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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXC7 - Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100 year-old history, giving it a claim to having been the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world.[2]
Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of the 16th century, when the medieval defences were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The most notable exceptions are St Margaret's Chapel from the early 12th century, which is regarded as the oldest building in Edinburgh,[3] the Royal Palace and the early-16th-century Great Hall, although the interiors have been much altered from the mid-Victorian period onwards. The castle also houses the Scottish regalia, known as the Honours of Scotland and is the site of the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum of Scotland. The British Army is still responsible for some parts of the castle, although its presence is now largely ceremonial.
Castle St, Edinburgh City, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXCC - Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100 year-old history, giving it a claim to having been the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world.[2]
Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of the 16th century, when the medieval defences were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The most notable exceptions are St Margaret's Chapel from the early 12th century, which is regarded as the oldest building in Edinburgh,[3] the Royal Palace and the early-16th-century Great Hall, although the interiors have been much altered from the mid-Victorian period onwards. The castle also houses the Scottish regalia, known as the Honours of Scotland and is the site of the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum of Scotland. The British Army is still responsible for some parts of the castle, although its presence is now largely ceremonial.
Castle St, Edinburgh City, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXCK - Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100 year-old history, giving it a claim to having been the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world.[2]
Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of the 16th century, when the medieval defences were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The most notable exceptions are St Margaret's Chapel from the early 12th century, which is regarded as the oldest building in Edinburgh,[3] the Royal Palace and the early-16th-century Great Hall, although the interiors have been much altered from the mid-Victorian period onwards. The castle also houses the Scottish regalia, known as the Honours of Scotland and is the site of the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum of Scotland. The British Army is still responsible for some parts of the castle, although its presence is now largely ceremonial.
Castle St, Edinburgh City, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXCX - Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100 year-old history, giving it a claim to having been the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world.[2]
Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of the 16th century, when the medieval defences were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The most notable exceptions are St Margaret's Chapel from the early 12th century, which is regarded as the oldest building in Edinburgh,[3] the Royal Palace and the early-16th-century Great Hall, although the interiors have been much altered from the mid-Victorian period onwards. The castle also houses the Scottish regalia, known as the Honours of Scotland and is the site of the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum of Scotland. The British Army is still responsible for some parts of the castle, although its presence is now largely ceremonial.
Castle St, Edinburgh City, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EC2T1N - Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red was a work of installation art placed in the moat of the Tower of London, England, between July and November 2014, commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War I.
It consisted of 888,246 ceramic red poppies, each intended to represent one British or Colonial serviceman killed in the War. The artist was Paul Cummins, with setting by stage designer Tom Piper. The work's title was taken from the first line of a poem by an unknown World War I soldier.
The installation was visited by the Princes William and Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge on the day of its opening, and by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on 16 October. It is estimated that five million people saw the memorial, and the huge visitor demand saw Prime Minister David Cameron and other politicians join calls to try and extend the period for which the installation remained at the Tower so that more visitors would be able to pay their respects.
Tower officials resisted such calls, stating that the transience of the installation was a key part of the artistic concept, and that the poppies would be removed as planned and distributed to their purchasers. On 8 November it was announced that the Wave segment “ a steel construction with poppies around the Tower entrance “ would remain in place until the end of the month, and that the Wave and the Weeping Window segments (both made by the Theatre Royal, Plymouth) would be taken on a tour of the UK lasting until 2018, and would then go on permanent display at the Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester.
Tower Hill, London, England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXTT4 - The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland and the 6th in the United Kingdom, and is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Edinburgh receives approximately 47,000 applications every year, making it the third most popular university in the UK by volume of applicants.
Entrance is intensely competitive, with offer chances of 27% in the 2010-2011 admissions cycle. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university
Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9YL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXXAG - The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland and the 6th in the United Kingdom, and is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Edinburgh receives approximately 47,000 applications every year, making it the third most popular university in the UK by volume of applicants.
Entrance is intensely competitive, with offer chances of 27% in the 2010-2011 admissions cycle. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university
Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9YL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXXJT - The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland and the 6th in the United Kingdom, and is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Edinburgh receives approximately 47,000 applications every year, making it the third most popular university in the UK by volume of applicants.
Entrance is intensely competitive, with offer chances of 27% in the 2010-2011 admissions cycle. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university
Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9YL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDY2XK - The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland and the 6th in the United Kingdom, and is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Edinburgh receives approximately 47,000 applications every year, making it the third most popular university in the UK by volume of applicants.
Entrance is intensely competitive, with offer chances of 27% in the 2010-2011 admissions cycle. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university
Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9YL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDY30C - The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland and the 6th in the United Kingdom, and is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Edinburgh receives approximately 47,000 applications every year, making it the third most popular university in the UK by volume of applicants.
Entrance is intensely competitive, with offer chances of 27% in the 2010-2011 admissions cycle. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university
Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9YL
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8386628455 - 'View this whole set of away from home images here. If you do Twitter add me here.
The Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Tewkesbury, in the English county of Gloucestershire, is the second largest parish church in the country and a former Benedictine monastery. It is one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in Britain, and has probably the largest Romanesque crossing tower in Europe.
In the 10th century the religious foundation at Tewkesbury became a priory subordinate to the Benedictine Cranbourne Abbey in Dorset. In 1087, William the Conqueror gave the manor of Tewkesbury to his cousin, Robert Fitzhamon, who, with Giraldus, Abbot of Cranbourne, founded the present abbey in 1092. Building of the present Abbey church did not start until 1102, employing Caen stone imported from Normandy and floated up the Severn.
After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the people of Tewkesbury saved the abbey from destruction in 1539: Insisting it was their parish church, which they had the right to keep, they bought it from King Henry VIII for the value of its bells and lead roof which would have been salvaged and melted down, leaving the structure a roofless ruin. The price came to \u00a3453 (\u00a3193,780 as of 2013).
The Abbey's 17th century organ - known as the Milton Organ - was originally made for Magdalen College, Oxford by Robert Dallam. After the English Civil War it was removed to the chapel of Hampton Court Palace and came to Tewkesbury in 1737. Since then, it has undergone several major rebuilds.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8405886299 - 'View this whole set of away from home images here. If you do Twitter add me here.
St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. St Paul's sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and is the mother church of the Diocese of London. The present church dating from the late 17th century was built to an English Baroque design of Sir Christopher Wren, as part of a major rebuilding program which took place in the city after the Great Fire of London, and was completed within his lifetime.
The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognisable sights of London, with its dome, framed by the spires of Wren's City churches, dominating the skyline for 300 years. At 365 feet (111 m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962, and its dome is also among the highest in the world. In terms of area, St Paul's is the second largest church building in the United Kingdom after Liverpool Cathedral.
St Paul's Cathedral occupies a significant place in the national identity of the English population. It is the central subject of much promotional material, as well as postcard images of the dome standing tall, surrounded by the smoke and fire of the Blitz. Important services held at St Paul's include the funerals of Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Winston Churchill
Jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria
peace services marking the end of the First and Second World Wars
the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer, the launch of the Festival of Britain and the thanksgiving services for the Golden Jubilee, the 80th Birthday and the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. St Paul's Cathedral is a busy working church, with hourly prayer and daily services.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5957917427 - 'Primal Scream - Beautiful Summer- Play this track here.
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Primal Scream are a Scottish alternative rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie (vox) and Jim Beattie and now based in London. The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes (guitar), Martin Duffy (keyboards), Gary 'Mani' Mounfield (bass), and Darrin Mooney on drums.
Despite multiple lineup changes, the band has remained commercially successful and continues to tour and record to this day, and Ian Wade of the BBC considers the band to be the best live act in Britain. I would agree with that having seen them a few times.
The band were first introduced to the acid house scene by Alan McGee (who took Gillespie to his first gig, a Thin Lizzy concert) in 1988. Following a taste for it, 'Loaded', became the band's first major hit, reaching number 16 on the UK Singles Chart. This was followed by another single, 'Come Together', which reached number 19.
The band entered the studio with Andy Weatherall, Hugo Nicolson, The Orb and Jimmy Miller producing, and Martin Duffy on keyboards. They released two more singles, 'Higher Than The Sun' and 'Don't Fight It, Feel It', both of which were successful. The album, Screamadelica, was released in the autumn to ecstatic reviews.
Its one of those albums that all music lovers just must have in their collection. I recall it won the first Mercury Music Prize, beating Gillespie's former band The Jesus and Mary Chain.
This track is from 'Beautiful Future' which was released in 2008.
This shot was taken with my old Olympus 50mm F1.4 OM lens on my Canon 5D body.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5672847773 - 'Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics is the astronomical research centre of the University of Manchester and operates MERLIN, the UK's national radio astronomy facility.
Jodrell Bank is a world leader in radio astronomy-related research and technology development but also carries out research across the electromagnetic spectrum and in theoretical topics. It was first in the west to track the Russian USSR Luna 1 probe.
While the early warning radars at Fylingdales Moor were being constructed Jodrell Bank was held in a sort of readiness to track Soviet ICBM:s by using the big antenna as a radar. The radar tracking of the Sputnik rocket bodies (and later Sputnik 3 itself) demonstrated that the telescope had the capability to detect missiles at great range and the telescope was given an interim ballistic missile early warning role. Presumably also this effort provided some much needed funding for the telescope.
The Centre occupies three main locations: the world-famous Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire (shown here in panorama form, original dimensions 7332x3666pixels), and the Alan Turing and Sackville St Buildings in central Manchester.
The Lovell Telescope has stood proudly over the Cheshire Plain since its completion in 1957 and is the flagship of the Jodrell Bank Observatory. The observatory is a place of learning, teaching and research for the many engineers, astronomers and students who develop and use the radio telescopes here.
This is an infrared shot taken with a 720nm adapted SLR. It is more convenient to use than using a Hoya R72 for IR. This spring day was good for infrared.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D96MR5 - Exeter West signal box 'Dog Chart' track layout diagram at dusk (wide angle fisheye lens view)
Exeter West signal box is not at Exeter - it is at Crewe.
Why is this? Because a group of dedicated individuals saved the signalbox from demolition when the signalling in the Exeter area was renewed in 1985, and carefully dismantled it so it could be re-erected as a working museum demonstrating how the larger signal boxes of the past were.
This box is now viewable at Crewe as part of Crewe Heritage Centre display, and signalmen are present most weekends to describe and demonstrate signalling days of the past and answer questions from visitors.
Crewe Railway Station, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK CW1 2DB
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5917135398 - 'The Cult 'My Bridges Burn' - Play this track here.
These bridges at Castlefield Manchester do indeed look like they have been just cast from molton iron as they cross the canal basin. Anyone familiar with the climate around here will know we were not facing weather extremes, just some sodium vapour lamps at dusk!
This track is from 'Beyond Good and Evil' (2001) the seventh studio album by English rock band The Cult.
The title of the record is a reference to Friedrich Nietzsche's 1886 book of the same title, and it briefly had the mock working title of Bring Me the Head of Dave Grohl, referencing the frontman of Foo Fighters, Probot and Them Crooked Vultures, and also the former drummer of Nirvana. In 2006, singer Ian Astbury claimed via the band's website that his preferred choice for the record's title was Demon Process.
