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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Warrington,snowy,village,Church Lane Grappenhall,Cheshire,British pub,English pub,January,festive pub,British culture,pub culture,Christmas season,festive season,winter scene,snow scene,seasonal weather,traditional England,English village life,countryside hospitality,social history,community hub,local pub,leisure,travel England,UK tourism,heritage hospitality,calm,peaceful,nostalgic,lifestyle editorial,hospitality industry,food and drink,real ale,festive decoration,copy space,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DGE74K - The Rams Head public house in the village of Grappenhall near Warrington, Cheshire, is shown during a cold winter period in January with light snow covering the ground and a decorated Christmas tree standing outside the pub. The historic building, with its mix of brickwork and traditional architectural features, is set against clear blue skies and low winter sunlight, which highlights the textures of the walls, roof and surrounding outdoor seating areas. Snow settled on benches and pathways reinforces the seasonal setting and the crisp atmosphere of a winter's day in rural England.
Village pubs such as the Rams Head have long played an important role in British social and cultural life, acting as meeting places, landmarks and centres of community activity. During the winter and festive season, pubs often become visual symbols of warmth and tradition, even when photographed without people present. The Christmas tree outside the pub adds a seasonal focal point, linking the image to themes of celebration, tradition and continuity within English village life.
The photograph reflects wider themes of British pub culture, hospitality, leisure and local identity, as well as seasonal change and winter weather in the United Kingdom. It is suitable for editorial use in travel and lifestyle features, hospitality coverage, festive and winter-themed publications, calendars and broader cultural storytelling focused on traditional England, rural communities and the enduring presence of village pubs within the countryside.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DGE75H - The Parr Arms public house stands alongside St Wilfrid's Church on Church Lane in the village of Grappenhall near Warrington, Cheshire, photographed during a cold winter period in January with light snow visible on the ground and outdoor seating areas. The white-painted pub, a Robinsons Brewery tied house, is shown in the foreground, while the red sandstone tower of St Wilfrid's Church rises behind it, creating a distinctive and recognisable village scene. Clear blue skies and low winter sunlight emphasise the textures of the church stonework and the contrasting surfaces of the pub exterior.
The pairing of pub and parish church reflects a long-established pattern within English village life, where places of worship and social gathering sit side by side at the heart of the community. In winter conditions, particularly with snow and frost present, these buildings take on a heightened sense of tradition, continuity and calm. The absence of people adds to the quiet atmosphere, reinforcing themes of stillness, reflection and seasonal change.
St Wilfrid's Church, an Anglican parish church with medieval origins, represents the religious heritage of the village, while the Parr Arms embodies British pub culture and hospitality. Together, they illustrate the social and cultural fabric of rural England, where faith, leisure and community life intersect. The image lends itself to a wide range of editorial uses, including travel features, heritage publications, lifestyle articles, calendars and broader storytelling focused on traditional England, village identity and winter landscapes.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Warrington,snowy,village,Grappenhall,Cheshire,Anglican church,snow,January,British heritage,royal history,monarchy,Queen Elizabeth II legacy,national remembrance,public memorial,commemoration,British culture,English village life,traditional England,community identity,local history,civic pride,winter scene,seasonal weather,snow scene,climate and weather,church and state,religion and monarchy,social history,church notice board,church information sign,village church,red signboard,winter frost,cold weather,blue sky,snow covered wall,memorial plaques
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DGE75M - The sign for St Wilfrid's Parish Church in the village of Grappenhall near Warrington, Cheshire, is shown during a cold winter period in January with snow settled on the surrounding wall and ground. The red church notice board, displaying service information and parish details, stands prominently against clear blue skies, while frost and snow emphasise the seasonal conditions. In the foreground, memorial plaques commemorate the Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and the Platinum Jubilee in 2022 of Queen Elizabeth II, linking the church and village directly to national moments of royal celebration and remembrance.
St Wilfrid's Church is an Anglican parish church with deep historical roots in the village, and the presence of jubilee memorials reflects the long-standing connection between the Church of England, the British monarchy and local communities. The image captures a moment where religion, monarchy and village identity intersect, with the winter setting adding a sense of stillness, reflection and continuity. The absence of people allows the focus to rest on the symbols of heritage and commemoration rather than daily activity.
Beyond its local significance, the photograph lends itself to wider editorial use in stories about British royal history, public remembrance, community memorials and the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II. It also works as a visual representation of traditional English village life, seasonal change and the role of parish churches as custodians of local and national history. The winter snow and clear light enhance its suitability for heritage publications, educational material, calendars and broader cultural features exploring identity, memory and continuity in Britain.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Warrington,snowy,village,Church Lane Grappenhall,Grappenhall,Cheshire,abandoned building,vacant property,empty building,winter,snow,January,under offer,housing shortage,empty homes,unused buildings,property market,real estate,housing development,regeneration project,brownfield development,derelict building,neglected property,disused building,boarded windows,fenced property,historic residence,clergy house,Church of England,village property,residential development,regeneration,redevelopment site,sandstone building,Victorian building,WA4 2AQ,WA4
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DGE75T - The Old Vicarage on Church Lane in the village of Grappenhall near Warrington, Cheshire, is shown during a cold winter period in January with light snow settled on the ground and surrounding vegetation. The former vicarage, a historic residential building associated with the nearby parish church, has stood vacant and unused for over a decade and is seen enclosed by fencing, with boarded or empty windows and visible signs of long-term neglect. Clear blue skies and low winter sunlight highlight the texture of the stonework and the stark condition of the property, while frost and snow reinforce the sense of abandonment.
The image reflects wider themes of empty homes, unused buildings and the challenges of maintaining historic properties within rural English villages. Once an integral part of local religious and community life, the former vicarage now represents a period of decline and inactivity, contrasting with the surrounding settled village environment. The absence of people and the quiet winter setting add to the feeling of pause and uncertainty, emphasising the passage of time and the impact of prolonged vacancy.
Now under offer for development, the building also symbolises renewal and change, sitting at the intersection of heritage, housing demand and regeneration. The photograph lends itself to editorial use in stories about the British housing market, regeneration of historic buildings, adaptive reuse, planning and development, and the broader issue of empty homes within the UK. Seasonal winter conditions and the rural Cheshire setting further widen its suitability for use in discussions of climate, countryside change and traditional village life undergoing transition.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DGE75X - St Wilfrid's Church, the historic Anglican parish church of Grappenhall, stands on Church Lane near Warrington in Cheshire, England, photographed during a cold winter period in January with a light covering of snow settled across the churchyard. The red sandstone church, largely dating from the medieval period and designated as a Grade I listed building, is shown surrounded by old gravestones, boundary walls and mature trees stripped of leaves by the winter season. Frost and snow accentuate the textures of the stonework and memorials, while clear blue skies and low winter sunlight create sharp contrast and a calm, crisp atmosphere.
The scene reflects the quiet, reflective character often associated with English village churches in winter, when activity is subdued and the landscape feels paused. The snow-covered churchyard evokes themes of time, memory and continuity, with gravestones marking generations of local history and community life. The absence of people enhances the sense of stillness and contemplation, making the image suitable for use in editorial contexts exploring spirituality, faith, remembrance and the passage of time.
Grappenhall is a historic Cheshire village now forming part of the wider Warrington area in North West England, and St Wilfrid's Church has long been a focal point for religious worship, local identity and cultural heritage. The photograph captures both the architectural significance of the building and its role within the rural English landscape, set against seasonal weather conditions typical of winter in Britain. As well as illustrating religious heritage, the image lends itself to wider themes including British history, traditional village life, the English countryside, seasonal change, climate and weather, and the enduring presence of historic landmarks within modern communities.
The combination of winter snow, historic architecture and tranquil rural setting makes the image suitable for travel features, heritage publications etc
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,English,government land,development land,access restriction,Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4,UK government agency,housing development,land management,property boundary,rural edge,countryside sign,foliage and trees,evening light,golden hour,safety signage,civil notice,documentary photography,editorial image,UK landscape,0300-1234-500,UKhousing,SocialHousing,social housing,housing,development,building,site,sites
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55JGY - This image shows a Homes England land notice photographed in Grappenhall, near Warrington in Cheshire. The sign clearly states Private Land. No public access or right of way and includes official contact details, identifying the land as being under the management of the UK government's housing and regeneration agency.
The sign is mounted at the edge of a vegetated area, with dense foliage behind it and the sun low in the sky, casting warm golden light across the scene. The sunset backdrop softens the otherwise formal and restrictive message, creating a visual contrast between natural landscape and regulatory control of land access.
Homes England is responsible for managing public land assets and supporting housing delivery and regeneration across England. Signs like this are commonly used to establish ownership boundaries, restrict unauthorised access, and manage liability on land that may be earmarked for future development or strategic use.
Photographed in evening light during golden hour, the image combines themes of land ownership, access rights, public versus private space, and the role of government agencies in land management. It is well suited to editorial use covering housing policy, planning and development, rural and suburban land use, property law, public access debates, and UK governance.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,your speed 37,slow down sign,30 mph zone,traffic calming,road safety sign,your,speed,camera,37,England,too fast,Bellhouse Lane,Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4,residential road,community safety,driver feedback sign,LED speed board,urban traffic control,speeding car,motion blur vehicle,road safety technology,speed awareness,local authority signage,neighbourhood safety,UK road signs,documentary photography,editorial image,vehicle,community,safety,police,patrol,anti-social
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PNFB - This image shows an electronic roadside speed indicator sign on Bellhouse Lane in Grappenhall, near Warrington in Cheshire. The sign displays the message Your Speed 37 followed by Slow Down, indicating that a passing vehicle is exceeding the 30 mph speed limit in this residential area.
Speed indicator devices of this type are widely used across the United Kingdom as part of traffic calming and road safety initiatives. Unlike enforcement cameras, they provide immediate visual feedback to drivers, highlighting excessive speed and encouraging behavioural change without issuing penalties. When drivers exceed the limit, warning messages such as Slow Down are triggered to reinforce compliance.
The photograph captures a car passing the sign with visible motion blur, emphasising the contrast between the digital warning and real-world driving behaviour. Installed on a tree-lined suburban road, the sign reflects local authority efforts to improve safety for residents, pedestrians, and other road users.
Photographed in daylight, the image is well suited to editorial use covering road safety, speed management, transport policy, residential traffic issues, community safety schemes, and the use of technology to influence driver behaviour on UK roads.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,pink,red,orange,sky,skies,colourful,Grappenhall,Wrights Green,Appleton,Thorn,south,WA4,bare,Stanny Lunt Bridge,Bridgewater Canal,WA4 3EL,canal,Bridgewater,sunsets,village,beauty,spot,spots,barge,No16,No,16,mooring,moorings,tow,path,dramatic,drama
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NCX175 - Stanny Lunt Bridge No 16 is a minor waterways place on the Bridgewater Canal (Main Line) between Lymm Bridge No 23 (Lymm, footbridge is next to road bridge) (3 miles and 3½ furlongs to the east) and Preston Brook - Waters Meeting (Junction of the Bridgewater Canal (Main Line) with the Bridgewater Canal (Preston Brook Branch)) (6 miles and 2¾ furlongs to the southwest).
The nearest place in the direction of Lymm Bridge No 23 is Grappenhall Bridge No 17
3¼ furlongs away.
The nearest place in the direction of Preston Brook - Waters Meeting is Lumb Brook Underbridge (Stockton Heath)
7½ furlongs away.
There may be access to the towpath here.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,St Wilfs,village,south,icon,iconic,in,Wonderland,Lewis Carroll,WA4,lane,carved,cat,cats,window,Church Ln,Grappenhall Village,South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 3EP,west,wall,stonemason,stonemasons,mark,builder,architecture,lion,clocktower,sandstone,feline,Grade I,listed,building,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2N33030 - At Grappenhall, just four miles from Lewis Carroll's birthplace, cobbled streets lead to a large sandstone church that eclipses the two handsome country pubs that it neighbours. In the churchyard, a group of bellringers point out a snarling sandstone cat set high on the tower above an arched window that they, and many others in the village, believe to be the inspiration for Carroll's cat.
One bellringer tells me that the cat is the mark of one of the stonemasons who built the church. Excitedly, I see that the cat, which is carved from sandstone blackened with age, appears and disappears in the shadows cast by the rolling clouds. But there is no hint of a grin, and, in fact, there isn't much that is cat-like about it. It looks more like an eroded sculpture of a lion.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 2AF,night,night time,nighttime,decorations,festive,pub,bar,hotel,nightlife,night life,StocktonHeath,Grappenhall road,villages,South Warrington,wet,rain,rainy,tree,trees,December,light,lights,square,Victoria,restaurant,restaurants,pubs,bars,foodie
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K8RDNG - Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita. It is also a muscimol mushroom. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine and birch plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
Arguably the most iconic toadstool species, the fly agaric is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, and is one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture, including in video gamese.g., the extensive use of a recognizable Amanita muscaria in the Mario franchise and its Super Mushroom power-upand televisione.g., the houses in The Smurfs franchise.
Despite its easily distinguishable features, Amanita muscaria is a fungus with several known variations, or subspecies. These subspecies are slightly different, some having yellow or white caps, but they are all usually called fly agarics, and they are most of the time recognizable by their notable white spots. Recent DNA fungi research, however, has shown that some of these variations are not the same species at all, such as the peach-colored fly agaric (Amanita persicina) for example, but the common name 'fly agaric' clings on.
Although poisonous, death due to poisoning from A. muscaria ingestion is quite rare. Parboiling twice with water draining weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive substances
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBNM - A sundial is a horological device that tells the time of day (referred to as civil time in modern usage) when direct sunlight shines by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky. In the narrowest sense of the word, it consists of a flat plate (the dial) and a gnomon, which casts a shadow onto the dial. As the Sun appears to move through the sky, the shadow aligns with different hour-lines, which are marked on the dial to indicate the time of day. The style is the time-telling edge of the gnomon, though a single point or nodus may be used. The gnomon casts a broad shadow
the shadow of the style shows the time. The gnomon may be a rod, wire, or elaborately decorated metal casting. The style must be parallel to the axis of the Earth's rotation for the sundial to be accurate throughout the year. The style's angle from horizontal is equal to the sundial's geographical latitude.
The term sundial can refer to any device that uses the Sun's altitude or azimuth (or both) to show the time. Sundials are valued as decorative objects, metaphors, and objects of intrigue and mathematical study.
The passing of time can be observed by placing a stick in the sand or a nail in a board and placing markers at the edge of a shadow or outlining a shadow at intervals. It is common for inexpensive, mass-produced decorative sundials to have incorrectly aligned gnomons, shadow lengths, and hour-lines, which cannot be adjusted to tell correct time
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,the,Quays,nursery,WA4,Holywood,Nurseries,child,care,and,education,sign,237,Thelwall New Road,Grappenhall,Warrington,WA4 2XT,North-West,North West,learn,grow,childcare,pre-school,preschool,Nature Kindergarten,Corner House,Happitots,rating,rated,Holyrood,place,places,capacity,UK,system,cost,costs,expensive
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K01H1W - At Thrive Childcare, Education and childhood is our passion. We are excited and pleased to introduce you to the wonderful, passionate and committed team who are working at Thrive Childcare and Education. Please take a moment to read our story. We invite you and your family for a lovely journey with Thrive.
