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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,necropolis,graves,graveyard,graveyards,grave,memorials,tourist,attraction,memorial,N6,N6 6PJ,tomb,tombstone,tomb stone,&,1943-2011,of,the,acoustic guitarist,and,singer-songwriter,singer,songwriter,Bert Jansch,loren Jansch,lovingly,remembered,by,family,friends,everyone,they,inspired,nee,Auerbach,Glaswegian,Herbert Jansch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R7A3PF - Herbert Jansch (3 November 1943 “ 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s as an acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter. He recorded more than 28 albums and toured extensively from the 1960s to the 21st century.
Jansch was a leading figure in the 1960s British folk revival, touring folk clubs and recording several solo albums, as well as collaborating with other musicians such as John Renbourn and Anne Briggs. In 1968, he co-founded the band Pentangle, touring and recording with them until their break-up in 1972. He then took a few years' break from music, returning in the late 1970s to work on a series of projects with other musicians. He joined a reformed Pentangle in the early 1980s and remained with them as they evolved through various changes of personnel until 1995. Until his death, Jansch continued to work as a solo artist.
Jansch's work influenced many artists, especially Jimmy Page, Mike Oldfield, Paul Simon, Pete Hawkes, Nick Drake, Donovan, and Neil Young. He received two Lifetime Achievement Awards at the BBC Folk Awards: one, in 2001, for his solo achievements and the other, in 2007, as a member of Pentangle.
Pentangle's first major concert was at the Royal Festival Hall in 1967, and their first album, The Pentangle, was released in the following year. Pentangle embarked on a demanding schedule of touring the world and recording and, during this period, Jansch largely gave up solo performances. He did, however, continue to record, releasing Rosemary Lane in 1971. The tracks for this album were recorded on a portable tape recorder by Bill Leader at Jansch's cottage in Ticehurst, Sussex”a process which took several months, with Jansch only working when he was in the right mood.
Pentangle reached their highest point of commercial success with the release of their Basket of Light album in 1969.
Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, England, UK, N6 6PJ
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,stall,G1 5DX,Calton,G1,The Barras,East End,signs,seedy,Glaswegian,covered markets,notorious,Glasgow,red,red sign,world,famous,Scottish,market,markets,history,historic,area,stalls,bargains,bargain,retail,entrance,outside,gate,gates,entrances,hotpix.org.uk,trader
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEHT4 - . Made at 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The principal point of reference is The Barras, Gallowgate, East End, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The surrounding context brings together venue rules, visual archive, social history, commercial streetscape, commercial frontage, high-street commerce, access-control notice, urban commerce, public realm, period detail, town-centre economy, changing streetscape, place identity, and contemporary social history. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes consumer spending alongside hybrid working, with particular attention to the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with customer management, child safeguarding and how public spaces communicate rules quickly and visibly. With the passage of time, the frame records a particular stage in the life of the location at 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. Other useful associations include regional identity, bricks-and-mortar retail, operational signage, public information notice, local trading, changing land use, site information, and community identity. Elements such as Scotland, Barras, Glasgow, and Gallowgate add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects consumer spending and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names in a form that can be compared with future views of 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The view records evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference.
242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,stall,G1 5DX,Calton,G1,The Barras,East End,signs,seedy,Glaswegian,covered markets,notorious,Glasgow,green sign,green,signage,world,famous,Scottish,market,markets,history,historic,area,stalls,bargains,bargain,retail,entrance,outside,hotpix.org.uk,trader,traders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEHW0 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The image documents Green Barras Sign, The Barras, Gallowgate, East End, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The scene additionally carries associations with everyday life, changing streetscape, independent trading, compliance notice, rule enforcement, local trading, shopfront economy, local character, regional identity, archival record, contemporary social history, consumer retail, retail property, and safety messaging. For contemporary context, business rates and town-centre regeneration are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about access rules, public safety and the balance between access, safety and venue responsibility. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the view documents small features of identity that written records may overlook in this part of 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The subject sits alongside visitor instruction, public information notice, customer footfall, commercial streetscape, customer guidance, urban commerce, historic context, and public realm. The combination of Glasgow, Scotland, Green, Gallowgate, and Barras anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is business rates and bringing underused premises back into productive use in a form that can be compared with future views of 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The image fixes part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference.
242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,stall,G1 5DX,Calton,G1,The Barras,East End,signs,seedy,Glaswegian,covered markets,notorious,Glasgow,green sign,green,signage,Welcome To The Barras,Welcome To Glasgow,Glasgow Barrowland market,world,famous,Scottish,market,markets,history,historic,area,stalls,bargains,bargain,retail,trader,traders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEHW5 - . An on-location image from 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The principal point of reference is Welcome To The Barras sign, Gallowgate, East End, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. Further facets of the subject include operational signage, commercial frontage, visual regulation, independent trading, high-street commerce, social history, shopfront economy, rule enforcement, town-centre economy, place identity, before-and-after reference, customer footfall, changing land use, and urban commerce. The present-day relevance extends to consumer spending and town-centre regeneration, while a wider concern is bringing underused premises back into productive use. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes public safety alongside clear communication, with particular attention to the importance of clear wording in shared public environments. For local-history research, the view leaves evidence of a particular stage in the life of the location at 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The subject sits alongside local trading, bricks-and-mortar retail, changing streetscape, documentary photography, archival record, commercial streetscape, historical comparison, and visual archive. The recorded references to Barras, Gallowgate, Scotland, Welcome, and Glasgow preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to consumer spending and bringing underused premises back into productive use in a form that can be compared with future views of 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX.
242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,Glasgow,city,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Glaswegian,notorious,seedy,signs,East End,G1 5DX,Calton,G1,The Barras,Margaret Maggie McIver,Glasgow Barrowland market,Barrowland building,neon sign,stars,Bible John Murders,world,famous,Scottish,market,markets,history,historic,area,stalls,bargains,bargain,retail,ballroom,ballrooms,concert,hall,halls
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEHWE - Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom (also known as Barrowlands) is a dance hall and music venue located in Glasgow, Scotland.
