong establishing shot for Stockport and its historic commercial streets.
Robinsons Brewery (Unicorn Brewery) viewed from Underbank, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, i
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T2843K - Taken on 07 Oct 2023, this photograph shows The Brewery Tap, Leeds, 18 New Station St, Leeds, England, UK, LS1 5DL. The location is 18 New Station St, Leeds ,LS1 5DL. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains platform, concourse or service signage details that place the railway scene in a real working transport environment. The image links railway-station footfall with the modern revival of city-centre beer houses, craft ale bars and brewery-branded hospitality in Leeds. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Leeds, brewing, craft, ale, ales, bars, pubs, pub, outside, exterior, Yorkshire, LS1, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It has value for both local and national stories, especially where writers need to connect a named place or object with wider economic, social, environmental or cultural change. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure, consumer behaviour, community identity and documentary evidence for newsletters, blogs, polic.
18 New Station St, Leeds ,LS1 5DL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWDK06 - Taken on 14 Sep 2023, this photograph shows Rotary at The Old Well Inn, 21 The Bank, Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England, UK, DL12 8PH. The location is Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England, UK, DL12 8PH. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains public house signs, frontage, street activity or drinking culture details useful for hospitality and heritage features. Barnard Castle is a historic Teesdale market town, with stone streets, independent shops and castle associations that support tourism, heritage trails and local retail photography. The Old Well Inn and Barnard Castle setting also carry modern cultural resonance because the town became widely discussed during the Dominic Cummings lockdown controversy. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Barney, Barnard Castle, Teesdale, The Bank, Old Well Inn, old well, at the Old Well, scandal, Durham Fusiliers Militia, blue plaque, County Durham, DL12, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes.
Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England, UK, DL12 8PH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWDK09 - The Dominic Cummings scandal, or the Dominic Cummings affair, was a series of events involving the British political strategist Dominic Cummings during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The events include at least one journey that Cummings, then-chief adviser of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and his family made from London to County Durham after the start of a national lockdown in March 2020 while they were experiencing symptoms of COVID-19.
Reports of the trip first emerged in May 2020 following investigations by the Daily Mirror and The Guardian. Questions arose about whether the conduct of Cummings and his wife was lawful and appropriate within the framework of government advice and guidance, given that the public were ordered to stay at home, that all non-essential travel was forbidden during the lockdown, and that infected persons had been instructed to self-isolate.
Cummings denied he had broken any rules in a press conference a few days later. Durham Constabulary investigated the trip, concluding there may have been a minor breach, but did not take any further action. The scandal led to criticism from Members of Parliament (MPs) within and outside the ruling Conservative Party, backlash in the media and from the public, and calls for Cummings to be sacked or resign. Prominent politicians in the government, including Johnson, rejected these and expressed support for Cummings. Polling suggested that support for the Conservative Party and confidence in the British government's pandemic response fell as a result of the scandal.
Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England, UK, DL12 8PH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAJ37F - The Peveril of the Peak, named after Walter Scott's Novel is also a famous pub in central Manchester.
It is also the name of a stagecoach / mailcoach which ued to travel across the Peak District, from Luton to Manchester
Peveril of the Peak (1823) is the longest novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with Ivanhoe, Kenilworth, and Woodstock this is one of the English novels in the Waverley novels series, with the main action taking place around 1678 in the Peak District, the Isle of Man, and London, and centring on the Popish Plot.
Plot introduction
Julian Peveril, a Cavalier, is in love with Alice Bridgenorth, a Roundhead's daughter, but both he and his father are accused of involvement with the Popish Plot of 1678.
Most of the story takes place in Derbyshire, London, and on the Isle of Man. The title refers to Peveril Castle in Castleton, Derbyshire.
127 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 5JQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RADRX4 - A close view of a pub bar counter displaying three London-brewed ales on hand pumps: Five Points Pale, Kazbek from Redemption Brewing Company, and Young's London Original. A freshly poured pint of golden ale sits on the polished wooden bar, with the distinctive pump clips arranged behind it, representing a mix of independent and historic London breweries.
The scene captures the traditional presentation of cask-conditioned beer in an English pub, with hand-pulled pumps, branded clips, and a well-stocked back bar visible in the background. These beers reflect the diversity of London's brewing scene, combining long-established names such as Young's with newer independent breweries that have contributed to the city's modern craft-beer revival.
Photographed indoors under warm ambient lighting, the image documents everyday pub culture in England, illustrating themes of social life, hospitality, and British brewing heritage. It is suitable for use in editorial coverage relating to pubs, beer, London food and drink culture, and the contemporary UK brewing industry. Five Points Pale “ Five Points Brewing Company
Kazbek “ Redemption Brewing Company
Young's London Original “ Young's Brewery
(All pump-clip branding clearly visible on the bar)
Public house interior, London, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R27BYP -
67 Winwick Rd, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJHNYF - Why is The Vines on Lime Street known as 'The Big House'?
One of city's oldest and most popular pubs never goes by its real name
Taking up a huge chunk of the corner of Lime Street and Copperas Hill, ˜The Big House' is one of the city's most recognisable boozers.
The Vines - to use its official name - is the sister pub of the Philharmonic and is on CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
The pub was built a whopping 150 years ago by Albert B Vines. In 1907, Walkers took over and rebuilt the pub into an ornate style.
Nowadays, it is known for good beer, live music and karaoke.
But why is it referred to as The Big House?
Echo readers James Parr said: I think it's because it used to be a jail. I remember one of my dad's mates telling me that.
It's been a gin palace and an old billiards room - could it have once been a prison, too?
We spoke to one of the managers at the Vines, Ron Taylor. He said: I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I think it's just called the Big House because it's... big.
81 Lime Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJW6ND - Ye Cracke is a pub in Rice Street off Hope Street in Liverpool, England. The name is in Old English: the Y is a thorn and the e on the end of Cracke is silent, thus the name is correctly pronounced The Crack. Despite the name, Ye Cracke is a 19th-century pub. The War Office is a small room in the pub, which is the oldest part of the pub.
It has historical connections with The Beatles because it was frequented by John Lennon and his girlfriend Cynthia when they were at art school, as well as the Dissenters, to whom a plaque hangs in the bar.
Thomas Cecil Gray and John Halton conceived the techniques described in their 1946 book A Milestone in Anaesthesia while in the pub.
13 Rice St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 9BB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PK2AWN - The tiny Liverpool city pub Ye Cracke that was loved by Beatle John Lennon, The Beatle was known to even take girls on dates to the pub
Liverpool has plenty of links to The Beatles from The Cavern Club to The Casbah Coffee Club.
But there are some places in the city that have connections to the famous Fab Four which are lesser-known.
One of those places is Ye Cracke, hidden down a side street off Hope Street, on Rice Street.
Landlady of Ye Cracke, Zaidia Naif, told the ECHO: It's funny because a lot of local Liverpool people can't find the pub but The Beatles fans from as far as Mexico find it with no problem.
Obviously the pub has a big tourist pull because of the Beatles and its connection to John Lennon.
I have known fans to come as far as Japan, Australia, Canada and a lot from America.
Ye Cracke may be a seemingly normal, local boozer to many but to tourists it's known for being John Lennon's favourite watering hole.
When attending art school in Liverpool, former bartenders claim Lennon would drink Black Velvet, a cocktail made from Guinness and on top of sparkling wine.
He also took his first wife, Cynthia Lennon, on their first date after meeting her at a college dance.
Even to this day, a plaque can be found on the wall of the pub, commemorating an occasion in 1960 when Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Bill Harry and Rod Murray attended the pub and formed a band called The Dissenters over a beer.
13 Rice street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 9BB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PK2AX0 - The tiny Liverpool city pub Ye Cracke that was loved by Beatle John Lennon, The Beatle was known to even take girls on dates to the pub
Liverpool has plenty of links to The Beatles from The Cavern Club to The Casbah Coffee Club.
But there are some places in the city that have connections to the famous Fab Four which are lesser-known.
One of those places is Ye Cracke, hidden down a side street off Hope Street, on Rice Street.
Landlady of Ye Cracke, Zaidia Naif, told the ECHO: It's funny because a lot of local Liverpool people can't find the pub but The Beatles fans from as far as Mexico find it with no problem.
Obviously the pub has a big tourist pull because of the Beatles and its connection to John Lennon.
I have known fans to come as far as Japan, Australia, Canada and a lot from America.
Ye Cracke may be a seemingly normal, local boozer to many but to tourists it's known for being John Lennon's favourite watering hole.
When attending art school in Liverpool, former bartenders claim Lennon would drink Black Velvet, a cocktail made from Guinness and on top of sparkling wine.
He also took his first wife, Cynthia Lennon, on their first date after meeting her at a college dance.
Even to this day, a plaque can be found on the wall of the pub, commemorating an occasion in 1960 when Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Bill Harry and Rod Murray attended the pub and formed a band called The Dissenters over a beer.
13 Rice street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 9BB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2N330D4 - CAMRA-acclaimed Appleton Thorn Village Hall bar in Cheshire is shown with a real ale tasting paddle, handpull beer pumps, illuminated bar counter and a chalkboard listing cask ales from breweries including Castle Rock, Salamander, Portobello, Acorn, Abbeydale and Tiny Rebel. The image captures a traditional volunteer-supported community bar at the heart of village life, where members and guests can enjoy real ale, cider, craft beer and social conversation in a local village hall rather than a commercial pub chain. Appleton Thorn Village Hall describes its bar as offering a warm welcome to members, while CAMRA notes that the hall has been CAMRA National Club of the Year more than once, with real ales mainly from independent breweries, many from Cheshire and North Wales, and third-pint paddles available. The photograph is commercially useful for stories about CAMRA, real ale, cask beer, volunteer-run bars, community pubs, village halls, social clubs, beer tasting, local breweries, hospitality, rural community life and the survival of traditional beer culture. The visible chalkboard prices, polished brass handpulls, beer mats, pump clips, tasting glasses and wooden paddle give the scene strong documentary detail and make it useful for editorial coverage of beer choice, cellar quality, community volunteering, club membership, social drinking and the role of village halls as informal public spaces. It can also illustrate wider debate about pub closures, rising hospitality costs, changing drinking habits, beer duty, local fundraising, independent brewing and the value of community-owned or community-run social venues. The warm indoor lighting, stocked back bar and line-up of different beer styles create an inviting image of real ale culture, showing not just a drink but a social tradition built around local knowledge, volunteers, conversation and shared community effort.
