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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_7762,London,East,Shadwell,DLR,rail,railway,transport,station,UK,IMG,7762,Welcome,Docklands,Light,urban,Welcome to London DLR Docklands Light Railway urban transport rail,East London,England,public transport,rail transport,passenger travel,transport infrastructure,urban mobility,regional transport,travel in Britain,railway heritage,transport network,station architecture,journey,commuter travel,railway station,transport photography,travel editorial,transport history,rail travel,public transport system,passenger railway,travel infrastructure,British transport,contemporary Britain,editorial photography,place identity,local culture,visual history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAFD6Y - . Welcome to London sign at a Docklands Light Railway station, East London at East London, England, UK: rail travel sits with public transport system, while editorial photography helps establish the immediate setting. Welcome to London DLR Docklands Light Railway urban transport rail shows the distinctive Docklands Light Railway identity used across East London's automated light-rail network, a system closely associated with the redevelopment of the Docklands and connections to Canary Wharf and surrounding districts. Welcome to London sign at a Docklands Light Railway station, East London at East London, England, UK includes commuter travel
transport photography places with travel editorial, and transport history sharpens a second layer of specificity. At East London, England, UK, travel infrastructure surrounds Welcome to London sign at a Docklands Light Railway station, East London
British transport associates with contemporary Britain, and editorial photography gives extra meaning. In East London, England, UK, Welcome to London sign at a Docklands Light Railway station, East London carries local identity
built environment connects street scene, and public realm grounds readily setting. Welcome to London sign at a Docklands Light Railway station, East London matches urban change with social history in East London, England, UK
architecture extends naturally meaning, while regional character broadens the same scene. Welcome to London sign at a Docklands Light Railway station, East London places local geography at East London, England, UK
public transport and rail transport offers relevance, with passenger travel adding another identifiable strand. The last strand around Welcome to London sign at a Docklands Light Railway station, East London is British culture with visual detail
at East London, England, UK, urban mobility adds one more precise reference. The subject also relates to rail transport.
East London, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_9722,Manchester,Metrolink,tram,Altrincham,Interchange,Trafford,transport,light,rail,Bee,Network,public,transit,yellow,station,Greater,England
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5HA5R - Manchester Metrolink tram at Altrincham Interchange, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at Altrincham Interchange, Stamford New Road, Altrincham, WA14 1EN, 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. A yellow Manchester Metrolink tram is shown at Altrincham Interchange. The interchange is a key southern terminus on the Greater Manchester light-rail network and also serves National Rail and buses, illustrating integrated public transport and the role of Metrolink in connecting Trafford with Manchester city centre. 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.
Altrincham Interchange, Stamford New Road, Altrincham, WA14 1EN, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9169,Oban,harbour,waterfront,low,tide,evening,light,Scotland,Argyll,Bute,tourism,travel,visitors,destination,architecture,city,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F9CTPC - . Oban harbour waterfront at low tide in evening light, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK. Oban grew around a sheltered bay on Scotland's west coast and expanded in the nineteenth century with steamship traffic and the arrival of the railway in 1880. It remains a major gateway to the Inner Hebrides, with CalMac ferries, rail and road connections concentrated around the waterfront. Tourism, seafood, island travel and maritime services all contribute to the town's modern economy. The background to quayside is that maritime gateways connect island and mainland economies, carrying residents, visitors, freight and vehicles while also supporting fishing, leisure craft and tourism
Older waterfront buildings often survive beside modern ferry infrastructure, making port landscapes unusually layered records of economic change. Current 2026 context around quayside is that ferry reliability, vessel replacement, accessibility and the resilience of island transport remain prominent issues in Scotland and other coastal regions
Port photographs therefore connect tourism and scenic travel with the practical dependence of communities on dependable maritime links. Closely associated editorial terms include working harbour, ferry terminal, maritime transport, island connectivity, lifeline ferry, port infrastructure, marine travel, coastal transport, harbour town, passenger ferry, vehicle ferry, maritime heritage, coastal economy, 255A9169, and destination. Closely connected keywords include architecture and historic. Within the history of harbour town, harbours and ferry ports have shaped coastal communities for centuries, providing sheltered water for fishing, trade and passenger travel
Quays, piers, slipways and terminal buildings record changing vessel sizes and the transition from cargo handling to modern roll-on roll-off ferry operations.
Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,green,go,cross,walk,light,signal,Mainzelmännchen,Mainz pedestrian signal,Mainz traffic lights,pedestrian crossing light,German,traffic,Große Bleiche Mainz,Ampel,1960s,cartoon,character,novelty,pedestrian,safety,road,crossing,figure,lights,sightseeing,German television history,Wolf Gerlach cartoons,1960s German television,ZDF advertising separators,German pop culture,Mainz cultural identity,regional,city,branding,broadcasting,west,Lerchenberg,man
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F8BCDF - A close-up editorial photograph of the distinctive green Det Mainzelmännchen pedestrian traffic light in Mainz,Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, replacing the standard standing pedestrian figure with one of Germany's best-known television cartoon characters.The illuminated LED road crossing signal forms part of a unique series of Mainzelmännchen traffic lights installed by the City of Mainz, celebrating the city's long association with ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen), Germany's national public broadcaster, whose headquarters are located in Mainz-Lerchenberg. The six Mainzelmännchen characters, Anton, Berti, Conni, Det, Edi and Fritzchen, were created by illustrator Wolf Gerlach in 1962 and first appeared on German television in 1963. Originally designed as short animated interludes separating television programmes from advertising, they rapidly became cultural icons recognised across Germany and remain an enduring symbol of German broadcasting and popular culture.
The first Mainzelmännchen pedestrian signals were unveiled in Mainz in 2016 near Neubrunnenplatz and Große Bleiche, with Det chosen as the red standing figure instructing pedestrians to stop, while a walking version appears in green to indicate it is safe to cross. Similar to Berlin's famous Ampelmännchen, the Mainz signals have become a popular tourist attraction, frequently photographed by visitors exploring the city's historic centre, Roman heritage, cathedral, museums and riverside. The customised traffic lights combine road safety, public art, urban design and local identity, transforming everyday street furniture into a recognisable landmark reflecting more than sixty years of German television history. This editorial image illustrates German transport infrastructure, pedestrian safety, city branding, tourism, broadcasting heritage, European street culture, urban design, public realm innovation and the unique relationship between Mainz and ZDF, making it suitable for travel, transport, architecture,
Große Bleiche / Neubrunnenplatz, 55116 Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,north,town,centre,Norfolk,parish,church,exterior,evening,light,historic,history,facade,tower,clock,English,Saturday,Market Place,building,stone,large,outside,evening sun,on,tourism attraction,historic market town,medieval architecture England,place of worship,religion,faith,listed,townscape,churchyard,approach,sacred,notable,fine,sunlit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F39YWT - King's Lynn Minster, historically known as the Priory and Parish Church of St Margaret, photographed in warm evening light in the centre of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. The low-angle exterior view shows the imposing west front, twin towers, large traceried windows, Gothic arches, clock face, pinnacles and weathered stonework beneath a dramatic mixture of blue sky and grey cloud.
Although sometimes informally described as King's Lynn Cathedral, the building is not a cathedral. It is a major Church of England parish church and received the honorary title of King's Lynn Minster in 2011. Its grand scale reflects the medieval prosperity and importance of King's Lynn as a port and trading town linked with the Hanseatic League and the River Great Ouse.
The church was founded in the early twelfth century and retains elements representing several periods of rebuilding, alteration and restoration. Its architecture includes Norman origins together with later Gothic and Perpendicular features. The substantial west towers dominate Saturday Market Place and form one of the most distinctive landmarks in the historic town centre. Large windows with elaborate stone tracery admit light into the nave, while buttresses, battlements and slender pinnacles contribute to the building's vertical appearance.
Warm evening sunlight falls across the pale masonry, bringing out variations in the aged stone and contrasting with the darker clouds behind. Railings, a church notice and a narrow pathway are visible in the foreground, placing the historic building within its present-day urban and community setting.