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With over twenty years of managing award-winning nurseries and our innovative approach to Education (with an emphasis on outdoor learning), we deliver our high standards and provide nursery settings to children across the UK.
Our four different brands cover 46 different nurseries. They are:
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Happitots
Holyrood
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD3K9 - Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is a historic walled garden in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England. The garden was built by Thomas Parr around 1830 as both a pleasure garden for relaxing strolls and as a kitchen garden to produce fruit, vegetables, and herbs. After a period of decline, the garden was restored first by English Partnerships and then by the local parish council in conjunction with the friends of the garden
The walled garden was built around 1830 by Warrington banker Thomas Parr to accompany a mansion house. Thomas Parr's father, Joseph Parr, founded Parr's Bank and Thomas was appointed Chairman of the bank. Before opening the bank, Joseph Parr had made his wealth in the sugar refining industry that supported the slave trade in the British West Indies. Parr's bank amalgamated through acquisitions into the NatWest.
Unusually, Parr included both a pleasure garden and a kitchen garden within the same boundary wall. In addition to enjoying their garden, the Parr family held frequent galas and special events for the community. One annual event called Beating the Bounds involved a walk around the boundaries of the townships of Lymm, Appleton, and Grappenhall, which included the garden. Historical records suggest that the estate was at its height from 1875 to 1899.
By the 1950s, the estate had become derelict and parts of it were sold off. The house was demolished in the 1970s and the garden passed to English Partnerships for renovation. In 2005 control of the garden passed to Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council, which continued restoration in conjunction with a community group called The Friends of Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden. In 2012 the garden was given a Heritage Lottery Fund award towards repair of the Victorian glasshouses and completion of the restoration
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD3KB - Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is a historic walled garden in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England. The garden was built by Thomas Parr around 1830 as both a pleasure garden for relaxing strolls and as a kitchen garden to produce fruit, vegetables, and herbs. After a period of decline, the garden was restored first by English Partnerships and then by the local parish council in conjunction with the friends of the garden
The walled garden was built around 1830 by Warrington banker Thomas Parr to accompany a mansion house. Thomas Parr's father, Joseph Parr, founded Parr's Bank and Thomas was appointed Chairman of the bank. Before opening the bank, Joseph Parr had made his wealth in the sugar refining industry that supported the slave trade in the British West Indies. Parr's bank amalgamated through acquisitions into the NatWest.
Unusually, Parr included both a pleasure garden and a kitchen garden within the same boundary wall. In addition to enjoying their garden, the Parr family held frequent galas and special events for the community. One annual event called Beating the Bounds involved a walk around the boundaries of the townships of Lymm, Appleton, and Grappenhall, which included the garden. Historical records suggest that the estate was at its height from 1875 to 1899.
By the 1950s, the estate had become derelict and parts of it were sold off. The house was demolished in the 1970s and the garden passed to English Partnerships for renovation. In 2005 control of the garden passed to Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council, which continued restoration in conjunction with a community group called The Friends of Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden. In 2012 the garden was given a Heritage Lottery Fund award towards repair of the Victorian glasshouses and completion of the restoration
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD3KD - Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is a historic walled garden in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England. The garden was built by Thomas Parr around 1830 as both a pleasure garden for relaxing strolls and as a kitchen garden to produce fruit, vegetables, and herbs. After a period of decline, the garden was restored first by English Partnerships and then by the local parish council in conjunction with the friends of the garden
The walled garden was built around 1830 by Warrington banker Thomas Parr to accompany a mansion house. Thomas Parr's father, Joseph Parr, founded Parr's Bank and Thomas was appointed Chairman of the bank. Before opening the bank, Joseph Parr had made his wealth in the sugar refining industry that supported the slave trade in the British West Indies. Parr's bank amalgamated through acquisitions into the NatWest.
Unusually, Parr included both a pleasure garden and a kitchen garden within the same boundary wall. In addition to enjoying their garden, the Parr family held frequent galas and special events for the community. One annual event called Beating the Bounds involved a walk around the boundaries of the townships of Lymm, Appleton, and Grappenhall, which included the garden. Historical records suggest that the estate was at its height from 1875 to 1899.
By the 1950s, the estate had become derelict and parts of it were sold off. The house was demolished in the 1970s and the garden passed to English Partnerships for renovation. In 2005 control of the garden passed to Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council, which continued restoration in conjunction with a community group called The Friends of Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden. In 2012 the garden was given a Heritage Lottery Fund award towards repair of the Victorian glasshouses and completion of the restoration
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD3KG - Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is a historic walled garden in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England. The garden was built by Thomas Parr around 1830 as both a pleasure garden for relaxing strolls and as a kitchen garden to produce fruit, vegetables, and herbs. After a period of decline, the garden was restored first by English Partnerships and then by the local parish council in conjunction with the friends of the garden
The walled garden was built around 1830 by Warrington banker Thomas Parr to accompany a mansion house. Thomas Parr's father, Joseph Parr, founded Parr's Bank and Thomas was appointed Chairman of the bank. Before opening the bank, Joseph Parr had made his wealth in the sugar refining industry that supported the slave trade in the British West Indies. Parr's bank amalgamated through acquisitions into the NatWest.
Unusually, Parr included both a pleasure garden and a kitchen garden within the same boundary wall. In addition to enjoying their garden, the Parr family held frequent galas and special events for the community. One annual event called Beating the Bounds involved a walk around the boundaries of the townships of Lymm, Appleton, and Grappenhall, which included the garden. Historical records suggest that the estate was at its height from 1875 to 1899.
By the 1950s, the estate had become derelict and parts of it were sold off. The house was demolished in the 1970s and the garden passed to English Partnerships for renovation. In 2005 control of the garden passed to Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council, which continued restoration in conjunction with a community group called The Friends of Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden. In 2012 the garden was given a Heritage Lottery Fund award towards repair of the Victorian glasshouses and completion of the restoration
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD3KH - Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is a historic walled garden in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England. The garden was built by Thomas Parr around 1830 as both a pleasure garden for relaxing strolls and as a kitchen garden to produce fruit, vegetables, and herbs. After a period of decline, the garden was restored first by English Partnerships and then by the local parish council in conjunction with the friends of the garden
The walled garden was built around 1830 by Warrington banker Thomas Parr to accompany a mansion house. Thomas Parr's father, Joseph Parr, founded Parr's Bank and Thomas was appointed Chairman of the bank. Before opening the bank, Joseph Parr had made his wealth in the sugar refining industry that supported the slave trade in the British West Indies. Parr's bank amalgamated through acquisitions into the NatWest.
Unusually, Parr included both a pleasure garden and a kitchen garden within the same boundary wall. In addition to enjoying their garden, the Parr family held frequent galas and special events for the community. One annual event called Beating the Bounds involved a walk around the boundaries of the townships of Lymm, Appleton, and Grappenhall, which included the garden. Historical records suggest that the estate was at its height from 1875 to 1899.
By the 1950s, the estate had become derelict and parts of it were sold off. The house was demolished in the 1970s and the garden passed to English Partnerships for renovation. In 2005 control of the garden passed to Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council, which continued restoration in conjunction with a community group called The Friends of Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden. In 2012 the garden was given a Heritage Lottery Fund award towards repair of the Victorian glasshouses and completion of the restoration
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD3KK - Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is a historic walled garden in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England. The garden was built by Thomas Parr around 1830 as both a pleasure garden for relaxing strolls and as a kitchen garden to produce fruit, vegetables, and herbs. After a period of decline, the garden was restored first by English Partnerships and then by the local parish council in conjunction with the friends of the garden
The walled garden was built around 1830 by Warrington banker Thomas Parr to accompany a mansion house. Thomas Parr's father, Joseph Parr, founded Parr's Bank and Thomas was appointed Chairman of the bank. Before opening the bank, Joseph Parr had made his wealth in the sugar refining industry that supported the slave trade in the British West Indies. Parr's bank amalgamated through acquisitions into the NatWest.
Unusually, Parr included both a pleasure garden and a kitchen garden within the same boundary wall. In addition to enjoying their garden, the Parr family held frequent galas and special events for the community. One annual event called Beating the Bounds involved a walk around the boundaries of the townships of Lymm, Appleton, and Grappenhall, which included the garden. Historical records suggest that the estate was at its height from 1875 to 1899.
By the 1950s, the estate had become derelict and parts of it were sold off. The house was demolished in the 1970s and the garden passed to English Partnerships for renovation. In 2005 control of the garden passed to Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council, which continued restoration in conjunction with a community group called The Friends of Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden. In 2012 the garden was given a Heritage Lottery Fund award towards repair of the Victorian glasshouses and completion of the restoration
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH3W46 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHKXYF - Nature's most accomplished fisherman, the grey heron is known for its motionless stance at the water's edge.
In fact, this graceful pose is most frequently seen replicated by imitation herons, procured to guard the contents of ornamental fishponds. However, heron enthusiasts can spot the real thing waiting patiently for prey on waterways up and down the country.
Grey herons are prevalent throughout Europe, Africa and also in Asia. They typically breed in woodland areas that are close to the water and can be spotted around lakes, estuaries, ponds, rivers and even coastal marshes. Herons are adaptable birds and will feed in any water, be it fresh, salt, clear or muddy, so long as it will yield a catch.
Herons can stand for several minutes with their necks tensed, waiting for an unsuspecting fish to swim into reach. Alternatively, they will stalk the shallows searching for food. Then, quick as a flash, they will dart down and spear the prey with their long dagger-like bill.
The grey heron is the only member of the heron family to be commonly found in Britain. You will be lucky to catch a glimpse of the bittern, which is very scarce, or the egret, which is a rare visitor. Thankfully, the grey heron population is doing well in the UK and is more abundant now than ever before, despite the ever-present danger of starvation over the cold winter months.
Appearance: Large and long-legged with an S-shaped neck. The back and wings are coloured grey, and the neck and under-parts are white. Herons have white heads, black wispy crests and a long, pointed yellow bill
Size: 84-102cm in length, 155-175cm wingspan
Weight: 1,500-2,000g
Lifespan: Maximum 25 years
Diet: Primarily fish and amphibians. However, herons can also feed on small rodents, reptiles and birds
Family: Ardeidae
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHKXYJ - Herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus are referred to as bitterns, and, together with the zigzag heron, or zigzag bittern, in the monotypic genus Zebrilus, form a monophyletic group within the Ardeidae. Egrets do not form a biologically distinct group from herons, and tend to be named differently because they are mainly white or have decorative plumes in breeding plumage. Herons, by evolutionary adaptation, have long beaks.
The classification of the individual heron/egret species is fraught with difficulty, and no clear consensus exists about the correct placement of many species into either of the two major genera, Ardea and Egretta. Similarly, the relationships of the genera in the family are not completely resolved. However, one species formerly considered to constitute a separate monotypic family, the Cochlearidae or the boat-billed heron, is now regarded as a member of the Ardeidae.
Although herons resemble birds in some other families, such as the storks, ibises, spoonbills, and cranes, they differ from these in flying with their necks retracted, not outstretched. They are also one of the bird groups that have powder down. Some members of this group nest colonially in trees
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JF0T7Y - Bawming the Thorn
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the 19th century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the village hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was revived by the then headmaster, Bob Jones, in 1973. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day.
Bawming the Thorn
Local schoolchildren dance around the tree in the style of a maypole chanting verses to the tune of Bonnie Dundee, with the following repeated chorus:
Up with fresh garlands this midsummer morn,
Up with red ribbons on Appleton Thorn.
Come lasses and lads to the Thorn Tree today
To bawm it and shout as ye bawm it Hurray!
Bawming means decorating during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the crucifixion
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCM8ME -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCMKCE -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC61YK -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ44H -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3TKYC -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C7HFCC -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE8B -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE8M - Rectory circa 1830, stucco with grey slate roof, Gothick. Of 2 storeys and 5 windows
the left and right wings, each of 1 bay and one slightly recessed, are of (or altered during) 1855 (drawings in the possession of the rector). Crenellated Gothick porch has Tudor arch and corner pinnacles. Part-glazed double doors at back of porch under Tudor-arched fan with flowing pattern of cusped iron bars. A 1-storey canted bay to each side of porch has Gothick pointed windows: left bay has ornate iron cresting
that to right bay removed for repair (1983). Upper windows are 2-light casements, each light of 12 panes, margined, above porch and bay windows. Right wing and upper storey of left wing have 12-pane recessed sashes
lower left window is replaced. Interior: Doors have 6 raised and fielded panels. Plain open-string dogleg stair has stick balusters, mahogany rail and curtail.
Legacy System number:
59018
Legacy System:
LBS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C59GG9 - A plan to build thousands of homes on green belt land in Warrington has been approved by councillors at a meeting.
Warrington Borough Council's Local Plan will see 18,900 homes built by 2037, including 7,064 on green belt land.
The Labour-run council's leader Russ Bowden said building in rural areas was an absolute last resort.
Campaigner Helen Gurnani, who protested outside the meeting, said there was a need to preserve the land for public health and environmental reasons.
The authority was forced to draw up a new plan in 2017 after its last one was overturned by a legal challenge, and the new proposals saw the target for green belt land cut back.
The proposals were approved by the council, despite opposition from Liberal Democrats and Conservatives.
Six Labour councillors, who represent areas near Peel Hall - where 1,200 homes are proposed despite a government inspector's ruling last year that the site was unsuitable for housing - abstained from voting.
The wider plan will also see a number of large builds on both green belt and brownfield land, including 5,000 homes in a new garden suburb near the M6 Lymm interchange at Appleton, 1,600 on land near the River Mersey and 1,100 around Lymm, Culcheth, Burtonwood and other villages.
Liberal Democrat Ryan Bate said the plan would make lives poorer and destroy our environment, while Ms Gurnani said she understood the need for social housing on brownfield land, but we need to preserve our green spaces for environmental and public health reasons.
The council said a consultation would now be held on the plan before it is reviewed by a government inspector.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF3N2E - Warrington South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Faisal Rashid, a Labour Party politician.
The seat is one of seven won (held or gained) by a Labour candidate in 2017 from a total of 11 in Cheshire. Rashid's 2017 win was one of 30 net gains of the Labour Party.
The seat has been relative to others a marginal seat since 2001 as well as a swing seat as its winner's majority has not exceeded 7.5% of the vote since the 16.3% majority won in that year. The seat has changed hands twice since that year.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02N3 - Grappenhall is a semi-rural village in Cheshire, England, along the Bridgewater Canal in the Grappenhall and Thelwall civil parish, which had a population of 9,377 at the 2001 census. It has a cobbled square, St Wilfs at its centre and the Parr Arms Pub.
St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE369 - Warrington South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Faisal Rashid, a Labour Party politician.