'My Bridges Burn' was originally titled 'Save Me'
'Breathe' originally had the slightly longer title 'Breathe (You Bastard)' along with an overdub of keyboards after the guitar solo which was later removed
and 'Speed of Light' went through several different titles: originally titled 'Black California,' then 'Who Plays the Devil' before the band decided on its final title.
Whenever I walk through here, the track 'Another bridge' by EBTG also comes to mind. Some 1980's indulgence - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuLYmzhdEFc
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDGY - Salisbury Cathedral at dusk in the winter
6 The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England UK SP1 2EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5266844649 - 'Mr Brownstone - 'Guns n' Roses' - Play this track here.
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Mr Brownstone is a track from the album 'Appetite for Destruction' from 1987. Legend has it that Slash &
Izzy Stradlin wrote the song after lamenting their heroin habits. The line 'I used to do a little, but a little wouldn't do, so the little got more and more. I just keep trying to get a little better, said a little better than before' encapsulates it all.
Mr Brownstone was GnR's first UK double A-side single, but was not released anywhere else in that form. The band was from Hollywood, Los Angeles, California originating in 1985. Led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose (born William Bruce Rose, Jr.), the band has released six studio albums so far &
an official live album while going through numerous line-up changes. As of 2010, Rose is the only consistent member of Guns N' Roses.
The debut album, 'Appetite for Destruction', has sold in excess of 28 million copies worldwide and even if you hate rock or metal music, in my opinion you should still probably have a copy. There was a long gap between early work and the much hyped 'Chinese Democracy' album.
On March 26, 2008, 'Dr Pepper' announced a plan to give everyone in America \u2013 except the band's former guitarists Slash and Buckethead \u2013 a free can of Dr Pepper if the band released Chinese Democracy before the end of 2008. Rose added, 'As some of Buckethead's performances are on our album, I'll share my Dr Pepper with him.'
With the announcement from Guns N' Roses regarding a release date in November, Tony Jacobs, Dr Pepper's Vice President of Marketing for Dr. Pepper, announced a free soda coupon campaign for 24 hours on Sunday, November 23, 2008. Due to 'heavy volume' on the server throughout the entire day it was impossible to submit for your free coupon. I cannot say I was gutted, I would rather drink 'Venos' than Dr Pepper myself!
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Castlerigg Stone Circle (alt. Keswick Carles, Carles, Carsles or Castle-rig) near Keswick in England is one of the most visually impressive prehistoric monuments in Britain and is the most visited stone circle in Cumbria, England UK.
Every year, thousands of people make the short journey from Keswick to the plateau of Castlerigg Fell and to Chestnut Hill, on which the monument stands. This plateau forms the raised centre of a natural amphitheatre created by the surrounding fells and from within the circle it is possible to see some of the highest peaks in Cumbria: Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Grasmoor and Blencathra.
The stones are of a local metamorphic slate, set in a flattened circle, measuring 32.6 m (107 ft) at its widest and 29.5 m (97 ft) at its narrowest. The heaviest stone has been estimated to weigh around 16 tons and the tallest stone measures approximately 2.3m high. There is a 3.3m wide gap in its northern edge, which may have been an entrance.
Within the circle, abutting its eastern quadrant, is a roughly rectangular setting of a further 10 stones. The circle was probably constructed around 3200 BC (Late Neolithic/Early Bronze-Age), making it one of the earliest stone circles in Britain and possibly in Europe. It is important to archaeoastronomers who have noted that the sunrise during the Autumn equinox appears over the top of Threlkeld Knott, a hill 3.5 km to the east. Some stones in the circle have been aligned with the midwinter sunrise and various lunar positions.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5076530742 - 'A Northern Soul - 'The Verve' - Play this track here.
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Released June 1995, A Northern Soul is the second studio album by English rock band The Verve. The title is a reference to Northern Soul, a popular soul movement in Britain during the 1960s at which Wigan (The Wigan casino) was near its epicentre.
The Verve formed in 1990 in Wigan with Richard Ashcroft on vox, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space rock, by the mid-1990s the band had released several EPs and three albums.
I had first heard a track from their first album on a magazine compilation and was then hooked.
For this 2nd album the band de-camped to their Wigan-based practice room to begin writing and recording songs for their second studio album. Commenting on the effect that working in the 'dank rehearsal room' had on the band's songwriting process, frontman Richard Ashcroft stated:
'Practising in a dungeon in Wigan for this record, you're devoid of any kind of fashion, or thought of 'This is what we should be doing'. Like a band that goes into the studio and plays the music they hear in their heads rather than what they read in magazines'.
Critical acclaim was heaped upon the album (justifyably). Guitar Magazine writer Dan Eccleston claimed 'the band retreated to their Wigan rehearsal room and plugged in, tuned up and flipped out into that parallel universe wherein the Verve song resides. And the result is A Northern Soul - a record whose deep, dark funky rock makes their actually rather lovely '93 debut A Storm in Heaven sound almost limp. The Verve essence remains - swirling guitar arpeggios, grand rock themes, sprawling structures - but it's warmer, denser and more powerful in every way.'
If you like this track, this album or Urban Hymms which followed it should be your starting point. Tell 'em I sent you!
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Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional football (Soccer ! ) team based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. They compete in the Premier League, in which they have been playing since their promotion from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.
They have played at the DW Stadium since 1999, which they now own, sharing the stadium with rugby league club Wigan Warriors. They previously played at Springfield Park for 67 years.
As of the 2009\u201310 season, Wigan Athletic are the youngest club in the Premier League, having only been formed in 1932. Sporting goods retailer JJB Sports\u2014whose former chairman Dave Whelan owns Wigan Athletic and his company DW Sports Fitness is currently the stadium's main sponsor.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5580256000 - 'Hash Pipe - 'Weezer' - Play this track here..
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Just when you thought pipes were so yesterday.....
One of my favourite tracks, good to hear it today!
'Hash Pipe' is a song by US indie rock band Weezer. Released in 2001, it was the first single off the band's long-awaited third album, Weezer (The Green Album).
The song was aparently inspired by a male transvestite prostitute known for rambling to people in Santa Monica. Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson is featured on the cover of the song's CD single holding a pack of Natural American Spirit cigarettes that has been blurred out due to copyright issues.
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The new white Samuel Beckett Bridge (Irish: Droichead Samuel Beckett) is a cable-stayed bridge in Dublin that joins Sir John Rogerson's Quay on the south side of the River Liffey to Guild Street and North Wall Quay in the Docklands area.
The architect is Santiago Calatrava, a designer of a number of innovative bridges and buildings. This is the second bridge in the area designed by Calatrava, the first being the James Joyce Bridge, which is further upstream.
Constructed by a 'Graham Hollandia Joint Venture', the main span of the Samuel Beckett Bridge is supported by 31 cable stays from a doubly back-stayed single forward arc tubular tapered spar, with decking provided for four traffic and two pedestrian lanes. It is also capable of opening through an angle of 90 degrees allowing ships to pass through. This is achieved through a rotational mechanism housed in the base of the pylon.
The shape of the spar and its cables is said to evoke an image of a harp, a symbol of Ireland lying on its edge.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4846909105 - 'Very local to me, Chester city cathedral is the mother church of the Church of the Diocese of Chester, and is located in the administrative walled city. The cathedral, formerly St Werburgh's abbey church of a Benedictine monastery, is dedicated to Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Since 1541 it has been the centre of worship, administration, ceremony and music for the city and diocese.
The cathedral is a Grade I listed building, and the heritage site, including the former monastic buildings, lying to the north of the cathedral is also listed Grade I. The cathedral, typical of English cathedrals in having been modified many times, dates from between 1093 and the early 1500s, although the site itself may have been used for Christian worship since Roman times. All the major styles of English medieval architecture, from Norman to Perpendicular are represented in the present building.
The cathedral and monastic buildings were extensively restored during the 19th century amidst some controversy, and a free-standing bell-tower was added in the 20th century. The buildings are a major tourist attraction in Chester, a city of historic, cultural and architectural importance. In addition to holding services for Christian worship, the cathedral is used as a venue for concerts and exhibitions.
The city of Chester was an important Roman stronghold (Deva). There may have been a Christian basilica on the site of the present cathedral in the late Roman era, while Chester was controlled by Legio XX Valeria Victrix. Legend holds that the basilica was dedicated to St Paul and St Peter. This is supported by evidence that in Saxon times the dedication of an early chapel on this site was changed from St Peter to St Werburgh. In the 10th century, St Werburgh's remains were brought to Chester, and 907 AD her shrine was placed in the church.
The interior of Chester Cathedral gives a warm and mellow appearance because of the pinkish colour of the sandstone. The proportions appear spacious because the view from the west end of the nave to the east end is unimpeded by a pulpitum and the nave, although not long, is both wide and high compared with many of England's cathedrals. The piers of the nave and choir are widely spaced, those of the nave carrying only the clerestory of large windows with no triforium gallery. The proportions are made possible partly because the ornate stellar vault, like that at York Minster, is of wood, not stone.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4706668333 - 'The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Truro, Cornwall is an Anglican cathedral. It was built in the Gothic Revival architectural style fashionable during the period, and is one of only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom with three spires.
The See (or Diocese) of Truro was established in 1876 and the first bishop, Edward White Benson, was consecrated in 1877: this was the first cathedral to be built on a new site in England since Salisbury Cathedral in 1220.
Construction began in 1880 on the site of the 16th century parish church (St Mary the Virgin) to a design by the architect John Loughborough Pearson, a leading figure of the 19th century Gothic Revival. The design combines the Early English style with certain French characteristics, chiefly spires and rose windows. Truro's resemblance to Lincoln Cathedral is not coincidental: Pearson had been appointed as Lincoln's Cathedral architect and the first Bishop of Truro, Edward Benson, had previously been Canon Chancellor at Lincoln. The central tower and spire stands 250 feet tall, while the western towers reach to 200 feet.
The cathedral is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and as such has no Lady Chapel, which is quite unusual. Because the cathedral is situated in the heart of the city there was little room with houses and shops packed closely about on all sides. In order to accommodate the cathedral it was necessary to bend the building six feet northward.
Two foundation stones were laid in 1880 and the first section of the cathedral was consecrated in 1887. The central tower was completed by 1905 and the building was completed with the opening of the two western towers in 1910. Pearson died in 1897 and the work of his architectural practice was continued by his son, Frank. The Cathedral was the location for the first service of Nine Lessons and Carols, devised by Bishop Edward White Benson for Christmas Eve in 1880.
In 2002 the cathedral embarked on what was hoped to be a fifteen year project to restore the east end, the west front and the central tower and spire. Reliant on available funds, work progresses when possible. Currently the towers are under refurbishment under this plan.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4653594686 - 'This is an image taken in the first floor historic reading room of the Manchester University John Rylands library. This serves as the special Collections section of the John Rylands University Library (JRUL). It is a remarkable victorian gothic building right in the heart of the city's shopping district Deansgate.
The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Mrs Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her late husband, John Rylands. The collections include medieval illuminated manuscripts, examples of the earliest forms of European printing, including the Gutenberg Bible, and the personal papers of notable local figures such as Elizabeth Gaskell and chemist John Dalton.
