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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5847,Lyon Républicain,Le Lyon Républicain,newspaper,French newspaper,illustrated supplement,historic press,old newspaper,Lyon,France,print media,journalism history,press history,vintage print,newspaper archive,printed press,media history,ephemera,collecting,paper archive,French journalism,local newspaper,illustration,typography,mass media,regional press,news history,Rhône,social history,France history,print culture,media archive
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FMM9AH - . Old illustrated supplement of Le Lyon Républicain newspaper shows the tactile qualities of historic print journalism: aged paper, a prominent masthead and period illustration rather than the constantly updating screens of modern news media. Regional newspapers once carried local politics, crime, sport, advertising, serialized writing and illustrated supplements to large audiences, helping shape civic identity long before radio, television and the internet became dominant. Surviving copies are valuable social-history objects because typography, imagery, paper quality and editorial presentation reveal how publishers expected readers to consume news at the time. The photograph can illustrate Lyon's press history, French journalism, vintage newspapers, print culture, archives, collecting and the long technological shift from printed editions to digital publishing. It also has relevance to current debate about the future of local and regional news, where declining print circulation and changing advertising models continue to challenge traditional newspapers. The object remains specific to Lyon while also representing a much broader transformation in how news is produced, distributed and preserved. The physical condition of the supplement is part of its value: creasing, monochrome printing, masthead typography and illustrated artwork all show how news and entertainment were packaged before modern colour newspapers, websites and social media. Regional papers such as those serving Lyon helped create a shared local public sphere by combining political news, civic affairs, advertising, culture and visual storytelling for readers in the city and surrounding Rhône area. An illustrated supplement would have been both disposable mass media and a collectible object, which is why surviving copies now sit between journalism history, ephemera and social history. The close view keeps the typography and paper texture legible as historical evidence.
Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,_286IMG_,péniche Filaos,Filaos,Freycinet barge,houseboat,residential barge,Quai Gailleton,Lyon,Rhône,France,converted barge,liveaboard,river living,inland waterways,historic barge,waterfront housing,adaptive reuse,boat home,French waterways,riverboat,moored barge,urban housing,riverside,nautical heritage,barge conversion,Lyon river,Auvergne Rhone Alpes,France travel,waterway heritage,floating home
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKKKAY - . Residential péniche Filaos, a converted Freycinet barge moored on the Rhône at Quai Gailleton in Lyon. The residential péniche Filaos is moored on the Rhône at Quai Gailleton in Lyon, showing how a former working barge can become a permanent or semi-permanent home in the middle of a major city. Its low deckhouse, railings and domestic fittings contrast with the embankment and urban buildings beyond, combining inland-waterway heritage with contemporary riverside living. Freycinet-sized barges were once central to commercial navigation on French canals and rivers
converted examples now serve as homes, offices, restaurants and event spaces. The photograph therefore works for stories about houseboats, adaptive reuse, urban housing, waterways, heritage vessels and the distinctive lifestyle of living directly on the Rhône. Freycinet barges were designed around the dimensions of France's late nineteenth-century canal locks, creating a standard vessel type that became central to inland freight transport. Converting one into a home gives that industrial heritage a second life while preserving the long hull and unmistakable proportions of a working barge. Moored on the Rhône at Quai Gailleton, Filaos also shows how waterways can function as residential space in the middle of a major city. Living aboard offers a close relationship with the river and a distinctive lifestyle, but it brings practical issues around moorings, utilities, maintenance, flooding, navigation rules and limited internal space. The boat therefore sits at the intersection of heritage conservation and contemporary housing. Lyon's quays have been reshaped for walking, cycling and leisure, yet residential vessels remain a visible reminder that the river is also working infrastructure and private living space. It records the vessel in its actual mooring context rather than isolating it as a picturesque object.
Quai Gailleton, 69002 Lyon, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5831,Lyon flag,City of Lyon,municipal flag,Lyon,France,city flag,civic identity,local government,municipality,Lyon emblem,flag,blue sky,Centre Nautique Tony Bertrand,Piscine du Rhône,Rhône river,civic symbol,French city,city branding,local authority,public building,urban identity,Rhône,Auvergne Rhone Alpes,France travel,municipal services,flagpole,city heritage,Lyon tourism,French flag culture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKKKB4 - . Flag of the City of Lyon flying from one of the distinctive towers beside the Rhône in Lyon, France. The red flag of the City of Lyon flies from a circular-topped tower against an intense blue sky, creating a simple civic symbol anchored to one of the most distinctive structures beside the Rhône. Lyon's municipal identity draws on the historic lion emblem and is visible across public buildings, events and city services. Here the flag is associated visually with the Centre Nautique Tony Bertrand, formerly the Piscine du Rhône, whose unusual towers make the setting recognisable even in a tightly framed composition. The image can illustrate local government, civic pride, city branding, French municipal services and Lyon-specific travel or news coverage without relying on a broad skyline. The red-and-blue flag is a concise symbol of Lyon's civic identity, and flying it from the pool's distinctive tower links municipal branding with a recognisable piece of riverside architecture. City flags are used on public buildings, ceremonial sites and civic infrastructure to mark local authority ownership and pride, but they are often overlooked compared with national flags. Here the flag stands against a clear blue sky, making the colours and movement easy to read while the perforated circular tower top anchors the scene unmistakably to the Centre Nautique Tony Bertrand. The image can therefore illustrate Lyon municipal affairs, local identity, city services and tourism without defaulting to a broad skyline or the most photographed monuments. It also shows how civic symbols are embedded in functional places used by residents for sport and leisure. For local-history purposes, flags and signage can help date public facilities as logos, names and visual identities change. The photograph is particularly useful as a detail image that can accompany wider reporting about Lyon while retaining a direct connection to a real public site on the Rhône.
Centre Nautique Tony Bertrand, 8 Quai Claude Bernard, 69007 Lyon, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,_748IMG_,Centre Nautique Tony Bertrand,Piscine du Rhône,Lyon,Rhône river,8 Quai Claude Bernard,69007,outdoor swimming pool,swimming pool,municipal pool,Lyon architecture,1960s architecture,Alexandre Audouze-Tabourin,public leisure,sports facility,riverfront,swimming,France,7th arrondissement,civic architecture,recreation,Olympic pool,urban leisure,summer,blue sky,Rhône,Auvergne Rhone Alpes,France travel,public space,riverside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKKKEY - . Centre Nautique Tony Bertrand, formerly Piscine du Rhône, beside the Rhône river in central Lyon. The distinctive towers, terraces and outdoor pools of Lyon's Centre Nautique Tony Bertrand are seen beside the Rhône under a clear blue sky. The complex, long known as the Piscine du Rhône, was designed by Lyon architect Alexandre Audouze-Tabourin and opened in the 1960s in connection with the city's ambitions around the 1968 Olympic Games. Now carrying Tony Bertrand's name, it remains a prominent municipal leisure facility on Quai Claude Bernard and a striking example of post-war civic architecture. The riverside position adds another layer, showing how Lyon has developed recreation and public space directly along the Rhône rather than treating the river only as transport or flood infrastructure. The pool occupies an unusually prominent riverside position, turning a stretch of the Rhône into a place for public recreation as well as movement through the city. Its distinctive circular-topped towers are visible from a distance and have become recognisable elements of Lyon's river frontage. Outdoor municipal pools are important pieces of social infrastructure: they provide swimming lessons, exercise, cooling during hot weather and affordable leisure in dense urban areas where private gardens and pools are uncommon. The open-air setting also makes the complex relevant to discussions about heatwaves and how cities adapt public space to hotter summers. From this viewpoint, the pool sits directly alongside quays, trees and the river, showing how recreation is woven into central Lyon rather than pushed to the edge of the city. The photograph can support coverage of public sport, municipal investment, urban design, swimming, summer heat and Rhône waterfront regeneration. It also records the present-day appearance of a well-known civic facility whose naming and refurbishment history reflect changing approaches to preserving post-war leisure architecture.
Centre Nautique Tony Bertrand, 8 Quai Claude Bernard, 69007 Lyon, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,_691IMG_,Peugeot 201,Peugeot 201 Coupe,vintage Peugeot,classic car,1931 car,French car,Peugeot,Lyon,France,automotive history,vintage car,interwar motoring,historic vehicle,classic motoring,car design,French automotive,car museum,collector car,heritage vehicle,1930s,motor history,antique car,industrial heritage,vehicle display,Rhône,Auvergne Rhone Alpes,France travel,automobile,motoring heritage,retro car
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKKKF8 - . Vintage Peugeot 201 Coupé from around 1931 displayed indoors in Lyon, France. A cream and black vintage Peugeot 201 Coupé, dating from around 1931, is displayed indoors in Lyon with its upright grille, separate headlamps, running boards and narrow period tyres visible. The Peugeot 201 is an important model in French motoring history and helped establish the three-digit naming convention with a central zero that became closely associated with Peugeot cars. Its compact proportions show how dramatically private motoring changed between the interwar years and modern traffic. Photographed as a preserved display rather than moving on the road, the car works well for stories about automotive heritage, industrial design, collecting and France's long manufacturing tradition. The Peugeot 201 belongs to the inter-war period when motoring was becoming more widely accessible but car ownership still carried a strong sense of novelty and status. Its upright body, narrow tyres, external running boards and separate wings are immediately different from the integrated shapes of modern vehicles, making the engineering changes of nearly a century visible at a glance. Peugeot's numbering system, with a central zero, became one of the company's most recognisable naming conventions, and the 201 helped establish that pattern. An indoor display protects details that would otherwise be difficult to preserve on a regularly used vehicle, including chrome fittings, body trim and period cabin features. In Lyon, the car can connect local audiences with wider history of French manufacturing and mobility without needing to be photographed on a road. It can support automotive history, industrial design, collecting, restoration and the social history of early mass motoring. It provides a contrast with today's electric and software-heavy cars: this machine is mechanically simple by comparison, yet it represents an earlier technological transformation in how ordinary people travelled.
Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5835,French vegetables,France produce,supermarket vegetables,Lyon,France,fresh produce,vegetable aisle,country of origin,food provenance,French agriculture,local food,supermarket,grocery,food miles,seasonal food,fresh vegetables,produce section,food labelling,farmers,domestic produce,consumer choice,food prices,healthy eating,sustainable food,French food,retail display,shopping,Rhône,Auvergne Rhone Alpes,grocery retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKKKGA - . French-grown vegetables labelled by origin in a Lyon supermarket produce section. Loose vegetables sit in green produce crates beneath signs prominently stating 'France', making national origin a visible part of supermarket merchandising in Lyon. Country-of-origin labelling is especially important for stock-photo/gotonysmith-Fresh.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>fresh produce because shoppers may weigh price against seasonality, food miles, farming standards and a desire to support domestic agriculture. French food culture places strong emphasis on provenance, and supermarket displays often turn origin into a selling point alongside freshness and price. The mix of nearly empty crates and remaining vegetables also gives the scene an ordinary end-of-day or recently shopped feel, useful for illustrating real consumer choice rather than an idealised food advertisement. Origin labels make food provenance visible at the point of purchase, allowing shoppers to distinguish French-grown produce from imported alternatives. In fresh vegetables, that information can carry economic, environmental and political weight: consumers may prefer domestic farming, shorter supply chains or produce associated with a particular season, while price and availability still influence the final choice. Empty spaces are equally informative because fruit and vegetable displays change through the trading day as stock is replenished and customers select the best items. French supermarkets often give strong prominence to country of origin, reflecting both regulation and a culture in which farming and food provenance are highly visible public issues. The image can support stories about agricultural policy, food prices, local sourcing, seasonality and the pressure on growers from supermarket competition. It also documents the ordinary retail presentation of fresh produce in Lyon, where national origin, unit price and physical appearance all sit together in the consumer's decision.
