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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG,chocolate,confectionery,advertising,Mars,Maltesers,Twix,Snickers,Yorkie,Lion,Jazzies,sweets,candy,retro,brands,British,retail,shop,display,nostalgia,packaging,editorial,documentary,2026,Britain,Europe,travel,local,community,signage,architecture,streetscape
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCG56R - . A colourful advertising panel assembles some of the best-known chocolate and confectionery names sold in Britain, including products associated with major manufacturers such as Mars, Nestle and other long-running sweet brands. Familiar wrappers and logos make confectionery displays an immediate shorthand for impulse retailing, corner shops, newsagents, cinemas and convenience stores. Many of the names shown have decades of history and have changed ownership, recipes, pack sizes and marketing styles while retaining strong brand recognition. The image also touches on contemporary debates over food inflation, shrinkflation, sugar consumption, calorie labelling and restrictions on promotion of products high in fat, salt or sugar. Confectionery remains a significant part of British everyday consumer culture, strongly tied to nostalgia as well as modern multinational food manufacturing. Visually, the dense typography, bright packaging and red-and-white awning style provide useful concepts for advertising, branding, point-of-sale merchandising, chocolate bars, sweet shops and retro commercial graphics. Seen as documentary evidence, this is an unembellished record of a real British place in the mid-2020s. Relevant search and editorial concepts include high street, retail, shopfront, consumer spending, town centre, footfall, chain store, independent business, online shopping, regeneration, commercial property. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes chocolate, confectionery, advertising, Mars, Maltesers, Twix, Snickers, Yorkie, Lion, Jazzies, sweets, candy, retro, brands, British, retail, shop, display, nostalgia, packaging. The photograph is suitable for editorial, documentary, social-history, planning, business and local-news use where an identifiable real-world example is preferable to a generic illustration. It also provides a dated reference for future comparison, allowing researchers to see whether the premises, branding,
Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Lancs,Greater Manchester,town,centre,Market Hall,sweet,stall,sweets,old,history,fashioned,indoor,British,retro,pick n mix,candy,boiled,floss,chocolates,handmade,Lancashire,independent,business,loose,lollipops,fudge,chocolate bars,childrens sweets,sugary,snacks,nostalgic,childhood,memories,covered,working class culture,northern
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EE4MB4 - Traditional Sweeties is photographed inside Wigan Market Hall, a busy indoor market in Wigan town centre, Greater Manchester. The image shows an old fashioned sweet stall packed with jars, tubs, trays and hanging packets of confectionery, with signage advertising traditional sweeties, handmade sweets, candy floss, chocolates, popcorn, cakes and ice cold cans. It captures the colourful detail of a long established British market retail tradition, where sweets are sold loose by weight, displayed in clear containers and chosen from counters rather than supermarket shelving. The stall includes retro sweets, pick and mix, boiled sweets, lollipops, wrapped candy, fudge, chocolate bars, biscuits and children's treats, making it useful for editorial themes around local shopping, town centre markets, independent traders, nostalgia, childhood memories and the continuing appeal of traditional confectionery. The indoor setting, strip lighting, glass display cabinets and dense stock presentation give the photograph a documentary feel, showing the everyday character of Wigan's covered market economy rather than a staged shop interior. It can illustrate stories about high street change, market halls, small businesses, retail regeneration, local food culture, family treats, sugar, childhood consumption, impulse buying and the survival of specialist stalls in northern English towns. The scene also has strong visual keywords for old fashioned sweet shop, retro candy, British sweets, confectionery counter, pick n mix, jars of sweets, market stall, Wigan shopping, Greater Manchester retail, independent trader, local market, indoor market hall and town centre consumer culture. The bright colours and full shelves suggest a working stall open for trade, photographed under artificial indoor lighting with no visible exterior weather, giving a clear sense of a sheltered market environment suitable for year round shopping.
