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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,gig,holding,Manchester,2,Academy2,play,Songs From,Under The Floorboards,songs,tour,post-punk,new wave,live,music,concert,memorabilia,John McGeoch,guitar effects,British,show,RIP,flanger,guitar effect,chorus,with,notes,Howard Devoto,song,Noko guitar,Peter Petersen Affection Place,Tim Petersen bass,Max Formula,drums,Dave Tomlinson,compositions,ephemera,revival
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0D1 - Post-gig paper setlist from Dave Formula & Noko's Play Songs From Under The Floorboards tour, photographed at Manchester Academy 2 on Saturday 23 May 2026. The sheet is held by fans stock-photo/gotonysmith-After.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>after the concert and lists Magazine songs including The Thin Air, Back to Nature, Give Me Everything, Sweetheart Contract, Motorcade, The Great Beautician in the Sky, Feed the Enemy, Rhythm of Cruelty, Cut-Out Shapes, Thank You, Model Worker, Permafrost, Parade, Floorboards, The Light Pours Out of Me, Twenty Years Ago, Definitive Gaze and Shot By Both Sides. Handwritten stage notes refer to guitar settings such as flanger, chorus off and chorus on, a useful detail for fans of Magazine's sound and the late John McGeoch, whose inventive guitar playing helped define the band's post-punk style. Event listings describe the 2026 tour as Dave Formula on keys and Noko on guitar presenting material from Magazine's classic back catalogue, with Peter Petersen of French new wave band Affection Place on vocals, Tim Petersen on bass and Max Formula on drums. The image records the working document of a live show rather than the performance itself, capturing the running order, musical cues, fan interest and physical evidence of a Manchester gig. It can illustrate post-punk history, Magazine, setlist collecting, live music memorabilia, Manchester Academy, concert culture, art rock, new wave, guitar effects, cult audiences and heritage tours. The visible date, venue and title make it useful for editorial archive use. For stock buyers, the photograph offers a strong close-up of authentic music ephemera, linking Magazine's late 1970s influence with a 2026 reinterpretation of the songbook by key former members and collaborators. It also speaks to the enduring appeal of songs associated with Howard Devoto, Dave Formula, Noko and John McGeoch, and to the way live audiences preserve paper traces of concerts after the stage lights have gone down.
University of Manchester Students' Union, Oxford Road, Manchester, England, UK, M13 9PR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,English,cardingmachine,textile,textiles,manufacturing,factory,spinning,fibre,fibers,engineering,mechanical,belt,pulleys,rollers,drums,Lancs,PlattBrothers,Oldham,Bolton,Blackburn,Burnley,Preston,northwestengland,britishindustry,heritage,historic,museum,preserved,victorian,edwardian,steamage,powertransmission,lineshaft,beltdrive
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55JBG - The large central drum is the main carding cylinder, which rotates at speed.
The multiple small pulleys around the side are part of the belt-driven transmission, typical of Lancashire mills using line-shaft power from overhead shafts.
The wooden casing (often polished hardwood) is characteristic of British carding engines, both for protection and to reduce lint escape.
Surrounding rollers and covers would have worked with:
the licker-in (to open raw cotton),
worker and stripper rollers (to disentangle fibres),
and the doffer (to remove the aligned fibre web).
What it did in the cotton process
This machine sat early in the cotton production line:
Raw cotton arrived compressed and dirty
It was opened and cleaned (blow room machinery)
Carding engine aligned the fibres into a continuous web
The web was condensed into sliver, ready for drawing and spinning
Without carding, spinning simply did not work properly.
Why it's so Lancashire
Carding engines were ubiquitous in Lancashire mills (Oldham, Bolton, Blackburn, Burnley, Preston).
British makers such as Platt Brothers of Oldham dominated this machinery worldwide.
The heavy iron castings, belt drives, and polished woodwork are textbook North-West England mill engineering.
Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R39XXG - Lewis Floyd Henry has been out on the streets and stages of the world evolving as a one man band and gaining the reputation of being a great live act. Whilst developing his unique approach to performing, musical ideas have flourished in the form of his own compositions and recordings.
A One Man, Multi Genre, Traveling Sonic Medicine Show
Lewis Floyd Henry takes the rarified tradition of the one man band, street corner, blues music of Lone Cat Fuller to an almost burlesque stratospheric level “a one man, multi genre, sonic medicine show. Lewis devised a foot operated miniature toy drum kit set on it's side for his rhythm section with other pedals including loopers you can imagine the reanimated ghost cadavers of Son House, Jimi Hendrix and several bright orange dwarves dancing like voodoo puppets as he pounds out rhythms like an ancient, corroded 808 against a back drop of 60's psyche inspired grooves.