Supermarket in Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,_407IMG_,Orgao Beer House,145 Rue Sébastien Gryphe,Lyon,69007,France,beer bar,craft beer,bar,café,independent bar,Lyon nightlife,hospitality,French bar,beer house,neighbourhood bar,7th arrondissement,Rue Sébastien Gryphe,drinks,pub culture,small business,local venue,nightlife,urban hospitality,bar frontage,restaurant,social life,Rhône,Auvergne Rhone Alpes,France travel,city life
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKKKJA - . Orgao Beer House at 145 Rue Sébastien Gryphe in Lyon, a neighbourhood bar and beer venue. The frontage of Orgao Beer House at 145 Rue Sébastien Gryphe in Lyon presents a compact neighbourhood bar with chalk-style menu boards and craft-beer branding around the entrance. The location in Lyon's 7th arrondissement places it within a busy mixed district of students, residents, restaurants and small businesses rather than the most tourist-heavy part of the city. The photograph is useful for stories about independent bars, craft beer, hospitality economics, urban nightlife and the way small venues use distinctive façades and blackboard menus to build local identity. A neighbourhood beer bar such as Orgao sits within a part of Lyon's hospitality scene that is more local and informal than the city's grand restaurants or traditional bouchons. The exterior uses blackboard-style menus, tap lists and compact signage to communicate choice directly to people walking past, a common approach for independent venues that change beers frequently. Specialist beer bars have benefited from the growth of craft brewing, with customers increasingly interested in brewery origin, style, strength and small-batch production rather than ordering only a standard lager. At the same time, independent bars face high fixed costs, staffing pressure and strong competition for discretionary spending. The Rue Sébastien Gryphe location places the business in the dense residential and student-oriented 7th arrondissement, where evening trade mixes with everyday neighbourhood life. The photograph can therefore illustrate craft beer, small hospitality businesses, nightlife and the economics of independent bars without relying on a generic glass of beer. The frontage also records the venue's exact branding and street presence in 2026, details that can change quickly in a sector with frequent openings, closures and rebrands.
Orgao Beer House, 145 Rue Sébastien Gryphe, 69007 Lyon, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5845,Age et Perspectives,aide à domicile,home help,home care,elderly care,Lyon,143 Rue Sébastien Gryphe,69007,France,social care,older people,ageing population,ageing in place,domiciliary care,care worker,disability support,independent living,care services,personal assistance,French social care,7th arrondissement,senior citizens,carers,home support,health and social care,community care,Rhône,Auvergne Rhone Alpes,care economy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKKKJG - . Age et Perspectives home-help service sign in Lyon advertising assistance for older and vulnerable people. An Age et Perspectives projecting sign in Lyon advertises 'service d'aide à domicile', a home-help service supporting people who need assistance to remain in their own homes. The company's Lyon 7 agency is at 143 Rue Sébastien Gryphe and offers personal assistance aimed particularly at older people, disabled people and households dealing with reduced independence. A simple street sign therefore connects to major social-policy themes: population ageing, domiciliary care, disability support, family carers, workforce shortages and the preference many people have for ageing in place instead of moving into residential care. The sign advertises home assistance rather than residential care, an increasingly important distinction as ageing populations create demand for support that allows people to remain in familiar surroundings. Services can include help with washing and dressing, meals, shopping, household tasks, companionship and practical routines that become difficult through age, illness or disability. For families, home care can bridge the gap between complete independence and a move into institutional accommodation, but it also depends on recruiting enough trained workers and making visits affordable. France, like many European countries, faces demographic pressure from a growing older population and a care workforce that is often stretched. The street-level sign makes that large policy issue tangible through a local service operating from an ordinary Lyon neighbourhood. It can support coverage of ageing, domiciliary care, social support, disability, care employment and the desire to remain at home for as long as possible. The wording 'service d'aide à domicile' is particularly useful because it identifies the function directly in French and distinguishes the business from a clinic, pharmacy or care home.
Age et Perspectives, 143 Rue Sébastien Gryphe, 69007 Lyon, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5847,Lyon Républicain,newspaper,French newspaper,illustrated supplement,historic press,old newspaper,Lyon,France,print media,journalism history,press history,vintage print,newspaper archive,printed press,media history,ephemera,collecting,paper archive,French journalism,local newspaper,illustration,typography,mass media,regional press,news history,Rhône,Auvergne Rhone Alpes,social history,France history,print culture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKKKK0 - . Old illustrated supplement of Le Lyon Républicain newspaper, a piece of printed press history from Lyon, France. A worn illustrated supplement of the historic Lyon Républicain newspaper is shown close-up, its aged paper, large masthead and period artwork turning the object into a tactile piece of local media history. Regional newspapers once carried far more than daily news: illustrated supplements, serialized material and advertising helped shape civic identity before radio, television and digital media transformed how audiences received information. Surviving copies are useful archival objects because typography, printing quality and imagery reveal how stories were packaged for readers at the time. The illustrated supplement belongs to a period when newspapers competed through engraved or drawn imagery long before photography became routine in mass circulation. The aged paper, decorative masthead and detailed illustration make the object useful for understanding how news, advertising and visual storytelling were packaged for readers in Lyon. Regional newspapers played a major role in shaping civic identity, reporting local politics, commerce and culture while also bringing national and international events into the home. Surviving supplements are therefore both printed artefacts and evidence of the business model of the press, in which special editions and illustrated pages added value to the core newspaper. Wear, folds and discolouration are part of the object rather than defects, showing that it was handled and kept over time. The image can support histories of journalism, printing, graphic design, collecting and the transition from illustrated press to photographic newspapers and eventually digital news. It also provides a specifically Lyonnais connection to a wider story about the decline of printed daily circulation and the changing way local information is consumed.
Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5864,Lyon launderette,launderette,laundromat,self service laundry,washing machines,tumble dryers,Lyon,France,laundry,urban services,apartment living,renters,students,household chores,washing,drying,local business,automated service,coin laundry,city life,domestic work,household costs,French life,everyday France,interior,service economy,urban living,Rhône,Auvergne Rhone Alpes,travel laundry
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKKKK6 - . Self-service launderette interior in Lyon, France, with rows of washing machines and tumble dryers. Rows of commercial washing machines and tumble dryers line a clean self-service launderette in Lyon, with a central folding table and practical instruction notices visible inside. Launderettes remain important urban services for students, renters, travellers and households without suitable washing equipment, particularly in dense apartment districts where living space is limited. The unattended or lightly staffed model also reflects the wider move towards automated local services, card or coin payments and long opening hours. As a street-level documentary image the interior can illustrate everyday French life, household costs, rental housing, urban convenience and the mundane infrastructure that supports residents beyond tourist landmarks. Self-service laundrettes remain important in dense European cities where flats may be small, rented or lacking space for a washing machine and dryer. Rows of commercial machines allow customers to wash larger loads, bedding and bulky items quickly, paying for capacity rather than owning the equipment. In Lyon, that service is relevant to students, short-term renters, travellers and residents whose housing arrangements make domestic laundry difficult. The blue-and-white interior, large round doors and central folding table create a functional environment designed around throughput rather than leisure. Laundrettes also reveal the economics of everyday urban living: water, electricity, rent and machine maintenance all feed into the price of a routine household task. As energy costs rise, customers may compare the expense of self-service washing with running older appliances at home. Unlike landmark imagery, it documents the practical facilities that make compact urban living possible and the design of a contemporary unattended service business.
Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,_335IMG_,TCL,Lyon Metro,Line B,Jean Macé,Charpennes Charles Hernu,Lyon,France,metro train,underground,public transport,rapid transit,urban transport,French metro,rail transport,passengers,metro station,mass transit,sustainable transport,city travel,transport network,Rhône,Auvergne Rhone Alpes,commuting,electric railway,platform,European city,public transit,mobility,France travel,urban infrastructure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKKKPP - . TCL Line B metro train at Jean Macé station in Lyon, travelling towards Charpennes Charles Hernu. A red-fronted TCL metro train calls at Jean Macé on Lyon's Line B, with the destination display showing Charpennes Charles Hernu. The platform view records an everyday journey on one of the key rapid-transit axes serving the city, linking southern districts with central Lyon and interchange points across the TCL network. Lyon Metro combines underground and surface urban transport with trams, buses and funiculars under the TCL identity, making a clearly signed train useful for travel, infrastructure and sustainable-mobility coverage. Passengers waiting beside the train add scale and show the system in normal service rather than as an empty engineering subject. Lyon's Line B is one of the city's core north-south metro routes, and Jean Macé is an important interchange area linking the underground network with tram, rail and bus services. The destination display towards Charpennes Charles Hernu places the train within a real passenger journey rather than presenting it as an abstract transport exhibit. Modern metro systems are central to Lyon's attempt to move large numbers of people without relying on private cars, for commuting into dense central districts where road space is limited. Platform screen conditions, station signage and the red-and-black TCL train design give the photograph a clear local identity. The image also records the everyday experience of public transport: passengers wait close to the doors, information is read quickly, and the vehicle turns around repeatedly throughout the operating day. For transport coverage, the scene can illustrate urban mobility, integrated networks, station accessibility, investment in public transit and the practical alternative that metro systems provide to congested city roads. It is also a useful 2026 record of TCL branding and rolling stock on Line B as Lyon continues to modernise its transport network.
Métro Jean Macé, Place Jean Macé, 69007 Lyon, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_55~1,Au Petit Bouchon Chez Georges,Chez Georges,bouchon lyonnais,Lyon,8 Rue du Garet,69001,France,traditional restaurant,Lyon cuisine,French restaurant,restaurant sign,gastronomy,regional food,Lyon food,bouchon,hospitality,independent restaurant,French cuisine,night sign,illuminated sign,Presquîle,1960,local tradition,food tourism,city centre,Rhône,Auvergne Rhone Alpes,France travel,restaurant heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKKK60 - . Illuminated sign for Au Petit Bouchon 'Chez Georges', a traditional bouchon lyonnais in central Lyon. A monochrome evening view isolates the illuminated sign for Au Petit Bouchon 'Chez Georges' above Rue du Garet in central Lyon. The restaurant describes itself as an authentic bouchon lyonnais established in 1960, and its compact sign carries the language of a dining tradition closely associated with the city. Bouchons are known for convivial service and robust regional cooking, historically linked to the everyday food culture of Lyon rather than formal haute cuisine. The sign therefore works as more than restaurant branding: it is a marker of local gastronomic identity, tourism, independent hospitality and the preservation of distinctive regional traditions within a modern city centre. The term bouchon lyonnais refers to a style of small restaurant strongly associated with Lyon, serving robust local dishes in an informal setting rather than highly formal fine dining. Traditional menus can include charcuterie, offal, quenelles and other dishes rooted in the city's working-class food culture. An illuminated 'Chez Georges' sign therefore carries more than a business name: it signals participation in a culinary tradition that forms part of Lyon's identity and tourism appeal. The narrow street frontage and old-fashioned typography reinforce that sense of continuity, especially in a city where independent restaurants compete with modern concepts and international chains. Bouchons also connect current hospitality with the historical reputation of Lyon as a centre of French gastronomy. The image can support travel, food history, restaurant culture and small-business coverage while remaining focused on a specific, identifiable venue. Night-time illumination adds to the atmosphere without needing to show diners, and the sign itself preserves the visual character of a traditional establishment that may be altered by future refurbishment or ownership changes.
