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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,West Yorkshire,England,UK,poster,events,culture,film,arts,promotion,entertainment,local,history,tourism,publicity,printed,advertising,archive,Radha Raman Dutta,Dhamail,Sylheti culture,South,folk,community,Bengali,dance,Baul,Vaishnav,multicultural,diaspora,sunamganj,sylhet,sylheti,traditional
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKD93Y - A colourful poster in Leeds advertises the RadhaRaman Folk Festival, a community arts event created to celebrate Bengali folk music, dance and the cultural legacy of the Sylheti poet and composer Radha Raman Dutta. The festival developed in Leeds in the early 2010s and by 2015 was marking its fifth edition, establishing it as an important recurring showcase for Bengali and wider South Asian heritage in West Yorkshire. Programmes have combined performances, discussion, poetry, workshops and informal late-night music, often using community venues in Chapeltown, Harehills and other parts of Leeds as well as outdoor locations around Yorkshire. The event takes its name from Radha Raman Dutta, the nineteenth-century poet and musician from the Sylhet region, now Bangladesh, whose devotional and folk compositions remain influential across Bengali culture. He is especially associated with Dhamail, a traditional form of song and circular dance performed particularly by women at weddings and other celebrations, and is widely described as the father of the Dhamail tradition. His work drew strongly on Vaishnav devotional themes around Radha and Krishna while also sitting within the broader musical world of Bengal. The Leeds festival has used this heritage as a starting point rather than a boundary, presenting Bengali, Baul, Vaishnav and other folk traditions alongside artists from different cultural backgrounds. Its free or community-focused format has helped connect British Bangladeshi and Sylheti audiences with younger generations and wider local communities, while preserving music and dance that might otherwise be weakened by migration, changing lifestyles and commercial popular culture. The poster therefore documents more than an entertainment event: it reflects the long-established South Asian presence in Leeds, diaspora identity, cultural transmission and the use of festivals to keep traditional performance alive in a modern British city.
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,lucky,charm,Sicily,sicilian,Italy,conifer,cone,shape ceramic,IMG_0196,Sicilian ceramic pine cone,pigna siciliana,ceramic,ornament,traditional,craft,souvenir,decorative,heritage,folk,art,tourism,prosperity,hospitality,abundance,blue,glazed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJ11YR - . Sicilian ceramic pine cone ornament, a traditional pigna siciliana, in Sicily, Italy. Photographed on 21 April 2026. The highly textured blue glazed ceramic sculpture stands on a pale pedestal and represents a familiar decorative form found in Sicilian homes, gardens, balconies and souvenir shops. The pigna is widely used as a symbol associated with prosperity, hospitality, abundance and good fortune. The close view clearly shows the layered scale-like ceramic detail and makes the image useful for travel, design, craft, homeware and cultural features about distinctive regional decorative traditions. Within the history of product history, material culture includes the ordinary products people bought, used, collected or displayed
Small manufactured objects can reveal national identity, advertising, technology and popular taste in ways that formal records do not. Against the 2026 backdrop for product history, sustainability and reuse also give older objects new relevance, encouraging repair, second-hand sales and appreciation of durable material culture. Useful subject and context terms include collectable, consumer object, vintage object, memorabilia, branding, design history, consumer culture, retro, household object, collecting, social history, lucky, charm, conifer, shape ceramic, IMG_0196, heritage, folk, art, and tourism. In relation to collectable, historical context shows that everyday objects often become better historical evidence with age because packaging, typography, materials and branding change more rapidly than their basic function
Souvenirs, games and household items can therefore date consumer culture very precisely. For the story of vintage object, it is useful to note that material culture includes the ordinary products people bought, used, collected or displayed
Small manufactured objects can reveal national identity, advertising, technology and popular taste in ways that formal records do not.