The original building opened in 1934 in a mercantile area east of Glasgow's city centre, built by Margaret Maggie McIver (née Russell) (1879“1958), The Barras Queen. The Barras street market (more properly Glasgow Barrowland market), after which the area and the ballroom are named, continues until the present day. The building was largely destroyed by fire in 1958, leading to a complete rebuild. The rebuilt ballroom opened on Christmas Eve 1960. The Barrowland building includes large street-level halls used for the weekend markets, with a sizeable weatherproof hall above. The front of the building is decorated with an animated neon sign. The sign is believed to be the biggest of its kind in the UK, although this cannot be confirmed as the original order documents detailing the specifications of the sign have been lost.
In more recent years the ballroom has become a major concert venue with a capacity of around 2,100 people, known for its acoustics and its sprung dance floor. Simple Minds filmed the video for their 1983 hit single, Waterfront, at Barrowlands. Oasis, U2, The Stranglers, The Clash, The Smiths, Big Country, Muse, Foo Fighters, The Vatersay Boys, Skipinnish and Marillion have all played at the hall. Adjacent to the ballroom itself is the Barrowland Park, where there is a pathway which features the names of many artists who have played at the venue over the decades. Northern Ireland punk band Stiff Little Fingers have played to a sold-out crowd every St Patrick's day since 1992, and recorded their Best served Loud album there in 2016 to celebrate 25 years at Barrowland.
Between 1968 and 1969, three young women (Patricia Docker, Jemima McDonald and Helen Puttock) were found brutally murdered after nights out at the Barrowland. All three murders were attributed to a man dubbed Bible John by police.
242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,Glasgow,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,G1,seedy,notorious,signage,Glaswegian,green sign,The Barras,stall,green,covered markets,East End,G1 5DX,Calton,signs,Estd 1921,Established,1921,sign,Estd 1921 Barras sign,Estd 1921 sign,world,famous,Scottish,market,markets,history,historic,area,stalls,bargains,bargain,retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEHY2 - . This period scene at the recorded location in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The main subject is Estd 1921, Barras sign, Gallowgate, East End, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The frame also contains themes of community identity, safety messaging, commercial streetscape, retail property, shopfront economy, before-and-after reference, venue rules, place identity, local history, customer guidance, visitor instruction, independent trading, visual regulation, and public information notice. In the mid-2020s, commercial rents and consumer spending keep the subject current, particularly through how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. The subject remains useful for current coverage of venue policy and public safety, not least because of the balance between access, safety and venue responsibility. For local-history research, the view documents the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change at the recorded location. The subject sits alongside local character, public realm, changing streetscape, rule enforcement, town-centre economy, changing land use, regional identity, and behavioural signage. The recorded references to Scotland, Gallowgate, Glasgow, and Barras preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The surrounding context at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for commercial rents and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another useful connection is customer management and the balance between access, safety and venue responsibility without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,stall,G1 5DX,Calton,G1,The Barras,East End,signs,seedy,Glaswegian,covered markets,notorious,Glasgow,red,red sign,world,famous,Scottish,market,markets,history,historic,area,stalls,bargains,bargain,retail,entrance,outside,gate,gates,entrances,trader
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEJ60 - . Recorded at 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX in 2019, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. The location is represented through The Barras, Gallowgate, East End, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. Other connected aspects include visual regulation, everyday life, town-centre economy, documentary photography, high-street commerce, historical comparison, changing land use, retail vacancy, public realm, bricks-and-mortar retail, retail property, customer footfall, before-and-after reference, and compliance notice. Today's wider story includes commercial rents, consumer spending and the practical question of the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. For contemporary context, venue policy and liability are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the balance between access, safety and venue responsibility. For place-based research, the image retains the relationship between the subject and its surroundings within 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The photograph additionally reflects local character, public-facing notice, archival record, period detail, consumer retail, behavioural signage, historic context, and urban commerce. Details involving Scotland, Gallowgate, Glasgow, and Barras give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. For 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes commercial rents and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names in a form that can be compared with future views of 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The record includes part of the area's social history for later comparison.
242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,stall,G1 5DX,Calton,G1,The Barras,East End,signs,seedy,Glaswegian,covered markets,notorious,Glasgow,green sign,green,signage,World Famous,World Famous Sign,World Famous Barras,sign,world,famous,Scottish,market,markets,history,historic,area,stalls,bargains,bargain,retail,trader,traders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEJ8H - . Made at 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The photograph records World Famous Sign,The Barras, Gallowgate, East End, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The frame also contains themes of everyday life, public-facing notice, bricks-and-mortar retail, rule enforcement, place identity, changing land use, retail property, archival record, consumer retail, period detail, local history, commercial frontage, commercial streetscape, and changing streetscape. In the mid-2020s, vacant units and changing footfall keep the subject current, particularly through the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres. The subject remains useful for current coverage of access rules and public safety, not least because of the importance of clear wording in shared public environments. As a piece of social history, the photograph preserves the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change within the setting of 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The surrounding context also covers retail vacancy, before-and-after reference, behavioural signage, historical comparison, site information, operational signage, independent trading, and safety messaging. References to Famous, Scotland, Gallowgate, Glasgow, and World help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. Around 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for vacant units and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names within the real-world context of 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX.
242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,Glasgow,Scotland,G2 1AL,city centre,horse,textured,green,historic,art,artwork,Clydesdale Horse,painted,G2,George Square,George Sq,city,hall,Glaswegian,working,history,heritage,horses,paintings,painting,Glasgow Green,old,antique,scene,classic,annual,fayre,fair,fairs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2T5 - The City Chambers or Municipal Buildings in Glasgow, Scotland, has functioned as the headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, and of preceding forms of municipal government in the city since 1889, located on the eastern side of the city's George Square. An eminent example of Victorian civic architecture, the building was constructed between 1882 and 1888 to a competition winning design by Scottish architect William Young. a native of Paisley.