The seat is one of seven won (held or gained) by a Labour candidate in 2017 from a total of 11 in Cheshire. Rashid's 2017 win was one of 30 net gains of the Labour Party.
The seat has been relative to others a marginal seat since 2001 as well as a swing seat as its winner's majority has not exceeded 7.5% of the vote since the 16.3% majority won in that year. The seat has changed hands twice since that year.
19831997: The Borough of Warrington wards of Appleton and Stretton, Booths Hill, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Great Sankey North, Great Sankey South, Heatley, Latchford, Lymm, Penketh and Cuerdley, Statham, Stockton Heath, and Walton and Westy, and the Borough of Halton wards of Daresbury and Norton.
19972010: The Borough of Warrington wards of Appleton, Stretton and Hatton, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Great Sankey North, Great Sankey South, Howley and Whitecross, Latchford, Lymm, Penketh and Cuerdley, Stockton Heath, and Walton and Westy.
2010present: The Borough of Warrington wards of Appleton, Bewsey and Whitecross, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Great Sankey North, Great Sankey South, Hatton, Stretton and Walton, Latchford East, Latchford West, Lymm, Penketh and Cuerdley, Stockton Heath, and Whittle Hall.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE41Y - Warrington South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Faisal Rashid, a Labour Party politician.
The seat is one of seven won (held or gained) by a Labour candidate in 2017 from a total of 11 in Cheshire. Rashid's 2017 win was one of 30 net gains of the Labour Party.
The seat has been relative to others a marginal seat since 2001 as well as a swing seat as its winner's majority has not exceeded 7.5% of the vote since the 16.3% majority won in that year. The seat has changed hands twice since that year.
19831997: The Borough of Warrington wards of Appleton and Stretton, Booths Hill, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Great Sankey North, Great Sankey South, Heatley, Latchford, Lymm, Penketh and Cuerdley, Statham, Stockton Heath, and Walton and Westy, and the Borough of Halton wards of Daresbury and Norton.
19972010: The Borough of Warrington wards of Appleton, Stretton and Hatton, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Great Sankey North, Great Sankey South, Howley and Whitecross, Latchford, Lymm, Penketh and Cuerdley, Stockton Heath, and Walton and Westy.
2010present: The Borough of Warrington wards of Appleton, Bewsey and Whitecross, Grappenhall and Thelwall, Great Sankey North, Great Sankey South, Hatton, Stretton and Walton, Latchford East, Latchford West, Lymm, Penketh and Cuerdley, Stockton Heath, and Whittle Hall.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,pub,bar,village,Warrington,South Warrington,centre,night,historic,building,Rams Head Pub,Church Lane,Grappenhall,Cheshire,England,WA4 3EP,WA4,architectural importance,historical importance,Ram Head,Grappenhall Village,at dusk,dusk,at night,beer garden,hotel,village pub,crest of,the Leghs of Lyme,The Rams Head,pubs,bars,evening
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGE2 - The existing building was built in 1893, and is listed as being of architectural and historical importance to the village. There has been an inn or hotel on the same site for much longer and the village of Grappenhall itself is recorded as far back as the Domesday Book of 1086. The image of a grinning cat carved into the tower on St. Wilfrids Church is believed to be the inspiration for Lewis Carolls Cheshire cat in Alices Adventures in Wonderland. One of the many unique features of The Rams Head Inn is the original village well, situated near the bar. The well actually pre-dates the existing building at about 150 years old, but is now fitted with walkover glass and illuminated from the inside. A large outside eating and drinking patio is located behind the pub next to the large car park. Boasting five hand pumps with three permanent ales and two guests at busy times from the Priory Inns range. Quiz night Sunday.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGE7 - Community Speed Management
Road Safe
A community-based pledge' that seeks to inform residents about inappropriate driving behaviour and invites them to sign up to a pledge not to exceed speed limits.
Speed Indicator Device (SID) deployment
An informal speed management device operated by volunteers and initiated by an identified community group.
Community Speed Watch
An informal speed management process involving the use of speed guns at the roadside. Volunteers are trained and supported by either the Police, PCSOs or Safety Wardens. Vehicle details of those exceeding the relevant speed limit are recorded with drivers receiving warning letters.
The following options will not normally be carried out unless steps two and three have been carried out by community groups. Options four and five are subject to agreement with Cheshire Police.
Mobile Enforcement
The deployment of mobile speed enforcement cameras
speeding drivers will face prosecution.
Driver Engagement Day
Co-ordinated by the Fire and Rescue Service with Cheshire Police and council staff. Stopped drivers are given an option to participate in education or receive a Fixed Penalty Notice.
Local Highway Scheme
Evidence gathered through this process or evidence of high collision or injury rates may result in development of a local highway scheme to address any issues identified.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,English,apples,apple trees,red,apple,garden,25 Albert Rd,Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,WA4 2PF,WA4,Albert Road,John Ashby,Apple Tree,Sunrise,John,Ashby,tree,trees,orchard,in,memory,memorial,memoriam,library garden,gardens,community,library,plant,planted
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A989PT - Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Appleton appeared in the Domesday survey as Epeltune,meaning the tun where the apples grew.
Bawming the Thorn
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the 19th century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the village hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was revived by the then headmaster, Mr Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day.
Local schoolchildren dance around the tree in the style of a maypole chanting verses to the tune of Bonnie Dundee, with the following repeated chorus:
Up with fresh garlands this midsummer morn,
Up with red ribbons on Appleton Thorn.
Come lasses and lads to the Thorn Tree today
To bawm it and shout as ye bawm it Hurray!
Bawming means decorating during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the crucifixion. Thorn Cross (HM Prison) is in Appleton Thorn, on the site formerly occupied by Royal Naval Air Station HMS Blackcap, a wartime aircrew training and aircraft repair airfield. There are a number of graves of aircrew who died at HMS Blackcap, mainly in flying accidents, in St Cross churchyard, known locally as the war graves.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A989X2 - Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Appleton appeared in the Domesday survey as Epeltune,meaning the tun where the apples grew.
Bawming the Thorn
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the 19th century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the village hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was revived by the then headmaster, Mr Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day.
Local schoolchildren dance around the tree in the style of a maypole chanting verses to the tune of Bonnie Dundee, with the following repeated chorus:
Up with fresh garlands this midsummer morn,
Up with red ribbons on Appleton Thorn.
Come lasses and lads to the Thorn Tree today
To bawm it and shout as ye bawm it Hurray!
Bawming means decorating during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the crucifixion. Thorn Cross (HM Prison) is in Appleton Thorn, on the site formerly occupied by Royal Naval Air Station HMS Blackcap, a wartime aircrew training and aircraft repair airfield. There are a number of graves of aircrew who died at HMS Blackcap, mainly in flying accidents, in St Cross churchyard, known locally as the war graves.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,breweries,2019,Grappenhall,beer,CAMRA,eal ale,ale,craft,social,event,WA4,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 2SG,Bellhouse,annual,barrel,hand-pumps,staff,helpers,opening day,start,of,festival,draught,ciders,cider,pub,bar,4tsbrewery,local,Gropenhale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43PNH - When
The Grappenhall Beer Festival is usually held in May.
Where
Grappenhall Community Centre, Bell House Farm, Bell House Lane, Warrington WA4 2SG
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Keywords: Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,England,UK,GB,Great Britain,Grappenhall Ln,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4 4QX,development,building site,construction,site safety,warning,security,patrols,greenfield,brick,sites,build,north west,affordable,traditional,building,under,unaffordable,new,developers,homes,green field,building sites,built,south Warrington,site,being,NW,Bloor,Bloorhomes
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Keywords: Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,England,UK,GB,Great Britain,Grappenhall Ln,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4 4QX,development,building site,construction,site safety,warning,security,patrols,developers,new,homes,affordable,unaffordable,NW,north west,south Warrington,being,build,under,built,site,sites,building,building sites,brick,traditional,green field,greenfield,Bloor,Bloorhomes
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,North West England,Warrington,Cheshire,waterway,WA4,in a,Grappenhall Hays,Walled Garden,dangerous,Grappenhall,Hays,red,Witherwin Avenue,Grappenhall Heys,WA4 3DS,In deep water,Britain,British,English,lake,lakes,warning sign,careful,caution,drown,drowning,threat,unsafe,H2O,square,weed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X6M -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@hotpixUK,WA4,Say No,to WBC preferred development option,Save our Green Belt and trans Pennine Trail,Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,to WBC,Warrington Borough Council,plan,development,green belt,new development,new homes,TPT,save the green belt,rural,ILoveWA4,sign,in garden,Objection Group,Anne Marie Gleave,TPT Bypass,PDO,objection,Grappenhall Heys development,planning,permission,Reserved Matters plans,McLean Homes,Grappenhall Heys Residents Group,National Planning Policy Framework for releasing land from the Green
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@hotpixUK,WA4,Say No,to WBC preferred development option,Save our Green Belt and trans Pennine Trail,Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,to WBC,Warrington Borough Council,plan,development,green belt,new development,new homes,TPT,save the green belt,rural,ILoveWA4,sign,in garden,Objection Group,Anne Marie Gleave,TPT Bypass,PDO,objection,Grappenhall Heys development,planning,permission,Reserved Matters plans,McLean Homes,Grappenhall Heys Residents Group,National Planning Policy Framework for releasing land from the Green
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,GoTonySmith,England,English,North West England,Blue,lamp,light,Warrington WA4 2AF,Grappenhall Road,ward,history,historic,Grappenhall Rd,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4 2AF,WA4,traditional,lantern,blue lamp,blue light,blue,polis,constabulary,data breach,data breaches,data leak,Victorian,Dixon of Dock Green,part-time,British,GB,old,style,Great Britain
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365,one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Bridgewater Canal,Canals,water,lift,equipment,Stanney Lunt,bridge,Grappenhall,Warrington,South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,Peel Ports,No Cycling,No Parking In the Top Field
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3991698969 - 'Do enjoy the canal, but here's all the rules we would like you to be aware of.....
If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Grappenhall,Warrington,Xmas,Christmas,Light,Lights,decorations,Cheshire,English,England,UK,home,house,domestic,mad,festive
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4642894818 - 'Walking distance from me.
If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Grappenhall,Christmas,Tree,Trees,Christmas Trees,Grappenhall Christmas Tree Farm,Farm,Cheshire,Warrington,UK
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3153950175 - 'A big shout out to my local Christmas Tree farm in Grappenhall. I hope you had a busy December.
If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 3DS,Grappenhall Heys,ceramic,winter,vegetable,bell-shaped,pots,pot,bell,shaped,forcing,example,examples,false fruit,false,fruit,cultivating,cultivation,wintering,forces,darkness,gardens,fruit gardon,goodlife,cordon-vert,vegetarian,veggies,patch,veg
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN94 - Rhubarb forcers are bell-shaped pots with a lidded opening at the top, used to cover rhubarb to limit photosynthesis. They encourage the plant to grow early in the season and also to produce blanched stems. The pots are placed over two- to three-year-old rhubarb crowns during winter or very early spring. Once shoots appear the lid is taken off, causing them to grow towards the light.
Around 18 inches (46 cm) high and 14 inches (36 cm) wide without the lid, they are traditionally made of terracotta but can be as simple as an upside down plastic bucket
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Parr Arms,Grappenhall,Church Lane,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,Beer,Beers,CAMRA,Robinson,Robinsons,Festive Ale,Santa,hat,hats,Santa Hats,Christmas,Freddie Brewger,Parr,Arms,Parr Arms Grappenhall,265,One A Day
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4560689842 - 'If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
Checkout the rest of this 365 set at www.flickr.com/photos/167831053@N02/albums/72157703214420874
All images (c) Tony Smith - @HotpixUK - No images to be used without express permission',
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,deliver,post,postal,Royal Mail Postman,with mail trolley,wearing orange jacket,delivering,in,Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,Postman,mail,cart,trolley,wearing,red,Hi-Vis,orange,jacket,ER Post Office,Post Office,deliveries,parcel,letter,British,postman,postmen,post man,postal worker,English,village,carrying,letters,International Distributions Services plc
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GT8H -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,St Wilfs,St Wilfrids,Church,South Warrington,Church Lane,Remembrance day,red poppies,11/11,11,2018,Sunday,Cheshire,North West England,England,UK,Armistice Day 11/11/2019 Red Cross of Poppies,St Georges Flag,Grappenhall Village,Cheshire Village,WA4,Remembrance Sunday,centenary,1919-2019,1919,2019,church,religion,comemoration,clock,WWI,st georges flag,GradeI,Grade I,listed,Anglican
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GRT0 - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3193233060 - 'If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
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Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
All images (c) Tony Smith - @HotpixUK - No images to be used without express permission',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PG69GR - It is illegal for a private company to wheel-clamp a car on private land in Scotland.
In exceptional cases, the police, the local authority or the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - DVLA - can clamp or get cars towed away on private land.
The police, the local authority or the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - DVLA can clamp and tow away cars or other vehicles parked illegally on roads or public land. The DVLA may act when it has the lawful authority to do so when a car is untaxed unless it is on your own property.
For example, the police or the local authority can remove a car that is contravening a parking restriction, is blocking the road or has broken down.
Fines Enforcement Officers can organise for a car to be seized if you have not paid a number of fines.
Another organisation that can clamp or tow cars is the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA). VOSA enforcement officers can do this when a car is a danger to road users. This often applies to commercial vehicles such as lorries where they are not roadworthy, they are overloaded, the driver has been driving for too many hours or has not paid a financial fine that VOSA has issued to them.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3193112294 - 'Its harvest time near me
If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
All images (c) Tony Smith - @HotpixUK - No images to be used without express permission',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PC2FCA - Grappenhall Cricket Club played its first game in 1881 on a ground in Bellhouse Lane. The club moved to its current home of Broad Lane in 1892 with a new clubhouse. There have been several new clubhouses built on the existing site with the most recent developments coming in the late 1980's with significant improvements to the facilities in 2011.
In the early days the club played a number of friendly matches. Grappers then played regular fixtures up to the 2nd World War. In 1939, before war broke out, Grappers were founder members of the North Cheshire League but the league was stopped at the start of the war and was never resumed.
From the 1960's onwards GCC were members of the Manchester Association which was the prelude to the clubs most successful period.
The 70's & 80's the golden years
In 1981, after a couple of good seasons following promotion to the top division in the late 70's, the 1st XI won the top flight for the first time. One of Grappenhall's best teams, it included some famous Grappers names such as Duncan Martindale, Rick Houghton, Chris Ashton, Neil Titchard, Jim Green, Nick Sharp and a young Neil Fairbrother, only a few years before he headed off for big things with Lancashire and England.
In 1982, the 1st XI went one better, this time winning the league and cup double with the HC Cup Final being one of a number of appearances the club mate at Old Trafford in the 80's.
The double was repeated in 1987 with another appearance at Old Trafford, this time with the team including another future Lancashire star and future Grappers captain in Steve Titchard. In the same season, the 2nd XI also tasted success by winning the Worthington Cup.