Traditional Sweeties / ACW Retail, New Market Street, Wigan, WN1 1PX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Blackpool,Lancs,Lancashire,FY1,shop,stall,store,candy,candy floss,bucket,&,spade,seaside,rude,beach,gift,gifts,souvenir,souvenirs,rock,kids,eat free,children,sugar,treat,treats,sucrose,selling,fresh,slush,FY1 5DW,bright,brightly,painted,coloured
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRJ9X5 - . This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The principal subject is Blackpool Rock stall, selling novelty rock, candy floss, cold drinks, adult rock, buckets & spades, on the Prom, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 5DW. The broader subject matter reaches into destination shopping, commercial frontage, bricks-and-mortar retail, independent trading, changing streetscape, regional identity, retail property, mixed-use town centre, social history, period detail, archival record, visual archive, historical comparison, and customer footfall. From a 2025-onward perspective, online shopping and business rates are closely linked to this subject, alongside the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around the recorded location before redevelopment alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include consumer retail, shopfront economy, local enterprise, place identity, before-and-after reference, street-level business, community identity, and everyday life. Elements such as selling, drinks, stall, candy, and Lancashire add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes online shopping and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active within the real-world context of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is changing footfall and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active within the specific setting of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,candy,60p,boiled,E Numbers,colours,coloured,peppermint,spearmint,Mint,Peardrop,Aniseed,Fruit,Fizzy Cola,sweets,FY1,Whitesides,superstore,open,promenade,Morrells,slush,candy floss,sugars,carbohydrates,personalised,pick and mix,FY1 6BQ,shop,store,retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM368 - Rock (often known by its place of origin, for instance Blackpool rock or Brighton rock) is a type of hard stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery most usually flavoured with peppermint or spearmint. It is commonly sold at tourist (usually seaside) resorts in the United Kingdom (such as Brighton, Southend-on-Sea, Scarborough, Llandudno or Blackpool) and Ireland (e.g. Bray and Strandhill)
in Gibraltar
in Denmark in towns such as Løkken and Ebeltoft
and in Sydney and Tasmania, Australia.
It usually takes the form of a cylindrical stick (a stick of rock), normally 1“2.5 cm (0.39“0.98 in) in diameter and 20“25 cm (7.9“9.8 in) long. Blackpool rock is usually at least 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in diameter, and can be as thick as 17 cm (6.7 in) across and up to 2 m (6.6 ft) long when made for special retail displays. These cylinders usually have a pattern embedded throughout the length, which is often the name of the resort where the rock is sold, so that the name can be read on both ends of the stick (reversed at one end) and remains legible even after pieces are bitten off. Rock is also manufactured as a promotional item, for example with a company name running through it.
It is sometimes found in the form of individual sweets, with writing or a pattern in the centre
these are, in effect, slices of rock.
415-417 Promenade, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6BQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,candy,60p,boiled,E Numbers,colours,coloured,peppermint,spearmint,Mint,Peardrop,Aniseed,Fruit,Fizzy Cola,sweets,FY1,rock,mix,mixed,mint,minty,seaside,experience,experiences,sugar,rush,sugar-rush,rotten,teeth,rotting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM3XW - Rock (often known by its place of origin, for instance Blackpool rock or Brighton rock) is a type of hard stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery most usually flavoured with peppermint or spearmint. It is commonly sold at tourist (usually seaside) resorts in the United Kingdom (such as Brighton, Southend-on-Sea, Scarborough, Llandudno or Blackpool) and Ireland (e.g. Bray and Strandhill)
in Gibraltar
in Denmark in towns such as Løkken and Ebeltoft
and in Sydney and Tasmania, Australia.
It usually takes the form of a cylindrical stick (a stick of rock), normally 1“2.5 cm (0.39“0.98 in) in diameter and 20“25 cm (7.9“9.8 in) long. Blackpool rock is usually at least 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in diameter, and can be as thick as 17 cm (6.7 in) across and up to 2 m (6.6 ft) long when made for special retail displays. These cylinders usually have a pattern embedded throughout the length, which is often the name of the resort where the rock is sold, so that the name can be read on both ends of the stick (reversed at one end) and remains legible even after pieces are bitten off. Rock is also manufactured as a promotional item, for example with a company name running through it.
It is sometimes found in the form of individual sweets, with writing or a pattern in the centre
these are, in effect, slices of rock.
