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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,and,West Midlands,music,gallery,Black Sabbath,galleries,poster,frontman,rock,legend,heavy metal,iconic,icon,Prince of Darkness,history,records,heritage,solo,career,cultural,tourism,free,temporary,fan,attraction,album,artwork display,awards,retrospective,popular culture,Back to the Beginning,concert,death,2025,posthumous,sign,indoor
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F511A6 - A freestanding promotional panel for Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero stands inside Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery in Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands. The poster features a large portrait of Ozzy Osbourne dressed in black beneath the distinctive Ozzy Osbourne logo and the words WORKING CLASS HERO. Visitors can be seen beyond the sign among illuminated display cases and exhibition galleries beneath the museum's high arched interior. The free exhibition opened on 25 June 2025 and was created to celebrate the solo achievements, global awards and career of Birmingham rock icon Ozzy Osbourne, together with album artwork connected with the original Black Sabbath line-up. It was timed to coincide with the historic Black Sabbath homecoming and Back to the Beginning concert at Villa Park on 5 July 2025, when Osbourne performed with Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Ozzy Osbourne, born in Aston, Birmingham, in 1948, became internationally famous as the vocalist and frontman of Black Sabbath before establishing a hugely successful solo career. His career and the band's industrial Birmingham roots became central to the city's reputation as the birthplace of heavy metal. Osbourne died on 22 July 2025 aged 76, after which the exhibition also became an important place for fans to remember and celebrate his life and musical legacy. Birmingham Museums subsequently extended Working Class Hero because of public demand, with the exhibition scheduled to remain on display until 27 September 2026. The museum presentation includes awards, memorabilia and material reflecting Osbourne's solo career and the artwork of the original Black Sabbath era. The photograph records the prominent Working Class Hero publicity display within the museum, with members of the public moving through the gallery behind it. This is an indoor scene, so no sky or outdoor weather conditions are visible.
Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B3 3DH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A8948,Danger of Death - Keep Out,Danger,Death,Keep,Out,England,local,urban,heritage,tourism,community,editorial,architecture,social,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDKY76 - Danger of Death - Keep Out, photographed in England, UK. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of local places, public life, architecture, tourism, community identity, social history and the changing character of towns and cities. The image clearly records the visible subject, signage, branding, architecture, object or activity associated with Danger of Death - Keep Out. It provides useful documentary context for news, features, travel, social history and contemporary editorial coverage. Details visible in the scene help identify the place or subject and show how it appears in everyday use, making the photograph useful for stories about local identity, economic and social change, public services, transport, leisure, heritage, tourism, community life and the built environment. The photograph can also support retrospective or comparative coverage where the survival, redevelopment, reuse or changing role of the location or object is relevant.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0678,Bereavement,funeral,notices,public,notice,board,north-east Sicily,Italy,death,obituaries,memorial,announcements,village,community,traditions,mourning,culture,remembrance,social,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFHRGN - Bereavement and funeral notices displayed on a public notice board in a north-east Sicily village, Italy. The street-side board is covered with printed death announcements, memorial notices and funeral information, reflecting a long-established local tradition of publicly announcing deaths and funeral arrangements within the community. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of bereavement, funeral customs, death notices, obituaries, memorial announcements, Sicily traditions, Italian village life, community notice boards and social history. Publicly displayed necrologi remain a familiar sight in many Italian towns and villages, providing relatives, neighbours and residents with details of deaths, funerals and commemorative services. The image can illustrate stories about mourning customs, local communication, ageing communities, funeral culture, remembrance and differences between British and Italian approaches to public bereavement notices.
North-east Sicily, Italy
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,court,courts,HM,hearings,death,investigation,investigations,sudden death,murder,unexplained,deaths,unnatural,reportable,senior,Jacqueline Devonish,legal,justice,public,civic,red brick building,Museum Street,Museum St,WA1 1JX,WA1,North West,England,inquests,coroner,listings,deaths in custody,hospital,Lucy Letby,case,cases,verdict,prevention,post mortem
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E9346W - Exterior of Cheshire Coroner's Court stock-photo/gotonysmith-Offices.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>offices on Museum Street in Warrington, Cheshire, showing the red brick civic building frontage, formal stone entrance, sash windows and large white court lettering on the wall. The image is useful for editorial coverage of coronial law, inquests, sudden or unexplained deaths, death certification, bereavement, public hearings, witness evidence, post mortem investigations, hospital deaths, road traffic fatalities, workplace accidents, deaths in custody and other cases where a coroner must establish who died, and how, when and where the death occurred. Cheshire Coroner's Court listings identify Museum Street, Warrington WA1 1JX as the location for inquest hearings, while national coroner contact listings identify Jacqueline Devonish as Senior Coroner for Cheshire, with administrative contact through Warrington. The photograph has strong local news value for Warrington, Cheshire and North West England, especially for articles needing a clear exterior image of the coroner's court without showing grieving families, witnesses or private proceedings. It can also support wider features on the role of coroners in the justice system, public accountability, medical evidence, police liaison, registrars, funeral processes, prevention of future deaths reports and the difficult interface between law, medicine and family loss. The building's restrained official appearance, red brick frontage and court signage make it suitable for stock uses around civic administration, local government, public law, inquest timetables, legal services, official records and court reporting. Care should be taken with captions because coroner's courts deal with sensitive personal cases and are not criminal courts, though their findings can overlap with police investigations, public safety concerns and wider inquiries. The image is particularly relevant to Cheshire-wide inquest coverage, including cases arising from Warrington, Chester, Crewe, Macclesfield, Halton etc
Cheshire Coroner's Court offices on Museum Street, Warrington, where inquests and death investigatio
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Warrington,snowy,village,Grappenhall,Cheshire,British pub,English pub,English village life,pub and church,village community,social history,community hub,local identity,countryside village,winter scene,snow scene,seasonal weather,calm,peaceful,nostalgic,travel England,UK tourism,heritage travel,lifestyle editorial,calendar image,Robinsons Brewery pub,tied house,village pub,historic pub,church tower,Tim Curry,death,Rocky Horror,picture show,birthplace,born,actor
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DGE75H - The Parr Arms public house stands alongside St Wilfrid's Church on Church Lane in the village of Grappenhall near Warrington, Cheshire, photographed during a cold winter period in January with light snow visible on the ground and outdoor seating areas. The white-painted pub, a Robinsons Brewery tied house, is shown in the foreground, while the red sandstone tower of St Wilfrid's Church rises behind it, creating a distinctive and recognisable village scene. Clear blue skies and low winter sunlight emphasise the textures of the church stonework and the contrasting surfaces of the pub exterior.
The pairing of pub and parish church reflects a long-established pattern within English village life, where places of worship and social gathering sit side by side at the heart of the community. In winter conditions, particularly with snow and frost present, these buildings take on a heightened sense of tradition, continuity and calm. The absence of people adds to the quiet atmosphere, reinforcing themes of stillness, reflection and seasonal change.
St Wilfrid's Church, an Anglican parish church with medieval origins, represents the religious heritage of the village, while the Parr Arms embodies British pub culture and hospitality. Together, they illustrate the social and cultural fabric of rural England, where faith, leisure and community life intersect. The image lends itself to a wide range of editorial uses, including travel features, heritage publications, lifestyle articles, calendars and broader storytelling focused on traditional England, village identity and winter landscapes.
The Parr Arms public house and St Wilfrid's Church on Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Victoria Square,with,fountains,fountain,in,summer,freedom,of,the,icon,icons,2025,city,West Midlands,sun,sunny,bright,day,display,info,information,special,tourist,tourism,attraction,awarded,award,Council House.,this,heavy,metal,music,death,RIP,cultural,culture,identity
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3C4CX9N - This plain-speaking location image records Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, given freedom of city at 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 has strong value for publishers needing authentic documentary imagery for news pages, blog articles, council reports, social media graphics, presentations, magazine features and local-history explainers. 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.
Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,_681IMG_2230,wrought-iron,gate,wooden,coffins,interior,funeral,undertaker,funerary,burial,memorial,display,arched,ornate,metalwork,architecture,heritage,tradition,solemn,mourning,death,cultural,religious,historic,craftsmanship,indoor,decorative,wood,entrance,chapel,Copenhagan,in the crypt beneath,Christians Church,Copenhagen
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3WND2 - . Decorative wrought-iron gate with wooden coffins visible inside an interior, Copenhagen - wooden coffins in the crypt beneath Christians Church. Photographed on 28 May 2025. The recorded location is Germany. The image shows ornate black metalwork beneath an arched opening, with polished wooden coffins visible beyond the gate. The scene suggests a traditional undertaker, funerary display or historic interior connected with burial customs. Its visual interest lies in the contrast between the curving ironwork, warm interior lighting and the solemn subject matter of funeral furnishings and memorial culture. In relation to local history, historical context shows that ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local evidence
Churchyard monuments, carved stone, stained glass and plaques offer material for genealogy, architectural history, religious practice and remembrance. As of 2026, the position for local history is that many historic churches face the practical challenge of maintaining listed fabric while remaining active community buildings, visitor attractions and venues for worship, music and local events
Conservation, heating costs and new uses are therefore part of the modern story of these ancient places. Additional natural-language search terms include ecclesiastical architecture, parish church, Christian heritage, sacred art, religious symbolism, church interior, place of worship, architectural conservation, faith community, historic fabric, religious heritage, _681IMG_2230, and architecture. Additional subject vocabulary includes heritage, mourning, death, cultural, craftsmanship, and indoor. Seen through stained glass, the earlier context is that ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local evidence
Churchyard monuments, carved stone, stained glass and plaques provide material for genealogy, architectural history, religious practice and remembrance.
Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,CW9,of,town,centre,closed,and,up,shop,store,stores,at,shopping,35,37,Market St,derelict,shop fronts,shopfronts,walkways,area,covered,vacant,units,online shopping,demise,death,high street,1970s,regeneration,bench,benches,high streets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RE4PDW - The 'tragic' demise of a once thriving Cheshire shopping centre
'We've seen it decline from what was a thriving 70s-style shopping precinct' - more at https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/tragic-demise-once-thriving-cheshire-25324074
Walking around Weaver Square in Northwich, past its many vacant units, you'd struggle to imagine it was once a hive of retail activity. Years ago, hundreds of shoppers would visit daily, drawn by big names like Woolworths and Argos.
Fast-forward to the present day and it is scarcely recognisable. Half of the complex has been demolished, most of the units lie empty and the crowds have long disappeared elsewhere, as online shopping continues to eat away at the high street's fortunes.
Northwich's Cllr Sam Naylor said: It's been tragic. We've seen it decline from what was a thriving, 70s-style shopping precinct into a scene, not of dereliction, but something that smacks of a past era of post-war modern Britain.
Following the recent and sad closure of the much-loved Seafarer, many residents questioned what was happening with the long-planned redevelopment of Weaver Square, which lies mere feet away from the chippy.
Cheshire West and Chester Council acquired the lease of the site back in 2014, by which time many of the units already stood empty. The authority took it over after the previous owner of Weaver Square ceased trading in 2012.
Since then, there have been a number of ideas about what do with the site. But the shopping centre continued to lie mostly-dormant, despite it being partly-demolished in 2019 amid promises of regeneration.
