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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,_702IMG_,Rhonexpress,tram,Lyon,airport,France,rail,lightRail,SaintExupery,transit,station,platform,red,vehicle,airportlink,passengers,travel,tourism,Europe,urban,transport,electric,terminal,interchange,railway,mobility,sustainable,infrastructure,commuter,public transport,Part Dieu,city centre,Saint Exupery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH51T - . A red Rhônexpress light-rail vehicle stands at the Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport terminus beneath platform information screens. The dedicated airport service links the airport and TGV station complex with central Lyon, providing a public-transport alternative to taxis and private cars. Rhônexpress uses tram-style vehicles but is operated as a premium airport link, connecting Saint-Exupéry with Lyon Part-Dieu via the eastern suburbs. Airport rail links are important to city-region transport policy because they concentrate travellers onto high-capacity public transport and reduce dependence on road access. The image shows the interface between aviation and urban transit at one of France's major regional airports. The tram is shown at the airport end of its route, where passengers can transfer between the airport terminals, TGV station and the dedicated city link. Rhônexpress follows part of the same corridor as Lyon's tram network but has a distinct airport role and fare structure. Its high-visibility red livery is deliberately different from conventional local trams, helping visitors recognise the service when navigating an unfamiliar transport system after a flight. Older stations frequently combine historic buildings with modern accessibility and passenger systems, producing layers of railway architecture rather than a single design period. Rail travel also carries a strong leisure market, particularly on scenic or heritage-rich routes where day visitors share the same trains used by regular commuters. A working station has to combine platform safety, passenger information, accessibility, ticketing and interchange in a space that may have been built long before modern traffic levels were imagined. Commuter rail shapes where people can live and work by making longer daily journeys practical without a car, which in turn influences housing growth around stations. The setting remains clearly identifiable.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,smoking,smoker,tobacco,cigarette,sign,signage,bilingual,English,Lyon,France,terminal,wayfinding,designated,area,gates,travel,aviation,passengers,direction,pictogram,tourism,transport,interior,Europe,navigation,restriction,health,airport smoking room,smoking at airport,airport terminal,rule,tobacco restrictions,public health,cigarette smoking,passenger smoking area,nicotine,smoking ban
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH55J - A bilingual French and English airport sign directs passengers towards an Espace fumeurs or smoking area inside Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport in France. The illuminated directional sign combines the international cigarette symbol with the words Smoking area , while another overhead sign points towards airport gates, making the photograph a distinctive example of passenger wayfinding and smoking provision within a modern European airport terminal.
Lyon Airport describes itself as a non-smoking airport, but designated facilities remain available for travellers who smoke. Passengers may smoke outside the airport buildings before entering, while a dedicated enclosed smoking room is provided in the departure area of Terminal 1 after security. Lyon Airport also states that the same restrictions apply to electronic cigarettes. The provision of a specific smoking room therefore creates a controlled exception within an otherwise smoke-free passenger environment.
France has progressively tightened restrictions on tobacco use in public places. Smoking has long been prohibited in enclosed and covered premises open to the public, workplaces and public transport. French rules permit specially designated smoking rooms in some circumstances, although such spaces are tightly regulated and must meet requirements intended to reduce exposure to second-hand smoke. These can include enclosure, independent ventilation, limits on room size and restrictions on access by people under 18.
Since July 2025 France has also extended smoke-free rules to additional outdoor public spaces, including some areas used by waiting passengers. The policy forms part of wider efforts to reduce passive smoking and make tobacco use less visible in everyday public life.
Against that background, a clearly signposted indoor airport smoking area is an increasingly striking travel feature. The image documents the practical compromises made by major transport hubs between smoke-free public-health policies and fa
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5961,passport,border,control,queue,delays,biometric,EntryExitSystem,immigration,passengers,France,travel,Europe,EU,nonEU,bordercontrol,security,terminal,tourism,waiting,processing,biometrics,holiday,aviation,crowd,technology,checks,arrivals,crowds,crowded,Lyon airport passport control,EES border checks,Entry Exit System,passport control queue,UK travellers France,third country nationals,passport control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH55M - Passengers queue at passport control at LyonSaint Exupéry Airport in France, illustrating the practical impact of tighter external-border procedures for travellers from outside the European.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>European Union. The scene shows a dense line of airport passengers waiting at manned border-control booths, with British and other non-EU visitors now subject to the EU Entry/Exit System, or EES, when making short stays in the Schengen area. Fully operational across Schengen external border crossings from 10 April 2026, EES replaces routine passport stamping with a digital record of entry and exit and stores passport details together with biometric information including a facial image and fingerprints. UK nationals lost EU freedom-of-movement rights after Brexit and are generally treated as third-country nationals for short visits to France, unless covered by a specific exemption such as relevant residence rights. First registration under EES can take longer than a normal passport check because biometric data must be collected, while later crossings are intended to use faster verification. The European Commission presents the system as a way to modernise border management, detect overstayers and identity fraud and improve security, but busy airport arrivals can still produce conspicuous queues where passenger volumes, staffing, booth capacity and biometric enrolment coincide. This image therefore has editorial relevance to Brexit, British travel to Europe, airport delays, border technology, biometric surveillance, immigration control and the changing experience of UK holidaymakers entering the Schengen zone. Lyon airport also operates PARAFE facial-recognition gates for eligible biometric-passport holders, although eligibility and routing differ by traveller. The crowded control area captures the contrast between promised digital efficiency and the immediate passenger experience of waiting to cross an increasingly automated European border.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5975,easyJet,Airbus,A320,aircraft,airliner,passengers,boarding,queue,apron,rear,engine,turbofan,wing,aviation,airline,airport,Lyon,France,travel,tourism,holiday,lowcost,flight,stairs,luggage,summer,transport,Europe,terminal,turnaround,jet
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH59T - . Passengers queue on the apron beside the rear boarding steps of an easyJet Airbus A320-family aircraft at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. The close view includes the orange-and-white easyJet livery, a large turbofan engine, wing and tail, while travellers form a line across the sunlit concrete to board by portable stairs. The image shows the practical reality of low-cost short-haul flying, where walking across the apron and using front and rear aircraft doors can speed boarding and turnaround. easyJet is one of Europe's largest low-cost airlines and the Airbus A320 family is a core type for dense intra-European services. Lyon Saint-Exupéry is the principal international airport serving Lyon and the wider Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The rear boarding point is useful in showing how low-cost airlines split a full load between two doors rather than relying on a single jet bridge. The exposed engine intake, wing root and open apron place passengers unusually close to aircraft machinery, under supervision from ground staff. Cabin-bag travel is visible in the line, reflecting the way baggage charges and hand-luggage limits influence what passengers carry onto short-haul flights. Peak holiday periods can expose the difference between normal terminal capacity and sudden surges when several flights are processed at once, creating queues at check-in, security or the gate. Wayfinding has to work for people who may not speak the local language, so pictograms, bilingual wording, colour and repeated signs are central to airport design. The growth of low-cost aviation has made frequent European air travel more accessible while also intensifying debate about congestion, consumer rights, airport expansion and aviation emissions. Airlines favour fast turnarounds because an aircraft earns nothing while standing on the ground, so boarding, baggage loading, fuelling and cabin preparation are tightly timed around departure slots.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5358,Brussels Airlines,Manchester Airport,aircraft,airplane,airline,Belgium,Brussels,Lufthansa Group,aviation,apron,airport,ground handling,jet,terminal,flight,travel,Europe,passenger aircraft,airline network,turnaround,baggage,ground crew,jet bridge,international travel,regional connectivity,air transport,tourism,business travel,scheduled airline,Manchester,Belgian airline,airport operations,flying
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RNJ - . Brussels Airlines aircraft parked on the apron at Manchester Airport, with ground-service vehicles working around the stand. The aircraft is viewed through terminal glass with branded tail and fuselage visible, while the surrounding apron shows the infrastructure normally hidden behind the passenger-facing terminal. A Brussels Airlines aircraft is parked on the apron at Manchester Airport with ground-service vehicles and terminal infrastructure around it, showing the aircraft during a normal turnaround between flights. Brussels Airlines is Belgium's flag carrier and is part of Lufthansa Group, linking Brussels with European and intercontinental destinations while also feeding passengers into the wider group network. An aircraft turnaround involves baggage handling, fuelling, catering, cleaning, passenger boarding and technical checks, all coordinated within a tightly controlled period on the airport stand. The apron view provides more operational context than an aircraft in flight because it shows the vehicles, service equipment, jet bridge and terminal environment required to make scheduled aviation function. Manchester Airport provides direct links from northern England to major European hubs, and Brussels is important both as a destination and as a connection point for business, political and leisure travel. The image is suitable for editorial coverage of Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa Group, Belgium travel, Manchester Airport, European aviation, airline networks, airport ground handling, aircraft turnarounds and regional international connectivity. Ground handling is time-critical because a delayed service vehicle or baggage process can hold the aircraft on stand and affect the next sector in its schedule. A hub carrier such as Brussels Airlines depends on punctual arrivals so connecting passengers can transfer through Brussels to onward flights across Europe and beyond.
Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5365,easyJet,Speedy Boarding,special assistance,airport gate,boarding,airline,passengers,priority boarding,accessibility,disabled passengers,airport,travel,low cost airline,aviation,gate,queue,departure,cabin baggage,easyJet Plus,assistance,staff,terminal,holidays,Europe,boarding pass,flight,passenger service,mobility assistance,airline fees,ancillary revenue,waiting,air travel,tourism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RPH - . easyJet Speedy Boarding and Special Assistance sign at an airport gate, with passengers waiting at the staffed boarding desk. The gate number A9 is visible above the orange display, which separates priority and assistance messages from the surrounding neutral terminal architecture. An orange easyJet sign at airport gate A9 advertises Speedy Boarding, easyJet Plus and Special Assistance, with passengers waiting at the staffed boarding desk beneath the display. Priority boarding products allow eligible customers to enter the aircraft queue earlier, while the same gate area must also accommodate passengers who need mobility or other assistance under airport accessibility arrangements. The juxtaposition of a paid or status-based priority service with special-assistance provision shows how airlines segment passenger flows while still managing legal and operational duties to travellers who require support. Gate signage is a critical final stage of the airport journey, communicating boarding groups, destination changes, document checks and last calls in a space where delays can rapidly create queues. easyJet is a major European low-cost airline, and the bright orange corporate branding makes the carrier immediately identifiable even without a view of the aircraft outside. The image is useful for stories about low-cost aviation, airline ancillary charges, priority boarding, disabled passenger assistance, airport accessibility, boarding procedures, queues and the commercialisation of different service levels within economy air travel. Airlines use boarding sequence to manage limited gate space and speed aircraft departure, but passengers often cluster early because overhead locker space and seating order matter to them. Special-assistance users may need a different boarding sequence, so gate staff coordinate commercial priority groups with accessibility needs and aircraft readiness.
