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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Victoria Square,with,fountains,fountain,in,summer,freedom,of,the,icon,icons,2025,city,West Midlands,Victorian,rats,bin-strike,bin,strike,council,birmingham council house,house,GB,UK,historic,history,tourist,heritage,centre,building,build,architecture,design,sun,sunny,bright,day
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3C4CXMJ - This editorial photograph captures Birmingham Town Hall, Victoria Square with fountains in summer. The row metadata places the subject at Birmingham, Town Hall, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Birmingham. The spreadsheet date indicates 11 July 2025, so the picture can also work as a time-specific archive record. Plainly, the image is useful because it shows Birmingham, Town Hall, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, city, music, Victoria Sq, bankrupt, with search-relevant terms including Birmingham, Town Hall, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, city, music, Victoria Sq, bankrupt, council, Brum, Victoria Square, with, fountains, fountain. The value lies in the combination of place, object, wording and context, giving editors something specific and grounded rather than generic filler imagery. Birmingham has long been a civic, industrial and cultural powerhouse of the Midlands, with major public squares, music history, transport investment and retail change providing strong themes for editorial and documentary use. The subject has strong music heritage value, connecting a visible place with fan culture, tourism, nightlife, popular memory, record-industry history and the commercial afterlife of bands, venues and local scenes. It would suit editorial features, local news reporting, public policy articles, web explainers, travel pieces and business commentary where a real place or recognisable everyday subject is needed rather than a staged studio concept. Historically and socially, this kind of image can help connect past and present: older streets, civic institutions, transport systems, shops, signs, political messages or public services are not frozen museum pieces, but part of how people understand modern life, local identity and economic change. For SEO and stock-photo discovery, the description deliberately supports searches around Birmingham, documentary photography, editorial.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,of,the,LA,Los Angeles,aqueduct,1913,designer,civil,historic,house,building,BT1 2FL,BT1,Donegal St,203,1855-1935,plaques,Irish,American,commemoration,born,in,baptised,this,parish,self-taught,council,Owens Valley,to,San Fernando Valley
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9J0BM - William Mulholland (September 11, 1855 “ July 22, 1935) was an Irish American self-taught civil engineer who was responsible for building the infrastructure to provide a water supply that allowed Los Angeles to grow into the largest city in California. As the head of a predecessor to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Mulholland designed and supervised the building of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, a 233-mile-long (375 km) system to move water from Owens Valley to the San Fernando Valley. The creation and operation of the aqueduct led to the disputes known as the California Water Wars. In March 1928, Mulholland's career came to an end when the St. Francis Dam failed just over 12 hours after he and his assistant gave it a safety inspection.
William Mulholland was born in Belfast, Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. His parents Hugh and Ellen Mulholland were Dubliners and they returned to the city a few years after William's birth. His younger brother, Hugh Jr., was born in 1856. At the time of Mulholland's birth, his father was working as a guard for the Royal Mail. In 1862, when William was seven years old, his mother died. Three years later his father remarried. William was educated at O'Connell School by the Christian Brothers in Dublin. After having been beaten by his father for receiving bad marks in school, Mulholland ran off to sea
Mulholland envisioned Los Angeles growing much larger. The limiting factor to the growth of Los Angeles was its water supply, because it has a semi-arid climate with unreliable rainfall. If you don't get the water, you won't need it, Mulholland famously remarked.
