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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_0919,Traditional,coin-op,launderette,264 Knutsford Road,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,independent,shop,washing,machines,dryers,laundry,services,business,self-service,community,household,costs,retail,high,street,neighbourhood,clothes,appliances,local,commercial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENMPWD - Traditional coin-op launderette at 264 Knutsford Road in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The small independent shop has a blue-and-white LAUNDERETTE fascia, large front window and rows of washing machines and tumble dryers visible inside, representing a familiar form of neighbourhood service business. Coin-operated laundries remain important for people without domestic washing facilities, tenants in smaller accommodation, travellers and customers needing larger-capacity machines for bedding and bulky items. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of launderettes, coin-operated washing machines, laundry services, independent shops, small businesses, local high streets, household costs, self-service retail, community facilities, rental housing and changing neighbourhood services. The traditional frontage and straightforward signage give the image a strong documentary quality and make it useful for stories about everyday service businesses that have become less common as home appliance ownership has increased. It can also illustrate consumer costs, energy use and the continuing role of local laundry shops within urban communities.
264 Knutsford Road, Warrington WA4 1AZ, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K52C1W - . Made at Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. At the centre of the view is Launderette Revolution washer dryer Laundromat, at Stafford services north, Moto, Staffordshire, England, UK - part of Photo Me. The setting additionally reflects changing land use, visual archive, bus route infrastructure, everyday life, place identity, community identity, local history, public transport stop, local character, surface public transport, transport accessibility, public realm, roadside transit, and changing streetscape. The modern context includes continuing discussion of local connectivity, service frequency and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU, details that may look very different after redevelopment. The location also brings in period detail, contemporary social history, historical comparison, local mobility, local bus network, archival record, public-transport wayfinding, and before-and-after reference. Details involving services, washer, Revolution, Staffordshire, and dryer make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU, 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 local connectivity and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing in a form that can be compared with future views of Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2K52C1W.
Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,pennylane,Hong Kong,wash,washing,dolly,tub,117,Liverpool,Merseyside,L18,Chinese,ash,house,old,frozen,in,time,Fing Wong Yiu,launderette,apparently,haunted,history,historic,BW,black and white,laundries,shop,shops,store,property,shopfront,shopfronts,Asian,immigrant
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0KPY0 - . Photographed at 117 penny Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The main point of reference is Haunting historic Chinese laundry shop, G.Leong, 117 penny Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 - apparently haunted BW. The surrounding context encompasses shopfront economy, historic townscape, period detail, street-level business, contemporary social history, changing land use, local history, mixed-use town centre, social history, adaptive reuse, commercial frontage, local character, local enterprise, and consumer retail. For current editorial use, town-centre regeneration and commercial rents provide additional context, especially through how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. Current relevance extends to town-centre regeneration and construction costs, particularly through how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within 117 penny Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The location also brings in visual archive, urban regeneration, bricks-and-mortar retail, public realm, archival record, community identity, changing streetscape, and civic architecture. Details involving Merseyside, laundry, penny, Liverpool, and Chinese make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 117 penny Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference. The frame retains period character for later comparison.
117 penny Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,pennylane,Hong Kong,wash,washing,dolly,tub,117,Liverpool,Merseyside,L18,Chinese,ash,house,old,frozen,in,time,Fing Wong Yiu,launderette,apparently,haunted,laundries,shop,shops,store,property,shopfront,shopfronts,Asian,immigrant,immigrants,community,outside,laundromat,family run laundry UK historic immigrant business
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0KPY7 - The distinctive traditional shopfront of G Leong Laundry at 117 Penny Lane in the Mossley Hill area of Liverpool, Merseyside. The small commercial premises occupy the ground floor of a red-brick terraced building and retain a striking crimson-painted timber frontage. Large cream and gold lettering across the fascia identifies G. LEONG and LAUNDRY , preserving the visual character of an earlier era of neighbourhood shops and family-run service businesses.
Two broad display windows flank a narrow recessed central entrance fitted with a geometric metal grille. Their lower sections have been screened with pale opaque material, while the dark upper panes provide only a limited view into the premises. Weathered wooden pilasters, aged paintwork, a tiled threshold and lace curtains in the rooms above contribute to the building's modest, timeworn appearance. The straight-on composition records the frontage as an architectural and social-history document, including details that could easily disappear through redevelopment or modern replacement.
Chinese-owned laundries once formed a familiar part of British urban life, providing essential washing and ironing services while also representing an important route into self-employment for migrant families. A Liverpool local-history account published in 2002 stated that the city had around 100 Chinese laundries after the Second World War, but identified G Leong on Penny Lane as the only surviving example at that time.
The property also appears in local supernatural folklore. Accounts concerning supposed hauntings around Penny Lane describe unexplained incidents dating back to the late nineteenth century. One retelling claims that in 1955 something was heard moving heavily across nearby slate roofs before stopping above George Leong's laundry at number 117 and disappearing with a loud bang. The story is part of neighbourhood legend rather than established evidence of paranormal activity.
117 penny Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,centre,England,UK,GL5,building,and,laundry,CWS,Stroud Co-op,co op,built,1931,Town,Centre,1 the Cross,1,the Cross,GL5 2HL,Stroud,stone,Art Deco,William Leah,former,department store,Stroud Town Council,Local Heritage Asset List,heart,of,SLHA0035,launderette,Black Book,café,cafe,outside,laundromat
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5KY - Built in 1931 by William Leah, this is a stone Art Deco building, now let as separate
shops, which was formerly the Stroud Co-op department store. Once inside the front door,
customers would walk up through the different departments. The main double door is now
replaced by the separate doors into the Black Book café and the launderette, with a
narrow blank panel in between. The windows up both Nelson St and Parliament St have
the original lights and pull-down awnings (still working).
The square, Art Deco, rendered panel (˜1931') is as it was originally. The signage (Soap &
Suds, etc) is modern but in a font in keeping with the age of the building.
Unit 6, originally the butcher's department of the Co-op and now a tattoo parlour “ has a
set-back doorway (the others in the block flush) but no awning like the others. At the back
of the shop are the original butcher's rails. The plate glass is the original Co-op shop
glass.
In Unit 4, originally the cooked meats department with uphill neighbour Hong Kong
takeaway and now R&R books, the central black and white tiled flooring is original.
Sources:
Pevsner guide to the Cotswolds (The Buildings of England, Gloucestershire 1: The
Cotswolds by David Verey and Alan Brooks)
1 the Cross, Stroud, Gloucestershire , England, UK, GL5 2HL
