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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tourist,tourism,events,artisan,market,stall,outdoor market,craft market,local market,markets,independent,traders,town,centre,market town,shoppers,families,visitors,high street,small business,retail,local,enterprise,community event,weekend shopping,visitor economy,high street footfall,handmade goods,arts and crafts,food,flower,flowers,plants,gazebos,public realm,placemaking,local shopping
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENF26K - Street scene at Knutsford Makers Market in Cheshire, England, showing Princess Street and Silk Mill Street filled with independent stalls, shoppers and families during the monthly Sunday market. The image captures a lively town-centre retail and leisure event, with black and white market gazebos, framed artwork, craft displays, plants, flowers, visitors pushing a pram and people browsing on a pedestrianised shopping street. The overcast sky and soft daylight suggest a mild but grey market day, typical of north west England, while the brick buildings, shopfronts, hanging bunting, traditional upper-storey windows and the visible street layout give the photograph a strong sense of place. Knutsford Makers Market is promoted as an outdoor artisan market held on the first Sunday of the month, bringing Princess Street and Silk Mill Street alive with art, craft, food, drink, coffee, music, street food and entertainment. The picture is useful for editorial and commercial themes around high street revival, independent retail, local enterprise, visitor economy, Cheshire market towns, weekend shopping, community events, small businesses, makers, artists, food traders, town-centre footfall and alternatives to out-of-town retail. Knutsford itself is a well-known Cheshire market town with an attractive historic centre, independent shops and links to nearby Tatton Park, making the market part of a wider destination offer for residents, day trippers and visitors from Greater Manchester and Cheshire. Visible details include the 20 mph street sign, planters, display easels, stall canopies, shop signs, decorative bunting and a mix of adults, children and families moving through the market. The image can support stories about local shopping habits, artisan markets, public realm use, sustainable town-centre events, small traders, outdoor retail, place marketing and how regular markets help animate traditional high streets beyond normal weekday shopping.
Princess Street and Silk Mill Street, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6BW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,blue,sky,sunny,village,South Warrington,time,flowering,shrub,shrubs,flower,Easter,tree,branch,coming,back,to,life,St Wilfrids,church,St,Wilfs,Inn,pub,bar,pubs,bars,for,a,pint,drink,Boidelle,Boydell,family
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJW6YW - Grappenhall is a suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, in the civil parish of Grappenhall and Thelwall, which had a population of 9,377 at the 2001 census. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 9,651.
Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 with the name Gropenhale and with a valuation of five shillings.
Sandstone carving of a 'Cheshire Cat', St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall
St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower. This may have been Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later. The church was also, at a time, in the possession of the Boidelle (Boydell) family.
Along with the church, the centre of the village contains two pubs, the Parr Arms and the Ram's Head, and Grappenhall Hall Residential School (closed down) and St Wilfrid's Primary School. Bradshaw Community Primary School is located north of the village centre.
Church Lane, Grappenhall Village, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,blue,sky,sunny,village,South Warrington,time,flowering,shrub,shrubs,flower,Easter,tree,branch,coming,back,to,life,bud,buds,Springtime,budding,new life,post-winter,blue sky,blue skies,English,British,season,seasons,nature,natural
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJW6YX - . Flowering pink magnolia in village in Spring, Church Lane, Grappenhall Village, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 3 April 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 Church Lane, Grappenhall Village, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Cheshire, WA4, blue, sky, sunny, village, South Warrington, time, flowering, shrub, shrubs, flower, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The religious or ecclesiastical setting gives the photograph relevance to faith, worship, sacred architecture, stained glass, church heritage, tourism and the conservation of historic interiors and buildings. It can illustrate the continuing cultural role of churches and cathedrals as places of worship, community activity, music, remembrance and architectural interest. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison.
Church Lane, Grappenhall Village, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cymru,Wales,daffodils,daffodil,Big on British Spring,Spring,a,love,heart,with,red,dragon,flowers,flower,i,welcome,to,discount,inflation,food,poverty,cheap,supermarkets,supermarket,in,crisis,budget,weekly,shopping,store,chain,regional,language,New Road,LL31 9SJ,LL31,shelves
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PH9KW6 - . Made at Vale Rd, New Rd, Llandudno Junction, north Wales, LL31 9SJ in 2023, 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 main point of reference is Welcome to LIDL supermarket in Llandudno Junction - i Cyffordd Llandudno, a heart with a Welsh red dragon, flowers , daffodils Big on British Spring. Another layer of the photograph includes street-side transport, changing land use, transport accessibility, historical comparison, public realm, regional identity, local mobility, period detail, surface public transport, bus route infrastructure, before-and-after reference, bus infrastructure, changing streetscape, and visual archive. The modern context includes continuing discussion of service frequency, local connectivity and the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network. The image fixes signage and branding within Vale Rd, New Rd, Llandudno Junction, north Wales, LL31 9SJ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The wider setting retains connections with documentary photography, local history, social history, local character, place identity, public-transport wayfinding, everyday life, and public transport stop. Details involving heart, British, daffodils, dragon, and supermarket make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Vale Rd, New Rd, Llandudno Junction, north Wales, LL31 9SJ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects service frequency and the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network without losing the local specificity of Vale Rd, New Rd, Llandudno Junction, north Wales, LL31 9SJ.
Vale Rd, New Rd, Llandudno Junction, north Wales, LL31 9SJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,England,UK,the,Soap,Company,co,Co,indy,pink,front,frontage,flower,flowers,Blake,street,St,YO1 8QG,YO1,10,Blake St,York,Yorkshire,soft soap,town centre,city centre,stores,retailing,niche,quaint,style,heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF7FDX - . This dated editorial view of 10 Blake St ,York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 8QG in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. At the centre of the view is The Yorkshire Soap Company, 10 Blake St ,York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 8QG. The subject also carries associations with customer footfall, period detail, high-street commerce, shopfront economy, documentary photography, commercial frontage, local character, changing streetscape, regional identity, local enterprise, contemporary social history, independent retail, town-centre trading, and small business. The wider contemporary story combines footfall, town-centre regeneration and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around 10 Blake St ,York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 8QG before different community use alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with specialist retailer, specialist shop, public realm, local history, street-level business, place identity, visual archive, and changing land use. Details involving Yorkshire, Blake, and Company make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 10 Blake St ,York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 8QG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The wider significance includes footfall and how commercial property costs affect small retailers without losing the local specificity of 10 Blake St ,York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 8QG. Another strand within the photograph is consumer spending and how commercial property costs affect small retailers in a form that can be compared with future views of 10 Blake St ,York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 8QG.
10 Blake St ,York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 8QG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,the,from,and,pier,sea,memorials,memorial,lovelock,love,padlocks,flower,view,Da-Bish,1951-2018,brass,plaque,Church Street,YO22,YO22 4DW,fence,wire,barrier,safety,boat,coast,coastal,north,town,picturesque,scenic,piers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD25CX - . From the Haggerlythe, Whitby pier & harbour, memorials, lovelocks and flowers, in North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4DW. Photographed on 25 September 2022, this autumn 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 Church Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4DW, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, pier, sea, memorials, memorial, lovelock, love, padlocks, flower, view, Da-Bish, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. 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 religious or ecclesiastical setting gives the photograph relevance to faith, worship, sacred architecture, stained glass, church heritage, tourism and the conservation of historic interiors and buildings. It can illustrate the continuing cultural role of churches and cathedrals as places of worship, community activity, music, remembrance and architectural interest.
Church Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4DW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,overspill,SK13,Glossop,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,grows,agriculture,plants,planting,hut,huts,vegetable,flower,bed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P06K - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,overspill,SK13,Glossop,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,grows,agriculture,plants,planting,hut,huts,vegetable,flower,bed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P06Y - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,barge,ware,pans,buckets,metal,hanging,up,flower,flowers,sign,writer,designs,watering,pail,saucepan,sauce,brush,wall,peg,English,British,waterways,navigation,decoration,decorations,tradition,history,historic,weathered,crafts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K307WD - . This authentic period view of National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is Traditional hand-painted canal barge ware, pan, watering pail, bucket, pans, hanging up, on an English waterway - flower designs. Other connected aspects include inland navigation, built heritage, changing streetscape, town-centre renewal, towpath landscape, heritage boating, industrial waterway history, urban regeneration, period architecture, visual archive, contemporary social history, historical comparison, boat museum collection, and industrial navigation. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with volunteering, flood resilience and the value of canals as both historic infrastructure and blue-green corridors. The modern context includes continuing discussion of commercial viability, town-centre regeneration and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. The image fixes public access and movement within National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against later reinterpretation. The surrounding story also includes urban fabric, navigation engineering, waterway conservation, regional identity, heritage-led regeneration, canal transport, period detail, and place-making. The recorded references to English, canal, Traditional, bucket, and watering preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 3DS,banker,Parr,Parrs,grape,in glass,glasshouse,glasshouses,flowers,flower,leaves,leaf,under,glass,grapes,red,grapevine,summer,foliage,grow,growing,horticultural,trailing,plant,plants,nature,natural,hothouse,hothouses,vineyard
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD3C7 - Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is a historic walled garden in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England. The garden was built by Thomas Parr around 1830 as both a pleasure garden for relaxing strolls and as a kitchen garden to produce fruit, vegetables, and herbs. After a period of decline, the garden was restored first by English Partnerships and then by the local parish council in conjunction with the friends of the garden
The walled garden was built around 1830 by Warrington banker Thomas Parr to accompany a mansion house. Thomas Parr's father, Joseph Parr, founded Parr's Bank and Thomas was appointed Chairman of the bank. Before opening the bank, Joseph Parr had made his wealth in the sugar refining industry that supported the slave trade in the British West Indies. Parr's bank amalgamated through acquisitions into the NatWest.
