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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG,Hatton,telephone,box,red,kiosk,community,library,book,swap,stained,glass,Queen,Elizabeth,II,jubilee,defibrillator,reuse,heritage,K6,village,Cheshire,Warrington,public,realm,editorial,documentary,2026,British,Britain,Europe,travel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCG6GE - . A traditional British red telephone kiosk at Hatton has been given a second life as a tiny community book exchange, with decorative stained-glass panels adding a highly local character. The kiosk stands outside the Hatton Arms and local CAMRA information also records a public-access defibrillator at the site. Reuse of redundant phone boxes became widespread as mobile phones reduced demand for payphones, with communities across Britain converting familiar red kiosks into libraries, defibrillator cabinets, information points, galleries and miniature museums. The stained glass seen here includes commemorative imagery linked with Queen Elizabeth II and turns a piece of former telecommunications infrastructure into a small civic landmark. The scene neatly combines twentieth-century street furniture, twenty-first-century community volunteering and the continuing affection for the red phone box as a visual symbol of Britain. It also illustrates how villages can preserve historic-looking features without freezing them in time: the object remains useful, social and visible in everyday public space. For picture researchers, the scene also carries useful context about the changing social and commercial landscape around the subject. Relevant search and editorial concepts include Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, local community, urban fringe, village heritage, transport links, development pressure, public realm, local services. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes Hatton, telephone, box, red, kiosk, community, library, book, swap, stained, glass, Queen, Elizabeth, II, jubilee, defibrillator, reuse, heritage, village, Cheshire, Warrington, public, realm. It also provides a dated reference for future comparison, allowing researchers to see whether the premises, branding, public space or surrounding land use changed after August 2026. The image may be useful to picture editors seeking authentic North West or British context for.
Outside The Hatton Arms, Hatton Lane, Hatton, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4DB, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4621,Northwich Library,89 Witton Street,CW9,5DR,heritage,refurbishment,Smith,Cheshire,West,Chester,library,renovation,historic,building,public,Skills,Employment,Hub,conservation,2026,spring,2027,side,rear,elevation,Northwich,construction,barriers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC89MK - . Side and rear elevation of northwich library with construction barriers shows the historic Northwich Library at 89 Witton Street during a major heritage refurbishment in August 2026. Cheshire West and Chester Council confirmed that H.H. Smith & Sons Co. Ltd had been appointed for the final phase, beginning in June 2026, after an extended procurement process for the complex building. The council expects the library to reopen in spring 2027 as an accessible library and learning space, with an accessible first floor, a Skills and Employment Hub and flexible activity and meeting rooms. Restoration work includes roof and façade repairs and the overhaul of original glazing, with leaded glass being reinstated where later modern panes had been inserted. The project is significant because public libraries increasingly function as multi-purpose civic spaces, offering digital access, learning, advice and community activity as well as books. In Northwich the building is also a prominent heritage asset, so the scheme combines conservation with modern accessibility and service design. As a documentary stock image, the scene has value beyond its immediate subject because signs, clothing, street furniture and commercial presentation all date the moment. Future comparisons can show how policy, technology, fashion and the built environment changed after 2026. The subject provides a concrete visual reference for editors needing a real location rather than a generic illustration of library. Because the photograph is tied to a specific date, it can later be compared with subsequent changes in signage, ownership, regulation, public use or the surrounding streetscape. It additionally captures ordinary material culture of 2026, including the graphic design, technology, clothing or infrastructure through which broader trends become visible at street level. Useful for dated UK editorial coverage. Strong archive value for later comparison. A clear record of Britain in the 2020s.
89 Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 5DR, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4620,Northwich Library,89 Witton Street,CW9,5DR,heritage refurbishment,Smith,Cheshire,West,Chester,library,renovation,historic,building,public,Skills,Employment,Hub,conservation,2026,spring,2027,elevation,Northwich,works
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC89W6 - . Front elevation of northwich library during conservation works shows the historic Northwich Library at 89 Witton Street during a major heritage refurbishment in August 2026. Cheshire West and Chester Council confirmed that H.H. Smith & Sons Co. Ltd had been appointed for the final phase, beginning in June 2026, after an extended procurement process for the complex building. The council expects the library to reopen in spring 2027 as an accessible library and learning space, with an accessible first floor, a Skills and Employment Hub and flexible activity and meeting rooms. Restoration work includes roof and façade repairs and the overhaul of original glazing, with leaded glass being reinstated where later modern panes had been inserted. The project is significant because public libraries increasingly function as multi-purpose civic spaces, offering digital access, learning, advice and community activity as well as books. In Northwich the building is also a prominent heritage asset, so the scheme combines conservation with modern accessibility and service design. The photograph also fixes the appearance of the place in the mid-2020s, preserving details that may later disappear through redevelopment, rebranding or changes in regulation. It is suitable for editorial use on social history, local identity, consumer behaviour and the way everyday streets respond to wider economic forces. Search relevance also extends to library, documentary photography, local reporting, public policy and mid-2020s social change. The subject provides a concrete visual reference for editors needing a real location rather than a generic illustration of library. Because the photograph is tied to a specific date, it can later be compared with subsequent changes in signage, ownership, regulation, public use or the surrounding streetscape. Its small visible details add extra value for researchers comparing change over time. Useful for dated UK editorial coverage.
89 Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 5DR, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Hall of Memory,in,Centenary Square,Birmingham,central,library,Baskerville House
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F58G9H - . Hall of Memory in Centenary Square, Birmingham, Central Library, Baskerville House. Photographed on 29 July 2026, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Hall of Memory, Centenary Square, Birmingham, central, library, Baskerville House, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,pano,Centenary Square,in,Birmingham,city,centre,Hall of Memory,Baskerville House,the,large,neoclassical,office,building,buildings,Library of Birmingham,central,library,skyline,UK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F58GB3 - . Panorama of Centenary Square in Birmingham city centre, West Midlands, England, combining several of the city's best-known civic, cultural and memorial landmarks including the Library of Birmingham, Baskerville House and the Hall of Memory. The square forms a major pedestrian public space on Birmingham's western city-centre axis and is surrounded by institutions associated with culture, learning, government, entertainment and remembrance. The Hall of Memory, built in Portland stone and opened in 1925, commemorates Birmingham citizens who died in the First World War and remains one of the city's principal war memorials. Baskerville House, named after Birmingham printer and typographer John Baskerville, is an imposing interwar civic building overlooking the square. The Library of Birmingham opened in 2013 and brought a dramatic contemporary architectural landmark to the area with its glass façade, circular metal filigree and rooftop golden rotunda. Centenary Square itself was comprehensively redesigned and reopened in 2019 with new paving, trees, seating and water features, strengthening its role as a venue for events and public gatherings. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Birmingham architecture, civic heritage, urban regeneration, public realm, war memorials, libraries, city-centre tourism, cultural investment, planning, architecture and West Midlands development. The panorama is particularly useful for showing how buildings from different eras sit together around a renewed public square, illustrating Birmingham's changing civic ambitions from the interwar period to the twenty-first century and providing a broad contemporary record of one of the city's most important urban spaces. It can also illustrate Birmingham's visitor economy, major public events, remembrance, architectural tourism and the way civic spaces are used to express local identity while accommodating changing patterns of work, leisure and city-centre living.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Centerary Square,Birmingham,central,library,and,&,pano,panorama,Rep,The Rep,Theatre,West Midlands,skyline,UK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F7JAKW - . Panoramic view across Centenary Square in Birmingham city centre, West Midlands, England, featuring the Library of Birmingham and Birmingham Repertory Theatre, known as The REP, among the city's major civic and cultural buildings. The Library of Birmingham opened in 2013 and is instantly recognisable for its glass elevations, interlocking circular metal filigree and rooftop golden rotunda. Designed by Dutch architects Mecanoo, it replaced the former Central Library and brought together public library services, archives, special collections and the historic Shakespeare Memorial Room. The neighbouring Birmingham Repertory Theatre has occupied its Centenary Square home since 1971 and is physically linked to the library complex, forming part of a major cultural cluster that also includes Symphony Hall, the International Convention Centre and the nearby Hall of Memory. Centenary Square was extensively redesigned and reopened in 2019 with new paving, trees, seating, water features and improved pedestrian space. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Birmingham architecture, city-centre regeneration, public libraries, theatre, culture, civic investment, urban design, tourism, public realm, West Midlands development and modern British cityscapes. It illustrates the transformation of Birmingham's western city centre from an area dominated by roads and large post-war structures into a pedestrian-focused cultural quarter. The broad panorama is useful for showing the relationship between the Library, The REP and surrounding public space, and provides a contemporary record of one of Birmingham's most photographed urban locations during a period of continuing redevelopment and investment. The image also lends itself to features on Birmingham's visitor economy, conference and cultural tourism, architectural contrasts and the city's efforts to strengthen its identity through high-quality public space and landmark cultural buildings.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9306,Kirkgate Hub and Library,Leeds Kirkgate Market,Leeds,West Yorkshire,England,UK,library,community,hub,public,services,council,families,shoppers,market,retail,city-centre,regeneration,information,access,local,civic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWJXD - Kirkgate Hub and Library inside Leeds Kirkgate Market, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The community facility sits within the busy covered market and provides a modern public-service presence alongside traditional stalls and independent traders. Shoppers and families move through the aisle beside the green-fronted Hub and Library, while the historic iron and glass market structure extends into the distance. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Leeds Kirkgate Market, Kirkgate Hub and Library, public libraries, community services, council services, local information, family facilities, markets, city-centre regeneration and public-sector outreach. The scene shows how a traditional municipal market can combine retail with accessible civic services and can illustrate stories about libraries, community hubs, digital inclusion, local government, public access and the changing role of city-centre markets.