Inaugurated in August 1888 by Queen Victoria, the first council meeting was held within the chambers in October 1889. The building originally had an area of 5,016 m2 (53,990 sq ft). In 1923, an extension to the east side of the building in John Street was opened and in 1984 Exchange House in George Street was completed, increasing the size of the City Chambers complex to some 14,000 m2
George Square, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G2 1AL
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,Buchanon Street,city,city centre,Church of Scotland,Buchanan St,Glasgow G1 2JX,G1,Buchanan Street,GlasgowMakePeople,history,historic,architecture,buildings,Victorian,Cornhill Scotland,Evangelical,163 Buchanan St,St Georges Tron Church of Scotland,St Georges,Tron Church of Scotland,Tron,church,of,banner,slogan,poster,outside,street,level,successful,marketing,marketed,centre,Glaswegian,Glaswegians
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERR9Y - The St George's Tron Church, in Glasgow, Scotland, is a Church of Scotland church in the city centre, located in Nelson Mandela Place, previously known as St George's Place, fronting Buchanan Street at West George Street, along from Queen Street Station. It should not be confused with the 17th-century Tron Church, which lies to the south-west on Trongate and was redeveloped in the 1980s as the Tron Theatre. Located right on the busiest shopping street in Scotland (Buchanan Street), the building is a significant presence, and the oldest in the area. It stands as a terminating vista for West George Street.
The church opened in 1808, originally as St. George's Parish Church, with the original congregation originating from the Wynd Church in the Merchant City near to the Trongate. In 1815 Thomas Chalmers, later to be the leader of the evangelical party in the disruption of 1843, became minister of the church
The building, which was commissioned by the City Fathers was designed by William Stark, was opened in 1808, originally as St. George's Parish Church
163 Buchanan St, Glasgow,Scotland,UK, G1 2JX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,&,and,exhibition,SEC,river,bank,Clyde,dock,Hydro,crane,disused,giant,Scotland,UK,Scottish,event,campus,G3,Glasgow city,Glasgow,G3 8LD,Glaswegian,Stobcross,Finnieston,summer,SSE Hydro,skyline,pano,panorama,site,venue,exhibitions,conference,conferences,icon,iconic,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KW3 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD in 2019, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. At the centre of the view is Glasgow Exhibition Centre, Hydro & Clydeport Finnieston crane, Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD. The frame also records themes of specialist retailer, bricks-and-mortar retail, everyday life, changing streetscape, town-centre trading, local history, contemporary social history, independent retail, place identity, specialist shop, period detail, community identity, before-and-after reference, and shopfront economy. The modern context includes continuing discussion of store closures, online shopping and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. As a dated visual record of Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with regional identity, archival record, street-level business, small business, customer footfall, visual archive, changing land use, and local enterprise. Elements such as crane, Clydeport, Centre, Exhibition, and Finnieston add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is store closures and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the specific setting of Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD. The wider significance includes independent business and how commercial property costs affect small retailers as part of the longer story of Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD.
Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,railway,rail,train,transport,SEC,Hydro,Rail Station,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G3 8LD,Scotrail,event,Glaswegian,Stobcross,Finnieston,site,venue,exhibitions,conference,conferences,icon,iconic,stop,platform,platforms,centres,centre,arena,exit,way,out,diagram,schematic,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41M11 - Exhibition Centre railway station, previously called Finnieston (1979“1986) and Stobcross (1894“1959) due to its location in the Stobcross area of the city, is a railway station in Glasgow on the Argyle Line. It serves the OVO Hydro, the SEC Centre and the SEC Armadillo which are accessible by adjoining footbridge from an island platform. The station suffers badly from congestion at concerts as most of Greater Glasgow can be reached from the station. There is a siding adjacent to Platform 2, that can be used as a turnback siding for trains terminating at Anderston or Glasgow Central Low Level. The line is served by Class 318s and Class 320s. Ticket gates are in operation.
Exhibition Centre (Glasgow) Rail Station , Minerva Street, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G3 8
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,G1,Scotland,G1 3NA,art,pistol,project,British,door-to-door,off,Argyle Street,old,decaying,peeling,public art,street,Rogue-one,rogue one,loaner,the,taxis,cab,cabs,public,Hackney,taxi,transport,icon,artwork,iconic,famous,urban,Glaswegian,floats,tied,to,balloon,Balloons
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NWJYHG - . Made at Mitchell St, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 3NA in 2018, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through Old Rogue One Floating Taxi, public art black cab, 2013, Mitchell St / off Argyle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 3NA - artpistol projects. The setting additionally reflects regional identity, changing streetscape, local history, urban graphics, before-and-after reference, creative district, contemporary mural, changing land use, archival record, mural culture, contemporary social history, everyday life, local character, and street-level design. The modern context includes continuing discussion of creative industries, temporary works and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time. As a dated visual record of Mitchell St, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 3NA, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes public-realm art, documentary photography, graffiti heritage, historical comparison, period detail, visual archive, public realm, and creative placemaking. References to Floating, public, Argyle, Rogue, and artpistol give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Mitchell St, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 3NA helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The wider significance includes creative industries and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time as part of the longer story of Mitchell St, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 3NA. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use for later comparison. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of Mitchell St, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 3NA.
Mitchell St, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 3NA
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Glasgow,UK,G1,pink,building,Glaswegian,People Make Glasgow in pink,Strathclyde University,in pink,Glasgow City,Brand,City of Glasgow College building,Met Tower,City of Glasgow,College building,Met,Tower,City of Glasgow College,cityscape,skyline,concrete,buildings,architecture,people,make,slogan,brand,name,brand name,strapline,logo,city,urban,centre,landmark,scottish,strathclyde,university
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P72D36 - Vivid pink facade of Glasgow's Met Tower carries the enormous People Make Glasgow slogan above the city centre. Photographed beneath a clear blue sky, the grid of dark window panels and magenta cladding creates one of the most recognisable contemporary views on the Glasgow skyline. Rooftop telecommunications equipment, concrete service structures and weathered upper elevations reveal the practical postwar character of the high-rise building.
Standing at 60 North Hanover Street, close to George Square and the University of Strathclyde campus, the tower was completed in 1964 for the former Glasgow College of Building and Printing. It later formed part of Glasgow Metropolitan College and became widely known as the Met Tower. The 14-storey modernist building is Category B listed, reflecting the architectural quality of its design, construction and surviving original features.
The giant People Make Glasgow building wrap was installed in connection with Glasgow's hosting of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The slogan emerged from a crowd-sourced city-branding exercise intended to express the friendliness, confidence and character of Scotland's largest city. Its simple wording and striking pink presentation became closely associated with Glasgow tourism, civic identity and international promotion.
