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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,rail,Scotland,Forth,famous,across,EH30,postbox,Forth Bridge,Victorian,UNESCO,World Heritage Site,iconic,red bridge,British,Scottish,Hawes Pier,view,tourism,waterfront,viewpoint,Queensferry,promenade,heritage,engineering,cantilever bridge,tourist,attraction,Edinburgh day trip,scenic coastal destination,Victorian engineering masterpiece,world famous rail bridge,red landmark architecture,historic transport infrastructure,tourism Scotland,visitor viewpoint,travel photography waterfront promenade,Fife crossing rail tourism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3F0DB - A traditional red British pillar post box stands on the waterfront at South Queensferry, Edinburgh, with the great red Forth Bridge stretching across the Firth of Forth behind it. The scene combines two familiar pieces of British and Scottish heritage: historic postal street furniture in the foreground and one of the world's most celebrated railway bridges beyond. Pale blue promenade railings, exposed shoreline at low tide and bright breaks in the cloud place the image firmly in a real coastal setting rather than a staged travel display.
Opened in 1890, the Forth Bridge is an outstanding example of Victorian cantilever engineering and remains a working railway crossing between Edinburgh and Fife. Its vast red steel structure is recognised internationally and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015. The bridge is a major visitor attraction and one of the best-known landmarks in Scotland, drawing tourists, photographers and day trippers to South Queensferry throughout the year.
The post box adds another layer of heritage interest. Traditional British pillar boxes are strongly associated with Victorian and later public infrastructure, everyday communication and classic streetscape design. Their bright red colour also creates a striking visual echo of the red bridge behind, giving the composition a particularly British character.
South Queensferry is a popular short-break and weekend destination, easily reached from Edinburgh and frequently used as a stopping point for sightseeing, coastal walks, boat trips and photography of the Forth Bridges. The image illustrates domestic tourism, heritage travel, industrial history and the appeal of iconic infrastructure as part of a scenic waterfront experience. It is suitable for editorial use on Scottish tourism, UK day trips, UNESCO sites, Victorian engineering, Royal Mail symbolism and visitor attractions around the Firth of Forth.
High St, South Queensferry, Scotland, EH30 9HN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Black Pudding,classic,original,Chadwick,stall,shop,retail,pudding,history,heritage,historic,famous,award,winning,Bury black pudding,Chadwicks,Bury Black Puddings,Bury Market,stalls,Bury,Market,Hall,traditional,blood,black,artisan,English,England,Lancashire,food,foods,Greater Manchester,market food,British regional cuisine,famous black pudding
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CJDPN3 - A freestanding sign promoting Chadwick's Original Bury Black Puddings at Bury Market Hall in Greater Manchester. The sign advertises both hot and cold black pudding, reflecting the everyday, practical nature of market food retail and the enduring popularity of this traditional Lancashire product.
Bury is nationally synonymous with black pudding, a food deeply rooted in northern English working-class food culture and historic meat-processing traditions. Chadwick's is one of the best-known traders at Bury Market, with a reputation built over decades among local shoppers and visitors alike. The straightforward, functional signage reinforces the stall's emphasis on tradition, familiarity and quality rather than novelty.
The image was taken indoors under artificial market-hall lighting, typical of year-round trading conditions, and captures a small but culturally significant detail of British food heritage. It is well suited for editorial use illustrating regional identity, traditional British cuisine, historic markets, local economies and the persistence of everyday food traditions in modern England.
Bury Market Hall, Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK , BL9 0BJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CJDPN8 - A view of Chadwick's food stall at Bury Market in Greater Manchester, displaying signage advertising Original Bury Black Puddings , one of the town's most famous culinary exports. The stall is part of the indoor market complex and is known locally and nationally for the quality and consistency of its traditional black pudding.
Bury Market has long been associated with black pudding production, a food deeply rooted in Lancashire and Northern English working-class food culture. Chadwick's is among the best-known traders, attracting steady custom from local residents, visitors and food enthusiasts. The popularity of the stall is such that a formal queuing system is in place, reflecting both high demand and the enduring appeal of traditional market food in a modern retail environment.
The image captures a slice of everyday life in a northern English market, where food heritage, routine commerce and community interaction intersect. It is well suited to editorial use illustrating British regional food, culinary tradition, local markets, consumer culture, and the survival of historic food practices within contemporary urban life.
Bury Market, Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK , BL9 0BJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DCX6FM - The Star and Garter is a historic public house and long-established grassroots live music venue located on Fairfield Street in Ardwick, Manchester, at 1820 Fairfield Street, Manchester M1 2QF. The building occupies a prominent corner site close to Manchester Piccadilly Station, an area historically shaped by rail infrastructure, warehouses and working-city activity.
Constructed in Victorian red brick with ornate stone detailing, the pub's distinctive architecture reflects late nineteenth-century urban development in Manchester, when public houses functioned not only as drinking establishments but as important social and cultural meeting places. Architectural features visible in the image include arched windows, decorative cornices and prominent corner signage identifying both the venue and the surrounding street.
Beyond its architectural significance, the Star and Garter has earned national recognition for its role in Manchester's alternative and independent music culture. Over several decades it has operated as a key grassroots venue, hosting live performances spanning post-punk, indie, experimental, noise and DIY music scenes. The venue is widely regarded as an essential testing ground for emerging bands and touring underground acts, contributing to Manchester's reputation as a city with a deep and continually evolving music heritage.
In recent years, venues such as the Star and Garter have also come to symbolise broader debates around the future of independent cultural spaces, rising urban land values, and the pressures faced by small live-music venues within regenerating city centres. As such, the building represents not just a pub or concert space, but a wider narrative about cultural survival, community identity and the importance of grassroots infrastructure within the UK's creative industries.
Photographed in daylight with street signage and surrounding urban context visible, the image documents the physical presence of the Star and Garter
Exterior view of The Star and Garter, a historic pub and well-known live music venue on 18-20 Fairfi
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F0EE1J - A brushed brass plaque bearing the words JUDI DENCH PLAYHOUSE is mounted at an angle against a rich purple interior wall at The Questors Theatre in Ealing, West London. Bold black capital lettering gives the sign a clear, formal appearance, while four visible corner fixings secure the rectangular nameplate to the wall. Directional lighting falls across the metallic surface, creating highlights and reflections that contrast strongly with the deep purple background. The close composition concentrates attention on the celebrated name and the identity of the performance space rather than the wider theatre interior.
The Judi Dench Playhouse is the principal auditorium at The Questors Theatre on Mattock Lane, close to Ealing Broadway. The venue describes the Playhouse as a 350-seat theatre, accompanied by a smaller 90-seat Studio. The main performance space was renamed in honour of Dame Judi Dench during celebrations marking the theatre building's fiftieth anniversary. Dench has maintained a long association with The Questors and has served as its president since the 1980s, connecting one of Britain's most acclaimed stage and screen performers with a major community theatre organisation.
The Questors was founded in 1929 by a group of young theatre enthusiasts and established a permanent home in Ealing during the 1930s. Its purpose-built theatre was completed during the 1960s, providing an adaptable auditorium for drama, comedy, classical productions, new writing and visiting performances. The organisation has subsequently developed into one of London's best-known non-professional theatre companies, combining public performances with acting courses, youth theatre, directing, technical production, costume work and other backstage activities.
This simple interior detail represents British theatrical heritage, local cultural participation and the importance of volunteer-led performance. The prominent plaque also illustrates celebrity recognition, theatre naming etc
The Questors Theatre, 12 Mattock Lane, Ealing, London, England, UK, W5 5BQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T35BXG - This contemporary British and Irish stock photograph captures Sign at Buckingham Palace Rd, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1W 9TR. The row metadata places the subject at Buckingham Palace Road, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1W 9TR. The spreadsheet date indicates 06 September 2023, so the picture can also work as a time-specific archive record. Plainly, the image is useful because it shows Buckingham Palace, road, SW1W, SW1, sign, tourism, tourist, attraction, with search-relevant terms including Buckingham Palace, road, Rd, SW1W, SW1, sign, tourism, tourist, attraction, palace, London, England, UK, A3214. The value lies in the combination of place, object, wording and context, giving editors something specific and grounded rather than generic filler imagery. London details are useful because the city layers national politics, migration, commerce, tourism, neighbourhood change and local high streets. East End, Westminster and Holborn subjects can all carry wider meaning beyond their immediate street address. The subject has broad editorial value because it shows an everyday detail that can be used to explain wider themes such as local identity, public services, consumer culture, changing towns, regional economies and contemporary life. Because it is grounded in a named location and practical subject matter, it is useful for search-led editorial use, regional storytelling, business-to-business presentations, policy briefings and stock-photo buyers wanting evidence from the real world. Historically and socially, this kind of image can help connect past and present: older streets, civic institutions, transport systems, shops, signs, political messages or public services are not frozen museum pieces, but part of how people understand modern life, local identity and economic change.
Buckingham Palace Road, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1W 9TR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,SW1,SW1E,SW1E 5ND,front,outside,canopy,station,BR,British,rail,railways,clock,facade,logo,network,victorian,City of Westminster,commuters,travellers,exterior,train,famous,trains,evening,busy,crowd,crowded,city,centre,history,historic,heritage,Network Rail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T35BXM - Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail. Named after the nearby Victoria Street[4] (itself named after Queen Victoria), the main line station is a terminus of the Brighton Main Line to Gatwick Airport and Brighton and the Chatham Main Line to Ramsgate and Dover via Chatham. From the main lines, trains can connect to the Catford Loop Line, the Dartford Loop Line, and the Oxted line to East Grinstead and Uckfield. Southern operates most commuter and regional services to south London, Sussex and parts of east Surrey, while Southeastern operates trains to south-east London and Kent, alongside limited services operated by Thameslink. Gatwick Express trains run direct to Gatwick. The Underground station is on the Circle and District lines between Sloane Square and St James's Park, and the Victoria line between Pimlico and Green Park. The area around the station is an important interchange for other forms of transport: a local bus station is in the forecourt and Victoria Coach Station is nearby.
Victoria was built to serve both the Brighton and Chatham Main Lines, and has always had a split feel of being two separate stations. The Brighton station opened in 1860 with the Chatham station following two years later. It replaced a temporary terminus at Pimlico, and construction involved building the Grosvenor Bridge over the River Thames. It became immediately popular as a London terminus, causing delays and requiring upgrades and rebuilding. It was well known for luxury Pullman train services and continental boat-train trips, and became a focal point for soldiers during World War I.
Like other London termini, steam trains were phased out of Victoria by the 1960s, to be replaced by suburban electric and diesel multiple-unit services
all services from the station are currently operated using electric multiple units
Victoria St, London, England, UK, SW1E 5ND
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAFBF - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows King John pub, Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The location is Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains the vehicle livery, route branding, boarding point and street setting that make the public transport subject specific rather than generic. Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter are inseparable from Beatles tourism, live music heritage, pub culture and Liverpool's visitor economy, with the narrow streets often busy on summer days. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Liverpool, city, tourism, attraction, Mathew St, Cavern Quarter, cavern, crowded, crowds, busy, centre, Merseyside, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. This makes the image useful for comparison pieces, then-and-now features, local news, regeneration stories and plain-English explainers aimed at a general audience.
Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAFBJ - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The location is Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains the vehicle livery, route branding, boarding point and street setting that make the public transport subject specific rather than generic. Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter are inseparable from Beatles tourism, live music heritage, pub culture and Liverpool's visitor economy, with the narrow streets often busy on summer days. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Liverpool, city, tourism, attraction, Mathew St, Cavern Quarter, cavern, crowded, crowds, busy, centre, Merseyside, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It also has a useful contemporary feel, because it shows how long-standing places, policies, products or institutions are encountered by ordinary people in daily life. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British socia.
Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAFBP - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The location is Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains the vehicle livery, route branding, boarding point and street setting that make the public transport subject specific rather than generic. Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter are inseparable from Beatles tourism, live music heritage, pub culture and Liverpool's visitor economy, with the narrow streets often busy on summer days. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing centre.htm Target=_Blank>town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Liverpool, city, tourism, attraction, Mathew St, Cavern Quarter, cavern, crowded, crowds, busy, centre, Merseyside, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. Because the subject is clearly labelled or visually distinctive, it can also work well in search-led usage where the buyer needs immediate recognition at small web-preview size. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding
Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAFBW - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The location is Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains the vehicle livery, route branding, boarding point and street setting that make the public transport subject specific rather than generic. Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter are inseparable from Beatles tourism, live music heritage, pub culture and Liverpool's visitor economy, with the narrow streets often busy on summer days. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Liverpool, city, tourism, attraction, Mathew St, Cavern Quarter, cavern, crowded, crowds, busy, centre, Merseyside, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It has value for both local and national stories, especially where writers need to connect a named place or object with wider economic, social, environmental or cultural change. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding
Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFER1H - A statue of Aneurin Bevan stands at the western end of Queen Street, Cardiff, Wales in recognition of Aneurin Bevan (1897 1960) who is credited with founding the National Health Service (NHS). It has been described as perhaps one of Wales' most iconic statues
Aneurin Nye Bevan PC (15 November 1897 6 July 1960) was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government in which he spearheaded the creation of the British National Health Service. He is also known for his wider contribution to the founding of the British welfare state.
Bevan is widely regarded as one of the most influential left-wing politicians in British history.
The statue was erected in 1987, designed by Robert Thomas.
Bevan became Labour MP for Ebbw Vale in 1929, subsequently an effective public speaker known for his left wing views and being temporarily expelled from the party on two occasions (one of them for his opposition to nuclear weapons). He was elected to the Labour's National Executive and became Minister for Health in the post-war Labour government, where he was behind the nationalisation of healthcare and founding of the NHS. As Minister for Housing he took steps to solve the post-war housing shortage. Bevan remained MP for Tredegar until his death in 1960.
The statue was commissioned by South Glamorgan County Council and designed by Welsh sculptor, Robert Thomas, who also created a number of other sculptures in Cardiff city centre. The statue was erected in 1987 at the far end of Queen Street. It is the only statue of Bevan (as of 2021) in the United Kingdom.
The figure of Bevan, wearing a suit and leaning forward in a typical pose, is cast in bronze and stands on top of a polished granite pedestal. The statue is 1.83 metres (6.0 ft) in height, while the pedestal is 2.14 metres (7.0 ft) high. In gold on the front of the pedestal are the words Founder of the National Health Service.
Queen Street, Cardiff, Wales, UK,CF10 2BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RECE2H - Meadowbank Stadium (officially the Meadowbank Sports Centre) is a multi-purpose sports facility located in the Meadowbank area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Built on the site of the earlier New Meadowbank and Old Meadowbank sports venues, it was originally built to host the 1970 Commonwealth Games. It also hosted the Games in 1986, becoming the first venue to host the Games twice. It is the current home of Scottish League One side Edinburgh City.
The stadium has also regularly hosted football. It was the home ground of Scottish Football League team Meadowbank Thistle between 1974 and 1995, becoming the first all-seated football ground in the UK in the process, it hosted senior non-league football as the home ground of Edinburgh City. League football returned to Meadowbank in 2016 following City's promotion to the Scottish Professional Football League. The Meadowbank complex also hosted Leith Athletic, which played on the Meadowbank 3G artificial pitch adjacent to the main stadium since 2013.
In the early months of 2019 the stadium was demolished and work begun on construction of its replacement. In 2022, following the completion of construction, Edinburgh City returned to Meadowbank.
Meadowbank Stadium was also used for rugby union as the home venue of Edinburgh Rugby between 2002 and 2004.
Meadowbank Sports Centre, London Road, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH7 6AE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ35H - Harland & Wolff is a British shipbuilding and fabrication company headquartered in London with sites in Belfast, Arnish, Appledore and Methil. It specialises in ship repair, shipbuilding and offshore construction. Harland & Wolff is famous for having built the majority of the ocean liners for the White Star Line, including Olympic-class trio RMS Olympic, RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic. Outside of White Star Line, other ships that have been built include the Royal Navy's HMS Belfast
Royal Mail Line's Andes
Shaw, Savill & Albion's Southern Cross
Union-Castle's RMS Pendennis Castle
P&O's Canberra
and Hamburg-America's SS Amerika of 1905. Harland and Wolff's official history, Shipbuilders to the World, was published in 1986.
Today, the company is focused on supporting five sectors: Defence, Energy, Cruise & Ferry, Renewables and Commercial. It offers services including technical services, fabrication & construction, repair & maintenance, in-service support, conversion and decommissioning.
In 2022, the company was awarded a major naval contract as part of Team Resolute (alongside Navantia UK and BMT), to deliver the Royal Fleet Auxiliarys' three new Fleet Solid Support vessels.
Harland & Wolff was formed in 1861 by Edward James Harland (183195) and Hamburg-born Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (18341913) who came to the UK aged 14. In 1858 Harland, then general manager, bought the small shipyard on Queen's Island from his employer Robert Hickson.
After buying Hickson's shipyard, Harland made his assistant Wolff a partner in the company. Wolff was the nephew of Gustav Schwabe, Hamburg, who was heavily invested in the Bibby Line, and the first three ships that the newly incorporated shipyard built were for that line. Harland made a success of the business through several innovations, notably replacing the wooden upper decks with iron ones which increased the strength of the ships
and giving the hulls a flatter bottom and squarer cross section
Queen's Island, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT3 9EU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ35N - Harland & Wolff is a British shipbuilding and fabrication company headquartered in London with sites in Belfast, Arnish, Appledore and Methil. It specialises in ship repair, shipbuilding and offshore construction. Harland & Wolff is famous for having built the majority of the ocean liners for the White Star Line, including Olympic-class trio RMS Olympic, RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic. Outside of White Star Line, other ships that have been built include the Royal Navy's HMS Belfast
Royal Mail Line's Andes
Shaw, Savill & Albion's Southern Cross
Union-Castle's RMS Pendennis Castle
P&O's Canberra
and Hamburg-America's SS Amerika of 1905. Harland and Wolff's official history, Shipbuilders to the World, was published in 1986.
Today, the company is focused on supporting five sectors: Defence, Energy, Cruise & Ferry, Renewables and Commercial. It offers services including technical services, fabrication & construction, repair & maintenance, in-service support, conversion and decommissioning.
In 2022, the company was awarded a major naval contract as part of Team Resolute (alongside Navantia UK and BMT), to deliver the Royal Fleet Auxiliarys' three new Fleet Solid Support vessels.
Harland & Wolff was formed in 1861 by Edward James Harland (183195) and Hamburg-born Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (18341913) who came to the UK aged 14. In 1858 Harland, then general manager, bought the small shipyard on Queen's Island from his employer Robert Hickson.
After buying Hickson's shipyard, Harland made his assistant Wolff a partner in the company. Wolff was the nephew of Gustav Schwabe, Hamburg, who was heavily invested in the Bibby Line, and the first three ships that the newly incorporated shipyard built were for that line. Harland made a success of the business through several innovations, notably replacing the wooden upper decks with iron ones which increased the strength of the ships
and giving the hulls a flatter bottom and squarer cross section
Queen's Island, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT3 9EU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R39XXB - Brick Lane (Bengali: ব্রিক লেন) is a famous street in the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in Bethnal Green in the north, crosses the Bethnal Green Road before reaching the busiest, most commercially active part which runs through Spitalfields, or along its eastern edge. Brick Lane's southern end is connected to Whitechapel High Street by a short extension called Osborn Street.
Today, it is the heart of the country's Bangladeshi community with the vicinity known to some as Banglatown. It is famous for its many curry houses
The street was formerly known as Whitechapel Lane, and wound through fields. It derives its current name from brick and tile manufacture started in the 15th century, which used the local brick earth deposits
In the 19th century, Irish people and Ashkenazi Jews immigrated to the area. Jewish immigration continued into the early 20th century.
In the 20th century the Brick Lane area was important in the second wave of development of Anglo-Indian cuisine, as families from countries such as Bangladesh (mainly the Greater Sylhet region) migrated to London to look for work. Some curry houses of Brick Lane do not sell alcoholic beverages, for most are owned by Muslims. According to EasyJet Traveller magazine, the top three curry houses on Brick Lane in 2021 are Aladin, Sheba and City Spice.
Bengalis in the United Kingdom settled in big cities with industrial employment. In London, many settled in the East End. For centuries the East End has been the first port of call for many immigrants working in the docks and shipping from Chittagong port in Bengal
Brick Lane, London, GB, E1 6QL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PKA5M6 - Sir Giles Gilbert Scott OM RA FRIBA (9 November 1880 8 February 1960) was a British architect He was noted for his blending of Gothic tradition with modernism, making what might otherwise have been functionally designed buildings into popular landmarks.
Born in Hampstead, London, Scott was one of six children and the third son of George Gilbert Scott Jr. and his wife, Ellen King Samson. His father was an architect who had co-founded the architecture and interior design company Watts & Co. in 1874. His paternal grandfather was Sir (George) Gilbert Scott, a more famous architect, known for designing the Albert Memorial and the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station
In 1901, while Scott was still a pupil in Moore's practice, the diocese of Liverpool announced a competition to select the architect of a new cathedral. Two well-known architects were appointed as assessors for an open competition for architects wishing to be considered. G. F. Bodley was a leading exponent of the Gothic revival style, and a former pupil and relative by marriage of Scott's grandfather
In 1903, the assessors recommended that Scott should be appointed. There was widespread comment at the nomination of a 22-year-old with no existing buildings to his credit.