Appleton Thorn Village Hall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 4RT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KWWK0N - CAMRA's Real Ale, Cider and Perry Vouchers
The CAMRA Voucher scheme is a member benefit that entitles members to £30, sixty vouchers of fifty pence, off a pint of Real Ale, Cider or Perry. It complements the existing Real Ale Discount Scheme and is a bigger and better voucher scheme for our members
All new or renewing CAMRA members receive the following:
£30 (60 x 50p) worth of CAMRA Real Ale, Cider and Perry Vouchers for single and concession members and £40 worth of CAMRA Real Ale (80 x 50p) for joint members
Redeemable at over 1,550 pubs nationwide, including Amber Taverns, Brains, Stonegate and J D Wetherspoon managed pubs
All vouchers will be valid for the length of membership for added flexibility
Find out more and full Terms and Conditions in our handy FAQs section below.
CAMRA promotes responsible drinking and thus encourages all vouchers to be used responsibly at all times.
The CAMRA Voucher Scheme is in addition to the Real Ale Discount Scheme where around 3500 pubs offer great discount benefits to membership card-carrying CAMRA members.
Voucher redemption: Each voucher is stamped with a start and end date and must be redeemed within this time. A membership card should be produced when using vouchers as proof of membership.
CAMRA promotes responsible drinking and thus encourages all vouchers to be used responsibly at all times.
United Kingdom
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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire , England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRJG - The Grey Mare was situated at 2 Glossop Road. This pub has now been converted to residential use.
2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRJJ - The Grey Mare was situated at 2 Glossop Road. This pub has now been converted to residential use.
2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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133 Dale St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2JH
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119 Runcorn Rd, Moore, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6UD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMWGM2 - Close-up editorial image inside The Albion, a traditional real-ale pub on Park Street in Chester, showing a humorous blackboard drinks sign mocking lager culture from a cask-ale point of view. The chalked message advertises this week's lager with the deliberately crude punchline I can't believe it's not piss!! , using pub humour, beer snobbery and blunt northern wit to suggest that mass-produced lager lacks the flavour, character and authenticity of real ale. The scene captures the long-running cultural divide in British pubs between hand-pulled cask beer and colder, more industrial lager brands, with the joke implying that lager is so bland it may as well have been recycled from the toilets. The image is rich in pub atmosphere, with warm timber, traditional signage and a shallow depth of field that throws the background poster out of focus while keeping the joke board sharp. Useful themes include real ale, cask ale, CAMRA culture, pub banter, landlord humour, beer marketing, anti-lager sentiment, traditional pub interiors, humorous notices, chalkboard sign, British drinking culture, Chester pubs, Cheshire tourism, independent pubs, heritage hospitality, eccentric bar display, and consumer attitudes to taste and quality in beer. It works as a documentary photograph of pub culture, ale-house identity, and the performative rivalry between lager drinkers and cask-ale loyalists in England. The board also reflects the kind of knowingly exaggerated sarcasm often found in long-established free houses, where personality, conversation, and local character are part of the product as much as the drink itself. For picture researchers, editors and travel writers, the frame offers strong keywords around pub signs, beer jokes, UK leisure, food and drink tourism, old-school boozers, local humour, hand-written messages, and authentic Chester interiors rather than polished chain-pub branding.
Humorous guest lager chalkboard sign inside The Albion real ale pub, Park Street, Chester, Cheshire,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNBYBY - 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.
Church St, Chipping Campden, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, UK, GL55 6JG
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Brewery Ln, Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX15 5NY
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Brewery Ln, Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX15 5NY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AEW - Wye Valley Brewery is a brewery in the village of Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, England, in the Wye Valley. Founded in 1985 by Peter Amor, it has become one of Britain's leading independent breweries. In 2002 Peter Amor's son, Vernon Amor, became managing director
Wye Valley Brewery traces its ancestry to the Abbey Brewery, which was founded in November 1981 and operated from the owner's garage in Stainton, Rotherham. In mid-1982, Abbey Brewery located to Retford, Nottinghamshire with a capacity of at most 20bbl per week. After being bought in 1983 by Peter Amor, a former brewer for Guinness who also worked for H. P. Bulmer
After 18 years in Hereford, in 2002 the brewery was relocated to the village of Stoke Lacy, in northern Herefordshire, and the original brewplant sold to Teme Valley Brewery
Wye Valley Brewery owns The Barrels and The Britannia in Hereford, The Morgan in Malvern and The Rose and Lion in Bromyard
Peter Amor is the publican of The Barrels. A further 400 outlets in Wales and England are supplied regularly, and beer is also sold in bottles
Wye Valley's beer line is based around three flagship beers: HPA (Hereford Pale Ale), a hoppy, malty pale brewed to 4.0% abv
Wye Valley Bitter, a session bitter at 3.7% abv
and Butty Bach (Welsh: little mate), a golden ale at 4.5% abv, which the Good Beer Guide describes as A burnished gold, full-bodied premium ale.
In addition to the core beer line, a rotation of monthly ales is also produced. A number of one-off beers have also been made for special events.
Wye Valley Brewery produces cask and bottle conditioned beer, and is a member of the Society of Independent Brewers.
Wye Valley Brewery also produces beers, originally all seasonals, under the brand name Dorothy Goodbody. Dorothy Goodbody is an invented persona
Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK
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45 Rupert Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 7PJ
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45 Rupert Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 7PJ
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45 Rupert Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 7PJ
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45 Rupert Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 7PJ
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45 Rupert Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 7PJ
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45 Rupert Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 7PJ
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2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP
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2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP
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2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP
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10 Bridge St, Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1A 2JJ
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60 Roscoe St Liverpool,Merseyside,England, L1 9DW
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Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCRPBJ - A great way to allow your punters to carry their beer, the Wooden Beer Flight Paddle also doubles as a beer tasting flight making it a great choice for beer festivals and pubs. Holding three of the included Third of a Pint Glasses, this paddle is a great way to sample three different beers which are equal to a pint.
Making light work of carrying multiple drinks, this beer paddle allows you to carry enough beers for all your friends.
Appleton Thorn , village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT
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Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Merseyside,City Centre,scouse,pub,bars,portrait,pub sign,sign,Cain,Cains,brewing,1805-1863,1805,1863,Dr Duncan,real,ale,CAMRA,at,Liverpool,England,UK,L1 1HF,L1,William Henry Duncan,picture,Liverpool physician,Doctor Duncans,Liverpool Pubs,signs,historic,medical,physician,landmark,pubs,bar,Lane
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCW1YJ - Doctor Duncan's is named after William Henry Duncan, the UK's first Medical Health Officer. Duncan was born and raised in Liverpool before attending Edinburgh University where he qualified as a medical doctor. After moving back to his hometown Doctor Duncan was appointed as Medical Health Officer on 1 st January 1847, the first of this type of Senior Government role in Britain.
The pub, dating back to 1901, was built to house Pearl Insurance and is well known for its elaborately tiled interior. Now, in honour of its namesake, it houses an authentic Victorian pharmacy cabinet.
St John's Lane, Queen Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK , L1 1HF
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67 Moorfields, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2BP
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67 Moorfields, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2BP
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67 Moorfields, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2BP
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67 Moorfields, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2BP
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67 Moorfields, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2BP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,Levelling up,Northern Powerhouse,L2,Liverpool,L2 2BP,bar,pub,bars,pubs,boozer,era,CAMRA,interior,interiors,the,classic,historic,wood,with,ales,and,&,spirits,at,drinkers,customers,drinking,history,altar,Moorfield,locomotive
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDRYT - Read more at https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/108
A very fine pub in central Liverpool which is one to compare with other excellent Heritage pubs on Merseyside - the Stork
in Birkenhead, the Prince Arthur
in Liverpool and the Edinburgh
in Crosby
Like them it is a Victorian building (in this case of c.1865) re-modelled about in the early 20th century. They all share corner sites with the public bar occupying the angle and surrounded by an L-shaped corridor. All too have beautiful tiled dados in their corridors dating from Edwardian re-modelling schemes (as seen in our picture). A further similarity is the way the corridor works to provide a drinking area.
Discovery of the documents submitted to the licensing justices enabled former licensee, John O'Dowd, to trace the evolution of the pub to its present form. Back in 1903 a plan shows the public bar laid out as it is now. There was a snug behind it in the heart of the building and left of this, and on the site of the present toilets, a public room labelled ˜parlour'. Then in 1915 the Lion expanded by taking in the building next door at 28 Tithebarn Street also a licensed premises. This enabled the L-shaped corridor to be created round the public bar and the formation of two rooms behind this - a news room in the newly acquired area (the name still survives in the window glass) and a lounge where the skylight is today. Then in 1967, when pubs everywhere were being opened up, plans were drawn up to remove the walls to the corridor from these rooms. These were duly implemented and the corner entrance was blocked. (hence the pub does not merit entry in the Part One of the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. In 1979 they added glazed partitions, one outside the gents and one on the right as you enter the news room.
The porch on Moorfields side has mosaic floor and one tiled wall from floor to ceiling.
67 Moorfields, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2BP
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67 Moorfields, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2BP
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Cheshire,Warrington,WBC,summer,village,cheshire villages,Costellos,Dunham,Massey,Ales,Ale,Real Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Brewing Company,independent,brewer,brewers,regional,WA13,18,Lymm,England,UK,WA13 0AB,our,amazing,cask,ale,at,Little Bollington,East India Pale Ale,Dunham Milk Stout,Dunham Dark,Bridgewater Blond,bitter
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18 Bridgewater Street, Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AB
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Cheshire,Warrington,WBC,summer,village,cheshire villages,Costellos,Dunham,Massey,Ales,Ale,Real Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Brewing Company,independent,brewer,brewers,regional,WA13,18,Lymm,England,UK,WA13 0AB,pot,of,with,a,head,local,brewing,glass,glasses
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18 Bridgewater Street, Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AB
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18 Bridgewater Street, Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,WA1,UK,United Kingdom,town,centre,North West England,North West,England,WA12NT,new building,new development,Time sq,relax,relaxed,local,bar,bars,pubs,outlet,CAMRA,listed,popular,gin,gins,cocktail,cocktails,Artisan,wine,pub,drinking,establishment,spirits,trader,traders
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2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT
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2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT
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The Golden Cross, 283 Hayes Bridge Rd, Cardiff, Wales CF10 1GH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ48T - The Golden Cross is a Grade II listed public house at the junction of Customhouse Street and Hayes Bridge Road in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The current building dates from 1903 and is noted for its distinctive ceramic tiling.
History
A pub has existed on the site since 1849, originally named the Shields and Newcastle Tavern. It was renamed the Castle Inn in 1855 and assumed its present name in 1863. The Cardiff historian Brian Lee has said the Golden Cross developed a reputation as the smartest brothel in town in the 19th century. Around 1903/4 it was rebult in its current form for Brains Brewery.
The Golden Cross is alleged to be the site of a fight involving a young Rocky Marciano, who was stationed in Wales during his time in the United States Army during World War 2. Also during the war, the fascist leader Oswald Mosley attempted to hold a meeting at the pub but violent opposition forced him to return to London.