The image is suitable for editorial subjects involving King's Lynn, Norfolk tourism, medieval churches, English ecclesiastical architecture, historic market towns, Christian worship, conservation, East Anglian heritage and notable British parish churches. It also documents the architectural character of a prominent place of worship that has served the local community for centuries
King's Lynn Minster, Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK, PE30 5DQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,transport,hub,bus,destination,leisure,glass,frontage,modern,architecture,light,twilight,illuminated,shopfront,city,centre,Guild Square,Guild Street,Scotland,UK,Scottish,rail,travel Scotland,interchange,complex,mixed use,development,regeneration,economy,access,concourse,public,urban,nightfall,tourism,gateway,visitor economy,AB11
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EE4MB0 - Union Square shopping centre and Aberdeen railway station entrance at dusk, showing the large glazed frontage, illuminated interior, high roofline and pedestrians moving through the city centre transport and retail area. The image captures the blue hour transition from daylight to evening, with cool sky tones, reflective glass and warm internal lighting giving the building a modern urban feel. Union Square is a major shopping, dining and leisure destination in Aberdeen, located at Guild Square with the central railway and bus stations close by, making it a prominent gateway for shoppers, commuters, tourists and visitors arriving in the Granite City. This documentary exterior photograph can illustrate Scottish retail, city centre regeneration, rail travel, transport interchange design, shopping centre architecture, evening shopping, urban mobility and the relationship between public transport and commercial development. The glass facade and bright internal retail lighting give a clear sense of contemporary mixed-use city architecture, while the people entering and leaving the building add everyday scale and movement. The photograph may be useful for editorial features on Aberdeen city centre, North East Scotland travel, retail property, leisure destinations, transport hubs, public realm planning, rail-linked shopping centres, shopping habits, high street change, hospitality, cinema and restaurant footfall, tourism, local economy and post-work evening activity. The dusk conditions suggest calm weather and a dry paved foreground, with no obvious rain or snow visible, while the deepening blue sky helps place the scene at twilight rather than full night. As an image of a station-linked shopping centre, it also has value for stories about urban connectivity, commuter convenience, regional transport access, retail-led regeneration and the continuing role of city centre destinations in Scotland's changing commercial landscape.
Union Square shopping centre and Aberdeen station entrance at dusk, a major retail and transport hub
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh tram network,Newhaven extension,Edinburgh,tram,network,Ocean Terminal Edinburgh,Leith waterfront,new apartments Edinburgh,mixed-use development,regeneration area,sustainable transport,electric tram,street-running tram,housing development,waterfront regeneration,Scottish capital transport,city infrastructure,contemporary urban landscape,documentary photography,route,routes,award-winning,light,rail,award,awards,winner,winning,pay,tap in,tap out,new,flats,newbuild
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2REGJD7 - An Edinburgh Trams service passes through the Ocean Terminal stop in Leith, showing a modern low-floor tram manufactured by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF). The image captures the tram operating along the Newhaven extension, which reconnects the waterfront districts of north Edinburgh to the city's light-rail network.
The background of newly built apartment blocks highlights the close relationship between transport investment and urban regeneration in Leith, where former docklands and retail areas have been redeveloped for residential and mixed-use purposes. The tram line provides a fixed, electric public-transport link between the waterfront, the city centre and Edinburgh Airport, supporting lower-carbon travel and higher-density urban living.
Photographed in daylight during normal service, the image documents contemporary public transport operating within a changing urban environment. It is suitable for editorial use relating to sustainable transport, housing development, regeneration policy, and modern city infrastructure in Scotland.
Ocean Terminal Tram Stop, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,summer,blue sky,blue skies,dock,landing,light,buoy,E7,cityscape,skyline,maritime,safety,navigation,rusty,channel,England,UK,docks,Mersey estuary,Liverpool waterfront,port of Liverpool,maritime safety,nautical marker,harbour infrastructure,coastal navigation aid,industrial patina,rust texture,shipping and ferries,docklands regeneration,urban waterfront,sea transport,British maritime heritage,editorial photography,documentary image,history,Woodside,ferry
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64MHX - This image shows the E7 navigation buoy, a weathered green light buoy positioned on the Birkenhead side of the River Mersey, with the modern Liverpool skyline visible across the water in the background. The buoy is heavily rusted, displaying layers of corrosion and patina that reflect long exposure to salt air, tides, and industrial river traffic.
Navigation buoys such as this play a critical role in maritime safety, marking shipping channels and guiding vessels through busy and often confined waterways. The River Mersey remains one of the UK's most significant estuaries, serving the Port of Liverpool and accommodating ferries, commercial shipping, and leisure craft.
The contrast between the industrial, utilitarian buoy in the foreground and the contemporary high-rise buildings of Liverpool behind highlights the changing character of the Mersey waterfront. Birkenhead and Liverpool share a long maritime and industrial history, with navigation aids forming part of the everyday but largely unnoticed infrastructure that underpins port operations.
Photographed in clear daylight under blue skies, the image works well as editorial material illustrating British maritime heritage, port infrastructure, coastal navigation, and the visual relationship between historic working waterways and regenerated urban skylines.
