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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,Cheshire,England,UK,panel,sign,field,picnic area,map,guide,to,bird life,birdlife,info,information,waterlake,water lake,lake,welcome,Pickmere,Pick Mere,village,landmark,landmarks,Mere Ln,Mere Lane,WA16 0LB,WA16,wooden,council,noticeboard,notice board,board,swimming,wild
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DD8JBR - Pickmere is a village and civil parish near Knutsford in the Borough of Cheshire East. It has a population of 541 (2001 Census). Landmarks in and around the village include a lake, Pick Mere, at grid reference SJ682770.
Pickmere is home to one of the radio telescopes that make up the Jodrell Bank MERLIN (Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network) radio telescope array linking six observing stations that together form a powerful telescope with an effective aperture of over 217 kilometres.
Pick Mere, Mere Ln, country park, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, WA16 0LB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DF7YM7 - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2020, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is Spooky doll,drifting in canal,Bridgewater canal,higher Walton,Warrington,Cheshire,England,WA4. The wider scene also brings together place identity, urban change, community identity, care provision, contemporary social history, period detail, patient access, city-centre activity, clinical environment, clinical services, archival record, everyday life, social landscape, and healthcare workforce. Today's relevance is strengthened by estate condition, patient access and the continuing question of how physical estates and clear wayfinding affect patient experience. From a 2025-onward perspective, regeneration and commercial change are closely linked to this subject, alongside the relationship between public space and local social life. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in changing land use, changing streetscape, hospital estate, patient care, NHS estate, documentary photography, contemporary city life, and community life. The combination of Walton, Spooky, canal, Bridgewater, and higher anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene further reflects estate condition and the connection between building investment and service quality without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison for later comparison. The view records part of the area's social history within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGTXBJ - Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Windsor and Eton, close to the River Thames.
The lake is privately owned and financed by Eton College, which spent £17 million developing it. Additional grants, totalling £500,000, were obtained from Sport England, UK Sport, the DCMS and SEEDA in order to build the lake's finish tower. The project was completed in 2006, after 10 years of construction. Although it is primarily for use by the school, the facilities are hired out for rowing, as well as for canoeing, dragon boating, open water swimming and triathlon.
Since the lake was opened, a number of annual regattas that were previously held on the River Thames have been transferred to the lake. These include the Marlow Regatta in June, the Metropolitan Regatta in May/June, and the Wallingford Regatta in May.
The lake's dimensions follow the FISA rules for a rowing lake suitable for hosting a World Rowing Championship, World Rowing Cup or Olympic regatta:
Stillwater, with consistent water conditions
2,200 metres (7,200 ft) straight length for racing
8 rowing lanes, each 13.5 metres (44 ft) wide
Minimum water depth of 3.5 metres (11 ft)
A return channel allowing boats to move to the start, separated from the main lake by an island
Dorney Lake, Eton College Rowing Centre, off Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor, Berkshire, England,UK, SL4
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X6M - . A place-specific photograph captures the physical context of Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall Heys Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA4 3DS, in a scene preserved from 2019. The documentary focus is Danger Deep Water sign, in a dangerous pond, Grappenhall Hays. The photograph carries associations with hydraulic control, inland boating, waterborne transport, riverine landscape, lock operation, navigation engineering, industrial waterway heritage, managed watercourse, navigation channel, civil engineering structure, waterway maintenance, and heritage navigation. The wider contemporary story of managed watercourses now includes flood resilience alongside safe public access, while policy and investment increasingly consider maintaining safe navigation. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall Heys Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA4 3DS, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The resulting scene connects with river management, working waterway, canal heritage, inland navigation, towpath environment, riparian setting. Other local associations include red sign, notice, warning, deep water countryside. The same setting also brings together boating infrastructure, and waterside infrastructure. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, ageing lock and bridge infrastructure also connects with flood resilience, volunteer involvement and efforts aimed at adapting old structures to present-day use. The lasting documentary value lies in its record of physical infrastructure, local continuity, community life, signage and branding, and commercial identity as an authentic period reference. For future comparison, the scene preserves historic fabric, movement through the area, social change, everyday services, and planning and redevelopment at this precise location.
Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall Heys Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA4 3DS
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Keywords: Pillitteri Estates Winery 2916 Fusion Gewurztraminer Riesling vqa niagara-on-the-lake,Pillitteri Estates Winery 2916 Fusion Gewurztraminer Riesling vq,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,drinks,drink,alcoholic,pub,bar,Niagara-on-the-Lake,ON L0S 1J0,estate,bottle,bottled,2016,wine,white,wines,vqa,niagara-on-the-lake,on,the,lake,white wine,glass,North America,vineyards,vineyard,summer,garden,table,home,drinking,Niagara on the Lake,VQA,winery,tariffs,tariff,US state
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWP0 - Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Niagara Peninsula at the point where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario, across the river from New York, United States. Niagara-on-the-Lake is in the Niagara Region of Ontario and is the only town in Canada that has a lord mayor. It has a population of 17,511 (2016).
Niagara-on-the-Lake is important in the history of Canada: it served as the first capital of the province of Upper Canada, the predecessor of Ontario, and was called Newark from 1792 to 1797. During the War of 1812, the town, the two former villages of St. David's and Queenston, and Fort George were the sites of numerous battles following the American invasion of Upper Canada, and the town was razed. Niagara-on-the-Lake is home to the oldest Catholic church and the second-oldest Anglican church in Ontario and the oldest surviving golf course in North America.
Today, Niagara-on-the-Lake draws tourists with its colonial-style buildings, the Shaw Festival, Fort George, wineries, an outlet mall on the highway, and its proximity to Niagara Falls. The Niagara Region has the second-highest percentage of seniors in Ontario
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,Gotonysmith,Dornie,Dorney,Lake,facility,olympic,SL4,Windsor,Berkshire,sport,water,water sports,row,rowing regatta,UK,GB,Great Britain,youth,schools,rowing,regatta,tent,Dorney Lake,Bryanston School,Boat Club,Bryanston School BC tent,Bryanston School tent,Bryanston sport,team,teams,private,school,club,clubs,resources,resource,VAT,Ofsted
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGTXBD - Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Windsor and Eton, close to the River Thames.
The lake is privately owned and financed by Eton College, which spent £17 million developing it. Additional grants, totalling £500,000, were obtained from Sport England, UK Sport, the DCMS and SEEDA in order to build the lake's finish tower. The project was completed in 2006, after 10 years of construction. Although it is primarily for use by the school, the facilities are hired out for rowing, as well as for canoeing, dragon boating, open water swimming and triathlon.
Since the lake was opened, a number of annual regattas that were previously held on the River Thames have been transferred to the lake. These include the Marlow Regatta in June, the Metropolitan Regatta in May/June, and the Wallingford Regatta in May.
The lake's dimensions follow the FISA rules for a rowing lake suitable for hosting a World Rowing Championship, World Rowing Cup or Olympic regatta:
Stillwater, with consistent water conditions
2,200 metres (7,200 ft) straight length for racing
8 rowing lanes, each 13.5 metres (44 ft) wide
Minimum water depth of 3.5 metres (11 ft)
A return channel allowing boats to move to the start, separated from the main lake by an island
Dorney Lake, Eton College Rowing Centre, off Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor, Berkshire, England,UK, SL4
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,Gotonysmith,Dornie,Dorney,Lake,facility,olympic,SL4,Windsor,Berkshire,sport,water,water sports,row,rowing regatta,UK,GB,Great Britain,youth,schools,rowing,regatta,cup,trophy,awards,silver,silverwear,National Schools regatta trophies,judge,judging,Cups & Trophies,National Schools Regatta,Dornie Lake,Eton College Rowing Centre,Berks,England,Dorney Lake
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGTXBF - National Schools' Regatta offers rowing racing to junior competitors from 14 to 18 years of age. Competitors enter from schools and rowing clubs across the United Kingdom.
National Schools' Regatta 2020 is taking place at Dorney Lake, Windsor from 22th May to 24th May.
