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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4239,Duke of York,Eccles,Salford,pub,closed,Church Street,89,M30,Manchester,Greater,publichouse,hospitality,heritage,historic,architecture,vacant,closure,licensed,premises,town,centre,regeneration,property,reuse,beer,ale,community,August,2026,British,street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAP94M - . Street view of the closed Duke of York public house at 89 Church Street, Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester, photographed in August 2026. The substantial historic frontage remains clearly recognisable as a traditional pub even though the premises are no longer trading. Decorative upper-storey details, prominent pub signage and the building's position on Church Street show how purpose-built and adapted licensed premises once contributed strongly to the identity of British town centres. Its closure forms part of a wider national story of pressure on pubs from operating costs, changing consumer behaviour, property values and shifts in how people use town centres. In Eccles the building also sits within an area experiencing significant regeneration and redevelopment, making its future use relevant to discussions about heritage, conservation and adaptive reuse. This image provides editorial material for coverage of pub closures, hospitality decline, local history, empty commercial property, urban renewal, Greater Manchester architecture and the loss or transformation of community social spaces. It is also a documentary record of a distinctive Eccles building at a particular point in the town's redevelopment.
89 Church Street, Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M30 0EJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Hancock and Wood,final,retail,retailing,bricks and mortar,shopping,dept,department,store,stores,closing,closed,down,sale,Bridge Street,Warrington
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BG1P - . Hancock and Wood, final closing down sale, Bridge Street, Warrington. Photographed on 25 July 2026, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Hancock and Wood, final, retail, retailing, bricks and mortar, shopping, dept, department, store, stores, closing, closed, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Hancock and Wood,final,retail,retailing,bricks and mortar,shopping,dept,department,store,stores,closing,closed,down,sale,Bridge Street,Warrington
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BG1Y - . Hancock and Wood, final closing down sale, Bridge Street, Warrington. Photographed on 25 July 2026, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Hancock and Wood, final, retail, retailing, bricks and mortar, shopping, dept, department, store, stores, closing, closed, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,closed,closure,plan,plans,TFGM,Oxford Rd,railways,Greater Manchester,railway,rail,train station,National Rail,Northern Rail,sign,British Rail,symbol,infrastructure,transport,investment,integrated travel,public transport,railway improvements,city,centre,Andy Burnham,signalling upgrade,passenger capacity,regional rail,urban railway,transport planning,rail network congestion,connectivity,North West England,regeneration,sustainable,modal shift,theatre district
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0BM - Manchester Oxford Road Station sign, showing bold white lettering and the red British Rail double-arrow symbol on a weathered black sign outside one of central Manchester's key railway stations. The image is useful for stories about Mancunian railways, public transport, integrated travel, rail investment, commuting, city-centre capacity, station modernisation and the long-running debate over the Castlefield Corridor bottleneck. Manchester Oxford Road serves the busy Oxford Road corridor, close to universities, theatres, music venues, offices, hotels and the wider city-centre economy, with National Rail listing the station at Station Approach, Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 6FU. Network Rail says it is working on proposals to make significant improvements at Oxford Road Station, increasing capacity, addressing a national rail network bottleneck, changing track and platform layouts, improving platform connections and upgrading signalling. The photograph can illustrate passenger growth, delayed infrastructure decisions, regional connectivity, northern transport policy, the case for more reliable rail links and the relationship between heavy rail, buses, walking, cycling, Metrolink and Greater Manchester's wider Bee Network ambitions. Although Andy Burnham does not control Network Rail infrastructure directly, the image fits editorial coverage of Greater Manchester transport campaigning, devolved transport aspirations, commuter frustration, city regeneration and calls for better rail integration across the North West. The worn sign and close crop give a documentary feel, contrasting the everyday familiarity of a central station entrance with the scale of future investment needed behind it. Shot in clear daylight, with modern buildings partly visible around the station frontage, the scene works for news, business, planning, rail industry, local government, passenger experience, sustainable mobility, public realm and city transport stories focused on Manchester's constrained
Station Approach, Oxford Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1 6FU.
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,silo,tank,painted,icon,decorated,detergent,washing,powder,soap,industrial,industry,heritage,manufacturing,history,railway,West Coast Main Line,WCML,closed,demolished,former,architecture,closure,brownfield,redevelopment,site,chemical,Crosfields,blue,white,Joseph Crosfield,soap-making,data centre,British,North West,landmark,demolition,programme
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E424C3 - Decorated silo tanks rise above the stock-photo/gotonysmith-Former.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>former Lever Brothers and Unilever detergent factory at Bank Quay in Warrington, a familiar industrial landmark for passengers arriving at Warrington Bank Quay railway station on the West Coast Main Line. The white silos, painted with blue Persil-style washing symbols, recall the town's long association with soap, detergents and chemical manufacturing. Warrington's Bank Quay area was central to British soap production, with Crosfields developing a major soap works and Lever Brothers later linked to the site before the growth of Unilever. The factory became strongly associated with household laundry brands including Persil and Surf, and for decades its large blue buildings and decorated storage tanks formed part of the everyday view from train platforms and passing rail services. Recent reports describe the former Unilever site at Bank Quay as around 130 years old, once at the heart of Warrington's historic soap-making industry, and now set for redevelopment as a major data centre following closure and demolition plans. The photograph is commercially useful for stories about industrial heritage, Warrington manufacturing, Lever Brothers, Unilever, Persil, detergent production, factory closure, brownfield redevelopment, railway views, data centre development and the changing use of prominent industrial sites. It can also illustrate the way brand imagery and functional infrastructure become local icons, remembered by commuters, visitors and residents even after production has ended. The silos' height, repeated cylindrical forms, ladders, platforms, weathered paint and blue decoration give the scene strong documentary value for industrial architecture, urban history, business change, chemical works, regeneration and the loss of traditional manufacturing employment. As a stock image, it records a distinctive Warrington landmark at the point where soap-making history, rail travel and post-industrial redevelopment meet.
Decorated silo tanks at the former Lever Brothers and Unilever Persil factory beside Warrington Bank
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,run down,derelict,IMG_7002,Street,Bradford,Yorkshire,industrial,factory,dyestuffs,UK,IMG,7002,Dyes,Wilkinson,Scott,Duncan,closed,abandoned,supplier,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAFD6G - Faded painted advertising for Wilkinson & Scott dyestuffs and chemicals on a closed or disused industrial building in Duncan Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire. The weathered lettering, boarded openings and surrounding later development create a strong contrast between Bradford's manufacturing past and the modern city. Bradford grew rapidly during the nineteenth century as a major centre of the wool and textile industries, supported by associated dyeing, chemical, engineering and merchant businesses. Surviving trade signs such as this provide tangible evidence of that industrial economy even where the original company and use have disappeared. The image is suitable for editorial coverage of industrial heritage, textile history, urban decay, redundant factories, regeneration, ghost signs, historic advertising, manufacturing decline and the reuse of old commercial buildings. It also works as a visual record of changing employment and land use in a northern English city whose built environment still reflects its Victorian industrial expansion. As a documentary street photograph, the scene is also useful for wider coverage of Bradford's changing economy and built environment, where Victorian industrial heritage, post-war redevelopment, modern offices, transport infrastructure and diverse community institutions sit close together. The image records a specific place without staging or advertising treatment and can support comparisons over time as buildings are refurbished, repurposed, demolished or redeveloped. It also offers regional context for stories about investment, employment, public services and the continuing regeneration of major northern English city centres.
Duncan Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,site,railway station,Central Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B4 7XG,Rishi Sunak,cancellation,cancelled,to,Leeds,HS2,high speed,two,works,at,construction,train,trains,infrastructure,project,rest of,announcement,Levelling Up,closed,disruption,HS2 Works,Woodman,pub,disrupted,sign,signs,no entry,closure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T00PD7 - New Canal Street
In preparation for the construction of HS2 Curzon Street station, there will be a partial closure on New Canal Street, Birmingham city centre.
New Canal Street, between Curzon Street and Fazeley Street, will be closed to all traffic, cyclists and pedestrians from 13 August 2023.
There are recommended walking and cycling diversions routes.
If you are travelling from Millenium Point, BCU and Eastside City Park the most direct diversion route follows the footpath around Masshouse Lane or the Clayton Hotel. Then it continues along Moor Street Queensway, around to the left to Moor Street and Park Street back on to New Canal Street.
There is also a diversion route along Curzon Street, around Curzon Circle roundabout and onto Lawley Middleway to Montague Street. You then follow Montague Street to the junction of Fazeley Street.
Travel tips
You will still be able to get to where you need to go, but consider the following:
Plan ahead and leave more time for your journey. If you travel around New Canal Street you may need to allow more time for your journey.
Think about your options. The partial closure of New Canal Street will mean that you may need to plan an alternative route. Please familiarise yourself with recommended walking and cycling diversion routes.
New Canal St / Curzon St, new HS2 railway station, Central Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,history,historic,heritage,Victoria Station,rail,inside,interior,stations,M3,Position Closed,ticket,office,windows,union,industrial,action,in,out,consultation,disabled,disability,season,tickets,original,wooden,3,three,audio,cards,counter,closed,closing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RXX27R - Taken on 25 Sep 2023, this photograph shows Position Closed ticket window at Victoria railway station at Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY - in / out. The location is Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY. 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. Manchester Victoria has long been part of the city's railway geography, with historic route maps and ticket-window details showing how rail travel has shaped Greater Manchester and the wider north west. It is useful for transport features covering rail operations, passenger information, regional connectivity, station modernisation, public investment and the everyday reality of travel in Britain. 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 Manchester, city, centre, railway, Victoria, station, M3 1WY, campaign, RMT, offices, history, historic, 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.
Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Cymru,Wales,Welsh,UK,retail,department store,dept store,Howell,city,history,historic,heritage,building,British,architecture,St Mary Street,St Mary St,Edwardian,commerce,commercial,neoclassical,facade,declining,decline,high street,retailing,regeneration,outside,exterior,scene,empty,closed,new era,initiative,columns,CF10
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3D6 - The exterior of the former James Howell & Co department store on St Mary Street in Cardiff city centre, photographed in daylight under bright but overcast conditions. The building retains its original carved stone signage reading James Howell & Co above the main entrance, a clear surviving marker of its long retail history.
James Howell & Co was one of Wales's best-known independent department stores, trading from this site for over 150 years and forming a cornerstone of Cardiff's traditional shopping district. The architecture reflects early twentieth-century department store design, with a symmetrical façade, tall pilasters and large display windows intended to convey stability, quality and civic pride.