The pub was given listed status by Cadw in May 1975, but despite this it was threatened with demolition in 1979 as part of a road-widening scheme. However it was reprieved after a campaign led by the South Wales Echo. In 2010 it was listed by CAMRA as one of their 10 most unspoilt pubs by the CAMRA Pub Heritage Group and is listed on CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
The Golden Cross has become a popular gay friendly pub, with regular drag acts and entertainment. It was voted in 2004 as the best gay pub in the UK. The pub remains a tied house of the Brains Brewery.
Architecture
Tiled panel showing Cardiff's Old Town Hall and the statue of Lord Bute
CAMRA's Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors describes the Golden Cross as the most spectacularly decorated of any in Wales.
The bar tiles, featuring distinctive corner grotesques, were designed by Craven Dunnill of Shropshire. The interior has several decorative pictorial panels of tiles that depict Cardiff Castle, Brains Brewery in 1890, and Cardiff's Old Town hall
junction of Customhouse Street and Hayes Bridge Road, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 1GH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4B1 - The Golden Cross is a Grade II listed public house at the junction of Customhouse Street and Hayes Bridge Road in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The current building dates from 1903 and is noted for its distinctive ceramic tiling.
History
A pub has existed on the site since 1849, originally named the Shields and Newcastle Tavern. It was renamed the Castle Inn in 1855 and assumed its present name in 1863. The Cardiff historian Brian Lee has said the Golden Cross developed a reputation as the smartest brothel in town in the 19th century. Around 1903/4 it was rebult in its current form for Brains Brewery.
The Golden Cross is alleged to be the site of a fight involving a young Rocky Marciano, who was stationed in Wales during his time in the United States Army during World War 2. Also during the war, the fascist leader Oswald Mosley attempted to hold a meeting at the pub but violent opposition forced him to return to London.
The pub was given listed status by Cadw in May 1975, but despite this it was threatened with demolition in 1979 as part of a road-widening scheme. However it was reprieved after a campaign led by the South Wales Echo. In 2010 it was listed by CAMRA as one of their 10 most unspoilt pubs by the CAMRA Pub Heritage Group and is listed on CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
The Golden Cross has become a popular gay friendly pub, with regular drag acts and entertainment. It was voted in 2004 as the best gay pub in the UK. The pub remains a tied house of the Brains Brewery.
Architecture
Tiled panel showing Cardiff's Old Town Hall and the statue of Lord Bute
CAMRA's Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors describes the Golden Cross as the most spectacularly decorated of any in Wales.
The bar tiles, featuring distinctive corner grotesques, were designed by Craven Dunnill of Shropshire. The interior has several decorative pictorial panels of tiles that depict Cardiff Castle, Brains Brewery in 1890, and Cardiff's Old Town hall
junction of Customhouse Street and Hayes Bridge Road, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 1GH
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4BC - The Golden Cross is a Grade II listed public house at the junction of Customhouse Street and Hayes Bridge Road in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The current building dates from 1903 and is noted for its distinctive ceramic tiling.
History
A pub has existed on the site since 1849, originally named the Shields and Newcastle Tavern. It was renamed the Castle Inn in 1855 and assumed its present name in 1863. The Cardiff historian Brian Lee has said the Golden Cross developed a reputation as the smartest brothel in town in the 19th century. Around 1903/4 it was rebult in its current form for Brains Brewery.
The Golden Cross is alleged to be the site of a fight involving a young Rocky Marciano, who was stationed in Wales during his time in the United States Army during World War 2. Also during the war, the fascist leader Oswald Mosley attempted to hold a meeting at the pub but violent opposition forced him to return to London.
The pub was given listed status by Cadw in May 1975, but despite this it was threatened with demolition in 1979 as part of a road-widening scheme. However it was reprieved after a campaign led by the South Wales Echo. In 2010 it was listed by CAMRA as one of their 10 most unspoilt pubs by the CAMRA Pub Heritage Group and is listed on CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
The Golden Cross has become a popular gay friendly pub, with regular drag acts and entertainment. It was voted in 2004 as the best gay pub in the UK. The pub remains a tied house of the Brains Brewery.
Architecture
Tiled panel showing Cardiff's Old Town Hall and the statue of Lord Bute
CAMRA's Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors describes the Golden Cross as the most spectacularly decorated of any in Wales.
The bar tiles, featuring distinctive corner grotesques, were designed by Craven Dunnill of Shropshire. The interior has several decorative pictorial panels of tiles that depict Cardiff Castle, Brains Brewery in 1890, and Cardiff's Old Town hall
junction of Customhouse Street and Hayes Bridge Road, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 1GH
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,&,Co,company,brewer,brewery,now,owned,by,Marsden,stained glass,logo,logs,tiled,tiles,design,pubs,bars,CF10,CF10 1GH,junction,of,and,Cymru,traditional,Brain,SA,boozer,bar,grade II,listed,building,window,windows,gay,CAMRA
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4BN - The Golden Cross is a Grade II listed public house at the junction of Customhouse Street and Hayes Bridge Road in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The current building dates from 1903 and is noted for its distinctive ceramic tiling.
History
A pub has existed on the site since 1849, originally named the Shields and Newcastle Tavern. It was renamed the Castle Inn in 1855 and assumed its present name in 1863. The Cardiff historian Brian Lee has said the Golden Cross developed a reputation as the smartest brothel in town in the 19th century. Around 1903/4 it was rebult in its current form for Brains Brewery.
The Golden Cross is alleged to be the site of a fight involving a young Rocky Marciano, who was stationed in Wales during his time in the United States Army during World War 2. Also during the war, the fascist leader Oswald Mosley attempted to hold a meeting at the pub but violent opposition forced him to return to London.
The pub was given listed status by Cadw in May 1975, but despite this it was threatened with demolition in 1979 as part of a road-widening scheme. However it was reprieved after a campaign led by the South Wales Echo. In 2010 it was listed by CAMRA as one of their 10 most unspoilt pubs by the CAMRA Pub Heritage Group and is listed on CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
The Golden Cross has become a popular gay friendly pub, with regular drag acts and entertainment. It was voted in 2004 as the best gay pub in the UK. The pub remains a tied house of the Brains Brewery.
Architecture
Tiled panel showing Cardiff's Old Town Hall and the statue of Lord Bute
CAMRA's Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors describes the Golden Cross as the most spectacularly decorated of any in Wales.
The bar tiles, featuring distinctive corner grotesques, were designed by Craven Dunnill of Shropshire. The interior has several decorative pictorial panels of tiles that depict Cardiff Castle, Brains Brewery in 1890, and Cardiff's Old Town hall
junction of Customhouse Street and Hayes Bridge Road, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 1GH
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J843N3 -
23 Walton Rd, Stockton Heath, Warrington,UK, WA4 6NJ
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3TJR0 -
27 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LY,
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T3BN -
London Rd, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6HN
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DD8JBH - The Erskine is believed to have built around the 1830s/1840s.
The building was owned for many years by the Erskine family who were significant landowners in the area during the 19th century. The Dowager Lady Erskine was known for her philanthropy. During hard winter weather in 1864, for example, she gave £20 of coal to the poor of Conwy and Llandrillo-yn-Rhos. She was also the main supporter of the Conway Clothing Club, which helped to provide clothes to poor and elderly people.
The Erskine Arms was enlarged considerable during the late 19th century. Mr R Roberts, landlord of the Erskine Hotel during this time, was one of the first people to fall foul of the Welsh Sunday Closing Act 1881, which outlawed the sale of alcohol on Sundays to anyone except travellers who had journeyed more than a certain distance before stopping at a hostelry. In September 1881 Mr Roberts was fined £5 after a police officer discovered a couple of drunks at the Erskine who did not appear to be genuine travellers.
The Erskine Hotel kept its own stables into the early 20th century, when it would supply horses to pull Conwy's new fire engine as required. Horse sales were often held in the Erskine Hotel yard. In 1907, buyers travelled from as far afield as the Midlands to buy some of the 55 useful harness horses and cobs which were for sale. Horse-drawn vehicles and harnesses also featured in the sales. The Conway Horse Show Society held its committee meetings and dinners at the Erskine.
During a livestock fair in 1899, a young heifer wandered into the hotel, walked around the billiard table and even climbed the stairs to the first landing before being shooed out!
Rose Hill Street, Conwy,Wales,UK, LL32 8LD
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C59GH7 - Weetwood Ales began brewing in 1992 when finding a great pint of cask ale was a challenge. The brewery was founded by Adrian Slater, a skilled brewer, and Roger Langford, a farmer with space in a barn and a love for proper beer. Roger's farm is in Weetwood Common, near Tarporley in Cheshire and the brewery took the name.
From day one, the brewery combined in-depth knowledge of a very large brewery with the passion, dedication, service and humility of a small business. Weetwood's enduring reputation for consistency and quality developed and a large, loyal following resulted.
Word spread, awards were won and output increased. A talented team of skilled people was built up and a new, bigger brewery was built. In 2014, Adrian and Roger took a well-deserved step back and new owners Phil McLaughlin and Laura Humby arrived. Phil and Laura are a brother-and-sister team who bring passion, experience and enthusiasm to continue to produce and supply great beers.
The founders remain involved along with most, if not all, of the original customers, still serving Weetwood Ales for beer lovers who come back for another.
Weetwood Ales Limited, Weetwood Grange, Weetwood, Tarporley, Cheshire, England, UK
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02FA - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 “ 14 September 1852) was a Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom. He is among the commanders who won and ended the Napoleonic Wars when the Seventh Coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Wellesley was born in Dublin into the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. He was commissioned as an ensign in the British Army in 1787, serving in Ireland as aide-de-camp to two successive lords lieutenant of Ireland. He was also elected as a member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. He was a colonel by 1796 and saw action in the Netherlands and in India, where he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War at the Battle of Seringapatam. He was appointed governor of Seringapatam and Mysore in 1799 and, as a newly appointed major-general, won a decisive victory over the Maratha Confederacy at the Battle of Assaye in 1803.
Wellesley rose to prominence as a general during the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, and was promoted to the rank of field marshal after leading the allied forces to victory against the French Empire at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. Following Napoleon's exile in 1814, he served as the ambassador to France and was granted a dukedom. During the Hundred Days in 1815, he commanded the allied army which, together with a Prussian Army under Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Wellington's battle record is exemplary
he ultimately participated in some 60 battles during the course of his military career.