Au Petit Bouchon Chez Georges, 8 Rue du Garet, 69001 Lyon, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lyon restaurant sign,traditional Lyon cuisine,Rue du Garet Lyon,authentic bouchon,Lyon gastronomy,French restaurant,traditional restaurant sign,Presquile Lyon dining,Lyon food culture,mâchon lyonnais,local French cuisine,restaurant exterior sign,vintage illuminated sign,French bistro,Bouchons Lyonnais,Lyon culinary heritage,traditional eatery,French gastronomy,Beaujolais bistro,Lyon old town restaurant,city restaurant Lyon,local food tourism,independent restaurant,1960 restaurant Lyon,French dining culture,Lyon hospitality,restaurant heritage,bouchon,restaurant,back street,rue du Garet,food,tourism,French,France,heritage,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FKAJ7F - Traditional illuminated sign for Au Petit Bouchon Chez Georges at 8 Rue du Garet in central Lyon, France, marking one of the city's long-established bouchon restaurants. The restaurant describes itself as an authentic bouchon lyonnais dating from 1960 and is situated in the Presqu'île area close to Lyon Opera. The projecting blue-and-white box sign carries the words Le Bouchon Lyonnais Chez Georges , combining simple typography with a stylised bottle motif and an appearance typical of older independent restaurants and bars. Bouchons form an important part of Lyon's culinary identity, traditionally serving robust regional dishes in intimate, convivial surroundings and preserving food customs closely associated with the city. Au Petit Bouchon Chez Georges specialises in traditional Lyonnaise cooking and also offers the morning mâchon, a distinctive Lyon tradition of substantial food accompanied by wine. The restaurant's long history, compact setting and traditional menu place it within the culture of neighbourhood dining that helped establish Lyon's international reputation for gastronomy. Its position on Rue du Garet, near the Opera and Hôtel de Ville, also places it within a central area containing several well-known restaurants and historic streets. The illuminated sign is useful editorially as a visual symbol of Lyon's restaurant heritage, regional food culture and independent hospitality sector. It represents the continuity of small traditional eateries in a modern European city where culinary tourism remains a significant attraction. The image can illustrate themes including French gastronomy, bouchon culture, local food traditions, restaurant heritage, historic commercial signage, independent businesses, regional cuisine, Lyon tourism and the preservation of distinctive urban food identities. The restaurant states that it has operated as an authentic bouchon since 1960, making the sign not merely decorative branding but a marker for more than six decades.
Au Petit Bouchon Chez Georges, 8 rue du Garet, 69001 Lyon, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5909,Lyon,Metro Line A,TCL,Lyon Metro,metro,France,public transport,passengers,commuters,train,carriage,urban rail,rapid transit,travel,city,transport,sustainable transport,mobility,tourists,residents,handrails,seating,underground,mass transit,commute,French transport,Europe,public infrastructure,transit,everyday life,railway,urban mobility,Rhône
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RX2 - . Commuters and visitors travelling inside a TCL Metro Line A train in Lyon, France, during an everyday city journey. A mix of standing and seated passengers, including older travellers, provides a natural social cross-section rather than a staged transport image. Passengers travel inside a TCL Metro Line A train in Lyon, with seated and standing travellers sharing a bright modern carriage during an ordinary urban journey. Line A is one of the core routes in Lyon's metro network and links major central interchange points, making it part of the daily movement of commuters, shoppers, students and visitors across the metropolitan area. The image shows the practical reality of mass transit rather than an empty publicity view: luggage, handrails, seats, doors, information panels and passengers of different ages all contribute to the lived experience of city travel. Lyon's public transport network is branded TCL and integrates metro, tram, bus and funicular services, allowing passengers to move between the historic centre, commercial districts, residential neighbourhoods and transport hubs. Metro systems reduce reliance on private cars for dense urban trips and are important to discussions about congestion, accessibility, air quality, public investment and the capacity of cities to move large numbers of people efficiently. The photograph is useful for editorial coverage of French public transport, Lyon tourism, commuting, sustainable mobility, urban rail, passenger behaviour and everyday life in France's second-largest metropolitan area. Interior scenes show accessibility features, passenger density and social use more clearly than exterior train photographs, making them valuable for stories about service quality and urban behaviour. Frequent metro services are especially important in compact central districts where road space is limited and parking cannot absorb the volume of daily trips.
Lyon Metro Line A, Lyon, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5882,Lyon,Metro Line D,TCL,Lyon Metro,metro,France,public transport,passengers,boarding,platform,train,urban rail,rapid transit,travel,city,automated metro,transport,sustainable transport,mobility,commuters,station,passenger information,underground,mass transit,French transport,Europe,infrastructure,transit,railway,urban mobility,Rhône,public transport network
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RWT - . Passengers boarding a TCL Metro Line D train in Lyon, with platform information showing services through the city's rapid-transit network. The train's rounded cab end and open platform doors are clearly visible, while passengers further along the platform establish the service as active and in use. A TCL Metro Line D train stands at a Lyon platform as passengers board, with the destination display and platform edge creating a clear operational view of the city's automated rapid-transit system. Line D crosses central Lyon and is a heavily used part of the TCL network, connecting important interchange stations and residential districts on opposite sides of the city. The silver train, wide doors and level platform illustrate the high-capacity, frequent-stop design of urban metro services, where quick boarding and alighting are essential to maintaining short headways. Electronic passenger information above the platform gives waiting travellers live service details, a routine but important part of making unfamiliar networks usable for visitors as well as regular commuters. Lyon combines metro lines with trams, buses and funiculars under the TCL identity, so this scene sits within a wider integrated public-transport system rather than an isolated railway. Editorial applications include automated metros, French transport, sustainable mobility, public infrastructure, urban commuting, passenger information, city tourism and investment in alternatives to private-car travel. Platform boarding photographs document dwell time, passenger information and the interface between train and station, all central to the capacity of a metro line. Automated operation can support frequent service patterns, but station design and crowd movement remain physical constraints that technology alone cannot remove. The illuminated destination display is an important wayfinding aid for passengers who may be changing between metro lines or travelling as visitors.
Lyon Metro Line D, Lyon, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5542,Déviation,deviation,diversion,France,French road sign,road sign,traffic,roadworks,detour,temporary sign,yellow sign,transport,driving,motorists,closure,street,traffic management,infrastructure,journey,route,maintenance,construction,highway,direction,arrow,French,travel,disruption,delays,road closure,public works,pavement,traffic control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RRE - . Yellow 'Déviation' temporary diversion road sign in France, used to direct traffic around a closure or roadworks. The sign appears detached from a permanent post and photographed close up on a wet or dark pavement surface, highlighting the portable nature of temporary traffic-control equipment. A yellow French road sign marked 'Déviation' lies or leans at street level, its black lettering and directional arrow identifying a temporary diversion route. In France, déviation signs are used to redirect traffic around roadworks, closures, events or incidents, making them a familiar part of temporary traffic management in towns and cities. The worn metal sign, kerb and pavement setting emphasise the physical equipment behind road closures rather than showing only a distant route change. Temporary diversions can affect motorists, buses, deliveries, cyclists and pedestrians, especially where urban works alter normal access or send traffic through unfamiliar streets. The strong yellow-and-black design is intended for rapid recognition by drivers and contrasts with permanent directional signage, helping road users distinguish a short-term route from the normal network. The close view shows the practical street equipment used to reroute drivers temporarily, with repeated handling and roadside use visible in the worn metal surface and frame. Diversion routes have to remain legible at speed and are normally repeated at junctions so drivers can follow a temporary path until they rejoin the normal route. Poorly placed or missing temporary signs can create unnecessary mileage and local congestion, which is why roadwork signing is a practical part of highway safety. Portable signs are designed to be deployed quickly and removed when works finish, so scuffs and wear are common on equipment used repeatedly. Repeated handling explains the scuffs and wear visible on portable signs that are moved from one temporary traffic scheme to another.
France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5584,Chez Hugon,Lyon,bouchon,Lyonnais bouchon,restaurant,French food,gastronomy,Rue Pizay,France,dining,cuisine,traditional,hospitality,local food,charcuterie,offal,Presquîle,night,diners,independent restaurant,food tourism,culinary tourism,Rhône,French restaurant,city centre,heritage,eating out,evening,local cuisine,bistro,tourism,Lyon gastronomy,restaurant frontage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RWG - . Chez Hugon, a traditional Lyonnais bouchon at 12 Rue Pizay in Lyon, with diners visible through the warmly lit restaurant frontage. The night-time view includes the small illuminated restaurant sign and close-set interior tables, details that distinguish an intimate independent bouchon from a large chain restaurant. Chez Hugon, at 12 Rue Pizay, 69001 Lyon, is shown as an intimate traditional restaurant frontage at night, with diners seated inside beneath the warm light of the dining room. The establishment is a Lyonnais bouchon, a type of small restaurant associated with the city's distinctive working-class culinary tradition and dishes based on local charcuterie, offal, sauces and robust regional cooking. Bouchons are an important part of Lyon's food identity and differ from generic French brasseries through their close association with the city's historic silk-worker culture and family-style cooking. The narrow street frontage, traditional sign, close-set tables and unpretentious interior create the visual language visitors associate with the older restaurant streets of central Lyon. Rue Pizay lies in Lyon's 1st arrondissement near the Presqu'île and slopes around Croix-Rousse, placing the restaurant within easy walking distance of the city's central cultural and nightlife districts. The compact frontage and visible diners capture the everyday character of the bouchon tradition: small rooms, close-set tables, local dishes and an independent restaurant identity rooted in Lyon rather than a standardised chain format. Lyon's reputation as a gastronomic city is built not only on Michelin-starred restaurants but also on smaller establishments serving recognisably local dishes in informal surroundings. Independent bouchons are both working restaurants and part of the cultural economy that draws visitors specifically to eat regional food in the city where it developed. The occupied dining room shows the bouchon in active evening use.
