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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,bar,terrace,spelled,out,large,city,centre,Yorkshire,craft,beer bar,outdoor,seating,rooftop,beer,railway station,city centre,watering hole,red,sign,urban,exterior,West Yorkshire,CAMRA,venue,British,Leeds hospitality venue,best pubs near Leeds station,places to drink in Leeds,Leeds real ale scene,Yorkshire beer tourism,Leeds weekend city break,pre train drinks venue,post work drinks,British brewing heritage,northern England nightlife,urban leisure economy,hospitality industry
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F2PH92 - Large red capital letters spell out LEEDS across a cream-painted exterior wall on the private first-floor terrace at The Brewery Tap in Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire. The oversized lettering, enhanced by a dark offset shadow, creates a bold graphic celebration of the city's identity and provides an immediately recognisable backdrop for customers using the outdoor drinking area. Decorative strings of exposed light bulbs cross the terrace above a mixture of orange, blue and black metal chairs, tall bar stools, wooden tables and a long communal counter fixed against the wall.
Exposed red brickwork, wall-mounted outdoor heaters, security equipment and visible utility fittings give the compact space an informal urban character. Bright daylight illuminates the terrace and colourful furniture, although the seating area is empty at the moment photographed. The close composition concentrates attention on the distinctive typography, hospitality design and strong sense of local civic pride rather than showing the wider pub frontage or surrounding street.
The Brewery Tap stands on New Station Street, only a short walk from Leeds railway station, making it a convenient city-centre meeting place for commuters, rail passengers, residents, shoppers and visitors. The pub promotes a broad choice of craft beer, Yorkshire ales, wines, spirits and food, while its upstairs facilities include a private bar, function space and outside terrace. Its location places it within the busy hospitality district around the station, where pubs, bars, restaurants and cafés serve both the daytime economy and Leeds nightlife.
The combination of the city name, relaxed outdoor furniture, festoon lighting and railway-quarter location makes the scene suitable for illustrating Leeds tourism, regional identity, British pub culture, urban leisure, independent hospitality, social drinking and the economic importance of city-centre food and beverage venues.
The Brewery Tap, 18 New Station Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS1 5DL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,V&A Dundee,outdoor,sunny,summer,tourist,tourism,terrace,Scotland,design,Scotlands,museum,Scottish,visitors,relaxation,public seating,people,seated,panoramic,view,landscape,panorama,Tay,Road Bridge,cultural,attraction,exterior,visit,contemporary,architecture,Kengo Kuma,design museum,waterfront regeneration,urban,regeneration,inspirational message,positive slogan,city break
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENF1NY - Landscape panoramic view of the outdoor terrace at V&A Dundee on Dundee Waterfront, Scotland, showing visitors and tourists relaxing beside the River Tay under dramatic summer cloud and blue sky. The large wall text reads Be open to the joy you deserve , giving the photograph a strong wellbeing, leisure and positive travel message as people sit along the museum's riverside edge. The image combines contemporary architecture, public space, visitor experience and waterside scenery, making it useful for editorial and commercial themes around Scottish tourism, cultural destinations, museum visits, design-led regeneration, waterfront renewal, wellbeing, relaxation, day trips and accessible public realm. V&A Dundee is Scotland's design museum, located at 1 Riverside Esplanade on the city's regenerated waterfront, and was designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. The building has become one of Dundee's most recognisable modern landmarks, close to the River Tay, Dundee railway station, Discovery Point and the central waterfront area. The wide view shows the grey external wall of the museum, sheltered seating area, riverside paving, railings, foreshore, open water, distant Tay Road Bridge and a broad skyscape that adds depth and atmosphere. The scene suggests a calm, mild day, probably in spring or summer, with visitors taking time out to enjoy the view rather than rushing through a formal attraction. It can support stories about museums as civic spaces, the value of free cultural venues, urban design, leisure tourism, Dundee's post-industrial waterfront transformation, Scotland's creative economy and the appeal of open-air spaces attached to major visitor attractions. The inspirational slogan also gives the image potential for features on mental wellbeing, slow travel, personal reflection, inclusive culture, public seating, visitor comfort and the way architecture can frame everyday moments of rest, conversation and looking out across water.
V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ, Scotland.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,AFC,Racecourse Ground,club,stadium,Macron,stand,Mold Road,Welsh,football,stadia,stadiums,ground,footy,exterior,historic,history,journey,Welcome to Wrexham,world,worlds,oldest,international,Hollywood,owners,owned,by,culture,tourism,Wales,soccer,sponsorship,Cold Brew Coffee,English,Football League,matchday destination,urban sports venue,Red Dragons
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EG4BKY - Mold Road frontage and Macron Stand at STōK Cae Ras, the historic home football ground of Wrexham AFC in Wrexham, North Wales. Traditionally known as the Racecourse Ground and in Welsh as Cae Ras, the stadium stands close to Wrexham General railway station and forms one of the city's most recognisable sporting landmarks.
The photograph shows the curved exterior of the Macron Stand, with its silver cladding, red brick sections, glazed office frontage and prominent Macron sportswear branding. Red and white signs identify the stadium as STōK Cae Ras, reflecting the naming-rights agreement with the STōK Cold Brew Coffee brand. Turnstiles, entrance doors and club facilities are visible along the otherwise quiet Mold Road frontage, with an empty carriageway in the foreground and broken white clouds across a bright blue sky.
Wrexham AFC has played at the ground since the club's formation in 1864, apart from a short period during the nineteenth century. The stadium is recognised as the world's oldest international football ground still in continuous use. It hosted Wales' first home international fixture, against Scotland, on 5 March 1877, establishing its important place within Welsh and international football history.
The ground's profile has increased substantially following the acquisition of Wrexham AFC by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney and the success of the documentary television series Welcome to Wrexham. This has attracted international visitors and football tourists to the city, while renewed investment has supported wider stadium improvements and redevelopment of the Kop end.
The image records the public-facing architecture of a traditional British football ground that combines nineteenth-century sporting heritage with modern commercial sponsorship, media attention and the continuing growth of Wrexham AFC.
STōK Cae Ras, Mold Road, Wrexham, Wales, LL11 2AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,church,modern,building,parish,Knutsford Road,contemporary,cherry tree,flowering,spring,religious,architecture,Jesus,congregation,exterior,spring blossom,panoramic,landscape,Warrington landmark,Cheshire,blue sky,modern ecclesiastical building,suburban church,Catholic community,Christian faith,parish life,local congregation,community building,religious heritage,twenty-first-century church,modern worship space,church merger,inclusive parish,faith,spiritual community,Saint John Henry Newman,Blessed John Henry Newman,Brook Place WA4 1JE
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDKYNH - Panoramic spring view of St John Henry Newman Catholic Church on Knutsford Road in Latchford, Warrington. The modern low-rise building is photographed across the road beneath a bright blue sky, with a mature cherry tree in pink blossom providing vivid seasonal colour beside the stone, glass and metal church frontage. The wide landscape composition shows the contemporary worship space, entrance, paved forecourt, grass verge and surrounding suburban setting.
The present church opened in June 2010 and provides a home for the Catholic community of Latchford, Grappenhall and Thelwall. It was created following the joining of the former parishes of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Augustine of Canterbury, while retaining the records and heritage of both communities. The local Catholic mission has deeper roots stretching back to 1869, when worship began in premises on St James Street before a combined school and chapel opened in 1871.
The building was initially referred to simply as the new Catholic church in Latchford. It later took the name of John Henry Newman following his beatification by Pope Benedict XVI in September 2010, and the parish now uses the title Saint John Henry Newman following his canonisation in 2019. The design combines a modern church with community facilities and was intended as a flexible, welcoming space for worship, parish activities and local gatherings.
This editorial photograph is suitable for themes involving modern church architecture, Roman Catholic worship, parish life, community buildings, suburban Warrington, spring blossom, faith and local heritage. The flowering tree, clear weather and panoramic format soften the modern lines of the building and present the church as an established part of the Latchford streetscape. The image also records how a long-standing religious community has adapted through parish merger and a purpose-built twenty-first-century home
Knutsford Road, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, UK, WA4 1JE
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,new,Bramley-Moore Dock,waterfront,exterior,frontage,signage,home,the,Toffees,Vauxhall,Waters,North Docks,Regent Road,Liverpool docklands,Merseyside,England,United Kingdom,UK,Britich,club,naming,rights,Goodison Park,replacement,move,from,2025,opening,season,modern,regeneration,redevelopment,heritage,former,commercial dock,Laing ORourke,MEIS Architects
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E91E9G - Exterior view of Hill Dickinson Stadium, Everton Football Club's new home at Bramley-Moore Dock on the Liverpool waterfront. The panoramic photograph shows the modern stadium frontage, vertical brick and dark cladding, wide public realm, club banners and large Hill Dickinson Stadium lettering under a grey stock-photo/gotonysmith-Dockside.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>dockside sky. The ground was developed as Everton's replacement for Goodison Park and marks one of the most significant stadium moves in English football, relocating the club from its historic inner-city home to a major new venue beside the River Mersey. The official stadium site describes Hill Dickinson Stadium as Everton FC's new home and a year-round destination for major sport, music, entertainment, business and cultural events. The stadium was known during construction as Everton Stadium or Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium before the Hill Dickinson naming rights deal was announced. The site is important not only as a Premier League football ground, but also as a major piece of north Liverpool regeneration, dockland redevelopment and waterfront architecture. It is useful for editorial coverage of Everton FC, football finance, modern stadium design, matchday culture, corporate naming rights, sports-led regeneration, Liverpool Waters, heritage dock redevelopment, the end of the Goodison Park era and the commercial future of top-flight football. The wider project has drawn both excitement and scrutiny, combining fan hopes for a modern home with wider debate about cost, ownership, sponsorship, local economic impact, transport, dock heritage and the changing character of Liverpool's north docks. The stadium is also listed as a future UEFA Euro 2028 host venue, strengthening its value for football tourism, international sport and major event coverage. This image works well for newspapers, football magazines,architectural features, travel guides, urban regeneration reports, sponsorship stories and stock use needing a clear contemporary view of Everton's new dockside stadium
Hill Dickinson Stadium, Everton FC's new dockside home at Bramley-Moore Dock on Liverpool's waterfro
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1348,Murphys Farmhouse,sign,directional,Britain,UK,countryside,pub,inn,roadside,rural,wayfinding,hospitality,business,exterior,tourism,travel,white,black,lettering,direction,signpost,farmhouse,destination,local,place name,Ireland,Irish,pilgrim,pilgrims,travellers,camino
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3NDMJ - . Murphys Farmhouse directional sign photographed in Ireland. Photographed on 17 July 2025. The black and white signpost style image is suitable for editorial use on rural hospitality, inns, pubs, local businesses, wayfinding, country roads and British place-name or destination signage. The background to information sign is that wayfinding developed from painted names and fingerposts into standardised road, rail and public-information systems
Local signs still retain distinctive typography or bilingual wording even within increasingly consistent national standards. Within the history of climate adaptation, irrigation and crop management became increasingly mechanised during the twentieth century, allowing farmers to control water and improve yields but also increasing attention to resource use and environmental impact. In relation to high street, historical context shows that local businesses offer unusually precise social-history evidence because names, branding and uses change more quickly than the buildings they occupy
A shop, café, pub or service company can disappear while the façade survives, leaving photographs as a record of the previous commercial life of the street. Current 2026 context around information sign is that digital maps and smartphone navigation are ubiquitous, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility, legal restrictions and visitors without reliable connectivity. Against the 2026 backdrop for climate adaptation, seasonal nature photography also has growing relevance to phenology , as researchers and the public pay more attention to changes in flowering, rainfall and the timing of autumn or spring. Closely associated editorial terms include public information, direction sign, street sign, notice, lettering, public realm, visitor guidance, bilingual signage, accessibility sign, graphic communication, street furniture, agriculture, crop field, farming, rural landscape, and food production.