There were a number of other cup successes for the club during this period for the different senior and junior teams, with many a memorable game taking place and the tales still being regaled today.
In 1992, the club were in their last season in Manchester Association before a move to the CCCL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PC2FGR - Grappenhall Cricket Club played its first game in 1881 on a ground in Bellhouse Lane. The club moved to its current home of Broad Lane in 1892 with a new clubhouse. There have been several new clubhouses built on the existing site with the most recent developments coming in the late 1980's with significant improvements to the facilities in 2011.
In the early days the club played a number of friendly matches. Grappers then played regular fixtures up to the 2nd World War. In 1939, before war broke out, Grappers were founder members of the North Cheshire League but the league was stopped at the start of the war and was never resumed.
From the 1960's onwards GCC were members of the Manchester Association which was the prelude to the clubs most successful period.
The 70's & 80's the golden years
In 1981, after a couple of good seasons following promotion to the top division in the late 70's, the 1st XI won the top flight for the first time. One of Grappenhall's best teams, it included some famous Grappers names such as Duncan Martindale, Rick Houghton, Chris Ashton, Neil Titchard, Jim Green, Nick Sharp and a young Neil Fairbrother, only a few years before he headed off for big things with Lancashire and England.
In 1982, the 1st XI went one better, this time winning the league and cup double with the HC Cup Final being one of a number of appearances the club mate at Old Trafford in the 80's.
The double was repeated in 1987 with another appearance at Old Trafford, this time with the team including another future Lancashire star and future Grappers captain in Steve Titchard. In the same season, the 2nd XI also tasted success by winning the Worthington Cup.
There were a number of other cup successes for the club during this period for the different senior and junior teams, with many a memorable game taking place and the tales still being regaled today.
In 1992, the club were in their last season in Manchester Association before a move to the CCCL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PC2FHK - Grappenhall Cricket Club played its first game in 1881 on a ground in Bellhouse Lane. The club moved to its current home of Broad Lane in 1892 with a new clubhouse. There have been several new clubhouses built on the existing site with the most recent developments coming in the late 1980's with significant improvements to the facilities in 2011.
In the early days the club played a number of friendly matches. Grappers then played regular fixtures up to the 2nd World War. In 1939, before war broke out, Grappers were founder members of the North Cheshire League but the league was stopped at the start of the war and was never resumed.
From the 1960's onwards GCC were members of the Manchester Association which was the prelude to the clubs most successful period.
The 70's & 80's the golden years
In 1981, after a couple of good seasons following promotion to the top division in the late 70's, the 1st XI won the top flight for the first time. One of Grappenhall's best teams, it included some famous Grappers names such as Duncan Martindale, Rick Houghton, Chris Ashton, Neil Titchard, Jim Green, Nick Sharp and a young Neil Fairbrother, only a few years before he headed off for big things with Lancashire and England.
In 1982, the 1st XI went one better, this time winning the league and cup double with the HC Cup Final being one of a number of appearances the club mate at Old Trafford in the 80's.
The double was repeated in 1987 with another appearance at Old Trafford, this time with the team including another future Lancashire star and future Grappers captain in Steve Titchard. In the same season, the 2nd XI also tasted success by winning the Worthington Cup.
There were a number of other cup successes for the club during this period for the different senior and junior teams, with many a memorable game taking place and the tales still being regaled today.
In 1992, the club were in their last season in Manchester Association before a move to the CCCL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PC2FJ5 - Grappenhall Cricket Club played its first game in 1881 on a ground in Bellhouse Lane. The club moved to its current home of Broad Lane in 1892 with a new clubhouse. There have been several new clubhouses built on the existing site with the most recent developments coming in the late 1980's with significant improvements to the facilities in 2011.
In the early days the club played a number of friendly matches. Grappers then played regular fixtures up to the 2nd World War. In 1939, before war broke out, Grappers were founder members of the North Cheshire League but the league was stopped at the start of the war and was never resumed.
From the 1960's onwards GCC were members of the Manchester Association which was the prelude to the clubs most successful period.
The 70's & 80's the golden years
In 1981, after a couple of good seasons following promotion to the top division in the late 70's, the 1st XI won the top flight for the first time. One of Grappenhall's best teams, it included some famous Grappers names such as Duncan Martindale, Rick Houghton, Chris Ashton, Neil Titchard, Jim Green, Nick Sharp and a young Neil Fairbrother, only a few years before he headed off for big things with Lancashire and England.
In 1982, the 1st XI went one better, this time winning the league and cup double with the HC Cup Final being one of a number of appearances the club mate at Old Trafford in the 80's.
The double was repeated in 1987 with another appearance at Old Trafford, this time with the team including another future Lancashire star and future Grappers captain in Steve Titchard. In the same season, the 2nd XI also tasted success by winning the Worthington Cup.
There were a number of other cup successes for the club during this period for the different senior and junior teams, with many a memorable game taking place and the tales still being regaled today.
In 1992, the club were in their last season in Manchester Association before a move to the CCCL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTA4G - Robinsons Brewery is a family-run, regional brewery, founded in 1849 at the Unicorn Inn in Stockport, England. The company owns more than 300 public houses, mostly in North West England.
William Robinson purchased the Unicorn Inn from Samuel Hole on 29 September 1838. His eldest son George brewed the first Robinsons Ale there in 1849.
In 1859, Frederic Robinson took over from George and bought a warehouse to the rear of the inn to expand brewing capacity. As a result, Robinsons ale became available at pubs around the Stockport area. To control the quality of ale sold, Frederic began to purchase public houses. From 1878 until his death in 1890, Frederic established twelve pubs which exclusively served his ale. This was the beginning of what was to become an estate of over 300 pubs across the North West of England and North Wales.
The Unicorn Brewery still rests on the foundations of the public house on Lower Hillgate in Stockport.
The brewery continues to be run by the fifth and sixth generations of the Robinson family. The company took over Hartley's Brewery in Ulverston in 1982, closing it and transferring the brewing of Hartley's beers to Stockport in 1991. Robinsons have acquired a number of other breweries over the years, including John Heginbotham, Stalybridge (1915)
T. Schofield & Son, Ashton under Lyne (1926)
Kays Atlas Brewery, Ardwick (1929) and Bell & Co, Stockport (1949).
The brewery owns many historic pubs, including the New Hall Inn in Bowness on Windermere.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PBRY43 - Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago. Barley has been used as animal fodder, as a source of fermentable material for beer and certain distilled beverages, and as a component of various health foods. It is used in soups and stews, and in barley bread of various cultures. Barley grains are commonly made into malt in a traditional and ancient method of preparation.
In 2014, barley was ranked fourth among grains in quantity produced (144 million tonnes) behind maize, rice and wheat.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H0GD13 - Grappenhall is a suburban village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is situated along the Bridgewater Canal, and forms one of the principal settlements of Grappenhall and Thelwall civil parish. According to the 2001 UK census, the population of the entire civil parish was 9,377.
Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday Book with the name Gropenhale and with a valuation of five shillings.
St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower. This is believed to be Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later. The church was also, at a time, in the possession of the Boidelle (Boydell) family.
Along with the church, the centre of the village contains two pubs the Parr Arms and the Ram's Head and Grappenhall Hall Residential School (no longer a Residential School) and St. Wilfrid's Primary School. Bradshaw Community Primary School is located north of the village centre.
Parts of the Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes were filmed in the centre of Grappenhall. The village name appears in the title of the song Grappenhall Rag, by the Darwen singer-songwriter Bryn Haworth.
Grappenhall is home to the 25th Warrington East (St. Wilfrid's) Scout Troop. There is also a cricket ground, which is the home of Grappenhall Cricket Club.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H0GDCP - Grappenhall is a suburban village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is situated along the Bridgewater Canal, and forms one of the principal settlements of Grappenhall and Thelwall civil parish. According to the 2001 UK census, the population of the entire civil parish was 9,377.
Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday Book with the name Gropenhale and with a valuation of five shillings.
St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower. This is believed to be Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later. The church was also, at a time, in the possession of the Boidelle (Boydell) family.
Along with the church, the centre of the village contains two pubs the Parr Arms and the Ram's Head and Grappenhall Hall Residential School (no longer a Residential School) and St. Wilfrid's Primary School. Bradshaw Community Primary School is located north of the village centre.
Parts of the Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes were filmed in the centre of Grappenhall. The village name appears in the title of the song Grappenhall Rag, by the Darwen singer-songwriter Bryn Haworth.
Grappenhall is home to the 25th Warrington East (St. Wilfrid's) Scout Troop. There is also a cricket ground, which is the home of Grappenhall Cricket Club.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY039M - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY03K7 - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY040B - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY04PG - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY056G - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY074E - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY085J - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY08C7 - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY08RX - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY098A - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GGWH4J -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PR7 - On tapping or scanning their smartphone over the QR code or NFC tag to the right of the poster, a unique url will open in their phone's browser. If the campaign is mobile-platform enabled, this will lead straight to the advertiser's website or content
if not, they will be taken to a standard Clear Channel landing page. On a scroller or digital panel (where multiple advertisers are involved), on scanning or tapping, the consumer will be presented with a list of advertisers whose campaigns are mobile platform enabled for them to select from.
Near field communication (NFC) is a set of ideas and technologies that enable smartphones and other devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, typically a distance of 10 cm (3.9 in) or less. Each full NFC device can work in 3 modes: NFC target (acting like a credential), NFC initiator (as a reader) and NFC peer to peer. Most of the first business models like advertisement tags or other industrial applications have not been successful, always overtaken by another technology (3D barcodes, UHF tags, ...)
The main advantage of NFC is that NFC devices are often cloud connected. Connected credentials can be provisioned over the air unlike a standard card (Hotel or visitor applications). All connected NFC enabled smartphones can be provisioned with dedicated apps, which gives any application hundreds of millions of potential dedicated readers in opposition of the traditional dedicated infrastructure of ticket, access control or payment readers. All NFC peers can connect a third party NFC device with a server for any action or reconfiguration.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EBFWEX -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYTW -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD4PWY -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYD2M -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJP0M -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9B6C -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9B6Y -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9B7H -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91FEA - Too many bins and times to recycle domestic waste
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91FET - Too many bins and times to recycle domestic waste
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8DYMB - An example of the record of the twin celebrations of two queen Jubilee, Victoria and Elizabeth was recorded in stone work.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8EHP0 - An example of the record of the twin celebrations of two queen Jubilee, Victoria and Elizabeth was recorded in stone work.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8DYH5 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8DYJX -
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8559566106 - 'St Etienne - 'Spring' - Play this track here.
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A great track from the London Conversations album. this time of year always reminds me of it with all the snowdrops in the hedgerows. Very uplifting that Easter and warmer, longer days just around the corner.
Saint Etienne are an English electronic music band from London, formed in 1990. The band consists of Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named of course after the French football team AS Saint-\u00c9tienne
Saint Etienne were associated with the 'indie dance' genre in the early 1990s. Their typical approach was to combine sonic elements of the dance-pop that emerged in the wake of the so-called Second Summer of Love (e.g. samples and digitally synthesized sounds) with an emphasis on songwriting involving romantic and introspective themes more commonly associated with traditional British pop and rock music.
Early work demonstrated the influence of '60s soul, '70s dub and rock as well as '80s dance music, giving them a broad palette of sounds and a reputation for eclecticism. Years later, The Times wrote that they 'deftly fused the grooviness of Swinging Sixties London with a post-acid house backbeat'. Their first two albums, Foxbase Alpha and So Tough feature sounds chiefly associated with house music, such as standard TR-909 drum patterns and Italo house piano riffs mixed with original sounds, notable by the use of found dialogue, sampled from 1960s British realist cinema. Some of these earlier recordings included skits by (Brass Eye) satirist Chris Morris.
Checkout more w=33062170@N08\' target=\'_blank\'>ipod music from my photostream.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8089409008 - 'An agaric is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus (cap) that is clearly differentiated from the stipe (stalk), with lamellae (gills) on the underside of the pileus. 'Agaric' can also refer to a basidiomycete species characterized by an agaric-type fruiting body. An archaic usage of the word agaric meant 'tree-fungus' (after Latin agaricum)
however, that meaning was superseded by the Linnaean interpretation in 1753 when Linnaeus used the generic name Agaricus for gilled mushrooms.
Most species of agarics are classified in the Agaricales, however, this type of fruiting body is thought to have evolved several times independently, hence the Russulales, Boletales, Hymenochaetales, and several other groups of basidiomycetes also contain agaric species. Older systems of classification place all agarics in the Agaricales, and some (mostly older) sources still use 'agarics' as a common name for the Agaricales.
Contemporary sources now tend to use the term euagarics when referring only to members of the Agaricales. 'Agaric' is also sometimes used as a common name for members of the genus Agaricus, as well as for members of other genera, for example, Amanita muscaria is sometimes called 'fly agaric'.
Amanita muscaria poisoning occurs in either young children or people ingesting it to have a hallucinogenic experience. Occasionally, immature button forms have been mistaken for puffballs. Additionally, the white spots can be washed away during heavy rain and it then may seem as the edible A. caesarea.
Amanita muscaria contains a number of biologically active agents, at least one of which, muscimol, is known to be psychoactive. Ibotenic acid, a neurotoxin, serves as a prodrug to muscimol, with approximately 10-20% converting to muscimol upon ingestion. A toxic dose in adults is approximately 6 mg muscimol or 30 to 60 mg ibotenic acid
this is typically about the amount found in one cap of Amanita muscaria. However, the amount and ratio of chemical compounds per mushroom varies widely from region to region and season to season, which further confuses the issue. Spring and summer mushrooms have been reported to contain up to 10 times as much ibotenic acid and muscimol compared to autumn fruitings.
A fatal dose has been calculated at an amount of 15 caps. Deaths from this fungus A. muscaria has been reported in historical journal articles and newspaper reports
however, with modern medical treatment a fatal outcome because of the poison of this mushroom would be extremely rare. Many older books list it as 'deadly' but this is a mistake that gives the impression it is far more toxic than it actually is. The North American Mycological Association has stated there are absolutely no reliably documented fatalities in the past century. The vast majority (90% or more) of mushroom poisoning deaths are from having eaten either the greenish to yellowish death cap (A. phalloides) or perhaps even one of the several white Amanita species which are known as destroying angels.
The active constituents of this species are water soluble, and boiling and then discarding the cooking water will at least partly detoxify A. muscaria. However, drying may increase potency as the process facilitates the conversion of ibotenic acid to the more potent muscimol. According to some sources, once detoxified, the mushroom becomes edible.
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(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Grappenhall,library,friends,Friends of Grappenhall Library,fol,albert,rd,road,victoria,ave,avenue,south,warrington,cheshire,uk,bourough,council,big,society,project,charity,opening,grand,cakes,volunteers,libraries,England,local,crowd,mayor,mike,biggins,scout,leader,john,ashby,sheelagh,connolly
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7208117684 - 'A historic day today as the previously closed library (borough cuts April 2011) has now been officially re-named and re-opened by The Friends of Grappenhall Library. A registered charity, volunteers now run the facility which has been renamed 'Grappenhall Community Library'.