Leeds Kirkgate Market, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Tiled,Hall,Tiled Hall,library,interior,West Yorkshire,England,UK,LS1 3AA,LS1,Victorian,arts,reading,reference,services,studying,in,quiet,research,student,adult,learning,lifelong,free public space,civic building,Victorian architecture,municipal architecture,heritage building,Leeds architecture,educational heritage,cultural venue,library shelves,bookshelves,access,city centre learning,study space,community learning
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWM2J - Interior view of the Leeds Art Library, within the Leeds Central Library and Leeds Art stock-photo/gotonysmith-Gallery.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Gallery civic complex in Leeds city centre, showing readers and researchers seated at long wooden study tables beneath tall arched windows and decorative brick detailing. The image shows a quiet public library space with bookshelves, reference collections, notebooks, laptops, chairs, parquet flooring, pale walls, Victorian arches and soft natural light, making it useful for editorial coverage of libraries, art research, public study space, adult learning, cultural access, civic buildings and heritage interiors. Leeds Libraries says the Arts Floor of Central Library includes the Art Library, Music and Performing Arts Library, Studio12 and exhibition space, while Leeds Museums and Galleries locates Leeds Art Gallery on The Headrow, close to the shared library and gallery complex. The surrounding building is strongly associated with Leeds's municipal cultural heritage, sitting beside the better-known Tiled Hall, which Leeds Museums and Galleries says was originally the main library reading room and later functioned as a sculpture court from 1888 to 1941. This photograph captures the quieter working side of that cultural complex: people reading, studying, researching and using free public facilities rather than simply visiting exhibitions or cafés. It can illustrate stories about the value of public libraries, local authority cultural services, arts education, student research, community learning, warm civic spaces, city centre study areas, library funding, heritage reuse and access to knowledge. Visible details such as the long shared table, bookshelves, arched red-brick window surrounds, large windows and calm concentration of users provide a strong documentary sense of place. The image has good stock value for themes around learning, culture, public services, Leeds tourism, Victorian architecture, municipal pride, literacy, art history, research, quiet workspaces and the continuing
Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,HotpixUk,IMG_8957,Wigan library archives,Wigan,library,archives,Greater,Manchester,heritage,historic,history,architecture,civic,local,museum,conservation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EF6BP2 - . Wigan library archives, Wigan, England, UK. Photographed on 6 May 2026. The recorded location is Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Looking at archive research, the longer history is that libraries, museums and archives developed as civic institutions for preserving knowledge, objects and local records
Reading rooms, catalogues and display cases reveal how public access to information changed before digitisation transformed research. The background to historic comparison is that town and neighbourhood photographs record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. In 2026, archive research remains relevant because digitisation has changed research but has not removed the need for physical archives and collections. institutions increasingly combine online access with conservation of original material and renewed interest in local history. Current 2026 context around historic comparison is that regeneration, housing growth and changing high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for local-past comparison. Associated keywords and synonyms include public library, heritage attraction, public history, museum display, library service, cultural institution, historical records, visitor attraction, digital access, place identity, townscape, streetscape, community history, local landmark, and urban change. Additional natural-language search terms include local character, public realm, place-making, town centre, local heritage, IMG_8957, heritage, and architecture. Against the 2026 backdrop for museum, libraries and museums continue to operate as community hubs, visitor attractions and sources of digital access, while funding pressures encourage partnerships, volunteering and new uses for historic buildings.
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_8974,Wigan Museum and Archives,historic,reading,room,Wigan,Greater Manchester,England,UK,museum,archives,history,records,library,genealogy,heritage,books,collections,research,public,local
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFEG24 - . Wigan Museum and Archives historic reading room and collections, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 6 May 2026. The interior contains dark timber shelving, drawers, bookcases and rows of bound volumes, creating the atmosphere of a traditional local-history research room. Archives preserve council records, photographs, maps, newspapers, personal papers and other documents that support research into the history of places and families. The historical setting for historical records is that libraries, museums and archives developed as civic institutions for preserving knowledge, objects and local records
Reading rooms, catalogues and display cases reveal how public access to information changed before digitisation transformed research. Seen through local history, the earlier context is that town and neighbourhood images record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. In the 2026 discussion of historical records, libraries and museums continue to operate as community hubs, visitor attractions and sources of digital access, while funding pressures encourage partnerships, volunteering and new uses for historic buildings. The 2026 relevance of local history comes from the fact that current place-making policy increasingly emphasises distinctive local identity rather than generic development, so small landmarks and community businesses can become important parts of how an area is represented. Useful indexing vocabulary includes public library, heritage attraction, public history, museum display, archive research, library service, cultural institution, place identity, townscape, streetscape, community history, local landmark, urban change, regeneration, local character, and public realm.
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_8960,Wigan library,archives,interior,Wigan,Greater Manchester,England,UK,library,history,public,research,heritage,collections,community,education,books,records,study,culture,local
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJ1204 - . Wigan library and archives interior in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 6 May 2026. The view shows a traditional reading and research space with timber fittings, shelves, display areas and heritage-style architectural details. Libraries and archive services preserve local records while also providing public access to books, historical documents, study spaces and specialist collections. Seen through archive research, the earlier context is that libraries, museums and archives developed as civic institutions for preserving knowledge, objects and local records
Reading rooms, catalogues and display cases reveal how public access to information changed before digitisation transformed research. For historic comparison, the historical context is that town and neighbourhood photographs record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. The 2026 relevance of archive research comes from the fact that digitisation has changed research but has not removed the need for physical archives and collections. institutions increasingly combine online access with conservation of original material and renewed interest in local history. For historic comparison, the 2026 context is that regeneration, housing growth and changing high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for local-past comparison. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include public library, heritage attraction, public history, museum display, library service, cultural institution, historical records, visitor attraction, digital access, place identity, townscape, streetscape, community history, and local landmark. Alternative search wording includes urban change, local character, public realm, place-making, town centre, and local heritage.
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9855,Manchester,Portico,Library,1806,heritage,literature,architecture,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E3P8TX - . Portico Library founded 1806 entrance lettering in Manchester. Photographed on 28 June 2025. The recorded location is Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The historical setting for museum display is that public libraries expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as part of civic education, later adding computers, events and digital services while retaining their role as shared community space. In the 2026 discussion of museum display, libraries and museums continue to operate as community hubs, visitor attractions and sources of digital access, while funding pressures encourage partnerships, volunteering and new uses for historic buildings. Additional high-relevance terminology includes archive, public library, collections, reading room, local history, heritage attraction, public history, archive research, library service, cultural institution, historical records, 255A9855, heritage, literature, and architecture. Seen through cultural institution, the earlier context is that libraries, museums and archives developed as civic institutions for preserving knowledge, objects and local records
Reading rooms, catalogues and display cases reveal how public access to information changed before digitisation transformed research. For digital access, the historical context is that museums turn objects into interpreted history, while archives preserve documents that may have little value until researchers connect them with people, buildings or events
Interiors therefore record both collections and changing curatorial practice. Looking at public library, the longer history is that public libraries expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as part of civic education, later adding computers, events and digital services while retaining their role as shared community space. A further layer of meaning comes from archive, public library and collections.