Northwich would then be hit by misfortune after misfortune : the outdoor market was gutted by fire in early 2020
the Covid pandemic caused economic chaos across the world
the devastating flooding in 2021 left many businesses badly damaged
and the town's railway station collapsed in April last year.
Weaver Square shopping centre, 35-37, Market St, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 5AY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,CW9,of,town,centre,closed,and,up,shop,store,stores,at,shopping,35,37,Market St,derelict,outside,shop fronts,shopfronts,walkways,area,covered,vacant,units,online shopping,demise,death,high street,1970s,regeneration,Cosy Kitchen,Self-Service Restaurant
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RE4PF8 - The 'tragic' demise of a once thriving Cheshire shopping centre
'We've seen it decline from what was a thriving 70s-style shopping precinct' - more at https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/tragic-demise-once-thriving-cheshire-25324074
Walking around Weaver Square in Northwich, past its many vacant units, you'd struggle to imagine it was once a hive of retail activity. Years ago, hundreds of shoppers would visit daily, drawn by big names like Woolworths and Argos.
Fast-forward to the present day and it is scarcely recognisable. Half of the complex has been demolished, most of the units lie empty and the crowds have long disappeared elsewhere, as online shopping continues to eat away at the high street's fortunes.
Northwich's Cllr Sam Naylor said: It's been tragic. We've seen it decline from what was a thriving, 70s-style shopping precinct into a scene, not of dereliction, but something that smacks of a past era of post-war modern Britain.
Following the recent and sad closure of the much-loved Seafarer, many residents questioned what was happening with the long-planned redevelopment of Weaver Square, which lies mere feet away from the chippy.
Cheshire West and Chester Council acquired the lease of the site back in 2014, by which time many of the units already stood empty. The authority took it over after the previous owner of Weaver Square ceased trading in 2012.
Since then, there have been a number of ideas about what do with the site. But the shopping centre continued to lie mostly-dormant, despite it being partly-demolished in 2019 amid promises of regeneration.
Northwich would then be hit by misfortune after misfortune : the outdoor market was gutted by fire in early 2020
the Covid pandemic caused economic chaos across the world
the devastating flooding in 2021 left many businesses badly damaged
and the town's railway station collapsed in April last year.
Weaver Square shopping centre, 35-37, Market St, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 5AY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,necropolis,graves,graveyards,grave,memorials,tourist,attraction,memorial,N6,N6 6PJ,ivy,Highgate Cemetery,stone crosses,grave markers,funerary sculpture,memorial crosses,North London,London,UK,Christian symbolism,Celtic cross,mourning statue,stone angel,overgrown graves,woodland cemetery,Victorian funerary art,religious memorials,nineteenth century burial ground,gothic cemetery,nature reclaiming graves,remembrance,death
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R7A42R - This photograph shows a group of stone crosses and grave monuments set among lush vegetation in Highgate Cemetery, one of London's most historically significant Victorian burial grounds. The memorials include a variety of cross designs, from simple Latin crosses to more elaborate Celtic forms, reflecting the religious symbolism and artistic styles commonly used in nineteenth-century funerary sculpture.
Highgate Cemetery is renowned for its wooded setting and the way nature has gradually reclaimed many of its monuments. Ivy, wild grasses, and mature trees surround the graves, softening the stonework and creating a distinctive atmosphere that blends memorial art with a natural landscape. This balance between preservation and natural growth contributes to the cemetery's romantic and slightly gothic character.
Stone crosses were widely used in Victorian cemeteries to express Christian faith, hope of resurrection, and remembrance. Their weathered surfaces and varied designs illustrate both personal commemoration and broader cultural attitudes to death during the period of rapid urban and industrial expansion in London.
Photographed in natural daylight, this image captures the quiet, reflective quality of Highgate Cemetery and its role as both a place of remembrance and a significant heritage landscape. It is well suited for editorial use covering Victorian funerary traditions, religious symbolism, London history, and the visual character of historic cemeteries in the UK.
Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, England, UK, N6 6PJ
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,necropolis,graves,graveyards,grave,memorials,tourist,attraction,ivy,Highgate Cemetery,stone crosses,grave markers,funerary sculpture,memorial crosses,North London,London,UK,Christian symbolism,Celtic cross,mourning statue,stone angel,overgrown graves,woodland cemetery,Victorian funerary art,religious memorials,nineteenth century burial ground,gothic cemetery,nature reclaiming graves,remembrance,death,death and mourning,heritage site,tranquil atmosphere,green foliage,editorial photography,documentary image
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R7A488 - This photograph shows a group of stone crosses and grave monuments set among lush vegetation in Highgate Cemetery, one of London's most historically significant Victorian burial grounds. The memorials include a variety of cross designs, from simple Latin crosses to more elaborate Celtic forms, reflecting the religious symbolism and artistic styles commonly used in nineteenth-century funerary sculpture.
Highgate Cemetery is renowned for its wooded setting and the way nature has gradually reclaimed many of its monuments. Ivy, wild grasses, and mature trees surround the graves, softening the stonework and creating a distinctive atmosphere that blends memorial art with a natural landscape. This balance between preservation and natural growth contributes to the cemetery's romantic and slightly gothic character.
Stone crosses were widely used in Victorian cemeteries to express Christian faith, hope of resurrection, and remembrance. Their weathered surfaces and varied designs illustrate both personal commemoration and broader cultural attitudes to death during the period of rapid urban and industrial expansion in London.
Photographed in natural daylight, this image captures the quiet, reflective quality of Highgate Cemetery and its role as both a place of remembrance and a significant heritage landscape. It is well suited for editorial use covering Victorian funerary traditions, religious symbolism, London history, and the visual character of historic cemeteries in the UK.
Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, England, UK, N6 6PJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,grave,graves,graveyard,memorials,east,side,eastside,and,headstone,head,stone,of,face,image,facemask,1946-2010,MM,1946,Swains Lane,N6 6PJ,N6,death,sculpture,tomb,bust,closed eyes,punk,British,music,coffin,Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die,historic,figure,McLaran
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RA236D - Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 “ 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, singer, songwriter, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, who combined these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He promoted and managed the bands New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols, and Bow Wow Wow, and recorded music in his own name.
McLaren was brought up by his grandmother after his father, Peter, left the family home, and attended a number of British art colleges and adopted the stance of the social rebel in the style of French revolutionaries the Situationists. McLaren realised that a new protest style was needed for the 1970s,[citation needed] and involved himself in the punk movement, for which he supplied fashions from the Chelsea boutique SEX, which he operated with girlfriend Vivienne Westwood.
After a period advising the New York Dolls in the U.S., McLaren managed the Sex Pistols, for which he recruited the nihilistic frontman Johnny Rotten. The issue of a controversial record, God Save the Queen, satirising the Queen's Jubilee in 1977, was typical of McLaren's shock tactics, and he gained publicity by being arrested after a promotional boat trip outside the Houses of Parliament.
From 1974, McLaren had advised SEX customers Paul Cook and Steve Jones on their musical aspirations, having proposed that one of his shop assistants, Glen Matlock, join them as the bass-player in a group McLaren named Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols. In the summer of 1975, McLaren ejected the bespectacled guitarist/singer Wally Nightingale from the line-up because he lacked visual appeal.
McLaren's one-time associate Bernie Rhodes (later manager of the Clash) has claimed he spotted a new frontman in another customer, John Lydon, then sporting green hair and torn clothes with the words I hate scribbled on his Pink Floyd T-shirt. Lydon, dubbed Johnny Rotten, joined and McLaren shortened the name to Sex Pistols
Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, England, UK, N6 6PJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,monochrome,BW,east,mask,grave,graves,graveyard,memorials,side,eastside,and,headstone,head,stone,of,face,image,facemask,1946-2010,1946,Swains Lane,N6 6PJ,N6,death,sculpture,tomb,bust,closed eyes,punk,British,music,coffin,historic,figure,McLaran
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RADRM8 - Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 “ 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, singer, songwriter, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, who combined these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He promoted and managed the bands New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols, and Bow Wow Wow, and recorded music in his own name.
McLaren was brought up by his grandmother after his father, Peter, left the family home, and attended a number of British art colleges and adopted the stance of the social rebel in the style of French revolutionaries the Situationists. McLaren realised that a new protest style was needed for the 1970s,[citation needed] and involved himself in the punk movement, for which he supplied fashions from the Chelsea boutique SEX, which he operated with girlfriend Vivienne Westwood.
After a period advising the New York Dolls in the U.S., McLaren managed the Sex Pistols, for which he recruited the nihilistic frontman Johnny Rotten. The issue of a controversial record, God Save the Queen, satirising the Queen's Jubilee in 1977, was typical of McLaren's shock tactics, and he gained publicity by being arrested after a promotional boat trip outside the Houses of Parliament.
From 1974, McLaren had advised SEX customers Paul Cook and Steve Jones on their musical aspirations, having proposed that one of his shop assistants, Glen Matlock, join them as the bass-player in a group McLaren named Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols. In the summer of 1975, McLaren ejected the bespectacled guitarist/singer Wally Nightingale from the line-up because he lacked visual appeal.
McLaren's one-time associate Bernie Rhodes (later manager of the Clash) has claimed he spotted a new frontman in another customer, John Lydon, then sporting green hair and torn clothes with the words I hate scribbled on his Pink Floyd T-shirt. Lydon, dubbed Johnny Rotten, joined and McLaren shortened the name to Sex Pistols
Highgate Cemetery eastside, Swain's Lane, London, England, UK, N6 6PJ
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,east,mask,grave,graves,graveyard,memorials,side,eastside,and,headstone,head,stone,of,face,image,facemask,1946-2010,1946,Swains Lane,N6 6PJ,N6,death,sculpture,tomb,bust,closed eyes,punk,British,music,coffin,historic,figure,McLaran
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RADRMX - Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 “ 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, singer, songwriter, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, who combined these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He promoted and managed the bands New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols, and Bow Wow Wow, and recorded music in his own name.
McLaren was brought up by his grandmother after his father, Peter, left the family home, and attended a number of British art colleges and adopted the stance of the social rebel in the style of French revolutionaries the Situationists. McLaren realised that a new protest style was needed for the 1970s,[citation needed] and involved himself in the punk movement, for which he supplied fashions from the Chelsea boutique SEX, which he operated with girlfriend Vivienne Westwood.
After a period advising the New York Dolls in the U.S., McLaren managed the Sex Pistols, for which he recruited the nihilistic frontman Johnny Rotten. The issue of a controversial record, God Save the Queen, satirising the Queen's Jubilee in 1977, was typical of McLaren's shock tactics, and he gained publicity by being arrested after a promotional boat trip outside the Houses of Parliament.
From 1974, McLaren had advised SEX customers Paul Cook and Steve Jones on their musical aspirations, having proposed that one of his shop assistants, Glen Matlock, join them as the bass-player in a group McLaren named Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols. In the summer of 1975, McLaren ejected the bespectacled guitarist/singer Wally Nightingale from the line-up because he lacked visual appeal.