Enriqueta Rylands purchased a site on Deansgate, at the heart of Manchester city centre, in 1889 for her planned memorial library and commissioned a design from architect Basil Champneys. Mrs Rylands had originally intended the library as a principally theological collection and the building, which is a very fine example of Victorian Gothic, has much of the appearance of a church, although the actual concept was of an Oxford college library on a larger scale.
The core of the library was formed around the collection of 40,000 books including many rarities assembled by George John Spencer, which Mrs Rylands purchased in 1892. The library was finally opened to readers on 1 January 1900. It was illuminated internally by electricity (rather than gas which was more common at the time). The use of electricity was still in its early stages, the supply had to be generated on-site. This took some years to achieve due to the inexperience of local contractors, but the library became one of the first public buildings in Manchester to be lit by electricity and continued to generate its own supply until 1950.
Basil Champneys was given the rare honour of speaking about the building at a general meeting of the Royal Institute of British Architects and was awarded the Royal Gold Medal in 1912. The library was granted listed building status on 25 January 1952, which was upgraded to Grade I on 6 June 1994.
In the Rylands Gallery on the lower floor, you can see some of the most important items from the Library's collections including magnificent medieval manuscripts and examples of the earliest books ever printed. The gallery is organized around seven themes. Faiths, History of the Bible, Beautiful Books, Science, World Literatures, Everyday Life and Manchester.
It is one of Manchester's building gems and inside more resembles a cathedral than a library. Marble statues of Enriqueta and John Rylands watch over the readers from either end of the room. If you are in the city, make an excuse to spend some time to drink in the history.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4649331451 - 'A local tale suggests the site of St Oswald's church, Winwick, was decided by a pig that carried and laid the foundation stones where the church was subsequently built!
A pig is commemorated on the west wall of the tower, this could be the evidence or the start of the medieval urban myth. That would certainley be an intelligent pig that would not be eaten in just one sitting!
The Domesday Book in 1086 records that a church existed here at the time of the Norman conquest . The oldest part of the present church dates from the early 14th century. An inscription in the church commemorates King Oswald of Northumbria, a prominent Christian, who is said to have been killed here in 642.
Remains on the site ate thought to go back even further. The current church occupies the site of an ancient Druidical altar and pre-Christian temple. Excavations beneath this Chancel in 1828 revealed 3 gigantic skeletons supporting these theories.
Pictured here is the chancel, formed from a panorama of four seperate images joined. The main body of the church and its wooden nave is currently under threat from Death Watch Beatle. In late april teh local newspaper, the Warrington Guardian reported the following:
'The oak beams of the nave roof at the Winwick church have been gnawed at by death watch beetles, a wood-boring insect, which has led to water seeping into the Legh Chapel and major structural problems in Gerrard Chapel.
The nave has been closed since January after builders carried out maintenance on ceiling tiles and discovered the delapidated beams. Wardens must now apply to English Heritage for a grant by June if they are to get funding during 2010 to resolve the problem.
They hope to hear if they are successful by the end of the year. The work will be carried out over the next two years, depending on how the grant is staged. Warden Christine Melia said: \u201cWe\u2019re looking to set up a website to support the funding and we\u2019re hoping that members of the congregation get involved.\u201d
Meanwhile the main Sunday morning services are being held in the church hall. The chancel can still be used for baptisms and weddings but only if the congregation does not exceed 50 people. Christine confirmed that the application for the English Heritage grant would be fully supported by the Rev Canon June Steventon, who was licensed as the church\u2019s new vicar on Tuesday.
St Oswald\u2019s Church is a Grade I listed structure and its earliest parts date back to the early 13th century with the nave \u2013 the long central part of the building \u2013 dated at roughly 1580'
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4608369781 - 'Dave and Sarah's shop is the latest business to earn a decent crust in Crewe. It was Officially opened by Councillor Margaret Simon, who is Mayor for Cheshire East. This is the first francise for the Brampton Pie Company outside Cambridgeshire.
Slightly cheesily at the official opening Councillor Simon said, \u201cIt\u2019s a great vote of confidence that Brampton\u2019s has chosen to set up in Crewe and can only add to the town\u2019s economic growth. I have also become a personal fan and regularly pop in for a pie at lunchtime, as they are located irresistibly close to Crewe\u2019s Municipal Buildings.\u201d I did not check with Dave and Sarah how many pies had in fact been purchased / consumed by the local elected elite, when I popped in to say hello to my old work mate.
Crewe is in fact slightly south of what I would probably term 'Pie Central' in the UK, Wigan. While justly famous for its 1970's Northern Soul 'Wigan casino' pies are a large slice of the Wigan economy.
The annual World Pie Eating Championship is usually held at Harry's Bar on Wallgate, Wigan. The competition has been held since 1992. In 2006, due to relentless pressure from the Vegetarian Society a vegetarian version was added.
In the 2006 competition, the meat and potato pies were all 12 cm (5 in) in diameter with a depth of 3.5 cm (1.5 in). In the separate vegetarian contest, the pies were 10 cm (4 in) by 3 cm (1.2 in).[3]
In the 2007 competition, entries included a competitor's dog, Charlie, who had eaten 20 pies and damaged a further 10 the night before the competition, nearly jeopardising the event.
The last two years victors have been
Fred Wyatt, a 61-year-old warehouse packer won the 2008 Championship, which was broadcast live on the internet by pay-per-view. In 2009
Barry Rigby, a warehouseman won, eating a pie in a record 45 seconds.
Controversy was caused in 2005 when pies were imported (out of the Wigan area) from nearby Farnworth, Bolton and local Wigan pies were sidelined, resulting in a four-man strong protest. A similar situation arose in 2009, with pies being sourced from Adlington.
More controversy was caused in 2006 when the competition was changed (to meet government healthy-eating guidelines) from the number of pies consumed in a given time, to the fastest time to consume a single pie.
Wiganers are proud to be called pie-eaters, but the nickname is not thought to be because of their appetite for the delicacy. The name is said to date from the 1926 General Strike when Wigan miners were starved back to work before their counterparts in surrounding towns and were forced to eat 'humble pie'.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4584152142 - 'The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582, is an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland, making it one of the ancient universities of the United Kingdom...
The university is consistently placed amongst the best in the world, ranking 20th in the 2009 THES - QS World University Rankings, as well as 17th in the current Global University Ranking. THES - QS World University Rankings has consistently ranked University of Edinburgh as the best university in Scotland, and one of the five best universities in UK.
The university played an important role leading the city of Edinburgh to its reputation as a chief intellectual centre during the Age of Enlightenment, and helped give the city the nickname of the Athens of the north.
Alumni of the university include some of the major figures of modern history. The founding of the University is attributed to Bishop Robert Reid of St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, who left the funds on his death in 1558 that ultimately provided the University's endowment. The University was established by a Royal Charter granted by James VI in 1582, becoming the fourth Scottish university at a time when the neighbour neighbour to the south, England, had only two..
The Guardian University Guide 2008 ranked the University of Edinburgh as follows:..7th in the UK overall.1st in the UK for computer science.1st in the UK for physics.1st in the UK for Nursing.2nd in the UK for medicine..A very outstanding achievment and the uni resides in some outstanding architectural monuments, such as Old College as seen here..
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4576383706 - 'The suggestion is that after the May 2010 election, Britain will have lots of spare cash for all those things we aspire to spend on, such as new cancer drugs and such. With all the main parties hiding the details on what will be cut to tackle the current deficit, it is unlikely whoever gets in, there will be much left over for essential stuff like this. Most people realise it is charities, university research labs and big pharma who actuallly find these drugs, not central government. Maybe in the big Tory idea of 'everyone doing it for themselves', we should all be looking for these drugs ourselves? I read one satirical piece that suggested in this mode if we could not find a satisfactory hospital consultant the inferrence was that we should get a mirror and our own scalpal &
have a go.
It will be interesting to see what the reality is when the votes are counted and the job of dealing with that deficit starts. That could be like the colour shift in this image, a different kind of drug, a bad acid trip!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4596581097 - 'To the centre of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you,
To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank, searching for you,
I was moving through the silence without motion, waiting for you,
In a room with a window in the corner I found truth.
In the shadowplay, acting out your own death, knowing no more,
As the assassins all grouped in four lines, dancing on the floor,
And with cold streel, odour on their bodies mad a move to connect,
But I could only stare in disbelief as the crowds all left.
I did everything, everything I wanted to,
I let them use you for their own ends,
To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you.
To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you.
Ian Curtis (Ian Kevin Curtis to be precise) was songwriter and lyricist of the Manchester band Joy Division.
I was lucky enough to see Joy Division a couple of times. Once at the manchester Free Trade Hall 25/06/1979, with Fashion supporting Salford Punk Poet John Cooper Clarke. Secondly at the Factory / PSV / Russel club in Hulme, Manchester 28/09/1979. The latter time on a bill with The Teardrop Explodes (we were too late to see Foreign Press), before they were signed and had just released the Sleeping Gas EP on Zoo records.
I remember that friday night well as me and my pal from school David Hague were dropped off by his brother Nick in his nippy red leather seated Mazda. This was to be totalled some weeks later in Sheffield with over a hundred charges being cooked up by the south Yorkshire police. As you would expect the case was chucked out! But thats another story as they say.
The first time I saw Ian Curtis I was amazed at the power he had. I like everyone else it seemed at the FTH was drawn down to the stage to look at this man and his unique dancing style. Similar to an epileptic Northern Soul dancer. To this day I have not witnessed a vocalist with those same powers. He and his writing was special, dark, urban.
He explained the motivation as 'Instead of just singing about something you could show it as well, put it over in the way that it is, if you were totally involved in what you were doing'.
Songs like 'Transmission', 'Shes Lost Control again' and Shadowplay encapsulated Manchester and the late 1970's.
In the early hours of 18 May 1980, on the eve of a first tour in America, Curtis hanged himself in the kitchen of his house in Macclesfield. He had just viewed Werner Herzog's film 'Stroszek' and listened to Iggy Pop's 'The Idiot'. At the time of his death, his health was failing as a result of the epilepsy and attempting to balance his musical ambitions with his marriage, which was foundering in the aftermath of his affair with journalist Annik Honor\u00e9. His wife Deborah found his body the next morning.
Curtis's memorial stone, which is inscribed with 'Ian Curtis 18 - 5 - 80' and 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' (the single released just before his death), was stolen in July 2008 from the grounds of Macclesfield Cemetery. The missing memorial stone was later replaced by a new one shown here.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4589609737 - 'Saltaire United Reformed Church is one of the UK's most precious Victorian architectural gems. The church was built by Sir Titus Salt in 1859 near Shipley along from Bradford, West Yorkshire. Its style is Italianate religious architecture. It has been described as a classic 'Cathedral of Congregationalism'.
Saltaire was Sir Titus Salt's legacy. Sir Titus Salt, 1st Baronet (20 September 1803 \u2013 29 December 1876), born in Morley, near Leeds, was a manufacturer, politician and philanthropist in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. I find him pretty inspirational, he was certainly way ahead of his time. His father Daniel Salt was a fairly successful businessman and was able to send Titus to Batley Grammar School.