Blackpool central promenade ,Lancashire, England, UK, FY1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,Merseyside,town,Sefton Council,80p,per,bar,sugar,candy,cane,canes,15 Nevill St,Southport,PR9 0DE,treats,sweets,tourist,gift,gifts,stick-shaped,stick,sticks,coloured,colours,colors,Southport rock,rock shop,rock,sweet,mint,shelf,cabinet,cabinets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8AA - . Recorded at 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The principal subject is Bars of rock at a Southport seaside rock shop, Sefton, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, UK, PR8. The setting additionally reflects destination retail, retail chain, tourism retail, outdoor retail, seaside souvenir, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, social history, high-street commerce, commercial frontage, consumer retail, public realm, coastal visitor economy, town-centre economy, and traditional confectionery. The modern context includes continuing discussion of domestic tourism, seasonality and the enduring appeal of traditional British seaside customs. For current editorial use, commercial rents and brand consolidation provide additional context, especially through the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes visitor attraction, documentary photography, physical store, local character, traditional holiday town, retail property, community identity, and resort heritage. The combination of Southport, seaside, Merseyside, Lancashire, and Sefton anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes domestic tourism and the vulnerability of resort economies to seasonality and changing visitor habits as part of the longer story of 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,Merseyside,town,Sefton Council,80p,per,bar,sugar,candy,cane,canes,15 Nevill St,Southport,PR9 0DE,treats,sweets,tourist,gift,gifts,stick-shaped,stick,sticks,coloured,colours,colors,Southport rock,rock shop,rock,sweet,mint,shelf,cabinet,cabinets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8AC - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The scene records Bars of rock at a Southport seaside rock shop, Sefton, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, UK, PR8. The surrounding context encompasses before-and-after reference, local history, public realm, brand-led retail, holiday resort economy, period detail, regional identity, seaside souvenir, commercial frontage, traditional confectionery, visual archive, coastal tourism, day-trip culture, and physical store. The wider contemporary story combines visitor spending, domestic tourism and how nostalgic retail remains part of the seaside experience. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with online shopping, business rates and how physical shops adapt to online competition. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. Other useful contextual ideas include shopfront economy, destination retail, high-street commerce, traditional holiday town, commercial streetscape, contemporary social history, everyday life, and documentary photography. The combination of Merseyside, Sefton, seaside, Lancashire, and Southport anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for visitor spending and the enduring appeal of traditional British seaside customs in a form that can be compared with future views of 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE. The image fixes evidence of changing use for future local research.
15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,Merseyside,town,Sefton Council,80p,per,bar,sugar,candy,cane,canes,15 Nevill St,Southport,PR9 0DE,treats,sweets,tourist,gift,gifts,stick-shaped,stick,sticks,coloured,colours,colors,Southport rock,rock shop,rock,sweet,mint,shelf,cabinet,cabinets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8B7 - . An on-location photograph from 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is Bars of rock at a Southport seaside rock shop, Sefton, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, UK, PR8. Another layer of the photograph includes public realm, visitor attraction, commercial streetscape, consumer retail, local character, traditional confectionery, seaside souvenir, local history, before-and-after reference, holiday resort economy, brand-led retail, retail property, seaside retail, and tourism retail. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into seasonality and town-centre renewal, not least because of how nostalgic retail remains part of the seaside experience. Today's relevance is strengthened by changing footfall, store closures and the continuing question of the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include contemporary social history, physical store, town-centre economy, everyday life, high-street commerce, customer footfall, coastal leisure, and shopfront economy. References to Lancashire, Sefton, seaside, Southport, and Merseyside give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate seasonality and the vulnerability of resort economies to seasonality and changing visitor habits as part of the longer story of 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE.
15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,treats,sweet Shop,high Street,Bridgwater,Somerset,South East England,UK,Traditional,Sweets,candy,South East,England,TA6,TA6 3BY,under threat,in danger,closing,traditional,sweet shop,shop window,sign,sweet shop sign,British,English,confectionery store,candy store,the,history,historic,sweet,sweets,shop,window
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTEK - . An on-location image records the working environment around 30 Cornhill, high Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, South East England, UK, TA6 3BY, as recorded during 2018. The described feature is Traditional Sweets, sweet Shop, Sweetbox, 30 Cornhill, high Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, South East England, UK, TA6 3BY. The physical and social setting additionally connects with period property, urban conservation, architectural character, high-street commerce, architectural detail, historic townscape, conservation interest, shopfront economy, period architecture, shopping district, adaptive reuse, and commercial frontage. In the mid-2020s, town-centre commerce is increasingly discussed through brand consolidation and changing footfall, with attention turning to adaptable commercial space. For present-day editorial use, historic buildings can also illustrate debates about maintenance cost and adaptive reuse, particularly where these affect lower-carbon reuse rather than demolition. Because this is a time-specific record of 30 Cornhill, high Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, South East England, UK, TA6 3BY, later comparison can reveal changes in signage, ownership, land use, transport, street furniture, building condition and the way the public uses the surrounding space. The surrounding story includes commercial streetscape, heritage asset, consumer retail, consumer spending, historic environment, historic fabric. The scene is further associated with hard candy, boiled sweets, Sweet box, sweet shops closing, town sweet shops, traditional sweet shop. Further aspects present in the subject include independent retail, conservation architecture, customer footfall, chain-store economy, local landmark, bricks-and-mortar retail, traditional building, storefront culture, city-centre economy, and townscape identity. The dated view captures evidence of changing place as part of the area's social history.