Mulholland shared the vision of a much larger Los Angeles with Frederick Eaton, the mayor of Los Angeles from 1898 through 1900. They both worked together in the private Los Angeles Water Company in the 1880s. Eaton and Mulholland realized that the large amount of runoff from the Sierra Nevada in Owens Valley could be delivered to Los Angeles through gravity
203 Donegal Street, Belfast., Northern Ireland, UK, BT1 2FL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA5 3LQ,WA5,Cheshire,England,UK,shortage,builder,property,building,site,sites,at,new,blue skies,in,progress,nearly,complete,house,houses,local,plan,planning,permission,expansion,sale,sales,WBC,Borough,Council,NIMBY,NIMBYs,Airlift hill
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64TMM - . Property building site development at Lingley Green, Whittle Hall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 3LQ. Photographed on 5 June 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Airlift Hill, Great Sankey, Warrington WA5 3TZ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include WA5 3LQ, WA5, Cheshire, shortage, builder, property, building, site, sites, new, blue skies, progress, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The housing context makes the image suitable for coverage of homes, neighbourhoods, residential estates, social and affordable housing, landlord investment, repairs, regeneration, planning and the lived environment. It can support reporting on housing condition, estate renewal, energy efficiency, building safety, development, tenure and the long-term transformation of residential areas. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Airlift Hill, Great Sankey, Warrington WA5 3TZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA5 3LQ,WA5,Cheshire,England,UK,shortage,builder,property,building,site,sites,at,new,blue skies,in,progress,nearly,complete,house,houses,local,plan,planning,permission,expansion,sale,sales,WBC,Borough,Council,NIMBY,NIMBYs,Airlift hill,boost,Labour,Angela Raynor,Andy Burnham
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64TPK - . Property building site development at Lingley Green, Whittle Hall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 3LQ. Photographed on 5 June 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Lingley Green, Whittle Hall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 3LQ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include WA5 3LQ, WA5, Cheshire, shortage, builder, property, building, site, sites, new, blue skies, progress, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
Lingley Green, Whittle Hall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 3LQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Stockton Heath,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,WA4,house,property,household,renter,rent due,rent,pay,paying,the,day,landlord,waiting,hiding,from,budget,costs,UC,dont forget,star,asterisk,handwriting,black,ink,marker,council,housing,PRS,Private Rented Sector,shared owner,shared owners,InsideHousing,renters rights act
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PPKP6E - The words Rent Due are handwritten prominently on a calendar, creating a conceptual image of the regular financial pressure faced by tenants across the UK. The close-up composition and bold reminder turn an ordinary diary entry into a symbol of housing costs, household budgeting, rent arrears and anxiety about meeting an essential monthly payment.
The photograph is relevant to calls for a wider national debate about increasing rents and the long-term affordability of housing. Average private rents have continued to rise across the UK, although the annual rate of growth has slowed. In May 2026, the average UK private rent reached £1,383 per month, £44 or 3.3 percent higher than a year earlier. The average in England was higher at £1,442 per month.
Social tenants face a different system, but rents can also rise annually. From April 2026, registered social landlords in England are generally permitted to increase social and affordable rents by up to Consumer Prices Index inflation plus one percentage point. This provides landlords with greater certainty for maintaining existing homes and financing new construction, but it also means repeated increases for tenants whose wages or benefits may not rise at the same rate.
A meaningful public debate would need to consider more than whether rents should simply be frozen or allowed to increase. It would need to address the relationship between rents and household incomes, housing benefit levels, landlord maintenance and borrowing costs, the financial viability of housing associations, private rental supply and the chronic shortage of genuinely affordable social housing.
The calendar reminder represents the point at which national housing policy becomes a personal household deadline. For tenants already managing energy bills, food costs, transport and debt, another rent increase can reduce disposable income, increase the risk of arrears and threaten housing security. The image is suitable for editorial coverage of rents
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,Lancashire,England,UK,WN1 1BH,SocialHousing,Council,housing,flat,blocks,Lancs,WN1 3RW,area,high,rise,English,1960,concrete,architecture,homes,in the sky,refurb,refurbished,Derby,House,CouncilHousing,council housing,UKhousing,social housing,deck,flats,leaseholder,leaseholders,waiting list,waiting lists
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7T9 - Scholes is an urban area in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Scholes is immediately to the east of Wigan's town centre
separated from the commercial area by the River Douglas.
Historically a part of Lancashire, Scholes is noted for its council estate and series of tower blocks, which are prominent features in this area of the town.
North West England has several places called Scholes. Some, like Scholes in Wigan, are simply areas within towns, however, some are actual villages in their own right which are totally stand-alone.[1]
Scholes was once a ward of Wigan, east of the town centre. As described in the Victoria Histories of the Counties of England, Lancashire (VCH Lancs, Vol. 4), the district formerly had four wards: St George and St Patrick, the innermost divided by a street called Scholes, and Lindsay and St Catherine's outside. It is now contained in the Wigan Central ward.