McLaren's one-time associate Bernie Rhodes (later manager of the Clash) has claimed he spotted a new frontman in another customer, John Lydon, then sporting green hair and torn clothes with the words I hate scribbled on his Pink Floyd T-shirt. Lydon, dubbed Johnny Rotten, joined and McLaren shortened the name to Sex Pistols
Highgate Cemetery eastside, Swain's Lane, London, England, UK, N6 6PJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,America,USA,Even,amidst,fierce flames,the,golden lotus,can be planted,last,resting,of,wife,Ted Hughes,village,Calderdale,novelist,writer,Yorkshire,England,UK,St Thomas The Apostle,church,12,Becketts Close,Heptonstall,Hebden Bridge,West Yorkshire,HX7 7LJ,HX6,The Colossus and Other Poems,suicide,death,Ariel,depression,depressed,poetry,dramatic,St Thomas the Apostle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHEJ14 - Moody black and white photograph of the final resting place of American poet and novelist Sylvia Plath Hughes in the churchyard extension beside St Thomas's Church at Heptonstall, near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. The weathered stone headstone records her name and the years 1932 to 1963, together with the epitaph: Even amidst fierce flames, the golden lotus can be planted.
The gravestone stands among dense winter vegetation, wilted flowers and low plants, with neighbouring memorials leaning at different angles across the uneven burial ground. Bare trees and the dark outline of the church tower rise behind the graves beneath a heavy, cloudy sky. The wide-angle viewpoint and selective monochrome treatment create a sombre, atmospheric image reflecting themes of mortality, remembrance, literary tragedy and enduring creative influence.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Sylvia Plath became one of the most widely studied poets of the twentieth century. Her writing is closely associated with confessional poetry and explores identity, relationships, psychological distress, motherhood, death and personal transformation. Her best-known works include the novel The Bell Jar and poetry collections including The Colossus and the posthumously published Ariel.
Plath married English poet Ted Hughes and visited his family in the Calder Valley area. Following her death in London in 1963, she was buried at Heptonstall, where her grave has become an international destination for readers, writers, academics and literary tourists. Visitors frequently leave flowers, pens, notes and other small tributes beside the headstone.
The golden lotus inscription provides a powerful image of endurance, renewal and beauty emerging from suffering. It has become inseparable from the public memory of Plath and the continuing interpretation of her life and work.
The photograph is suitable for editorial features concerning Sylvia Plath, American literature, women writers, poetry heritage, literary p
12,Becketts Cl, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England, UK, HX7 7LJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Britain,dead,carrion,remain,eaten,by,bird,of,prey,Cheshire,WA4,bloody,blooded,dying,feather,wing,wings,kill,killed,nature,roadside,victim,wildlife,death,picked,clean,graphic,shock,animal,carcass,decay,decaying
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R15NE0 - . Dead bird remains, attacked by bird of prey, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. Photographed on 8 January 2023, this winter image stock-photo/gotonysmith-Record.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>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 dead, carrion, remain, eaten, bird, prey, Cheshire, WA4, bloody, blooded, dying, feather, 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 wing, wings, kill, killed, nature, roadside, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester Ship Canal,MSCC,cross,the,sign,signs,signage,&,and,risk,of,suicides,attempt,attempts,water,deep,waterway,WA4 1PD,WA4,Latchford Locks,Latchford,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,body,death,Stop,no,public,access,fence,fencing,bridge,dock,Peelports
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7XF99 - . Photographed at Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD in 2023, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through Stop signage at Manchester Ship Canal Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD. The wider scene also brings together period detail, healthcare communication, patient self-testing, regional identity, healthcare access, public-health screening, community identity, waterborne transport, clinical screening, waterway conservation, visual archive, changing land use, archival record, and before-and-after reference. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heritage conservation, maintenance funding and the value of canals as both heritage assets and blue-green corridors. The modern context includes continuing discussion of early diagnosis, public-health messaging and how home testing can widen access to preventive healthcare. For later comparison, the photograph preserves local activity and public use at Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. Further associations within the scene are heritage boating, historic narrowboat, navigation engineering, place identity, changing streetscape, everyday life, towpath landscape, and local history. The combination of Locks, Manchester, Canal, signage, and Latchford anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. It also preserves a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester Ship Canal,MSCC,cross,the,sign,signs,signage,&,and,risk,of,suicides,attempt,attempts,water,deep,waterway,WA4 1PD,WA4,Latchford Locks,Latchford,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,body,death,walker,pedestrian,pedestrians,walk,walking,route,Peelports
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7XF9J - . Photographed at Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD in 2023, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through Walker signage at Manchester Ship Canal Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD. The locality and subject together evoke working waterway, inland transport history, social history, inland navigation, waterborne transport, canal freight heritage, waterway conservation, canal carrying trade, patient self-testing, public-health intervention, healthcare communication, archival record, early diagnosis, and public realm. From a 2025-onward perspective, industrial heritage and heritage conservation are closely linked to this subject, alongside the value of canals as both heritage assets and blue-green corridors. The wider contemporary story combines health inequalities, patient access and how home testing can widen access to preventive healthcare. The image fixes building condition and alterations within Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The photograph additionally reflects regional identity, home testing programme, lock flight, place identity, working boat tradition, before-and-after reference, historic medical product, and everyday life. Elements such as Walker, Canal, Latchford, Locks, and signage add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Image 2M7XF9J also remains a dated record of Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD.
Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester Ship Canal,MSCC,cross,the,sign,signs,signage,&,and,risk,of,suicides,attempt,attempts,water,deep,waterway,WA4 1PD,WA4,Latchford Locks,Latchford,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,body,death,pedestrian,pedestrians,walk,walking,route,Peelports
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7XFA0 - . Photographed at Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD in 2023, 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 Pedestrian Signage at Manchester Ship Canal Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD. The frame also records themes of social history, historic medical product, patient self-testing, industrial waterway history, canal freight heritage, working waterway, inland transport history, period detail, heritage boating, medical consumer history, changing streetscape, changing land use, canal carrying trade, and health-service prevention. For current editorial use, maintenance funding and biodiversity provide additional context, especially through the transition from freight carrying to leisure and heritage use. Current relevance extends to public-health messaging and medical evidence, particularly through how home testing can widen access to preventive healthcare. Future viewers can use this scene from Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after refurbishment. The wider setting retains connections with healthcare communication, community identity, archival record, inland navigation, public realm, waterway conservation, public-health screening, and home testing programme. Elements such as Canal, Manchester, Pedestrian, Latchford, and Locks add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The record includes part of the area's social history for future local research.
Latchford Locks, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1PD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,32,UK,EH1 1PB,Take Drugs Seriously,mind altering,and,outreach,shop,office,drop-in,drop,in,confidential advice,1-1,support,free,safe,sex materials,BBV,pregnancy,testing,tests,test,problem,death,deaths,problems,Scottish,kills,killers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M36741 - We neither condemn nor condone drug use: we exist to reduce harm, challenge perceptions and help people make positive choices about their use of cannabis, stimulant and other social drugs and sexual health by providing non-judgemental, credible and up to date information and support.
32 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh,Scotland, EH1 1PB
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,of,and,father,son,comedian,entertainer,Manchester Road,Cheshire,England,UK,OBE,06/03/1961,Snr,jnr,jr,marble renovated,society,Warringtonian,the,ukulele,or,banjolele,When Im cleaning windows,George Hoy Booth,Lancashire,Lancs,working class,entertaining,death,died,family,John Willie,turned out nice again,With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock,Turned out nice again
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K30HBD - George Formby, OBE (born George Hoy Booth
26 May 1904 “ 6 March 1961) was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, comical songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjolele, and became the United Kingdom's highest-paid entertainer.
Born in Wigan, Lancashire, he was the son of George Formby Sr, from whom he later took his stage name. After an early career as a stable boy and jockey, Formby took to the music hall stage after the early death of his father in 1921. His early performances were taken exclusively from his father's act, including the same songs, jokes and characters. In 1923 he made two career-changing decisions “ he purchased a ukulele, and married Beryl Ingham, a fellow performer who became his manager and transformed his act. She insisted that he appear on stage formally dressed, and introduced the ukulele to his performance. He started his recording career in 1926 and, from 1934, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the late 1930s and 1940s, and became the UK's most popular entertainer during those decades. The media historian Brian McFarlane writes that on film, Formby portrayed gormless Lancastrian innocents who would win through against some form of villainy, gaining the affection of an attractive middle-class girl in the process.
Warrington cemetery, Manchester Road, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,of,and,father,son,comedian,entertainer,Manchester Road,Cheshire,England,UK,OBE,06/03/1961,Snr,jnr,jr,marble renovated,society,Warringtonian,the,ukulele,or,banjolele,When Im cleaning windows,George Hoy Booth,Lancashire,Lancs,working class,entertaining,death,died,family,John Willie,turned out nice again,With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock,Turned out nice again,star
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K30HDB - George Formby, OBE (born George Hoy Booth
26 May 1904 “ 6 March 1961) was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, comical songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjolele, and became the United Kingdom's highest-paid entertainer.
Born in Wigan, Lancashire, he was the son of George Formby Sr, from whom he later took his stage name. After an early career as a stable boy and jockey, Formby took to the music hall stage after the early death of his father in 1921. His early performances were taken exclusively from his father's act, including the same songs, jokes and characters. In 1923 he made two career-changing decisions “ he purchased a ukulele, and married Beryl Ingham, a fellow performer who became his manager and transformed his act. She insisted that he appear on stage formally dressed, and introduced the ukulele to his performance. He started his recording career in 1926 and, from 1934, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the late 1930s and 1940s, and became the UK's most popular entertainer during those decades. The media historian Brian McFarlane writes that on film, Formby portrayed gormless Lancastrian innocents who would win through against some form of villainy, gaining the affection of an attractive middle-class girl in the process.
Warrington cemetery, Manchester Road, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,of,and,father,son,comedian,entertainer,Manchester Road,Cheshire,England,UK,OBE,06/03/1961,Snr,jnr,jr,marble renovated,society,Warringtonian,the,ukulele,or,banjolele,When Im cleaning windows,George Hoy Booth,Lancashire,Lancs,working class,entertaining,death,died,family,John Willie,turned out nice again,With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock,Turned out nice again
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K30HDF - George Formby, OBE (born George Hoy Booth
26 May 1904 “ 6 March 1961) was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, comical songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjolele, and became the United Kingdom's highest-paid entertainer.
Born in Wigan, Lancashire, he was the son of George Formby Sr, from whom he later took his stage name. After an early career as a stable boy and jockey, Formby took to the music hall stage after the early death of his father in 1921. His early performances were taken exclusively from his father's act, including the same songs, jokes and characters. In 1923 he made two career-changing decisions “ he purchased a ukulele, and married Beryl Ingham, a fellow performer who became his manager and transformed his act. She insisted that he appear on stage formally dressed, and introduced the ukulele to his performance. He started his recording career in 1926 and, from 1934, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the late 1930s and 1940s, and became the UK's most popular entertainer during those decades. The media historian Brian McFarlane writes that on film, Formby portrayed gormless Lancastrian innocents who would win through against some form of villainy, gaining the affection of an attractive middle-class girl in the process.