Every May over 5,000 competitors race over three days. The racing is competitive, fast, and fun. It is a great weekend for competitors and spectators. National Schools' Regatta was established in 1947 to offer a valuable racing experience to a wide range of junior crews. It still does. Everyone enjoys the excitement of the competition, from the most junior competitors to the elite young athletes. The atmosphere at every race is electric. Competitors return year after year and many successful international oarsmen and women have started their racing career at National Schools' Regatta.
National Schools' Regatta is a charitable trust run by a committee of volunteers and is a not for profit event. Any money raised is put towards the running of the regatta and to help clubs with their junior rowing projects.
More info at https://nationalschoolsregatta.co.uk/
Dorney Lake, Eton College Rowing Centre, off Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor, Berkshire, England,UK, SL4
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGTXBH - National Schools' Regatta offers rowing racing to junior competitors from 14 to 18 years of age. Competitors enter from schools and rowing clubs across the United Kingdom.
National Schools' Regatta 2020 is taking place at Dorney Lake, Windsor from 22th May to 24th May.
Every May over 5,000 competitors race over three days. The racing is competitive, fast, and fun. It is a great weekend for competitors and spectators. National Schools' Regatta was established in 1947 to offer a valuable racing experience to a wide range of junior crews. It still does. Everyone enjoys the excitement of the competition, from the most junior competitors to the elite young athletes. The atmosphere at every race is electric. Competitors return year after year and many successful international oarsmen and women have started their racing career at National Schools' Regatta.
National Schools' Regatta is a charitable trust run by a committee of volunteers and is a not for profit event. Any money raised is put towards the running of the regatta and to help clubs with their junior rowing projects.
More info at https://nationalschoolsregatta.co.uk/
Dorney Lake, Eton College Rowing Centre, off Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor, Berkshire, England,UK, SL4
Description
Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,Gotonysmith,Dornie,Dorney,Lake,facility,olympic,SL4,Windsor,Berkshire,sport,water,water sports,row,rowing regatta,UK,GB,Great Britain,youth,schools,rowing,regatta,Kingston,tent,tents,KRC,British Rowing,team,teams,private,school,club,clubs,resources,resource
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGTXBK - Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Windsor and Eton, close to the River Thames.
The lake is privately owned and financed by Eton College, which spent £17 million developing it. Additional grants, totalling £500,000, were obtained from Sport England, UK Sport, the DCMS and SEEDA in order to build the lake's finish tower. The project was completed in 2006, after 10 years of construction. Although it is primarily for use by the school, the facilities are hired out for rowing, as well as for canoeing, dragon boating, open water swimming and triathlon.
Since the lake was opened, a number of annual regattas that were previously held on the River Thames have been transferred to the lake. These include the Marlow Regatta in June, the Metropolitan Regatta in May/June, and the Wallingford Regatta in May.
The lake's dimensions follow the FISA rules for a rowing lake suitable for hosting a World Rowing Championship, World Rowing Cup or Olympic regatta:
Stillwater, with consistent water conditions
2,200 metres (7,200 ft) straight length for racing
8 rowing lanes, each 13.5 metres (44 ft) wide
Minimum water depth of 3.5 metres (11 ft)
A return channel allowing boats to move to the start, separated from the main lake by an island
Dorney Lake, Eton College Rowing Centre, off Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor, Berkshire, England,UK, SL4
Description
Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,Gotonysmith,Dornie,Dorney,Lake,facility,olympic,SL4,Windsor,Berkshire,sport,water,water sports,row,rowing regatta,UK,GB,Great Britain,youth,schools,rowing,regatta,cup,trophy,awards,silver,silverwear,National Schools regatta trophies,judge,judging,Cups & Trophies,National Schools Regatta,Dornie Lake,Eton College Rowing Centre,Berks,England,Dorney Lake
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGTXBN - National Schools' Regatta offers rowing racing to junior competitors from 14 to 18 years of age. Competitors enter from schools and rowing clubs across the United Kingdom.
National Schools' Regatta 2020 is taking place at Dorney Lake, Windsor from 22th May to 24th May.