Sicily, Italy
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_3563,Tunnel Of Love,decorative,sign,artwork,colourful,hand-painted,lettering,graphics,hearts,vintage,fairground,attraction,nostalgia,amusement,culture,romance,retro,design,weathered,circular,typography,folk,art,heritage,display,quirky
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F12DKG - . Tunnel Of Love decorative sign or artwork with colourful hand-painted lettering and graphics. Photographed on 15 April 2024. The recorded location is United Kingdom. The weathered circular design has a nostalgic fairground or attraction style and combines decorative typography with romantic imagery. Its aged surface and strong colours give the sign a distinctive retro appearance. For information sign, the historical context is that wayfinding developed from painted names and fingerposts into standardised road, rail and public-information systems
Local signs still retain distinctive typography or bilingual wording even within increasingly consistent national standards. Looking at public realm, the longer history is that street art and murals are especially valuable as temporary cultural evidence because they may be painted over or lost during redevelopment
Photographs preserve both the artwork and its relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood. For information sign, the 2026 context is that digital maps and smartphone navigation are ubiquitous, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility, legal restrictions and visitors without reliable connectivity. In 2026, public realm remains relevant because contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. Further relevant search phrases include public information, direction sign, street sign, notice, visitor guidance, bilingual signage, accessibility sign, graphic communication, street furniture, public art, sculpture, statue, cultural identity, visual culture, community art, and memorial art. Further subject-specific language includes cultural landmark, IMG_3563, hearts, vintage, nostalgia, amusement, romance, folk, display, and quirky.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,1100,Warrington,village,historic,heritage,WA4 2SU,WA4,vikings,viking,History and Heritage Day,years,festival,9-24th,September,Sep,2023,men,of,the,in,costume,dressed,traditional,show,demonstration,demonstrations,dance,dancers,dancing,day of dance,folk,club
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RY1R1J - Thelwall Morris Men were formed in October 1973, the nucleus of the side being a group of regulars from the Thelwall Folk Club at the Pickering Arms, which was run by Maggie and Rod Goodall.
All of these men were absolute beginners. Some had seen morris dancing at Keele University Folk Festival earlier in the year and fancied trying it. The only trouble was how to get started?
The answer proved to be a small ad in Folk Review magazine, asking for someone to come and teach the dance. Around this time, Chris Maple, who became the side's first squire and foreman had arrived in the North West to take up a job in Liverpool. Chris proved well equal to the task of getting his raw recruits off on the right foot (or in our case, the left).
The side's first musician was Fred Horrobin (Maggie's dad) who busked on accordion for a couple of weeks until someone unearthed the exceptionally talented Steve Burgess from downtown Stockton Heath. Under Chris's tuition, the side learned an assortment of Cotswold dances, mainly Bampton and Adderbury to begin with. The first public performance took place, without baldricks and badges, at the Pickering Arms in August 1974 before a sceptical audience of wives and girlfriends and members of the folk club.
By 1975 the side had acquired it's kit. Black breeches and shoes, white shirt and socks, with baldricks of pale blue and claret surmounted by a distinctive badge representing the wall of Thells or stakes from which Thelwall, England's smallest city, derived its name in Anglo-Saxon times.
The side's first invitation to a day of dance was from Southport Swords in May 1975, and the inexperienced side made a favourable impression. The following year they attended their first Ring Meeting at Thaxted and have attended a Ring Meeting almost every year since then.
In 1977, the side visited Ireland for the Cobh festival, quickly followed, in 1979, by an invitation to Mallow, Ireland
Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,GB,Great Britain,Merseyside,2023,city,L1,Eurovision2023,spot,free,recorded,Liverpool Central,Rail,railway,Station,Ranelagh Street,Liverpool,L1 1JT,weve given this busking spot,to,a,Ukrainian musician,who lost theirs,Sounds of the underground,busker,music,Eurovision,contest,Eurovision song contest,centre,busking,pitch,songs,Ukraine busker,folk,Ukrainian busker
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R1MF26 - Sounds of the underground - read more at https://www.creativemoment.co/this-eurovision-musicians-in-liverpool-donate-their-busking-spots-to-help-fellow-ukrainian-artists
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine buskers have been robbed of their spots, so their music has had to go underground.
But it's not just their music that has been taken, it is also their livelihoods. So this Eurovision, Ketchum UK has created a campaign for buskers from Liverpool to give up their usual spots along the Merseyrail network to Ukrainian musicians, giving them the chance to perform for audiences and keep the conversation alive about this unjust war.
Travellers going through the four biggest stations
Liverpool Central, Lime Street, Moorfields and James Street will be able to enjoy authentic Ukrainian busking music.
Each busking spot has a speaker streaming the artists music and a QR code for passers-by to scan to find out more about the musicians' story, videos about them and to donate to the cause.
All proceeds raised will go directly to Supplies for Ukraine C.I.C., who are working to provide essential, lifesaving equipment to civilians and volunteers on the front lines in Ukraine.
There is an accompanying outdoor poster campaign across the Merseyrail network and all tracks are streamed as a playlist on Spotify.
