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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFHRJ2 - Elevated coastal view across the Port of Catania and the city of Catania in eastern Sicily, with snow-capped Mount Etna rising in the background and a small plume of volcanic smoke or gas visible from the summit area. The photograph combines deep blue Mediterranean water, harbour breakwaters, port infrastructure, dense urban development and the striking white volcanic cone of Etna, creating a strong editorial image of Sicily's relationship with an active volcano. Mount Etna is Europe's largest active volcano and dominates the landscape above Catania, making this view useful for travel, geography, geology, climate, natural hazards, tourism, shipping, urban planning and environmental stories. The scene shows the port as a working maritime gateway, with docks, piers, a breakwater, vessels and open sea in the foreground, while the city spreads across the lower slopes beneath the volcano. The snow on Etna contrasts with the clear blue sky and bright coastal light, suggesting a cool winter or early spring period when the summit is white but the coast remains sunlit. The small plume adds news and documentary value, linking the attractive Mediterranean panorama with the constant volcanic activity that affects local life, air travel, farming, tourism and risk management around Catania. The image is suitable for features on Sicily holidays, cruise and ferry routes, Catania harbour, volcanic landscapes, UNESCO-listed Etna, Italian islands, Mediterranean ports, earth science, ash clouds, volcanic monitoring, natural beauty and the coexistence of a major city with one of the world's most closely watched volcanoes. It also works well for contrasts between sea and mountain, industry and nature, urban settlement and geological force, with Etna forming a dramatic snow-covered backdrop to the harbour and city below. The clear weather and high viewpoint give the image broad stock value for guidebooks, education, climate resilience and Italian travel publishing.
Catania port and city with snow-capped Mount Etna smoking in the background, Sicily, Italy. - Port o
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,view,Argyll and Bute,Argyll,Scottish,West Highlands,Highland,town,ferry,port,ferries,marina,seafront,coastal,coast,Firth of Lorn,island,views,scenery,rooftops,hillside,sunny,day,blue sky,travel,tourism,Hebrides ferry,gateway,Inner Hebrides,Isle of Mull ferry,Lismore ferry,Coll ferry,Tiree ferry,Colonsay ferry,Barra ferry,lifeline,services,working harbour
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWMAT - A wide panoramic view over Oban harbour and bay in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, photographed from elevated hillside streets above the town. The image looks across slate rooftops, chimneys, red brick and stone buildings, harbour infrastructure, the ferry terminal, moored vessels, blue sea, nearby islands and distant Highland hills under bright sunshine and a vivid blue sky with scattered white cloud. Oban is one of the west coast's best known harbour towns and is widely promoted as the Gateway to the Isles , with ferry links connecting mainland Scotland to island communities including Mull, Lismore, Coll, Tiree, Colonsay and Barra. The harbour is also an important working port for commercial vessels, fishing activity, aquaculture, leisure sailing and cruise traffic, giving the scene relevance beyond tourism alone. The photograph is useful for editorial and commercial themes around Scottish coastal travel, ferry disruption, lifeline transport, island connectivity, west coast tourism, Highland scenery, harbour infrastructure, seafront towns, marine economy, seafood, sailing, staycations and landscape photography. The elevated viewpoint gives a strong sense of Oban's compact geography, with the town wrapped around the sheltered bay and facing the island-dotted waters of the Firth of Lorn. The mix of working harbour, residential roofs, church towers, roads, boats, coastline and distant hills makes the image suitable for stories about coastal communities, regional transport, Scottish holidays, Argyll and Bute, sustainable tourism, island supply chains and the relationship between town, harbour and sea. The sunny weather, clear visibility and bright summer-like light make it attractive as a positive travel image, while the harbour and ferry context also supports more serious editorial use around CalMac services, transport resilience and the importance of Oban as a mainland hub for the Inner and Outer Hebrides.
Above Oban Harbour, North Pier, Oban, Argyll, Scotland, PA34 5QD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EF6C55 - A panoramic dusk view across Oban Harbour in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, with fishing boats, trawlers, masts, rigging and harbour gear silhouetted against a deepening blue evening sky and a warm orange sunset on the western horizon. The photograph captures the working maritime character of Oban, a busy west coast harbour town known as the Gateway to the Isles, where fishing vessels, ferries, leisure craft and commercial traffic share the sheltered waters of Oban Bay. The image shows a calm harbour scene at twilight, with still reflections on the water, stacked quayside equipment, blue-painted boat frames and the layered outlines of boats moored close together. Oban Bay is sheltered by the island of Kerrera and sits close to open sea routes serving the Inner and Outer Hebrides, giving the harbour long-standing importance for island transport, seafood, tourism and coastal trade. The dusk light gives the scene a strong travel and editorial feel, useful for themes around Scottish harbours, coastal communities, fishing industry, seafood supply chains, island lifeline services, marine infrastructure, working ports, west coast tourism, climate and weather, and traditional seafaring landscapes. The mixture of practical fishing gear and colourful sunset makes the image suitable for articles about maritime Scotland, harbour regeneration, rural economies, ferry towns, commercial fishing, small boat fleets and the continuing relationship between coastal settlements and the sea. The weather appears calm and dry, with clear visibility and a cool evening atmosphere after sunset, while the vivid sky adds a strong sense of place and seasonally neutral appeal. This is a documentary-style photograph of a real working harbour rather than a purely scenic marina view, showing Oban as both a visitor destination and an active port serving Argyll, the Hebrides and Scotland's Atlantic coastline.
Oban Harbour at dusk with fishing boats and trawlers under a vivid sunset, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9194,Directional,sign,ferry,terminal,buses,taxis,trains,Oban,Scotland,Argyll,Bute,transport,rail,railway,train,station,passengers,travel,infrastructure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F9CW4M - . Directional sign for ferry terminal, buses, taxis and trains in Oban, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK. Oban grew around a sheltered bay on Scotland's west coast and expanded in the nineteenth century with steamship traffic and the arrival of the railway in 1880. It remains a major gateway to the Inner Hebrides, with CalMac ferries, rail and road connections concentrated around the waterfront. Tourism, seafood, island travel and maritime services all contribute to the town's modern economy. Seen through lifeline ferry, the earlier context is that maritime gateways connect island and mainland economies, carrying residents, visitors, freight and vehicles while also supporting fishing, leisure craft and tourism
Older waterfront buildings often survive beside modern ferry stock-photo/gotonysmith-Infrastructure.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>infrastructure, making port landscapes unusually layered records of economic change. For typography, the historical context is that temporary and permanent notices are valuable social-past evidence because they capture the rules and assumptions of a particular moment, from parking and access to opening times, safety and public-service instructions. Looking at commuter travel, the longer history is that railways transformed British towns from the nineteenth century onwards, concentrating passenger movement around stations while creating new suburbs, goods yards and industrial connections
Station buildings, platforms, signals and rolling stock can date a transport scene as clearly as surrounding architecture. The 2026 relevance of lifeline ferry comes from the fact that current 2026 transport policy places increasing emphasis on integrated journeys, active travel and lower-emission fleets, so ferry terminals now sit within wider networks of rail, bus, cycling and electric-vehicle infrastructure rather than functioning as isolated ports.
Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9132,Loch,Striven,CalMac,ferry,Oban,Scotland,harbour,Caledonian,MacBrayne,maritime,transport,Hebrides,island,passenger,evening,waterfront,destination,West Coast
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7XC4 - . CalMac ferry Loch Striven in Oban harbour in evening light. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK. Caledonian MacBrayne vessel Loch Striven in Oban harbour in warm evening light, with the town waterfront and wooded hillside behind. The small ferry is part of Scotland's west-coast maritime transport landscape and is photographed in the sheltered harbour used by CalMac services, fishing boats and visiting craft. Oban grew around a sheltered bay on Scotland's west coast and expanded in the nineteenth century with steamship traffic and the arrival of the railway in 1880. It remains a major gateway to the Inner Hebrides, with CalMac ferries, rail and road connections concentrated around the waterfront. Tourism, seafood, island travel and maritime services all contribute to the town's modern economy. For the story of maritime heritage, it is useful to note that maritime gateways connect island and mainland economies, carrying residents, visitors, freight and vehicles while also supporting fishing, leisure craft and tourism
Older waterfront buildings often survive beside modern ferry infrastructure, making port landscapes unusually layered records of economic change. The historical setting for beach is that coastal safety information is shaped by local hazards such as currents, tides, mud, pollution or shipping, meaning signs can be important evidence of how a shoreline is managed. For present-day maritime heritage, 2026 is significant because current 2026 transport policy places increasing emphasis on integrated journeys, active travel and lower-emission fleets, so ferry terminals now sit within wider networks of rail, bus, cycling and electric-vehicle infrastructure rather than functioning as isolated ports. In the 2026 discussion of beach, coastal access, erosion, water quality and climate resilience continue to be important issues around Britain
Long-distance walking routes increase visitor use.
Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9135,Oban,ferry,terminal,CalMac,Scotland,Hebrides,transport,travel,passenger,Caledonian,MacBrayne,building,islands,Argyll,gateway,harbour,port,ticket,office,offices
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7XC7 - . Oban ferry terminal building and CalMac passenger facilities. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is CALMAC Ferry Terminal, Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, PA34 4DB, UK. Exterior of Oban Ferry Terminal on the west coast of Scotland, with passenger facilities serving CalMac routes to the Inner Hebrides. The building forms a key part of the town's integrated transport hub, close to the railway station and harbour. This image records contemporary ferry infrastructure and can illustrate Scottish island connectivity, public transport, tourism, Caledonian MacBrayne services and the everyday movement of residents, visitors and freight between mainland Argyll and island communities. Oban grew around a sheltered bay on Scotland's west coast and expanded in the nineteenth century with steamship traffic and the arrival of the railway in 1880. It remains a major gateway to the Inner Hebrides, with CalMac ferries, rail and road connections concentrated around the waterfront. Tourism, seafood, island travel and maritime services all contribute to the town's modern economy. The background to harbour town is that maritime gateways connect island and mainland economies, carrying residents, visitors, freight and vehicles while also supporting fishing, leisure craft and tourism
Older waterfront buildings often survive beside modern ferry infrastructure, making port landscapes unusually layered records of economic change. Current 2026 context around harbour town is that ferry reliability, vessel replacement, accessibility and the resilience of island transport remain prominent issues in Scotland and other coastal regions
Port photographs therefore connect tourism and scenic travel with the practical dependence of communities on dependable maritime links. Closely associated editorial terms include working harbour, maritime transport, lifeline ferry, port infrastructure, quayside, marine travel, coastal transport, passenger ferry, and vehicle ferry.
CALMAC Ferry Terminal, Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, PA34 4DB, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9137,Oban,ferry,terminal,CalMac,passenger,Scotland,Hebrides,transport,travel,islands,Caledonian,MacBrayne,entrance,Argyll,harbour,port,ticket,office,offices
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7XCG - . Oban ferry terminal passenger entrance for CalMac island services. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is CALMAC Ferry Terminal, Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, PA34 4DB, UK. Passenger entrance at Oban Ferry Terminal, operated for Caledonian MacBrayne services linking the mainland with islands of the Inner Hebrides. The modern terminal building and clear passenger signage are shown in daylight. Oban is one of Scotland's busiest west-coast ferry gateways, and this image provides contemporary editorial context for island travel, public transport, CalMac operations, tourism, ferry infrastructure, regional connectivity and passenger journeys in Argyll and Bute. Oban grew around a sheltered bay on Scotland's west coast and expanded in the nineteenth century with steamship traffic and the arrival of the railway in 1880. It remains a major gateway to the Inner Hebrides, with CalMac ferries, rail and road connections concentrated around the waterfront. Tourism, seafood, island travel and maritime services all contribute to the town's modern economy. Looking at coastal transport, the longer history is that harbours and ferry ports have shaped coastal communities for centuries, providing sheltered water for fishing, trade and passenger travel
Quays, piers, slipways and terminal buildings record changing vessel sizes and the transition from cargo handling to modern roll-on roll-off ferry operations. In 2026, coastal transport remains relevant because current 2026 transport policy places increasing emphasis on integrated journeys, active travel and lower-emission fleets, so ferry terminals now sit within wider networks of rail, bus, cycling and electric-vehicle infrastructure rather than functioning as isolated ports. Associated keywords and synonyms include working harbour, maritime transport, island connectivity, lifeline ferry, port infrastructure, quayside, marine travel, harbour town, passenger ferry, vehicle ferry, and maritime heritage.