21 Druid St, Bermondsey, London,England, UK, SE1 2HH
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9D89C -
Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire UK, WA4 4RT
Description
Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Blue Hour,evening,night,nighttime,night time,England,UK,North West England,Ring of Bells,pub,bar,village,pub sign,village pub,CAMRA,Real Ale,7 Chester Rd,Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,Uk,WA4 4AJ,WA4,7 Chester Road,North West,Chef and Brewer,alehouse,traditional pub,Halton,Chapel Hill,Dale Street,1841,sign,timber framed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9D89P - Originally Daresbury's courthouse the early 19th century building still has a session room where court proceedings once took place and at the front of the pub there is a listed old stone horse stop and trough decorated beautifully with flowers and hanging baskets.As well as a plethora of original features at the Ring O'Bells pub you can also enjoy a traditional pub menu serving the best of British seasonal dishes lovingly prepared by our talented chefs. We are also proud to have been accredited for our quality real ales with the Casque Mark Award and voted 'CAMRA Halton Real Ale Pub of the Year 2007'.
7 Chester Rd, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, Uk, WA4 4AJ
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9D8B9 - Hatton, home to the Hatton Arms, a civil parish and a hamlet. Located just south of Warrington town centre.
Formerly the local village post office, this grade II listed building has stood the test of time and is a stones throw from the Lewis Carroll center - the famous writer of the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland story and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. Lewis Carroll was born nearby
Hatton Ln, Hatton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4DB
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2GF - Appleton Thorn Village Hall named best club in the country
The Appleton Thorn Village Hall near Warrington has been named the best in the country in CAMRA's Club of the Year 2019 awards, one of the most respected and well-known club awards in the UK.
This is the second time and almost 10 years to the date that the former school has won the accolade for its ever-changing range of seven beers from regional and micro-breweries. The attractive sandstone building is the hub of the community, housing a comfortable bar area, small pool room, garden area and bowling green. Home cooked food is served at Sunday lunchtime and the function room hosts quizzes, live music and an annual beer festival in October. The recent addition of a gin bar has proved popular with the club's members.
Keith Spencer, Club of the Year organiser said: This club is the very hub of the community, from hosting pre-school events to yoga, dance, Guides and rehearsals for the Vale Royal String Orchestra! It is a very deserving winning of this year's Club of the Year competition and a shining example of the intrinsic role that clubs can play in their local areas.
Chris Massey, Steward of the Appleton Thorn Village Hall said: It is a huge honour to not only win the Club of the Year title once “ but twice! We are a true community club and take pride in hosting a range of activities and events for our locals and serving great beers as well.
The CAMRA Club of the Year competition is run in conjunction with Club Mirror magazine, with the simple aim of finding the clubs with the greatest commitment to quality real ale “ those which offer a fantastic atmosphere, welcoming surroundings and most importantly, top quality real ale served in great condition. Clubs are nominated by CAMRA branches across the country and judged by a panel of volunteer CAMRA members throughout the year.
Other finalists include the Real Ale Farm in Bargoed, Wales
the Canine Club in Accrington
and the Egham United Services Clu
Stretton Road, Appleton Thorn,Warrington,Cheshire, England, WA4 4RT
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2GG - The hub of the community, the Village Hall, CAMRA National Club of the Year 2019 and multi local CAMRA award winner, has a comfortable lounge and a larger bar/function room served from a central bar. The function room hosts quizzes, live music and the annual beer festival in October. On the bar are up to seven beers from regional and microbreweries, plus up to five ciders/perries. Light lunches are served on Sunday 1-3pm. Non-members pay a minimal fee for admission.
Stretton Road, Appleton Thorn,Warrington,Cheshire, England, WA4 4RT
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2GJ - The hub of the community, the Village Hall, CAMRA National Club of the Year 2019 and multi local CAMRA award winner, has a comfortable lounge and a larger bar/function room served from a central bar. The function room hosts quizzes, live music and the annual beer festival in October. On the bar are up to seven beers from regional and microbreweries, plus up to five ciders/perries. Light lunches are served on Sunday 1-3pm. Non-members pay a minimal fee for admission.
Stretton Road, Appleton Thorn,Warrington,Cheshire, England, WA4 4RT
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERPGA - A craft brewery or microbrewery is a brewery that produces small amounts of beer, typically less than large breweries, and is often independently owned. Such breweries are generally perceived and marketed as having an emphasis on enthusiasm, new flavours, and varied brewing techniques.
The microbrewing movement began in both the United States and United Kingdom in the 1970s, although traditional artisanal brewing existed in Europe for centuries and subsequently spread to other countries. As the movement grew, and some breweries expanded their production and distribution, the more encompassing concept of craft brewing emerged. A brewpub is a pub that brews its own beer for sale on the premises
The term microbrewery originated in the UK in the late 1970s to describe the new generation of small breweries that focused on producing traditional cask ale independently of major brewers or pub chains. In 1972, Martin Sykes established Selby Brewery as the first new independent brewing company for 50 years
Some British brewpubs specialize in ale, while others brew continental lagers and wheat beers. The Ministry of Ales, Burnley
The Masons Arms in Headington, Oxford
The Brunswick Inn, Derby (in 2010, half of the beers sold by the establishment were brewed on-site)
The Watermill pub, Ings Cumbria
and the Old Cannon Brewery, Bury St Edmunds are some examples of small independent brewpubs in the UK.
The city of Bristol was identified by The Guardian in May 2014 as an area where the microbrewery industry had flourished. Ten brewpubs, such as Zerodegrees, The Tobacco Factory, Copper Jacks Crafthouse and The Urban Standard, were identified as thriving Bristol craft beer establishments.
43 River St, Deritend, Digbeth,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5SA
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERPGF - A craft brewery or microbrewery is a brewery that produces small amounts of beer, typically less than large breweries, and is often independently owned. Such breweries are generally perceived and marketed as having an emphasis on enthusiasm, new flavours, and varied brewing techniques.
The microbrewing movement began in both the United States and United Kingdom in the 1970s, although traditional artisanal brewing existed in Europe for centuries and subsequently spread to other countries. As the movement grew, and some breweries expanded their production and distribution, the more encompassing concept of craft brewing emerged. A brewpub is a pub that brews its own beer for sale on the premises
The term microbrewery originated in the UK in the late 1970s to describe the new generation of small breweries that focused on producing traditional cask ale independently of major brewers or pub chains. In 1972, Martin Sykes established Selby Brewery as the first new independent brewing company for 50 years
Some British brewpubs specialize in ale, while others brew continental lagers and wheat beers. The Ministry of Ales, Burnley
The Masons Arms in Headington, Oxford
The Brunswick Inn, Derby (in 2010, half of the beers sold by the establishment were brewed on-site)
The Watermill pub, Ings Cumbria
and the Old Cannon Brewery, Bury St Edmunds are some examples of small independent brewpubs in the UK.
The city of Bristol was identified by The Guardian in May 2014 as an area where the microbrewery industry had flourished. Ten brewpubs, such as Zerodegrees, The Tobacco Factory, Copper Jacks Crafthouse and The Urban Standard, were identified as thriving Bristol craft beer establishments.
43 River St, Deritend, Digbeth,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5SA
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43PNH - When
The Grappenhall Beer Festival is usually held in May.
Where
Grappenhall Community Centre, Bell House Farm, Bell House Lane, Warrington WA4 2SG
Bellhouse Club, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGY9 - William Robinson purchased the Unicorn Inn from Samuel Hole on 29 September 1838. His eldest son George brewed the first Robinsons Ale there in 1849.
In 1859, Frederic Robinson took over from George and bought a warehouse to the rear of the inn to expand brewing capacity. As a result, Robinsons ale became available at pubs around the Stockport area. To control the quality of ale sold, Frederic began to purchase public houses. From 1878 until his death in 1890, Frederic established twelve pubs which exclusively served his ale. This was the beginning of what was to become an estate of over 300 pubs across the North West of England and North Wales.
The Unicorn Brewery still rests on the foundations of the public house on Lower Hillgate in Stockport.
The brewery continues to be run by the fifth and sixth generations of the Robinson family. The company took over Hartley's Brewery in Ulverston in 1982, closing it and transferring the brewing of Hartley's beers to Stockport in 1991. Robinsons have acquired a number of other breweries over the years, including John Heginbotham, Stalybridge (1915)
T. Schofield & Son, Ashton under Lyne (1926)
Kays Atlas Brewery, Ardwick (1929) and Bell & Co, Stockport (1949).
The brewery owns many historic pubs, including the New Hall Inn in Bowness on Windermere.
Lower Hillgate, Stockport,Greater Manchester, Cheshire, England, UK, SK1 1JJ
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,Manchester,Cheshire,England,UK,town,office,north west England,SK1,Robinson,Offices,beer,bitter,CAMRA,real ale,cask,ale,Unicorn,red brick,Brewery offices,casking,kegging,bottling,bottling services,Victorian,architecture,industry,industrial,Lower Hillgate,F.Robinson Ltd,North West Brewery,Apsley Street,Apsley St,pubs,pub,pub estate,packaging centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTH2D - William Robinson purchased the Unicorn Inn from Samuel Hole on 29 September 1838. His eldest son George brewed the first Robinsons Ale there in 1849.
In 1859, Frederic Robinson took over from George and bought a warehouse to the rear of the inn to expand brewing capacity. As a result, Robinsons ale became available at pubs around the Stockport area. To control the quality of ale sold, Frederic began to purchase public houses. From 1878 until his death in 1890, Frederic established twelve pubs which exclusively served his ale. This was the beginning of what was to become an estate of over 300 pubs across the North West of England and North Wales.
The Unicorn Brewery still rests on the foundations of the public house on Lower Hillgate in Stockport.
The brewery continues to be run by the fifth and sixth generations of the Robinson family. The company took over Hartley's Brewery in Ulverston in 1982, closing it and transferring the brewing of Hartley's beers to Stockport in 1991. Robinsons have acquired a number of other breweries over the years, including John Heginbotham, Stalybridge (1915)
T. Schofield & Son, Ashton under Lyne (1926)
Kays Atlas Brewery, Ardwick (1929) and Bell & Co, Stockport (1949).
The brewery owns many historic pubs, including the New Hall Inn in Bowness on Windermere.
Lower Hillgate, Stockport,Greater Manchester, Cheshire, England, UK, SK1 1JJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFF90 - Thwaites Brewery is a regional brewery owned by founded in 1807 by Daniel Thwaites in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The firm still operates from its original town centre site, although the original brewery was demolished in 2011, and part of its beer business was sold to Marston's in March 2015. Today, Thwaites still produces beer but it in much smaller quantities as it only sells to its own estate of pubs, inns and hotels. In 1999, the Mitchell brewery in Lancaster closed down, and was bought in part by Thwaites. Lancaster Bomber has since been available from Thwaites public houses after being acquired in the takeover. Lancaster Bomber is now brewed by Marston's, as is Wainwright, the other top-selling Thwaite's beer.