30 Cornhill, high Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, South East England, UK, TA6 3BY
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Keywords: Pottery,Sugar,Jar,sweet,Delft,Delf,style,Netherlands,Holland,royal,Royal Delft,factory,sugars,sweets,pot,pots,classic,kitchen,art,authentic,ceramic,dangers,over,consumption,overconsumption,too,much,in,diet,spoonfuls,high,carbohydrate,Sucrose,Dutch Delft,blue & white,Blue and White,too much,GoTonySmith,bleu,for,sale,painted,recipe,dessert,candy,sweets,soda,sodas,porcelain,corn,syrup,obesity,obese,fat,fatty,fattening,food,hidden,monosaccharide,monosaccharidess,disaccharide,disaccharides,taste,artificial,sweeteners,sugarcane,sugarbeet,Obesity,infant,tooth,dental,carries,caries,diet,dietary,intake,reducing,dieting,container,vessel,jars,close,up,closeup,close-up,word,the,zucker,Diabetes,type,type1,type1,Azucar,Sucre,Sukker,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Too much sugar,Delft Blue,Delft White,For Sale,Corn Syrup,Table Sugar,Hidden Sugar,Hidden Sugars,Sweet taste,Sweet tasting,artificial sweeteners,Sugar Beet,high in sugar,high in sugars,infant Obesity,Child Obesity,Tooth Decay,reducing sugar,reducing sugar in diet,The word Sugar,Type 1,Type 2,Word Sugar,The Apprentice
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DC8D - Sugar is the generalized name for sweet, short-chain, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. They are carbohydrates, composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. There are various types of sugar derived from different sources.
Simple sugars are called monosaccharides and include glucose (also known as dextrose), fructose and galactose. The table or granulated sugar most customarily used as food is sucrose, a disaccharide. (In the body, sucrose hydrolyses into fructose and glucose.) Other disaccharides include maltose and lactose. Longer chains of sugars are called oligosaccharides.
Chemically-different substances may also have a sweet taste, but are not classified as sugars. Some are used as lower-calorie food substitutes for sugar described as artificial sweeteners.
Holland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,candy,treats,sweets,1950s,sweet shop scales,traditional sweet shop,heritage,sweet jars,history,Wine Gums,Fruit Pastilles,Humbugs,Black Jacks,Fruit Salad,Flying Saucers,Liquorice Allsorts,Cola Bottles,Jelly Babies,Aniseed Balls,Mint Imperials,Chocolate Limes,Sherbet Fountains,Parma Violets,Barley Sugars,Toffee Apples,retro sweet shop,penny sweets,confectionery display,glass sweet jars,nostalgic retail,traditional shop interior,old fashioned shop,weighing sweets,retail heritage,British confectionery,childhood nostalgia
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PNTK - This image shows traditional sweet shop weighing scales positioned in front of shelves packed with hundreds of old-style British sweet jars, creating a vivid display of classic confectionery retail. The glass jars, typically used for penny sweets and loose confectionery, evoke memories of independent sweet shops that were once common on British high streets.
The scene reflects a pre-digital retail experience, where sweets were weighed by hand using mechanical or analogue scales, rather than pre-packaged for self-service. Such displays are strongly associated with childhood nostalgia, heritage shopping, and the enduring appeal of traditional British confectionery.