Ireland
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,city,centre,Manchester vinyl records,Manchester music culture,independent music retailer,vinyl revival UK,Manchester record shop,urban music heritage,vinyl,music,releases,independent retail survival,cultural infrastructure,grassroots music economy,vinyl resurgence,anti-mainstream culture,DIY music scenes,creative industries UK,cultural resistance,nostalgia and modernity,analogue media,music collectors,subculture identity,Manchester M1 2BA,city centre,9""11,Paton Street,M1 2BA,M1,red,exterior,punk and post-punk culture,indie,scene,N4Q
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DCX6FJ - Clampdown Records is an independent record shop located at 911 Paton Street, Manchester M1 2BA, in Manchester city centre. The venue is part of the city's long-standing tradition of independent music retail, occupying a niche space away from mainstream high-street chains and reflecting Manchester's deep-rooted alternative music culture.
The shop's signage, prominently displaying the name Clampdown Records, references a confrontational, anti-establishment aesthetic closely associated with punk, post-punk and politically engaged music cultures. Such naming conventions have historically signalled alignment with underground scenes rather than commercial chart music, positioning shops like Clampdown as cultural hubs rather than purely retail outlets.
Independent record shops have played a crucial role in Manchester's music history, acting as meeting points for musicians, fans, collectors and promoters, and serving as informal distribution centres for local and international underground releases. In an era of digital streaming and declining physical retail, stores such as Clampdown Records are often cited as symbols of the vinyl revival and the persistence of analogue music formats valued for their tactile, collectible and cultural qualities.
Paton Street sits close to areas historically associated with Manchester's music and nightlife economy, and the presence of an independent record shop here contributes to wider discussions about urban regeneration, cultural survival and the future of independent high streets in UK cities. The image captures not only the physical storefront but also the broader cultural significance of independent music retail within Manchester's identity as a city shaped by sound, subculture and creative resistance.
Photographed in close-up with architectural details and signage clearly visible, the image offers strong editorial value for themes including music heritage, independent business, cultural economics and the continuing relevance
Signage and exterior detail of Clampdown Records, an independent record shop on Paton Street in Manc
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,bar,Xmas,heritage,history,Warrington,listed,country,Cheshire,WA4,WA4 2SU,Edward the Elder,King,AD 923,Anglo Saxon,roof,inscription,sign,historic,signage,real ale pub,cask ale,settlement,fortified,winter,scene,snowy,exterior,architecture,oak,framed,building,seventeenth century,C17,black and white,Bell Lane,In the year 923 King Edward the Elder founded a,brick-nogged construction
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EBGJC0 - Winter view of the Pickering Arms in stock-photo/gotonysmith-Thelwall.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Thelwall, Warrington, showing the historic black-and-white timber-framed inn with snow on the foreground plants, hanging baskets, leaded windows and pub sign. The building is a listed seventeenth-century inn on Bell Lane, with oak small-framed construction, brick nogging, later brick and sandstone extensions and a grey slate roof. The image is especially useful for editorial stories about Cheshire village pubs, historic inns, traditional British pub architecture, timber-framed buildings, real ale culture, winter hospitality, cosy country pubs and local heritage in the Warrington area. The painted inscription running below the roofline refers to King Edward the Elder founding a fortified settlement here in AD 923 and naming it Thelwall, a story that gives the pub strong value for features on Anglo-Saxon history, place names, village identity and the older defensive landscape of north Cheshire. The low viewpoint, snow-covered foliage, pale winter sky and warm pub windows create an inviting seasonal image, suggesting shelter, food, drink and community life during cold weather. The Pickering Arms is also relevant to CAMRA and pub heritage coverage, as CAMRA describes it as a listed building in the heart of Thelwall village and notes the gable inscription about Edward the Elder. The photograph can support articles on pub preservation, heritage hospitality, rural and semi-rural dining, Warrington tourism, local history walks, historic village centres, community pubs and the survival of characterful independent-looking venues in a changing pub trade. The building's contrast of white render, black timbering, brickwork, slate roof and signboard makes it visually strong for stock use, while the snow adds a less common seasonal angle. It is a distinctive Cheshire pub scene connecting winter atmosphere, architectural heritage, real ale, local legend, Anglo-Saxon history and the continuing role of old inns as social landmarks.
The Pickering Arms, historic timber-framed inn in snowy Thelwall, Warrington, with Edward the Elder
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,British,TV,English,HQ,office,offices,at,SW1P,SW1P 2TX,4,Headquarters,design,corner,of,the,Chadwick Street,channel,four,corporation,logo,Westminster,outside,exterior,broadcast,broadcasting,SW1,city,centre,streaming,on-demand,tele,entrance,British TV,broadcasters
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T35BXP - 124 Horseferry Road is the Grade II listed headquarters for the British television broadcaster, Channel 4. It is located in the City of Westminster, London and includes 100 residential apartments. The building was opened on 6 July 1994 and was designed by Richard Rogers and Partners.
After a selection process during the autumn of 1990, Channel 4 invited three architectural firms to take part in a competition to design their 15,000 m2 (160,000 sq ft) headquarters building on the south-eastern corner of Chadwick Street and Horseferry Road in a mixed development area of Westminster. The site consisted of an abandoned 10 m (33 ft) deep basement of a proposed 1970s post office building. The architectural brief also incorporated a requirement for a residential development of two blocks of flats including 100 apartments, an underground car park and a small public landscaped park. The three firms chosen were Bennetts Associates, Richard Rogers and Partners and James Stirling.
The Richard Rogers Partnership was chosen from the shortlist. This was the first major building that they had designed since the Lloyd's building (1978-1986). Construction began in 1990 and was completed in 1994. It was built on a design and build basis. The building consists of two four-storey office blocks that are connected to a central entrance block in an L shape. The entrance has a concave glazed wall. The building is finished in grey steel cladding, which is perforated by red-ochre steel struts. John Young, the project architect, said that the colour was taken from a paint sample provided by the City of San Francisco: it is the same colour as the Golden Gate Bridge.
The building was listed at Grade II by Historic England on 23 March 2023
124-126 Horseferry Road, London, England, UK, SW1P 2TX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,SK17,SK17 6XN,the,arts,art,drama,production,productions,outside,exterior,front,entrance,door,doors,old,Victorian,stone,tourist,tourism,attractions,access,accessibility,dress,stalls,way in,venues,Full Monty,Upper Circle,Private Boxes,Square,by,building,buildings,architecture,Art Nouveau,canopy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJ3YRD - Buxton Opera House is in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It is a 902-seat opera house that hosts the annual Buxton Festival and the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musicals and other entertainments year-round. Hosting live performances until 1927, the theatre then was used mostly as a cinema until 1976. In 1979, it was refurbished and reopened as a venue for live performance.
The Buxton Opera House was built in 1903 and designed by Frank Matcham, who designed the London Palladium, the London Coliseum and many other theatres throughout the UK. The first production at the theatre was Mrs Willoughby's Kiss. The Opera House ran as a successful theatre, receiving touring companies until 1927, when it was turned into a cinema. Silent films were shown until 1932 when the theatre was wired for sound and could present talkies. The Opera House also became the venue for an annual summer theatre festival from 1936 to 1942, two of them in conjunction with Lilian Baylis and her London-based Old Vic company. People who performed at the opera house include the actor Alec Guinness, the comedians Ken Dodd, Peter Kay, Harry Hill, Sarah Millican and John Bishop, the musical artists Howard Jones, Aled Jones, Leo Sayer and Razorlight, and the ballerina Anna Pavlova.
After the Second World War, the theatre continued to serve primarily as a cinema. The building was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1970. The Opera House gradually fell into disrepair.
In 1979, the building was restored, and an orchestra pit was added to the original Matcham design. Since then, the Opera House has been a full-time venue for stage productions, presenting approximately 450 performances per year
The Square, Water St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK17 6XN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Cymru,Wales,Welsh,UK,Playhouse,Gentlemens,Club,Cardiff,club sign,mens,club Cardiff,entertainment,venues,seedy,night,life,signs,traditional,outside,misogynistic,exterior,city,strip club,signage,neon,economy,lads,typical,CF10,CF10 2AG,private-members,venue,lonely,men,male entitlement,nightclub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3D2 - A close view of an illuminated exterior sign for Playhouse Gentlemen's Club in Cardiff city centre. The circular sign, clearly displaying the name Playhouse along with heraldic-style graphics, is mounted above street level and lit with warm bulbs, designed to attract attention within a busy urban streetscape.
The venue operates as part of Cardiff's night-time leisure economy, which includes bars, clubs, live music venues and adult entertainment establishments concentrated around the city centre. Signs such as this play a functional and symbolic role, marking spaces associated with nightlife, consumption and adult-oriented leisure within the public realm.
The surrounding architecture reflects Cardiff's historic commercial streets, with upper-floor residential or office accommodation above ground-level leisure uses. The contrast between traditional building façades and modern illuminated signage illustrates how historic city centres adapt to changing patterns of entertainment and economic activity.
Photographed under conditions where artificial lighting is prominent, the image is well suited for editorial use covering nightlife economies, urban culture, adult entertainment regulation, city-centre leisure districts, and debates around the role of such venues within modern British cities.
Playhouse Gentlemen's Club, Queen Street, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 2AG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Cymru,Wales,Welsh,UK,retail,department store,dept store,Howell,city,history,historic,heritage,building,British,architecture,St Mary Street,St Mary St,Edwardian,commerce,commercial,neoclassical,facade,declining,decline,high street,retailing,regeneration,outside,exterior,scene,empty,closed,new era,initiative,columns,CF10
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3D6 - The exterior of the former James Howell & Co department store on St Mary Street in Cardiff city centre, photographed in daylight under bright but overcast conditions. The building retains its original carved stone signage reading James Howell & Co above the main entrance, a clear surviving marker of its long retail history.
James Howell & Co was one of Wales's best-known independent department stores, trading from this site for over 150 years and forming a cornerstone of Cardiff's traditional shopping district. The architecture reflects early twentieth-century department store design, with a symmetrical façade, tall pilasters and large display windows intended to convey stability, quality and civic pride.
Visible within the shopfront windows are contemporary panels and graphics referencing a New Era , indicating redevelopment and reuse following the store's closure. This juxtaposition of historic branding and modern regeneration messaging highlights the broader transformation of British high streets, where long-established department stores have struggled amid changing consumer behaviour, online retail and shifting urban economics.
The image captures a moment of transition in Cardiff's retail landscape, where heritage commercial buildings are being reconsidered for new purposes. It is well suited for editorial use covering high-street decline, retail regeneration, Welsh urban history, department store culture, and the changing identity of city-centre shopping streets in the UK.
James Howell Building, St Mary Street, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 1AP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,office,offices,CW9,Northwich Customer Service centre,walk in,walk,in,1,Cheshire,CW9 5AS,Arcade,council,service,services,issues,issue,face to face,talk,to,staff,direct,appointments,only,Northwich Information Centre,information,centre,front,outside,exterior,03001238123,town
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ0G - . Northwich Customer Service centre, CWAC, 1 The Arcade, Watling Street, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 5AS. Photographed on 13 July 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 1 The Arcade, Watling Street, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 5AS, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include office, offices, CW9, Northwich Customer Service centre, walk in, walk, Cheshire, CW9 5AS, Arcade, council, service, services, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include issues, issue, face to face, talk, staff, direct, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information.