In 1833 he had taken over the running of his father's business and within twenty years had expanded it to be the largest employer in Bradford. In 1848 Titus Salt became mayor of Bradford. He had a social conscience and took steps to look for solutions to the pollution from the many factory chimneys in the city.
Around 1850, he decided to build a large mill to consolidate his textile manufacture in one place, but he 'did not like to be a party to increasing that already over-crowded borough', and he bought some land three miles from Bradford, adjacent to Shipley next to the River Aire. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the Midland Railway, main arteries of the day were adjacent.
Building of his mill was begun in 1851. He opened it with a grand banquet on his 50th birthday, 20 September 1853. Following that public conscience he then set about building the houses, bathhouses, institute, hospital, almshouses and churches, that make up Saltaire. very revolutionary for the time. Similar ventures were persued by the quaker chocolate barons at Bournville and by Rowntree in York. Salt built the Congregational Church pictured here (now Saltaire United Reformed Church) at his own expense in 1858\u201359. He donated the land on which the Wesleyan Chapel was built by public subscription in 1866\u201368.
Sir Titus commissioned architects Lockwood and Mawson to design the building, as they had designed a number of other important Italianate buildings in Bradford City centre.
His body is interred at a mausaleum at the church and can be viewed. Reportidly at his funeral 100,000 people lined the route. Many people had him to thank for his far sightedness and care for his fellow man.
The church today is grade I listed. The entrance is up six steps under a portico supported by six unfluted Corinthian columns and topped by a fretted tower with cupola.
Inside are hollow Corinthian columns with beautiful Scagliola exteriors, an Italian technique implemented by Mr. Dolan of Manchester. Two ornate chandeliers of ormolu and cut glass hang from the ceiling, of such great weight that additional roof trusses had to be inserted to support them. Originally lit by gas, they were made by Hausburg of Liverpool.
The existing organ, built by Peter Conacher and Co. of Huddersfield, was installed in 1890, rebuilt at the end of the Second World War.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4569421476 - 'My first real experience of signal boxes was when my friend from the next year up in school Pete Williams used to blag me into the signalbox at Dinting on the Glossop to Piccadilly Manchester line. It had a chip pan, baby belling and all mod cons. I even remember the incumbent signalman holding a train for ten minutes while we finished our chips!
This is a panoramic shot of the Exeter West signal box, which is now located in original form at Crewe Heritage Centre, formerly the Crewe Railway Age. What's it doing here? you may reasonably ask.
Signalling in the Exeter area was renewed in 1985. this was part of the old GWR area (Great Western Railway or Gods Wonderful Railway as it can occasionally still be referred). It would have been demolished but for a group of enthusiasts who carefully dismantled it so it could be re-erected as a working museum demonstrating how the larger signal boxes of the past were. It indeed works virtually every weekend, trained 'signalmen' are present most weekends to describe and demonstrate signalling days of the past and answer questions from visitors.
Exeter West signalbox was built by the Great Western Railway in 1913. It was located at the west end of St. Davids station, controlling the junction for the London &
South Western Railway's line to Waterloo and connections to the Goods Lines avoiding the station, the engine sheds and various yards. The previous box was not spacious enough to accommodate the greater layout following enlargement of the station. The lengthy new signalbox contained a lever frame of 114 levers, but this was replaced in 1959 by an even larger new frame of 131 levers.
The signal box remained in use until 1985, when colour light signalling controlled electronically from a new box at Exeter was brought into use. After closure of the box, the Exeter West Group moved in and carefully dismantled the signal box, marking each of the hundreds of parts for future reference. The first task was to safely remove all furniture, then dismantle the massive lever frame. all pieces were numbered and after two floundered attempts to site the box in Bristol and Swindon, Crewe found space for it.
The 131-lever frame was rebuilt lever by lever, and the interlocking painstakingly reinstated, and was completed during August 1992. The instrument shelf and the signalling equipment was then added. The box was formally opened to the public on May Day Monday 1993.
With the box once more restored to its proper condition, a start was made on rigging up equipment to simulate activity as it would have been when the box was operational. Most of the levers have been weighted to simulate real operation, although some are actually connected to real signals erected around the site.
An electronic simulator has been provided, and the job working the simulator can be harder than working the box itself, for the operator has to act as signalman at all the adjacent boxes, make telephone calls representing local staff, and work the track circuit lights to emulate the passage of trains.
The box can be worked to the full summer timetable of the 1960's, although generally the box is demonstrated to visitors with a very limited timetable to allow movements and actions to be explained. However once a year, on May Day weekend, members of the Group occasionally simulate a full timetable for a 54-hour continuous period. At its busiest, this requires four staff in the box (just as it used to be) and two further operators controlling the simulator.
If you were wondering, black levers are for points, blue locking points red for signals and black/white for detonators.
Whether you find trains and railways fascinating or not, this is a really interesting place. a bit of a trip back in time at least 25 years to a more manual age. Oh and if you were wondering, they do have a baby Belling, which would be capable of doing chips!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4565205208 - 'Jaguar was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company by Sir William Lyons in 1922, originally making motorcycle sidecars before switching to passenger cars. The name was changed to Jaguar after World War II due to the unfavourable connotations of the SS initials. It was aquired by Ford in 1989 and is now part of the indian Tata steel and manufacturing group.
Jaguar cars are designed in Jaguar Land Rover's engineering centres at the Whitley plant in Coventry and at Gaydon in Warwickshire, and are manufactured in two of Jaguar Land Rover's plants
Castle Bromwich assembly plant in Birmingham and at the old Ford Halewood Body &
Assembly near Liverpool.
Two of the proudest moments in Jaguar's long history in motor sport involved winning the Le Mans 24 hours race, firstly in 1956 and again in 1957, in the hands of the little known Scottish racing team called Ecurie Ecosse whose name later went down in legendary status for twice pulling off a David v Goliath effort in the famed car killing race.
The Jaguar XF is marketted a mid-size executive car that was introduced in 2008 to replace the out-going S-Type in the company's line-up. In January 2008, the XF was awarded the What Car? 'Car of the Year' and 'Executive Car of the Year' awards. The XF was also awarded Car of the Year 2008 from What Diesel? magazine.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4552559482 - 'Ahh, a week of warm english weather, blossoms, daffy's, spring has definitely landed. Where church lane and Broad lane meet is a lovely spot for catching the last rays of sun before heading into the village for a quick pint before tea. I would have liked to have been able to say I could smell a BBQ but it would be a wee fib! Also a blue sky untarnished with smoke trails from planes. All air traffic thankfully grounded by the Iceland volcano.
Grappenhall on the edge of south Warrington is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name Gropenhale. It roughly translates to 'The Groping Place' as my cousin (who has a degree in such matters but also an uncharacteristically un-catholic sense of humour) once explained to me. At the time of the Domesday Grappenhall was stated to be worth five shillings. Lets hope that was just the tax revenue.
St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower. This is believed to be Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I have resisted photographing the cat, although may relent if I can find a suitably creative way of doing it.
Parts of the Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes were filmed in the centre of Grappenhall. The 'large room' in Grappenhall village, was converted into a Police station for the filming of the 'Wisteria Lodge' episode of The Return of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett. The 'Rams Head' pub was converted to the 'The Bull Hotel' in the same episode (see www.flickr.com/photos/nathanchantrell/4010783429/in/photo... ).
Grappenhall has a thriving Cricket Club and is part of the CCC. Cheshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cheshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The club is based at Cheadle and plays matches around the county at Boughton Hall in Chester, Nantwich, New Brighton, Grappenhall and Alderley Edge.
Oh, and by-the-way, I have reached 300 in my 365 without missing a day so far - yay! (big thanks to Jill, who helped me decide to start, way back in June - Hanx!)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4529292058 - 'Ah! a relaxing and very civilised Easter bank holiday monday afternoon with my friend Stephen in the Cafe Royal, tucked away in West Register Street, Edinburgh. Nice to be served real cask ales and great food.
It has its origins across the road from where it now stands back in 1826. It was known then for its Oysters, one of the rare foods I have given up trying to enjoy, they are just not for me. Local architect Robert Paterson is responsible for its parisian style and its a great step back to victorian gin palace times, a bit like the Phil in Liverpool ( www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3804831303/ ).
On the menu today was a lovely tomato based fish soup, Moules (Mussels to you), mixed starters to share, pork in cider, although the homemade sandwiches and burgers in there are also really nice. i had the fish soup followed by a really good Cranachan (a local Scots desert with double cream, oats and raspberries), try it if you get the chance, naughty but nice!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4546943548 - 'One of my favourite watering holes in the city of Edinburgh. Delightfully tucked away off Princes Street and away from the rowdy bars of Rose Street. My default choice in there is Weihenstephan - '\u00e4lteste Brauerei der Welt' (lierally Dedicating Stefan - oldest brewery of the world), which is a lovely pint, in its own special tall glass. A plaque outside details its history.
The origins of the site was the Guildford Arms Hotel. This was more or less totally rteworked by Robert Macfarlane Cameron in 1898. It was modelled on the then popular victorian gin palace theme echoing the Phil in Liverpool and the Crown in Belfast among others. Most pubs were at the time male dominated and frankly dingy and possibly a little dangerous. The temperance movement is said to have encouraged the design of more luxurious pubs, particularly suitable for the fairer sex rather than just men.
The current configuration dates from 1940. However the centrepoint of the Guildford\u2019s late Victorian opulence is the magnificent Jacobean style ceiling which can be seen in this image. A row of real ale pumps on the bar all have the logo of DM Stewart, owner since victorian days.
A grand old Thorne Brothers Mirror hangs at the end of the bar. Just below the cornice height, wood panelling conceals a hidden room: legend has that this was aparently used to store spirits and other liquor which was pumped to the room from street level. A narrow walkway
leads from this room around the inner walls to the Gallery. This gallery now provides an ideal spot for diners to marvel at the superbly decorated ceiling or gaze down at the punters in the Public Bar. Both lunch and dinner are served in the Gallery Restaurant with lunch and snacks (Chilli Cashews is my weakness when in there) also served in the Lounge &
Public Bar areas. I can vouch for the excellent range of real ales. Usually a wider selection from Scotland (including the islands) than the neighbour to the south too. Readers of The Edinburgh Evening News voted the Guildford Arms Best City Bar in 1999. If you are in town and have a spare hour or so for victorian time travel, pop in!
(2010 week 13)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4521877662 - 'St Michael's Cathedral was built after the destruction of the former during world war II during extreme German Luftwaffe bombing raids on the 14th November 1940. The intensity of this city's destruction was termed 'Coventry-isation' by Hitler.
It is to the external viewer quite concrete-y, yet a fine celebration of 20th century modernist architecture. The new cathedral was designed by Basil Spence (Knighted for this work) and Arup, constructed by John Laing. It is also a Grade I listed building. Remains of the old cathedral still sit beside it. A competition was held in 1950 to find an architect for the new Cathedral, over 200 designs were submitted. The foundation stone of the new cathedral was laid by Queen Elizabeth II on 23rd March 1956. Actual consecration was over 6 years later on the 25th May 1962.