Airport departure gate, Europe
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG,damaged,garage,door,court,1960s,brownfield,housing,site,derelict,garages,regeneration,infill,redevelopment,antisocial,behaviour,estate,renewal,editorial,documentary,2026,British,Britain,Europe,travel,local,community,signage,architecture,streetscape,economy,grey belt,crisis,brown field,sites,garage sites,unloved,neglected,blocks,rule,rules
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCCTB8 - . A damaged door and worn concrete give this post-war lock-up garage court a visibly neglected appearance. Garage blocks of this type were widely built beside council and private housing from the 1950s through the 1970s, but many have become difficult to manage where units are too small for modern cars, roofs and doors need investment, or secluded layouts attract fly-tipping and antisocial behaviour. That makes some garage sites candidates for clearance and infill housing. Reusing previously developed land can add homes without extending settlement boundaries, and small schemes may fit naturally within existing streets and utility networks. However, planners and landlords must still consider current garage tenants, displaced parking, overlooking, access for emergency services, trees, drainage and whether redevelopment is financially viable. The image is therefore a useful editorial metaphor for ageing estate infrastructure and the search for overlooked housing land. It can support stories about brownfield policy, social-housing asset management, regeneration, vacant garages, neighbourhood safety and the practical consequences of decades of changing car dimensions and planning standards. The detail captured here may also become useful evidence of changing brands, operators, public policies or physical condition. Relevant search and editorial concepts include housing, homes, planning, residential development, social housing, brownfield, regeneration, land use, construction, affordability, local authority, neighbourhood. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes damaged, garage, door, court, brownfield, housing, site, derelict, garages, regeneration, infill, redevelopment, antisocial, behaviour, estate, renewal, England. The image may be useful to picture editors seeking authentic North West or British context for features on community life, economic change, heritage, services and the evolving built environment.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG,Morrisons,customer,feedback,QR,code,survey,supermarket,toilets,rate,experience,smartphone,over,surveyed,service,data,privacy,retail,satisfaction,editorial,2026,British,Britain,Europe,travel,local,community,signage,architecture,streetscape,economy,iver,tripadvisor,trustpilot,stars,good,bad,too,much
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCCTB6 - . A Morrisons customer-feedback notice asks shoppers to scan a QR code and rate their toilet experience, an example of the near-constant survey culture now attached to retail, hospitality, transport and public services. QR codes make feedback cheap to collect and easy to link with particular locations, shifts or facilities, allowing businesses to identify recurring cleaning or maintenance problems quickly. Yet the proliferation of 'tell us how we did' requests can create survey fatigue, with customers asked to score everything from a supermarket visit to a parcel delivery, airport security queue or medical appointment. The method also assumes access to a smartphone and a willingness to open a web link, raising smaller questions about digital inclusion and data privacy. For a supermarket, toilet cleanliness is part of overall customer experience and can affect perceptions of the entire store. The image works well for editorial themes involving customer satisfaction, retail analytics, QR codes, service quality, digital feedback, reputation management and the tension between useful measurement and consumers feeling perpetually monitored or asked for ratings. The picture's strength is its specificity: one named or clearly described place that can stand for a much wider story. Relevant search and editorial concepts include high street, retail, shopfront, consumer spending, town centre, footfall, chain store, independent business, online shopping, regeneration, commercial property. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes Morrisons, customer, feedback, QR, code, survey, supermarket, toilets, rate, experience, smartphone, over, surveyed, service, data, privacy, retail, satisfaction. As a visual record it preserves ordinary details that formal reports often omit, including the condition, presentation and day-to-day setting of the subject at the time of photography.
Morrisons supermarket, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IM347A~1,Warrington,Cheshire,red,brick,civic,building,tower,high,rise,urban,architecture,streetscape,heritage,contrast,old,new,townscape,North,West,regeneration,editorial,documentary,2026,British,Britain,Europe,travel,local,community,signage,economy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCG6FH - . A red-brick historic or civic building is seen in the foreground with a much taller twentieth-century tower rising behind, creating a strong visual contrast between different periods of urban development in the Warrington area. The image is deliberately described conservatively because the surviving filename does not identify the premises and the thumbnail does not provide enough evidence for a reliable building name. What is clear is the layered townscape: decorated brickwork, traditional pitched roofs and older street architecture sit against a high-rise block that represents a later approach to density and redevelopment. Such juxtapositions are common in post-industrial towns of North West England, where Victorian and Edwardian public buildings, pubs, schools or commercial premises often survive alongside 1960s and 1970s towers and more recent apartment schemes. The picture is useful editorially for themes of changing skylines, heritage versus redevelopment, planning, urban character, adaptive reuse and the visual legacy of successive building booms. From a visual-research perspective, the image combines a clearly recognisable subject with the surrounding built environment. Relevant search and editorial concepts include Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, local community, urban fringe, village heritage, transport links, development pressure, public realm, local services. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes Warrington, Cheshire, red, brick, civic, building, tower, high, rise, urban, architecture, streetscape, heritage, contrast, old, new, townscape, North, West, England, regeneration. The photograph is suitable for editorial, documentary, social-history, planning, business and local-news use where an identifiable real-world example is preferable to a generic illustration. It also provides a dated reference for future comparison, allowing researchers to see whether the premises, branding,
Warrington area, Cheshire, North West England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG,Peace,Ukraine,Manchester,Ukrainian,Independence,Day,22,August,2026,solidarity,march,St,Peters,Square,flag,protest,Russia,invasion,banner,diaspora,editorial,documentary,British,Britain,Europe,travel,local,community,signage,architecture,streetscape
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCG403 - . A handmade 'Peace for Ukraine' banner is carried at the Ukrainian stock-photo/gotonysmith-Independence.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Independence Day solidarity gathering in St Peter's Square, Manchester, on Saturday 22 August 2026. Ukraine marks independence on 24 August, commemorating the 1991 declaration that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, and diaspora communities often hold weekend marches and public events close to the date. In 2026 the celebration remained inseparable from Russia's continuing invasion and the human cost of war, so blue-and-yellow flags and peace messages functioned both as national symbols and as political statements of solidarity. Manchester has a substantial Ukrainian community and has hosted repeated rallies, vigils, fundraising events and demonstrations since the full-scale Russian invasion began in February 2022. The photograph records civic protest in a central public square used for political gatherings, remembrance and celebration. It is suitable for editorial coverage of Ukraine, diaspora identity, anti-war activism, European security, refugees, independence commemorations and public support for a country under attack. The picture has additional value for regional coverage because it is rooted in a specific North West setting rather than anonymous stock. Relevant search and editorial concepts include Ukraine, Ukrainian, Manchester, solidarity, independence, blue and yellow, peace, protest, diaspora, Russia invasion, Europe, freedom, public demonstration, civic square. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes Peace, for, Ukraine, Manchester, Ukrainian, Independence, Day, August, solidarity, march, St, Peters, Square, flag, protest, Russia, invasion, peace, banner, diaspora. As a visual record it preserves ordinary details that formal reports often omit, including the condition, presentation and day-to-day setting of the subject at the time of photography. Its value is strongest when used with precise place and date information,
St Peter's Square, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG,roadworks,sign,joining,traffic,not,signal,controlled,Latchford,Warrington,Thelwall,Lane,temporary,management,highway,works,congestion,safety,Cheshire,editorial,documentary,2026,British,Britain,Europe,travel,local,community,signage,architecture,streetscape,economy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCG3PB - . A temporary roadworks sign on Thelwall Lane in Latchford warns drivers that joining traffic is not controlled by signals. Such signs are part of temporary traffic-management systems used when construction, utility repairs, resurfacing or development work changes normal road layouts. The message is particularly important where vehicles emerging from a work area or side road must merge into a live traffic stream without the protection of a dedicated green phase. Thelwall Lane is a busy local route serving residential areas and links towards Warrington, so temporary restrictions can quickly create queues or alter pedestrian and cycling conditions. The image provides a clear editorial illustration of highway maintenance, construction disruption, traffic safety and the visual clutter associated with prolonged roadworks. More broadly, it represents the everyday challenge for highways authorities and contractors of keeping roads open while repairing ageing infrastructure or accommodating new development, balancing worker safety, traffic flow, business access and inconvenience to residents. Because the location is identifiable, the scene can be paired with later photographs to show continuity or change. Relevant search and editorial concepts include Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, local community, urban fringe, village heritage, transport links, development pressure, public realm, local services. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes roadworks, sign, joining, traffic, not, signal, controlled, Latchford, Warrington, Thelwall, Lane, temporary, management, highway, works, congestion, safety, Cheshire. It also provides a dated reference for future comparison, allowing researchers to see whether the premises, branding, public space or surrounding land use changed after August 2026. The image may be useful to picture editors seeking authentic North West or British context for features on community life, economic change, heritage,
Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG,Russian,Embassy,Tallinn,Estonia,Ukraine,protest,anti,war,Navalny,memorial,Putin,Russia,invasion,Baltic,state,demonstrations,solidarity,posters,graffiti,old,town,editorial,documentary,2026,British,Britain,Europe,travel,local,community,signage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCG3HY - . A panoramic view outside the Russian Embassy in Tallinn records the dense layer of anti-war posters, flags, photographs, messages and improvised memorial material that has accumulated around the diplomatic building since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Estonia restored its independence from Soviet occupation in 1991 and its security politics are profoundly shaped by that history, its border with Russia and a sizeable Russian-speaking minority. The embassy in Tallinn's medieval Old Town has consequently become a highly visible focus for protest against Vladimir Putin's government, the war in Ukraine and repression inside Russia. After opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a Russian penal colony in 2024, his image and name also became part of protests and memorials at Russian diplomatic sites across Europe. The photograph captures how a formal embassy frontage can be transformed by public dissent into an unofficial wall of testimony. It is relevant to Baltic politics, NATO's eastern flank, Ukraine solidarity, human rights, Russian opposition, diplomatic relations and contested historical memory. The view is also relevant to the growing importance of place-based journalism, where national trends are explained through local examples. Relevant search and editorial concepts include Ukraine, Ukrainian, Manchester, solidarity, independence, blue and yellow, peace, protest, diaspora, Russia invasion, Europe, freedom, public demonstration, civic square. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes Russian, Embassy, Tallinn, Estonia, Ukraine, protest, anti, war, Navalny, memorial, Putin, Russia, invasion, Baltic, state, embassy, demonstrations, solidarity, posters, graffiti, old, town. The image may be useful to picture editors seeking authentic North West or British context for features on community life, economic change, heritage, services and the evolving built environment.