1 The Arcade, Watling Street, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 5AS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,pubs,bar,bars,the,Petrol Head,popup,pop-up,pop up,garden,screen,manager,mic,microphone,sells,Northamptonshire,NN12 8TN,pub,outside,exterior,sunny,blue,sky,skies,legend,legendary,on,site,on-site,barrel,barrels,cartoon,character,alcohol
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC317F - . Petrol head pub @teamWoodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN. Photographed on 6 July 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Silverstone Woodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include pubs, bar, bars, Petrol Head, popup, pop-up, pop up, garden, screen, manager, mic, microphone, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The subject has strong relevance to British pub and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, brewing, cask ale, consumer leisure and the continuing role of pubs as social meeting places. It is suitable for coverage of the licensed trade, independent and managed pubs, brewery branding, CAMRA and real-ale culture, hospitality economics, changing drinking habits and the condition of the UK pub sector. Food and drink content broadens the image's relevance to eating out, grocery retail, hospitality, pricing, consumer choice, local food culture and the commercial presentation of meals, ingredients or products. It can illustrate changing tastes, inflation and cost-of-living pressures, food retail competition, traditional businesses and the everyday economics of buying food and drink where those themes are relevant. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Silverstone Woodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYM7 - There has been a building on our site since the 1300s although the first mention of the Kings itself is not until 1639. The Georgian frontage was added in 1753 although the size of the building was reduced in the 1890s when a decline in trade resulted in part of the front being turned into a shop. It wasn't until 1936 that the Kings left private ownership and was bought by the Friary Brewery of Guildford which later became part of Allied Breweries.
We've had a few famous guests over the years including Tsar Peter the Great (who left without paying his bill!) as well as some European royalty who met here in 1814 to discuss post war Europe after the Battle of Trafalgar. Tsar Peter the Great's visit is commemorated by a plaque on the front of the building which was unveiled in 1998 by the Russian Ambassador to commemorate the tricentenary of the visit.
22-25, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,Waverley,GU7,shop,store,art,the,England,UK,GU7 1HL,arts,brush,brushes,accessories,paint,paints,retail,retailer,community,tourist,attraction,crafts,material,materials,grey,exterior,frontage,front,door,outside,card,cards,pens
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYM4 - . This location-specific image from 45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL in 2023 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The frame specifically shows The Godalming Art Shop, 45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL. The subject also carries associations with trackside heritage, rail modernisation, everyday life, documentary photography, integrated transport, archival record, period detail, before-and-after reference, local history, visual archive, public transport network, contemporary social history, place identity, and mass transit. From a 2025-onward perspective, fares and public ownership are closely linked to this subject, alongside how rail stations anchor city-centre mobility and regeneration. As a dated visual record of 45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL, the frame retains landscape treatment and surrounding development, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include transport interchange, railway branding, regional rail, station environment, rail corridor, changing land use, community identity, and commuter travel. The combination of Bridge, Godalming, Waverley, and Surrey anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at 45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is fares and how rail stations anchor city-centre mobility and regeneration in a form that can be compared with future views of 45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL. The view records period character for later comparison.
45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,L1 1QR,night,evening,winter,shoppers,at,signage,door,outside,exterior,mall,B&M,Costa,Quarters,Bon,Boots,McDonalds,Vision Express,The Gym,group,VIP Electronic Cigarettes,retailers,shop,shopping centre,shopping centres,stores,city,centre,shops,main,shopping,area
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JXJ1 - . Recorded at Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1QR in 2023, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The frame specifically shows Dusk shoppers at Clayton Square shopping centre glass roof canopy, Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1QR. Another layer of the photograph includes changing streetscape, documentary photography, local character, specialist shop, place identity, customer footfall, community identity, period detail, regional identity, contemporary social history, social history, visual archive, shopfront economy, and commercial frontage. Today's relevance is strengthened by footfall, business rates and the continuing question of how commercial property costs affect small retailers. Small period details of period objects and surrounding context at Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1QR may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The subject also sits alongside before-and-after reference, specialist retailer, high-street commerce, public realm, archival record, local history, small business, and independent retail. The combination of centre, Liverpool, Merseyside, shoppers, and glass anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1QR, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of footfall and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1QR. The period view preserves period character as a date-specific reference. The view records a trace of local identity for later comparison.
Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1QR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,dusk,observation,icon,iconic,Eurovision,2023,host,mall,Financial Partners,owned,owners,125,L1 1LY,L1,St Johns Beacon,Viewing,Gallery,beacon,tower,James A. Roberts,Associates,Eurovision2023,retailers,shop,shopping centre,shopping centres,exterior,stores,city,centre,shops,main,shopping,area
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JXJ8 - Radio City Tower (also known as St. John's Beacon) is a radio and observation tower in Liverpool, England, built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. It was designed by James A. Roberts Associates in Birmingham. It is 138 metres tall, and is the second tallest free-standing building in Liverpool and the 32nd tallest in the United Kingdom.
When considering the height of the building, it has a 10m long antenna on the roof, making it the tallest structure in Liverpool (including antennas).
As testament to the importance of its design, which was described by Historic England as embodying the technological bravura and spirit of the space age , the building was listed at Grade II in November 2020.
The tower takes its name from the main radio station that operates from it, Radio City and its sister station Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West
125 St George's Way, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1LY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Cheshire,England,WA1 2SX,33 Church Street,at,in the,the,Bulls Head,traditional,history,historic,night,evening,in,boozer,old,lit,illuminated,outside,exterior,Victorian,drinking,den,cask,ale,ales,town,centre,Warringtonian,Warringtonians,hostelry,bar,pubs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBHE - . This scene at 33 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SX in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The image documents The Bulls Head pub, 33 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SX at dusk. The broader subject matter reaches into changing land use, historical comparison, ecclesiastical architecture, everyday life, sacred space, parish history, changing streetscape, traditional ale house, documentary photography, place identity, visual archive, religious landmark, real-ale culture, and religious heritage. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into tourism and energy costs, not least because of the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by tourism, historic fabric and the continuing question of the challenge of maintaining historic fabric amid rising costs. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around 33 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SX before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are ecclesiastical art, beer-led hospitality, social history, archival record, night-time economy, sacred architecture, visitor hospitality, and pub heritage. Elements such as Bulls and Church add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 33 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SX, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects tourism and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity in a form that can be compared with future views of 33 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SX.
33 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SX
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Keywords: Wolverhampton,West Midlands,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WV1,51-53 Queen Street,West midlands,WV1 1ES,media,print,office,newspaper,printer,local,journalists,news,express,star,local newspaper,print media,papers,local newspapers,Shropshire Star,Midland News Association,mna,history,historic,frontage,front,exterior,outside,stone,columns,offices
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K546YA - The Express & Star is a regional evening newspaper in Britain. Founded in 1889, it is based in Wolverhampton, England, and covers the West Midlands county and Staffordshire.
Currently edited by Martin Wright, the Express & Star publishes six editions a week between Monday and Saturday. In 2007 the newspaper had a daily circulation of 174,989 by June 2014 it was 73,473, then 55,373 in 2016, 38,690 in 2019 and by 2021 was 19,683.
In 2022 figures from JICREG (Joint industry Currency for Regional Media Research) show that 17,973 papers are printed each day and there are 51,403 readers. Online expressandstar.com has 1.64 million monthly unique users with 8.9 million monthly page views.
The Express & Star features a mixture of regional and national news and has a strong following for its sports coverage of association football, particularly local teams Wolverhampton Wanderers, Walsall, and West Bromwich Albion.
The Express & Star is one of the few independent newspapers still operating in the UK, having been under the continuous ownership of the Graham family almost since its inception. It is owned by the Midland News Association (MNA), which also owns the Shropshire Star newspaper.
51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1ES
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Keywords: Wolverhampton,West Midlands,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WV1,51-53 Queen Street,West midlands,WV1 1ES,media,print,office,newspaper,printer,local,journalists,news,express,star,local newspaper,print media,papers,local newspapers,Shropshire Star,Midland News Association,mna,history,historic,frontage,front,exterior,outside,stone,columns,offices
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K546YB - The Express & Star is a regional evening newspaper in Britain. Founded in 1889, it is based in Wolverhampton, England, and covers the West Midlands county and Staffordshire.
Currently edited by Martin Wright, the Express & Star publishes six editions a week between Monday and Saturday. In 2007 the newspaper had a daily circulation of 174,989 by June 2014 it was 73,473, then 55,373 in 2016, 38,690 in 2019 and by 2021 was 19,683.
In 2022 figures from JICREG (Joint industry Currency for Regional Media Research) show that 17,973 papers are printed each day and there are 51,403 readers. Online expressandstar.com has 1.64 million monthly unique users with 8.9 million monthly page views.
The Express & Star features a mixture of regional and national news and has a strong following for its sports coverage of association football, particularly local teams Wolverhampton Wanderers, Walsall, and West Bromwich Albion.
The Express & Star is one of the few independent newspapers still operating in the UK, having been under the continuous ownership of the Graham family almost since its inception. It is owned by the Midland News Association (MNA), which also owns the Shropshire Star newspaper.
51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1ES
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Keywords: West Midlands,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,train,railway,centre,Avanti,BR,trains,services,service,CrossCountry,Transport for Wales,TfW,high level,management,2020,interchange,redevelopment,development,improvements,new railway station building,building,architecture,Enoch Powell,gold,Wulfrun,Wolves,front,outside,exterior,Black Country,rail,link,raillink,hotpix.org.uk,travel poster
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K546YG - Wolverhampton railway station in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England is on the Birmingham Loop of the West Coast Main Line. It is served by Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, Transport for Wales and West Midlands Trains services, and was historically known as Wolverhampton High Level.
History
The first station named Wolverhampton had opened on the edge of the town centre in 1837 on the Grand Junction Railway, this station was renamed Wednesfield Heath in 1855, shortly after the present station was opened, and then was closed in 1873.
On 12 November 1849, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway opened a temporary terminus to its line, at a location very close to the present station.
The present station was opened on 1 July 1852 by the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway, a subsidiary of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR)
it was named Wolverhampton Queen Street. The only visible remnant of the original station is the Queen's Building, the gateway to Railway Drive which was the approach road to the station. The building was originally the carriage entrance to the station and was completed three years before the main station building. Today, it forms part of Wolverhampton bus station.
Two years later, on 1 July 1854, the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OWWR) opened a second station, located behind the older station on lower ground, which became known as the Wolverhampton Low Level station from April 1856, the other becoming known as Wolverhampton High Level from 1 June 1885
The station was remodelled after 2020
Railway Drive, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV1 1LE,
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,England,UK,at,night,in,the,night time,buildings,Cheltenham,GL50 1HQ,GL50,The,outside,exterior,façade,architectural,Regency,arts,British,Ralph Richardson,designed,by,town,centre,Cheltenham Everyman,venue,ticket,tickets,theatres,theatre,drama,comedy,evening
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9GB - Everyman Theatre is a theatre based in Regent Street, Cheltenham. There are two auditoria in the building - the 675 seat main auditorium and the 60 seat Studio Theatre, originally named The Ralph Richardson Studio after Ralph Richardson.
The Grade II listed building was designed by Frank Matcham and was originally called The New Theatre and Opera House.It was opened on 1 October 1891 with a performance by Lilly Langtry
In 1929, the New Theatre and Opera House gained a licence to screen projected film, becoming a multi-purpose theatre and cinema. The licence stipulated that the building must continue to present live performance as well as cinema.
In World War II, the theatre became a Garrison Theatre, to civilians and the US soldiers based at Pittville. Many actors from London left the capital to escape the Blitz, bringing big names to Cheltenham.