Liverpool Central Rail Station , Ranelagh Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, GB, L1 1JT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,city,song,contest,Eurovision2023,Liverpool,Eurovision song contest,Eurovision,centre,busking,music,folk,songs,pitch,GB,Great Britain,2023,L1,spot,free,recorded,Liverpool Central,Rail,railway,Station,Ranelagh Street,L1 1JT,busker,Ukraine busker,Ukrainian busker,Sounds of the underground,Ukrainian musician,weve given this busking spot,to,a
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R1WX3Y - Sounds of the underground - read more at https://www.creativemoment.co/this-eurovision-musicians-in-liverpool-donate-their-busking-spots-to-help-fellow-ukrainian-artists
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine buskers have been robbed of their spots, so their music has had to go underground.
But it's not just their music that has been taken, it is also their livelihoods. So this Eurovision, Ketchum UK has created a campaign for buskers from Liverpool to give up their usual spots along the Merseyrail network to Ukrainian musicians, giving them the chance to perform for audiences and keep the conversation alive about this unjust war.
Travellers going through the four biggest stations
Liverpool Central, Lime Street, Moorfields and James Street will be able to enjoy authentic Ukrainian busking music.
Each busking spot has a speaker streaming the artists music and a QR code for passers-by to scan to find out more about the musicians' story, videos about them and to donate to the cause.
All proceeds raised will go directly to Supplies for Ukraine C.I.C., who are working to provide essential, lifesaving equipment to civilians and volunteers on the front lines in Ukraine.
There is an accompanying outdoor poster campaign across the Merseyrail network and all tracks are streamed as a playlist on Spotify.
Liverpool Central Rail Station , Ranelagh Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, GB, L1 1JT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Stockport,Cheshire,England,UK,locks,playing,guitar,accordion,woman,man,duo,canal,lock flight,SK6 5LD,SK6,on,the,of the,tow,path,waterway,union,flag,union jack,British,Peak Forest,informal,band,folk,musios,sat,sitting,play
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4CACW - . This authentic period view of Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The scene records Musicians on the towpath of the Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD. The broader subject matter reaches into community identity, historical comparison, canal infrastructure, industrial waterway history, everyday life, towpath landscape, managed navigation, waterborne transport, archival record, period detail, changing streetscape, heritage boating, navigation engineering, and changing land use. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with volunteering, biodiversity and the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The photograph additionally reflects canal heritage, regional identity, documentary photography, public realm, inland boating, place identity, before-and-after reference, and working waterway. The recorded references to flight, canal, Marple, Forest, and Stockport preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is volunteering and how navigation heritage coexists with modern flood and environmental management as part of the longer story of Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD.
Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Stockport,Cheshire,England,UK,locks,playing,guitar,accordion,woman,man,duo,canal,lock flight,SK6 5LD,SK6,on,the,of the,tow,path,waterway,British,Peak Forest,informal,band,folk,musios,sat,sitting,play,keyboard,keyboards,with,sheet,music
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4CACX - . This scene at Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD 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 scene records Musicians on the towpath of the Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD. The setting additionally reflects before-and-after reference, everyday life, public realm, community identity, canal infrastructure, blue-green corridor, waterborne transport, canal heritage, towpath landscape, changing streetscape, navigation engineering, industrial waterway history, local history, and managed navigation. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into maintenance funding and biodiversity, not least because of the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD, details that may look very different after replacement signage. The subject also sits alongside local character, archival record, period detail, contemporary social history, inland navigation, working waterway, visual archive, and regional identity. The recorded references to towpath, Forest, flight, Marple, and Stockport preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is maintenance funding and how navigation heritage coexists with modern flood and environmental management as part of the longer story of Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD.
Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Stockport,Cheshire,England,UK,locks,playing,guitar,accordion,woman,man,duo,canal,lock flight,SK6 5LD,SK6,on,the,of the,tow,path,waterway,British,Peak Forest,informal,band,folk,musios,sat,sitting,play,keyboard,keyboards,with,sheet,music
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4CAE9 - . Made at Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The main point of reference is Musicians on the towpath of the Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD. The subject also carries associations with regional identity, managed navigation, local character, inland boating, canal heritage, changing land use, blue-green corridor, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, community identity, period detail, social history, historical comparison, and waterborne transport. Today's relevance is strengthened by climate adaptation, flood resilience and the continuing question of the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD, details that may look very different after replacement signage. The location also brings in contemporary social history, place identity, industrial waterway history, working waterway, archival record, towpath landscape, everyday life, and documentary photography. Elements such as Stockport, canal, towpath, flight, and Forest add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The wider significance includes climate adaptation and the role of canals as blue-green corridors for people and wildlife within the real-world context of Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD.
