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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_3063,lovelocks,love locks,padlocks,Oxford Road,Manchester,England,UK,fence,metal,street,urban,city centre,romance,love,tokens,couples,tradition,public,detail,close-up,texture,city,tourism,culture,travel,landmark,outdoor,graffiti,installation,locks,Oxford Rd
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3WNE1 - . Lovelocks attached to a city-centre canal bridge Oxford Road in Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 25 July 2026. The recorded location is Oxford Road, Manchester, England, UK. Lovelocks attached to a metal fence in Manchester, England, UK. The close view shows a dense cluster of padlocks fastened together in a city-centre location, creating an improvised display of love locks and personal tokens. Such displays are associated with couples, declarations of affection and urban folk traditions, and they have become a recognisable feature in many cities. The image captures street detail, everyday urban culture and the texture of public space in central Manchester. Within the history of landmark bridge, major crossings can reshape travel patterns and regional economies by reducing journey times and creating more reliable routes
Older bridges often continue to be alongside newer structures, producing layered transport landscapes. In relation to cycling route, historical context shows that the canal network changed from commercial freight route to recreational and heritage asset during the twentieth century
Surviving warehouses, locks, mileposts and engineering structures preserve evidence of its original industrial purpose. For the story of mural, it is useful to note that public art turns streets and buildings into records of local culture
Murals, statues and memorial sculpture can commemorate people and events, celebrate industry, respond to politics or simply enliven public space, while materials and style often identify a particular era. Against the 2026 backdrop for landmark bridge, large modern crossings also form part of debates about transport capacity, carbon, tolling and the long-term value of major infrastructure investment. As of 2026, the position for cycling route is that the condition and funding of ageing waterway infrastructure remain recurring issues, while canals are valued for navigation, walking, cycling, biodiversity and urban.
Oxford Road, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,summer,early,evening,June,July,August,town centre,hospitality,history,market,building,Trafford borough,Greenwood Street,families,couples,food hall,independent kitchens,social dining,urban regeneration,destination venue,drinks,spring,heatwave,socialising,independent,food traders,covered terrace,quality,regeneration,family friendly dining,relaxed evening atmosphere,food destination,leisure economy,recovery,revival,communal seating,place making
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EMY4HY - Al fresco dining and evening drinks outside Altrincham Market House on Greenwood Street in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, during an early summer June evening. Diners sit at outdoor tables beside the historic brick market building, with planters, wooden chairs, a glass canopy, open-fronted market hall architecture and a busy but relaxed town-centre atmosphere. The image captures Altrincham's modern hospitality scene, where a traditional market setting has become a popular food, drink and social destination in the Trafford borough. Altrincham's market heritage dates back to its medieval market-town role, while the contemporary Market House has helped reposition the town centre around independent food traders, shared seating, evening dining, casual drinks and family-friendly leisure. Visit Altrincham describes the market as part of the regeneration of the modern market town , and Visit Manchester lists Market House at Greenwood Street, WA14 1SA. The photograph is useful for editorial stories about town-centre revival, hospitality, public realm, independent food halls, market regeneration, safe evening leisure, social dining, urban lifestyle, Trafford destinations, Greater Manchester food culture and the changing role of historic market buildings. The visible outdoor seating and sociable arrangement also make it suitable for themes around summer eating out, café culture, communal tables, local economy, tourism, leisure spending, evening economy, place-making and the appeal of safe, secure, enjoyable public spaces. The partly cloudy sky, bright summer light, relaxed groups of diners and mix of heritage brickwork with modern canopy structure give the image a strong sense of place. It can support features on how former market halls and town-centre assets are reused as vibrant food and drink venues, helping draw visitors into high streets beyond traditional daytime shopping
Greenwood Street, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, WA14 1SA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,gay,village,Canal Street,tourist,tourism,city,break,holiday,short,travel,Velvet Bar,bar,bars,outdoor hospitality,hospitality sector,pavement café culture,city break destination,social documentary,travel editorial,equality and diversity,urban placemaking,modern Manchester,waterfront bars,leisure economy,daytime nightlife district,couples,mixed-use,development,city-centre,living,residential,quarter,modern,inclusive,pride,events,festival
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0G8 - Landscape view from the Velvet terrace on Canal Street in Manchester's Gay Village, looking across the Rochdale Canal toward the modern Kampus development. The image brings together two sides of the street: outdoor drinkers and diners in the foreground, seated among planters, black screens and pale café chairs, and the newer residential and leisure quarter across the canal, marked by the large KAMPUS sign. Small rainbow flags line the canal railings, while warm evening light, green trees, light summer clothing and relaxed outdoor seating suggest a late spring or summer city-break atmosphere. The sky is mostly hidden by buildings and foliage, but the stock-photo/gotonysmith-Scene.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>scene has the feel of mild weather and a busy hospitality day.