The Cheltenham Corporation ran the building after World War II until 1960. In 1959 the building closed and was at risk of being sold. The Cheltenham Theatre Association published an advertisement in September 1959 advertising Urgent - Wanted £3,000 at once, to re-open Cheltenham Opera House.
In May 1960, the Cheltenham Theatre Association published another advertisement titled Great News, which announced that the Everyman Theatre would open on Monday 22 May 1960 with a world premiere presentation of N.C. Hunter's A Piece of Silver, starring Joyce Heron and Esmond Knight. The Cheltenham Theatre Association rebranded itself as the Everyman Theatre Association (ETA). It enjoyed booking advantages and raised money for the Theatre. Its 50th anniversary in 2010 was a great success
sadly, Covid lockdown prevented the 60th. Members enjoyed a variety of social activities, but, even before lockdown, support diminished and the ETA was wound up in late 2021. The benefits transferred to a new Priority Access Membership scheme administered directly by the theatre.
10 Regent St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 1HQ
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Keywords: Salt,Titus,village,West,Yorkshire,England,UK,buildings,listed,site,salts,mill,BD18,Shipley,West Yorkshire,BD18 3LA,river,Titus Salt,mills,office,offices,renovated,preserved,sunny,evening,exterior,outside,building,history,architecture,factory,textile,British,textiles,UNESCO,model
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD31C - . This location-specific image from Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The defining feature is Listed buildings in Saltaire world heritage village site, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA. A broader reading of the photograph includes built heritage, architectural character, historic townscape, commercial redevelopment, period architecture, community identity, regional identity, changing land use, adaptive reuse, civic architecture, everyday life, contemporary social history, urban regeneration, and historical comparison. For current editorial use, construction costs and planning provide additional context, especially through the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. Future viewers can use this scene from Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The subject also sits alongside period detail, town-centre renewal, place identity, place-making, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, and local history. References to Saltaire, Yorkshire, village, Shipley, and Listed give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is construction costs and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space within the real-world context of Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA.
Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA
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Keywords: Salt,Titus,village,West,Yorkshire,England,UK,buildings,listed,site,salts,mill,BD18,Shipley,West Yorkshire,BD18 3LA,river,Titus Salt,mills,office,offices,renovated,preserved,evening,exterior,outside,building,history,architecture,factory,textile,British,textiles,model,Pace,Arris,wired,and,wireless communications
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD31P - . An on-location photograph from Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The subject captured here is Listed buildings in Saltaire world heritage village site, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA. Further facets of the scene include everyday life, archival record, visual archive, heritage-led regeneration, urban regeneration, adaptive reuse, local character, regional identity, mixed-use redevelopment, public realm, period architecture, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, and period communications technology. For current editorial use, collecting and repairability provide additional context, especially through the renewed interest in repairable analogue electronics. Current relevance extends to construction costs and public-realm investment, particularly through how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Future viewers can use this scene from Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after new construction. Other useful contextual ideas include place-making, broadcast history, analogue broadcasting, urban fabric, social history, architectural character, period detail, and community identity. The combination of world, Yorkshire, Shipley, heritage, and Bradford anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The record includes a point of historical comparison within the wider story of Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA.
Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA
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Keywords: Salt,Titus,village,West,Yorkshire,England,UK,buildings,listed,site,salts,mill,BD18,Shipley,West Yorkshire,BD18 3LA,river,Titus Salt,mills,canals,tow,path,office,offices,renovated,preserved,tower,evening,exterior,outside,building,history,architecture,factory,textile,British,textiles,UNESCO,model,Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD39X - . Recorded at Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The subject captured here is Canal towpath, listed buildings in Saltaire world heritage village site, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA. Further facets of the scene include navigation engineering, industrial navigation, community identity, inland navigation, boat museum collection, period architecture, period detail, waterway conservation, before-and-after reference, urban fabric, mixed-use redevelopment, town-centre renewal, social history, and changing land use. Current relevance extends to public access and volunteering, particularly through the transition from freight transport to leisure and heritage use. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into adaptive reuse and planning, not least because of how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. The subject also sits alongside historical comparison, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, architectural character, local character, industrial waterway history, heritage-led regeneration, and waterborne freight. Elements such as village, Saltaire, world, buildings, and Bradford add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The frame retains a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 3BG,dead,memorials,memorial,cross,Their Name Liveth for Evermore,Warrington Cemetary,war,remembrance,WWI,WWII,world war,Manchester road,blue sky,blue skies,out,outside,exterior,town,centre,graveyard,graveyards,grave,burials,burial,deceased,Warringtonian,Warringtonians,neglect,neglected,investment,respect,for
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB52W - . This authentic period view of Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The defining feature is War Dead at Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG. A broader reading of the photograph includes historic townscape, place identity, community identity, architectural character, everyday life, urban fabric, period detail, place-based remembrance, community memory, commemorative object, public commemoration, social history, local character, and built heritage. From a 2025-onward perspective, memorial maintenance and local history are closely linked to this subject, alongside how small memorials preserve personal stories within everyday public space. The wider contemporary story combines commercial viability, planning and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The location also brings in local remembrance, adaptive reuse, public realm, regional identity, changing streetscape, changing land use, period architecture, and contemporary social history. Details involving Cemetery and Manchester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The view records a trace of local identity within the wider story of Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG.
Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 3BG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,wood,timber-framed,timber,frame,framed,at,number,No,12,Bridge St,Bridge street,lamp,light,lantern,Chester,Cheshire,England,UK,CH1 1NQ,Cowper House,undercroft,brown,creme,cream,external,exterior,outside,timber building,timber framed buildings,history,historic,beige,old,ancient,listed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MN8 - Half timbered Cowper House, situated at 12 Bridge Street, forms part of the famous Chester Rows, the rows consist of covered walkways at the first floor behind which are entrances to shops and other premises. At street level is another set of shops and other premises, many of which are entered by going down a few steps. Cowper House is a grade I listed building.
The house dates back to 1664 and was constructed following the destruction of many buildings in the city during the Civil War. It was built above medieval undercrofts dating from around 1350-75, or possibly earlier.
Alterations have been carried out on the building in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The house's original owner, Thomas Cowper, had been mayor of Chester in 1641-42 and a Royalist supporter in the Civil War.
The rear undercroft was excavated in 1839, and it is thought that the front undercroft is older than that in the rear.
The red sandstone and half timbered building now incorporates a modern shop front on the ground floor. Between this and the street is a walkway, a sloping stallboard and a rail with balusters overlooking the street.
Above the Row opening is a carved fascia. In the storey above is a window running almost the whole width of the building. Its frame projects from the wall and is carried on eight corbels. The window has 14 lights, is mullioned and transomed, and contains leaded lights. Below and on each side of the window are timber-framed panels.
The top storey is jettied. At its base is a bressummer carved centrally with .T.C.1664 (the initials are those of Thomas Cowper), on each side of which are carved patterns. The top storey has a ten-light mullioned and transomed casement window containing leaded lights. Below the window are eight panels containing wooden carvings, and two similar panels are on each side of the window. Above the window are quadrant-braced panels. The bargeboard is decorated with carvings and at its peak is a finial.
2 Bridge street, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,centre,England,UK,GL5,shops,retail,dining,out,tea,shop,summer,street,st,bunting,flag,flags,streets,lane,lanes,tourist,tourism,tourists,attraction,attractions,outside,cafe culture,exterior,diners,eating,drinking,coffee,bar
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5N0 - . Photographed at High St, Stroud, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AS in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The photograph centres on Cafe Culture, High St, Stroud, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AS. The setting additionally reflects public realm, contemporary social history, commercial frontage, street-level business, local enterprise, local character, commercial streetscape, period detail, high-street commerce, place identity, bricks-and-mortar retail, regional identity, customer footfall, and documentary photography. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into store closures and commercial rents, not least because of the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at High St, Stroud, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AS, details that may look very different after replacement signage. Further associations within the scene are visual archive, historical comparison, changing streetscape, small business, retail property, archival record, changing land use, and local history. The combination of Gloucestershire, Stroud, Culture, and Cotswolds anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within High St, Stroud, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AS, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for store closures and the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres within the specific setting of High St, Stroud, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AS. The scene captures a local visual benchmark within the wider story of High St, Stroud, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AS.
High St, Stroud, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL5,22,GL5 1AQ,Walkers the bakers,Walkers,the,baker,historic,upper,floor,floors,corner,shop,store,Kendrick St,British,shopping,exterior,outside,quaint,unusual,interesting,buildings,in,redbrick,red,brick,English,thriving,successful,district,council,DC
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5R0 - . An identifiable period record of 22 Kendrick St , Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AQ in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Walkers the bakers, upper floors at 22 Kendrick St , Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AQ. A broader reading of the photograph includes public realm, shopfront economy, local history, specialist retailer, retail property, local enterprise, small business, contemporary social history, town-centre economy, documentary photography, visual archive, historical comparison, customer footfall, and everyday life. Current relevance extends to independent business and town-centre regeneration, particularly through the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at 22 Kendrick St , Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AQ may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The surrounding story also includes community identity, street-level business, local trading, place identity, changing land use, high-street commerce, commercial frontage, and bricks-and-mortar retail. The combination of Stroud, floors, bakers, Walkers, and Gloucestershire anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of 22 Kendrick St , Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AQ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of independent business and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy when considered against later change at 22 Kendrick St , Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AQ. The frame retains a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
22 Kendrick St , Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,RBKC,England,UK,Royal Borough,of,Kensington,Chelsea,pub,bar,outside,exterior,sun,the sun,brightest,in,flower,W11,Notting Hill,W11 3DA,7,splendour,front,Victorian,boozer,boozers,craft,beers,beer house,freehouse,free house,public house,colourful,hanging baskets,Free House
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KWH2 - . An on-location photograph from 7 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3DA in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The location is represented through Sun in Splendour, pub, 7 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3DA. Other connected aspects include social history, community drinking venue, everyday life, Thames city view, changing land use, historic hostelry, historical comparison, London visitor economy, hospitality economy, traditional ale house, capital landmark imagery, period detail, Westminster landmark, and visitor hospitality. For current editorial use, tourism and beer duty provide additional context, especially through the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. Current relevance extends to public transport and security, particularly through how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at 7 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3DA, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The subject also sits alongside urban tourism, capital-city heritage, community identity, city branding, pub heritage, night-time economy, heritage tourism, and before-and-after reference. Elements such as Portobello, Splendour, and Notting add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around 7 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3DA, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The record includes details of everyday use for future local research. The frame retains evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
7 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3DA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,UK,BL1,shop,shops,store,stores,hall,BL1 2AR,Knowsley St,entertainment,complex,development,Market Place Shopping Centre,Victorian,19th-century,19th,century,building,architecture,in,the,vaults,heart,of,Bolton,eat,drink,The Light,outside,exterior,entrance,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRM0 - . This location-specific image from Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The image documents Bolton Hall Market Place shopping centre and cinema complex, Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK, BL1 2AR. The setting additionally reflects contemporary social history, historic townscape, urban regeneration, historical comparison, visual archive, built heritage, adaptive reuse, community identity, destination shopping, place identity, place-making, mixed-use town centre, local enterprise, and street-level business. From a 2025-onward perspective, public-realm investment and heritage conservation are closely linked to this subject, alongside the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The wider contemporary story combines brand consolidation, consumer spending and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. The surrounding story also includes period architecture, shopfront economy, urban fabric, high-street commerce, before-and-after reference, commercial streetscape, commercial frontage, and customer footfall. The recorded references to Market, complex, shopping, Manchester, and Place preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The view records evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,WA4,WA4 1HT,Anglo-catholic,churches,stone,stonework,on school,entrance,outside,exterior,door,of,Latchford,village,Victorian,history,historic,arch,archway,brick,building,architecture,enlarged,1872,doorway,old,parish,Wash Lane Schoolroom,Schoolroom,sandstone,gothic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4J2 - The parish of Christ Church started with the building of an infant's school when the population of Latchford grew large enough to warrant such a school. This building still exists and it is now known as Wash Lane Schoolroom. However, after the death of Thomas Greenall, and following his wishes, his family decided to build a small sandstone church of Gothic design. The church consisted of a nave and chancel with an ornamental spire and its first priest was the Reverend Richard Greenall. On Tuesday, 16th July 1861 the Bishop of Chester, the Right Rev. Dr. John Graham, consecrated the church under the name of Christ Church. One can still find a brass plate in the chancel of the church commemorating the event: To the glory of God, and in affectionate memory of the late Thomas Greenall of Wilderspool and Grappenhall this church was erected Anno Domini 1861.