Unusually, Parr included both a pleasure garden and a kitchen garden within the same boundary wall. In addition to enjoying their garden, the Parr family held frequent galas and special events for the community. One annual event called Beating the Bounds involved a walk around the boundaries of the townships of Lymm, Appleton, and Grappenhall, which included the garden. Historical records suggest that the estate was at its height from 1875 to 1899.
By the 1950s, the estate had become derelict and parts of it were sold off. The house was demolished in the 1970s and the garden passed to English Partnerships for renovation. In 2005 control of the garden passed to Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council, which continued restoration in conjunction with a community group called The Friends of Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden. In 2012 the garden was given a Heritage Lottery Fund award towards repair of the Victorian glasshouses and completion of the restoration
Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3DS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cotswold,Oxfordshire,England,UK,GL55 6AA,historic,history,stone,listed,building,town,parish,grand,early,copper,Basil Hovandan Nava,plaque,at,Basil,Hovandan,Nava,in humble submission to the will of god,memorial,for country,ship,torpedoed,german submarine,St Abbs Head,flower,wool,merchants,of,all,English,Harry and Megan
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNBY8E - The grand early perpendicular Cotswold wool church, Church of St James, with its medieval altar frontals (c. 1500), cope (c. 1400), and 17th century monuments includes a monument to silk merchant Sir Baptist Hicks and his family. As well, the Grade I listed Church of St James includes a plaque to William Grevel, described as the flower of the wool merchants of all England. His home, the Grade I listed Grevel's House, was built c. 1380. It is not open to visitors. Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. (Chipping is from Old English cēping, 'market', 'market-place'
the same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe.)
A wool trading centre in the Middle Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of wealthy wool merchants, most notably William Greville (d.1401). The High Street is lined with buildings built from locally quarried oolitic limestone known as Cotswold stone, and boasts a wealth of vernacular architecture. Much of the town centre is a conservation area which has helped to preserve the original buildings. The town is an end point of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile long-distance footpath.
Chipping Campden has hosted its own Olympic Games since 1612.
Chipping Camden, Cotswolds, Cotswold, Oxfordshire, England, UK, GL55 6AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,RBKC,England,UK,Royal Borough,of,Kensington,Chelsea,pub,bar,outside,exterior,sun,the sun,brightest,in,flower,W11,Notting Hill,W11 3DA,7,splendour,front,Victorian,boozer,boozers,craft,beers,beer house,freehouse,free house,public house,colourful,hanging baskets,Free House
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KWH2 - . An on-location photograph from 7 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3DA in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The location is represented through Sun in Splendour, pub, 7 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3DA. Other connected aspects include social history, community drinking venue, everyday life, Thames city view, changing land use, historic hostelry, historical comparison, London visitor economy, hospitality economy, traditional ale house, capital landmark imagery, period detail, Westminster landmark, and visitor hospitality. For current editorial use, tourism and beer duty provide additional context, especially through the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. Current relevance extends to public transport and security, particularly through how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at 7 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3DA, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The subject also sits alongside urban tourism, capital-city heritage, community identity, city branding, pub heritage, night-time economy, heritage tourism, and before-and-after reference. Elements such as Portobello, Splendour, and Notting add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around 7 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3DA, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The record includes details of everyday use for future local research. The frame retains evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
7 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 3DA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,&,Industrial,Co-operative,Runcorn and Widnes,1928,door,entrance,doorway,transformation,blue,cyan,WA7,31-33 Ashridge Street. Runcorn,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,WA7 1HU,Society Tap Rooms Runcorn,Society LTD,Marilyn,Monroe,blond,flowers,flower,history,historic,heritage,buildings,architecture,fabric,turquoise,art,venue,arts,community
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6PE - . This scene at 31-33 Ashridge Street. Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The frame specifically shows Runcorn and Widnes Co-Operative Society, 1928, 31-33 Ashridge Street. Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU. A broader reading of the photograph includes archival record, local character, community identity, former production site, heavy-industry heritage, social history, urban fabric, conservation architecture, architectural detailing, engineering history, industrial artefact, built heritage, historic freight equipment, and historic streetscape. For current editorial use, local identity and planning control provide additional context, especially through how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use. Current relevance extends to skills heritage and brownfield redevelopment, particularly through the growing value of industrial heritage for tourism and local identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at 31-33 Ashridge Street. Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU, details that may look very different after new construction. Other useful contextual ideas include manufacturing heritage, conservation interest, factory heritage, historical comparison, industrial transport, regional identity, documentary photography, and heritage asset. The recorded references to Runcorn, Widnes, Ashridge, Society, and 31-33 preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For 31-33 Ashridge Street. Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The record includes part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
31-33 Ashridge Street. Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,firing,guns,uniform,white,armour,rose,artist,art,artwork,Runcorn old town,town,WA7 1LR,storm trooper,fires,flower,flowers,peace,StarWars,blaster,gun,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,black,graffiti,Star Wars,starwars,Banksy Style,stencilled,streetart,on,white wall
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K14187 - . An identifiable period record of Church Street, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1LR in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Stormtrooper fires a gun and a red rose comes out, stencil art in Church Street, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1LR. Another layer of the photograph includes local history, devotional artwork, sacred architecture, Christian iconography, historical comparison, everyday life, liturgical art, documentary photography, regional identity, historic church fabric, archival record, religious heritage, period detail, and parish church heritage. The modern context includes continuing discussion of historic fabric, church maintenance and how sacred art preserves religious, artistic and community history. The image fixes equipment and working practice within Church Street, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1LR at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. The photograph additionally reflects ecclesiastical craftsmanship, church interior, faith heritage, changing streetscape, community identity, contemporary social history, changing land use, and sacred decoration. Details involving comes, Stormtrooper, fires, Church, and Halton make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Church Street, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1LR matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is historic fabric and the conservation challenge of historic interiors and artwork within the real-world context of Church Street, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1LR. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Church Street, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1LR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,weed,Rosebay Willowherb,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,country,countryside,farm,land,summer,sunny,blue,sky,skies,corn,wheat,barley,bright,blue sky,blue skies,rural,farming,bloom,blooms,flower,flowers,Chamerion,angustifolium,epilobium angustifolium,epilobium,fauna,July,August,perennial,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKT2J - . This dated documentary view of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. At the centre of the view is Rosebay Willowherb Chamerion angustifolium - Purple wildflower, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. Further facets of the scene include regional identity, pedestrian square, contemporary social history, public realm, local character, social landscape, seasonal outdoor activity, community identity, social history, visual archive, before-and-after reference, community life, summer city life, and archival record. The modern context includes continuing discussion of public-space design, climate resilience and the growing need for shade, water and cooling during hotter summers. For current editorial use, local identity and footfall provide additional context, especially through the relationship between public space and local social life. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4, details that may look very different after changed technology. The subject also sits alongside urban leisure, changing streetscape, street-level documentary, local history, townscape record, documentary photography, urban social history, and city-centre public space. Details involving angustifolium, Willowherb, Chamerion, Purple, and Grappenhall make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Its period value extends to public-space design and the growing need for shade, water and cooling during hotter summers within the specific setting of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,weed,farming,macro,summer,alien,invasive species,alien plant,plant,vegetation,plants,weeds,Anthriscus,sylvestris,flower,flowering,head,problem,issue,habitat,rural,countryside,open,fields,meadow,meadows,green,space,spaces,greenfield,land,Kelsall,CW6 0GD,CW6
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE7K - Anthriscus sylvestris, known as cow parsley, wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, or keck, is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), genus Anthriscus. It is also sometimes called mother-die (especially in the UK), a name that is also applied to the common hawthorn. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwestern Africa
in the south of its range in the Mediterranean region, it is limited to higher altitudes. It is related to other diverse members of Apiaceae, such as parsley, carrot, hemlock and hogweed. It is often confused with Daucus carota which is known as Queen Anne's lace or wild carrot, also a member of the Apiaceae
The hollow stem grows to a height of 60170 cm (2467 in), branching to umbels of small white flowers. Flowering time is mid spring to early summer.
The tripinnate leaves are 1530 cm (5.911.8 in) long and have a triangular form. The leaflets are ovate and subdivided.
Cow parsley grows in sunny to semi-shaded locations in meadows and at the edges of hedgerows and woodland. It is a particularly common sight by the roadside. It is sufficiently common and fast-growing to be considered a nuisance weed in gardens. Cow parsley's ability to grow rapidly through rhizomes and to produce large quantities of seeds in a single growing season has made it an invasive species in many areas of the United States. Vermont has listed cow parsley on its Watch List of invasive species, while Massachusetts has banned the sale of the plant.[citation needed] It is classed as a Class B Noxious Weed in the State of Washington since 1989, where its sale is also banned. In Iceland, cow parsley has been classified as an alien invasive species
Kelsall,Cheshire, England, UK, CW6 0GD
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,grafitti,artist,stencil,stencils,London,E1,BrickLane,Tower Hamlets,old,bar,bars,78,Brick Ln,historic,flowers,flower,comment,spray,art,spraycan,artists,mixed,media,techniques,paste up,pasted,derelict,closed,unused,urban city,inner,imagination,paint,paintings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE0295 - . Recorded at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. The main subject is Old pub, 78 Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. Other connected aspects include beer tourism, cask-beer tradition, production technology, independent brewing, building-material production, documentary photography, engineering heritage, production works, local history, industrial material culture, drinks hospitality, period detail, brewing heritage, and licensed hospitality. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes independent brewing alongside consumer spending, with particular attention to the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with adaptive reuse, labour history and recording industries that shaped northern towns. For later comparison, the photograph preserves a particular stage in the life of the location at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The surrounding context also covers factory history, hand-pulled beer, contemporary social history, working-industry history, pub trade, before-and-after reference, industrial artefact, and changing land use. The recorded references to Hamlets, London, graffiti, Tower, and Brick preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The view records a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference. The image fixes part of the area's social history for later comparison.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Keywords: Republic of Ireland,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,pub,bar,Kings,the,Dublin,D01 KF59,in,late,summer,with,hanging,basket,flower,42 Bolton St,D01 EH56,sign,cultural quarter,exterior,outside,door,doorway,history,historic,colourful,nature,natural,pubs,bars,architecture,building,entrance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84JG0 - Temple Bar is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. The area is bounded by the Liffey to the north, Dame Street to the south, Westmoreland Street to the east and Fishamble Street to the west. It is promoted as Dublin's 'cultural quarter' and, as a centre of Dublin's city centre's nightlife, is a tourist destination. Temple Bar is in the Dublin 2 postal district.
Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ireland,Dublin,Eire,Irish,bar,flowers,flower,on,the,front,outside,exterior,classic,Dublin bar,2 Suffolk St,Dublin 2,D02 KX03,M.J.ONeills,city,centre,central,restaurant,building,architecture,tavern,Hogan,Brothers,Church Lane,William Butler,published,Volunteers Journal,Fabians,iron,three-dials,clock
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8DJFN - M.J.O'Neill's is a notable bar and restaurant in central Dublin. It has occupied 2 Suffolk Street and adjacent buildings, continuing round the corner into Church Lane. It is claimed there has been a tavern on the site for some three hundred years. From 1875 it was owned by the Hogan Brothers, until M.J. O'Neill bought and renamed the premises in August 1927.The part in Church Lane was the site of a printing house, where William Butler published The Volunteers Journal and the Irish Herald in 1783, and in 1789 Arthur O'Connor published The Press, supporting Wolfe Tone's republican views.
The corner structure is an impressive four-storey, vaguely of the Arts and Crafts Movement, red-brick and early twentieth century, with prominent Tudor-style projecting bay windows. There is a fine decorated iron three-dials clock on the Suffolk Street frontage. The building is protected and in a conservation area. Now, opposite the Dublin Tourist Centre, it is a fixture on the tourist trail and pub crawls.The house has a mixed clientele.
It is directly opposite Andrew Street Post Office, and near the shopping centre of Grafton Street. The discreet Church Lane door is convenient for the Bank of Ireland and other financial establishments in College Green. It is also the pub nearest to the Front Gate of Trinity College, Dublin and therefore attracting Arts undergraduates and academics. The original structure was divided into definite areas: a cocktail bar in the corner for the gentry, a public bar off Suffolk Street, and a back bar. In recent years the next-door premises in Church Lane have been added, as a carvery, and the interior has been opened up. A small snug, immediately inside the Church Lane entrance, was the significant venue for the Fabians of the early 1960s and for later left-wing students from Trinity College, Dublin.
2 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2, D02 KX03, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ireland,Dublin,Eire,Irish,bar,flowers,flower,on,the,front,outside,exterior,classic,Dublin bar,2 Suffolk St,Dublin 2,D02 KX03,M.J.ONeills,city,centre,central,restaurant,building,architecture,tavern,Hogan,Brothers,Church Lane,William Butler,published,Volunteers Journal,Fabians,iron,three-dials,clock
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8DJJD - M.J.O'Neill's is a notable bar and restaurant in central Dublin. It has occupied 2 Suffolk Street and adjacent buildings, continuing round the corner into Church Lane. It is claimed there has been a tavern on the site for some three hundred years. From 1875 it was owned by the Hogan Brothers, until M.J. O'Neill bought and renamed the premises in August 1927.The part in Church Lane was the site of a printing house, where William Butler published The Volunteers Journal and the Irish Herald in 1783, and in 1789 Arthur O'Connor published The Press, supporting Wolfe Tone's republican views.
The corner structure is an impressive four-storey, vaguely of the Arts and Crafts Movement, red-brick and early twentieth century, with prominent Tudor-style projecting bay windows. There is a fine decorated iron three-dials clock on the Suffolk Street frontage. The building is protected and in a conservation area. Now, opposite the Dublin Tourist Centre, it is a fixture on the tourist trail and pub crawls.The house has a mixed clientele.
It is directly opposite Andrew Street Post Office, and near the shopping centre of Grafton Street. The discreet Church Lane door is convenient for the Bank of Ireland and other financial establishments in College Green. It is also the pub nearest to the Front Gate of Trinity College, Dublin and therefore attracting Arts undergraduates and academics. The original structure was divided into definite areas: a cocktail bar in the corner for the gentry, a public bar off Suffolk Street, and a back bar. In recent years the next-door premises in Church Lane have been added, as a carvery, and the interior has been opened up. A small snug, immediately inside the Church Lane entrance, was the significant venue for the Fabians of the early 1960s and for later left-wing students from Trinity College, Dublin.
2 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2, D02 KX03, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,South West,town,Lymm,Spring,scene,in,the,Cross,village,Bridgewater Canal,Warrington,Cheshire,WA13 0HR,WA13,sunny,blue sky,history,historic,tourist,tourism,attraction,centre,sandstone,blossom,cherry,flower,flowering,pink,purple,Grade I listed,building,We are a Shadow,Save Time,Think of the Last
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMK7G - Lymm Cross is in the village of Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
The cross dates from the early to mid-17th century and was restored in 1897. It is constructed of sandstone and stands on an artificially stepped natural outcrop of red sandstone. Its shaft stands in a square pavilion of red sandstone with square corner pillars. It has a stone roof with a pedimented gable to each face and ball finials. Above the cross is an extension which carries a stone ball and an ornate weather vane. On the east, south and west gables are bronze sundials of 1897 carrying the inscriptions We are a Shadow, Save Time and Think of the Last.
The adjacent stocks are separately Grade II listed
The Cross, Lymm, Bridgewater Canal, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0HR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WBC,Cheshire,North West England,UK,tree,shrub,white,pink,flower,flowers,branch,branches,sunny,sunny day,Hatton,Norcott Brook,blue sky,Springtime,cherryblossom,artistic,closeup,natural,nature,outdoor,outside,garden,park,Cherry tree in full blossom,Cherry tree,full blossom,healthy,genus Prunus,flowering cherries,flowering cherry,springtime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy T3RF5B - A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).
The cherry fruits of commerce usually are obtained from cultivars of a limited number of species such as the sweet cherry (Prunus avium) and the sour cherry (Prunus cerasus). The name 'cherry' also refers to the cherry tree and its wood, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus Prunus, as in ornamental cherry or cherry blossom. Wild cherry may refer to any of the cherry species growing outside cultivation, although Prunus avium is often referred to specifically by the name wild cherry in the British Isles.
The English word cherry derives from Old Northern French or Norman cherise from the Latin cerasum, referring to an ancient Greek region, Kerasous (Κερασοῦς) near Giresun, Turkey, from which cherries were first thought to be exported to Europe. The indigenous range of the sweet cherry extends through most of Europe, western Asia, and parts of northern Africa, and the fruit has been consumed throughout its range since prehistoric times. A cultivated cherry is recorded as having been brought to Rome by Lucius Licinius Lucullus from northeastern Anatolia, also known as the Pontus region, in 72 BC.
Cherries were introduced into England at Teynham, near Sittingbourne in Kent, by order of Henry VIII, who had tasted them in Flanders.
Norcott Brook, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WBC,Cheshire,North West England,UK,tree,shrub,white,pink,flower,flowers,branch,branches,sunny,sunny day,Hatton,Norcott Brook,blue sky,Springtime,cherryblossom,artistic,closeup,natural,nature,outdoor,outside,garden,park,Cherry tree in full blossom,Cherry tree,full blossom,healthy,genus Prunus,flowering cherries,flowering cherry,springtime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy T3RF5G - A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).
The cherry fruits of commerce usually are obtained from cultivars of a limited number of species such as the sweet cherry (Prunus avium) and the sour cherry (Prunus cerasus). The name 'cherry' also refers to the cherry tree and its wood, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus Prunus, as in ornamental cherry or cherry blossom. Wild cherry may refer to any of the cherry species growing outside cultivation, although Prunus avium is often referred to specifically by the name wild cherry in the British Isles.
The English word cherry derives from Old Northern French or Norman cherise from the Latin cerasum, referring to an ancient Greek region, Kerasous (Κερασοῦς) near Giresun, Turkey, from which cherries were first thought to be exported to Europe. The indigenous range of the sweet cherry extends through most of Europe, western Asia, and parts of northern Africa, and the fruit has been consumed throughout its range since prehistoric times. A cultivated cherry is recorded as having been brought to Rome by Lucius Licinius Lucullus from northeastern Anatolia, also known as the Pontus region, in 72 BC.
Cherries were introduced into England at Teynham, near Sittingbourne in Kent, by order of Henry VIII, who had tasted them in Flanders.
Norcott Brook, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WBC,Cheshire,North West England,UK,tree,shrub,white,pink,flower,flowers,branch,branches,sunny,sunny day,Hatton,Norcott Brook,blue sky,Springtime,cherryblossom,artistic,closeup,natural,nature,outdoor,outside,garden,park,Cherry tree in full blossom,Cherry tree,full blossom,healthy,genus Prunus,flowering cherries,flowering cherry,springtime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy T3RF5K - A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).
The cherry fruits of commerce usually are obtained from cultivars of a limited number of species such as the sweet cherry (Prunus avium) and the sour cherry (Prunus cerasus). The name 'cherry' also refers to the cherry tree and its wood, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus Prunus, as in ornamental cherry or cherry blossom. Wild cherry may refer to any of the cherry species growing outside cultivation, although Prunus avium is often referred to specifically by the name wild cherry in the British Isles.
The English word cherry derives from Old Northern French or Norman cherise from the Latin cerasum, referring to an ancient Greek region, Kerasous (Κερασοῦς) near Giresun, Turkey, from which cherries were first thought to be exported to Europe. The indigenous range of the sweet cherry extends through most of Europe, western Asia, and parts of northern Africa, and the fruit has been consumed throughout its range since prehistoric times. A cultivated cherry is recorded as having been brought to Rome by Lucius Licinius Lucullus from northeastern Anatolia, also known as the Pontus region, in 72 BC.
