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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,festivals,city,centre,historic,1981,Edinburgh,vintage,Scottish,Scotland,artwork,comedy,award,theatre,festival,cultural,August,entertainment,memorabilia,graphic,design,advertising,event publicity,alternative comedy,Perrier Award launch,Cambridge Footlights,The Cellar Tapes,Assembly Rooms venue,British comedy heritage,early stand-up,creative industries,visual communication,youth art competition,school poster winner,retro wall art,twentieth-century design,entertainment archive,theatre promotion
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ER9NKP - Historic poster advertising the 1981 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, held from 16 August to 5 September in Scotland's capital city. The bold graphic design places the word EDINBURGH above a colourful grid of stylised images, with FESTIVAL FRINGE 1981 printed prominently below. The artwork combines red, green, black, white and muted earth tones, using fragmented architectural details, theatrical figures, hands, costume, abstract shapes and visual references to performance and the city. It was created by Lorna Hush, then aged 16 and a pupil at Drummond High School in Edinburgh, as a winning entry in the Fringe Society's schools poster competition.
The image documents an important year in the development of the Edinburgh Fringe. In 1981 the Assembly Rooms began operating as a major multi-space Fringe venue under William Burdett-Coutts, helping establish the larger managed venues that later became a defining feature of the festival. The same year also saw the launch of the Perrier Award, later known as the Edinburgh Comedy Award, with the Cambridge Footlights production The Cellar Tapes among the early beneficiaries. Alternative comedy and stand-up were beginning to gain a more prominent place alongside theatre, student revues, music, dance, cabaret and experimental performance.
Founded in 1947 when uninvited theatre companies performed alongside the Edinburgh International Festival, the Fringe developed into an open-access celebration of performing arts. This vintage cultural poster is useful for editorial themes including Scottish arts history, festival design, graphic art, comedy heritage, theatre promotion, youth creativity, education, tourism, cultural marketing and the growth of Edinburgh as a global festival city. Its period typography and hand-drawn imagery evoke early 1980s visual culture while preserving a distinctive piece of Fringe memorabilia and British entertainment history
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society 180 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CJDPMY - This photograph shows the bronze statue of Victoria Wood, located in Kay Gardens in Bury town centre, Greater Manchester. The sculpture commemorates one of Britain's most respected and influential comedians, writers, and performers, who was born in Bury in 1953 and remained closely associated with northern English culture throughout her career.
Victoria Wood was widely celebrated for her sharply observed humour, original songs, and television work, including sketch shows and plays that portrayed everyday British life with warmth, intelligence, and social insight. Her comedy often drew on working class experiences, particularly those of women, and she became a defining voice in British television and stage comedy from the late 1970s onwards.
The statue depicts Wood in a relaxed, approachable pose, dressed in a long coat and smiling, with hands slightly raised as if mid-conversation. This informal stance reflects her reputation for observational humour and her ability to connect directly with audiences. Cast in bronze, the sculpture blends traditional public memorial form with a contemporary, accessible style, reinforcing her status as both a cultural figure and a local icon.
Set within a small landscaped garden space, with trees and surrounding buildings visible in the background, the statue forms part of Bury's civic landscape and serves as a point of pride for the town. Taken in natural daylight, the image documents a permanent tribute to Victoria Wood's lasting contribution to British comedy, northern cultural identity, and the wider performing arts.
Church Gardens, Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK, BL9 0DP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,head,Sale,comedy,Greater Manchester,comedian,creation,reports,reporter,the,large,spheroidal,North West,TV,Frank Sidebottom head,Frank Sidebottom papier mache head,Chris Sievey,Manchester comedy,alternative comedy UK,British cult character,Manchester cultural icon,outsider art UK,satirical character,pop culture Manchester,Timperley Manchester,Greater Manchester culture,papier mache sculpture,handmade costume head,surreal humour,DIY art,underground comedy,1980s British comedy,1990s British comedy,northern humour,cult music comedy,British eccentricity,archive object,exhibition display
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CPAX7N - This image shows the distinctive papier mache head of Frank Sidebottom, the surreal comic creation of Chris Sievey. The oversized head, with exaggerated blue eyes, dark hair, and fixed expression, became one of the most recognisable visual symbols of British alternative comedy from the 1980s onwards.
Chris Sievey, who grew up in Timperley, Greater Manchester, developed Frank Sidebottom as a deliberately low-tech, DIY character, combining absurd humour, satire, and music. The handmade nature of the head, typically constructed from papier mache and cardboard, was central to the character's identity and reflected a wider punk and post-punk ethos of self-production and creative independence in Manchester's cultural scene.
Frank Sidebottom appeared across television, radio, music performances, and live comedy, often delivering deadpan observations and surreal commentary on everyday British life. Despite the deliberately crude construction, the character achieved cult status, becoming closely associated with Manchester's alternative cultural output alongside music, art, and experimental comedy.
Photographed here in an indoor archive or exhibition setting, with printed artwork and books visible in the background, the image functions both as a documentary record and as a piece of cultural history. It highlights the enduring legacy of Frank Sidebottom as a symbol of British eccentricity, northern humour, and the creative spirit that emerged from Greater Manchester during the late twentieth century.
Timperley, Sale, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpicUK,HotpixUK,Frank Sidebottom,football programme,Timperley Bigshorts,novelty football,printed ephemera,retro collectible,comedy,comedian,shed show,red,black,town,FC,football club,alternative comedy,cult,culture,British,pop culture,music comedy crossover,collectible programme,signed memorabilia,vintage football ephemera,satirical football club,Umbro sponsorship,1990s design,fan collectible,outsider,art,Greater Manchester,humour,archival print,entertainment,history,heritage,autograph,pop ephemera
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E6T4DM - Vintage stock-photo/gotonysmith-Frank.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Frank Sidebottom programme pages featuring Timperley Bigshorts FC branding, Umbro sponsorship styling and a signed dedication associated with cult comic character Frank Sidebottom, created by Chris Sievey. The image shows two printed pages with bold red and black vertical stripes, a Timperley Bigshorts FC badge and character illustration on one side, and a cut-out official match token number panel and voucher sheet instruction on the other. A handwritten message reading best regards Frank Sidebottom adds extra collectible and documentary interest, making the photograph useful for editorial stories about British alternative comedy, cult memorabilia, Chris Sievey, Manchester cultural history, novelty football culture and the crossover between music, comedy and graphic design. Frank Sidebottom became one of the most distinctive figures in late twentieth century British pop culture, closely associated with Greater Manchester, eccentric live performance, comic invention and DIY creativity. Timperley Bigshorts FC formed part of that extended humorous universe, blending spoof football imagery with fan culture, merchandise and printed ephemera in a way that now appeals strongly to collectors and cultural historians. The visible Umbro reference also places the design within the look and branding language of football kit culture and sponsorship aesthetics familiar from the late 1980s and 1990s. This image is commercially useful for picture buyers needing material on Frank Sidebottom collectibles, Chris Sievey archives, vintage printed memorabilia, signed entertainment ephemera, cult British humour, independent publishing and Manchester creative history. It also suits magazine features, newspaper retrospectives, books, documentaries, museum interpretation, fan archive projects and pieces exploring the afterlife of unusual pop culture objects. The graphic layout, readable text and autograph detail make it a strong stock image for themes of nostalgia & fandom
Vintage Frank Sidebottom Timperley Bigshorts FC and Umbro programme pages with match token panel and
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,ACC,drag queen,portrait,heritage,Scouse,humour,Merseyside,entertainment,entertainer,Joseph Venning,comedy,artwork,cultural icons,Stanley Street,sign,rainbow,street,art,British drag,performer,arena district,Kings Dock,queer representation,gay cultural history,television personality,working-class comedy,entertainment legacy,Pride tourism,urban placemaking,creative regeneration,contemporary painting,celebrity tribute,performing arts,nightlife identity,Royal Vauxhall Tavern,drag club circuit,female impersonation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKP0CF - Colourful section of the Liverpool Wall of Fame mural portrays Lily Savage, the sharp-tongued drag persona created and performed by Birkenhead-born entertainer Paul O'Grady. Painted across textured brickwork at the ACC Liverpool campus, the portrait shows Lily with her trademark towering platinum-blonde hairstyle, dramatic make-up, sparkling jewellery and leopard-print costume. Bold rainbow colours, the word Liverpool , a Stanley Street sign and references to Scouse humour surround the central figure, linking the artwork with the city region's comedy, nightlife, LGBTQ+ culture and entertainment history.