Birkenhead Woodside waterfront, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, UK Looking across the River Mersey
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,South East,English,British,neon,E3,Mile End Road,Bow,London,E3 4QS,light,lights,lit,night,dusk,evening,takeaway,unhealthy,food,frying,finger,lickin,licking,good,chicken,shop,shops,restaurants,hello,east end,eastend,poor,diet
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWMER0 - Taken on 05 Sep 2023, this photograph shows Hello Mile End, KFC, 381 Mile End Rd, Bow, London, England, UK, E3 4QS. The location is 381 Mile End Rd, Bow, London, E3 4QS. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains readable commercial or civic signage, colour, typography and street context. Mile End and Bow sit within East London's dense social, migration, housing and transport history, so local signage and murals can carry wider meanings about neighbourhood identity and urban change. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Mile End, MileEnd, London, sign, signs, Kentucky Fried Chicken, fried, chicken, KFC, restaurant, South East, English, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure, consumer behaviou.
381 Mile End Rd, Bow, London, E3 4QS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,river,Esk,River Esk,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,at,opens,bridges,the,YO22 4BG,YO22,and,bridge,Francis Pickernell,red,light,lights,gates,gate,closed,closes,weight limit,J. Mitchell Moncrieff,J Mitchell Moncrieff,weak bridge,cross,crossing,pedestrian,pedestrians,wait,stand,patiently,standing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDXE4 - Whitby Swing Bridge is a pedestrian and road bridge over the River Esk in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England.
The River Esk has been crossed by bridges at this location for centuries. A grant made by King Edward III in 1351 allowed the collection of tolls for the maintenance of a bridge. By the mid 1550s the tolls averaged around £6 per annum (equivalent to £2,421 as of 2021).
In 1629 an agreement was made by the justices in the North Riding to replace a wooden bridge with one which included moving parts. This was later replaced by a drawbridge, built in 1766 at a cost of £3,000 (equivalent to £444,000 in 2021), and later in 1835, the first swing bridge was opened designed by Francis Pickernell
The River Esk has been crossed by bridges at this location for centuries. A grant made by King Edward III in 1351 allowed the collection of tolls for the maintenance of a bridge. By the mid 1550s the tolls averaged around £6 per annum (equivalent to £2,421 as of 2021).
In 1629 an agreement was made by the justices in the North Riding to replace a wooden bridge with one which included moving parts. This was later replaced by a drawbridge, built in 1766 at a cost of £3,000 (equivalent to £444,000 in 2021), and later in 1835, the first swing bridge was opened designed by Francis Pickernell
Current bridge
Bridge during an opening
By the early 20th century the limited 45-foot (14 m) clearance of the 1835 bridge was restricting the size of vessels which could be built up-stream of the bridge. A replacement swing bridge was commissioned by Whitby Urban District Council. It was designed by J. Mitchell Moncrieff, later President of the Institution of Structural Engineers. As work progressed on the west side of the river bank to set a pivot for the bridge to swing, a seam of coal 10 inches (250 mm) thick was struck at 26 feet (7.9 m) below the water level. The foundations had to be sunk to a depth of 32 feet (9.8 m) below the low water mark for a secure foundation.
Bridge Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO22 4BG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,cold cathode,cold-cathode,lights,lighting,tube,tubes,love,in love,love me,come,and,display,design,lit,light,night,romance,romantic,art,artwork,warmth,warm,couple,couples,happy,day,Valentine,Valentines,lover,celebration,feeling,passion,passionate,dates,dating
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RADT19 - . Love - baby it lights my fire, neon on a red background. Photographed on 21 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include cold cathode, cold-cathode, lights, lighting, tube, tubes, love, in love, love me, come, display, design, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. 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. Additional relevant search concepts include lit, light, night, romance, romantic, art, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,London,city,centre,EC2,EC2M 7PR,grade II,red,light,on,top,UK,railway,in,front,vintage,central,people,busy,mainline,rail,eastside,east side,Ericsson,British,1930,1930s,cast-iron,cast iron,metal,Policeman,on the,beat,crime,response,rapid,telephone,sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3YB98 - More at https://rupertharris.com/products/police-call-posts-1
These cast-iron Police Call Posts were manufactured in the early 1930's by British Ericsson and sited throughout the City of London. The posts enabled the public to call the Police station and were also used for the station to contact the Policeman on the beat in that area. The red signal light would flash if the Constable were required to contact the station. The upper hatch opened to give access to the telephone
the middle door opened horizontally to provide a writing surface and lower door opened to a storage cupboard containing first aid kit and other useful items.
All the posts were decommissioned in the 1960's, when radio communication took over, and the majority of their contents were removed at that time.
A number of these posts were sold in the 1980's
The Liverpool Street Call Post had been particularly severely damaged by a vehicle collision. The fragments were painstakingly welded together and replacement cast-iron parts made only where absolutely necessary. All the posts were cleaned and repaired and their surfaces primed and filled where required to improve their surface quality.