Cherries were introduced into England at Teynham, near Sittingbourne in Kent, by order of Henry VIII, who had tasted them in Flanders.
Norcott Brook, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,flower,flowers,orange,pot,plant,plants,sexy,beautiful,anthers,anther,bloom,blooming,blooms,full,pollen,maturing,open,opening,romantic,vibrant,colourful,colorful,macro,close-up,cheer,cheerful,petal,petals,flowering,eye-catching,Victorian language of flowers,love,beauty,and determination,bulb,bulbous
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGP31M - Amaryllis is the only genus in the subtribe Amaryllidinae (tribe Amaryllideae). It is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species. The better known of the two, Amaryllis belladonna, is a native of the Western Cape region of South Africa, particularly the rocky southwest area between the Olifants River Valley and Knysna.
For many years there was confusion among botanists over the generic names Amaryllis and Hippeastrum, one result of which is that the common name 'amaryllis' is mainly used for cultivars of the genus Hippeastrum, widely sold in the winter months for their ability to bloom indoors.
Plants of the genus Amaryllis are known as belladonna lily, Jersey lily, naked lady, amarillo, Easter lily in Southern Australia or, in South Africa, March lily due to its propensity to flower around March. This is one of numerous genera with the common name 'lily' due to their flower shape and growth habit. However, they are only distantly related to the true lily, Lilium. In the Victorian language of flowers, amaryllis means love, beauty, and determination, and can also represent hope and achievement
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Doncaster,South Yorkshire,South,Yorkshire,England,UK,Floristry Lord Hurst tea rooms,retail,shop,Bennetthorpe,flags,Columbine House,Tea rooms,coffee lounge,garden room,gift,gifts,Donny,unit,units,store,outside,tea,teas,coffees,2a,green,verdant,plants,plant,flower,flowers,2 Bennetthorpe,DN2 6AD,DN2
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8DCT9 - . This authentic period view of 2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD in 2018 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The defining feature is Floristry Lord Hurst tea rooms, Columbine House, 2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD. Another layer of the photograph includes social history, local history, documentary photography, regional identity, archival record, English identity, residential flag display, public expression of identity, patriotic symbolism, street-level symbolism, national flag display, everyday life, visual archive, and historical comparison. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with community cohesion, sporting events and the way familiar symbols acquire different meanings during major events. The image fixes public access and movement within 2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The wider setting retains connections with changing streetscape, community identity, contemporary social history, public realm, St George's Cross, local character, civic identity, and period detail. Details involving rooms, Yorkshire, Hurst, House, and Floristry make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate community cohesion and the visibility of English identity in residential streets and public space as part of the longer story of 2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD. Image P8DCT9 also remains a dated record of 2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD.
2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Taunton Deane Borough Council,TA1,Taunton - Upper High St,Somerset,UK,TA1 3SX,South West,England,public open space,medieval fish farm,parks,garden,gardens,William Kinglake,Somerset WI Flower Display,Somerset WI,Flower Display,flower bed,Womens Institute,Somerset Womens Institute,flowers,flower,show,shows,display,planting,planted,up,annuals,100,one hundred,years,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P53BT6 - Vivary Park is a public open space in Taunton, Somerset, England.
The Sherford Stream, a tributary of the River Tone, flows through the 7.5 hectares (19 acres) park, which is located near the centre of the town. It contains two main wide open spaces, as well as a war memorial dating from 1922, a miniature golf course, tennis courts, two children's playgrounds, a model railway track which was added in 1979, and an 18-hole, 4,620-yard (4,220 m), par-63 golf course. The park includes trees, rose beds and herbaceous borders, with around 56,000 spring and summer bedding plants being used each year. The rose garden includes the Royal National Rose Society Provincial Trial Ground.
The park is a garden of the European Garden Heritage Network.
The park stands on land that was formerly a medieval fish farm, or vivarium, for Taunton Priory and Taunton Castle. Although nothing remains above ground of these lakes, they are the origin of the name Vivary. Entries in pipe rolls of the 13th and 14th centuries show that bream, pike, and eels were supplied from the vivarium to the Castle and sometimes to the royal household. These sources identify two ponds, the magnum vivarium, or great pond, which probably occupied the low-lying area of the present-day golf-course, and the parvum vivarium or little pond, within what is now the park proper. When a trench for a new sewer was cut through the park and its golf course during the 1970s, archaeologists were able to identify the deposits of silt left behind by the medieval fish ponds.
Upper High St, Taunton, Somerset, South West England, UK, TA1 3SX
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Keywords: eco,bin,waste,Flower,dandelion,red,red bins,art,lips,face,blond,blond girl,recycling,recycle,GoTonySmith,Scottish,collections,wheelie bins,wheeliebins,Pano,panorama,woman,female,green,economy,backstreet,blows,into,wind,turbines,turbine,generating,power,electricity,wheelie,bins,7bins,7 bins,Sunak,scrapping
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HKHWF4 - . This dated editorial view of Glasgow, Scotland, GB, United Kingdom in 2017 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The scene records Graffiti in Glasgow backstreet, blond woman blows a dandelion, into wind turbines, generating green power, near wheelie bins. The wider scene also brings together stencil art, period detail, historical comparison, place identity, visual archive, changing land use, street-level design, social history, before-and-after reference, public-realm art, public realm, changing streetscape, regional identity, and archival record. The wider contemporary story combines creative districts, tourism and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art. Small period details of public access and movement at Glasgow, Scotland, GB, United Kingdom may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. Further associations within the scene are contemporary mural, temporary artwork, documentary photography, contemporary social history, mural culture, urban artwork, local character, and visual street culture. References to backstreet, generating, dandelion, blows, and power give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Glasgow, Scotland, GB, United Kingdom, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of creative districts and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art within the specific setting of Glasgow, Scotland, GB, United Kingdom. A further contemporary connection is local identity and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti as part of the longer story of Glasgow, Scotland, GB, United Kingdom. The image fixes evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
Glasgow, Scotland, GB, United Kingdom
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Keywords: eco,bin,waste,Flower,dandelion,red,red bins,art,urban art,lips,face,blond,blond girl,recycling,recycle,Glasgow City Council,GoTonySmith,Scottish,collections,wheelie bins,wheeliebins,woman,female,green,economy,backstreet,blows,a,into,wind,turbines,turbine,generating,generates,power,electricity,wheelie,bins,greenwashing,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HKHWG4 - . Made at Glasgow, Scotland, GB, United Kingdom in 2017, 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 subject captured here is Graffiti in Glasgow backstreet, blond woman blows a dandelion, into wind turbines, generating green power, near wheelie bins. Further facets of the scene include community identity, changing land use, community art, street-level design, public art, changing streetscape, documentary photography, graffiti heritage, place identity, everyday life, contemporary social history, stencil art, social history, and street creativity. The wider contemporary story combines temporary works, gentrification and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Glasgow, Scotland, GB, United Kingdom, details that may look very different after replacement signage. The subject also sits alongside historical comparison, regional identity, visual street culture, temporary artwork, before-and-after reference, urban graphics, local history, and mural culture. The recorded references to woman, wheelie, backstreet, Glasgow, and power preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Glasgow, Scotland, GB, United Kingdom, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to temporary works and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art within the real-world context of Glasgow, Scotland, GB, United Kingdom. The location additionally provides evidence of public art and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art within the specific setting of Glasgow, Scotland, GB, United Kingdom.
Glasgow, Scotland, GB, United Kingdom
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Keywords: Nationalism,Roy,MacGregor,red,hair,haired,hero,martyr,outlaw,Balquidder,Inverlochlarig,Beg,graveyard,burial,buried,tomb,Robert,MacGregor,flower,flowers,MacGregor,Despite,Them,tarten,tartan,crest,Scottish Nationalism,Rob Roy,red hair,Scottish Outlaw,MacGregor Despite Them,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,Scots,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Raibeart,Ruadh,MacGriogair,tourist,tour,tourism,attraction,tourist attraction,travel,famous,grave,yard,tombstone,stone,sign,YES,Stirling,Sterlingshire,rural,countryside,Scottish,SNP,independance party,independence,indyref,referendum,2nd,second,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair,Robert MacGregor,Scottish Countryside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HG4A9R - Robert Rob Roy MacGregor (Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair
baptised 7 March 1671 died 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. The name Roy comes from Gaelic Ruadh meaning Red, and referred to his red hair.
Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were Donald Glas MacGregor and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Macdonalds of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother.
In January 1693, at Corrie Arklet farm near Inversnaid, he married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar (1671-1745), who was born at Leny Farm, Strathyre. The couple had four sons: James, Ranald, Coll and Robert (known as Robin Oig or Young Rob). They also adopted a cousin named Duncan.
Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder,Sterling,Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5NB - Postage Stamps.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>stamps and postal history of Australia
The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania (1853), Western Australia (1854), South Australia (1855) and Queensland (1860). Under section 51(v) of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution 1900, postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services became a Commonwealth responsibility.
The Commonwealth's Postmaster-General's Department became effective on 1 March 1901 (this agency would be disaggregated on 1 July 1975 in part into the Australian Postal Commission trading as Australia Post). All then-current colony stamps which continued on sale became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for some time following the introduction in 1913 of the Commonwealth's uniform postage stamp series. These stamps continued to be valid for postage until 14 February 1966 when the introduction of decimal currency made all stamps bearing the earlier currency invalid for use.
There have been many special issues. The first Christmas stamp appeared on 6 November 1957. In recent years, designs for the Christmas issue have alternated each year between the religious and the secular. From 1993, in October of every year, Australia Post has commemorated Stamp Collecting month with special issues, typically featuring topics that are of interest to children such as pets, native fauna and space. Commencing with the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, during the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, stamps featuring Australians who have won an Olympic gold medal are issued on the next postal business day after the achievement.
Australia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EC2T0X - Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red was a work of installation art placed in the moat of the Tower of London, England, between July and November 2014, commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War I.