Christ Church was originally a chapel of ease to the mother church of St. Wilfrid at Grappenhall and was made a parish by Order of Council on 12th March 1866 with a population of 1,031 people. The parish priest at that time was the Reverend W.R. Burgess. The Vicarage was built in 1867 on land adjoining the church bought by Thomas Greenall's sons.
In 1875-76 a gallery at the west end of the nave was removed along with the organ. A transept, organ chamber and a vestry were added on the north side of the church. An organ which originally belonged to St. Wilfrid's church was installed as well as the west tracery window and a sedilia was placed in the
Sanctuary. Stained glass windows were placed at the south side of the chancel and at the southwest end of the nave. At the beginning of September 1882 an alabaster reredos and chancel arch were added.
The church consists of three separate elements joined together. The tower and spire are situated above the porch on the south side of the church and they are attached to the nave by a short corridor. An aisle on the north side of the nave was an addition to the church i
30 Wash Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1HT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,night,entrance door,flags,bunting,union,jack,a-board,menu,at,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 2SX,pubs,bars,brunningandprice.co.uk,brunning,and,price,garden,chain,brand,branding,gastropub,gastropubs,evening,dusk,outside,exterior,door,doorway,Bell Ln
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JD0MG0 - . This location-specific image from Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SX in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Dusk at The Little Manor Pub, Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SX. The image also relates to restaurant culture, social history, local dining scene, regional identity, pedestrian environment, visitor economy, urban change, night-time economy, street-level documentary, licensed hospitality, social landscape, period detail, food tourism, and local identity. From a 2025-onward perspective, hospitality costs and commercial rents are closely linked to this subject, alongside the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. The wider contemporary story combines commercial change, street safety and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. Future viewers can use this scene from Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SX to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The subject also sits alongside townscape record, independent food retail, casual dining, contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, hospitality trade, leisure spending, and visual archive. The combination of Manor, Little, and Thelwall anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SX helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is hospitality costs and the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy as part of the longer story of Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SX.
Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 2SU,the,pub,pubs,bar,bars,Punch,at,historic,history,timber,frame,framed,17th,century,coaching,inn,and called it Thelwall,city,here and called it Thelwall,Founded a city,called it Thelwall,punch taverns,Bell Ln,evening,tavern,inscription,outside,exterior,ornate,traditional country pub,night time,night
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JD0MG2 - . This authentic period view of Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. At the centre of the view is The Pickering Arms 17th c pub at dusk, Bell Lane, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU. Other connected aspects include commercial hospitality, visual archive, changing streetscape, archival record, visitor economy, food tourism, street-level documentary, everyday street life, social history, regional identity, historical comparison, public realm, city-centre activity, and before-and-after reference. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with staffing pressure, changing dining habits and how food and drink help define neighbourhood identity. The modern context includes continuing discussion of street safety, regeneration and the relationship between public space and local social life. The image fixes materials and architectural details within Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. The photograph additionally reflects pedestrian environment, social landscape, changing land use, local history, destination dining, documentary photography, restaurant culture, and urban change. Details involving village, Pickering, and Thelwall make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene further reflects staffing pressure and how food and drink help define neighbourhood identity as part of the longer story of Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU.
Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA2 7NE,WA2,Warrington,the,League,Club,Conference Centre,sport,sports,venue,town,centre,Stadium,home,to,ground,sponsor,sponsorship,heritage,modern,rugby football,professional,building,architecture,outside,exterior,old Tetley Walker brewery site,2004,Jack Fish corner,Mike Gregory,neutral,pano,panorama,wide shot
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JBXJMP - The Halliwell Jones Stadium is a rugby league stadium in Warrington, England, which is the home ground of the Warrington Wolves. It has also staged Challenge Cup semi-finals, the European Nations Final, the National League Grand Finals' Day, two games of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup and four games of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. It is the 62nd largest stadium in England.
Ground was broke at the new site in 2002 and bucked the common trend of modern stadia by including terracing areas rather than being an all-seater stadium, with the South and West stands both containing terracing It also has enormous pitch dimensions of 120 m x 74 m, as requested by Warrington's head coach of the time, Paul Cullen, due to his desire to play expansive rugby. The stadium officially opened in 2004
On 3 March 2011, the club announced that the corners of the East Stand at the stadium would be filled in to create a further 2,000 spaces made up of seating and terracing for the 2012 season. The stadium capacity, set at 15,000 for the first sell-out home match against St. Helens in 2012, was increased to 15,200 and can grow to 15,693 as the club proves it can handle the bigger crowds and get extra safety certificates. The club has also announced plans to increase the stadium's capacity to around 22,000 should the need arise.
Mike Gregory Way, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7NE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA2 7NE,WA2,Warrington,the,League,Club,Conference Centre,sport,sports,venue,town,centre,Stadium,home,to,ground,sponsor,sponsorship,heritage,modern,rugby football,professional,building,architecture,outside,exterior,old Tetley Walker brewery site,2004,Jack Fish corner,Mike Gregory,neutral
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JBXJMY - The Halliwell Jones Stadium is a rugby league stadium in Warrington, England, which is the home ground of the Warrington Wolves. It has also staged Challenge Cup semi-finals, the European Nations Final, the National League Grand Finals' Day, two games of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup and four games of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. It is the 62nd largest stadium in England.
Ground was broke at the new site in 2002 and bucked the common trend of modern stadia by including terracing areas rather than being an all-seater stadium, with the South and West stands both containing terracing It also has enormous pitch dimensions of 120 m x 74 m, as requested by Warrington's head coach of the time, Paul Cullen, due to his desire to play expansive rugby. The stadium officially opened in 2004
On 3 March 2011, the club announced that the corners of the East Stand at the stadium would be filled in to create a further 2,000 spaces made up of seating and terracing for the 2012 season. The stadium capacity, set at 15,000 for the first sell-out home match against St. Helens in 2012, was increased to 15,200 and can grow to 15,693 as the club proves it can handle the bigger crowds and get extra safety certificates. The club has also announced plans to increase the stadium's capacity to around 22,000 should the need arise.
Mike Gregory Way, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7NE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA1,bar,history,Cheshire,England,UK,CAMRA,real ale,at,night,dusk,exterior,outside,bench,benches,entrance,illuminated,Lower Angel,pubs,bars,traditional,local,historic,external,evening,sign,community,door,doorway,window,windows,town,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3TJR0 - . This location-specific image from 27 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LY, in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The location is represented through The Lower Angel historic pub, 27 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LY, at night. The broader subject matter reaches into changing streetscape, public-realm investment, historic townscape, heritage-led regeneration, popular culture, song-inspired design, local character, cultural nostalgia, urban regeneration, music tourism, music iconography, mixed-use redevelopment, historical comparison, and community identity. From a 2025-onward perspective, housing pressure and adaptive reuse are closely linked to this subject, alongside the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The wider contemporary story combines local tourism, creative industries and how popular music is reused in hospitality and tourism branding. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around 27 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LY, before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside built heritage, period architecture, everyday life, regional identity, music-themed hospitality, contemporary social history, popular-music heritage, and town-centre renewal. References to Buttermarket, Angel, Lower, historic, and night give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around 27 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LY,, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The view records details of everyday use within the wider story of 27 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LY,.
27 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LY,
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Keywords: Cheshire,England,UK,night time,WA4,WA4 6LG,London Road,dusk,Stockton Heath,Warrington,WA4 6HW,20,Kingston,rd,road,the,Forge,The Forge Shopping Centre,queue,outside,exterior,hall,winter,trading,profit,performance,store,stores,shops,shop,branch,branches,night,evening,dust,at,in
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T365 - . This scene at The Forge Shopping Centre 6, 20 Kingston Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA in 2021 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 subject captured here is Queue outside M&S Foodhall,The Forge Shopping Centre 6, 20 Kingston Road, London Rd, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6LG. The setting additionally reflects community identity, contemporary social history, regional identity, commercial frontage, destination shopping, mixed-use redevelopment, everyday life, built heritage, adaptive reuse, commercial streetscape, civic architecture, public-realm investment, urban regeneration, and independent trading. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into construction costs and adaptive reuse, not least because of the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. Today's relevance is strengthened by online shopping, business rates and the continuing question of the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. The image fixes local activity and public use within The Forge Shopping Centre 6, 20 Kingston Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include local history, visual archive, consumer retail, period architecture, local enterprise, historical comparison, town-centre renewal, and bricks-and-mortar retail. The recorded references to Forge, Heath, Kingston, London, and Shopping preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at The Forge Shopping Centre 6, 20 Kingston Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned.
The Forge Shopping Centre 6, 20 Kingston Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,Tarvin,village,Anglican parish church,diocese of Chester,building,Grade I listed,history,historic,heritage,old,town,centre,ornate,lane,road,towers,Anglican,villages,Cheshires,tower,summer,blue sky,blue skies,CH3 8EB,CH3,outside,exterior,looking,up,skywards
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE72 - St Andrew's Church is in the village of Tarvin, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester. Its benefice is united with that of St Peter, Duddon
The church is built in red sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. Entry is through the west wall of the west tower. The plan consists of a five-bay nave and a two-bay chancel, a north aisle with a chapel (the Bruen chapel) at its east end, and a south aisle with a south porch. The doorway to the tower is Tudor in style, the second storey has deeply recessed quatrefoil windows and a clock on all four sides. The top is embattled, and the remains of former pinnacles are at the corners
In the churchyard are six structures that are listed at Grade II. These are the gates and gate piers to the churchyard, a sandstone sundial dating from the mid-18th century, the tombchests of John Minshull and his daughter, William and Elizabeth Hilton, William Sandbach and others, and the tombstone of Beatrix Hollinsworth. The churchyard also contains the war graves of three British soldiers and a Canadian Army soldier of World War I
Church St, Tarvin, Chester, England,UK, CH3 8EB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,Tarvin,village,Grade I listed,building,Anglican parish church,diocese of Chester,history,historic,heritage,old,town,centre,ornate,lane,road,towers,Anglican,villages,Cheshires,tower,summer,blue sky,blue skies,CH3 8EB,CH3,outside,exterior,looking,up,skywards
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE76 - St Andrew's Church is in the village of Tarvin, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester. Its benefice is united with that of St Peter, Duddon
The church is built in red sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. Entry is through the west wall of the west tower. The plan consists of a five-bay nave and a two-bay chancel, a north aisle with a chapel (the Bruen chapel) at its east end, and a south aisle with a south porch. The doorway to the tower is Tudor in style, the second storey has deeply recessed quatrefoil windows and a clock on all four sides. The top is embattled, and the remains of former pinnacles are at the corners
In the churchyard are six structures that are listed at Grade II. These are the gates and gate piers to the churchyard, a sandstone sundial dating from the mid-18th century, the tombchests of John Minshull and his daughter, William and Elizabeth Hilton, William Sandbach and others, and the tombstone of Beatrix Hollinsworth. The churchyard also contains the war graves of three British soldiers and a Canadian Army soldier of World War I
Church St, Tarvin, Chester, England,UK, CH3 8EB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M2,Manchester M2 5PD,Xmas,decorations,history,Christmas,outside,Christmas hat,on a,Santa,hat,cap,MCR,Manchester,city,centre,Central Library,library,St Peters,Peter,square,Sq,seasonal,decorated,golden,sparkle,sparkly,historic,exterior,display,displays,art,arts,artistic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2B5 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The view centres on Christmas hat on a MCR,Christmas decorations,outside Manchester Central Library,St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD. A broader reading of the scene brings in social history, archival record, architectural character, visual archive, heritage landmark, before-and-after reference, built heritage, changing streetscape, period detail, place identity, everyday life, historical comparison, historic commercial architecture, and local history. For contemporary context, energy retrofit and planning control are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the photograph anchors small features of identity that written records may overlook in the immediate surroundings of St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD. The surrounding context also covers regional identity, historic townscape, adaptive reuse, period building, traditional masonry, conservation interest, architectural detailing, and cityscape history. References to decorations, Central, outside, Peter's, and Square help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The surrounding context at St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is energy retrofit and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment when considered against later change at St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance as part of St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD's history.