The mural was created by contemporary artist Joseph Venning and unveiled on Liverpool's waterfront in 2024. Developed by ACC Liverpool and local gallery dot-art, with support from Liverpool BID Company's Art & Culture Fund, the work stretches for more than 40 metres beside Exhibition Centre Liverpool and the Pullman Hotel. Its collage-inspired design celebrates people and places associated with Merseyside across music, sport, comedy, drama and visual art.
Paul O'Grady developed Lily Savage in the late 1970s before establishing the character through clubs, theatres, television and radio. Lily's outspoken working-class humour, glamorous appearance and fearless stage presence made her one of Britain's most recognisable drag characters. O'Grady later became a successful broadcaster, writer and animal-welfare campaigner in his own name, while Lily remained an important figure in British LGBTQ+ entertainment and popular culture.
This mural detail provides a vivid editorial image for Liverpool tourism, queer heritage, drag performance, public art, comedy, television history, cultural regeneration and waterfront placemaking. It also reflects the wider contribution of Merseyside performers to British entertainment and the use of large-scale street art to create an engaging welcome for visitors arriving at the arena, convention and exhibition district.
Kings Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, L3 4FP.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ireland,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,walled,moural,girls,comedy,show,series,C4,channel,four,channel4,Ulster,BT48 6EG,BT48,art,tourism,NW,North West,Orchard St,artwork,UVArts,18,Badgers Bar,Lisa McGee,Elizabeth McGee,city,uniforms,Catholic,school,Catholics,Erin Orla Clare michelle James
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD738X - Derry Girls is a British teen sitcom, created and written by Lisa McGee, that premiered on 4 January 2018 on Channel 4 and ran for three series. The channel's most successful comedy since Father Ted, the series was inspired by McGee's own experiences growing up in Derry, Northern Ireland, in the 1990s, during the final years of the Troubles. It stars Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, and Dylan Llewellyn as five teenagers living in mid-1990s Derry while attending Our Lady Immaculate College, a fictional girls' Catholic secondary school based on the real-life Thornhill College, where McGee herself studied. Produced by British production company Hat Trick Productions, Derry Girls is filmed in Northern Ireland, with most scenes shot on location in Derry and some in Belfast.
Although the plot lines of Derry Girls are fictional, the series frequently references actual events of the Troubles and the Northern Ireland peace process, including the 1994 IRA ceasefire announcement, the 1995 visit to Northern Ireland of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton, and the Good Friday referendum of 1998. Archival
Derry Girls has inspired a mural of its main characters painted on the side of Badgers Bar and Restaurant at 18 Orchard Street, Derry, which has become a popular tourist attraction.
18 Orchard St, Derry, Londonderry, Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48 6EG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG60W0 - . Recorded at England, UK in 2023, 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 Comic Relief Red Nose Day poster, March, Ready For The Best Day Ever? - Red Nose Bake Sale, at a workplace, make a donation. Other connected aspects include public information notice, instructional wording, local history, period lettering, community identity, documentary photography, visual archive, local character, public-facing signage, commercial ephemera, urban typography, social history, historic sign, and public realm. The modern context includes continuing discussion of accessibility, local history and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The photograph additionally reflects street-level message, changing streetscape, wayfinding detail, regional identity, place identity, contemporary social history, everyday life, and visual communication. Elements such as Relief, March, donation, Ready, and Comic add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate accessibility and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity in a form that can be compared with future views of England, UK. The image also provides a reference for street design and the survival of physical messages in an increasingly digital environment within the real-world context of England, UK. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark for future local research. Image 2PG60W0 also remains a dated record of England, UK.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,council,area,West Midlands,street,sign,signage,name,names,funny,humour,humorous,footpath,walkway,road sign,comedy,place,comedic,rudest,places,in,Britain,English,saucy,petition,streetname,offensive,amusing,laughable,Canal Street Manchester,rude,fruity,down,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWGX8 - 2018 - The end for Bell End? Petition launched to stock-photo/gotonysmith-Change.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>change Black Country's saucy street name - more at https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2018/01/02/end-of-the-road-for-saucy-street-name/
But the infamous Bell End in Rowley Regis could soon be a thing of the past after a petition, signed already by 11 people, was launched to change its name.
UPDATE: Pro-Bell End petition overtakes campaign to change Black Country street name
An anonymous campaigner says residents of the saucily-named street have become a 'laughing stock', with children who live there bullied and teased at school.
A statement accompanying the change.org petition, entitled Bell End Road Name Change, says: As you may be aware, the term Bell End can be seen and used as a rude and/or a offensive word.
As well as this, it can affect people and children including children being bullied and teased at school and generally now become a laughing stock as seen very recently on Facebook and other social media sites and it's time for a change.
We want the local Sandwell Council to acknowledge our name change request to a new road name and at the very least to a similar name.
The petition suggests changing the street's name to Bell Road.
Bell End “ which leads onto Mincing Lane “ has become so well known over the years that people have travelled from outside the area to have their picture taken next to its street sign.
Rowley Regis councillor Barbara Price said she could understand residents' concerns and has vowed to meet with council bosses to discuss Bell End.
If some people find the name offensive and children are being teased about where they live then there is obviously an issue, she said.
I will be consulting with residents and speaking to the cabinet member in question to see if anything can be done.
But Bell End resident councillor Chris Tranter claims the name should not be changed. He said: I was born here and lived here for 40 years and it doesn't bother me. You get the odd giggle o
Mincing lane, Rowley Village, Rowley Regis, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, UK, B65 9LX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,council,area,West Midlands,street,sign,signage,name,names,funny,humour,humorous,walkway,NX,National Express,bus stop,towards,Dudley,services,buses,3,3A,14A,X8,Bellend,bus,shelter,local,transport,cuts,comedy,place,comedic,Bell Road,strike,strikes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWGXW - 2018 - The end for Bell End? Petition launched to stock-photo/gotonysmith-Change.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>change Black Country's saucy street name - more at https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2018/01/02/end-of-the-road-for-saucy-street-name/
But the infamous Bell End in Rowley Regis could soon be a thing of the past after a petition, signed already by 11 people, was launched to change its name.
UPDATE: Pro-Bell End petition overtakes campaign to change Black Country street name
An anonymous campaigner says residents of the saucily-named street have become a 'laughing stock', with children who live there bullied and teased at school.
A statement accompanying the change.org petition, entitled Bell End Road Name Change, says: As you may be aware, the term Bell End can be seen and used as a rude and/or a offensive word.
As well as this, it can affect people and children including children being bullied and teased at school and generally now become a laughing stock as seen very recently on Facebook and other social media sites and it's time for a change.
We want the local Sandwell Council to acknowledge our name change request to a new road name and at the very least to a similar name.
The petition suggests changing the street's name to Bell Road.
Bell End “ which leads onto Mincing Lane “ has become so well known over the years that people have travelled from outside the area to have their picture taken next to its street sign.
Rowley Regis councillor Barbara Price said she could understand residents' concerns and has vowed to meet with council bosses to discuss Bell End.
If some people find the name offensive and children are being teased about where they live then there is obviously an issue, she said.
I will be consulting with residents and speaking to the cabinet member in question to see if anything can be done.
But Bell End resident councillor Chris Tranter claims the name should not be changed. He said: I was born here and lived here for 40 years and it doesn't bother me. You get the odd giggle o
Bell End, Rowley Village, Rowley Regis, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, UK, B65 9LX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7BH - . This location-specific image from Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH in 2023 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 Poster for George Formby, in Too Young To Marry, 1955, Mon 10th October show. Other connected aspects include period detail, public information notice, street-level trading, customer footfall, independent retail, advertising ephemera, contemporary social history, high-street commerce, changing streetscape, brand display, community identity, local character, street-level marketing, and local enterprise. For current editorial use, branding and commercial competition provide additional context, especially through the historical value of ordinary advertising material. Current relevance extends to footfall and consumer spending, particularly through how physical shops adapt to online competition. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes bricks-and-mortar business, archival record, everyday life, shop display, public realm, commercial streetscape, brand communication, and public-facing notice. Details involving Marry, George, October, Young, and Poster make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects branding and the speed at which branding and promotional styles change within the real-world context of Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH.
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,Lancashire,England,UK,town,centre,WN1,the,The Alliance,1943,44,Crompton Street,theatres,event,venue,venues,building,architecture,NW,North West,show,shows,productions,production,ticket,tickets,charity,threat,to,comedy,drama,panto,pantomime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7XX - In the autumn of 1943 a small group of nine people met in a small studio near the Parish Church to discuss the formation of a play - reading and discussion group. Wigan Little Theatre came into being as a Friendly Society.
56a Market Street, became the headquarters
On weeknights one could find pieces of sets in construction or the actors in rehearsal, in the knowledge that the set had to be erected on a stage on a Monday night, and the play dress-rehearsed on the Tuesday.
That stage was at St. Michael's Hall in Shaw Street, and it was to be the group's platform for three and a half years. Four hundred Wiganers were now members and the financial success of the productions in following months, together with monies raised by private efforts, enabled the pioneers to plunge.
While the reign at St. Michael's was blooming, the committee had taken an option on the derelict cinema, which is now our theatre, and the sojourn at 56a ended, for all rehearsals and preparation could now be held in the equally spare surroundings of the Alliance. This was in 1946, and it was a condition of the building license for its conversion, that as many jobs as could be done by amateur labour should be. Expert advice duly delegated to eager novices directed the stripping of plaster and pickaxing of underground passageways each evening, while by day the joiners and plasterers spread their masking finishes
The final weeks of preparation were frenzied. By February 1948, productions had raised £850, interest free loans had been encouraged to the tune of £820, members' private efforts had brought in £1,450 and the scheme by which our supporters endowed seats in the theatre at £5 each had produced £500.
In all, when the theatre opened, £3,500 had been raised to cover the deposit on the building and necessary alterations amounting to £2,500. This was followed by a generous interest free loan of £4,000 by Mr. F. T. Hanson, which put the theatre on a solid footing.
44 Crompton St, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 3SL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH9X3J - Taken on 27 Jan 2023, this photograph shows Yellow door at Wigan Arts Festival - WiganArts at the old court building. The location is Gerrard Winstanley House, Crawford St, Wigan, WN1 1NA. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. 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 Wigan, town, centre, art, arts, WiganArts, music, theatre, workshops, yellow, Lancs, Lancashire, 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. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure, consumer behaviour, community identity and documentary evidence for newsletters, blogs, policy papers and web features.
Gerrard Winstanley House, Crawford St, Wigan, WN1 1NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBK6 - Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries, the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is practiced all over the world and dates back to antiquity. People engaging in this practice are called street performers or buskers in the United Kingdom. Outside of New York, buskers is not a term generally used in American English.
Performances are anything that people find entertaining, including acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon twisting, caricatures, clowning, comedy, contortions, escapology, dance, singing, fire skills, flea circus, fortune-telling, juggling, magic, mime, living statue, musical performance, puppeteering, snake charming, storytelling or reciting poetry or prose, street art such as sketching and painting, street theatre, sword swallowing, ventriloquism and washboarding.
The first recorded instances of laws affecting buskers were in ancient Rome in 462 BC. The Law of the Twelve Tables made it a crime to sing about or make parodies of the government or its officials in public places
the penalty was death. Louis the Pious excluded histriones and scurrae, which included all entertainers without noble protection, from the privilege of justice. In 1530 Henry VIII ordered the licensing of minstrels and players, fortune-tellers, pardoners and fencers, as well as beggars who could not work. If they did not obey they could be whipped on two consecutive days.
In the United States under constitutional law and most European common law, the protection of artistic free speech extends to busking. In the U.S. and many countries, the designated places for free speech behaviour are the public parks, streets, sidewalks, thoroughfares and town squares or plazas
City of York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 6GD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,hour,8,30am,-,6pm,sign,during,no,buskers,signage,bylaw,bylaws,not,allowed,English,England,peanlty,offence,warning,music,regulation,regulations,comedy,Great Britain,polite,street,entertainment,York,Minster,Yorkshire,YO1,Street,performance,performing,busker,public,places
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBKB - Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries, the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is practiced all over the world and dates back to antiquity. People engaging in this practice are called street performers or buskers in the United Kingdom. Outside of New York, buskers is not a term generally used in American English.
Performances are anything that people find entertaining, including acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon twisting, caricatures, clowning, comedy, contortions, escapology, dance, singing, fire skills, flea circus, fortune-telling, juggling, magic, mime, living statue, musical performance, puppeteering, snake charming, storytelling or reciting poetry or prose, street art such as sketching and painting, street theatre, sword swallowing, ventriloquism and washboarding.
The first recorded instances of laws affecting buskers were in ancient Rome in 462 BC. The Law of the Twelve Tables made it a crime to sing about or make parodies of the government or its officials in public places
the penalty was death. Louis the Pious excluded histriones and scurrae, which included all entertainers without noble protection, from the privilege of justice. In 1530 Henry VIII ordered the licensing of minstrels and players, fortune-tellers, pardoners and fencers, as well as beggars who could not work. If they did not obey they could be whipped on two consecutive days.
In the United States under constitutional law and most European common law, the protection of artistic free speech extends to busking. In the U.S. and many countries, the designated places for free speech behaviour are the public parks, streets, sidewalks, thoroughfares and town squares or plazas
City of York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 6GD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K87G - Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as ˜the most beautiful theatre in London' it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. Architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner described the splendid Hackney Empire, with its ornate terracotta exterior and sumptuous seventy-seven galleried auditorium as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. There is a statue of Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy, on the roof of the theatre: this was removed in 1979, but later reinstalled.
ATV bought the theatre to use as studios in the mid-1950s and shows such as Take Your Pick and Oh, Boy! were broadcast live. Certain episodes of Opportunity Knocks were also filmed at the theatre. Some scenes from Emergency “ Ward 10 were also filmed there. From 1963 to 1984, the theatre was used by the Mecca Organisation as a bingo hall
wrestling matches also occurred there during the 1960s.
In 1984, Mecca found the building too expensive to maintain as a bingo hall, and it was offered to Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre (CAST), a satirical touring theatre group, headed by Claire and Roland Muldoon, as a London base. They also mounted successful variety nights headlined by a new breed of alternative comedy acts, such as Ben Elton, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders.
The theatre was threatened with demolition, and in 1986, actor-manager Roland Muldoon mounted a campaign to acquire the freehold and to re-open the Hackney Empire as a permanent performance space
allowing the theatre to return to theatrical use for its 85th anniversary.
291 Mare Street, London, England, UK ,E8 1EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K87M - Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as ˜the most beautiful theatre in London' it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. Architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner described the splendid Hackney Empire, with its ornate terracotta exterior and sumptuous seventy-seven galleried auditorium as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. There is a statue of Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy, on the roof of the theatre: this was removed in 1979, but later reinstalled.
ATV bought the theatre to use as studios in the mid-1950s and shows such as Take Your Pick and Oh, Boy! were broadcast live. Certain episodes of Opportunity Knocks were also filmed at the theatre. Some scenes from Emergency “ Ward 10 were also filmed there. From 1963 to 1984, the theatre was used by the Mecca Organisation as a bingo hall
wrestling matches also occurred there during the 1960s.