Its design provoked much discussion, much like the new modernist catholic cathedral in Liverpool. A large tapestry of Christ dominates the altar area. the baptistery consists of a ceiling high mosaic of 195 panes of stained glass. The Great West Window, which looks out on the remains of the old cathedral is known as the Screen of Saints and Angels, engraved directly onto the screen in expressionist style by the New Zealand artist John Hutton.
The ceiling is an innovative and complicated construction. There are multiple pyramids of Canadian Spruce slats. Panels above each of which is movable so if needed the acoustic properties of the cathedral can be adjusted for paticular events. Around the nave walls are tablets of stone (the 'tablets of the word') with inscriptions. These are by Ralph Beyer. Inscriptions are uneven deliberately to try to reflect early Christian inscriptions.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4473262986 - 'This is a night / dusk shot taken from the Abbey Church Yard in the centre of historic Roman Bath. The grade I listed Grand Pump Room is on the right with the white limestone of the Abbey at the end of the square. It would be nice to think of it as originating from roman days although this is not actually the case. The city of Aquae Sulis (Latin name, 'the waters of Sulis') was first established as a spa resort exploiting hot springs by the Romans in AD 43. Its history probably goes back even further.
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Thomas Baldwin and later John Palmer were involved in its construction from 1789 onwards. Work continued until its final opening in 1799. Some Corinthian style half columns were added with a nice upper floor later. These open onto Stall street and you can now take tea on the first floor and watch people come and go in the square.
The pump room is now a grand restaurant with nice chandeliers and a piano. It looks to be a great spot for a luxurious quintessential English treat, tea, cakes or champers (just don\u2019t forget your wallet!).
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Keywords: pint,pub,lager,beer,bitter,overlooking,1st,floor,upper,level,cov pint,covent,garden,westminster,london,square,market,england,uk,sepia,black,white,selective,color,colores,colour,mono,monochrome,b/w,city,old,ancient,tourist,places,tonysmith,tony,smith,stuff,interesting,place,building,buildings,built,architecture,favourite,pubs,public,houses,narrative,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,history,wide,angle,wideangle,lens,sigma,12-24mm,10-20mm,hotpix!,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4467457083 - 'Ah, a chance to enjoy a quiet pint in pedestrianised Covent Garden and watch the street entertainment (without getting hassled for cash). That might pay for another bag of chilli nuts then.
It is a nice part of 'old London', it was the site of a flower, fruit and vegetable market from the 1500s until 1974. The wholesale market was then relocated to New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms (not so picturesque). While Covent Garden is the only part of London licensed for street entertainment, performers have to jump through hoops, having to undertake auditions for the Market's management and representatives of the performers' union and signing up to timetabled slots.
It was nice on a quite mild March afternoon to enjoy my pint of Fullers London Pride overlooking the main piazza. This image has been turned to monochrome then selectively coloured.
(2011 week 11)
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Keywords: statue,art,work,artwork,artist,horses,picaddilly,picadily,london,night,dusk,shot,low,light,wate horses,water,uk,england,streets,people,interesting,tonysmith,hotpix,hotpixuk,tony,smith,coventry,road,haymarket,criterion,theatre,land,theatreland,sigma,12-24mm,sigma12-24mm,wide,angle,lens,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,place,places,wide angle lens,building,buildings,built,architecture,narrative,arty,stream,lightstream,wideangle,10-20mm,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4467466811 - 'This brilliant statue of horses in a fountain, from 1992 can be found just along from Piccadilly Circus heading towards Trafalgar Square at Haymarket. Another one of those things that I have passed many times and never got around to taking a snap. Anyway, I did manage to this evening. Rudy Weller's 'Horses of Helios'. Two are depicted, randomly choose from Pyrois, Eos, Aethon, and Phleyon, named in the legend. If you know which two they are, please leave a comment.
Helios was of course the Greek god of the sun and the four horses were his mythical transport.
In this shot I am looking back towards Piccadilly Circus and Ripleys 'Believe it or not'. Still very busy with rush hour office workers and Italian tourists making the most of the strong Euro.
(2010 week 11)
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Keywords: phillis,phylis,saxon,cross,antique,sandbach,cheshire,england,UK,britain,old,stuff,furnature,furniture,classic,365project,hotpixuk,hotpix,tonysmith,tony,smith,Thrift,shop,store,centre,mill,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,12-24,sigma,wide angle lens,wide,building,buildings,built,architecture,history,angle,wideangle,lens,12-24mm,10-20mm
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4458588000 - 'Here is the first floor of Saxon Cross Antiques centre, Town Mill, High Street, Sandbach, Cheshire. It is just over from the market square Anglo-Saxon stone crosses. So quite an appropriate name. Phylis is one of the staff who looks after the centre and can guide you to that elusive collectors item or first day cover.
I stumbled upon this little treasure trove for collectors. Saxon Cross Antiques occupies part of the ground and the whole of the first and second floors. The third floor has been converted to a penthouse apartment. On the ground floor is \u201cCurshaws\u201d a bar restaurant. There are some telecommunications masts on the roof which are cunningly disguised in order to blend in with the old brick of the building.
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Keywords: person,bridge,night,dusk,tripod,blue,sky,light,lighting,low,contrast,man,walking,chester,cheshire,uk,britain,wall,walled,city,town,condate,tonysmith,hotpix,hotpixuk,sinister,dramatic,extreme,dark,disturbia,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,interesting,place,places,abstract,art,arty,architecture,building,buildings,stream,lightstream,famous,bridges,pedestrian,foot,pont,pied,wide,angle,wideangle,lens,sigma,12-24mm,10-20mm,metal,Alamy
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4451615567 - 'Queen's Park suspension bridge (for pedestrians. A great spot where the walker can see up the Dee river and over to the stone road crossing. Queens Park Suspension Bridge, links the walled city centre and the Groves with the Queens Park area on the southern bank. This was built in 1923 to replace an earlier construction. It is painted white and lit at night.
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The river was why the Romans came to build their fort here and the area below the city of Chester (now called The Roodee), which is now occupied by the racecourse was where the harbour was located. Over time the river silted and Liverpool became the port of choice for sea going vessels.
Near to this pedestrian bridge, north of town, is the Groves. A paved promenade complete with bandstand, caf\u00e9s, restaurants and pubs. Here there are river cruises or rowing boats to hire.
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Keywords: lingerie,swim,wear,swimwear,under,underwear,designer,grappenhall,warrington,cheshire,england,UK,britain,lindaann,linda,ann,la,bonita,shop,store,nice,friendly,lady,woman,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,12-24,sigma,wide angle lens,wide,sex,sexy,angle,wideangle,lens,12-24mm,10-20mm,muchacha,femenina,de,mujer,se\u00f1ora,female,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 4448619969 - 'The lovely Linda Ann in her designer lingerie and underwear emporium at 99 Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire.
You have no doubt passed it many times on the A50. Its worth a visit (just take a left when you see the 'Styling Your Curves' sign next to the road as you reach the Choy Hing Village.
Certainly more a shop for the ladies, I wouldn't know my underwired from my padded basque or the difference between a body, babydoll or a Bustier. Luckily Linda has a website for 'La Bonita' (which in spanish means 'The Pretty One' - www.labonitaonline.com 01925 212937) so if you are looking at something for the weekend, you can order it there on your plastic.
Being a bloke the correct choice of a well fitted bra has not really been one of my problems. As several women have told me over the years, finding a good shop that understands this is generally worth its weight in gold. Linda has some useful hints and tips on her website and I am sure if you take yourself in to see her, you will be in good hands. She can no doubt guide you through the minefield of types
backless, balconette, bungalow, convertible, coupe, cupless, demi cup, front-fastening, full coverage, halter, longline, minimizing, padded, plunge, push-up, racerback, sports/athletic, strapless, strapless-backless, t-shirt, underwired, wireless, sports bra, and invisible.
The quantity of underwiring in some bra's is now becoming an issue with enhanced metal detector checks at airports. Triumph International have launched a 'Frequent Flyer Bra'. This oneuses metal free clasps and resin underwires instead of steel that are guaranteed to not set off metal detectors.
A fundraiser in need of some support www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4318167727/
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Keywords: dynamic,earth,our,holyrood,edinburgh,city,capital,scotland,pano,panorama,stitched,sticher,wide,shot,scots,scottish,parliament,royal,mile,sepia,selective,colour,black,white,b/w,colores,color,blanco,negra,tonysmith,tony,smith,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,joiner,stitch,stitcher,autostitch,auto,building,buildings,built,architecture,imagen,panor\u00e1mica,image,panoramisches,Bild,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,angle,wideangle,lens,sigma,12-24mm,10-20mm,hotpicks,hotpix,hotpics,hot,pix,pics,uk,edinbrugh,Edinburg,#tonysmithhotpix,edimburgh
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4442105524 - 'This is a panoramic view from the reclaimed industrial land at the foot of the Royal Mile, where (Our) Dynamic Earth sits. It is a science centre in Edinburgh, Scotland and a popular visitor attraction and venue for exhibitions etc in the city. It is a stitched joiner of four images.
From its doors on the third floor, the Scottish Parliament and Holyrood Palace can be seen. It opened in 1999 and was a UK Millennium Commission project. It is within the walls of the the William Younger Centre, which is a distinctive castle-esque landmark building.
Dynamic Earth's architects were Michael Hopkins and Partners. The centre concentrates on earth science and the forces that have shaped the earth.
Check out this quirky panorama www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3709981451/
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Keywords: circuit,board,ceramic,military,extreme,macro,lens,bellows,tubes,copper,gold,ice,manor,park,1987,runcorn,cheshire,uk,england,stillife,stilllife,still,life,old,stuff,abstract,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4427393837 - 'Extreme macro from a ceramic tile 100x100x1mm 96% alumina - 25 micons gold flash over copper. the application of this is in very precise military circuitry, this example is from around 1987.
It is a MCR25.0B assembly.
The thinner copper tracks are 17 microns wide with the gaps and wider tracks 25 microns wide. This has been taken with a 20mm Olympus macro lens with Canon to Olympus adapter.
Alumina is the most mature of the engineering ceramics, offering excellent electrical insulation properties together with high hardness and good wear resistance but relatively low strength and fracture toughness.
Aluminas are generally white but are sometimes pink (88% alumina) or brown (96% Alumina). The colour is derived from either the sintering additives or impurities in the raw materials.
Dynamic-Ceramic produces a range of alumina from 96% - 99.9% purity. Alumina has a high melting point, high hardness and high mechanical strength, although mechanical strength is reduced at temperatures above 1000\u00b0C. Due to the relatively large coefficient of thermal expansion, thermal shock resistance is reduced.
Alumina is an electrically insulating material, with a high electrical resistivity, increasing with purity. Good chemical stability of alumina, leads to a high corrosion resistance. It is insoluble in water and only slightly soluble in strong acid and
alkaline solutions. Thus making it ideal for use in rugged component environments such as on a battlefield, in space or the stratosphere.
On the board the underside tracks can just be seen. This was a product of ICI in Runcorn and the metals etc were layed down using a phot-resist process. Quality control was by microscope.