The image is well suited for editorial and commercial use illustrating nostalgia, retail heritage, food culture, British high street history, and consumer traditions, as well as themes around craft retail, independent shops, and retro design
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Keywords: Dots,Candy,Stall,at,Longton,indoor,Market,Hall,Stoke,on,trent,Staffordshire,England,UK,interior,markets,empty,recession,difficult,trading,times,2008,building,traditional,struggling,struggle,trader,low,footfall,SOT,stoke-on-trent,stokeontrent,attracting,more,people,into,our,town,gotonysmith towns city cities retail retailers ST3 1BZ ST31BZ,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHTD4 - . Dots Candy Stall at Longton indoor Market Hall, Stoke on trent , Staffordshire, England, UK. Photographed on 27 July 2013. The recorded location is Longton Market, Longton, Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire, England, UK ST3 1BZ. Has the recession benefited or hit our town markets badly? In historical terms, shops and markets are a visible record of evolving consumer life, from family businesses and specialist traders to chain stores, department stores and regenerated market halls
Fascias, signs and shopfronts can date a street scene as clearly as architecture or vehicles. Historically, buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Stonework, brickwork, windows, signs and decorative details can survive changes of ownership and use, allowing photographs to document both architectural style and the evolution of a street. In the longer view, older structures and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand community history, design, industry and social life across different periods. During 2026, high streets continue to evolution rapidly as retailers respond to online competition, costs and evolving footfall
Government support for community assets and town-centre renewal gives photographs of independent shops, markets and former businesses added relevance to stories about regeneration and local economies. In 2026, the reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside conservation, embodied carbon and town-centre regeneration
Images of older façades and converted premises can therefore illustrate both architectural heritage and the practical pressures of adapting buildings for new uses. Associated keywords and synonyms include retail premises, local business, independent retailer, town centre, consumer culture, commercial property, local economy, shopping district, and retail history.
Longton Market, Longton, Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire, England, UK ST3 1BZ
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Keywords: 3,THREE,number,number3,Tony,Smith,TonySmith,hotpix,TonySmithHotpix,tonysmiththathousingITGuy,TonySmiththatITHousingGuy,guy,UK,sweet,candy,sweets,stuff,love,hearts,lovehearts,square,hipstamatic,ifone,iphone
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7116733571 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Three is the first odd prime number, and the second smallest prime. It is both the first Fermat prime (22n + 1) and the first Mersenne prime (2n \u2212 1), the only number that is both, as well as the first lucky prime. However, it is the second Sophie Germain prime, the second Mersenne prime exponent, the second factorial prime (2! + 1), the second Lucas prime, the second Stern prime.
A natural number is divisible by three if the sum of its digits in base 10 is divisible by 3. For example, the number 21 is divisible by three (3 times 7) and the sum of its digits is 2 + 1 = 3. Because of this, the reverse of any number that is divisible by three (or indeed, any permutation of its digits) is also divisible by three. For instance, 1368 and its reverse 8631 are both divisible by three (and so are 1386, 3168, 3186, 3618, etc..). See also Divisibility rule. This works in base 10 and in any positional numeral system whose base divided by three leaves a remainder of one (bases 4, 7, 10, etc.).
Humans perceive white light as the mixture of the three additive primary hues: red, green, and blue.
The rule of thirds is a 'rule of thumb' or guideline which applies to the process of composing visual images such as paintings, photographs and designs. The guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.[2] Proponents of the technique claim that aligning a subject with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the composition than simply centering the subject would.
Truly, three is the magic number - www.youtube.com/watch?v=0irL1M15DH8
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5559873542 - 'Alone Jealous And Stoned - 'The Secret Machines' - Play this track here (apologies for poor quality, where your leaders will allow you to access the content...
\u00bfWhats this iPod Shuffle set all about? Read about it here
Breaking up is hard to do. Champagne &
Roses becomes four letter words and deceit. Hey, we have all been there....
The Secret Machines are a three-piece American alternative rock band. Originally from Dallas, Texas before moving to New York City, they describe their band as space rock. The original lineup consisted of two brothers, Brandon and Benjamin Curtis, and Josh Garza. In March 2007, Benjamin left the band, and was replaced by Phil Karnats.
In 2004, The Secret Machines released their first full length CD - Now Here Is Nowhere. Their second EP, The Road Leads Where It's Led, was released on 7 June 2005. The song 'Nowhere Again', from the their debut album, was used in promotional spots for American during its launch, and appeared in the 2006 videogame Driver: Parallel Lines.
Ten Silver Drops, their second album, leaked onto file sharing websites following the release of this excellent single 'Alone, Jealous and Stoned' in the UK. The album once again did not sell well but saw some favorable reviews. Benjamin Curtis left the band on March 3, 2007 to focus full time on his new band, School of Seven Bells.