This is useful editorially because it shows Canal Street as a changing urban place, not just a famous nightlife strip. Velvet represents the established LGBTQ+ hospitality identity of the Gay Village: bars, restaurants, hotel rooms, drinks terraces, Pride culture and queer city tourism. Kampus, built around the former Manchester Metropolitan University campus, represents newer city-centre living, food, drink and regeneration beside the same canal. Together they show how Manchester's queer quarter now sits within wider pressures around development, public realm, residential growth and the visitor economy.
The photograph can illustrate stories on Manchester Pride, LGBTQ+ tourism, inclusive city breaks, outdoor hospitality, canalside regeneration, city-centre apartments, daytime nightlife districts, and the relationship between long-established queer venues and new urban development. The visible mix of customers, passers-by, planters, flags, canal railings, red brick, modern cladding and waterfront seating gives the image strong stock value for travel, planning, lifestyle, equality and Manchester business features. It records a moment where identity, commerce, tourism and regeneration meet in one compact canalside scene.
Canal Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M1 3HE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,gay,village,tourist,tourism,queer,as folk,city,break,holiday,short,travel,Velvet Bar,bar,cafe,terrace,city break,couples,warm,outdoor,relaxed,nightlife,inclusive hospitality,summer bar scene,vertical format,portrait orientation,M1,Pride culture,queer travel,inclusive city break,outdoor hospitality sector,night-time economy,visitor economy,pavement café culture,LGBTQIA+ community,safe social space,urban leisure,North West
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0GB - Vertical-format street photograph of an inclusive crowded outdoor terrace at Velvet on Canal Street in Manchester's Gay Village, with drinkers, couples and friends sitting close together at tables filled with pints, wine glasses, cocktails, soft drinks and an orange ice bucket. The portrait frame emphasises the packed pavement, red-brick bar frontages, dark parasols, hanging plants and the flow of people moving between the bars. Velvet's signage is visible on the right, placing the scene at one of Canal Street's established hospitality venues. Green trees, bare shoulders, short sleeves, sunglasses and bright outdoor light suggest warm spring or summer weather, although the sky is mostly hidden by buildings and foliage.
The scene is useful because it shows Manchester's queer quarter as a lived social place rather than only a night-time destination. Canal Street is famous for LGBTQ+ nightlife, Pride culture, drag, hotels, restaurants and late licensing, but this picture captures its daytime and early-evening character: visitors on a city break, friends meeting after work, couples sharing drinks, tourists walking through, and hospitality spilling into the public realm. The tables are busy but relaxed, with people facing one another, chatting and watching the street, giving the photograph a strong sense of sociable urban leisure.
Velvet is listed at 2 Canal Street, while Visit Manchester promotes Canal Street and the Gay Village as a major visitor area in the city. This has strong editorial and commercial stock value for features on LGBTQ+ tourism, inclusive city breaks, outdoor hospitality, Manchester Pride, the night-time economy, queer visibility, pavement drinking, canalside regeneration, visitor spending and the changing use of city-centre streets. It can also support stories about safe public spaces, bar culture, tourism pressure and how famous nightlife districts operate as daytime social landmarks as well as after-dark entertainment zones.