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpicUK,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_4548,Andrew,Carnegie,library,plaque,Stratford,Warwickshire,Henley,philanthropy,heritage,education,literacy,1905,wooden,inscription,gift,upon,Avon,Street,England
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E6T4M9 - Andrew Carnegie library gift plaque at Stratford-upon-Avon Library, Henley Street, Warwickshire, England, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at 12 Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6PZ, England, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The carved plaque records that the library was the gift of Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1905. Stratford-upon-Avon Library occupies a Grade II listed building at 12 Henley Street, linking the town's literary identity with the wider Carnegie movement that funded public libraries in Britain and around the world. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
12 Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6PZ, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,election,day,parliamentary,vote,voters,paper,papers,ballot box,parliamentary elections,council election,democratic,process,civic,duty,participation,electoral,entrance,opening times,7am to 10pm,way out,sign,mobile phones,warning,tellers,information,public building,election administration,British,voting in person,rules,secrecy,secret,library,community,hall,voter disillusionment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDKYYY - A UK stock-photo/gotonysmith-Polling.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>polling station entrance is shown inside a public building, with clear election notices giving opening times of 7.00am to 10.00pm, a Way Out arrow, guidance for tellers and a warning sign saying not to use mobile phones. The image is a useful editorial stock photograph for stories about local elections, parliamentary elections, polling day, voter information, electoral administration, democracy, civic participation and the practical process of voting in person. The Electoral Commission says voters must go to their allocated polling station, usually shown on their poll card, and GOV.UK also explains that people can only vote at the polling station location on their card, although they do not need to take the card with them. The visible opening-times notice reflects the standard UK polling hours of 7am to 10pm, with voters already in a queue at 10pm normally still entitled to vote. The image can illustrate the ordinary, functional nature of British elections, where schools, community halls, libraries and other local buildings are temporarily turned into polling places. It is commercially useful for articles on election day, local councils, general elections, voter ID, turnout, democracy, polling station staffing, tellers, campaign volunteers, ballot secrecy, mobile phone restrictions, accessibility and public trust in the electoral process. The signs also show the controlled environment around voting, with information for voters and campaign tellers, privacy expectations and directional signage helping people move through the station. As a documentary stock image, it records the practical infrastructure of democracy rather than party politics, making it suitable for neutral coverage of voting rules, election administration, democratic participation and public service delivery.
UK polling station entrance with opening times, way out sign and mobile phone warning for voters in
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_9430,Homerton Library,London Borough of Hackney,London,England,UK,library,entrance,Hackney,Homerton,public,community,civic,building,books,literacy,education,council,services,glass,modern,urban,local,authority,facility
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3F0YK - . Homerton Library entrance in the London Borough of Hackney, London, England, UK. Photographed on 1 November 2023. The recorded location is Homerton, London Borough of Hackney, London, England, UK. The glazed modern frontage carries Homerton Library branding and provides a clear view of the public entrance. In relation to local history, historical context shows that public libraries expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as part of civic education, later adding computers, events and digital services while retaining their role as shared community space. As of 2026, the position for local history is that libraries and museums continue to operate as community hubs, visitor attractions and sources of digital access, while funding pressures encourage partnerships, volunteering and new uses for historic buildings. Additional natural-language search terms include archive, public library, collections, reading room, heritage attraction, public history, museum display, archive research, library service, cultural institution, historical records, IMG_9430, books, literacy, council, glass, urban, and authority. Additional subject vocabulary includes facility. For the story of museum display, it is useful to note that libraries, museums and archives developed as civic institutions for preserving knowledge, objects and local records
Reading rooms, catalogues and display cases reveal how public access to information changed before digitisation transformed research. The historical setting for cultural institution is that museums turn objects into interpreted history, while archives preserve documents that may have little value until researchers connect them with people, buildings or events
Interiors therefore record both collections and changing curatorial practice. The subject also connects archive, public library and collections within the same editorial theme. Its wider context brings together public library, collections and reading room.
Homerton, London Borough of Hackney, London, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,UK,England,GU7,established,struggling,free,local,funding,funded,Hugh Thackeray Turner,paintings,embroidery,and,architectural,designs,exhibits,entrance,door,doorway,welcome,to,109a,High St,Godalming,GU7 1AQ,historic,history,&,garden,SE,South East,Local Studies,Library
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG60YE - The museum covers the local history of the town and the surrounding area.[4] The collections include paintings, ceramics, embroidery and architectural designs. The museum has works by watercolourist Helen Allingham, watercolourist and engraver Myles Birket Foster, the garden designer Gertrude Jekyll, the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, the landscape watercolourist and etcher Percy Robertson, and architect and china painter Hugh Thackeray Turner
109a High St, Godalming GU7 1AQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,Lancashire,England,UK,WN1 1BH,town,centre,the,buildings,architecture,WN1,office,council,services,Citizens Advice Bureau,CAB,Victim Support,Independent Advice,housing options,housing,property shop,skills shop,information,&,and,learning zone,library,one stop stop,Alison McKenzie-Folan,Marie Morgan,Metropolitan Borough,Believe Sq,civic,municipal
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF85M - The Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in the United Kingdom. It consists of 75 Councillors with one-third being elected every three years in four. The borough is separated into 25 wards. Councillors are democratically accountable to the ward they are elected to represent. Each ward is represented on the council by three council members.
Believe Square, Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1PF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Yorkshire,England,UK,JH,JH Gostling,Gostling GW,GW Gostling,doctor,GW,T,YO1,23,Stonegate St,York,YO1 8AW,history,historic,T Anderson,MD,on,building,medical,GP,Dr,students,student,topics,speakers,knowledge,information,library,Tempest,Anderson,Baldwin Wake
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF7FA5 - The York Medical Society was founded in 1832, two years before the establishment of York Medical School. The first president, Baldwin Wake, addressed the Society at its first meeting in March 1832.
At the time, they had no permanent premises and met first at the York dispensary, then between October 1856 and May 1874 at Mr Graham's house in Market Town, followed by three years in the Board Room at York County Hospital after Mr Graham's death and then for a brief period between 1877 and 1878 at 9 Ousegate. For the next two years the York Medical Society met at the de Grey Rooms and then until 1915, they rented rooms at 1 Low Ousegate, when they moved to the current location of 23 Stonegate, the previous home of Tempest Anderson and his father W.C. Anderson.
It developed consulting rooms and a dispensary.
In 2003, the library and archive were moved to the Borthwick Institute.
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23 Stonegate is a late 16th-Century house, which incorporates the remains of several earlier structures on the site, and which has been altered and extended at various times in the centuries following its construction. Its 1590 rainwater head is the oldest surviving in York. The building is currently divided into a number of offices and flats as well as serving as the base for the society. It has had associations with the medical profession since at least the early 19th-Century, when it was owned by the Anderson family, and in the later part of the century it was home to the surgeon and vulcanologist Tempest Anderson, whose plaque is still present on the entrance to the building. It was purchased by the York Medical Society in 1944
the dining room, which features a Greek fret and paterae underneath an elaborate cornice, now serves as the society's lecture hall. The building was first listed in 1954, and was upgraded to Grade II* in 1997
23 Stonegate St, York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 8AW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF7FB3 - The York Medical Society was founded in 1832, two years before the establishment of York Medical School. The first president, Baldwin Wake, addressed the Society at its first meeting in March 1832.
At the time, they had no permanent premises and met first at the York dispensary, then between October 1856 and May 1874 at Mr Graham's house in Market Town, followed by three years in the Board Room at York County Hospital after Mr Graham's death and then for a brief period between 1877 and 1878 at 9 Ousegate. For the next two years the York Medical Society met at the de Grey Rooms and then until 1915, they rented rooms at 1 Low Ousegate, when they moved to the current location of 23 Stonegate, the previous home of Tempest Anderson and his father W.C. Anderson.
It developed consulting rooms and a dispensary.
In 2003, the library and archive were moved to the Borthwick Institute.
Premises
23 Stonegate is a late 16th-Century house, which incorporates the remains of several earlier structures on the site, and which has been altered and extended at various times in the centuries following its construction. Its 1590 rainwater head is the oldest surviving in York. The building is currently divided into a number of offices and flats as well as serving as the base for the society. It has had associations with the medical profession since at least the early 19th-Century, when it was owned by the Anderson family, and in the later part of the century it was home to the surgeon and vulcanologist Tempest Anderson, whose plaque is still present on the entrance to the building. It was purchased by the York Medical Society in 1944
the dining room, which features a Greek fret and paterae underneath an elaborate cornice, now serves as the society's lecture hall. The building was first listed in 1954, and was upgraded to Grade II* in 1997
23 Stonegate St, York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 8AW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRJM - The Civic Centre on Le Mans Crescent, housing the Bolton Museum, library, health clinics, and courts, was built in 1932“39 to the designs of Bradshaw Gass and Hope. Its plan is slightly asymmetric with end pavilions flanking a shallow crescent. There was previously a police station within the northern half of the building adjacent to the Magistrates' Court. This has been converted to offices although the former cells are still used for holding those facing transfer to prison or awaiting appearances before the court. The building has a steel frame faced in sandstone ashlar with parapets and a slate roof. It has three central arches accessing Cheadle Square. The Civic Buildings are Grade II listed. A £3.7m project to transform Bolton library will see the children's area treble in size and a new café built. In December 2021 Bolton was offered up to £22M of town's fund' government cash in order to ˜level up' and regenerate town centres.
Bolton Council's planning committee unanimously approved the final plans for the listed Le Mans Crescent building. The work, which will include the installation of a mezzanine floor in the building, is expected to begin in September and take around a year to complete.
During the closure period the library will be temporarily housed at Crompton Place shopping mall on the site of the former New Look unit. Sam Elliott, head of libraries and museums in Bolton spoke in support of the plans to the committee.
Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1UA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8BC - The Atkinson is a building on the east side of Lord Street extending round the corner into Eastbank Street, Southport, Sefton, Merseyside, England. The building is a combination of two former buildings, the original Atkinson Art Gallery and Library that opened in 1878, and the adjacent Manchester and Liverpool District Bank that was built in 1879. These were combined in 1923“24 and the interiors have been integrated. The original building is in Neoclassical style, and the former bank is in Renaissance style.
The art gallery and library has been integrated with the Southport Arts Centre and is now known as The Atkinson.
The two former buildings are each recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II listed buildings.
History
The Atkinson was built following a donation of £6,000 in 1875 by William Atkinson, a cotton manufacturer from Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, and a frequent visitor to Southport. The building was designed by Waddington and Son of Burnley, Lancashire and opened in 1878. The total cost, donated by Atkinson, was £15,000. In 1923“24 the building was extended by incorporating an adjacent bank on the corner of Eastbank Street, that had been built for the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank in 1879. The interior of the combined building was remodeled in the late 20th century, and the interiors were internally integrated. As of 2014 the organisation of the library and art gallery is integrated with the Southport Arts Centre and it is known as The Atkinson.
Original building
The original building is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof in Neoclassical style. It is in three storeys and has a symmetrical three-bay front. The central bay projects forward and contains a square-headed doorway above which is a roundel and a band of three panels. It is flanked by pairs of engaged Corinthian columns, above which is an entablature with a frieze inscribed with ATKINSON FREE LIBRARY and a pediment.
Lord Street, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK, PR8 1DB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8BF - The Atkinson is a building on the east side of Lord Street extending round the corner into Eastbank Street, Southport, Sefton, Merseyside, England. The building is a combination of two former buildings, the original Atkinson Art Gallery and Library that opened in 1878, and the adjacent Manchester and Liverpool District Bank that was built in 1879. These were combined in 1923“24 and the interiors have been integrated. The original building is in Neoclassical style, and the former bank is in Renaissance style.
The art gallery and library has been integrated with the Southport Arts Centre and is now known as The Atkinson.
The two former buildings are each recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II listed buildings.
History
The Atkinson was built following a donation of £6,000 in 1875 by William Atkinson, a cotton manufacturer from Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, and a frequent visitor to Southport. The building was designed by Waddington and Son of Burnley, Lancashire and opened in 1878. The total cost, donated by Atkinson, was £15,000. In 1923“24 the building was extended by incorporating an adjacent bank on the corner of Eastbank Street, that had been built for the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank in 1879. The interior of the combined building was remodeled in the late 20th century, and the interiors were internally integrated. As of 2014 the organisation of the library and art gallery is integrated with the Southport Arts Centre and it is known as The Atkinson.
Original building
The original building is constructed in sandstone with a slate roof in Neoclassical style. It is in three storeys and has a symmetrical three-bay front. The central bay projects forward and contains a square-headed doorway above which is a roundel and a band of three panels. It is flanked by pairs of engaged Corinthian columns, above which is an entablature with a frieze inscribed with ATKINSON FREE LIBRARY and a pediment.
Lord Street, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK, PR8 1DB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BKC2EX - . A location-based documentary photograph from England, Great Britain , UK, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. At the heart of the image is Old medieval bound books,Sainte Bible. The wider scene also brings together conservation architecture, community identity, architectural character, historic townscape, cityscape history, traditional masonry, visual archive, heritage asset, public realm, before-and-after reference, period detail, historic streetscape, heritage landmark, and historical comparison. Today's wider story includes maintenance, historic townscape and the practical question of using existing buildings rather than demolishing them. Small period details of signage and branding at England, Great Britain , UK may become more significant with time, especially following closure or conversion. Other connected aspects are built environment, urban change, changing streetscape, local character, place identity, everyday Britain, contemporary history, and documentary photography. Elements such as books, medieval, Sainte, bound, and Bible add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. For England, Great Britain , UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence for maintenance and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them in a form that can be compared with future views of England, Great Britain , UK. A further contemporary connection is redevelopment pressure and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them within the real-world context of England, Great Britain , UK. The image also provides a reference for heritage conservation and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them within the specific setting of England, Great Britain , UK.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE3AF - Shakespeare Window, Manchester Central Library
Above the front door of the library is stained glass Shakespeare window. It was designed by Robert Anning Bell and depicts William Shakespeare and scenes from his plays. It was given to the library by Mrs Rosa Grindon, in memory of her husband, the famous Manchester botanist, Leo Grindon.
Inside Central Library
The main entrance hall gets its name from the huge stained glass window above the front door. The window was designed by the Arts & Crafts artist, Robert Anning Bell RA (1863-1933) and includes a portrait of William Shakespeare and scenes from many of his plays. It was given to the library by Mrs Rosa Grindon, in memory of her husband, the famous Manchester botanist, Leo Grindon.
The two other stained glass windows and the magnificent heraldic decorations were all designed by George Kruger Gray (1880-1943). On the ceiling are the arms and crests of the Duchy of Lancaster, Lancashire County Council and the Sees of York, Manchester and the City of Manchester . Around the walls are those of Manchester Grammar School, Manchester University, the Manchester Regiment, Humphrey Chetham, the Overseers of the Township, England, St George and St Mary (the patron saint of Manchester).
St Peter's Square, Manchester,Greater Manchester, England,UK, M2 5PD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE3BF - Shakespeare Window, Manchester Central Library
Above the front door of the library is stained glass Shakespeare window. It was designed by Robert Anning Bell and depicts William Shakespeare and scenes from his plays. It was given to the library by Mrs Rosa Grindon, in memory of her husband, the famous Manchester botanist, Leo Grindon.
Inside Central Library
The main entrance hall gets its name from the huge stained glass window above the front door. The window was designed by the Arts & Crafts artist, Robert Anning Bell RA (1863-1933) and includes a portrait of William Shakespeare and scenes from many of his plays. It was given to the library by Mrs Rosa Grindon, in memory of her husband, the famous Manchester botanist, Leo Grindon.
The two other stained glass windows and the magnificent heraldic decorations were all designed by George Kruger Gray (1880-1943). On the ceiling are the arms and crests of the Duchy of Lancaster, Lancashire County Council and the Sees of York, Manchester and the City of Manchester . Around the walls are those of Manchester Grammar School, Manchester University, the Manchester Regiment, Humphrey Chetham, the Overseers of the Township, England, St George and St Mary (the patron saint of Manchester).
St Peter's Square, Manchester,Greater Manchester, England,UK, M2 5PD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE3CF - Shakespeare Window, Manchester Central Library
Above the front door of the library is stained glass Shakespeare window. It was designed by Robert Anning Bell and depicts William Shakespeare and scenes from his plays. It was given to the library by Mrs Rosa Grindon, in memory of her husband, the famous Manchester botanist, Leo Grindon.
Inside Central Library
The main entrance hall gets its name from the huge stained glass window above the front door. The window was designed by the Arts & Crafts artist, Robert Anning Bell RA (1863-1933) and includes a portrait of William Shakespeare and scenes from many of his plays. It was given to the library by Mrs Rosa Grindon, in memory of her husband, the famous Manchester botanist, Leo Grindon.
The two other stained glass windows and the magnificent heraldic decorations were all designed by George Kruger Gray (1880-1943). On the ceiling are the arms and crests of the Duchy of Lancaster, Lancashire County Council and the Sees of York, Manchester and the City of Manchester . Around the walls are those of Manchester Grammar School, Manchester University, the Manchester Regiment, Humphrey Chetham, the Overseers of the Township, England, St George and St Mary (the patron saint of Manchester).
St Peter's Square, Manchester,Greater Manchester, England,UK, M2 5PD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE3W7 - . Photographed at The Main Library Oxford Road Manchester,North West,England,UK, M13 9PP in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The defining feature is Manchester Central Library - City crest completed AD1933 - St Peter's Square, Manchester, England, UK, M2 5PD. The scene additionally carries associations with historic townscape, road engineering, transport corridor, everyday life, built heritage, regional identity, documentary photography, heritage asset, place identity, visual archive, period streetscape, public realm, historic context, and architectural character. For contemporary context, energy retrofit and redevelopment pressure are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about road safety, traffic management and the continuing need to maintain ageing transport infrastructure. As a piece of social history, the image captures period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment within The Main Library Oxford Road Manchester,North West,England,UK, M13 9PP. The subject sits alongside community identity, local character, local history, motorway travel, architectural detailing, traditional masonry, historical comparison, and changing streetscape. The recorded references to Square, completed, AD1933, Central, and Library preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around The Main Library Oxford Road Manchester,North West,England,UK, M13 9PP, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image fixes details of everyday use within the wider story of The Main Library Oxford Road Manchester,North West,England,UK, M13 9PP.