Prior to restoration, the condition of the City's collection was in varying condition. Three of the posts, Aldgate, St Martin's le Grand and Walbrook, were in fairly good condition, however the remainder required full repair and replacement of missing parts.
The decision to remove cast-iron objects to the workshop for repair is one that requires careful judgement: as cast-iron is fragile, such objects should always be repaired in situ when possible to limit the risk of damage in transit. However, five of these posts could only be repaired off site, so having acquired consent, their temporary removal was carried out with great care.
53 Liverpool St, London, England, UK, EC2M 7PR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Towcester,Northamptonshire,England,UK,NN12 8TL,NN12,electric,move,fun,fair,in a,funfair,at,evening,night,site,amusement,amusements,running,bumber,blurry,light,colourfull,lights,motion,bump,purple,race,leisure,cars,collide,colliding,dodgems,dodgem,car,bumper,bumpercar
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG2205 - Bumper cars or dodgems are the generic names for a type of flat amusement ride consisting of multiple small electrically powered cars which draw power from the floor and/or ceiling, and which are turned on and off remotely by an operator. Bumper cars were not intended to be bumped, hence the original name Dodgem. They are also known as bumping cars, dodging cars and dashing cars. The first patent for bumper cars was filed in 1921
The cars are commonly powered by one of three methods. The oldest and most common method, the Over Head System (OHS), uses a conductive floor and ceiling with opposing power polarities. Contacts under the vehicle touch the floor while a pole-mounted contact shoe touches the ceiling, forming a complete circuit.
A newer method, the Floor Pick-Up (FPU) system, uses alternating strips of metal across the floor separated by insulating spacers, and no ceiling grid. The strips carry the supply current, and the cars are large enough so that the vehicle covers at least two strips at all times. An array of brushes under each car makes random contact with the strips, and the voltage polarity on each contact is arranged to always provide a correct and complete circuit to operate the vehicle.
A third method is used on Quantum-class cruise ships, where bumper cars run on electric batteries. This avoids the conductive floor/ceiling of the traditional bumper car setup, allowing the SeaPlex venue to be convertible from a bumper-car ride to a multipurpose gym (basketball court). The disadvantage is that these ships' bumper cars take several hours to recharge.
The metal floor is usually set up as a rectangular or oval track, and graphite is sprinkled on the floor to decrease friction. A rubber bumper surrounds each vehicle, and drivers either ram or dodge each other as they travel. The controls are usually an accelerator and a steering wheel. The cars can be made to go backwards by turning the steering wheel far enough in either direction
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,North West,UK,city,centre,NW,link,tram,Ashton,under,lyne,tramstop,people,trams,lightrail,light,rail,network,integrated,public,transport,yellow,2,St Peters Square,Manchester,M2 3DF,M2,tramway,tramways,route,routes,commuters,passengers,busy,crowd,crowded
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JGJEF8 - . Photographed at 2 St Peter's Square, Manchester, England, UK, M2 3DF in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Ashton-under-Lyne via Piccadilly Manchester Metrolink tram 3139 , at St Peters Square Manchester, England, UK. The surrounding context encompasses historical comparison, everyday life, visual archive, city-centre activity, social landscape, period detail, pedestrian environment, changing streetscape, local character, contemporary city life, rail mobility, everyday street life, local identity, and rolling stock. From a 2025-onward perspective, accessibility and rail reform are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of stations and trains in lower-carbon mobility. The wider contemporary story combines footfall, commercial change and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at 2 St Peter's Square, Manchester, England, UK, M2 3DF may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. The surrounding story also includes industrial railway heritage, archival record, rail infrastructure, public realm, freight wagon, before-and-after reference, trackside history, and community identity. The recorded references to Metrolink, Manchester, Piccadilly, Square, and Ashton-under-Lyne preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of 2 St Peter's Square, Manchester, England, UK, M2 3DF 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 accessibility and the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity in a form that can be compared with future views of 2 St Peter's Square, Manchester, England, UK, M2 3DF.
2 St Peter's Square, Manchester, England, UK, M2 3DF
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Keywords: England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,John Rylands Library,Research Institute,John Rylands Research Institute and Library,M3,M3 3EH,150,Deansgate,gentlemen,fashioned,toilets,WC,WCs,sink,sinks,marble,library,John Rylands,John Ryland,Ryland,history,historic,pipes,plumbing,toilet,dark,English,indoor,inside,light,water tank,tank,wash hand basin,WHB,out of order,inaccessible
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.