2 Canal Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M1 3HE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,cold cathode,cold-cathode,lights,lighting,tube,tubes,seedy,exotic,porn,sex,sensual,underclass,bright lights,peepshow,intercourse,vice,couples,welcome,entertainment,district,city,centre,rude,girls,girl on girl,red,scarlet,poster,underwear,strippers,dancers,lap,dancing,prostitution,hookers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RADRXK - . Soho red neon invites into peep shows, exotic performances, live lap dance shows, in London's West End entertainment district. Photographed on 21 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include cold cathode, cold-cathode, lights, lighting, tube, tubes, seedy, exotic, porn, sex, sensual, underclass, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. 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. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include bright lights, peepshow, intercourse, vice, couples, welcome, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,cold-cathode,lights,lighting,tube,tubes,seedy,exotic,porn,sex,sensual,underclass,licensed,books,bargain,DVD,tapes,shows,show,neon,invite,bright lights,peepshow,intercourse,vice,couples,welcome,£2,only,late,night,entertainment,district,city,centre,rude,positions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RADRXP - . Soho red neon invites into peep shows, exotic performances, live shows, in London's West End entertainment district. Photographed on 21 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include cold cathode, cold-cathode, lights, lighting, tube, tubes, seedy, exotic, porn, sex, sensual, underclass, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. 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. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include licensed, books, bargain, DVD, tapes, show, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,cold cathode,lights,lighting,tube,tubes,seedy,exotic,porn,sex,sensual,licensed,books,bargain,DVD,tapes,shows,show,neon,invite,bright lights,peepshow,intercourse,vice,couples,welcome,£2,only,late,night,entertainment,district,city,centre,rude,position,positions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RADRXX - . Soho red neon invites into peep shows, exotic performances, live shows, in London's West End entertainment district. Photographed on 21 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include cold cathode, cold-cathode, lights, lighting, tube, tubes, seedy, exotic, porn, sex, sensual, underclass, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. 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. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include licensed, books, bargain, DVD, tapes, show, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,cold cathode,cold-cathode,lights,lighting,tube,tubes,love,in love,love me,come,and,display,design,lit,light,night,romance,romantic,art,artwork,warmth,warm,couple,couples,happy,day,Valentine,Valentines,lover,celebration,feeling,passion,passionate,dates,dating
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RADT19 - . Love - baby it lights my fire, neon on a red background. Photographed on 21 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include cold cathode, cold-cathode, lights, lighting, tube, tubes, love, in love, love me, come, display, design, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. 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. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include lit, light, night, romance, romantic, art, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,city,song,contest,Eurovision 2023,yellow,blue,(Ukraine),and,family,selfie,memento,L3,GB,L3 1BP,crowd,crowds,busy,tourist,tourists,tourism,visitors,fun,Eurovision2023,heart,hearts,love,lover,lovers,poser,posers,posing,people,couples,families
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R1WX6Y - . Liverpool Eurovision 2023, yellow, blue (Ukraine) and pink hearts, Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, GB, L3 1BP. Photographed on 12 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1BP, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, song, contest, Eurovision 2023, yellow, blue, (Ukraine), family, selfie, memento, L3 1BP, crowd, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. 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. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include crowds, busy, tourist, tourists, tourism, visitors, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information.
Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1BP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,city,song,contest,Eurovision 2023,yellow,blue,(Ukraine),and,family,selfie,memento,L3,GB,L3 1BP,crowd,crowds,busy,tourist,tourists,tourism,visitors,fun,Eurovision2023,heart,hearts,love,lover,lovers,poser,posers,posing,people,couples,families
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R1WX72 - . Liverpool Eurovision 2023, yellow, blue (Ukraine) and pink hearts, Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, GB, L3 1BP. Photographed on 12 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1BP, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, song, contest, Eurovision 2023, yellow, blue, (Ukraine), family, selfie, memento, L3 1BP, crowd, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. 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. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include crowds, busy, tourist, tourists, tourism, visitors, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information.
Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1BP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,city,song,contest,Eurovision 2023,yellow,blue,(Ukraine),and,family,selfie,memento,L3,GB,L3 1BP,crowd,crowds,busy,tourist,tourists,tourism,visitors,fun,Eurovision2023,heart,hearts,love,lover,lovers,poser,posers,posing,people,couples,families
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R1WX73 - . Liverpool Eurovision 2023, yellow, blue (Ukraine) and pink hearts, Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, GB, L3 1BP. Photographed on 12 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1BP, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, song, contest, Eurovision 2023, yellow, blue, (Ukraine), family, selfie, memento, L3 1BP, crowd, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. 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. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include crowds, busy, tourist, tourists, tourism, visitors, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information.