Russian Embassy, Pikk Street, Tallinn Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_3354,Raekoja plats,Tallinn,Town Hall Square,Tallinn Town Hall,Estonia,Old Town,UNESCO,medieval,Baltic,panorama,tourism,travel,historic square,Gothic,European city,architecture,summer,blue sky,cityscape,Hanseatic,Europe,heritage,history,historic,industrial archaeology,local history,conservation,built heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCW8E5 - . Panoramic view of Raekoja plats, Tallinn Town Hall Square, Estonia, beneath a bright summer sky. The wide panorama takes in the pale Gothic town hall, colourful historic façades, visitors crossing the square and a dramatic cloud-filled blue sky. Raekoja plats, Tallinn's Town Hall Square, has been the civic and commercial heart of the medieval Old Town for centuries. Visit Tallinn describes it as a marketplace and centre of the Lower Town since the Middle Ages, while the Gothic Town Hall was rebuilt into its present form in the early fifteenth century. The square sits within Tallinn's UNESCO-listed Old Town and today mixes historic architecture with cafés, visitors, festivals, markets and seasonal events. A panoramic view is valuable for tourism, urban heritage, Baltic travel and medieval-city editorial use. The location is Raekoja plats, Tallinn Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. This geographical detail helps distinguish the subject from similar businesses, buildings or scenes elsewhere and gives the photograph stronger value for local, regional and comparative editorial use. Commercial and civic landscapes can change quickly, so apparently routine photographs of signs, shopfronts, machines and transport infrastructure often acquire additional documentary value when companies rebrand, premises close or policies change. The scene can be read at several levels: as a record of the immediate subject, as evidence of changing consumer or public behaviour, and as a small piece of the wider social and economic history visible in everyday places. For picture researchers, the combination of legible wording and clear environmental context broadens the potential use beyond a simple location shot, allowing the image to support business, heritage, lifestyle and public-policy coverage. This makes the photograph a useful piece of contemporary editorial documentation. It preserves a clear, searchable record of the subject and its setting for future editorial comparison.
Raekoja plats, Tallinn Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9737,Taylors,Furniture,Falkirk,FC,stadium,advertising,local,sponsor,sponsorship,Scottish,football,business,signage,matchday,commercial,partnership,store,editorial,documentary,2026,British,Britain,Europe,travel,community,architecture,streetscape,economy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCCT80 - . A large Taylor's Furniture Stores advertisement inside Falkirk Stadium highlights the close commercial relationship between local businesses and professional football clubs outside the richest elite. The sign promotes a Falkirk-area furniture retailer to supporters attending matches, using the stadium audience and repeated exposure of perimeter or stand advertising to build local brand recognition. Sponsorship income is particularly important to clubs such as Falkirk, where gate receipts, hospitality, commercial partnerships and community engagement all contribute to budgets that are modest compared with television-driven finances at the top of the game. The photograph therefore records not just an advert but part of the economic ecosystem surrounding Scottish football. In 2026 Falkirk's return to the Premiership increased attention on the club and its modern stadium, potentially making local sponsorship more visible to larger crowds and broadcast audiences. The image supports themes of sports marketing, regional business, local retail, football finance, stadium advertising and the way community identity links a club with companies trading in the same area. Beyond the immediate subject, the frame is valuable as a time-specific record of how this place looked in 2026. Relevant search and editorial concepts include football, soccer, matchday, supporters, stadium, non-league, Scottish football, English pyramid, club finance, local sponsorship, community sport, terraces. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes Taylors, Furniture, Falkirk, FC, stadium, advertising, local, sponsor, sponsorship, Scottish, football, business, signage, matchday, commercial, partnership, furniture, store. The image may be useful to picture editors seeking authentic North West or British context for features on community life, economic change, heritage, services and the evolving built environment.
Falkirk Stadium, 4 Stadium Way, Falkirk, Scotland, FK2 9EE, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9757,DART,Bray,Wicklow,Ireland,electric,EMU,footbridge,overhead,railway,train,station,transport,passengers,commuter,platform,travel,rail,infrastructure,transit,Europe,urban,mobility,service,network,signage,city,journey,tracks,foot bridge,rolling stock,public transport,Bray Daly,public transport Ireland,Ireland public transport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH4CA - . A DART electric multiple-unit waits at Bray Daly station, photographed side-on beneath the overhead power lines and station footbridge. The stock-photo/gotonysmith-Train.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>train's green livery is strongly associated with Dublin's suburban coastal rail network. Bray is a major stop at the southern edge of the long-established DART electrified corridor. Frequent trains connect the town with Dublin city centre, employment areas and northern branches, while other rail services continue further through County Wicklow. The station's mix of commuter traffic and seaside visitors demonstrates how suburban rail serves both routine mobility and tourism. The footbridge and overhead line equipment frame the side of the DART train, showing the infrastructure needed to operate electric suburban rail. Bray's station is large enough to handle varied movements and passenger flows, while retaining older railway elements. The scene is typical of a working commuter station where historic fabric, electrification and modern train operations coexist rather than being presented as preserved railway heritage. Commuter rail shapes where people can live and work by making longer daily journeys practical without a car, which in turn influences housing growth around stations. Interchange quality matters because a rail trip often begins or ends by bus, tram, bicycle or on foot, so station design influences the whole journey rather than only the time spent on a train. The continued visibility of unit numbers, liveries and route displays makes everyday passenger trains useful records of fleet changes as operators refurbish or replace rolling stock. Electric and high-capacity rail is central to attempts to reduce car dependence on busy urban and intercity corridors, although passengers judge the network just as strongly on reliability, frequency and fares. The working railway environment is visible alongside the train, station or passenger information rather than being cropped away.
Bray Daly railway station, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9762,DART,Bray,Wicklow,Ireland,electric,EMU,bilingual,railway,train,station,transport,passengers,commuter,platform,travel,rail,infrastructure,transit,Europe,urban,mobility,service,network,signage,city,journey,tracks,rolling stock,public transport,station name,Bray Daly,public transport Ireland,Ireland public transport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH4CF - . A green DART electric train stands beside the bilingual BrayDaly station nameboard, clearly linking the rolling stock with its County Wicklow location. The photograph concentrates on the platform identity and everyday suburban service. Bray is one of the best-known stations on the DART coastal route and an important origin and destination for both commuters and visitors. Bilingual Irish and English signage is standard across the network. The electrified service has shaped commuting patterns south of Dublin by providing a direct rail alternative to road travel along a heavily populated coastal corridor. The station nameboard dominates the frame, making the bilingual identity as important as the train behind it. 'Bré - Ó Dálaigh / Bray - Daly' combines the Irish place name with the dedication to Edward Daly. Such signage is part of the everyday visibility of the Irish language, while the green DART carriage behind it immediately places the sign within Dublin's best-known suburban rail system. Older stations frequently combine historic buildings with modern accessibility and passenger systems, producing layers of railway architecture rather than a single design period. Rail travel also carries a strong leisure market, particularly on scenic or heritage-rich routes where day visitors share the same trains used by regular commuters. A working station has to combine platform safety, passenger information, accessibility, ticketing and interchange in a space that may have been built long before modern traffic levels were imagined. Commuter rail shapes where people can live and work by making longer daily journeys practical without a car, which in turn influences housing growth around stations. Interchange quality matters because a rail trip often begins or ends by bus, tram, bicycle or on foot, so station design influences the whole journey rather than only the time spent on a train.
Bray Daly railway station, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9768,DART,8112,Bray,Wicklow,Ireland,electric,EMU,coastal,railway,train,station,transport,passengers,commuter,platform,travel,rail,infrastructure,transit,Europe,urban,mobility,service,network,signage,city,journey,public transport Ireland,Ireland public transport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH4GA - . DART electric multiple-unit 8112 is photographed at Bray Daly station, with the green suburban train beneath overhead wires and the station platforms stretching alongside. Bray Head rises behind the railway, giving the transport scene a distinctive coastal County Wicklow setting. The DART links Bray directly with Dublin city centre and northern coastal suburbs, making the station important both for commuting and leisure travel. Electric suburban rail provides high-capacity movement along a corridor where road congestion can be severe. Bray is also the point where the urban coastal railway begins to encounter more dramatic terrain before continuing south towards Greystones. The number 8112 is visible on a green DART set beneath the overhead wires, while Bray Head immediately identifies the southern coastal setting. The juxtaposition of commuter rolling stock and steep landscape is characteristic of this part of the network. Regular electric trains have made Bray a practical place to live while working or studying in Dublin, but the same service also brings large numbers of day visitors to the seafront during good weather. Older stations frequently combine historic buildings with modern accessibility and passenger systems, producing layers of railway architecture rather than a single design period. Rail travel also carries a strong leisure market, particularly on scenic or heritage-rich routes where day visitors share the same trains used by regular commuters. A working station has to combine platform safety, passenger information, accessibility, ticketing and interchange in a space that may have been built long before modern traffic levels were imagined. Commuter rail shapes where people can live and work by making longer daily journeys practical without a car, which in turn influences housing growth around stations. The working railway environment is visible alongside the train, station or passenger information rather than being cropped away.
Bray Daly railway station, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9790,EasyGo,GO,EV,charger,charging,Bray,seafront,Ireland,urban,street,signage,infrastructure,people,city,town,transport,local,Europe,travel,architecture,daily,modern,contemporary,service,commercial,community,environment,electric vehicle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH4GD - . An EasyGo-branded GO electric-vehicle charger is installed at Bray waterfront, with charging cables and green-and-white branding visible beside public parking. The unit forms part of the growing network of street and destination charging for electric cars in Ireland. Competition between EV charging operators is increasing as electric-car ownership grows and local authorities seek more public charge points. Networks must balance charging speed, payment access, maintenance and parking turnover. Seafront locations such as Bray are useful for destination charging because vehicles may remain parked while drivers spend time in cafes, shops or on leisure activities. EasyGo is one of the private charging brands competing for drivers in an expanding Irish EV market. The tethered cables and prominent green markings distinguish the equipment from a conventional parking meter and signal that the bay has an energy function as well as a parking function. Public chargers are particularly important in apartments and older streets where residents may have no driveway on which to install a private home charger. Different charging brands in the same town show a market developing beyond a single national provider, with apps and roaming arrangements becoming part of the driver's experience. Charging infrastructure replaces a simple parking bay with electrical equipment, cabling, payment technology and maintenance obligations, so the transition to electric motoring changes ordinary streets as well as vehicles. Kerbside and destination chargers are particularly important for people living in flats or older terraced streets who cannot install a private charge point at home. Public EV charging is most valuable where drivers naturally leave a car for long enough to add useful range, making town centres, seafronts and leisure destinations logical locations. The charger is shown in an ordinary parking environment, making the practical change to the street easy to see.