It consisted of 888,246 ceramic red poppies, each intended to represent one British or Colonial serviceman killed in the War. The artist was Paul Cummins, with setting by stage designer Tom Piper. The work's title was taken from the first line of a poem by an unknown World War I soldier.
The installation was visited by the Princes William and Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge on the day of its opening, and by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on 16 October. It is estimated that five million people saw the memorial, and the huge visitor demand saw Prime Minister David Cameron and other politicians join calls to try and extend the period for which the installation remained at the Tower so that more visitors would be able to pay their respects.
Tower officials resisted such calls, stating that the transience of the installation was a key part of the artistic concept, and that the poppies would be removed as planned and distributed to their purchasers. On 8 November it was announced that the Wave segment a steel construction with poppies around the Tower entrance would remain in place until the end of the month, and that the Wave and the Weeping Window segments (both made by the Theatre Royal, Plymouth) would be taken on a tour of the UK lasting until 2018, and would then go on permanent display at the Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester.
Tower Hill, London, England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EC2T16 - Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red was a work of installation art placed in the moat of the Tower of London, England, between July and November 2014, commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War I.
It consisted of 888,246 ceramic red poppies, each intended to represent one British or Colonial serviceman killed in the War. The artist was Paul Cummins, with setting by stage designer Tom Piper. The work's title was taken from the first line of a poem by an unknown World War I soldier.
The installation was visited by the Princes William and Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge on the day of its opening, and by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on 16 October. It is estimated that five million people saw the memorial, and the huge visitor demand saw Prime Minister David Cameron and other politicians join calls to try and extend the period for which the installation remained at the Tower so that more visitors would be able to pay their respects.
Tower officials resisted such calls, stating that the transience of the installation was a key part of the artistic concept, and that the poppies would be removed as planned and distributed to their purchasers. On 8 November it was announced that the Wave segment a steel construction with poppies around the Tower entrance would remain in place until the end of the month, and that the Wave and the Weeping Window segments (both made by the Theatre Royal, Plymouth) would be taken on a tour of the UK lasting until 2018, and would then go on permanent display at the Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester.
Tower Hill, London, England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EC2T1N - Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red was a work of installation art placed in the moat of the Tower of London, England, between July and November 2014, commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War I.
It consisted of 888,246 ceramic red poppies, each intended to represent one British or Colonial serviceman killed in the War. The artist was Paul Cummins, with setting by stage designer Tom Piper. The work's title was taken from the first line of a poem by an unknown World War I soldier.
The installation was visited by the Princes William and Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge on the day of its opening, and by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on 16 October. It is estimated that five million people saw the memorial, and the huge visitor demand saw Prime Minister David Cameron and other politicians join calls to try and extend the period for which the installation remained at the Tower so that more visitors would be able to pay their respects.
Tower officials resisted such calls, stating that the transience of the installation was a key part of the artistic concept, and that the poppies would be removed as planned and distributed to their purchasers. On 8 November it was announced that the Wave segment a steel construction with poppies around the Tower entrance would remain in place until the end of the month, and that the Wave and the Weeping Window segments (both made by the Theatre Royal, Plymouth) would be taken on a tour of the UK lasting until 2018, and would then go on permanent display at the Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester.
Tower Hill, London, England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXK30 - . Rose Street,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK - the Kenilworth. Photographed at Rose st, Edinburgh, Lothian,Scotland, UK, EH2 2NH. The photograph was taken on 31 August 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 scene is closely associated with Rose, Street, Edinburgh, place, drink, Kenilworth, pub, capital, pedestrianised and center, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. Where brewery names, pumps, windows, pub signs or period fittings are present, they add useful detail for features on brewing history, hospitality branding and traditional licensed interiors or exteriors. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DDXK30, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Rose st, Edinburgh, Lothian,Scotland, UK, EH2 2NH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYXXB - Nymphaea is a genus of hardy and tender aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Many species are cultivated as ornamental plants, and many cultivars have been bred. Some taxa occur as introduced species where they are not native, and some are weeds. Plants of the genus are known commonly as water lilies or waterlilies in the United Kingdom. The genus name is from the Greek νυμφαια, nymphaia and the Latin nymphaea, which mean water lily and were inspired by the nymphs of Greek and Latin mythology.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJP10 - Heracleum mantegazzianum, commonly known as giant hogweed, cartwheel-flower, giant cow parsnip,[4][5] hogsbane or giant cow parsley, is a plant in the family Apiaceae. In New Zealand, it is also sometimes called wild parsnip, or wild rhubarb. It typically grows to heights of 2 to 5.5 m (6 ft 7 in to 18 ft 1 in). Superficially, it resembles common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), Heracleum sosnowskyi, or garden angelica (Angelica archangelica). It is phototoxic and considered to be a noxious weed in many jurisdictions. Giant hogweed is native to the Caucasus region and Central Asia. It was introduced to Britain as an ornamental plant in the 19th century, and it has also spread to many other parts of Europe, the United States, and Canada.
The sap of giant hogweed causes phytophotodermatitis in humans, resulting in blisters and long-lasting scars. These serious reactions are due to the furocoumarin derivatives in the leaves, roots, stems, flowers, and seeds of the plant.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJP19 - Heracleum mantegazzianum, commonly known as giant hogweed, cartwheel-flower, giant cow parsnip,[4][5] hogsbane or giant cow parsley, is a plant in the family Apiaceae. In New Zealand, it is also sometimes called wild parsnip, or wild rhubarb. It typically grows to heights of 2 to 5.5 m (6 ft 7 in to 18 ft 1 in). Superficially, it resembles common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), Heracleum sosnowskyi, or garden angelica (Angelica archangelica). It is phototoxic and considered to be a noxious weed in many jurisdictions. Giant hogweed is native to the Caucasus region and Central Asia. It was introduced to Britain as an ornamental plant in the 19th century, and it has also spread to many other parts of Europe, the United States, and Canada.
The sap of giant hogweed causes phytophotodermatitis in humans, resulting in blisters and long-lasting scars. These serious reactions are due to the furocoumarin derivatives in the leaves, roots, stems, flowers, and seeds of the plant.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DGHEG2 - Primula veris, the cowslip, common cowslip, or cowslip primrose (syn. Primula officinalis Hill), is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the primrose family Primulaceae. The species is native throughout most of temperate Europe and western Asia, and although absent from more northerly areas including much of northwest Scotland, it reappears in northernmost Sutherland and Orkney and in Scandinavia. This species frequently hybridizes with other Primulas such as the common primrose Primula vulgaris to form false oxlip (Primula × polyantha) which is often confused with true oxlip (Primula elatior), a much rarer plant.
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The common name cowslip may derive from the old English for cow dung, probably because the plant was often found growing amongst the manure in cow pastures. An alternative derivation simply refers to slippery or boggy ground
again, a typical habitat for this plant. The name cowslop derived from Old English still exists in some dialects, but the politer-sounding cowslip became standard in the 16th century.
The species name veris ('of spring', referring to the season) is the genitive case form of Latin ver ('spring'). However, primrose P. vulgaris, flowers earlier, from December to May in the British Isles.
Other historical common names include cuy lippe, herb peter, paigle or pagil, peggle, key flower, key of heaven, fairy cups, petty mulleins, crewel, buckles, palsywort, and plumrocks
England, Great Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DGHEPE - Although there may be up to 100 species in the genus, only those native to the Northern hemisphere are commonly called Forget-me-not. Many are popular in gardens, preferring moist habitats. In areas where they are not native, they have frequently escaped to wetlands and riverbanks.
Myosotis sylvatica (wood forget-me-not)
Forget-me-nots may be annual or perennial plants. Their root systems are generally diffuse. Their seeds are found in small, tulip-shaped pods along the stem to the flower. The pods attach to clothing when brushed against and eventually fall off, leaving the small seed within the pod to germinate elsewhere. Seeds can be collected by putting a piece of paper under the stems and shaking the seed pods and some seeds will fall out.
It is possible that the genus originated in the Northern Hemisphere although it is equally possible that evolution occurred in New Zealand. One or two European species, especially the wood forget-me-not, Myosotis sylvatica have been introduced into most of the temperate regions of Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Forget-me-nots are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the setaceous Hebrew character.
The Chatham Islands forget-me-not belongs to a related genus, Myosotidium.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DGHEB2 - . Magnolia shrub flowers, cream in Spring season Europe. Photographed in England, UK. The photograph was taken on 27 April 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 scene is closely associated with Magnolia, shrub, flowers, cream, Spring, season, Euro, creme, Magnolioideae and Europe, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DGHEJ9 - . White beautiful English flowers and blossoms of spring UK. Photographed at Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 20 April 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 scene is closely associated with White, beautiful, flowers, blossoms, flower, plant, sun, sunny, sunshine and summer, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DGHEK8 - . White beautiful English flowers and blossoms of spring UK. Photographed at Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 20 April 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 scene is closely associated with White, beautiful, flowers, blossoms, flower, plant, sun, sunny, sunshine and summer, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8559566106 - 'St Etienne - 'Spring' - Play this track here.
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A great track from the London Conversations album. this time of year always reminds me of it with all the snowdrops in the hedgerows. Very uplifting that Easter and warmer, longer days just around the corner.
Saint Etienne are an English electronic music band from London, formed in 1990. The band consists of Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named of course after the French football team AS Saint-\u00c9tienne
Saint Etienne were associated with the 'indie dance' genre in the early 1990s. Their typical approach was to combine sonic elements of the dance-pop that emerged in the wake of the so-called Second Summer of Love (e.g. samples and digitally synthesized sounds) with an emphasis on songwriting involving romantic and introspective themes more commonly associated with traditional British pop and rock music.