He sounds like Lone Cat Fuller jamming Captain Beefheart in Margate. What makes it so great is the loose one man band synthesis of Piedmont Country Blues, the occasional vocal flavours of Mick Jagger and the vintage ragtime jazz and skiffle leanings. You can even taste a bit of Hendrix, Son House and a slice of Hank III and Beck just to spice everything up a touch.
8 bit absinthe of authenticity
Look no further if you want to escape the relentless polish of 21st Century plastique overproduction and feed your ears something soaked in the 8 bit absinthe of authenticity “ it will probably kill your speakers, it's raw and gritty-it ain't perfect but that's what makes it so damn good.
One Man versus the World
Fresh from spending years busking the hard streets of London, let iconoclastic bluesman, and genuine, original, one man band Lewis Floyd Henry take you on a rickety old roller coaster ride. If you're looking for something fresh, inventive, and suitably low-fi Lewis is your man.
Brick Lane, London, GB, E1 6QL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,English,British,UK,city,centre,playing,one,man,band,entertainer,E1,E1 6QL,Britain,Jimi Hendrix,lookalike,passers,by,in,on,music,Sesame,St,drum,drums,character,blues,Multi Genre,Travelling Sonic Medicine Show,GB,loopers,looper,oneman
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R39XXN - Lewis Floyd Henry has been out on the streets and stages of the world evolving as a one man band and gaining the reputation of being a great live act. Whilst developing his unique approach to performing, musical ideas have flourished in the form of his own compositions and recordings.
A One Man, Multi Genre, Traveling Sonic Medicine Show
Lewis Floyd Henry takes the rarified tradition of the one man band, street corner, blues music of Lone Cat Fuller to an almost burlesque stratospheric level “a one man, multi genre, sonic medicine show. Lewis devised a foot operated miniature toy drum kit set on it's side for his rhythm section with other pedals including loopers you can imagine the reanimated ghost cadavers of Son House, Jimi Hendrix and several bright orange dwarves dancing like voodoo puppets as he pounds out rhythms like an ancient, corroded 808 against a back drop of 60's psyche inspired grooves.
He sounds like Lone Cat Fuller jamming Captain Beefheart in Margate. What makes it so great is the loose one man band synthesis of Piedmont Country Blues, the occasional vocal flavours of Mick Jagger and the vintage ragtime jazz and skiffle leanings. You can even taste a bit of Hendrix, Son House and a slice of Hank III and Beck just to spice everything up a touch.
8 bit absinthe of authenticity
Look no further if you want to escape the relentless polish of 21st Century plastique overproduction and feed your ears something soaked in the 8 bit absinthe of authenticity “ it will probably kill your speakers, it's raw and gritty-it ain't perfect but that's what makes it so damn good.
One Man versus the World
Fresh from spending years busking the hard streets of London, let iconoclastic bluesman, and genuine, original, one man band Lewis Floyd Henry take you on a rickety old roller coaster ride. If you're looking for something fresh, inventive, and suitably low-fi Lewis is your man.
Brick Lane, London, GB, E1 6QL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA1,music,chain,closed,shop,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 1SU,65,head,office,quarters,piano tuner,keyboards,drums,instrument,iconic,retail,store,for,musicians,shutters,shuttered,bankrupt,retailer,owners,owner,Arranged Musical Options,Ltd,Andrew M Oliver,Karen Oliver
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43P0R - Plans have been submitted for a major conversion of the former Dawson's Music store in Sankey Street, Warrington.
The proposals are to convert the building into four apartments, offices and two smaller retail shops.
Dawson's closed the store in 2019 after trading in Warrington for 121-years.
At the time, it was claimed the store was a victim of online shopping.It has stood empty ever since.
Developers say the proposal will make little difference to the exterior appearance of the three-storey building.
Dawson's was founded in 1898 by piano tuner John Dawson and has had a major presence from its Sankey Street HQ, since 1914.
During the 1970s and 1980s it was the go to store for youngsters buying their first records in Warrington. But later it changed to concentrate on the sale of musical instruments and running a music school.