Warrington cemetery, Manchester Road, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,of,and,father,son,comedian,entertainer,Manchester Road,Cheshire,England,UK,OBE,06/03/1961,Snr,jnr,jr,marble renovated,society,Warringtonian,the,ukulele,or,banjolele,When Im cleaning windows,George Hoy Booth,Lancashire,Lancs,working class,entertaining,death,died,family,John Willie,turned out nice again,With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock,Turned out nice again
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K30HDM - George Formby, OBE (born George Hoy Booth
26 May 1904 “ 6 March 1961) was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, comical songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjolele, and became the United Kingdom's highest-paid entertainer.
Born in Wigan, Lancashire, he was the son of George Formby Sr, from whom he later took his stage name. After an early career as a stable boy and jockey, Formby took to the music hall stage after the early death of his father in 1921. His early performances were taken exclusively from his father's act, including the same songs, jokes and characters. In 1923 he made two career-changing decisions “ he purchased a ukulele, and married Beryl Ingham, a fellow performer who became his manager and transformed his act. She insisted that he appear on stage formally dressed, and introduced the ukulele to his performance. He started his recording career in 1926 and, from 1934, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the late 1930s and 1940s, and became the UK's most popular entertainer during those decades. The media historian Brian McFarlane writes that on film, Formby portrayed gormless Lancastrian innocents who would win through against some form of villainy, gaining the affection of an attractive middle-class girl in the process.
Warrington cemetery, Manchester Road, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,WA1,graves,Indian,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 3BG,inscription,Muslim,section,of,area,multi-ethnic,multi-cultural,Dr,Muhammad,and to him is our return,religion,faith,facing,faces,Mecca,Islamic,community,Muslims,Islam,death,dead,buried,funeral,funerals,sharia religious law,sharia,religious,law
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K30HDW - . This authentic period view of Manchester Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The principal subject is Muslim section, of Warrington cemetery, Manchester Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG. The subject also carries associations with tribute design, place identity, documentary photography, social history, community identity, passenger transport, street-side transport, public transport stop, local character, commemorative plaque, transport accessibility, historic inscription, community memory, and memorial culture. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with public commemoration, place identity and how commemorative objects become part of the identity of a place. The modern context includes continuing discussion of passenger information, decarbonisation and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense urban centres. As a dated visual record of Manchester Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside place-based remembrance, regional identity, everyday life, before-and-after reference, bus infrastructure, visual archive, period detail, and local mobility. References to section, cemetery, Manchester, and Muslim give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Manchester Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. It also preserves a point of historical comparison as part of Manchester Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG's history.
Manchester Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,queens,stamps,head,of,the,colonial,UK,death,passing,colonies,colony,monarchy,monarch,oppression,repression,Australia,Jamaica,New Zealand,countries,united,kingdom,history,historic,postage,collection,Hong Kong,crown,dependency,realm,United Kingdom,GB,Cyprus,Malaya,Malaysia,HongKong,Betty,1952
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K01H1Y - The number of states headed by Queen Elizabeth II varied during her 70 years on the throne, altogether seeing her as sovereign of a total of 32 independent countries during this period. In her capacity as Queen of the United Kingdom (including the British overseas territories), she was also monarch of three Crown Dependencies”the Channel Island of Guernsey and Jersey (as the Duke of Normandy), and the Isle of Man (as the Lord of Mann)”and, in her capacity as Queen of New Zealand, she was monarch of two associated states”the Cook Islands and Niue”after they acquired this status in 1965 and 1974, respectively.
Two situations in two countries differ from the others. The government of the unrecognised state of Rhodesia proclaimed its allegiance to Elizabeth II as Queen of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1970. However, she did not accept either the role or the title and it was not accepted or recognised by any other state. Fiji became a republic through a military coup in 1987, after which its Great Council of Chiefs continued to recognise Elizabeth II as queen, or Paramount Chief of Fiji, until the council's de-establishment on 14 March 2012. However, this was only a ceremonial title, with no role in government at all
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,queen,queens,stamp,stamps,head,of,the,colonial,UK,Elizabeth,II,death,passing,colonies,colony,monarch,oppression,exploitation,Australia,Jamaica,countries,united,kingdom,history,historic,postage,collection,Hong Kong,crown,dependency,realm,funeral,coronation,old,post-war,Betty
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K01H25 - The number of states headed by Queen Elizabeth II varied during her 70 years on the throne, altogether seeing her as sovereign of a total of 32 independent countries during this period. In her capacity as Queen of the United Kingdom (including the British overseas territories), she was also monarch of three Crown Dependencies”the Channel Island of Guernsey and Jersey (as the Duke of Normandy), and the Isle of Man (as the Lord of Mann)”and, in her capacity as Queen of New Zealand, she was monarch of two associated states”the Cook Islands and Niue”after they acquired this status in 1965 and 1974, respectively.
Two situations in two countries differ from the others. The government of the unrecognised state of Rhodesia proclaimed its allegiance to Elizabeth II as Queen of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1970. However, she did not accept either the role or the title and it was not accepted or recognised by any other state. Fiji became a republic through a military coup in 1987, after which its Great Council of Chiefs continued to recognise Elizabeth II as queen, or Paramount Chief of Fiji, until the council's de-establishment on 14 March 2012. However, this was only a ceremonial title, with no role in government at all
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,queen,queens,stamp,stamps,head,of,the,colonial,UK,Elizabeth,II,death,passing,colonies,colony,monarchy,monarch,oppression,repression,exploitation,Australia,Jamaica,New Zealand,countries,united,kingdom,historic,postage,collection,Hong Kong,crown,dependency,realm,nation,died,island
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K01H27 - The number of states headed by Queen Elizabeth II varied during her 70 years on the throne, altogether seeing her as sovereign of a total of 32 independent countries during this period. In her capacity as Queen of the United Kingdom (including the British overseas territories), she was also monarch of three Crown Dependencies”the Channel Island of Guernsey and Jersey (as the Duke of Normandy), and the Isle of Man (as the Lord of Mann)”and, in her capacity as Queen of New Zealand, she was monarch of two associated states”the Cook Islands and Niue”after they acquired this status in 1965 and 1974, respectively.
Two situations in two countries differ from the others. The government of the unrecognised state of Rhodesia proclaimed its allegiance to Elizabeth II as Queen of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1970. However, she did not accept either the role or the title and it was not accepted or recognised by any other state. Fiji became a republic through a military coup in 1987, after which its Great Council of Chiefs continued to recognise Elizabeth II as queen, or Paramount Chief of Fiji, until the council's de-establishment on 14 March 2012. However, this was only a ceremonial title, with no role in government at all
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,queen,queens,stamp,stamps,head,of,the,colonial,UK,Elizabeth,II,death,passing,colonies,colony,monarchy,monarch,oppression,repression,exploitation,Australia,Jamaica,countries,history,postage,collection,crown,dependency,Charles succession,calls for reparations,removal of monarch as head of state,reparation,reparations,king,Charles,cancelled,coronation,1952
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K01H4X - The number of states headed by Queen Elizabeth II varied during her 70 years on the throne, altogether seeing her as sovereign of a total of 32 independent countries during this period. In her capacity as Queen of the United Kingdom (including the British overseas territories), she was also monarch of three Crown Dependencies”the Channel Island of Guernsey and Jersey (as the Duke of Normandy), and the Isle of Man (as the Lord of Mann)”and, in her capacity as Queen of New Zealand, she was monarch of two associated states”the Cook Islands and Niue”after they acquired this status in 1965 and 1974, respectively.
Two situations in two countries differ from the others. The government of the unrecognised state of Rhodesia proclaimed its allegiance to Elizabeth II as Queen of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1970. However, she did not accept either the role or the title and it was not accepted or recognised by any other state. Fiji became a republic through a military coup in 1987, after which its Great Council of Chiefs continued to recognise Elizabeth II as queen, or Paramount Chief of Fiji, until the council's de-establishment on 14 March 2012. However, this was only a ceremonial title, with no role in government at all
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,town,centre,WA1,Cheshire,WA1 3BG,at,graves,gravestone,Manchester Rd,memorial,head,stones,headstone,plot,plots,vandalism,vandalised,memorials,evening,Manchester road,cemetery,death,burial,burials,stone,ceremony,service,services,cemetary,haunted,tomb,tombstones,record,WBC,borough
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRR05T - . Made at Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through Chapel at Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG. Another layer of the photograph includes public commemoration, community memory, social history, memorial culture, commemorative plaque, liturgical art, heritage worship space, archival record, public realm, historic church fabric, commemorative object, period detail, contemporary social history, and sacred decoration. Today's relevance is strengthened by visitor tourism, historic fabric and the continuing question of how places of worship combine active faith use with heritage and tourism. From a 2025-onward perspective, local history and public commemoration are closely linked to this subject, alongside how commemorative objects become part of the identity of a place. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG, details that may look very different after new construction. The photograph additionally reflects place-based remembrance, place identity, tribute design, before-and-after reference, visual archive, parish church heritage, church interior, and community identity. The recorded references to Chapel, Manchester, and Cemetery preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark for future local research. The view records a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 3BG,dead,memorials,memorial,cemetery,graves,at,evening,Manchester road,centre,town,Manchester Rd,headstone,plot,plots,vandalism,stones,head,WA1,gravestone,death,burial,burials,stone,ceremony,service,services,cemetary,haunted,tomb,tombstones,record,WBC,borough
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB52K - . This dated editorial view of Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Fountain at Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG. The surrounding context encompasses local remembrance, adaptive reuse, public-realm investment, changing land use, archival record, urban fabric, mixed-use redevelopment, community memory, local history, everyday life, local character, public memorial, architectural character, and civic architecture. The modern context includes continuing discussion of public commemoration, heritage conservation and how commemorative objects become part of the identity of a place. For current editorial use, heritage conservation and public-realm investment provide additional context, especially through the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects urban regeneration, historic inscription, period detail, commemorative plaque, built heritage, period architecture, memorial culture, and social history. The recorded references to Fountain, Cemetery, and Manchester preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use as part of Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG's history.
Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 3BG,dead,memorials,memorial,cemetery,graves,at,evening,Manchester road,centre,town,Manchester Rd,headstone,plot,plots,vandalism,stones,head,WA1,gravestone,death,burial,burials,stone,ceremony,service,services,cemetary,haunted,tomb,tombstones,record,WBC,borough
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB52M - . Made at Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is Fountain at Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG. The frame also records themes of urban fabric, mixed-use redevelopment, period architecture, historic townscape, public commemoration, changing streetscape, place-making, built heritage, place-based remembrance, community memory, civic architecture, visual archive, historical comparison, and architectural character. Today's relevance is strengthened by community memory, cultural memory and the continuing question of the long-term importance of recording memorials before they are altered or lost. From a 2025-onward perspective, heritage conservation and planning are closely linked to this subject, alongside the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. The image fixes local activity and public use within Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. The photograph additionally reflects historic inscription, heritage-led regeneration, memorial inscription, commemorative object, period detail, changing land use, social history, and town-centre renewal. References to Fountain, Manchester, and Cemetery give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The period view preserves part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference.
Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB52N - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The frame specifically shows Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG. The wider scene also brings together period detail, archival record, before-and-after reference, public realm, changing land use, local history, social-history memorial, period architecture, commercial redevelopment, community memory, place identity, public commemoration, tribute design, and urban regeneration. The modern context includes continuing discussion of bereavement, public commemoration and how commemorative objects become part of the identity of a place. For current editorial use, public-realm investment and commercial viability provide additional context, especially through how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG, details that may look very different after conservation work. Further associations within the scene are social history, memorial culture, everyday life, visual archive, urban fabric, historic townscape, regional identity, and architectural character. Details involving Cemetery and Manchester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use as part of Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG's history.
Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP0KAW - Broad high-street view of the Ian Curtis mural on Mill Street in Macclesfield, Cheshire, showing the artwork within its town-centre setting. The monochrome portrait covers the dark-painted gable above the Express Mini Market and depicts the Joy Division singer holding a microphone during a live performance. Manchester-based street artist Akse P19 created the mural from a 1979 photograph by music photographer Kevin Cummins. Its near-black background and face and hands contrast with the adjoining pale building and clear blue summer sky.
The photograph looks downhill along Mill Street towards central Macclesfield. Independent shops, pedestrians, parked vehicles and traditional brick buildings create a recognisable English high-street scene. Top Cut barber occupies the adjoining frontage, while the distant domed roof and Cheshire hills add local context. The sloping road makes the giant portrait visible as both public artwork and local landmark.
Cheshire East Council commissioned the mural to support culture, public art and regeneration in Macclesfield town centre. It was completed in March 2022 and unveiled on 26 March, with Joy Division co-founder and bass guitarist Peter Hook attending. The mural stands at 86 Mill Street, adjacent to Macclesfield bus station, and has become an attraction for photographers, music tourists and visitors following the town's art trail.
Ian Curtis was brought up in Macclesfield and remained closely associated with the Cheshire town. As singer and lyricist of Joy Division, he became a defining figure of British post-punk. The band's Factory Records releases included Unknown Pleasures and Closer, alongside songs such as Love Will Tear Us Apart, Transmission and Atmosphere. After Curtis died in 1980, the surviving members formed New Order. Akse's mural connects that musical legacy with the ordinary shops and streets of Curtis's home town, giving the high street a powerful memorial and distinctive sense of place
86 Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, SK11 6NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM32TR - . Recorded at Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK 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 image documents Freshly dug grave plot, chapel graveyard, cemetery, Eastcombe, Gloucestershire, England, UK, ready for coffin burial. A broader reading of the photograph includes public monument, everyday life, visual archive, public realm, community memory, before-and-after reference, mortality symbolism, documentary photography, historic glazing, local character, place identity, local history, ecclesiastical art, and regional identity. Current relevance extends to genealogy and historic inscriptions, particularly through how inscriptions preserve humour, beliefs and attitudes toward death. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into visitor tourism and energy costs, not least because of the conservation challenge of fragile historic glass and stonework. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with church conservation, period detail, commemorative text, commemorative inscription, stained-glass craftsmanship, ecclesiastical decoration, memorial stone, and faith heritage. The combination of coffin, grave, Eastcombe, ready, and cemetery anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes genealogy and how inscriptions preserve humour, beliefs and attitudes toward death within the specific setting of Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK. Image 2JM32TR also remains a dated record of Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK.
Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDPBW - . Recorded at 12 Red Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AL 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 defining feature is Hill Cliffe & Fox Covert Cemetery panorama, 12 Red Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AL. The broader subject matter reaches into documentary photography, visual archive, place identity, urban social history, everyday life, changing streetscape, social history, local history, contemporary city life, changing land use, local identity, city-centre activity, community identity, and urban change. Today's relevance is strengthened by public-realm change, community use and the continuing question of how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The image fixes building condition and alterations within 12 Red Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AL at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. Other useful contextual ideas include contemporary social history, local character, pedestrian environment, public realm, period detail, street-level documentary, before-and-after reference, and regional identity. Elements such as Cemetery, Covert, Cliffe, panorama, and Thorn add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 12 Red Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AL may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another useful connection is public-realm change and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change within the specific setting of 12 Red Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AL. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2JDDPBW.
12 Red Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAGDAN - . Photographed at Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through Memorial Plate, Phillip Lower, aged 22 years, who was accidently killed, in Senchenydd explosion, Oct 14th 1913. The frame also records themes of historical comparison, pedestrian environment, community life, contemporary social history, changing land use, townscape record, archival record, local character, changing streetscape, city-centre activity, urban social history, urban change, social landscape, and place identity. For current editorial use, regeneration and transport provide additional context, especially through the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with period detail, regional identity, public realm, street-level documentary, documentary photography, everyday life, visual archive, and before-and-after reference. The recorded references to Memorial, Lower, accidently, Phillip, and explosion preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is regeneration and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments without losing the local specificity of Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP. Image 2JAGDAN also remains a dated record of Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP.
Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP
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Keywords: WA4,Queens,Celebration,window,decorations,dressed,celebrations,Brenda,Elizabeth,cake,cakes,hat,Union flags,British,British Flag,bank holiday,@Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,Charles,king,iii,3rd,Death,died,new,coronation,slimmed,down,Windsor,Windsors,popular,Camilla,queen,consort,patriotic,patriotism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J843N0 - . Photographed at Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK in 2022, this detailed editorial 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 Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebration window decorations, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4 6NJ. Other connected aspects include physical store, outdoor retail, shopping district, retail property, documentary photography, public realm, historical comparison, visual archive, retail chain, city-centre activity, bricks-and-mortar retail, local character, pedestrian environment, and community life. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with changing footfall, store closures and how consumer spending patterns reshape commercial streets. The modern context includes continuing discussion of street safety, public-realm change and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes community identity, commercial streetscape, place identity, customer footfall, everyday street life, street-level documentary, high-street commerce, and contemporary city life. The recorded references to Stockton, decorations, Queens, Platinum, and Jubilee preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is changing footfall and how consumer spending patterns reshape commercial streets within the specific setting of Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK.
Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J843N1 - . Recorded at the recorded location 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 Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebration window decorations, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4 6NJ. The subject also carries associations with period detail, shopfront economy, contemporary social history, regional identity, documentary photography, social history, consumer retail, everyday street life, shopping district, urban social history, high-street commerce, pedestrian environment, archival record, and retail property. The wider contemporary story combines business rates, commercial rents and the speed at which branding and store formats change. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with commercial change, transport and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around the recorded location before new construction alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside bricks-and-mortar retail, community identity, local identity, social landscape, retail chain, physical store, city-centre activity, and contemporary city life. The combination of Celebration, window, Stockton, Queens, and Heath anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for business rates and the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another useful connection is community use and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C5R3AW - . This scene at Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH documents an everyday subject with wider connections to local identity, social history and changing patterns of use. At the heart of the image is Cromwell Court Care Home, Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington WA1 2TH. The picture additionally relates to built environment, local character, residential construction, new housing estate, social landscape, greenfield development, private development, contemporary history, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, developer-led housing, urban change, community identity, and residential expansion. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with greenfield development, housing supply and the balance between development and protection of open land. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and construction around Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH before changed technology alters the character of the place. Further associations include documentary photography, site infrastructure, construction safety, archival record, regional identity, place identity, visual archive, and estate road construction. Details involving Church, Court, and Cromwell make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. The surrounding context at Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes greenfield development and whether new estates provide genuinely affordable homes when considered against later change at Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH and the changing story of the subject shown.
Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A4PJMA - Ewood Park is a football stadium in the English town of Blackburn, Lancashire, and is the home of Blackburn Rovers Football Club Celebrating the life of a loved one, at Premiership & Championship Football Clubs
Dates refer to when the advice was given and is liable to change so please contact club to get permission before organising a scattering ceremony. The dates at the end are when we were advised of the policy, if you have any more current information please let us know so we can help others.
In alphabetical order (wouldn't want to show any allegiance!)
Arsenal “ ashes are not interred or scattered at Emirates stadium.
Aston Villa “ regrettably, the club is no longer in a position to accept requests for the scattering of ashes. We no longer have areas of Villa Park that are suitable for ashes to remain, and we would not want to scatter ashes in locations that would not be fitting or appropriate. Likewise we are faced with the same issues at Bodymoor Heath. To recognise the passing of our fans and former players, the Club is looking at other fitting ways to pay tribute to them. We will be publishing something in the near future on our website,which will provide the details of how families and friends can remember a loved one. 16/06/10
Blackburn Rovers “ ash scattering can be arranged through the clubs Chaplin although not on the pitch, they have a lovely garden of remembrance adjacent to the ground near the river. 29/06/10
Blackpool “ The club don't actually allow scattering of ashes but we allow the ashes to be buried at the side of the pitch. 14/06/10
Read more at https://scattering-ashes.co.uk/help-advice/law/football-clubs/
Ewood Park, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, BB2 4JF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43P0P - A 17 year old has been jailed for life after he battered another teenager to death.
Victim Stuart Lowe, 18, was killed in Warrington, in October, when Sibongiseni Majola struck him about the head with a screwdriver and kicked him while on the ground.
Stuart had suffered a massive brain injury and although he clung to life for seven days, he died a week later without regaining conciousness.
Yesterday, Majola, from Warrington, was sentenced to life behind bars, with a recommendation he serve at least 12 years before he can be considered for parole.
He had admitted murder last month at Chester crown court.
The court heard that joinery apprentice Stuart had gone to a party at The Bank Quay Social Club on October 17, last year.
It finished at 11pm and led to up to 100 young people, mostly students, milling around on the streets outside.
The mood began to change when football songs were chanted and witnesses report seeing fighting breaking out.
Majola and his friend were hit, and later claimed they had been subjected to racist comments.
The defendant left the scene in a friend's car and was dropped off at his home nearby.
But instead of staying there, he armed himself with a screwdriver, and headed back to Warrington town centre.
His friend, who had also armed himself with a shovel, joined him.
As they walked along Sankey Street they came across Stuart Lowe with his friends, making their way home.
Although Stuart was not involved in the initial fight, an altercation developed between the two groups, and Majola struck his head with the screwdriver.
Witnesses say Majola kicked Stuart as he lay on the floor before running off.
A 17-year-old, from Warrington, pleaded guilty to the possession of the shovel and affray and was jailed for 18 months.
Sankey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1SU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41M5G - The curious Pyramidal tomb of William Mackenzie in Liverpool
Making a distinctive appearance in the graveyard of St Andrew's Church, Rodney Street, Liverpool is the 15 foot high pyramidal tomb of the British civil engineer and civil engineering contractor, William Mackenzie.
The tomb lies in what is reputed to be one of the most haunted areas of Liverpool city.
Born near Nelson, Lancashire in 1794 and the eldest of the 11 children, Mackenzie started his career as an apprentice weaver but changed to civil engineering.
He went on to make his fortune working as engineer on canal and railway projects, latterly working on new railway lines in France, Spain, the Italian states and Belgium.
Mackenzie died in 1851, leaving most of his £341,848 estate to his brother Edward, who erected this pyramid shaped monument at the grave in 1868
In the vault beneath lie the remains of William Mackenzie of Newbie, Dumfriesshire, Esquire who died 29th October 1851 aged 57 years. Also, Mary his wife, who died 19th December 1838 aged 48 years and Sarah, his second wife who died 9th December 1867 aged 60 years. This monument was erected by his Brother Edward as a token of love and affection A.D. 1868. The memory of the just is blessed
A wonderfully improbable local legend tells the story of how McKenzie was supposedly entombed seated at a table with a winning hand of cards in his bony fingers.