Mann Island, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1BP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,CW1,Crewe,CW1 2BH,family,families,couples,people,customers,busy,Saturday,morning,at,meals,and,drink,area,seats,seating,market,hall,markets,business,stall,stalls,eateries,cafe,bar,successful,retailing,small,businesses,action,attractions,outdoor
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JXNFKX - . Photographed at 17 Earle St, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW1 2BH 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 main point of reference is Busy Saturday morning at Crewe indoor market, food and drink court, 17 Earle St, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW1 2BH. Other connected aspects include rail operations, period detail, place identity, civic architecture, adaptive reuse, railway heritage, built heritage, rail corridor, heritage-led regeneration, regional identity, freight wagon, before-and-after reference, historic townscape, and public-realm investment. For current editorial use, regional connectivity and network modernisation provide additional context, especially through the role of rail in lower-carbon regional transport. Current relevance extends to commercial viability and heritage conservation, particularly through the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. Small period details of signage and branding at 17 Earle St, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW1 2BH may become more significant with time, particularly following closure or conversion. The wider setting retains connections with rail infrastructure, mixed-use redevelopment, commercial redevelopment, mechanical signalling, public realm, urban regeneration, rail transport history, and signal-box architecture. Details involving Earle, drink, market, indoor, and morning make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at 17 Earle St, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW1 2BH matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The record includes details of everyday use for future local research. The frame retains evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
17 Earle St, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW1 2BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTWGJ3 - Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1457565
Date first listed:
04-Oct-2018
Location Description:
Pickering's Bridge over the Bridgewater Canal, 321m north by north-west of Weaste Lane, and 166m south by south-east of the junction of Stockport Road (A56) and All Saint's Drive, Thelwall, Warrington. WA4 3JR
Pickering's Bridge, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2JQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTWGJ7 - Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1457565
Date first listed:
04-Oct-2018
Location Description:
Pickering's Bridge over the Bridgewater Canal, 321m north by north-west of Weaste Lane, and 166m south by south-east of the junction of Stockport Road (A56) and All Saint's Drive, Thelwall, Warrington. WA4 3JR
Pickering's Bridge, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2JQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTWGJA - Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1457565
Date first listed:
04-Oct-2018
Location Description:
Pickering's Bridge over the Bridgewater Canal, 321m north by north-west of Weaste Lane, and 166m south by south-east of the junction of Stockport Road (A56) and All Saint's Drive, Thelwall, Warrington. WA4 3JR
Pickering's Bridge, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2JQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,Tib St,M4,art,crafts,Manchester City Centre,City Centre,Vegetarian,relaxed environment,history,good,food,cafe,café,heritage,old,market,craft,village,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,cafes,eating,places,indoor,interior,diners,dining,couple,couples,date,dating
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEKK - . This descriptive scene sets out the character of 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD, as it appeared in 2019. The defining subject in the supplied record is Manchester Craft Village, Oak Street Cafe, Vegetarian and other food in a relaxed environment, England, UK , M4 5JD. The photograph carries associations with green infrastructure, environmental stewardship, climate impacts, nature conservation, leisure venue, food service, heritage asset, architectural character, heritage streetscape, natural environment, destination economy, and conservation management. For present-day editorial use, older urban fabric can also illustrate debates about energy retrofit and vacancy, particularly where these affect preserving local character. Modern coverage of tourism and leisure frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of delivery-platform competition, seasonality and resilient local hospitality. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, wildlife protection also connects with species decline, flood risk and efforts aimed at climate-adapted landscapes. Over time, this view of 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD can support local-history and planning research by preserving details of appearance, occupation, signage, public access and everyday use that written records may omit. Beyond the immediate subject, the setting involves environmental change, built heritage, historic environment, architectural detail, urban fabric, historic fabric. Associated details include Northern Quarter, vegetarian cafe, NQ4. A more expansive reading adds nature recovery, conservation interest, food culture, climate resilience, habitat management, townscape identity, conservation architecture, visitor destination, ecosystem resilience, and environmental conservation. In the mid-2020s, period streetscapes is increasingly discussed through conservation of original fabric and vacancy, with attention turning to heritage-led regeneration.
17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD81JW - Manchester Pride is a charity that campaigns for LGBTQ+ equality across the United Kingdom, predominantly in Greater Manchester. The Charity offers dialogue, training, research and policy analysis, advocacy and outreach activities focusing on LGBTQ+ rights.
The Manchester Pride Festival is an annual event held on the August bank holiday weekend. It takes place in the Canal Street area, the city's gay village, and fringe locations around the city, while the parade occurs through Manchester city centre. Events have included MCR Pride Live, the Superbia Weekend, the Gay Village Party, Manchester Pride Parade, Youth Pride MCR, Family Pride, The Human Rights Forum, and the Candlelit Vigil. The parade features various supporting organisations and charities and representative floats from the ten metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester.