Visible within the shopfront windows are contemporary panels and graphics referencing a New Era , indicating redevelopment and reuse following the store's closure. This juxtaposition of historic branding and modern regeneration messaging highlights the broader transformation of British high streets, where long-established department stores have struggled amid changing consumer behaviour, online retail and shifting urban economics.
The image captures a moment of transition in Cardiff's retail landscape, where heritage commercial buildings are being reconsidered for new purposes. It is well suited for editorial use covering high-street decline, retail regeneration, Welsh urban history, department store culture, and the changing identity of city-centre shopping streets in the UK.
James Howell Building, St Mary Street, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 1AP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,WA10 1QF,Saint Helens,classic,green,English,British,WJ,Birchall,Burchalls,Butchers,Butcher,closed,steak,pork,beef,meat,fresh,meat products,product,products,council,outside,door,doorway,history,historic,terrace,terraced,street,24 Westfield St,24 Westfield Street,shops
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP3B0 - St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of St Helens which covers a larger area around the town.
The town had a population of 102,629 at the 2011 Census, the wider borough around 183,200 at the 2021 Census.
It is 6 miles (10 kilometres) north of the River Mersey, in the south-west part of historic Lancashire. The town was formerly within the historic county's ancient hundred of West Derby as a small settlement in the township of Windle. By the mid 1700s, it had become larger than Windle and (by 1838) it was formally made responsible for the administration of Windle and the three other townships of Eccleston, Parr and Sutton. In 1868, it was incorporated as a town with a municipal borough. The borough later became a county borough in 1887 and replaced by a metropolitan borough with an expanded administrative responsibility for nearby towns and villages in 1974.
Coal mining and glassmaking were the significant sectors that caused growth into a town during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. Glass producer Pilkington is the town's only remaining large industrial employer
previously, it was home to Beechams, the Gamble Alkali Works, Ravenhead glass. United Glass Bottles, Triplex, Daglish Foundry They were also other sectors: sail making and other cotton and linen work which lasted until the mid-19th century
brewing (Greenall's brewery)
copper smelting as well as pits for salt, lime and alkali extraction
24 Westfield St, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, WA10 1QF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,St Helens,town,centre,Merseyside,Bargain,buys,WA10,29,WA10 2JZ,shop,shopping,store,stores,low,cost,price,singleprice,single price,poundland,savings,thrifty,closed,pound shop format,format,clearance,unit,outlet,outlets,out of town,retail park,retailpark
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RF3EWN - . Bargain Buys, closed low cost store - 29 King Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, WA10 2JZ. Photographed on 4 July 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 29 King Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, WA10 2JZ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include St Helens, Merseyside, Bargain, buys, WA10, WA10 2JZ, shop, shopping, store, stores, low, cost, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
29 King Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, WA10 2JZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ireland UK,sunny,blue,sky,skies,centre,marginalised,Loyalist,communities,community,town,village,135,Main St,Bushmills,County Antrim,Main Street,NI,UK,BT57 8QB,architecture,rendered,front,outside,exterior,sold,for sale,OKT,pub,bar,closed,derelict,shut,lost,bars
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC3CEW - Bushmills (From Irish Muileann na Buaise) is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Bushmills had a population of 1,295 in the 2011 Census.[3] It is located 60 miles (97 km) from Belfast, 11 miles (18 km) from Ballycastle and 9 miles (14 km) from Coleraine. The village owes its name to the River Bush and to a large watermill that was built there in the early 17th century. It is home to the Old Bushmills Distillery, which produces Irish whiskey, and is near the Giant's Causeway.
Bushmills in the early 20th century
Demography
Bushmills is classified as a village (population 1,000“2,499) by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 1,295 people living in Bushmills. Of these:
20.39% were under 16 years old and 21.47% were aged 65 and above
46.64% of the population were male and 53.36% were female
and
3.47% were from a Catholic community background and 92.90% were from a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' community background.
Places of interest
The village is best known as the location of the Old Bushmills Distillery. The distillery's products include the Bushmills Original and Black Bush blends, as well as the 10-, 12-, 16-, and 21-year-old Bushmills Single Malts. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of distilling starting in the area the distillery released a unique whiskey called the 1608 which included crystal malt. The distillery draws its water, not from the River Bush itself, but from a tributary known as Saint Columbs Rill.
135 Main St, Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT57 8QB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHH6G0 - Read more at https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/unilever-north-west-plant-persil-17657936
Unilever North West plant where Persil and Surf are made could close after 'irreversible decline in demand'
The household products giant said the plant is 'running at less than half its capacity'
Global household products giant Unilever is set to close an historic North West plant where Persil and Surf laundry detergents are made, after what it called an irreversible decline in demand for washing powder.
The British-Dutch firm said it was launching a strategic review into the 136-year-old factory in Warrington that employs more than 100 people but is currently running at less than half its capacity.
The statement from the firm, whose brands include Dove and Lynx, said one potential outcome would be to close the entire plant, and that it would be challenging to find a commercially sustainable alternative.
Unilever said: [We] appreciate that this is difficult and unsettling news for the 123 employees at Warrington and will support them through this review.
Jon Strachan, vice president of supply chain, added: This decision has not been taken lightly.
Whatever the outcome, the review is likely to require difficult decisions. We understand this will cause considerable concern for our Warrington employees, suppliers and the local community and that the outcome may have significant implications for them.
We are committed to treating our employees fairly throughout and providing support during this period of uncertainty.
Following the announcement, GMB, the union for Unilever workers, together with Warrington North MP Charlotte Nichols, have called on the company to save the historic factory.
2 Liverpool Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1AA
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Keywords: Warrington,centre,WA1,Cheshire,England,English,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,closed,manufacturing,facility,WA5,2,WA5 1AA,major,soap,detergent,detergents,WBQ,Avanti,train,WCML,West Coast Mainline,platform,Pendolino,service,engine,station,Bank Quay,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,West Coast,Surf,plant,household products,Charlotte Nichols
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHH6G6 - Read more at https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/unilever-north-west-plant-persil-17657936
Unilever North West plant where Persil and Surf are made could close after 'irreversible decline in demand'
The household products giant said the plant is 'running at less than half its capacity'
Global household products giant Unilever is set to close an historic North West plant where Persil and Surf laundry detergents are made, after what it called an irreversible decline in demand for washing powder.
The British-Dutch firm said it was launching a strategic review into the 136-year-old factory in Warrington that employs more than 100 people but is currently running at less than half its capacity.
The statement from the firm, whose brands include Dove and Lynx, said one potential outcome would be to close the entire plant, and that it would be challenging to find a commercially sustainable alternative.
Unilever said: [We] appreciate that this is difficult and unsettling news for the 123 employees at Warrington and will support them through this review.
Jon Strachan, vice president of supply chain, added: This decision has not been taken lightly.
Whatever the outcome, the review is likely to require difficult decisions. We understand this will cause considerable concern for our Warrington employees, suppliers and the local community and that the outcome may have significant implications for them.
We are committed to treating our employees fairly throughout and providing support during this period of uncertainty.
Following the announcement, GMB, the union for Unilever workers, together with Warrington North MP Charlotte Nichols, have called on the company to save the historic factory.
2 Liverpool Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,striking,unions,industrial,disputes,DFT,transport,public,delay,cancellation,cancellations,late,cancelled,closed,dysfunctional,rail,strikes,impact,services,on,dates,row,train,BR,British Railways,wages,pay,demand,increase,claim,WA2 7FW,WA2,advance,warning
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R6AHTT - . Rail Strike alert on a platform display at Warrington Central railway station, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7FW. Photographed on 27 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Warrington Central, Winwick Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7FW, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, striking, unions, industrial, disputes, DFT, transport, public, delay, cancellation, cancellations, late, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Transport context makes the photograph useful for stories about rail travel, passenger journeys, stations and interchanges, public transport investment, regional connectivity and the everyday experience of moving through the UK rail network. Railway architecture, passenger facilities, route identity, signage and operational infrastructure are important documentary themes, particularly as stations and services are modernised or altered over time. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The political or campaigning content is suitable for neutral editorial coverage of protest, organised labour, elections, public debate, campaigning, civil society and the way political messages are presented in public. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Warrington Central, Winwick Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,train,carriage,platform,North West,Northern Powerhouse,BR,public,railways,Northern,TOC,EMU,electric,electrified,electrification,M1,M1 6FU,service,wet,on,a,rainy,at,trains,system,transport,rain,closed,doors,departing,late,on time,cancelled,services
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMT9P8 - . Northern train service, EMU - Electric Multiple Unit, on a rainy platform, at Manchester stock-photo/gotonysmith-Oxford.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Oxford Road railway station, England, UK, M1 6FU. Photographed on 14 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Manchester Oxford Road railway station, England, UK, M1 6FU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include train, carriage, platform, North West, Northern Powerhouse, public, railways, Northern, TOC, EMU, electric, electrified, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Transport context makes the photograph useful for stories about rail travel, passenger journeys, stations and interchanges, public transport investment, regional connectivity and the everyday experience of moving through the UK rail network. Railway architecture, passenger facilities, route identity, signage and operational infrastructure are important documentary themes, particularly as stations and services are modernised or altered over time. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
Manchester Oxford Road railway station, England, UK, M1 6FU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,repairs,guarantee,milks,from,the,dairies,at,closed,locked,padlock,padlocked,village,traditional,outside,front,door,doorway,HX7,34,Town Gate,Hebden Bridge,West Yorkshire,HX7 7LW,Yorkshire,shop,stores,shops,trading,whole milk,workshop,The Workshop,milkman,fam milk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG1W5W - Heptonstall is a small village and civil parish within the Calderdale borough of West Yorkshire, England, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The population of Heptonstall, including the hamlets of Colden and Slack Top, is 1,448, increasing to 1,470 at the 2011 Census. The town of Hebden Bridge lies directly to the south-east. Although Heptonstall is part of Hebden Bridge as a post town, it is not within the Hebden Royd town boundaries.
The village is on the route of the Calderdale Way, a 50-mile (80 km) circular walk around the hills and valleys of Calderdale
The place-name 'Heptonstall' is first recorded as Heptonstall in the 1274 Wakefield Court Rolls, and in 1316 in the Feudal Aids. The name means the stall or stable in Hebden. The name 'Hebden' means rose-hip dene or valley
Heptonstall was the site of a battle during the early part of the English Civil War in 1643.
Historically a centre for hand-loom weaving, Heptonstall's cottages and terraced houses are characterised by large first-floor windows to maximise the light for weaving
In the mid-1980s the paving on a road through Heptonstall was removed, revealing the original stone setts. Although there was a plan to remove the setts, local protests convinced the council to restore them. At the same time the existing concrete street lights were replaced with late 19th-century cast-iron gas lamps. Both developments acted as a traffic calming measure.