The yarn insists that as an inveterate gambler, he bet and lost his soul in a game of poker with the Devil and figured that if he was never buried, Satan could never claim his prize.
Rodney Street Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475J4 - William Mackenzie (20 March 1794 “ 29 October 1851) was an Anglo-Scottish civil engineer and civil engineering contractor who was one of the leading European contractors in the 1840s
his profitable contracts including tunnels on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway between Edge Hill and Lime Street, and contracts for the Grand Union, North Union, Midland Counties and Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock railways. Non-railway contracts included Liverpool Haymarket, the Manchester and Sheffield Junction Canal and the Shannon navigation
In 1819 Mackenzie married Mary Dalziel, daughter of a Glasgow commission agent. Mary died in 1838 and in 1839 he married Sarah Dewhurst. Mackenzie maintained offices in Paris and in Liverpool and from 1843 he lived at 74 Grove Street, Liverpool, where he died in 1851.
He was buried in St Andrew's Church, Rodney Street, Liverpool in 1851. A pyramid-shaped monument was erected at the grave by his brother Edward in 1868. An inscription on the pyramid door reads: In the vault beneath lie the remains of William Mackenzie of Newbie, Dumfriesshire, Esquire who died 29th October 1851 aged 57 years. Also, Mary his wife, who died 19th December 1838 aged 48 years and Sarah, his second wife who died 9th December 1867 aged 60 years. This monument was erected by his Brother Edward as a token of love and affection A.D. 1868. The memory of the just is blessed.
William's estate amounted to £341,848, almost all of which was left to his youngest brother, Edward. He had no children. The Diary of William Mackenzie, published by Thomas Telford Publishing in 2000, is a full transcription of Mackenzie's handwritten diaries, and it provides insight into his busy life.
The inscription proves that MacKenzie was buried beneath (not entombed inside) the pyramid and that the monument itself was not erected until 16 years after his demise. Even so, the legend of his upright interment continues to be told and believed by many.
St Andrew's Church, Rodney Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475N6 - A campaign poster displayed in a window in Liverpool city centre declares that The Sun newspaper is not welcome here . The design carries the slogan The truth was proved, they printed lies and replaces part of the newspaper's name with a large black cross. It promotes the Shun the S*n campaign and reflects Liverpool's continuing rejection of the tabloid following its false reporting about the Hillsborough disaster.
On 15 April 1989, 97 Liverpool supporters were ultimately recognised as having been unlawfully killed as a result of the Hillsborough stadium disaster. Four days later, The Sun published a notorious front page headed The Truth , containing allegations against supporters that were subsequently discredited. The reporting caused profound anger across Liverpool and Merseyside and led to a sustained boycott in which many residents refused to buy the newspaper and numerous retailers stopped stocking it.
The poster is a strong example of grassroots campaigning, public protest and collective consumer action. Its homemade appearance, bold black and red lettering, crossed-out logo and direct language communicate the depth of local feeling. The small campaign emblem and social-media details at the bottom encourage others to support the boycott and spread its message.
Photographed in a Liverpool shop window, the notice illustrates how memories of Hillsborough remain visible in the everyday streetscape rather than being confined to football grounds or formal memorials. It may be used editorially to illustrate press ethics, media accountability, misinformation, newspaper boycotts, freedom of expression, community solidarity, Scouse identity and campaigns for justice for the 97 victims.
The image also records a distinctive aspect of Liverpool's modern social history: a citywide protest sustained across generations through personal purchasing choices, shopkeeper participation, supporter activism and highly recognisable public signs.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DDW6CP - . This location-specific image from St John Baptist, 5 Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL7 2NX in 2019 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 Cirencester Abbey,our hearts are restless,Until they find,their rest in thee, Cirencester,Gloucestershire,Cotswolds,England,UK, GL7 2NX. A broader reading of the photograph includes community identity, destination retail, changing streetscape, physical store, changing land use, everyday life, commercial frontage, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, outdoor retail, commercial streetscape, public realm, archival record, and brand-led retail. For current editorial use, commercial rents and consumer spending provide additional context, especially through how consumer spending patterns reshape commercial streets. For later comparison, the photograph preserves local activity and public use at St John Baptist, 5 Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL7 2NX, details that may look very different after new ownership. The surrounding story also includes regional identity, customer footfall, shopping district, bricks-and-mortar retail, local character, place identity, high-street commerce, and documentary photography. The recorded references to Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, restless, hearts, and Until preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at St John Baptist, 5 Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL7 2NX helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is commercial rents and how consumer spending patterns reshape commercial streets without losing the local specificity of St John Baptist, 5 Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL7 2NX.
St John Baptist, 5 Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL7 2NX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGECX - . A grounded editorial photograph preserves the character of the recorded location, in documentary coverage dating from 2019. The principal recorded subject is St Peters Fields, The Peterloo Massacre, Red Plaque, Peter Street, Manchester, North West England, UK. Related ideas embodied by the location include period property, conservation interest, historic fabric, period architecture, urban conservation, architectural detail, heritage streetscape, adaptive reuse, townscape identity, urban fabric, historic environment, and heritage asset. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, older urban fabric also connects with planning control, redevelopment pressure and efforts aimed at preserving local character. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at the recorded location, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves, specifically in relation to St Peters Fields. The broader context includes architectural character, historic built environment, historic townscape, architectural heritage, conservation architecture, built heritage. The record also refers to reform of parliamentary representation, parliamentary, reform, 16 August 1819, St PetersFields. Other relevant facets include local landmark, and traditional building. Modern coverage of period streetscapes frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of energy retrofit, redevelopment pressure and preserving local character. The combination preserved here provides evidence of local character, public activity, period design, changes of use, and the appearance of the built environment at this precise location. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for commercial identity, local continuity, physical infrastructure, signage and branding, and community life within the surrounding area. The location view retains the character of the setting within the wider local story.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJRT - . Photographed at 4 Church Ln, Warrington WA4 3EP, UK in 2018, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. At the centre of the view is Grappenhall Diamond Jubilee Queen Plaques. Other connected aspects include changing streetscape, historic glazing, Christian iconography, faith heritage, cathedral interior, everyday life, historical comparison, place identity, sacred architecture, local history, period detail, religious artwork, before-and-after reference, and archival record. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into church maintenance and historic fabric, not least because of the role of cathedrals as cultural landmarks beyond their congregations. Small period details of materials and architectural details at 4 Church Ln, Warrington WA4 3EP, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following closure or conversion. A second descriptive layer includes social history, regional identity, heritage worship space, ecclesiastical art, sacred space, visual archive, documentary photography, and local character. The combination of Plaques, Diamond, Jubilee, Grappenhall, and Queen anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of 4 Church Ln, Warrington WA4 3EP, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects church maintenance and the role of cathedrals as cultural landmarks beyond their congregations without losing the local specificity of 4 Church Ln, Warrington WA4 3EP, UK. Its period value extends to church maintenance and the conservation challenge of fragile historic glass and stonework in a form that can be compared with future views of 4 Church Ln, Warrington WA4 3EP, UK. The scene captures details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
4 Church Ln, Warrington WA4 3EP, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM62GW - . Justice Sinn Fein - Pearse Jordan, murdered by the RUC, 25 November 1992. Photographed on 19 August 2017, 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 533, Falls Rd, Andersonstown, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT11 9AA, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Ireland, Ulster, community, politics, politicians, graffiti, murals, art, streetart, 25/11/1992, murdered, police, 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 force, murder, memorial, man, Falls Rd, Andersonstown, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
533, Falls Rd, Andersonstown, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT11 9AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H0N8JG - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2016 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The location is represented through Accident at a Pelican Road Crossing, Howley, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK. The wider scene also brings together tribute design, street-side transport, documentary photography, public transport stop, local mobility, memorial inscription, historical comparison, regional identity, community identity, local remembrance, visual archive, contemporary social history, local character, and public memorial. From a 2025-onward perspective, heritage conservation and public commemoration are closely linked to this subject, alongside how small memorials preserve personal stories within everyday public space. The wider contemporary story combines service frequency, accessibility and the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with memorial culture, surface public transport, public realm, bus infrastructure, commemorative plaque, bus route infrastructure, historic inscription, and commemorative object. The combination of Pelican, Howley, Accident, and Crossing anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects heritage conservation and the long-term importance of recording memorials before they are altered or lost in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The view records part of the area's social history within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H0N955 - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Accident at a Pelican Road Crossing, Howley, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK. Other connected aspects include roadside transit, public realm, local mobility, place identity, public memorial, public commemoration, period detail, before-and-after reference, transport accessibility, local character, historic inscription, public transport stop, passenger transport, and tribute design. Current relevance extends to heritage conservation and memorial maintenance, particularly through how commemorative objects become part of the identity of a place. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into passenger information and decarbonisation, not least because of how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after changing commercial priorities. The location also brings in visual archive, local bus network, documentary photography, community memory, street-side transport, memorial culture, commemorative plaque, and changing land use. The recorded references to Accident, Howley, Pelican, and Crossing preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate heritage conservation and how commemorative objects become part of the identity of a place within the real-world context of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for local connectivity and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface with public transport within the specific setting of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H0N9G9 - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The principal subject is Accident at a Pelican Road Crossing, Howley, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK. The surrounding context encompasses public realm, public transport stop, passenger transport, memorial culture, tribute design, local history, period detail, community identity, changing land use, bus route infrastructure, street-side transport, roadside transit, social history, and local remembrance. Today's relevance is strengthened by memorial maintenance, heritage conservation and the continuing question of the value of inscriptions and motifs for local history. From a 2025-onward perspective, passenger information and service frequency are closely linked to this subject, alongside the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. Other useful contextual ideas include bus infrastructure, commemorative object, place identity, archival record, public commemoration, historic inscription, before-and-after reference, and community memory. The recorded references to Howley, Crossing, Accident, and Pelican preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Its period value extends to memorial maintenance and the value of inscriptions and motifs for local history when considered against later change at the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of reliability and the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H0GDD5 - Grappenhall is a suburban village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is situated along the Bridgewater Canal, and forms one of the principal settlements of Grappenhall and Thelwall civil parish. According to the 2001 UK census, the population of the entire civil parish was 9,377.
Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday Book with the name Gropenhale and with a valuation of five shillings.
St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower. This is believed to be Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later. The church was also, at a time, in the possession of the Boidelle (Boydell) family.
Along with the church, the centre of the village contains two pubs “ the Parr Arms and the Ram's Head “ and Grappenhall Hall Residential School (no longer a Residential School) and St. Wilfrid's Primary School. Bradshaw Community Primary School is located north of the village centre.
Parts of the Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes were filmed in the centre of Grappenhall. The village name appears in the title of the song Grappenhall Rag, by the Darwen singer-songwriter Bryn Haworth.
Grappenhall is home to the 25th Warrington East (St. Wilfrid's) Scout Troop. There is also a cricket ground, which is the home of Grappenhall Cricket Club.
