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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,stained,glass,entrance,at,Emmeline,Pankhurst,house,suffragete,lived,here,1897,1907,-,6062,Nelson,Street,IMG_8080,stained glass doors,colourful glass,figural glass,heritage entrance,Emmeline Pankhurst,Pankhurst Centre,Pankhurst Museum,suffragette movement,votes for women,women suffrage,women rights,British suffragettes,political equality,women history,petition,for,womens,suffrage,1866
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FXDRMP - Coloured stained glass panels at a entrance to Pankhurst house. Glazed wooden double doors contain colourful stained and painted glass panels with stylised human figures. Purple, green, orange and blue glass sections catch daylight at the heritage museum entrance. Wood-framed double doors contain coloured glass painted with elongated human figures and geometric panels in pink, green, turquoise and purple. Through the glass, the surrounding entrance space is softly visible. The panels are framed by warm-toned wood and are photographed straight on, making the artwork itself the centre of attention. The entrance is associated with the Pankhurst Centre and a heritage setting concerned with the lives of women. The image is relevant to stained-glass artwork, historic-house entrances, cultural decoration and the museum's presentation of women's history. Two wooden-framed doors are inset with semi-abstract stained or painted glass panels in strong colours. Greens and purples sit alongside yellow, pink and blue
human-like figures appear among geometric sections. Daylight passes through the glazed sections, emphasising their translucent surfaces and the darker wooden framing. The doors belong to the heritage environment associated with the Pankhurst Centre and provide an architectural detail for picture editors seeking the visitor experience of the building. Their decorative treatment could accompany museum interior features, historic-house restoration and coverage of women's history attractions in Manchester. The physical workmanship and colourful glass are the core of the photograph. The glass panels are arranged vertically within a pair of glazed timber doors, with contrasting colour fragments outlining human forms. Close framing leaves the surrounding wood visible, helping viewers understand that these are functional architectural panels. The photograph can be indexed by material, coloured glass, entrance doors and museum design. The frame is timber.
60-62 Nelson Street, Manchester M13 9WP, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,House,sold,subject,contract,sign,Howell,Co,Warrington,houses,IMG_0255,Co Sold,housing estate,residential property,urban housing,housing market,estate-agent sold boards,sold subject to contract sign,Howell and Co estate agent,Warrington house sale,estate agency sale board,property under offer,house selling sign,Howell and Co estate agents,house sold sign,sold subject to contract,property market Warrington
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FX372T - Howell and Co Sold Subject to Contract estate agent sign. The photograph shows red SOLD board mounted on garden post with local telephone contact information. The subject is located at Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. A red SOLD SUBJECT TO CONTRACT board above Howell & Co branding stands outside a house in Warrington. The estate agent's contact details are visible as part of the printed sign. A red SOLD banner crosses a blue-and-white estate-agent board carrying the Howell & Co name and telephone number. It stands outside a home behind planting and brickwork. The sign represents a residential sale agreed subject to contract and brings together property advertising, agents and the UK housing market. A red SOLD SUBJECT TO CONTRACT sign stands in front of a residential property with Howell & Co sales and lettings branding, telephone number and website. The wording signals an agreed offer while the transaction remains subject to completion of legal steps and contractual checks. The sign provides a familiar visual shorthand for a housing sale, estate-agency marketing and movement in the local property market.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_7619,rooms to let Warrington,house share sign,private rented sector,Wilderspool Causeway,terraced property letting,potential shared accommodation,landlord rental advertising,rental housing UK,room rental telephone sign,shared housing costs,house rental market,bricks terraced housing,property letting board,affordable room rent,private landlord advertisement,rented accommodation,rooms to rent UK,shared house vacancy,urban residential letting,tenancy advertising,terraced house façade,rooms to let advertisement,house conversion rental,Wilderspool Causeway letting,room letting telephone advert,landlord contact advert,rooms advertised to rent,room rental sign Cheshire,house,houses,England,to let,lets,UK,Warrington,Wilderspool,road,Causeway,Cheshire,letting,market,buy to let,buytolet,PRS,rental,property
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FTG726 - Front elevation of a red-brick terraced property on Wilderspool Causeway in Warrington, with a bright green 'Rooms to Let' sign fixed between upper-floor windows. The notice advertises accommodation and displays a telephone contact number, making private-room rental the principal subject of the photograph. The building has typical features of older northern English terraces, including a narrow street frontage, masonry detailing and a dark entrance door at ground level. Rooms-to-let advertising is associated with the private rented sector, including shared houses and properties where individual rooms may be offered rather than an entire self-contained home. Such accommodation can play a role for workers, students and people unable or unwilling to take on the cost of renting a whole property. The sign is evidence of rooms being advertised for rent, a specific form of private-sector housing marketing. Room-by-room lettings, shared accommodation and whole-property tenancies can involve different contractual and management arrangements, so the property's appearance alone does not determine its occupancy category. The combination of traditional brick terrace and conspicuous rental signage captures a common aspect of housing provision on established main-road residential streets. Its contrast against the red brick and pale window surrounds draws attention to the letting message within an otherwise ordinary terrace. This type of small-scale property advertising exists alongside online rental portals and estate agents, showing that landlords may still use physical signs to attract local enquiries. In England, some shared rented accommodation is subject to HMO rules and licensing, which depend on the occupation and circumstances of the building. The rental sign is attached high on the brick façade between upper-storey windows, while the unchanged domestic door and window layout retains the appearance of a traditional terraced dwelling.
Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington, Cheshire, England
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,The Crown Lymm,JW Lees,Booths Hill Road,Lymm pub,family brewery,Cheshire pub,traditional public house,The Crown pub,Lymm,public house,beer,garden,Cheshire,pub,brewery,real,ale,hospitality,crown,booths,hill,wa13,0dj,lees,licensed,premises,nightlife,landmark,house
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FE9549 - . The Crown's decorated exterior carries JW Lees brewery branding and signage for a large beer garden, representing the enduring role of suburban and village pubs in local hospitality. The Crown at 15 Booths Hill Road is a long-established Lymm pub carrying JW Lees branding. JW Lees is a family brewery founded in Middleton in 1828 and remains a major independent brewer and pub operator in North West England. A large brewery-tied pub like The Crown represents the traditional British model in which a brewer owns or supplies an estate of public houses, combining beer production with hospitality property. Its location on the edge of Lymm village also shows the suburban and village role of pubs as places for meals, sport, family gatherings and drinking, at a time when the sector faces high energy, wage and property costs alongside changing alcohol consumption. JW Lees branding ties the individual pub to a regional brewing economy centred on Greater Manchester and Cheshire rather than to one of the multinational pub and beer groups. JW Lees has brewed in Middleton since the 19th century and remains a family-owned regional brewer with pubs concentrated across the North West and North Wales. Suburban and village pubs such as this historically served neighbourhood customers rather than relying on destination tourism, but many now balance drinks with food, events and family trade to remain viable. Its hanging signs, flower baskets and beer-garden notice show the way a traditional public house markets several reasons to visit. The frontage is also a record of regional brewing geography: a local brewery's name remains visible in the streetscape rather than being absorbed into anonymous national hospitality branding. Beer-garden promotion is especially important in summer, when outdoor space can expand effective capacity and attract customers who might otherwise choose a cafe or restaurant terrace.
The Crown, 15 Booth's Hill Road, Lymm WA13 0DJ, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,brewery tiles,Tameside,Greater Manchester,pub tiles,glazed tiles,brewing history,Victorian tiles,Edwardian,heritage,brewery,ale,stout beer,architectural ceramics,England,UK,history,historic,industrial archaeology,local history,architecture,conservation,built heritage,breweries,Matley,Stalybridge,1970s,of,Liverpool,tied,house,public house,theatre,tavern,glazed,tiles,Bass Charrington,industrial heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCW71C - Close-up of historic green glazed ceramic tile advertising reading GARTSIDES FAMOUS ALES & STOUT on the Theatre Tavern, 42 Oldham Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester. The ornate brewery livery survives on the Cotton Street side of the pub and is a striking reminder of the town's independent brewing industry. The premises began in 1840 as a combined corner shop and beer house and in 1869 became the Robin Hood and Little John, later shortened to the Robin Hood. It was eventually renamed the Theatre Tavern because of its position beside the Tameside Hippodrome. The tiled frontage was installed for local brewer Gartside's, whose Brookside Brewery was founded by John Gartside at Matley near Stalybridge in 1830 and moved to Jeremy Brook, Pottinger Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, in 1847. The business became Gartsides Ltd in 1892 and was re-registered as Gartside's (Brookside) Brewery Ltd in 1898. By the time Bent's Brewery acquired the company in 1939 it controlled 180 tied houses, illustrating the scale of a regional brewery whose ales and stout were once familiar across Ashton, Stalybridge and surrounding industrial towns. Brewing at Brookside continued until 1970 and the brewery was demolished in 1976, making surviving tiled pub advertisements such as this valuable pieces of local brewing heritage. The richly coloured green, blue and bronze-yellow faience lettering also records an era when breweries used permanent architectural decoration to brand their tied public houses. The image is tightly framed on the historic sign, excluding the wider street, sky and pub exterior and emphasising the craftsmanship, lettering and glossy ceramic surface. Immediately next door, the Grade II listed Tameside Hippodrome remains closed but is the subject of continuing plans for stabilisation and possible phased restoration, adding a wider regeneration and heritage-conservation context to this surviving fragment of Ashton-under-Lyne's pub history.