In 1910 Scott realised that he was not happy with the main design, which looked like a traditional Gothic cathedral in the style of the previous century. He persuaded the cathedral committee to let him start all over again (a difficult decision, as some of the stonework had already been erected) and redesigned it as a simpler and more symmetrical building with a single massive central tower instead of the original proposal for twin towers. Scott's new plans provided more interior space. At the same time Scott modified the decorative style, losing much of the Gothic detailing and introducing a more modern, monumental style
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, St James Mt, Church of England Cathedral of the Diocese of Liverpool,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7BJ - The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it became known as a primary venue for Northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), the Catacombs (Wolverhampton) and the Golden Torch (Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent). It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England. In 1978, allegedly the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino The Best Disco in the World, ahead of New York City's Studio 54. Although there is no tangible evidence of this award ever being publicised.
This England, a TV documentary about the Wigan Casino, was filmed in 1977. Russ Winstanley and Dave Nowell wrote a history of the club, Soul Survivors, The Wigan Casino Story, which was published in 1996.
Wigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress. Local DJs Brian Rigby and Alan Cain approached lease owner Gerry Marshall to run all-nighters. Venue manager Mike Walker brought in Russ Winstanley, who had a DJ set at the local rugby club, to the Casino. At 2 am on Sunday 23 September 1973, Wigan Casino started its first-ever Northern soul all-nighter, with Winstanley as the DJ. After Winstanley and his helper Ian Fishwick, Kev Roberts was the third DJ at Casino all-nighters, who was quickly joined by Richard Searling Soul performers that performed there include Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker.
Young people from all over the UK regularly attended Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. There were long queues to get in. The second dance floor, Mr M's, stayed open until 6 am and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs including Dave Evison and Steve Whittle. All-nighters generally ended with three songs that became known as the '3 before 8': Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend, Long After Tonight Is All Over by Jimmy Radcliffe, and I'm on My Way by Dean Parrish.
Station Road, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK ,WN1 0SD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JH9J - . An identifiable period record of Dale street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 3SW in 2023, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The principal subject is Liverpool classic and modern architecture contrasted. looking west down Dale street, Royal Liver Building 1911 and 1970s office frontages. The locality and subject together evoke changing streetscape, food-and-drink heritage, classic British meal, contemporary social history, street food culture, hospitality food service, place identity, British food tradition, archival record, popular cuisine, visual archive, everyday cuisine, changing land use, and public realm. Current relevance extends to changing diets and takeaway culture, particularly through the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around Dale street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 3SW before conservation work alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside comfort food, community identity, local history, local character, period detail, everyday life, local dining tradition, and food heritage. The recorded references to architecture, 1970s, classic, office, and modern preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Dale street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 3SW, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes changing diets and the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals when considered against later change at Dale street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 3SW. The frame retains details of everyday use within the wider story of Dale street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 3SW.
Dale street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 3SW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JJF6 - Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, and musician. He was commonly referred to as the Fifth Beatle because of his extensive involvement in each of the Beatles' original albums. AllMusic has described him as the world's most famous record producer. Martin's formal musical expertise and interest in novel recording practices complemented the Beatles' rudimentary musical education and relentless quest for new musical sounds to record. Most of the Beatles' orchestral arrangements and instrumentation were written or performed by Martin, and he played piano or keyboards on a number of their records. Martin's collaboration with the Beatles resulted in popular, highly acclaimed records with innovative sounds, such as the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Bandthe first rock album to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Martin's career spanned more than six decades in music, film, television and live performance. Before working with the Beatles and other pop musicians, he produced comedy and novelty records in the 1950s and early 1960s as the head of EMI's Parlophone label, working with Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Bernard Cribbins, among others. His work with other Liverpool rock groups in the earlymid 1960s helped popularize the Merseybeat sound. In 1965, he left EMI and formed his own production company, Associated Independent Recording.
Mathew Street, Cavern Walks, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K87G - Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as the most beautiful theatre in London' it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. Architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner described the splendid Hackney Empire, with its ornate terracotta exterior and sumptuous seventy-seven galleried auditorium as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. There is a statue of Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy, on the roof of the theatre: this was removed in 1979, but later reinstalled.
ATV bought the theatre to use as studios in the mid-1950s and shows such as Take Your Pick and Oh, Boy! were broadcast live. Certain episodes of Opportunity Knocks were also filmed at the theatre. Some scenes from Emergency Ward 10 were also filmed there. From 1963 to 1984, the theatre was used by the Mecca Organisation as a bingo hall
wrestling matches also occurred there during the 1960s.
In 1984, Mecca found the building too expensive to maintain as a bingo hall, and it was offered to Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre (CAST), a satirical touring theatre group, headed by Claire and Roland Muldoon, as a London base. They also mounted successful variety nights headlined by a new breed of alternative comedy acts, such as Ben Elton, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders.
The theatre was threatened with demolition, and in 1986, actor-manager Roland Muldoon mounted a campaign to acquire the freehold and to re-open the Hackney Empire as a permanent performance space
allowing the theatre to return to theatrical use for its 85th anniversary.
291 Mare Street, London, England, UK ,E8 1EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K87M - Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as the most beautiful theatre in London' it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. Architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner described the splendid Hackney Empire, with its ornate terracotta exterior and sumptuous seventy-seven galleried auditorium as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. There is a statue of Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy, on the roof of the theatre: this was removed in 1979, but later reinstalled.
ATV bought the theatre to use as studios in the mid-1950s and shows such as Take Your Pick and Oh, Boy! were broadcast live. Certain episodes of Opportunity Knocks were also filmed at the theatre. Some scenes from Emergency Ward 10 were also filmed there. From 1963 to 1984, the theatre was used by the Mecca Organisation as a bingo hall
wrestling matches also occurred there during the 1960s.
In 1984, Mecca found the building too expensive to maintain as a bingo hall, and it was offered to Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre (CAST), a satirical touring theatre group, headed by Claire and Roland Muldoon, as a London base. They also mounted successful variety nights headlined by a new breed of alternative comedy acts, such as Ben Elton, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders.
The theatre was threatened with demolition, and in 1986, actor-manager Roland Muldoon mounted a campaign to acquire the freehold and to re-open the Hackney Empire as a permanent performance space
allowing the theatre to return to theatrical use for its 85th anniversary.
291 Mare Street, London, England, UK ,E8 1EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K87W - Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as the most beautiful theatre in London' it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building. The theatre was built as a music hall in 1901, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. Architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner described the splendid Hackney Empire, with its ornate terracotta exterior and sumptuous seventy-seven galleried auditorium as a key example of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. There is a statue of Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy, on the roof of the theatre: this was removed in 1979, but later reinstalled.
ATV bought the theatre to use as studios in the mid-1950s and shows such as Take Your Pick and Oh, Boy! were broadcast live. Certain episodes of Opportunity Knocks were also filmed at the theatre. Some scenes from Emergency Ward 10 were also filmed there. From 1963 to 1984, the theatre was used by the Mecca Organisation as a bingo hall
wrestling matches also occurred there during the 1960s.
In 1984, Mecca found the building too expensive to maintain as a bingo hall, and it was offered to Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre (CAST), a satirical touring theatre group, headed by Claire and Roland Muldoon, as a London base. They also mounted successful variety nights headlined by a new breed of alternative comedy acts, such as Ben Elton, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders.
The theatre was threatened with demolition, and in 1986, actor-manager Roland Muldoon mounted a campaign to acquire the freehold and to re-open the Hackney Empire as a permanent performance space
allowing the theatre to return to theatrical use for its 85th anniversary.
291 Mare Street, London, England, UK ,E8 1EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0KX6X - Penny Lane is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in February 1967 as a double A-side single with Strawberry Fields Forever. It was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the LennonMcCartney songwriting partnership. The lyrics refer to Penny Lane, a street in Liverpool, and make mention of the sights and characters that McCartney recalled from his upbringing in the city.
The Beatles began recording Penny Lane in December 1966, intending it as a song for their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Instead, after it was issued as a single to satisfy record company demand for a new release, the band adhered to their policy of omitting previously released singles from their albums. The song features numerous modulations that occur mid-verse and between its choruses. Session musician David Mason played a piccolo trumpet solo for its bridge section
Penny Lane is a road in the south Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill. The name also applies to the area surrounding its junction with Smithdown Road and Allerton Road, and to the roundabout at Smithdown Place that was the location for a major bus terminus, originally an important tram junction of Liverpool Corporation Tramways. The roundabout was a frequent stopping place for John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison during their years as schoolchildren and students. Bus journeys via Penny Lane and the area itself subsequently became familiar elements in the early years of the LennonMcCartney songwriting partnership. In 2009, McCartney reflected:
Penny Lane was kind of nostalgic, but it was really [about] a place that John and I knew ... I'd get a bus to his house and I'd have to change at Penny Lane, or the same with him to me, so we often hung out at that terminus, like a roundabout. It was a place that we both knew, and so we both knew the things that turned up in the story
Penny Lane Development Trust, 70 Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1BW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0PRTY - . An identifiable period record of Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Penny Lane fish and chip shop, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE. Further facets of the scene include music tourism, adaptive reuse, mixed-use redevelopment, built heritage, popular culture, urban regeneration, regional identity, town-centre renewal, documentary photography, local character, historical comparison, urban fabric, public-realm investment, and before-and-after reference. The wider contemporary story combines venue survival, licensing and how popular music is reused in hospitality and tourism branding. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with construction costs, planning and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. As a dated visual record of Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes contemporary social history, changing streetscape, local music culture, local history, place-making, Beatles memorabilia, public realm, and period detail. References to Penny, Liverpool, and Merseyside give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE 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 venue survival and the role of music heritage in attracting visitors beyond conventional attractions within the real-world context of Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE.
Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,52,Church St,Manchester,England,UK,M4 1PW,M4,Afflecks,Afflecks Palace,Wham,Wham sisters,duo,Wham! U.K.,George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley,George Michael,and,Andrew Ridgeley,music,band,optimism,optimistic,slogan,1980,1980s,wall,art,painting,album,t-shirt,smash,hit,hits,famous
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR7P - Wham! (briefly known in the US as Wham! U.K.) were an English pop duo formed in Bushey in 1981. The duo consisted of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. They became one of the most commercially successful pop acts of the 1980s, selling more than 30 million certified records worldwide from 1982 to 1986.
Influenced by funk and soul music and presenting themselves as disaffected youth, Wham!'s 1983 debut album Fantastic addressed the United Kingdom's unemployment problem and teen angst over adulthood. Their second studio album Make It Big in 1984 was a worldwide pop smash hit, charting at number one in both the UK and the United States. Associated with the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US, the singles from the albumWake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Everything She Wants and Careless Whisperall topped the US Billboard Hot 100. In 1985, Wham! made a highly publicised 10-day visit to China, the first by a Western pop group. The event was seen as a major watershed moment in increasing friendly bilateral relations between China and the West.