5000+ donated books fill the shelves once again and over 150 opening sessions already completed, over 1000 books have been issued. Over 34% to younger readers and under 16's.
Read more at friendsofgrappenhalllibrary.wordpress.com/ or pop in when open (Mon/Tues 1pm-5pm &
Thu/Sat 10-1pm) to find out more if you live in South Warrington. Always craft activities for younger ones and you will receive a warm welcome. ',
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7351498024 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
14 is the 3rd discrete semiprime ( 2 . 7 ) and the 3rd member of the (2.q) discrete semiprime family. The number following 14\u201415 is itself a discrete semiprime and this is the first such pair of discrete semiprimes. The next example is the pair commencing 21.
The aliquot sum \u03c3(n) of 14 is 10, also a discrete semiprime and this is again the first example of a discrete semiprime having an aliquot sum in the same form. 14 has an aliquot sequence of 6 members ( 14,10,8,7,1,0) 14 is the third composite number in the 7-aliquot tree.
Fourteen is itself the Aliquot sum of two numbers
the discrete semiprime 22, and the square number 196.
It is the base of the tetradecimal notation.
In base fifteen and higher bases (such as hexadecimal), fourteen is represented as E.
14 is the atomic number of silicon, its also the number of Stations of the Cross and number of Infalliables (Masoomeen) in Shia Ithna-Asheri Islam.
Its the minimum age limit to drive a 50cc motorbike in Italy.
Checkout teenage riot here..
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7148349357 - 'Dave Vanian (born David Lett, 12 October 1956, Hemel Hempstead, England) is a rock musician, famous for being the lead singer of the punk rock band The Damned. The band formed in 1976 in London and Vanian is the only ever-present member of the group. They were the first of the British punk bands to release a single, an album, have a record hit the UK charts, and tour the United States.
Lett changed his name to Dave Vanian (pronounced as in 'Transylvanian') when he became a musician, having previously worked as a gravedigger.
He was one of the early influencers of gothic fashion by wearing dark and otherworldly clothing both on-stage and off. In November 1976, the British music magazine, NME, commented that Vanian 'resembles a runaway from The Addams Family'.
This was a cracking gig at The Parr Hall in Warrington 5th May 2012.
Support was from Utopian Love Revival.
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Seventeen is the 7th prime number. The next prime is nineteen, with which it forms a twin prime. 17 is the sum of the first four primes. 17 is the sixth Mersenne prime exponent, yielding 131071. 17 is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3n \u2212 1.
17 is the third Fermat prime, as it is of the form 24 + 1, and it is also a Proth prime. Since 17 is a Fermat prime, regular heptadecagons can be constructed with compass and unmarked ruler. This was proven by Carl Friedrich Gauss. Another consequence of 17 being a Fermat prime is that it is not a Higgs prime for squares or cubes
in fact, it is the smallest prime not to be a Higgs prime for squares, and the smallest not to be a Higgs prime for cubes.
17 is the only positive Genocchi number that is prime, the only negative one being \u22123. It is also the third Stern prime.
As 17 is the least prime factor of the first twelve terms of the Euclid\u2013Mullin sequence, it is the thirteenth term.
Seventeen is the aliquot sum of two numbers, the odd discrete semiprimes 39 and 55 is the base of the 17-aliquot tree.
In the United Kingdom, 17 is the minimum driving age for a car or van. An amazing Potterfactiod, In the Harry Potter universe, 17 is the coming of age for wizards. It is equivalent to the usual coming of age at 18. 17 is the number of Sickles in one Galleon in the British wizards' currency. Take that one to the pub quiz.
Ladytron (named after a Roxy Music track) captured that teenage seventeen feeling well.
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Candleland is the first solo album by Ian McCulloch, released 17 September 1989. This album marked McCulloch's departure from Echo &
the Bunnymen in 1989. The album features a guest appearance by the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser on the title song, 'Candleland'. The album reached number 18 on the UK Albums Chart and number 179 on the Billboard 200.
The blossom this spring is truly breathtaking. Heaps of dazzling white blackthorn flowers look like piles of snow dropped on to hedgerows, and stunning white or pink cherry blossoms have turned parks and gardens into a magical wonderland.
Conditions for the blossom have been near perfect, with plenty of warm sunshine and hardly a wisp of wind, drop of rain or touch of frost to ruin the blooms. And even the winter weather played a part, with the bitter cold in late January and early February boosting the growth of many trees and shrubs, and which will help the crops of fruits and berries later in the year.
The magnificent symphony of spring is well under way, each plant opening its leaves and flowers in a remarkable choreography. A green mist is now enveloping hedges and woods as the early tree and shrub leaves \u2013 such as hawthorns, elders, hornbeams and weeping willows \u2013 burst open.
Woodland floors are also turning green as carpets of plant leaves pop up, decorated with splashes of bright woodland flowers glistening in the spring sunshine, such as wood anemone, lesser celandine and dog violets. Even the first bluebells are peeking through in some southern parts of England.
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'Secrets' was the first Punilux track I came across. I still have the 7' vinyl in my loft as well as the excellent 'Puppet Life'. They took their name from an 1891 painting by Giovanni Segantini in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
Punishment of Luxury, also known as Punilux, are a four-man post-punk band from Newcastle, England, who were active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They released an excellent album 'Laughing Academy' on UA (United Artists), and another on Red Rhino Records. They reformed in the late 1980s and again in 2007.
From a background working in left-wing English fringe theatre groups, Punishment Of Luxury were a four-man post-punk band formed in December 1976 in Newcastle. The band consisted initially of Brian Bond (born Brian Rapkin - vocals), Neville Luxury (born Neville Atkinson - guitar, vocals), Red Helmet (guitar, vocals), Jimi Giro (bass guitar, vocals), and 'Liquid' Les Denham (drums).
They released a single, 'Puppet Life' on the Small Wonder label in July 1978. In 1979 they signed to United Artists and released the singles 'Engine Of Excess' and 'Secrets', and the album Laughing Academy. 1980 saw the release of the single 'Laughing Academy'. An extensive European tour followed and United Artists sent the band into the studio to record another album, a concept album to be called Gigantic Days. However while the recording was still going on, United Artists were taken over by EMI, who dropped the band.
Neville, Bond, and Giro recruited guitarists Steve Sekrit (born Steven Robson) and Tim Magenta to a new lineup, now going by the name Punilux. They released a further album on the Red Rhino label, 7 in 1983, with Magenta replaced by Rab Aitch, before Neville Luxury went solo, releasing the mini-album Feels Like Dancing Wartime in 1984. The album Gigantic Days was finally released, on CD, in 1998 by Overground Records.
The albums are tricky to track down, but worth the effort.
The distinguishing feature of all puffballs is that they do not have an open cap with spore-bearing gills. Instead, spores are produced internally, in a spheroidal fruiting body called a gasterothecium (gasteroid ('stomach-like') basidiocarp). As the spores mature, they form a mass called a gleba in the centre of the fruiting body that is often of a distinctive color and texture.
The basidiocarp remains closed until after the spores have been released from the basidia. Eventually, it develops an aperture, or dries, becomes brittle, and splits, and the spores escape. The spores of puffballs are statismospores rather than ballistospores, meaning they are not actively shot off the basidium.
The fungi are called 'puffballs' because clouds of brown dust-like spores are emitted when the mature fruiting body bursts, or in response to impacts such as those of falling raindrops. Puffballs and similar forms are thought to have evolved repeatedly (that is, in numerous independent events) from hymenomycetes by gasteromycetation, through secotioid stages.
Thus, 'Gasteromycetes' and 'Gasteromycetidae' are now considered to be descriptive, morphological terms (more properly gasteroid or gasteromycetes, to avoid taxonomic implications) but not valid cladistic terms.
These two were spotted in an autumnal wood, near plenty of decaying leaves and branches.
While most puffballs are not poisonous, some often look similar to young agarics, especially the deadly Amanitas, such as the Death Cap mushroom. It is for this reason that all puffballs gathered in mushroom hunting should be cut in half lengthwise. Young puffballs in the edible stage, before maturation of the gleba, have undifferentiated white flesh within
whereas the gills of immature Amanita mushrooms can be seen if they are closely examined.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BGHB2N - The 23rd Grappenhall Beer Festival in South Warrington starts on Friday 10th May 2019. After the success of last year, where we raised money to help finance the Community Centre pathways, we are looking forward to welcoming you to our 2019 Beer Festival for another evening of excellent real ale, fine ciders and fantastic entertainment. For those of you who prefer something made from grapes, we have wine too. We have over 30 Real Ales and Ciders for you to try whilst listening to the fantastic live performance by local band, True Reflections.
Hot food and soft drinks are also available throughout the evening
The Beer Festival Team are looking forward to seeing you in the Olde Barn, Bellhouse Lane, WA4 2SG!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4623798888 - 'Whats more British than a beer festival? I was at my local one today, walking distance from 'Chez nous'. This is the view of the calm before the storm!
Second from the left is my old neighbour from a while back Sally Holland. Some of the fantastic beers on hand are listed below:
Brewery,Beer/Cider, ABV
Abbeydale, Restoration, 4.2 *
Acorn, Northdown, Blonde 4.0
Ashover, Rainbows End, 4.5
Black Hole, Cosmic, 4.2 *
Blue Monkey, Evolution, 4.3
Blythe, Palmers Poison, 4.5 *
Bridge House, Barnstorm, 4.2 *
Burton Bridge, Walkers Way, 4.5
Cheddar Ales, Gorge Best, 4.0
Croglin, Loki Original, 3.9
Downtown, Honey Blonde, 4.3
Dunham Massey, Duerrs Honey Beer, 4.1 *
Durham, Inspiration, 3.6
Empire, Famous 5, 3.8
Enville, White, 4.2
Fallons, Lancastrian Gold, 4.0
Havant, Herd, 4.2
Hop Back, Summer Lightning, 5.0
Hornbeam, Lemon Blossom, 3.7
Ironbridge, Boundary Gold, 4.5
Jarrow, Willie Would Have, 4.5
Kelham Island, Pale Rider, 5.2
Keystone, Solar Brew, 3.8
Mallinsons, Up &
Over, 3.8
Marble, Ginger, 4.5 *
Meantime, LPA, 4.5
Oakham, White Dwarf, 4.3
Phoenix, Wobbly Bob, 6.0 ****
Shardlow, Narrow Boat, 4.3
Thornbridge, Jaipur IPA, 5.9
White Horse, Village Idiot, 4.1
Windlestone, New Gold 3.9
Windsor &
Eton, Guardsman, 4.2
Winster Valley, Best Bitter 3.7
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4608926442 - 'Don't cry, don't do anything
No lies, back in the government
No tears, party time is here again
President Gas is up for president
Line up, put your kisses down
Say 'yeah' say 'yes' again
Stand up, there's a head count
President Gas on everything but roller skates
It's sick the price of medicine
Stand up, we'll put you on your feet again
Open up your eyes just to check that you're asleep again
President Gas is President Gas again
He comes in from the left sometimes
He comes in from the right
It's so heavily advertised that he wants you and I
It's a real cowboy set, electric company
Every day is happy days
It's hell without the sin, but
This old track from the The Psychedelic Furs, President Gas usually comes to mind when I am doing my civic duty every three to four years.
The Furs were an act spawned from the British punk rock scene. Originally RKO,' then 'Radio' and for a while 'The Europeans'. Built around singer Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass guitar. The classic first album was a Steve Lillywhite production.
The band recorded their 1983 album, Forever Now, with producer Todd Rundgren in Woodstock, New York. In 1986 when movie director/writer John Hughes borrowed their song title 'Pretty in Pink' for his movie of the same name. A newly-recorded version of the song became the Psychedlic Furs' biggest hit to that time. 'Heartbreak Beat' from the 1987 album 'Midnight To Midnight', was to be the Furs' biggest top 40 entry in the US.
The band split in the early 1990s, with the Butler brothers going on to found Love Spit Love. In 2000, 'Beautiful Chaos: Greatest Hits Live' was released to plug the gap of the missing live album. In my opinion, the BBC in concert bootlegs of 1982 &
1984 are better encapsulations of the band live. I saw them at the Royal Court in Liverpool that latter year.
A UK reunion tour was pencilled in last year including a manchester academy date, but this was unfortunately cancelled. earlier dates in the USA went ahead and a recording of 17/09/2009 in San Francisco that can be found on the web sounds like a band on top form.
Fingers crossed I may manage to see them again soon!
(2010 week 17)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4576383706 - 'The suggestion is that after the May 2010 election, Britain will have lots of spare cash for all those things we aspire to spend on, such as new cancer drugs and such. With all the main parties hiding the details on what will be cut to tackle the current deficit, it is unlikely whoever gets in, there will be much left over for essential stuff like this. Most people realise it is charities, university research labs and big pharma who actuallly find these drugs, not central government. Maybe in the big Tory idea of 'everyone doing it for themselves', we should all be looking for these drugs ourselves? I read one satirical piece that suggested in this mode if we could not find a satisfactory hospital consultant the inferrence was that we should get a mirror and our own scalpal &
have a go.
It will be interesting to see what the reality is when the votes are counted and the job of dealing with that deficit starts. That could be like the colour shift in this image, a different kind of drug, a bad acid trip!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4581219298 - 'From the towpath of the Bridgewater canal in Grappenhall, I spotted this duck with her new chicks. They were all bunched under her to keep warm and there looked to be about ten of them. I haven't seen any out on the water yet. Fingers crossed they'll all make it.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4552559482 - 'Ahh, a week of warm english weather, blossoms, daffy's, spring has definitely landed. Where church lane and Broad lane meet is a lovely spot for catching the last rays of sun before heading into the village for a quick pint before tea. I would have liked to have been able to say I could smell a BBQ but it would be a wee fib! Also a blue sky untarnished with smoke trails from planes. All air traffic thankfully grounded by the Iceland volcano.
Grappenhall on the edge of south Warrington is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name Gropenhale. It roughly translates to 'The Groping Place' as my cousin (who has a degree in such matters but also an uncharacteristically un-catholic sense of humour) once explained to me. At the time of the Domesday Grappenhall was stated to be worth five shillings. Lets hope that was just the tax revenue.
St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower. This is believed to be Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I have resisted photographing the cat, although may relent if I can find a suitably creative way of doing it.
Parts of the Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes were filmed in the centre of Grappenhall. The 'large room' in Grappenhall village, was converted into a Police station for the filming of the 'Wisteria Lodge' episode of The Return of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett. The 'Rams Head' pub was converted to the 'The Bull Hotel' in the same episode (see www.flickr.com/photos/nathanchantrell/4010783429/in/photo... ).
Grappenhall has a thriving Cricket Club and is part of the CCC. Cheshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cheshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The club is based at Cheadle and plays matches around the county at Boughton Hall in Chester, Nantwich, New Brighton, Grappenhall and Alderley Edge.