The company has over 270 pubs, mainly in the North of England but reaching from the North Lakes area down to Solihull & Leicestershire. It also has six four-star Hotels & Spas and eight Inns of Characters
The brewery invested heavily in pasteurised keg beers, especially those powered by nitro in the 1990s. However, it is now working to increase the market for its cask beers. Thwaites unveiled a new craft brewery in December 2011 named Crafty Dan
London Rd, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 6HN
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Cheshire, England, UK
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12 Gore St, Manchester, UK, M1 3AQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF5E4 - Manchester's famous Canal Street is now home to the largest LGBT piece of street art in the UK. The multi-coloured makeover took a little more than a week of hard work on the side of The Molly House on Richmond Street to be finished.
Organised by Queerchester, which lobbies and fundraises for arts and culture initiatives in the gay village, the project saw the entries of the street art competition winners Glenn Jones (the overall winner), Lauren Jo Kelly, Adam Pryce and Mark Wallis become bigger than they could ever have imagined with the help of renowned graffiti artists Aylo (Hayley Garner) and Cbloxx (Joy Gilleard). Over 950 online votes and 7 judges chose between 29 brilliantly creative entries to pick the winners.
The mural depicts five famous faces who are considered to be LGBT icons, two of which are very well known around Manchester's gay scene
legendary drag queens Anna Phylactic (top) and Foo Foo Lammar (top right). The others are feminist Emmeline Pankhurst (top left), writer Quentin Crisp (bottom left) and scientist Alan Turing (bottom right). Lauren Jo Kelly designed Anna while Glenn Jones created the other four. Adam Pryce's cute critters in the top left above the rainbow and Mark Wallis' naked man below it complete the work of art.
If you've been around the village during the last week or so you may have seen the mural, which was done using spray paint instead of brushes, in progress. Have you been to see it and what are your thoughts? Would you like to see more art like this around Canal Street and the rest of Manchester? We certainly would!
You can read more about Queerchester and its aim for more arts around Canal Street on their Facebook page and for more images from throughout the competition and of the mural as it unfolded.
26 Richmond street Manchester, M1 3NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X6J - The Spread Eagle is a traditional pub in the centre of the picturesque village of Lymm, rural Cheshire. We're a popular location for dog owners, walkers and cyclists as we're close to the canal and the Trans Pennine Trail runs straight through the village.
We serve a variety of fresh, seasonal food and a selection of fine cask ales throughout the year. We're a Great British pub at the heart of the village and host a variety of events
from Morris dancers and Belly dancers to folk clubs and our popular gin nights, there's always something interesting going on.
47 Eagle Brow, Lymm, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA13 0AG
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4560689842 - 'If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
Checkout the rest of this 365 set at www.flickr.com/photos/167831053@N02/albums/72157703214420874
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Canning Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 6QS
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Canning Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 6QS
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Canning Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 6QS
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1 Castle Rd, Nottingham, England, UK, NG1 6AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2D9466N - Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem is a Grade II listed public house in Nottingham which claims to have been established in 1189, although there is no documentation to verify this date. The building rests against Castle Rock, upon which Nottingham Castle is built, and is attached to several caves, carved out of the soft sandstone. These were reputedly originally used as a brewhouse for the castle, dating from the medieval period.
The earliest known reference to the name Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem was in 1799. Before being known by its current name, it is believed that the pub was named The Pilgrim and references to this name date back to 1751. The current name is believed to come from the belief that pilgrims or crusaders would stop at the inn on their journey to Jerusalem. Some elements of the pub's name are misunderstood in the modern day: Ye Olde is properly pronounced the old and trip refers to a stop on a journey, rather than the journey itself.
Locals often use a shortened version of the name, the Trip.
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem is one of several pubs claiming to be the oldest in England “ others that claim to be the oldest include Ye Olde Salutation Inn and The Bell Inn, also in Nottingham
The pub claims that it was established in 1189 AD “ the year that Richard the Lionheart became king and Pope Gregory VIII called for a Third Crusade to the Holy Land
however, there is no documentation to verify this date. Evidence suggests that caves in the rock against which the pub is built were used as a brewhouse for Nottingham Castle, and may date from around the time the castle was built in 1067.
The oldest parts of the current building were likely constructed between 1650 and 1660, though a map by John Speed shows a previous building in existence in 1610. By 1751 the building was being used as an inn with the name The Pilgrim, and was shortly after that date purchased by William Standford
Brewhouse Yard, 1, Nottingham,Nottinghamshire,England,UK, NG1 6AD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHBJW7 - Based in The London Fields area, Three Sods Brewery is a small independently owned Brewery and Tap Room. We Brew a range of Hop forward Pale Ales and IPAs as well as seasonal beers
This beer is a collaboration with the anti-fascist organisation Hope Not Hate. This creates a classic pale ale with a lot of body and citrus flavours
Three Sods Brewery has been brewing in the heart of East London since 2011. The three original sods “ Dave, Adam and Jordan came together through a mutual love of beer.
The name comes from prohibition-era Ireland when bootleggers of illegal PoitÃn would leave a sod of peat, painted white, outside their door so people knew where to find their booze.
The Sods family has grown considerably in recent years and has refused to sacrifice on quality. Our Head Brewer, Rich, and our Sales Director, Wilson, share the same passion we had when we set up Three Sods 9 years ago. Our Beers are in pubs all over the UK and we've recently launched our online shop and new Taproom in London Fields. Come and join us for a pint!
More at https://www.threesodsbrewery.com/about-us/
Kings Arms, 25 Roupell St, London,England,UK, SE1 8TB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P307GT - The Station Hotel is a traditional, sport led community pub based in the heart of Altrincham town centre. We boast a friendly and welcoming atmosphere and aim to bring together the whole community with great beer, awesome events and lots of live sport.
Traditional and spacious, the Station Hotel offers a relaxed environment for all types of customers. Situated in the pub are a variety of large HD tv screens showing both Sky and BT sports, enabling us to show a variety of live sports at any one time, depending on your preference or team. We are proud supporters of Ice Hockey team, Manchester Storm and are the official pub for fans!
In addition to live sport, we host a variety of live and local bands every Friday night and midweek karaoke on Monday's and Wednesdays! We pride ourselves on our wide range of ales, lagers, wines and spirits, offering something for everyone
whatever your taste buds.
The side of the pub has a large outdoor beer garden and we also take bookings all year round for functions such as birthday's, christenings, parties and funerals.
44 Stamford New Rd, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1EJ
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Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: City Centre,City,Centre,dusk,pub,pubs,bars,bar,classic,CAMRA,real,ale,realale,real ale,art,deco,artdeco,art-deco,The Black Friar,at,night,dusk,drinking,beer,beers,gin,palace,gin palace,pano,panorama,classic,Henry Poole,Herbert Fuller-Clark,Art Nouveau,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,London,Greater,problem,with,problem with,issue with,LDN,City,Centre,cities,Urban,Urbanist,town,infrastructure,transport,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,attraction,attractions,pubs,bars,of,London,classic,tourist,attraction,travel,vacation,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,Greater London,British Isles,City Centre,Pubs Of London,must see
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6K3 - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6M8 - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6PK - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6RB - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYM3 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYM6 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYM8 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYM9 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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133 Dale Street, Liverpool, England L2 2JH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HMB1 - Cains is a brewery in Liverpool, England, founded in 1858 by Robert Cain. The company merged with Peter Walker & Son in 1921 to form Walker Cain. Peter Walker & Son had a large brewery in Warrington so sold its Liverpool brewery to Higsons in 1923.
Boddingtons of Manchester took over in 1985. In 1990 Whitbread acquired Boddington's brewing operations and closed the then Higsons Brewery in 1990. It was reopened by GB Breweries, who became part of Bryggerigruppen in 1991, and in 2002 was sold to Gardener-Shaw for £3.4 million.
The brewery closed in June 2013 with debts totalling more than £8m
18 Tithebarn Street, LIVERPOOL, L2 2DT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HMCT - Cains is a brewery in Liverpool, England, founded in 1858 by Robert Cain. The company merged with Peter Walker & Son in 1921 to form Walker Cain. Peter Walker & Son had a large brewery in Warrington so sold its Liverpool brewery to Higsons in 1923.
Boddingtons of Manchester took over in 1985. In 1990 Whitbread acquired Boddington's brewing operations and closed the then Higsons Brewery in 1990. It was reopened by GB Breweries, who became part of Bryggerigruppen in 1991, and in 2002 was sold to Gardener-Shaw for £3.4 million.
The brewery closed in June 2013 with debts totalling more than £8m
18 Tithebarn Street, LIVERPOOL, L2 2DT
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Yorkshire
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBM6Y - Thelwall is a suburban village in Warrington, Cheshire, England, located close to the Lymm junction of the M6. It is a popular misconception that Thelwall is the 'smallest city in England' (although Thelwall is not in fact a city, nor if it were would it be the smallest in England as the City of London, which truly is the smallest city in England, is marginally smaller).
A fortified village was established at Thelwall in 923 during the reign of King Edward the Elder, which is mentioned in two very early sources, including the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle:
Kynge Edwarde made a cite at Thelewall in [th]e northe parte of [th]e Marches, nye the water of Mersee, where he put certeyne knyghtes.--Higden's Polychronicon[1][2]
A.D. 923. This year went King Edward with an army, late in the harvest, to Thelwall
and ordered the borough to be repaired, and inhabited, and manned. And he ordered another army also from the population of Mercia, the while he sat there to go to Manchester in Northumbria, to repair and to man it. This year died Archbishop Plegmund
and King Reynold won York.--Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
An inscription on the Pickering Arms records that In the year 920 King Edward the Elder founded a city here and called it Thelwall. According to Sir Peter Leycester it was so called from the stakes and stumps, cut from the trees, wherewith it was environed about as a wall. It is more likely that the original meaning of Thelwall was pool by a plank bridge (the earliest record of the name is in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for 923 as Thelwæl, in 1241 it occurs as Thelewell).
Earthworks remain of an embankment, possibly part of these fortifications, found in the grounds of Chaigeley School. These remains are a designated English Heritage National Monument.
At Thelwall derive many stories of ghosts,[clarification needed] since many of the old buildings still remain in the area: sightings are relayed from the local pub, The Little Manor. However, there are st
1 Bell Ln, Warrington WA4 2SU
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74 Tib St, Manchester M4 1LG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBN2J - A Manchester pub and institution, named after either the stagecoach from Luton, that went over the Peak District, or after the Novel.
Peveril of the Peak (1823) is the longest novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with Ivanhoe, Woodstock and Kenilworth, this is one of Scott's English novels, with the main action taking place around 1678.