Grappenhall Village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA4 3EP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RM4 - . General Alexander Dirom of Luce and Mount Annan memorial in graveyard, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 6 July 2015. The recorded location is Church of Scotland, Scott's St,Annan, Scotland, UK. See. As background, memorials and inscriptions are primary sources for local and family history, preserving names, dates, occupations, military service and the language of remembrance
They range from private graves to civic monuments and can reveal how communities chose to commemorate loss in different periods. In the longer view, parish churches and cathedrals are among Britain's richest sources of architectural and social history
Medieval fabric, Victorian restoration, monuments, stained glass, organs, altars and inscriptions can coexist in a single building, reflecting generations of worship and local patronage. Against the 2026 backdrop, interest in local history, genealogy and the conservation of memorials remains strong, while weathering, redevelopment and vandalism can threaten smaller monuments and inscriptions
Detailed photographs help preserve lettering, names and physical condition before further weathering or alteration. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for conservation, tourism, music, community use and local identity
Their maintenance illustrates the continuing challenge of caring for ageing heritage buildings while keeping them accessible and relevant. From a heritage perspective, commemorative plaques, gravestones and monuments transform individual or collective memory into a permanent feature of the landscape
Their wording, materials and location can illuminate genealogy, social history, military service and changing attitudes to public remembrance. Relevant alternative phrases include commemoration, memorial inscription, grave marker, public memory, historic inscription, memorial culture, and archival record.
Church of Scotland, Scott's St,Annan, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EC2T0P - The Church of the Nazarene is an international Cgurch which began in Britain, Canada and the United States of America (USA). Eleven small denominations, all sharing the Wesleyan heritage, came together in a series of unions between 1896 and 1958. One of those unions in 1908 is taken as the official beginning of the Church.
Of the eleven denominations, three were British. The first of these, a group in Scotland led by Rev. George Sharpe, joined in 1915. This was followed by two other groups in England, one led by Mr. David Thomas of london, the other led by Rev. Maynard G. James which headquarters in Lancashire, which united in 1952 and 1955.
THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH:
The Wesleyan Rivival that saved eighteenth century England from Revolution reaffirmed the testimaony and experience of the Early Church that God is ableto forgive man's sin and cleanse his heart from all unrighteousness (1John 1:9).
The mission of the church is, To make Christlike disciples in the nations. The Church of the |Nazarene seeks to share the love of God and the good news about Jesus Christ, and to demonstrate concern for the whole person by ministering to the Spiritual, Mental, Social and Physical.
2 Grant Road,Battersea,Clapham Junction,London,SW11 2NU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKNH - Thieves stolen a metal plaque erected in memory of two young boys who were killed in an IRA bomb attack in Warrington, Cheshire.
Tim Parry, who was 12, and Johnathan Ball, aged three, died in 1993 when two bombs detonated in the town centre injuring 54 people. The A3 size plaque is thought to have a scrap metal value of no more than £30.
Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AMP - This is a un-conventional fountain which works as a mini-canal. Water flows from a large pool at one end, down a winding holder and is poured over a formation at the end. The structure is concrete, headed by a bronze moulding which includes marine life. The 'bowl' into which the water finally flows, also bronze, is raised and contains a large number of children's hand prints. Around the side are a number of photographs of Tim Parry and Jonathan Ball, printed on copper.
Sculptor - Stephen Broadbent
Inaugurated by / her royal highness / The Duchess of Kent and / accompanied by the families of / Jonathan Ball / and / Tim Parry / 14 Nov 1996 / The water of life made possible / by a donation from / his grace the Duke of Westminster / OBE TD.THEN HE SHOWED ME THE RIVER AND THE WATER OF LIFE SPARKLING LIKE CRYSTAL AS IT FLOWED FROM THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAME / IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET OF THE CITY AND ON EITHER BANK OF THE RIVER / GREW THE TREE OF LIFE, BEARING TWELVE FRUITS, A DIFFERENT KIND FOR EACH MONTH / THE LEAVES OF THE TREE WERE FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS, NOTHING THAT HAS CURSED MANKIND WILL EXIST ANY LONGER. Revelations, chapter 22, verse 43./ WARRINGTON REMEMBERS JONATHON BALL AGED 3, TIM PARRY AGED 12 AND ALL / WHO SUFFERED / AS INNOCENT VICTIMS OF A TERRORIST BOMB, BRIDGE STREET 20TH MARCH 1993
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Bridge st, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AN5 - This is a un-conventional fountain which works as a mini-canal. Water flows from a large pool at one end, down a winding holder and is poured over a formation at the end. The structure is concrete, headed by a bronze moulding which includes marine life. The 'bowl' into which the water finally flows, also bronze, is raised and contains a large number of children's hand prints. Around the side are a number of photographs of Tim Parry and Jonathan Ball, printed on copper.
Sculptor - Stephen Broadbent
Inaugurated by / her royal highness / The Duchess of Kent and / accompanied by the families of / Jonathan Ball / and / Tim Parry / 14 Nov 1996 / The water of life made possible / by a donation from / his grace the Duke of Westminster / OBE TD.THEN HE SHOWED ME THE RIVER AND THE WATER OF LIFE SPARKLING LIKE CRYSTAL AS IT FLOWED FROM THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAME / IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET OF THE CITY AND ON EITHER BANK OF THE RIVER / GREW THE TREE OF LIFE, BEARING TWELVE FRUITS, A DIFFERENT KIND FOR EACH MONTH / THE LEAVES OF THE TREE WERE FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS, NOTHING THAT HAS CURSED MANKIND WILL EXIST ANY LONGER. Revelations, chapter 22, verse 43./ WARRINGTON REMEMBERS JONATHON BALL AGED 3, TIM PARRY AGED 12 AND ALL / WHO SUFFERED / AS INNOCENT VICTIMS OF A TERRORIST BOMB, BRIDGE STREET 20TH MARCH 1993
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Bridge st, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HT2E - Southwark Cathedral interior London, the Tre-hearne statue , with a woman in the distance
An Epitaph upon John Trehearne, Gentleman Porter to King James the First.
Had kings a power to lend their subjects breath Trehearne thou should'st not be cast down by death, thy royal master still would keep thee then, but length of days are beyond reach of men nor wealth nor strength or great mens love can ease the wound deaths arrows make, for thou hast these in thy kings court good place to thee is given wence thou shalt go to kings court of heaven. GoTonySmith
Southwark, London England , UK SE1 9DA
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4610912265 - 'This is an interesting service I came across while at the Northwich Thundersprint this weekend. If I was a bike enthusiast I think I would like to make my final journey like this. A black motorcycle hearse. In recent times, the Motorcycle plus side-hearse has become more popular. This type of hearse is a motorcycle with a special side-vehicle built to carry a casket or an urn. These hearses are often used during the funeral of motorcycle enthusiasts around the world.
Motorbikes have a higher fatality rate per unit of distance travelled when compared with cars. In 2004, figures from the UK Department for Transport indicated that motorcycles have 121 deaths or serious injuries per 100 million vehicle kilometers, compared to the corresponding figure of 2.6 for motorists. IE over 50 times more likely. This is due to the increased power and acceleration of bikes, but also size and ability of motorists to spot and make allowance for them.
This situation is helped by higher-visibility gear (not as sexy as the all-black leather iconic approach, but more practical), use of abrasion resistive gear and padding, Full face helmet (skidlid) with gloves and boots. All this gear on mopeds can look rather silly (although safe) and I remember in my first job a workmate being nicknamed 'Evil Kenevil' due to how bizarre this looked.
In the UK, for example, organizations such as the IAM and RoSPA offer advanced motorcycle rider training with the aim of reducing accident rates. There is often an added incentive to riders in the form of reduced insurance premiums.
A final quote from the Managing Director of www.MotorcycleFunerals.com Rev. Paul Sinclair. He believes we should reflect people's lifestyles in their funerals.
'No one submits a Catholic to a Muslim service or places a Liverpool fan in an Arsenal strip when they die so why should motorcycle enthusiasts be last seen in a car?'
Er.. Quite!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4503896012 - 'Chris is the operations manager (M.Inst.ICCM to give him his proper title) at Northwich Town Council for cemetaries. He looks after the allocation of burial and cremation plots at Northwich and Rudheath in Cheshire. He is a great chap and I was inspired to have a little window into his job.
It is his job to catalog each interment and here he is looking at a ledger of burials from 1893 onwards. Documentation becomes sparse much before this. All of the records in Northwich are in fact paper records in ledgers like this, they have not yet been computerised or fully digitised. Often a usual day at his office is taken up at least in part by family tree enquiries and manual searches of the books of carefully hand written entries. The books are now getting quite worn and tired, some flaking and coming apart unfortunately.
I had quite a long interesting chat with Chris, who as you might expect had quite an enlightened view of death and burial. The British and indeed largly northern European view of it tend to keep it hidden. However it is the only one of two things we will all encounter in life, the second being tax.
Human burial practices are generally bourne from the human desire to demonstrate 'respect for the dead'. Also to prevent the possibilities of revenants harming the living.
Here are the main reasons for this-
Respect for the physical remains. If left lying on top of the ground, scavengers may eat the corpse, considered disrespectful to the deceased in many (but not all) cultures. In Tibet, Sky burials return the remains to the cycle of life and acknowledge the body as 'food,' a core tenet of some Buddhist practices. Parsi's in India expose the body to the air, birds, insects etc to be picked clean. This last one is not so far away from what ancient britons did when bones were picked clean then stored in communal chambers, as have been found in the Scotish hebrides and particularly on Mull.
Burial can be seen as an attempt to bring closure to the deceased's family and friends. Psychologists in some Western Judeo-Christian quarters, as well as the US funeral industry, claim that by interring a body away from plain view, the pain of losing a loved one can be lessened.
Many cultures believe in an afterlife. Burial is sometimes believed to be a necessary step for an individual to reach the afterlife.
Many religions prescribe a particular way to live, which includes customs relating to disposal of the dead.
He is seeing a rise in green / natural funerals. Bodies buried five to ten feet down in a wicker or biodegradable container, sometimes not even in a traditional cemetary setting. Cremation is becoming ever more popular too. Suffice to say, Chris and the job he does should be safe for sometime to come.
Have you booked your funeral plan yet? www.co-operative.coop/funeralcare/planning-ahead/
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Keywords: paper,target,law,enforcement,holes,used,glock,17,9mm,black,white,guns,people,death,fire,arm,firearm,dark,disturbia,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4492605381 - 'A used law enforcement target with holes from a standard US police issue 9mm Glock 17 pistol.
The Glock is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Glock GmbH, located in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria. Glock commands over 65% of the market share of handguns for United States law enforcement agencies.
The Glock 17 became a standard NATO-classified sidearm and was granted a NATO Stock Number 1005/25/133/6775.
The Glock 17 is a 9mm short recoil-operated locked breech semi-automatic pistol that uses a modified Browning cam-lock system adapted from the Hi-Power pistol. The firearm's locking mechanism utilizes a linkless, vertically tilting barrel with a rectangular breech that locks into the ejection port cut-out in the slide. During the recoil stroke, the barrel moves rearward initially locked together with the slide approximately 3 mm (0.12 in) until the bullet leaves the barrel and chamber pressure drops to a safe level. Thus care must be taken to keep your lower thumb of the hand clear when using the pistol. Otherwise your skin can aquire a tasty rip or bruise.