Bray seafront, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9801,ESB,EV,charger,charging,22kW,Bray,Wicklow,seafront,Ireland,urban,street,signage,infrastructure,people,city,town,publicspace,transport,local,Europe,travel,architecture,daily,modern,contemporary,service,commercial,community,environment,public realm,electric vehicle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH4GR - . An ESB electric-vehicle charging unit stands beside parking on Bray waterfront, providing a 22 kW public charging option for plug-in vehicles. The blue charger is installed in a conventional streetside parking environment close to the seafront. Public charging infrastructure is essential to the transition from petrol and diesel cars to battery-electric vehicles, particularly for drivers without private off-street charging. Ireland's ESB has been a major operator of public EV charging networks. Destination chargers at seafronts and town centres allow vehicles to recharge while drivers shop, work or visit local attractions, but availability, reliability and charging speed remain important policy and consumer issues. A 22 kW unit is best understood as destination rather than ultra-rapid charging: it can add useful range while a driver is parked for a meal, walk or shopping trip. That makes waterfront parking a logical location, because dwell times are longer than at a roadside fuel stop. The charger also shows how the transition to electric motoring requires visible changes to ordinary kerbs, parking bays, electrical connections and payment systems. Charging infrastructure replaces a simple parking bay with electrical equipment, cabling, payment technology and maintenance obligations, so the transition to electric motoring changes ordinary streets as well as vehicles. Kerbside and destination chargers are particularly important for people living in flats or older terraced streets who cannot install a private charge point at home. Public EV charging is most valuable where drivers naturally leave a car for long enough to add useful range, making town centres, seafronts and leisure destinations logical locations. Drivers compare public chargers on speed, reliability, price and ease of payment, while operators need enough use to justify installation and grid-connection costs.
Bray seafront, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Ryanair,flight,budget airline interior,passenger boarding aircraft,Ryanair flight interior,yellow blue seats,commercial passenger jet,European budget carrier,short haul flight,airline boarding process,cabin interior,passenger with backpack,air travel experience,economy airline travel,narrow body aircraft,cheap flights,Europe,low fares,airline,no frills aviation,budget travel,industry,airline ancillary sales,seatback advertising,onboard retail promotion,regional airport departures,mass market air travel,affordable European travel,airline cabin,branding,commercial aviation interior,airline customer journey,carry on luggage,travel cost savings,low cost carrier model,holiday travel,empty seat rows
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDKYXA - A passenger carrying a backpack walks down the central aisle while boarding a Ryanair economy-class aircraft. Rows of closely arranged blue seats with distinctive bright yellow headrest covers extend towards the front of the cabin, creating the instantly recognisable interior associated with the European low-cost airline. Other passengers can be seen farther ahead as they locate their allocated seats and place cabin baggage into the overhead lockers.
The photograph captures the everyday boarding process on a budget flight, when travellers move through a narrow aircraft cabin carrying backpacks, handbags and approved hand luggage. Boarding can involve congestion as passengers search for seat numbers, remove coats, organise belongings and compete for limited overhead storage space. Airlines seek to complete this process quickly because efficient aircraft turnaround helps reduce operating costs and maintain tightly scheduled departures.
Ryanair is one of Europe's largest low-fares carriers and operates a predominantly short-haul network linking major cities, regional airports and popular holiday destinations. Its business model combines competitively priced base fares with additional charges and optional sales for services such as priority boarding, reserved seating, larger cabin bags, checked luggage, food, drinks and other travel products.
The seatbacks visible throughout the cabin also provide space for safety information, onboard menus, retail promotions and commercial advertising. These additional income streams form an important part of the no-frills airline model and help carriers market low headline fares while allowing passengers to select and pay for individual extras.
The image illustrates budget aviation, economy-class travel, airline customer experience, passenger behaviour, cabin baggage, seat allocation, airport departures and affordable European tourism. It is suitable for editorial coverage of Ryanair, cheap flights, airline pricing,
Manchester Airport, Ringway, Manchester, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,airport,Germany,gate B28,showing,show,shows,flight,to,Manchester,desk,desks,Europe,European,night,evening,late,deserted,airline,service,services,brand,branded,brands,logo,inside,interior,terminal,building,traditional,60547,in,terminals,Deutsche Lufthansa AG,flag carrier,of,cancelled,Iran war
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RKGHK3 - Lufthansa operate up to four return flights daily between Manchester and Franfurt
Deutsche Lufthansa AG commonly shortened to Lufthansa, serves as the flag carrier of Germany. When combined with its subsidiaries, it stands as the second-largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried, after the ultra low-cost carrier Ryanair. Lufthansa is also one of the five founding members of Star Alliance, which is the world's largest airline alliance, formed in 1997.
Besides its own services, and owning subsidiary passenger airlines Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings (referred to in English by Lufthansa as its Passenger Airline Group), Deutsche Lufthansa AG owns several aviation-related companies, such as Lufthansa Technik and LSG Sky Chefs, as part of the Lufthansa Group. In total, the group has over 700 aircraft, making it one of the largest airline fleets in the world.
Lufthansa's registered office and corporate headquarters are in Cologne. The main operations base, called Lufthansa Aviation Center, is at Lufthansa's primary hub at Frankfurt Airport, and its secondary hub is at Munich Airport where a secondary Flight Operations Centre is maintained.
The company was founded as Luftag in 1953 by staff of the former Deutsche Luft Hansa that had been politically connected to the government of Nazi Germany and dissolved after World War II. Luftag continued the traditional branding of the German flag carrier by acquiring the Luft Hansa name and logo.
Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Germany,plane,planes,Boeing,Airbus,Lufthansa,aircraft,at,flight,Frankfurt,Hesse,747-430,747,luggage,cans,canister,canisters,German,Star Alliance,member,HQ,Headquarters,accident,incident,issue,airports,EU,European,Europe,infrastructure,flights,jet,jets,cancelled,cancellations,jet fuel shortage,Iran war
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK3DE7 - . Recorded at Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany in 2023, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. At the centre of the view is D-ABVY Boeing 747-430 - Lufthansa aircraft at Frankfurt airport , Hesse, Germany. The surrounding context encompasses period detail, street-level business, small business, changing land use, commercial frontage, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, shopfront economy, customer footfall, local character, independent retail, public realm, high-street commerce, and historical comparison. Current relevance extends to independent business and commercial rents, particularly through how commercial property costs affect small retailers. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany, details that may look very different after conservation work. A second descriptive layer includes bricks-and-mortar retail, visual archive, community identity, before-and-after reference, town-centre trading, specialist retailer, retail property, and specialist shop. Elements such as D-ABVY, Hesse, Germany, Boeing, and aircraft add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses when considered against later change at Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany. Its period value extends to business rates and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany.
Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Yorkshire,England,UK,building,architecture,minster,religion,buildings,Anglican,classic,history,Metropolitical,Church,of,Saint,St,in,archbishop,spire,window,spires,gothic,dean,repair,and,restoration,project,Europe,European,tower,towers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF7FDE - The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England (after the monarch as Supreme Governor and the Archbishop of Canterbury), and is the mother church for the Diocese of York and the Province of York. It is run by a dean and chapter, under the Dean of York. The title minster is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title
the word Metropolitical in the formal name refers to the Archbishop of York's role as the Metropolitan bishop of the Province of York. Services in the minster are sometimes regarded as on the High Church or Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.
The minster was completed in 1472 after several centuries of building. It is devoted to Saint Peter, and has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothic quire and east end and Early English North and South transepts. The nave contains the West Window, constructed in 1338, and over the Lady Chapel in the east end is the Great East Window (finished in 1408), the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. In the north transept is the Five Sisters window, each lancet being over 53 feet (16.3 m) high. The south transept contains a rose window, while the West Window contains a heart-shaped design colloquially known as The Heart of Yorkshire.
Deangate, York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 7HH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,England,UK,inside,wine,wine and corkscrew,indoors,corkscrew,Spain,Rioja wine region,wine region,wines,drinking,cork,corks,Spanish,screw,Rioja,region,vineyard,vineyards,green,bottle,bottles,glass,traditional,producer,producers,surplus,margins,wine lake,EU,EC,Europe,difficulties
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DDW6EJ - Rioja is a wine region in Spain, with denominación de origen calificada (D.O.Ca., Qualified Designation of Origin, the highest category in Spanish wine regulation). Rioja wine is made from grapes grown in the autonomous communities of La Rioja and Navarre, and the Basque province of Álava. Rioja is further subdivided into three zones: Rioja Alta, Rioja Oriental and Rioja Alavesa. Many wines have traditionally blended fruit from all three regions, though there is a slow growth in single-zone wines.
La Rioja automatous region , Spain
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,German,Mainz,Rhineland,Rhine,City Centre,Deutschland,city,Landeshauptstadt,55116,Europe,celebration,celebrate,centre,city centre,fools,figures,Meenzer,people,1967,Blasius Spreng,art,artist,kunst,monument,cityscape,tradition,mythology,stories,Father Rhine,the monk,man with the blockhead,blockhead,Till Eulenspiegel,city goddess,Mogontia,purse scrubber,GoTonySmith,fastnacht
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RGGE73 - The Mainz Carnival (Mainzer Fastnacht) is a months-long citywide carnival celebration in Mainz, Germany that traditionally begins on 11 November but culminates in the days before Ash Wednesday in the spring.
It is one of the largest carnival events in Germany and, along with the Cologne and Düsseldorfer carnivals, Mainz is one of the three cities prominent in the rhenish carnival tradition. Aside from the celebrations, parades, and jollity which are typical of carnival traditions in many countries, the Mainz carnival has an unusual emphasis on political and literary humor and commentary.
The fountain is vitally important to all real Meenzer (people from Mainz): Every year on 11/11, all people celebrating Carnival in Mainz (fools) gather here when the clock on the balcony of the facing Osteiner Hof (Court of Ostein) strikes 11:11 p.m., which marks the fifth season of Carnival. The carnival is traditionally opened with the announcement of the 11 carnival laws.
The 8.50 metre-high carnival fountain, unveiled in 1967, designed by Blasius Spreng, is a comparatively young monument in Mainz. Nevertheless, you can't imagine it not being in the cityscape. With over 200 figures from carnival and mythology, it is a symbol of typical Mainz joie de vivre
Detailaufnahme des Fastnachtsbrunnens von unten
Detailed view of the fountain© Landeshauptstadt Mainz
Look a little closer - which figures do you recognise? Father Rhine, the monk and the man with the blockhead, the cat, Till Eulenspiegel and the city goddess, Mogontia, the purse scrubber and the paragraph rider. They are all examples of the variety of fantasy motifs that populate the Carnival fountain.
During the 19th century celebrants began using the carnival as an opportunity to mock the military forces occupying the city's fortress. The uniforms of the carnival guards are still reminders of the uniforms of the Austrian, Prussian, and French troops which were present in the town between 1792 and 1866.