The Secret Machines have three tracks on the soundtrack for the 2007 film Across the Universe, which highlights the music of the Beatles, set to the story of a handful of characters living out the songs. They perform 'I Am the Walrus' with Bono singing
an instrumental, 'Flying' and 'Blue Jay Way' in their notable style.
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If you have not seen them before, 'Love Hearts' are a type of confectionery manufactured by Swizzels Matlow in the UK. They are hard, fizzy, tablet-shaped sweets in a variety of fruit flavours featuring a short, love-related message on one side of the sweet.
Love Hearts currently come in six flavours, each associated with a colour.
1.White (a plain, sherbet-like, slightly tart vanilla flavour - Weakest Flavour)
2.Yellow (a sherbet-like flavour with a distinct sharp lemon aftertaste)
3.Orange (a sweet flavour with a slight orange aftertaste)
4.Green (a slightly lime flavour with a sherbet-like aftertaste)
5.Purple (an unusual, slightly perfumed berry-like flavour with a strong aftertaste)
6.Red (cherry flavour - Strongest)
Sample messages include:
Be My Love, Just Me, Hug Me, Bye Bye, Dream Girl, Dream Boy, Cutie Pie, New Love, Call Me, Nice Girl, Hi Buddy, Love You, U Rock, Its Love, Tease Me, I Love You.
Lately you can also sometimes find 'Luv U 24/7', 'Email Me' and 'Page Me', bringing them into the 21st century.
Production of Love Hearts began in 1933 with the formation of Swizzels Ltd., initially in factory premises at Star Lane, Canning Town, London, moving later that year to the larger premises at Drivers Avenue, Plaistow, London. During the Blitz in 1940 production relocated to a disused textile mill in New Mills, Derbyshire, England, UK where it has stayed to this day.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6606932619 - 'Bob Marley - 'Could You Be Loved' - Play this track here.
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As we arrive at the end of another year, its fair to ask if we have more love in the world now, than we had this time 365 days ago. Some dictators have gone from this world or dissapeared from view and some new ones are exerting their will. Please make it your business to spread some love this year.
Best wishes for 2012 for you, your family and photography. I look forward to seeing everyones new creations.
My final post this year is this one from the late and missed man who spread Jamaican music, much love and the Rastafari movement to the world. He left us in 1981, hopefully we got more love around the world than 30 years ago. Something to consider when you toast in the New Year.
'Could You Be Loved' is a song by Bob Marley &
The Wailers. It was released in 1980 on their last album Uprising and is included on Bob Marley &
The Wailers greatest hits album Legend. It was written in 1979 on an airplane while The Wailers were experimenting on guitar.
In the middle of the song, background singers quote a verse from Bob Marley's first single Judge Not: 'The road of life is rocky
And you may stumble too. So while you point a finger, someone else is judging you'
Some of The Wailers most notable songs were recorded with Lee 'Scratch' Perry and his studio band The Upsetters. During the early 1970s The Upsetters members Aston 'Family Man' Barrett and his brother Carlton (Carlie) Barrett, formed the Wailers Band, providing instrumental backing for The Wailers.
The Wailers recorded groundbreaking reggae songs such as 'Simmer Down', 'Trenchtown Rock', 'Nice Time', 'War', 'Stir It Up' and 'Get Up, Stand Up'.
The Wailers disbanded in 1974 due to Tosh and Livingston's refusal to tour. Bob Marley formed Bob Marley &
The Wailers with Bob Marley himself as guitarist, songwriter and main singer, the Wailers Band as the backing band, and the I Threes as backup vocalists.
The Wailers Band included the brothers Carlton Barrett and 'Family Man' Barrett on drums and bass respectively, Junior Marvin and Al Anderson playing lead guitar, Tyrone Downie and Earl 'Wya' Lindo playing keyboard, and Alvin 'Seeco' Patterson playing percussion. The I Threes, consisted of Bob Marley's wife Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffiths.
Bob Marley &
The Wailers, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer all enjoyed considerable success as reggae music continued to gain popularity during the 1970s and 1980s.