Chez Hugon, 12 Rue Pizay, 69001 Lyon, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5368,Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport,Lyon Airport,EES,Entry Exit System,passport control,border control,queues,delays,passengers,travellers,France,Schengen,biometrics,fingerprints,facial recognition,passports,airport,travel disruption,Europe,EU,border,immigration,British travellers,tourism,holidays,waiting,congestion,airport security,non-EU nationals,digital border,travel,queue management,Biometric System
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RR2 - . Long queues at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport passport control as travellers wait during implementation of the EU Entry/Exit System. The crowded room is dominated by people rather than architecture, making queue length and border-processing capacity the central editorial subject of the photograph. A dense queue of travellers waits at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport passport control, with passengers and cabin baggage compressed into the border-processing area before onward travel. The scene is particularly relevant to the European Union Entry/Exit System, or EES, which began progressive operation in October 2025 and records travel-document and biometric data for many non-EU nationals making short stays in the Schengen area. The system is intended to replace manual passport stamping with digital entry and exit records, including facial images and fingerprints where required, but the additional processing has made queue management and border capacity an important operational issue at airports. By September 2026 several European countries were still using flexibility around full checks because of concerns about delays and technical performance, keeping airport queues and implementation difficulties in the news. The photograph directly illustrates the passenger consequence of slower border processing: crowded halls, standing time, uncertainty over connections and the need for airports and border police to balance security procedures with throughput. Editorial uses include EES, Schengen borders, British travel to Europe, biometric checks, passport control, airport delays, holiday disruption, queue management and the practical impact of new border technology. For UK passport holders travelling to the Schengen area, EES adds a new layer of border processing beyond the pre-Brexit experience of routine EU free movement. The operational challenge is concentrated at peak arrival banks, where even a small increase in average processing time can multiply into a long visible.
Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,_702IMG_,Rhonexpress,tram,Lyon,airport,France,rail,lightRail,SaintExupery,transit,station,platform,red,vehicle,airportlink,passengers,travel,tourism,Europe,urban,transport,electric,terminal,interchange,railway,mobility,sustainable,infrastructure,commuter,public transport,Part Dieu,city centre,Saint Exupery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH51T - . A red Rhônexpress light-rail vehicle stands at the Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport terminus beneath platform information screens. The dedicated airport service links the airport and TGV station complex with central Lyon, providing a public-transport alternative to taxis and private cars. Rhônexpress uses tram-style vehicles but is operated as a premium airport link, connecting Saint-Exupéry with Lyon Part-Dieu via the eastern suburbs. Airport rail links are important to city-region transport policy because they concentrate travellers onto high-capacity public transport and reduce dependence on road access. The image shows the interface between aviation and urban transit at one of France's major regional airports. The tram is shown at the airport end of its route, where passengers can transfer between the airport terminals, TGV station and the dedicated city link. Rhônexpress follows part of the same corridor as Lyon's tram network but has a distinct airport role and fare structure. Its high-visibility red livery is deliberately different from conventional local trams, helping visitors recognise the service when navigating an unfamiliar transport system after a flight. Older stations frequently combine historic buildings with modern accessibility and passenger systems, producing layers of railway architecture rather than a single design period. Rail travel also carries a strong leisure market, particularly on scenic or heritage-rich routes where day visitors share the same trains used by regular commuters. A working station has to combine platform safety, passenger information, accessibility, ticketing and interchange in a space that may have been built long before modern traffic levels were imagined. Commuter rail shapes where people can live and work by making longer daily journeys practical without a car, which in turn influences housing growth around stations. The setting remains clearly identifiable.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5928,SNCF,railway,station,TGV,Lyon,airport,France,Calatrava,architecture,rail,train,transport,travel,terminal,interchange,steel,glass,Europe,gare,passengers,tourism,connection,infrastructure,modern,transit,aviation,hub,Part Dieu,high speed,public transport,Saint Exupery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH54N - . The entrance to Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV is seen beside the airport, with SNCF branding and the dramatic steel-and-glass architecture of the station. Travellers move through the forecourt beneath the structure linking high-speed rail and air travel. The station was designed as an integrated transport hub serving Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport and the French high-speed rail network. Its striking form is associated with architect Santiago Calatrava and makes the complex one of the most recognisable pieces of transport architecture in the region. Rail connections allow some passengers to reach the airport without travelling through central Lyon. The station's sweeping structure was conceived to make the rail-air interchange a landmark in its own right rather than a purely functional platform building. Passengers arriving by TGV can transfer directly to airport facilities, while local travellers can use the complex as part of journeys across France without entering central Lyon. The angular steel ribs, broad glazing and elevated circulation routes are distinctive features of late twentieth-century transport architecture. Electric and high-capacity rail is central to attempts to reduce car dependence on busy urban and intercity corridors, although passengers judge the network just as strongly on reliability, frequency and fares. Railway signs and destination displays are part of the operational system rather than decoration, guiding passengers through complex journeys and preserving local language and place names. Overhead electrification, platforms, bridges and signalling are the less glamorous infrastructure behind frequent passenger services and can be as important to capacity as the trains themselves. Older stations frequently combine historic buildings with modern accessibility and passenger systems, producing layers of railway architecture rather than a single design period.
Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,easyJet,queue,checkin,check-in,airport,Lyon,France,passengers,luggage,EasyJetPlus,airline,travel,tourism,holiday,delay,waiting,terminal,aviation,crowd,service,accessibility,departures,summer,flight,airportqueue,disruption,Europe,easyJet bag drop queue,checked baggage drop,Lyon Saint Exupery Airport,checked luggage drop,busy airport terminal,airline check in desks,delays,EasyJet Plus,ground staff,Special Assistance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH551 - Passengers form a long queue at the easyJet check-in and bag-drop area at Lyon“Saint Exupéry Airport in France, with travellers and luggage filling the departure hall beside prominently signed easyJet Plus and Special Assistance lanes. The scene illustrates the pressure that can develop around checked-baggage processing at busy airports, where passengers who have already checked in online may still need to join a physical queue to hand over hold luggage before proceeding to security. easyJet states that online check-in is available from 30 days until two hours before departure, but passengers travelling with checked baggage must use the airline's bag-drop facilities. For flights from Lyon, easyJet currently lists bag drop as opening 2.5 hours before scheduled departure and closing 60 minutes before departure, making queue length and processing speed an important part of the passenger journey.
The crowded terminal also shows how different customer flows have to be managed at the same time, including standard passengers, easyJet Plus customers and people requiring Special Assistance. Such scenes have wider editorial relevance to airline punctuality, airport staffing, baggage handling, peak-season travel, holiday congestion and the operational challenges of low-cost aviation. Long queues can create anxiety for passengers working against bag-drop, security and gate deadlines, even where the flight itself remains on schedule. easyJet has promoted automated bag-drop technology at a number of airports as a means of reducing waiting times, yet this photograph demonstrates that substantial queues can still occur in real-world airport operations.
The combination of passengers, suitcases, branded check-in screens, queue barriers and accessibility signage gives a clear visual account of the departure process at one of France's major regional airports and of the practical friction that can arise between online check-in and the physical handling of checked luggage.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5940,airport,queue,departures,passengers,Lyon,France,terminal,security,travel,aviation,crowd,waiting,tourism,holiday,flight,departure,Europe,congestion,capacity,screening,luggage,travellers,busy,summer,transport,check,access,delay,airtravel,crowds,crowded,airport queue,terminal building,EU,Biometric System,delays
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH558 - . Passengers wait in a substantial queue inside Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport before progressing into the departures process. The modern terminal, overhead structure, electronic displays and controlled entrance lanes frame a busy flow of holiday and business travellers. Airport congestion can build rapidly around security, document checks and access points when several flights depart close together. Passenger-processing capacity, staffing, baggage rules and new border technologies all influence waiting times. The image records the everyday operational pressure on a major regional airport serving Lyon and south-eastern France, where queues are a visible measure of passenger experience. The queue occupies a broad internal circulation area beneath the terminal roof, showing how passenger lines can spill beyond the point they are intended to serve. Airports try to manage these peaks with retractable barriers, live information and staffing changes, but security and document checks cannot always be accelerated safely. Such congestion is especially visible during school holidays and disruption, when delayed passengers overlap with those arriving for later flights. Peak holiday periods can expose the difference between normal terminal capacity and sudden surges when several flights are processed at once, creating queues at check-in, security or the gate. Wayfinding has to work for people who may not speak the local language, so pictograms, bilingual wording, colour and repeated signs are central to airport design. The growth of low-cost aviation has made frequent European air travel more accessible while also intensifying debate about congestion, consumer rights, airport expansion and aviation emissions. Airlines favour fast turnarounds because an aircraft earns nothing while standing on the ground, so boarding, baggage loading, fuelling and cabin preparation are tightly timed around departure slots.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5944,VictoriasSecret,retail,shop,store,concession,airport,Lyon,France,perfume,cosmetics,fragrance,beauty,shopping,terminal,brand,international,passengers,dutyfree,gifts,fashion,display,sales,commerce,tourism,travel,luxury,shelves,airside,consumer,airportshopping,Victorias Secret,travel retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH55B - . A Victoria's Secret branded retail concession inside Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport displays perfumes, cosmetics and gift products under the retailer's distinctive black-and-pink branding. Shelving, illuminated displays and a central sales counter are visible in the passenger shopping area. Airport retail relies on high passenger footfall and dwell time after security, with international brands using compact concessions to sell travel-friendly cosmetics, fragrances, accessories and gifts. The image illustrates the commercial mix of modern terminals, where retail and food-and-beverage income sits alongside the core transport function and competes for passengers' discretionary spending. The concession format uses a relatively small footprint compared with a full city-centre store, concentrating on products that are easy to carry through an airport and attractive as gifts. Cosmetics and fragrance are especially suited to travel retail because they have high value relative to shelf space. The shop also illustrates how global fashion and beauty brands seek recognition through consistent logos and display design even when the retail unit is temporary or embedded inside another operator's terminal space. Rising rents, wages, business rates and energy costs place pressure on physical retailers at the same time as consumers expect longer opening hours, online information and easy payment. Travel retail operates differently from an ordinary high street because customers are time-limited, carrying luggage and often unable to leave the terminal once they have passed security. Consumer habits are visible in the products a shop chooses to foreground, whether that is printed books, cosmetics, coffee, tobacco, fashion, second-hand furniture or craft materials. Physical shops increasingly survive by offering convenience, specialist advice, immediate purchase or an experience that online retail cannot fully reproduce.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,smoking,smoker,tobacco,cigarette,sign,signage,bilingual,English,Lyon,France,terminal,wayfinding,designated,area,gates,travel,aviation,passengers,direction,pictogram,tourism,transport,interior,Europe,navigation,restriction,health,airport smoking room,smoking at airport,airport terminal,rule,tobacco restrictions,public health,cigarette smoking,passenger smoking area,nicotine,smoking ban
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH55J - A bilingual French and English airport sign directs passengers towards an Espace fumeurs or smoking area inside Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport in France. The illuminated directional sign combines the international cigarette symbol with the words Smoking area , while another overhead sign points towards airport gates, making the photograph a distinctive example of passenger wayfinding and smoking provision within a modern European airport terminal.
Lyon Airport describes itself as a non-smoking airport, but designated facilities remain available for travellers who smoke. Passengers may smoke outside the airport buildings before entering, while a dedicated enclosed smoking room is provided in the departure area of Terminal 1 after security. Lyon Airport also states that the same restrictions apply to electronic cigarettes. The provision of a specific smoking room therefore creates a controlled exception within an otherwise smoke-free passenger environment.
France has progressively tightened restrictions on tobacco use in public places. Smoking has long been prohibited in enclosed and covered premises open to the public, workplaces and public transport. French rules permit specially designated smoking rooms in some circumstances, although such spaces are tightly regulated and must meet requirements intended to reduce exposure to second-hand smoke. These can include enclosure, independent ventilation, limits on room size and restrictions on access by people under 18.
Since July 2025 France has also extended smoke-free rules to additional outdoor public spaces, including some areas used by waiting passengers. The policy forms part of wider efforts to reduce passive smoking and make tobacco use less visible in everyday public life.