Every May over 5,000 competitors race over three days. The racing is competitive, fast, and fun. It is a great weekend for competitors and spectators. National Schools' Regatta was established in 1947 to offer a valuable racing experience to a wide range of junior crews. It still does. Everyone enjoys the excitement of the competition, from the most junior competitors to the elite young athletes. The atmosphere at every race is electric. Competitors return year after year and many successful international oarsmen and women have started their racing career at National Schools' Regatta.
National Schools' Regatta is a charitable trust run by a committee of volunteers and is a not for profit event. Any money raised is put towards the running of the regatta and to help clubs with their junior rowing projects.
More info at https://nationalschoolsregatta.co.uk/
Dorney Lake, Eton College Rowing Centre, off Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor, Berkshire, England,UK, SL4
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGTXD4 - Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Windsor and Eton, close to the River Thames.
The lake is privately owned and financed by Eton College, which spent £17 million developing it. Additional grants, totalling £500,000, were obtained from Sport England, UK Sport, the DCMS and SEEDA in order to build the lake's finish tower. The project was completed in 2006, after 10 years of construction. Although it is primarily for use by the school, the facilities are hired out for rowing, as well as for canoeing, dragon boating, open water swimming and triathlon.
Since the lake was opened, a number of annual regattas that were previously held on the River Thames have been transferred to the lake. These include the Marlow Regatta in June, the Metropolitan Regatta in May/June, and the Wallingford Regatta in May.
The lake's dimensions follow the FISA rules for a rowing lake suitable for hosting a World Rowing Championship, World Rowing Cup or Olympic regatta:
Stillwater, with consistent water conditions
2,200 metres (7,200 ft) straight length for racing
8 rowing lanes, each 13.5 metres (44 ft) wide
Minimum water depth of 3.5 metres (11 ft)
A return channel allowing boats to move to the start, separated from the main lake by an island
Dorney Lake, Eton College Rowing Centre, off Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor, Berkshire, England,UK, SL4
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGTXD9 - Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Windsor and Eton, close to the River Thames.
The lake is privately owned and financed by Eton College, which spent £17 million developing it. Additional grants, totalling £500,000, were obtained from Sport England, UK Sport, the DCMS and SEEDA in order to build the lake's finish tower. The project was completed in 2006, after 10 years of construction. Although it is primarily for use by the school, the facilities are hired out for rowing, as well as for canoeing, dragon boating, open water swimming and triathlon.
Since the lake was opened, a number of annual regattas that were previously held on the River Thames have been transferred to the lake. These include the Marlow Regatta in June, the Metropolitan Regatta in May/June, and the Wallingford Regatta in May.
The lake's dimensions follow the FISA rules for a rowing lake suitable for hosting a World Rowing Championship, World Rowing Cup or Olympic regatta:
Stillwater, with consistent water conditions
2,200 metres (7,200 ft) straight length for racing
8 rowing lanes, each 13.5 metres (44 ft) wide
Minimum water depth of 3.5 metres (11 ft)
A return channel allowing boats to move to the start, separated from the main lake by an island
Dorney Lake, Eton College Rowing Centre, off Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor, Berkshire, England,UK, SL4
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGTXDC - Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Windsor and Eton, close to the River Thames.
The lake is privately owned and financed by Eton College, which spent £17 million developing it. Additional grants, totalling £500,000, were obtained from Sport England, UK Sport, the DCMS and SEEDA in order to build the lake's finish tower. The project was completed in 2006, after 10 years of construction. Although it is primarily for use by the school, the facilities are hired out for rowing, as well as for canoeing, dragon boating, open water swimming and triathlon.
Since the lake was opened, a number of annual regattas that were previously held on the River Thames have been transferred to the lake. These include the Marlow Regatta in June, the Metropolitan Regatta in May/June, and the Wallingford Regatta in May.