The Main Library Oxford Road Manchester,North West,England,UK, M13 9PP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE3YF - . Manchester Central Library - City crest from entrance ceiling,arms and crests of the Duchy of Lancaster, the See of York, the See of Manchester. Photographed on 3 December 2019. The recorded location is The Main Library Oxford Road Manchester,North West,England,UK, M13 9PP. In the longer view, historic library buildings and everyday service scenes document changing ideas about public education and access to knowledge
Even small branches can play an important social role beyond book lending. The wider historical story is that interiors preserve details that exterior photographs cannot show: furniture, fittings, decorative finishes and room layouts reveal how buildings were actually used
Such features are often altered during refurbishment even when the outside continues to be unchanged. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that libraries continue to evolve as community hubs offering digital access, study, events and support alongside books
Funding pressures and volunteer involvement continue to be important issues, making older images useful for examining changes in local public services. In the present 2026 context, adaptive reuse often changes internal layouts dramatically, so photographs of earlier rooms and fittings have particular conservation and design value. In historical terms, public libraries developed as major civic institutions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, combining books, education and free access to information
Their buildings and services often reflect municipal pride, while later community-run models reveal changing patterns of local-government provision. From a heritage perspective, libraries have continually adapted from reading rooms and reference collections to computers, events, study spaces and digital services
Interior details and staffing images show how the public library functions as both an information service and a community place.
The Main Library Oxford Road Manchester,North West,England,UK, M13 9PP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2BA - . This period scene at St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The main subject is Golden star,Christmas decorations,outside Manchester Central Library,St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD. Other connected aspects include visual archive, archival record, community identity, historic frontage, traditional masonry, social history, period building, architectural detailing, cityscape history, before-and-after reference, urban fabric, historic commercial architecture, everyday life, and documentary photography. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about historic townscape, redevelopment pressure and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. For place-based research, the photograph anchors the visual character of the locality at the time as seen at St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD. The subject sits alongside heritage asset, local history, changing streetscape, built heritage, period detail, regional identity, contemporary social history, and changing land use. References to Christmas, Square, Peter's, Central, and Golden help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. For St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of historic townscape and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them when considered against later change at St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD. A further contemporary connection is embodied carbon and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment without losing the local specificity of St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD.
St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGDY - . Photographed at 25 Albert Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2PF in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The defining feature is John Ashby Apple Tree,Sunrise,Grappenhall Community Library,25 Albert Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2PF. The photograph also reflects wartime sacrifice, collective memory, road engineering, urban mobility, road connectivity, public realm, traffic management, transport corridor, local history, before-and-after reference, roadside environment, community remembrance, motorway travel, and changing land use. The present-day relevance extends to local history and remembrance culture, while a wider concern is how local communities preserve the names and memory of the dead. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes maintenance alongside active travel, with particular attention to balancing vehicle movement with safer streets. With the passage of time, the scene fixes evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life within the setting of 25 Albert Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2PF. The wider local story also touches on contemporary social history, military commemoration, Armistice heritage, industrial-community remembrance, visual archive, changing streetscape, everyday life, and archival record. Elements such as Apple, Library, Albert, Sunrise, and Community add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The surrounding context at 25 Albert Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2PF matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to local history and how local communities preserve the names and memory of the dead within the specific setting of 25 Albert Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2PF.
25 Albert Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2PF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8DJF6 - The Library of Trinity College Dublin (Irish: Leabharlann Choláiste na TrÃonóide) serves Trinity College and the University of Dublin. It is a legal deposit or copyright library, under which, publishers in Ireland must deposit a copy of all their publications there, without charge. It is the only Irish library to hold such rights for works published in the United Kingdom.
The Library is the permanent home to the Brian Boru harp which is a national symbol of Ireland, a copy of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic, and the Book of Kells. One of the four volumes of the Book of Kells is on public display at any given time. The volumes and pages shown are regularly changed
a new display case installed in 2020 will allow all pages to be displayed including many not seen in public for several decades
The Library proper occupies several buildings, six of which are at the Trinity College campus itself, with another part of the Trinity Centre at St James's Hospital, Dublin:
The oldest library building, now known as the Old Library, is Thomas Burgh's magnum opus. Construction began in 1712. A large building which took twenty years to complete in its original form, it towered over the university and city after its completion in 1732. Even today, surrounded by similarly scaled buildings, it is imposing and dominates the view of the university from Nassau Street. The Book of Kells is located in the Old Library, along with the Book of Durrow, the Garland of Howth and other ancient texts. Also incorporating the Long Room, the Old Library is one of Ireland's biggest tourist attractions and holds thousands of rare, and in many cases very early, volumes. In the 18th century, the college received the Brian Boru harp, one of the three surviving medieval Gaelic harps, and a national symbol of Ireland, which is now housed in the Library
The Library began with the founding of Trinity College in 1592. In 1661, Henry Jones presented it with the Book of Kells
College Green, Trinity, Dublin D02, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEEM - Johannes Gutenberg's work on the printing press began in approximately 1436 when he partnered with Andreas Dritzehn”a man who had previously instructed in gem-cutting”and Andreas Heilmann, owner of a paper mill. However, it was not until a 1439 lawsuit against Gutenberg that an official record existed
witnesses' testimony discussed Gutenberg's types, an inventory of metals (including lead), and his type molds.
Having previously worked as a professional goldsmith, Gutenberg made skillful use of the knowledge of metals he had learned as a craftsman. He was the first to make type from an alloy of lead, tin, and antimony, which was critical for producing durable type that produced high-quality printed books and proved to be much better suited for printing than all other known materials. To create these lead types, Gutenberg used what is considered one of his most ingenious inventions, a special matrix enabling the quick and precise molding of new type blocks from a uniform template. His type case is estimated to have contained around 290 separate letter boxes, most of which were required for special characters, ligatures, punctuation marks, and so forth.
Gutenberg is also credited with the introduction of an oil-based ink which was more durable than the previously used water-based inks. As printing material he used both paper and vellum (high-quality parchment). In the Gutenberg Bible, Gutenberg made a trial of coloured printing for a few of the page headings, present only in some copies. A later work, the Mainz Psalter of 1453, presumably designed by Gutenberg but published under the imprint of his successors Johann Fust and Peter Schöffer, had elaborate red and blue printed initials.
150 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3EH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGP2W3 - . This location-based editorial photograph from England, Great Britain , UK in 2019 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The view centres on Bookshelf of 1920's books: Book Of Days,Chambers,History Of England,The Gardeners Assistant,The Outline of History,HG Wells. The image connects the immediate subject with changing streetscape, historical comparison, visual archive, contemporary social history, regional identity, historic townscape, heritage landmark, built heritage, period streetscape, community identity, historic context, documentary photography, conservation architecture, and period detail. In the mid-2020s, redevelopment pressure and historic townscape keep the subject current, particularly through the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the image captures the relationship between the subject and its surroundings in this part of England, Great Britain , UK. Other useful associations include everyday life, architectural detailing, local history, heritage asset, adaptive reuse, local character, before-and-after reference, and archival record. Details involving Chambers, Wells, 1920's, History, and Outline give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. A later view of England, Great Britain , UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for redevelopment pressure and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment without losing the local specificity of England, Great Britain , UK. Another useful connection is redevelopment pressure and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character in a form that can be compared with future views of England, Great Britain , UK. It also preserves a trace of local identity for future local research.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DC656K - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Festival Avenue Orford Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA2 9EP in 2018, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The location is represented through Orford Jubilee park Hub Warrington,Livewire, Swimming pool, gym, exercise,£30m Orford Park complex. The surrounding context encompasses place identity, heritage asset, health-service capacity, community identity, clinical services, historic townscape, period streetscape, conservation architecture, health infrastructure, social history, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, visual archive, and healthcare provision. The modern context includes continuing discussion of waiting lists, patient access and how ageing populations increase demand for care facilities. For current editorial use, embodied carbon and energy retrofit provide additional context, especially through the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Festival Avenue Orford Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA2 9EP before new ownership alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects urban fabric, built heritage, local landmark, contemporary social history, heritage landmark, regional identity, changing land use, and changing streetscape. The combination of exercise, Swimming, Livewire, Jubilee, and complex anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Festival Avenue Orford Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA2 9EP helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison as part of Festival Avenue Orford Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA2 9EP's history.
Festival Avenue Orford Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA2 9EP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTADG - Following a request by a couple of villagers, the Hatton Parish Council explored various options to place a defibrillator in the village. Following research and a demonstration of various types of defibrillators, the Parish Council decided to team up with the Heartbeat Community Trust to establish a managed service for our defibrillator that has been placed in the phone box.
Many thanks are owed to the owners of the Hatton Arms for arranging for the installation of the cabinet and for providing the necessary power source. The defibrillator is active and will be checked on a weekly basis. It has been registered with the North West Ambulance Service and our agreement with CHT means that support is available to reinstate it following use.