After the college moved into the City of Glasgow College's newer campus, the tower stood vacant and became the subject of several regeneration proposals. Vita Group acquired the landmark in August 2025 and announced plans to introduce its Union co-living concept, proposing flexible residential accommodation as part of wider efforts to increase the city-cententre population. The photograph records both an important example of Glasgow's mid-century educational architecture and a highly visible piece of civic advertising. Its bold facade links the city's industrial and academic past with modern tourism, redevelopment and the continuing reinvention of central Glasgow
Glasgow Cross,High Street,Glasgow Cross,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1 5ES
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Keywords: Buckie,fortified,Wino,winos,ned,neds,culture,ASB,drunk,drunkeness,drunkenness,Xmas,Christmas,market,triangle,Buckfast Triangle,Buckfast wine,alcohol,alcoholic,public,health,crime,abuse,Fortified Wine,Ned Culture,German Market,Hot Mulled,Buckfast Tonic Wine,Hot Mulled Buckfast Tonic Wine,GoTonySmith,Glaswegian,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scots,fast,buck fast,problem,with,problem with,issue with,caffeine,licensed,city,centre,city centre,from,Buckfast Abbey,abbey,in,Devon,hot mulled buckfast,shop,stall,owner,server,badge of pride,East Kilbride,Hamilton,Cambuslang,Coatbridge,Three,small,glasses,a,day,for,good,health,and,lively,blood,Three small glasses a day,brand,brands,units,buck,fast,alcohol,Wreck the Hoose Juice,Commotion Lotion,Cumbernauld Rocket Fuel,Buckie Baracas,Coatbridge Table Wine,table wine,sweet,community,crime,disorder,general,social,deprivation,public health,irresponsible drink,West Scotland,Scottish Executive,Strathclyde,George,Sq,Square,offenders,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,Buckfast triangle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MF1 - Buckfast Tonic Wine, commonly known as Buckfast or Buckie, is a fortified wine with caffeine, licensed from Buckfast Abbey in Devon and distributed by J. Chandler & Company in the United Kingdom and Grants of Ireland in Ireland.
The drink has become a subject of controversy in Scotland due to its links with ned culture
a senior politician labelled it as a badge of pride amongst those who are involved in antisocial behaviour.
Buckfast is very popular in Scotland, the sales of the product were monitored in 2014 by the Scottish government to see if the Buckfast Triangle still stood. The test showed that the towns and cities where Buckfast was sold highest per capita were, in order, Glasgow and the surrounding areas, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Cambuslang, and Coatbridge, all of which are in the northern areas of Lanarkshire, excepting Glasgow.
Several Scottish politicians and social activists have singled out Buckfast Tonic Wine as being particularly responsible for crime, disorder, and general social deprivation in these communities. Although Buckfast accounts for only 0.5% of alcohol sales in Scotland, the figure is markedly higher in Lanarkshire. Helen Liddell, former Secretary of State for Scotland, called for the wine to be banned. In 2005, Scottish Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson suggested that retailers should stop selling the wine. On a subsequent visit to Auchinleck within her constituency, she was greeted by teenagers chanting, Don't ban Buckie. Jamieson then received correspondence from lawyers acting for Buckfast distributors, J. Chandler & Company, in Andover. A further consequence was that Buckfast sales increased substantially in the months following Jamieson's comments
George Square,Glasgow,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MF2 - Buckfast Tonic Wine, commonly known as Buckfast or Buckie, is a fortified wine with caffeine, licensed from Buckfast Abbey in Devon and distributed by J. Chandler & Company in the United Kingdom and Grants of Ireland in Ireland.
The drink has become a subject of controversy in Scotland due to its links with ned culture
a senior politician labelled it as a badge of pride amongst those who are involved in antisocial behaviour.
Buckfast is very popular in Scotland, the sales of the product were monitored in 2014 by the Scottish government to see if the Buckfast Triangle still stood. The test showed that the towns and cities where Buckfast was sold highest per capita were, in order, Glasgow and the surrounding areas, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Cambuslang, and Coatbridge, all of which are in the northern areas of Lanarkshire, excepting Glasgow.
Several Scottish politicians and social activists have singled out Buckfast Tonic Wine as being particularly responsible for crime, disorder, and general social deprivation in these communities. Although Buckfast accounts for only 0.5% of alcohol sales in Scotland, the figure is markedly higher in Lanarkshire. Helen Liddell, former Secretary of State for Scotland, called for the wine to be banned. In 2005, Scottish Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson suggested that retailers should stop selling the wine. On a subsequent visit to Auchinleck within her constituency, she was greeted by teenagers chanting, Don't ban Buckie. Jamieson then received correspondence from lawyers acting for Buckfast distributors, J. Chandler & Company, in Andover. A further consequence was that Buckfast sales increased substantially in the months following Jamieson's comments
George Square,Glasgow,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MF4 - Buckfast Tonic Wine, commonly known as Buckfast or Buckie, is a fortified wine with caffeine, licensed from Buckfast Abbey in Devon and distributed by J. Chandler & Company in the United Kingdom and Grants of Ireland in Ireland.
The drink has become a subject of controversy in Scotland due to its links with ned culture
a senior politician labelled it as a badge of pride amongst those who are involved in antisocial behaviour.
Buckfast is very popular in Scotland, the sales of the product were monitored in 2014 by the Scottish government to see if the Buckfast Triangle still stood. The test showed that the towns and cities where Buckfast was sold highest per capita were, in order, Glasgow and the surrounding areas, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Cambuslang, and Coatbridge, all of which are in the northern areas of Lanarkshire, excepting Glasgow.
Several Scottish politicians and social activists have singled out Buckfast Tonic Wine as being particularly responsible for crime, disorder, and general social deprivation in these communities. Although Buckfast accounts for only 0.5% of alcohol sales in Scotland, the figure is markedly higher in Lanarkshire. Helen Liddell, former Secretary of State for Scotland, called for the wine to be banned. In 2005, Scottish Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson suggested that retailers should stop selling the wine. On a subsequent visit to Auchinleck within her constituency, she was greeted by teenagers chanting, Don't ban Buckie. Jamieson then received correspondence from lawyers acting for Buckfast distributors, J. Chandler & Company, in Andover. A further consequence was that Buckfast sales increased substantially in the months following Jamieson's comments
George Square,Glasgow,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ65M - Plan dropped to end cone tradition on Glasgow's Wellington statue
Plans to end a long-standing tradition of placing a traffic cone on Glasgow's iconic Duke of Wellington statue have been dropped after a massive backlash.
Glasgow City Council wanted to raise the plinth as part of a £65,000 project to refurbish the monument, which stands outside the Gallery of Modern Art.