CALMAC Ferry Terminal, Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, PA34 4DB, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9139,CalMac,Caledonian,MacBrayne,Oban,ferry,terminal,cyclists,cycling,Coll,Tiree,Hebrides,Scotland,travel,transport,islands,boarding,sign,bike,ferries
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7XDY - . CalMac Oban ferry terminal sign directing cyclists to Coll and Tiree ferries. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK. Caledonian MacBrayne ferry-terminal sign in Oban directing cyclists to queue for sailings to the Hebridean islands of Coll and Tiree. The sign sits within the secure vehicle and passenger boarding area at the busy west-coast ferry port. It illustrates cycle tourism, island travel, integrated transport and CalMac operations, with Oban acting as a major mainland departure point for communities and visitors travelling across the Inner Hebrides and west coast of Scotland. Oban grew around a sheltered bay on Scotland's west coast and expanded in the nineteenth century with steamship traffic and the arrival of the railway in 1880. It remains a major gateway to the Inner Hebrides, with CalMac ferries, rail and road connections concentrated around the waterfront. Tourism, seafood, island travel and maritime services all contribute to the town's modern economy. Seen through quayside, the earlier context is that maritime gateways connect island and mainland economies, carrying residents, visitors, freight and vehicles while also supporting fishing, leisure craft and tourism
Older waterfront buildings often survive beside modern ferry infrastructure, making port landscapes unusually layered records of economic change. For information sign, the historical context is that temporary and permanent notices are valuable social-past evidence because they capture the rules and assumptions of a particular moment, from parking and access to opening times, safety and public-service instructions. The 2026 relevance of quayside comes from the fact that current 2026 transport policy places increasing emphasis on integrated journeys, active travel and lower-emission fleets, so ferry terminals now sit within wider networks of rail, bus, cycling and electric-vehicle infrastructure rather than functioning as.
Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EBGJFR - Copenhagen Harbour Bus 991 public transport boat is pictured on the water in the Danish capital, with the destination display showing Teglholmen and passengers standing on the open deck under dramatic evening light. The bright orange vessel forms part of Copenhagen's integrated public transport network, where harbour buses operate like ordinary buses but travel along the inner harbour, linking waterfront districts and giving commuters, residents and visitors a practical way to cross or travel through the city by water. Visit Copenhagen describes the harbour buses as part of the public transport system and notes that stock-photo/gotonysmith-Route.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>route 991 runs in the direction of Teglholmen, while route 992 runs towards Orientkaj. The harbour bus service is a distinctive subject for editorial use around Copenhagen tourism, sustainable transport, Nordic urban design, harbour regeneration, waterfront commuting, public transport integration, city ferries and low emission travel. The image shows the experience at passenger level rather than as a distant postcard view, with people, railings, the driver's cabin, the orange ferry structure, water and changing sky all combining to give a documentary travel feel. It is useful for stories about how Copenhagen makes its harbour part of everyday movement, not just scenery, and how former industrial waterfronts such as Teglholmen and Sluseholmen have become connected residential and mixed-use districts. The photograph also suits themes of car-free sightseeing, public transport tickets, boat commuting, urban mobility, Scandinavian lifestyle, city breaks, transport infrastructure and the appeal of seeing Copenhagen from the water without taking a specialist tourist cruise. The soft low sun, blue sky and dark cloud add visual drama, while the passengers on deck give scale and human interest. It is a strong stock image for travel guides, transport features, tourism articles, climate-conscious city planning, harbour bus route explainers and editorial coverage
Copenhagen Harbour Bus 991 public transport boat to Teglholmen with passengers on board in the Danis
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64KH5 - . Stena Embla ferry to Belfast on the Liverpool waterfront panorama from Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU. Photographed on 27 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include CH41 6DU, CH41, Merseyside, Liverpool waterfront, panorama, pano, river, Stena, ferry, service, sailing, Belfast, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The broad field of view gives useful spatial context, showing how the main subject sits within the wider urban or landscape setting. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The wider panoramic composition places the principal subject within its surrounding streetscape or landscape, giving additional context about scale, neighbouring buildings, public space and the relationship between different landmarks. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64KH8 - . Stena Embla ferry to Belfast on the Liverpool waterfront panorama from Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU. Photographed on 27 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include CH41 6DU, CH41, Merseyside, Liverpool waterfront, panorama, pano, river, Stena, ferry, service, sailing, Belfast, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The broad field of view gives useful spatial context, showing how the main subject sits within the wider urban or landscape setting. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The wider panoramic composition places the principal subject within its surrounding streetscape or landscape, giving additional context about scale, neighbouring buildings, public space and the relationship between different landmarks. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64KP3 - . Stena Embla ferry to Belfast on the Liverpool waterfront panorama from Alfred dock, Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU. Photographed on 27 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include CH41 6DU, CH41, Merseyside, Liverpool waterfront, panorama, pano, river, Stena, ferry, service, sailing, Belfast, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The broad field of view gives useful spatial context, showing how the main subject sits within the wider urban or landscape setting. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The wider panoramic composition places the principal subject within its surrounding streetscape or landscape, giving additional context about scale, neighbouring buildings, public space and the relationship between different landmarks. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64KW2 - The MV Royal Iris of the Mersey is a Mersey Ferry in operation on the River Mersey, England. From launch in Devon in 1959 until a major refurbishment in 2001, she was named MV Mountwood.
MV Mountwood
The Mountwood was the slightly older sister ship of the MV Woodchurch. Both of the ferries were built for the Corporation of Birkenhead to replace the existing fleet of 1930s steamers. The designs of the two new vessels were loosely based on the ferries Leasowe and Egremont of the Wallasey Corporation
they were designed by the same company, Graham and Woolnough, and were built at the same shipyard, Messrs. Philip and Sons Ltd. of Dartmouth. Mountwood was launched by Mrs Hugh Platt on 6 July 1959 into the River Dart, and after being fitted out was delivered to the Mersey in 1960. She was named after an overspill post-war housing development of Birkenhead.
The Mountwood and her identical sister Woodchurch originally had bright orange funnels with a black base and black soot buffer. On the main deck, there was a forward, heated shelter and also a main saloon, aft of this was the toilets and machine space. Below was a saloon bar. On the top deck was a large open promenade and a forward shelter beneath the bridge, although this shelter was open beneath the bridge so it was often breezy and cold. They had a main central wheelhouse and two side cabs, and power came from two medium speed Crossley 8-cylinder diesel engines.
In 2001, the Mountwood was withdrawn and taken to Birkenhead's former Cammell Laird shipyard (which became owned by A&P), and then to Clarence graving docks, where she was stripped of her fittings and parts of her superstructure were removed and rebuilt. Unfortunately the ferry remained dormant for some time due to problems at the shipyard. She was then re-engined and rebuilt. Noticeable changes were the addition of a new, angle fronted, large wheelhouse and bridge deck, plus her funnel, which was reinstated after the refit, was moved further back
Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64KXK - The MV Royal Iris of the Mersey is a Mersey Ferry in operation on the River Mersey, England. From launch in Devon in 1959 until a major refurbishment in 2001, she was named MV Mountwood.
MV Mountwood
The Mountwood was the slightly older sister ship of the MV Woodchurch. Both of the ferries were built for the Corporation of Birkenhead to replace the existing fleet of 1930s steamers. The designs of the two new vessels were loosely based on the ferries Leasowe and Egremont of the Wallasey Corporation
they were designed by the same company, Graham and Woolnough, and were built at the same shipyard, Messrs. Philip and Sons Ltd. of Dartmouth. Mountwood was launched by Mrs Hugh Platt on 6 July 1959 into the River Dart, and after being fitted out was delivered to the Mersey in 1960. She was named after an overspill post-war housing development of Birkenhead.
The Mountwood and her identical sister Woodchurch originally had bright orange funnels with a black base and black soot buffer. On the main deck, there was a forward, heated shelter and also a main saloon, aft of this was the toilets and machine space. Below was a saloon bar. On the top deck was a large open promenade and a forward shelter beneath the bridge, although this shelter was open beneath the bridge so it was often breezy and cold. They had a main central wheelhouse and two side cabs, and power came from two medium speed Crossley 8-cylinder diesel engines.
In 2001, the Mountwood was withdrawn and taken to Birkenhead's former Cammell Laird shipyard (which became owned by A&P), and then to Clarence graving docks, where she was stripped of her fittings and parts of her superstructure were removed and rebuilt. Unfortunately the ferry remained dormant for some time due to problems at the shipyard. She was then re-engined and rebuilt. Noticeable changes were the addition of a new, angle fronted, large wheelhouse and bridge deck, plus her funnel, which was reinstated after the refit, was moved further back
Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64MA2 - . Stena Line Embla Belfast ferry, on Liverpool waterfront panorama from Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU. Photographed on 27 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include CH41 6DU, CH41, Merseyside, Liverpool waterfront, panorama, pano, river, ferry, service, sailing, Belfast, ship, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The broad field of view gives useful spatial context, showing how the main subject sits within the wider urban or landscape setting. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The wider panoramic composition places the principal subject within its surrounding streetscape or landscape, giving additional context about scale, neighbouring buildings, public space and the relationship between different landmarks. This makes the photograph relevant to both present-day reporting and future visual comparison of change over time.
Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,CH41 6DU,CH41,Merseyside,England,UK,Liverpool waterfront,panorama,pano,from,river,ferry,service,sailing,Belfast,on,ship,boat,route,Ireland,Ni,Northern Ireland,wide,long,sunny,summer,blue sky,blue skies,3 graces,three graces,Royal Liver Building,Pierhead,Pier Head,the,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64ME7 - . Stena Line Embla Belfast ferry, on Liverpool waterfront panorama from Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU. Photographed on 27 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include CH41 6DU, CH41, Merseyside, Liverpool waterfront, panorama, pano, river, ferry, service, sailing, Belfast, ship, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The broad field of view gives useful spatial context, showing how the main subject sits within the wider urban or landscape setting. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The wider panoramic composition places the principal subject within its surrounding streetscape or landscape, giving additional context about scale, neighbouring buildings, public space and the relationship between different landmarks. This makes the photograph relevant to both present-day reporting and future visual comparison of change over time.
Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,Germany,Palatinate,water,German,bank,and,&,mooring,equipment,moored,barge,float,floating,ex,ex-,ferry,1908,boat,ferryboat,construction,yard,Schimag,Mannheim,Schimag Mannheim,old,history,historic,heritage,shipping,link,links,past,unused,disused
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RKGHB2 - . Rhine river bank and mooring equipment, work boat Moguntia ENI 04605980, Uferstraße, 55116 Mainz, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Photographed on 21 February 2023. Good bye !. The Rhine ferry became Moguntia. Lag today in the Mainz customs port. Ship details. Name: Moguntia. Ex-name: Rhine ferry. reported in: Mainz. Nationality:. European number: 04605980. Length: 27.80 m. Width: 6.70 m. Draft: 0.95 m. Tonnage: 32 t. Machine output:. Machine manufacturer:. Year of construction:. Built in 1904 in:. Construction yard: Schimag, Mannheim. Mainz stands on the Rhine and has more than two millennia of history, from Roman Mogontiacum through its role as an archiepiscopal city to the birthplace of Johannes Gutenberg. The old town combines reconstructed historic streets, churches, wine culture and post-war urban development, giving street signs and façades strong local-history context. The historical setting for money is that financial objects connect economic history with daily life
Cashpoints, savings products, notes and coins show how people stored and accessed money before online banking reduced the visibility of traditional branches and paper transactions. Seen through dockside crane, the earlier context is that construction sites became increasingly controlled environments during the twentieth century, with access gates, turnstiles, personal protective equipment and formal safety management replacing more informal working practices. For lifeline ferry, the historical context is that harbours and ferry ports have shaped coastal communities for centuries, providing sheltered water for fishing, trade and passenger travel
Quays, piers, slipways and terminal buildings record evolving vessel sizes and the transition from cargo handling to modern roll-on roll-off ferry operations. In the 2026 discussion of money, cash is used less frequently than in earlier decades but remains important for some consumers and small businesses
UK access-to-cash.