Hatton Lane, Hatton, Warrington, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P9FFMA - A microfilm reader is a device used in projecting and magnifying images stored in microform to readable proportions. Microform includes flat film, microfilm, aperture cards, microfiche, and ultra fiche. Using open reels or cassettes, microfilm is often used as a way to store many documents in a small space. It has become increasingly prevalent in the development of films, as well as storage of archived newspapers. With the invention of microfilm, microfilm readers soon developed. With the increasing popularity of computers, microform has decreased in use. However, many library archives still remain in microform.
England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MNFTF3 - The John Rylands Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England. The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands. The John Rylands Library and the library of the University of Manchester merged in July 1972 into the John Rylands University Library of Manchester
today it is part of The University of Manchester Library.
Special collections built up by both libraries were progressively concentrated in the Deansgate building. The special collections, believed to be among the largest in the United Kingdom, include medieval illuminated manuscripts and examples of early European printing, including a Gutenberg Bible, the second largest collection of printing by William Caxton, and the most extensive collection of the editions of the Aldine Press of Venice. The Rylands Library Papyrus P52 has a claim to be the earliest extant New Testament text. The library holds personal papers and letters of notable figures, among them Elizabeth Gaskell and John Dalton.
The architectural style is primarily neo-Gothic with elements of Arts and Crafts Movement in the ornate and imposing gatehouse facing Deansgate which dominates the surrounding streetscape. The library, granted Grade I listed status in 1994, is maintained by the University of Manchester and open for library readers and visitors.
Deansgate, Manchester, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4EDT6 - A urinal is a sanitary plumbing fixture for urination only, predominantly used by males. It can take the form of a container or simply a wall, with drainage and automatic or manual flushing, or without flush water as is the case for waterless urinals.
The different types of urinals, be it for single users or as trough designs for multiple users, are intended to be utilized from a standing position (rather than squatting or sitting). The term may also apply to a small building or other structure containing such fixtures. It can also refer to a small container in which urine can be collected for medical analysis, or for use where access to toilet facilities is not possible, such as in small aircraft, during extended stakeouts, or for the bedridden.
While urinals are generally intended for use by males, it is also possible for females to use them. Designers of urinals for women have adopted various approaches: some intending the user to hover over the unit, facing away from it, others intending the user to stand facing the urinal, with or without a female urination device. While uncommon due to restroom segregation, it is possible for females to use male urinals
Deansgate, Manchester,England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5J0BN - The Radcliffe Camera (colloquially known as the Rad Cam or The Camera
from Latin camera, meaning 'room') is a building of the University of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in neo-classical style and built in 1737“49 to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is sited to the south of the Old Bodleian, north of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, and between Brasenose College to the west and All Souls College to the east. The Radcliffe Camera's circularity, its position in the heart of Oxford, and its separation from other buildings make it the focal point of the University of Oxford, and as such it is almost always included in shorthand visual representations of the university. The Radcliffe Camera is not open to the public.
The library's construction and maintenance was funded from the estate of John Radcliffe, a physician who left £40,000 upon his death in 1714. According to the terms of his will, construction only began in 1737, although the intervening period saw the complex purchase of the site. The exterior was complete in 1747 and the interior finished by 1748, although the library's opening was delayed until 13 April 1749.
Upon its completion, Francis Wise was appointed as its first librarian. Until 1810, the library housed books covering a wide range of subjects, but under George Williams it narrowed its focus to the sciences. Williams brought the library from a state of neglect up to date, although by 1850 the Radcliffe Library still lagged behind the Bodleian. It was at this point that Henry Wentworth Acland, then librarian, laid out plans for the Radcliffe Library building to merge with the university and the library's collection of books to be moved to the newly constructed Radcliffe Science Library, which were accepted by the library's trustees and the university. It was at this point that the building became known as the Radcliffe Camera, serving as a reading room for the Bodleian.
Radcliffe Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX1 3BG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXH8Y - Today there are 28 public libraries in the Scottish capital[2] but, as the first, the creation of Central Library was funded with £50,000 from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. At the opening ceremony a telegram from Carnegie was read out stating: We trust that this Library is to grow in usefullness year after year, and prove one of the most potent agencies for the good of the people for all time to come.
The site selected for the library was the former home of Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet Hope of Craighall, advocate for King Charles I. The structure, built in 1616, was demolished in March of 1887 to make way for the library. The lintel from Hope's home, bearing the carved inscription TECUM HABITA 1616 from the fourth satire of Persius, is preserved above an inner doorway of the library.
Carnegie's funding was initially an offer of £25,000 in 1886 which was doubled, overcoming prior opposition to the establishment of a public library, the city”last of those to do so in Scotland”adopted the Public Libraries Act and on 9 July 1887, Carnegie laid the foundation stone of architect George Washington Browne's French Renaissance-styled building.
Records for 1890, the first full year the library was open, show that over 440,000 book loans were issued
current records indicate that today, over a century on, the library issues over 500,000 book loans annually
In November 2017, on the 100th anniversary of her death, a memorial to Dr Elsie Inglis, the founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals, was unveiled at Central Library
7-9 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 1EG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXJN3 - The Scottish National Gallery is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, in a neoclassical building designed by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.
The gallery houses the Scottish national collection of fine art, including Scottish and international art from the beginning of the Renaissance up to the start of the 20th century.
The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2EL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXJP6 - The Scottish National Gallery is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, in a neoclassical building designed by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.
The gallery houses the Scottish national collection of fine art, including Scottish and international art from the beginning of the Renaissance up to the start of the 20th century.
The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2EL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED246 - . The old town bookshop Victoria Street Edinburgh Scotland UK. Photographed at 8 Victoria Street, EDINBURGH, EH1 2HG. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with bookshop, Victoria, Street, Edinburgh, shop, book, shops, capital, maps and magazines, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DED246, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
8 Victoria Street, EDINBURGH, EH1 2HG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0KBB - An old red British Telephone box turned into a village lending library.
The kiosk in the centre of Great Budworth is now being stocked up with books after the parish council bought it from British Telecom for £1.
We are going to use it as a book exchange and are hoping people drop off books.
Children in the village are among those involved in the project.
A three month trial period is under way to see how well the scheme works.
If it is deemed a success then it will become permanent.
High st, Great Budworth, Cheshire East, England CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9B6Y - . Warrington Wolves Mascot Wolfie at Grappenhall Walking Day, Community Library stall, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK. Photographed at Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. The photograph was taken on 22 June 2013. The image metadata records 1 person in the frame. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Warrington Wolves, Mascot, Wolfie, Grappenhall, wolf, fur, Walking Day, Community Library, stall and Rugby, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to sport, supporters, venues, clubs, competition and the strong connection between sporting institutions and local identity. It can support editorial features about football, rugby or other spectator sports, stadiums, club heritage, matchday culture, investment, redevelopment, fans, sponsorship and the commercial side of professional sport. Signs, colours, banners, buildings, entrances and surrounding streets can help establish a recognisable sporting context without relying on a posed action image. The dated scene also has archive value as clubs, grounds, branding and neighbourhoods evolve over time. Search themes include sport, clubs, stadiums, supporters, venues, matchday culture, sponsorship, sporting heritage, redevelopment and local identity. A dated view is valuable where club branding, grounds, surrounding streets or the commercial presentation of a venue subsequently changes. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DE9B6Y, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7208117684 - 'A historic day today as the previously closed library (borough cuts April 2011) has now been officially re-named and re-opened by The Friends of Grappenhall Library. A registered charity, volunteers now run the facility which has been renamed 'Grappenhall Community Library'.
5000+ donated books fill the shelves once again and over 150 opening sessions already completed, over 1000 books have been issued. Over 34% to younger readers and under 16's.
Read more at friendsofgrappenhalllibrary.wordpress.com/ or pop in when open (Mon/Tues 1pm-5pm &
Thu/Sat 10-1pm) to find out more if you live in South Warrington. Always craft activities for younger ones and you will receive a warm welcome. ',
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6180885119 - '\u00bfWhats this Library Tribe set all about? Read about it here
The library is a great place to find romance (people tell me). A place to escape into a Mills &
Boon or a Jennifer Baker who does quite a few teen romances.
'Holly and Chris have fallen desperately in love. So much so that when their feuding families try to put a stop to their romance, they stake everything on their overwhelming feelings. They decide to run away and make a new life together'....
Nice to try from the library, maybe not something that you might buy from Amazon...
Just dont be caught leaving the library with one....
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6218204036 - '\u00bfWhats this Library Tribe set all about? Read about it here
I found this a very interesting book and this lady very interesting as she told me she worked in the local Job Centre.
In David Cameroons 'Big Society' we will need to get our heads around the 'Non-Cash Reward'. There certainly will be limited or zero funds to support services that used to cost money.
The policy certainly has its critics. Labour leader Ed Miliband in February 2011 said Mr Cameron was undermining his own Big Society concept through spending cuts.