Against that background, a clearly signposted indoor airport smoking area is an increasingly striking travel feature. The image documents the practical compromises made by major transport hubs between smoke-free public-health policies and fa
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5961,passport,border,control,queue,delays,biometric,EntryExitSystem,immigration,passengers,France,travel,Europe,EU,nonEU,bordercontrol,security,terminal,tourism,waiting,processing,biometrics,holiday,aviation,crowd,technology,checks,arrivals,crowds,crowded,Lyon airport passport control,EES border checks,Entry Exit System,passport control queue,UK travellers France,third country nationals,passport control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH55M - Passengers queue at passport control at Lyon“Saint Exupéry Airport in France, illustrating the practical impact of tighter external-border procedures for travellers from outside the European.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>European Union. The scene shows a dense line of airport passengers waiting at manned border-control booths, with British and other non-EU visitors now subject to the EU Entry/Exit System, or EES, when making short stays in the Schengen area. Fully operational across Schengen external border crossings from 10 April 2026, EES replaces routine passport stamping with a digital record of entry and exit and stores passport details together with biometric information including a facial image and fingerprints. UK nationals lost EU freedom-of-movement rights after Brexit and are generally treated as third-country nationals for short visits to France, unless covered by a specific exemption such as relevant residence rights. First registration under EES can take longer than a normal passport check because biometric data must be collected, while later crossings are intended to use faster verification. The European Commission presents the system as a way to modernise border management, detect overstayers and identity fraud and improve security, but busy airport arrivals can still produce conspicuous queues where passenger volumes, staffing, booth capacity and biometric enrolment coincide. This image therefore has editorial relevance to Brexit, British travel to Europe, airport delays, border technology, biometric surveillance, immigration control and the changing experience of UK holidaymakers entering the Schengen zone. Lyon airport also operates PARAFE facial-recognition gates for eligible biometric-passport holders, although eligibility and routing differ by traveller. The crowded control area captures the contrast between promised digital efficiency and the immediate passenger experience of waiting to cross an increasingly automated European border.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5969,easyJet,Airbus,A320,passengers,queue,boarding,aircraft,airliner,airport,Lyon,France,apron,stairs,luggage,backpacks,travel,tourism,holiday,lowcost,flight,aviation,Europe,terminal,summer,departure,travellers,remote,stand,jet,transport,crowds,crowded,waiting,to,board Easyjet,queuing,wait,back packs,ground handling,low cost
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH560 - . A long line of passengers crosses the airport apron towards an easyJet Airbus A320-family aircraft at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. Travellers with backpacks and cabin bags wait to board by mobile stairs, while the aircraft nose and orange engine nacelles are visible ahead. The scene captures a familiar low-cost-airline boarding process in which passengers leave the terminal and walk to an aircraft on a remote stand. Airlines use tightly managed boarding groups, cabin-baggage rules and rapid turnarounds to keep aircraft utilisation high. Lyon is a major regional French airport with domestic and international services, and easyJet is a prominent European low-cost carrier. The queue includes travellers of different ages carrying backpacks and small cases, a typical mix for leisure-oriented European flying. The aircraft is parked away from a pier, so passengers are channelled across marked apron routes rather than through an enclosed bridge. This exposes the operational choreography of boarding: buses or gates release a group, staff control the line, and both aircraft doors can be used to shorten the time before pushback. Peak holiday periods can expose the difference between normal terminal capacity and sudden surges when several flights are processed at once, creating queues at check-in, security or the gate. Wayfinding has to work for people who may not speak the local language, so pictograms, bilingual wording, colour and repeated signs are central to airport design. The growth of low-cost aviation has made frequent European air travel more accessible while also intensifying debate about congestion, consumer rights, airport expansion and aviation emissions. Airlines favour fast turnarounds because an aircraft earns nothing while standing on the ground, so boarding, baggage loading, fuelling and cabin preparation are tightly timed around departure slots. The setting remains clearly identifiable.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5973,Airbus,A320,aircraft,airliner,passengers,boarding,steps,stairs,nose,cockpit,aviation,airport,Lyon,France,travel,tourism,flight,apron,remote,stand,shorthaul,Europe,transport,airline,terminal,summer,jet,departure,travellers,hand luggage,ground handling
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH56E - . Travellers climb mobile boarding steps into the front door of an Airbus A320-family passenger jet at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. The aircraft nose, cockpit windows, forward fuselage and ground-handling stairs dominate the frame, with passengers carrying hand luggage into the cabin under a clear blue sky. Open-air boarding remains common at many European airports when an aircraft is parked on a remote stand rather than at an airbridge. It allows airlines and ground handlers to use both aircraft doors and can reduce turnaround time, but exposes passengers to weather and requires controlled movement around an active apron. The A320 family is widely used on short- and medium-haul European routes. The mobile staircase bears ground-handling branding and is positioned against the forward left door, a common arrangement on remote stands. Passengers are already part-way up the stairs while others wait below, showing the transition from controlled ground movement to aircraft cabin. The close nose view also records cockpit glazing, radome and front landing-gear area, details often hidden when passengers board through an enclosed airbridge. Accessibility is a practical operational issue in airports because long walking distances, stairs and remote stands can create barriers for older or disabled passengers unless assistance is planned in advance. Queues are not simply a matter of inconvenience: they can affect missed flights, staffing, gate punctuality and the ability of an airport to recover when earlier disruption has already compressed the schedule. Remote stands replace an enclosed airbridge with apron walking, buses or mobile stairs, making weather protection, ground safety and clear passenger routing more important. Peak holiday periods can expose the difference between normal terminal capacity and sudden surges when several flights are processed at once, creating queues at check-in, security or the gate.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5975,easyJet,Airbus,A320,aircraft,airliner,passengers,boarding,queue,apron,rear,engine,turbofan,wing,aviation,airline,airport,Lyon,France,travel,tourism,holiday,lowcost,flight,stairs,luggage,summer,transport,Europe,terminal,turnaround,jet
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH59T - . Passengers queue on the apron beside the rear boarding steps of an easyJet Airbus A320-family aircraft at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. The close view includes the orange-and-white easyJet livery, a large turbofan engine, wing and tail, while travellers form a line across the sunlit concrete to board by portable stairs. The image shows the practical reality of low-cost short-haul flying, where walking across the apron and using front and rear aircraft doors can speed boarding and turnaround. easyJet is one of Europe's largest low-cost airlines and the Airbus A320 family is a core type for dense intra-European services. Lyon Saint-Exupéry is the principal international airport serving Lyon and the wider Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The rear boarding point is useful in showing how low-cost airlines split a full load between two doors rather than relying on a single jet bridge. The exposed engine intake, wing root and open apron place passengers unusually close to aircraft machinery, under supervision from ground staff. Cabin-bag travel is visible in the line, reflecting the way baggage charges and hand-luggage limits influence what passengers carry onto short-haul flights. Peak holiday periods can expose the difference between normal terminal capacity and sudden surges when several flights are processed at once, creating queues at check-in, security or the gate. Wayfinding has to work for people who may not speak the local language, so pictograms, bilingual wording, colour and repeated signs are central to airport design. The growth of low-cost aviation has made frequent European air travel more accessible while also intensifying debate about congestion, consumer rights, airport expansion and aviation emissions. Airlines favour fast turnarounds because an aircraft earns nothing while standing on the ground, so boarding, baggage loading, fuelling and cabin preparation are tightly timed around departure slots.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,_407IMG_,Pathe,Bellecour,cinema,Lyon,France,night,nighttime,movie,film,multiplex,entertainment,lights,neon,urban,citycentre,leisure,culture,cinemagoers,theatre,shopping,Presquile,architecture,streetscape,tourism,evening,brand,commercial,people,Europe,cinema goers,Rue Republique,filmes,movies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH50T - . The Pathé Bellecour cinema glows at night on Rue de la République in central Lyon, with large illuminated PATHÉ lettering and a brightly lit entrance contrasting with the surrounding façades. Pedestrians pass the multiplex in the Bellecour shopping and entertainment district. City-centre cinemas remain important anchors for evening leisure despite competition from home streaming and out-of-town multiplexes. Pathé is one of the best-known cinema operators in France, and this prominent Lyon site forms part of the commercial corridor around Place Bellecour and the Presqu'île. The night-time lighting highlights the cinema's role as both entertainment venue and urban landmark. The illuminated cinema façade adds nightlife to a street better known by day for shopping and city-centre movement. Large PATHÉ lettering is designed to be read at distance, while poster and entrance lighting pull pedestrians towards the venue after dark. Lyon has a particularly strong connection with cinema history through the Lumière brothers, giving contemporary film-going in the city an additional cultural resonance beyond the economics of multiplex entertainment. Lyon has an unusually strong place in film history through the Lumière brothers, giving contemporary cinema-going in the city a link with the origins of projected motion pictures. Large illuminated fascias remain important because a cinema sells an experience as much as a film, using light, posters and entrance activity to create a visible night-time destination. The identifiable setting is 79 Rue de la République, 69002 Lyon, France, where the visible architecture, signs and public access place the main subject in its normal physical context. The cinema is shown as part of the surrounding night-time city rather than as an isolated corporate logo. The setting remains clearly identifiable. The main subject is shown in normal public use.
79 Rue de la République, 69002 Lyon, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5542,deviation,detour,sign,France,French,road,roadworks,traffic,diversion,temporary,yellow,black,arrow,street,highway,construction,works,signage,transport,route,closure,urban,pavement,infrastructure,direction,repair,utility,safety,Europe,Lyon,traffic management,sex,sexual,deviations
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH506 - . A portable yellow-and-black French Déviation sign rests beside a pavement, directing road users around a temporary closure or obstruction. The simple arrow-shaped sign is a familiar element of street works, construction and traffic management in France. Temporary diversions are used when roadworks, utility repairs, public events or building projects disrupt normal traffic routes. Clear directional signing is essential to keep vehicles moving and reduce conflict around closed streets. The image also provides a straightforward example of French road vocabulary and the visual language used in temporary highway management. The sign is free-standing rather than permanently fixed, so it can be moved as works progress and traffic routes change. Its yellow background separates temporary instructions from much permanent French road signage and makes the black word and arrow highly visible. Diversion signs often appear only briefly but can transform local traffic patterns, sending vehicles onto unfamiliar streets and making roadworks immediately visible to residents, deliveries and visitors. Because temporary signs are moved as work progresses, they provide a short-lived record of disruption that may disappear completely once the original route reopens. Temporary traffic signs have to be understood quickly by drivers who may have no prior knowledge of the closure, so simple words, strong contrast and an unmistakable arrow are essential. The identifiable setting is Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, where the visible architecture, signs and public access place the main subject in its normal physical context. The temporary sign is shown at street level in the environment where drivers and pedestrians encounter it. The setting remains clearly identifiable. The main subject is shown in normal public use. Visible surroundings retain the location context. Location context is visible.
Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5584,ChezHugon,bouchon,Lyon,Lyonnais,restaurant,France,gastronomy,French,food,dining,traditional,cuisine,Presquile,tables,terrace,monochrome,hospitality,tourism,local,independent,heritage,street,architecture,culture,meal,bistro,Rhone,Europe,black white,city,centre,Rue Pizay,Chez Hugon
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH50B - . Black-and-white street view of Chez Hugon, a traditional Lyonnais bouchon restaurant at 12 Rue Pizay in central Lyon. Tables are set outside the historic frontage and a solitary diner sits beneath the restaurant signage, creating a quiet view of a type of establishment closely associated with the city's food culture. Bouchons are characteristic Lyon restaurants known for hearty local cooking, convivial service and dishes rooted in the city's working and culinary traditions. Their identity is part of Lyon's reputation as one of France's major gastronomic centres. Small independent bouchons also contribute to the distinctive commercial fabric of the Presqu'île and slopes around the 1st arrondissement. Chez Hugon is the sort of small restaurant for which Lyon's bouchon tradition is known: intimate rooms, closely spaced tables and menus rooted in local dishes rather than international chain food. The Rue Pizay setting places it within a dense central neighbourhood where restaurants occupy historic ground-floor premises. Black-and-white treatment emphasises the façade, signage and solitary pavement diner, giving the scene a timeless quality while still recording a functioning modern business. Historic pub buildings often adapt repeatedly to new expectations around food, accessibility, outdoor seating and longer opening hours while retaining older names or decorative features. Railway and music-venue pubs have an additional captive or event-driven audience, meaning customer demand rises and falls with timetables, gigs and visitor flows rather than only local residents. The British pub sector has been reshaped by changing drinking habits, supermarket alcohol, staffing costs, energy prices and the growth of food-led and managed-chain formats. Pubs and beer festivals remain social spaces where the product is only part of the attraction, with meeting, music, conversation and community events central to their role.
12 Rue Pizay, 69001 Lyon, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,foods,France,French signage,escargots,advertising,hand painted sign,rustic,typography,old price sign,culinary heritage,menu,dark,French cuisine,snails food,escargot dish,traditional gastronomy,vintage lettering,distressed paint,aged surface,patina texture,historic food advertising,market sign,bistro sign,old café signage,European food culture,retro design,typographic detail,worn signboard,brown and orange tones,close up detail,editorial photography,documentary image,brown,hand-made
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64KDA - This image shows a close-up of a weathered vintage sign advertising Escargots 60c , referring to snails, a traditional dish in French cuisine. The hand-painted lettering and decorative flourishes are rendered in warm tones of orange, green, and brown, set against a heavily worn background that shows cracking paint, surface abrasion, and age-related patina.
Signs such as this were commonly used in cafés, bistros, markets, and street food settings to advertise menu items and prices before standardised printed menus became widespread. The simple pricing and bold typography reflect a period when food was sold informally and visually, often catering to passing trade.
Escargots have long been associated with regional and national French gastronomy, symbolising traditional cooking methods and local culinary identity. The inclusion of the price in centimes suggests historical context, reinforcing the sign's value as an artefact of everyday food culture rather than formal advertising.
Photographed tightly to emphasise texture, lettering, and wear, the image works well as editorial material illustrating culinary heritage, vintage food marketing, typography, and the aesthetics of aged signage. It is particularly suited to features on French culture, gastronomy, retro design, and the material history of everyday commerce.
France or French-themed interior
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England,UK,pano,panorama,A,man,viewing,at,an,exhibition,long,painting,canvas,Salts mill,mill,gallery,France,french,Hockneys,year,In,Normandie,2022,wide,a,in,4th floor,space,giant,fresco,frieze,Hotpix.org.uk,HotpixUK.org.uk,SALT,death
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTR48Y - David Hockney's A Year in Normandie displayed in the roofspace of Salts Mill in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, with visitors walking beside the long, brightly coloured panoramic frieze. The work is a composite iPad painting made from drawings Hockney created in Normandy during 2020 and 2021, translating a year of garden views, trees, hedges, clouds, paths, fields and seasonal change into a continuous paper installation. At 90.75 metres, it was described by exhibition organisers as Hockney's biggest ever picture, and the scale is clear as the artwork recedes beneath the old timber roof of the former textile mill. The photograph has added editorial significance following the reported death of David Hockney in June 2026, because the scene captures one of his late-career experiments with digital drawing, colour, landscape and immersive viewing. Hockney, born in Bradford in 1937, remained closely associated with Yorkshire after decades of work in London, Los Angeles, Bridlington and France. Salts Mill, a former industrial landmark in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Saltaire, has long been one key place where visitors encounter his art near where he grew up and studied. The picture is useful for editorial stories about Hockney's legacy, British art, contemporary landscape painting, iPad art, digital creativity, Yorkshire culture, Saltaire tourism, gallery exhibitions, heritage regeneration and the continuing public affection for one of Britain's most recognisable artists. The mural-like work records the quiet observation of nature during a difficult pandemic year, but its greens, blues, clouds and garden forms feel optimistic and calm. The visible visitor gives a sense of human scale, while the roof beams and long exhibition wall show how a Victorian mill became a modern cultural space. This image can illustrate how Hockney's later work extended beyond traditional canvas into print, technology, panoramic display and direct public experience.
Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,inside,Interior,of,railway,train,station,used,for,Eurostar,to,France,the,&,Euston Road,London,tunnel,N1C 4QP,N1C,retail,canopy,rail,terminus,roof,British,building,transport,public,history,historic,undercroft,Midland Railway,MR,Hotpix.org.uk,HotpixUK.org.uk,Virgin
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AR2 - St Pancras railway station (/ˈpæŋkrəs/), also known as London St Pancras or St Pancras International and officially since 2007 as London St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is the terminus for Eurostar services from Belgium, France and the Netherlands to London. It provides East Midlands Railway services to Leicester, Corby, Derby, Sheffield and Nottingham on the Midland Main Line, Southeastern high-speed trains to Kent via Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International, and Thameslink cross-London services to Bedford, Cambridge, Peterborough, Brighton, Horsham and Gatwick Airport. It stands between the British Library, the Regent's Canal and London King's Cross railway station, with which it shares a London Underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
The station was constructed by the Midland Railway (MR), which had an extensive rail network across the Midlands and the North of England, but no dedicated line into London. After rail traffic problems following the 1862 International Exhibition, the MR decided to build a connection from Bedford to London with its own terminus. The station was designed by William Henry Barlow and constructed with a single-span iron roof. Following the station's opening on 1 October 1868, the MR constructed the Midland Grand Hotel on the station's façade, which has been widely praised for its architecture and is now a Grade I listed building along with the rest of the station.
Euston Road, London, England, UK, N1C 4QP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wolverhampton,city,centre,West Midlands,England,UK,WV1 1TS,WV1,Association,crest,remember,soldiers,comrades,1944,France,WWII,WW II,war,army,wartime,flags,Normandy,french,battle,battles,Wolves,district,Midlands,Wolverhampton city,city centre,religion,Anglican,heritage,Victorian dark
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GBCM - The Normandy Veterans' Association (NVA) was an association formed in 1981 of ex-servicemen and women who served in the 1944 Normandy invasion.
The association was represented at the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy in June 2014. Due to dwindling numbers the association decided to disband in November 2014. The last official engagement of the association took place at St Margaret's, Westminster (Westminster Abbey) on 16 October 2014.
The National Standard of the NVA was 'laid up' at Westminster Abbey with a plaque that reads:
The Standard of the Normandy Veterans' Association was laid up on Thursday 16th October 2014 in the presence of His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, KG., GCVO, Patron, Normandy Veterans Association
Lich Gate, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, England, UK, WV1 1TS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Rue Saint-Dominique,Thoumieux restaurant,Parisian restaurant exterior,French urban scene,travel,tourism,city break,European cities,lifestyle,culture,food culture,gastronomy,Parisian life,romance,solitude,walking city,urban mood,editorial travel,cinematic city,everyday Europe,night photography,Paris,Île-de-France,France,European capital,narrow Paris street,café culture,restaurant signage,neon lighting,blue hour Paris,overcast sky,moody atmosphere,street photography,residential Paris,parked cars,everyday Paris,french
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HF85 - A moody dusk street scene in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, showing a lone man walking along Rue Saint-Dominique past the Thoumieux restaurant at number 79. The restaurant's vertical red neon sign glows against the muted tones of the surrounding buildings, casting warm light onto the pavement and contrasting with the cool blue-grey sky above. The narrow street stretches toward the Eiffel Tower, which rises faintly in the distance and anchors the scene unmistakably within the Parisian cityscape.
The composition captures an everyday moment of Parisian life rather than a staged tourist view. Parked cars line the street, shopfronts are closed or dimly lit, and the pedestrian moves forward with purpose, suggesting routine, familiarity and solitude rather than spectacle. The lighting and perspective create a cinematic atmosphere, evoking themes of evening transition, urban rhythm and the quiet intervals between daytime activity and nightlife.
Rue Saint-Dominique runs through one of Paris's most established residential and dining districts, close to the Seine and the Champ de Mars. The presence of the Thoumieux restaurant, a long-standing name in Parisian gastronomy, reinforces associations with food culture, local neighbourhood life and understated elegance. The red neon signage adds a distinctly European visual language, recalling mid-twentieth-century café and brasserie traditions.
This image is well suited for editorial use covering Parisian life, French culture, travel and tourism, urban solitude and everyday street scenes, as well as commercial applications requiring atmospheric imagery of Paris at dusk, European city living, gastronomy districts and cinematic urban environments.
A lone man walks along Rue Saint-Dominique past the Thoumieux restaurant in Paris's 7th arrondisseme
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,Great Britain,GB,city centre,Nottingham city centre,Notts,Nottinghamshire,NG1,Tin Tin,61 Friar Lane,Joes,store,shop,retail,Belgian,cartoonist,English,character,Des adventures De TinTin,Snowy,comic,comics,centre,centres,front,entrances,cartoon,history,historic,French,France,NG1 6DH
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2D8NX22 - The Adventures of Tintin is a series of 24 bande dessinée albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. Characters: Tintin , Captain Haddock, Snowy
Main characters: Tintin , Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, Thomson and Thompson, Bianca Castafiore
Main language: French
61 Friar Lane, Nottingham,Nottinghamshire, England,UK, NG1 6DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C59GFA - . Baked French Camembert cheese and Rosemary - Baked Camembert - Home cooking. Photographed on 10 May 2020. The recorded location is France. Camembert is a moist, soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese. It was first made in the late 18th century at Camembert, Normandy, in northern . It is similar to Brie, which is native to the Brie region of. Historically, everyday food and drink sit within wider histories of farming, manufacturing, retail and hospitality
Ingredients and brands that appear ordinary at one moment can later become useful markers of evolving diets, packaging, provenance and food fashion. In 2026, food affordability, provenance, packaging waste and the environmental impact of supply chains remain prominent themes
Images of local produce, imported goods, home cooking and food retail can connect everyday consumption with those broader economic and sustainability debates. The historical context is that food culture links domestic cooking with commercial production, markets, cafés, pubs and regional specialities
Photographs of ingredients, dishes and branded products can therefore support both lifestyle subjects and social-history stories about consumption. In the longer view, food photographs can document changing tastes, brands and methods of preparation as effectively as they illustrate a meal
Regional products, traditional recipes, independent food businesses and packaging all carry information about consumer culture and local identity. As background, everyday food and drink sit within wider histories of farming, manufacturing, retail and hospitality
Ingredients and brands that appear ordinary at one moment can later become useful markers of changing diets, packaging, provenance and food fashion. Additional natural-language search terms include food photography, consumer food, nutrition, regional food, food provenance, culinary culture, food industry, French Cheese, fromage, kitchen, paper, baking, herb, and snack.