Peak Forest canal, lock flight, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 5LD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,tea,teas,teabag,red,proper,brew,brewing,whats,in,drinking,Yorkshire,with,reet,folk,Taylor,Taylors,two,packets,held,holding,award,winning,award-winning,English,good,cuppa,a,B&B,bed and Breakfast,Bed & Breakfast,Bettys,and,Fredrick Belmont,pack,packaging
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M1MG94 - Yorkshire Tea is a black tea blend produced by the Bettys & Taylors Group since 1977. It is the most popular traditional black tea brand sold in the UK. In 1886 Charles Edward Taylor Founded CE Taylor & Co., later shortened to Taylors, the company was purchased by 'Betty's Tea Rooms' which today forms Bettys & Taylors Group. Taylors of Harrogate is still based in Harrogate, Yorkshire, in the first 'Betty's' tea room.
The group is still owned by the family of Bettys' founder, Fredrick Belmont and is currently chaired by Lesley Wild. The company is one of the few remaining family tea and coffee merchants in the country, whilst competing with the British-owned PG Tips (Ekaterra) and Tetley (Tata), where Yorkshire Tea is now the most purchased tea brand in the UK, overtaking Twinings (a division of Associated British Foods) and Typhoo
Yorkshire Tea uses varieties of tea grown in India, Sri Lanka, and Kenya, blended to form eight blends: Yorkshire Tea, Yorkshire Decaf, Yorkshire Hardwater (available in the United Kingdom), Yorkshire Gold, Breakfast Brew, Bedtime Brew, Biscuit Brew, and Toast and Jam Brew.
In 2016 the brand launched Breakfast Brew, Breaktime Brew and the decaffeinated Bedtime Brew. Yorkshire Tea introduced Biscuit Brew, a malty flavoured tea, to its range in 2018 and Toast and Jam Brew in 2020.
The Yorkshire Tea brand is being extended to include a range of cakes, biscuits, and fruit loaves, sold as being complementary to drinking tea by its parent company The Bettys & Taylors Group, which owns cookery schools and tea rooms
Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,Merseyside,L18,famous,song,area,fab four,lyric,lyrics,All The people,that come and go,stop and say hello,Dovedale Towers,pub,Beatle,fab4,the,history,heritage,historic,music,songs,track,Penny Ln,Penny Lane Liverpool,streets,people,of,folk,line,from,all the people,stop and say,Hello
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0PRYX - . This location-specific image from Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The image documents All The people that come and go, stop and say hello - Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE. The image also relates to place-making, historical comparison, contemporary social history, music-themed hospitality, changing land use, everyday life, music iconography, period detail, local character, community identity, mixed-use redevelopment, cultural branding, fan tourism, and commercial redevelopment. From a 2025-onward perspective, venue survival and music tourism are closely linked to this subject, alongside how popular music is reused in hospitality and tourism branding. The wider contemporary story combines housing pressure, public-realm investment and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. The photograph additionally reflects built heritage, Beatles memorabilia, before-and-after reference, tribute venue, visual archive, changing streetscape, heritage-led regeneration, and regional identity. References to Merseyside, hello, Penny, Liverpool, and people give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes venue survival and how popular music is reused in hospitality and tourism branding in a form that can be compared with future views of Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE.
Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,toasty,toasted,Essex,Wilkin,&,sons,ltd,fine cut,rough,cut,bread,OAP,retired,eaters,people,folk,pensioner,pensioners,Seville,bitter,orange,pectin,citrus,Paddington Bear,Golden Shred,falling,sales,young people,shunning,Brits,British,save,our,UK,Scottish,Millennials killing,James Keiller
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRMW22 - Marmalade is a fruit preserve made from the juice and peel of citrus fruits boiled with sugar and water. The well-known version is made from bitter orange. It is also made from lemons, limes, grapefruits, mandarins, sweet oranges, bergamots, and other citrus fruits, or a combination. Citrus is the most typical choice of fruit for marmalade, though historically the term has often been used for non-citrus preserves.