Manchester Pride's headquarters are in Piccadilly, Manchester City Centre. Manchester Pride had a total income of £3,238,817 in the financial year ending 31 December 2021, had 10 employees, and used the services of 242 volunteers. Manchester Pride is regarded as one of the leading pride movement's worldwide, often trialling new innovative initiatives. Thus, it has sponsorships with some of the largest corporations worldwide, such as Virgin Atlantic, TikTok, Starbucks, Marc Jacobs and L'Oreal.
The organisation is managed by a Board of Trustees who are, in turn, Directors of the subsidiary companies Manchester Pride Limited and Manchester Pride Events Limited. The Board of Directors delegate operational functions to a paid Chief Executive Officer who is directly accountable to the board for corporate performance.
Canal street , Bloom Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3EZ
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,Spain,Loz,2k11,on cactus,Espana,love,romance,romantic,carved,carving,loves,couple,couples,heart,hearts,plants,carve,carvings,true,penknife,penknives,prickles,prickly,The Canaries,the,Canaries,island,islands,biology,adaption,adaptation,grow,growing,growth,desert
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BJ1WA5 - . Photographed at Lanzarote , The Canaries ,Spain, Europe, the scene provides a dated reference to the subject and the surrounding social, commercial or physical environment. The defining feature is Albin,Claudia,Tom,carved,on cactus,graffiti. Other aspects of the subject include contemporary history, urban fabric, cityscape history, historical comparison, visual archive, social history, heritage landmark, historic streetscape, local history, built heritage, community identity, historic townscape, heritage asset, and conservation interest. The present-day relevance extends to embodied carbon and energy retrofit, while a wider concern is using existing buildings rather than demolishing them. Future viewers can use this scene from Lanzarote , The Canaries ,Spain, Europe to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after new construction. The photograph additionally reflects urban change, social landscape, period building, place identity, built environment, architectural character, regional identity, and local character. References to carved, cactus, Claudia, Albin, and graffiti give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. A later view of Lanzarote , The Canaries ,Spain, Europe may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene retains a connection with embodied carbon and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them in a form that can be compared with future views of Lanzarote , The Canaries ,Spain, Europe. That also gives the frame relevance to embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the real-world context of Lanzarote , The Canaries ,Spain, Europe. Another useful connection is adaptive reuse and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the specific setting of Lanzarote , The Canaries ,Spain, Europe.
Lanzarote , The Canaries ,Spain, Europe
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Keywords: passion,love,male,female,man,woman,kiss,kissing,torn,rip,ripped,apart,to love,toned,coloured,selective,hand,black,white,color,colored,colores,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix,hot,pix,pic,pics,picks,tonysmithhotpix,amour,amore,couple,couples,cool,tonesmith,tone,muchacha,femenina,de,la,mujer,se\u00f1ora,lady,girl,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,\u592b\u4eba\u5973\u6027\u5987\u5973\u5973\u5b69,fille,f\u00e9minine,femme,dame,#tonysmithotpix,jenny,woodcock
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4957168619 - 'Love Will Tear Us Apart - 'Joy Division' - Play this track ob=av2n\' rel=\'nofollow\'>here.
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Joy Division were a Manchester post-punk band formed in 1976 in Salford, England. Originally named Warsaw. It consisted of Ian Curtis (vox), Barney or Bernard Sumner (Guitar/Keyboards/Occasional Bass), Peter Hook (Bass/Backing Vocals/Occasional guitar) and Steve Morris (Percussion).
I came across them first supporting JCC (John Cooper Clark) at the Manchester Free Trade Hall Monday 25th June 1979. That day is etched on my mind as it was a mind-blowing event for me, seeing Ian Curtis and the powerful presence he had on that stage. I dont think a band has had that effect on me since and I have seen probably thousands of live gigs.
I bought Joy Division's debut album, 'Unknown Pleasures' the day it was released, in its special textured cover, then promptly played it to death. The original LP release contained no track information on the labels, nor the traditional 'side one' and 'side two' designations. The ostensible 'side one' was labeled Outside and displayed a reproduction of the image on the album cover, while the other side was labeled Inside and displayed the same image with the colours reversed (black-on-white). Track information and album credits appeared on the inner sleeve only.
This single 'Love will tear us apart' appeared after teh release of the second album Closer. It debuted when the band supported Buzzcocks on their UK tour in September and October 1979. It is one of the few songs in which singer Ian Curtis played guitar (albeit somewhat minimally). The lyrics ostensibly reflect the problems in Ian Curtis's marriage to Deborah Curtis, as well as his general frame of mind in the time leading up to his suicide in May 1980. Deborah Curtis had the phrase 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' inscribed on Ian Curtis's memorial stone.