Uferstraße, 55116 Mainz, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,WA4 2SU,South Warrington,WA4 2SS,toll,sign,welcome,to,ferry,boat,ferryboat,company,cross,the,board,signage,landing,Bilway,Thelwalls,Penny Ferry,ward,11p,fee,hours,WBC,agreement,operate,CCC,17/10/1982,Cheshire County Council,operating
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M9F1KP - . This dated editorial view of Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS in 2023 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The principal subject is The MSCC Thelwall Ferry - Welcome!, Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS. The broader subject matter reaches into public realm, contemporary social history, public information notice, street-level marketing, working waterway, local history, everyday life, historic narrowboat, navigation engineering, changing streetscape, visual merchandising, promotional board, community identity, and before-and-after reference. The wider contemporary story combines public access, flood resilience and how working boats preserve industrial transport history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with branding, visual identity and the speed at which branding and promotional styles change. As a dated visual record of Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in archival record, industrial waterway history, brand communication, towpath landscape, advertising ephemera, working boat tradition, period advertising, and canal freight heritage. The recorded references to Thelwall, Welcome, and Ferry preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS, 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 part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene. It also preserves details of everyday use as a date-specific reference.
Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,WA4 2SU,South Warrington,WA4 2SS,toll,sign,welcome,to,ferry,boat,ferryboat,company,cross,the,board,signage,landing,Bilway,Thelwalls,Penny Ferry,17/10/1982,WBC,CCC,Cheshire County Council,agreement,operate,operating,hours,fee,11p
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M9F1M6 - . Photographed at Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS in 2023, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. At the centre of the view is The MSCC Thelwall Ferry - Welcome!, Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS. A broader reading of the photograph includes public realm, navigation engineering, working boat tradition, working waterway, visual archive, towpath landscape, waterborne transport, everyday life, period detail, changing land use, inland transport history, community identity, public-facing notice, and canal carrying trade. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with public access, flood resilience and how working boats preserve industrial transport history. The modern context includes continuing discussion of visual identity, public safety and how signs and displays become time-specific records of commercial language. Future viewers can use this scene from Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after redevelopment. The subject also sits alongside advertising ephemera, changing streetscape, local history, industrial waterway history, retail graphics, historical comparison, visual merchandising, and heritage boating. Details involving Ferry, Welcome, and Thelwall make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. It also preserves details of everyday use as a date-specific reference. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use for later comparison.
Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,WA4 2SU,South Warrington,WA4 2SS,toll,sign,welcome,to,ferry,boat,ferryboat,company,cross,the,board,signage,landing,Bilway,Thelwalls,Penny Ferry,17/10/1982,WBC,CCC,Cheshire County Council,agreement,operate,operating,hours,fee,11p,ward
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M9F1R6 - . An on-location photograph from Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS in 2023, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is The MSCC Thelwall Ferry - Welcome!, Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS. The subject also carries associations with inland navigation, local character, everyday life, visual archive, navigation engineering, public information notice, community identity, period detail, historic signage, changing land use, documentary photography, canal freight heritage, lock flight, and promotional board. For current editorial use, biodiversity and heritage conservation provide additional context, especially through the cost of keeping historic locks and canal structures operational. Current relevance extends to visual identity and commercial competition, particularly through how public-facing messages shape behaviour and purchasing. As a dated visual record of Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside local history, historic narrowboat, social history, period advertising, waterborne transport, working waterway, place identity, and street-level marketing. Elements such as Ferry, Thelwall, and Welcome add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The record includes part of the area's social history within the wider story of Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS.
Ferry Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JY56B2 - . Made at Victoria Railway Station, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY 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 defining feature is Old route map in tiles, Victoria Railway Station, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY - West Yorkshire,Bradford,Halifax,Huddersfield,Wakefield,Sheffield,. The wider scene also brings together community identity, period detail, trackside history, contemporary social history, heritage-led regeneration, urban fabric, working railway heritage, historic townscape, mixed-use redevelopment, historic rolling stock, regional identity, town-centre renewal, adaptive reuse, and before-and-after reference. The wider contemporary story combines regional connectivity, decarbonisation and the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heritage conservation, planning and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at Victoria Railway Station, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY, details that may look very different after new construction. The photograph additionally reflects commercial redevelopment, station environment, rail transport history, mechanical signalling, historical comparison, place-making, freight wagon, and rail operations. Details involving tiles, route, Bradford, Wakefield, and Station make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Victoria Railway Station, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image fixes evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
Victoria Railway Station, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JY56EF - . This location-specific image from Victoria Railway Station, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The main point of reference is Old route map in tiles, Victoria Railway Station, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY - North West routes, Liverpool, Southport, Blackpool. The setting additionally reflects local character, contemporary social history, place-making, historical comparison, local history, working railway heritage, before-and-after reference, trackside history, archival record, social history, rail transport history, place identity, signal-box architecture, and changing streetscape. For current editorial use, regional connectivity and heritage conservation provide additional context, especially through the role of rail in lower-carbon regional transport. Current relevance extends to construction costs and planning, particularly through the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. Future viewers can use this scene from Victoria Railway Station, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after new ownership. The surrounding story also includes mechanical signalling, period detail, mixed-use redevelopment, town-centre renewal, period architecture, rail operations, community identity, and historic townscape. The recorded references to route, tiles, Victoria, Railway, and Southport preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Victoria Railway Station, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2JY56EF.
Victoria Railway Station, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHX7CA - Itsukushima (厳島) is an island in the western part of the Inland Sea of Japan, located in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay. It is popularly known as Miyajima (宮島), which in Japanese means Shrine Island. The island is one of Hayashi Gahō's Three Views of Japan specified in 1643. Itsukushima is part of the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture. The island was part of the former town of Miyajima before the 2005 merger with Hatsukaichi.
Itsukushima is famous for the Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to records, the shrine was established in the time of Empress Suiko. The warrior-courtier Taira no Kiyomori gave the shrine its present form. In 1555, Mōri Motonari defeated Sue Harukata at the Battle of Miyajima. Toyotomi Hideyoshi built a large building, the Senjō-kaku, on a hill above the shrine.
Itsukushima has a number of temples, including Toyokuni Shrine with a five-storied pagoda, and Daiganji Temple - one of the three most famous Benzaiten temples of Japan. The island is also famous for its upper hill side cherry blossoms and maple leaf autumn foliage.
The island of Itsukushima, including the waters around it (part of Seto Inland Sea), lies within Setonaikai National Park. This sea is affected by strong tides. At low tide, the bottom of the sea is exposed past the island's torii. At high tide, the sea covers all the previously exposed seabed mud and fills areas underneath the shrine boardwalk.
Itsukushima, Miyajimacho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0588, Japan
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Halton,Cheshire,UK,closed,across,the,MSC,MSCC,harp design rigging,Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust,Merseyflow,scheme,river,Mersey,waterway,waterways,Manchester Ship Canal,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,summer,view,canals,rivers,shore,path,promenade,walkway,riverside,power station,fiddlers,ferry,road,crossing,new
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K13HFG - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The photograph centres on Mersey Gateway Bridge, across the MSC (Manchester Ship Canal) and river Mersey, showing Fiddlers Ferry power station, Halton, Cheshire, UK. The wider scene also brings together freight wagon, visual archive, archival record, community identity, regional identity, mechanical signalling, waterborne freight, before-and-after reference, boat museum collection, navigation engineering, working railway heritage, inland transport history, rail corridor, and station environment. The wider contemporary story combines biodiversity, funding and the transition from freight transport to leisure and heritage use. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with decarbonisation, rail reform and how Crewe's identity remains tied to railway engineering and operations. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. The location also brings in local history, inland navigation, industrial railway, rail infrastructure, industrial waterway history, historic rolling stock, historic narrowboat, and changing streetscape. The recorded references to Ferry, Fiddlers, Halton, Bridge, and power preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is biodiversity and how museum collections preserve working waterway history as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The image fixes a trace of local identity within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,England,UK,GB,Great Britain,Merseyside,Ferry Terminal,boat,Birkenhead,Wirral,Cheshire,bench,history,historic,heritage,ferry,ferries,Mersey Ferry,Mersey,river,Victorian,cross,crossing,route,service,CH41 6DU,CH41,old,waiting,area,benches,ornate,cast iron,metal
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DAPRC5 - . A location-based documentary photograph from Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead,Merseyside,England,UK, CH41 6DU, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. The location is represented through Woodside Ferry bench, Ferry terminal,Birkenhead,Wirral, Merseyside,Cheshire,England,UK. The frame also records themes of navigation engineering, changing streetscape, place identity, before-and-after reference, archival record, inland navigation, historic transport corridor, blue-green infrastructure, historical comparison, visual archive, waterborne travel, local character, period detail, and managed navigation. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes heritage conservation alongside towpath access, with particular attention to balancing leisure use with engineering and environmental needs. Small period details of commercial identity and local use at Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead,Merseyside,England,UK, CH41 6DU may become more significant with time, especially following new ownership. The photograph additionally reflects built environment, local history, urban change, canal heritage, everyday Britain, social history, public realm, and waterside infrastructure. The combination of Merseyside, Ferry, Wirral, terminal, and Woodside helps anchor the frame to a recognisable activity, place or period. A later view of Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead,Merseyside,England,UK, CH41 6DU may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence for heritage conservation and the value of canals and rivers as blue-green corridors within the specific setting of Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead,Merseyside,England,UK, CH41 6DU. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead,Merseyside,England,UK, CH41 6DU and the changing story of the subject shown.
Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead,Merseyside,England,UK, CH41 6DU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DAPRD0 - . A detailed documentary view from Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead,Merseyside,England,UK, CH41 6DU, preserving the appearance and character of the subject at a particular point in time. The photograph is concerned with Woodside Ferry bench, Ferry terminal,Birkenhead,Wirral, Merseyside,Cheshire,England,UK. Its broader subject matter includes changing streetscape, waterborne travel, place identity, navigation engineering, waterside infrastructure, managed navigation, historic transport corridor, built environment, riparian setting, inland navigation, urban change, local character, regional identity, and period detail. Today's wider story includes biodiversity, ageing locks and bridges and the practical question of balancing leisure use with engineering and environmental needs. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial identity and local use around Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead,Merseyside,England,UK, CH41 6DU before changing public expectations alters the character of the place. The surrounding context includes local history, blue-green infrastructure, industrial waterway history, archival record, visual archive, community identity, documentary photography, and lock-side environment. Details involving terminal, bench, Birkenhead, Ferry, and Merseyside make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. For Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead,Merseyside,England,UK, CH41 6DU, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. That also gives the frame relevance to biodiversity and balancing leisure use with engineering and environmental needs without losing the local specificity of Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead,Merseyside,England,UK, CH41 6DU. The image adds a further period reference to the visual history of Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead,Merseyside,England,UK, CH41 6DU.