The Workshop, 34 Town Gate, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK, HX7
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,power,station,energy,industry,sunset,closed,fossil fuel,fuelled,going,green,climate change,global warming,demise,of,replace,replaced,obsolete,tower,winter,trees,end,closing,closure,finished,finish,redeveloped,demolished,brownfield,brown,field,WA5,heat dome,heatwave
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NCX1FE - Cooling towers, chimney and industrial structures of the former Fiddler's Ferry Power Station appear in silhouette beneath a vivid pink and red evening sky near Warrington in Cheshire. Bare tree branches frame the dramatic skyline, creating an atmospheric image of Britain's coal-powered industrial past and the environmental consequences of burning fossil fuels.
Fiddler's Ferry entered full commercial operation in 1973 and became one of North West England's most recognisable landmarks. The coal-fired station had a generating capacity of approximately 2,000 megawatts and once produced enough electricity to supply around two million homes. Operated latterly by SSE Thermal, it ceased generation and officially closed in March 2020 after almost 50 years. SSE sold the site in 2022 to Peel NRE, which is progressing a long-term regeneration of the extensive former industrial estate. Demolition and decommissioning work continues, with the remaining cooling towers and principal generating structures scheduled for removal as the land is prepared for new employment and residential development.
The photograph also provides a powerful editorial concept for climate change, greenhouse-gas pollution and the transition away from coal. Fiddler's Ferry cannot individually be described as causing one particular weather event, but decades of carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired generation contributed to the cumulative atmospheric greenhouse-gas concentrations driving global warming. Human-induced climate change is making severe heatwaves more frequent and intense.
This context was highlighted during the exceptional June 2026 heatwave and persistent European blocking pattern, widely described as a heat dome or omega block. Britain provisionally reached 36.7°C at Merryfield in Somerset on 25 June, breaking the national June temperature record for a second consecutive day, while intense heat across Europe affected health, agriculture, infrastructure and labour productivity. The image
Widnes Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,UK,Edinburgh,banking,EH2,blue,28,subsidiary,of,Sabadell,Group,Spain,financial,app,web,online,branch,closure,closures,bankers,history,historic,closing,closed,branches,finance,product,products,services,satisfaction,profit,profits,fined,meltdown,HotpixUK.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KRXPFT - . Recorded at 28 Hanover St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2DS 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 frame specifically shows Blue TSB bank sign, 28 Hanover St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2DS, subsidiary of Sabadell Group, Spain. The wider scene also brings together commercial ephemera, public information notice, changing streetscape, local history, community identity, place identity, archival record, public-facing signage, contemporary social history, instructional wording, street-level message, graphic street detail, changing land use, and everyday life. Current relevance extends to digital substitution and commercial branding, particularly through how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. Small period details of signage and branding at 28 Hanover St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2DS may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The wider setting retains connections with before-and-after reference, public realm, visual archive, local character, everyday visual culture, material sign design, historical comparison, and period lettering. References to subsidiary, Hanover, Group, Edinburgh, and Spain give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of 28 Hanover St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2DS may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes digital substitution and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change in a form that can be compared with future views of 28 Hanover St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2DS. Another strand within the photograph is local history and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change within the real-world context of 28 Hanover St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2DS.
28 Hanover St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2DS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDXE4 - Whitby Swing Bridge is a pedestrian and road bridge over the River Esk in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England.
The River Esk has been crossed by bridges at this location for centuries. A grant made by King Edward III in 1351 allowed the collection of tolls for the maintenance of a bridge. By the mid 1550s the tolls averaged around £6 per annum (equivalent to £2,421 as of 2021).
In 1629 an agreement was made by the justices in the North Riding to replace a wooden bridge with one which included moving parts. This was later replaced by a drawbridge, built in 1766 at a cost of £3,000 (equivalent to £444,000 in 2021), and later in 1835, the first swing bridge was opened designed by Francis Pickernell
The River Esk has been crossed by bridges at this location for centuries. A grant made by King Edward III in 1351 allowed the collection of tolls for the maintenance of a bridge. By the mid 1550s the tolls averaged around £6 per annum (equivalent to £2,421 as of 2021).
In 1629 an agreement was made by the justices in the North Riding to replace a wooden bridge with one which included moving parts. This was later replaced by a drawbridge, built in 1766 at a cost of £3,000 (equivalent to £444,000 in 2021), and later in 1835, the first swing bridge was opened designed by Francis Pickernell
Current bridge
Bridge during an opening
By the early 20th century the limited 45-foot (14 m) clearance of the 1835 bridge was restricting the size of vessels which could be built up-stream of the bridge. A replacement swing bridge was commissioned by Whitby Urban District Council. It was designed by J. Mitchell Moncrieff, later President of the Institution of Structural Engineers. As work progressed on the west side of the river bank to set a pivot for the bridge to swing, a seam of coal 10 inches (250 mm) thick was struck at 26 feet (7.9 m) below the water level. The foundations had to be sunk to a depth of 32 feet (9.8 m) below the low water mark for a secure foundation.
Bridge Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO22 4BG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,old,pubs,closed,The,ex-,with,sign,redeveloped,2,Derbyshire,UK,ghost sign,long-term Closed,Closure date,lost,disappeared disappearing,bar,bars,pub,public,houses,house,converted,history,historic,heritage,feature,features,losing,CAMRA,keeping,open
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRJG - . The ex-Grey Mare pub with ghost sign, 2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ. Photographed on 17 September 2022. The Grey Mare was situated at 2 Glossop Road. This pub has now been converted to residential use. In historical terms, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. As background, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. Historically, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. During 2026, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets. Against the 2026 backdrop, digital wayfinding is widespread, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility and identity
Historic notices and ghost signs are also increasingly appreciated as part of the character of streets and buildings. Against the 2026 backdrop, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets.
2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRJJ - . The ex-Grey Mare pub with ghost sign, 2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ. Photographed on 17 September 2022. The Grey Mare was situated at 2 Glossop Road. This pub has now been converted to residential use. Historically, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and evolving names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history. In the longer view, street signs, shop fascias, notices and inscriptions combine practical communication with graphic design
Typefaces, colours and wording can identify an era, organisation or local custom, making close photographs valuable for social, transport and commercial history. The wider historical story is that earlier buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. In 2026, in England the sector remains under pressure from operating costs and business rates, although eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief/27
That makes historical and contemporary pub photographs particularly relevant to coverage of hospitality, community assets and evolving town centres. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that much public information has moved onto smartphones and digital displays, making older fixed signs and printed notices increasingly useful as evidence of how people once navigated places, bought services and followed rules. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include public house, licensed premises, hostelry, bar trade, real ale, cask ale, beer culture, local pub, historic pub, nightlife, licensed trade, town-centre leisure, and lettering.
2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P042 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Winster Mews, Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P043 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Winster Mews, Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,estate,overspill,electric,Finnigan,SK13,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,up,closed,derelict,estate pub,pub,bar,Holts,Holt,lost,pubs,Winster Mews,Gamesley,north west,unloved,old,NW,northwest,abandoned
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P045 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Winster Mews, Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,SK13,The George Hotel,the,34,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,SK13 7QU,pub,bar,sign,outside,exterior,hotels,pubs,bars,signs,pub sign,closed,old,history,historic,George,heritage,lost,unused,not,open,signage,stone,building,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1RDEJ - The George Hotel was orginal built in 1836. In 1845 obtained its first alehouse license to cater for passengers from the newly then built raiway station. In 1855 it was called the Station Inn and Railway Hotel. In 1990 the hotel was bought by George and Jean Wharmby who renamed it to The George Hotel. The George Hotel is just a minute s walk from Glossop Rail Station, The George Hotel provides rooms with private en suite bathrooms and full English breakfasts on the edge of The Peak District. The George s rooms provide TVs, free Wi-Fi, and en suite private bathrooms. Tea and coffee facilities are also available, and some rooms offer views of the town and surrounding hills. A split-level restaurant is available to guests, featuring a varied menu including traditional British cuisine, vegetarian options, and continental dishes. Guests can also enjoy full English breakfasts in the restaurant.
34 Norfolk Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7QU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,sandstone,Howard Town Mills,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,SK13,industry,manufacturing,rubber,manufacture,2002,St Albans Rubber,derelict,closed,factory,site,old,history,historic,hazardous,materials,mill,mills,warehouse,warehouses,factories,decay,stone,millstone,grit,relic,relics,high street,high streets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1RDEX - Volcrepe Ltd was a large former rubber producing factory in Glossop, Derbyshire. Formed in 1931 and based in the 200-years old Woods Mill, it began manufacturing rubber soles for footwear. Later on, it began producing specialist equipment to the Ministry of Defence including gas masks for horses and the Home Guard as well as radio equipment as part of the war effort between 1939-1945. In the 1950s the company was still producing footwear soling, but with the market becoming more and more competitive it started concentrating its efforts into cellular rubbers which it had earlier pioneered. It went on to produce produced rubbers for the aviation industry, oil, automobile, domestic and communications industries.
Woods Mill was at the eastern end of what was originally the larger Howard town Mill complex built by John Wood in the 19th Century. In its day it was one of the largest integrated cotton mills in England. Volcrepe was split over in two sections with the aptly named Milltown road dividing it. The only connecting point was a small walkway over Mill Street emblazoned with the company's logo. To the east of Milltown were the extensive single storey drying shed. The factory closed down in 2002 when Volcrepe merged with another company, St Albans Rubber and has been empty.
In October 2015 High Peak Borough Council were split in a decision of five votes to five as to whether the site should be demolished and redeveloped. However, the councillor with the deciding vote decreed the mill should in fact be demolished. Now all of the site to the west of Milltown has gone leaving a smaller three-storey mill to east of Milltown and some of the perimeter buildings, including former weaving sheds and administrative buildings, around the former drying sheds still standing.
Mill Street, Milltown, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8PX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y7Y7 - . This location-specific image from High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AP in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Glossop Market and Town Hall civic building, closed for refurbishment and redevelopment. 6 Market St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes changing streetscape, consumer retail, mixed-use town centre, commercial streetscape, contemporary social history, social history, place-making, archival record, historic townscape, before-and-after reference, community identity, commercial frontage, place identity, and public-realm investment. For current editorial use, commercial viability and town-centre regeneration provide additional context, especially through how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and business rates, particularly through how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AP may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. The wider setting retains connections with commercial redevelopment, town-centre renewal, independent trading, local history, customer footfall, urban fabric, public realm, and visual archive. The combination of Market, redevelopment, Glossop, building, and refurbishment anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AP helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object.
