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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E6T4N5 - . An Avanti West Coast train stands at Coventry railway station below the station's prominent red Coventry signage. Coventry lies on the West Coast Main Line, one of Britain's principal inter-city railway corridors, linking London with major centres in the West Midlands, North West England and Scotland. Avanti West Coast operates long-distance services through Coventry, giving the city direct rail connections with London Euston, Birmingham and other destinations. The station is also served by regional trains, making it an important interchange for commuters, students, business travellers and visitors. Coventry's railway location has long been important to the city's economic development, while the modern station provides access to a centre transformed by post-war rebuilding, university growth, major cultural investment and extensive redevelopment. The photograph contrasts the streamlined passenger train with the angular station canopy and bold red façade, producing a clear image of contemporary British rail travel. West Coast Main Line services are central to debates about rail capacity, journey times, fares, infrastructure investment and alternatives to long-distance road travel. Coventry's position between London and Birmingham gives rail an especially significant role for employment and education journeys. The visible Avanti branding identifies the long-distance operator, while the national rail environment around the train reflects the shared infrastructure used by different passenger services. This scene documents the everyday operation of an important English city station and combines inter-city transport, modern railway architecture, passenger mobility and the strategic role of the West Coast rail corridor. Coventry's rebuilt station environment reflects continued investment in passenger capacity and city-centre access. Rail is especially important for journeys to Birmingham and London.
Coventry railway station, Station Square, Coventry, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E6T4N7 - . Copper Towers is a prominent purpose-built student accommodation development on Warwick Road in Coventry, photographed at dusk with its rounded red-toned towers rising above the street. Operated by Vita Student, the development is at 25 Warwick Road, close to Coventry city centre, the railway station and routes serving the city's universities. Vita describes Copper Towers as containing hundreds of student rooms with communal facilities, study areas, social spaces and other services associated with the premium purpose-built student accommodation market. The scheme illustrates the major expansion of privately developed student housing in British university cities, where large blocks of studios and cluster accommodation have become an increasingly visible part of urban regeneration and property investment. Coventry has substantial higher-education populations associated with Coventry University and the nearby University of Warwick, creating sustained demand for student housing in and around the centre. The architecture of Copper Towers uses curved forms, repetitive windows and warm cladding to give the development a distinctive skyline presence, particularly when seen against the light of early evening. Its location near transport links reflects a common feature of modern student developments, with accessibility to campuses, shops, nightlife and rail services treated as a key selling point. The photograph records the changing residential character of central Coventry, where former commercial or underused urban sites have been redeveloped for denser city-centre living. It combines themes of student accommodation, property development, modern architecture, university expansion and the continuing transformation of Coventry's urban core. Purpose-built student accommodation has become a significant property sector in its own right, often financed, developed and operated separately from universities.
Vita Student Copper Towers, 25 Warwick Road, Coventry CV1 2EZ, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJYRCN - Paramount are launching their new streaming platform, Paramount+, with a series of consumer-led installations, pop-ups and activations inspired by popular film and tv shows, called ˜Summit of Stars' from Monday 20 June to Sunday 17 July. Working in partnership with Heart of London and Westminster City Council, the activations will aim to draw visitors to the Piccadilly and Leicester Square area so higher levels of footfall are expected.
We invite you read the summary of activation set-up below:
Sunday 19 June
A Halo themed aircraft installation will take place in Piccadilly Circus from 11:00pm until approximately 02:00am. The derig will take place on Sunday 17 July from 11:00pm- 05:00am.This is set for completion by Wednesday 20 July.
Monday 20 June
Official launch of ˜Summit of Stars' including the Paramount+ walk of Stars, an arial display of the West End. An augmented reality trail which is inclusive of Vinyl displays on Cranbourn, Bear and Coventry Streets.
Wednesday 22 June
The Paramount+ pop-up will be located in the old GAP store, underneath the Piccadilly Lights until Sunday 3 July. The event is open to the public. To reserve tickets, click here.