Fastnachtsbrunnen, Landeshauptstadt , Schillerpl., 55116 Mainz, Germany, Europe
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Europe,fishing,Office,EU,offices,fish,industry,south,southern,south east,port,dock,dockside,Alicante,Spain,fresh fish,market,freshly,caught,fellowship,of,fishermen,Moraira auction,auction,covers,covered,windows,cofradia,building,organisation,federation,catch,sale,sales,selling,HotpixUK.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DA91GJ - . A location-based documentary photograph from Calle Del Mar, 0 S/N, 03724 Moraira, Alicante, Spain, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. At the heart of the image is Office of Cofradia de pescadores Moraira Fishermen,Alicante, Spain, EU - fresh fish market. The scene can also be read in terms of local character, community identity, social history, retail property, bricks-and-mortar retail, consumer retail, retail vacancy, shopping district, period detail, archival record, visual archive, social landscape, before-and-after reference, and commercial frontage. In the mid-2020s, hybrid working and commercial rents keep this subject current, particularly through the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Calle Del Mar, 0 S/N, 03724 Moraira, Alicante, Spain, details that may look very different after new ownership. The surrounding context includes customer footfall, place identity, regional identity, local trading, changing streetscape, urban commerce, contemporary history, and historical comparison. References to Fishermen, Alicante, market, fresh, and Office give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. For Calle Del Mar, 0 S/N, 03724 Moraira, Alicante, Spain, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence for hybrid working and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names in a form that can be compared with future views of Calle Del Mar, 0 S/N, 03724 Moraira, Alicante, Spain. A further contemporary connection is vacant units and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts within the real-world context of Calle Del Mar, 0 S/N, 03724 Moraira, Alicante, Spain.
Calle Del Mar, 0 S/N, 03724 Moraira, Alicante, Spain
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Keywords: Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,stamp,postal,franked,frank,used stamps,used franked,used,franked stamp,from envelope,history,historic,old,Italy,Italian,Italia,Italy Stamp,italian stamp,franked Italian stamp,used Italian stamp,Italy stamp,Roma,150lire,150L,collect,collecting,collector,of,rare,rarity,EU,Europe,city,the,posting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AT9E89 - . Recorded at Italy in 2015, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. At the centre of the frame is Italian stamp, poste Italia used and franked stamp, Roma, 1976 R.Di.Giuseppe Inc, 150lire, 150L,V.Carpaccio, 1455-1526 Carpaccio. The scene additionally carries associations with period streetscape, architectural detailing, regional identity, historic townscape, community identity, visual archive, period detail, conservation interest, heritage asset, before-and-after reference, local history, documentary photography, archival record, and historic commercial architecture. In the mid-2020s, historic townscape and heritage conservation keep the subject current, particularly through reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the photograph anchors the combination of built form, activity and local identity within the setting of Italy. The subject sits alongside architectural character, changing streetscape, local character, period building, contemporary social history, public realm, changing land use, and cityscape history. References to Italia, Italian, poste, Carpaccio, and Giuseppe help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. For Italy, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image also provides a reference for historic townscape and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character when considered against later change at Italy. Another useful connection is embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character without losing the local specificity of Italy. The scene further reflects planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character in a form that can be compared with future views of Italy.
Italy
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Russia,race,orbit,Yuri Gagarin,Planet,Satellite,Moscow,Russian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15NXM - . This scene at the recorded location in 2015 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 principal subject is 2 Kon Kopek Mockba 1966 CCCP USSR space stamp. The image also relates to period detail, everyday life, changing streetscape, philatelic collecting, postal ephemera, philatelic material, historical comparison, archival record, commemorative issue, stamp design, paper communication, before-and-after reference, community identity, and local history. For current editorial use, collecting and graphic design provide additional context, especially through the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following closure or conversion. The wider setting retains connections with changing land use, local character, contemporary social history, visual archive, public realm, social history, postal history, and regional identity. The recorded references to stamp, Mockba, Kopek, and space preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects collecting and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material within the specific setting of the recorded location. Its period value extends to collecting and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of digital communication and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material when considered against later change at the recorded location.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Bloc,Block,East,Europe,Avocet,bird Egret Aurel Popescu brown,Romanian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15P0B - . Made at the recorded location in 2015, 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 1991 Posta Romana 1l50 Recurvirostra Avosetta bird Egret Aurel Popescu brown Stamp. The locality and subject together evoke philatelic material, historical comparison, place identity, changing land use, social history, everyday life, philatelic collecting, postal ephemera, postal history, community identity, postal graphic design, period detail, public realm, and regional identity. The wider contemporary story combines collecting, digital communication and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects. The image fixes building condition and alterations within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. The wider setting retains connections with local character, postal artefact, local history, visual archive, changing streetscape, paper communication, collectable stamp, and contemporary social history. Elements such as Stamp, Popescu, Romana, Avosetta, and Recurvirostra add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. At the recorded location, that broader theme is grounded in a specific dated example. The scene further reflects collecting and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication within the specific setting of the recorded location. Its period value extends to declining letter volumes and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The image fixes part of the area's social history for later comparison. It also preserves details of everyday use within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,postmarked,perforated,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Romania,Popescu,Romanian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15P0K - . Made at the recorded location in 2015, 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 frame specifically shows 1991 Posta Romana Egretta Garzetta Egret Aurel Popescu Stamp. The surrounding context encompasses before-and-after reference, philatelic material, commemorative issue, historical comparison, changing streetscape, local history, local character, community identity, philatelic collecting, postal history, public realm, postal artefact, contemporary social history, and changing land use. Today's relevance is strengthened by digital communication, collecting and the continuing question of the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material. The image fixes materials and architectural details within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. The wider setting retains connections with visual archive, regional identity, collectable stamp, paper communication, place identity, stamp design, documentary photography, and everyday life. References to Popescu, Egret, Garzetta, Romana, and Posta give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate digital communication and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs within the real-world context of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for national identity and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs within the specific setting of the recorded location. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison for later comparison.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Russia,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15PM3 - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2015 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The main point of reference is CCCP USSR HP5 space vehicle flags stamp 1988 stamp. The setting additionally reflects postal graphic design, contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, collectable stamp, paper communication, postal ephemera, local history, social history, place identity, regional identity, postal history, public realm, and commemorative issue. The modern context includes continuing discussion of collecting, mail history and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if conservation work subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in philatelic collecting, stamp design, everyday life, visual archive, local character, historical comparison, philatelic material, and changing land use. The combination of space, vehicle, flags, and stamp anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The photograph from the recorded location links the broader issue back to a specific real place. The wider significance includes collecting and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is declining letter volumes and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate mail history and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Image F15PM3 also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Hungary,castle house Stamp,Hungarian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15R0N - . Recorded at Budapest, Hungary in 2015, 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 Magyar Posta 1974 Vertel J Kiskunfelegyhaza 10Ft castle house Stamp, Hungary - Peter Magyar - Péter Magyar. Another layer of the photograph includes local character, visual archive, philatelic collecting, everyday life, paper communication, historical comparison, changing land use, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, regional identity, before-and-after reference, stamp design, archival record, and period detail. The wider contemporary story combines digital communication, declining letter volumes and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material. As a dated visual record of Budapest, Hungary, the frame retains landscape treatment and surrounding development, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in community identity, postal ephemera, collectable stamp, public realm, postal history, commemorative issue, local history, and postal artefact. Elements such as castle, Kiskunfelegyhaza, Magyar, Posta, and house add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Budapest, Hungary helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects digital communication and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects when considered against later change at Budapest, Hungary. Its period value extends to declining letter volumes and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material without losing the local specificity of Budapest, Hungary. The image fixes a trace of local identity for future local research.
Budapest, Hungary
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Hungary,Keszthely Festetics-kastely SZE SZEK,brown,Hungarian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15R15 - . An on-location photograph from Budapest, Hungary in 2015, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is Magyar Posta 1987 Dudas 10Ft castle house Keszthely Festetics-kastely SZE SZEK stamp, Hungary - Peter Magyar - Péter Magyar. The wider scene also brings together postal history, visual archive, stamp design, commemorative issue, documentary photography, local history, before-and-after reference, philatelic collecting, changing streetscape, philatelic material, regional identity, place identity, paper communication, and contemporary social history. For current editorial use, graphic design and mail history provide additional context, especially through how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects. As a dated visual record of Budapest, Hungary, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects public realm, collectable stamp, archival record, postal ephemera, postal graphic design, period detail, postal artefact, and everyday life. The recorded references to Posta, Magyar, Keszthely, Peter, and castle preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Budapest, Hungary, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is graphic design and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects in a form that can be compared with future views of Budapest, Hungary. The wider significance includes graphic design and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects within the real-world context of Budapest, Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,hobby,perforation,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Romania,Romanian,Gotonysmith,post,hobby,perforation,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RFA - . Made at the recorded location in 2015, 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 image documents Posta Romana 350L treeAcer Pseudoplatanus L 1994 Stamp. The broader subject matter reaches into local history, postal artefact, community identity, stamp design, visual archive, changing streetscape, changing land use, everyday life, commemorative issue, social history, historical comparison, postal history, paper communication, and place identity. The wider contemporary story combines mail history, collecting and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes before-and-after reference, philatelic material, archival record, philatelic collecting, postal ephemera, regional identity, contemporary social history, and documentary photography. Elements such as treeAcer, Posta, Stamp, Romana, and Pseudoplatanus add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is mail history and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate national identity and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects when considered against later change at the recorded location. The image fixes details of everyday use for future local research.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,stamp,Used,and,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Romanian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RFG - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2015, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The scene records Posta Romana Porto 40b blue stamp. Another layer of the photograph includes philatelic collecting, place identity, changing land use, postal artefact, historical comparison, local history, postal graphic design, changing streetscape, public realm, paper communication, stamp design, community identity, regional identity, and period detail. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into national identity and declining letter volumes, not least because of how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after new construction. Other useful contextual ideas include local character, postal ephemera, visual archive, postal history, documentary photography, archival record, collectable stamp, and commemorative issue. Details involving Porto, stamp, Romana, and Posta make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. At the recorded location, that broader theme is grounded in a specific dated example. Another strand within the photograph is national identity and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate postal services and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for collecting and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material within the real-world context of the recorded location.