Oh, and by-the-way, I have reached 300 in my 365 without missing a day so far - yay! (big thanks to Jill, who helped me decide to start, way back in June - Hanx!)
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9GHTR - Attempting to mislead voters by using polling data to claim electoral advantage over rivals could have long-term implications for trust in politicians, a fact-checking charity has warned.
Leaflets sent to the Guardian from readers around the country show the Liberal Democrats in particular appear to be using bar charts to press home a message that they have a good chance of winning, even in seats where the likes of the Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg or Labour stalwarts are seen as difficult to dislodge.
In some leaflets the party omitted spectacular results for the Brexit party in bar charts showing the European election results, while in others it projected local election results to forecast wins in the general election.
The chief executive of the independent fact-checking charity Full Fact, Will Moy, said dubious use of data would damage the future trust of voters.
Honesty in politics matters, whether it's in a speech or in a leaflet. It's misleading to present a mix of data from different polls and constituency boundaries as an accurate predictor of local results this December, he said. Parliamentary candidates are asking voters for their trust over the next five years. The words of our future MPs shouldn't be undermined by misleading use of graphs or polls.
From Totnes to Wimbledon, Oxford and Warwick, the Liberal Democrats have used phone surveys and local, district and European elections data to try to convince voters of their ability to win.
The muddling of data for electoral advantage was a perennial problem and practised by all parties, including the Tories who recently claimed Labour party plans would cost £1.2tn, said the psephologist John Curtice.
In 75 constituencies where the Lib Dems came third last time, the European election projections would put them in second place. The Lib Dems always suffer from the potential perception we can't possibly win' and that's why they are using the European elections.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9GHTT - Attempting to mislead voters by using polling data to claim electoral advantage over rivals could have long-term implications for trust in politicians, a fact-checking charity has warned.
Leaflets sent to the Guardian from readers around the country show the Liberal Democrats in particular appear to be using bar charts to press home a message that they have a good chance of winning, even in seats where the likes of the Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg or Labour stalwarts are seen as difficult to dislodge.
In some leaflets the party omitted spectacular results for the Brexit party in bar charts showing the European election results, while in others it projected local election results to forecast wins in the general election.
The chief executive of the independent fact-checking charity Full Fact, Will Moy, said dubious use of data would damage the future trust of voters.
Honesty in politics matters, whether it's in a speech or in a leaflet. It's misleading to present a mix of data from different polls and constituency boundaries as an accurate predictor of local results this December, he said. Parliamentary candidates are asking voters for their trust over the next five years. The words of our future MPs shouldn't be undermined by misleading use of graphs or polls.
From Totnes to Wimbledon, Oxford and Warwick, the Liberal Democrats have used phone surveys and local, district and European elections data to try to convince voters of their ability to win.
The muddling of data for electoral advantage was a perennial problem and practised by all parties, including the Tories who recently claimed Labour party plans would cost £1.2tn, said the psephologist John Curtice.
In 75 constituencies where the Lib Dems came third last time, the European election projections would put them in second place. The Lib Dems always suffer from the potential perception we can't possibly win' and that's why they are using the European elections.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4448619969 - 'The lovely Linda Ann in her designer lingerie and underwear emporium at 99 Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire.
You have no doubt passed it many times on the A50. Its worth a visit (just take a left when you see the 'Styling Your Curves' sign next to the road as you reach the Choy Hing Village.
Certainly more a shop for the ladies, I wouldn't know my underwired from my padded basque or the difference between a body, babydoll or a Bustier. Luckily Linda has a website for 'La Bonita' (which in spanish means 'The Pretty One' - www.labonitaonline.com 01925 212937) so if you are looking at something for the weekend, you can order it there on your plastic.
Being a bloke the correct choice of a well fitted bra has not really been one of my problems. As several women have told me over the years, finding a good shop that understands this is generally worth its weight in gold. Linda has some useful hints and tips on her website and I am sure if you take yourself in to see her, you will be in good hands. She can no doubt guide you through the minefield of types
backless, balconette, bungalow, convertible, coupe, cupless, demi cup, front-fastening, full coverage, halter, longline, minimizing, padded, plunge, push-up, racerback, sports/athletic, strapless, strapless-backless, t-shirt, underwired, wireless, sports bra, and invisible.
The quantity of underwiring in some bra's is now becoming an issue with enhanced metal detector checks at airports. Triumph International have launched a 'Frequent Flyer Bra'. This oneuses metal free clasps and resin underwires instead of steel that are guaranteed to not set off metal detectors.
A fundraiser in need of some support www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4318167727/
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Keywords: wdcc,thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc,warrington,district,camera,photographic,photo,bellhouse,society,lane,grappenhall,bank,quays,central,cheshire,england,UK,awards,competition,winners,simon,ian,sprott,molyneux,certificate,365project,camra,DSLR,nikon,canon,sony,olympus,pentax,Chehire,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4417346121 - 'It was the Warrington District Camera Club AGM tonight in Grappenhall. This included the usual treasurers report (finances=healthy), ratification of the coming programme (program=ratified) and presentation of certificates etc for competition success over the previous year.
Here Simon Molyneux is shown on the left receiving his 'certificate of merit' from WDCC competition secretary Ian Sprott.
The camera club meet in 'The Studio' , first floor GYCA club, Bellhouse lane, Grappenhall, Warrington WA4 2PL.
Visitors cam drop in with their new cameras or DSLR's on one of their fortnightly monday meetings. A list of coming nights can be seen here: www.flickr.com/groups/wdcc/discuss/72157623437736995/
Here is an image from a camera club portrait night: www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3874777337/
Some of Ians images can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/siprott/
Some of Simons here www.flickr.com/photos/39889537@N05/
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Keywords: manchester,ship,canal,co,company,MSCC,grappenhall,stockton,heath,cantilever,bridge,warrington,cheshire,england,uk,britain,water,over,head,overhead,still,summer,mirror,image,reflection,glass,Chehire,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4392889987 - 'One of the cantilevered bridges over the Manchester ship canal at sunset.
The Warburton Toll Bridge crosses the Manchester Ship Canal on the B5159 road, connecting Warrington with Trafford. There was an old stone bridge across the now dried up bed of the diverted River Mersey from 1863, there was an original toll for this.
The toll contributes towards the maintenance of the high level bridge style metal bridge and approach road. There is a limit of 3 tons on the bridge. The last time I crossed it was 12p. I believe a 25p ticket can be taken and used all day, a bit like the Thelwall ferry www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4337673883/ . There is also an annual pass from the MSCC.
If you cross, tolls are charged from 7am till 10pm Monday to Friday, from 8am Saturday and 9am on a Sunday. At 10pm until the following morning there is no charge to cross. Apparently its one of the few remaining pre-motorway toll bridges in the UK and the only one in Greater Manchester. So a little bit of history.
A ship in the canal going through a swing bridge www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4297752647/
MSCC locks at Latchford at night www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4312557732/
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Keywords: horace,eva,banner,stained,glass,colour,colored,window,IM,methodist,independent,church,Grappenhall,A50,knutsford,rd,road,cheshire,warrington,england,UK,britain,missionary,brazil,amazon,position,preacher,interior,inside,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,building,buildings,built,architecture,sex,sexy,muchacha,femenina,de,la,mujer,se\u00f1ora,lady,female,woman,girl,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,\u592b\u4eba\u5973\u6027\u5987\u5973\u5973\u5b69,fille,f\u00e9minine,femme,dame,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4393219878 - 'This is the Horace and Eva Banner stained glass window in Grappenhall Methodist Church, on the A50 Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Cheshire.
They were UFM missionaries to the indians of Brazil. Horace lived from 1906 - 1974 and Eva from 1921 - 1998.
The window depicts Smoke Falls, the location of the Kayapo Mission Station, established by Horace Banner. The falls, on the Xingu are 1000 miles up river from its confluence with the Amazon. Eva and Horace were reputed to be the first white couple ever to see Smoke Falls. With children Jessie Mae and James, they lived in a Kayapo village and ministered to the tribe.
The brass inscription at the side of the window names 'Horace Banner as a missionary to the Tembe and Urubu from 1928 and a pioneer missionary to the Kayapo tribe 1936 - 1972. Eva his wife worked with him amongst the Kayapo at Smoke Falls (1947-1972) and undertook further ministry in Brazil 1975 &
1979. May their example inspire us in our witness for Jesus Christ'.
The window is on the south side of the church, which apart from this is in quite a plain style. Wording on the window is 'Go ye therefore and teach all nations. I am with you always even until the end of the world'. (a version of Matthew 28:20 from the bible).
Below is a more elaborate extract from the Grappenhall IM history:
When Horace first arrived in this part of Brazil, he and William Johnson went in search of three missing missionaries who had not been heard of for several months. Those three missionaries are still known to this day as the \u2018Three Freds' : Fred Roberts, Fred Wright and Fred Dawson.
The three Freds had gone to work amongst the Kayapo and had travelled up the Xingo and then it\u2019s tributary, the Rio Zinho. The Kayapo\u2019s only contact with civilisation was through the savage attacks they carried out on the homes of Brazilian settlers often killing the men and carrying off the women back into the rain forest.
It was an 800 mile journey by boat and motor transport before Horace and William reached the edge of hostile Indian territory. They then made two attempts with the assistance of armed guards to follow the route up the Rio Zinho taken by the three Freds. Eventually they penetrated 200 miles into Indian territory to stand below the waterfall known as Smoke Falls to find the sunken motor boat and the clothing remains belonging to the three Freds.
Horace\u2019s party had travelled along the Rio Zinho knowing that they could be ambushed by the Indians at any time. On their return journey to safety, Horace recorded that he had turned to the second chapter of the book of Ezekial and read:-
\u201cand thou, son of man, be not afraid of them\u2026..be not afraid of their words, nor dismayed at their looks\u2026\u2026Thou shalt speak my words unto them.\u201d
Words of scripture that Horace would follow and lead to forty years of ministry to the Kayapo Indians.
Cricket on the green www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3812187297/ at Grappenhall.
(2010 week 7)
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Keywords: latchford,locks,viaduct,railway,bridge,warrington,cheshire,grappenhall,dusk,night,speeding,car,car-trails,trail,street,light,lamp,yellow,blue,person,man,walking,thelwall,lane,manchester,ship,canal,this photo rocks,tonysmith,tony,smith,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,noche,nuit,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4297793929 - 'The old rusting viaduct which goes across the Manchester Ship Canal at Thelwall New Road.
Left (as too expensive to maintain) when the old Warrington rail link to Altrincham was turned into a cycle path.
This shot was taken at dusk just when there was some light left in the sky.
(2010 week 3)
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Keywords: ginger,beer,alcoholic,crabbies,charing,cross,x,charingx,glasgow,clyde,scotland,grappenhall,warrington,cheshire,england,UK,GB,glass,gold,golden,ale,bubbles,logo,festival,GYCA,bellhouse,club,lane,cat,cheshire cat,hotpix,hotpixuk,tony,smith,this photo rocks,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,edinbrugh
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4276902767 - 'Enjoying a nice cold ginger beer tinight in an old Grappenhall beer festival 2005 glass. Grappenhall is a village in Cheshire, England, UK just south of Warrington. Hence the cheshire cat on teh glass.
The beer festival is usually held around the May bank holiday over Friday until Sunday afternoon if the beer holds out. Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.) Wobbly Bob usually is the ale that runs out first for good reason. Its a nice strong traditional english ale.
What a great idea mixing the ginger wine stuff with beer. I must admit I am a real ginger nut and a sucker for anything with stem or root ginger in it.
Another beery image here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4103319483/
(2010 week 2)
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Keywords: NHS,van,ashton,wigan,lancs,lancashire,north,west,england,britain,red,blue,wnow,ice,winter,cold,vehicle,grappenhall,weaste,lane,ln,cheshire,warrington,UK,january,2010,big,freeze,britains,Yikker,HDR,high dynamic range,rot-rosso-rouge-rood,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,highway,road,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4294320497 - 'NHS Ashton, Leigh, Wigan Van parked (or abandoned) in Weaste Lane, Grappenhall, just off the iced up A50 (Knutsford Road). leading up to the M6 motorway junction 20.
The trust are responsible for hospitals, clinics and doctor surgeries across this Lancashire region.
A more classic vehicle rather than an advertising bill board one here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4009572514/
(2010 week 2)
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Keywords: cold,snow,fall,shower,on,nice,picturesque,historic,cobbled,area,Parr,Arms,Rams,Head,St,Saint,Wilfrids,Wilfreds,history,stone,church,yard,churchyard,gate,lamps,entrance,lamp,on,top,above,WA4,2ED,WA42ED,Grappenhall,Village,Warrington Cheshire,England,UK,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HD36 -
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Keywords: grappenhall,st,annes,avenue,ave,stannes,Warrington,snow,ice,fall,snowfall,snowing,snowy,cheshire,england,UK,A50,Kuntsford,Road,A56,chester,January,2010,jan,winter,GB,cars,houses,gardens,blue,orange,dusk,magic,hour,hotpix,hotpixuk,tonysmith,tony,smith,wa4,2pl,wa42pl,car\u00e1mbano,del,hielo,helado,this photo rocks,HDR,high dynamic range,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,noche,nuit,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4276835821 - 'The morning of the start of the big freeze in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, UK, 5th January 2010 (06/01/2010).
The attempted escape from suburbia to the M6 25 minutes later can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4274897544/
(2010 week 1)
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Keywords: Canal Boat Iced up at Weaste Lane Grappenhall,South,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK.,Winter,Canal,scene,gotonysmith,pack,bigfreeze,big,freeze,cold,snow,snowy,weather,winter,wintery,conditions,South,Warrington,North,west,England,UK,gotonysmith,Warringtonian,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,canal,boat,barge,iced,narrowboat
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWJ8 - Canal Boat Iced up at Weaste Lane Grappenhall, South Warrington Cheshire England UK. Winter Bridgewater Canal scene. The canal with no locks.
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Keywords: Grappenhall Heys,Grappenhall,Heys,sunset,winter,snow,snowy,scene,christmas,xmas,gate,gates,purple,gold,sun,set,rise,village,cheshire,england,britain,north,west,warrington,house,housing,estate,development,scheme,community,residential,astor,drive,stansfield,lichfield,lumbbrook,road,new,lane,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,hotpixuk,tdk,tdktony,\u96ea,sneeuw,neige,Schnee,\u0441\u043d\u0435\u0436\u043e\u043a,nieve,HDR,high dynamic range,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,highway,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4201314508 - 'Well the carols and brass band were cancelled at the walled secret garden due to inclement weather. But I did catch this little gem as I trapsed back over to the village.
A lovely clutch of autumn fungi from the walled garden here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4023484541/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: China,Red,Warrington,Stockton,Heath,village,cheshire,England,food,eat,eating,restaurant,victoria,square,junction,A56,A49,london,road,grappenhall,night,shot,tripod,car,trail,trails,tower,turret,traffic,light,balcony,karaoki,xmas,christmas,lights,december,foodie,banquet,chinese,asian,oriental,veggie,vegetarian,santa,festive,rice,noodle,nightshot,tonysmith,tony,smith,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,joiner,stitch,stitcher,autostitch,auto,pano,imagen,panor\u00e1mica,image,panoramisches,Bild,new,year
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4201878190 - 'China Red from the Victoria buildings in Stockton Heath with Christmas lights and Santa..