42 Oldham Rd, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7AP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,795IMG_5439,Gardynes,Land,Dundee,Scotland,clock,1932,High,Street,historic,listed,architecture,Town,House,heritage,time,commemorative,Gardyne,old,clockface,clock face
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TC1C - 1932 commemorative clock on Gardyne's Land, 70-73 High Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at 70-73 High Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The clock attached to Gardyne's Land dates from 1932 and was designed by William Wallace Friskin. It is surmounted by a small model of William Adam's 18th-century Dundee Town House and carries the inscription linking 1732 with 1932. Gardyne's Land itself forms part of a rare surviving group of historic buildings in Dundee's High Street. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
70-73 High Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A8971,Mr Thomass Chop House,historic,pub,exterior,Manchester,city,centre,England,UK,Victorian,building,architecture,red,terracotta,hospitality,heritage,tourism,restaurant,British,drinking,culture,traditional,commercial,facade,chop,buildings,Mr,Thomas,Thomass,Sarah,house,houses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKNXCY - Mr Thomas's Chop House historic pub exterior in Manchester city centre, England, UK. The tall narrow Victorian building has an ornate red and terracotta facade with carved architectural detail, bay windows and traditional pub frontage at street level. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Mr Thomas's Chop House, Manchester pubs, Victorian architecture, historic restaurants, British drinking culture, hospitality, heritage conservation, city-centre tourism and traditional eating houses. The building is one of Manchester's best-known surviving chop houses, a type of establishment associated with hearty British meals, beer and the city's nineteenth-century commercial life. The strong vertical composition highlights the elaborate architecture and makes the image useful for stories about historic pubs, heritage-led hospitality, independent venues, tourism and the survival of distinctive Victorian commercial buildings among the modern offices and retail streets of central Manchester.
Mr Thomas's Chop House, Cross Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A2680,Homelessness,tents,Lincoln Square,Manchester,city,centre,England,UK,statue,modern,office,buildings,rough,sleeping,housing,crisis,poverty,temporary,shelter,inequality,public,space,welfare,support,services,urban,social,exclusion,accommodation,Andy Burnham,tackling,tackle,homelessness,eradicate,house,street,ending,rough sleeping,taking,off the street,funding,funded,room for the night,scheme,initiative
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM1WC2 - Homelessness tents in Lincoln Square, Manchester city centre, England, UK, beside a statue and modern office buildings. A cluster of brightly coloured small tents occupies the paved public space around the monument, creating a stark contrast with the polished commercial architecture behind. The photograph provides a strong editorial illustration of rough sleeping, temporary shelter and visible homelessness within one of Britain's largest and wealthiest city centres. It is suitable for coverage of homelessness, rough sleeping, housing crisis, temporary accommodation, poverty, cost-of-living pressures, social exclusion, public space, Manchester housing policy, local government, support services and urban inequality. The tents and prominent civic setting show how housing insecurity can become highly visible in regenerated commercial districts, raising questions about welfare provision, affordable housing, mental health support, outreach services and the use of public spaces. The vivid tent colours make the human impact difficult to overlook against the formal stone and glass surroundings.
Lincoln Square, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_3776,The Lower Angel,pub,exterior,Buttermarket Street,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,traditional,town-centre,public,house,real,ale,beer,hospitality,nightlife,independent,signage,frontage,licensed,premises,local,drinking,venue,evening,architecture,heritage,lower,angel,bar,boozer,CAMRA,Campaign for Real Ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F12DY2 - . The Lower Angel pub exterior on Buttermarket Street in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 28 April 2024. The recorded location is 27 Buttermarket Street, Warrington WA1 2LY, Cheshire, England, UK. The traditional town-centre public house has a colourful painted frontage, hanging pub sign, sash windows and prominent Lower Angel lettering. It is a long-established Warrington drinking venue and is known as a traditional real ale pub. Evening light adds warmth to the facade while the signage and frontage clearly identify the venue. In relation to neighbourhood, historical context shows that local place names and small landmarks can be as important to community history as nationally famous buildings
Streets, neighbourhood businesses and informal attractions provide reference points that may vanish during redevelopment or rebranding. For the story of local pub, it is useful to note that beer culture links agriculture, brewing, distribution and the licensed trade
Cask-conditioned ale, handpumps, brewery branding and pub interiors became especially significant to the real-ale revival from the 1970s onwards, while later craft brewing introduced new styles and independent producers. The historical setting for accessibility sign is that temporary and permanent notices are valuable social-past evidence because they capture the rules and assumptions of a particular moment, from parking and access to opening times, safety and public-service instructions. As of 2026, the position for neighbourhood is that regeneration, housing growth and changing high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for local-history comparison. For present-day local pub, 2026 is significant because pub survival remains a live issue as energy, staffing, taxation and changing drinking habits affect the licensed trade
Historic and contemporary pub images therefore have relevance to community assets, nightlife.
27 Buttermarket Street, Warrington WA1 2LY, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0500,Cameo Cinema,foyer,Tollcross,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,film,listings,Anatomy of a Fall,Godzilla Minus One,Fallen Leaves,independent,cinema,historic,movie,screenings,arts,venue,nightlife,heritage,audience,entertainment,picture,house,marquee,signage,programme,films,interior,visitors,culture,tourist,attraction,art arthouse
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F0EE5M - . Cameo Cinema foyer in Tollcross, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, with film listings for Anatomy of a Fall, Godzilla Minus One and Fallen Leaves. Photographed on 16 December 2023. The recorded location is Cameo Cinema, 38 Home Street, Edinburgh EH3 9LZ, Scotland, UK. The historic independent cinema is one of Edinburgh's best-known film venues and retains a distinctive traditional foyer and marquee-style display. Visitors stand beneath the bright signage while the red and gold interior details reinforce the classic cinema atmosphere. The image also documents the physical presentation of film programmes and screening times in an era increasingly dominated by online booking and digital promotion. Within the history of cultural venue, independent cinemas have repeatedly adapted to television, home video and streaming by emphasising specialist programming, events and the communal experience of film. In relation to escape room, historical context shows that commercial entertainment continually reinvents itself through new technologies and formats, from cinemas and video rental to escape rooms, themed attractions and interactive gaming. For the story of notice, it is useful to note that wayfinding developed from painted names and fingerposts into standardised road, rail and public-information systems
Local signs still retain distinctive typography or bilingual wording even within increasingly consistent national standards. Against the 2026 backdrop for cultural venue, film exhibition mixes digital projection with increasingly diverse programming, while the survival of older cinemas is closely tied to operating costs and local audience support. As of 2026, the position for escape room is that experience-led leisure such as escape rooms and themed attractions competes alongside streaming and gaming for discretionary spending, making town-centre entertainment an important part of the post-retail economy.
Cameo Cinema, 38 Home Street, Edinburgh EH3 9LZ, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Rob Kenyon,Robert Kenyon,window,leaflet,poster,political,politics,racist,terraced,home,cuts,benefits,house,grab,rail,older,old,residents,resident,voter,doorstep,Wigan,Greater Manchester,North West England,Reform,Party,right-wing,populism,populist politics,far-right politics,anti-immigration politics,stop the boats,Andy Burnham,pensioner,vote,working class,red wall
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKDAJ6 - This documentary street photograph shows the front of an older red-brick terraced house in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, with a white mobility grab rail beside the door and a blue Reform UK poster displayed in the lace-curtained front window. The readable slogan, Makerfield needs Reform , makes the image useful for editorial stories about local politics, older homeowners, ageing housing stock, doorstep campaigning, populist messaging and the continuing volatility of former Labour strongholds in the North West of England. Ashton-in-Makerfield is within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and forms part of the Makerfield parliamentary constituency, an area historically associated with Labour voting, working-class communities, home ownership, terraced streets and post-industrial Lancashire identity. The photograph is tightly framed around domestic details: stained-glass panels, brickwork, a house number, net curtains, the low window opening, the door handle and the grab rail, giving it strong relevance for stories linking housing, disability adaptations, social care, ageing in place, pensioner voters, local identity and the politics of everyday streets. Reform UK is widely described as a right-wing populist party, with immigration, border control and stop the boats themes central to its political offer, so the window poster also gives the picture wider use for coverage of anti-immigration campaigning, protest voting, political disaffection, culture-war politics, electoral realignment and far-right or hard-right influence in British public debate. The overcast daylight and close residential composition give the image a plain, unsentimental news-documentary feel, suitable for articles on the cost of living, NHS pressure, local council services, housing conditions, mobility aids, voter anger, social division, doorstep politics and the way national political arguments appear in ordinary neighbourhood windows.
Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. WN4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,the,bar,Northwich,Cheshire,Greenalls,brewery,Converted,to,Estate Agent,office,offices,red,brick,traditional,boozer,44,CW9,classic,lettering,sign,signage,former,public house,tied,house,facade,decorative,gable frontage,licensed premises,pub closure UK,commercial conversion,adaptive,reuse
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ39 - image shows the upper frontage of the former Bee Hive Inn, located at 44 High Street in Northwich town centre, Cheshire. The red-brick building retains prominent raised lettering reading Greenall Whitley & Co , identifying it as a former tied house of the well-known Cheshire and Lancashire brewery.
Greenall Whitley was founded in Warrington in the eighteenth century and became one of the North West's most significant regional brewers and pub owners. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the company operated hundreds of tied public houses across Cheshire, Lancashire, and North Wales. The Bee Hive Inn formed part of this estate and served generations of local residents as a traditional town-centre public house.