John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,wood,timber-framed,timber,frame,framed,at,number,No,12,Bridge St,Bridge street,lamp,light,lantern,Chester,Cheshire,England,UK,CH1 1NQ,Cowper House,undercroft,brown,creme,cream,external,exterior,outside,timber building,timber framed buildings,history,historic,beige,old,ancient,listed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MN8 - Half timbered Cowper House, situated at 12 Bridge Street, forms part of the famous Chester Rows, the rows consist of covered walkways at the first floor behind which are entrances to shops and other premises. At street level is another set of shops and other premises, many of which are entered by going down a few steps. Cowper House is a grade I listed building.
The house dates back to 1664 and was constructed following the destruction of many buildings in the city during the Civil War. It was built above medieval undercrofts dating from around 1350-75, or possibly earlier.
Alterations have been carried out on the building in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The house's original owner, Thomas Cowper, had been mayor of Chester in 1641-42 and a Royalist supporter in the Civil War.
The rear undercroft was excavated in 1839, and it is thought that the front undercroft is older than that in the rear.
The red sandstone and half timbered building now incorporates a modern shop front on the ground floor. Between this and the street is a walkway, a sloping stallboard and a rail with balusters overlooking the street.
Above the Row opening is a carved fascia. In the storey above is a window running almost the whole width of the building. Its frame projects from the wall and is carried on eight corbels. The window has 14 lights, is mullioned and transomed, and contains leaded lights. Below and on each side of the window are timber-framed panels.
The top storey is jettied. At its base is a bressummer carved centrally with .T.C.1664 (the initials are those of Thomas Cowper), on each side of which are carved patterns. The top storey has a ten-light mullioned and transomed casement window containing leaded lights. Below the window are eight panels containing wooden carvings, and two similar panels are on each side of the window. Above the window are quadrant-braced panels. The bargeboard is decorated with carvings and at its peak is a finial.
2 Bridge street, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NQ
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,food,N1C,Coal drops,yard,Stable Street,London,England,UK,N1C 4DQ,experience,Kings Cross,Emco,at,cooling,and,incandescent,Aristocrat,book,light,fan,bulb,cover,traditional,architype,days,of,the,raj,sub-continent,sub continent,wire,cool,history,historic,Old Bombay
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKCBDE - . Made at Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is Fan and light bulb at Dishoom Indian restaurant experience, Kings Cross Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ. The setting additionally reflects social history, period detail, everyday life, English identity, street-level symbolism, changing land use, documentary photography, regional identity, public realm, place identity, historical comparison, local history, national emblem, and changing streetscape. The wider contemporary story combines public display, cultural identity and the visibility of English identity in residential streets and public space. The image fixes public access and movement within Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. Other useful contextual ideas include St George's Cross, local character, public expression of identity, before-and-after reference, national symbolism, residential flag display, flag culture, and community identity. Elements such as Cross, Stable, London, Dishoom, and drops add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate public display and the visibility of English identity in residential streets and public space when considered against later change at Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ. The image fixes period character for future local research. It also preserves a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,food,N1C,Coal drops,yard,Stable Street,London,England,UK,N1C 4DQ,experience,Kings Cross,Emco,at,cooling,and,incandescent,Aristocrat,book,light,fan,bulb,cover,traditional,architype,days,of,the,raj,sub-continent,sub continent,wire,cool,history,historic,Old Bombay,atmosphere,Indian
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKCBDP - . Photographed at Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The defining feature is Fan and light bulb at Dishoom Indian restaurant experience, Kings Cross Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ. The setting additionally reflects street-level symbolism, before-and-after reference, English identity, patriotic symbolism, place identity, national flag display, residential flag display, everyday life, flag culture, contemporary social history, changing land use, social history, local character, and public realm. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into cultural identity and patriotism, not least because of the visibility of English identity in residential streets and public space. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The location also brings in national symbolism, changing streetscape, historical comparison, public expression of identity, civic identity, visual archive, community identity, and local history. Elements such as drops, experience, restaurant, Cross, and Dishoom add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects cultural identity and the way familiar symbols acquire different meanings during major events within the real-world context of Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ. The scene captures details of everyday use as part of Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ's history.
Coal drops yard, Stable St, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,Waverley,GU7 1AB,GU7,inn,coaching,building,lamp,light,lights,B&B,The,pub,bar,pubs,bars,and,at,night,signs,fittings,22-25,GU7 1EB,site,outside,exterior,Georgian,frontage,royalty,Tsar,Peter the Great,Russia,Russian,Friary Brewery,Godalming,wines & spirits,public houses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYM7 - There has been a building on our site since the 1300s although the first mention of the Kings itself is not until 1639. The Georgian frontage was added in 1753 although the size of the building was reduced in the 1890s when a decline in trade resulted in part of the front being turned into a shop. It wasn't until 1936 that the Kings left private ownership and was bought by the Friary Brewery of Guildford which later became part of Allied Breweries.