High Street West, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,entrance,closed,pub,bar,nightclub,club,venue,Benidorm,resort,fun,seaside,British,Woody,FunnyBoyz,North Promenade,sport,sports,sportbar,sportsbar,karaoke,free,food,event,events,pubs,bars,wood,get,got,clubbing,night club
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRFFBP - . This authentic period view of 168 - 170 Promenade, Blackpool , Lancs, England, UK, FY1 1RE in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents World famous, Woodys, where Benidorm meets Blackpool, 168 - 170 Promenade, Blackpool , Lancs, England, UK, FY1 1RE. Further facets of the scene include music tourism, popular culture, hospitality economy, tribute venue, local character, music-themed hospitality, food-and-drink business, music iconography, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, licensed hospitality, place identity, neighbourhood drinking venue, and local history. For current editorial use, staffing pressure and food inflation provide additional context, especially through the survival of local venues as social meeting places. Current relevance extends to music tourism and creative industries, particularly through how popular music is reused in hospitality and tourism branding. Future viewers can use this scene from 168 - 170 Promenade, Blackpool , Lancs, England, UK, FY1 1RE to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after conservation work. The surrounding story also includes public realm, casual dining, night-time economy, pub heritage, song-inspired design, cultural nostalgia, community pub, and community identity. References to World, where, meets, Lancs, and famous give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of 168 - 170 Promenade, Blackpool , Lancs, England, UK, FY1 1RE may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is staffing pressure and the survival of local venues as social meeting places as part of the longer story of 168 - 170 Promenade, Blackpool , Lancs, England, UK, FY1 1RE.
168 - 170 Promenade, Blackpool , Lancs, England, UK, FY1 1RE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,NW,North West,Roman,column,columns,buildings,Debenhams,dept,department,store,ex-,ex,Grade I,st,Street,Cheshire,England,UK,steps,failed,retail,bust,bankrupt,liquidation,CH1 1LF,CH1,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,summer,bright,Chester city centre,close,premises,shopping,Browns,closed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MT8 - Browns was a department store in Chester established in 1780 by Susannah Brown. The store traded from its site on Chester's Eastgate Street from 1791 until 2021. Once regarded as the Harrods of the North, the building interior contains many ornate features such as glass-domed roofs and elaborate plasterwork surrounding small chandeliers in the main entrance area. Some of the glass roof on the second floor has been concealed as it has been covered by the construction of the third-floor extension which contained the main café and Kalmora Spa.
The oldest part of the store is housed in the Grade I listed Crypt Chambers, designed by T. M. Penson incorporating Georgian, Tudor and Gothic facades. Construction was completed in 1858. The building incorporates part of the Chester Rows. On the front of the tower at Row level is a blank scroll, on the east face is a recessed panel containing the initials W. B. (for William Brown), on the west face the initials are C. B. (for Charles Brown) and on the rear face is a scroll inscribed AD 1858: Crypt Chambers. The Gothic facade frontage is built over a medieval undercroft dating from the twelfth century. The undercroft most recently contained 'The Tea Press' tea room.
Another extension to the building was completed in 1965 to link Browns to the nearby Grosvenor shopping centre. A new three-story extension was built in 2002 on the site formerly occupied by the offices of the Chester Chronicle.
It was acquired by Debenhams in 1976. Browns was the only store in the group to retain its own trading name alongside the standard 'Debenhams' branding. Debenhams entered liquidation in early 2021 and all remaining stores closed during May that year. The building is owned by British Land
Crypt Chambers, 34-40 Eastgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1LF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,sweet,sweets,desert,deserts,treat,treats,GL5,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL5 2HL,name,named,centre,fun,funny,humour,humor,British,names,sign,signs,signage,closed,waffle,Belgian waffle,Belgian waffles,pink,blue,shop,cafe,takeaway,shops,retail,cafes,store
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5TJ - . Photographed at 3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The photograph centres on Stroud Waffles shop, 3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL. The image also relates to town-centre economy, documentary photography, historical comparison, social history, changing streetscape, shopfront economy, local character, period detail, visual archive, retail property, archival record, contemporary social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, and local history. For current editorial use, commercial rents and business rates provide additional context, especially through the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. Future viewers can use this scene from 3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The subject also sits alongside small business, local trading, public realm, street-level business, local enterprise, regional identity, changing land use, and commercial frontage. References to Stroud, Waffles, Gloucestershire, and Nelson give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around 3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate commercial rents and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding without losing the local specificity of 3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL. The record includes a local visual benchmark as part of 3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL's history. The frame retains a point of historical comparison for future local research.
3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,sweet,sweets,desert,deserts,treat,treats,GL5,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL5 2HL,name,named,centre,fun,funny,humour,humor,British,names,sign,signs,signage,closed,waffle,Belgian waffle,Belgian waffles,pink,blue,shop,cafe,takeaway,shops,retail,cafes,store
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5TN - . An on-location photograph from 3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The image documents Stroud Waffles shop, 3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL. Further facets of the scene include archival record, commercial streetscape, before-and-after reference, public realm, independent retail, regional identity, historical comparison, local character, specialist retailer, changing streetscape, commercial frontage, documentary photography, everyday life, and place identity. For current editorial use, business rates and independent business provide additional context, especially through the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. For later comparison, the photograph preserves local activity and public use at 3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL, details that may look very different after changed technology. The location also brings in town-centre economy, bricks-and-mortar retail, retail property, changing land use, local trading, high-street commerce, contemporary social history, and local enterprise. The combination of Stroud, Gloucestershire, Waffles, and Nelson anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of 3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of business rates and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding when considered against later change at 3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL. The record includes details of everyday use as a date-specific reference. The frame retains evidence of changing use for later comparison.
3 Nelson St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 2HL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,in,the,Marsh,Moreton-In-The-Marsh,Moreton,Cotswold,Cotswolds,town,Gloucestershire,England,UK,Moreton in the Marsh,Evenlode,valley,Old Bank,sign,Midland Bank,closed,closure,banking,banks,High St,GL56 0BD,GL56,grade II,ashlar,stone,old,historic,buildings,small,vulnerable,British,bank,Silicon Valley
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNBXTB - 1. 5224 MORETON-IN-THE-MARSH HIGH STREET (west side)
The Old Bank (Midland Bank) and house adjoining SP 2032 SW 2/52
II GV
2. Circa 1840, but dated 1878 over the door, probably the date of its commencement as a bank. Ashlar, with hipped Welsh slate roof. Bands at each floor level. Three storeys, 4 windows, sashes with glazing bars. Radiused corner to Bourton Road with one window on the return. Bank frontage to left, presumably 1878. Three large elliptically headed windows without glazing bars and with keystones, cornice over. Doorway with vermiculated surround on corner. Six panel door with rectangular fanlight over in right hand section of frontage. Deep eaves, ashlar stacks.
Listing NGR: SP2044032353
High St, Moreton-in-Marsh, Evenlode Valley, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, UK, GL56 0BD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,rust,decay,poorly,Peelports,Knutsford road,Swingbridge,maintained,closed,lack of,Latchford,Manchester Ship canal,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,WA4,WBC,road network,crossings,bridges,A50,Rusty swing bridge,rusty,oxidised metal struts,oxidisation,struts,metal gantries,major overhaul,repainting,refurbishment,Planned Maintenance,rusting,swing,swinging,village
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDPC5 - . This location-specific image from Knutsford Road, Latchford, Manchester Ship canal, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4 in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Rusting decrepit Victorian Swingbridge at Knutsford Road, Latchford, Manchester Ship canal, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4. The subject also carries associations with architectural detailing, period streetscape, street-level documentary, urban change, everyday street life, visual archive, before-and-after reference, community life, conservation architecture, historical comparison, urban fabric, regional identity, local landmark, and changing streetscape. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into adaptive reuse and energy retrofit, not least because of keeping older structures useful without erasing their character. Today's relevance is strengthened by public-realm change, community use and the continuing question of the relationship between public space and local social life. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at Knutsford Road, Latchford, Manchester Ship canal, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with documentary photography, local character, architectural character, city-centre activity, heritage landmark, built heritage, pedestrian environment, and traditional structure. References to Knutsford, Latchford, decrepit, Rusting, and canal give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Knutsford Road, Latchford, Manchester Ship canal, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene captures evidence of changing use for future local research.
Knutsford Road, Latchford, Manchester Ship canal, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,BW,monochrome,cafe,history,basement,sandwich,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,L2 2NZ,L2,closed,traditional,historic,shop,popular,breakfast,lunch,city,centre,heritage,name,catering,Tithebarn St,Northern Powerhouse,city centre,Levelling up,1970,1970s,Reeces,Liverpool,Moorfields,windows,sandwiches,sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4H6 - . Recorded at Tithebarn St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2NZ 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 BW Liverpool Reeces Rendezvous cafe, Tithebarn St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2NZ. Another layer of the photograph includes local identity, social landscape, period streetscape, conservation interest, city-centre activity, architectural character, period detail, historic townscape, historic streetscape, heritage asset, conservation architecture, architectural detailing, urban social history, and contemporary social history. Current relevance extends to adaptive reuse and embodied carbon, particularly through keeping older structures useful without erasing their character. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into transport and commercial change, not least because of the relationship between public space and local social life. The image fixes landscape treatment and surrounding development within Tithebarn St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2NZ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The subject also sits alongside place identity, street-level documentary, archival record, local character, regional identity, pedestrian environment, townscape record, and traditional structure. References to Reeces, Merseyside, Tithebarn, Rendezvous, and Liverpool give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Tithebarn St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2NZ, 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 adaptive reuse and keeping older structures useful without erasing their character when considered against later change at Tithebarn St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2NZ.
Tithebarn St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2NZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,UTCW Building,Warrington,UTCW,Building,new,adult,building,Professional Standards,technical,college,WA2,Dallam Ln,WA2 7NG,Dallam,architecture,office,offices,classrooms,university,training,colleges,specialist,science,technology academy,technology,academy,teaching,lecture,lecturers,lecturer,cladding,safety,issues,closed,inspection
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JBXJMR - UTC Warrington is a purpose built technical college for 14-19 year olds. The college opened in central Warrington in September 2016.
Our key focus is to support young people prepare for the world of work, develop technical skills and to find meaningful careers. This includes apprenticeships, university, or employment. Partner organisations such as Sellafield Ltd and Manchester Metropolitan University worked together to create the UTC. The result is students have the opportunity to forge valuable relationships and experiences within the STEM industry in the North West and beyond.