Architecturally, the building reflects late Victorian or Edwardian pub design, with a shaped gable, red brickwork, and strong street presence intended to signal permanence and respectability. Such design features were typical of brewery-owned pubs built or remodelled during this period.
The Bee Hive Inn has since closed as a licensed premises and the building has been repurposed for commercial use, reflecting wider patterns of pub closures and high-street change across the UK. Despite this, the surviving brewery signage and facade detailing preserve a visible link to Northwich's social and brewing history.
The photograph documents the layered history of a former public house, illustrating the transition from traditional pub culture to modern commercial reuse within a changing town-centre environment.
44 High Street Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 5BE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,in,the,house,around,home,alarm,time,pain,irritating,change,reset,all,annual,event,to,from,summer time,British,Daylight saving time,DST,October,one,hour,changes,three,3,hand,hands,gain,an,02,00,2am
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHEJCR - Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time, daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typically by one hour) during warmer months so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in either the late winter or spring (spring forward), and to set clocks back by one hour in the fall (fall back) to return to standard time. As a result, there is one 23-hour day in early spring and one 25-hour day in the middle of autumn.
The idea of aligning waking hours to daylight hours to conserve candles was first proposed in 1784 by U.S. polymath Benjamin Franklin. In a satirical letter to the editor of The Journal of Paris, Franklin suggested that waking up earlier in the summer would economize on candle usage
and calculated considerable savings
After synchronously resetting all clocks in a region to one hour ahead of standard time, individuals following a clock-based schedule will awaken an hour earlier than they would have otherwiseor rather an hour's worth of darkness earlier
they will begin and complete daily work routines an hour of daylight earlier: they will have available to them an extra hour of daylight after their workday activities. They will have one less hour of daylight at the start of the workday, making the policy less practical during winter.
Proponents of daylight saving time argue that most people prefer a greater increase in daylight hours after the typical nine to five workday. Supporters have also argued that DST decreases energy consumption by reducing the need for lighting and heating, but the actual effect on overall energy use is heavily disputed
United Kingdom
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Keywords: Sinclair,Sinclairs,shot,street,shopping,GB,Great,Britain,city,blue,hour,window,windows,shop,shops,shopping,centre,center,mall,public,house,cathedral,Harvey,Nicholls,Nichols,Nichol,Sam,Samual,Smiths,pubs,traditional,and,modern,gotonysmith Nicholl,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Mike Ashley,Frasers Group,takeover,rescue
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HFD2 - Dusk view of the Harvey Nichols department store on New Cathedral Street in Manchester city centre, photographed beside the historic Sinclair's Oyster Bar, with illuminated shop windows, street lighting and a deep blue evening sky. The distinctive curved glass and stone frontage of the luxury retailer rises above the pedestrian shopping area, while neighbouring architecture creates a contrast between modern commercial development and older Manchester buildings. The scene records the Manchester branch at a significant moment in the history of Harvey Nichols. On 13 August 2026 the luxury department store group was acquired by Mike Ashley's Frasers Group after entering administration, in a rescue deal that kept the business trading and transferred more than 1,000 employees. Frasers said that integrating Harvey Nichols would require significant restructuring, including a review and possible rationalisation of its store portfolio, organisational structure, operating model and cost base. Chief executive Michael Murray warned that difficult choices could result in a smaller business in the near term while attempting to create a sustainable future for the historic retailer. Harvey Nichols, founded in 1831, had suffered several years of losses before the administration and takeover. Its Manchester store occupies a prominent position close to Exchange Square, Manchester Arndale and Selfridges in one of the city's principal shopping districts. The image can illustrate luxury retail, department store restructuring, business rescue, financial pressure on traditional high street retailers, changing consumer spending, fashion shopping and the continuing transformation of British city-centre retail. Evening illumination, glass façades, commercial signage and the neighbouring traditional pub provide a distinctive Manchester streetscape during the Frasers Group takeover period.
Cathedral st, Manchester, England, M1 UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,energy,fuel,costs,netzero,Cheshire,England,UK,turn,turned,down,it,lower,temperatures,thermostatic,low,saving,money,adjustment,automatic,control,heat,affordability,crisis,house,living,room,green,combi,boiler,heatsource,heat source,pump,cost
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T0BDM8 - Taken on 01 Oct 2023, this photograph shows Wet domestic system gas central heating radiator valve, Cheshire, England, UK. The location is Britain , UK. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains domestic heating equipment, tablet screen information and ordinary home interior detail. The domestic heating and EPC context links the image to fuel poverty, decarbonisation, property standards, retrofitting, insulation, boiler efficiency and the cost of keeping homes warm or cool. It can be used in editorial features, business reports, local-history writing, travel guides, public-policy explainers, educational material and SEO-led stock-photo searches needing a specific real-world image. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include heating, central heating, radiators, radiator, cost, valve, valves, net zero, Thermostatic radiator valve, temperature, energy, fuel, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It has value for both local and national stories, especially where writers need to connect a named place or object with wider economic, social, environmental or cultural change. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure, consu.
Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG8YTA - Hale is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England with a population of 1,800. The village is north of the River Mersey, and just to the east of the boundary with Merseyside. It is 2+1⁄2 miles east of Speke in Liverpool, and 4 miles south-west of Widnes. The nearby village of Halebank is to the north-east.
Historically part of Lancashire, until 1 April 1974 the area formed part of the Whiston Rural District.
The population of the parish is stable with a population of 1,898 (2001 census), 1,841 (2011 census) and 1,800 (2021 census).
John Middleton (15781623), the Childe of Hale, was reputed to be nine feet, three inches tall, or 2.8 m. His cottage and grave are located in the village. Just outside St Mary's Church was a wooden carving of the Childe Of Hale that is said to have been life-sized. It was replaced in 2013 by a 3-metre bronze statue by sculptor Diane Gorvin
Middleton was born in the village of Hale, near Liverpool. According to contemporary accounts and his epitaph, he grew to the height of 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) and slept with his feet hanging out the window of his house.
Because of his size the landlord and sheriff of Lancashire, Gilbert Ireland, hired him as a bodyguard. When King James I stopped by in 1617 to knight Ireland he heard about Middleton and invited both of them to the court, which they accepted in 1620. Middleton beat the King's champion in wrestling and in doing so broke the man's thumb. He received £20, a large amount of money in those times. Jealous of his wealth, Middleton's companions mugged him or swindled him out of his money while he was returning to Hale. Middleton died impoverished in 1623. He was buried in the cemetery of St Mary's Church in Hale. The epitaph reads, Here lyeth the bodie of John Middleton the Childe of Hale. Nine feet three. Borne 1578 Dyede 1623. He is likely one of the tallest people in history. If these height markings are accurate, he would surpass Robert Wadlow's stature
Hale village, Halton , Merseyside, England, UK, L24 4WB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCC5T7 - More at https://oversteer48.com/escapade-silverstone/#:~:text=Escapade%20Silverstone%20is%20a%20development,live%20in%20them%20full%20time.
How much does an Escapade Silverstone house cost?
Escapade Silverstone prices start at £850,000 for a countryside 2 bedroom property and go up to £2.2m for a trackside 4 bedroom property.
Can you live in them?
This is where it gets interesting. The Escapade Silverstone development is designed to be an extension of Silverstone's current hospitality offering and as such they are fully managed by Silverstone circuit themselves, right down to the matching furnishings.
If you purchase one of the properties you can live in it for a pre-determined number of days each year. Go over that number of days and you have to pay a nightly room rate to stay in your own property, albeit at a 35% discount over standard rates.
You can stay for 30 nights multiplied by the number of bedrooms in your property. If you have a 4 bedroom trackside residency, you have 120 bedroom usage nights' per calendar year that you can stay.
During the major events at Silverstone, nightly bedroom usage rates are multiplied by a preset factor. At the F1 the nights are multiplied by 5, and all of the bedrooms in the property are assumed to be used regardless of how full it is.
So if just one couple stays in a 4 bedroom trackside suite for 3 nights at the F1, they would use up 60 (half) of their yearly bedroom usage nights.
an investment with petrolhead perks
Owning one of the Escapade Silverstone properties is like a cross between owning an AirBnB and a Timeshare.
Think of the whole Escapade development as a hotel complex. Now think of the money to purchase one of the properties as an investment in the hotel. As a perk of your investment you get a number of free' night's accommodation in the property with incredible views of the circuit, as well as a number of other bonuses including free access to Silverstone events, free access to the Escapade clubhouse
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCC5T9 - More at https://oversteer48.com/escapade-silverstone/#:~:text=Escapade%20Silverstone%20is%20a%20development,live%20in%20them%20full%20time.
How much does an Escapade Silverstone house cost?
Escapade Silverstone prices start at £850,000 for a countryside 2 bedroom property and go up to £2.2m for a trackside 4 bedroom property.
Can you live in them?
This is where it gets interesting. The Escapade Silverstone development is designed to be an extension of Silverstone's current hospitality offering and as such they are fully managed by Silverstone circuit themselves, right down to the matching furnishings.
If you purchase one of the properties you can live in it for a pre-determined number of days each year. Go over that number of days and you have to pay a nightly room rate to stay in your own property, albeit at a 35% discount over standard rates.
You can stay for 30 nights multiplied by the number of bedrooms in your property. If you have a 4 bedroom trackside residency, you have 120 bedroom usage nights' per calendar year that you can stay.