Another extreme macro www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4343989477/
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Keywords: star,anise,anised,flower,dried,spice,brown,tamarind,red,12,twelve,seeds,macro,tubes,close,up,closeup,lens,small,nature,natural,food,ingredient,kitchen,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix,hotpix.org.uk,hotpixuk,365project,plant,bloom,stillife,stilllife,still,life,art,arty,sex,sexy
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4420509015 - 'I am a big fan of Kurly Aniseed, as the proprieters of the Lymm Sweet Shop will testify. This form of aniseed, star anise is a fascinating one to photograph and fills the whole room with a lovely aroma, once its in the open. In western India it is often referred to as 'BarDan', which translates as 'The spice with 12 seeds' (two per tip).
It is found in chinese five spice, Garam Masala and no good biryani should really be without it. Decent vietnamese soup Pho generally has a shot of it too. I do miss the old days when I had a proper spice grinder.
Star Anise is actually unrelated to its name-sake although does contain the same aromatic substance anethole , that creates the flavour in french pastis, Ouzo, Raki and sambuca. It has also been used as the basis for making anti-flu drugs such as the early Tamiflu varients. Whenever a swine flu scare goes out, prices of star anise increase exponentially.
Most is grown in China and harvested around spring, just before its ripe.
Japanese star anise is a similar tree, but not edible. Indeed its mis-use has resulted in many toxic effects. Usually in temples in Japan it is burned as incense, rather than ingested. If you have a keen eye you can usually find some in Chinatown in Manchester. Beats an 'Airwick Solid' any day.
Here, an extreme macro of another type of old world spice www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4366031302/
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Keywords: edinburgh,pano,panorama,wide,shot,angle,dusk,carlton,hill,castle,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix,sepia,selective,colour,colr,colores,spring,evening,joiner,stitched,scozia,scotia,escose,escosse,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,stitch,stitcher,autostitch,auto,sigma,wide angle lens,noche,nuit,imagen,panor\u00e1mica,image,panoramisches,Bild,color,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,art,arty,architecture,building,buildings,wideangle,lens,12-24mm,10-20mm,hot,pix,pics,uk,Edinburg,#tonysmithhotpix,edimburgh,carton
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4448657073 - 'A panorama at dusk over Edinburgh taking in St Giles cathedral, The Castle, Bridges and Princes Street from Carlton Hill.
Visable from across the city, Calton Hill is the venue for events at various times in the year. The Beltane Fire Festival every April (30th of the month) each year is popular and generally attracts over 10,000 people.. This is a revival of the ancient Celtic May Day festival of Beltane. The Dussehra Hindu Festival has also been held the last few years in early October.
On the hill are a number of interesting structures. These include Governors House, the original site of Calton Jail, the National Monument, Nelson's Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, the New Parliament House (the Royal High School), the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martyrs' Monument and the City Observatory. It is worth a walk up to it from Princes St. Follow the confusingly named Calton Hill lane up from the shopping centre.
(2010 week 10)
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Keywords: rob,roy,macgregor,macgreger,mcgregor,brave,heart,braveheart,scotland,grave,balquidder,balquider,kirk,church,yard,kirkyard,heritage,b/w,black,white,selective,color,coloured,mono,monochrome,dramatic,tourist,where,visit,hdr,dark,disturbia,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,graves,tomb,tombs,cemetario,cemetary,cemetery,interesting,place,places,building,buildings,built,architecture,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,art,arty,sex,sexy,wide,angle,wideangle,lens,sigma,12-24mm,10-20mm,edinbrugh,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4393241074 - 'The grave of Rob Roy MacGregor, who died 28th December 1734 aged 70 is within the grounds of Balquhidder church looking over Loch Voil.
The stone over Rob Roy's grave reads 'MacGregor Despite Them' The MacGregor clan was the only clan in history to be 'proscribed' - that is, it became illegal to be a MacGregor, on three separate occasions. To survive, clan members took on other names, many of which their descendants still use today.
The Graves of Rob Roy and Helen/Mary MacGregor and their sons Coll and Robert are also interred there.
In the kirkyard of Balquhidder's Parish Church, the ruins of the Old Church it replaced can be clearly seen up the hill behind Rob Roy's grave. Its situated on the lower slopes of the north side of Balquhidder Glen. It reflects the continuation of a tradition of worship in the glen that goes back 4000 years or more. The Celts believed this to be a 'thin place' where the spiritual world and the earthly world came close together. To the south is a spur of Ben Ledi ('the hill of God') and traces of a Neolithic temple dating back to 1800 BC have been found in the glen.
A graveyard stone describes how the MacLarens were attacked by the MacGregors of Glen Dochart. 18 MacLaren families resident in Balquhidder were murdered in the Glen before settling on their land. At the time the MacGregors largely evaded responsibility for what would today be called an act of genocide. But it was one of the factors later held against them (the more immediate being their slaying of several hundred members of Clan Colquhoun at the Battle of Glen Fruin on 7 February 1603) when the entire Clan MacGregor was outlawed by James VI in April 1603. These were very bloody times. It became a capital offence even to carry the name MacGregor.
Standing Stones further west in Lewis www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3828011848/
(2010 week 7)
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Keywords: Lymm,Sanctuary,Cafe,URC,United,Reformed,Church,davies,way,library,brookfield,rd,road,cheshire,village,england,UK,food,drink,coffee,tea,bacon,butty,butties,sandwiches,sarnies,nice,people,christian,cooking,play,area,soft,books,fair,trade,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,interesting,place,places,person,persons,persona,interesante,12-24,sigma,wide angle lens,wide,sex,sexy,angle,wideangle,lens,12-24mm,10-20mm,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4414472726 - 'Ahh, a nice pot of Fairtrade tea or fancy coffee and a freshly baked cake. What more could you ask for on a Saturday morning when taking your books back to Lymm library in Davies Way.
The Sanctuary cafe is between the library and Brookfield Roads' United Reformed Church (Thomas Risley Church) and can be reached from either. Its thankfully christian with a small c, even nicer when you grew up as a card carrying fallen catholic like myself.
They are usually open from about 9.30am where a fresh bacon butty (or Lymm folk may well call them Bacon Sarnies - I dont know) is a good way to start the day. They will toast it too if you ask. There is a corner for kids to play if you have a small one in tow. Lawrence the gaffer does a good job and the volunteers will always go that extra mile for you.
They have some fairtrade nic-naks on offer usually and its a nice change from the other village alternatives. A nice it of sanctuary now my ears had settled down from the night before www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4409614624/
Another fine church interior (very close to Lymm) www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3691489296/
Some Lymm racyness seen at the side of the Dam www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3691489296/
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Keywords: lamington,village,scotland,borders,south,north,lanark,lanarkshire,UK,chrurch,kirk,kirkyard,churchyard,grave,graveyard,yard,dark,cold,winter,celtic,cross,stone,gravestone,HDR,high,resolution,religion,religious,christian,christianity,catholic,anglican,jesus,christ,disturbia,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,graves,tomb,tombs,cemetario,cemetary,cemetery,12-24,sigma,wide angle lens,wide,building,buildings,built,architecture,art,arty,sex,sexy,light,stream,lightstream,angle,wideangle,lens,12-24mm,10-20mm,edinbrugh,church,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4396760988 - 'A spooky spot I have passed many times. the churchyard is part of Wandel and Lamington Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Here is how I have often seen it. Possibly Bauhaus missed a trick in not using it as an album cover. It's reputed to be the home of Marion Braidfute, legendary wife of William Wallace. i have never stayed long enough to check if it has a pub or not.
There is a cake/desert called a 'Lamington'. Lamingtons are named after Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901. According to legend Lamingtons were first served in Toowoomba when Lord Lamington took his entourage to Harlaxton House to escape the steamy heat of Brisbane. Lord Lamington was believed to have hated the dessert that had been named in his honour, referring to them as 'those bloody poofy woolly biscuits'.
The village in the snow www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4234461579/
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Keywords: extreme,macro,extrememacro,bellows,lens,tubes,close,up,closeup,write,writing,instrument,parker,pen,arrow,paper,closer,stillife,stilllife,still,life,abstract,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4377158426 - 'An extreme macro of the arrow on a stainless steel Parker ball pen.
Olympus OM 20mm macro lens on canon adapter
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Keywords: extreme,macro,extrememacro,bellows,lens,tubes,close,up,closeup,time,clocks,horloge,reloj,orologio,Taktgeber,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4377158432 - 'An extreme macro of a digital time display ( four ) from a DVD player recorder. You can see the green in the display.
Olympus OM 20mm macro lens on canon adapter
Another macro www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3664445817/
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Keywords: extreme,macro,extrememacro,bellows,lens,tubes,close,up,closeup,stillife,stilllife,still,life,abstract,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4377158450 - 'An extreme macro of a brass gold coloured safety pin sitting on a pair of blue cotton jeans.
Olympus OM 20mm macro lens
Another macro here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3811362428/
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Keywords: 2p,2,pence,2pence,two,pee,copper,coin,england,UK,britain,extreme,macro,lens,this photo rocks,extrememacro,stillife,stilllife,still,life,sex,sexy,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4346408535 - 'An extreme macro of a 2008 2 pence (2p) piece coin, containing a segment of the royal shield. It is a copper coin and the 20mm Olympus macro lens has been used to isolate just the lions mouth.
The Matthew Dent designs were gradually introduced into the circulating British coinage from summer 2008.
The 2p coin depicts the second quarter of the shield, showing the Lion Rampant from the Royal Banner of Scotland, with the words TWO PENCE above.
The Royal Standard of Scotland, also known as the Banner of the King of Scots, or more commonly the Lion Rampant of Scotland (as shown here), is the Scottish Royal Banner of Arms. Used historically by the King of Scots, the Royal Standard of Scotland differs from Scotland's national flag, the Saltire, in that its correct use is restricted by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland to only a few Great Officers of State who officially represent the Sovereign in Scotland. It is also used in an official capacity at royal residences in Scotland when the Sovereign is not present
A more traditional macro here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3811362428/
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Keywords: macro,extreme,extrememacro,close,up,closeup,credit,card,chip,pin,debit,money,silicon,bellows,tube,lens,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,stillife,stilllife,still,life,abstract,sex,sexy,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4352551482 - 'Extreme macro of a chip embedded into a UK Mastercard credit card. As used several times a week by the majority of the population. This stuff is better than money.
Chip and Pin heralded a new secure era in cardholder present card use.
Some food for thought however, it has been recently claimed that chip and pin can be possibly comprimised.
On 11 February 2010 Murdoch and Drimer's team at Cambridge University announced that they had found 'a flaw in chip and PIN so serious they think it shows that the whole system needs a re-write' that was 'so simple that it shocked them' A stolen card is connected to an electronic circuit and to a fake card which is inserted into the terminal. Any 4 digits are typed in and accepted as a valid PIN. A team from the BBC's Newsnight programme visited a Cambridge University cafeteria (with permission) with the system, and were able to pay using their own cards (a thief would use stolen cards) connected to the circuit, inserting a fake card and typing in '0000' as the PIN. The transactions were registered as normal, and were not picked up by banks' security systems. A member of the research team said 'Even small-scale criminal systems have better equipment than we have. The amount of technical sophistication needed to carry out this attack is really quite low'. It is not known if this vulnerability has been exploited.