We've had a few famous guests over the years including Tsar Peter the Great (who left without paying his bill!) as well as some European royalty who met here in 1814 to discuss post war Europe after the Battle of Trafalgar. Tsar Peter the Great's visit is commemorated by a plaque on the front of the building which was unveiled in 1998 by the Russian Ambassador to commemorate the tricentenary of the visit.
22-25, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Hereford,HR1,England,UK,5,College Cloisters,HR1 2NG,cathedral,building,city,centre,windows,window,light,the,Ohanness,Stanbury,art,ceiling,roof,crown,gold,golden,decoration,faith,nave,Anglican,history,heritage,traditional,classic,cathedrals
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPH6WE - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The main point of reference is Stanbury Chapel Window, Stained glass, Interior of Hereford cathedral - 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close, HR1 2NG. The subject also carries associations with regional identity, sacred architecture, stained-glass craftsmanship, medieval church setting, religious artwork, period detail, ecclesiastical art, before-and-after reference, community identity, historic glazing, ecclesiastical decoration, changing land use, sacred space, and changing streetscape. The modern context includes continuing discussion of church maintenance, faith communities and how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. The wider setting retains connections with visual archive, Christian iconography, heritage worship space, place identity, everyday life, historical comparison, contemporary social history, and social history. Elements such as Interior, Close, College, Chapel, and Window add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another useful connection is church maintenance and how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs without losing the local specificity of 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG.
5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,tourist,travel,67,OConnell,St,Street,Upper,North City,Dublin 1,D01 C1Y6,Dublin,city,centre,entertainment,entertainments,leisure,light,lighting,red neon,and,when the fun stops,stop,open,slots,addiction,addict,addicts,building,Leinster,push,or,fold,games,FOBTs,Irish
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG4022 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland in 2019, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The location is represented through Funland Casino, red neon, Come In and visit, and gamble, 67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland. The broader subject matter reaches into place identity, period architecture, Trossachs tourism, local history, changing streetscape, local produce retail, adaptive reuse, built heritage, visitor retail, archival record, changing land use, public realm, destination shopping, and everyday life. The modern context includes continuing discussion of embodied carbon, tourism and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition. For current editorial use, tourism spending and local business provide additional context, especially through the role of gateway towns in national-park visitor economies. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around 67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland before new construction alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside architectural detailing, historic townscape, conservation architecture, documentary photography, historical comparison, social history, traditional materials, and historic streetscape. Details involving Funland, gamble, Upper, O'Connell, and Ireland make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For 67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Image 2MG4022 also remains a dated record of 67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland.
67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,England,UK,evening,at,in,the,night time,facade,façade,town,centre,GL50 1NW,GL50,street,light,streetlight,Regency,Spa,history,historic,heritage,regal,promenade,style,styled,design,Regency Architecture,flats,apartments,offices,office,rentals,Cheltenham council
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9GP - Cheltenham owes much to its Regency roots, which were pivotal in assuring its growth from a Medieval Manor village, to the Town it is today. A visit by King George III secured Cheltenham's reputation as a fashionable place to be seen, and this popularity contributed to its rapid growth during the Regency Period. This short and extensive expansion period has given our Town an abundance of Regency buildings, and has earned us our place as Britain's most complete Regency Town.
As a style, Regency Architecture started popping up in the late 1700's, pioneered by Scottish Architect Robert Adam, and continued even after King George IV's untimely death, well into the 1840's. It is strictly attributed to late Georgian architecture and is typified by a renaissance of neoclassicism, which drew inspiration from the Ancient Greeks and Romans, featuring Ionic Porticos and fluted columns galore. Anyone taking a casual stroll around Cheltenham will easily spot these ancient influences, which adorn many buildings in the Town. Regency Style was also used to describe the decorative arts of the interior design including block printed, or striped wallpaper, as well as the fashion of the time including the famous Empire silhouette. Pop along to the Holst Birthplace Museum to see a perfectly preserved interior from the period.
Much of Cheltenham's iconic architecture was built during the Regency and subsequent Reign of King George IV between 1811 and 1830. Unlike many other periods of architecture, Regency was not about strict building rules, and was instead more a set of 'guidelines' for the design of the buildings.