UTCW's primary focus is to prepare students for a high quality career within science, technology, and engineering. Students study academic and technical subjects through a range of GCSE and post-16 qualifications. We also offer students the opportunity to focus on developing their practical skills and to work directly with the region's employers. Our dedicated personal development programme encourages students to challenge themselves by using their skills in Leadership, Organisation, Resilience, Initiative, and Communication in all aspects of their UTC career.
Dallam Ln, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7NG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,pub,bar,closed,at,dusk,night,evening,in the,WA4,historic,building,listed,Grade II,686,old,history,brick,Victorian,nighttime,village,centre,old pub,pubs,bars,street,view,cafe,offices,retail,unit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T347 - . Made at 686 Knutsford Road, Latchford village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1JW in 2021, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. At the centre of the view is ex-Railway Hotel, 686 Knutsford Road, Latchford village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1JW, now Railway Court at dusk. The image also relates to commercial redevelopment, urban fabric, hospitality economy, place identity, visual archive, changing streetscape, historical comparison, adaptive reuse, customer-facing leisure, contemporary social history, changing land use, social history, food-and-drink business, and local character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of commercial viability, planning and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. For current editorial use, hospitality costs and consumer spending provide additional context, especially through how branded and independent hospitality compete for changing leisure spending. As a dated visual record of 686 Knutsford Road, Latchford village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1JW, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if replacement signage subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes community pub, heritage-led regeneration, pub heritage, period architecture, casual dining, built heritage, neighbourhood drinking venue, and mixed-use redevelopment. The recorded references to Hotel, Court, Railway, Latchford, and Knutsford preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around 686 Knutsford Road, Latchford village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1JW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear.
686 Knutsford Road, Latchford village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1JW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,Thelwall,building,25 years,left,25,years,state of disrepair,state,disrepair,WBC,Warrington Council,Warrington Borough Council,dilapidated,rectory,Grappenhall rectory,church lane,disused,listed building,1139322,closed,derelict,history,historic,heritage,old,town,centre,ornate,lane,road,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE8M - Rectory circa 1830, stucco with grey slate roof, Gothick. Of 2 storeys and 5 windows
the left and right wings, each of 1 bay and one slightly recessed, are of (or altered during) 1855 (drawings in the possession of the rector). Crenellated Gothick porch has Tudor arch and corner pinnacles. Part-glazed double doors at back of porch under Tudor-arched fan with flowing pattern of cusped iron bars. A 1-storey canted bay to each side of porch has Gothick pointed windows: left bay has ornate iron cresting
that to right bay removed for repair (1983). Upper windows are 2-light casements, each light of 12 panes, margined, above porch and bay windows. Right wing and upper storey of left wing have 12-pane recessed sashes
lower left window is replaced. Interior: Doors have 6 raised and fielded panels. Plain open-string dogleg stair has stick balusters, mahogany rail and curtail.
Legacy System number:
59018
Legacy System:
LBS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Thelwall,WA4,Rams Head,pub,bar,Inn,empty,abandoned,state,what a state,summer,Punch,Punch Pubs & Co,Punch Pubs,Co,pubs,listed building,grade II,Gropenhale,crest of,the Leghs of Lyme,closed,derelict,history,historic,heritage,old,town,centre,ornate,lane,road
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE8N - . An on-location editorial image made at Church Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3EP, showing a subject whose wider significance extends beyond the immediate scene. The main point of reference is The Rams Head Inn, Church Lane,Grappenhall Village,Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 3EP. The picture additionally relates to local drinking place, community identity, customer-facing hospitality, local history, local character, neighbourhood pub, community social space, contemporary history, built environment, licensed premises, changing streetscape, community hostelry, leisure venue, and visual archive. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes changing drinking habits alongside pub closures, with particular attention to the survival of community meeting places. Future viewers can use this scene from Church Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3EP to compare transport arrangements and public activity with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The setting also brings in everyday Britain, regional identity, licensed trade, night-time economy, urban change, before-and-after reference, hospitality venue, and archival record. Elements such as Grappenhall, Village, and Church add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. A later view of Church Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3EP may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects changing drinking habits and the survival of community meeting places without losing the local specificity of Church Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3EP. Its period value extends to independent hospitality and changes in food, drink and leisure spending in a form that can be compared with future views of Church Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3EP.
Church Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3EP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Thelwall,WA4,Rams Head,pub,bar,Inn,empty,abandoned,state,what a state,summer,Punch,Punch Pubs & Co,Punch Pubs,Co,pubs,listed building,grade II,crest of,the Leghs of Lyme,closed,derelict,history,historic,heritage,old,town,centre,ornate,lane,road
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE8R - . Photographed at Church Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3EP, the scene provides a dated reference to the subject and the surrounding social, commercial or physical environment. The photograph centres on The Rams Head Inn, Church Lane,Grappenhall Village,Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 3EP. The photograph also carries associations with social landscape, leisure venue, urban change, hospitality venue, before-and-after reference, local character, archival record, local history, place identity, period detail, licensed trade, changing streetscape, visual archive, and social history. For contemporary context, hospitality operating costs and local footfall are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes whether local venues can remain commercially viable. The archival value lies partly in recording public access and movement around Church Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3EP before refurbishment alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects everyday Britain, community hostelry, licensed premises, night-time economy, town-centre leisure, neighbourhood pub, community identity, and social meeting place. References to Village, Church, and Grappenhall give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. The surrounding context at Church Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3EP matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene retains a connection with hospitality operating costs and whether local venues can remain commercially viable when considered against later change at Church Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3EP. That also gives the frame relevance to hospitality operating costs and changes in food, drink and leisure spending without losing the local specificity of Church Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3EP.
Church Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3EP
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,artist,stencil,stencils,London,E1,BrickLane,face,artists,paint,painting,expression,work,street art,streetart,tags,tagging,derelict,abandoned,can,cans,imagination,comment,comments,on,society,closed,shuttered,empty,unused,building,path,yard,Hip-Hop,HipHop
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE028X - . Made at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The principal point of reference is Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The image connects the immediate subject with documentary photography, contemporary social history, factory history, working-industry history, labour history, historical comparison, built heritage, historic frontage, period streetscape, adaptive reuse, traditional masonry, production technology, cityscape history, and regional identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about industrial conservation, factory closures and the relationship between local geology, manufacturing and the built environment. The present-day relevance extends to embodied carbon and historic townscape, while a wider concern is the role of distinctive architecture in local identity. From an archival perspective, the view leaves evidence of the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change within the setting of Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The setting also brings in architectural character, visual archive, conservation architecture, archival record, historic commercial architecture, changing streetscape, heritage asset, and place identity. Elements such as London, Tower, graffiti, Brick, and Shoreditch add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. Around Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
Description
Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,grafitti,artist,stencil,stencils,London,E1,BrickLane,Tower Hamlets,artists,paint,painting,expression,work,street art,streetart,tags,tagging,derelict,abandoned,spray,can,cans,spraycan,imagination,comment,comments,on,society,closed,shuttered,empty,unused,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE0291 - . An authentic period view of Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The scene shows Elephant,Abuse tag,Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The image connects the immediate subject with archival record, period streetscape, historical comparison, industrial artefact, changing land use, manufacturing heritage, community identity, urban fabric, working-industry history, conservation interest, built heritage, heritage asset, building-material production, and before-and-after reference. The present-day relevance extends to embodied carbon and factory closures, while a wider concern is the reuse or loss of former production sites. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes embodied carbon alongside adaptive reuse, with particular attention to reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the image retains period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment within the setting of Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The wider local story also touches on conservation architecture, industrial material culture, traditional building materials, architectural character, historic manufacturing, historic frontage, historic commercial architecture, and factory history. The combination of London, Elephant, Hamlets, graffiti, and Tower anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2AE0291.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,grafitti,artist,stencil,stencils,London,E1,BrickLane,Tower Hamlets,old,bar,bars,78,Brick Ln,historic,flowers,flower,comment,spray,art,spraycan,artists,mixed,media,techniques,paste up,pasted,derelict,closed,unused,urban city,inner,imagination,paint,paintings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE0295 - . Recorded at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. The main subject is Old pub, 78 Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. Other connected aspects include beer tourism, cask-beer tradition, production technology, independent brewing, building-material production, documentary photography, engineering heritage, production works, local history, industrial material culture, drinks hospitality, period detail, brewing heritage, and licensed hospitality. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes independent brewing alongside consumer spending, with particular attention to the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with adaptive reuse, labour history and recording industries that shaped northern towns. For later comparison, the photograph preserves a particular stage in the life of the location at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The surrounding context also covers factory history, hand-pulled beer, contemporary social history, working-industry history, pub trade, before-and-after reference, industrial artefact, and changing land use. The recorded references to Hamlets, London, graffiti, Tower, and Brick preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The view records a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference. The image fixes part of the area's social history for later comparison.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,grafitti,artist,stencil,stencils,London,E1,BrickLane,Tower Hamlets,bird,comment,spray,art,spraycan,artists,mixed,media,techniques,paste up,pasted,derelict,closed,unused,urban city,inner,imagination,paint,paintings,stork on wall,44 Hanbury St,44 Hanbury Street,wall,bird painted