The preferred citrus fruit for marmalade production is the Spanish Seville or bitter orange, Citrus aurantium var. aurantium, prized for its high pectin content, which sets readily to the thick consistency expected of marmalade. The peel imparts a bitter taste.
The word marmalade is borrowed from the Portuguese marmelada, from marmelo 'quince'.
Unlike jam, a large quantity of water is added to the fruit in a marmalade, the extra liquid being set by the high pectin content of the fruit. In this respect it is like a jelly, but whereas the fruit pulp and peel is strained out of a jelly to give it its characteristic clarity, it is retained in a marmalade
Paddington Bear is known for his liking of marmalade, particularly in sandwiches, and kept it in his briefcase wherever he went
Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: Republic of Ireland,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,2 Cecilia St,Temple Bar,Dublin 2,D02 DP62,vinyl,genre,and,Music,artists,musicians,music,song,songs,Records,trad,traditional,folky,folk,sheet music,Irish,musical,tourist,tourism,attraction,buy,share,discover,tunes,cassette,CD,cultural quarter
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84KAP - 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,home-made,home,made,Scotland,UK,Trossachs,FK17 8DU,FK17,local,people,art arts,projects,Stirling,community,project,signs,sign,craft,crafted,handmade,handiwork,communities,folk,town,villages,village,random,arranged,arrangement,in,a,the,up,of,objects,object
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNB8 - . This scene at Callander, Trossachs, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8DU in 2019 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 scene records Community Project sign, Callander, Trossachs, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8DU. A broader reading of the photograph includes urban typography, local character, instructional wording, material sign design, public-facing signage, graphic street detail, period lettering, historical comparison, everyday life, visual archive, regional identity, public information notice, wayfinding detail, and local history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with digital substitution, advertising change and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. Small period details of signage and branding at Callander, Trossachs, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8DU may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes printed message, visual communication, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, commercial ephemera, place identity, community identity, and archival record. References to Community, Stirlingshire, Project, Trossachs, and Callander give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Callander, Trossachs, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8DU, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is digital substitution and the survival of physical messages in an increasingly digital environment when considered against later change at Callander, Trossachs, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8DU. It also preserves details of everyday use within the wider story of Callander, Trossachs, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8DU.
Callander, Trossachs, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8DU
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Keywords: demo,UK,A,demonstration,united,kingdom,naked,people,eccentric,eccentrics,wierd,strange,folk,ride,rider,odd,demonstrator,demonstrating,green,party,issue,issues,Hyde,HydePark,World,Naked,Bike,Ride,regents,get,your,kit,off,full,nudity,on,show,protest,against,oil,dependency,and,the,way,the,of,the,gotonysmith,riders,cycle,bare,as,car,automobile,one,less,car
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5J - The relaxed attitude to suitable bike riding attire this most compelling of spectator sports has a serious agenda: it's a protest against oil dependency and the way the cult of the car dominates contemporary life.
It's also an unfettered celebration of individuality of the human body. Many of the 1000 plus people expected to turn out will opt to bike in the buff. And if you too long to through caution and clothes to the wind, but feel a bit bashful, you can always take something along that's easy to put on when the procession gets held up by traffic, as it inevitably will.
Hyde Park, London, England, UK
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Keywords: demo,UK,A,demonstration,united,kingdom,naked,people,eccentric,eccentrics,wierd,strange,folk,ride,rider,odd,demonstrator,demonstrating,green,party,issue,issues,Hyde,HydePark,World,Naked,Bike,Ride,regents,get,your,kit,off,full,nudity,on,show,protest,against,oil,dependency,and,the,way,the,of,the,gotonysmith,riders,cycle,bare,as,car,automobile,one,less,car,backside,bum,bottom,buttock,buttocks,man,male,bloke,guy,naturist
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5K - The relaxed attitude to suitable bike riding attire this most compelling of spectator sports has a serious agenda: it's a protest against oil dependency and the way the cult of the car dominates contemporary life.
It's also an unfettered celebration of individuality of the human body. Many of the 1000 plus people expected to turn out will opt to bike in the buff. And if you too long to through caution and clothes to the wind, but feel a bit bashful, you can always take something along that's easy to put on when the procession gets held up by traffic, as it inevitably will.