In 1986, Wham! broke up. Michael was keen to create music targeted at a more sophisticated adult market rather than the duo's primarily teenage audience. Before going their separate ways, a farewell single The Edge of Heaven, and a greatest-hits album titled The Final would be forthcoming, along with a farewell concert entitled The Final.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR7Y - . sign, Welcome to Manchester Arndale Market. Photographed on 26 August 2022. The recorded location is Arndale Centre Market, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AB. Stalls inside the Arndale Shopping Centre selling international foods, plus fashions. Historically, markets and high-street businesses combine commercial history with everyday social life
Their changing occupiers, branding and uses document local economies, consumer culture, town-centre regeneration and the long shift from traditional retailing towards mixed shopping, food and leisure destinations. From a heritage perspective, signs and notices are ephemeral pieces of design that can become important historical evidence
Lettering, logos, warnings and directions record former businesses, regulations, transport systems and public messages that may disappear long before the surrounding building changes. In 2026, town-centre resilience continues to be a major policy issue in England, with government programmes aimed at high streets and community ownership of valued local assets
Changing retail patterns, vacancies and the growth of food-led destinations make older shop and market photographs useful for comparison. As of 2026, digital wayfinding is widespread, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility and identity
Historic notices and ghost signs are also increasingly appreciated as part of the character of streets and buildings. The historical context is that shops and markets are a visible record of changing consumer life, from family businesses and specialist traders to chain stores, department stores and regenerated market halls
Fascias, signs and shopfronts can date a street scene as clearly as architecture or vehicles. Against the 2026 backdrop, much public information has moved onto smartphones and digital displays, making older fixed signs and printed notices increasingly valuable as evidence of how people once navigated places, bought services and followed rules.
Arndale Centre Market, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP5T1J - . Photographed at the recorded location 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 image documents EMI 2566, Demo Record Not For sale, Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, 1975, produced by Roy Thomas Baker. A broader reading of the photograph includes contemporary social history, local history, creative industries, before-and-after reference, music history, archival record, place identity, cultural venue, arts destination, public realm, social history, changing streetscape, historical comparison, and period detail. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into venue costs and heritage, not least because of the financial pressure faced by many galleries and performance venues. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around the recorded location before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes live performance, regional arts scene, cultural tourism, local character, documentary photography, regional identity, creative culture, and visual archive. Details involving Thomas, Baker, produced, Bohemian, and Record make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Viewed retrospectively, 2JP5T1J can help trace changes in the appearance, interpretation or use of EMI 2566, Demo Record Not For sale, Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, 1975, produced by Roy Thomas, despite the absence of a more detailed address. The scene further reflects venue costs and the financial pressure faced by many galleries and performance venues within the real-world context of the recorded location. Its period value extends to creative industries and how arts spaces contribute to local identity and tourism within the specific setting of the recorded location. The scene captures evidence of earlier appearance for future local research.
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,village,Cotswold,England,UK,Freehouse,the,pubs,writer,author,GL6,Slad,Slad Rd,Stroud,GL6 7QA,sign,Laurie Lee,Cider with Rosie,authors,famous,tourist,tourism,attraction,pub,bar,bars,overgrown,plant,plants,ivy,horse,free,house
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM9NX2 - Laurie Lee was an English poet and writer, celebrated for his internationally acclaimed childhood memoir, Cider with Rosie'. Lee was a regular visitor to his local pub and referred to it with great affection. He is buried in the Slad Churchyard and a walker's route around the village of Slad is dedicated to him by name.
The Woolpack is the proud custodian of the Laurie Lee beer bottle collection and a cabinet dedicated to his written works, as part of our tiny book shop.
Slad, Slad Rd, Slad, Stroud , Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7QA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cotswold,Oxfordshire,England,UK,GL55 6AA,tourist,tourism,attractions,stone,historic,district,at,English,Traditional,summer,blue sky,gate,gateway,arch,gates,gatehouse,lodge,wool,town,history,stonework,ornate,heritage,Gloucestershire,sunny,blue skies,British,famous,popular,Harry and Megan
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNBY8A - Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. (Chipping is from Old English cēping, 'market', 'market-place'
the same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe.)
A wool trading centre in the Middle Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of wealthy wool merchants, most notably William Greville (d.1401). The High Street is lined with buildings built from locally quarried oolitic limestone known as Cotswold stone, and boasts a wealth of vernacular architecture. Much of the town centre is a conservation area which has helped to preserve the original buildings. The town is an end point of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile long-distance footpath.
Chipping Campden has hosted its own Olympic Games since 1612.
Chipping Camden, Cotswolds, Cotswold, Oxfordshire, England, UK, GL55 6AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cotswold,Oxfordshire,England,UK,GL55 6AA,tourist,tourism,attractions,stone,historic,district,at,English,Traditional,summer,blue sky,gate,gateway,arch,gates,gatehouse,lodge,wool,town,history,stonework,ornate,heritage,Gloucestershire,sunny,blue skies,British,famous,popular,Harry and Megan
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNBY8B - Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. (Chipping is from Old English cēping, 'market', 'market-place'
the same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe.)
A wool trading centre in the Middle Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of wealthy wool merchants, most notably William Greville (d.1401). The High Street is lined with buildings built from locally quarried oolitic limestone known as Cotswold stone, and boasts a wealth of vernacular architecture. Much of the town centre is a conservation area which has helped to preserve the original buildings. The town is an end point of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile long-distance footpath.
Chipping Campden has hosted its own Olympic Games since 1612.
Chipping Camden, Cotswolds, Cotswold, Oxfordshire, England, UK, GL55 6AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,Soho,London,painting,tree,orange,pubs,bars,signs,Orange Yard Soho,W1D 4JB,Manette St,Night club,night,club,famous,economy,run,entertainments,reason,to,visit,liberal,liberated,area,colourful,street art,street,style,spray,expression,vibrant,community,inclusive,neighbourhood
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJGARP - . An identifiable period record of Manette St, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4JB in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The scene records Orange Yard W1 club, city of Westminster, Manette St, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4JB. The image also relates to city-centre activity, street-level documentary, community identity, local history, gay bar culture, archival record, everyday life, period detail, before-and-after reference, place identity, documentary photography, regional identity, social history, and LGBTQ social history. The wider contemporary story combines commercial rents, venue closures and the importance of dedicated social spaces for LGBTQ communities. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with footfall, public-realm change and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. As a dated visual record of Manette St, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4JB, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside urban change, contemporary city life, changing land use, LGBTQ nightlife, queer London, inclusive hospitality, community safe space, and townscape record. The recorded references to Manette, Westminster, and Orange preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Manette St, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4JB helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate commercial rents and the importance of dedicated social spaces for LGBTQ communities without losing the local specificity of Manette St, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4JB. The image fixes a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Manette St, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4JB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,RBKC,England,UK,Royal Borough,of,Kensington,Chelsea,Alices junk shop & antiques,86 Portobello Rd,W11 2QD,junk,store,shop,and,curios,antiques,86,famous,heads,phrenology,boys club,girls club,sign,signs,BW,black & white,saxophone,costumes,used,preloved,pre-loved,swordfish,life ring,lifering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KWT1 - . This dated editorial view of Alices junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is Inside Alices famous junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD - monochrome. A broader reading of the photograph includes regional identity, historical comparison, capital-city heritage, Thames city view, city branding, historic London streetscape, local history, local character, London cityscape, metropolitan identity, changing land use, community identity, heritage tourism, and before-and-after reference. Today's relevance is strengthened by public transport, visitor economy and the continuing question of how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around Alices junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include capital landmark imagery, documentary photography, social history, contemporary social history, London visitor economy, public realm, everyday life, and place identity. The recorded references to Alices, Portobello, Inside, famous, and monochrome preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Alices junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference. The view records period character for later comparison.
Alices junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,RBKC,England,UK,Royal Borough,of,Kensington,Chelsea,186,W11 1LA,Summer,GB,Great Britain,British,United Kingdom,Market,flag,flags,love,your,local,crowds,crowd,NH,NottingHill,NottingHills,Notting Hills,history,historic,famous,popular,tourist,tourism,attractions,trader,traders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KX3R - . This dated editorial view of 186 Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London, England, UK, W11 1LA in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents Summer Saturday, busy Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London, England, UK, W11 1LA. The wider scene also brings together visual archive, metropolitan identity, period detail, contemporary social history, archival record, regional identity, capital landmark imagery, public realm, historical comparison, urban tourism, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, place identity, and community identity. Current relevance extends to housing pressure and tourism, particularly through the pressure of visitor economies and housing costs on central neighbourhoods. Future viewers can use this scene from 186 Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London, England, UK, W11 1LA to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after conservation work. The wider setting retains connections with London visitor economy, London cityscape, Westminster landmark, capital-city heritage, heritage tourism, local character, Thames city view, and historic London streetscape. The combination of Market, Notting, Summer, Portobello, and Saturday anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at 186 Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London, England, UK, W11 1LA matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects housing pressure and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain within the real-world context of 186 Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London, England, UK, W11 1LA. The frame retains a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene. The scene captures a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
186 Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London, England, UK, W11 1LA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,RBKC,England,UK,Royal Borough,of,Kensington,Chelsea,186,W11 1LA,Summer,GB,Great Britain,British,United Kingdom,Market,flag,flags,love,your,local,crowds,crowd,NH,NottingHill,NottingHills,Notting Hills,history,historic,famous,popular,tourist,tourism,attractions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KX3Y - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 186 Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London, England, UK, W11 1LA in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Summer Saturday, busy Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London, England, UK, W11 1LA. Other connected aspects include iconic London transport, Thames city view, visual archive, city branding, historical comparison, changing streetscape, period detail, metropolitan identity, before-and-after reference, archival record, social history, London visitor economy, place identity, and urban tourism. Current relevance extends to tourism and heritage conservation, particularly through how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within 186 Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London, England, UK, W11 1LA at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The subject also sits alongside capital landmark imagery, everyday life, London cityscape, Westminster landmark, capital-city heritage, community identity, regional identity, and changing land use. Elements such as Saturday, Market, Notting, Summer, and Portobello add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 186 Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London, England, UK, W11 1LA, 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 tourism and the pressure of visitor economies and housing costs on central neighbourhoods within the real-world context of 186 Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London, England, UK, W11 1LA. The frame retains a point of historical comparison for future local research.
186 Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London, England, UK, W11 1LA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,London,NW1 8AF,NW1,168,tourist,north,London bus,red,bus,no,service,to,busy,crowded,crowds,Camden Lock,bridge,with,visitors,rail,famous,icon,iconic,market,Chalk Farm Road,British,infrastructure,transport,town,centre,service 168,route 168
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AY7 - . Recorded at Chalk Farm Road, Camden, North London,England, UK, NW1 8AF in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The image documents Famous Camden Lock railway bridge, busy with visitors, with red London Routemaster bus no 168, Camden Town, London,England, NW1 8AF. Other connected aspects include transport accessibility, place identity, regional identity, social history, contemporary social history, local bus network, community identity, roadside transit, archival record, passenger information, local character, changing streetscape, station environment, and industrial railway. The modern context includes continuing discussion of accessibility, reliability and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. For current editorial use, rail reform and regional connectivity provide additional context, especially through how Crewe's identity remains tied to railway engineering and operations. As a dated visual record of Chalk Farm Road, Camden, North London,England, UK, NW1 8AF, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if conservation work subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in rail operations, rail transport history, historical comparison, surface public transport, everyday life, public realm, street-side transport, and mechanical signalling. The recorded references to Famous, Routemaster, London, visitors, and railway preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Chalk Farm Road, Camden, North London,England, UK, NW1 8AF, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark for later comparison. Image 2K16AY7 also remains a dated record of Chalk Farm Road, Camden, North London,England, UK, NW1 8AF.