The Church of St Catherine was consecrated in 1841 and has a small graveyard attached. In October 1864 representatives of James Horrocks of Spennymoor, claiming to be the heir of Robert Ford who died in 1772, took possession of the ˜Manor House' in Scholes and were besieged for some days, to the excitement of the town
Derby House, Scholes, Wigan, Lancs, England, UK, WN1 3RW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,overspill,electric,Finnigan,SK13,Glossop,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,council,tenant,leaseholder,leading to,Ashford,Bakewell,Langsett,Monyash,Tissington,Totley,Wardlow,SK13 0AG,borough council,waiting list,InsideHousing,1960s,1969,legacy,electric side,George Wimpey,Wimpey,no-fines,house,building,method,CouncilHousing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P053 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Youlgreave Crescent, Gamesley, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 0AG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,affordable,Social housing,social,socialhousing,property,cheap,homeless,people,Edinburgh,Holyrood,parliament,planning,Monopoly,sterling,houses,flats,house,flat,bank,Clydesdale,Royal,of,issue,association,council,rent,control,caps,capped,low,policy,controls,on,crisis,shortfall,cost of living
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JY557T - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Housing Issues in Scotland, rental and mortgage costs and lack of low cost affordable property, showed on Monopoly board incl Holyrood. The frame also records themes of place-making, built heritage, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, local character, period detail, public realm, urban fabric, period architecture, visual archive, public-realm investment, social history, historical comparison, and urban regeneration. From a 2025-onward perspective, adaptive reuse and housing pressure are closely linked to this subject, alongside the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after replacement signage. The photograph additionally reflects commercial redevelopment, place identity, heritage-led regeneration, civic architecture, town-centre renewal, mixed-use redevelopment, archival record, and regional identity. Elements such as Housing, Holyrood, mortgage, Issues, and rental add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is adaptive reuse and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space within the specific setting of the recorded location. The wider significance includes commercial viability and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres as part of the longer story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bin,it,take,home,refuse,trash,litter,Cheshire,England,UK,NT,house,&,deer,park,your,rubbish,sign,near,Trafford Council,not,if,bins,are,full,please,respect,environment,the,WA14,n0t,initiative,Marcus,trashford,council
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH3W2K - . Recorded at Oldfield Ln, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4PE in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The photograph centres on Trafford Council - Trafford not Trashford - take rubbish home sign, near Dunham Massey, NT house & deer park, Bowden, Altrincham, Cheshire, England,UK. The wider scene also brings together community recreation, historical comparison, seasonal outdoor activity, community noticeboard, local information board, contemporary social history, wayfinding system, public information signage, public-facing notice, documentary photography, urban gathering place, place identity, directional marker, and orientation signage. The wider contemporary story combines visitor experience, navigation and how small pieces of street furniture can become useful historical evidence. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with family access, heatwaves and how active public realms support footfall and neighbourhood vitality. Future viewers can use this scene from Oldfield Ln, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4PE to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after different community use. The photograph additionally reflects before-and-after reference, community identity, public-realm activation, interactive public realm, navigation aid, period detail, visitor guidance, and operational signage. The combination of Dunham, Massey, Trafford, house, and Altrincham anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Oldfield Ln, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4PE, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference. It also preserves period character for later comparison.
Oldfield Ln, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4PE
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Cheshire,England,South Warrington,North West England,UK,Development,new houses,new,homes,at,North West,house,affordable,New Homes,building,construction,roof truss,roof trusses,Hawthorn Grove,Stretton Rd,Stretton Road,Appleton Thorn WA4,Affordable Homes,First Time Buyers,builder,builders,newbuild,development,unaffordable,family homes,planning permission,local,plan,plans,council,local authority
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A989T4 - We are now over 50% SOLD at Hawthorn Grove! Don't miss the opportunity to own a new Bloor home within this stunning development. Call today to make an appointment.