France
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Keywords: France,French,food,sign,night,dusk,at,auberge,london,yellow,star,stars,food,at night,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,1 Sandell St,London,SE1 8UH,SE1,1 Sandell Street,1,window,windows,lights,Auberge,restaurant,Waterloo East,black,lemon,lettering,classic,candlelit,dining,Hotpix.org.uk,HotpixUK.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DFGE - A close-up night-time view of the illuminated Auberge restaurant sign at 1 Sandell Street in Waterloo, central London. The restaurant name is displayed in large capital letters filled with bright yellow bulbs, creating a theatrical marquee-style effect against a dark reflective glass background. The angled composition emphasises the bold typography and glowing lights, while smaller reflections and points of light add atmosphere to the surrounding evening scene.
Auberge operates as a French-inspired bar and brasserie close to Waterloo railway station and the South Bank. Its central location places it within walking distance of major visitor destinations including the London Eye, Royal Festival Hall, the National Theatre and Westminster Bridge. The venue serves food and drinks throughout the day and evening, making it part of the busy hospitality and entertainment economy around Waterloo and London's riverside cultural district.
The illuminated lettering provides a strong example of commercial restaurant branding designed to attract attention after dark. Individual round bulbs outline each letter, producing a warm contrast with the black facade and surrounding shadows. This style of signage draws on the visual language of theatres, cinemas and traditional entertainment venues, giving the restaurant frontage a lively and recognisable identity.
The photograph concentrates on the business name rather than the wider building, making it suitable for editorial use concerning London restaurants, French dining, hospitality businesses, evening entertainment, commercial signage, restaurant branding, urban nightlife and the visitor economy. It may also illustrate features about places to eat near Waterloo station, South Bank dining, pre-theatre meals, London tourism and the visual character of city-centre streets after dark.
The image captures the contrast between artificial light and the dark exterior, with the warm bulbs standing out clearly against the surrounding glass
1 Sandell St, London, England, United Kingdom SE1 8UH
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Keywords: International Post,star,Used and Postmarked,Used,and,postmarked,perforated,stamp,Used,and,postmarked,Stamp,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,phila,pink red,France,French,Gotonysmith,post,posting,mail,hobby,perforation,mark,postage,stamp,print,stamp,cancelled,canceled,stamp,payment,correspondence,postman,collection,collector,philately,philatelist,letter,price,history,retro,Vintage,delivery,date,relationship,communication,Oz,DownUnder,classic rare unique Austrailian financial,investment,invest,value,British,empire,nation,canceled,printed on black background,close-up,closeup,close,up,sent,send,philately,mailing,shipping,postoffice,office,isolated,circa,special,colour,color,postmarked,marked,airmail,aged,antique,retro,cutting,historic,old,stamps,collection,stamp collection,album,Timbre,Sello,Stempel,Selo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Down Under,Black background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F15NFT - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2015 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The subject captured here is 1f 1.00 Postes Republique Francaise BEQUET face pink red Stamp. The surrounding context encompasses stamp design, public realm, collectable stamp, local character, documentary photography, place identity, commemorative issue, historical comparison, postal ephemera, before-and-after reference, period detail, regional identity, philatelic collecting, and postal story.htm Target=_Blank>history. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commemoration and national identity, not least because of the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after conservation work. The photograph additionally reflects postal graphic design, visual archive, paper communication, local history, contemporary social history, everyday life, community identity, and changing streetscape. Details involving Postes, Republique, Francaise, Stamp, and BEQUET make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to commemoration and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of digital communication and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location. The scene captures part of the area's social history for future local research.
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Keywords: English,British,stately,homes,houses,national,trust,tourist,tourism,travel,class,system,upper,twit,Rothschild,Rothschilds,piece,timepieces,parisiene,Paris,18th,19th,century,18thcentury,19thcentury,18th-century,19th-century,collection,collections,france,french,Gotonysmith Waddesdon Manor,Bicester Rd,Aylesbury,Buckinghamshire,England,UK HP18 0JH hp180jh,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYR43 - . Gold mantlepiece clock at Waddesdon Manor , National Trust England UK. Photographed on 8 August 2013. The recorded location is Waddesdon Manor, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England , UK HP18 0JH. Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England, UK. The house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Waddesdon Manor was built from 1874 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the style of a French Renaissance château and is now managed by the National Trust on behalf of the Rothschild Foundation. Its collections bring together French decorative arts, furniture, clocks, ceramics, paintings, textiles and sculpture assembled through the Rothschild family's collecting networks. Close-up photographs of individual objects therefore sit within a broader story of nineteenth-century wealth, collecting and European craftsmanship. Historically, interiors preserve details that exterior photographs cannot show: furniture, fittings, decorative finishes and room layouts reveal how buildings were actually used
Such features are often altered during refurbishment even when the outside remains unchanged. The wider historical story is that heritage collections preserve material that might otherwise be dispersed or destroyed
Museums use objects, labels, reconstructed settings and historic buildings to explain both exceptional events and ordinary life, making photographs of exhibits valuable records of interpretation as well as the object itself. In 2026, restoration projects increasingly emphasise retaining significant interiors as well as façades, making earlier photographs useful evidence when rooms are refurbished, repurposed or opened to visitors. In the present 2026 context, heritage attractions increasingly combine physical collections with digital interpretation and events, but the authenticity of original objects and settings remains.
Waddesdon Manor, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England , UK HP18 0JH
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Keywords: English,British,stately,homes,houses,national,trust,tourist,tourism,travel,class,system,upper,twit,Rothschild,Rothschilds,French,style,gold,clock,with,black,bronze,statue,18th,19th,century,time,piece,pieces,timepiece,timepieces,french,france,Gotonysmith Waddesdon Manor,Bicester Rd,Aylesbury,Buckinghamshire,England,UK HP18 0JH hp180jh,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYRN4 - . French style gold clock with black bronze statue. Photographed on 8 August 2013. The recorded location is Waddesdon Manor, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England , UK HP18 0JH. Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England, UK. The house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Waddesdon Manor was built from 1874 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the style of a French Renaissance château and is now managed by the National Trust on behalf of the Rothschild Foundation. Its collections bring together French decorative arts, furniture, clocks, ceramics, paintings, textiles and sculpture assembled through the Rothschild family's collecting networks. Close-up photographs of individual objects therefore sit within a broader story of nineteenth-century wealth, collecting and European craftsmanship. In historical terms, room interiors are records of both design and daily activity
Furnishings, lighting, surfaces and specialist fittings can identify a building's function and period, while later refurbishment may erase these smaller details. In the longer view, art in public and historic settings adds another layer to the built environment
Sculpture, mosaic, painting and street art can interpret heritage, provoke debate, memorialise communities or create landmarks, and photographs preserve works that may later change or disappear. During 2026, adaptive reuse often changes internal layouts dramatically, so photographs of earlier rooms and fittings have specific conservation and design value. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that public art and murals remain important to place-making, tourism and regeneration, particularly in city districts where street art has become part of the visitor economy
They also raise questions about conservation, ownership, temporary work and the rapid redevelopment of urban neighbourhoods.
Waddesdon Manor, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England , UK HP18 0JH
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Keywords: English,British,stately,homes,houses,national,trust,tourist,tourism,travel,class,system,upper,twit,Rothschild,Rothschilds,french,style,France,19th,century,important,makers,in,18th-century,18th,clockmaker,to,the,king,Julien,Leroy,and,Jean-André,Lepaute,Jean-Andre,Jean,Andre,Boulle,Cressent,Pedestal,Gotonysmith Waddesdon Manor,Bicester Rd,Aylesbury,Buckinghamshire,England,UK HP18 0JH hp180jh 1720,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYRRK - . French style Pedestal gold clock from Waddesdon Manor, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England , UK HP18 0JH. Photographed on 8 August 2013. Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England, UK. The house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Waddesdon Manor was built from 1874 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the style of a French Renaissance château and is now managed by the National Trust on behalf of the Rothschild Foundation. Its collections bring together French decorative arts, furniture, clocks, ceramics, paintings, textiles and sculpture assembled through the Rothschild family's collecting networks. Close-up photographs of individual objects therefore sit within a broader story of nineteenth-century wealth, collecting and European craftsmanship. As background, room interiors are records of both design and daily activity
Furnishings, lighting, surfaces and specialist fittings can identify a building's function and period, while later refurbishment may erase these smaller details. Against the 2026 backdrop, restoration projects increasingly emphasise retaining significant interiors as well as façades, making earlier photographs useful evidence when rooms are refurbished, repurposed or opened to visitors. From a heritage perspective, historic interiors combine architecture with material culture
Furniture, clocks, silverware, screens, organs and decorative schemes can show craftsmanship, status and institutional use in ways that a façade alone cannot convey. Looking at the subject's development, interiors preserve details that exterior photographs cannot show: furniture, fittings, decorative finishes and room layouts reveal how buildings were actually used
Such features are often altered during refurbishment even when the outside remains unchanged.
Waddesdon Manor, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England , UK HP18 0JH
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Keywords: At,Night,Dusk,early,evening,France,la,cite,city,Europe,europa,EEC,EU,country,fun,euro,disney,eurodisney,travel,tourism,tourist,image,fun,holiday,vacances,vacation,interesting,sky,french,politics,political,Champ,greenspace,seventh,arrondissement,7th,Gustave,tourist,tour,tourism,Iconic Paris,gotonysmith,Métro,stations,La,Motte-Picquet""“Grenelle,École,Militaire.,Champ,de,Mars-Tour,Eiffel,RER,MetroMotte,Picquet,Grenelle,and,Ecole,RAPT,metro,tourist,tour,tourism,travel,icon,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Iconic Paris
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HTEY - Paris Tour Eiffel Tower Carousel Champ de Mars at Dusk.
The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest structure in Paris[10] and the most-visited paid monument in the world
7.1 million people ascended it in 2011. The third level observatory's upper platform is at 279.11 m (915.7 ft) the highest accessible to the public in the European Union. The tower received its 250 millionth visitor in 2010.
The tower stands 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930. Because of the addition, in 1957, of the antenna atop the Eiffel Tower, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure in France, after the Millau Viaduct.
The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend, by stairs or lift (elevator), to the first and second levels. The walk from ground level to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by lift”stairs do exist but are usually closed to the public. The first and second levels have restaurants.
The tower has become the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.
Champ de Mars, seventh arrondissement Paris France
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HF87 - . An Art Nouveau Paris metro station entrance taken with an IR Infra-Red adapted Canon 5D camera, France, Europe. Photographed on 1 August 2011. The recorded location is Paris, France. The wider historical story is that monochrome, sepia, selective-colour and infrared treatments belong to a long tradition of photographers using tonal interpretation rather than literal colour
Infrared records wavelengths beyond normal vision, while black-and-white presentation emphasises form, contrast, texture and light. In historical terms, stations and railway infrastructure are both working transport assets and historical records
Their changing operators, signage, ticketing systems, rolling stock and architecture chart the development of British rail travel from the Victorian era to modern inter-city and commuter services. Historically, technology objects become historical remarkably quickly
Telephones, calculators, cameras, valves, televisions and workplace machines chart successive shifts from mechanical and analogue systems to electronics, digital processing, smartphones and cloud-connected services. In the present 2026 context, 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. During 2026, rail reform gives this type of image extra context
The government is legislating for Great British Railways to coordinate infrastructure, services, fares and timetables, while historic operator liveries and station equipment increasingly become records of the post-privatisation era. Additional natural-language search terms include black and white, infrared photography, creative photography, tonal contrast, high contrast, fine art photography, photographic technique, image treatment, and visual style.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HD4C - Iona Abbey, now an ecumenical church, is of particular historical and religious interest to pilgrims and visitors alike. It is the most elaborate and best-preserved ecclesiastical building surviving from the Middle Ages in the Western Isles of Scotland. Though modest in scale in comparison to medieval abbeys elsewhere in Western Europe, it has a wealth of fine architectural detail, and monuments of many periods.