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE0298 - . An on-location image from Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The photograph records Stork,Hanbury Street,Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The photograph also reflects conservation interest, historic townscape, conservation architecture, industrial supply chain, changing land use, industrial artefact, built heritage, historic manufacturing, regional identity, heritage asset, period streetscape, historic context, documentary photography, and changing streetscape. For contemporary context, labour history and regional industry are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes recording industries that shaped northern towns. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about embodied carbon, maintenance costs and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. As a documentary source, the scene keeps a record of the visual character of the locality at the time around Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The photograph additionally reflects social history, visual archive, period building, historical comparison, place identity, traditional masonry, local history, and period detail. The combination of Shoreditch, graffiti, Hamlets, Stork, and Tower anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image fixes a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference. It also preserves a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,grafitti,artist,stencil,stencils,London,E1,BrickLane,Tower Hamlets,of the,spray can,aerosol,can,comment,spray,art,spraycan,artists,mixed,media,techniques,paste up,pasted,derelict,closed,unused,urban city,inner,imagination,paint,paintings,blue,plaque,memorial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE0299 - . An on-location image from Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The view centres on History has Stopped,Ed Seymour,Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The scene additionally carries associations with documentary photography, labour history, historic manufacturing, military commemoration, working-industry history, production works, industrial-community remembrance, industrial material culture, collective memory, visual archive, place identity, factory history, wartime sacrifice, and engineering heritage. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with remembrance culture, industrial communities and the value of memorials as both historic evidence and places of reflection. In the mid-2020s, construction materials and manufacturing history keep the subject current, particularly through recording industries that shaped northern towns. For future researchers, the view leaves evidence of period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. Further connections include historic context, social history, war dead, community identity, industrial supply chain, building-material production, contemporary social history, and industrial archaeology. The recorded references to Stopped, Shoreditch, Seymour, Hamlets, and London preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The surrounding context at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,grafitti,artist,stencil,stencils,London,E1,BrickLane,Tower Hamlets,Hanbury Street,artists,paint,painting,expression,work,street art,streetart,tags,tagging,derelict,abandoned,spray,can,cans,spraycan,imagination,comment,comments,on,society,closed,shuttered,empty,unused,building,Tintin
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02A6 - . An on-location image from Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The subject recorded here is Hanbury St,Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. A broader reading of the scene brings in industrial artefact, production technology, historic context, working-industry history, social history, historic manufacturing, place identity, urban fabric, traditional masonry, documentary photography, period building, built heritage, industrial supply chain, and building-material production. The present-day relevance extends to manufacturing history and factory closures, while a wider concern is the relationship between local geology, manufacturing and the built environment. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes heritage conservation alongside historic townscape, with particular attention to the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. As a piece of social history, the image retains signage, materials, design and everyday use within Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. Other useful associations include factory history, local history, community identity, public realm, contemporary social history, architectural detailing, traditional building materials, and before-and-after reference. Elements such as Hamlets, graffiti, Shoreditch, Hanbury, and Tower add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The surrounding context at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history for future local research.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,grafitti,artist,stencil,stencils,London,E1,BrickLane,Tower Hamlets,stork on wall,wall,bird painted,44 Hanbury St,44 Hanbury Street,comment,spray,art,spraycan,artists,mixed,media,techniques,paste up,pasted,derelict,closed,unused,urban city,inner,imagination,paint,paintings,bird
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02BA - . An authentic period view of Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The principal point of reference is Stork on wall,Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The frame also contains themes of architectural character, everyday life, public realm, historic manufacturing, documentary photography, visual archive, contemporary social history, built heritage, cityscape history, historical comparison, engineering heritage, production works, building-material production, and industrial archaeology. For contemporary context, industrial conservation and embodied carbon are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the relationship between local geology, manufacturing and the built environment. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about heritage conservation, embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. For later comparison, the frame records the combination of built form, activity and local identity within the setting of Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The surrounding context also covers historic townscape, local character, conservation architecture, manufacturing heritage, changing land use, architectural detailing, historic commercial architecture, and place identity. The recorded references to Stork, graffiti, Hamlets, Brick, and London preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,Scotland,City Centre,Strathclyde,city centre,East End,fence,gate,Calton,railings,keep out,levelling up,decline,of,manufacturing,closed,industry,industries,sector,declining,abandoned,long,recession,economic,GDP,industrial,base,business,businesses,plan,basket case,sick man of Europe,bust,Brexit,barriers to trade,investment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGCN - . An on-location image from the recorded location in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The location is represented through Brownfield land,abandoned factory, metal railings , fence , gate, Barrack Street, Calton,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,. The locality and subject together evoke production works, industrial archaeology, visual archive, democratic accountability, industrial supply chain, constituency politics, traditional building materials, contemporary social history, public realm, public policy, production technology, changing streetscape, civic debate, and public administration. The subject remains useful for current coverage of labour history and manufacturing history, not least because of recording industries that shaped northern towns. Today's wider story includes infrastructure, cost of living and the practical question of tracking how priorities change after elections. For local-history research, the view documents the combination of built form, activity and local identity around the recorded location. The wider local story also touches on party-political communication, regional identity, government priorities, community identity, archival record, period detail, engineering heritage, and working-industry history. The combination of metal, Calton, Brownfield, Glasgow, and factory anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is labour history and the historical importance of everyday manufactured objects and materials within the specific setting of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for electoral accountability and preserving campaign language that can quickly date as part of the longer story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA1,music,chain,closed,shop,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 1SU,65,head,office,quarters,piano tuner,keyboards,drums,instrument,iconic,retail,store,for,musicians,shutters,shuttered,bankrupt,retailer,owners,owner,Arranged Musical Options,Ltd,Andrew M Oliver,Karen Oliver
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43P0R - Plans have been submitted for a major conversion of the former Dawson's Music store in Sankey Street, Warrington.
The proposals are to convert the building into four apartments, offices and two smaller retail shops.
Dawson's closed the store in 2019 after trading in Warrington for 121-years.
At the time, it was claimed the store was a victim of online shopping.It has stood empty ever since.
Developers say the proposal will make little difference to the exterior appearance of the three-storey building.
Dawson's was founded in 1898 by piano tuner John Dawson and has had a major presence from its Sankey Street HQ, since 1914.
During the 1970s and 1980s it was the go to store for youngsters buying their first records in Warrington. But later it changed to concentrate on the sale of musical instruments and running a music school.
65 Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1SU
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Keywords: Manchester,City Centre,city,North West,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,buildings,streets,shopping,faces,art,artist,grafitti,shutter,shutters,graffiti on shutters,closed,derelict,M1 2BA,M1,down,run,rundown,problem,eyesore,centre,City,Centre,problem with,urban,tourism,tourists,Buy Images Of,Stock Images,tour,Britain,Hip-Hop
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RF7M57 - . A grounded editorial photograph captures the working environment around the recorded location, as recorded during 2019. The location is represented through Derelict shop, The Barrow Boys Shop, Paton Street, Piccadilly, Northern Quarter, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 2BA. Further features of the subject include urban artwork, city artwork, town-centre trading, consumer spending, illustrated hoarding, community expression, local trading, shopfront economy, visual placemaking, independent retail, urban graphics, and commercial frontage. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, commercial property also connects with vacant premises, operating costs and efforts aimed at adaptable commercial space. The wider contemporary story of public art now includes graffiti versus commissioned work alongside public-realm investment, while policy and investment increasingly consider community-led design. Because this is a time-specific record of the recorded location, later comparison can reveal changes in signage, ownership, land use, transport, street furniture, building condition and the way the public uses the surrounding space, specifically in relation to Derelict shop. The broader context includes local identity, shopping habits, consumer retail, chain-store economy, contemporary mural, street-level design. Further aspects present in the subject include retail vacancy, graphic intervention, commercial streetscape, creative regeneration, customer footfall, creative streetscape, mural culture, city-centre economy, retail property, and storefront culture. Modern coverage of physical shops frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of hybrid working, online shopping and mixed-use town centres. That gives this view of the recorded location continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison, specifically in relation to Derelict shop. The location view retains the location's physical context for future editorial context.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,retail store,closed,retailer,Bridge Street,Warrington,Cheshire,North West England,UK,Retailer,bankrupt,High street shop,failed,logo,sign,Poundworld goes bust,Brexit,internet effect,Chris Edwards Sr,Chris Edwards Jr,Poundland,Everything a pound,everything a £1,Poundworld shop window,Poundworld shop logo,Poundworld shop window logo,single,price,shop,shops,store,window,windows,reflections,reflection
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PAN56B - Poundworld was a British value variety store that sold most of its items for £1. The chain was founded in 1974 by Yorkshire-based father-and-son team Chris Edwards Sr. and Chris Edwards Jr. In contrast to many high street retailers, Poundworld maintained strong sales and growth during the global recession that started in 2007.
Poundworld's product range consisted of over 6,000 items including groceries, health and beauty, toiletries, cleaning products and pet care. some of them known brands
At its peak it had 335 stores in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In 2014, it was planning to open 150 new stores within three years.
Its larger rival in the market was Poundland. A series on BBC One entitled Pound Shop Wars, broadcast between 2012 and 2015, concerned Poundworld and its rivals.
As well as all of its £1 lines, Poundworld introduced a range of multi-price products across its estate of stores in 2017 to offer customers 'More Choice, More Savings'.
Suffering intense competition from the addition of multi-price products, combined with difficulties arising from the weak pound, Poundworld entered administration in June 2018. Closing sales began in stores late that month. In July 2018, Poundworld confirmed that all stores were to close by 10 August 2018 after rescue talks with original founder Chris Edwards failed
Bridge St, Warrington, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,retail store,closed,retailer,Bridge Street,Warrington,Cheshire,North West England,UK,Retailer,bankrupt,High street shop,failed,logo,sign,Poundworld goes bust,Brexit,internet effect,Chris Edwards Sr,Chris Edwards Jr,Poundland,Everything a pound,everything a £1,Poundworld shop window,Poundworld shop logo,Poundworld shop window logo,single,price,shop,shops,store,window,windows,reflections,reflection
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PAN56C - Poundworld was a British value variety store that sold most of its items for £1. The chain was founded in 1974 by Yorkshire-based father-and-son team Chris Edwards Sr. and Chris Edwards Jr. In contrast to many high street retailers, Poundworld maintained strong sales and growth during the global recession that started in 2007.
Poundworld's product range consisted of over 6,000 items including groceries, health and beauty, toiletries, cleaning products and pet care. some of them known brands
At its peak it had 335 stores in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In 2014, it was planning to open 150 new stores within three years.
Its larger rival in the market was Poundland. A series on BBC One entitled Pound Shop Wars, broadcast between 2012 and 2015, concerned Poundworld and its rivals.
As well as all of its £1 lines, Poundworld introduced a range of multi-price products across its estate of stores in 2017 to offer customers 'More Choice, More Savings'.
Suffering intense competition from the addition of multi-price products, combined with difficulties arising from the weak pound, Poundworld entered administration in June 2018. Closing sales began in stores late that month. In July 2018, Poundworld confirmed that all stores were to close by 10 August 2018 after rescue talks with original founder Chris Edwards failed
Bridge St, Warrington, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,South,Yorkshire,England,UK,market,night,night time,evening,designer inspired,home design,business,Furniture,Lighting,Accessories,Bespoke Soft Furnishings,Soft Furnishings,retail,retailer,independent retailer,shop,shopping,successful high st,successful high street,successful retail,under threat,closed,open,trading,difficult,expensive,challenged,by the,internet,independent shop,Bawtry showroom,showroom
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8DCR0 - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census.