Early work demonstrated the influence of '60s soul, '70s dub and rock as well as '80s dance music, giving them a broad palette of sounds and a reputation for eclecticism. Years later, The Times wrote that they 'deftly fused the grooviness of Swinging Sixties London with a post-acid house backbeat'. Their first two albums, Foxbase Alpha and So Tough feature sounds chiefly associated with house music, such as standard TR-909 drum patterns and Italo house piano riffs mixed with original sounds, notable by the use of found dialogue, sampled from 1960s British realist cinema. Some of these earlier recordings included skits by (Brass Eye) satirist Chris Morris.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HWDN - . Some spring dew drops on Snowdrop flowers in a square sepia format. Photographed on 14 February 2013. The recorded location is Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA4 2SJ. The wider historical story is that 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 offer a simple record of phenology. From a heritage perspective, alternative photographic processes can make familiar subjects appear unfamiliar
Black-and-white and sepia evoke older photographic traditions, selective colour isolates a chosen detail, and infrared can render foliage and skies with striking tonal separation. As background, 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 the present 2026 context, shifting seasonal patterns are of growing interest because climate change can alter flowering times, frost dates and plant distribution
Close nature images can therefore support stories about gardens, biodiversity and phenology as well as decorative use. As of 2026, these effects can be produced digitally with ease, but their usefulness still depends on the underlying subject and the visual information retained
Older examples also document the aesthetics of an era when strong selective colour and infrared processing were especially popular in creative digital photography. Looking at the subject's development, close botanical photographs record shape, colour, surface and season in a way that wider landscape images cannot
Familiar plants such as snowdrops and teasels also carry cultural associations with the changing year, gardens and countryside. Closely associated editorial terms include seasonal plant, nature detail, and macro photography.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA4 2SJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8464498157 - 'The Cult - 'Wild Flower' - Play this track here.
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This is one of the best tracks from 'Electric' the pivotal third album by The Cult. Released in 1987, the album marked a deliberate stylistic change in the band from a Gothic rock to a hard rock band. Rick Rubin, the producer on Electric, had been specifically hired to remake the band's sound in an effort to capitalize on the popularity of hard rock and heavy metal in the 1980s.
After the breakthrough success of their second album, Love, the Cult began working on a follow-up with producer Steve Brown. In the summer of 1986, they recorded twelve tracks at the Manor Studio in Oxfordshire. These recordings, which came to be known as the Manor Sessions, were to make up a new album, tentatively entitled Peace. However, upon completion of the recording sessions, the band decided that they were unhappy with the sound, and began to look for a new producer.
The band went on to choose Rick Rubin, who was known for producing albums for hip hop artists and thrash metal band Slayer. These new recordings, with a slightly different track-list and running order, became the album that was released.
Although all twelve of the Manor Sessions tracks were initially scrapped, four of them would turn up as B-sides to singles from Electric. A further five of them appeared on a limited edition EP, and with the release of Rare Cult in 2000, the rest of the unreleased Steve Brown-produced tracks were made available.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6843272141 - 'Jimi Hendrix - 'Purple haze' - Play this track here.
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'Purple Haze' is a song written in 1966 and recorded in 1967 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and released as a single (Hendrix's second) in both the United Kingdom and the United States. It appeared on their 1967 album Are You Experienced. 'Purple Haze' has become one of the 'archetypical psychedelic drug songs of the sixties'.
Reportedly, the song came into being after the band's producer Chas Chandler heard him playing the riff backstage and suggested that he write lyrics to go with it. There is some dispute about the lyrics: supposedly written in the dressing room of the Upper Cut Club on Boxing Day, 1966, it is also believed that he wrote the lyrics in Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill.
Chandler claims that the lyrics were never cut in any way (though he admits that this was done on general principle with Hendrix's lyrics), while Hendrix stated that the original song contained much more text. Hendrix himself denied the drug relation of the song claiming it to be merely another love song.
He said that the line 'What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me' is the key line to the lyrics.
The woods around Grappenhall are becoming a bit purple hazy, as spring pokes its crocus flowers through the frozen ground. The snow drops are out too, grab 'em while they are here, when they gone, they gone!
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BTY2AE - . A location-based documentary photograph from Cheshire, England, UK, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. At the heart of the image is Bunch of purple lavender on a pink bench - natural pot pourri. Beyond the immediate subject, the image contains elements of conservation architecture, conservation interest, local character, community identity, heritage landmark, social landscape, local history, everyday Britain, contemporary history, period detail, documentary photography, changing streetscape, place identity, and social history. In the mid-2020s, maintenance and energy retrofit keep this subject current, particularly through keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. The photograph fixes transport arrangements and public activity within Cheshire, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The subject also sits alongside heritage asset, architectural character, visual archive, before-and-after reference, public realm, historical comparison, historic townscape, and traditional masonry. The combination of pourri, lavender, purple, Bunch, and natural helps anchor the frame to a recognisable activity, place or period. Around Cheshire, England, UK, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. The location additionally provides evidence for maintenance and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them as part of the longer story of Cheshire, England, UK. A further contemporary connection is planning control and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them when considered against later change at Cheshire, England, UK. The image also provides a reference for maintenance and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development without losing the local specificity of Cheshire, England, UK.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6061438957 - 'The Prodigy - Under My Wheels - Play this track here.
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The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim and The Chemical Brothers, as well as other acts, members of The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. They have sold over 25 million records worldwide.
The group's brand of big beat music makes use of various styles ranging from rave, hardcore techno, industrial and breakbeat in the early 1990s to electronic rock with punk vocal elements in later times. The current members include Liam Howlett (composer/keyboards), Keith Flint (dancer/vocalist) and Maxim (MC/vocalist). Leeroy Thornhill (dancer/very occasional live keyboards) was a member of the band from 1990 to 2000, as was a female dancer/vocalist called Sharky who left the group during their early period. The Prodigy first emerged on the underground rave scene in the early 1990s, and have since then achieved immense popularity and worldwide renown.
Some of their most popular songs include 'Fire', 'Charly', 'Out of Space', 'No Good (Start the Dance)', 'Voodoo People', 'Poison', 'Firestarter', 'Breathe', 'Smack My Bitch Up', 'Omen', 'Spitfire', 'Invaders Must Die' and 'Warrior's Dance'.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BRH05N - . A location-based documentary photograph from Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. At the heart of the image is Purple marshflower, , Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph also carries associations with public realm, place identity, canal heritage, before-and-after reference, towpath landscape, industrial waterway history, inland navigation, working waterway, waterside infrastructure, local character, navigation engineering, boating network, social history, and historical comparison. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes biodiversity alongside ageing locks and bridges, with particular attention to the long transition from freight route to leisure and heritage asset. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK before refurbishment alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects contemporary history, lock-side environment, waterborne travel, social landscape, urban change, changing streetscape, riparian setting, and local history. The recorded references to marshflower, Northwich, and Purple preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. For Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence for biodiversity and the long transition from freight route to leisure and heritage asset within the specific setting of Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK. A further contemporary connection is waterside regeneration and the value of canals and rivers as blue-green corridors as part of the longer story of Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK. This gives Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK another specific visual benchmark for later local, social or physical change.
Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BGRC1G - They are hardy tuberous geophytes. In a thickened underground stem, they can store a large amount of water to survive arid conditions. The tuber is flattened and finger-like. The long leaves are lanceolate and, in most species, also speckled. They grow along a rather long stem which reaches a height of 7090 cm (2835 in). Leaves higher on the stem are shorter than leaves lower on the stem. The inflorescence, compared to the length of the plant, is rather short. It consists of a compact raceme with 25-50 flowers. These develop from axillary buds. The dominant colors are white and all shades of pink to red, sprinkled with darker speckles. These terrestrial orchids grow in basic soils in wet meadows, bogs, heathland and in areas sparsely populated by trees. They are distributed throughout the subarctic and temperate northern hemisphere. It is found across much of Europe
Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BGRC1M - They are hardy tuberous geophytes. In a thickened underground stem, they can store a large amount of water to survive arid conditions. The tuber is flattened and finger-like. The long leaves are lanceolate and, in most species, also speckled. They grow along a rather long stem which reaches a height of 7090 cm (2835 in). Leaves higher on the stem are shorter than leaves lower on the stem. The inflorescence, compared to the length of the plant, is rather short. It consists of a compact raceme with 25-50 flowers. These develop from axillary buds. The dominant colors are white and all shades of pink to red, sprinkled with darker speckles. These terrestrial orchids grow in basic soils in wet meadows, bogs, heathland and in areas sparsely populated by trees. They are distributed throughout the subarctic and temperate northern hemisphere. It is found across much of Europe
Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4700753230 - 'Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), also known as Wild Chervil, Wild Beaked Parsley, and Keck, is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae, genus Anthriscus. It is also sometimes incorrectly called Motherdie (especially in the UK), however Motherdie is actually a name for Crataegus monogyna. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwestern Africa
in the south of its range in the Mediterranean region, it is limited to higher altitudes. It is related to other diverse members of Apiaceae such as parsley, carrot, hemlock and hogweed.
The hollow stem of Cow parsley grows to a height of between 60\u2013170 cm, branching to umbels of small white flowers. Flowering time is mid-spring to early summer, so its just about everywhere around me at the moment.
The tripinnate leaves are 15\u201330 cm long and have a triangular form. The leaflets are ovate and subdivided.
Cow Parsley grows in sunny to semi-shaded locations in meadows and at the edges of hedgerows and woodland. It is a particularly common sight by the roadside. It is sufficiently common and fast-growing to be considered a nuisance weed in gardens. Cow parsley's ability to grow rapidly through rhizomes and to produce large quantities of seeds in a single growing season has made it an invasive species in many areas.
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Keywords: apple,tree,shrub,blossom,flower,sakura,white,blue,sky,poloriser,polariser,spring,bright,fresh,new,cheshire,rudheath,northwich,uk,united,kingdom,england,britain,nature,HDR,photomatix,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4615776482 - 'Here is a great ceiling of white blossom, some kind of apple I think. We seem to be awash with blossom at the moment. I dont know if its better than usual near me or just a bit better this year after the particularly harsh winter.