Woodside Ferry Terminal, Birkenhead,Merseyside,England,UK, CH41 6DU
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,5X8A7239,Royal,Daffodil,ferry,Mersey,Liverpool,Wirral,ship,transport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E4231F - . Royal Daffodil ferry moored on the Mersey. Photographed on 4 May 2019. The recorded location is Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK. Within the history of port infrastructure, working harbours combine civil engineering with everyday transport
Their breakwaters, piers, navigation lights and boarding areas reflect successive generations of investment as traditional fishing and coastal shipping have been joined by tourism, cruise traffic and lifeline ferry services. Against the 2026 backdrop for port infrastructure, current 2026 transport policy places increasing emphasis on integrated journeys, active travel and lower-emission fleets, so ferry terminals now sit within wider networks of rail, bus, cycling and electric-vehicle infrastructure rather than functioning as isolated ports. Associated subject terminology includes maritime transport, island connectivity, waterfront, quayside, marine travel, coastal transport, harbour town, passenger ferry, vehicle ferry, maritime heritage, coastal economy, 5X8A7239, and Liverpool. In relation to marine travel, historical context shows that harbours and ferry ports have shaped coastal communities for centuries, providing sheltered water for fishing, trade and passenger travel
Quays, piers, slipways and terminal buildings record evolving vessel sizes and the transition from cargo handling to modern roll-on roll-off ferry operations. For the story of passenger ferry, it is useful to note that maritime gateways connect island and mainland economies, carrying residents, visitors, freight and vehicles while also supporting fishing, leisure craft and tourism
Older waterfront buildings often survive beside modern ferry infrastructure, making port landscapes unusually layered records of economic change. The image also relates directly to maritime transport, island connectivity and waterfront. The subject also connects island connectivity, waterfront and quayside within the same editorial theme.
Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tram,historic,heritage,tourist,transport,museum,tramways,destination,sign,signs,preserved,vintage,restored,board,street,upper,deck,balcony,Wirral Transport Museum,Merseyside Tramway,Preservation Society,charity,terminal,waterfront,ferry,Mersey,river,nostalgia,volunteers,connection,local authority,council,traction,commuter,travel,collection,reopening
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E423DT - A Woodside Ferry stock-photo/gotonysmith-Destination.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>destination sign is shown on the upper deck of a historic electric tram from the Wirral Transport Museum and Heritage Tramway in Birkenhead. The close-up view captures the traditional tram destination box, curved balcony railings, cream and green livery and period styling associated with preserved tramway vehicles. Woodside Ferry is a key Mersey waterfront location in Birkenhead, linked with ferry services across the River Mersey and with the town's transport history. The heritage tramway connected Wirral Transport Museum with Woodside Ferry Terminal, giving visitors a short preserved tram ride between the museum, the waterfront and nearby bus and ferry interchange. The image is commercially useful for stories about tram preservation, electric trams, public transport heritage, Merseyside transport, Wirral tourism, Woodside Ferry, Birkenhead regeneration, local museums and the survival of historic urban transport. It can also illustrate the wider history of electric street tramways in Britain, including the way local authority tram systems once served working towns, ferry terminals, docks, shopping streets and residential districts before buses and private cars changed urban travel. The visible destination sign makes the photograph especially relevant for articles on route displays, tramway design, transport signage, preserved vehicles, museum collections and the nostalgia attached to historic public transport. Care is needed with current wording, as the Wirral Transport Museum and tramway have had periods of closure and uncertainty, with plans and funding discussions around reopening and redevelopment reported in recent years. As a documentary stock image, it records a distinctive detail of Birkenhead's tramway heritage, where the Woodside Ferry name, tram balcony and vintage styling combine to evoke ferry passengers, electric traction, museum volunteers and the wider transport memory of the Wirral waterfront.
Woodside Ferry destination sign on a historic electric tram from Wirral Transport Museum and Heritag
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E423NX - Wallasey Corporation Tramways No. 78 stands at Woodside in Birkenhead, displaying stock-photo/gotonysmith-Destination.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>destination blinds for Seacombe, Warren Drive and New Brighton on a preserved heritage electric tram. The cream and green double deck tram, with open balcony and period livery, is one of the best-known vehicles associated with the Wirral Transport Museum and Heritage Tramway. The Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society says car 78 was built as late as 1920 by Brush, but in an old-fashioned design with open upper-deck balconies, and that it was the final tram to survive from Wallasey Corporation Tramways after withdrawal in 1933. Visit Wirral lists the Wirral Tramway and Wirral Transport Museum at 1 Taylor Street, Birkenhead, CH41 1BG, where heritage trams operated to Woodside Ferry. The image is commercially useful for stories about preserved trams, electric tramway heritage, Birkenhead transport history, Wirral tourism, museum volunteers, public transport nostalgia, Woodside Ferry and the wider history of urban transit on Merseyside. It can also illustrate the once-important links between ferry terminals, coastal suburbs and local authority tram systems, with New Brighton, Seacombe and Woodside all part of the historic transport geography of the Wirral. The distinctive destination blinds, polished paintwork, open platform and classic Edwardian-style design make the photograph especially strong for transport, heritage and leisure features. It is also useful for coverage of transport museums, family attractions, volunteer restoration work, route branding, destination displays and the visual appeal of traditional tram design. As a documentary stock image, it records a much-loved preserved tram at Woodside, evoking the era when trams carried passengers between Birkenhead, Wallasey and the seaside at New Brighton, and highlighting the role of preservation groups in keeping that history visible.
Wallasey Corporation Tramways No. 78 at Woodside, Birkenhead, showing New Brighton destination blind
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1W1 - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H6ETRR - Aberdeen Harbour was the first publicly limited company in the United Kingdom and is today the principal commercial port in northern Scotland and an international port for general cargo, roll-on/roll-off and container traffic. The harbour also serves NorthLink Ferries, which sail to Kirkwall, Orkney and Lerwick, Shetland. The Aberdeen Maritime Museum (on Shiprow in the city centre) includes exhibitions and displays which tell the story of the harbour and its role in the economy and development of the city.
Originally, the defective harbour, with a shallow sand and gravel bar at its entrance, retarded the trade of Aberdeen, but under various acts since 1773 it was greatly deepened.
By the Harbour Act of 1868, the river Dee near the harbour was diverted from the south at a cost of £80,000, and 90 acres (364,000 m²) of new ground, in addition to 25 acres (101,000 m²) formerly made up, were provided on the north side of the river for the Albert Basin (with a graving dock), quays and warehouses. A 1050 ft (320 m) long concrete breakwater was constructed on the south side of the stream as a protection against south-easterly gales. On Girdleness, the southern point of the bay, a lighthouse was built in 1833.
The North Pier, built partly by John Smeaton 1775-81, and partly by Thomas Telford 1810-15, extends nearly 3,000 ft (1000 m) into the North Sea and raised the bar.
Victoria Dock, named in honour of the queen's visit to the city in that year, is a wet dock of 29 acres (117,000 m²) and with 6000 ft (1800 m) of quay, was completed in 1848
16 Regent Quay, Aberdeen AB11 5SS, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H6JMR7 - Aberdeen Harbour was the first publicly limited company in the United Kingdom and is today the principal commercial port in northern Scotland and an international port for general cargo, roll-on/roll-off and container traffic. The harbour also serves NorthLink Ferries, which sail to Kirkwall, Orkney and Lerwick, Shetland. The Aberdeen Maritime Museum (on Shiprow in the city centre) includes exhibitions and displays which tell the story of the harbour and its role in the economy and development of the city.
Originally, the defective harbour, with a shallow sand and gravel bar at its entrance, retarded the trade of Aberdeen, but under various acts since 1773 it was greatly deepened.
By the Harbour Act of 1868, the river Dee near the harbour was diverted from the south at a cost of £80,000, and 90 acres (364,000 m²) of new ground, in addition to 25 acres (101,000 m²) formerly made up, were provided on the north side of the river for the Albert Basin (with a graving dock), quays and warehouses. A 1050 ft (320 m) long concrete breakwater was constructed on the south side of the stream as a protection against south-easterly gales. On Girdleness, the southern point of the bay, a lighthouse was built in 1833.
The North Pier, built partly by John Smeaton 1775-81, and partly by Thomas Telford 1810-15, extends nearly 3,000 ft (1000 m) into the North Sea and raised the bar.
Victoria Dock, named in honour of the queen's visit to the city in that year, is a wet dock of 29 acres (117,000 m²) and with 6000 ft (1800 m) of quay, was completed in 1848
16 Regent Quay, Aberdeen AB11 5SS, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H6JMRT - Aberdeen Harbour was the first publicly limited company in the United Kingdom and is today the principal commercial port in northern Scotland and an international port for general cargo, roll-on/roll-off and container traffic. The harbour also serves NorthLink Ferries, which sail to Kirkwall, Orkney and Lerwick, Shetland. The Aberdeen Maritime Museum (on Shiprow in the city centre) includes exhibitions and displays which tell the story of the harbour and its role in the economy and development of the city.
Originally, the defective harbour, with a shallow sand and gravel bar at its entrance, retarded the trade of Aberdeen, but under various acts since 1773 it was greatly deepened.
By the Harbour Act of 1868, the river Dee near the harbour was diverted from the south at a cost of £80,000, and 90 acres (364,000 m²) of new ground, in addition to 25 acres (101,000 m²) formerly made up, were provided on the north side of the river for the Albert Basin (with a graving dock), quays and warehouses. A 1050 ft (320 m) long concrete breakwater was constructed on the south side of the stream as a protection against south-easterly gales. On Girdleness, the southern point of the bay, a lighthouse was built in 1833.
The North Pier, built partly by John Smeaton 1775-81, and partly by Thomas Telford 1810-15, extends nearly 3,000 ft (1000 m) into the North Sea and raised the bar.
Victoria Dock, named in honour of the queen's visit to the city in that year, is a wet dock of 29 acres (117,000 m²) and with 6000 ft (1800 m) of quay, was completed in 1848
16 Regent Quay, Aberdeen AB11 5SS, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H6JMW0 - Aberdeen Harbour was the first publicly limited company in the United Kingdom and is today the principal commercial port in northern Scotland and an international port for general cargo, roll-on/roll-off and container traffic. The harbour also serves NorthLink Ferries, which sail to Kirkwall, Orkney and Lerwick, Shetland. The Aberdeen Maritime Museum (on Shiprow in the city centre) includes exhibitions and displays which tell the story of the harbour and its role in the economy and development of the city.
Originally, the defective harbour, with a shallow sand and gravel bar at its entrance, retarded the trade of Aberdeen, but under various acts since 1773 it was greatly deepened.
By the Harbour Act of 1868, the river Dee near the harbour was diverted from the south at a cost of £80,000, and 90 acres (364,000 m²) of new ground, in addition to 25 acres (101,000 m²) formerly made up, were provided on the north side of the river for the Albert Basin (with a graving dock), quays and warehouses. A 1050 ft (320 m) long concrete breakwater was constructed on the south side of the stream as a protection against south-easterly gales. On Girdleness, the southern point of the bay, a lighthouse was built in 1833.
The North Pier, built partly by John Smeaton 1775-81, and partly by Thomas Telford 1810-15, extends nearly 3,000 ft (1000 m) into the North Sea and raised the bar.
Victoria Dock, named in honour of the queen's visit to the city in that year, is a wet dock of 29 acres (117,000 m²) and with 6000 ft (1800 m) of quay, was completed in 1848
16 Regent Quay, Aberdeen AB11 5SS, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H6JMWD - Aberdeen Harbour was the first publicly limited company in the United Kingdom and is today the principal commercial port in northern Scotland and an international port for general cargo, roll-on/roll-off and container traffic. The harbour also serves NorthLink Ferries, which sail to Kirkwall, Orkney and Lerwick, Shetland. The Aberdeen Maritime Museum (on Shiprow in the city centre) includes exhibitions and displays which tell the story of the harbour and its role in the economy and development of the city.
Originally, the defective harbour, with a shallow sand and gravel bar at its entrance, retarded the trade of Aberdeen, but under various acts since 1773 it was greatly deepened.
By the Harbour Act of 1868, the river Dee near the harbour was diverted from the south at a cost of £80,000, and 90 acres (364,000 m²) of new ground, in addition to 25 acres (101,000 m²) formerly made up, were provided on the north side of the river for the Albert Basin (with a graving dock), quays and warehouses. A 1050 ft (320 m) long concrete breakwater was constructed on the south side of the stream as a protection against south-easterly gales. On Girdleness, the southern point of the bay, a lighthouse was built in 1833.
The North Pier, built partly by John Smeaton 1775-81, and partly by Thomas Telford 1810-15, extends nearly 3,000 ft (1000 m) into the North Sea and raised the bar.
Victoria Dock, named in honour of the queen's visit to the city in that year, is a wet dock of 29 acres (117,000 m²) and with 6000 ft (1800 m) of quay, was completed in 1848
16 Regent Quay, Aberdeen AB11 5SS, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H6JMWP - Aberdeen Harbour was the first publicly limited company in the United Kingdom and is today the principal commercial port in northern Scotland and an international port for general cargo, roll-on/roll-off and container traffic. The harbour also serves NorthLink Ferries, which sail to Kirkwall, Orkney and Lerwick, Shetland. The Aberdeen Maritime Museum (on Shiprow in the city centre) includes exhibitions and displays which tell the story of the harbour and its role in the economy and development of the city.
Originally, the defective harbour, with a shallow sand and gravel bar at its entrance, retarded the trade of Aberdeen, but under various acts since 1773 it was greatly deepened.
By the Harbour Act of 1868, the river Dee near the harbour was diverted from the south at a cost of £80,000, and 90 acres (364,000 m²) of new ground, in addition to 25 acres (101,000 m²) formerly made up, were provided on the north side of the river for the Albert Basin (with a graving dock), quays and warehouses. A 1050 ft (320 m) long concrete breakwater was constructed on the south side of the stream as a protection against south-easterly gales. On Girdleness, the southern point of the bay, a lighthouse was built in 1833.
The North Pier, built partly by John Smeaton 1775-81, and partly by Thomas Telford 1810-15, extends nearly 3,000 ft (1000 m) into the North Sea and raised the bar.
Victoria Dock, named in honour of the queen's visit to the city in that year, is a wet dock of 29 acres (117,000 m²) and with 6000 ft (1800 m) of quay, was completed in 1848
16 Regent Quay, Aberdeen AB11 5SS, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H6JMX6 - Aberdeen Harbour was the first publicly limited company in the United Kingdom and is today the principal commercial port in northern Scotland and an international port for general cargo, roll-on/roll-off and container traffic. The harbour also serves NorthLink Ferries, which sail to Kirkwall, Orkney and Lerwick, Shetland. The Aberdeen Maritime Museum (on Shiprow in the city centre) includes exhibitions and displays which tell the story of the harbour and its role in the economy and development of the city.
Originally, the defective harbour, with a shallow sand and gravel bar at its entrance, retarded the trade of Aberdeen, but under various acts since 1773 it was greatly deepened.
By the Harbour Act of 1868, the river Dee near the harbour was diverted from the south at a cost of £80,000, and 90 acres (364,000 m²) of new ground, in addition to 25 acres (101,000 m²) formerly made up, were provided on the north side of the river for the Albert Basin (with a graving dock), quays and warehouses. A 1050 ft (320 m) long concrete breakwater was constructed on the south side of the stream as a protection against south-easterly gales. On Girdleness, the southern point of the bay, a lighthouse was built in 1833.
The North Pier, built partly by John Smeaton 1775-81, and partly by Thomas Telford 1810-15, extends nearly 3,000 ft (1000 m) into the North Sea and raised the bar.
Victoria Dock, named in honour of the queen's visit to the city in that year, is a wet dock of 29 acres (117,000 m²) and with 6000 ft (1800 m) of quay, was completed in 1848
16 Regent Quay, Aberdeen AB11 5SS, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H6JMXT - Aberdeen Harbour was the first publicly limited company in the United Kingdom and is today the principal commercial port in northern Scotland and an international port for general cargo, roll-on/roll-off and container traffic. The harbour also serves NorthLink Ferries, which sail to Kirkwall, Orkney and Lerwick, Shetland. The Aberdeen Maritime Museum (on Shiprow in the city centre) includes exhibitions and displays which tell the story of the harbour and its role in the economy and development of the city.
Originally, the defective harbour, with a shallow sand and gravel bar at its entrance, retarded the trade of Aberdeen, but under various acts since 1773 it was greatly deepened.
By the Harbour Act of 1868, the river Dee near the harbour was diverted from the south at a cost of £80,000, and 90 acres (364,000 m²) of new ground, in addition to 25 acres (101,000 m²) formerly made up, were provided on the north side of the river for the Albert Basin (with a graving dock), quays and warehouses. A 1050 ft (320 m) long concrete breakwater was constructed on the south side of the stream as a protection against south-easterly gales. On Girdleness, the southern point of the bay, a lighthouse was built in 1833.
The North Pier, built partly by John Smeaton 1775-81, and partly by Thomas Telford 1810-15, extends nearly 3,000 ft (1000 m) into the North Sea and raised the bar.
Victoria Dock, named in honour of the queen's visit to the city in that year, is a wet dock of 29 acres (117,000 m²) and with 6000 ft (1800 m) of quay, was completed in 1848
16 Regent Quay, Aberdeen AB11 5SS, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FKFD - . An on-location photograph from Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows Level crossing at Penketh, Warrington, Cheshire with barriers. The setting additionally reflects regional identity, documentary photography, public information signage, street furniture, public realm, visitor guidance, instructional sign, visual archive, route marker, contemporary social history, everyday life, place identity, transport stop marker, and archival record. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with clear communication, local identity and the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments. Future viewers can use this scene from Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after conservation work. A second descriptive layer includes local information board, roadside information, local character, changing land use, before-and-after reference, community identity, local history, and community noticeboard. Details involving Penketh, crossing, barriers, and Level make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of clear communication and the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments when considered against later change at Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ. It also preserves details of everyday use for later comparison.
Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ
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Keywords: with,barriers,barrier,accident,fatal,danger,dangerous,fine,penalty,fines,penalties,rail,railway,track,side,trackside,Pway,permanent,way,sign,signs,keep,clear,open,raised,goods,Ferry,Tavern,trespass,Network,BR,Level crossing,Track side,Permanent Way,keep crossing clear,Ferry Tavern,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FKH3 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The principal subject is Level crossing at Penketh, Warrington, Cheshire with barriers. The setting additionally reflects community noticeboard, archival record, wayfinding marker, roadside information, orientation signage, route marker, before-and-after reference, navigation aid, local history, place identity, local character, community identity, everyday life, and directional sign. Current relevance extends to clear communication and local identity, particularly through the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments. Small period details of local activity and public use at Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include instructional sign, visual archive, local information board, public-facing notice, street furniture, historical comparison, changing land use, and transport stop marker. References to Level, barriers, Penketh, and crossing give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is clear communication and the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments within the specific setting of Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ. The frame retains a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FKJ2 - . Made at Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ in 2016, 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 photograph centres on Level crossing at Penketh, Warrington, Cheshire with barriers. The broader subject matter reaches into before-and-after reference, place identity, roadside information, contemporary social history, navigation aid, documentary photography, everyday life, orientation signage, archival record, visual archive, social history, transport stop marker, public information signage, and local history. Today's relevance is strengthened by public safety, maintenance and the continuing question of how small pieces of street furniture become recognisable parts of local identity. As a dated visual record of Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside public realm, local information board, wayfinding marker, public-facing notice, regional identity, changing land use, period detail, and local character. References to Penketh, crossing, Level, and barriers give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of public safety and how small pieces of street furniture become recognisable parts of local identity as part of the longer story of Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ.
Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FKJX - . Made at Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ in 2016, 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 scene records Level crossing at Penketh, Warrington, Cheshire with barriers. The locality and subject together evoke orientation signage, everyday life, public-facing notice, route marker, community noticeboard, local history, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, documentary photography, roadside information, public information signage, visual archive, social history, and period detail. Current relevance extends to clear communication and transport information, particularly through the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments. Future viewers can use this scene from Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with place identity, community identity, local character, instructional sign, contemporary social history, historical comparison, street furniture, and visitor guidance. Details involving barriers, Penketh, Level, and crossing make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another useful connection is clear communication and the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments within the specific setting of Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ. Image H8FKJX also remains a dated record of Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ.
Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6NAA - . Boat on the Sankey Canal Reflection Warrington Cheshire England UK. Photographed at Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 22 September 2013. 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 wider composition gives a broader sense of the surroundings, showing the principal subject in relation to more of the streetscape, landscape or public space. The scene is closely associated with Boat, Sankey, Canal, Reflection, Warrington, Cheshire, pano, panorama, wide and shot, 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.
Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6NE9 - . Boat on the Sankey Canal Reflection Warrington Cheshire England UK. Photographed at Sankey Canal, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 22 September 2013. 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 wider composition gives a broader sense of the surroundings, showing the principal subject in relation to more of the streetscape, landscape or public space. The scene is closely associated with Boat, Sankey, Canal, Reflection, Warrington, Cheshire, pano, panorama, wide and shot, 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. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Sankey Canal, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXM1K - The area around the Pier Head and Albert Dock is iconic for tourists / travelers and even more beautiful by night or at dusk.
The Pier Head is a riverside location in the city centre of Liverpool, England. It is part of the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was inscribed in 2004.
The site encompasses a trio of landmarks, built on the site of the former George's Dock and referred to since at least 2000 as The Three Graces:
Royal Liver Building, built between 1908 and 1911 and designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas. It is a grade I listed building consisting of two clock towers, both crowned by mythical Liver Birds. The building is the headquarters of the Royal Liver Friendly Society.
Cunard Building, constructed between 1914 and 1916 and a grade II* listed building. It is the former headquarters of the Cunard Line shipping company.
Port of Liverpool Building, built from 1903 to 1907 and also grade II* listed. It is the former home of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
Also on the site is the grade II listed Mersey Tunnel building, to the east of the Port of Liverpool building. It was built in the 1930s and contains offices and ventilator equipment for the Queensway Tunnel.
Pier Head, Liverpool, England, UK L3 1DL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91X01 - . Fred Olsen Trimaran loading at Ferry port at Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain. Photographed on 5 June 2013. The recorded location is Ferry port, Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain. As background, maritime scenes record both movement and infrastructure: ships, ferries, fishing boats, quays and waterfront structures show how ports serve commerce, communities and tourism
The details of a vessel's design, livery and role can also date a photograph precisely. Historically, mobility is shaped by both technology and policy
Images of vehicles and transport infrastructure record evolving design, accessibility, fuel use, ownership patterns and the ways towns organise movement. The wider historical story is that tourism images record not just destinations but changing habits of leisure: seaside holidays, city breaks, heritage visits, package travel and resort culture have all developed with transport, disposable income and mass tourism. Against the 2026 backdrop, ports remain crucial to UK trade, offshore energy, passenger travel and supply chains, while decarbonisation is driving interest in cleaner fuels, shore power and more efficient vessels
Older working-boat and harbour images therefore have both maritime-history and contemporary transport relevance. In 2026, transport is undergoing a gradual shift towards lower-emission vehicles, better public-transport integration and active travel
Older buses, cars and infrastructure therefore help illustrate both continuity and technological transition. From a heritage perspective, harbours and shipping routes have long shaped British coastal and riverside towns
Fishing, cargo handling, ferry services, shipbuilding and port engineering created distinctive working landscapes that increasingly coexist with tourism, leisure craft and waterfront regeneration. Alternative search wording includes maritime industry, working vessel, marine transport, and quayside.