During the major events at Silverstone, nightly bedroom usage rates are multiplied by a preset factor. At the F1 the nights are multiplied by 5, and all of the bedrooms in the property are assumed to be used regardless of how full it is.
So if just one couple stays in a 4 bedroom trackside suite for 3 nights at the F1, they would use up 60 (half) of their yearly bedroom usage nights.
an investment with petrolhead perks
Owning one of the Escapade Silverstone properties is like a cross between owning an AirBnB and a Timeshare.
Think of the whole Escapade development as a hotel complex. Now think of the money to purchase one of the properties as an investment in the hotel. As a perk of your investment you get a number of free' night's accommodation in the property with incredible views of the circuit, as well as a number of other bonuses including free access to Silverstone events, free access to the Escapade clubhouse
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9J0BM - William Mulholland (September 11, 1855 July 22, 1935) was an Irish American self-taught civil engineer who was responsible for building the infrastructure to provide a water supply that allowed Los Angeles to grow into the largest city in California. As the head of a predecessor to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Mulholland designed and supervised the building of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, a 233-mile-long (375 km) system to move water from Owens Valley to the San Fernando Valley. The creation and operation of the aqueduct led to the disputes known as the California Water Wars. In March 1928, Mulholland's career came to an end when the St. Francis Dam failed just over 12 hours after he and his assistant gave it a safety inspection.
William Mulholland was born in Belfast, Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. His parents Hugh and Ellen Mulholland were Dubliners and they returned to the city a few years after William's birth. His younger brother, Hugh Jr., was born in 1856. At the time of Mulholland's birth, his father was working as a guard for the Royal Mail. In 1862, when William was seven years old, his mother died. Three years later his father remarried. William was educated at O'Connell School by the Christian Brothers in Dublin. After having been beaten by his father for receiving bad marks in school, Mulholland ran off to sea
Mulholland envisioned Los Angeles growing much larger. The limiting factor to the growth of Los Angeles was its water supply, because it has a semi-arid climate with unreliable rainfall. If you don't get the water, you won't need it, Mulholland famously remarked.
Mulholland shared the vision of a much larger Los Angeles with Frederick Eaton, the mayor of Los Angeles from 1898 through 1900. They both worked together in the private Los Angeles Water Company in the 1880s. Eaton and Mulholland realized that the large amount of runoff from the Sierra Nevada in Owens Valley could be delivered to Los Angeles through gravity
203 Donegal Street, Belfast., Northern Ireland, UK, BT1 2FL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PR59C7 - . Sunset behind the gates at Grappenhall Heys property development, Witherwin Avenue, south Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3DS. Photographed on 25 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Witherwin Avenue, south Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3DS, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Cheshire, WA4, south Warrington, WA4 3DS, sunset, behind, gate, fence, fencing, parimeter, gates, new, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Weather and natural light are part of the visual character of the frame, helping define the season, atmosphere, colour and visibility of architectural or landscape detail. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities.
Witherwin Avenue, south Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3DS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PKA5GG - . John Culshaw's Liver Bird mural, painted on the iconic, Liverpool Wedding House building, 3-4 Great George Pl, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 7AG. Photographed on 1 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 3-4, Great George Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AG, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, 3-4, L1 7AG, painted, street art, streetart, iconic, building, Wedding, house, Great George Pl, weddings, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison.
3-4, Great George Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJEPMG - Parliament Square is a square at the northwest end of the Palace of Westminster in the City of Westminster in central London. Laid out in the 19th century, it features a large open green area in the centre with trees to its west, and it contains twelve statues of statesmen and other notable individuals.
As well as being one of London's main tourist attractions, it is also the place where many demonstrations and protests have been held. The square is overlooked by various official buildings: legislature to the east (in the Houses of Parliament), executive offices to the north (on Whitehall), the judiciary to the west (the Supreme Court), and the church to the south (with Westminster Abbey).
Location
Buildings looking upon the square include the churches Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's, Westminster, the Middlesex Guildhall which is the seat of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Government Offices Great George Street serving HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs, and Portcullis House.
Roads that branch off the Parliament Square are St Margaret Street (towards Millbank), Broad Sanctuary (towards Victoria Street), Great George Street (towards Birdcage Walk), Parliament Street (leading into Whitehall) and Bridge Street (leading onto Westminster Bridge)
Parliament Square, Westminster , London, England, UK, W1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P91TPT - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK in 2023, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The frame specifically shows View down Queen St, Barry, looking east towards Staceys House, Barry ( Y Barri ), Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, Cymru, UK. The frame also records themes of everyday life, night-time economy, archival record, social history, real-ale culture, local history, visitor hospitality, beer-led hospitality, licensed hospitality, traditional pub, hospitality economy, local social venue, community drinking venue, and documentary photography. Today's relevance is strengthened by consumer spending, tourism and the continuing question of pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s. Small period details of public access and movement at Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with cask-beer tradition, community identity, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, traditional ale house, contemporary social history, licensed trade, and regional identity. The combination of Barry, Cymru, House, Glamorgan, and Wales anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects consumer spending and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s when considered against later change at Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK. Its period value extends to business rates and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity without losing the local specificity of Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK. The period view preserves part of the area's social history within the wider story of Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK.
Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6N6P - The Midland is a grand hotel in Manchester, England. Opened in September 1903, it was built by the Midland Railway to serve Manchester Central railway station, its northern terminus for its rail services to London St. Pancras. The hotel was designed by Charles Trubshaw in a highly-individualistic Edwardian Baroque style. It is a Grade II* listed building
Lower Mosley St, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF8FJ - Row of 3 town houses, altered as shops
all now derelict.
Probably mid C18
raised and altered in C19. Mostly brown
handmade brick in English garden wall bond (3+1), with ashlar
plinth and dressings, slate roof. Probably double-depth plan,
all single-fronted.
Now 3 storeys but probably formerly 2 storeys, a 5-window
range. Offset left of centre are 2 doorways, that on the left
square-headed, with C18 rusticated and keyed wedge lintel,
the other round-headed with set-in architrave including
consoles to moulded lintel and small keystone. Left of these
doorways is a simple shop front framed by fluted pilasters
right of it are 2 shop windows, the 1st with plain surround
and the 2nd (incorporating a door) with sunk panel pilasters
and prominent cornice. At 1st floor are 5 windows with raised
sills and rusticated and keyed lintels. 2nd floor, of later
C19 brick has segmental-headed sashes with gauged red brick
heads. Most openings boarded at time of survey.
INTERIOR not accessible.
HISTORY: interesting example of Georgian town houses built in
narrow wiend, probably in earliest phase of domestic building
on rear of ancient burgage plots. In poor condition at time of
survey (1992). Forms group with Nos 4-14 opposite (qv).
11 the Wiend, Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1PF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MA7NFM - Most serious drinking pubs in Liverpool have a bit of heritage about them: they are fixtures as familiar as street lamps and go back decades. Somewhat surprisingly, this is not so with The Dispensary. It sprang up just a decade ago from the shell of an old man's boozer, The Grapes, on the corner of Rapid Hardware Street and Oldham Street in an area that is quietly renowned as a real booze and curry lovers' jackpot.
Pharmaceutical items, fixtures and fittings from old chemist shops, Liverpool University and the Liverpool Pharmaceutical Society abound in an effort to give it a traditional pub atmosphere and visually evoke a Victorian dispensary. It certainly did the trick for real-ale lovers CAMRA who voted it English Heritage pub refurbishment of the year 2000 and also Merseyside pub of the year.
Cains tenants Pauline Keady-Williams and husband Dave run The Dispensary, prescribing a cure-all for the world's ills in the shape of medicine on tap from the Upper Stanhope Street brewery, this week finding itself in dire financial straits with administrators being called in this week.
Why go there?
It serves arguably the best beer in town, if they do say so themselves, although Dominic Hornsby, from the nearby Fly In The Loaf, would doubtless disagree.
Who goes there?
The Dispensary's main allure seems to be for chaps, in there to either marvel at their chosen pint in solitude (I come here to hide from the wife, one un-pictured punter told us) or to philosophise in small huddles about the state of the world, occasionally all pausing to marvel at that pint again.
87 Renshaw St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2SP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRJG - . The ex-Grey Mare pub with ghost sign, 2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ. Photographed on 17 September 2022. The Grey Mare was situated at 2 Glossop Road. This pub has now been converted to residential use. In historical terms, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. As background, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. Historically, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. During 2026, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets. Against the 2026 backdrop, digital wayfinding is widespread, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility and identity
Historic notices and ghost signs are also increasingly appreciated as part of the character of streets and buildings. Against the 2026 backdrop, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets.
2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRJJ - . The ex-Grey Mare pub with ghost sign, 2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ. Photographed on 17 September 2022. The Grey Mare was situated at 2 Glossop Road. This pub has now been converted to residential use. Historically, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and evolving names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history. In the longer view, street signs, shop fascias, notices and inscriptions combine practical communication with graphic design
Typefaces, colours and wording can identify an era, organisation or local custom, making close photographs valuable for social, transport and commercial history. The wider historical story is that earlier buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. In 2026, in England the sector remains under pressure from operating costs and business rates, although eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief/27
That makes historical and contemporary pub photographs particularly relevant to coverage of hospitality, community assets and evolving town centres. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that much public information has moved onto smartphones and digital displays, making older fixed signs and printed notices increasingly useful as evidence of how people once navigated places, bought services and followed rules. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include public house, licensed premises, hostelry, bar trade, real ale, cask ale, beer culture, local pub, historic pub, nightlife, licensed trade, town-centre leisure, and lettering.
2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K9GG3R - . Recorded at Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The defining feature is New house building site, Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The locality and subject together evoke shopfront economy, specialist retailer, period detail, visual archive, changing streetscape, commercial frontage, archival record, specialist shop, community identity, retail property, documentary photography, public realm, customer footfall, and local history. Today's relevance is strengthened by business rates, town-centre regeneration and the continuing question of how commercial property costs affect small retailers. Future viewers can use this scene from Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The subject also sits alongside local enterprise, before-and-after reference, changing land use, small business, historical comparison, contemporary social history, place identity, and regional identity. Elements such as building, Grappenhall, and house add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of business rates and how commercial property costs affect small retailers without losing the local specificity of Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. A further contemporary connection is commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets in a form that can be compared with future views of Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4.
Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K56PF4 - . This authentic period view of 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The principal subject is The Posada bar, 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG. The subject also carries associations with licensed trade, regional identity, local social venue, changing land use, pub heritage, local history, community identity, public realm, historical comparison, visual archive, real-ale culture, local character, period detail, and contemporary social history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with tourism, business rates and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. The image fixes public access and movement within 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against later reinterpretation. Further associations within the scene are licensed hospitality, place identity, night-time economy, everyday life, visitor hospitality, beer-led hospitality, documentary photography, and historic hostelry. The combination of Posada, midlands, Lichfield, and Wolverhampton anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is tourism and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s when considered against later change at 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG. The scene further reflects pub closures and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s without losing the local specificity of 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG.
48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,sign,city,centre,SW1,Big Ben,house,seat,government,time,political,asylum,Palace,central,tourist,attractions,attraction,tourism,Supreme Court,Westminster Abbey,HM Treasury,and,HMRC,HM Revenue and Customs,Portcullis House,Sir,Charles Barry,clockface,face,site,protest,clocktower,Rachel Reeves,Kier Starmer,free vote
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07A7P - . This location-specific image from Parliament Square, City of Westminster, London, England, UK SW1 in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The scene records Parliament Square sign, City of Westminster SW1, Big Ben clock of the UK houses of parliament, London, England, UK SW1. The wider scene also brings together city branding, London cityscape, towpath landscape, local history, inland boating, urban tourism, changing land use, working waterway, iconic London transport, archival record, heritage tourism, heritage boating, visual archive, and local character. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into flood resilience and biodiversity, not least because of the transition of industrial waterways toward leisure and heritage use. Today's relevance is strengthened by air quality, housing pressure and the continuing question of how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain. For later comparison, the photograph preserves local activity and public use at Parliament Square, City of Westminster, London, England, UK SW1, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. A second descriptive layer includes regional identity, managed navigation, public realm, canal infrastructure, Westminster landmark, blue-green corridor, capital-city heritage, and period detail. The recorded references to houses, Parliament, Westminster, Square, and clock preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Parliament Square, City of Westminster, London, England, UK SW1, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene captures details of everyday use within the wider story of Parliament Square, City of Westminster, London, England, UK SW1.
Parliament Square, City of Westminster, London, England, UK SW1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07A9C - Horse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London. It is the site of the annual ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and the Beating Retreat.
Horse Guards Parade was formerly the site of the Palace of Whitehall's tiltyard, where tournaments (including jousting) were held in the time of Henry VIII. It was also the scene of annual celebrations of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth I. The area has been used for a variety of reviews, parades and other ceremonies since the 17th century.
The adjacent Horse Guards building was once the Headquarters of the British Army. The Duke of Wellington was based in Horse Guards when he was Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The current General Officer Commanding London District still occupies the same office and uses the same desk. Wellington also had living quarters within the building, which today are used as offices
The parade ground is open on the west side, where it faces Horse Guards Road and St James's Park. It is enclosed to the north by the Admiralty Citadel and the Admiralty Extension building, to the east by Admiralty House, William Kent's Horse Guards (formerly the headquarters of the British Army) and the rear of Dover House (home of the Scotland Office), and to the south by Kent's Treasury building (now used by the Cabinet Office), garden walls of 10 Downing Street (the official residence and office of the British Prime Minister) and Mountbatten Green before the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's west wing. Access to the south side is restricted for national security.
On the east side, Horse Guards Parade is normally accessible to the public from Whitehall through the arches of Horse Guards
A number of military monuments and trophies ring the outside of the parade ground, including:
To the west, beside St James's Park, the Guards Memorial, designed by the sculptor Gilbert Ledward in 192326
Horse Guards Rd, Whitehall, London , England, UK, SW1A 2BE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07A9E - Horse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London. It is the site of the annual ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and the Beating Retreat.
Horse Guards Parade was formerly the site of the Palace of Whitehall's tiltyard, where tournaments (including jousting) were held in the time of Henry VIII. It was also the scene of annual celebrations of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth I. The area has been used for a variety of reviews, parades and other ceremonies since the 17th century.
The adjacent Horse Guards building was once the Headquarters of the British Army. The Duke of Wellington was based in Horse Guards when he was Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The current General Officer Commanding London District still occupies the same office and uses the same desk. Wellington also had living quarters within the building, which today are used as offices
The parade ground is open on the west side, where it faces Horse Guards Road and St James's Park. It is enclosed to the north by the Admiralty Citadel and the Admiralty Extension building, to the east by Admiralty House, William Kent's Horse Guards (formerly the headquarters of the British Army) and the rear of Dover House (home of the Scotland Office), and to the south by Kent's Treasury building (now used by the Cabinet Office), garden walls of 10 Downing Street (the official residence and office of the British Prime Minister) and Mountbatten Green before the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's west wing. Access to the south side is restricted for national security.
On the east side, Horse Guards Parade is normally accessible to the public from Whitehall through the arches of Horse Guards
A number of military monuments and trophies ring the outside of the parade ground, including:
To the west, beside St James's Park, the Guards Memorial, designed by the sculptor Gilbert Ledward in 192326
Horse Guards Rd, Whitehall, London , England, UK, SW1A 2BE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KX3W - The Electric Cinema is a cinema in Notting Hill, London. One of the oldest working film theatres in Britain, it became Britain's first black-owned cinema in 1993, and remained black-owned until it was sold in 2000.
As of 2022, after a couple of changes of hands, the cinema is also known as the Electric Portobello, with a second screen at the old Television Centre at White City called the Electric White City
The Electric Cinema first opened in London's Portobello Road on 24 February 1910. It was one of the first buildings in Britain to be designed specifically for motion picture exhibition, and was one of the first buildings in the vicinity to be supplied with electricity. Its first film was Henry VIII, screened on 23 February 1911.
The venue opened 18 years before talkies became the norm, so had no facilities to broadcast sound. The cinema was soon eclipsed by the huge picture palaces that became fashionable during the 1930s but, despite being shuttered for brief periods, it has remained in almost continual use until the present day.
Designed by architect Gerald Seymour Valentin in the Edwardian Baroque style, it originally opened as the Electric Cinema Theatre, with 600 seats. During World War I an angry mob attacked the Electric, believing that its German-born manager was signalling to Zeppelin raiders from the roof, after nearby Arundel Gardens was hit by a bomb dropped from a Zeppelin
Later, in 1932, the Electric became the Imperial Playhouse cinema, though by this time the Portobello Road area had become run down, along with the rest of Notting Hill. During this time, the venue's nickname among locals was The Bughole.
During WWII the venue was attended by up to 4000 per week, despite the Luftwaffe's night-time bombing raids.[9] During the late 1940s the notorious mass murderer John Christie (18991953) of nearby 10 Rillington Place is said to have worked at the Electric as a projectionist
It is a Grade II* Listed building.
191 Portobello Rd, London, England, UK, W11 2ED
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6RY - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The defining feature is Key in a door, property rental or sale, private on a mortgage or social housing, on a keyring. The setting additionally reflects changing streetscape, place identity, waterside public realm, waterside leisure, navigation corridor, public realm, canal heritage, urban waterway, period detail, river transport, blue-green infrastructure, regional identity, working waterway, and inland navigation. The wider contemporary story combines climate adaptation, flood resilience and the role of passenger boats in broadening urban transport choices. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after replacement signage. Other useful contextual ideas include local history, local character, everyday life, documentary photography, archival record, riverfront regeneration, historical comparison, and before-and-after reference. Elements such as housing, social, rental, property, and mortgage add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for climate adaptation and how waterfronts are increasingly used as public spaces and regeneration anchors without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Another useful connection is river transport and the growing value of rivers and canals as transport, leisure and environmental corridors in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The image fixes details of everyday use as a date-specific reference.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCMKCK - Grappenhall Cricket Club, one of the premier Cheshire cricket clubs in the North-West. 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.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 3EH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCMKCT - Grappenhall Cricket Club, one of the premier Cheshire cricket clubs in the North-West. 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.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 3EH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE3KX - . Recorded at James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR in 2019, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. The location is represented through Mr Thomas's Chop House sign,1867,pub,James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR,Black and White. Other connected aspects include period streetscape, cask-beer tradition, changing streetscape, beer judging, hand-pulled beer, licensed hospitality, cityscape history, beer festival scene, local character, urban fabric, regional identity, before-and-after reference, period detail, and heritage asset. Today's wider story includes business rates, beer duty and the practical question of the survival of community pubs. For contemporary context, adaptive reuse and planning control are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. As a documentary source, the scene fixes local appearance, occupation, access and public activity in the immediate surroundings of James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR. The wider local story also touches on built heritage, pub trade, period building, changing land use, historic townscape, visual archive, heritage landmark, and historical comparison. The recorded references to House, Binney, Cross, James, and Black preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The record includes a point of historical comparison as part of James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR's history. The frame retains part of the area's social history for future local research.
James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GMAAHP - Robert Gordon's College is a private co-educational day school in the heart of Aberdeen, Scotland. The school caters for pupils from Nursery through to S6.
It originally opened in 1750 as the result of a bequest by Robert Gordon, an Aberdeen merchant who made his fortune from trading with Baltic ports, and was known at foundation as Robert Gordon's Hospital. This was 19 years after Gordon had died and left his estate in a 'Deed of Mortification' to fund the foundation of the Hospital. The fine William Adam-designed building was in fact completed in 1732, but lay empty until 1745 until Gordon's foundation had sufficient funds to complete the interior. During the Jacobite rising, in 1746 the buildings were commandeered by Hanoverian troops and named Fort Cumberland.
Schoolhill, Aberdeen, AB10 1FE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GMAA8R - The illuminated Auld Hoose at Robert Gordon's College stands beyond the prominent black and white college sign at Schoolhill in Aberdeen city centre, Scotland. Photographed at dusk during blue hour, the historic granite building is framed by manicured lawns, ornamental trees, formal paths and metal railings. Warm light from the multi-pane sash windows contrasts with the cool evening sky, while the foreground sign and college crest clearly identify the educational institution.
The Auld Hoose is the oldest and most recognisable part of the Robert Gordon's College campus. Designed by the important Scottish architect William Adam, the original building was completed in 1739 for Robert Gordon's Hospital. Before it could begin its intended educational use, it was occupied by the Duke of Cumberland and used as a fort for troops travelling north during the Jacobite rising. The school eventually opened in 1750 with 14 pupils.
The symmetrical granite frontage, central entrance, rooftop tower and slender spire create a formal architectural composition characteristic of an important eighteenth-century institution. The building was altered and extended during the nineteenth century, including remodelling by Aberdeen architect John Smith. It now forms part of a wider historic and modern educational campus arranged around the college quadrangle.
Robert Gordon's College is an independent coeducational nursery and day school for pupils aged three to eighteen. Its central location beside other major civic, cultural and educational buildings makes the campus a prominent part of the Schoolhill streetscape and Aberdeen's wider architectural heritage.
The image is relevant to Scottish education, independent schools, historic architecture, William Adam, Aberdeen granite buildings, the Granite City, school heritage, urban campuses and educational tourism. The quiet evening setting, formal grounds and illuminated windows provide an atmospheric view of one of Aberdeen city centre's most
Robert Gordon's College, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, AB10 1FE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A989T4 - We are now over 50% SOLD at Hawthorn Grove! Don't miss the opportunity to own a new Bloor home within this stunning development. Call today to make an appointment.
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Hawthorn Grove Stretton Road Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM2534 - The Opera House in Quay Street, Manchester, England, is a 1,920-seater commercial touring theatre that plays host to touring musicals, ballet, concerts and a Christmas pantomime. It is a Grade II listed building. The Opera House is one of the main theatres in Manchester, England. The Opera House and its sister theatre the Palace Theatre, Manchester on Oxford Street are operated by the same parent company, Ambassador Theatre Group.
The theatre opened as the New Theatre in 1912, renamed the New Queen's Theatre in 1915 and as the Opera House in 1920 when it came under the wing of John Hart and his associates of United Theatres Ltd. In 1931 it was bought by, and prospered under, Howard & Wyndham Ltd which had been formed at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in 1895 by Michael Simons. The group`s managing director A Stewart Cruikshank, headquartered at the group's headquarters in the King's Theatre, Edinburgh was joined on the board by Charles B Cochrane who now became a visiting producer at the Opera House, premiering numerous musicals and revues. The theatre staged the full range of plays, musicals, opera, and pantomime.
It closed in 1979 and for five years was a bingo hall. The Palace Trust acquired it in 1984 and returned it to a theatre. In 1990 it was acquired by Apollo Leisure and staged large-scale musicals.
The theatre has a rectangular plan and is built of stuccoed brick with a slate roof. Its symmetrical fifteen-bay facade is in the Classical style with a five-bay centre with fluted Ionic columns. Above the three central bays is a relief of a horse-drawn chariot within a semi-circular arch. The gable has a moulded cornice on brackets. The entrance canopy is a 20th-century addition.
The auditorium has two curved cantilevered balconies with large overhangs each holding 500 seats. Either side of the stage are stacked boxes between pairs of fluted Corinthian columns. The high proscenium arch is decorated with a circular medallion flanked by gryphons.
3 Quay St, Manchester, North west England, UK, M3 3HP
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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.
Grappenhall Village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA4 3EP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DDYD - . This authentic period view of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK in 2015 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The location is represented through Bread cooler in bakery food factory, Northwich,Cheshire,England, UK. The wider scene also brings together regional food culture, comfort food, popular cuisine, changing streetscape, everyday cuisine, hospitality food service, period detail, before-and-after reference, traditional takeaway, place identity, street food culture, everyday life, archival record, and historical comparison. For current editorial use, nutrition and food inflation provide additional context, especially through the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The subject also sits alongside food heritage, British food tradition, local character, public realm, local dining tradition, social history, classic British meal, and documentary photography. The combination of factory, cooler, Northwich, bakery, and Bread anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is nutrition and how familiar dishes remain cultural shorthand for British food as part of the longer story of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK. The setting also helps illustrate food inflation and the pressure of food and energy prices on small hospitality businesses when considered against later change at Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK. Image F7DDYD also remains a dated record of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK.
Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DDYR - . An identifiable period record of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK in 2015, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The scene records Bread cooler in bakery food factory, Northwich,Cheshire,England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes community identity, contemporary social history, local dining tradition, British food tradition, regional identity, archival record, historical comparison, traditional takeaway, everyday life, hospitality food service, local history, food heritage, everyday cuisine, and comfort food. Today's relevance is strengthened by nutrition, consumer spending and the continuing question of the pressure of food and energy prices on small hospitality businesses. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, details that may look very different after new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with classic British meal, regional food culture, changing streetscape, period detail, visual archive, food-and-drink heritage, public realm, and before-and-after reference. References to bakery, Northwich, cooler, Bread, and factory give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of nutrition and the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals when considered against later change at Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK. A further contemporary connection is nutrition and how food signs and shopfronts become part of urban cultural identity without losing the local specificity of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK.
Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEJ - . The Hop Pole Pub,49 Horsemarket Street Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK WA1 1TS next to bus station. The photograph was taken on 16 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with The Hop Pole, Pub, 49 Horsemarket Street Warrington, Horsemarket Street, Hoppole, hop, pole, bar, sign and sun, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. This documentary view is relevant to buses, public transport, local mobility, passenger information and the practical experience of travelling without a private car. It can support editorial coverage of bus services, rural and urban connectivity, stops and shelters, timetables, accessibility, transport policy, local authority provision and the challenges of maintaining useful services across communities. Roadside details, signs, shelters, vehicles and surrounding streetscape give picture buyers useful context about how bus transport is encountered at ground level. The photograph therefore has value both as a record of a specific place and as broader visual material about sustainable transport, everyday journeys and local connectivity. Search themes include buses, bus stops, passenger transport, timetables, local mobility, accessibility, public transport policy, rural or urban connectivity and sustainable travel. The surrounding road environment helps show how public transport infrastructure fits into the communities and streets it serves. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference EY5KEJ, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
49 Horsemarket Street Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK WA1 1TS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEX - . The Lord Rodney pub, Winwick Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA2 7DH - an ex-festival ale house. Photographed on 16 July 2015. The recorded location is 67 Winwick Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA2 7DH. It used to be the Tetley Brewery Tap, From a real ale haven to a grubby, keg, dingy hole. In historical terms, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. As background, the modern real-ale movement helped preserve traditional cask-conditioned beer and encouraged a new generation of independent breweries
Pump clips and branded labels became an significant part of how drinkers identify constantly changing beers at the bar. The historical context is that architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal changing technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history. During 2026, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets. Against the 2026 backdrop, beer culture combines traditional cask ale with craft brewing, cans, keg products and lower-alcohol choices
Photographs of older handpumps and brewery equipment help trace that evolution. For the 2026 context, beer culture combines traditional cask ale with craft brewing, cans, keg products and lower-alcohol choices
Photographs of older handpumps and brewery equipment help trace that evolution.
67 Winwick Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA2 7DH
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Keywords: The Green Room,painting,paintings,clock,furniture,chandelier,Green,Room,Dunham,Massey,National Trust,National,Trust,Altrincham,Cheshire,England,UK,GB,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British,country,house,houses,old,history,historic,GoTonySmith,rooms,stately home,wide,shot,stately homes,room,interior,inside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGY4D - . Green Room Dunham Massey, NT, Near Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed at Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 15 September 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. The scene is closely associated with Green Room, Dunham Massey, Near, Massey, chandelier, Dunham, The Green Room, painting, paintings and clock, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYA2 - . Copper wear in the kitchens at Dunham Massey NT property Cheshire England UK. Photographed at Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire England UK. The photograph was taken on 15 September 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Copper, wear, kitchens, Dunham, Massey, copperwear, kitchen, hall, national and trust, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYA8 - . Copper wear in the kitchens at Dunham Massey NT property Cheshire England UK. Photographed at Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire England UK. The photograph was taken on 15 September 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Copper, wear, kitchens, Dunham, Massey, copperwear, kitchen, hall, national and trust, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYC5 - . Panorama Green Room Dunham Massey, NT, Near Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed at Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 15 September 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. The wider composition gives a broader sense of the surroundings, showing the principal subject in relation to more of the streetscape, landscape or public space. The scene is closely associated with Panorama, Green Room, Dunham Massey, Near, Dunham, Massey, chandelier, wide shot, Pano and wide, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped.
Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKRW - The Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
At the time of its construction the Albert Dock was considered a revolutionary docking system because ships were loaded and unloaded directly from/to the warehouses. Two years after it opened it was modified to feature the world's first hydraulic cranes. Due to its open yet secure design, the Albert Dock became a popular store for valuable cargoes such as brandy, cotton, tea, silk, tobacco, ivory and sugar. However, despite the Albert Dock's advanced design, the rapid development of shipping technology meant that within 50 years, larger, more open docks were required, although it remained a valuable store for cargo.
During the Second World War, the Albert Dock was requisitioned by the Admiralty serving as a base for boats of the British Atlantic Fleet. The complex was damaged during air raids on Liverpool, notably during the May Blitz of 1941. In the aftermath of the war, the financial problems of the owners and the general decline of docking in the city meant that the future of the Albert Dock was uncertain. Numerous plans were developed for the re-use of the buildings but none came to fruition and in 1972 the dock was finally closed. Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1984.
Today the Albert Dock is a major tourist attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside of London. It is a vital component of Liverpool's UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City and the docking complex and warehouses also com
Albert Dock Liverpool , Merseyside , England , UK L3 4AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0JH1 - Inscription from stonework in the George & Dragon Inn, Great Budworth
Nil Nimium Cupito Mee 1722
The George and Dragon is a public house in the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.
Great Budworth is a village that was formerly in the estate of Arley Hall. In the later part of the 19th century, its owner, Rowland Egerton-Warburton, undertook a campaign to restore the village and render it picturesque in Victorian eyes.
The George and Dragon was at that time a simple three-bay Georgian inn. In 1875 Egerton-Warburton commissioned the Chester architect John Douglas to undertake the restoration. Douglas added tall rubbed chimneys, mullioned windows and a steep pyramidal turret
On each side of the porch is an oak post-and-rail fence inscribed with a number of sayings. Above the inner door is a stone containing a verse written by Egerton-Warburton. Internally, in the bar, is a stone inscribed in Latin and the date 1722
George & Dragon, High Street Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire UK CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJPNM - . West Riding refreshment rooms Dewsbury sign, Station,West Yorkshire, England UK - Black Sheep brewery (now in administration). Photographed on 13 July 2013. The recorded location is Dewsbury Railway station, Station Road, Dewsbury, Wet Yorkshire WF13 1HF. This is a pub on the Ale Train Trail. The historical context is that street signs, shop fascias, notices and inscriptions combine practical communication with graphic design
Typefaces, colours and wording can identify an era, organisation or local custom, making close photographs valuable for social, transport and commercial history. In historical terms, pub buildings and signs provide a valuable record of the licensed trade, from traditional alehouses and brewery estates to contemporary hospitality businesses
They are also part of the story of changing high streets, nightlife, real ale, cask beer and the survival or reuse of historic premises. Looking at the subject's development, britain's railways reshaped towns, industry and passenger travel from the nineteenth century onwards, creating a dense network of stations, goods yards, signalling infrastructure and long-distance routes
Surviving buildings, signs and operating equipment now document both railway heritage and continuing public transport. The subject remains topical in 2026 because digital wayfinding is widespread, but physical signage continues to be essential for safety, accessibility and identity
Historic notices and ghost signs are also increasingly appreciated as part of the character of streets and buildings. During 2026, pubs continue to sit at the centre of arguments about high-street vitality, local identity and hospitality economics
England's 2026/27 rating arrangements include dedicated relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues, underlining the sector's continuing economic and cultural significance. Other closely matched search terms include lettering, typography, public information, warning sign, and direction sign.
Dewsbury Railway station, Station Road, Dewsbury, Wet Yorkshire WF13 1HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNK3 - Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. It has been called the most beautiful house in England, a country noted for fine country houses. In 1927 the British magazine Country Life published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described Brympton d'Evercy as the most incomparable house in Britain, the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities. His articles remain the only detailed account of the house, which in its long history has belonged to six families: the D'Evercys, the Stourtons, the Sydenhams, the Fanes, the Weeks (19922008), and the Glossop family in 2008. Building was begun by the D'Evercy family about 1220 and proceeded slowly into the 18th century. For 750 years it remained little known or recorded. For a few years after the Second World War it held a boys' school, before being reclaimed by its owners as a private house. This it remains, although it is occasionally hired out as a location for filming or a hospitality event.
Brympton d'Evercy from the south around 1722 by Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff.
The house is part of a complex consisting of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House. Little remains of the original D'Evercy manor built between 1220 and 1325, as the present house has evolved on the same site.
Brympton d'Evercy was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brunetone, meaning brown enclosure, from the Old English brun and tun.
The village of Brympton is larger today than at any time in its history. Until the 20th century, it barely qualified as a village, having been deserted in the 14th century. It consisted only of a few cottages scattered along the long drive to the secluded mansion.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNPK - Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. It has been called the most beautiful house in England, a country noted for fine country houses. In 1927 the British magazine Country Life published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described Brympton d'Evercy as the most incomparable house in Britain, the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities. His articles remain the only detailed account of the house, which in its long history has belonged to six families: the D'Evercys, the Stourtons, the Sydenhams, the Fanes, the Weeks (19922008), and the Glossop family in 2008. Building was begun by the D'Evercy family about 1220 and proceeded slowly into the 18th century. For 750 years it remained little known or recorded. For a few years after the Second World War it held a boys' school, before being reclaimed by its owners as a private house. This it remains, although it is occasionally hired out as a location for filming or a hospitality event.
Brympton d'Evercy from the south around 1722 by Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff.
The house is part of a complex consisting of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House. Little remains of the original D'Evercy manor built between 1220 and 1325, as the present house has evolved on the same site.
Brympton d'Evercy was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brunetone, meaning brown enclosure, from the Old English brun and tun.
The village of Brympton is larger today than at any time in its history. Until the 20th century, it barely qualified as a village, having been deserted in the 14th century. It consisted only of a few cottages scattered along the long drive to the secluded mansion.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNRC - Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. It has been called the most beautiful house in England, a country noted for fine country houses. In 1927 the British magazine Country Life published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described Brympton d'Evercy as the most incomparable house in Britain, the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities. His articles remain the only detailed account of the house, which in its long history has belonged to six families: the D'Evercys, the Stourtons, the Sydenhams, the Fanes, the Weeks (19922008), and the Glossop family in 2008. Building was begun by the D'Evercy family about 1220 and proceeded slowly into the 18th century. For 750 years it remained little known or recorded. For a few years after the Second World War it held a boys' school, before being reclaimed by its owners as a private house. This it remains, although it is occasionally hired out as a location for filming or a hospitality event.
Brympton d'Evercy from the south around 1722 by Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff.
The house is part of a complex consisting of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House. Little remains of the original D'Evercy manor built between 1220 and 1325, as the present house has evolved on the same site.
Brympton d'Evercy was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brunetone, meaning brown enclosure, from the Old English brun and tun.
The village of Brympton is larger today than at any time in its history. Until the 20th century, it barely qualified as a village, having been deserted in the 14th century. It consisted only of a few cottages scattered along the long drive to the secluded mansion.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNRR - Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. It has been called the most beautiful house in England, a country noted for fine country houses. In 1927 the British magazine Country Life published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described Brympton d'Evercy as the most incomparable house in Britain, the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities. His articles remain the only detailed account of the house, which in its long history has belonged to six families: the D'Evercys, the Stourtons, the Sydenhams, the Fanes, the Weeks (19922008), and the Glossop family in 2008. Building was begun by the D'Evercy family about 1220 and proceeded slowly into the 18th century. For 750 years it remained little known or recorded. For a few years after the Second World War it held a boys' school, before being reclaimed by its owners as a private house. This it remains, although it is occasionally hired out as a location for filming or a hospitality event.
Brympton d'Evercy from the south around 1722 by Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff.
The house is part of a complex consisting of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House. Little remains of the original D'Evercy manor built between 1220 and 1325, as the present house has evolved on the same site.
Brympton d'Evercy was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brunetone, meaning brown enclosure, from the Old English brun and tun.
The village of Brympton is larger today than at any time in its history. Until the 20th century, it barely qualified as a village, having been deserted in the 14th century. It consisted only of a few cottages scattered along the long drive to the secluded mansion.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNTG - Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. It has been called the most beautiful house in England, a country noted for fine country houses. In 1927 the British magazine Country Life published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described Brympton d'Evercy as the most incomparable house in Britain, the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities. His articles remain the only detailed account of the house, which in its long history has belonged to six families: the D'Evercys, the Stourtons, the Sydenhams, the Fanes, the Weeks (19922008), and the Glossop family in 2008. Building was begun by the D'Evercy family about 1220 and proceeded slowly into the 18th century. For 750 years it remained little known or recorded. For a few years after the Second World War it held a boys' school, before being reclaimed by its owners as a private house. This it remains, although it is occasionally hired out as a location for filming or a hospitality event.
Brympton d'Evercy from the south around 1722 by Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff.
The house is part of a complex consisting of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House. Little remains of the original D'Evercy manor built between 1220 and 1325, as the present house has evolved on the same site.
Brympton d'Evercy was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brunetone, meaning brown enclosure, from the Old English brun and tun.
The village of Brympton is larger today than at any time in its history. Until the 20th century, it barely qualified as a village, having been deserted in the 14th century. It consisted only of a few cottages scattered along the long drive to the secluded mansion.
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Keywords: coal,mine,mining,Manchester,lancs,Lancashire,working,works,vertical,shaft,Green,Museum,Chat,Moss,chatmoss,collieries,village,county,council,saved,by,village,A580,east,3,300,hp,twin,tandem,compound,steam,3300,surviving,headgear,house,gates,wide,shot,HDR,seams,Higher,Green,Lane,Tyldesley,Gotonysmith 3300hp Pilkington Colliery Company,trading as the Clifton and Kersley Coal Company,working,collieries,in,the,Irwell,valley,at,Clifton,Higher,Green,Lane,Astley Green,Tyldesley,Lancashire England,UK M29 7JB M297jb
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AD2 - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Keywords: coal,mine,mining,Manchester,lancs,Lancashire,working,works,vertical,shaft,Green,Museum,Chat,Moss,chatmoss,collieries,village,county,council,saved,by,village,A580,east,3,300,hp,twin,tandem,compound,steam,3300,surviving,headgear,house,gates,wide,shot,HDR,seams,Higher,Green,Lane,Tyldesley,Gotonysmith 3300hp Pilkington Colliery Company,trading as the Clifton and Kersley Coal Company,working,collieries,in,the,Irwell,valley,at,Clifton,Higher,Green,Lane,Astley Green,Tyldesley,Lancashire England,UK M29 7JB M297jb,machine,machines,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AEM - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Keywords: stone,building,buidings,old,olde,ros,flowers,on,front,of,history,historic,NT,National,trust,GB,England,UK,with,climbing,roses,Cottage,Milkhouse,Milk,house,home,Borough,Flowers on building,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,windows,door,wood,wooden,wooded,cream,sandstone,sand,stones,windows,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,old door,Climbing Roses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE54H6 - . Milk House, Montecute Village,South Somerset,England,UK with climbing roses. Photographed at The Borough,Montecute,South Somerset, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 13 June 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Montecute, Village, Somerset, Milk House, Flowers on house, Roses on house, Climbing Rose, South Somerset, The Borough and stone, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
The Borough,Montecute,South Somerset, England, UK
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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/
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: Building,historic,grade,listed,gradeI,grade1,pub,public,house,wa Building,warrington,ring,bells,cheshire,english,traditional,beer,ale,Uk,england,britain,GB,spring,flowers,Flickraward,sex,sexy,mywinners,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4592890162 - 'I passed the Ring O Bells today in Warrington and it looked very spring like with all the tulips and daffidils outside. Unfortunately I could not drop in to sample any of the seasonal ales on offer :-( . Purely in the interests of providing additional information you understand!
The Ring Of Bells is situated in the yard adjacent to St Elphins ( www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4163626967/ ), Warrington's principle central church. The building is grade I listed in the same manner as the church. Its a fine traditional boozer and watering hole.
There are five constantly changing real ales alongside the usual suspects (lagers, alcopops etc). Dave down there has Cask Marque accreditation and are regularly featured in 'Out Inn Cheshire', our areas CAMRA magazine. The Cask Marque trust website will help you locate the nearest accredited real ale pub to you at www.cask-marque.co.uk/pubs/map.php. there is also an iPhone app (if you have such new fangled things) to do this for you too. Its called CaskFinder.
There is a varied menu at the Ring Of Bells and they have a four star rating from the local council. All the food is freshly prepared and as far as practical from locally sourced ingredients. They don't have Sky Sports, Jukebox, Pool table or other similar distractions from a friendly community atmosphere. If you are in town, drop in for a pint or two. Tell them you read about it here!
NB: Like all the images on this stream, full size prints up to 30x20inches are available, Check my profile for how to contact me.
Checkout more w=33062170@N08&
m=tags\'>Historic Buildings from my photostream.
Keep in touch, add me as a contact www.flickr.com/relationship.gne?id=33062170@N08 so I can follow all your new uploads.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Liverpool,Albert,Dock,Dockside,UK,beatles,city,mersey,merseyside,river,pump,house,pumphouse,wet,rain,dusk,night,low,light,shot,hotpix,hotpixuk,tonysmith,tony,smith,blue,sky,warm,cobbles,stones,cobble,tate,gallery,maritime,museum,this photo rocks,HDR,high dynamic range,town,building,buildings,built,architecture,noche,nuit,sex,sexy
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4309650135 - 'A shot of the Pump House at the Albert Dock, Mersey Quayside, City of Liverpool. It has been a pub for may decades now, an old brick building. Here at dusk during heavy rain. Nice reflections on the cobbles and the wheel in the distance, near the new Liverpool One shopping centre.
The original building dates from 1878 when dockside cranes were converted to hydraulic use. However by 1920 due to the Albert dock being too small for the size of many cargo ships in use, it was mainly utilised for storage.
Regeneration started in 1981.
(2010 week 4)
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC ',
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Keywords: Christmas,Cacti,Xmas,Purple,flowers,flower,tropical,brazil,holiday,plant,succulent,desert,house,houseplant,december,xmascacti,christmascacti,orchid,cactus,Thanksgiving,Christmas Easter cacti,Easter cacti,Schlumbergera,truncata,nature,natural,history,world,life,HDR,high dynamic range,bloom,flores,blome,muchacha,femenina,de,la,mujer,se\u00f1ora,lady,female,woman,girl,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,\u592b\u4eba\u5973\u6027\u5987\u5973\u5973\u5b69,fille,f\u00e9minine,femme,dame,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4201858176 - 'The purple of this plants flower is so sensual (considering it lies so dormant all year). Mine always gets a good soaking at the end of November and it generally jolts it into flowering action.
The plant is native to desert areas of Brazil (&
other areas of the americas) and is a succulent beloging to Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Caryophyllales.
Another macro flower here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3811362428/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: red,sky,morning,grappenhall,village,england,UK,semidetached,house,houses,semi,detached,street,car,blue,purple,lindi,avenue,lindiavenue,7,7lindi,7lindiavenue,365days,HDR,high dynamic range,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 4125482227 - 'A great red sky this morning. A bit of a grab shot at about 800asa. as they say, when its gone its gone!
More views of Grappenhall www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4059561024/in/pool-grappen...
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Poole,Dorset,England,UK,night,shot,dusk,BW,Customs,House,Old,nightshot,nightshots,GB,Great,Britain,waterfront,bar,cafe,anchor,Paradise,Street,St,hotpix,hotpixuk,tdk,tony,tdktony,black,white,sepia,toned,mono,monochrome,tripod,tripod shot,long,exposure,long exposure,365days,HDR,high dynamic range,tonysmith,smith,noche,nuit,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4050685287 - 'A grade II listed building the Poole Customs House was built in 1814 and is now a rather nice restaurant and bar.
The old customs house on the quay was featured in the 1986 BBC drama, 'The Collectors' with Poole set as the fictional Dorset town of Wrelling. thankfully, there are no plans as yet to release the series on DVD.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: historic,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,Rams,Head,Inn,Pub,bar,town,summer,public,house,WA4,classic,sunny,Cheshire church,Cheshire life,Cheshire Pub,Cheshire Pubs,Cheshire public house,Grappenhall Pub,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Gropenhale,WA4 2SG,church and pub,and,churches,pubs,bars,pub,sign,signs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PH8 - Photo shows Rams Head inn sign & St Wilfrids Church tower,Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG. The image is useful for illustrating British and Irish pub culture, real ale, traditional bars, hospitality, visitor economy stories and the continued importance of pubs as social places. Where a named pub, brewery, beer pump, pint glass or drinking street is visible, it can support articles on licensed premises, cask ale, CAMRA interest, tourism, nightlife, local character and changing high streets. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Warrington, Cheshire, Grappenhall, England, UK, WA4 2SG, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Visible wording, branding or signage noted in the supplied caption should be kept as search evidence because it helps buyers looking for specific editorial concepts, public messages, commercial streets, transport detail or local identity. Weather and season may be visible outside or through the setting
the subject has clear hospitality and leisure value. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news.
Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK
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Keywords: 34,Row,city,of,tourism,attraction,ale,house,alehouse,CAMRA,real,royal,Old,Town,brass,outside,Lothians,Scotland,UK,Nicholson,freehouse,company,bar,Chambers,Street,and,George,IV,Bridge,Georgian,houses,scruffy,EH12QE,EH1,2QE,sign,outside,night,GoTonySmith,bars,different,shot,of,near,graveyard,traditional,John,Gray,RIP
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MNA - Greyfriars Bobby's Bar occupies the ground floor of a row of Georgian houses adjoining the historic Candlemakers' Hall, built in 1722.
The name of the bar is inspired by an Edinburgh legend of a scruffy Skye terrier called Bobby. When his owner died in 1858, Bobby faithfully watched over his grave and was buried alongside his master in the Greyfriars Kirkyard in 1872.
34 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH1 2QE