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Keywords: kevin,pickstock,rudheath,northwich,cheshire,car,crash,bike,motor,motorbike,fatality,fatal,death,died,dead,accident,A556,Chester,by,pass,bypass,hartford,rd,road,junction,leighton,hospital,UK,danger,safety,flowers,dad,remember,contemplate,mortality,mortal,RIP,family,june,billie,Matthew,sad,sadness,Anthony,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,sex,sexy,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4369329964 - 'This is a spot I have passed quite a few times and out of the corner of my eye spotted flowers or a marker of some sort. Today I thought I would stop and contemplate for a short while, maybe be thankful for my own existence. Good therapy once every so often, to bring us down to earth.
We often forget behind our car of air-bags, crumple zones etc. that we are still mortal, hurtling along as if the road was a motorway (although it is six miles distant) in a little four wheeled tin can. On a motorbike its even more perilous, no crumple zones, only your leathers and crash helmet to protect you.
Kevin Pickstock was a keen biker and only 40 when he died. He was from Rudheath, barely a mile up the road from the bend at the Hartford road junction of the A556 bypass. A June summers evening that changed the lives of all his family, his two sons and many friends. It was not the first accident or fatality here.
There are still no safety measures on the road here, no 30mph zone, no calming, no Gatso camera.
I certainly make the effort to take it just a bit slower, when I pass these flowers now.
A lighter shot from Northwich, Cheshire England UK here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3959757223/
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Keywords: Church,religion,religious,christ,buddy,buddychrist,dogma,statue,god,Kevin,Smith,catholic,Anglican,belief,fallen,angels,angel,death,Angel of Death,faith,365days,chriest,photo,photos,photography,photographer,hotpix.org.uk,www.hotpix.org.uk,HDR,high dynamic range,interior,inside,building,buildings,built,architecture,pope,el,le,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4163897698 - 'Yep, he da man of the season.
Another old church artifact here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3916729604/
and here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4001962813/
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Keywords: Roadkill,A,pheasant,killed,by,a,passing,white,van,A556,Chester,to,Manchester,road,in,autumn,leaves,gotonysmith,vehicle,deadly,died,death,deceased,picked,cooked,off,the,road,to,eat,eaten,cruel,death,England,UK,Great,Britain,British,Cuisine,Roadkill Cuisine,Roadkill cuisine is preparing and eating roadkill,animals,hit,by,vehicles,and,found,along,roads.,It,is,a,practice,engaged,in,by,a,small,subculture,in,the,United,States,Southern Canada,the,United,Kingdom,and,other,Western,countries,as,well,as,in,other,parts,of,the,world.,It,is,also,a,subject,of,humor,and,urban,legend.,Large,animals,including,deer,moose,bear,and,elk,are,frequently,struck,in,some,parts,of,the,United,States,as well as smaller animals such as armadillos,raccoons,skunks,and,birds.,Fresh,kill,is,preferred,and,worms,are,a,concern,so,the,kill,is,typically,well,cooked.,Advantages,of,the,roadkill,diet,apart from its low cost,are that the animals that roadkill scavengers,eat,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0MDD - Roadkill - A pheasant killed by a passing white van, A556 Chester to Manchester road. Cheshire , England, GB, United Kingdom UK.
Roadkill cuisine is preparing and eating roadkill, animals hit by vehicles and found along roads.
It is a practice engaged in by a small subculture in the United States, Southern Canada, the United Kingdom and other Western countries as well as in other parts of the world. It is also a subject of humor and urban legend.
Large animals including deer, moose, bear and elk are frequently struck in some parts of the United States, as well as smaller animals such as armadillos, raccoons, skunks and birds. Fresh kill is preferred and worms are a concern, so the kill is typically well cooked. Advantages of the roadkill diet, apart from its low cost, are that the animals that roadkill scavengers eat are naturally high in vitamins and proteins with lean meat and little saturated fat, and generally free of additives and drugs.
Almost 1.5 million deer are hit by vehicles each year in the US. If the animal is not obviously suffering from disease, the meat is no different from that obtained by hunting. The practice of eating roadkill is legal, and even encouraged in some jurisdictions, while it is tightly controlled or restricted in other areas. Roadkill eating is considered unglamorous and mocked in pop culture, as it is often associated with stereotypes of rednecks and uncouth persons
A556 Road, Peover, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Cheshire,England,UK,grave,love,wife,interesting,graves,religion,religious,funeral,funerals,death,dying,gotonysmith,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,pool,of,water,Maries,church,Victorian,history,historic,Church Hill,Knutsford,WA16 6DH,WA16,St Johns Parish Church,St Johns,Parish Church
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY8YH - . Marie, a Victorian gravestone, St John's Parish Church in Church Hill, Knutsford , Cheshire, England, UK, WA16 6DH. Photographed on 6 July 2009. The wider historical story is that ecclesiastical structures are both active places of worship and repositories of community history
Architectural details, memorials and churchyard monuments provide evidence for religious practice, craftsmanship, community identity, genealogy and the changing use of sacred space. From a heritage perspective, memorials and inscriptions are primary sources for local and family history, preserving names, dates, occupations, military service and the language of remembrance
They range from private graves to civic monuments and can reveal how communities chose to commemorate loss in different periods. The wider historical story is that buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Stonework, brickwork, windows, signs and decorative details can survive changes of ownership and use, allowing photographs to document both architectural style and the evolution of a street. In the present 2026 context, historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for conservation, tourism, music, community use and community identity
Their maintenance illustrates the continuing challenge of caring for ageing heritage structures while keeping them accessible and relevant. As of 2026, interest in local history, genealogy and the conservation of memorials remains strong, while weathering, redevelopment and vandalism can threaten smaller monuments and inscriptions
Detailed images help preserve lettering, names and physical condition before further weathering or alteration. In the present 2026 context, memorials continue to play an active role in public history, supporting remembrance, genealogy, education and heritage tourism
Images can also record inscriptions before erosion or redevelopment alters the physical object.
Church Hill, Knutsford , Cheshire, England, UK, WA16 6DH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Derbys,HighPeak,SK13,High Peak,fashion,sex,death,dead,Glossop,ThisIsPeggy,art,artwork,painting,remember,The Artful Pigeon,gallery,work,artist,portrait,town,centre,born,in,Tintswistle,Vivienne Swire,Swire,Tintwistle,red,hair,designer,birthplace,Peak District,Derbyshire,boutique,Deggy,spray paint
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y7RP - Vivienne Westwood 1941- Fashion Designer
Vivienne Westwood was born Vivienne Swire in the Peak District village of Tintwistle, Glossop, Derbyshire in 1941. Still a teenager, the family moved to Harrow, a suburb of northwest London, where her parents took over the running of a post office. At 21, she married Derek Westwood, a toolmaker, but the marriage did not last. After the break-up, Vivienne fled to her Aunt Ethel's caravan in North Wales, with her son Ben.
Her career in fashion did not take off until she met Malcolm McLaren, later known as the manager of punk band the Sex Pistols, who was studying alongside her brother at Harrow Technical College. Friendship came first, followed by love, and, in 1974, a second child, Joe, now the purveyor of saucy scanties, was born.
It was London which gave Vivienne the boost her creativity needed. After a stint selling her own jewellery in Portobello Market, she and Malcolm opened the infamous Sex boutique at the bottom end of the Kings Road where her provocative designs were sold. Then came punk. Vivienne's clothes were perfect for the youth trend: bondage trousers, slashed shirts and provocative God Save The Queen T-shirts. The monarch may not have loved it, but London was intoxicated.
After a couple more shops, Westwood moves to Italy in 1984 where a deal with Giorgio Armani announced. 1989 November: Westwood's name appears in a list of the world's top six designers in John Fairchild's book Chic Savages (1989), along with Armani, Lagerfield, Saint Laurent, Lacroix and Ungaro.
Between 1989-1991 she is appointed Professor of Fashion at Vienna Academy of Applied Arts and in 1990 the first complete menswear collection, Cut and Slash (S/S 1991) was shown in conjuntion with Pitti Uomo in Florence.
In 1992, she married Andreas Kronthaler, a fashion student a quarter of a century younger than her, whom she met when she was tutoring fashion at Vienna University of Applied Arts.
During the 1990's she opens shops in London
Chapel St, Glossop, High Peak,Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AT
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eastcombe,Gloucestershire,village,Cotswold,Cotswolds,England,UK,grave,graves,fresh,freshly,digging,dug,ready,prepared,for,bury,coffin,Funeral director,undertaker,mortician,robber,exhumation,gravesite,site,dead,death,the,taking,a,cloth,planks,plank
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM32TY - . This scene at Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The main point of reference is Freshly dug grave plot, chapel graveyard, cemetery, Eastcombe, Gloucestershire, England, UK, ready for coffin burial. The setting additionally reflects memorial stone, historic glazing, graveyard heritage, changing streetscape, local remembrance, local character, funerary heritage, church conservation, commemorative text, memorial culture, faith heritage, public monument, epitaph, and changing land use. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with cemetery maintenance, genealogy and how public monuments become focal points for collective memory. The modern context includes continuing discussion of faith communities, accessibility and how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs. As a dated visual record of Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes sacred space, ecclesiastical art, public realm, historic commemoration, community memory, regional identity, religious heritage, and local history. Elements such as Gloucestershire, burial, coffin, Eastcombe, and ready add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for cemetery maintenance and how public monuments become focal points for collective memory as part of the longer story of Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK. It also preserves details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,The,died,result,of,a,terrorist,attack,provisional,memorial,bomb,flowers,remembrance,tributes,wreath,wreaths,G Barker,R Livingstone,j McKnight,death,murder,murdered,Irish,republican,army,Northern Ireland,20jul1982,Holme Green,Inner Circle,Royal park,brass band,plaque,terrorism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M107K7 - The main bandstand in The Regent's Park is located on Holme Green, between the boating lake and Inner Circle. It was moved from Richmond Park to The Regent's Park in the 1970s.
On 20th July 1982, the bandstand was the target of a terrorist attack by the IRA. Seven bandsmen were killed and a further 24 injured during a concert by the band of the Royal Green Jackets. Eight members of the public, who were watching the performance, were also taken to hospital with injuries sustained in the bombing.
Today there is a small memorial plaque on the base of the bandstand that commemorates the seven bandsmen who were killed. Each year the attack's survivors, and the families of those who were killed, gather here for a short but poignant memorial service.
Two years after the bombing, the composer George Lloyd wrote Royal Parks For Brass Band, the second movement of which, In Memoriam is dedicated to the bandsmen who died. The piece still features in many band repertoires.
Regents Park, London, England, UK
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Keywords: town,centre,WBC,family,families,killed,terrorist,terror,attack,justice,forgive,forgiveness,of,IRA,bomb,in,20/03/1993,Cheshire,UK,Ireland,Irish,Republican,Replacement,Memorial,commemoration,flowers,headstone,in,memory,history,Warrington Town Centre,Jonathon Ball,Tim Parry,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,history,historic,death,died,dead,murder,murdered,UK,England,English,British
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKNE - Thieves stolen a metal plaque erected in memory of two young boys who were killed in an IRA bomb attack in Warrington, Cheshire.
Tim Parry, who was 12, and Johnathan Ball, aged three, died in 1993 when two bombs detonated in the town centre injuring 54 people. The A3 size plaque is thought to have a scrap metal value of no more than £30.
16 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