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Bloc,Block,East,Europe,Romainian,Bucurest,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RFR - . This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2015 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The image documents Posta Romana 5 Stamp. The wider scene also brings together stamp design, place identity, changing land use, social history, contemporary social history, documentary photography, postal graphic design, postal artefact, local history, community identity, philatelic collecting, postal history, paper communication, and period detail. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with digital communication, declining letter volumes and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around the recorded location before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects postal ephemera, public realm, visual archive, everyday life, local character, philatelic material, regional identity, and commemorative issue. The combination of Posta, Stamp, and Romana anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate digital communication and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for national identity and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another useful connection is national identity and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Keywords: Romania,International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,USSR,Soviet,Bloc,Block,East,Eastern,Europe,Romainian,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15RPT - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2015 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The scene records Romana Chlidonias Hybrida 7 bird Stamp. The setting additionally reflects local character, stamp design, regional identity, everyday life, collectable stamp, before-and-after reference, commemorative issue, period detail, postal graphic design, philatelic material, philatelic collecting, documentary photography, community identity, and historical comparison. For current editorial use, postal services and declining letter volumes provide additional context, especially through the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs. The image fixes public access and movement within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. The surrounding story also includes changing land use, contemporary social history, postal history, public realm, postal artefact, archival record, postal ephemera, and social history. Details involving Hybrida, Romana, Stamp, and Chlidonias make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes postal services and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects within the real-world context of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is collecting and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects within the specific setting of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate postal services and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material as part of the longer story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: Note,Eire,republic,of,Sterling,legal tender,from the,bank,of,Ireland,region,regional,economy,economic,money,UK,United Kingdom,housekeeping,good,bad,currency,wealth,capital,worth,rich,wealthy,fund,funds,ready money,hard cash,ten,five,fiver,GoTonySmith,legal,tender,small,smallest,Europe,european,GB,EC,EU,EEC,hard,cash,ready,Derry,Londonderry,Sinn Fein,politics,political,twentypence,twenty,pence,banknote,billetes,bureau,business,buy,buying,caja,change,commerce,commercialism,capitalism,austerity,global,crash,global crash,cuenta,debt,dinero,dollar,enterprise,euro,exchange,export,exporting,global,globalization,historical,history,negocio,number,paper,paper money,folding,power,saving,spending,profit,prosperity,prosperous,queen,rate,spend,spending,system,trade,viajar,vintage,wealth,world,bailout,bail out,bail,out,six counties,6,six,county,counties,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EWAR30 - . Northern Irish £5, £10 notes and pound coins, legal tender from the Bank Of Ireland , Belfast. Photographed on 21 June 2015. The recorded location is Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Northern Ireland has a distinctive banknote system in which several commercial banks issue sterling notes under statutory arrangements, alongside Bank of England currency. Bank of Ireland is one of the authorised issuers. The notes are denominated in pounds sterling and are legal currency, but they are not technically 'legal tender' in Northern Ireland or elsewhere in the UK, a distinction often misunderstood by the public. Images of older paper issues also document changing security features and the transition to polymer notes. As background, financial objects and premises connect economic history with daily life
Banknotes, coins, savings products, cheques, branch buildings and ATMs show how people stored and accessed money before digital banking reduced the visibility of many traditional banking services. The wider historical story is that earlier buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. Against the 2026 backdrop, cash is used less often than in earlier decades but remains important, particularly for vulnerable consumers and some small businesses
FCA access-to-cash rules require designated banks and building societies to assess local provision and address significant gaps, making photographs of ATMs, notes and former branches relevant to financial inclusion. In the present 2026 context, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse. Alternative search wording includes personal finance, cashpoint, and payment methods.
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: Note,Eire,republic,of,Sterling,legal tender,from the,bank,of,Ireland,region,regional,economy,economic,money,UK,United Kingdom,housekeeping,good,bad,currency,wealth,capital,worth,rich,wealthy,fund,funds,ready money,hard cash,ten,five,fiver,GoTonySmith,legal,tender,small,smallest,Europe,european,GB,EC,EU,EEC,hard,cash,ready,Derry,Londonderry,Sinn Fein,politics,political,twentypence,twenty,pence,banknote,billetes,bureau,business,buy,buying,caja,change,commerce,commercialism,capitalism,austerity,global,crash,global crash,cuenta,debt,dinero,dollar,enterprise,euro,exchange,export,exporting,global,globalization,historical,history,negocio,number,paper,paper money,folding,power,saving,spending,profit,prosperity,prosperous,queen,rate,spend,spending,system,trade,viajar,vintage,wealth,world,bailout,bail out,bail,out,six counties,6,six,county,counties,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EWARK1 - . Northern Irish £5, £10 notes and pound coins, legal tender from the Bank Of Ireland , Belfast. Photographed on 21 June 2015. The recorded location is Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Northern Ireland has a distinctive banknote system in which several commercial banks issue sterling notes under statutory arrangements, alongside Bank of England currency. Bank of Ireland is one of the authorised issuers. The notes are denominated in pounds sterling and are legal currency, but they are not technically 'legal tender' in Northern Ireland or elsewhere in the UK, a distinction often misunderstood by the public. Images of older paper issues also document changing security features and the transition to polymer notes. Looking at the subject's development, banking imagery can range from grand Victorian branch architecture to the small physical objects of personal finance
Together, notes, coins, cards, cheques and cashpoints chart a shift from cash and branch-based services towards electronic and online banking. The historical context is that historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. For the 2026 context, access to cash remains a live issue despite the growth of cards and mobile payments
FCA rules now require major banks and property societies to protect reasonable community access to cash, so photographs of cashpoints, banknotes and closed branches can illustrate the tension between digital banking and physical financial services. The subject remains topical in 2026 because 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.
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,line,of,coins,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,line of coins,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5W1 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5W3 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5XB - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5XM - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M16 - This is Fleshmarket Close made famous by Ian Rankin's novel of the same name.
Halfway down the close is the Halfway House, a famous Edinburgh pub, cosy & tight for space inside it nevertheless offers a good selection of real ales and good food. An oasis between the High Street and Market Street.
Fleshmarket Close, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M18 - This is Fleshmarket Close made famous by Ian Rankin's novel of the same name.
Halfway down the close is the Halfway House, a famous Edinburgh pub, cosy & tight for space inside it nevertheless offers a good selection of real ales and good food. An oasis between the High Street and Market Street.
Fleshmarket Close, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EBFWED - . City of London,silver Lion,in red,white, Mincing Lane near Tower Hill. Photographed at Tower Hill, London,England, UK. The photograph was taken on 17 November 2014. The image metadata records 1 person in the frame. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with City of London, silver Lion, in red, white, Mincing, Gryphon, tower hill, lion, griffin and attraction, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference EBFWED, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Tower Hill, London,England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG395F - The St. Enoch Centre is a shopping mall located in the central area of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The Architects were the GMW Architects. The construction, undertaken by Sir Robert McAlpine, began in 1986, and the building was opened to the public in May 1989. It was officially opened by the then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in February of the following year.
Located on the site of the former St Enoch Station, the building is just off Glasgow's famous shopping thoroughfare, Argyle Street and overlooks the historic St. Enoch Square and the original Subway station building (on the right of the photograph). The present St Enoch subway station is now accessible by escalators.
Whilst the target of many architectural critics, the building is notable for its massive glass roof, which makes it the largest glass-covered enclosed area in Europe. Not only does this substantially reduce heating and lighting loads - the mall area is lit entirely by natural daylight in summer, whilst the solar heat generated by the roof means that mechanical heating is only required for a week on average per year - it also earned the building its affectionate nickname The Glasgow Greenhouse. The roof's steel framework was fabricated by the shipbuilders Scott Lithgow.
The glass roofed element surrounds a seven storey car park, and when originally opened, an ice rink. This was closed in 1999 when a refurbishment programme (initiated to compete with the newer Buchanan Galleries), saw it being replaced by more shops and an enlarged restaurant area.
55 St Enoch Square, Glasgow , Scotland, UK G1 4EQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3968 - The St. Enoch Centre is a shopping mall located in the central area of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The Architects were the GMW Architects. The construction, undertaken by Sir Robert McAlpine, began in 1986, and the building was opened to the public in May 1989. It was officially opened by the then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in February of the following year.
Located on the site of the former St Enoch Station, the building is just off Glasgow's famous shopping thoroughfare, Argyle Street and overlooks the historic St. Enoch Square and the original Subway station building (on the right of the photograph). The present St Enoch subway station is now accessible by escalators.
Whilst the target of many architectural critics, the building is notable for its massive glass roof, which makes it the largest glass-covered enclosed area in Europe. Not only does this substantially reduce heating and lighting loads - the mall area is lit entirely by natural daylight in summer, whilst the solar heat generated by the roof means that mechanical heating is only required for a week on average per year - it also earned the building its affectionate nickname The Glasgow Greenhouse. The roof's steel framework was fabricated by the shipbuilders Scott Lithgow.
The glass roofed element surrounds a seven storey car park, and when originally opened, an ice rink. This was closed in 1999 when a refurbishment programme (initiated to compete with the newer Buchanan Galleries), saw it being replaced by more shops and an enlarged restaurant area.
55 St Enoch Square, Glasgow , Scotland, UK G1 4EQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG39AE - The St. Enoch Centre is a shopping mall located in the central area of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The Architects were the GMW Architects. The construction, undertaken by Sir Robert McAlpine, began in 1986, and the building was opened to the public in May 1989. It was officially opened by the then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in February of the following year.
Located on the site of the former St Enoch Station, the building is just off Glasgow's famous shopping thoroughfare, Argyle Street and overlooks the historic St. Enoch Square and the original Subway station building (on the right of the photograph). The present St Enoch subway station is now accessible by escalators.
Whilst the target of many architectural critics, the building is notable for its massive glass roof, which makes it the largest glass-covered enclosed area in Europe. Not only does this substantially reduce heating and lighting loads - the mall area is lit entirely by natural daylight in summer, whilst the solar heat generated by the roof means that mechanical heating is only required for a week on average per year - it also earned the building its affectionate nickname The Glasgow Greenhouse. The roof's steel framework was fabricated by the shipbuilders Scott Lithgow.
The glass roofed element surrounds a seven storey car park, and when originally opened, an ice rink. This was closed in 1999 when a refurbishment programme (initiated to compete with the newer Buchanan Galleries), saw it being replaced by more shops and an enlarged restaurant area.
55 St Enoch Square, Glasgow , Scotland, UK G1 4EQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG39CJ - The St. Enoch Centre is a shopping mall located in the central area of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The Architects were the GMW Architects. The construction, undertaken by Sir Robert McAlpine, began in 1986, and the building was opened to the public in May 1989. It was officially opened by the then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in February of the following year.
Located on the site of the former St Enoch Station, the building is just off Glasgow's famous shopping thoroughfare, Argyle Street and overlooks the historic St. Enoch Square and the original Subway station building (on the right of the photograph). The present St Enoch subway station is now accessible by escalators.
Whilst the target of many architectural critics, the building is notable for its massive glass roof, which makes it the largest glass-covered enclosed area in Europe. Not only does this substantially reduce heating and lighting loads - the mall area is lit entirely by natural daylight in summer, whilst the solar heat generated by the roof means that mechanical heating is only required for a week on average per year - it also earned the building its affectionate nickname The Glasgow Greenhouse. The roof's steel framework was fabricated by the shipbuilders Scott Lithgow.
The glass roofed element surrounds a seven storey car park, and when originally opened, an ice rink. This was closed in 1999 when a refurbishment programme (initiated to compete with the newer Buchanan Galleries), saw it being replaced by more shops and an enlarged restaurant area.
55 St Enoch Square, Glasgow , Scotland, UK G1 4EQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0XDYB - The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is an 18th-century neoclassical triumphal arch in Berlin, and one of the best-known landmarks of Germany. It is built on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to the town of Brandenburg an der Havel.
It is located in the western part of the city centre of Berlin, at the junction of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße, immediately west of the Pariser Platz. One block to the north stands the Reichstag building. The gate is the monumental entry to Unter den Linden, the renowned boulevard of linden trees, which formerly led directly to the city palace of the Prussian monarchs.
It was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791. Having suffered considerable damage in World War II, the Brandenburg Gate was fully restored from 2000 to 2002 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin (Berlin Monument Conservation Foundation).
During the post-war Partition of Germany, the gate was isolated and inaccessible immediately next to the Berlin Wall, and the area around the gate was featured most prominently in the media coverage of the tearing down of the wall in 1989.
Throughout its existence, the Brandenburg Gate was often a site for major historical events and is today considered a symbol of the tumultuous history of Europe and Germany, but also of European unity and peace.
Brandenburg Gate, Tiergarten, Mitte district, Berlin, Germany, Europe
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0XDYE - The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is an 18th-century neoclassical triumphal arch in Berlin, and one of the best-known landmarks of Germany. It is built on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to the town of Brandenburg an der Havel.
It is located in the western part of the city centre of Berlin, at the junction of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße, immediately west of the Pariser Platz. One block to the north stands the Reichstag building. The gate is the monumental entry to Unter den Linden, the renowned boulevard of linden trees, which formerly led directly to the city palace of the Prussian monarchs.
It was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791. Having suffered considerable damage in World War II, the Brandenburg Gate was fully restored from 2000 to 2002 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin (Berlin Monument Conservation Foundation).
During the post-war Partition of Germany, the gate was isolated and inaccessible immediately next to the Berlin Wall, and the area around the gate was featured most prominently in the media coverage of the tearing down of the wall in 1989.
Throughout its existence, the Brandenburg Gate was often a site for major historical events and is today considered a symbol of the tumultuous history of Europe and Germany, but also of European unity and peace.
Brandenburg Gate, Tiergarten, Mitte district, Berlin, Germany, Europe
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HTEY - Paris Tour Eiffel Tower Carousel Champ de Mars at Dusk.
The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest structure in Paris[10] and the most-visited paid monument in the world
7.1 million people ascended it in 2011. The third level observatory's upper platform is at 279.11 m (915.7 ft) the highest accessible to the public in the European Union. The tower received its 250 millionth visitor in 2010.
The tower stands 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930. Because of the addition, in 1957, of the antenna atop the Eiffel Tower, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure in France, after the Millau Viaduct.
The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend, by stairs or lift (elevator), to the first and second levels. The walk from ground level to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by liftstairs do exist but are usually closed to the public. The first and second levels have restaurants.
The tower has become the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.
Champ de Mars, seventh arrondissement Paris France
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HF87 - . An Art Nouveau Paris metro station entrance taken with an IR Infra-Red adapted Canon 5D camera, France, Europe. Photographed on 1 August 2011. The recorded location is Paris, France. The wider historical story is that monochrome, sepia, selective-colour and infrared treatments belong to a long tradition of photographers using tonal interpretation rather than literal colour
Infrared records wavelengths beyond normal vision, while black-and-white presentation emphasises form, contrast, texture and light. In historical terms, stations and railway infrastructure are both working transport assets and historical records
Their changing operators, signage, ticketing systems, rolling stock and architecture chart the development of British rail travel from the Victorian era to modern inter-city and commuter services. Historically, technology objects become historical remarkably quickly
Telephones, calculators, cameras, valves, televisions and workplace machines chart successive shifts from mechanical and analogue systems to electronics, digital processing, smartphones and cloud-connected services. In the present 2026 context, these effects can be produced digitally with ease, but their usefulness still depends on the underlying subject and the visual information retained
Older examples also document the aesthetics of an era when strong selective colour and infrared processing were especially popular in creative digital photography. During 2026, rail reform gives this type of image extra context
The government is legislating for Great British Railways to coordinate infrastructure, services, fares and timetables, while historic operator liveries and station equipment increasingly become records of the post-privatisation era. Additional natural-language search terms include black and white, infrared photography, creative photography, tonal contrast, high contrast, fine art photography, photographic technique, image treatment, and visual style.
Paris, France
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5872814582 - 'The first national libraries had their origins in the royal collections of the sovereign or some other supreme body of the state.
One of the first plans for a national library was that devised by the Welsh mathematician John Dee, who in 1556 presented Mary I of England with a visionary plan for the preservation of old books, manuscripts and records and the founding of a national library but his proposal was not taken up.
The beautiful National Library of Ireland was established by the Dublin Science and Art Museum Act, 1877, which provided that the bulk of the collections in the possession of the Royal Dublin Society, should be vested in the then Department of Science and Art for the benefit of the public and of the Society, and for the purposes of the Act.
An Agreement of 1881 provided that the Library should operate under the superintendence of a Council of twelve Trustees, eight of whom were appointed by the Society and four by the Government
this Agreement also conferred on the Trustees the duty of appointing the officers of the Library. This arrangement remained in place until the library became an autonomous cultural institution in 2005.
After the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1924/5 the Library was transferred to the Department of Education under which it remained until 1986 when it was transferred to the Department of An Taoiseach. In 1927 the Library was granted legal deposit status under the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927. In 1992 the Library transferred to the newly established Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (now Arts, Sport and Tourism) and on 3 May 2005 became an autonomous cultural institution under the National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5849443717 - 'The Clash 'Train In Vain' - Play this track here.
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'Train in Vain' is a song by the British punk rock band The Clash. It was released as the third and final single from their third album, London Calling. The song was not originally listed on the album's track listing, appearing as a secret track at the end of the album.
This was because the track was added to the record at the last minute, when the sleeve was already in production. It was the first Clash song to crack the United States Top 30 charts and in 2004, the song was ranked number 292 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
In the US, the song's title is expanded to 'Train in Vain (Stand by Me)', the words 'stand by me' dominate the chorus. It was titled 'Train in Vain' in part to avoid confusion with Ben E. King's signature song 'Stand by Me'.
'Train in Vain' was added after the deal for The Clash to write a song for an NME flexi disc fell through, and as Mick Jones commented, 'The real story on 'Train in Vain' is that originally we needed a song to give to the NME for a flexi disk that NME was going to do. And then it was decided that it didn't work out or decided the flexi disk didn't work out so we had this spare track we had done as a giveaway.
So we put it on London Calling but there wasn't time because the sleeves were already done.' The result of its late addition was that it was the only song without lyrics printed on the insert, and was not listed as a track, although its presence is announced as the title and position on the original vinyl record was scratched into the vinyl in the needle run-off area on the fourth side of the album.
'Train In Vain' sums up the 1960's British Beeching report.
The 'Beeching Axe' is an informal name for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard Beeching. Although this report also proposed new modes of freight service and the modernisation of trunk passenger routes, it is remembered for recommending wholesale closure of what it considered little-used and unprofitable railway lines, the removal of stopping passenger trains and closure of local stations on other lines which remained open.
The report was a reaction to significant losses which had begun in the 1950s as the expansion in road transport began to attract passengers and goods from the railways
losses which continued to bedevil British Railways despite the introduction of the railway Modernisation Plan of 1955.
Beeching proposed that only drastic action would save the railways from increasing losses in the future.
Successive governments were more keen on the cost-saving elements of the report rather than those requiring investment. More than 4,000 miles (6,400 km) of railway and 3,000 stations closed in the decade following the report, a reduction of 25 per cent of route miles and 50 per cent of stations. To this day, Beeching's name is unfavourably synonymous with mass closure of railways and loss of many local services. This is particularly so in parts of the country which suffered most from cuts.
Bury Bolton Street station was originally on the line from manchester Victoria to Accrington. Lines were closed between 1966 &
1980.
Bolton Street Station, with its original features, was rescued from demolition and placed in the care of the East Lancashire Railway, a preservation group. The line to Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall was re-opened as a heritage railway, under the name East Lancashire Railway in 1987 and has since been extended to Heywood. The line and station have since become a leading tourist attraction in the area.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5601384233 - 'School Mam - 'The Stranglers' - Play this track here..
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Gives herself to teacher although he doesn't know
Works herself into a frenzied state and it shows....'
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This is a track from 'No more heroes' the second Stranglers album. It was produced by Martin Rushent, and released in 1977. The classic cover featured a photo of a wreath placed on a coffin with the tails of several rats (the Stranglers' 'trademark'). It was one of the first albums I bought, after many plugs on the John Peel show.
They are said to be the longest-surviving and most 'continuously successful' band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s. Beginning life as the Guildford Stranglers on the 11th September 1974 with pub rock origins.
The Stranglers' early sound was driven by Jean-Jacques Burnel's melodic bass, but also gave prominence to Dave Greenfield's keyboards at a time when the instrument was seen as unfashionable. Their early music was also characterised by the growling vocals and sometimes misanthropic lyrics of both Jean-Jacques Burnel and Hugh Cornwell.
To hear more (for my money), checkout any or all of the first 3 albums: Rattus Norvegicus (1977), No More Heroes (1977) &
Black and White (1978 - I still have a promo grey/white vinyl version in my loft). Do tell 'em I sent you...
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Trinity College, Dublin (TCD
Irish: Col\u00e1iste na Tr\u00edon\u00f3ide, Baile \u00c1tha Cliath), formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the 'mother of a university', and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin. Located in Dublin, Ireland, it is Ireland's oldest university.
Trinity was set up in part to consolidate the rule of the Tudor monarchy in Ireland, and it was seen as the university of the Protestant Ascendancy for much of its history
although Roman Catholics and Dissenters had been permitted to enter as early as 1793, certain restrictions on their membership of the college remained until 1873 (professorships, fellowships and scholarships were reserved for Protestants) , and the Catholic Church in Ireland forbade its adherents, without permission from their bishop, from attending until 1970. Women were first admitted to the college as full members in 1904.
Its a cool place, make time in your busy life to spend an afternoon there.
This is the place to see the Book Of Kells or just to enjoy the green on a sunny afternoon. My thanks to MOB (you know who you are) for the suggested Dublin tour. I met some old friends and old ghosts during my afternoon.