127 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 5JQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBN4A - A Manchester pub and institution, named after either the stagecoach from Luton, that went over the Peak District, or after the Novel.
Peveril of the Peak (1823) is the longest novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with Ivanhoe, Woodstock and Kenilworth, this is one of Scott's English novels, with the main action taking place around 1678.
127 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 5JQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCW9 - A coaster, drink coaster, beverage coaster, or beermat is an article used to rest beverages upon.
The purpose is to protect the surface of a table or any other surface where the user might place their beverage.
Public houses usually will have beermats spread out across the tables. They are used not just to protect the surface of the table, but, as they are usually made of paper, they can also be used to absorb condensation dripping along the glass or serve as an ad-hoc notepad. Beermats are often branded with trademarks or alcohol advertising. Beermats are not to be confused with bar mats, rectangular pieces of rubber or absorbent material used to protect the counter top and soak up spilled drinks in a bar or pub.
Great Britain
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51-53 The Headrow, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England,UK LS1 6LR
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Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Back Row, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS11 5PL
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Back Row, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS11 5PL
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Back Row, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS11 5PL
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Back Row, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS11 5PL
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5 John St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, WS2 8AF
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5 John St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, WS2 8AF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEA - Step back in time & visit one of the very few remaining Victorian station buffet bars.
Dating from 1885 the Stalybridge Buffet Bar has retained the original marble-topped bar, back fittings and the welcoming fire.
A dozen years ago it was extended and included the 1st class ladies waiting room with its ornate ceiling, keeping all original features. It's a veritable museum with photographs of the station in it's heyday, railway and other memorabilia. See http://www.stalybridgebuffetbar.co.uk/ to read more about the Buffet Bar.
Stalybridge, Tameside,Manchester,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEC - Step back in time & visit one of the very few remaining Victorian station buffet bars.
Dating from 1885 the Stalybridge Buffet Bar has retained the original marble-topped bar, back fittings and the welcoming fire.
A dozen years ago it was extended and included the 1st class ladies waiting room with its ornate ceiling, keeping all original features. It's a veritable museum with photographs of the station in it's heyday, railway and other memorabilia. See http://www.stalybridgebuffetbar.co.uk/ to read more about the Buffet Bar.
Stalybridge, Tameside,Manchester,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEF - Timothy Taylor's famous award-winning Best Bitter has been renamed Boltmaker.
The tipple has been given the rebranding following a competition, which attracted over 450 entries.
The winning entry was from Phil Booth, landlord of the Boltmakers Arms in East Parade, Keighley. He has received £1,000 “ which he is donating to Manorlands “ and 36 gallons of the newly-named beer.
This is just fantastic “ when I entered I never expected to win, said Phil. What could be better for business than having a beer called Boltmaker on my bar! It will help to spread the name far and wide.
Timothy Taylor sales director Grant Simpson said: Exactly 60 years ago we ran a similar competition to name a beer “ it became Landlord and has grown into an iconic brand.
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEG - Timothy Taylor's famous award-winning Best Bitter has been renamed Boltmaker.
The tipple has been given the rebranding following a competition, which attracted over 450 entries.
The winning entry was from Phil Booth, landlord of the Boltmakers Arms in East Parade, Keighley. He has received £1,000 “ which he is donating to Manorlands “ and 36 gallons of the newly-named beer.
This is just fantastic “ when I entered I never expected to win, said Phil. What could be better for business than having a beer called Boltmaker on my bar! It will help to spread the name far and wide.
Timothy Taylor sales director Grant Simpson said: Exactly 60 years ago we ran a similar competition to name a beer “ it became Landlord and has grown into an iconic brand.
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Station Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England,UK
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Station Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England,UK
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Station Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England,UK
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Station Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England,UK
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Station Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England,UK
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Station Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England,UK
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East Ilsley, Berkshire,England,UK
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Yorkshire, England,UK
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11 to 15 Cockburn Street, Midlothian, Edinburgh, EH1 1BP
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6 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW , Scotland , UK
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6 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW , Scotland , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M16 - This is Fleshmarket Close made famous by Ian Rankin's novel of the same name.
Halfway down the close is the Halfway House, a famous Edinburgh pub, cosy & tight for space inside it nevertheless offers a good selection of real ales and good food. An oasis between the High Street and Market Street.
Fleshmarket Close, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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49 Lower Forster Street, Walsall WS1 1XB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW4F9 - Albion, translated to present-day terms, means ˜white' and is often associated with all things English. The present day ambience of the Albion's interior reflects this translation and has firm connections with the Great War going far beyond the modern ˜concept' pub of today.
Mike Mercer has run the Albion Inn for over 37 years and has created and captured the essence of the Great War 1914-18 in this last remaining classic Victorian corner street pub within the City Walls of Chester.
Albion Street, and the adjoining Volunteer Street both lead to the former Drill Hall, which was a recruiting centre during the First World War.
Many a young lad would have spent his King's Shilling in the bar of the Albion before going to face the horrors of the Western Front.
Park St, Chester,England,UK, CH1 1RN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PR5 - A traditional Chester Pub.
This is a proper old city of London boozer, only in Chester, that has a really good reputation for its food - it's a great meeting place over a pub lunch, and at different times you'll find half the commercial and professional heart of the city in there.
The Old Harkers Arms, 1 Russell Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 5AL, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PR6 - A traditional Chester Pub.
This is a proper old city of London boozer, only in Chester, that has a really good reputation for its food - it's a great meeting place over a pub lunch, and at different times you'll find half the commercial and professional heart of the city in there.
The Old Harkers Arms, 1 Russell Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 5AL, England, UK
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60 London Rd, Warrington Cheshire England UK WA4 6HN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7BDY - Located barely a stone's throw from Richmond Station and next to the famous Orange Tree Theatre, the pub is as much about service and quality as it is about its history and sporting connections.
Long established as the only place worth drinking at when the rugby's on at Twickenham, our fantastic pub has so much more to offer than just our giant HD screens and a lively environment for sports enthusiasts. There's nowhere for miles around where you can find such welcoming staff serving up our great quality menu of British classics accompanied by the finest beer and wine.
Managed by Hans Arthur and George Carruthers, Kristina Swanton, the Orange Tree prides itself on being a unique historic landmark among Richmond's public houses. We do our best to cater to everyone's taste, and our staff goes that extra mile to tailor every detail to customers' expectations and ensure all of our guests leave delighted.
45 Kew Road, Richmond, Surrey, England, TW9 2NQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7BA8 - A JDW chain pub in Warrington town centre
41""“43 Buttermarket Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA1 2LY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8DB - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
Pollard and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that it is of exceptional quality in national terms. The Grade II* listing means that it is included among particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's architectural gems
Hope st, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L7 7EE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8DK - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
Pollard and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that it is of exceptional quality in national terms. The Grade II* listing means that it is included among particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's architectural gems
Hope st, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L7 7EE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8DR - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
Pollard and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that it is of exceptional quality in national terms. The Grade II* listing means that it is included among particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's architectural gems
Hope st, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L7 7EE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8E0 - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
Pollard and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that it is of exceptional quality in national terms. The Grade II* listing means that it is included among particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's architectural gems
Hope st, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L7 7EE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3A1D - Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for supposedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872. The story continues to be well known as active oral history in Edinburgh, through several books and films, and because a prominent commemorative statue and nearby graves act as a tourist attraction.
30-34 Candlemaker Row Edinburgh Midlothian EH1 2QE
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19 West Register St, Edinburgh,Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED15N - Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for supposedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872.
The story continues to be well known as active oral history in Edinburgh, through several books and films, and because a prominent commemorative statue and nearby graves act as a tourist attraction.
Grayfriars, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH1 2QE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED1B4 - Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for supposedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872.
The story continues to be well known as active oral history in Edinburgh, through several books and films, and because a prominent commemorative statue and nearby graves act as a tourist attraction.
Grayfriars, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH1 2QE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE76F - Saloon bar 9 ft 9ft engraved in copper plate, outside the historic Black Friar pub , Blackfriars London England UK
Black Friar Public House, 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EG UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE7HJ - You will find The Blackfriar in Blackfriars London within a short stroll of Blackfriars Bridge, Upper Thames Street and Fleet Street.
Its a historic Art Nouveau Grade II masterpiece of a pub was built in 1905 on the site of a Dominican friary. The building was designed by architect H. Fuller-Clark and artist Henry Poole, both committed to the free-thinking of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Jolly friars appear everywhere in the pub in sculptures, mosaics and reliefs. We are lucky to still be here as our wonderful pub was saved from demolition by a campaign led by Sir John Betjeman.
Black Friar Public House, 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EG UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDD6PE - Higsons Brewery was originally formed in 1780 at 64 Dale Street, Liverpool. The company brewed beer at this site until 1914, when it moved to the Windsor Brewery in Upper Parliament Street.
In 1918 the brewery was bought by J. Sykes & Company. The combined company began to expand further, acquiring several public houses in the Wirral area and the Spraggs Brewery in 1919. In 1923, the company bought the newly merged Walker Cains' Brewery in Liverpool's Stanhope Street following that company's decision to focus production at its Warrington brewery. There was one last push for expansion in 1927, when the firm acquired Joseph Jones & Co. in Knotty Ash. A further 70 public houses were added as a result.
In 1962, Higsons purchased a new head office in North Street, Liverpool. 1974 saw the brewery merge with James Mellor & Sons. In 1978, Higsons acquired the Bent's Brewery, which was based next to its North Street head office. The vendor was the Bass Brewery. Boddingtons of Manchester acquired Higsons in 1985 but decided to abandon brewing in 1989 to focus on its pubs. Boddingtons' brewing arm was sold to Whitbread in 1990 which then subsequently closed the Higsons Stanhope brewery.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDE67F - Higsons Brewery was originally formed in 1780 at 64 Dale Street, Liverpool. The company brewed beer at this site until 1914, when it moved to the Windsor Brewery in Upper Parliament Street.
In 1918 the brewery was bought by J. Sykes & Company. The combined company began to expand further, acquiring several public houses in the Wirral area and the Spraggs Brewery in 1919. In 1923, the company bought the newly merged Walker Cains' Brewery in Liverpool's Stanhope Street following that company's decision to focus production at its Warrington brewery. There was one last push for expansion in 1927, when the firm acquired Joseph Jones & Co. in Knotty Ash. A further 70 public houses were added as a result.
In 1962, Higsons purchased a new head office in North Street, Liverpool. 1974 saw the brewery merge with James Mellor & Sons. In 1978, Higsons acquired the Bent's Brewery, which was based next to its North Street head office. The vendor was the Bass Brewery. Boddingtons of Manchester acquired Higsons in 1985 but decided to abandon brewing in 1989 to focus on its pubs. Boddingtons' brewing arm was sold to Whitbread in 1990 which then subsequently closed the Higsons Stanhope brewery.