It appears on the Substance compilation album. It was first recorded for a John Peel session in November 1979, then re-recorded in January 1980 and March 1980. It is the latter version that appears on Substance. The January 1980 version originally appeared as the single's B-side.
In 1995, to publicise the release of Permanent, the track was reissued, complete with a new remix done by Arthur Baker and a new radio edit, also known as the Permanent Mix. On September 24, 2007 (2007-09-24), the single was again reissued, in its original configuration. This time, it was to publicise the Collector's Edition re-issues of the band's three albums. Although the single was now issued on the Warner label, it retained all the classic Factory packaging, down to the FAC 23 catalogue number.
It has been covered by the world and his wife, including U2, Arcade Fire, The Cure and others. On the video for the song, at the very beginning, the door that swings open and shut has the initials of the band members carved into it. The video was shot by the band themselves as they recorded the song.
It includes production errors with colour being 'browned out' at some points. Due to another production error the vocals as sung by Curtis during the video didn't come out as intended. The song as originally recorded in the video sounds much more like that in their Peel Session. Curtis re-recorded the vocals separately with the hint of melancholy that helps make it distinctive. The oddly-shaped guitar played by Ian Curtis is a Vox Phantom (Often wrongly believed to be the Vox Mark III).
To learn more about JD, track down the 'Substance' compilation and the book 'Touching From A Distance' by Deborah Curtis. The devout Joy Division fan Anton Corbijn film 'Control' is a great starting point for getting to know the bands history. Tell 'em I sent you :-)
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They say it is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
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Keywords: Carlos,Tim,Dunstable,tattoo,convention,UK,England,piercing,pierced,naked,tatoo,tatto,tat2,BW,Monochrome,black,white,rebate,sprockets,sproket,holes,35mm,film,male,portrait,portraits,couple,pair,civil,partnership,friends,partner,friend,gay,macho,lovers,masculine,ink,skin,tattwo,tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,dunstable Tattoo convention,1990,1990s,luton,flesh,canvas,flesh canvas,couples,partners,two,people,persons,cock,six,pack,sixpack,muscular,ear,ring,sexual,sexy,boys,men,lads,guys,dudes,this photo rocks,HOT PIX,altfashion
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3808854783 - 'Carlos and Tim with their tattoos and piercings at the Dunstable tattoo convention 1990's. Here in some suburban market stalls.
Both are naked to the waist showing Carlos muscle toned six pack.
A different pair www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3805002961/
A shot from the Manchester Tattoo Convention march 6th 2010 here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4427429577/
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Keywords: indian,turban,watcher,old,man,Edinburghe,this photo rocks,two,people,portrait,couples,pair,faces,head,shoulders,beard,oap,third,age,U3A,retire,edinburgh,scotland,scotia,escocia,jock,tartan,castle,cool,person,image,tonysmith,tony,smith,HOT PIX,hotpicks,edinbrugh,Edinburg,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith,#tonysmithhotpix,edimburgh,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3813000608 - 'Indian theatre and musical group seen in high street, Edinburgh festival scotland.
I had the impression it was father and son. Both had turbans and beards / facial hair.
More festival fun www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3834522123/ and another type of event www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4318167727/
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Keywords: Magazine reunion gig Manchester academy 1,20090214 14-03-2009,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,Warrington,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,music,musician,gig,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,lighting,anbiant,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,couples,pairs,two,persons,buzzcocks,magazine,Luxuria,HD,Devoto,Howard,light,pours,out,me,manchester,academy,night,city,punk,rock,legend,legendary,playing,play,tour,reunion,shot,by,both,sides,tonysmith,tony,smith,HOT PIX,#HotpixUK,#TonySmithHotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3355914373 - 'Howard Devoto formed Magazine in the city of Manchester right after he left Buzzcocks. In early 1977 he met guitarist John McGeoch, then an art student, and they began writing songs, some of which would appear on the critically acclaimed 'Real Life' album. John McGeoch was the only original member to miss the reunion. He died in 2004 and was replaced by Noko on the tour, who had played with Devoto in the band Luxuria.
the fabulous Barry Adamson was on bass guitar. I have enjoyed his solo stuff for many years, including his 'Moss Side Story' and his soundtrack for David Lynch's 'Lost Highway'. The compilation 'The Murky World of Barry Adamson' is a good introduction to his music post mid-1980's.
Another reunion here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3481341434/
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