In 1984, Mecca found the building too expensive to maintain as a bingo hall, and it was offered to Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre (CAST), a satirical touring theatre group, headed by Claire and Roland Muldoon, as a London base. They also mounted successful variety nights headlined by a new breed of alternative comedy acts, such as Ben Elton, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders.
The theatre was threatened with demolition, and in 1986, actor-manager Roland Muldoon mounted a campaign to acquire the freehold and to re-open the Hackney Empire as a permanent performance space
allowing the theatre to return to theatrical use for its 85th anniversary.
291 Mare Street, London, England, UK ,E8 1EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K87W - Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as ˜the most beautiful theatre in London' it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. Architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner described the splendid Hackney Empire, with its ornate terracotta exterior and sumptuous seventy-seven galleried auditorium as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. There is a statue of Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy, on the roof of the theatre: this was removed in 1979, but later reinstalled.
ATV bought the theatre to use as studios in the mid-1950s and shows such as Take Your Pick and Oh, Boy! were broadcast live. Certain episodes of Opportunity Knocks were also filmed at the theatre. Some scenes from Emergency “ Ward 10 were also filmed there. From 1963 to 1984, the theatre was used by the Mecca Organisation as a bingo hall
wrestling matches also occurred there during the 1960s.
In 1984, Mecca found the building too expensive to maintain as a bingo hall, and it was offered to Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre (CAST), a satirical touring theatre group, headed by Claire and Roland Muldoon, as a London base. They also mounted successful variety nights headlined by a new breed of alternative comedy acts, such as Ben Elton, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders.
The theatre was threatened with demolition, and in 1986, actor-manager Roland Muldoon mounted a campaign to acquire the freehold and to re-open the Hackney Empire as a permanent performance space
allowing the theatre to return to theatrical use for its 85th anniversary.
291 Mare Street, London, England, UK ,E8 1EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9GB - Everyman Theatre is a theatre based in Regent Street, Cheltenham. There are two auditoria in the building - the 675 seat main auditorium and the 60 seat Studio Theatre, originally named The Ralph Richardson Studio after Ralph Richardson.
The Grade II listed building was designed by Frank Matcham and was originally called The New Theatre and Opera House.It was opened on 1 October 1891 with a performance by Lilly Langtry
In 1929, the New Theatre and Opera House gained a licence to screen projected film, becoming a multi-purpose theatre and cinema. The licence stipulated that the building must continue to present live performance as well as cinema.
In World War II, the theatre became a Garrison Theatre, to civilians and the US soldiers based at Pittville. Many actors from London left the capital to escape the Blitz, bringing big names to Cheltenham.
The Cheltenham Corporation ran the building after World War II until 1960. In 1959 the building closed and was at risk of being sold. The Cheltenham Theatre Association published an advertisement in September 1959 advertising Urgent - Wanted £3,000 at once, to re-open Cheltenham Opera House.
In May 1960, the Cheltenham Theatre Association published another advertisement titled Great News, which announced that the Everyman Theatre would open on Monday 22 May 1960 with a world premiere presentation of N.C. Hunter's A Piece of Silver, starring Joyce Heron and Esmond Knight. The Cheltenham Theatre Association rebranded itself as the Everyman Theatre Association (ETA). It enjoyed booking advantages and raised money for the Theatre. Its 50th anniversary in 2010 was a great success
sadly, Covid lockdown prevented the 60th. Members enjoyed a variety of social activities, but, even before lockdown, support diminished and the ETA was wound up in late 2021. The benefits transferred to a new Priority Access Membership scheme administered directly by the theatre.
10 Regent St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 1HQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KPD - . This scene at Britain , UK in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The frame specifically shows Bexit books, Five Escape Brexit Island, The Story of Brexit, ladybird book. Another layer of the photograph includes place identity, bricks-and-mortar retail, retail property, before-and-after reference, visual archive, public realm, local character, town-centre trading, customer footfall, commercial frontage, archival record, everyday life, small business, and regional identity. From a 2025-onward perspective, store closures and footfall are closely linked to this subject, alongside the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around Britain , UK before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are period detail, shopfront economy, contemporary social history, documentary photography, historical comparison, independent retail, local enterprise, and street-level business. References to books, ladybird, Story, Island, and Bexit give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Britain , UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for store closures and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy as part of the longer story of Britain , UK. Another useful connection is independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses when considered against later change at Britain , UK. The scene further reflects town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of Britain , UK.
Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3JX8Y - Taken on 26 Sep 2022, this carefully framed image documents Tadkebab, 4 Commercial St, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, UK, LS24 8AA - humorous shop names. The thumbnail shows a shopfront, service counter, vehicle, pub frontage or ordinary commercial street scene, so the description is rooted in recognisable local services, high street change and documentary evidence of everyday business. Tadcaster is a long-established Yorkshire brewing town on the River Wharfe, and its streets still carry the visual imprint of beer production, coaching routes, stone buildings, flood risk and local trade. For stock photography use, the value is in the precise subject: Tadkebab, 4 Commercial St, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, UK, LS24 8AA - humorous shop names. It can support articles and publications about local business, high street change, retail economy, everyday services, town centre, consumer behaviour, hospitality pressure, property market, community infrastructure, documentary street scene, as well as more specific searches using Tadcaster, humorous, comical, kebab, carryout, Delivery, LS24, food, pizza, takeaway, Yorkshire, LS24 8AA, 4 Commercial St, North Yorkshire, funny, comedy, shop, name. The composition also gives space for tighter crops, captions, web thumbnails, report illustrations and social media use, while the Alamy reference 2K3JX8Y and the row caption help connect the image to a real place rather than a vague concept. The picture can be used by writers covering heritage, conservation, planning, tourism, retail, transport, public services, nostalgia, local identity, architectural survival, industrial change and the way familiar objects or buildings continue to carry meaning in modern Britain. The ordinary business frontage or service setting gives the image value for stories about changing high streets, local services, hospitality, dental care, pharmaci
4 Commercial St, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, UK, LS24 8AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRHD - . An on-location photograph from 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ 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 Charlesworth fingerpost sign posts for Broadbottom and Public Conveniences, 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop SK13 5EZ. The wider scene also brings together public realm, regional identity, historic townscape, changing streetscape, town-centre renewal, place identity, changing land use, public transport stop, public-transport wayfinding, local character, period detail, everyday life, surface public transport, and passenger transport. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with accessibility, bus funding and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. The modern context includes continuing discussion of commercial viability, construction costs and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The wider setting retains connections with adaptive reuse, local mobility, urban fabric, community identity, contemporary social history, commercial redevelopment, local bus network, and social history. Elements such as Public, Conveniences, fingerpost, Broadbottom, and Glossop add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. It also preserves details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRHE - . Made at 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The frame specifically shows Charlesworth fingerpost sign posts for Broadbottom and Public Conveniences, 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop SK13 5EZ. Other connected aspects include public-transport wayfinding, community identity, archival record, local character, civic architecture, mixed-use redevelopment, roadside transit, adaptive reuse, everyday life, local history, public-realm investment, period architecture, urban regeneration, and town-centre renewal. Today's relevance is strengthened by passenger information, reliability and the continuing question of the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. From a 2025-onward perspective, planning and town-centre regeneration are closely linked to this subject, alongside how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Future viewers can use this scene from 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after refurbishment. The surrounding story also includes urban fabric, place-making, surface public transport, historic townscape, passenger transport, built heritage, local mobility, and period detail. References to Charlesworth, Conveniences, Public, fingerpost, and posts give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Image 2K1NRHE also remains a dated record of 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ.
1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRFEPG - Morecambe & Wise Statue
Have you seen the Morecambe & Wise statue in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool? In 2016 it's unveiling celebrated the comedy double-acts 75th anniversary.
Morecambe and Wise are comedy classics, favourites of their time. Eric and Ernie performed in Blackpool more than 1,000 times in their career, first appearing on stage together in 1941.