Ferry port, Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91X50 - . Fred Olsen Trimaran loading at Ferry port at Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain. Photographed on 5 June 2013. The recorded location is Ferry port, Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain. In the longer view, ports and vessels are central to Britain's maritime history, linking coastal communities and inland industry with fishing, trade, passenger travel and international shipping
Harbours, docks and working craft also reflect changing technology, from traditional fishing fleets to high-speed workboats and modern freight logistics. The wider historical story is that everyday journeys depend on an evolving network of vehicles, stops, stations and roads
Buses, cars, ferries and trams can become historical subjects within a few years as operators rebrand, fleets are replaced and infrastructure is rebuilt. As background, travel photography documents the visitor economy as well as scenery, showing how historic places, coastlines and resort facilities are packaged, experienced and adapted for tourists over time. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that modern maritime policy increasingly combines freight efficiency with lower-carbon shipping and port investment
Photographs of working vessels and harbours can illustrate the continuity between traditional maritime trades and today's logistics, offshore and passenger sectors. In the present 2026 context, transport policy increasingly emphasises decarbonisation, integration and reliable public services, while older diesel vehicles and legacy infrastructure offer a visual contrast with electric fleets and changing travel behaviour. During 2026, ports remain crucial to UK trade, offshore energy, passenger travel and supply chains, while decarbonisation is driving interest in cleaner fuels, shore power and more efficient vessels
Older working-boat and harbour photographs therefore have both maritime-history and contemporary transport relevance.
Ferry port, Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91X66 - Harbour / Harbor panorama at Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain
Historical references to Los Cristianos date back to the 16th century, when it is described as a harbour by the Notary Hernán Guerra.[2] Los Cristianos remained an important port for the south of Tenerife throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries but remained unsettled until the latter part of the 19th Century due to the threat of pirate raids as there was no significant population to warrant a castle or fort.
The first permanent settlement of Los Cristianos was in the 1860s when it was described by Pedro de Olive as a hamlet in Arona, with three one-storey houses, a two-storey house and a hut. It was officially recognised in governmental documents as been established in 1888 by 29 houses and a cave.
Los Cristianos town, Southern Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain
![iPod Shuffle2 - Sunrise [ Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, Mersey, England, UK ] 8624810895 HDR,Power,Station,Sunset,Sunrise,cooling,tower,towers,fiddlers,ferry,fidlers,Fiddlers Ferry,Widnes,Cuerdley,Cheshire,Warrington,sky,tonysmiththatguy,sankey,canal,st helens,water,reflection,England,UK,GB](https://live.staticflickr.com/8103/8624810895_07dd85a4f2_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8624810895 - 'New Order - 'Sunrise' - Play this track here.
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I've been waiting to hear your voice for too long now
One way conversations do not work somehow
Tell me how does one get your soul in touch with the one above
When one way conversations pay a price for the use of love
I tried so hard last night you would not talk to me
I live with the fear of the few with the gift
And I know what's going to be...
Sunrise was a track from Lowlife, the third New Order album. Released in May 1985 by Factory Records, Low-Life is considered to be among New Order's strongest work, displaying the moment in which the band completed its transformation from post-punk hold-overs to dance rock pioneers. The album shows New Order's increased incorporation of synthesizers and samplers, while still preserving the rock aspects of their earlier work.
The album's artwork is the only New Order release to feature photographs of the band members on its cover. By default, drummer/keyboardist Stephen Morris is on the front cover, but it actually features four photographs inside the case and a semi-transparent piece of paper with the band's name on. Owners can choose which band member is seen through the sleeve.
The original Factory release (Japan and UK) CD versions of this album are mastered with pre-emphasis.
The album was preceded by the release of the full-length version of 'The Perfect Kiss' as a single (only an edited version appears on the album). John Robie's remix of 'Sub-culture' was also released as a 12' single. Both of these extended versions eventually were included on 1987's Substance.
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a coal fired power station located in Cuerdley, Cheshire in North West England, which is capable of co-firing biomass. It is situated on the north bank of the River Mersey between the towns of Widnes and Warrington. Opened in 1971, the station has a generating capacity of 1,989 megawatts (MW). Since the privatisation of the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1990, the station has been operated by various companies. Since 2004, Scottish and Southern Energy plc have operated the station.
With its eight 114-metre (374 ft) high cooling towers and 200-metre (660 ft) high chimney the station is a prominent landmark and can be seen from as far away as the Peak District and the Pennines. rather than a sunrise, this is a sunset as locals will notice.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HT0R - Murdo Maclean and sons is Stornoway's premier department store. A kind of Outer Hebrides Jenners or Kendals, not yet swallowed up by the House of Fraser.
Locals tell me that a trip there was an experience as a child, maybe getting whipped up to the 1st floor for school shoes, sunday best or uniform. I have certainly taken a few shots of it over the years, its a Stornoway icon, (almost as famous as butchers Macleod & MacleodsBlack Pudding or Irn Bru Sausages).
As you walk in there is bric-a-brac downstairs with soft furnishings at the rear. Upstairs are the wearables, shoes, clothes etc. I am told that they stock some quite posh stuff too. I did spot some people sporting Tommy Hilfiger tops in The Thai Cafe, although that might have been from a stall on Inverness Market. They did have mainland accents!
An on-line review I read said iThere's a nice selection of Posh womens hats and bags (Think weddings and church) and a range of womens wear and underwear which is mostly suited to the more mature lady but sometimes you can find a great modern young person piece./i
Murdo Maclean & Sons Ltd
25 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS1 2DD,
Tel: 01851 703416, Fax: 01851 706362
25 Cromwell Street ,Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK, HS1 2DD
![iPod Shuffle2 - Reflections [ Torrin to Ergol Isle Of Skye, Scotland, UK ] 6408131259 Isle,Skye,ergol,torrin,totin,coast,island,Scot,Scots,Scottish,Islands,isles,ferry,port,sea,loch,mountains,UK,green,pano,panorama,joiner,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,tonysmithhotpix](https://live.staticflickr.com/7152/6408131259_88cc6315db_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6408131259 - 'Cast - &
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Reflections&
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- Play this track here .
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Cast are an English rock band from Liverpool, formed in 1992 by John Power (vocals, guitar) and Peter Wilkinson (backing vocals, bass) after Power left The La's and Wilkinson's former band Shack had split. Following early line-ups with different guitarists and drummers, Liam &
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Skin&
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Tyson (guitar) and Keith O'Neill (drums) joined Cast in 1993.
Emerging from the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s, Cast signed to Polydor Records and their debut album All Change (1995) became the highest selling album for the label. Further commercial success continued with the albums Mother Nature Calls (1997) and Magic Hour (1999), however the band's fourth album Beetroot (2001) was far less successful which led to the band's split soon after. Cast reunited for a UK tour in November 2010.
Noel Gallagher of Oasis described watching the band live as being like a &
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religious experience&
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and they were labelled &
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The Who of the 90's&
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. It has been suggested that the name &
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Cast&
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was taken from the final word on The La's eponymous album (the song &
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Looking Glass&
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ends with the repeated line &
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The change is cast&
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), though John Power stated when interviewed that this was a coincidence.
Despite never having a number one single or album, nor winning any major awards (although they were once nominated for &
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Best British Newcomer&
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at the 1996 BRIT Awards), Cast still proved to be very popular at their peak of success, with All Change being a multi-platinum seller of 600,000 units.
Elgol (Scottish Gaelic: Ealaghol) is a village on the shores of Loch Scavaig towards the end of the Strathaird peninsula in the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands. According to tradition, its name derives from a battle fought with five ships by Aella, a follower of Vortigern, against the Picts and Scots (\u201cAella-gol\u201d).
The Strathaird peninsula was historically a heartland of the Mackinnons, a robustly Jacobite clan. On 4 July 1746, the Young Pretender found sanctuary at Elgol in the course of his wanderings under the protection of Mackinnon of Mackinnon and Captain John Mackinnon of Elgol. The cave where he is said to have waited for a boat to the mainland (\u201cPrince Charlie\u2019s cave\u201d, or \u201cUamh Phrionnsa\u201d) can still be visited today, a short walk to the south of the village.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HFDX - Sunset at the Ruins of St Columbas Church, Aignish, outside Stornoway Isle Of Lewis, Scotland
Aignish (Scottish Gaelic: Aiginis) is located northwest of Knock and east of Stornoway on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas), Scotland. The township is at the island side of the isthmus connecting to the Eye peninsula.
Lewis is of Presbyterian tradition with a rich history, having once been part of the Norse Kingdom of Mann and the Isles. Today, life is very different from elsewhere in Scotland with Sabbath observance, the Gaelic language and peat cutting retaining more importance than elsewhere. Lewis has a rich cultural heritage as can be seen from its myths and legends as well as the local literary and musical traditions.
St Columba's Church, Aignish, Isle of Lewis.The crofting village contains the historic Eye Church (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais na h-Aoidhe), a large pre-Reformation Church. The present church buildings are believed to be medieval, built during two separate construction phases. They were constructed on the site believed to be the cell of St. Catan, a contemporary of St. Columba. The church was the burial ground of the MacLeods of Lewis.
Saint Columba (7 December 521 9 June 597 AD)also known as Colum Cille (Old Irish, meaning dove of the church), Colm Cille (Irish), Calum Cille (Scottish Gaelic) and Kolban or Kolbjørn (Old Norse, meaning black bear)was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk who propagated Christianity among the Picts during the Early Medieval Period. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.
St Columbas Church, Aignish, outside Stornoway Isle Of Lewis, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BJ1WAB - . A location-based documentary photograph from Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. At the heart of the image is Bocayna Express Catamaran ferry, Fred Olsen express, sea transport, Lanzarote, Canaries,Spain,inter-island, Spain,Europe. The setting additionally reflects inland navigation, changing streetscape, waterborne travel, blue-green infrastructure, built environment, everyday life, place identity, waterside infrastructure, public realm, industrial waterway history, community identity, visual archive, historic transport corridor, and historical comparison. Today's wider story includes heritage conservation, navigation funding and the practical question of the long transition from freight route to leisure and heritage asset. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe, details that may look very different after later redevelopment. Further associations include working waterway, contemporary history, documentary photography, river transport, towpath landscape, urban change, before-and-after reference, and navigation engineering. Elements such as transport, Express, Catamaran, ferry, and Spain add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. The period setting at Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence for heritage conservation and the long transition from freight route to leisure and heritage asset when considered against later change at Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe.
Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,Spain,35580 Playa Blanca,ferries,boat,ship,vessels,transport,Ferry,sea transport,Canaries,express,Bocayna,Express,service,services,Catamaran,port,in port,docked,Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca,Las Palmas,Lanzarote,Europe,boats,ferry,route,sailing,routing,line,lines car ferry,link,links,Calle Muelle,de,Playa Blanca
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BJ1WAD - . Recorded at Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe, this image forms part of the visual history of the locality and the activity, building, object or service shown. The location is represented through Bocayna Express Catamaran ferry, Fred Olsen express, sea transport, Lanzarote, Canaries,Spain,inter-island, Spain,Europe. The frame also records themes of public realm, before-and-after reference, social landscape, built environment, local character, social history, navigation engineering, changing streetscape, canal heritage, everyday life, waterborne travel, blue-green infrastructure, contemporary history, and documentary photography. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with heritage conservation, biodiversity and the value of canals and rivers as blue-green corridors. As a dated visual record of Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it useful if later redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. A second layer of the scene includes river transport, waterside infrastructure, historic transport corridor, period detail, working waterway, lock-side environment, local history, and historical comparison. The combination of Express, Europe, Canaries, Olsen, and Bocayna helps anchor the frame to a recognisable activity, place or period. The period setting at Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is heritage conservation and the value of canals and rivers as blue-green corridors when considered against later change at Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe.
Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,Spain,35580 Playa Blanca,ferries,boat,ship,vessels,transport,Ferry,sea transport,Canaries,express,Bocayna,Express,service,services,Catamaran,port,in port,docked,Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca,Las Palmas,Lanzarote,Europe,boats,ferry,route,sailing,routing,line,lines car ferry,link,links,Calle Muelle,de,Playa Blanca
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BJ1WAJ - . This scene at Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe documents an everyday subject with wider connections to local identity, social history and changing patterns of use. The principal subject is Bocayna Express Catamaran ferry, Fred Olsen express, sea transport, Lanzarote, Canaries,Spain,inter-island, Spain,Europe. Other aspects of the subject include historic transport corridor, navigation engineering, boating network, social landscape, riparian setting, before-and-after reference, period detail, canal heritage, industrial waterway history, local character, social history, river transport, towpath landscape, and place identity. The subject remains useful for current coverage of navigation funding and flood resilience, not least because of balancing leisure use with engineering and environmental needs. Future viewers can use this scene from Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The surrounding context includes changing streetscape, everyday life, waterborne travel, local history, community identity, contemporary history, visual archive, and managed navigation. The recorded references to Canaries, Express, ferry, Europe, and Catamaran preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. The surrounding context at Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes navigation funding and the long transition from freight route to leisure and heritage asset within the real-world context of Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe.
Calle Muelle de Playa Blanca, 35580 Playa Blanca, Las Palmas,Lanzarote , Spain, Europe
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Keywords: Wave,Crest,Trawler,docked,at,Stornoway,Fishing,Port,&,Harbour,at,dusk,SY3,night,shot,nightshot,sea,gulls,seagulls,feeding,on,waste,fish,thrown,back,HHP,CNES,historic,outer,hebrides,hebridean,hebridan,Western,Isles,fishing,industry,fisheries,fishermen,boat,boats,evening,dramatic,gotonysmith,mixed,lighting,tripod,blue,hour,bluehour,sky,Lewis,castle,town,capital,Scotland,scottish,islands,ferry,tours,tourism,product,products,culture,gaelic,language,EU,Fishing,quota,Brexit,freedom,British,waters,territory,territorial,rights,borders,border,sovereignty,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,fish,harbour,maritime,Steòrnabhagh,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,territorial waters,Scotlands History,Scotlands History,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HE30 - . Wave Crest Trawler docked at Stornoway Fishing Port & Harbour at dusk. Photographed on 13 July 2010. The recorded location is Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland UK SY1. In the longer view, maritime scenes record both movement and infrastructure: ships, ferries, fishing boats, quays and waterfront buildings show how ports serve commerce, communities and tourism
The details of a vessel's design, livery and role can also date a photograph precisely. The wider historical story is that seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that modern maritime policy increasingly combines freight efficiency with lower-carbon shipping and port investment
Photographs of working vessels and harbours can illustrate the continuity between traditional maritime trades and today's logistics, offshore and passenger sectors. In the present 2026 context, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. In historical terms, harbours and shipping routes have long shaped British coastal and riverside towns
Fishing, cargo handling, ferry services, shipbuilding and port engineering created distinctive working landscapes that increasingly coexist with tourism, leisure craft and waterfront regeneration. Looking at the subject's development, maritime scenes record both movement and infrastructure: ships, ferries, fishing boats, quays and waterfront buildings show how ports serve commerce, communities and tourism
The details of a vessel's design, livery and role can also date a photograph precisely.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland UK SY1
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Keywords: cow,highland,cattle,mull,isle,inner,islands,scotland,UK,ferry cow,ferry,calmac,calledonian,macbrayne,hair,hairy,hotpix,hotpixuk,tonysmith,tony,smith,scot,scottish,heritage,fild,farm,agriculture,HDR,narrative,edinbrugh,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4529622798 - 'This breed of cattle originated in the Scottish Western Isles (Lewis, Harris etc) and the central highlands. A highland cattle herd book registry was started in 1885 and this lists pedigrees etc. This was a very wet rainy day all over central and north Scotland with many lochs north and west of Calendar in the Trossochs very high, often lapping up to the roadside. This cow had been soaked by it all day by the looks of it and had been scratching itself on some barbed wire next to his field.
Highland breeds do thrive on poor mountain land with high annual rainfall and bitter winds however. Gaelic names are encouraged for the naming of cows. Some female names include A Bhuidhe Aillidh (a Yellow Beauty), Fraoch (Heather) and Sonasag (Little Happy Female). Male names include Aonghas (Angus), Companach (Companion), Cuairtear (Tourist) and Gruaghach (long haired one).
Have a look at www.highlandcattlesociety.com, a very interesting site all about these animals.
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Keywords: sarak,new,brighton,mersey,ferry,gothic,black,hotpixuk,hotpix,tonysmith,tony,smith,face,head,faces,goth,girl,lady,ladies,woman,sexy,velvet,lace,eyes,pretty,thin,slight,royal,iris,boat,dock,dockside,birkenhead,wirral,wirrel,uk,gb,england,liverpool,city,crossing,scouse,scouser,blue,low,light,dusk,evening,night,shot,sex,porn,porno,girlie,this photo rocks,erotic,fetish,fetishist,town,cool,person,people,portrait,image,gothess,gothy,gothing,babes,female,dark,disturbia,noche,nuit,retro,merseyside
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3874779825 - 'Sarah. Birkenhead, Wirral with Mersey ferry behind. Mild winter late afternoon sun already dupped below the horizon.
Another gothic portrait later in the night - www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3875568806/in/photostream/
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Keywords: 3graces,3,graces,three,liverpool,maritime,city,mersey,merseyside,england,uk,beatles,thebeatles,beatle,fab,four,fabfour,fab4,waterfront,water,front,pier,head,pierhead,liver,building,cunard,tonysmith,hotpix,pano,panorama,stitch,autostich,joiner,tripod,dusk,night,shoot,shot,picture,image,port,terminal,isle,man,ferry,mann,island,town,selctive,colour,color,colores,tony,smith,interesting,place,places,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,stitcher,autostitch,auto,12-24,sigma,wide angle lens,wide,buildings,built,architecture,noche,nuit,art,arty
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4392932861 - 'The three graces on the Liverpool mersey waterfront at dusk, after rain showers.
These important architectural landmarks are:
The Royal Liver Building, built between 1908 and 1911 and designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas. It is a grade I listed building consisting of two clock towers, both crowned by mythical Liver Birds. The building is the headquarters of the Royal Liver Friendly Society. Now Deutsche Bank.
The Cunard Building, constructed between 1914 and 1916 and a grade II* listed building. It is the former headquarters of the Cunard Line shipping company.
The Port of Liverpool Building, built from 1903 to 1907 and also grade II* listed. It is the former home of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
Added to this left and right is the new Beatles exhiition and the museum of Liverpool life.
Work commenced in 2007 to build a canal link between the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and the South Docks. The \u00a322 million pound 1.6 mile extension to the Leeds-Liverpool Canal was officially opened on 25 March 2009. It opens to boaters at the end of April and links the 127 miles of the existing canal to the city\u2019s South Docks, passing Pier Head and the famous Three Graces. The Pier Head was in this form for the 2008 city of culture celebrations.
At first, the Prince's Landing Stage was situated at the Pier Head to serve the trans-Atlantic liner service. There were many stages built during Liverpool's history, the most recent opened in the 1890s and was joined to the neighbouring George's Landing Stage, situated to the south. After further lengthening took place in the early twentieth century, the combined structure originally measured nearly 3,000 feet, almost half a mile. Both were scrapped in 1973, following the termination of trans-Atlantic services from Liverpool.
In the three years or so I worked in Liverpool, Pier Head served as a major bus interchange. There was also a very poor Beefeater / Berni Inn pub at the Pier head too, where the Beatles exhibition is today.
This image is copyrighted, available for official use only on Alamy here:
www.alamy.com/stock-photo-dusk-panorama-of-the-three-grac...
Goldfrapp live in Liverpool www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3077807669/
A pier head joiner www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4281002771/
A dusk shot with similar treatment www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4259536947/
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Keywords: Old,Woodside,Birkenhead,Wirral,Merseyside,NW,England,UK,way,gotonysmith,man,holding,lever,wood,wooden,1920,1920s,no,20,no20,museum,Birkenhead,had,the,first,street,tramway,in,Europe.,Opened,on,29,August,1860,the,first,line,ran,from,Woodside,(adjoining,the,terminal,of,the,Ferry),to,Birkenhead,Park.,This,early,system,was,horse-drawn,and,was,the,brainchild,of,flamboyant,American,George,Francis,Train.,A,preserved,tram,was,on,display,in,the,Woodside,ferry,terminal,booking,hall.,The,system,was,later,electrified,and,operated,from,1901,as,Birkenhead,Corporation,Tramways.,Two,replica,trams,imported from Hong Kong,have,been,brought,into,service,as,part,of,a,heritage,tramway,between,Woodside,and,Wirral,Transport,Museum,and,Birkenhead,Corporation,Tramways,Car,No.20,is,preserved,on,this,line,and,shown,here.,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NPP - Old tram with driver, Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, NW England, UK
Birkenhead had the first street tramway in Europe. Opened on 29 August 1860 the first line ran from Woodside (adjoining the terminal of the Mersey Ferry) to Birkenhead Park. This early system was horse-drawn and was the brainchild of flamboyant American, George Francis Train. A preserved tram was on display in the Woodside ferry terminal booking hall.
The system was later electrified and operated from 1901 as Birkenhead Corporation Tramways. Two replica trams, imported from Hong Kong, have been brought into service as part of a heritage tramway between Woodside and Wirral Transport Museum, and Birkenhead Corporation Tramways Car No.20 is preserved on this line and shown here.
Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, NW England, UK
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Keywords: Stornoway,lewis,scotland,chip,shop,sign,take,away,takeaway,night,shot,nightshot,Camerons,food,hot,365days,Schotland,l'Ecosse,Ecosse,Schottland,\u03a3\u03ba\u03c9\u03c4\u03af\u03b1,la,Scozia,\u30b9\u30b3\u30c3\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9,\uc2a4\ucf54\ud2c0\ub780\ub4dc,\u0428\u043e\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f,Escocia,stornaway,HHP,hebrides,calmac,ferry,airport,air,port,tweed,haris,harris,cloth,town,urban,built,up,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,edinbrugh,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3891017922 - 'Camerons was closed at the time and this nice bright sign was slining out into point street. The second in two days on a 'take away' theme.
One day I may have the chance to 'Chill out with Slush' .
Note that a Smokie is not a reference to that English rock band from Bradford who found success in Europe in the 1970s.
Some of the glowing reviews I found for the place included.......
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Great wee family run chip shop in the pedestrian area of stornoway.
Glass fronted shop so it\u2019s not difficult to miss.
Food is great, fish &
chips is highly recommended, though it\u2019s advisable to order in earlier so you don\u2019t have to queue as at dinner times the queue is often out the door!
All the usual chips, burgers, sausages, chicken and pies etc and they also do great onion rings.
Chips with gravy or curry sauce is a favourite at lunch times as is a cheeky chips (chips with a battered pork sausage)
Friendly staff and quick service unless your order has to be made right away.
Always busy at lunch times with school children (between 1 and 2)
They also sell fresh milk in pint bottles, soft drinks, water and do a great soft serve ice cream which is highly recommended.
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..... so there you have it :-)
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Keywords: andy,tan,stornoway,lewis,western,isles,chinese,hot,malaysian,malaysia,food,take,away,takeaway,face,head,faces,365days,stornaway,HHP,hebrides,calmac,ferry,airport,air,port,tweed,haris,harris,cloth,town,urban,built,up,tonysmith,tony,smith,HOT PIX,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3891017802 - 'The 'Peking Cuisine' is one of the four Chinese Takeaways in the town and is right beside the Police Station.
Notably it is opposite the (unlicensed) Thai Cafe which is undoubtedly one of the crown jewels of Stornoway, Lewis and the whole of the Western Isles.