Chalk Farm Road, Camden, North London,England, UK, NW1 8AF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,UK,BL1,English,TV,television,personality,statue,art,artwork,backstreet mechanic,famous,chimney,felling,industry,industrial,age,mills,revered son,of,1938-2004,2004,Jane Robbins,sculpture,working,class,kind,bloke,northern,north west,Fred,Dibnar,Dibner
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRK7 - Frederick Travis Dibnah, MBE (29 April 1938 6 November 2004) was an English steeplejack and television personality, with a keen interest in mechanical engineering, who described himself as a backstreet mechanic
After his National Service, once demobilised, he returned to steeplejacking but met with limited success until he was asked to repair Bolton's parish church. The resulting publicity provided a boost to his business, ensuring he was almost never out of work
In 1978, while making repairs to Bolton Town Hall, Dibnah was filmed by a regional BBC news crew. The BBC then commissioned a documentary, which followed the rough-hewn steeplejack as he worked on chimneys, interacted with his family and talked about his favourite hobby - steam
The massive statue of steeplejack Fred Dibnah has been crafted by a Shropshire, Shrewsbury artist to stand in the centre of the star's home town of Bolton.Jane Robbins won the 2008 commission for the statue. Its set in bronze and shows Fred holding a lightning conductor on one of his trademark chimneys
Jane, who lives in Church Stretton and works out of a studio in Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, has finished crafting an 8ft tall clay statue of Fred.
It will be taken from her studio in pieces on Monday, before a lighter wax replica is created and cast in bronze at Castle Fine Art Gallery, near Oswestry
Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1
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Keywords: decorating the tree,staff of Joseph of Arimathea,flowers,ribbons,Adam de Dutton,ready for,Bawming Day,St Cross,Glastonbury Thorn,annual ceremony,1880 revival,tree,historic,villages,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,bush Thorn bush,village,green,ceremony,June,descendant,famous,Christs crown of thorns,parade,church,famous Glastonbury Thorn,Bawming,WA4,bush,thorn tree,rituals,sign,inscription,Crucifixion,plaque,Cross,St
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCW1YR - Appleton Thorn village is the only village in England where the Bawming of the Thorn' ceremony takes place on the third Saturday of June each year.
The thorn tree, which stands beside the church, is believed to be an offshoot of the Glastonbury thorn, which grew from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea. Adam de Dutton, a knight of the Crusades and local landowner, brought it to Appleton.
Bawming, which means, decorating the tree with flowers and ribbons , has local children dancing and singing the Bawming song.
Not only does this day offer the local community something special to celebrate, but it also forms one of the main sources of fund raising for local projects that aid the community. In the past Bawming has been able to support:
St Cross Church
Appleton Thorn Village Choir
1st Appleton Thorn Girl Guides
Appleton Thorn Mums & Tots
Appleton Thorn Pre School
Appleton Thorn Rainbows
Appleton Thorn Primary School
21st Warrington Scouts
Appleton Thorn Village Hall
Lumb Brook Road, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4QU
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Merseyside,City Centre,scouse,England,UK,L1 1EJ,L1,logo,ex,history,store,Scouse,Scouser,famous,icon,name,retailer,1920,brand,Lord Mayor of Liverpool,John Lewis Partnership,prime,shopping,street,historic,icons,retail,company,1970s,building,architecture,Lee,painted
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCW1YE - . This scene at Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ 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 frame specifically shows George Henry Lees logo, ex-department store, Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ. The broader subject matter reaches into retail property, town-centre economy, historic frontage, regional identity, architectural character, retail chain, before-and-after reference, visual archive, period streetscape, outdoor retail, commercial streetscape, local character, destination retail, and built heritage. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into consumer spending and store closures, not least because of how consumer spending patterns reshape commercial streets. Today's relevance is strengthened by heritage conservation, energy retrofit and the continuing question of the tension between conservation and redevelopment. As a dated visual record of Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include historic streetscape, customer footfall, conservation architecture, traditional structure, consumer retail, period detail, local history, and brand-led retail. Details involving Merseyside, Liverpool, Square, ex-department, and store make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene captures a local visual benchmark for later comparison. Image 2JCW1YE also remains a dated record of Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ.
Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Merseyside,City Centre,scouse,England,UK,L1 1EJ,L1,logo,ex,history,historic,store,Scouse,Scouser,famous,and,&,st Johns,tower,icon,icons,iconic,retail,name,retailer,1920,brand,Lord Mayor of Liverpool,John Lewis Partnership,prime,shopping,street,company,1970s,building,architecture,Lee
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCW1YF - . Made at Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is George Henry Lees logo, ex-department store, and St Johns Beacon, Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ. A broader reading of the photograph includes regional identity, architectural detailing, high-street commerce, local history, physical store, conservation architecture, town-centre economy, changing streetscape, shopfront economy, historical comparison, heritage asset, retail property, social history, and changing land use. The wider contemporary story combines changing footfall, commercial rents and the speed at which branding and store formats change. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with redevelopment pressure, heritage conservation and keeping older structures useful without erasing their character. As a dated visual record of Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects period building, commercial frontage, local character, urban fabric, community identity, brand-led retail, destination retail, and historic townscape. The combination of Johns, George, Williamson, store, and Liverpool anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison. It also preserves period character within the wider story of Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ.
Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,music,band,famous,icons,iconic,tribute,to,members,manager,WA1,WA1 1BL,Palmyra Square,a,permanent,memorial,outside,commissioned,artist,Tom Murphy,Golden Gates,town,centre,musician,musicians,anniversary,of,the,tragedy,13 February 2016,13/02/2016,crash,Södertälje Sweden,Boys That Sing,Fuller Beans
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MN7NNM - Viola Beach will be etched in Warrington's history forever thanks to the bronze frieze of the band unveiled September 2021.
The sculpture added outside Warrington Parr Hall serves as a tribute to Jack Dakin, River Reeves, Kris Leonard, Tom Lowe and Craig Tarry the members and manager of the band.
The frieze, unveiled by the commissioned artist Tom Murphy, depicts the band alongside iconic elements of Warrington and serves as a permanent tribute in their memory.
Ben Dunne, dad of River Reeves, said: As a group of family and friends, seeing our son, step-son, brother, nephew, cousin, and good friend captured in bronze with his mates was both heart-breaking and strangely comforting.
River looked happy and at peace, and to think that people in hundreds of years time will be able to see him like that is almost hard to comprehend.
Thank you to all those people who gave so generously in 2016 and to the council for making it happen, he added.
Thank you also to Tom Murphy for creating something so beautiful now destined to keep River, the band and Craig close to the heart of the town forever.
Leader of the Council, Cllr Russ Bowden, said: The unveiling of the frieze is a celebration of Jack, River, Kris, Tom and Craig, their achievements, and their iconic music.
I am pleased that the council has been able to work with their families to create this fitting tribute, which serves as a humbling reminder of their story.
Palmyra Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1BL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Dublin,city,centre,Eire,Ireland,boozer,Temple Bar,Temple Lane South,Dublin 2,exterior,bars,pubs,famous,D02 N725,47-48,47-48 Temple Bar,art,artwork,Dublin2,man,male,icon,iconic,Bill,William,Sir,bronze,metal,outside,profile,view,in profile,in,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGAW9 - William Temple was born the son of the Leicestershire man Anthony Temple, whose family name was said to descend from the Knight Templars, a once powerful monastic order during the Crusades, but which was outlawed by Pope Clement V. The rituals and the secrets of the order survived and many of the Knight Templars families came to prominence in 16th-century England when Protestantism was embraced. He was educated at Eton College and passed with a scholarship to King's College, Cambridge, in 1573. In 1576 he was elected a fellow of King's, and graduated with a B.A. in 15778 and M.A. in philosophy in 1581. He became Master of Lincoln Grammar School that same year. Though originally destined for the law, he became a tutor in logic at his college. In his logic readings, wrote a pupil, Anthony Wotton, in his Runne from Rome (1624), he always laboured to fit his pupils for the true use of that art rather than for vain and idle speculations. He accepted with enthusiasm the logical methods and views of Petrus Ramus, and became the most active champion of the Ramists in England.
William Temple's first sight of Ireland came as he landed at Howth in April 1599 to take up his position as secretary to the new lord lieutenant, Robert Devereux, and 2nd Earl of Essex. It was a baptism of fire as their first great task was to suppress a major rebellion of the native Irish tribes who had now united with the Anglo-Normans. While Essex campaigned around the country, Temple stayed behind in Dublin that summer relaying news of military deployment and successes to the Royal Court, Essex, once Elizabeth's most trusted confidant and intimate advisor, now became the unappreciated and maligned viceroy falling foul of the ageing queen. Both he and William Temple were ignominiously recalled to London that same autumn.
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Ireland
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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,@HotpixUK,Perthshire,Scotland,UK,FK19 8PB,FK19,last,grave,resting,place,of,folk hero,Scots,Alba,graveyard,yard,tomb,despite them,inscription,famous,gravestone,Balquhidder village,legend,Roy MacGregor,Robert Roy MacGregor,movement,Balquhidder graveyard,legendary,hero,MacGregor,Rob Roy,red,historic,independence
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN2J - . This authentic period view of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 in 2019 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 Grave and last resting place of Rob Roy, Robert Roy MacGregor, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The frame also records themes of high-street commerce, specialist retailer, visual archive, changing streetscape, historical comparison, small business, shopfront economy, local character, changing land use, everyday life, town-centre trading, regional identity, local history, and community identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into online shopping and town-centre regeneration, not least because of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. As a dated visual record of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes period detail, street-level business, public realm, local enterprise, independent retail, contemporary social history, retail property, and bricks-and-mortar retail. References to Perthshire, Grave, MacGregor, place, and Robert give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes online shopping and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses within the specific setting of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The scene captures details of everyday use as part of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19's history.
Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Zündapp Bella,motorcycle,motorbike,Suburbanette,R154K,150cc,150 cc,Ambassador Motorcycles,Ambassador,Motorcycles,Suburbanettes,vehicle,brand,famous,logo,logos,mopeds,personal,transport,on,two,wheels,travel,the,engine,motor,scooter,manufactured,by,manufacturer,motorised,rust,rusting,rusty,rusted
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTA83 - The Zündapp Bella is a motor scooter manufactured by motorcycle manufacturer Zündapp from 1953 to 1964. Approximately 130,000 Bella scooters were sold, with engine sizes ranging from 150 cc to 200 cc.
The design of the Bella was heavily influenced by that of the Parilla Levriere, also known as the Parilla Greyhound. Along with being similar in general appearance, both designs have prominent air tunnels along the centreline of the scooter to allow fresh air to cool the engine without a fan.
Early Bella with kick starter and telescopic fork
As introduced in 1953, the Bella had a 146 cc two-stroke single cylinder engine, 12 inch wheels, 6 V electrics, a kick starter, and an undamped telescopic fork. The fuel tank was mounted under the seat.
A version of the Bella called the Suburbanette was made for the United States market from 1953 to 1954. The Suburbanette was stripped of the body panels enclosing the engine. 370 Suburbanettes were sold. An export version of the last 150cc Bella, the R154K (K for kickstarter), with higher Western (buckhorn) bars and no dynastarter, came to the United States in the later 1950s.[10]
A 197 cc (12.0 cu in) engine producing 10 hp (7.5 kW) became available in May 1954. The front suspension was later changed from a telescopic fork to an Earles-type leading link fork with a single suspension unit on left side of the fork. Later Bella scooters also had 12 V electricals powered by two 6 V batteries.[citation needed] Electric starters also became available on the Bella.
The Bella was imported into the United Kingdom by Ambassador Motorcycles, and into the United States by International Motorcycle Company.
Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: Nationalism,Roy,MacGregor,red,hair,haired,hero,martyr,outlaw,Balquidder,Inverlochlarig,Beg,graveyard,burial,buried,tomb,Robert,MacGregor,BW,monochrome,old,MacGregor,Despite,Them,tarten,tartan,crest,pic,image,Scottish Nationalism,Rob Roy,red hair,Scottish Outlaw,MacGregor Despite Them,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,Scots,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Raibeart,Ruadh,MacGriogair,tourist,tour,tourism,attraction,tourist attraction,travel,famous,grave,yard,tombstone,stone,sign,YES,Stirling,Sterlingshire,rural,countryside,Scottish,SNP,independance party,independence,indyref,referendum,2nd,second,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair,Robert MacGregor,Scottish Countryside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HG4A9G - Robert Rob Roy MacGregor (Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair
baptised 7 March 1671 died 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. The name Roy comes from Gaelic Ruadh meaning Red, and referred to his red hair.
Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were Donald Glas MacGregor and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Macdonalds of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother.
In January 1693, at Corrie Arklet farm near Inversnaid, he married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar (1671-1745), who was born at Leny Farm, Strathyre. The couple had four sons: James, Ranald, Coll and Robert (known as Robin Oig or Young Rob). They also adopted a cousin named Duncan.
Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder,Sterling,Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HG4A9R - Robert Rob Roy MacGregor (Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair
baptised 7 March 1671 died 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. The name Roy comes from Gaelic Ruadh meaning Red, and referred to his red hair.
Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were Donald Glas MacGregor and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Macdonalds of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother.
In January 1693, at Corrie Arklet farm near Inversnaid, he married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar (1671-1745), who was born at Leny Farm, Strathyre. The couple had four sons: James, Ranald, Coll and Robert (known as Robin Oig or Young Rob). They also adopted a cousin named Duncan.
Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder,Sterling,Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Castle,gate,Scotland,Alba,Scottish,landmark,famous,tourist,tourism,granite,scene,shot,nightshot,morning,Union,St,street,Sculpture,bronze,Aberdeenshire,stone,cobble,Aberdeen City,City Centre,Union St,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GMACC6 - . Photographed at Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK in 2016, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Castlegate, Mercat Cross Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland, at dusk. A broader reading of the photograph includes historical comparison, regional identity, commercial frontage, town-centre trading, high-street commerce, changing streetscape, local character, community identity, changing land use, customer footfall, social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, independent retail, and shopfront economy. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with store closures, town-centre regeneration and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. Future viewers can use this scene from Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. The photograph additionally reflects contemporary social history, local enterprise, period detail, local history, public realm, street-level business, specialist retailer, and small business. Elements such as Aberdeen, Centre, Mercat, Castlegate, and Cross add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK 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 store closures and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets in a form that can be compared with future views of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Another useful connection is consumer spending and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. It also preserves evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GMACNN - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Castlegate, Mercat Cross Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland, at dusk. The frame also records themes of specialist retailer, retail property, small business, independent retail, commercial frontage, public realm, contemporary social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, archival record, street-level business, town-centre trading, place identity, specialist shop, and everyday life. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and independent business, particularly through the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK before different community use alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes historical comparison, changing streetscape, local history, community identity, regional identity, shopfront economy, period detail, and before-and-after reference. Elements such as Cross, Aberdeen, Mercat, Castlegate, and Centre add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects consumer spending and how commercial property costs affect small retailers in a form that can be compared with future views of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Its period value extends to store closures and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. The frame retains evidence of changing use for future local research.
Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Rainbow,flag,welcome,gays,Manchesters,Manchesters,sign,poster,historic,bar,bars,pub,pubs,LowTJ,low,TJ,hedonist,hedonism,sexual,freedom,equality,world,famous,queer,Pride,lesbian,trans,transsexual,respect,fun,Mancunian,gays welcome,Canal Street,Manchester Pride,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Manc,Mancs,MancLand,Lancs,Lancashire,Greater,Madchester,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Greater Manchester
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBNFR - . This location-specific image from Princess Street, Manchester, Lancs, England, UK in 2016 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 Welcome to Manchester's Gay Village sign, Canal St - locations for Tip Toe and Queer As Folk TV shows. Other connected aspects include inland navigation, waterborne transport, blue-green corridor, contemporary social history, visual archive, place identity, social history, documentary photography, canal infrastructure, community identity, towpath landscape, period detail, changing streetscape, and regional identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with maintenance funding, flood resilience and the transition of industrial waterways toward leisure and heritage use. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around Princess Street, Manchester, Lancs, England, UK before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The location also brings in industrial waterway history, archival record, changing land use, heritage boating, working waterway, local character, navigation engineering, and managed navigation. Elements such as locations, Queer, Welcome, shows, and Canal add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Princess Street, Manchester, Lancs, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects maintenance funding and the role of canals as blue-green corridors for people and wildlife in a form that can be compared with future views of Princess Street, Manchester, Lancs, England, UK. It also preserves a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
Princess Street, Manchester, Lancs, England, UK
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Keywords: MXT-7,MXT-7-180A,Star,Rocket,Construction,no,Fixed,wing,single,engine,Lycoming,Lycoming,ADB3D3,International,Air,Services,Inc,Trustee,The,England,UK,GB,crash,Star Rocket,Lycoming 0-360-C1F,International Air Services Inc Trustee,Coach House,Crogga Santon,United Kingdom,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,aircrash,air,crash,disaster,prop,propeller,airline,famous,person,farmers,5,seat,5seat,five,red,white,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Farmers Field,5 seat
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy G9BJ8W - Airframe Info
Manufacturer: Maule
Model: MXT-7-180A Star Rocket Search all Maule MXT-7-180A
Year built: 1999
Construction Number (C/N): 21046C
Aircraft Type: Fixed wing single engine
Number of Seats: 5
Number of Engines: 1
Engine Type: Reciprocating
Engine Manufacturer and Model: Lycoming 0-360-C1F
Registration Type: Corporation
Owner: International Air Services Inc Trustee
Address:
The Coach House Crogga Santon
Isle Of Man,
United Kingdom
More info at http://uk.flightaware.com/resources/registration/N982NW
Crouchley Lane, Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AS
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Keywords: MXT-7,MXT-7-180A,Star,Rocket,Construction,no,Fixed,wing,single,engine,Lycoming,Lycoming,ADB3D3,International,Air,Services,Inc,Trustee,The,England,UK,GB,crash,Star Rocket,Lycoming 0-360-C1F,International Air Services Inc Trustee,Coach House,Crogga Santon,United Kingdom,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,aircrash,air,crash,disaster,prop,propeller,airline,famous,person,farmers,5,seat,5seat,five,red,white,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Farmers Field,5 seat
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy G9BJA0 - Airframe Info
Manufacturer: Maule
Model: MXT-7-180A Star Rocket Search all Maule MXT-7-180A
Year built: 1999
Construction Number (C/N): 21046C
Aircraft Type: Fixed wing single engine
Number of Seats: 5
Number of Engines: 1
Engine Type: Reciprocating
Engine Manufacturer and Model: Lycoming 0-360-C1F
Registration Type: Corporation
Owner: International Air Services Inc Trustee
Address:
The Coach House Crogga Santon
Isle Of Man,
United Kingdom
More info at http://uk.flightaware.com/resources/registration/N982NW
Crouchley Lane, Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AS
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Keywords: brick,1876,business,community,town,centre,remarkable,buildings,Peter,Stubbs,Stubs,wires,traditions,traditional,gentlemens,club,gentlemans,John,Earnest Crosfield of Joseph Crosfield & Sons Ltd,Sir Gilbert Greenall MP,Lieut Col. Greenall,GoTonySmith,Captain Grenall of the Greenall Whitley Brewery. Paul,Harry,and,George,Rylands,founders,of,the,world,famous,Rylands,Brothers,Ltd,Wire,&,Nails,manufacturers,"",hence,the,obvious,connection,with,the,local,Rugby,League,team,known,as,""The,Wires'.,Peter,Stubbs,founded,the,firm,of,Stubs,Ltd,again,with,an,international,reputation,for,the,manufacture,of,""Files',Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYAX5J - The Warrington Club is one of this historic town's few remaining traditional establishments
founded in 1876 by leading Victorian industrialists, statesmen and professionals for the sole purpose of providing a venue where members could meet on a regular basis in comfortable surroundings to enjoy each others company and meaningful conversation.
The Club offered an excellent opportunity for business ideas, suggestions and deals to be discussed considering that in those early days there was no other means of communication except for a rather hit and miss postal service. In the modern idiom the Club provided what is now known as net working'.
The building occupied by the Warrington Club in Bold Street was purpose built using monies raised by the original 76 founder members. Those familiar with Warrington will no doubt recognise the names of some of the founder members.
Arthur Bennett (1862- 1931) a chartered accountant, was a remarkable character. He served as a Councellor and Alderman for many years and had hopes of making Warrington a Garden City'. Sadly, the Great War shattered the dream but the quality of the one completed terrace of houses in Sankey gives some evidence of his vision. The foundation stone was laid by the great pioneer of garden cities, Ebenezer Howard. Bennett was a prolific writer. His Dream of a Warringtonian', if romanticised, is still a very readable history of our 1,000 year old town, and his collection of poems Songs of a Chartered Accountant' posesses both warmth and charm. John, Earnest Crosfield of Joseph Crosfield & Sons Ltd. Finally, Sir Gilbert Greenall MP, Lieut Col. Greenall and Captain Grenall of the Greenall Whitley Brewery. Paul, Harry and George Rylands founders of the world famous Rylands Brothers Ltd, Wire & Nails manufacturers hence the obvious connection with the local Rugby League team known as The Wires'.
7 Bold St, Warrington, Cheshire , England, UK, WA1 1DN
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Keywords: Stalyvegas,sign,signs,pub,CAMRA,real,ale,realale,est,1885,Transpennine,aletrail,Tameside,Greater,Manchester,England,UK,public,house,Victorian,Railway,British,Rail,best,north,west,drinking,famous,platform,buffers,tourist,attraction,Stalybridge Station,Original Buffet bar,north West,GoTonySmith,oldfashioned,old,fashioned,retro,room,rooms,traditional,train,waiting,area,pumps,keg,draught,ale,Rassbottom,St,street,Penine,awards,award,homemade,home,made,saloon,English,platform4,Northern,afternoon,evening,tea,1st,class,first,real,cask,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,waiting Room,Pennine Real Ale Trail,Platform 4,Victorian station,buffet bars
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEA - Step back in time & visit one of the very few remaining Victorian station buffet bars.
Dating from 1885 the Stalybridge Buffet Bar has retained the original marble-topped bar, back fittings and the welcoming fire.
A dozen years ago it was extended and included the 1st class ladies waiting room with its ornate ceiling, keeping all original features. It's a veritable museum with photographs of the station in it's heyday, railway and other memorabilia. See http://www.stalybridgebuffetbar.co.uk/ to read more about the Buffet Bar.
Stalybridge, Tameside,Manchester,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEC - Step back in time & visit one of the very few remaining Victorian station buffet bars.
Dating from 1885 the Stalybridge Buffet Bar has retained the original marble-topped bar, back fittings and the welcoming fire.
A dozen years ago it was extended and included the 1st class ladies waiting room with its ornate ceiling, keeping all original features. It's a veritable museum with photographs of the station in it's heyday, railway and other memorabilia. See http://www.stalybridgebuffetbar.co.uk/ to read more about the Buffet Bar.
Stalybridge, Tameside,Manchester,England,UK
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Keywords: Scotland,UK,bar,ale,beer,beers,outside,street,dusk,EH1,2JR,famous,person,Half,Hangit',Maggie,Concealment,of,Pregnancy,Act,public,hanging,GoTonySmith,history,historic,pubs,pub,bars,evening,night,late,lamp,lamps lantern,lanterns,lamps,lantern,old town,nightlife
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MNN - Half Hangit' Maggie
Maggie Dickson lived in the Early Eighteenth century as a fish hawker and would certainly have remained an anonymous figure had she not been the subject of a public hanging.
Her misfortune began when her husband deserted her in 1723 forcing her to leave the city and move further south to Kelso near the Scottish Borders. Here, she worked for an inkeeper in return for basic lodgings.
Soon after she started an affair with the Innkeeper's son which led to her becoming pregnant, not wanting the innkeeper to discover this as it would surely lead to her instant dismissal she concealed her pregnancy as long as possible. However the baby was born prematurely and died within a few days of being born. Still hiding the baby's existance she planned to put the baby into the River Tweed, but couldn't bring herself to and finally left it on the riverbank.
The same day the baby was discovered and traced to Maggie. She was charged under the contravention of the Concealment of Pregnancy Act and she was taken back to Edinburgh for Trial and execution the latter taking place in public in the Grasssmarket on the 2nd September 1724.
After the hanging she was pronounced dead and her body was bound for Musselburgh where she was to be buried, however the journey was interrupted by a knocking and banging from within the wooden coffin.
The lid was lifted to the sight of Maggie, quite alive. The law saw it as God's will and she was freed to live for a further forty years. She became something of a local celebrity and the locals gave her the nickname 'Half Hangit' Maggie.'
Some said that she had seduced and manipulated the ropemaker, to engineer a weaker noose.
A pub in the Grassmarket is named Maggie Dickson's after her memory, which means her name and story will be remembered for some time yet.
92 Grassmarket, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH1 2JR
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Keywords: high,st,street,pub,classic,famous,EDN,Edinburgh City,Scotland,UK,castle,drama,dramatic,legendary,Scot,Scots,Scottish,beer,ale,alehouse,Billy,hyde,jekyll,story,High St,High street,Deacon Brodies Tavern,Royal Mile,Edinburgh Castle,Traditional Pub,GoTonySmith,pub,bar,Wide,angle,fisheye,summer,building,history,historic,sign,pubsign,William,Brodie,characters,house,sign,skyline,street,tourism,travel,uk,urban,burglar,thief,thieves,key,copy,copier,wax,impressions,Famous Tavern,Famous Pub,pub sign,British Pub,British Pubs,William Brodie,Jekyll and Hyde,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXHBR - William Brodie (28 September 1741 1 October 1788), more commonly known by his prestigious title of Deacon Brodie, was a Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild and Edinburgh city councillor, who maintained a secret life as a burglar, partly for the thrill, and partly to fund his gambling.
Popular myth holds that Deacon Brodie built the first gallows in Edinburgh and was also its first victim. Of this William Roughead in Classic Crimes states that after research he was sure that although the Deacon may have had some hand in the design, ...it was certainly not of his construction, nor was he the first to benefit by its ingenuity.
Sign at Deacon Brodie's Tavern on Edinburgh's Royal Mile
Brodie's alter ego
Robert Louis Stevenson, whose father owned furniture made by Brodie, wrote a play (with W. E. Henley) entitled Deacon Brodie, or The Double Life, which was unsuccessful. However, Stevenson remained fascinated by the dichotomy between Brodie's respectable façade, and his real nature and was inspired to write The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).[1]
Deacon Brodie is commemorated by a pub of that name on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, on the corner of the Lawnmarket and Bank Street which leads down to The Mound, and a close off the Royal Mile, which contained his family residence and workshops, still bears the name Brodie's Close. A pub in New York City carrying his name sits on the south side of the famous west side 46th Street Restaurant Row between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue.
In 1997 a TV movie of the same name starring Billy Connolly was made in Edinburgh
Royal Mile, High St,Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: high,st,street,classic,famous,EDN,Edinburgh City,Scotland,UK,castle,drama,dramatic,legend,legendary,Scot,Scots,Scottish,character,beer,ale,alehouse,Billy,hyde,jekyll,sign,High St,Deacon Brodies Tavern,Royal Mile,Edinburgh Castle,Traditional Pub,GoTonySmith,pub,bar,Wide,angle,fisheye,summer,building,history,historic,sign,pubsign,William,Brodie,characters,house,sign,skyline,street,tourism,travel,uk,urban,burglar,thief,thieves,key,copy,copier,wax,impressions,Edinburg,Famous Tavern,Famous Pub,pub sign,British Pub,British Pubs,William Brodie,Jekyll and Hyde,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXHC5 - William Brodie (28 September 1741 1 October 1788), more commonly known by his prestigious title of Deacon Brodie, was a Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild and Edinburgh city councillor, who maintained a secret life as a burglar, partly for the thrill, and partly to fund his gambling.
Popular myth holds that Deacon Brodie built the first gallows in Edinburgh and was also its first victim. Of this William Roughead in Classic Crimes states that after research he was sure that although the Deacon may have had some hand in the design, ...it was certainly not of his construction, nor was he the first to benefit by its ingenuity.
Sign at Deacon Brodie's Tavern on Edinburgh's Royal Mile
Brodie's alter ego
Robert Louis Stevenson, whose father owned furniture made by Brodie, wrote a play (with W. E. Henley) entitled Deacon Brodie, or The Double Life, which was unsuccessful. However, Stevenson remained fascinated by the dichotomy between Brodie's respectable façade, and his real nature and was inspired to write The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).[1]
Deacon Brodie is commemorated by a pub of that name on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, on the corner of the Lawnmarket and Bank Street which leads down to The Mound, and a close off the Royal Mile, which contained his family residence and workshops, still bears the name Brodie's Close. A pub in New York City carrying his name sits on the south side of the famous west side 46th Street Restaurant Row between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue.
In 1997 a TV movie of the same name starring Billy Connolly was made in Edinburgh
Royal Mile, High St,Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXHHT - William Brodie (28 September 1741 1 October 1788), more commonly known by his prestigious title of Deacon Brodie, was a Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild and Edinburgh city councillor, who maintained a secret life as a burglar, partly for the thrill, and partly to fund his gambling.
Popular myth holds that Deacon Brodie built the first gallows in Edinburgh and was also its first victim. Of this William Roughead in Classic Crimes states that after research he was sure that although the Deacon may have had some hand in the design, ...it was certainly not of his construction, nor was he the first to benefit by its ingenuity.
Sign at Deacon Brodie's Tavern on Edinburgh's Royal Mile
Brodie's alter ego
Robert Louis Stevenson, whose father owned furniture made by Brodie, wrote a play (with W. E. Henley) entitled Deacon Brodie, or The Double Life, which was unsuccessful. However, Stevenson remained fascinated by the dichotomy between Brodie's respectable façade, and his real nature and was inspired to write The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).[1]
Deacon Brodie is commemorated by a pub of that name on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, on the corner of the Lawnmarket and Bank Street which leads down to The Mound, and a close off the Royal Mile, which contained his family residence and workshops, still bears the name Brodie's Close. A pub in New York City carrying his name sits on the south side of the famous west side 46th Street Restaurant Row between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue.
In 1997 a TV movie of the same name starring Billy Connolly was made in Edinburgh
Royal Mile, High St,Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: high,st,street,pub,classic,famous,EDN,Edinburgh City,Scotland,UK,castle,drama,dramatic,legend,legendary,Scot,Scots,Scottish,character,beer,ale,alehouse,Billy,hyde,jekyll,High St,High street,Deacon Brodies,Deacon Brodies Tavern,Royal Mile,Edinburgh Castle,Traditional Pub,GoTonySmith,pub,bar,Wide,angle,fisheye,summer,building,history,historic,sign,pubsign,William,Brodie,characters,house,sign,skyline,street,tourism,travel,uk,urban,burglar,thief,thieves,key,copy,copier,wax,impressions,looking,up,upwards,sky,skywards,drama,dramatic,oldtown,icon,iconic,thief,thieves,criminal,Edinburg,Famous Tavern,Famous Pub,pub sign,British Pub,British Pubs,William Brodie,Jekyll and Hyde,looking up,dramatic sky,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXHK1 - William Brodie (28 September 1741 1 October 1788), more commonly known by his prestigious title of Deacon Brodie, was a Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild and Edinburgh city councillor, who maintained a secret life as a burglar, partly for the thrill, and partly to fund his gambling.
Popular myth holds that Deacon Brodie built the first gallows in Edinburgh and was also its first victim. Of this William Roughead in Classic Crimes states that after research he was sure that although the Deacon may have had some hand in the design, ...it was certainly not of his construction, nor was he the first to benefit by its ingenuity.
Sign at Deacon Brodie's Tavern on Edinburgh's Royal Mile
Brodie's alter ego
Robert Louis Stevenson, whose father owned furniture made by Brodie, wrote a play (with W. E. Henley) entitled Deacon Brodie, or The Double Life, which was unsuccessful. However, Stevenson remained fascinated by the dichotomy between Brodie's respectable façade, and his real nature and was inspired to write The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).[1]
Deacon Brodie is commemorated by a pub of that name on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, on the corner of the Lawnmarket and Bank Street which leads down to The Mound, and a close off the Royal Mile, which contained his family residence and workshops, still bears the name Brodie's Close. A pub in New York City carrying his name sits on the south side of the famous west side 46th Street Restaurant Row between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue.
In 1997 a TV movie of the same name starring Billy Connolly was made in Edinburgh
Royal Mile, High St,Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECWN0 - . Traditional Ale pumps at the Bow Bar, Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. The image metadata records 2 people in the frame. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Ale, pumps, the Bow Bar, Victoria St, Street, old town, brass, tap, taps and drip tray, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. Where brewery names, pumps, windows, pub signs or period fittings are present, they add useful detail for features on brewing history, hospitality branding and traditional licensed interiors or exteriors. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DECWN0, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H2HA0R - This documentary stock photograph shows St Paul's Cathedral London in the evening. The image is centred on St Paul's Cathedral, giving it strong editorial value for stories about London, architecture, tourism, heritage, public realm, night photography and the way the capital presents itself beside the River Thames. The caption and visible treatment indicate low light, dusk or evening atmosphere, so the photograph can be used as a real city scene rather than a generic skyline. The wider context includes Sir Christopher Wren's cathedral, City of London identity, baroque architecture, wartime memory and the ceremonial heart of the capital. These are subjects with broad stock-photo demand because they connect recognisable landmarks with themes of history, culture, faith, finance, theatre, regeneration, transport, walking routes and visitor spending. The image can support articles about City of London working life, South Bank tourism, Bankside leisure, London at dusk, cathedral heritage, riverside views, public spaces, cultural venues, urban planning, commercial property and the continuing pull of landmark architecture in news and travel publishing. For SEO and Alamy search, useful composite phrases include London dusk skyline, St Pauls Cathedral evening view, River Thames panorama, Bankside cultural quarter, Shakespeare Globe Theatre exterior, Millennium Bridge London, City of London landmark and Southwark riverside tourism. If the image is black and white, the monochrome style adds a more timeless, architectural feel
if it is in colour, the low-light sky and urban illumination add atmosphere and practical editorial appeal. Its value lies in combining a recognisable subject with a specific viewpoint and mood, suitable for guidebooks, blogs, newspapers, magazines, education, heritage, planning, religion, theatre, travel and city-break content.
St. Paul's Churchyard, London, England, UK EC4M 8AD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G694 - This documentary stock photograph shows Berlin Cathedral, Berliner Dom,altar,wide shot. The image records Berlin Cathedral, the Berliner Dom, with an interior altar and wide architectural view, making it useful for editorial features on Berlin heritage, church architecture, imperial German history, museum-island tourism and sacred interiors. Berlin is a city where ordinary street details often carry heavy layers of history, from Prussian and imperial architecture to the Weimar period, Nazi rule, wartime destruction, division, the DDR, reunification, tourism, gentrification and contemporary creative culture. The caption and visible subject detail provide a specific point of entry into that wider story rather than a generic German city view. Buyers could use the photograph for articles about Berlin travel, Cold War memory, street art, museum interpretation, urban nightlife, river sightseeing, architecture, souvenir culture, public transport, pedestrian design or the way history is repackaged in modern tourism. Search-friendly composite terms include Berlin Mitte street art, DDR surveillance display, Berlin Fernsehturm skyline, River Spree pleasure boat, Ampelmann crossing light, Berliner Dom interior, Berlin urban culture and German capital tourism. If the subject is graffiti, it can illustrate the city as a living wall of political humour, youth culture, commercial branding and layered paste-ups. If it is heritage or church architecture, it can support more formal travel, culture, history and education uses. If it is a boat, toy or street sign, it gives editors an accessible human-scale route into a large city story. The documentary style keeps the image credible for web, magazine, guidebook, education, museum, travel, urban policy, politics, design, consumer and social commentary use. Its strength for Alamy search is the mix of precise caption wording and broader Berlin themes, allowing it to be found for both narrow subject searches and wider.
Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HG4AAE - Robert Rob Roy MacGregor (Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair
baptised 7 March 1671 died 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. The name Roy comes from Gaelic Ruadh meaning Red, and referred to his red hair.
Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were Donald Glas MacGregor and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Macdonalds of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother.
In January 1693, at Corrie Arklet farm near Inversnaid, he married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar (1671-1745), who was born at Leny Farm, Strathyre. The couple had four sons: James, Ranald, Coll and Robert (known as Robin Oig or Young Rob). They also adopted a cousin named Duncan.
Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder,Sterling,Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HG4AAH - Robert Rob Roy MacGregor (Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair
baptised 7 March 1671 died 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. The name Roy comes from Gaelic Ruadh meaning Red, and referred to his red hair.
Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were Donald Glas MacGregor and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Macdonalds of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother.
In January 1693, at Corrie Arklet farm near Inversnaid, he married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar (1671-1745), who was born at Leny Farm, Strathyre. The couple had four sons: James, Ranald, Coll and Robert (known as Robin Oig or Young Rob). They also adopted a cousin named Duncan.
Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder,Sterling,Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4468213250 - 'Rehearsal with conductor Jeremy Jackman prior to the candlelight concert by the English Baroque Choir. St Martins is in the north east corner of Trafalgar Square, central London. The patron saint is Martin of Tours.
It is a classic church, a bit of peace from the noise and traffic of Westminster. Its pretty much rectangular with Corinthian style columns. As can be seen here, the ceiling is lovely and provides a warm glow inside. The large window at the altar has an interesting distortion.
There was a lot of work done between 2006-2008 to renovate different parts of the structure. The new East Window installed above the altar at St Martin in the Fields was one element. Designed by Shirazeh Houshiary, in collaboration with architect Pip Horne. This window replacing the old window (following World War II bomb damage) marked the final stage of the church's Renewal Project on 28 April 2008.
Donations are always welcome however and I noticed it is still possible to sponsor a pane of glass and 'Give light to St Martin's'. It offers social care services to London's Chinese community and homeless people.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DCX6FP - The street sign and architectural frontage of The Star and Garter, a well-known historic pub and live-music venue on Fairfield Street in Ardwick, Manchester, photographed at 1820 Fairfield Street, Manchester M1 2QF. The pub stands close to Manchester Piccadilly Station, an area long associated with rail travel, warehousing and late-nineteenth-century urban development.
The building features characteristic Victorian red-brick construction with decorative stonework and a prominent street-corner sign identifying Fairfield Street and Ardwick. The Star and Garter has operated as a public house for over a century and is widely recognised in Manchester for its association with alternative music, independent culture and the city's grassroots live-music scene.
In recent decades, the venue has gained national recognition as an important space for emerging bands and experimental music, contributing to Manchester's reputation as a city with a strong and diverse musical heritage. The image documents both the architectural detail of the building and its place within Manchester's historic streetscape, offering editorial value for themes of urban history, pub culture and music venues in northern England. The Star and Garter has long been regarded as one of Manchester's most important grass-roots live-music pubs, particularly for post-punk, indie, noise and DIY scenes. Over the years it has hosted performances by bands closely associated with the city's alternative music heritage, including The Fall, whose members were known to frequent and play small, informal venues around Piccadilly and Ardwick, as well as later generations of experimental and underground acts. More recently, the venue has become a key stop for touring and local artists such as Gnod, Hey Colossus, and Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, reinforcing its reputation as a place where loud, uncompromising music thrives. Rather than hosting polished mainstream shows, the Star and Garter's significance lies in rock.
Street sign for The Star and Garter, a historic pub and music venue on Fairfield Street in Ardwick,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRK9 - Frederick Travis Dibnah, MBE (29 April 1938 6 November 2004) was an English steeplejack and television personality, with a keen interest in mechanical engineering, who described himself as a backstreet mechanic
After his National Service, once demobilised, he returned to steeplejacking but met with limited success until he was asked to repair Bolton's parish church. The resulting publicity provided a boost to his business, ensuring he was almost never out of work
In 1978, while making repairs to Bolton Town Hall, Dibnah was filmed by a regional BBC news crew. The BBC then commissioned a documentary, which followed the rough-hewn steeplejack as he worked on chimneys, interacted with his family and talked about his favourite hobby - steam
The massive statue of steeplejack Fred Dibnah has been crafted by a Shropshire, Shrewsbury artist to stand in the centre of the star's home town of Bolton.Jane Robbins won the 2008 commission for the statue. Its set in bronze and shows Fred holding a lightning conductor on one of his trademark chimneys
Jane, who lives in Church Stretton and works out of a studio in Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, has finished crafting an 8ft tall clay statue of Fred.
It will be taken from her studio in pieces on Monday, before a lighter wax replica is created and cast in bronze at Castle Fine Art Gallery, near Oswestry
Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NCX0NB - The Beano (formerly The Beano Comic, also known as Beano) is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson. Its first issue was published on 30 July 1938,[1] and it became the world's longest-running comic issued weekly in 2018, publishing its 4000th issue in August 2019.[2] Popular and well-known comic strips and characters include Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids, Roger the Dodger, Billy Whizz, Lord Snooty and His Pals, Ivy the Terrible, General Jumbo, Jonah, and Biffo the Bear.
The Beano was planned as a pioneering children's magazine that contained mostly comic strips, in the style of American newspaper gag-a-days, as opposed to the more text story based Story papers that were immensely popular before the Second World War. In the present, its legacy is its misbehaving characters, escapist tales and anarchic humour with an audience of all ages. Beano is a multimedia franchise with spin-off books and Christmas annuals, a website, theme park rides, games, cartoon adaptations, and a production company.
Dundee (Meadowside). 2 Albert Square Dundee, Scotland, DD1 1DD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NA2 - A winter dusk view from The Vennel, a historic stepped alleyway off Browns Place in Edinburgh's Old Town, photographed at Edinburgh EH1 2HU. The image looks uphill towards Edinburgh Castle, dramatically positioned on its volcanic rock and silhouetted against a dark, moody evening sky. Light snow dusts the stone steps and surrounding rooftops, enhancing the sense of seasonal stillness and historic atmosphere.
The Vennel is one of Edinburgh's most distinctive medieval routes, its narrow stepped form reflecting the city's dense, vertical urban development that evolved within the constraints of defensive walls and steep terrain. Such passages once connected residential areas, workshops and places of worship, forming part of the everyday circulation of life in Scotland's capital for centuries.
The warm glow of traditional street lamps contrasts with the cold tones of the snow and sky, creating a scene often associated with romantic, literary and cinematic depictions of Edinburgh. Views of Edinburgh Castle from the Old Town are among the most iconic in Scotland, symbolising national history, royal power and the city's role as a centre of culture, governance and heritage.
Photographed in low light at dusk, the image captures Edinburgh as both a living city and a preserved historic environment, blending medieval architecture, winter weather and atmospheric lighting. The scene holds strong editorial appeal for themes of Scottish heritage, winter travel, historic European cities, romantic urban landscapes and cultural tourism, offering a timeless portrayal of Edinburgh's enduring character.
Winter dusk view from The Vennel on Browns Place, Edinburgh, looking towards Edinburgh Castle, with