Hawthorn Grove is a beautiful collection of detached and semi-detached 3 and 4 bedroom houses and 2 & 3 bedroom bungalows located in the beautiful Cheshire setting, offering the best of both worlds, you'll be within an easy commute of the M56 and M6 motorways, as well as being close to the village primary schools, pub and church, making this the perfect place to raise a family. This stunning collection of homes have been thoughtfully designed and crafted for modern living, with open plan living spaces, modern appliances and luxurious finishing touches throughout.
The Bloor Homes difference
When you buy your brand new Bloor home, we want you to enjoy it. That's why you'll discover superior build quality using the latest heating systems, double glazing and insulation resulting in lower energy bills, plus a blank canvas for you to stamp your personality on. Bloor Homes offer industry leading fixtures and fittings as standard with the opportunity to upgrade to numerous items, from kitchen appliances and floor finishes to bathroom fittings and more.
¢ More than 9 out of 10 of our customers would recommend us - We put the same amount of attention and care into looking after our customers as we do crafting our beautiful homes.
¢ We are a 5 star builder - Since 1969, we've always gone above and beyond for our customers. We do this by caring for you as much as we care about crafting the finest homes. Which is why more than 9 out of 10 of our customers would recommend us.
Hawthorn Grove Stretton Road Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RQ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Cheshire,England,South Warrington,North West England,UK,Development,new houses,new,homes,at,North West,house,affordable,New Homes,building,construction,roof truss,roof trusses,Hawthorn Grove,Stretton Rd,Stretton Road,Appleton Thorn WA4,Affordable Homes,First Time Buyers,builder,builders,newbuild,development,unaffordable,family homes,planning permission,local,plan,plans,council,local authority
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A989TC - We are now over 50% SOLD at Hawthorn Grove! Don't miss the opportunity to own a new Bloor home within this stunning development. Call today to make an appointment.
Hawthorn Grove is a beautiful collection of detached and semi-detached 3 and 4 bedroom houses and 2 & 3 bedroom bungalows located in the beautiful Cheshire setting, offering the best of both worlds, you'll be within an easy commute of the M56 and M6 motorways, as well as being close to the village primary schools, pub and church, making this the perfect place to raise a family. This stunning collection of homes have been thoughtfully designed and crafted for modern living, with open plan living spaces, modern appliances and luxurious finishing touches throughout.
The Bloor Homes difference
When you buy your brand new Bloor home, we want you to enjoy it. That's why you'll discover superior build quality using the latest heating systems, double glazing and insulation resulting in lower energy bills, plus a blank canvas for you to stamp your personality on. Bloor Homes offer industry leading fixtures and fittings as standard with the opportunity to upgrade to numerous items, from kitchen appliances and floor finishes to bathroom fittings and more.
¢ More than 9 out of 10 of our customers would recommend us - We put the same amount of attention and care into looking after our customers as we do crafting our beautiful homes.
¢ We are a 5 star builder - Since 1969, we've always gone above and beyond for our customers. We do this by caring for you as much as we care about crafting the finest homes. Which is why more than 9 out of 10 of our customers would recommend us.
Hawthorn Grove Stretton Road Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RQ
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Keywords: Road,painting,graffiti,resistance,IRA,peace,Northern Ireland,NI,UK,St,street,Eire,Irish,Republic,Irish Republic,conflict,Irish Republican Army,Political Change,on,council,house,gable end,Dedicated,to,Bobby McCrudden,Mundo O-Rawe,Pearse Jordan,Mundo ORawe,flag,rifle,gun,guns,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,occupation,good,Friday,agreement,peace,reconciliation,IRA,terror,terrorists,genocide,Irish volunteers,Irish,volunteers,Belfast streets,catholic,community,catholics,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,republican cause,Belfast Catholic Community
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1BH - 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 EYAX35 - The barley mow is a timber-framed public house that has been much altered. The front facing Market Place is in elaborate black-and-white work, including quatrefoils, standing on a red sandstone plinth. It is in three storeys, including two jettied gables, and two continuous rows of small-pane windows. Inside the public house is a mixture of original 17th-century and later panelling
Old Marketplace, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK
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Keywords: West Midlands,England,UK,reflections,reflected,night,time,nighttime,glowing,nightlife,event,historic buildings,building,architecture,brum,britain,british,city,council,english,europe,great,house,kingdom,travel,art,artwork,council house,river artwork,water feature,Gotonysmith,stone,bronze,metal,sculpture,mixed lighting,the,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PNN - . Birmingham's Victoria Square, The River at dusk, West Midlands, England, UK - The floozie in the Jacuzzi. Photographed at Victoria Square, Burmingham, West Midlands, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 November 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Birminghams Victoria Square, The River at dusk, floozie in the Jacuzzi, dusk, square, Birmingham, Victoria Square, evening, glow and West Midlands, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Victoria Square, Burmingham, West Midlands, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED1HX - The Museum of Edinburgh is a museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, depicting the town's origins, history and legends. Exhibits include an original copy of the National Covenant signed at Greyfriars Kirk in 1638 and a reconstruction of Field Marshall Earl Haig's headquarters on the Western Front during the Great War, using exhibits bequeathed to the Museum.