It abandoned the plan after a massive social media campaign saw thousands of people sign a petition opposing it.
Campaigners who planned a demonstration now say they will hold a victory rally.
The council had said that raising the height would end a practice which projected a depressing image of Glasgow and would save the £10,000 cost of removing the cone 100 times a year.
Image caption Michael Gray is one of many campaigners who plan to hold a victory rally
The scheme would have seen a new granite-clad concrete base of 86cm (34in) added to the memorial to raise its overall height.
However, the council has reconsidered its decision after an online petition called Save Wellington's Cone, which gathered thousands of signatories in just a few hours, and a Facebook campaign which had planned a rally in support of the cone.
A council spokesman said: The wording of the report was appalling and the leader of the council (Gordon Matheson) has instructed officers to withdraw the planning application.
The petition stated: The cone on Wellington's head is an iconic part of Glasgow's heritage, and means far more to the people of Glasgow and to visitors than Wellington himself ever has.
Raising the statue will, in any case, only result in people injuring themselves attempting to put the cone on anyway: does anyone really think that a raised plinth will deter drunk Glaswegians?
So cone-troversial plans to cone-sider cone-structing a
Buchanan Street,entertainer, Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ661 - Plan dropped to end cone tradition on Glasgow's Wellington statue
Plans to end a long-standing tradition of placing a traffic cone on Glasgow's iconic Duke of Wellington statue have been dropped after a massive backlash.
Glasgow City Council wanted to raise the plinth as part of a £65,000 project to refurbish the monument, which stands outside the Gallery of Modern Art.
It abandoned the plan after a massive social media campaign saw thousands of people sign a petition opposing it.
Campaigners who planned a demonstration now say they will hold a victory rally.
The council had said that raising the height would end a practice which projected a depressing image of Glasgow and would save the £10,000 cost of removing the cone 100 times a year.
Image caption Michael Gray is one of many campaigners who plan to hold a victory rally
The scheme would have seen a new granite-clad concrete base of 86cm (34in) added to the memorial to raise its overall height.
However, the council has reconsidered its decision after an online petition called Save Wellington's Cone, which gathered thousands of signatories in just a few hours, and a Facebook campaign which had planned a rally in support of the cone.
A council spokesman said: The wording of the report was appalling and the leader of the council (Gordon Matheson) has instructed officers to withdraw the planning application.
The petition stated: The cone on Wellington's head is an iconic part of Glasgow's heritage, and means far more to the people of Glasgow and to visitors than Wellington himself ever has.
Raising the statue will, in any case, only result in people injuring themselves attempting to put the cone on anyway: does anyone really think that a raised plinth will deter drunk Glaswegians?
So cone-troversial plans to cone-sider cone-structing a
Buchanan Street,entertainer, Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ66C - Inscription:
To the honoured memory of the men of the Caledonian Railway who gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914 - 1918
Adam, Harry Alexander, David Alexander, John Allan, Matthew Allison, George Anderson, John Anderson, John Anderson, Thomas Anderson, Thomas Anderson, William Archibald, Geo. Archibald, John Archibald, Robert Baillie, John Baird, William Bairden, Andrew Ballantyne W. G. Ballentine, Jas. Barclay, Geo. Barclay, Robert Barker, Herbert R. Barnes, Douglas Barnes, John Barnes, John Barr, William Barron, John Bateman, Henry Beaton, John Begg, William Pollock Bell, John W. Bell, Robert Bell, Thomas Black, Francis A. Black, Henry Blair, Jas. McLay Blair, John A. Blythman, Charles Borland, Henry Borthwick, Hugh Boyd, Hugh Boyd, Robert S. Boyle, John Boyle, John Boyle, Patrick Boyle, Peter Boyles, Charles Braid, George Briggs, Wiliam C. Brodie, Thomas R. Brodie, William Brooks, Robert Brough, Alfred Brown, Charles Brown, Donald Brown, George Brown, Hugh Brown, James Brown, James Brown, Thomas Brown, Thomas Brown, William Brown, William J. Brownlie, John Bruce, Robert Buchanan, Jas. Buchanan, John Buchanan, Lauchlan Budd, James Buick, William Burnett, Geo. Burnett, Gladstone Burns, David Burrell, Adam Butchart, William Cairney, William Cairns, William Calderwood, William Cameron, Peter Cameron, Robert Cameron, Roderick Campbell, Jas. Campbell, Jas. Campbell, John Campbell, John Campbell, John Campbell, John K. Campbell, Matthew J. Campbell, Samuel Campbell, William Campbell, William S. Cargill, Daniel Cartner, John Casey, Bernard Cation, Thomas Chalmers, Archibald Chapman, John Cherry, Thomas Chilcott, Edward Christie, Jas. Church, Robert Clapperton, John Clark, Alexander Clark, James Clark, John B. Clark, Robert Cleghorn, Herbert S. Clink, John Cloughley, David Coates, Alexander Cogan, John Colquhoun, Archibald Colvin, James Connell, Hugh Connor, John J. Cooper, Hubert Couper, Thomas S. Cowan, Alexander Cowan, and others....
Glasgow Central Station, Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3SL, Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ66R - Inscription:
To the honoured memory of the men of the Caledonian Railway who gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914 - 1918
Adam, Harry Alexander, David Alexander, John Allan, Matthew Allison, George Anderson, John Anderson, John Anderson, Thomas Anderson, Thomas Anderson, William Archibald, Geo. Archibald, John Archibald, Robert Baillie, John Baird, William Bairden, Andrew Ballantyne W. G. Ballentine, Jas. Barclay, Geo. Barclay, Robert Barker, Herbert R. Barnes, Douglas Barnes, John Barnes, John Barr, William Barron, John Bateman, Henry Beaton, John Begg, William Pollock Bell, John W. Bell, Robert Bell, Thomas Black, Francis A. Black, Henry Blair, Jas. McLay Blair, John A. Blythman, Charles Borland, Henry Borthwick, Hugh Boyd, Hugh Boyd, Robert S. Boyle, John Boyle, John Boyle, Patrick Boyle, Peter Boyles, Charles Braid, George Briggs, Wiliam C. Brodie, Thomas R. Brodie, William Brooks, Robert Brough, Alfred Brown, Charles Brown, Donald Brown, George Brown, Hugh Brown, James Brown, James Brown, Thomas Brown, Thomas Brown, William Brown, William J. Brownlie, John Bruce, Robert Buchanan, Jas. Buchanan, John Buchanan, Lauchlan Budd, James Buick, William Burnett, Geo. Burnett, Gladstone Burns, David Burrell, Adam Butchart, William Cairney, William Cairns, William Calderwood, William Cameron, Peter Cameron, Robert Cameron, Roderick Campbell, Jas. Campbell, Jas. Campbell, John Campbell, John Campbell, John Campbell, John K. Campbell, Matthew J. Campbell, Samuel Campbell, William Campbell, William S. Cargill, Daniel Cartner, John Casey, Bernard Cation, Thomas Chalmers, Archibald Chapman, John Cherry, Thomas Chilcott, Edward Christie, Jas. Church, Robert Clapperton, John Clark, Alexander Clark, James Clark, John B. Clark, Robert Cleghorn, Herbert S. Clink, John Cloughley, David Coates, Alexander Cogan, John Colquhoun, Archibald Colvin, James Connell, Hugh Connor, John J. Cooper, Hubert Couper, Thomas S. Cowan, Alexander Cowan, and others....