Thinking about that theme, the National Trust (NT) have launched a light-hearted competition asking for contributions towards a Japanese-style 'renga' poem on teh subject of the spring blossom.
Renga is an art form going back centuries, where one poet writes a verse before passing their contribution on to another. Blossom, a popular obsession in Japan is a traditional subject matter.
The National Trust's 36 verse poem will plan to track the country's orchards as they blossom from south to north in the coming weeks. The first 12 started at the Mother Orchard on the Cotehole Estate near Saltash in Cornwall, an eight-acre orchard filled with 120 apple tree varieties as well as cherries, pears and plums.
The middle 12 will be composed with the help of the public over the following 14 days, as the trees blossom across the country.
Aspiring renga poets can submit their verses for consideration online at a special website, www.orchardnetwork.org.uk . The best will be picked for inclusion in the final poem bythe Trust's poetry experts. The final 12 verses will be written at Acorn Bank in Cumbria, mid May.
Good for families the events at Cotehele and Acorn Bank will include picnics under the trees, bug hunts, blossom walks and wildlife displays. A great many of Englands orchards have been lost over the last 50 years and hopefully, this will help revive interest in Adams Pearmain, Ashmead's Kernel, Beauty of Bath, Egremont Russet and Sufolks Sturmer Pippin.
Lets see!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4604789614 - 'The common Bluebell, (Hyacinthoides non-scripta to be precise) grows from bulbs and can be expected about four weeks after daffadils in Britain. By the time they appear, frosts should be receeding and days getting noticably warmer.
Other common names for it include auld man's bell, bluebell, calverkeys, culverkeys, English bluebell, jacinth, ring-o'-bells, wilde hyacint, and wood bells (probably as they appear in shaded woodland almost spontainiously.
Bees are a favourite to pollinate these plants. Their black seeds may survive long periods of time emerging after several years' absence if suitable conditions recur. The seedlings can flower in two years from seed and as a result, bluebells can quickly spread to form a carpet in suitable conditions.
In spring, many north-western European woods are covered by dense carpets of this flower, these are commonly referred to as 'bluebell woods'. In my youth that was the common name for a large wood beside the railway commuter line between Hadfield and Manchester. In spring it did produce a carpet of blue.
The presence of large numbers of bluebells is often used as an indicator species to identify ancient woodland, particularly in the East of England and Lincolnshire. It is estimated that 70% of all common bluebells are found in Great Britain.
In the UK the common bluebell is a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Landowners are prohibited from removing common bluebells on their land for sale and it is a criminal offence to remove the bulbs of wild common bluebells. This legislation was strengthened in 1998 under Schedule 8 of the Act making any trade in wild common bluebell bulbs or seeds an offence. So respect the little blue fellows!
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF220D - The common Bluebell, here in Lymm, Cheshire, (Hyacinthoides non-scripta to be precise) grows from bulbs and can be expected about four weeks after daffadils in Britain. By the time they appear, frosts should be receeding and days getting noticably warmer.
Other common names for it include auld man's bell, bluebell, calverkeys, culverkeys, English bluebell, jacinth, ring-o'-bells, wilde hyacint, and wood bells (probably as they appear in shaded woodland almost spontainiously.
Bees are a favourite to pollinate these plants. Their black seeds may survive long periods of time emerging after several years' absence if suitable conditions recur. The seedlings can flower in two years from seed and as a result, bluebells can quickly spread to form a carpet in suitable conditions.
In spring, many north-western European woods are covered by dense carpets of this flower, these are commonly referred to as bluebell woods. In my youth that was the common name for a large wood beside the railway commuter line between Hadfield and Manchester. In spring it did produce a carpet of blue.
The presence of large numbers of bluebells is often used as an indicator species to identify ancient woodland, particularly in the East of England and Lincolnshire. It is estimated that 70% of all common bluebells are found in Great Britain.
In the UK the common bluebell is a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Landowners are prohibited from removing common bluebells on their land for sale and it is a criminal offence to remove the bulbs of wild common bluebells. This legislation was strengthened in 1998 under Schedule 8 of the Act making any trade in wild common bluebell bulbs or seeds an offence. So respect the little blue fellows!
Lymm Dam, Lymm, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4587919792 - 'Few plants captivate a nation quite like the Japanese flowering cherry or 'cherry blossom'. Pick up a 100 yen coin and at any time of the year it reminds you of the Sakura.
In Japan cherry blossoms among other things symbolize clouds. This is due to their nature of blooming en masse, besides being an enduring metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life, an aspect of Japanese cultural tradition that is often associated with Buddhistic influence, and which is embodied in the concept of 'mono no aware' (the life of things). The association of the cherry blossom with 'mono no aware' dates back to 18th-century scholar Motoori Norinaga.
The transience of the blossoms, the extreme beauty and quick death, has often been associated with mortality. For this reason, cherry blossoms are richly symbolic, and have been utilized often in Japanese art, manga, anime, and film, as well as at musical performances for ambient effect. The band Kagrra, which is associated with the visual kei movement, is an example of this latter phenomenon. There is at least one popular folk song, originally meant for the shakuhachi (bamboo flute), titled 'Sakura', and several pop songs. The flower is also represented on all manner of consumer goods in Japan, including kimono, stationery, and dishware.
Cherry blossom is an omen of good fortune and is also an emblem of love, affection and represents spring. Cherry blossoms are an enduring metaphor for the fleeting nature of life, and as such are frequently depicted in art.
At Himeji Castle Japan During World War II, the cherry blossom was used to motivate the Japanese people, to stoke nationalism and militarism among the populace. Japanese pilots would paint them on the sides of their planes before embarking on a suicide mission, or even take branches of the trees with them on their missions. There is a plane of this type in the Manchester museum of science of industry. My friend Josef Knocke always comes to mind when I look at it as does a particularly tasteless joke, that I would not repeat here for a family audience.
A cherry blossom painted on the side of the bomber symbolized the intensity and ephemerality of life. In this way, the aesthetic association was altered such that falling cherry petals came to represent the sacrifice of youth in suicide missions to honor the emperor. The government even encouraged the people to believe that the souls of downed warriors were reincarnated in the blossoms.
In its colonial enterprises, aparently imperial Japan often planted cherry trees as a means of 'claiming occupied territory as Japanese space'. Consider this as you pass below those lovely pink blossoms...
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4548365291 - 'Narcissus is the mainly spring flowering bulb that usually signals in Europe that warmer times are on the way. Daffodil or Daffy is the common english name used. In the west, the Narcissus flower is seen as a symbol of vanity, in China, the same flower is seen as a symbol of wealth and good fortune. Since the flower blooms in early spring, it has also become a symbol of Chinese New Year. Daffodil is the national flower of Wales. In Wales it is traditional to wear a daffodil or a leek on Saint David's Day. The welsh form of David is Dafydd, which sounds similar. However in welsh, the daffodil is known as Cenhinen Bedr (Peter's Leek), so go figure!
All Narcissus varieties contain the alkaloid poison lycorine, mostly in the bulb but also in the leaves. 'Daffodil itch' is a common dermatitis problems for florists. It is blamed on calcium oxalate exposure in the sap.
The yellow flowers always cheer me up and remind me that summer is not so far away!
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9GHXJ - Pussy willow is a name given to many of the smaller species of the genus Salix (willows and sallows) when their furry catkins are young in early spring. These species include (among many others):
Goat willow or goat sallow (Salix caprea), a small tree native to northern Europe and northwest Asia.
Grey willow or grey sallow (Salix cinerea), a small tree native to northern Europe.
American pussy willow (Salix discolor), native to northern North America.
Before the male catkins of these species come into full flower they are covered in fine, greyish fur, leading to a fancied likeness to tiny cats, also known as pussies . The catkins appear long before the leaves, and are one of the earliest signs of spring. At other times of year trees of most of these species are usually known by their ordinary names.
The flowering shoots of pussy willow are used both in Europe and America for spring religious decoration on Palm Sunday, as a replacement for palm branches, which do not grow that far north.
Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox
Ruthenian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Bavarian, and Austrian Roman Catholics
Finnish and Baltic Lutherans and Orthodox
and various other Eastern European peoples carry pussy willows on Palm Sunday instead of palm branches. This custom has continued to this day among Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Ruthenian Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, Kashubian Catholic and Polish Catholic émigrés to North America. Sometimes, on Palm Sunday they will bless both palms and pussy willows in church. The branches will often be preserved throughout the year in the family's icon corner.
Pussy willow also plays a prominent role in Polish Dyngus Day (Easter Monday) observances, continued also among Polish-Americans,especially in the Buffalo, New York, area.
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9GHXN - Pussy willow is a name given to many of the smaller species of the genus Salix (willows and sallows) when their furry catkins are young in early spring. These species include (among many others):
Goat willow or goat sallow (Salix caprea), a small tree native to northern Europe and northwest Asia.
Grey willow or grey sallow (Salix cinerea), a small tree native to northern Europe.
American pussy willow (Salix discolor), native to northern North America.
Before the male catkins of these species come into full flower they are covered in fine, greyish fur, leading to a fancied likeness to tiny cats, also known as pussies . The catkins appear long before the leaves, and are one of the earliest signs of spring. At other times of year trees of most of these species are usually known by their ordinary names.
The flowering shoots of pussy willow are used both in Europe and America for spring religious decoration on Palm Sunday, as a replacement for palm branches, which do not grow that far north.
Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox
Ruthenian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Bavarian, and Austrian Roman Catholics
Finnish and Baltic Lutherans and Orthodox
and various other Eastern European peoples carry pussy willows on Palm Sunday instead of palm branches. This custom has continued to this day among Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Ruthenian Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, Kashubian Catholic and Polish Catholic émigrés to North America. Sometimes, on Palm Sunday they will bless both palms and pussy willows in church. The branches will often be preserved throughout the year in the family's icon corner.