The lake's dimensions follow the FISA rules for a rowing lake suitable for hosting a World Rowing Championship, World Rowing Cup or Olympic regatta:
Stillwater, with consistent water conditions
2,200 metres (7,200 ft) straight length for racing
8 rowing lanes, each 13.5 metres (44 ft) wide
Minimum water depth of 3.5 metres (11 ft)
A return channel allowing boats to move to the start, separated from the main lake by an island
Dorney Lake, Eton College Rowing Centre, off Court Lane, Dorney, Windsor, Berkshire, England,UK, SL4
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3KPA - Old Town Hall History and Information
A prominent two storey Grade I Listed Building of Medieval origin, the Old Town Hall mostly dates from the 17th and 18th centuries.
1345 is the earliest reference to the predecessor of the building, variously termed the ˜Toll booth', 'Common Hall' and ˜Motehall' or ˜Moot Hall' in later medieval sources. In 1668 the medieval hall was demolished to make way for a new one on the same site. It is this building, finished in 1669, with numerous subsequent alterations and extensions which survives today.
Over the years, the ground floor of the building has consistently remained in commercial and retail use whilst the grander public rooms at first floor level have accommodated a number of important civic functions including, most notably the Courts of Assize until 1881, the City's Magistrates Court until 1941, and Council Chamber and offices of the City of Carlisle Corporation until 1964.
The first floor accommodates the Tourist Information Centre and Assembly Room.
Old Town Hall, Green Market,Carlisle, England, UK, CA3 8JE
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RMT - . The Kings Head Pub, Rosemary lane, Carlisle City, Cumbria, Lake District, England, UK. Photographed at Fisher street,Carlisle,Cumbria,England,UK. The photograph was taken on 06 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 Kings, Head, Pub, Carlisle, Rosemary Lane, sign, outside, Rosemary, lane and bar, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Fisher street,Carlisle,Cumbria,England,UK
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PHG - . This scene at Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU in 2015 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The subject captured here is Walsall Arboretum in summer, West Midlands, England,UK. Other connected aspects include social history, public realm, commercial frontage, shopfront economy, contemporary social history, historical comparison, archival record, town-centre trading, specialist shop, local character, community identity, before-and-after reference, changing land use, and specialist retailer. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into online shopping and business rates, not least because of the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU, details that may look very different after new construction. The location also brings in visual archive, local enterprise, period detail, local history, place identity, everyday life, high-street commerce, and independent retail. Details involving Walsall, summer, Midlands, and Arboretum make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects online shopping and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the specific setting of Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU. Its period value extends to online shopping and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets as part of the longer story of Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU.
Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PHH - . Recorded at Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU in 2015, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is Walsall Arboretum lake in summer, West Midlands, England,UK. Further facets of the scene include urban drainage, regional identity, social history, urban sanitation, municipal services, place identity, water infrastructure, cast-iron street furniture, community identity, public-health engineering, everyday life, utility heritage, Victorian sanitation, and public realm. The wider contemporary story combines infrastructure renewal, water quality and the hidden infrastructure that made dense cities healthier and safer. As a dated visual record of Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are local character, changing streetscape, underground utilities, period detail, public works, before-and-after reference, changing land use, and contemporary social history. References to Walsall, Midlands, Arboretum, and summer give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes infrastructure renewal and the renewed pressure on drainage systems from heavier rainfall and urban growth within the specific setting of Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU. The image fixes evidence of changing use within the wider story of Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU.
Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PHR - . An identifiable period record of Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU in 2015, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The principal subject is Walsall Arboretum in summer, West Midlands, England,UK. Other connected aspects include street-level business, social history, changing land use, bricks-and-mortar retail, shopfront economy, high-street commerce, commercial frontage, historical comparison, contemporary social history, documentary photography, local character, retail property, archival record, and before-and-after reference. Current relevance extends to footfall and commercial rents, particularly through how commercial property costs affect small retailers. Future viewers can use this scene from Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU to compare period objects and surrounding context with whatever follows after changed technology. The surrounding story also includes visual archive, specialist shop, local history, independent retail, local enterprise, small business, public realm, and changing streetscape. Details involving Arboretum, Walsall, Midlands, and summer make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate footfall and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses within the specific setting of Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU. The image also provides a reference for independent business and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy as part of the longer story of Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU.
Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU
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Keywords: Welcome,to,English,Tree,Trees,collection,wild,flowers,public,space,Arbo,GB,UK,United,Kingdom,saddlers,sadler,MBC,park,entrance,clock,tower,lake,sign,flower,bed,town,map,info,information,Walsall Arboretum,West Midlands,Public spaces,Victoria Park,flower bed,GoTonySmith,West,Midlands,England,WS4,2BU,tourist,tourism,travel,to,Black,Country,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Lichfield St,WS4 2BU,Black Country,Walsall Black Country
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PHW - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU in 2015, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The photograph centres on Welcome to Walsall Arboretum sign, in summer, West Midlands, England,UK. The frame also records themes of community identity, changing streetscape, historic sign, regional identity, public-facing signage, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, everyday life, graphic street detail, visual archive, period detail, social history, archival record, and urban typography. The modern context includes continuing discussion of public communication, local history and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. As a dated visual record of Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects street-level message, contemporary social history, visual communication, public information notice, changing land use, wayfinding detail, commercial ephemera, and printed message. Details involving Welcome, summer, Midlands, Walsall, and Arboretum make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU, 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 public communication and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change when considered against later change at Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history as part of Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU's history.
Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYXXB - Nymphaea is a genus of hardy and tender aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Many species are cultivated as ornamental plants, and many cultivars have been bred. Some taxa occur as introduced species where they are not native, and some are weeds. Plants of the genus are known commonly as water lilies or waterlilies in the United Kingdom. The genus name is from the Greek νυμφαια, nymphaia and the Latin nymphaea, which mean water lily and were inspired by the nymphs of Greek and Latin mythology.
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Keywords: England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Active,F15,green,blue,lake,facility,two,boat,boats,at,ticket,license,sailor,CH48,33,South Parade,West Kirby,Wirral,Merseyside,CH48 0QG,pastime,pastimes,hobby,sail,take,up,the,new,wet,wetsuit,equipment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NH1 - . Wirral Watersports Centre - Two boats at West Kirby marine lake, 33 South Parade, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England, UK, CH48 0QG. Photographed on 23 May 2010, 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 33 South Parade, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH48 0QG, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Active, F15, green, blue, lake, facility, two, boat, boats, ticket, license, sailor, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. 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. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
33 South Parade, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH48 0QG
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4544077808 - 'Arthur's sword in Welsh legend is known as Caledfwlch. Its used by Arthur's warrior Llenlleawg the Irishman to kill the Irish king Diwrnach while stealing his magical cauldron. In Cornish the word Calesvol is used in literature to describe it and appears to have either come from the Welsh name or be an early pre-celtic word for it. At any rate the legend in various forms can be found in many northern european cultures.
Excalibur is by no means the only weapon associated with Arthur, nor the only sword, but the one that gets all the publicity.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson described it in 'The Passing of Arthur' ('Morte d'Arthur') in these words:
There drew he forth the brand Excalibur,
And o\u2019er him, drawing it, the winter moon,
Brightening the skirts of a long cloud, ran forth
And sparkled keen with frost against the hilt:
For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks,
Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work
Of subtlest jewellery.
The Lady of the Lake is the name of several related characters in the different legends and interpretations. The Scotsman Walter Scott transported the legend to Loch Katrine, near Callander in central Scotland. In more recent times she appears as a character in the Spamalot musical and on Richie Blackmore's Rainbow 'Long Live Rock and Roll' album from the late 1970's.
With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light
Then a beam in the shade from a slivery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night
Ahhh... takes me back to my mis-spent youth!