Glasgow Central Station, Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3SL, Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ67A - Thousands sign petition calling for Dutch firm Abellio to be stripped of ScotRail contract
THE Dutch firm running ScotRail have come under constant criticism due to the poor performances. NEARLY 14,000 people have called for the controversial Dutch firm in charge of ÂScotland's train Âservice to be stripped of their contract unless ScotRail improves.
The online petition urges the Scottish ÂGovernment to take action against ÂAbellio over the delays and cancellations suffered by commuters using ScotRail. The firm have already been hit with £1.5million in fines for poor service.
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ694 - Thousands sign petition calling for Dutch firm Abellio to be stripped of ScotRail contract
THE Dutch firm running ScotRail have come under constant criticism due to the poor performances. NEARLY 14,000 people have called for the controversial Dutch firm in charge of ÂScotland's train Âservice to be stripped of their contract unless ScotRail improves.
The online petition urges the Scottish ÂGovernment to take action against ÂAbellio over the delays and cancellations suffered by commuters using ScotRail. The firm have already been hit with £1.5million in fines for poor service.
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ5YG - . This scene at Glasgow City, Scotland, UK in 2016 forms part of the visual story.htm Target=_Blank>history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The photograph centres on Hola Glasgow red neon sign, city Centre,Scotland,UK. Further facets of the scene include social history, wayfinding marker, place identity, local information board, local character, community identity, route marker, street furniture, public realm, transport stop marker, changing land use, local history, regional identity, and before-and-after reference. For current editorial use, inclusive design and accessibility provide additional context, especially through the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments. As a dated visual record of Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are archival record, contemporary social history, visual archive, roadside information, documentary photography, navigation aid, directional sign, and visitor guidance. References to Glasgow, Scotland, and Centre give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for inclusive design and how small pieces of street furniture become recognisable parts of local identity as part of the longer story of Glasgow City, Scotland, UK. Another useful connection is maintenance and how signs record changing road names, destinations and administrative responsibility when considered against later change at Glasgow City, Scotland, UK. The record includes part of the area's social history for future local research.
Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: City,Centre,art,design,neon,sign,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,culture,architecture,G1,3NU,ln,tourist,tourism,travel,location,destination,designer,blue,Glaswegian,Neon Sign,The Lighthouse,Mitchell Lane,G1 3NU,blue neon,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,Scots,British,Scotland,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Charles Rennie Mackintosh,Rennie Mackintosh,Glasgow School,The Glasgow School
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H9PM34 - . Made at 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The image documents Mackintosh Legacy,The lighthouse art gallery, Glasgow, Scotland,UK. The locality and subject together evoke architectural character, heritage landmark, conservation architecture, period detail, local character, documentary photography, changing land use, historic townscape, everyday life, contemporary social history, built heritage, conservation interest, place identity, and changing streetscape. Today's relevance is strengthened by adaptive reuse, maintenance and the continuing question of how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. For later comparison, the photograph preserves public access and movement at 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU, details that may look very different after changed technology. The surrounding story also includes architectural detail, period building, regional identity, before-and-after reference, archival record, local history, community identity, and urban fabric. Elements such as Mackintosh, Glasgow, Legacy, Scotland, and gallery add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for adaptive reuse and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change when considered against later change at 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU. Another useful connection is heritage conservation and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change without losing the local specificity of 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU. Image H9PM34 also remains a dated record of 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU.
11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGC7XD - The equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington in Glasgow city centre is shown with the famous orange traffic cone balanced on the rider's head, a mischievous local tradition that has become one of the best-known visual symbols of the city. The bronze monument stands outside the Gallery of Modern Art, commonly known as GoMA, in Royal Exchange Square, close to Buchanan Street, George Square and the busy retail and cultural heart of Glasgow. The sculpture depicts Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, on horseback and was created by Italian-born sculptor Carlo Marochetti, with the statue erected in 1844. Although intended as a formal Victorian memorial connected with Wellington's military reputation and the end of the Napoleonic Wars, its modern fame is now inseparable from the traffic cone, widely seen as an expression of Glaswegian humour, irreverence and civic character. The image shows the contrast clearly: a grand equestrian monument, neoclassical columns, museum frontage and heritage architecture, undercut by an everyday road cone turned into unofficial public art. The scene is valuable for editorial use about Glasgow tourism, Scottish culture, urban identity, public sculpture, listed monuments, heritage conservation, city branding, street humour, visitor attractions and the way communities reinterpret formal civic monuments. The traffic cone tradition is often dated to at least the 1980s and has survived repeated removal, becoming a near-permanent and much-loved feature for residents, students, tourists and photographers. The picture also works for stories about public art, alternative heritage, local protest, playful vandalism, council debates about conservation costs, travel features on unusual British landmarks and wider discussion of how statues gain new meanings over time. The overcast light, blue sky breaks, red-windowed buildings and GoMA exhibition banner add a strong urban context, placing the quirky monument firmly in the everyday streetscape of c
Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 3AG.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB6J - . No Thanks Purple Better Together banner in a Scottish Field September 2014. Photographed on 24 August 2014. The recorded location is Coulter Village, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK. No Thanks is the slogan of the Better Together Campaign, urging people to stay in the UK as part of a united Britain. Vote will take place in September 2014. GoTonySmith. The signs date from the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, when voters were asked whether Scotland should become an independent country. The unionist Better Together campaign promoted a No vote, while Yes Scotland and local activists campaigned for independence. On 18 September 2014 Scotland voted 55.3% No to 44.7% Yes. More than a decade later the constitutional question remains part of Scottish politics, giving these rural campaign signs continuing historical and political relevance. In historical terms, public protest and electoral campaigning form part of democratic culture, documenting how people express support, opposition and identity outside formal institutions
The wording of signs can preserve the tone of a debate more directly than later summaries. In the longer view, farming and allotment imagery records the practical work behind food production, from ploughing and arable crops to small-scale vegetable growing
Allotments expanded strongly during periods of food shortage and remain an important part of British urban and suburban gardening culture. In historical terms, fields, flowers, trees and wildlife provide a visual record of season, habitat and countryside management
Agricultural crops sit alongside wild plants, insects and birds, illustrating the overlap between food production, biodiversity and recreation. During 2026, seen from 2026, earlier campaign material provides a clear historical benchmark for later political arguments
The physical poster or banner captures not only a policy position but the visual language and grassroots campaigning methods of its moment.