St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M2,Manchester M2 5PD,Xmas,decorations,history,Christmas,outside,Christmas bee,symbol,bee symbol,Central Library,library,St Peters,Peter,square,Sq,seasonal,decorated,golden,sparkle,sparkly,MCR,historic,exterior,display,displays,art,arts,artistic,bees,worker bee,symbolic,Xmas bee
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2B8 - . Photographed at St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The location is represented through Gold bee,Christmas decorations,outside Manchester Central Library,St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD. The locality and subject together evoke local history, period streetscape, architectural detailing, contemporary social history, conservation architecture, changing streetscape, heritage asset, historic frontage, place identity, architectural character, archival record, period building, regional identity, and conservation interest. The present-day relevance extends to maintenance costs and embodied carbon, while a wider concern is the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. With the passage of time, the image retains signage, materials, design and everyday use within the setting of St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD. The setting also brings in historic townscape, documentary photography, visual archive, built heritage, historical comparison, urban fabric, cityscape history, and everyday life. The recorded references to decorations, Peter's, Square, Christmas, and outside preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The surrounding context at St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to maintenance costs and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity as part of the longer story of St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD. The location additionally provides evidence of heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character when considered against later change at St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD.
St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,English,London,South East,Ship,11 Talbot court,UK,EC3V 0BP,history,tourist,attraction,nicholsonspubs,Nicholsons Pubs,Nicholson,dusk,people,drinking,punters,Nicholsons brand,Nicholson brand,the,Inn,pub,pubs,bar,bars,busy,crowd,crowded,yard,exterior,courtyard,canopy,Nicholsons,heated
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABY977 - The Ship Pub, 11 Talbot Court, London EC3V 0BP. 1873. According to the brass information plaque on the building exterior, The ship lies in Talbot Court. Previously a coaching inn, the Talbot, stood in this court, but it was destroyed in the great fire of London in 1660. A talbot' is an extinct breed of dog, usually white with long drooping ears and large jaws. It was much favoured in England for tracking and hunting.
11 Talbot Court, City of London, Greater London,South east,England,UK, EC3V 0BP
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,CH N.KATZ,across top of window,Shoreditch,London,E1,bags,gallery,history,historical,Jew,business,business man,Katz,N Katz,CHNKatz,shopfront,shop front,outside,exterior,Spitalfield,ols,pastimes,past times,old sign,signs,bricks,painted,little Jewish shop,little,Jewish shop,window,92 Brick Lane
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE028J - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 92 Brick Lane,Shoreditch,East End,London,England,UK, E1 in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The image documents CH N.KATZ,across top of window,92 Brick Lane,Shoreditch,East End,London,England,UK, E1,Twine and String merchant. The scene additionally carries associations with historic manufacturing, changing streetscape, urban commerce, high-street commerce, historic context, consumer retail, engineering heritage, place identity, community identity, traditional building materials, local trading, industrial archaeology, manufacturing heritage, and factory history. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with construction materials, industrial conservation and recording industries that shaped northern towns. In the mid-2020s, vacant units and commercial rents keep the subject current, particularly through how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. As the area changes, the photograph anchors the relationship between the subject and its surroundings in the immediate surroundings of 92 Brick Lane,Shoreditch,East End,London,England,UK, E1. Other useful associations include period detail, local character, retail vacancy, independent trading, shopfront economy, customer footfall, commercial frontage, and regional identity. The combination of London, Brick, Twine, across, and Shoreditch anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For 92 Brick Lane,Shoreditch,East End,London,England,UK, E1, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is construction materials and the reuse or loss of former production sites within the specific setting of 92 Brick Lane,Shoreditch,East End,London,England,UK, E1. The frame retains evidence of changing use for later comparison.
92 Brick Lane,Shoreditch,East End,London,England,UK, E1
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,pumpout,wood,wooden,painted,Warrington,waterway,WA4,Diesel Pump out,Cheshire,England,WA4 6LE,Thorn Marine,Chandlery Boat Hire,Diesel,Pump out,Stockton Heath,South Warrington,London Bridge,warehouse,warehousing,shop,store,retail,towpath,tow path,Manchester ship Canal Company,Peel Ports,Rambling Thorn,exterior,outside,historic,old boathouse,ward,Boatyard and shop,British Waterways,boat hire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEJ7X - History of Thorn Marine
The Bridgewater canal reach Stockton heath about 1772, the area around London Bridge and Thorn Marine developed over the next few years and became known as Stockton Quays, there was warehousing, an inn, toll house,Blacksmiths, stabling, barns, and bank riders cottages. one of these bank riders cottages became Thorn Marine.
A very successful packet boat service started up running from the London Bridge Inn to Manchester allowing the gentry to travel in style and comfort on the last part of there journey to Manchester, good were also shipped from the warehouse over the road, The boats were in them days pulled by horses, and unusually the horse for the packet boat were trotted along the towpath and were ridden by Bank riders who lived in what is now Thorn Marine.
The quays at thorn marine were also used by Caldwells to ship there tools spades, picks, etc for the gold rush in america and the First World War. The good were shipped to Liverpool where they were loaded onto sea going ships
During the First and second world wars the canal was also used to move munitions and men to Liverpool to be shipped across for the war effort.
Since we took over
We passed Thorn Marine in the spring of 1991 on our 25' Dawncraft Hammie on a two week trip around the Cheshire ring, we noticed it was looking a bit unloved and there was a for sale sign out side.
A few phone calls on our return home we discovered it was still for sale, but not with the agents anymore. After nearly 12 months of negotiations with the vendor and The Manchester ship Canal Company, we finally moved in on the 11th April 1992.
Over the next few years Margaret turned the business around from a fancy good shop back to a chandlery with help from Brian and Nigel when they were not working in their own careers. Brian decided in 1997 to stop paining and decorating and joined Margret working full time in the shop.
In 1997 we too delivery of Rambling Thorn our purpose built day boat
Bridgewater Canal,Stockton Heath,South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6LE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9D89C - . This location-led image preserves the social and built context of Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire UK, WA4 4RT, as it appeared in 2019. The described feature is Appleton Thorn Village Hall, Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT. The location also connects beer retail, roadside commerce, urban mobility, licensed trade, public house culture, traditional hostelry, transport corridor, road connectivity, community venue, hospitality economy, night-time economy, and British pub trade. The wider contemporary story of traditional public houses now includes competition for household spending alongside staff recruitment, while policy and investment increasingly consider diversifying food and events. Current debate around the public realm often combines changing use, business turnover and the practical challenge of before-and-after study. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire UK, WA4 4RT, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The view also records themes involving junction design, road safety, ale house tradition, drinks trade, transport planning, surface transport. The record also refers to Warrington Villages, Dusk, Stretton Road, Blue Hour, night time, pub sign. A second layer of description includes vehicle movement, licensed premises, town-centre hospitality, beer heritage, local transport, community drinking place, strategic road network, motor traffic, roadside environment, and highway services. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, local leisure spending also connects with changing drinking habits, competition for household spending and efforts aimed at balancing heritage with commercial survival. This period image preserves a stage in local change against later redevelopment.
Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire UK, WA4 4RT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,23 Cheapside,Merseyside,England,UK,L2 2DY,Skin,Ink,sign,Son of Stag,Gethin,tats,tat2,artist,artists,original work,Mersey,Scouse,city,centre,tourist,tourism,attraction,ink,in,the,skin,Forever True Tattoo,Forever,True,Tattoo,front,entrance,exterior,outside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DA91GR - Forever True's owner and resident tattooer Richie Clarke has been tattooing in his own establishment since 1995, drawing inspiration directly from the tattooing legends of the late 19th and early to mid-20th century.
As well as producing his own unique bold tattoo flash, Richie also repaints faithful reproductions of long lost tattoo designs from tattooing's earliest and most influential fore fathers, Bert Grimm, Joseph Hartley, George Bigmore, Tom Berg (to name but a few). Famous names your great grandfather would like to have visited between the bars and brothels (before he met your great grandmother) during shore leave from Singapore, to the Barbary Coast.
Now thanks to impeccable research, these designs are now available to collect again, repainted with an expert hand as they would have appeared more than half a century ago adorning the walls of tattoo parlours from the sea ports of Europe to the sideshows of Coney Island.
Richie is determined to see these classics live on with a modern audience hungry for original work, Why spend hours trawling the Internet for hours when you could go home with a genuine piece of heritage on your arm, a tattoo is something to be earned not downloaded. Every tattoo told a story, a seasoned veteran, a grieving son, a lost love, and it's no different now, clients still want names of their children, lovers, symbols of life or death, memories or aspirations, but people struggle to find good designs and search the Internet finding images they think are original but in reality probably adorn thousands of others.
They need to trust the old artists, the names who brought tattooing to the West and fashioned classic designs that forged the modern tattoo world. A good tattoo is forever and should outlive the artist & client and that's what these designs have done. I'm a craftsman first and foremost not a fine artist, a folk artist maybe, part of a long line before me. I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel...
23 Cheapside, Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK, L2 2DY
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Keywords: old,stadium,ground,Everton,FC,football,club,Goodison Road,Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK,L4 4EL,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,L4,Goodison Rd,soccer,blue,blues,park,Walton,area,English,Premier League,Evertonians,Blues,bluenoses,bluenose,Farhad Moshiri,Everton v Villarreal,v,Villarreal,outside,exterior
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55HW8 - Everton Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Liverpool that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club was a founder member of the Football League in 1888, and has, as of May 2023, competed in the top division for a record 120 seasons, having missed only four top-flight seasons (193031, 195152, 195253, and 195354). Everton is the club with the second-longest continuous presence in English top-flight football, and ranks third in the all-time points rankings. The club has won nine league titles, five FA Cups, one European Cup Winners' Cup and nine Charity Shields.
Formed in 1878, Everton won their first League Championship during the 189091 season. After winning four more League championships and two FA Cups, the club experienced a post-Second World War lull until a revival in the 1960s. A period of sustained success came in the mid-1980s, when Everton won a further two League championships, one FA Cup, and the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup. The club's most recent major trophy was the 1995 FA Cup.
The club's supporters are colloquially known as Evertonians or Blues. Everton's main rivals are Liverpool, whose home stadium at Anfield is just under one mile away from Everton's home at Goodison Park
the two clubs contest the Merseyside derby. Everton have been based at Goodison Park since 1892, having moved from their original home at Anfield following a disagreement over its rent. The club's home colours are royal blue shirts with white shorts and socks.
Goodison Park is a football stadium in the Walton area of Liverpool, England, 2 miles (3 km) north of the city centre. It has been the home of Premier League club Everton since 1892 and has an all-seated capacity of 39,414.
Goodison Park has hosted more top-flight games than any other stadium in England. It has also been the venue for an FA Cup Final and numerous international fixtures, including a semi-final match in the 1966 World Cup
Goodison Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L4 4EL
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,Greater Manchester,Manchester,Cheshire,England,UK,town,SK1,famous,mens,shop,retail,clothes,boutique,Ivor,fashion accessories,fashion,casualwear,casual,Stolen From Ivor shop,store,stores,shops,sign,front,exterior,outside,1960,1960s,1970s,Stolen,from,men,male
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGY0 - Iconic clothing chain Stolen from Ivor's last shop has been saved - thanks to the M.E.N.
Founder Ivor Hazan, 67, opened his first boutique on the King Street West in Manchester city stock-photo/gotonysmith-Centre.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>centre in 1965 and his 40 stores became a Mecca for fashion hipsters across the region.
He announced last month he was to shut the doors on his last remaining shop in Stockport, which opened in 1974, due to declining sales.
However after the story was featured in the pages of the M.E.N and on our website, the brand has undergone a revival.
Ivor says he has been inundated with people coming into the shop and sharing their stories of the off-the-wall clobber they bought from him in their youth.
One man even broke down in tears whilst other wanted to buy his distinctive yellow carrier bags and sell them online.
And after seeing a spike in sales Ivor says he will keep the shop open - for now at least.
His first store opened at the height of the swinging' Sixties.
It was close to a boutique owned by United hero George Best and he had a gentleman's agreement that he would not sell suits if the United ace didn't sell jeans.
In 1966 it became the first store in the north of England to stock Levis jeans, which then cost £2.37 a pair.
The brand grew and at its peak it had 43 stores across the north west, including Stockport, Altrincham, Bolton and Bury.
However all but seven of them were forced to close in 2002 after the company went into administration.
And Ivor said stores such as Primark were killing' independent stores like his.
But due to the phenomenal response after we featured their plight he has shelved plans to take his operation solely online and he will keep the doors open of the shop on Prince's Street in Stockport town centre.
The Didsbury entrepreneur said: It's just been absolutely amazing.
Since the M.E.N ran our story we've had so many people coming in and telling us about things they bought 20 years ago.
Telling us that their mums used to bring them as kids.
77-79 Prince's St, Stockport, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, England, UK, SK1 1RW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Red British Telephone box and Post Office sign,traditional,British,public,and,together,with,post,office,mail,postman,postie,posties,work,GPO,public telephone,telephones,phones,phone,red,signs,kit,equipment,box,boxes,Street,outside,exterior,letters,posting,counter,counters,scandal,payout,payouts,delayed,the,England
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNBC - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2019, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The scene records Red British Telephone box and Post Office sign,. The subject also carries associations with archival record, social history, changing land use, used postage stamp, everyday life, period detail, postal history, commemorative issue, postal graphic design, contemporary social history, historic postage, before-and-after reference, philatelic material, and documentary photography. Today's relevance is strengthened by postal services, declining letter volumes and the continuing question of the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around the recorded location before redevelopment alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside postal ephemera, community identity, philatelic collecting, mail history, collectable stamp, paper communication, stamp design, and visual archive. The combination of British, Telephone, and Office anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is postal services and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects within the specific setting of the recorded location. The wider significance includes digital communication and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is graphic design and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Callandar,Scotland,UK,FK17 8HZ,old,old fashioned,independent,fashioned,traditional,shop,store,newsagent,newsagents,tabs,cigarette,cigarettes,outside,exterior,sign,JR Bell,Bell,retail,retailer,village,town,signs,signage,FK17,cigar,cigars,snuff,local,neighbourhood,licenced
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNBG - . This dated editorial view of Callandar, Trossochs , Scotland, UK, FK17 8HZ in 2019 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Old fashioned Newsagent Tobacconist - J & R Bell Callandar, Trossochs , Scotland, UK, FK17 8HZ. A broader reading of the photograph includes regional identity, place identity, historical comparison, shopfront economy, small business, documentary photography, changing land use, high-street commerce, visual archive, commercial frontage, public realm, specialist retailer, specialist shop, and local enterprise. Today's relevance is strengthened by independent business, store closures and the continuing question of how commercial property costs affect small retailers. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within Callandar, Trossochs , Scotland, UK, FK17 8HZ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. The subject also sits alongside town-centre trading, street-level business, community identity, before-and-after reference, social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, retail property, and contemporary social history. References to Tobacconist, Trossochs, fashioned, Callandar, and Newsagent give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Callandar, Trossochs , Scotland, UK, FK17 8HZ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another useful connection is independent business and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of Callandar, Trossochs , Scotland, UK, FK17 8HZ. The scene further reflects independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses as part of the longer story of Callandar, Trossochs , Scotland, UK, FK17 8HZ. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison for future local research.
Callandar, Trossochs , Scotland, UK, FK17 8HZ
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Keywords: Manchester,City centre,city,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,North West England,UK,England,M1,North West,art,artist,street art,street artist,mural,Arena Bomb,Arena bombing,arts,street,centre,spray paint,expression,decorated,decoration,M1 1DN,PC,ex,public conveniences,toilet,canvas,outside,square,exterior,pink,cyan
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF66B - . An editorial view documents the setting around Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1DN, as photographed in 2019. The supplied image information identifies #OutHouseMcr Bee, Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1DN. Further features of the subject include community art, creative regeneration, illustrated hoarding, urban visual culture, art-led regeneration, city artwork, mural culture, graphic intervention, contemporary mural, public realm art, temporary artwork, and local identity. Current debate around street-level design often combines youth culture, graffiti versus commissioned work and the practical challenge of art integrated with regeneration. Because this is a time-specific record of Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1DN, later comparison can reveal changes in signage, ownership, land use, transport, street furniture, building condition and the way the public uses the surrounding space. The resulting scene connects with visual placemaking, public art, creative streetscape, street creativity, community expression, street-level design. Further recorded details include NorthernQuarter, Manchester Bee Symbol, Bee Symbol, open air gallery. The scene also carries the language of urban artwork, and urban graphics. The wider contemporary story of visual placemaking now includes regeneration alongside temporary installations, while policy and investment increasingly consider creative reuse of redevelopment sites. For future comparison, the scene preserves the appearance of the built environment, public activity, period design, local character, and changes of use at this precise location. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal community life, local continuity, physical infrastructure, signage and branding, and commercial identity within the surrounding area.
Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1DN
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,NYC,NY,New York,Manhattan,USA,city,city centre,US,New York City,fries,authentic,food,servings,large,eat,eats,eatery,restaurant,restaurants,New York diner,Brooklyn,centre,center,Manhattan New York,american,dining,going out,out,the,outside,exterior,front,entrance,summer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6Y8 - . A dated documentary view of 212 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019, United States in 2018, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The principal point of reference is USA Brooklyn Diner, Times Square,New York City, Manhattan, NY , United States. The photograph also reflects seasonal celebration, regional identity, community identity, contemporary social history, local history, everyday life, before-and-after reference, historic context, regional speciality, archival record, social history, traditional cuisine, place identity, and regional food culture. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about traditional celebrations, consumer spending and the persistence of regional dishes as markers of identity. For future researchers, the image retains signage, materials, design and everyday use at 212 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019, United States. The subject sits alongside heritage dish, traditional recipe, changing land use, cultural gastronomy, comfort food, culinary tradition, public realm, and national food identity. Details involving States, Square, Times, Brooklyn, and Diner give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. For 212 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019, United States, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of traditional celebrations and the persistence of regional dishes as markers of identity without losing the local specificity of 212 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019, United States. A further contemporary connection is consumer spending and the persistence of regional dishes as markers of identity in a form that can be compared with future views of 212 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019, United States. The scene captures a trace of local identity for future local research.
212 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019, United States
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,South,England,UK,Earl,Art,style,hotel,1938,building,town,outside,street,wedding,conference,bedroom,bedrooms,exterior,stylish venue,stylish,venue,catering,bar,pub,ballroom,hotels,Cafe Bar Concerto,Cafe Bar,Concerto,Doncaster,DN2,DN2 6AD,Bennetthorpe Doncaster,01302,361371,history,historic,Richard Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott,daytime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8DCT6 - . This dated editorial view of The Earl of Doncaster Bennetthorpe Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD in 2018 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. At the centre of the view is The Earl of Doncaster Hotel, Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD. The subject also carries associations with historical comparison, commemorative plaque, heritage interpretation, public realm, documentary photography, local character, collectable heritage item, place identity, local-history evidence, historic inscription, period craftsmanship, local history, before-and-after reference, and community identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by museum conservation, public history and the continuing question of the importance of provenance and inscriptions in understanding historic artefacts. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at The Earl of Doncaster Bennetthorpe Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. The wider setting retains connections with regional identity, antique object, archival record, material culture, visual archive, contemporary social history, historic material culture, and changing land use. The recorded references to Hotel, Bennetthorpe, Yorkshire, and Doncaster preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at The Earl of Doncaster Bennetthorpe Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for museum conservation and the importance of provenance and inscriptions in understanding historic artefacts when considered against later change at The Earl of Doncaster Bennetthorpe Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD.
The Earl of Doncaster Bennetthorpe Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Doncaster,South Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,Doncaster Yorkshire,town,shop,shops,retail,Danum,Roman Danum,DN1 Postcode,chairs,tables,Ward Brothers Furniture Store,29 - 40 Waterdale,UK,DN1 3EY,Ward,Brothers,village,centre,history,historic,business,businesses,building,architecture,exterior,outside,street,streets,doorway,door
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYX - . A close documentary record captures the social and built context of 29 - 40 Waterdale, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN1 3EY, in a scene preserved from 2018. The supplied image information identifies Ward Brothers Furniture Store, Doncaster, 29 - 40 Waterdale, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN1 3EY. The physical and social setting additionally connects with chain-store economy, architectural heritage, period architecture, historic built environment, architectural detail, town-centre trading, bricks-and-mortar retail, built heritage, urban conservation, heritage asset, consumer spending, and high-street commerce. In the mid-2020s, town-centre commerce is increasingly discussed through online shopping and brand consolidation, with attention turning to bringing empty units back into use. For present-day editorial use, traditional structures can also illustrate debates about energy retrofit and conservation of original fabric, particularly where these affect lower-carbon reuse rather than demolition. Because this is a time-specific record of 29 - 40 Waterdale, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN1 3EY, later comparison can reveal changes in signage, ownership, land use, transport, street furniture, building condition and the way the public uses the surrounding space. The surrounding context also touches on shopfront economy, period property, customer footfall, shopping district, architectural character, retail vacancy. Other local associations include Ward Brothers Doncaster, soft furnishing, Doncaster Town Centre, town centre, Donny, for fine furniture. The same setting also brings together storefront culture, shopping habits, city-centre economy, townscape identity, adaptive reuse, commercial frontage, traditional building, consumer retail, independent retail, and conservation architecture. It also preserves the area's visual identity within the evolving townscape.