Old home of the Hilal Indian opened in 1981. In the recent redevelopment and successful 'branding' of Stockton Heath as Warringtons 'restaurant village', the building now houses the China Red, Pizza Express and a Toni &
Guy.
The latter can offer you a Hobnob while getting blow dried, but for a more substantial meal I would recommend the chinese.
Latchford at dusk www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3782042577/
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Keywords: Thelwall,Grappenhall,bell,lane,village,Cheshire,UK,England,Warrington,Dusk,night,shot,tripod,ambiant,low,light,car,trials,trails,old,post,office,red,box,telephone,british,blue,sky,real,ale,food,Greenall,Greenalls,house,alehouse,olde,traditional,CAMRA,timber,frame,framed,Lymm,pickering,pickering's,historic,365days,photo,photos,photography,photographer,HDR,high dynamic range,tonysmith,tony,smith,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,building,buildings,built,architecture,favourite,pub,pubs,public,houses,noche,nuit
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4107135884 - 'In the year 920 (or was it 923) King Edward the Elder founded a cyty here and called it Thelwall. Written on the Pickering Arms is that inscription.
Still reassuringly serving nice food and ale at the bottom of Bell lane. Or it was today anyway.
Thelwall is plagued with many stories of ghosts www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4103283717/ , as many of the old buildings remain in the area. Many stories of ghost's are found in the older area of Thelwall. Many of the sightings are usually from the Local Pub: 'the Little Manor'. However there has been stories of witches at the old white house with the well on the outskirts of Thelwall.
The church of England All Saints Church is just further north of the pub www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3691489296/
A fortified city was established at Thelwall in 923 during the reign of King Edward the Elder, which is mentioned in two very early sources, including the Anglo Saxon Chronicle:
Kynge Edwarde made a cite at Thelewall in [th]e northe parte of [th]e Marches, nye the water of Mersee, where he put a certeyne knyghtes.
A.D. 923. This year went King Edward with an army, late in the harvest, to Thelwall
and ordered the borough to be repaired, and inhabited, and manned. And he ordered another army also from the population of Mercia, the while he sat there to go to Manchester in Northumbria, to repair and to man it. This year died Archbishop Plegmund
and King Reynold won York.
Earthwork remains of a embankment, possibly part of these fortifications, has been found on the grounds of Chaigeley School. These remains are an English Heritage National Monument.
Another local watering hole at dusk here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3519535917/
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Keywords: Fly Agaric Fungi,Grappenhall heys,South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,white,muscaria,tony,smith,gotonysmith,woods,woodland,wooded,grass,leaves,decay,decaying,forest,floor,woods,wood,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,classic,Fungi,woodlands,undergrowth,damp,autumn,The Fall,Fall
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX2M - Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric (play /ˈæɡərɪk/) or fly amanita (play /ˌæməˈnaɪtə/), is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the southern hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees. The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually deep red mushroom, one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies, with differing cap colour, have been recognised to date, including the brown regalis (considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, and formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades which may represent separate species.
Although it is generally considered poisonous, deaths from its consumption are extremely rare, and it is eaten as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America after parboiling. Amanita muscaria is now primarily famed for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. It was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia
however, such traditions are far less well documented. The American banker and amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson proposed that the fly agaric was in fact the soma of the ancient Rig Veda texts of India
since its introduction in 1968 this theory has gained both followers and detractors in anthropological literature
Description
Keywords: Strawberry,fruit,patch,veggie,vegatable,vegetable,Grappenhall,Heys,walled,secret,garden,cheshire,village,warrington,UK,GB,great,britain,united,kingdom,plants,october,autumn,Grappenhall Village,England,A50,A56,365days,wonder,seeds,red,rouge,rot,tasty,food,this photo rocks,rot-rosso-rouge-rood,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4050861051 - 'A strawberry plant fruiting still hanging on in the Grappenhall Heys (Warrington Cheshire UK ) walled garden veggie patch. I am sure frost is coming soon unfortunately, your number will soon be up.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Sulphur Tuft Fungi at Grappenhall Hays walled garden,South Warrington,Cheshire,UK. Ground lying Autumn,low sun Fall gotonysmith tony smith funghi english england,yellow gold Hypholoma fasciculare,commonly known as the sulphur tuft,sulfur tuft or clustered woodlover,is a common woodland,mushroom,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,at,autumn,the,Fall,ground,Grappenhall Hays,walled,garden,lying,wood,woods,nature,natural,inedible,danger,dangerous,poison,poisonous,common,woodland,Hypholoma fasciculare
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX3H - Hypholoma fasciculare, commonly known as the sulphur tuft, sulfur tuft or clustered woodlover, is a common woodland mushroom, often in evidence when hardly any other mushrooms are to be found. This saprophagic small gill fungus grows prolifically in large clumps on stumps, dead roots or rotting trunks of broadleaved trees. Here seen in North West England in Cheshire (Grappenhall Heys, near Warrington)
The Sulphur Tuft is bitter and poisonous
consuming it can cause vomiting, diarrhea and convulsions. The principal toxic constituents have been named fasciculol E and fasciculol F.
Description
Keywords: Barley,ears,wood,365days,Grappenhall,Warrington,field,autumn,september,sep,2009,seeds,UK,GB,england,agriculture,HDR,high dynamic range,gallery-photo,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3998898461 - 'Some ears of weather worn autumn barley from the field up the road from where I live in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire UK.
Agricultural seeds or grains for the future.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
Description
Keywords: Autumn,harvest,festival,Grappenhall,UK,Village,church,cheshire,St,saint,Wilfrids,Grappenhall, St Wilfrid,wilfrid,St Wilfrid,St Wilfrids,Medieval,dark,age,ages,Grappenhall Village,England,Warrington,A50,A56,365days,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3999471794 - 'Food, fruit, vegetables, gifts at the font at St Wilfrids Grappanhall, Warrington Cheshire UK
Stained Glass from st Wilfrids can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/sets/72157622952669496/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
Description
Keywords: Grappenhal,Bridgewater,canal,sunset,stanney,lunt,bridge,water,tree,dusk,TDKTony,TDK,Tony,Smith,Hotpix,HotpixUK,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,sun,set,Grappenhall Village,Grappenhall,Cheshire,England,UK,village,Warrington,A50,A56,365days,HDR,high dynamic range,tonysmith,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hot,pics,pix,picks,noche,nuit
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3915944895 - 'Caught this shot at last, after crossing this bridge with the sun shining from Stockton Heath so many times.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
Description
Keywords: web,spider,spiders,spiders web,england,grappenhall,Warrington,UK,Cheshire,Hotpix,Hotpixuk,insect,insects,macro,Araneae,Grappenhall Village,village,A50,A56,365days,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3892878298 - 'Spider (Araneae) in its web awaiting lunch, spotted in Grappenhall, Cheshire UK.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
Description
Keywords: Old,painted,decaying,Grappenhall,tram,box,Warrington,WBC,Cheshire,England,metal,tramway,tram,way,historic,gotonysmith,Tramway box from Grappenhall,South,warrington,Cheshire.,A,bit,worse,for,wear,with,paint,peeling.,This,is,at,the,junction,of,Hunts,lane,Higher Knutsford Road,Newlands,Road,and,may,have,been,the,old,terminus,from,town.,Warringtonians,It,is,now,gray,and,rusty,with,many,coats,of,peeling,paint.,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX6B - Tramway box from Grappenhall, South warrington Cheshire. A bit worse for wear with paint peeling. This is at the junction of Hunts lane, Higher Knutsford Road, Newlands Road and may have been the old terminus from town.
It is now gray and rusty with many coats of peeling paint.
Description
Keywords: bridgewater,canal,lifting,gear,grappenhall,cheshire,Grappenhall Village,England,UK,village,Warrington,A50,A56,365days,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,old,stuff,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3890901736 - 'Lifting gear close to Stanny Lunt Bridge No 16 from Chester road A56 over Bridgewater Canal into Church lane.
This gear has some associated wooden planks that allow the canal to be blocked off for maintenance.
Checkout Clive at teh Ex-servicemans club www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3835313268/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: dog,dart,doganddart,grappenhall,warrington,A50,knutsford,road,cheshire,virtual,pub,pubs,bar,bars,bradshaw,lane,Grappenhall Village,England,UK,village,A56,365days,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,sex,sexy,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3871489224 - 'The Dog and Dart, now only a virtual pub kept alive by WBC bus time tables at the junction of Bradshaw lane and the A50 Knutsford Road.
It ceased to serve Greenhalls Grunhalle lager in April 2002 to have ramps and disabled toilets to be fitted. See more here
However it did not survive the renovations and is now the site of Bartholomew Court, a McCarthy and Stone housing scheme 44 sheltered apartments for people aged 60-plus.
it was actually the second pub to bear the name 'Dog and Dart' in Grappenhall - and the first was around 200 years old when it was demolished.
Parish councillor Mike Biggin said the people of Grappenhall and Thelwall were overwhelmingly opposed to demolition of the pub. It had a football and a children's rugby team.
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Grappenhall,Village,sun,sunset,set,warrington,Cheshire,UK,Canon,D50,D500,D450,D400,SLR,DSLR,Grappenhall Village,England,A50,A56,365days,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,HDR,high dynamic range,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3843046553 - 'I have passed this a few times, but it seemed so warm tonight. I thought it would be good to capture before the dark nights draw in.
Another sunset in Grappenhall www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3915944895/
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: grass,field,hay,bale,bales,autumn,monochrome,black,white,grappenhall,warrington,uk,cheshire,Grappenhall Village,England,village,A50,A56,365days,viullages,english,farm,farming,farms,sepia,B/W,mono,HDR,high dynamic range,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3839976273 - 'Hay bales spotted on the way home. Polariser and sepia toned.
Another sepia scene here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4182533330/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Hay Bales,Cheshire Countryside,Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4,2PL,WA42PL,rolls,dramatic,sky,gotonysmith,drama,balers,machine,machines,field,straw,british,GB,fodder,lush,pasture,harvest,byproduct,stacks,pits,rumination,animal,animals,making,haymaking,fodder,rick,barrack,Haylage,doing hay,or,barrack shed or barn balers silage,a bale wrapper silo endophytic fungus,gotonysmith,gotonysmith,Warringtonian,making hay,haymaking,doing hay,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CET10X - Hay Bales, prepared for the winter Cheshire Countryside, Grappenhall, Warrington Cheshire, England UK WA4 2PL
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Keywords: Grappers,CC,Grappenhall,Cricket,Team,draw,PoyntonCC,Poynton,1stXI,Grappenhall Village,Cheshire,England,UK,village,Warrington,A50,A56,365days,sport,sporting,action,play,players,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3834521347 - 'He bowls, he bats, its a six.
Summer cricket in an english village green. Grappenhall, Warrington Cheshire, England, UK.
Have a look at some of my other Grappenhall images on Flickr -
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(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: Grappers,pano,Grappenhall,Cheshire,league,South,Warrington,Panorama,England,UK,Summer,county,willow,on,stumps,bowler,at,crease,gotonysmith,clubcricket,junior,20,20/20,20-20,sport,british,summer,gotonysmith,Warringtonians,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,pano,Grappenhall,Cricket,Club,GCCC,Cheshire,league,South,Warrington,England,UK,lane,St,Wilfrids,Thelwall,Cheshire,County,Cricket,Club,is,one,of,the,county,clubs,which,make,up,the,Minor,Counties,in,the,English,domestic,cricket,structure,representing,the,historic,county,of,Cheshire,and,playing,in,the,Minor,Counties,Championship,and,the,MCCA,Knockout,Trophy.,The,club,is,based,at,Cheadle,and,plays,matches,around,the,county,at,Boughton,Hall,in,Chester,Nantwich,New Brighton,Grappenhall,and,Alderley,Edge.,The,Minor,Counties,play,three-day,matches,at,a,level,below,that,of,the,first-class,game.,At,present,Cheshire,competes,in,the,Western,Division,of,the,Minor,Counties,Championship.,Tony,Smith,drinkers,team,players,batters,batsmen,bowlers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX7J - Shown here is a long and thin panorama of a cricket match at Grappenhall Cricket Club.
Cheshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cheshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.
The club is based at Cheadle and plays matches around the county at Boughton Hall in Chester, Nantwich, New Brighton, Grappenhall and Alderley Edge.
The Minor Counties play three-day matches at a level below that of the first-class game. At present, Cheshire competes in the Western Division of the Minor Counties Championship.
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Keywords: A56,Chester,Road,Rd,Nice,Runner,car,for,sale,windscreen,windshield,forsale,grappenhall,warrington,A50,East,View,eastview,nightshot,night,dusk,shot,trail,tripod,tripod shot,long,exposure,long exposure,Grappenhall Village,Cheshire,England,UK,village,365days,HDR,high dynamic range,tonysmith,tony,smith,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,auto,autos,automobile,automobiles,vehicle,vehicles,noche,nuit,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3835313364 - 'When its gone its gone. Opposite the newly one-way East View junction with Chester Road A56, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire England UK
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Pond,Dunham,Massey,Sepia,toned,Warrington,Camera,District,Club,society,DSLR,SLR,Nikon,Sony,Canon,digital,cameras,Jessops,wildings,Grappenhall,GYCA,Bellhouse,Village,Cheshire,Studio,walkabout,NT,Night,Grappenhall Village,England,UK,A50,A56,365days,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,photographic,photography,group,bellhouse Club,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3835314286 - 'A very grey walk around Dunham with the WDCC
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: St,Wilfrids,Grappenhall,IR,Warrington,Cheshire,Church,UK,Hoya,E72,kodak,HIE,wilfreds,gb,britain,grave,graves,graveyard,village,cobbled,parr,arms,rams,head,canal,Grappenhall, St Wilfrid,wilfrid,St Wilfrid,St Wilfrids,Medieval,dark,age,ages,Grappenhall Village,England,A50,A56,gave,yard,gravestone,stone,RIP,dead,men,women,cemetary,cemetery,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,this photo rocks,tonysmith,tony,smith,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,tomb,tombs,cemetario,fujifilm,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,\u592b\u4eba\u5973\u6027\u5987\u5973\u5973\u5b69,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3813282382 - 'Church and graveyard in the village of Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, UK.
Taken in the middle of summer.
Another infra-red here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3874263992/
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: man,playing,chess,bw,monochrome,black,white,bogo,indian,bogoindian,opening,Warrington,grappenhall,club,chess club,GYCA,bellhouse,lane,cheshire,village,UK,richard,kempton,ace,firework,fire,works,photographer,photography,Grappenhall Village,England,A50,A56,mono,this photo rocks,tonysmith,tony,smith,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,HOT PIX
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3827213793 - 'Richard Kempton playing the chess match of his life.