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
16-18 High St, Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN10 6JE
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,closed,Cheshire,North West England,UK,For sale,rent,leisure,opportunity,bar,pubs,decline,cutback,cuts,cut back,Sign,to let sign,pub,chain,Green,roof,green roof,town centre,closures,bankrupt,faded,derelict,site,sites,bars,CBRE,Warrington Harvester,branch,British,casual,dining,restaurant
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P9MEDG - . This location-led image captures the setting around Wharf St, Warrington WA1 2HG, UK, in this period view from 2018. The scene is specifically associated with Closed Harvester Pub Restaurant, Riverside retail park, Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, UK. Further features of the subject include night-time economy, public house culture, service economy, chain-store economy, visitor economy, customer service, community drinking place, shopping district, town-centre hospitality, food service, independent hospitality, and shopping habits. The wider contemporary story of the licensed trade now includes operating costs alongside business rates, while policy and investment increasingly consider balancing heritage with commercial survival. Current debate around physical shops often combines operating costs, hybrid working and the practical challenge of mixed-use town centres. In the mid-2020s, food service is increasingly discussed through consumer spending and commercial rents, with attention turning to adaptable venues. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at Wharf St, Warrington WA1 2HG, UK, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The scene also relates to retail property, customer footfall, British pub trade, beer heritage, pub architecture, local dining. The scene is further associated with leisure opportunity, CBRE, pub chain, closure. The location further reflects bricks-and-mortar retail, hospitality premises, licensed premises, commercial streetscape, consumer retail, commercial frontage, hospitality economy, licensed hospitality, beer retail, and retail vacancy. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, beer and brewing also connects with operating costs, competition for household spending and efforts aimed at balancing heritage with commercial survival. This period image preserves a stage in local change as a historical reference.
Wharf St, Warrington WA1 2HG, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,as usual,sign,business,disruption,disrupted,yellow,open,no,no problem,no problems,signage,delay,road,street,road sign,traffic,pub,pubs,shop,shops,and,still,roadsign,English,British,GB,Great Britain,closed,work in progress,works,roadworks,all,public works,rural,lane,countryside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWGA - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2018 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. At the centre of the view is Business Open As Usual,- Businesses Open as usual, yellow traffic road sign. The wider scene also brings together commercial frontage, local enterprise, public realm, high-street commerce, street-side transport, regional identity, contemporary social history, documentary photography, everyday life, social history, retail property, local character, bus infrastructure, and local mobility. From a 2025-onward perspective, passenger information and local connectivity are closely linked to this subject, alongside the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. The wider contemporary story combines commercial rents, town-centre regeneration and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. The image fixes local activity and public use within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. The surrounding story also includes public transport stop, surface public transport, changing land use, shopfront economy, passenger transport, period detail, community identity, and changing streetscape. The combination of Businesses, traffic, Usual, Business, and yellow anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for passenger information and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The view records evidence of changing use for later comparison. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,Gotonysmith,City,centre,City Games,Manchester City Games,Manchester CityGames,Deansgate,closure,closed,city centre,Road,issues,laying,track,laying track,surface,platform,workers,working,preparation,prepare,event,event set up,event setup,fenced off,cage,Waste of money,city event,sign,Parking Suspension sign,traffic sign,traffic suspended,yellow,yellow sign,Great City Games,Arcadis,Arcadis City Games,Arcadis CityGames
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MNFTCF - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2018, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The principal subject is Set up for the great CityGames Manchester, May 2018, Lancashire, England, UK. The setting additionally reflects historical comparison, visual archive, public transport stop, place identity, roadside stop, public transport information, transport accessibility, public realm, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, bus infrastructure, local bus network, bus route infrastructure, contemporary social history, and changing streetscape. The modern context includes continuing discussion of reliability, accessibility and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes everyday life, roadside transit, surface public transport, documentary photography, archival record, community identity, regional identity, and before-and-after reference. The recorded references to Manchester, CityGames, and Lancashire preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another strand within the photograph is reliability and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate reliability and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use as part of the recorded location's history.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,Gotonysmith,City,centre,City Games,Manchester City Games,Manchester CityGames,Deansgate,closure,closed,city centre,Road,issues,laying,track,laying track,surface,platform,workers,working,preparation,prepare,event,event set up,event setup,fencing,fenced off,cage,Waste of money,city event,crane,building,assembling,industrial crane,heavy crane,orange,orange crane,crane lifting into place
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MNFTCJ - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2018, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Set up for the great CityGames Manchester, May 2018, Lancashire, England, UK. The locality and subject together evoke changing streetscape, historical comparison, roadside stop, bus route infrastructure, surface public transport, bus infrastructure, archival record, documentary photography, public transport stop, before-and-after reference, public transport information, contemporary social history, public realm, and period detail. Current relevance extends to integrated transport and local connectivity, particularly through the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with place identity, local mobility, roadside transit, changing land use, everyday life, local history, regional identity, and transport accessibility. Details involving Lancashire, Manchester, and CityGames make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is integrated transport and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate bus service funding and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres within the real-world context of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,Trail,at,new,Mersey,crossing,Toll,Toll Crossing,path,pathway,cycle way,cycle,way,Runcorn,closed,broken,trail,track,Spike Island,disruption,barrier,close,problem,inconvenience,sign,signs,gravel,MTB,Mountain Bike,biker,cyclist,cycling,summer,spring,temporary,temporary sign,poor,bad,not good
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM9A3F - . Recorded at the recorded location in 2018, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is TPT Transpennine Trail, no access to Spike Island, Widnes at new crossing. The surrounding context encompasses street furniture, everyday life, social history, regional identity, local character, place identity, historical comparison, public realm, visual archive, documentary photography, local history, community noticeboard, transport stop marker, and directional sign. The wider contemporary story combines accessibility, clear communication and the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments. For later comparison, the photograph preserves building condition and alterations at the recorded location, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The subject also sits alongside contemporary social history, navigation aid, before-and-after reference, community identity, changing streetscape, period detail, wayfinding marker, and route marker. The combination of access, Spike, crossing, Island, and Transpennine anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For historical comparison, MM9A3F fixes the appearance of TPT Transpennine Trail, no access to Spike Island, Widnes at new crossing at one identifiable moment, even where the wider location information is limited. Another useful connection is accessibility and the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments within the real-world context of the recorded location. The scene further reflects navigation and how signs record changing road names, destinations and administrative responsibility within the specific setting of the recorded location. Its period value extends to inclusive design and how signs record changing road names, destinations and administrative responsibility as part of the longer story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,Trail,at,new,Mersey,crossing,Toll,Toll Crossing,path,pathway,cycle way,cycle,way,Runcorn,closed,broken,trail,track,Spike Island,disruption,barrier,close,problem,inconvenience,sign,signs,gravel,MTB,Mountain Bike,biker,cyclist,cycling,summer,spring,temporary,temporary sign,poor,bad,off limits
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM9A3H - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2018, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows TPT Transpennine Trail, no access to Spike Island, Widnes at new crossing. A broader reading of the photograph includes documentary photography, visitor guidance, visual archive, public realm, changing land use, archival record, route marker, roadside information, transport stop marker, community identity, orientation signage, public-facing notice, local character, and contemporary social history. The modern context includes continuing discussion of transport information, maintenance and how small pieces of street furniture become recognisable parts of local identity. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around the recorded location before different community use alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes wayfinding marker, regional identity, local information board, period detail, before-and-after reference, directional sign, historical comparison, and navigation aid. The recorded references to Trail, Transpennine, Widnes, Spike, and crossing preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects transport information and how small pieces of street furniture become recognisable parts of local identity without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Its period value extends to clear communication and the need for accessible information that works without digital technology in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The photograph keeps a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Maplin,electronics,maplins,store,shop,closing,Cheshire,UK,receiver,winding up,savings,bargains,high,street,High St,doomed,Maplin.co.uk,Another,closed,in danger,Empty,empty store,Retail,problems,problem,lost,logo,Maplin Sign,Electronics,gadgets,electrical,ICT,Computer,accessories,accessory,final,finished,shabby,decline
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJW5 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2018, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The location is represented through Maplins Warrington Store Closing. The frame also records themes of customer footfall, street-level business, documentary photography, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, public realm, specialist retailer, local character, historical comparison, shopfront economy, place identity, independent retail, social history, and archival record. Current relevance extends to online shopping and footfall, particularly through how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with local enterprise, changing land use, visual archive, community identity, commercial frontage, small business, retail property, and local trading. Elements such as Maplins, Store, and Closing add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The subject itself supplies the location context here: Maplins Warrington Store Closing is preserved in image MGMJW5 as a dated piece of material, social or visual history. Its period value extends to online shopping and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding within the specific setting of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of store closures and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets as part of the longer story of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is footfall and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets when considered against later change at the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Maplin,electronics,maplins,store,shop,closing,Cheshire,UK,receiver,winding up,savings,bargains,high,street,High St,doomed,Maplin.co.uk,Another,closed,in danger,Empty,empty store,Retail,problems,problem,lost,logo,Maplin Sign,signage,Electronics,gadgets,electrical,ICT,Computer,accessories,accessory,final,finished,shabby
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJWB - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2018, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The subject captured here is Maplins Warrington Store Closing. The surrounding context encompasses regional identity, everyday life, archival record, documentary photography, period detail, changing streetscape, shopfront economy, community identity, commercial streetscape, local enterprise, local history, street-level business, local character, and high-street commerce. From a 2025-onward perspective, business rates and independent business are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around the recorded location before changed technology alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside contemporary social history, commercial frontage, visual archive, customer footfall, specialist retailer, changing land use, bricks-and-mortar retail, and independent retail. References to Closing, Store, and Maplins give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The lack of a more precise address does not reduce the archival value of MGMJWB: the photographed subject, Maplins Warrington Store Closing, remains tied to a specific date and visual context. Another strand within the photograph is business rates and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding when considered against later change at the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate online shopping and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The view records details of everyday use for future local research. The image fixes evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: Tithebarn,St,street,building,history,historic,railway,terminus,stone,office,space,offices,moorfields,Merseyrail,architect,Beeching,Axe,closed,Exchange Station,Liverpool Exchange railway station,Liverpool Exchange station,John Hawkshaw,Liverpool Tithebarn Street,Tithebarn Street Station,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Merseyrail,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HMJ9 - Liverpool Exchange railway station was a railway station located in the city centre of Liverpool, England. Of the four terminal stations in Liverpool's city centre, Exchange station was the only station not accessed via a tunnel.
The station was badly damaged during World War II and lost a large proportion of the trainshed roof, which was never rebuilt, remaining an iron frame. The station's long distance services were switched to Liverpool Lime Street in the 1960s, and, as a terminus, the station became redundant in the late 1970s, when its remaining local services switched to the newly opened Merseyrail tunnels under Liverpool city centre. It was closed in 1977, being replaced by the new Moorfields underground station nearby.