This shot uses a 720nm filter and is composed of 4 x colour infrared shots joined in a panorama. Original size 11,400x2,800pixels.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4778116608 - 'Simon Jenkins in his book 'England''s Thousand Best Churches' awards St Wulframs church in Grantham a five star rating, in part for the tower and spire. 'Here is the finest steeple in England', he writes. Constructed in the early 1300s, at 282 ft. the spire is one of the highest in the country on a parish church, dominating the views of the town. The church is built of Lincolnshire limestone, probably from around the Ancaster area.
It has to be said that Grantham is a place with a single real claim to fame. Much like Liverpool was the birthplace of the 1960's icons 'The fab Four', Grantham was birthplace of the scurge of the 1980's 'The Iron Lady'. Heady times. In the UK one of 3 million unemployed, Militant Tendancy (I often drank in the same Liverpool pub as Derek Hatton), pit towns desimated and Arthur Scargil. When he said that over 20,000 mining jobs would go they called him mad. He wasn't mad enough, the final figure was over twice that. However, dont get me on that subject....
But if you pass through this way, this church should be worth a visit. Check out its stunning spire and try to find its hippopotamus head. The church is dedicated to St Wulfram, a 7th century missionary born in about 650 AD near Fontainebleau, south of Paris. A quite popular saint of the time.
He was the son of a Frankish soldier but instead of following in his father''s footsteps, he took Holy Orders. He was Archbishop of Sens in 693. In 700 he became a missionary to the pagan Frisians in what is now northern Germany. He died in 720 and was canonised after numerous miracles had been attributed to him. There is a large collegiate church dedicated to him at Abbeville in northern France .
In pre-Reformation times this church contained a shrine of St. Wulfram. The reliquary was probably housed in the Crypt and at times in the upper chamber of the North Porch. The medieval font c1496 is surmounted by a tall and elaborate fixed cover of 1899 designed by Sir Walter Tapper. Inside the cover are three carved figures depicting Edward the Confessor, St Hugh of Lincoln and St Wulfram.
The Francis Trigge Chained Library is a great treasure of the church, established in 1598 when Reverend Francis Trigge, Rector of Welbourn, gave \u00a3100 for the purchase of books to set up the library. There are 356 separate items including a book printed in Venice in 1472, that is four years before Caxton introduced printing into England. Over 80 volumes are still attached by chain to the shelves, preventing their loan or theft. Unfortunately I missed this on my visit.
This image has been used on the churches blog (by permission) at www.stwulframs.org/wordpress/?page_id=2
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Keywords: The Victorian industrial mill Owner,close to Manchester,Cheshire,England,United,Kingdom,gotonysmith,sepia,black,white,b/w,mono,glasses,hat,stick,in,hand,suit,jacket,cravat,NT,national,trust,Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire,England,is,one,of,the,best,preserved,textile,mills,of,the,Industrial,Revolution,and,is,now,a,museum,of,the,cotton,industry.,It,is,a,Grade,II,listed,building,and,is,now,in,the,care,of,the,National,Trust.,The,mill,was,founded,by,Samuel,Greg,(who,is,represented,here),in,1784,in,the,village,of,Styal,on,the,River,Bollin.,Its,original,iron,water,wheel,was,designed,by,Thomas,Hewes,and,built,between,1816,and,1820.,The,Hewes,wheel,finally,broke,in,1904.,After,that,the,River,Bollin,continued,to,power,the,mill,through,two,water,turbines.,Today,the,Mill,is,home,to,the,most,powerful,working,waterwheel,in,Europe,an,iron,water,wheel,which,was,originally,at,Glasshouses,Mill,at,Patley,Bridge.,This,wheel,was,designed,by,Sir,William,Fairbairn,the,Scottish,engineer,who,had,been,an,apprentice,of,Thomas,Hewes.,The,estate,surrou
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF23TD - Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire, England, is one of the best preserved textile mills of the Industrial Revolution and is now a museum of the cotton industry. It is a Grade II listed building and is now in the care of the National Trust.
The mill was founded by Samuel Greg (who is represented here), in 1784 in the village of Styal on the River Bollin. Its original iron water wheel was designed by Thomas Hewes and built between 1816 and 1820.
The Hewes wheel finally broke in 1904. After that the River Bollin continued to power the mill, through two water turbines. Today the Mill is home to the most powerful working waterwheel in Europe, an iron water wheel which was originally at Glasshouses Mill at Patley Bridge. This wheel was designed by Sir William Fairbairn, the Scottish engineer who had been an apprentice of Thomas Hewes.
The estate surrounding the mill, also developed by Greg, is the most complete and least altered factory colony of the Industrial Revolution. The estate and mill were donated to the National Trust in 1939 by Alexander Carlton Greg and are open to the public. The mill continued in commercial production until 1959.
The Greg family were Unitarians and built Norcliffe Chapel in Styal village. Their non-conformist religious beliefs provided the Gregs with important business contacts as many of the major Manchester Industrialists were Unitarian. Methodist workers at the mill later sought a place of worship, and the Gregs converted a grain store in Styal village into a Chapel for their use.
In Britain, a cotton mill is a factory that houses spinning and weaving machinery. Typically built between 1775 and 1930, mills spun cotton which was an important product during the Industrial Revolution.
Cotton mills, and the mechanisation of the spinning process, were instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. The requirement for water helped stimulate the construction of the canal system too.
Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4306593793 - 'Brother Paul on his journey from Preston to London via Coventry UK.
Standing by the services Brother Paul almost looks like he is standing by the entrance of a huge glass cathedral.
I am sure more people visit the M6 motorway services than most churches, maybe they really are the cathedrals of the automobile / car age. Instead of 'body of christ' we worship at KFC, the E&
DCo (eat and drink Co) and M&
S Simply food.
Paul is far from the stereotype. A honourable historic tradition working within the modern world.
Another alternative religious view - www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4163897698/
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Keywords: Coventry,hotel,medium,rare,david,Traynor,M3,Housing,M3housing,spirit,world,mediumship,ship,mystic,one,eye,you,village,warwickshire,warks,england,UK,DavidTraynor,365days,is anybody there,is,anybody,there,west,midlands,britain,GB,europe,english,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4103283717 - 'Is there anybody there?
David Traynor welcomes you to his demonstration of spirit mediumship. In truth I had encountered a few spirits myself that night and my concentration woul dhave been compromised.
View on black and that eye follows you around the room.
Was this the room, the start of it all? www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3998650601/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4009572514 - 'Everyones favourite sub-miniture three wheeled car. It replaced the Reliant Robin in 1981.
Another classic car here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3708845957/
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Keywords: M42,motorway,car,park,stop,stopped,traffic,heavy,cars,Solihul,birmingham,england,UK,40,mph,40mpg,variable,speed,limit,section,J5,J6,junction,5,6,junction5,camera,Gatso,365days,west,midlands,britain,GB,europe,english,auto,autos,automobile,automobiles,vehicle,vehicles,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 4009267682 - '40mph, I wish...
This is the car I wish I was in www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3708845957/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3813066464 - 'taken using a tripod and Hoya R72 filter
These are my 2008-2015 images, view my most recent images at @HotpixUK-2019 - www.flickr.com/people/167831053@N02/ including my second 365 one a day project
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3690685457 - 'View from the footbridge, M1 Watford Gap services. A sight you dont usually capture here in England, a single car on the carriageway.
Forton services a few hundred miles north on the M6 www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3838285938/
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Poster art and stencils,COP27,paste up,climate change,poster,June 2026,heatwaves,scorchio,record-breaking temperatures,global heating protest,Spitalfields London,East End graffiti,environmental slogan,climate activism,extreme heat Europe,UK temperature record,political street art,urban protest,36.7C,record,western,Europe,human-caused,global temperature,rise,greenhouse gas emissions,environmental campaigning,climate crisis message,hottest June day,deadly extreme weather,public health risk,tropical nights,heat stress,carbon reduction,weather,climate change world,Jackdaw gasfield
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE0272 - A red climate protest poster reading I Want a Hot Date, Not a Hot Planet appears among layers of street art, paste-ups, stickers and torn advertising on Brick Lane in Spitalfields, east London. The witty slogan turns the language of dating into a warning about global heating, making the image suitable for coverage of climate activism, youth culture, environmental protest and extreme weather.
The artwork gained added editorial relevance during the exceptional European heatwave of June 2026. Britain set a new June temperature record of 36.7°C at Merryfield in Somerset on 25 June, one day after Gosport reached 36.1°C and broke a record dating from 1957 and 1976. Across western Europe, temperatures exceeded 40°C, France experienced its hottest national day since measurements began, and Switzerland also broke its June record. The persistent high-pressure pattern was widely described as a heat dome and more precisely as an Omega block, trapping hot air over large parts of the continent.
Scientists said the severity of the event would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change. Analysis reported that comparable heat was about 3.5°C hotter than the 1976 event and that extreme night-time temperatures had become around 100 times more likely than two decades earlier. Public-health warnings, tropical nights, transport disruption, school closures, water demand and heat stress made the consequences visible beyond weather reporting.
Brick Lane is internationally associated with changing street art, political graphics and creative expression. The rough, repeatedly pasted surface surrounding the poster includes vivid red, pink, blue and black imagery, giving the photograph the appearance of an informal outdoor gallery. The image connects a humorous environmental slogan with the urgent news context of record-breaking heat, rising temperatures, climate emergency, carbon emissions and demands for stronger action to limit global warming
Climate protest poster art on Brick Lane reads ""I want a hot date, not a hot planet"" , amid stencils
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5W4 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF8334 - Frankfurt Airport (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main, IATA Code FRA) has Solari boards throughout terminal 1 of the airport, still in use as of April 2019. Each row ends with a pair of green and red lights which flash to indicate that flight is boarding. They indicate each flight's destination, its flight number and carrier, and its departure gate and time.
Platform split-flap displays are used across the Deutsche Bahn network, though mostly being replaced by liquid crystal displays.
Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt am Main Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF) (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main also known as Rhein-Main-Flughafen) is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres. It is operated by Fraport and serves as the main hub for Lufthansa including Lufthansa CityLine and Lufthansa Cargo as well as Condor and AeroLogic.
Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H2MCHT - The Lloyd's building (sometimes known as the Inside-Out Building) is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London. It is located on the former site of East India House in Lime Street, in London's main financial district, the City of London. The building is a leading example of radical Bowellism architecture in which the services for the building, such as ducts and lifts, are located on the exterior to maximise space in the interior.
Twenty-five years after completion in 1986, the building received Grade I listing in 2011
it was the youngest structure ever to obtain this status. It is said by Historic England to be universally recognised as one of the key buildings of the modern epoch
One Lime Street, London, England, EC3M 7HA UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M17 - This is Fleshmarket Close made famous by Ian Rankin's novel of the same name.
Halfway down the close is the Halfway House, a famous Edinburgh pub, cosy & tight for space inside it nevertheless offers a good selection of real ales and good food. An oasis between the High Street and Market Street.
Fleshmarket Close, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1BX