Several of the group's members have died subsequent to Marley's death in 1981: Carlton Barrett and Tosh in 1987, Braithwaite in 1999, and Smith in 2008. Bunny Wailer and Beverley Kelso are the only surviving members of the group's original line-up.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4328233789 - 'The biggest jar of these I have ever seen that you can buy without being accompained by an adult. It has been slowley being dipped into by people in the office now for about two months.
However the lack of an official 'Jelly Belly' trademark or logo on this jar (or indeed Mr jelly Belly as mascot) leads me to believe that these are in fact imposter beans (possibly come by way of ebay and Hong Kong). Let the buyer beware.
If you are new to this type of candy, concept is that there are about 50 flavours and a few specials. These can be mixed together in the mouth to replicate the experience of a cocktail. EG Coconut and Watermelon.
Ronald Reagan was a big fan of them apparently and had a jar of them on his desk in the White House and on Air Force One next to the big red button labelled 'Nuke'. Through perserverance he also made them the first jelly beans in outer space, sending them on the 1983 Challenger shuttle for the astronauts. You would have thought Mars and Milky Way bars would be most appropriate. The jelly beans were proven at low gravity, hence got the gig.
In recent years the high sugar content of the original beans has been offset by the introduction of a range of 'Sport' and 'Extreme Sport' beans. These contain vitamines, electrolytes(?) and the latter caffeine. All safe for our vege' breatheren and 100% Kosher.
Now for some candy from Sheffield - www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3915943695/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4234272947 - 'My favorite sweet shop. (Internationals might call this a candy store). How would you lik eto work in a place like this?
Just in time to grab 6oz of Kurly Aniseed from the nice folks at the Lymm Sweet Shop before hare-ing off for Crimbo.
The scales are just lovely in here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3690681811/
Just before taking this I caught this at the Cross www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4209473520/in/set-72157617...
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3915943695 - 'Black Bullets, properly called Jesmona Black Bullets, are a confectionery produced by Maxons of Sheffield. They are popular throughout the north of England, most notably in Newcastle, where it is said they gained a great deal of popularity with the local miners. The name Jesmona refers to the Jesmond area of Newcastle.
These came back from someones holiday. A traditional sweetshop can be found here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3690681811/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3690681811 - 'To weigh two pounds max - Lymm Village, Cheshire, England UK.
This is trully a traditional sweetshop (candy store).
Another Lymm scene from the canal www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3813063326/
A wider view of this excellent shop can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4234272947/
These are my 2008-2015 images, view my most recent images at HotpixUK-2019 - www.flickr.com/people/167831053@N02/ including my second 365 one a day project
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CET1FA - This editorial documentary photograph shows love hearts, I Love you shallow focus valentines day image. The location metadata places the image at or around England, UK. It was photographed on 19 March 2011, giving the image a useful time reference for contemporary editorial, archive and stock use. Relevant subject terms include Love, hearts, you, shallow, focus, valentines, romantic, 14thFeb, valentine, day, 14th, Feb, making the image useful for buyers looking for precise place, object, social, travel or documentary themes. With no people count recorded, the value is strongest as an editorial record of place, object, building, sign, service, landscape or public environment. The image can support articles, blogs, reports, educational material and local history features needing a clear, place-based visual with strong documentary context. No endorsement of any visible organisation, brand, campaign, political message or commercial activity is implied
the photograph records what was visible at the time.
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N9A - . British vintage sweet shop scales, Eagle brow, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 27 June 2009. The historical context is that shops and markets are a visible record of changing consumer life, from family businesses and specialist traders to chain stores, department stores and regenerated market halls
Fascias, signs and shopfronts can date a street scene as clearly as architecture or vehicles. The wider historical story is that heritage photography is particularly useful where buildings or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. The subject remains topical in 2026 because town-centre resilience remains a major policy issue in England, with government programmes aimed at high streets and community ownership of valued local assets
Changing retail patterns, vacancies and the growth of food-led destinations make older shop and market photographs useful for comparison. In the present 2026 context, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse. Historically, retail premises reveal the evolution of high streets and town centres: independent shops, markets, bakeries, butchers and larger chains respond continually to changing tastes, rents, competition and shopping habits
Photographs can preserve businesses and shopfronts that later disappear. In historical terms, markets and high-street businesses combine commercial history with everyday social life
Their evolving occupiers, branding and uses document local economies, consumer culture, town-centre regeneration and the long shift from traditional retailing towards mixed shopping, food and leisure destinations.
Eagle brow, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