Station construction and opening
Tithebarn Street as it was between opening in 1850 and reconstruction in 1886“88
The grandly-appointed station opened on 13 May 1850, replacing an earlier temporary station at Great Howard Street further north up the track. The station was designed by John Hawkshaw. The station had two names because the joint owners could not agree on a name. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) named the station Liverpool Exchange Station with the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) naming the station Liverpool Tithebarn Street.
On 13 August 1859, the LYR absorbed the ELR, from which date the name of the station was Liverpool Exchange.[2][3] From 1 October 1850 trains of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LCSR) began to run into Exchange/Tithebarn Street station with three companies using the terminus. The LCSR became part of the LYR on 14 June 1855. By 13 August 1859 the LYR had absorbed the other two companies using the terminus leaving only one operator.
The station was the terminus of the ELR's line to Preston, the LYR's route to Bolton and the LCSR routes to Crosby and Southport.
Tithebarn St, Liverpool, England, UK L2 2QP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EBFWGB - Tower Bridge is a bridge in London. It crosses the River Thames near the Tower of London. The north side of the bridge is Tower Hill, and the south side of the bridge comes down into Bermondsey, robbie, an area in Southwark. It is far more visible than London Bridge, which people often mistake it for. If large boats need to sail under Tower Bridge, the two halves of the bridge lift up to let it under. Many tourists go to London to see the Tower Bridge.
When it was first built, Tower Bridge was the bridge. Bascule is the French word for a see-saw. The bascules are the surfaces raised to allow tall ships to pass through: this happens about 900 times per year. The bridge's deck can be raised to 83deg from the horizontal. Tower Bridge is one of London's most famous sights.
The City of London Corporation held a competition for the design in 1876. Over 50 designs were entered, and in 1884 Horace Jones and John Wolfe Barry's design was chosen.
Workers began to build the Tower Bridge in April 1886 and the bridge was opened in 30 June 1894.
In June 2012, the bridge was highlighted on the route of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the Thames
Thames at St Catherines Dock, Tower Bridge, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE535C - . Decline in the sale of daily newspapers. Photographed at Somerset, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 13 June 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Decline, sale, daily, newspapers, newspaper, endangered, digital, Closed, newsagents and newsagent, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to digital technology, smartphones, software, online services and the way screens and apps increasingly mediate everyday activity. It can support editorial coverage of mobile applications, consumer technology, digital services, user interfaces, online communication, artificial intelligence, software platforms, data and the changing relationship between people and connected devices. Visible screen text, icons, branding, controls and handset details can give picture buyers a recognisable real-world technology context. As a dated photograph, it is particularly useful for documenting a specific version of an interface, product or digital service before later updates alter its appearance or functionality. Search themes include smartphones, apps, software, digital services, screen interfaces, online platforms, consumer electronics, artificial intelligence and changing technology. A dated screen or device photograph is useful because software interfaces, branding and product designs can alter rapidly through updates and replacement. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Somerset, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91FJ0 - . Putting a Nationwide account card into a co-op ATM cash machine yellow. Photographed on 8 June 2013. The recorded location is Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL, United Kingdom. Historically, graphic design turns practical information into a visual object
Typefaces, colour, layout and printing methods can identify a period or brand, while small items such as tickets and cards preserve events, prices and messages that may exist nowhere else in physical form. From a heritage perspective, banking imagery can range from grand Victorian branch architecture to the small physical objects of personal finance
Together, notes, coins, cards, cheques and cashpoints chart a shift from cash and branch-based services towards electronic and online banking. In 2026, digital-first communication means many everyday printed objects are disappearing
Older tickets, labels, cards and signs therefore provide useful material for stories about changing design, retail and consumer behaviour. As of 2026, cash is used less often than in earlier decades but remains significant, particularly for vulnerable consumers and some small businesses
FCA access-to-cash rules require designated banks and building societies to assess local provision and address significant gaps, making images of ATMs, notes and former branches relevant to financial inclusion. The historical context is that ephemeral design is especially useful to social historians because it was created for immediate use rather than posterity
A ticket, label or novelty card can reveal contemporary humour, branding, consumer habits and printing style in a compact object. The subject remains topical in 2026 because much ticketing, advertising and personal communication is digital, making older printed ephemera increasingly distinctive as evidence of pre-digital communication
Physical cards, labels and tickets also offer a contrast with QR codes, apps and paperless transactions.
Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3FKFW - Robins Pie and Mash shop closes after more than 30 years serving Ilford.
Robins Pie and Mash, Chapel Road, Ilford, which is being run by the fifth generation of a family, closed on Saturday.
Owner June Robins said: There is still demand for pie and mash but unfortunately this is not the case in Ilford any more. Customers seem to want a different type of food.
It was a very sad day when we closed. We first opened the branch over 30 years ago but things have become a lot more expensive, especially as we get all our meat from Scotland.
The company, which has recently started supplying frozen meals to the Asda supermarket chain, also has a number of other branches including one in High Street, Wanstead.
Ms Robins added: When we informed our customers we would be shutting they just kept asking why.
I don't think pie and mash is dying out as we have a lot of demand in other areas including at weddings and football games, including West Ham United.
But times are changing and people seem to want universal food such as pizza and burgers. Pie and mash has a limited regional appeal.
Traditionally pie and mash dates back to the 19th century, when Dutch ships delivered live eels, which were used in pies, to Billingsgate Market.
Customer, Paul Scott, of Sandhurst Drive, Goodmayes, added: This is a great shame and customers aren't happy about it especially as there will now be no more pie and mash shops in Ilford.
Full article at
http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/robins_pie_and_mash_shop_closes_after_more_than_30_years_serving_ilford_1_1683191
14 High St, Ilford, London, England, UK E11 2AJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NC5 - . Dusk at The Marquis Of Granby pub, 53 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SZ. Photographed on 1 June 2010. Lieutenant general John Manners was famed for his military prowess and for charging at the head of the British cavalry during the Battle of Warburg in 1760. Losing his hat and wig during the charge, legend says that the Marquis' bald head shining in the light helped to guide his troops. Following the war he helped several men who served in the war to become publicans, with their pubs then being named after him as a mark of respect. The historical setting for nightlife is that public houses form a distinctive strand of British social past
Coaching routes, tied brewery estates, Victorian urban growth and twentieth-century leisure each shaped the location and appearance of pubs, many of which later became restaurants, shops, housing or community assets. Seen through religious heritage, the earlier context is that churches combine worship with architecture, local memory and centuries of community past
Stonework, stained glass, memorials, furnishings and churchyards often record successive periods of rebuilding, Victorian restoration, local benefactors and family past. For townscape, the historical context is that town and neighbourhood photographs record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. In the 2026 discussion of nightlife, in England eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief for the 2026/27 billing year, reflecting continuing concern about operating costs, closures and the role of hospitality in town-centre vitality. The 2026 relevance of religious heritage comes from the fact that historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for tourism, music, community use and local.
53 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCN8 - Hadlow Road railway station was a station on the single track Hooton to West Kirby branch of the Birkenhead Railway, on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England.
The station served the village of Willaston. It may be presumed that it was named Hadlow Road to distinguish it from the pre-existing Cheshire station at the other Cheshire village of Willaston, and so named, on the GWR/LNWR joint line between Crewe and Nantwich.
Hadlow Road railway station closed to passengers on 17 September 1956. The track continued to be used for freight transportation and driver training for another six years, closing on 7 May 1962. The tracks were lifted two years later.
The route became the Wirral Way footpath and part of Wirral Country Park in 1973, which was the first such designated site in Britain. All of the station (excluding the westbound platform) has been preserved to give an authentic 1950s look and a short section of track has been relaid in front of the eastbound platform.
The station is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. It is one of two visitor centres on the Wirral Way, with the other at Thurstaston where the platforms remain in situ, but the station has not been restored.
Hadlow Road station, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M36995 - Edinburgh Playhouse is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. With 3,059 seats it is the second largest theatre in the United Kingdom after the Hammersmith Apollo. The theatre is owned by Ambassador Theatre Group.
The theatre opened on 12 August 1929 as a super-cinema, and was modelled on the Roxy Cinema in New York. It was designed by the specialist cinema architect John Fairweather, most famous for his Green's Playhouse cinema in Glasgow. The original colour scheme was described on opening as follows:
Tones of ivory and stone predominate on the walls, and the roof is decorated with bands of pale green leaves intersected with gold at intervals. The seats in the different parts of the house have been upholstered to harmonise with the general scheme of the decoration. The organ fronts are in Venetian style, and the clock settings, which are square, are neat and attractive.
The building was originally listed Category B in 1974, and this was upgraded by Historic Scotland to Category A in 2008
In recent years, The Playhouse has played host to a wide variety of artists and shows.
It also caters to the youth of the surrounding area who are involved in stage experience projects and youth musicals projects in which children as young as 10, and young adults as old as 21, can take part in shows on the world-famous stage.
It is used as a venue for both the Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe each August
The building is said to be haunted by a ghost called Albert, a man in a grey coat who appears on level six accompanied by a chill in the air. He is variously said to have been either a stagehand who was killed in an accident or a night-watchman who committed suicide
18-22 Greenside Pl, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0MFJ - . Snowdrop Mersey Ferry approaching Latchford locks on the Manchester Ship Canal, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK. Photographed on 4 July 2009. The recorded location is The Quays, Latchford locks, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK. Its a Grey day as the tourist trip takes passengers from Liverpool to Salford Quays. Salford Quays occupies the former Manchester Docks, once the inland terminus of the Manchester Ship Canal. After the docks closed in 1982, large-scale regeneration transformed derelict wharves into housing, offices, cultural venues and eventually MediaCity. Salford City Council now describes the Quays as one of Europe's most successful waterfront regeneration projects, and in 2026 further growth is planned around new homes, technology, culture and improved public space. Historically, plant details are useful both aesthetically and scientifically, showing petals, leaves, seed heads and moisture at a particular stage of growth
Repeated seasonal photography can also provide a simple record of phenology. Historically, ports and vessels are central to Britain's maritime history, linking coastal communities and inland industry with fishing, trade, passenger travel and international shipping
Harbours, docks and working craft also reflect changing technology, from traditional fishing fleets to high-speed workboats and modern freight logistics. The wider historical story is that fields, flowers, trees and wildlife provide a visual record of season, habitat and countryside management
Agricultural crops sit alongside wild plants, insects and birds, illustrating the overlap between food production, biodiversity and recreation. In 2026, current interest in biodiversity and climate gives seasonal flower and foliage photographs documentary value beyond their visual appeal, particularly where flowering or autumn colour can be compared over time. Other useful descriptive phrases include botanical, seasonal plant, garden, and nature detail.
The Quays, Latchford locks, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK