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Keywords: Road to Elgol,I Road to Elgol,Isle of Skye,Scotland,from,inner,moody,sky,island,gotonysmith,rd,road,spectacular,year,of,the,homecoming,scots,escotia,celtic,wide,view,B8083,to,and,road.,Reflect,Isle of Skye,Elgol Road,Isle of Skye,Road,to,Elgol,Isle,of,Skye,Scotland,gotonysmith,rocks,rock,mountain,walk,walks,reflections,lock,loch,lake,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEYACK - . Road to Elgol, Isle of Skye, Hebrides , Scotland, UK. Photographed on 13 August 2009. The recorded location is Elgol Road from Broadford, Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Highlands, Scotland, UK. In historical terms, street and highway scenes record the practical infrastructure of mobility, including road signs, junctions, bridges, parking controls and changing vehicle use
They also offer a visual history of traffic growth, road engineering and the effort to balance drivers, pedestrians and local communities. The wider historical story is that landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. During 2026, congestion, road safety and decarbonisation continue to be prominent transport issues
Historic signs, traffic jams and older road infrastructure therefore work both as location records and as evidence of how the road network and travel behaviour have changed. In the present 2026 context, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. In the longer view, road signs, mileposts, traffic systems and street furniture document the development of Britain's highway network from historic turnpikes and coaching roads to motorways and contemporary traffic management
Even everyday signs can become useful evidence of changing regulations, road design and local geography. Against the 2026 backdrop, congestion, road safety and decarbonisation remain prominent transport issues
Historic signs, traffic jams and earlier road infrastructure therefore work both as location records and as evidence of how the road network and travel behaviour have changed.
Elgol Road from Broadford, Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Highlands, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3827213159 - 'Another landscape from Skye here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3834522311/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PHT - A colourful summer view across the wildflower meadow at Walsall Arboretum on Lichfield Street in the West Midlands. Bright red poppies dominate the foreground, accompanied by orange, blue, purple and white flowers growing through long green grass. The naturalistic planting creates a vivid contrast with the closely mown lawn, formal pathways and mature trees elsewhere within the historic public park.
Beyond the meadow stands an ornate red-brick building with a prominent clock tower, steep rooflines, decorative stonework and tall chimney stacks. The architecture provides a strong focal point behind the flowers and reflects the established Victorian character of the arboretum. Visitors can be seen walking along the pathway, while the open lawns and tree-lined surroundings give the scene a relaxed recreational atmosphere.
The mixture of cultivated parkland and less formal meadow planting illustrates changing approaches to the management of urban green spaces. Wildflower areas can provide colour and seasonal interest while supporting bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects. They may also require less frequent mowing than conventional short grass, allowing public parks to combine recreation, visual appeal, biodiversity and environmental improvement.
Walsall Arboretum is an important public green space serving residents and visitors near the town centre. Its lawns, trees, paths, gardens and recreational facilities provide opportunities for walking, relaxation, family outings, community activity and contact with nature within an urban setting. The summer planting adds another layer of interest to the park and creates an attractive foreground for the historic buildings and established landscape.
The blue sky, scattered white clouds and strong daylight reinforce the seasonal atmosphere, while the poppies and mixed flowers create depth throughout the composition. The photograph is suitable for editorial themes involving Walsall, public parks, wildflower planting, u
Lichfield St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYWH - In 1848, John Eglington, a local surveyor, valued the estate at £160,000. In the 1860s, E. A. Foden first mooted the idea of turning the estate into a park and in 1871, the Walsall Arboretum and Lake Company was formed and issued a prospectus for shareholders describing the principal features.
In 1873, a lease was drawn up for the creating of a park and the flooding of more land. The Arboretum was officially opened on May 4, 1874 by Lady Hatherton. The park consisted of two lakes, two lodges, a boathouse, bandstand, several summerhouses, a tree lined promenade, space for dancing, a flagpole, croquet lawns and a cricket ground. On May 20, 1875, severe weather caused extensive damage to the lake area.
In 1965, exploration began for underground tunnels connecting the Littleton Street mine workings, however none were found. In 1967, proposals for a new roundabout and flyover scheme that would have demolished the Clock Tower and lodge were rejected due to public pressure. In 1972, a proposal by Featherstone-Dilke to construct housing on the northern edge of the park was rejected following a public enquiry. On April 19, 1989, 31.32ha of land consisting of the original Arboretum and surrounding housing was designated a conservation area.[1]
In 1995, a Charter Mark was awarded to the Arboretum for excellence and diversity in the services it offered. It was re-awarded in 1999 and in the same year, a rare species of white-clawed crayfish was discovered in Hatherton Lake
Walsall Arboretum, Lichfield Street, Walsall, West Midlands England UK