Situated in the late 16th-century Huntly House on the Royal Mile, the museum is maintained by Edinburgh City Council.
142 Canongate , Royal Mile , EH8 8DD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED1R6 - The Museum of Edinburgh is a museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, depicting the town's origins, history and legends. Exhibits include an original copy of the National Covenant signed at Greyfriars Kirk in 1638 and a reconstruction of Field Marshall Earl Haig's headquarters on the Western Front during the Great War, using exhibits bequeathed to the Museum.
Situated in the late 16th-century Huntly House on the Royal Mile, the museum is maintained by Edinburgh City Council.
142 Canongate , Royal Mile , EH8 8DD
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Keywords: coal,mine,mining,Manchester,lancs,Lancashire,working,works,vertical,shaft,Green,Museum,Chat,Moss,chatmoss,collieries,village,county,council,saved,by,village,A580,east,3,300,hp,twin,tandem,compound,steam,3300,surviving,headgear,house,gates,wide,shot,HDR,seams,Higher,Green,Lane,Tyldesley,Gotonysmith 3300hp Pilkington Colliery Company,trading as the Clifton and Kersley Coal Company,working,collieries,in,the,Irwell,valley,at,Clifton,Higher,Green,Lane,Astley Green,Tyldesley,Lancashire England,UK M29 7JB M297jb,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,red machines
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9ACA - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AD2 - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Keywords: coal,mine,mining,Manchester,lancs,Lancashire,working,works,vertical,shaft,Green,Museum,Chat,Moss,chatmoss,collieries,village,county,council,saved,by,village,A580,east,3,300,hp,twin,tandem,compound,steam,3300,surviving,headgear,house,gates,wide,shot,HDR,seams,Higher,Green,Lane,Tyldesley,Gotonysmith 3300hp Pilkington Colliery Company,trading as the Clifton and Kersley Coal Company,working,collieries,in,the,Irwell,valley,at,Clifton,Higher,Green,Lane,Astley Green,Tyldesley,Lancashire England,UK M29 7JB M297jb,machine,machines,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Red Machine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9ADW - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Keywords: coal,mine,mining,Manchester,lancs,Lancashire,working,works,vertical,shaft,Green,Museum,Chat,Moss,chatmoss,collieries,village,county,council,saved,by,village,A580,east,3,300,hp,twin,tandem,compound,steam,3300,surviving,headgear,house,gates,wide,shot,HDR,seams,Higher,Green,Lane,Tyldesley,Gotonysmith 3300hp Pilkington Colliery Company,trading as the Clifton and Kersley Coal Company,working,collieries,in,the,Irwell,valley,at,Clifton,Higher,Green,Lane,Astley Green,Tyldesley,Lancashire England,UK M29 7JB M297jb,machine,machines,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AE7 - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AEM - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AJK - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AK3 - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Keywords: coal,mine,mining,Manchester,lancs,Lancashire,working,works,vertical,shaft,Green,Museum,Chat,Moss,chatmoss,collieries,village,county,council,saved,by,village,A580,east,3,300,hp,twin,tandem,compound,steam,3300,surviving,headgear,house,gates,wide,shot,HDR,seams,Higher,Green,Lane,Tyldesley,Gotonysmith 3300hp Pilkington Colliery Company,trading as the Clifton and Kersley Coal Company,working,collieries,in,the,Irwell,valley,at,Clifton,Higher,Green,Lane,Astley Green,Tyldesley,Lancashire England,UK M29 7JB M297jb,machine,machines,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AKM - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AM6 - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDN3 - . This location-specific image from Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK in 2010 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 Three Horseshoes Pub Witney at Dusk Oxen. The frame also records themes of everyday life, social history, visual archive, before-and-after reference, licensed trade, regional identity, night-time economy, local character, community identity, local social venue, changing streetscape, licensed hospitality, changing land use, and community drinking venue. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into pub closures and energy costs, not least because of the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. The surrounding story also includes documentary photography, archival record, historic hostelry, public realm, contemporary social history, visitor hospitality, place identity, and beer-led hospitality. The recorded references to Three, Witney, and Horseshoes preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate pub closures and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity in a form that can be compared with future views of Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK. The image also provides a reference for consumer spending and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces within the real-world context of Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK. The scene captures a local visual benchmark within the wider story of Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK.
Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F8YR9P - A new-build housing construction site in Warrington, Cheshire, England, with stacks of concrete blocks, timber floor joists, scaffolding and partially completed walls illustrating the practical challenge of increasing Britain's supply of council, social and affordable homes. The image has particular editorial relevance on 25 August 2026 as Labour Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner announce the first major allocations from the government's £39 billion, ten-year Social and Affordable Homes Programme. Nearly £10 billion is being allocated to 33 strategic partners outside London, including councils, housing associations and other providers, supporting 73,600 new social and affordable homes, with nearly two-thirds expected to be for Social Rent. The government says the programme is intended to put councils back at the heart of housebuilding and achieve the largest expansion of council housing in decades, alongside a wider ambition to deliver 1.5 million homes during the Parliament. Greater Manchester is expected to receive around £529 million of strategic partnership investment supporting about 4,400 homes, while further funding will be allocated over the programme's lifetime. The policy reflects renewed political emphasis on secure low-cost rented housing as waiting lists, homelessness and temporary accommodation place increasing pressure on local authorities and households. This unfinished residential development, with pallets of masonry blocks in the foreground and trades working around a scaffolded structure, represents the construction, skills, materials, finance and delivery capacity required to turn national housing pledges into completed homes. It also illustrates the wider debate around housing supply, affordability, planning, land availability, development costs, local authority building programmes and the role of housing associations in tackling England's long-running housing shortage.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYWM - The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a local government district in the West Midlands, England, with the status of a metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Walsall, but covers a larger area which also includes the towns of Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Darlaston and Willenhall. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG35) and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the West Midlands NUTS 2 region. The borough had an estimated population of 254,500 in 2007.
The current boundaries were set as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, with a change to the north of the borough in 1994. It is bounded on the west by the City of Wolverhampton, the south by the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, to the south east by the City of Birmingham, and by the Staffordshire districts of Lichfield, Cannock Chase and South Staffordshire to the east, north and northwest respectively. Most of the borough is highly industrialised and densely populated, but areas around the north and east of the borough are open space.
In 1986 the borough became an effective unitary authority when the West Midlands County Council was abolished. However it remains part of the West Midlands for ceremonial purposes, and for functions such as policing, fire and public transport.
Darwall St, Walsall, West Midlands , England , UK WS1 1TW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYAX34 - The barley mow is a timber-framed public house that has been much altered. The front facing Market Place is in elaborate black-and-white work, including quatrefoils, standing on a red sandstone plinth. It is in three storeys, including two jettied gables, and two continuous rows of small-pane windows. Inside the public house is a mixture of original 17th-century and later panelling
29 Old Marketplace, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 1QB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6MPR - Photo shows Typical 1930s English brick built semi-detached house with triangles over bedrooms, front garden shared chimney Warrington UK. The image is useful for lifestyle, housing, domestic life, gardens, weather, landscape, property, heritage interiors and everyday British place imagery. These subjects can illustrate how people live with buildings, seasons, homes, public spaces and rural or suburban surroundings. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Warrington, UK, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Season, sky and weather should be read from the photograph where visible
the caption suggests an everyday real location rather than a staged scene. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA4 2PL