When approached for comment, several banks each said that this was an industry-wide issue, and referred the Newsnight team to the banking trade association for further comment. According to Phil Jones of the Consumers' Association, chip and PIN has helped to bring down instances of card crime, but many cases remain unexplained 'What we do know is that we do have cases that are brought forward from individuals which seem quite persuasive'.
Originally bank customers had to prove that they had not been negligent with their PIN before getting redress, but UK regulations in force from 1November 2009 placed the onus firmly on the banks to prove that a customer has been negligent in any dispute, with the customer given 13 months to make a claim. Murdoch said that '[the banks] should look back at previous transactions where the customer said their PIN had not been used and the bank record showed it has, and consider refunding these customers because it could be they are victim of this type of fraud'.
Drimer and Murdoch published a paper with Ross Anderson on the closely related topic of 'Failures of Tamper-Proofing in PIN Entry Devices' in IEEE Security and Privacy, November/December 2009
At 7:30pm on 11 Feb 2010 on the BBC website, Tim Howell wrote regarding this matter:
Nevermind that, I think the refectory in Cambridge are the big thieves...
\u00a35 for a bottle of water ?
Aye caramba.
Blimey, I would have to spend a few hours explaining to my old dad why people thought it a good idea why they would buy water (in a plastic bottle). Also why it cost so much more than 'corporation pop'. The worlds gone mad!
A more traditional macro here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3664445817/
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Keywords: Roller,Ball,pen,extreme,close,up,closeup,lens,microscope,micro,scope,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,pens,instruments,end,ink,inks,roller-ball,ballpoint,ballpoints,magnified,tip,tips,of,a,the,biro,ball pen,patent,John J. Loud,László BÃró
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDAF - A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro (British English), ball pen (Hong Kong, Indian and Philippine English), or dot pen[2] (Nepali English), is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a metal ball at its point, i.e. over a ball point. The metal commonly used is steel, brass, or tungsten carbide.[3] The design was conceived and developed as a cleaner and more reliable alternative to dip pens and fountain pens, and it is now the world's most-used writing instrument
millions are manufactured and sold daily. It has influenced art and graphic design and spawned an artwork genre.
Some pen manufacturers produce designer ballpoint pens for the high-end and collectors' markets.
The concept of using a ball point within a writing instrument to apply ink to paper has existed since the late 19th century. In these inventions, the ink was placed in a thin tube whose end was blocked by a tiny ball, held so that it could not slip into the tube or fall out of the pen.
The first patent for a ballpoint pen was issued on 30 October 1888 to John J. Loud, who was attempting to make a writing instrument that would be able to write on rough surfaces”such as wood, coarse wrapping-paper, and other articles which fountain pens could not. Loud's pen had a small rotating steel ball held in place by a socket. Although it could be used to mark rough surfaces such as leather, as Loud intended, it proved too coarse for letter-writing. With no commercial viability, its potential went unexploited, and the patent eventually lapsed
László BÃró, a Hungarian newspaper editor (later a naturalized Argentine) frustrated by the amount of time that he wasted filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages, noticed that inks used in newspaper printing dried quickly, leaving the paper dry and smudge-free. He decided to create a pen using the same type of ink. BÃró enlisted the help of his brother György, a dentist with useful knowledge of chemistry, to develop viscous ink formula
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: firework,bon,fire,night,bonfire,guy,forkes,forks,sparkler,flame,macro,yellow,heat,5th,nov,fifth,tony,smith,warrington,tonysmith,hotpix,hotpixuk,tdktony,tdk,november,work,sparks,sparkles,sterretje,sterretjes,fireworks,vuurwerk,close,up,closeup,lens,HotpixOrgUK,hot,365days,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,light,lemon,burn,burning,extrememacro
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4083548091 - 'Macro tubes were needed for this one.
A little macro city - here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3837494135/
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Keywords: Scots,Parliament,Debating,Chamber,Panorama,Interior,Architecture,Holyrood,Scotland,UK,Edinburgh,indoors,pano,Miralles,Enric,scottish,scotch,fisheye,10mm,government,building,wood,wooden,Architect,wide,angle,wideangle,wideshot,20mm,lens,365days,Schotland,l'Ecosse,Ecosse,Schottland,\u03a3\u03ba\u03c9\u03c4\u03af\u03b1,la,Scozia,\u30b9\u30b3\u30c3\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9,\uc2a4\ucf54\ud2c0\ub780\ub4dc,\u0428\u043e\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f,Escocia,Edinburghe,tonysmith,tony,smith,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,joiner,stitch,stitcher,autostitch,auto,sigma,wide angle lens,buildings,built,imagen,panor\u00e1mica,image,panoramisches,Bild,hotpicks,hotpix,hotpics,hot,pix,pics,edinbrugh,Edinburg,tony smith photography,tdktonysmith,edimburgh
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3811386220 - 'I had another try at this, with a tripod. Two shots with a 10mm lens joined as a panorama, hence some cutoff.
The debating chamber contains a shallow elliptical horseshoe of seating for the MSPs, with the governing party or parties sitting in the middle of the semicircle and opposition parties on either side, similar to other European legislatures. Such a layout is intended to blur political divisions and principally reflects the desire to encourage consensus amongst elected members. This is in contrast to the 'adversarial' layout reminiscent of other Westminster style national legislatures, including the House of Commons, where government and opposition sit apart and facing one another
The most notable feature of the chamber is the roof. The roof is supported by a structure of laminated oak beams joined with a total of 112 stainless steel connectors (each slightly different), which in turn are suspended on steel rods from the walls.
Such a structure enables the debating chamber to span over 30 metres (100 ft) without any supporting columns. In entering the chamber, MSPs pass under a stone lintel\u2014the Arniston Stone\u2014that was once part of the pre-1707 Parliament building, Parliament House. The use of the Arniston Stone in the structure of the debating chamber symbolises the connection between the historical Parliament of Scotland and the present day Scottish Parliament.
Note that photographs cannot be taken while parliament is in session.
On 2 March 2006, a beam in the roof of the debating chamber swung loose from its hinges during a debate, resulting in the evacuation of the debating chamber and the suspension of parliamentary business. Parliament moved to other premises while the whole roof structure was inspected and remedial works were carried out. The structural engineers, Arup, stated that the problem with the collapsed beam was entirely due to the failure of one bolt and the absence of another. There was no design fault. The engineers concluded, in a report to MSPs, that the damage is likely to have been done during construction work on the chamber roof, in the latter phases of the project. The report also indicated that whilst one of the bolts was missing, the other was broken and had damaged threads commensurate with being over tightened or jammed, which twisted the head off, or came close to doing so.
Another Lothians shot here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4241055295/
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Keywords: 365days,purple,lavender,lavendar,summer,green,flower,flores,buds,village,nice,macro,close,up,closeup,tubes,canon,lens,nature,natural,history,world,life,this photo rocks,plant,bloom,flowers,blome,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3690682981 - 'The second of my summer garden lavenders in flower from the village of Grappenhall, Cheshire UK.
Essential oil of lavender has some well known antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties. It was used in hospitals during WWI to disinfect floors and walls. These extracts are also now used as pleasent fragrances for bath products. the oil should not be ingested however. Topically, lavender oil is cytotoxic. It increases photosensitivity as well. Lavender oil is cytotoxic to human skin cells in vitro (endothelial cells and fibroblasts) at a concentration of 0.25%.
I read an article about lavender and tea tree oil, contributing to gynaecomastia. This is an abnormal breast tissue growth in prepubescent boys. The use of shampoo and similar products, containing lavender and tea tree oils, in some boys resulted in this condition. Professor Leuan Hughes, who was a child hormone specialist at Cambridge University suggested that 'these oils can mimic oestrogens' and 'people should be a little bit careful about using these products' Well yes, clearly (!)
Lavenders are from the mint family, probbaly explaining its fragrence. There are 39 species in Lavandula. The genus includes annuals, herbaceous plants, subshrubs, and small shrubs native from Canary Islands, North and East Africa, Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, Arabia and India.
They are occasionally found growing wild as garden escapees, well beyond their natural range. However, since lavender cross-pollinates easily, there are countless variations within the species. The color of the flowers of some forms has come to be just referred to as 'lavender'.
Lilac, purple or blue flowers are borne in whorls, held on spikes rising above the foliage. Over near Kings Lynn, 'Lavendin' is the most cultivated species for commercial use. This is because its flowers are bigger and the plants are easier to harvest, although Lavendin oil is regarded to be of a lower quality than some other harder to cultivate and harvest varieties.
Another natural shot in purple www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4172147895/
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Keywords: Manchester,UK,england,english,building,buildings,listed,purple,c Manchester,colours,stained,glass,city,centre,beautiful,architecture,interior,inside,theatre,theater,culture,play,plays,performance,performances,Royal Exchange,Royal exchange manchester,Manchester Royal exchange,town,lancs,lancashire,cotton,king,photo,image,photograph,print,SuperShot,wide,angle,wideangle,lens,sigma,12-24mm,10-20mm,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4631607472 - 'When I am in Manchester, I usually take a short cut through this fabulous place, which you can do unless a performance is in progress. Many moons ago I used to go to meetings of the junior chamber of commerce here, in one of the side rooms. On this day it was spookily deserted. I stopped to check a text message while my camera with on my shoulder and below me a solitary man, dressed in black crossed the room without sound.
It has a great feeling of history (the last trading values still remain on the trading board for cotton etc) from 1968 and is very modern with its central circular 'pod' of a theatre at its heart. Its great to see events here and I have seen Shakespeare plays as well as the veritable John Shuttleworth (AKA Jilted John).
The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed Victorian building bounded by St Ann\u2019s Square, Market Street and Cross Street. The complex includes the Royal Exchange Theatre, and the Royal Exchange shopping centre.
The current building is the last of several buildings on the site used for commodities exchange, primarily but not exclusively of cotton and textiles.
The first exchange was built near to the present site in 1792. The first exchange was replaced by a second, larger, exchange that was constructed between 1806 and 1809. The second exchange was enlarged between 1847 and 1849. The second exchange was in turn replaced, by a third exchange by 'Mills &
Murgatroyd', constructed between 1867 and 1874. The building was then extended and modified by 'Bradshaw Gass &
Hope' between 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading room in England. Thus was the importance of Manchester at this time.
The theatre's unique design was conceived by Richard Negri of Wimbledon School of Art, and was intended to create an unusually vivid and immediate relationship between actors and audiences. As the floor of the Exchange would not be able to take the great weight of the theatre and its audience, the module is suspended from four columns that also carry the hall's central dome. Only the stage area and ground-level seating rest on the floor of the hall itself.
The theatre can seat up to 700 people on three levels, making it the largest theatre in the round in Britain. There are 400 seats at ground level in a raked configuration, above which lie two galleries, each with 150 seats set in two rows. Every seat has a clear view of the stage.
Repairs after the IRA bombing adjacent in Corporation Street took over two years to complete and cost \u00a332 million, a sum provided by the National Lottery.
The Royal Exchange building and the theatre itself are reputed to be haunted. One of the ghosts is reputed to be that of the actor and founding artistic director, James Maxwell. Another is that of a maternal Victorian lady, well dressed and with 'a passion for drink'.