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Keywords: The,West,Riding,Pub,Dewsbury,Station,The,Ale,Train,from,Stalybridge,to,Batley,real,ales,pub,public,house,interior,inside,refreshment,rooms,room,West,yorkshire,sign,train,plate,railway,CAMRA,world,beers,waiting,room,platform,2,two,real,cask,ales,goods,office,clock,fireplace,fire,place,interior,gotonysmith The West Riding,Platform Two,Dewsbury Station,Wellington Road,Dewsbury,West Yorkshire. WF13 1HF WF131HF inside the,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DANJJY - The West Riding Pub Dewsbury Station , A prominent pub on the Ale Train from Stalybridge to Batley
The West Riding, Platform Two, Dewsbury Station, Wellington Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. WF13 1HF
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St Georges Square, Huddesfield, West Yorkshire , England, UK HD1 1JY
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St Georges Square, Huddesfield, West Yorkshire , England, UK HD1 1JY
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Wellington Rd, West Yorkshire, England, UK, WF13 1HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DA8AKJ - The Bear at Marlborough at dusk , Wiltshire , England , UK SN8 1LZ
Marlborough is a beautiful, ancient town bristling with fine buildings - and they don't come much better than The Bear Hotel.
Arkell's bought the pub in 1987 and these days there is no mistaking a place that is enthusiatically listed in The Good Pub Guide.
With its front in the High Street, facing the old Town Hall, and its side in The Parade, The Bear Hotel is a magnificent sight. It is late 19th century Jacobean and Georgian in style and has looked this way since 1889 after it was luxuriously re-built, but there had been an inn here at least by 1757.
A directory of 1914 was emphatic in its praise of The Bear Hotel. The house is fitted with all the latest and best appliances, it said. Wines, spirits and cigars of the finest quality and good stabling. It was then called The Bear and Castle and at some point was rechristened - possibly to avoid confusion with other Marlborough pubs with similar names.
Bear at Marlborough , Wiltshire , England , UK SN8 1LZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HD49 - Minimum alcohol pricing in Scotland.
Five European wine-producing nations are trying to block Scotland's plans for minimum alcohol pricing.
France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Bulgaria have said the policy is illegal, unfair and ineffective and could have a devastating impact on the wine and spirits industry.
They argue that it breaches European free trade law by discriminating against imported alcohol products.
The Scottish government insisted minimum pricing was perfectly legal.
The European Commission (EC) is currently considering the Scottish government's request to be granted an exemption from trade regulations to enact the minimum price law which was approved by the Scottish Parliament last year.
Edinburgh, Scotland, Uk
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H2MAXX - This documentary stock photograph shows Dirty Dicks 18th Cent Pub, Liverpool Street/ Bishopsgate, London, UK. The image records Liverpool Street Station and its surrounding office district, making it useful for editorial features on rail commuters, office development, financial services, railway regeneration and the changing City fringe. The City of London and Liverpool Street area is a dense mix of railway infrastructure, Underground stations, offices, historic streets, pubs, retail units and constant pedestrian movement, so even a modest street or station view carries strong relevance for stories about commuting, working life, commercial property, transport investment and the post-pandemic future of the office. The caption and visible detail suggest readable signage, giving the photograph a practical, real-world quality that works for news, business and travel use. It can support articles about the Square Mile, banking, insurance, office rents, rail usage, Tube crowding, cycling, public art, tourism, station redevelopment, after-work hospitality and London as both a workplace and visitor destination. Search-friendly composite terms include City of London commuters, Liverpool Street railway station, Bank Underground station, Cornhill financial district, London office economy, Square Mile public realm, London 2012 Olympic legacy and central London transport hub. The photograph can also illustrate wider themes of regeneration, heritage, carbon-conscious travel, pedestrian movement, evening economy, retail footfall and how transport nodes shape urban property values. Its editorial strength lies in being specific enough for captions and broad enough for business, transport, finance, urban planning, tourism and local history stories. The image is also useful where editors need a recognisable London environment without relying on the most overused postcard views.
202 Bishopsgate, London, England, UK EC2M 4NR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H2MCK2 - This documentary stock photograph shows The Old Tea Warehouse pub, City Of London, South East England, UK. The subject is rooted in City of London and is useful for editorial stories about historic warehouse pubs, food and drink reuse, after-work hospitality and London commercial heritage. The visible detail and caption make it more valuable than a generic bar or drink image, because it shows a real venue, real pub behaviour or a specific building connected with local social life. British pubs remain important as places to meet, eat, drink, watch sport, play traditional games and maintain informal community networks, while at the same time facing pressure from energy costs, staffing, changing drinking habits, business rates, rent, supermarket alcohol and the shift towards food-led trade. This image can support articles about real ale, hand pumps, cellar-to-bar service, drinkers, pub games such as dominoes, historic pub interiors, public house survival, tourism, hospitality employment, licensing, town-centre economies and the role of pubs in working-class and city life. It can also work for features on CAMRA, beer heritage, cask ale quality, independent pubs, after-work drinkers, railway-station pubs, local economies and nostalgia for sociable, unpretentious public houses. Search-friendly composite terms include traditional British pub culture, real ale handpull pint, Yorkshire pub games, London historic pub, pub hospitality industry, community local, cask beer service, licensed premises and UK evening economy. The documentary approach gives editors a credible image for news, magazine, web, tourism, food and drink, business, leisure, heritage and social commentary use. Where people or hands are visible, the photograph can also suggest the tactile, social side of pubs, including ordering, serving, chatting, playing and lingering rather than simply consuming a product.
6 Creechurch Ln, London, England, EC3A 5AY
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5883717635 - 'The KLF 'Last Train To Transcentral' - Play this track here.
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Well, Dewsbury West Yorkshire actually! Its the other end of the ale trail to Stalyvegas, in case you were wondering....
From 1848 to 1968, when British Rail gasped its last puff of steam, Wellington Road Station was a thriving giant on the Trans-Pennine route. The next 25 years saw it decline and most of it closed as it was de-manned.
That all changed in 1994 when the old waiting rooms were renovated and converted into a bar. The high street banks and big breweries did not want to know. But with the help of the Co-op Bank and an independent Lincolnshire brewery, Batemans, of Skegness, Mike Field was able to realise his dream.
The bar is situated in the original railway station building as operated by London and North Western Railways (LNWR). The Italianate/Tudor style is very unusual and is best appreciated from the car park (former Goods Yard). Perhaps most unusual is the use of an Arabic Arch in each doorway and window and in the re-discovered archways which separate each room.
The West Riding does a mean \u00a33 bacon &
sausage bap with brown sauce. Worth a trip to have one even if you are tee-total.
'Last Train to Trancentral (Live from the Lost Continent)', was a successful acid house KLF single from April 1991. It reached no 2 in the UK Singles Chart and achieved international top ten placings.
It was used by Exeter City FC during their promotion season 2007-08 prior to kick-off in order to generate an atmosphere.
With The KLF's profits, Drummond and Cauty established the K Foundation and sought to subvert the art world, staging an alternative art award for the worst artist of the year and burning one million pounds sterling. As we all now know, Exeter City could have done with that cash!
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEGAM - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MB4 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MBD - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEGB2 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4921444378 - 'The Bottle - 'Gil Scott-Heron' - Play this track here.
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'The Bottle' is a song by American soul artist Gil Scott-Heron and musician Brian Jackson, released in 1974 on Strata-East Records in the United States.
The song was issued as the first and only single for Scott-Heron's and Jackson's album Winter in America (1974). It became an underground and cult hit upon its release, and the single peaked at number 15 on the R&
B Singles Chart. Cited by music critics as the album's best recording, the commercial success of 'The Bottle' helped lead to Jackson's and Scott-Heron's next recording contract with Arista Records. Similar to other compositions by Scott-Heron, the song has been sampled extensively by hip hop artists.
If GSH is new to you, checkout the compilation disk 'The Best Of Gil Scott-Heron' and discover one of souls secrets.
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The Liverpool Cains brewery was founded by Irish immigrant Robert Cain in 1858 when he was able to buy an established brewery. Cain had begun his brewing career aged 24 when he purchased a pub and brewed his own ales.
Within 25 years of founding his brewery, Cain had established 200 pubs, including The Philharmonic Dining Rooms, The Vines and the Central Commercial Hotel, which are currently listed as being of architectural merit. His personal mansion had each window arch inscribed with his monogram. In 1887 construction began on a second brewery.
In 1921, 14 years after Cain's death, the Cains brewery merged with Walkers of Warrington becoming Walker Cains. Then in 1923 the original Stanhope Street Brewery was sold to Higsons, who continued to brew Cains ales.
In 1985, Higsons was bought by Boddingtons of Manchester. Five years later Boddingtons opted to concentrate on pub ownership and sold all its breweries to Whitbread, at which point the Stanhope Street site was closed.
Since that time, the site has been re-opened by Danes, rescued by the Asian Dusanj brothers and neared administration again. Today it still brews a nice range of real ales and lager. The Brewery Tap (or The Grapes Inn as was), pictured here is an interesting place for a few pints of Cains or Cains. It is about a 15min walk from Liverpool Lime street.
Cains was the official beer of Liverpool's 2008 European Capital of Culture celebrations. For a full story of the Cains history checkout 'Chris Routledge's fine tome 'The Story of Liverpool in a Pint'.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDB4 - Cains is a brewery in Liverpool, England, founded in 1858 by Robert Cain. The company merged with Peter Walker & Son in 1921, with the brewery operation being taken over by Higsons in 1923.
Boddingtons of Manchester took over in 1985, and shut it down in 1990. It was reopened by GB Breweries, who became part of Bryggerigruppen in 1991, and in 2002 was sold to Gardener-Shaw for £3.4 million
36 Stanhope Street, Liverpool , England, UK L8 5XJ
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Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire UK WA1 2TL
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4546943548 - 'One of my favourite watering holes in the city of Edinburgh. Delightfully tucked away off Princes Street and away from the rowdy bars of Rose Street. My default choice in there is Weihenstephan - '\u00e4lteste Brauerei der Welt' (lierally Dedicating Stefan - oldest brewery of the world), which is a lovely pint, in its own special tall glass. A plaque outside details its history.
The origins of the site was the Guildford Arms Hotel. This was more or less totally rteworked by Robert Macfarlane Cameron in 1898. It was modelled on the then popular victorian gin palace theme echoing the Phil in Liverpool and the Crown in Belfast among others. Most pubs were at the time male dominated and frankly dingy and possibly a little dangerous. The temperance movement is said to have encouraged the design of more luxurious pubs, particularly suitable for the fairer sex rather than just men.