Hyde Park, London, England, UK
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Keywords: demo,UK,A,demonstration,united,kingdom,naked,people,eccentric,eccentrics,wierd,strange,folk,ride,rider,odd,demonstrator,demonstrating,green,party,issue,issues,Hyde,HydePark,World,Naked,Bike,Ride,regents,get,your,kit,off,full,nudity,on,show,protest,against,oil,dependency,and,the,way,the,of,the,gotonysmith,riders,cycle,bare,as,car,automobile,car,males,penis,on,indecent,indecency,in,city
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5M - The relaxed attitude to suitable bike riding attire this most compelling of spectator sports has a serious agenda: it's a protest against oil dependency and the way the cult of the car dominates contemporary life.
It's also an unfettered celebration of individuality of the human body. Many of the 1000 plus people expected to turn out will opt to bike in the buff. And if you too long to through caution and clothes to the wind, but feel a bit bashful, you can always take something along that's easy to put on when the procession gets held up by traffic, as it inevitably will.
Hyde Park, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5N - The relaxed attitude to suitable bike riding attire this most compelling of spectator sports has a serious agenda: it's a protest against oil dependency and the way the cult of the car dominates contemporary life.
It's also an unfettered celebration of individuality of the human body. Many of the 1000 plus people expected to turn out will opt to bike in the buff. And if you too long to through caution and clothes to the wind, but feel a bit bashful, you can always take something along that's easy to put on when the procession gets held up by traffic, as it inevitably will.
Hyde Park, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5J0D0 - Symphony Hall is a 2,262 seat concert venue in Birmingham, England. It was officially opened by the Queen on 12 June 1991, although it had been in use since 15 April 1991. It is home to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and hosts around 270 events a year. It was completed at a cost of £30 million. The hall's interior is modelled on the Musikverein in Vienna and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The venue, managed alongside Town Hall, presents a programme of jazz, world, folk, rock, pop and classical concerts, organ recitals, spoken word, dance, comedy, educational and community performances, and is also used for conferences and business events as part of the International Convention Centre.
In 2016 the Concert Hall Acoustics expert Leo Beranek ranked Symphony Hall as having the finest acoustics in the United Kingdom, and the seventh best in the world. Proof of these fine acoustics is that a pre-opening acoustic test demonstrated that if a pin was dropped on stage, the sound could be heard from anywhere in the hall
Symphony Hall was designed by Percy Thomas Partnership and Renton Howard Wood Levin, (who together formed the Convention Centre Partnership for the ICC) with specialist help from Russell Johnson, founder of acoustic consultants Artec. A particularly innovative feature is the hall's acoustic flexibility. It has a reverberation chamber behind the stage and extending high along the sides, adding 50% to the hall's volume, the doors to which can be remotely opened or closed. The U-shaped reverberation chamber area has a volume of 12,700 cubic metres (450,000 cu ft). There is an acoustic canopy which can be raised or lowered above the stage. Dampening panels can be extended or retracted to ensure that the sound of the space is perfectly matched to the scale and style of the music to be performed. There are also reverse fan walls at the rear of the hall which provide further reflections of sound
Broad St, Birmingham, England, UK, B1 2EA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8FBE2 - . This authentic period view of Newington, Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland , United Kingdom in 2010 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The photograph centres on Waiting for the night bus Newington Edinburg old town Scotland UK. Another layer of the photograph includes changing land use, transport accessibility, roadside transit, changing streetscape, historical comparison, public-transport wayfinding, local bus network, place identity, passenger information, local character, local history, social history, archival record, and surface public transport. From a 2025-onward perspective, decarbonisation and local connectivity are closely linked to this subject, alongside the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare. Future viewers can use this scene from Newington, Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland , United Kingdom to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after closure or conversion. Other useful contextual ideas include everyday life, public realm, contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, community identity, period detail, bus route infrastructure, and bus infrastructure. The recorded references to Edinburg, Newington, night, and Waiting preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Newington, Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland , United Kingdom, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is decarbonisation and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare when considered against later change at Newington, Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland , United Kingdom. The view records a trace of local identity for later comparison. Image D8FBE2 also remains a dated record of Newington, Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland , United Kingdom.
Newington, Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland , United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HD7B - The Callanish Stones , Clachan Chalanais or Tursachan Chalanais in Gaelic, are situated near the village of Callanish (Gaelic: Calanais) on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles of Scotland).
Construction of the site took place between 2900 and 2600 BC, though there were possibly earlier buildings before 3000 BC. A tomb was later built into the site. Debris from the destruction of the tomb suggests the site was out of use between 2000 BC and 1700 BC.[1] The 13 primary stones form a circle about 13 m in diameter, with a long approach avenue of stones to the north, and shorter stone rows to the east, south, and west. The overall layout of the monument recalls a distorted Celtic cross. The individual stones vary from around 1 m to 5 m in height, with an average of 4 m, and are of the local Lewisian gneiss.