During their years in Blackpool, the pair entertained hundreds of thousands of people. They played at seven theatres and six summer seasons, also enjoying a starring role in the 1955 Royal Variety Performance at the Winter Gardens.
You can see it on permanent display in the spectacular domed entrance to the Winter Gardens.
97 Church St, Blackpool,lancs, England,UK, FY1 1HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRG8Y1 - Morecambe & Wise Statue
Have you seen the Morecambe & Wise statue in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool? In 2016 it's unveiling celebrated the comedy double-acts 75th anniversary.
Morecambe and Wise are comedy classics, favourites of their time. Eric and Ernie performed in Blackpool more than 1,000 times in their career, first appearing on stage together in 1941.
During their years in Blackpool, the pair entertained hundreds of thousands of people. They played at seven theatres and six summer seasons, also enjoying a starring role in the 1955 Royal Variety Performance at the Winter Gardens.
You can see it on permanent display in the spectacular domed entrance to the Winter Gardens.
97 Church St, Blackpool,lancs, England,UK, FY1 1HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH06YM - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Gas St, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents All or Muffin, cafe at Leigh covered indoor market hall, Gas St, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG. The frame also records themes of destination retail, documentary photography, everyday life, commercial frontage, contemporary social history, local history, leisure spending, food-and-drink business, restaurant culture, changing land use, night-time economy, consumer retail, local dining scene, and physical store. Current relevance extends to changing footfall and online shopping, particularly through the speed at which branding and store formats change. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into hospitality costs and staffing pressure, not least because of the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. As a dated visual record of Gas St, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include high-street commerce, archival record, casual dining, place identity, commercial hospitality, outdoor retail, shopping district, and visitor economy. Elements such as covered, Leigh, market, Muffin, and indoor add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Gas St, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is changing footfall and how physical shops adapt to online competition in a form that can be compared with future views of Gas St, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG.
Gas St, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 4PG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8CF - The Grade II-listed Cambridge Hall was built in 1874 to designs by Maxwell & Tuke. It is a grandiose stone building on Southport's main shopping boulevard, with an imposing clock tower. Entrance is through the ornamented porte-cochère. Inside the foyer has a large stone fireplace inscribed with the date of the hall. A majestic staircase leads up to the old Cambridge Hall. A public hall created at first floor level, the Cambridge Hall was originally flat-floored with a platform stage, with a raised gallery on three sides and large French windows leading onto the balcony.
In 1875, William Atkinson offered Southport Corporation £6,000 to build an art gallery and library for the town.
William Atkinson was a cotton manufacturer from Knaresborough who frequently visited Southport with his sick wife looking for the refreshing sea air. He eventually moved to Southport and generously donated approximately £40,000 to the town during his lifetime and played an active part in its development. The architects Waddington & Son of Burnley designed the Atkinson Art Gallery and Library, which opened in 1878.
The portrait of William Atkinson, currently on display in the local history gallery you can see the plans for the art gallery being held in his hands.
In 1974, when the entire building was converted to Southport Arts Centre, the hall was transformed into the main auditorium. The gallery was removed, and stadium style seating provided in a single rake, facing the improved stage facilities. The smaller Victoria Hall was converted to a rehearsal room and then, in 1990, to a 300-seat studio theatre.
It had been suggested that retail development permitted in the 1980s to the side and rear of the building would limit the opportunity to improve facilities in the arts centre any further. However funding from Sefton Council, the North West Development Agency and the Government's Sea Change initiative from 2008 onwards led to a major redevelopment programme for the building.
Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, England, UK, PR8 1DB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKPKK - . An identifiable period record of England, UK in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The photograph centres on Three copies of Private Eye magazine, England, UK. Further facets of the scene include local history, local character, street-level documentary, archival record, historical comparison, place identity, changing land use, before-and-after reference, community life, documentary photography, period detail, regional identity, city-centre activity, and social history. Current relevance extends to local identity and regeneration, particularly through how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The image fixes public access and movement within England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. The photograph additionally reflects contemporary city life, contemporary social history, everyday life, townscape record, urban change, public realm, pedestrian environment, and urban social history. Elements such as Three, Private, magazine, and copies add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for local identity and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places in a form that can be compared with future views of England, UK. Another useful connection is transport and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change within the real-world context of England, UK. The scene further reflects public-realm change and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments within the specific setting of England, UK.
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCMKBK - Grappenhall Cricket Club, one of the premier Cheshire cricket clubs in the North-West. played its first game in 1881 on a ground in Bellhouse Lane. The club moved to its current home of Broad Lane in 1892 with a new clubhouse. There have been several new clubhouses built on the existing site with the most recent developments coming in the late 1980's with significant improvements to the facilities in 2011.
In the early days the club played a number of friendly matches. Grappers then played regular fixtures up to the 2nd World War. In 1939, before war broke out, Grappers were founder members of the North Cheshire League but the league was stopped at the start of the war and was never resumed. From the 1960's onwards GCC were members of the Manchester Association which was the prelude to the clubs most successful period.
The 70's & 80's “ the golden years
In 1981, after a couple of good seasons following promotion to the top division in the late 70's, the 1st XI won the top flight for the first time. One of Grappenhall's best teams, it included some famous Grappers names such as Duncan Martindale, Rick Houghton, Chris Ashton, Neil Titchard, Jim Green, Nick Sharp and a young Neil Fairbrother, only a few years before he headed off for big things with Lancashire and England.
In 1982, the 1st XI went one better, this time winning the league and cup double with the HC Cup Final being one of a number of appearances the club mate at Old Trafford in the 80's. The double was repeated in 1987 with another appearance at Old Trafford, this time with the team including another future Lancashire star and future Grappers captain in Steve Titchard. In the same season, the 2nd XI also tasted success by winning the Worthington Cup. There were a number of other cup successes for the club during this period for the different senior and junior teams, with many a memorable game taking place and the tales still being regaled today.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 3EH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDR0B - Info from - https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/sir-ken-dodd-murals-unveiled-17907175
Exactly two years after his death, two magnificent murals were unveiled in memory of the great Sir Ken Dodd “ on the wall of the theatre he helped save.
The murals now adorning the Liverpool Royal Court were commissioned by The Comedy Trust and created by the artist Paul Curtis, best known for his Liverbird wings mural.
Lady Anne Dodd “ who performed the emotional ceremony “ told the ECHO: They are just amazing, absolutely amazing. I'm humbled. I'm thrilled to bits. I woke up sad this morning because it's a sad day in one way, but this just shows he brought happiness.
Ken would have felt humbled “ he would have said it was tattyfilarious, plumptious and ˜I'm totally discomknockerated!'
The first of the bright and colourful murals shows a sharply dressed Doddy, tickling stick in hand, by the seaside, in reference to Blackpool but also his love of playing seaside theatres all over the country.
The second features a couple of Diddy Men and words from the Squire of Knotty Ash's trademark song “ Happiness, which was sung by the Liverpool Royal Court Community Choir, as a big crowd gathered outside the theatre for the unveiling.
Lady Anne added: They couldn't be in a better place. They will be seen by so many people “ walking by or going past on buses “ and hopefully they will make people smile.
The murals were funded by the Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson with a contribution from his City Fund.
Sir Ken, who performed at the Royal Court across several decades, starting in the 1950s, played a huge part in keeping the theatre open in the 1970s.
In 1974, he entered the Guinness Book of Records thanks to his Marathon Mirthquake at the theatre “ it lasted three hours, 30 minutes and six seconds and included 1,500 jokes.
Later, he became part of the Royal Court Theatre and Arts Trust “ and even sold the first tickets at the box office for Laughter Show
1 Roe St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDR0G - Info from - https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/sir-ken-dodd-murals-unveiled-17907175
Exactly two years after his death, two magnificent murals were unveiled in memory of the great Sir Ken Dodd “ on the wall of the theatre he helped save.
The murals now adorning the Liverpool Royal Court were commissioned by The Comedy Trust and created by the artist Paul Curtis, best known for his Liverbird wings mural.