Coulter Village, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG386Y - An ice cream van (British) or ice cream truck (American) is a commercial vehicle which serves as a traveling retail outlet for ice cream, usually during the summer. Ice cream vans are often seen parked at public events, or near parks, beaches, or other areas where people congregate. Ice cream vans often travel near where children play ” outside schools, in residential areas, or in other locations. They usually stop briefly before moving on to the next street.
Ice cream vans are often brightly decorated and carry images of ice cream, or some other adornment, such as cartoon characters. They may have painted-on notices, which can serve a commercial purpose (Stop me and buy one!) or a more serious one (Don't Skid on a Kid!) - serving as a warning to passing motorists that children may run out into the road at the sight of the van, or appear without warning from behind it. Along the sides, a large sliding window acts as a serving hatch, and this is often covered with small pictures of the available products, with their associated prices.
A distinctive feature of ice cream vans is their melodic chimes, and often these take the form of a famous and recognizable tune, usually The Mister Softee Jingle, Turkey in the Straw, Do Your Ears Hang Low?, Pop Goes The Weasel The Entertainer, Music Box Dancer, Home on the Range, It's a Small World, Super Mario Bros. Theme or Camptown Races
or, in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Greensleeves, Whistle While You Work in Crewe and Nantwich, You Are My Sunshine in Vale Royal, Teddy Bears' Picnic in Sheffield, and Match of the Day in other places.
In some places in the US, ice cream trucks play the song Ice Cream by Andre Nickatina (essentially just Turkey in the Straw with bass).
Off Princes St Edinburgh Scotland UK EH2 3AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3A1R - An ice cream van (British) or ice cream truck (American) is a commercial vehicle which serves as a traveling retail outlet for ice cream, usually during the summer. Ice cream vans are often seen parked at public events, or near parks, beaches, or other areas where people congregate. Ice cream vans often travel near where children play ” outside schools, in residential areas, or in other locations. They usually stop briefly before moving on to the next street.
Ice cream vans are often brightly decorated and carry images of ice cream, or some other adornment, such as cartoon characters. They may have painted-on notices, which can serve a commercial purpose (Stop me and buy one!) or a more serious one (Don't Skid on a Kid!) - serving as a warning to passing motorists that children may run out into the road at the sight of the van, or appear without warning from behind it. Along the sides, a large sliding window acts as a serving hatch, and this is often covered with small pictures of the available products, with their associated prices.
A distinctive feature of ice cream vans is their melodic chimes, and often these take the form of a famous and recognizable tune, usually The Mister Softee Jingle, Turkey in the Straw, Do Your Ears Hang Low?, Pop Goes The Weasel The Entertainer, Music Box Dancer, Home on the Range, It's a Small World, Super Mario Bros. Theme or Camptown Races
or, in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Greensleeves, Whistle While You Work in Crewe and Nantwich, You Are My Sunshine in Vale Royal, Teddy Bears' Picnic in Sheffield, and Match of the Day in other places.
In some places in the US, ice cream trucks play the song Ice Cream by Andre Nickatina (essentially just Turkey in the Straw with bass).
Off Princes St Edinburgh Scotland UK EH2 3AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3910 - Shona Kinloch Born Glasgow, she studied sculpture at GSA , 1980-85, and was the winner of the Millie and Benno Schotz Award, 1985, and a Saltire Society Award, 1992.
Specialising in animal and figure sculptures, she has received several commissions for public sculpture in Glasgow:
Seven Glasgow Dogs, a popular though temporary feature of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, As the Crow Flies, West Princes Street (1993), Chookie Burdies, on lampposts in Garnethill (1993), Thinking of Bella, Italian Centre, 179-180 Ingram Street (1994), In Pursuit of..., on the west wall of the Chancellor's Hall, University of Strathclyde (1996), and As Proud As..., Princes Square, Glasgow (2000).
She has also received commissions for work in Edinburgh, Kilmarnock, Loughborough (The Sock, 1998), East Kilbride and Hamilton (The Square Stars, 1998).
She has exhibited regularly throughout the UK since 1984, including at the RGIFA : showing Man With a Dog on His Shoulder, 1985, and Fish With a Dog Under Its Nose, 1987.
Her work is represented in numerous public collections including Pecking Hen, at the Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie.
A number of her small-scale works form part of the Dr Helen Cargill Thomson Collection which was the subject of an exhibition at the Collins Gallery in 2000, for which the sculptor donated her sketches for In Pursuit of....
Further example's of Shona's small-scale, animal and figurative bronzes were exhibited at Ewan Mundy Fine Art, 221 West George Street, Glasgow, in April, 2002, and these will be shown again at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh from 8th June, 2002, including The Three Fancy Pigeons (Together) (2001).
She currently lives in East Kilbride
48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow Scotland UK G1 3JN
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Keywords: sq,sq.,centre,center,green,bronze,naked,man,Statue,outside,Princes,Square,shopping,Mall,48,Buchanan,Street,in,central,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1,3JN,As,proud,As,art,artist,work,works,gotonysmith,parts,dick,Shona,Kinloch,willy,Private Parts,penis,private,Glaswegian,wanger
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG391X - Shona Kinloch Born Glasgow, she studied sculpture at GSA , 1980-85, and was the winner of the Millie and Benno Schotz Award, 1985, and a Saltire Society Award, 1992.
Specialising in animal and figure sculptures, she has received several commissions for public sculpture in Glasgow:
Seven Glasgow Dogs, a popular though temporary feature of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, As the Crow Flies, West Princes Street (1993), Chookie Burdies, on lampposts in Garnethill (1993), Thinking of Bella, Italian Centre, 179-180 Ingram Street (1994), In Pursuit of..., on the west wall of the Chancellor's Hall, University of Strathclyde (1996), and As Proud As..., Princes Square, Glasgow (2000).
She has also received commissions for work in Edinburgh, Kilmarnock, Loughborough (The Sock, 1998), East Kilbride and Hamilton (The Square Stars, 1998).
She has exhibited regularly throughout the UK since 1984, including at the RGIFA : showing Man With a Dog on His Shoulder, 1985, and Fish With a Dog Under Its Nose, 1987.
Her work is represented in numerous public collections including Pecking Hen, at the Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie.
A number of her small-scale works form part of the Dr Helen Cargill Thomson Collection which was the subject of an exhibition at the Collins Gallery in 2000, for which the sculptor donated her sketches for In Pursuit of....
Further example's of Shona's small-scale, animal and figurative bronzes were exhibited at Ewan Mundy Fine Art, 221 West George Street, Glasgow, in April, 2002, and these will be shown again at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh from 8th June, 2002, including The Three Fancy Pigeons (Together) (2001).
She currently lives in East Kilbride
48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow Scotland UK G1 3JN
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Keywords: sq,sq.,centre,center,green,bronze,naked,man,Statue,outside,Princes,Square,shopping,Mall,48,Buchanan,Street,in,central,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1,3JN,Shona,Kinloch,As,proud,As,art,artist,work,works,Glaswegian,dick,willy,penis,private,parts,Private Parts,gotonysmith,langer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG392W - Shona Kinloch Born Glasgow, she studied sculpture at GSA , 1980-85, and was the winner of the Millie and Benno Schotz Award, 1985, and a Saltire Society Award, 1992.
Specialising in animal and figure sculptures, she has received several commissions for public sculpture in Glasgow:
Seven Glasgow Dogs, a popular though temporary feature of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, As the Crow Flies, West Princes Street (1993), Chookie Burdies, on lampposts in Garnethill (1993), Thinking of Bella, Italian Centre, 179-180 Ingram Street (1994), In Pursuit of..., on the west wall of the Chancellor's Hall, University of Strathclyde (1996), and As Proud As..., Princes Square, Glasgow (2000).
She has also received commissions for work in Edinburgh, Kilmarnock, Loughborough (The Sock, 1998), East Kilbride and Hamilton (The Square Stars, 1998).
She has exhibited regularly throughout the UK since 1984, including at the RGIFA : showing Man With a Dog on His Shoulder, 1985, and Fish With a Dog Under Its Nose, 1987.
Her work is represented in numerous public collections including Pecking Hen, at the Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie.
A number of her small-scale works form part of the Dr Helen Cargill Thomson Collection which was the subject of an exhibition at the Collins Gallery in 2000, for which the sculptor donated her sketches for In Pursuit of....
Further example's of Shona's small-scale, animal and figurative bronzes were exhibited at Ewan Mundy Fine Art, 221 West George Street, Glasgow, in April, 2002, and these will be shown again at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh from 8th June, 2002, including The Three Fancy Pigeons (Together) (2001).
She currently lives in East Kilbride
48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow Scotland UK G1 3JN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38K1 - . Concierge security man at Argyll Arcade Victorian Glasgow shopping mall , Scotland, UK. Photographed on 23 August 2013. The recorded location is 30 Buchanan Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland UK G2 8BG. A better class of security guard in the poshest shopping centre in Glasgow! Looking at the subject's development, physical access control traditionally relied on guards, passes, keys and written instructions
Surviving notices show the routines of secure workplaces and can reveal the culture of secrecy or safety surrounding military, transport and industrial operations. Historically, historic and contemporary architecture can be read as a record of investment, planning and changing urban functions
Civic, commercial, industrial and residential buildings each contribute to the character of a townscape, particularly where older structures are adapted rather than demolished. In the longer view, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a property, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. For the 2026 context, modern security spans both buildings and information systems
Historic signs about passes and restricted entrances therefore illustrate the continuity of access control even though the technology used to authenticate people has changed. In 2026, the reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside conservation, embodied carbon and town-centre regeneration
Images of older façades and converted premises can therefore illustrate both architectural heritage and the practical pressures of adapting buildings for new uses. As of 2026, heritage continues to be economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse.
30 Buchanan Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland UK G2 8BG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P72CWA - The giant pink People Make Glasgow city-branding slogan covers the façade of the Met Tower beside George Square in Glasgow city centre, Scotland. Photographed in bright daylight beneath a blue sky, the landmark modernist high-rise rises behind surrounding commercial buildings, city traffic, pedestrians and the Walter Scott Monument. The colourful display has become one of Glasgow's most recognisable urban images and expresses the civic pride, character and international outlook associated with Scotland's largest city.
The slogan was originally installed on the former Glasgow College of Building and Printing tower for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The prominent Category B listed building, subsequently known as the Met Tower, overlooks George Square from North Hanover Street and remains closely connected visually with Glasgow's identity as a major sporting and cultural destination.
The photograph has renewed editorial relevance as Glasgow hosts the Commonwealth Games again from 23 July to 2 August 2026. The eleven-day event brings approximately 3,000 athletes from 74 Commonwealth nations and territories to compete in ten sports, including six Para sports. Competition takes place across four principal venue groups: Scotstoun Stadium, the Scottish Event Campus, Tollcross International Swimming Centre and the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and Arena.
The Met Tower itself is not a competition venue for Glasgow 2026. Instead, the image provides a strong host-city illustration, linking the enduring People Make Glasgow campaign with the city's return to the international sporting stage. It can illustrate Commonwealth Games coverage, Glasgow tourism, city branding, sporting legacy, major-event economics, Scottish civic identity, urban regeneration and the role of international sport in promoting a destination to visitors worldwide.
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