In 2006, the building was the subject of a paranormal investigation by the Most Haunted programme on Living TV.
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Keywords: Manchester Cathedral interior,Manchester City,Lancs Lancashire,England,UK,Sir,William,Henry,Houldsworth,Churchwarden,and,1834,1917,stone,marble,wide,view,wideangle,angle,lens,screens,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Benefactor,memory,memorial,Sir William Henry Houldsworth,Baronet,Baronets,flooring,floor,tiles,tiling
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX89 - Manchester Cathedral is a medieval church on Victoria Street in central Manchester and is the seat of the Bishop of Manchester. The cathedral's official name is The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George in Manchester. It has also variously been known locally as St Mary's, Christ Church and, simply, t'owd church.[citation needed]
Although extensively refaced, restored and extended in the Victorian period, and then again following severe bomb damage in the 20th century, the main body of the Cathedral largely derives from the wardenship of James Stanley (warden 1485“1506), and is in the Perpendicular Gothic style. Stanley was also primarily responsible for commissioning the spectacular late medieval wooden furnishings, including the pulpitum, the choir stalls, and the nave roof supported by angels with gilded instruments. It is one of the Grade I listed buildings in Manchester. Since 2005 the Dean of the Cathedral has been the Very Reverend Rogers Morgan Govender.
The Cathedral has thirty 16th-century misericords, considered to be amongst the finest in Europe. It is worth noting that the misericords have a stylistic similarity to those at Ripon Cathedral and Beverley Minster “ and although Manchester's post date-these, they were probably carved by the same school at Ripon. One of the most notable is N-08, which is the earliest known mention of backgammon in the UK. The early 16th century also saw the construction of an almost complete sequence of chantry chapels for local guilds along both north and south sides of the church
in effect creating a double aisle around the parochial nave, which is consequently much wider than it is long. Indeed Manchester is commonly claimed to have the widest nave of any cathedral in England. James Stanley is also responsible for the embellishment of the nave roof with supporters in the form of fourteen life-size angel minstrels, each playing a different late medieval instrument.
Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX
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Keywords: Buxton,Derbys,Derbyshire,england,UK,GB,opera,house,theatre,dusk,night,shot,low,light,tripod,long,exposure,black,white,mono,monochrome,bw,sepia,ton,toned,tone,selctive,colour,color,colores,highway,road,interesting,place,places,building,buildings,built,architecture,wide,angle,wideangle,lens,sigma,12-24mm,10-20mm,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4388553186 - 'The brilliant opera house at dusk, with St Johns church in the background..
The Buxton opera house was built in 1903 and designed by Frank Matcham. He specialised in theatre design. He also was involved in the design of The London Palladium (1910) and London Coliseum (1904).
It has 900 seats and hosts the annual Buxton Festival. It has recently had much restoration work and has a busy programme of mixed entertainment, including opera and rock artists.
Some more interesting sepia www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3804964715/
Another shot with this HDR treatment www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4259536947/
Also a shot from the Girlschool gig that night www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3710999092/
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Keywords: Kodak,brownie,camera,and,Photographic,Almanac,1949,old,shot,sepia,made,in,england,britain,lens,shutter,gotonysmith,british,photographers,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,ox,cameras,history,historic,BW,black,&,white,aperture,settings,setting,cnventional,traditional,film
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF7D9R - Kodak brownie camera and Photographic Almanac 1949 old vintage shot, made in England, Great Britain
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: Scotland,UK,Scottish,uni,school,of,learning,building,old,town,city,cities,world,site,grade,II,grade2,listed,public,research,summer,2013,grass,Old,College,South,Bridge,Edinburgh,Midlothian,EH8,9YL,EH89YL,wide,view,shot,lens,tourist,tourism,attraction,gotonysmith,oldtown,Edinburg,icon,iconic,Scots,Scotish,Scottish,Scotland,problem,with,Uni,stone,history,historic,tourist,tourism,tour,travel,study,student,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,problem with,Edinburgh University,Edinburgh Uni
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXW31 - A wide-angle view of the courtyard at Old College, part of the University of Edinburgh, photographed on South Bridge in central Edinburgh, EH8 9YL. The image shows the symmetrical stone façades, classical detailing and central dome that characterise one of Scotland's most important historic university buildings.
Old College was designed by architect Robert Adam in the late eighteenth century and later completed by William Henry Playfair, reflecting the architectural ambition and intellectual confidence of the Scottish Enlightenment. The building has long served as a focal point for teaching, administration and academic life at the University of Edinburgh, one of the world's leading research universities.
The enclosed quadrangle and formal layout were intended to express order, learning and civic pride, values closely associated with Edinburgh's reputation as a centre of philosophy, medicine, law and science. Today, Old College continues to house key university functions while also standing as a landmark within Edinburgh's Old Town.
The stone balustrades, paved walkways and traditional lamp standards visible in the image reinforce the sense of continuity between historic scholarship and modern university life. Set against a blue sky with carefully maintained lawns, the scene conveys calm, permanence and institutional authority.
Photographed in daylight with a wide field of view, the image offers strong editorial value for themes including higher education, academic heritage, Scottish Enlightenment history, historic architecture and the role of universities within urban centres. It is well suited to use in educational publications, travel features, architectural studies and cultural commentary relating to Scotland and its universities.
Wide angle sunny view of the courtyard at Old South College, University of Edinburgh, South Bridge,
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Keywords: Scotland,UK,Scottish,uni,school,of,learning,building,architecture,Victorian,old,town,capital,city,cities,world,heritage,site,grade,II,grade2,listed,public,research,summer,2013,grass,Old,College,South,Bridge,Edinburgh,Midlothian,EH8,9YL,EH89YL,wide,view,shot,lens,tourist,tourism,attraction,panorama,gotonysmith,oldtown,Edinburg,icon,iconic,Scots,Scotish,Scottish,Scotland,problem,with,Uni,stone,history,historic,tourist,tourism,tour,travel,study,student,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,problem with,Edinburgh University,Edinburgh Uni
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXTP9 - The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland and the 6th in the United Kingdom, and is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Edinburgh receives approximately 47,000 applications every year, making it the third most popular university in the UK by volume of applicants.
Entrance is intensely competitive, with offer chances of 27% in the 2010-2011 admissions cycle. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university
Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9YL
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Keywords: Scotland,UK,Scottish,uni,school,of,learning,Victorian,old,town,capital,city,cities,world,heritage,site,grade,II,grade2,listed,public,2013,grass,Old,College,South,Bridge,Edinburgh,Midlothian,EH8,9YL,EH89YL,wide,view,shot,lens,tourist,tourism,attraction,tower,gotonysmith,oldtown,Edinburg,icon,iconic,Scots,Scotish,Scottish,Scotland,problem,with,Uni,stone,history,historic,tourist,tourism,tour,travel,study,student,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,problem with,Edinburgh University,Edinburgh Uni
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXT80 - The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland and the 6th in the United Kingdom, and is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Edinburgh receives approximately 47,000 applications every year, making it the third most popular university in the UK by volume of applicants.
Entrance is intensely competitive, with offer chances of 27% in the 2010-2011 admissions cycle. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university
Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9YL
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Keywords: Scotland,UK,uni,of,learning,building,Victorian,old,town,capital,city,cities,world,site,grade,II,grade2,listed,public,research,summer,2013,grass,Old,College,South,Bridge,Edinburgh,Midlothian,EH8,9YL,EH89YL,wide,view,shot,lens,tourist,tourism,attraction,dome,gotonysmith,oldtown,Edinburg,icon,iconic,Scots,Scotish,Scottish,Scotland,problem,with,Uni,stone,history,historic,tourist,tourism,tour,travel,study,student,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,problem with,Edinburgh University,Edinburgh Uni
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDY2MC - The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland and the 6th in the United Kingdom, and is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Edinburgh receives approximately 47,000 applications every year, making it the third most popular university in the UK by volume of applicants.
Entrance is intensely competitive, with offer chances of 27% in the 2010-2011 admissions cycle. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university
Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9YL
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Keywords: Exeter,West,saved,the,signalbox,from,demolition,carefully,dismantled,re-erected,as,a,working,museum,lever,levers,bluehour,blue,sky,traditional,heritage,centre,center,railroad,railway,BR,Britishrail,British,rail,1950,1960,old,signalman,man,old,worker,fish,eye,wide,image,lens,12mm,10mm gotonysmith working age retired CW12DB CW1 2DB,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D96MRE - Exeter West signal box in operation at dusk (wide angle fisheye lens view)
Exeter West signal box is not at Exeter - it is at Crewe.
Why is this? Because a group of dedicated individuals saved the signalbox from demolition when the signalling in the Exeter area was renewed in 1985, and carefully dismantled it so it could be re-erected as a working museum demonstrating how the larger signal boxes of the past were.
This box is now viewable at Crewe as part of Crewe Heritage Centre display, and signalmen are present most weekends to describe and demonstrate signalling days of the past and answer questions from visitors.
Crewe Railway Station, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK CW1 2DB
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Keywords: Scotland,UK,Scottish,uni,school,of,learning,building,Victorian,old,town,capital,city,cities,world,heritage,site,grade,II,grade2,listed,public,research,summer,2013,grass,Old,College,South,Bridge,Edinburgh,Midlothian,EH8,9YL,EH89YL,wide,view,shot,lens,tourist,tourism,attraction,gotonysmith,oldtown,Edinburg,icon,Scots,Scotish,Scottish,Scotland,problem,with,Uni,stone,history,tourist,tourism,tour,travel,study,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,problem with,Edinburgh University,Edinburgh Uni
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXX94 - The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland and the 6th in the United Kingdom, and is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Edinburgh receives approximately 47,000 applications every year, making it the third most popular university in the UK by volume of applicants.
Entrance is intensely competitive, with offer chances of 27% in the 2010-2011 admissions cycle. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university
Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9YL
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Keywords: Warrington Bus Station / Golden square at dusk,Cheshire,NW,England,UK,night,shot,nightshot,at,WBC,borough,council,network,routes,route,terminus,wide,lens,shot,tripod,blue,sky,transport,urban,town,passenger,2006,new,coachways,Arriva,central,Winwick,Street,St,centrelink,WA1,1TS,gotonysmith WA11TS,Warringtonians,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDW8 - Warrington Bus Interchange (also known as Warrington Interchange) is a bus station in the town of Warrington, Cheshire, England.
The building opened on 21 August 2006, next to the site of a temporary terminus that had been in use for the past thirteen months. The new interchange was built in conjunction with the extension and upgrade of the adjoining Golden Square shopping centre, and replaced the previous bus station which dated from 1979.
The interchange consists of 19 departure stands, numbered from 1 to 19, all of which employ a drive-in reverse-out layout. Each stand has a computerised information screen which also ties into the real-time information system. All stands are served from the main concourse building, which contains toilets, access to the adjoining Bhs coffee shop and a combined travel and tourist information office. There is access to the shopping centre via escalators and lifts. The exits on the eastern side of the building lead onto Winwick Street, on which can be found a taxi rank and Warrington Central railway station within around 100 metres.
Winwick St, Warrington Town, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 1TS