In front of the Abbey stands the 9th century St Martin's Cross, one of the best-preserved Celtic crosses in the British Isles, and a replica of the 8th century St John's Cross (original fragments in the Abbey museum).
Iona Abbey, Isle of Iona, Scotland, UK, PA76 6SQ
![iPod Shuffle2 - Paris Marquis [ Taxi Parisien ] 8147388520 taxi,paris,france,parisien,taxiparisien,tonysmith,hotpix,europa,europe,sepia,selective,colour,street,rue,road,reflection,city,car,transport,voiture,sign](https://live.staticflickr.com/8188/8147388520_46b0473801_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8147388520 - 'Metal Urbain - 'Paris Marquis' - Play this track here.
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This track, a slab of French electro punk from 1978 was pioneering indie label Rough Trade's catalogue number 001. Its in a giant box of vinyl singles in my loft, a bit scratchy and battered!
I have heard it said that the world was probably not quite ready for them at the time. Not fitting into any cosy new wave pigeonhole. Not electronic enough to be classed with the Sheffield set of the (old Ware-Marsh-Oakey) Human League / Cab Voltaire, not punky enough to be filed with Clash or Buzzcocks.
As a side note, check our the HM's 'Being Boiled' and the excellently surreal 'Black Hit Of Space' (I reached for the tone arm which was less than 1 micron long but weighed more than Saturn and timestood still ... Get James Burke on the case... Genius Lyrics www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBaL3cPxDbE )
M\u00e9tal Urbain was one of the first French punk groups, formed in 1976 in Paris. They were heavily influenced by The Clash and The Sex Pistols on one hand, and on the other by an electro approach related to Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed.
They relied on heavily distorted guitars and replaced the traditional rock rhythm section of bass guitar/drums with a synthesizer and drum machine, a then-unique approach that foreshadowed the experimental possibilities that were explored by later post-hardcore bands such as Big Black. They were also known for their radical image (the color scheme of albums always being a stark black, white and red), and subversive lyrics sung in French.
They were met with much enthusiasm in England, particularly by John Peel and the Rough Trade label. (M\u00e9tal Urbain's single 'Paris Maquis' was Rough Trade's first release.) They had an enthusiastic but small audience in France, receiving little exposure. The punk rock scene was not as popular in France as it was in England, and they did not interest the French media as English bands like the Sex Pistols did. As a result, the band broke up by 1979, though members scattered to form such groups as Metal Boys, Doctor Mix and the Remix, and Desperados, as well as joining Ashpalt Jungle.
M\u00e9tal Urbain had focused their efforts on singles, and only produced one album, Les hommes morts sont dangereux, during their first period of activity . However, several compilation records were released, gathering their singles with additional material such as BBC sessions and live recordings.
Their electro approach was very innovative for its time, and the group are a reference point for such groups as The Jesus and Mary Chain, B\u00e9rurier Noir, and the producer Steve Albini.
The French capital had 15,500 taxis Parisian beginning 2007. Taxi stations are organized into three categories: 28 major stations are installed near the main sites of tourist or large places of the city with taxis present 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. 90 district stations located near the main interchanges and 316 local stations located near public buildings (hospitals, hotels, theatres...) .
A taxi is free when this luminous roof device is illuminated in white or green, and repeaters off globes. When it is busy, the luminous roof device is turned off or lit in red and the Repeater globe is illuminated in white (A rate), orange (tariff B) or blue (tariff C), depending on the time13. Parisian taxis perform on average 200,000 journeys every day. Whatever tariff you may be on, ensure you have a pocket full of Euros, fives and tens are most useful.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6156336257 - 'Roxy Music - Street Life - Play this track here.
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I was a latecomer to appreciating the talents of Roxy Music, born slightly too late I guess.
'Street Life' is the opening track of Roxy Music's third album Stranded, their first album with Eddie Jobson, who replaced the talented Brian Eno. It was released as a single in the UK in November 1973 and reached number 9 on the charts. Its non-LP B-side 'Hula Kula', an hawaiian-like instrumental composed by Phil Manzanera, was re-released on the 'The Thrill of It All' boxset.
Roxy Music are an English art rock group formed in November 1970 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. The other members are Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone and oboe) and Paul Thompson (drums and percussion). Former members include Brian Eno (synthesizer and 'treatments'), and Eddie Jobson (synthesizer and violin).
Although the band took a break from group activities in 1983, they reunited for a concert tour in 2001, and have toured together intermittently since that time.
Roxy Music attained popular and critical success in the UK, Europe and Australia during the 1970s and early 1980s, beginning with their debut album, Roxy Music (1972). The band was highly influential, as leading proponents of the more experimental, musically sophisticated element of glam, as well as a significant influence on early English punk music.
They also provided a model for many New Wave acts and the experimental electronic groups of the early 1980s. The group is distinguished by their visual and musical sophistication and their preoccupation with style and glamour. Ferry and co-founding member Eno have also had influential solo careers, the latter becoming one of the most significant record producers and collaborators of the late 20th century.
This image was taken at 79 Rue Saint-Dominique, Paris 7th arrondissement. It is quite up-market, also home to many foreign diplomatic embassies, some of them occupying outstanding H\u00f4tels particuliers.
The arrondissement is home to French upper class since the 17th century, when it became the new residence of French highest nobility. The district has been so fashionable within the French aristocracy that the phrase le Faubourg \u2014 referring to the ancient name of the current 7th arrondissement \u2014 has been used to describe French nobility ever since.
France's 2nd richest district in average income, this arrondissement is part of Paris Ouest, alongside the 6th, 8th, 16th arrondissements and Neuilly, and is usually considered the most aristocratic district of the area. Indeed, plat de jour at Thoumieux will set you back 80 Euros a head before service charge, water or wine. I have got to say though, the food is good!
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![iPod Shuffle2 - The Last Ride [ Carousel between Trocadero and Tour Eiffel, Paris France] 8414601183 Paris,Carousel,Champ,de,Mars,5 Avenue Anatole France,75007,France,Sepia,selective,colour,tour,city,dusk,evening,tonysmith,Europe](https://live.staticflickr.com/8514/8414601183_2b06c8319a_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8414601183 - 'Johnny Marr &
The Healers - 'The Last Ride' - Play this track here.
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Johnny Marr should need no introduction being one half the team that founded 'The Smiths' and on break up entered years of legal battles with the rest of the band members.
This track is from Boomslang, the first, and to date only album by Johnny Marr + the Healers. It was released in 2003 through Artistdirect and iMusic. The band consisted of drummer Zak Starkey and former Kula Shaker bassist Alonza Bevan with Marr handling guitars and lead vocals.
Boomslang received a mixed critical reaction. Uncut, Billboard and PopMatters gave the album positive reviews, while Q and Mojo published more lukewarm reactions.
In Rolling Stone, Pat Blashill wrote that the album 'shimmers with elements of T. Rex and traces of the Stone Roses \u2013 it's got all the atmosphere of a great rock record, but not the guts of one'
Sadly, Marr and his immense talent seems eclipsed by his nemesis Steven Patrick Morrissey.
This shot was taken at dusk in a warm, sweaty Paris evening, after a meal of Steak Tartare and a calvados and apple tart.I thanked my lucky stars I was not queuing for the Eiffel tower, I would have needed my supper before I got to the top.
The restaurant up there is horrendously expensive. There is a story about a man who once a week always took coffee up there. He was asked why with it being so expensive. He replied it was the only place in Paris he was sure he could take his coffee, look out of the window, and NOT see the Eiffel tower!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5958545963 - 'Toploader - Achilles Heel- Play this track here.
'I can push with all my might
to make a statue in the sky
of my achilles heel.
The first single (and a later re-issue) from the Eastbourne band Toploader. I think this really sums up 'The Meeting Place' , a sculpture by Paul Day. Its a 9 metre (29.53 feet) tall bronze statue in St Pancras railway station in London, surrounded by a frieze.
There are images from the history of the Tube and train: people queuing on platforms or travelling in carriages
soldiers departing for war and returning injured, and repair works following the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The work was the object of controversy when first erected, as one panel depicted a commuter falling into the path of a train driven by the Grim Reaper. However, following discussions with London and Continental Railways (LCR), this panel was replaced with another.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5837245604 - 'Ray Davies 'Working Mans Cafe' - Play this track here.
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The old style greasy spoon and working mans cafe is under threat. As our town centres and working (wo)men are being decimated, this old institution is disapearing.
Classic formica tables, breakfast for \u00a32, posters to take you to far away places while you mop up your beans with a potato cake. Priceless!
The typical greasy spoon serves mainly fried or grilled food from a more or less invariable repertoire: bacon, sausages, fried eggs, fried or tinned tomatoes, fried mushrooms, baked beans, chips, and sometimes black or white pudding, bubble and squeak (a fried mixture of cabbage and mashed potato), and fried bread.
These are served in a variety of combinations and usually it is possibly to order any combination. This part of the menu is generally referred to as breakfast even if it is available all day. Real greasy spoons do not have a continental coffee machine capable of capuchino, so dont embarass yourself by asking. Expect coffee to be instant, teabags rule here.
Who knows, the less than rigourous attitude to hygiene and dishwashing may well one day be proved to be good for us. Well its natural to be exposed to a few germs n'est pas?
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4774887884 - 'I don't know about you but I never look forward to that ritual of buying a car. There was no such ceremony when buying my first one, a green Vauxhall Viva 3 door hatchback from a family friend. Only \u00a3230 but it cost me in excess of that in filler to keep the wings safely stuck together.
Luckily I left the Citroen garage in Warrington in a relative state of relaxed karma after Steve Johnson here had relieved me of a \u00a3500 deposit. He was less relaxed as one of his business vans had just gone walkabout the previous day, on an east bound journey to Irlam on the A57. Its a 'pleasure - pain' thing I like to think!
How do celebs buy a car? Perhaps they have helpers and servants who just sort it. If you were Madonna you may well follow the Kabbalah example. If you are needing or thinking you want to change your car I have provided a simple extract from the good book. The magicians Kabbalah (rather than the Haynes manual):
'For example, an Oath taken as part of a car-buying ritual might begin 'The point of this work is to buy a car (Kether). I wish to buy a car with all the energy I have (Chockmah). I require the car to be a model most suitable to my needs (Binah). I seek a car which is affordable (Chesed) and for which I will be able to strike a good bargain for (Geburah),' and so on.'
So there it is. Although if you were looking for a Citroen van or car, you might try giving Steve a ring on 01925-853155.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4163127455 - 'My favourute jam for spreading on toast.
Another type of comforting winter meal here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3708723795/
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