Lady Anne Dodd “ who performed the emotional ceremony “ told the ECHO: They are just amazing, absolutely amazing. I'm humbled. I'm thrilled to bits. I woke up sad this morning because it's a sad day in one way, but this just shows he brought happiness.
Ken would have felt humbled “ he would have said it was tattyfilarious, plumptious and ˜I'm totally discomknockerated!'
The first of the bright and colourful murals shows a sharply dressed Doddy, tickling stick in hand, by the seaside, in reference to Blackpool but also his love of playing seaside theatres all over the country.
The second features a couple of Diddy Men and words from the Squire of Knotty Ash's trademark song “ Happiness, which was sung by the Liverpool Royal Court Community Choir, as a big crowd gathered outside the theatre for the unveiling.
Lady Anne added: They couldn't be in a better place. They will be seen by so many people “ walking by or going past on buses “ and hopefully they will make people smile.
The murals were funded by the Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson with a contribution from his City Fund.
Sir Ken, who performed at the Royal Court across several decades, starting in the 1950s, played a huge part in keeping the theatre open in the 1970s.
In 1974, he entered the Guinness Book of Records thanks to his Marathon Mirthquake at the theatre “ it lasted three hours, 30 minutes and six seconds and included 1,500 jokes.
Later, he became part of the Royal Court Theatre and Arts Trust “ and even sold the first tickets at the box office for Laughter Show
1 Roe St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDP6D - . This location-specific image from 2, Western Shelter, Paget Rd, Barry CF62 5TQ in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The location is represented through Boofys fish & chips, The Codfather of sole, 2, Western Shelter, Paget Rd, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5TQ. Another layer of the photograph includes restaurant culture, rail mobility, community identity, trackside history, local character, place identity, freight wagon, rail infrastructure, everyday life, local dining scene, food-and-drink business, rail transport, train operations, and passenger railway. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial rents and hospitality costs, not least because of the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. Today's relevance is strengthened by rail reform, station investment and the continuing question of the balance between railway heritage and network modernisation. Future viewers can use this scene from 2, Western Shelter, Paget Rd, Barry CF62 5TQ to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after closure or conversion. Other useful contextual ideas include changing land use, food tourism, visual archive, rail corridor, regional rail, transport interchange, customer-facing service, and changing streetscape. Elements such as chips, Western, Glamorgan, Barry, and Codfather add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 2, Western Shelter, Paget Rd, Barry CF62 5TQ 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 commercial rents and the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy in a form that can be compared with future views of 2, Western Shelter, Paget Rd, Barry CF62 5TQ.
2, Western Shelter, Paget Rd, Barry CF62 5TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T3CM - Its turned out nice again for the former Warrington home of legendary entertainer George Formby.
Hillcrest House, in Walton Road, Stockton Heath, where ukulele playing George once lived with his dad “ also an entertainer “ has been refurbished and has become a small business centre run by Warrington-based Purple Accounts.
The house was the Formby family home from 1917 and it was from there that George launched his show business career. It had a brief existence as a boutique hotel, which opened in 2013, when it was also recognised with a blue plaque.
Now it has been comprehensively and sympathetically refurbished by the owner but is still filled with iconic images of Formby, who was at one time credited with being the highest-paid star in UK show business.
There's even a replica of the No 14 motorbike that Formby rode in his 1939 movie No Limits based on the TT races in the Isle of Man “ where, coincidentally, the first Purple Accounts office opened in 2007.
The new small business centre based at George Formby's House was officially opened by Warrington South MP Andy Carter,
The Purple Accounts small business centre helps small businesses with compliance services such as accounts, tax, book-keeping and payroll
George Formby, OBE (born George Hoy Booth
26 May 1904 “ 6 March 1961) was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, comic songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjolele, and became the United Kingdom's highest-paid entertainer.
Born in Wigan, Lancashire, he was the son of George Formby Sr, from whom he later took his stage name. After an early career as a stable boy and jockey, Formby took to the music hall stage after the early death of his father in 1921
The media historian Brian McFarlane writes that on film, Formby portrayed gormless Lancastrian innocents who would win through against some form of villainy, gain
London Rd, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK65B - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The theater with Colbert on the sign
Letterman's successor, Stephen Colbert, continues to broadcast The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from the Ed Sullivan Theater, although extensive renovations were made between the two hosts' tenures.[16] Removal of the Letterman set took place only a few hours after his last show, on May 20, 2015. Letterman's marquee was also removed, and was temporarily replaced by a banner promoting the Angelo's Pizza restaurant adjacent to the theater, featuring Colbert posing with a slice of pizza.
The theater underwent a full restoration to its original 1927 splendor, including the exposure of the theater's dome, which had been covered up by air ducts and sound buffers, the re-installation of the original stained-glass windows, which had been removed and placed in storage during the Letterman era, and the restoration of a wooden chandelier with individual stained-glass chambers that house its bulbs. The restoration was made possible due to advances in technology that allowed less sound and video equipment to cover up the auditorium's architectural details. CBS executive Richard Hart explained that Colbert was initially hesitant to use the theater, but called for the restoration after he was informed about the dome while touring the facility.
Colbert described his new set as being intimate
it features a multi-tier design, with extensive use of LED lighting and video projection backdrops, and a larger desk area than that of Letterman. Exposed for the new show, the Sullivan's dome is lit up with a digital projection system which is used to display images above the theater, such as a kaleidoscopic pattern featuring images of Colbert's face and the CBS logo. New, larger audience seats were installed, reducing the overall capacity from 461 to 370. The theater's new marquee was designed to have a glitzy appearance appropriate for Broadway
697 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, United States
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6Y6 - London train stations have been given a festive makeover with a series of Christmas puns.
South West Trains made the change to celebrate the coming of the Christmas holidays and provide some much-needed cheer to long-suffering London commuters.
Delighted passengers have been sharing pictures and video of the new names, which include London Winterloo and Deck the Vauxhall.
Other highlights included Three Kingston, New Mald-wine and Raynesdeer Park
Surbiton,Greater London,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6YN - London train stations have been given a festive makeover with a series of Christmas puns.
South West Trains made the change to celebrate the coming of the Christmas holidays and provide some much-needed cheer to long-suffering London commuters.
Delighted passengers have been sharing pictures and video of the new names, which include London Winterloo and Deck the Vauxhall.
Other highlights included Three Kingston, New Mald-wine and Raynesdeer Park
Surbiton,Greater London,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ709 - London train stations have been given a festive makeover with a series of Christmas puns.
South West Trains made the change to celebrate the coming of the Christmas holidays and provide some much-needed cheer to long-suffering London commuters.
Delighted passengers have been sharing pictures and video of the new names, which include London Winterloo and Deck the Vauxhall.
Other highlights included Three Kingston, New Mald-wine and Raynesdeer Park
Surbiton,Greater London,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF09H - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. In 2014, the book, The Belfast Mural Guide estimated that, in Belfast, there were approximately 300 quality murals on display, with many more in varying degrees of age and decay. Murals commemorate, communicate and display aspects of culture and history. The themes of murals often reflect what is important to a particular community. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDF0A0 - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. In 2014, the book, The Belfast Mural Guide estimated that, in Belfast, there were approximately 300 quality murals on display, with many more in varying degrees of age and decay. Murals commemorate, communicate and display aspects of culture and history. The themes of murals often reflect what is important to a particular community. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HKYM - Kenneth Arthur Ken Dodd, OBE (born 8 November 1927) is an English comedian, singer-songwriter and actor, identified by his trademark unruly hair and protruding teeth, his red, white and blue tickling stick and his famous, upbeat greeting of How tickled I am!. He also created the world and characters of the Diddy Men, with 'diddy' being Liverpudlian slang for small.