Suffering here from a very vicious set move opening.
Grappenhall Chess Club, GYCA ( Grappenhall Youth and Community Centre ), Bellhouse lane, Warrington, England UK.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Rams,Head,pub,Grappenhall,Warrington,hand,tinted,coloured,Cheshire,UK,Grappenhall Village,England,village,A50,A56,greenhalls,greenalls,company,brewery,grunhalle,bitter,crap bitter,gastro,gastro pub,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,partial,mixed,color,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,favourite,pubs,public,houses,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3828202662 - 'Before recent renovations, sepia tinted and hand coloured.
I am not sure what the pub was named after. A 'Rams Head' in canal terms is the wooden rudder post on a butty usually decorated with rope work and sometimes with a horse's tail. Maybe this is the source as the Bridgewater canal is only a short stones throw away.
A similar shot more recently taken in winter www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4201081728/
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: grappenhall,crop,field,summer,village,warrington,cheshire,UK,agriculture,clouds,blue,sky,Grappenhall Village,England,A50,A56,365days,maise,maize,corn,HDR,high dynamic range,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3734236815 - 'Path near bridge lane, above Grappenhall on the way to Appleton &
Stretton
A cob of maize similar to those in this field www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4104058442/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC
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Keywords: DAD2009,DAD09,Warrington,Disabled,Awareness,Day,Tony,Smith,disabled awareness day,camera,photographic,club,group,society,Grappenhall,Walton,park,cheshire,UK,Dave,thompson,MBE,DL,enabled,rehab,Grappenhall Village,England,village,A50,A56,365days,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,District,photography,SLR,DSLR,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,tonysmith,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,HOT PIX
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3713709813 - 'A visitor at Warrington Disabled Awareness Day (DAD) in Walton Gardens. 2009 is the 18th year and a testiment to Dave Thompson, well deserved MBE DL.
Warrington District Camera Club ( www.thewdcc.org.uk ) were there as ever taking pictures and this is one of the many I took.
These are my 2008-2015 images, view my most recent images at HotpixUK-2019 - www.flickr.com/people/167831053@N02/ including my second 365 one a day project
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC / Warrington District Camera Club',
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Keywords: Vintage style van at Karl Welsh flower shop,Knutsford Road,Grappenhall,Warrington,UK,WA4,flowershop,red,interflora,Lymm,gotonysmith,outside,old,fashioned,oldfashioned,KarlWelsh,florist,florists,automobile,auto red dark sky A50 rd,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,ornate,interesting,history,historic,flower,store,shop,retail,outlet,local,Karl Welsh,Floral Design,Interflora
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NP7 - Vintage style van at Karl Welsh flower shop, Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington UK WA4
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Keywords: Nightshot Rams Head Grappenhall,Cheshire at Night nightshot Warrington Grappenhall,cheshire,grappenhall,village,rams,head,pub,ceshire,uk,englad,church,lane,cobbles,cobbled,dusk,night,shot,tripod,sunset,food,drink,beer,garden,trees,Grappenhall Village,England,Warrington,A50,A56,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,favourite,pubs,public,houses,noche,nuit,hotpix!,#HotpixUK,#TonySmithHotpix,dblringexcellence,inn,house
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3519535917 - 'Lucky to catch it at the right time, a little light left in the sky, Quiz night in progress.
A wayward drinker here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3813065108/in/set-72157622...
Sunset behind the old village lamps here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3960538350/
These are my 2008-2015 images, view my most recent images at HotpixUK-2019 - www.flickr.com/people/167831053@N02/ including my second 365 one a day project
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: In,Memory,of,james,Tomlinson,departed,this,life,grave,Grappenhall,graveyard,1831,1851,sepia,ivy,old,ancient,Cheshire,South,warrington,Thelwall,gotonysmith,tony,smith,Decay decayed old olde stone dead death funeral,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Graveyard,cheshire,England,UK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX5W - The last resting place and in Memory of james Tomlinson departed this life September 12th 1831. St Wilfrids Church Graveyard, Grappenhall Village, South Warrington , Cheshire England UK
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Keywords: Lymm,Statham,Lodge,Village,cheshire,UK,InfraRed,IR,infra,red,tonysmith,tony,smith,tdktony,hotpix,hotpixuk,lymmvillage,england,GB,A56,Grappenhall Village,Grappenhall,Warrington,A50,wedding,location,venue,bar,R72,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,nature,natural,history,world,life,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,interesting,place,places,fujifilm,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3874263992 - 'Hoya R72 Deep red IR filter used.
More Lymm shots here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3873477373/
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC. Used as part of the Warrington District Camera Club photographic treasure hunt around Lymm.
Details are listed below:
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WDCC \u2013 Discover the hidden Lymm \u2013 Monday 25th June 2007
NB: In the event of very wet weather, the meeting will be held in the GYCA bar, with an opportunity to see images shot on the trail below. The route is interesting at different times of day, so if you cannot make it on the night, don\u2019t worry! Bring your images taken on the members work night 9th July with any of your other favourite pictures.
Try to find an unusual angle on what you see &
try to be surprised by the everyday!
The route can be joined at the usual meeting point of the GYCA / Bellhouse club in Grappenhall or if more convenient at 7.30pm in Lymm.
7pm Depart GYCA car park (in shared or own cars).
From the GYCA turn left into bellhouse Lane, then left to the traffic lights at the junction of A50/A56. Turn right towards Lymm.
1.After approx \u00bc mile take a left into Stanton Road. At the bottom turn right into Thelwall New Road, stopping at All Saints church yard on the right. If you have a digital camera and a deep red or hoya R72 filter, a good place for some infra-red photography.
2.From the church continue along road to Lymm. Note the Old post office, Pickering Arms and lettering on side about \u2018The city called Thelwall\u2019. Continue until the junction with the A56 and take a left into Stockport Road, then immediate left towards Statham.
3.Note the M6 road bridges that pass overhead. Continue passing the hotel on the left with climbing plants on the front. Another good spot for an infra-red shot. Continue along road and turn right after about \u00bd mile into Star lane. Continue to the top and turn left towards Lymm on A56/Stockport Road.
7.30pm Arrive at Lymm Dam. Park either in the Church Inn, next to Church or along the road beside Lymm Dam.
4.From the road, take the path to the right of the Dam to get a view of the dam framed with trees from the bank. Walk along the railings below the road and find the gameboy and the penguins with guns. Notice the bulrushes and grasses at the front of the dam. Don\u2019t forget to put on a longer lens for the ducks.
5.Walk up the road/hill to St Mary\u2019s church. Note the cross on the entrance. A polarising filter would come in handy for the tower or its stone carvings. Note the stone angels and squirrels up on the sides of the building.
6.In the graveyard find at least one cross and one carved flower in the gravestones. Some interesting door handles and locks can be seen in the graveyard &
around the buildings.
7.Cross the road and walk down towards Grappenhall on the A56/Stockport Road until you find the steps down to the Dingle. If you reach Brookfield Rd you have gone too far! Note the graffiti on the buildings behind the padlocked gates at the sides of the main pathway. Several trees have been felled beside the path. Spot the new fern growth and the purple foxgloves.
8.At the bottom of the dingle is the lower mill pool. Note the cottages reflecting in the water (as they should be illuminated by the evening light) and wild flowers adjacent to water.
9.Turn left into Eagle Brow and then right past the Lymm Chippy. Spot one of the flags on view. Continue under the canal bridge and join the canal bank on the left. If you haven\u2019t already done so, you will probably spot some ducks. Keep left along the canal towards the road bridge. Notice Bridgewater cottage on the left &
its many plants &
flowers. Miss the erotic topiary at your peril!
10.Turn left before the canal bridge along by the old canal cottages. Note the year the cottages were built above the lintel.
11.From the cottages, turn right over canal bridge towards the historic Lymm Cross &
the main street of shops (called The Cross). There are a number of notable details on the cross including the sundial with its slogan \u2018Save Time\u2019. The village cross in Lymm known as 'The Cross' is the only Grade I listed structure in the Borough of Warrington and is thought to date back to Saxon times.
12.Turn back towards the canal, (without re-crossing the canal bridge) on the opposite side to Bridgewater cottage for a good view of the cottage and canal boats. Try misting up your lens, or adding a filter for a more surreal shot of the canal &
boats. Don\u2019t forget the reflections, often more interesting than some of the boats!
13.Walk back up through the dingle to back to car for a drink back at the GYCA after 9.30pm. Forty shots taken following this walk will be available in the bar to view.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 3DS,Grappenhall Walled Garden,banker,Thomas Parr,Parr,Parrs,Victorian,glasshouses,glasshouse,and,beds,bed,flowers,summer,history,historic,heritage,old,the,past,garden,gardens,mature,walls,walled,healthy,rural,attraction,venue,venues
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD3AK - Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is a historic walled garden in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England. The garden was built by Thomas Parr around 1830 as both a pleasure garden for relaxing strolls and as a kitchen garden to produce fruit, vegetables, and herbs. After a period of decline, the garden was restored first by English Partnerships and then by the local parish council in conjunction with the friends of the garden
The walled garden was built around 1830 by Warrington banker Thomas Parr to accompany a mansion house. Thomas Parr's father, Joseph Parr, founded Parr's Bank and Thomas was appointed Chairman of the bank. Before opening the bank, Joseph Parr had made his wealth in the sugar refining industry that supported the slave trade in the British West Indies. Parr's bank amalgamated through acquisitions into the NatWest.
Unusually, Parr included both a pleasure garden and a kitchen garden within the same boundary wall. In addition to enjoying their garden, the Parr family held frequent galas and special events for the community. One annual event called Beating the Bounds involved a walk around the boundaries of the townships of Lymm, Appleton, and Grappenhall, which included the garden. Historical records suggest that the estate was at its height from 1875 to 1899.
By the 1950s, the estate had become derelict and parts of it were sold off. The house was demolished in the 1970s and the garden passed to English Partnerships for renovation. In 2005 control of the garden passed to Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council, which continued restoration in conjunction with a community group called The Friends of Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden. In 2012 the garden was given a Heritage Lottery Fund award towards repair of the Victorian glasshouses and completion of the restoration
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNBXTC -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGE4 - Community Speed Management
Road Safe
A community-based pledge' that seeks to inform residents about inappropriate driving behaviour and invites them to sign up to a pledge not to exceed speed limits.
Speed Indicator Device (SID) deployment
An informal speed management device operated by volunteers and initiated by an identified community group.
Community Speed Watch
An informal speed management process involving the use of speed guns at the roadside. Volunteers are trained and supported by either the Police, PCSOs or Safety Wardens. Vehicle details of those exceeding the relevant speed limit are recorded with drivers receiving warning letters.
The following options will not normally be carried out unless steps two and three have been carried out by community groups. Options four and five are subject to agreement with Cheshire Police.
Mobile Enforcement
The deployment of mobile speed enforcement cameras
speeding drivers will face prosecution.
Driver Engagement Day
Co-ordinated by the Fire and Rescue Service with Cheshire Police and council staff. Stopped drivers are given an option to participate in education or receive a Fixed Penalty Notice.
Local Highway Scheme
Evidence gathered through this process or evidence of high collision or injury rates may result in development of a local highway scheme to address any issues identified.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PC2FN9 - Grappenhall Cricket Club played its first game in 1881 on a ground in Bellhouse Lane. The club moved to its current home of Broad Lane in 1892 with a new clubhouse. There have been several new clubhouses built on the existing site with the most recent developments coming in the late 1980's with significant improvements to the facilities in 2011.
In the early days the club played a number of friendly matches. Grappers then played regular fixtures up to the 2nd World War. In 1939, before war broke out, Grappers were founder members of the North Cheshire League but the league was stopped at the start of the war and was never resumed.
From the 1960's onwards GCC were members of the Manchester Association which was the prelude to the clubs most successful period.
The 70's & 80's the golden years
In 1981, after a couple of good seasons following promotion to the top division in the late 70's, the 1st XI won the top flight for the first time. One of Grappenhall's best teams, it included some famous Grappers names such as Duncan Martindale, Rick Houghton, Chris Ashton, Neil Titchard, Jim Green, Nick Sharp and a young Neil Fairbrother, only a few years before he headed off for big things with Lancashire and England.
In 1982, the 1st XI went one better, this time winning the league and cup double with the HC Cup Final being one of a number of appearances the club mate at Old Trafford in the 80's.
The double was repeated in 1987 with another appearance at Old Trafford, this time with the team including another future Lancashire star and future Grappers captain in Steve Titchard. In the same season, the 2nd XI also tasted success by winning the Worthington Cup.
There were a number of other cup successes for the club during this period for the different senior and junior teams, with many a memorable game taking place and the tales still being regaled today.
In 1992, the club were in their last season in Manchester Association before a move to the CCCL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTWGRM - We serve more than seven million people across approximately 5,400 square miles the communities of Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and Glossop (Derbyshire).
We receive approximately 1.3 million 999 calls and respond to over a million emergency incidents each year.
We make 1.5 million patient transport journeys every year for those who require non-emergency transport to and from healthcare appointments.
We deliver the NHS 111 service across the region for people who need medical help or advice, handling more than 1.5 million calls every year.
We employ around 6,300 staff in over 300 different roles.
We have over 1,000 emergency and non-emergency vehicles operating across the North West.
We have an annual budget of £357 million.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9D89J - The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh.
The canal is connected to the Manchester Ship Canal via a lock at Cornbrook
to the Rochdale Canal in Manchester
to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston Brook, southeast of Runcorn
and to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Leigh. It once connected with the River Mersey at Runcorn but has since been cut off by a slip road to the Silver Jubilee Bridge.
Following the construction of the Sankey Brook Navigation, Bridgewater has been argued to be the first true canal of the Industrial Revolution in England, and it required the construction of an aqueduct to cross the River Irwell, one of the first of its kind. Its success helped inspire a period of intense canal building in Britain, known as Canal Mania. It later faced intense competition from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Macclesfield Canal. Navigable throughout its history, it is one of the few canals in Britain not to have been nationalised, and remains privately owned. Pleasure craft now use the canal which forms part of the Cheshire Ring network of canals.
In September 1761, with his assistant Hugh Oldham, Brindley surveyed an extension from Longford Bridge to Hempstones, near Halton, Cheshire. He assisted in obtaining Parliamentary approval for the Bridgewater Canal Extension Act of 1762 which allowed the construction of an extension to the canal, from Manchester, to the River Mersey at Runcorn. Despite objections from the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company, Royal assent was given on 24 March 1762. A junction, Waters Meeting, was created in Trafford Park, at which the new extension branched south through Stretford, Sale, Altrincham, Lymm and finally to Runcorn.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF21W0 - Grappenhall Library in Cheshire as it was run by Warrington Borough Council in April 2010. A small boy being helped by a librarian.
The library has now been closed (April 2011), then changed to a community run library by volunteers.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0J30 - A duck and her brood of ducklings, spring on the Bridgewater canal, near Grappenhall, Warrington Cheshire, England, UK
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