The current configuration dates from 1940. However the centrepoint of the Guildford\u2019s late Victorian opulence is the magnificent Jacobean style ceiling which can be seen in this image. A row of real ale pumps on the bar all have the logo of DM Stewart, owner since victorian days.
A grand old Thorne Brothers Mirror hangs at the end of the bar. Just below the cornice height, wood panelling conceals a hidden room: legend has that this was aparently used to store spirits and other liquor which was pumped to the room from street level. A narrow walkway
leads from this room around the inner walls to the Gallery. This gallery now provides an ideal spot for diners to marvel at the superbly decorated ceiling or gaze down at the punters in the Public Bar. Both lunch and dinner are served in the Gallery Restaurant with lunch and snacks (Chilli Cashews is my weakness when in there) also served in the Lounge &
Public Bar areas. I can vouch for the excellent range of real ales. Usually a wider selection from Scotland (including the islands) than the neighbour to the south too. Readers of The Edinburgh Evening News voted the Guildford Arms Best City Bar in 1999. If you are in town and have a spare hour or so for victorian time travel, pop in!
(2010 week 13)
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West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK
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Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK
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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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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4399167540 - 'An excellent country pub for food near Sopley Mill and church. Here captured at dusk in a cold february.
It is thatched with real fires and has a large garden and dining area. It is a 17th Century building situated between Ringwood and Christchurch about five miles from the famous Ringwood Brewery. It was originally a private house, and became an inn in 1725.
Sopley village was a centre of smuggling. The smugglers boats were heaved up from the River Avon to the Woolpack, where pack horses were waiting to take the goods to the New Forest and onward to the centres of Winchester and London.
The pub name probably originated because the vicar, the Rev. James Willis, was a keen sheep farmer and took a major part in distributing his Merino sheep, of which he had over a thousand throughout the district. These are a small, short-woolled breed, prized for their fine wool. As IOW Ray mentions below too, this pub sign was painted by local Sign Artist, Peter J Oldreive.
If you are in the area, drop in for a satisfying pint.
Another classic pub at dusk www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4201081728/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF2211 - Blue Cap historic Pub and drinking place A556 at Dusk , Cheshire , England, United Kingdom.
The Blue Cap in Cheshire was named after a noted 18th century foxhound marked with a dark patch on its head.
Blue Cap Hotel, A556, , Sandiway, Cheshire, England, Great Britain
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4200346103 - 'A nice treat today, that seasonal slurp with Gary that sometimes everyone is too busy to arrange.
The evening started in Sinclairs Oyster Bar, Manchesters most moved historic pub (with the Wellington) within sight of the MEN big Wheel, for a pint of Sam Smiths (in a plastic glass??). Maybe the upper bar is opened by now.
The basement of Corbiers in Half Moon St was next followed by the Vine.
Next in the sleet followed the two chop houses (Mr Thomas's and Sams (from where this images comes).
Great Bridgewater St got us to the warm and snug Britons Protection. The evening rounded off in the Peveril of the Peak (named after a mailcoach that used to cross the Peak district over to Manchester from Luton.
Cheers - Bottoms Up!
A classic UK pub interior here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4231716225/
Another view of the historic chop house www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4318118139/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0MXM - Dusk at The Castle Inn St Ives Bay South Cornwall England UK
16, Fore St, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1AB, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PK2AX3 - The tiny Liverpool city pub Ye Cracke that was loved by Beatle John Lennon, The Beatle was known to even take girls on dates to the pub
Liverpool has plenty of links to The Beatles from The Cavern Club to The Casbah Coffee Club.
But there are some places in the city that have connections to the famous Fab Four which are lesser-known.
One of those places is Ye Cracke, hidden down a side street off Hope Street, on Rice Street.
Landlady of Ye Cracke, Zaidia Naif, told the ECHO: It's funny because a lot of local Liverpool people can't find the pub but The Beatles fans from as far as Mexico find it with no problem.
Obviously the pub has a big tourist pull because of the Beatles and its connection to John Lennon.
I have known fans to come as far as Japan, Australia, Canada and a lot from America.
Ye Cracke may be a seemingly normal, local boozer to many but to tourists it's known for being John Lennon's favourite watering hole.
When attending art school in Liverpool, former bartenders claim Lennon would drink Black Velvet, a cocktail made from Guinness and on top of sparkling wine.
He also took his first wife, Cynthia Lennon, on their first date after meeting her at a college dance.
Even to this day, a plaque can be found on the wall of the pub, commemorating an occasion in 1960 when Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Bill Harry and Rod Murray attended the pub and formed a band called The Dissenters over a beer.
13 Rice street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 9BB
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5 John St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, WS2 8AF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MNK - The Jolly Judge public bar in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town.
A few hundred yards from Edinburgh Castle, Princes Street, St. Giles Cathedral and on the Royal Mile itself, the JollyJudge is delighted to welcome you to Scotland's capital city. A World Heritage Site, Edinburgh is, in our view, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. We hope you get the change to visit and consider the evidence for yourself and we're sure your verdict will be positive.
As one of Edinburgh first free-to-access WiFi hotspots, we're glad to be able to continue to offer this service - it's what we call 'Pintware. It's free for customers to use - just buy a drink and plug into the world wide web
7 James Ct, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, EH1 2PB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEGB3 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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46-48 Kennedy St, Manchester, England UK M2 4BQ
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Silverstone Woodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE774 - To The saloon copper plate engraving, outside the historic Black Friar pub , Blackfriars London England UK
Black Friar Public House, 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EG UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38AH - Thistle st bar in Edinburgh - Traditional city centre Scottish Bellhaven brewery pub Scotland, UK works as a grounded stock photograph because the subject is specific, legible and connected to wider social, economic or cultural themes. Thistle Street Bar is part of Edinburgh's New Town pub geography, where traditional interiors and brewery branding sit close to offices, shops, hotels and tourist routes. The scene can illustrate Scottish pub culture, Belhaven brewing, after-work drinking, city breaks, hospitality costs and the role of traditional pubs in polished Georgian streets. The location detail, Edinburgh, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include traditional pub, public house, beer culture, real ale, cask ale, pint glass and brewery heritage, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. The scene has practical value for features needing authentic British or international street-level evidence, especially where policy, culture, business, tourism or social change is easier to explain through one clear example.
39 Thistle St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland UK EH2 1DY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PG69G6 - Yard Of Ale formed originally in 1972 and had ten successful years on the pub and club circuit, winning the TV Times Pub Entertainers of the Year award, doing well on ITV's New Faces and appearing on many television and radio shows including STV's Thingummyjig and BBC Scotland's Scottish Radio Orchestra Roadshow. During this time they also supported, amongst others, Matt McGinn, Hamish Imlach and Billy Connolly and enjoyed an extended run at the Edinburgh Festival with the legendary Tim Hardin.
Thereafter they went their separate ways........Alistair McDougald performing solo on the club cabaret circuit, Colin Mackenzie forming and playing with North Sea Gas folk group and Ian Lawson leading a successful rock band.
In 1992 the group reformed for a project in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Bill Hill in which they performed acoustic music spanning 30 years........Skiffle, Folk, Protest, Calypso, Country and Contemporary.
One of the hits of this year's festival - Danny Kyle, BBC Radio Scotland.
Since then the band have been in great demand for concerts, folk festivals, corporate functions, pub, hotel and club gigs all over Scotland and on tour in Denmark and Ireland.
Peter Gillan joined the band when Ian retired due to work commitments in 1998. Having spent many years as a singer/guitarist playing solo on the folk and country scenes, Peter's experience has added yet another dimension to the band.
Walter Mowat joined Yard Of Ale in 2015. Walter has played in a number of folk and bluegrass bands over the years and also plays violin with the Really Terrible Orchestra.
Ian Lawson and Colin Mackenzie still occasionally feature with the band for larger gigs and as emergency stand-ins.
10 Princes St, Edinburgh EH2 2AN, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEGAK - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM99XJ - Bulls Head pub at night, 19 St Mary's Row, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8HW, UK works as a grounded stock photograph because the subject is specific, legible and connected to wider social, economic or cultural themes. The scene records a specific piece of everyday place-based detail, the sort of subject that often says more about local identity, work, leisure, transport or consumption than a polished landmark view would. Its value is in the recognisable setting, readable clues and documentary directness, making it useful for editorial coverage of changing streets, public services, heritage, retail habits and ordinary life in Britain and beyond. Low light, dusk or night conditions add atmosphere and make the subject useful for evening economy, safety and seasonal weather contexts. The location detail, Birmingham, Moseley, B13 8HW, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include traditional pub, public house, beer culture and real ale, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. The scene has practical value for features needing authentic British or international street-level evidence, especially where policy, culture, business, tourism or social change is easier to explain through one clear example.
19 St Mary's Row, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8HW, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEE - Photo shows Transpennine train carriage at platform, Warrington Central station, Cheshire,England UK. The image can support editorial features on public transport, commuting, passenger information, ticketing, rail and bus infrastructure, regional connectivity, station environments and sustainable travel. Transport images like this are especially useful where operator branding, vehicle type, platform or street context is visible, because they locate policy themes in a real everyday setting rather than an abstract transport graphic. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Lighting, passenger density and weather should be checked from the image, but the subject is clearly a live transport or travel setting. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED2KR - The modest Oxford Bar is a public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector Rebus's local from the Ian rankin books.
A super secret tourist attraction for first time visitors to the city
The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GXYXGG - Photo shows A full pint of Sam Smiths Old Brewery Bitter, Yorkshire, in a beer garden. The image is useful for illustrating British and Irish pub culture, real ale, traditional bars, hospitality, visitor economy stories and the continued importance of pubs as social places. Where a named pub, brewery, beer pump, pint glass or drinking street is visible, it can support articles on licensed premises, cask ale, CAMRA interest, tourism, nightlife, local character and changing high streets. The supplied workbook does not give a precise location, so the image should be treated as a concept or documentary subject unless the location can be verified separately. Weather and season may be visible outside or through the setting
the subject has clear hospitality and leisure value. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MNA - Greyfriars Bobby's Bar occupies the ground floor of a row of Georgian houses adjoining the historic Candlemakers' Hall, built in 1722.
The name of the bar is inspired by an Edinburgh legend of a scruffy Skye terrier called Bobby. When his owner died in 1858, Bobby faithfully watched over his grave and was buried alongside his master in the Greyfriars Kirkyard in 1872.
34 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH1 2QE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M17 - This is Fleshmarket Close made famous by Ian Rankin's novel of the same name.
Halfway down the close is the Halfway House, a famous Edinburgh pub, cosy & tight for space inside it nevertheless offers a good selection of real ales and good food. An oasis between the High Street and Market Street.
Fleshmarket Close, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1BX