Callanish, Isle of Lewis HS2 9DY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM7TEC - Black and white editorial photograph of traditional Irish folk music being performed live by Drunken Dullabies at The Five Points Whiskey & Alehouse, 44 Dublin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, in August 2017. The busy interior shows musicians playing on a small pub stage before a close-standing audience, with fiddle, accordion, acoustic guitar and banjo forming the core of the traditional folk arrangement. A large wall sign for The Five Points Whiskey & Alehouse dominates the background while branded Drunken Dullabies banners flank the performers. Audience members crowd around the stage, some holding up mobile phones to photograph or film the performance, creating the intimate atmosphere of a city-centre pub music night. The image records Belfast's strong live-music and pub culture, where traditional Irish and folk material is performed for local drinkers, visitors and tourists in an informal bar setting. The Five Points opened on Dublin Road in 2016 as a venue inspired by Irish heritage and the Five Points district of New York, with a strong emphasis on whiskey, ale and live traditional music. The scene also captures the continuing popularity of acoustic folk performance in Northern Ireland, where fiddles, accordions, banjos and guitars remain strongly associated with pub sessions, ceilidh-style entertainment and Irish cultural identity. Photographed during a lively evening in August 2017, the monochrome treatment emphasises the performers, instruments, signage, crowded room and documentary character of the event. The photograph is suitable for editorial themes including Belfast nightlife, traditional Irish music, folk bands, live entertainment, pub culture, tourism, whiskey bars, acoustic instruments, audience participation, cultural heritage and the social role of music venues in Northern Ireland.
44 Dublin Rd, Belfast, NI, Northern Ireland, UK, BT2 7HN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0PRYN - . Photographed at Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is Penny Ln road sign, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE - location made famous by the Beatles song. Other connected aspects include commercial redevelopment, contemporary social history, music iconography, mixed-use redevelopment, visual archive, song-inspired design, civic architecture, adaptive reuse, period detail, period architecture, urban regeneration, fan tourism, everyday life, and architectural character. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into cultural heritage and local tourism, not least because of the enduring commercial appeal of Beatles imagery. Today's relevance is strengthened by planning, public-realm investment and the continuing question of how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves public access and movement at Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE, details that may look very different after new construction. The wider setting retains connections with Beatles memorabilia, changing land use, place identity, before-and-after reference, local character, changing streetscape, town-centre renewal, and urban fabric. Elements such as Liverpool, location, Beatles, Penny, and famous add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene further reflects cultural heritage and the enduring commercial appeal of Beatles imagery in a form that can be compared with future views of Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE.
Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PG69G6 - Yard Of Ale formed originally in 1972 and had ten successful years on the pub and club circuit, winning the TV Times Pub Entertainers of the Year award, doing well on ITV's New Faces and appearing on many television and radio shows including STV's Thingummyjig and BBC Scotland's Scottish Radio Orchestra Roadshow. During this time they also supported, amongst others, Matt McGinn, Hamish Imlach and Billy Connolly and enjoyed an extended run at the Edinburgh Festival with the legendary Tim Hardin.
Thereafter they went their separate ways........Alistair McDougald performing solo on the club cabaret circuit, Colin Mackenzie forming and playing with North Sea Gas folk group and Ian Lawson leading a successful rock band.
In 1992 the group reformed for a project in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Bill Hill in which they performed acoustic music spanning 30 years........Skiffle, Folk, Protest, Calypso, Country and Contemporary.
One of the hits of this year's festival - Danny Kyle, BBC Radio Scotland.
Since then the band have been in great demand for concerts, folk festivals, corporate functions, pub, hotel and club gigs all over Scotland and on tour in Denmark and Ireland.
Peter Gillan joined the band when Ian retired due to work commitments in 1998. Having spent many years as a singer/guitarist playing solo on the folk and country scenes, Peter's experience has added yet another dimension to the band.
Walter Mowat joined Yard Of Ale in 2015. Walter has played in a number of folk and bluegrass bands over the years and also plays violin with the Really Terrible Orchestra.
Ian Lawson and Colin Mackenzie still occasionally feature with the band for larger gigs and as emergency stand-ins.
10 Princes St, Edinburgh EH2 2AN, UK