Thursday 23 June
A family-friendly Sponge Bob Square Pants themed pop-up will be installed in Leicester Square Gardens from 06:00am. There are no street closures.
For further information, please contact mark.williams@heartoflondonbid.co.uk.
SOHO, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4521877662 - 'St Michael's Cathedral was built after the destruction of the former during world war II during extreme German Luftwaffe bombing raids on the 14th November 1940. The intensity of this city's destruction was termed 'Coventry-isation' by Hitler.
It is to the external viewer quite concrete-y, yet a fine celebration of 20th century modernist architecture. The new cathedral was designed by Basil Spence (Knighted for this work) and Arup, constructed by John Laing. It is also a Grade I listed building. Remains of the old cathedral still sit beside it. A competition was held in 1950 to find an architect for the new Cathedral, over 200 designs were submitted. The foundation stone of the new cathedral was laid by Queen Elizabeth II on 23rd March 1956. Actual consecration was over 6 years later on the 25th May 1962.
Its design provoked much discussion, much like the new modernist catholic cathedral in Liverpool. A large tapestry of Christ dominates the altar area. the baptistery consists of a ceiling high mosaic of 195 panes of stained glass. The Great West Window, which looks out on the remains of the old cathedral is known as the Screen of Saints and Angels, engraved directly onto the screen in expressionist style by the New Zealand artist John Hutton.
The ceiling is an innovative and complicated construction. There are multiple pyramids of Canadian Spruce slats. Panels above each of which is movable so if needed the acoustic properties of the cathedral can be adjusted for paticular events. Around the nave walls are tablets of stone (the 'tablets of the word') with inscriptions. These are by Ralph Beyer. Inscriptions are uneven deliberately to try to reflect early Christian inscriptions.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5231735130 - 'Ticket To Ride - 'The Beatles' - Play this track here.
\u00bfWhats this iPod Shuffle set all about? Read about it here
Heres a track in celebration last week of itunes finally being able to offer the Beatles back catalog for download. On November 16th 17 official Beatles albums were made available for sale on Apple's iTunes Store. Also 13 remastered albums.
Now I must admit I was born slightly too late to appreciate totally the fab four's output. Revolver and Sgt Peppers are in my collection and a number of those singles compilations. No doubt that Lennon &
McCartney were the Morrissey &
Marr of that sixties generation. Before I get barraged with comments, that was just a bit of friendly Manc/Scouse banter!
'Ticket to Ride' is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help!. It was recorded 15th February 1965 and released two months later. The song lyrics describe a girl 'riding out of the life of the narrator', the inspiration of the title phrase is unclear.
McCartney said it was 'a British Railways ticket to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight', while Lennon said it described cards indicating a clean bill of health carried by Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s. The Beatles played in Hamburg early in their musical career, and 'ride/riding' was slang for having sex.
The track has been covered by Sly and Robbie, The Bee Gees and Vanilla Fudge. Red Drawf fans will remember the episode 'Tikka to Ride', in accordance with the theme of curry on which the storyline focuses.
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Early bus operators had two problems to solve. One was that of fare dodgers and the other was the possibility of conductors who might fiddle the takings. Early machines were devised that punched tickets at appropriate stages (&
sounded a bell) then retained the coloured clipping. Hence the name 'Bell Punch' and the reference to lady bus conductors as 'Clippies' (see 'On The Buses').
The Bell Punch Company produced an automated version of their pre-printed ticket system, which they called 'Ultimate'. These used continuous ticket rolls with the values printed on them. Each ticket carried a serial number and a pre-printed value. The machines had several tracks each of which had a lever at the front that ejected a ticket, which was then roughly torn off against a serrated cutter.