He works mainly in the music hall tradition, although, in the past, has occasionally appeared in drama, including as Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on stage in Liverpool in 1971
on television in the cameo role of 'The Tollmaster' in the 1987 Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen
and as Yorick (in silent flashback) in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1996. In the 1960s his fame in the UK was such that he rivalled The Beatles as a household name, with his recording of Tears being the UK's third-best-selling single of the 1960s. His records have sold millions worldwide. As of 2016 he continues to tour with his comedy and music show.
Lime Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM0F - Kenneth Arthur Ken Dodd, OBE (born 8 November 1927) is an English comedian, singer-songwriter and actor, identified by his trademark unruly hair and protruding teeth, his red, white and blue tickling stick and his famous, upbeat greeting of How tickled I am!. He also created the world and characters of the Diddy Men, with 'diddy' being Liverpudlian slang for small.
He works mainly in the music hall tradition, although, in the past, has occasionally appeared in drama, including as Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on stage in Liverpool in 1971
on television in the cameo role of 'The Tollmaster' in the 1987 Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen
and as Yorick (in silent flashback) in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1996. In the 1960s his fame in the UK was such that he rivalled The Beatles as a household name, with his recording of Tears being the UK's third-best-selling single of the 1960s. His records have sold millions worldwide. As of 2016 he continues to tour with his comedy and music show.
Lime Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM1A - Kenneth Arthur Ken Dodd, OBE (born 8 November 1927) is an English comedian, singer-songwriter and actor, identified by his trademark unruly hair and protruding teeth, his red, white and blue tickling stick and his famous, upbeat greeting of How tickled I am!. He also created the world and characters of the Diddy Men, with 'diddy' being Liverpudlian slang for small.
He works mainly in the music hall tradition, although, in the past, has occasionally appeared in drama, including as Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on stage in Liverpool in 1971
on television in the cameo role of 'The Tollmaster' in the 1987 Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen
and as Yorick (in silent flashback) in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1996. In the 1960s his fame in the UK was such that he rivalled The Beatles as a household name, with his recording of Tears being the UK's third-best-selling single of the 1960s. His records have sold millions worldwide. As of 2016 he continues to tour with his comedy and music show.
Lime Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEH - . Two comical classic British garden Gnomes with ivy, overgrown garden. Photographed at England, Great Britain , UK. The photograph was taken on 19 July 2015. 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 Two, comical, garden, Gnomes, ivy, plant, whimsey, Two comical, comedy and funny, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. 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.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PRD - . Scenes outside The Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre for the production of Wicked, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 27 December 2014. 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 Scenes, outside, Edinburgh, Playhouse, Theatre, Wicked, production, Arts, movement and entertainment, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. 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.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PRE - . Scenes outside The Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre for the production of Wicked, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 27 December 2014. 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 Scenes, outside, Edinburgh, Playhouse, Theatre, Wicked, production, Arts, movement and entertainment, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. 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.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9D41 - . Scenes outside The Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre for the production of Wicked, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 27 December 2014. 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 Scenes, outside, Edinburgh, Playhouse, Theatre, Wicked, production, Arts, movement and entertainment, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. 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.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9D42 - . Scenes outside The Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre for the production of Wicked, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 27 December 2014. 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 Scenes, outside, Edinburgh, Playhouse, Theatre, Wicked, production, Arts, movement and entertainment, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. 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.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: funny,comedy,drinkers,drinking,beer,real,ale,CAMRA,bar,with,pint,pot,drink,in,real,ale,pub,Albion Inn,Chester England,UK United Kingdom hate dark bitter beer,pisspoor,poor,piss,pish,This Weeks Guest Lager,I cant believe its not piss!,GoTonySmith,City Centre,City,Centre,@hotpixUK,classic,Pubs of Cheshire,Pubs,of,in,Cheshire,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Campaign for Real Ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW52E - . Comical sign on bar in real ale pub, 'This Weeks Guest Lager, I can't believe its not piss!' Albion Inn, Chester, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 13 December 2014. 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. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with cant, believe, not, piss, lager, Comical, sign, funny, comedy and drinkers, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Chester, England, UK
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Keywords: man mans 2nd hand second secondhand back front patterned,retro,selection,on,a,shirt,pattern,patterned,weave,weaving,material,fashion,business,office,apparel,US,English,fashionable,fabric,colour,coloured,colored,label,slim,wide,kipper,designer,uniform,school,casual,cotton,polyester,Avon,tie,with,gotonysmith,close,up,close-up,macro,mode,moda,textile,Avon,tie,with,busy,comedy,funny,bees black yellow,accessory,bow,business,businessman,cloth,clothes,clothing,collar,corporate,cravat,cute,design,designer,dress,elegance,elegant,fabric,fashion,fashionable,formal,garments,knot modern ascot tie,bow tie,bolo tie,zipper tie,cravat and clip-on tie
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9E4P - A necktie or simply tie is a long piece of cloth worn for decorative purposes around the neck or shoulders, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat.
Variants include the ascot tie, bow tie, bolo tie, zipper tie, cravat and clip-on tie. The modern necktie, ascot, and bow tie are descended from the cravat. Neck ties are generally unsized, but may be available in a longer size. Men and boys wear neckties as part of regular office attire or formal wear.
Neckties can also be worn as part of a uniform (e.g. military, school and waitstaff), whereas some choose to wear them as everyday clothing attire. Neckties are traditionally worn with the top shirt button fastened, and the tie knot resting between the collar points. Among younger men, neckties are sometimes worn as a casual item, tied loosely around the neck, with the top shirt button unfastened
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Keywords: man mans 2nd hand second secondhand back front patterned,retro,selection,on,a,shirt,pattern,patterned,weave,weaving,material,fashion,business,office,apparel,US,English,fashionable,fabric,colour,coloured,colored,label,slim,wide,kipper,designer,uniform,school,casual,cotton,polyester,ties,gotonysmith,close,up,close-up,macro,mode,moda,textile,Wallace,&,Grommet,british,english,comedy,accessory,bow,business,businessman,cloth,clothes,clothing,collar,corporate,cravat,cute,design,designer,dress,elegance,elegant,fabric,fashion,fashionable,formal,garments,knot modern ascot tie,bow tie,bolo tie,zipper tie,cravat and clip-on tie
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9EPW - A necktie or simply tie is a long piece of cloth worn for decorative purposes around the neck or shoulders, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat.
Variants include the ascot tie, bow tie, bolo tie, zipper tie, cravat and clip-on tie. The modern necktie, ascot, and bow tie are descended from the cravat. Neck ties are generally unsized, but may be available in a longer size. Men and boys wear neckties as part of regular office attire or formal wear.
Neckties can also be worn as part of a uniform (e.g. military, school and waitstaff), whereas some choose to wear them as everyday clothing attire. Neckties are traditionally worn with the top shirt button fastened, and the tie knot resting between the collar points. Among younger men, neckties are sometimes worn as a casual item, tied loosely around the neck, with the top shirt button unfastened
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Keywords: man mans 2nd hand second secondhand back front patterned,retro,selection,on,a,shirt,pattern,patterned,weave,weaving,material,fashion,business,office,apparel,US,English,fashionable,fabric,colour,coloured,colored,label,slim,wide,kipper,designer,uniform,school,casual,cotton,polyester,Christmas,comedy,gotonysmith,close,up,close-up,macro,mode,moda,textile,trees,green,red,accessory,bow,business,businessman,cloth,clothes,clothing,collar,corporate,cravat,cute,design,designer,dress,elegance,elegant,fabric,fashion,fashionable,formal,garments,knot modern ascot tie,bow tie,bolo tie,zipper tie,cravat and clip-on tie
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9ER6 - A necktie or simply tie is a long piece of cloth worn for decorative purposes around the neck or shoulders, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat.
Variants include the ascot tie, bow tie, bolo tie, zipper tie, cravat and clip-on tie. The modern necktie, ascot, and bow tie are descended from the cravat. Neck ties are generally unsized, but may be available in a longer size. Men and boys wear neckties as part of regular office attire or formal wear.