Various charity figures have suggested that the scale of local authority cuts could kill off the idea before it gets going - by 'destroying' existing voluntary groups.
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu warned at one of his Sunday sermons, that investment in public services was needed if the Big Society was to succeed.
Norman Smith, BBC Radio4 had this comment:
The difficulty, it seems, he faces in getting his Big Society message over is that voters have rather more pressing matters on their mind.
After all, at a time of job losses, pay freezes, pension hikes and public service cuts - people may take the view that creating the Big Society is not very high on their list of priorities.
Somehow Mr Cameron has to convince voters it matters as much to them as it clearly does to him.
Merseyside television producer Phil Redmond has already attacked the 'big society' idea, saying it has been 'undermined by public spending cuts'.
The Brookside and Hollyoaks creator had originally been a fan of the concept, taking charge of a project involving volunteering and cultural activities in Liverpool.
He said: 'I do remain a strong supporter of the principle behind big society, because it wasn't too long ago that the media was full of stories about Big Brother, too much red tape, surveillance society, we need to get engaged with society and so on.
'It just came at the wrong moment.'
He said there was a need to make sure there was a separation between the big society plans and the cuts.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6436136929 - '\u00bfWhats this Library Tribe set all about? Read about it here
A popular choice Dora, and more so on DVD.
I have heard it said that DVD rentals may be the saviour of libraries. That does remain to be seen.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6848147900 - '\u00bfWhats this Library Tribe set all about? Read about it here
What an interesting book this chap had as he left the library. His face could be that of modern Britain. Getting older, we expect to have more over 60's soon than ever before, we also probably will be expected to work longer for smaller pensions on the whole.
In Britain we should be the best europeans of all, we have had everyone through here, at some point or another. Romans, Vikings, Normans etc. This book is the story of who we are and where we are from - the history of Britain through war and conquest, migration and racial integration.
The Welcome Trust has given a GBP2million grant to Oxford geneticist Sir Walter Bodmer to take DNA samples from hundreds of volunteers throughout Britain and find tell-tale fragments of DNA that reveal the biological traces of successive waves of colonisers - Celts, Saxons, Vikings, etc. - in various parts of Britain. These traces in part determine our facial features. In effect, this project will produce a genetic map of our islands revealing where today's Cornish or East Anglians originally came from.
The project is unique in that it uses cutting edge technology to question our accepted notions of our history. Added to this, the series and the book will meld science, history and personal stories to investigate our linguistic history, our surnames and placenames and compare findings with the results of the Bodmer study.Face of Britain will be a launch pad to explore Britain's earliest history while investigating why we look the way we do.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5772288982 - '\u00bfWhats this Library Tribe set all about? Read about it here
With the demise of the CAB (Citizens Advice Bureau), the local library can be the place people turn for advice. This can be for legal matters, health issues or finance.
A well stocked library can help everyone access the information they need. Books may not do the job for you, thats down to the borrower of course.
It would be interesting to see if the person this lady was taking these books out for, benifitted from them 3 weeks later when they were returned/renewed.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5863292529 - '\u00bfWhats this Library Tribe set all about? Read about it here
Your local library is a great place to check out a better way of doing your pastimes or learning a new skill.
Learning techniques to paint, draw, photograph or film help you with some inspiration. I would have loved to see some of this ladies watercolours, or see how they have improved after getting a helping hand at the local library.
Some artists are using their skills, maybe learnt in libraries to help in the fightback over cuts. Below is the start of a compelling account from 'Artists of the Resistance', a bunch of folks who clearly think libraries are worth fighting for:
Unison, a local campaign for library and public services, concerned locals, political activists from a couple of different parties and library users previously unaware and needing no encouragement to join in.
Stalls were out, petitions offered, placards home made and more familiar were all present, children and their parents were chalking a giant \u2018Save Our Libraries\u2019 on the square floor, balloons in the air, a local author, local press, students, young, pensioners, activists, library staff, union members, authors, all ages, all backgrounds assembled and we knew we had alot of work to cover faithfully the atmosphere and the passion of this event.
More here.
What book will you get out of your local library this weekend?
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The local library is a place to learn more about where you live. I was not born here, ended up here more by practicality than choice.
Usually libraries have microfiche of newspapers going back many decades and can serve as archives of local history.
For a small town, commuter dormatory for Liverpool and Manchester, Warrington has its place in history. Two IRA bombs, the second claiming two childs lives left a dark shadow over the town.
The troubles in Warrington started on Thursday 25 February 1993. Three IRA terrorists broke into a Warrington gas storage depot. After planting Semtex bombs, the trio tried to escape and shot a patrolling police officer.
Most of their bombs failed to detonate, but one did blow up. Thankfully, nobody was injured. The three IRA men were arrested and Warrington believed its brush with terrorism had passed. They were wrong.
On Saturday 20 March 1993 another IRA unit took revenge on Warrington for the arrests three weeks earlier. It was the day before Mothering Sunday and stores in Bridge Street were bustling with shoppers. Two bombs, planted in waste bins, exploded within a minute of each other.
I was in Warrington that day. Luckily in Sainsburys when the bombs exploded. I visit Belfast a lot and I am pleased that the two communities can manage to agree to disagree in peace now. I regret the loss of the innocent lives of three year old Jonathan Ball and 12 year old Tim Parry, who only lived streets away from me.
I hope libraries stay open to spread the experience of this, as well as the victorian explorers who brought Egyptian mummies to the museum and the 1651 scene of the last Royalist victory of the Civil War. Our lives would be poorer for not knowing the history of the soil we tread on every day.
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A cracking place for kids books and also those books of trains, ships and machines young lads always love. In my experience too, we ended up going home with the full quota of 8 books.
Books develop a childs imagination. I am convinced reading and writing is aided by having books around and having a diverse library of them on your doorstep. If you are lucky you might get a corner with Lego to fiddle with too.
Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show can be found on the Nickelodeon cable television network.
Dora, the main character, is a young 7-year-old latin american girl who embarks on a trip in every episode in order to find something or help somebody. She asks the viewers at home to help her find new ways to reach places with the help of Map. She also teaches viewers Spanish, introducing them to short words and phrases.
Dora is available in many languages as TV series and books. In each country she pairs the native language with English. For example in Russia, the bilingualism is Russian-English. The series is called Dasha-sledopyt ('Dasha the Pathfinder'). Dasha is the children's name of Daria (Darya).
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You probably like me receive recommendations from Amazon and the like, introducing me to things to buy similar to the things I already have purchased. The effect of this is that we are recommended to listen to, watch or read more of the same.
In a library it is easy to walk in for a book on the Great Western Railway and walk out with a biography and a gluten free cook book as well, via the checkout desk (now fully computerised) of course.
I dont know if this man had been looking for this book, but his body language, holding this book at arms length revealed something extra. It is a racy title.
How did a 19 year-old, middle-class, Catholic girl from Munich become Hitler's mistress and what kept him faithful until the end of their lives? Was her appeal sexual, domestic, political - or did he really love her? Eva Anna Paula Hitler n\u00e9e Braun (6 February 1912 \u2013 30 April 1945) was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and for less than 40 hours, his wife.
Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was 17 years old while working as an assistant and model for his personal photographer and began seeing him often about two years later. By 1936 she was a part of his household at the Berghof near Berchtesgaden and by all accounts lived a materially luxurious and sheltered life throughout World War II.
She was quite racy by all accounts and enjoyed make-up and nude sunbathing.
As the Third Reich collapsed towards the end of the war, Braun swore her loyalty to Hitler and went to Berlin to be by his side in the heavily reinforced F\u00fchrerbunker beneath the Reich Chancellery. As Red Army troops fought their way into the neighbourhood on 29 April 1945, she married Hitler during a brief civil ceremony: she was 33 and he 56. Less than 40 hours later they committed suicide together in a sitting room of the bunker, she by biting into a capsule of cyanide.
Strangely, the German public was wholly unaware of Braun until after her death. You would need several super injunctions these days to manage that!
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I had a long chat with this chap. His father had played football with the opposition during the war and that is why he selected this book ( Soccer at War: The Complete Record of British Football and Footballers During the Second World War) on this day.
'Soccer at War' is the compelling account of the national game during this defining moment in history. Rollin reveals how it was that football not only continued to be played and watched, but also grew in popularity and stature. He explains how, while the country fought for freedom, the sport offered morale-boosting appeal to war workers, servicemen, and civilians alike.
It tells of the hundreds of professional footballers who joined up, those who became heroes, and those who did not come back, the enthusiasts who administered the game in their spare time, and the players who turned out for thirty bob a week. The servicemen who went AWOL to play and others who hitch-hiked just to get to a game also find their place in the story, along with the record-breaking goalscoring achievements. Looking further afield to occupied Europe, 'Soccer at War' also exposes the role of football in Hitler's regime.