29 - 40 Waterdale, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN1 3EY
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,area,shop,shops,shopping,retail,low carbon shopping,low carbon,Bawtry Retail association,Support Your Local Stores,Doncaster District,South Yorkshire,Bawtry,Retail association,Support,Your,Local Stores,Doncaster,District,Yorkshire,local shops,its all here,Bawtry its all here,village,centre,history,historic,business,businesses,building,architecture,exterior,outside,street,streets,think local,shop local
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYD - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with Nottinghamshire, and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, D910
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,area,shop,shops,shopping,retail,local shops,Doncaster,Doncaster District,Yorkshire,Local Stores,Your,District,Support Your Local Stores,Support,South Yorkshire,local retail,shop local,local retail associations,entrance,DN10,village,centre,history,historic,business,businesses,building,architecture,exterior,outside,street,streets,doorway,door
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYK - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with Nottinghamshire, and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, D910
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,area,shop,shops,shopping,retail,local shops,Doncaster,Doncaster District,Yorkshire,Local Stores,Your,District,Support Your Local Stores,Bawtry Retail association,Support,Bawtry,South Yorkshire,town,market town,local retail,shop local,green,award winning,Sausage,Champion,village,centre,history,historic,business,businesses,building,architecture,exterior,outside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYM - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with Nottinghamshire, and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, D910
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,area,shop,shops,shopping,retail,local shops,Doncaster,Doncaster District,Yorkshire,Local Stores,Your,District,Support Your Local Stores,Bawtry Retail association,Support,Bawtry,South Yorkshire,store,stores,village,centre,history,historic,business,businesses,building,architecture,exterior,outside,street,streets,Victorian,local,retailers,independent
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYN - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with Nottinghamshire, and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, D910
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P307F5 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 12 Greenwood St, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14, UK in 2018, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Altrincham successful retail town market (similar to Borough Market), Trafford Council, Greater Manchester, North West England, UK. The setting additionally reflects place identity, documentary photography, local history, community identity, changing streetscape, commercial frontage, high-street commerce, local character, shopfront economy, local trading, specialist retailer, regional identity, social history, and independent retail. Today's relevance is strengthened by consumer spending, footfall and the continuing question of the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres. As a dated visual record of 12 Greenwood St, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14, UK, the frame retains commercial use and occupation, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects visual archive, commercial streetscape, historical comparison, changing land use, contemporary social history, local enterprise, before-and-after reference, and small business. Details involving Trafford, Altrincham, similar, retail, and successful make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 12 Greenwood St, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is consumer spending and the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres within the real-world context of 12 Greenwood St, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14, UK. The period view preserves details of everyday use for later comparison.
12 Greenwood St, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DA91H9 - The Church of the Holy Rude is the medieval parish church of Stirling, Scotland. It is named after the Holy Rood, a relic of the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified. The church was founded in 1129 during the reign of David I, but earliest part of the present church dates from the 15th century. As such it is the second oldest building in Stirling after Stirling Castle, parts of which date from the later 14th century. The chancel and tower were added in the 16th century.
Stirling Castle has long been a favoured residence of the Scottish monarchs, and was developed as a Renaissance palace during the reigns of the later Stewart Kings. The Church of the Holy Rude, adjacent to the castle, became similarly associated with the monarchy, hosting royal baptisms and coronations. It is one of three churches still in use in Britain that have been the sites of coronations
The church has a historic churchyard lying primarily to the west and north-west of the church. Stones date from the 16th century.
The churchyard was extended in 1851, creating the fascinating Valley Cemetery to the north, divided from the old cemetery by only a path. This contains a series of statues by Alexander Handyside Ritchie to figures of the Reformation.
The old graveyard contains a unique stone with a carved depiction of body snatching, marking the theft of Mary Stevenson (17671822) by James McNab, the local gravedigger who had buried her two days earlier, on 16 November 1822, aided by a friend, Daniel Mitchell. The body was passed to John Forrest, for dissection. The two men were caught, but released due to legal technicalities and a riot ensued. Mary's body was reburied and the stone carved to mark the strange event.
Stirling, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBN2J - Peveril of the Peak, one of Manchester's best-known historic pubs, photographed with its distinctive green and yellow glazed-tile frontage, decorative doorway, hanging baskets and traditional upper-storey windows. Standing on Great Bridgewater Street in the city centre, the pub is a well-loved local institution and a strong visual example of surviving Victorian pub architecture in north west England. The name is widely said to derive either from the old stagecoach route from Luton over the Peak District or from Sir Walter Scott's 1823 novel Peveril of the Peak, his longest novel.
The image has clear editorial relevance in the context of Andy Burnham's July 2026 announcement of a 20 percent cut in business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues. For traditional and historic pubs such as this, any reduction in fixed property-based overheads can help ease financial pressure, improve short-term cash flow and free up money for wages, energy bills, repairs, routine maintenance and investment in the building itself. In heritage pubs, that may also support the upkeep of period tiling, woodwork, glazing and other original features that are costly to preserve.
In north west England, where many town and city pubs remain important social, cultural and community assets, such relief could help reduce the risk of closure for some venues operating on tight margins. It may be especially valuable where pubs also depend on evening trade, tourism, music, events and passing city-centre footfall. However, rates relief alone will not solve every problem facing the sector. Rising staffing costs, utilities, insurance, supply costs, changing drinking habits and wider economic pressures still threaten the viability of many traditional pubs.
Photograph therefore works well as an editorial illustration for stories about hospitality support, business-rates reform, pub closures, heritage preservation, nightlife, community venues and the wider struggle to sustain Britain's historic pubs.
127 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 5JQ
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Keywords: harker,England,UK,ale,camra,real,realale,real ale,converted warehouse,charm,charming,interesting,tourist,tourism,day,daytime The Old Harkers Arms,1 Russell Street,Chester,Cheshire,CH3 5AL,CH35AL,GoTonySmith,City Centre,City,Centre,@hotpixUK,the,old,harkers,bar,pubs,bars,CAMRA,exterior
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PR6 - A traditional Chester Pub.
This is a proper old city of London boozer, only in Chester, that has a really good reputation for its food - it's a great meeting place over a pub lunch, and at different times you'll find half the commercial and professional heart of the city in there.
The Old Harkers Arms, 1 Russell Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 5AL, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKRH - The Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
At the time of its construction the Albert Dock was considered a revolutionary docking system because ships were loaded and unloaded directly from/to the warehouses. Two years after it opened it was modified to feature the world's first hydraulic cranes. Due to its open yet secure design, the Albert Dock became a popular store for valuable cargoes such as brandy, cotton, tea, silk, tobacco, ivory and sugar. However, despite the Albert Dock's advanced design, the rapid development of shipping technology meant that within 50 years, larger, more open docks were required, although it remained a valuable store for cargo.
During the Second World War, the Albert Dock was requisitioned by the Admiralty serving as a base for boats of the British Atlantic Fleet. The complex was damaged during air raids on Liverpool, notably during the May Blitz of 1941. In the aftermath of the war, the financial problems of the owners and the general decline of docking in the city meant that the future of the Albert Dock was uncertain. Numerous plans were developed for the re-use of the buildings but none came to fruition and in 1972 the dock was finally closed. Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1984.
Today the Albert Dock is a major tourist attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside of London. It is a vital component of Liverpool's UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City and the docking complex and warehouses also com
Albert Dock Liverpool , Merseyside , England , UK ,L3 4AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED27R - . Bernards India Pale Ale sign at the Oxford Bar is a public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh. Photographed on 26 August 2013. The recorded location is The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB. The modest Oxford Bar is a public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector Rebus's local from the Ian rankin books. A super secret tourist attraction for first time visitors to the city. The Oxford Bar in Edinburgh's New Town is a small, traditional public house with a long history on Young Street and a Category B listed interior. It became internationally known through Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels, in which the fictional detective drinks there. The literary association has made an otherwise understated local pub part of Edinburgh's crime-fiction tourism, while the surviving compartmentalised bar layout preserves an older form of Scottish pub interior. The wider historical story is that pub buildings and signs offer a useful record of the licensed trade, from traditional alehouses and brewery estates to contemporary hospitality businesses
They are also part of the story of changing high streets, nightlife, real ale, cask beer and the survival or reuse of historic premises. From a heritage perspective, urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration. In the longer view, street signs, shop fascias, notices and inscriptions combine practical communication with graphic design
Typefaces, colours and wording can identify an era, organisation or local custom, making close photographs valuable for social, transport and commercial history. Additional natural-language search terms include licensed premises, hostelry, bar trade, cask ale, and beer culture.
The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG60W3 - The Borough of Waverley is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. The borough's headquarters are in the town of Godalming
other notable settlements are the towns of Farnham and Haslemere and the large village of Cranleigh. At the 2021 Census, the population of the borough was 128,200.
Waverley borders the borough of Guildford to the north, the Mole Valley district to the east, the Horsham and Chichester districts of West Sussex to the south, and the East Hampshire and Hart districts and the borough of Rushmoor in Hampshire to the west and northwest. The borough is named after Waverley Abbey, near Farnham, the earliest Cistercian monastery in Britain. Blackheath Common, in the north of the borough, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Waverley is a Wealden borough, bounded to the north by the Hog's Back section of the North Downs and by the Greensand Ridge. It has the most green space in absolute terms in Surrey at 293.1 km2 (113 sq. mi.) according to the central government-compiled Generalised Land Use database of January 2005, approximately half of which is woodland.
Much of the west of the borough echoes former ownership by the abbey, such as Waverley Cricket Club and the Waverley Arms pubs in Farnham and elsewhere. Equally echoed are the tens of square miles held under Farnham holding of the Bishop of Winchester which took in the western parishes of Frensham and Churt as well as much of Farnham parish since the early 12th century when one such Bishop, Henry of Winchester and of Blois established Farnham Castle as the See's episcopal home but which is today the borough's main surviving castle and a museum to the period.
The Burys, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK , GU7 1HP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECWWK - Old Princes St gas lamp and Kirk.
The Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland.
The parish includes the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. It is also the parish church of Edinburgh Castle, even though the castle is detached from the rest of the parish. The wedding of Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, and Mike Tindall, took place at the church on 30 July 2011
153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK EH8 8BN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M14 - Photo shows Arcade, the Edinburgh Haggis & Whisky House, 48 Cockburn St, Jackson's Close, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1PB. The image is useful for illustrating British and Irish pub culture, real ale, traditional bars, hospitality, visitor economy stories and the continued importance of pubs as social places. Where a named pub, brewery, beer pump, pint glass or drinking street is visible, it can support articles on licensed premises, cask ale, CAMRA interest, tourism, nightlife, local character and changing high streets. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1PB, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Weather and season may be visible outside or through the setting
the subject has clear hospitality and leisure value. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture.
48 Cockburn St, Jackson's Close, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1PB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED2KR - . Sign at the Oxford Bar. A public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. Insp' Rebus's local - Scotland , UK, EH2 4JB. Photographed on 26 August 2013. The recorded location is The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB. The modest Oxford Bar is a public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector Rebus's local from the Ian rankin books. A super secret tourist attraction for first time visitors to the city. The Oxford Bar in Edinburgh's New Town is a small, traditional public house with a long history on Young Street and a Category B listed interior. It became internationally known through Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels, in which the fictional detective drinks there. The literary association has made an otherwise understated local pub part of Edinburgh's crime-fiction tourism, while the surviving compartmentalised bar layout preserves an older form of Scottish pub interior. Historically, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and evolving names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history. Looking at the subject's development, town and city centres are continually rewritten by new structures, transport schemes and changing commercial uses
Photographs preserve the everyday fabric between major landmarks, including underpasses, arcades, back streets and small businesses that may disappear during redevelopment. As background, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. Further subject-specific language includes licensed premises, hostelry, bar trade, and hospitality.
The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB