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Keywords: Stornoway,Panorama,Lewis,Scotland,Hebbrides,Western,isles,harbour,port,365days,Schotland,l'Ecosse,Ecosse,Schottland,\u03a3\u03ba\u03c9\u03c4\u03af\u03b1,la,Scozia,\u30b9\u30b3\u30c3\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9,\uc2a4\ucf54\ud2c0\ub780\ub4dc,\u0428\u043e\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f,Escocia,HDR,high dynamic range,stornaway,HHP,hebrides,calmac,ferry,airport,air,tweed,haris,harris,cloth,town,urban,built,up,tonysmith,tony,smith,interesting,place,places,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,joiner,stitch,stitcher,autostitch,auto,pano,imagen,panor\u00e1mica,image,panoramisches,Bild,hotpicks,hotpix,hotpics,hot,pix,pics,uk,edinbrugh,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3890901488 - 'An evening panorama from Stornoway town on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland. Just after a rain shower, the town looks clean and washed.
Ste\u00f2rnabhagh in Gaelic is a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of western Scotland.
The town's population is approximately 9,000 out of a total population of more than 26,00 for the whole of the Western Isles chain. The town is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council or CNES ). Christian observance of the Sabbath is an important aspect of the town's culture and on Sunday the town is grid-locked by church going folk, getting in and out of the town.
Indeed until recently there were no flights or ferries to Lewis on Sunday and (thankfully) no newspapers that day.
Stornoway was originally a Viking settlement and developed around its well sheltered natural harbour. The name Stornoway itself is derived from 'Stjornavagr', an Old Norse word for 'steering bay'.
The annual Hebridean Celtic Festival is a 4-day community led festival which attracts over 10,000 visitors during July of each year. The Royal National Mod has been held in Stornoway on a number of occasions.
Those lovely standing stones, west of the town can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3828011848/
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Lewis and Harris,Outer Hebrides,Western Isles,Scotland,UK,boats,port,history,heritage,small,moored,vessels,quay,waterfront,marina,sea,seawater,reflections,dramatic sky,drama,storm,clouds,cloudy,sky,dusk,evening light,islands,Hebrides,coastal,maritime heritage,industry,seafood,commercial,town,transport,ferry,atmospheric
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N1P - Fishing boats moored at Stornoway Harbour on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, under a dramatic sky of dark cloud, broken light and evening reflections on the water. The photograph shows working vessels tied up beside the quay, with masts, rigging, harbour buildings and the sheltered inlet creating a strong maritime scene. The weather appears unsettled, with heavy cloud and low light suggesting dusk, late afternoon or changeable Hebridean conditions, while the calm harbour water reflects the sky and boats. Stornoway is the main town and port of Lewis and Harris, and Stornoway Harbour is described by Visit Outer Hebrides as the main port for the Outer Hebrides, with a safe natural harbour, a small fishing fleet, commercial facilities, coastguard and lifeboat presence, and ferry services. The image is commercially useful for editorial features on Scottish fishing, island communities, working harbours, seafood, maritime heritage, ferry links, rural economies, coastal tourism, harbour regeneration, weather in the Hebrides and transport lifelines. Fishing has long been part of the identity and economy of the Western Isles, and vessels like these give a human and industrial scale to the wider landscape of sea, islands and port infrastructure. The dark skies, muted colours and reflective water add atmosphere suitable for travel writing, environmental stories, climate and weather features, marine industry coverage, fishing policy, coastal livelihoods, harbour safety and island life. This image can also support stories about Stornoway as a gateway to the Outer Hebrides, with links to Ullapool by ferry and a port that serves commercial, leisure, fishing and community needs. The composition works as an establishing image for Stornoway, Lewis, Scottish island travel, harbour towns, traditional boats, working waterfronts and the continuing importance of small fishing fleets in remote coastal Scotland.
Fishing boats moored at Stornoway Harbour under dramatic evening skies, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebride
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Keywords: Ilfracombe,Pier,Tavern,Dorset,pub,bar,ale,harbour,quay,dusk,lights,traffic,trail,trails,ferry,terminal,boats,tripod,shot,tripod shot,long,exposure,long exposure,365days,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,Warrington,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,tonysmith,tony,smith,noche,nuit,hotpix!,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3871490136 - 'Night shot, just off the harbour.
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Keywords: Isle of Lewis,Hebrides celtic,scotland,stornoway,stornaway,island,callanish,standing,stones,celtic,isle,lewis,Sepia,black,white,BW,Monochrome,UK,GB,scotia,islands,west,coast,Hebrides,Calmac,monument,hotpixuk,hotpix,tonysmith,tony,smith,TDK,TDKTony,calanish,strange,aincient,ancient,heritage,Schotland,l'Ecosse,Ecosse,Schottland,\u03a3\u03ba\u03c9\u03c4\u03af\u03b1,la,Scozia,\u30b9\u30b3\u30c3\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9,\uc2a4\ucf54\ud2c0\ub780\ub4dc,\u0428\u043e\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f,Escocia,mono,HHP,ferry,airport,air,port,tweed,haris,harris,cloth,town,urban,built,up,old,stuff,interesting,place,places,sex,sexy,edinbrugh,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3828011848 - 'The historic site over 4000 years old on the west coast of the isle of Lewis, outer Hebrides. Easiest way to reach it is via Stornoway (main port and airport). The layout of the monument is in the shape of a distorted Celtic cross.
These Callanish Stones (or 'Callanish I'), Clachan Chalanais or Tursachan Chalanais in Gaelic, are situated near the village of Callanish (Gaelic: Calanais) on the west coast of the isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland. Construction of the site probably took place around 2900 and 2600 BC, though there were possibly earlier buildings before 3000 BC. A tomb was later built into the site. Thirteen primary stones form a circle about 13 metres in diameter, with a long approach avenue of stones to the north, and shorter stone rows to the east, south, and west (possibly incomplete avenues). The overall layout of the monument recalls a distorted Celtic cross. The individual stones vary from around 1 m to 5 m in height, with an average of 4 metres, and are of the local course Lewisian gneiss.
The site is very haunting at sunset when the visitors have gone.
A shot from Loch Earn, near Crieff here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3827213159/
More Stornoway www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3890901488/
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Keywords: mersey,ferry,ferries,liverpool,woodside,portrair,face,mono,b/w,black,white,tonysmith,hotpix,tonysmithhotpix,hot,pix,pics,picks,boat,ship,dock,docks,dockside,selective,colour,color,colores,ipod,music,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tony,tdktonysmith,#smith,#tonysmithotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4924237892 - 'Boom! There She was - 'Scritti Politti' - Play this track here.
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Heres a track that comes up a lot on my shuffle and it cropped up this very morning.
Initially a Leeds left-wing-inspired post-punk British rock group, Scritti Politti developed into a more mainstream pop music project in the early to mid 1980s. Scritti Politti originally consisted of Green Gartside (born Paul Julian Strohmeyer) as the lead vocalist, Nial Jinks as bass player, Tom Morley as drummer, and Matthew Kay as the manager who sometimes played the keyboard.
The name 'Scritti Politti' was chosen as a homage to the Italian Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci: The name is generally understood to refer to Gramsci's political writings (although the correct spelling in Italian would have produced 'Scritti Politici'). Gartside changed it to 'Scritti Politti' as he thought it sounded more rock and roll, like 'Tutti Frutti'.
'Skank Bloc Bologna' picked up airplay on John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show, and the band were signed to the 'Rough Trade' label under Geoff Travis in 1979,
Gartside and Jinks had gone to school together in South Wales, and Gartside met Morley at Leeds Polytechnic, a college they both attended. They played one show as 'The Against' in 1976, doing covers of Chelsea songs. Disillusioned and bored with art school, Gartside and Morley left in June 1978 and moved into a squat at 1 Carol Street in Camden Town, London. Jinks was invited to join the band. Gartside apparently taught him how to play the bass in three weeks.
Gartside recorded a demo of one of his new songs, 'The Sweetest Girl', in January 1981, and the song was included on a compilation of songs on cassette (the C81) given out with the March issue of NME. I still have it in the loft somewhere.
Success in the 1980's led to a number of LP releases and in 1988, 'Provision' contained this little gem.
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I was walking along the Mersey waterfront when Boom! There She was!
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF8BN7 - Fiddlers Ferry Power station shown at sunset from Warrington and the village of Stockton Heath.
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a coal fired power station located in Cheshire in North West England, which is capable of co-firing biomass. It is situated on the north bank of the River Mersey between the towns of Widnes and Warrington.
Opened in 1971, the station has a generating capacity of 1,989 megawatts (MW). Since the privatisation of the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1990, the station has been operated by various companies. Since 2004, Scottish and Southern Energy PLC have operated the station.
Stockton Heath Cemetery, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0MFJ - . Snowdrop Mersey Ferry approaching Latchford locks on the Manchester Ship Canal, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK. Photographed on 4 July 2009. The recorded location is The Quays, Latchford locks, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK. Its a Grey day as the tourist trip takes passengers from Liverpool to Salford Quays. Salford Quays occupies the former Manchester Docks, once the inland terminus of the Manchester Ship Canal. After the docks closed in 1982, large-scale regeneration transformed derelict wharves into housing, offices, cultural venues and eventually MediaCity. Salford City Council now describes the Quays as one of Europe's most successful waterfront regeneration projects, and in 2026 further growth is planned around new homes, technology, culture and improved public space. Historically, plant details are useful both aesthetically and scientifically, showing petals, leaves, seed heads and moisture at a particular stage of growth
Repeated seasonal photography can also provide a simple record of phenology. Historically, ports and vessels are central to Britain's maritime history, linking coastal communities and inland industry with fishing, trade, passenger travel and international shipping
Harbours, docks and working craft also reflect changing technology, from traditional fishing fleets to high-speed workboats and modern freight logistics. The wider historical story is that fields, flowers, trees and wildlife provide a visual record of season, habitat and countryside management
Agricultural crops sit alongside wild plants, insects and birds, illustrating the overlap between food production, biodiversity and recreation. In 2026, current interest in biodiversity and climate gives seasonal flower and foliage photographs documentary value beyond their visual appeal, particularly where flowering or autumn colour can be compared over time. Other useful descriptive phrases include botanical, seasonal plant, garden, and nature detail.
The Quays, Latchford locks, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H6JMTG - Aberdeen Harbour was the first publicly limited company in the United Kingdom and is today the principal commercial port in northern Scotland and an international port for general cargo, roll-on/roll-off and container traffic. The harbour also serves NorthLink Ferries, which sail to Kirkwall, Orkney and Lerwick, Shetland. The Aberdeen Maritime Museum (on Shiprow in the city centre) includes exhibitions and displays which tell the story of the harbour and its role in the economy and development of the city.
Originally, the defective harbour, with a shallow sand and gravel bar at its entrance, retarded the trade of Aberdeen, but under various acts since 1773 it was greatly deepened.
By the Harbour Act of 1868, the river Dee near the harbour was diverted from the south at a cost of £80,000, and 90 acres (364,000 m²) of new ground, in addition to 25 acres (101,000 m²) formerly made up, were provided on the north side of the river for the Albert Basin (with a graving dock), quays and warehouses. A 1050 ft (320 m) long concrete breakwater was constructed on the south side of the stream as a protection against south-easterly gales. On Girdleness, the southern point of the bay, a lighthouse was built in 1833.
The North Pier, built partly by John Smeaton 1775-81, and partly by Thomas Telford 1810-15, extends nearly 3,000 ft (1000 m) into the North Sea and raised the bar.
Victoria Dock, named in honour of the queen's visit to the city in that year, is a wet dock of 29 acres (117,000 m²) and with 6000 ft (1800 m) of quay, was completed in 1848
16 Regent Quay, Aberdeen AB11 5SS, Scotland