The fare stage could be printed in one of three positions on the bottom of the ticket. Each new ticket roll had a piece of adhesive tape (which the conductor had to lick) to join it to the end of the old one, which was supposed to prevent the conductor having to change rolls mid-journey. The system coped better with changing fare structures, but after a while, the machines became unreliable and would jam up. It was not uncommon to see conductors tearing off tickets from the back of the machines at busy times.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4476871247 - 'A man happy in his van in a layby on the A46 between M6 junction two and Coventry.
I have been a regular customer of Ron (of Ron Snax, Outside catering available 01827-706191) for some time. The mis-spelt pricelist notwithstanding (Turkcy), he does a cracking job. \u00a32.40 buys you a bagette the size of two fists, packed with fried goodness. My only gripe is that he doesn't do black pudding, but that has never stopped me calling there. His litre of steaming tea or coffee also blows Costa away.
Rons does barms and soft bagettes. It always amazes me how short a distance you need to travel, for bread names to change so dramatically. It could be a bread-cake, teacake (obviously without fruit), a sub, barm, breadbun, cob, stotty, scone, buttery, flour cake or muffin. Using the wrong one can lead to a lot of confusion. Any more bread styles you know from across Britain, please leave a comment and let me know.
The old 'Greasy Spoon' in my opinion gets an unfair press. Wikipedia defines it as:
'Greasy spoon is a colloquial or slang term used in Britain, Ireland and North America for small, especially cheap, archetypal working class restaurants or diners. The name 'greasy spoon' is used to imply a less-than-rigorous approach to hygiene and dishwashing, and appears in use in the early 20th century'.
There have been a few stories, mainly hoaxes based on ficticious EU reports about eating habits of long distance drivers and their health. As any truck driver knows, the greatest hazard is infact 'Truck drivers testicle' caused by vibrations encountered over time from sitting over the tractor unit engine.
Thankfully, Rons position appears safe, although he did tell me that a new rating system is apparently coming in. So look out for his star rating, next time you are on the A46. Tell him HotpixUK sent you!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4467466811 - 'This brilliant statue of horses in a fountain, from 1992 can be found just along from Piccadilly Circus heading towards Trafalgar Square at Haymarket. Another one of those things that I have passed many times and never got around to taking a snap. Anyway, I did manage to this evening. Rudy Weller's 'Horses of Helios'. Two are depicted, randomly choose from Pyrois, Eos, Aethon, and Phleyon, named in the legend. If you know which two they are, please leave a comment.
Helios was of course the Greek god of the sun and the four horses were his mythical transport.
In this shot I am looking back towards Piccadilly Circus and Ripleys 'Believe it or not'. Still very busy with rush hour office workers and Italian tourists making the most of the strong Euro.
(2010 week 11)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4103283717 - 'Is there anybody there?
David Traynor welcomes you to his demonstration of spirit mediumship. In truth I had encountered a few spirits myself that night and my concentration woul dhave been compromised.
View on black and that eye follows you around the room.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGMWGG - RAC stock-photo/gotonysmith-Limited.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Limited (The RAC) is a British automotive services company headquartered in Walsall, West Midlands. Its principal services are roadside assistance and general insurance, and its subsidiaries include RAC Motoring Services Ltd, RAC Financial Services Ltd and RAC Insurance Limited.
The RAC emerged as the Associate Section of the Royal Automobile Club founded at the turn of the 20th century, and it was incorporated as R.A.C. Motoring Services Ltd. in 1978. It was sold by the members of the Royal Automobile Club to Lex Service in April 1999, which subsequently renamed itself RAC plc. In March 2005, RAC plc was acquired by Aviva and therefore delisted.
Aviva then sold the RAC to the Carlyle Group in June 2011. Although Carlyle had originally planned a stock market flotation for the RAC, in September 2014, Carlyle agreed to sell almost half its stake to Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC Private Limited. In December 2015, Carlyle agreed to sell its remaining stake to CVC Capital Partners in a transaction valuing the RAC at £1.4 billion
Coventry, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, UK