65 Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1SU
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,British Grand Prix 2018,car,track,people,spectators,spectator,the circuit,circuit,Silverstone Circuit,F1,F1 Circuit,British,British Grand Prix,bright shirts,Towcester,Northamptonshire,England,UK,NN12 8TL,Caribbean band,bright,sunny,summer,shirts,NN12,music,entertainment,musical,steel,drum,drums,shirt,colourful,Caribbean
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8HWGN - . A carefully observed scene shows the setting around Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TL, in a view made during 2018. Within that setting the photograph concentrates on Caribbean Steel Band, on steel drums, bright shirts, British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL. The location also connects match-day economy, supporter culture, professional sport, arena infrastructure, stadium environment, athletic heritage, sports venue, sporting landscape, club heritage, fan culture, sports tourism, and sporting culture. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, club identity also connects with transport, sponsorship and efforts aimed at stronger women's sport. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TL, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The broader context includes spectator sport, sports business, stadium architecture, community sport, club history, competitive sport. Other local associations include musicians, music, British GP 2018, Formula One, British Formula 1 Championship. Other relevant facets include sporting identity, and venue regeneration. Modern coverage of fan communities frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of financial sustainability, sponsorship and better supporter facilities. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal planning and redevelopment, social change, everyday services, historic fabric, and movement through the area in a form that can be compared with later photographs. Taken together, these details make the photograph a useful record of neighbourhood identity, transport patterns, architecture and streetscape, ownership or occupation, and public access as an authentic period reference. The view of Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TL also preserves another layer of local identity and period change.
Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM63J0 - . The Union Jack Souvenier Shop, World Flag supplies, British By Birthright, 354 Newtownards Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT4 1HG. 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 354 Newtownards Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT4 1HG, 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, shop, store, retail, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The political or campaigning content is suitable for neutral editorial coverage of protest, organised labour, elections, public debate, campaigning, civil society and the way political messages are presented in public. Placards, posters, leaflets, slogans and demonstrations are valuable documentary evidence of a particular moment and can support later historical comparison without implying endorsement of the views displayed. 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. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
354 Newtownards Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT4 1HG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B8N - Television is an American rock band, formed in New York City in 1973 and credited as highly influential and seminal.
Television was part of the 1970s New York rock scene, along with musical acts like the Patti Smith Group, The Ramones, Blondie, Richard Hell, and Talking Heads.
Although they recorded in a raw manner similar to their contemporaries, minimalizing the use of studio techniques, sound effects and atypical instruments, Television's music was unique and technically proficient, defined by guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd. The group's debut album, Marquee Moon, is often considered one of the defining releases of the punk era.
Manchester University, England, UK
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Keywords: Sectarian,Orange,Order,May,2012,Proud,city,streets,parade,drums,Irish,heritage,battle,of,the,Boyne,St,Georges,hall,Lime,St,Street,streets,March,tension,old,fashioned,Royal,Lodge,LOL,woman,lady,grey,hair,old,older,season,Provincial,Grand,province,12th,12,tradition,prejeduce,prejudice,ignorance,Gotonysmith,Northern,Ireland,NI,troubles,future,peace,agreement,july,juniors,recruit,UDA,UDF,paramilitaries,terrorists,terrorist,Shankill,Belfast,lads,volunteer,volunteers,NO,SURRENDER,retired,people,L1,1JD,Loyal Orange Lodge,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HTA6 - . Liverpool Orange Lodge May 2012 Walking Day - more info at. Photographed on 12 May 2012. The recorded location is Lime Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L1 1JD. A lady at the passing St Georges hall in front of Lime Street Liverpool City Centre. The wider historical story is that everyday walking scenes document how people actually move through towns: on foot, with children, pets or shopping, using routes that may be altered or removed during redevelopment
Such photographs can become useful evidence of public access and local geography. As background, heritage photography is particularly useful where buildings or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. In the present 2026 context, walking and active travel are prominent in transport and public-health policy, with continuing attention to safe pedestrian routes, accessibility and connections between neighbourhoods
Older paths and tunnels can illustrate both useful permeability and the design problems associated with underpasses. Against the 2026 backdrop, conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change. Looking at the subject's development, walking routes, tunnels and footpaths reveal the small-scale infrastructure that connects neighbourhoods away from main roads
Underpasses, canal paths and pedestrian passages can become familiar local shortcuts while also reflecting the planning priorities of the period in which they were built. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include dog walking, pedestrian infrastructure, local route, urban walking, neighbourhood connection, public realm, everyday mobility, and historic environment.
Lime Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L1 1JD
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Keywords: on,stage,gig,Academy,November,17th,2013,17/11/2013,UK,tour,English,England,Johnny,Zip,Jimmy,Jewel,Marque,Moon,Prove,It,touring,Two,uni,university,gigging,Tom,Verlaine,with,Fender,jazzmaster,guitar,billy,ficca,drums,drummer,guitarist,jazz,master,play,playing,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B8B - Television is an American rock band, formed in New York City in 1973 and credited as highly influential and seminal.
Television was part of the 1970s New York rock scene, along with musical acts like the Patti Smith Group, The Ramones, Blondie, Richard Hell, and Talking Heads.
Although they recorded in a raw manner similar to their contemporaries, minimalizing the use of studio techniques, sound effects and atypical instruments, Television's music was unique and technically proficient, defined by guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd. The group's debut album, Marquee Moon, is often considered one of the defining releases of the punk era.
Manchester University, England, UK