Neckties can also be worn as part of a uniform (e.g. military, school and waitstaff), whereas some choose to wear them as everyday clothing attire. Neckties are traditionally worn with the top shirt button fastened, and the tie knot resting between the collar points. Among younger men, neckties are sometimes worn as a casual item, tied loosely around the neck, with the top shirt button unfastened
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Keywords: British,english,humor,brass,metal,animals,pet,pets,felines,comic,comedy,year of the cat,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,animal,danger,dangerous,feral,cats,moggy,moggys,wild,housecat,housecats,Beware of the cat,signs,sign,on,back,door,garden,the,embossed,caution,zoo,lion,tiger,leopard
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE52TR - . Beware of the cat sign on a door. 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. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with humour, Beware, cat, sign, door, fierce, humor, brass, metal and animals, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Somerset, England, UK
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Keywords: SeeYouJimmy,See,You,Jimmy,musical,hats,Scotland,Ginger,Tartan,Bagipe,stereotype,365days,Schotland,l'Ecosse,Ecosse,Schottland,\u03a3\u03ba\u03c9\u03c4\u03af\u03b1,la,Scozia,\u30b9\u30b3\u30c3\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9,\uc2a4\ucf54\ud2c0\ub780\ub4dc,\u0428\u043e\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f,Escocia,Edinburghe,red,hair,scot,sctotland,scotch,scottish,sterotype,ginge,minge,humour,comedy,fringe,festival,edinbrugh,hotpix!,Edinburg,edimburgh
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3834521513 - 'Hats spotted on sale at WH Smith Annandale Services on the M74 motorway in Scotland, north of Gretna Green. They were flying off the shelves like hot cakes.
Those silly English coming up to the Edinburgh festival eh?
The signs leading up to the services proclaming 'Soft Verges' always make me smile. Even funnier in french.
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCM5 - The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed building in Manchester, England. It is located in the city centre on the land bounded by St Ann's Square, Exchange Street, Market Street, Cross Street and Old Bank Street. The complex includes the Royal Exchange Theatre and the Royal Exchange Shopping Centre.
The Royal Exchange was heavily damaged in the Manchester Blitz and in the 1996 Manchester bombing. The current building is the last of several buildings on the site used for commodities exchange, primarily but not exclusively of cotton and textiles.
Exchange St, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EME6JP - Bright red Count Binface campaign placard displayed in public gardens during the Makerfield by-election in Greater Manchester, England. The poster reads Vote Binface For Us and Wigan Kebabs capped at £2 , with a cartoon-style image of Count Binface beside the slogan. A Galloways Bakers shop is visible in the background, adding strong local context because Wigan and the wider borough are closely associated with pies, pasties, bread rolls and northern bakery culture. The joke refers to the Wigan kebab, a local food nickname commonly understood as a pie served on a barm, roll or bread cake, and turns that regional humour into a mock election promise. The image is useful for editorial coverage of Count Binface, satirical candidates, protest politics, comedy campaigning, local by-elections, voter disillusionment and the more eccentric side of British democracy. It also works for stories about political branding, election posters, street campaigning, humour in public life and the way candidates use recognisable local food references to connect with voters. The setting gives the image extra value: rather than a generic campaign portrait, it places the joke poster in a visible town-centre or neighbourhood garden scene, with shops, greenery and a bakery frontage behind it. For picture buyers, the combination of readable slogan, strong red colour, named candidate, local bakery background and specific Makerfield by-election context makes the image suitable for news, features, opinion pieces and light-hearted political analysis. It can illustrate how fringe and satirical candidates use absurd pledges to cut through a crowded election campaign, while still pointing to themes such as the cost of living, food prices, local identity and distrust of mainstream politics. Count Binface's £2 Wigan kebab pledge was reported as part of his Makerfield campaign, giving the image a topical hook as well as comic regional appeal.
Hindley, Makerfield constituancy, Greater Manchester
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWGR0 - 2018 - The end for Bell End? Petition launched to stock-photo/gotonysmith-Change.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>change Black Country's saucy street name - more at https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2018/01/02/end-of-the-road-for-saucy-street-name/
But the infamous Bell End in Rowley Regis could soon be a thing of the past after a petition, signed already by 11 people, was launched to change its name.
UPDATE: Pro-Bell End petition overtakes campaign to change Black Country street name
An anonymous campaigner says residents of the saucily-named street have become a 'laughing stock', with children who live there bullied and teased at school.
A statement accompanying the change.org petition, entitled Bell End Road Name Change, says: As you may be aware, the term Bell End can be seen and used as a rude and/or a offensive word.
As well as this, it can affect people and children including children being bullied and teased at school and generally now become a laughing stock as seen very recently on Facebook and other social media sites and it's time for a change.
We want the local Sandwell Council to acknowledge our name change request to a new road name and at the very least to a similar name.
The petition suggests changing the street's name to Bell Road.
Bell End “ which leads onto Mincing Lane “ has become so well known over the years that people have travelled from outside the area to have their picture taken next to its street sign.
Rowley Regis councillor Barbara Price said she could understand residents' concerns and has vowed to meet with council bosses to discuss Bell End.
If some people find the name offensive and children are being teased about where they live then there is obviously an issue, she said.
I will be consulting with residents and speaking to the cabinet member in question to see if anything can be done.
But Bell End resident councillor Chris Tranter claims the name should not be changed. He said: I was born here and lived here for 40 years and it doesn't bother me. You get the odd giggle o
Bell End, Rowley Village, Rowley Regis, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, UK, B65 9LX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2D9466J - A dramatic low-angle evening view of the illuminated entrance canopy at the King's Theatre on Leven Street in the Tollcross district of Edinburgh, Scotland. Rows of bright square lights glow beneath the dark canopy, while the red King's Theatre sign identifies the venue against the deep blue dusk sky. Warm architectural lighting highlights the richly detailed sandstone exterior above the entrance, creating a strong contrast between golden stonework, black metalwork and the surrounding evening darkness.
The photograph captures the theatre as part of Edinburgh's night-time economy, when cultural venues, restaurants, bars, taxis and surrounding hospitality businesses become active as audiences arrive for performances. The bright canopy provides shelter and a visible gathering point for visitors entering or leaving the building, while its theatrical lighting contributes to the sense of anticipation associated with a night out at a live performance.
The King's Theatre is an important historic performance venue managed by Capital Theatres. Its Edwardian architecture, ornate frontage and longstanding association with drama, musicals, comedy, dance and seasonal entertainment make it a familiar cultural landmark within the city. The building's imposing stone facade and traditional theatre canopy retain the character of an earlier period of popular entertainment while remaining part of contemporary Edinburgh cultural life.
Tollcross is a busy inner-city area containing shops, restaurants, bars, residential streets and entertainment venues. The presence of the theatre supports nearby businesses by attracting audiences before and after performances, illustrating the broader economic contribution made by arts organisations to city-centre hospitality, leisure, tourism and evening activity.
The angled composition concentrates on the illuminated canopy and upper facade rather than showing the complete building. This gives the image a strong atmospheric quality
2 Leven St, Tollcross, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH3 9LQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2TE - The Parr Hall is the only surviving professional concert hall venue in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building
The Parr Hall and Pyramid Arts Centre are located in the Cultural quarter of Warrington town centre, in Palmyra Square.
Parr Hall was designed by the local architect William Owen in 1895.
Originally it was built for the people of Warrington by Joseph Parr. Warrington Musical Society gave the first concert.
The hall has hosted concerts and organ recitals from leading orchestras and cathedral organists over the years.
The Rolling Stones performed at the venue on 25 November 1963, The Moody Blues on 1 March 1965 and The Who on 22 March and 11 October 1965 and on 14 June 1965 The Yardbirds. The band James - having sold out concerts at much larger venues - played the Parr Hall on 20 December 1991 to record a promotional video. Other notable artist such as Feeder, The Courteeners, Beady Eye, Arctic Monkeys, and Shane Filan of Westlife have played at the venue, and Jools Holland is a regular performer.
Parr Hall Palmyra Square South Warrington,Cheshire,England, WA1 1BL