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Clive does a lot of walking and in April 2011 was planning to cover the West Highland Way. He was hoping for dry cool conditions, much like the ones the morning I snapped him here.
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The traditional library was always a place you could find a good textbook. Today often the internet is touted as a replacement for good quality text books.
The Internet is very much like television in that it takes time away from other pursuits, provides entertainment and information, but in no way can compare with the warm, personal experience of reading a good book. This is not the only reason why the Internet will never replace books, for books provide the in-depth knowledge of a subject that sitting in front of a computer monitor cannot provide.
In an increasingly rushed and hurried world, the sound-bite is becoming the currency of knowledge rather than in-depth experience, only obtained by research, study, seeing and doing. The internet is being often used as an excuse to stock less textbooks in libraries.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NK7 - . Victorian urinals, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH. Photographed on 22 May 2010, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include John Rylands Library, Research Institute, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, M3 3EH, Deansgate, gentlemen, fashioned, toilets, WCs, sink, sinks, marble, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NNG - . Historic Columbian Gutenberg printing press, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH. Photographed on 22 May 2010, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Research Institute, M3 3EH, history, historic, Columbian, Gutenberg, machine, printer, printers, ornate, old, Latin America, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
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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 4656685501 - 'Here is a reader in The John Rylands Library, a Victorian Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester and part of Manchester University. The library is a grand historical place to study with the smell of books all around. There are many collections here, but you will be as welcome if you bring in Martin Amis or Dan Brown.
The foundations of the Library's collections were the Althorp Library of Lord Spencer (yes that one!), acquired in 1892 and a part of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana purchased from James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford in 1901. The Bibliotheca Lindesiana was one of the most impressive private collections in Britain at the time, both for its size and for the rarity of some of the materials it contained. The manuscript collections (including Chinese and Japanese printed books) were sold in 1901 to Mrs. Rylands for the John Rylands Library.
The collections include exquisite medieval illuminated manuscripts, examples of the earliest forms of European printing including the Gutenberg Bible, as well as the personal papers of distinguished historical figures including Elizabeth Gaskell, John Dalton and John Wesley. The library also houses the papyrus fragments known as the Rylands Papyri and documents from North Africa. The most notable of these are the so-called St John Fragment, believed to be the oldest extant New Testament document., Rylands Library Papyrus P52, the earliest fragment of the canonical Gospel of John text and Papyrus Rylands 463, a manuscript fragment of the apocryphal Gospel of Mary. The collection of incunabula numbers about 4,500.
In a nod to Irene Royal and Ann Brown, librarians I see very infrequently, there have been many important staff associated with the collection.
Librarians at John Rylands before its merger include Edward Gordon Duff in 1899 and 1900 and Henry Guppy between 1899 and 1948 (joint Librarian with Duff until 1900). Duff was responsible for the original library catalogue, compiled between 1893 and 1899: Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
ed. E. G. Duff. Manchester: J. E. Cornish, 1899. 3 vols.
Dr Guppy began publication of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library in 1903
it later became a journal publishing academic articles and from autumn 1972 the title was changed to the Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester (further slight changes have occurred since).[30] Other noteworthy members of staff were James Rendel Harris, Alphonse Mingana, the Semitic scholar Professor Edward Robertson (d. 1964) who was the third librarian, and Moses Tyson, keeper of western manuscripts, afterwards librarian of Manchester University Library
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HD4R - The John Rylands Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England. The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands. The John Rylands Library and the library of the University of Manchester merged in July 1972 into the John Rylands University Library of Manchester
today it is part of The University of Manchester Library.
Special collections built up by both libraries were progressively concentrated in the Deansgate building. The special collections, believed to be among the largest in the United Kingdom, include medieval illuminated manuscripts and examples of early European printing, including a Gutenberg Bible, the second largest collection of printing by William Caxton, and the most extensive collection of the editions of the Aldine Press of Venice. The Rylands Library Papyrus P52 has a claim to be the earliest extant New Testament text. The library holds personal papers and letters of notable figures, among them Elizabeth Gaskell and John Dalton.
The architectural style is primarily neo-Gothic with elements of Arts and Crafts Movement in the ornate and imposing gatehouse facing Deansgate which dominates the surrounding streetscape. The library, granted Grade I listed status in 1994, is maintained by the University of Manchester and open for library readers and visitors.
150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4608926442 - 'Don't cry, don't do anything
No lies, back in the government
No tears, party time is here again
President Gas is up for president
Line up, put your kisses down
Say 'yeah' say 'yes' again
Stand up, there's a head count
President Gas on everything but roller skates
It's sick the price of medicine
Stand up, we'll put you on your feet again
Open up your eyes just to check that you're asleep again
President Gas is President Gas again
He comes in from the left sometimes
He comes in from the right
It's so heavily advertised that he wants you and I
It's a real cowboy set, electric company
Every day is happy days
It's hell without the sin, but
This old track from the The Psychedelic Furs, President Gas usually comes to mind when I am doing my civic duty every three to four years.
The Furs were an act spawned from the British punk rock scene. Originally RKO,' then 'Radio' and for a while 'The Europeans'. Built around singer Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass guitar. The classic first album was a Steve Lillywhite production.
The band recorded their 1983 album, Forever Now, with producer Todd Rundgren in Woodstock, New York. In 1986 when movie director/writer John Hughes borrowed their song title 'Pretty in Pink' for his movie of the same name. A newly-recorded version of the song became the Psychedlic Furs' biggest hit to that time. 'Heartbreak Beat' from the 1987 album 'Midnight To Midnight', was to be the Furs' biggest top 40 entry in the US.
The band split in the early 1990s, with the Butler brothers going on to found Love Spit Love. In 2000, 'Beautiful Chaos: Greatest Hits Live' was released to plug the gap of the missing live album. In my opinion, the BBC in concert bootlegs of 1982 &
1984 are better encapsulations of the band live. I saw them at the Royal Court in Liverpool that latter year.
A UK reunion tour was pencilled in last year including a manchester academy date, but this was unfortunately cancelled. earlier dates in the USA went ahead and a recording of 17/09/2009 in San Francisco that can be found on the web sounds like a band on top form.
Fingers crossed I may manage to see them again soon!
(2010 week 17)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 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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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4334926783 - 'Quite an unassuming place Warrington Museum, Cheshire seems, when looked at while being dragged around at high speed by a young child.
The museum is one of the oldest municipal museums in the UK and reflects something of the important local Victorians around at the time (1848), their interests and travels. It is a grade II listed building and houses fossils, Egyptian artefacts as well as relics of the old Warrington industries such as steel (particularly wire), clocks, textiles, brewing, tanning and chemicals are on display.
Since designation as new town, it is hard to see the old history beyond the shopping sites and new roads and buildings.
It can be regarded as a dormitory town for manchester or Liverpool and to wait on central station for the 08:13 sort of confirms that stereotype, particularly the stand in the corridor until Birchwood. Slightly shamefully hat was how I came to live in Warrington many years ago.
If you have time, spend a quarter of an hour in this little municipal jewel box. Slide out some fossil draws and check out how it used to be.
Another Warrington gem www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4009707938/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY8W6 - Manchester Central Library is a circular library south of the Town Hall Extension in Manchester, England. It is the headquarters of the Manchester Library & Information Service, which also consists of 22 other community libraries.
To the left is the Manchester Town Hall extension, to the left the central library. This walkway connects St Peters Square and Mount St A6042
Central library, Mount St, Manchester, England, UK M2 5DB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF21W0 - . Grappenhall Library as it was run by Warrington Borough Council in April 2010. A small boy being helped by a librarian. Photographed on 13 February 2010. The recorded location is Albert Road, Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, Wa4 2PL. Grappenhall Library in Cheshire as it was run by Warrington Borough Council in April 2010. A small boy being helped by a librarian. The library has now been closed (April 2011), then changed to a community run library by volunteers. As background, historic library buildings and everyday service scenes document evolving ideas about public education and access to knowledge
Even small branches can play an important social role beyond book lending. As background, human-interest photographs record gestures and relationships that sit outside formal institutions: family care, childhood, friendship and affection
Small interactions such as holding hands can communicate age, dependence and connection without requiring a staged portrait. Looking at the subject's development, service work is a major part of everyday social history
Waiting staff, librarians, volunteers and other public-facing workers show how institutions function in practice and how occupations change with technology, labour markets and customer expectations. Against the 2026 backdrop, public libraries remain significant community infrastructure, particularly for people needing free access to information, digital services and shared space
Photographs of earlier staffing and buildings can support coverage of service evolution and community ownership. Against the 2026 backdrop, family and community imagery remains widely used for coverage of childcare, public services, wellbeing, intergenerational relationships and everyday life, particularly when the scene includes identifiable civic or leisure settings. Additional discoverability terms include public library, library service, books, learning, community hub, and information access.
Albert Road, Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, Wa4 2PL