Pussy willow also plays a prominent role in Polish Dyngus Day (Easter Monday) observances, continued also among Polish-Americans,especially in the Buffalo, New York, area.
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: yellow,flower,winter,spring,croci,crocus,wood,Gargaricus,Bulbs,trees,macro,close,up,nature,natural,yelow,lemon,flowers,blooms,365project,plant,bloom,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,world,flores,blome,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4402166224 - 'A little bulb that signals together with all those white snowdrops that have appeared, that winter is at last on its way out and spring is coming (yeppppeeeee !!).
This is a plant that likes damp grassland and thin woodland, exactly here just outside Northwich, Cheshire, England UK where I stumbled upon these. I am not so sure how wild these are, but they dont appear to have any tending. The crocus is a hardy perennial and in Britain and east across europe they can usually fend for themselves. The plants grow from corms. The leaves are similar to grass.
Crocus are cultivated for spice saffron. It is taken from the stigmas of Crocus sativus, an autumn/fall-blooming species. In fact the genus and name 'Crocus' comes from old hebrew or persian words kurkum/kark\u014dm which mean 'yellow saffron'.
This was taken on macro mode. These plants are under a thumbs height.
Here, an extreme flower close-up macro from the summer www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3811362428/ - This might help us all think of warmer times !
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: Christmas,Cacti,Xmas,Purple,flowers,flower,tropical,brazil,holiday,plant,succulent,desert,house,houseplant,december,xmascacti,christmascacti,orchid,cactus,Thanksgiving,Christmas Easter cacti,Easter cacti,Schlumbergera,truncata,nature,natural,history,world,life,HDR,high dynamic range,bloom,flores,blome,muchacha,femenina,de,la,mujer,se\u00f1ora,lady,female,woman,girl,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,\u592b\u4eba\u5973\u6027\u5987\u5973\u5973\u5b69,fille,f\u00e9minine,femme,dame,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4201858176 - 'The purple of this plants flower is so sensual (considering it lies so dormant all year). Mine always gets a good soaking at the end of November and it generally jolts it into flowering action.
The plant is native to desert areas of Brazil (&
other areas of the americas) and is a succulent beloging to Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Caryophyllales.
Another macro flower here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3811362428/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: Northwich,Lostock,Galam,Gralam,village,town,england,cheshire,chester,canal,canalside,berry,berries,red,blackbry,blackberry,wild,flowers,weeds,thorns,autumn,bramble,brambles,thorny,HotpixOrgUK,365days,nature,natural,history,world,life,plant,bloom,flower,flores,blome,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4083501029 - 'Growing along the canalside outside Lostock Gralam, Northwich, Cheshire UK on the route to Barnton.
The squirrels or the frost should get them soon.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Warrington Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Marbury,country,park,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK,teasel,gotonysmith,isolated,wild,flower,countryside,country,outdoors,teazel,family,Dipsacaceae,Dipsacus,flowering,flowers,Dipsacus,fullonum,-,Wild,Teasel,Common,Teasel,Fullers,Teasel,ornamental plants plant dried heads head floristry natural history nature,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,weed,dried,seedhead,seed head
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NBN - . Teasal at Marbury country park Northwich flower with bokeh background. Photographed on 27 October 2009. The recorded location is Marbury country park, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK. As background, close botanical photographs record shape, colour, surface and season in a way that wider landscape images cannot
Familiar plants such as snowdrops and teasels also carry cultural associations with the changing year, gardens and countryside. The historical context 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. Against the 2026 backdrop, 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. The subject remains topical in 2026 because biodiversity recovery, climate resilience and land management remain major UK environmental themes
Photographs of crops, wildflowers, insects and seasonal vegetation can therefore support coverage of pollinators, farming, habitat restoration and the effects of increasingly variable weather. From a heritage perspective, flowers and foliage provide precise seasonal markers
Snowdrops are associated with late winter and early spring, while seed heads and autumn leaves show later stages of the plant cycle
dew, frost and backlighting can further emphasise structure. Looking at the subject's development, 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. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include seasonal plant, nature detail, macro photography, spring flower, plant life, and natural texture.
Marbury country park, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Macro,Poppy,Poppies,flower,closeup,close,up,england,cheshire,UK,garden,perrenial,extreme,extreme macro,365days,nature,natural,history,world,life,this photo rocks,plant,bloom,flowers,flores,blome,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3811362428 - '18-200mm lens with macro tube used to capture this red poppy flower.
This was the last one to come out in my garden, here in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire UK.
More macro here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3664445817/
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC
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Keywords: Flower Purple,Lavatera Thuringiaca,Lavatera,Thuringiaca,purple,flower,pink,stamen,365days,nature,natural,history,world,life,plant,bloom,flowers,flores,blome,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3782852212 - 'Lavatera thuringiaca, native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from southern Germany south to Italy, quite likes our generally mild winters and occasionally pleasent summers. I noticed a bigger than usual show of flowers near the canal between Lostock and Middlewich
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Buddleja davidii,purple Buddleia flower,365days,nature,natural,history,world,life,this photo rocks,plant,bloom,flower,flowers,flores,blome,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3734237235 - 'Latin name Buddleja davidii.
Unusually no butterflies on this one.
Buddleja, often spelled Buddleia is a genus of flowering plants. It is now included in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, though in the past was previously classified in either the Loganiaceae or in a family of its own, the Buddlejaceae. The generic name honours Reverend Adam Buddle (1662\u20131715), who was a botanist and a rector in Essex, England.
The roughly 100 species are mostly shrubs, a few being trees
the largest species reach 30 m (98 ft) tall, but most species rarely exceed 5 m (16 ft) tall. Both evergreen and deciduous species occur. They are native throughout the warmer parts of the New World from the southern United States south to Chile, and widely in the Old World in Africa and the warmer parts of Asia, but absent as natives from Europe and Australasia. The species are divided into two groups based on their floral type, those in the New World being dioecious, and those in the Old World being monoecious.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Vintage style van at Karl Welsh flower shop,Knutsford Road,Grappenhall,Warrington,UK,WA4,flowershop,red,interflora,Lymm,gotonysmith,outside,old,fashioned,oldfashioned,KarlWelsh,florist,florists,automobile,auto red dark sky A50 rd,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,ornate,interesting,history,historic,flower,store,shop,retail,outlet,local,Karl Welsh,Floral Design,Interflora
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NP7 - . Vintage style van at Karl Welsh flower shop, Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington UK WA4. Photographed on 4 July 2009. The wider historical story is that close botanical photographs record shape, colour, surface and season in a way that wider landscape images cannot
Familiar plants such as snowdrops and teasels also carry cultural associations with the changing year, gardens and countryside. In the longer view, 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. As background, markets and high-street businesses combine commercial history with everyday social life
Their changing occupiers, branding and uses document local economies, consumer culture, town-centre regeneration and the long shift from traditional retailing towards mixed shopping, food and leisure destinations. In the present 2026 context, shifting seasonal patterns are of growing interest because climate change can alter flowering times, frost dates and plant distribution
Close nature images can therefore support stories about gardens, biodiversity and phenology as well as decorative use. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that climate adaptation and biodiversity remain prominent concerns, giving ordinary countryside scenes greater documentary relevance
Changes in rainfall, temperature and land management affect flowering, crops, insects and wildlife, while public interest in nature recovery continues to grow. Looking at the subject's development, flowers and foliage provide precise seasonal markers
Snowdrops are associated with late winter and early spring, while seed heads and autumn leaves show later stages of the plant cycle
dew, frost and backlighting can further emphasise structure. Relevant alternative phrases include seasonal plant, nature detail, and macro photography.
Flower shop, Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington UK WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Trafford,Greater Manchester,North West England,flower,stalls,stall,flowers,outdoor,square,shoppers,visitors,retail,old,successful,canopy,potted plants,independent retail,local shopping,traders,regenerated,regeneration,urban,destination,shopping,British,economy,civic,food,hall,culture,artisan,trading,weekend,pedestrian space,small business,community,commerce
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P307AA - Stock photograph shows a colourful exterior flower stall outside Altrincham Market and Market House on Greenwood Street, Altrincham, Trafford, Greater Manchester. The scene captures a busy open retail space with cut flowers, potted plants, market gazebos, shoppers, visitors, paving, street furniture and the timber-framed modern canopy of the outdoor market. The overcast sky gives soft, even daylight, useful for editorial features about high street regeneration, local shopping, independent traders, town centre footfall, food markets, flower sales, urban design and successful retail placemaking in North West England. Altrincham is often used as a case study in the revival of a struggling town centre, where food, drink, events, specialist retail, leisure and public realm improvements have helped create a more attractive destination than a conventional chain-store shopping street. The photograph can illustrate the contrast between older market traditions and contemporary market-hall culture, with flowers and plants adding colour, seasonality and human scale to the streetscape. The Market House is a Grade II listed building and the market's roots are linked to Altrincham's long history as a Cheshire market town, with the charter tradition dating back to the medieval period. The image has useful stock value for stories on Trafford Council, Greater Manchester retail policy, independent small businesses, weekend shopping, local tourism, market-led regeneration, town centre economics, community spaces, public markets, pedestrian-friendly streets, outdoor trading, British flower buying and urban lifestyle. Visible shoppers and casual browsing suit articles on consumer confidence, local enterprise, healthy town centres, civic investment, family days out, sustainable economies, walkable neighbourhoods and the appeal of fresh produce, plants and artisan stalls in a public square
12 Greenwood St, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 1SA, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5P - . Exterior, The Grenadier Pub, 18 Wilton Row Wilton Mews Belgravia, London, England UK. Photographed at 18 Wilton Row, Belgravia, London, England, UK, SW1X 7NR. The photograph was taken on 14 June 2014. 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. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Exterior, Grenadier Pub, Wilton Row, Wilton Mews, Belgravia, The Grenadier, Chelsea, Grenadier, bar and Brandies, 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 view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
18 Wilton Row, Belgravia, London, England, UK, SW1X 7NR