For example, many modern Cheltenham homes reside in plain, elegant Regency buildings, particularly around Tivoli, The Suffolks and Bath Road. These Regency gems often appear flat roofed (but look closely they aren't) and have a flat vertical façade, string course (a horizontal line in relief between floors) and are finished in stucco with multi-paned sash windows.
Cheltenham town, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 1NW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,showing,on,car,lights,UK - do not,cross,the,signal,signals,pelicon,crossing,PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled,puffin,crossings,call button,for,pedestrians,pedestrian,red,man,light,stop,dont walk,night,evening,dont cross,traffic,busy,stopped
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBHA - . Photographed at Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through Red Man showing on Pelican crossing, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK - do not cross signal. The wider scene also brings together period lettering, material sign design, public-facing signage, community identity, changing streetscape, historic sign, street-level message, historical comparison, public realm, everyday visual culture, public information notice, visual archive, urban typography, and local history. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into advertising change and public communication, not least because of how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. The image fixes commercial use and occupation within Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The location also brings in before-and-after reference, visual communication, instructional wording, place identity, wayfinding detail, archival record, social history, and regional identity. Elements such as signal, crossing, cross, showing, and Pelican add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Its period value extends to advertising change and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity in a form that can be compared with future views of Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN. The location additionally provides evidence of accessibility and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change within the real-world context of Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,also known as,the,CH8 9RD,Wales,Talacre Village,paranormal,activity,owner,James McAllister,Trust of the Major,private,property,home,Dee,and the,Mersey,Estuary,dusk,evening,sunset,Welsh,lighthouses,light,beacon,Talacre bay,bay,North West Coast,coastal,UK,history,historic,ladder,village,seashore,shoreline,1880s,1800s
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43PXA - The Point of Ayr Lighthouse, also known as the Talacre Lighthouse, is a Grade II listed building situated on the north coast of Wales, on the Point of Ayr, near the village of Talacre.
It was built in 1776 by a Trust of the Major, Recorder and Aldermen of Chester to warn ships entering between the Dee and the Mersey Estuary. It was replaced by a pile light and was decommissioned in 1844. It is now a privately owned property.
The lighthouse was listed on the property market in November 2011 by then owner James McAllister, along with two acres of land, for £100,000. It was eventually sold in April 2012 for £90,000 to a private couple who continue to own the property.
Paranormal activity - Two alleged incidents have been reported by Wales Online
Talacre , north coast of Wales, UK, CH8 9RD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,England,UK,into the UK,can,cans,ale,USA,Three,light,golden,pale,IPA,style,beers,product,ship,charge,charges,low,high,Mexican,Lager,Winding Path,Keystone State,Evil genius,Beer52,Pineapple Hefeweizen,Shy Bear Brewing,Mexican-Style Lager,Mexican Style Lager,beer,ales,brewery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPDJNA - . An identifiable period record of USA in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The principal subject is Three light pale ale IPA style imported beers from the USA, into the UK. Further facets of the scene include community identity, regional drinks industry, regional identity, bottle-filling machinery, bottling technology, local history, historic beverage advertising, changing land use, contemporary social history, factory bottling line, drinks manufacturing, visual archive, documentary photography, and period detail. The modern context includes continuing discussion of manufacturing automation, brand heritage and the relationship between orchard agriculture, regional identity and branded cider. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around USA before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are changing streetscape, cider brand history, everyday life, beverage production, Herefordshire cider tradition, cider-making heritage, drinks packaging, and historical comparison. References to Three, imported, style, beers, and light give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within USA, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another strand within the photograph is manufacturing automation and how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage within the real-world context of USA. The setting also helps illustrate manufacturing automation and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing within the specific setting of USA. The image also provides a reference for packaging and the relationship between orchard agriculture, regional identity and branded cider as part of the longer story of USA.
USA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,dining,shopping,passengers,interesting,light,at,Camden,N1C 4DQ,lights,lighting,new,entrances,architecture,design,rainbow,red,colour,color,passenger,tunnels,tunnel,passageway,passageways,Google HQ,office,offices,St Pancras Square,office development,developments,improvement,improvements,infrastructure,investment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108HH - King's Cross Light Tunnel is shown illuminated in vivid red, pink, blue, purple and green lighting, forming a striking pedestrian route between the King's Cross and St Pancras transport hubs and the redeveloped King's Cross estate around Granary Square and Coal Drops Yard. The image looks along the modern curved tunnel, with a few pedestrians visible in the distance and the coloured light reflected across the wall and ceiling panels.
This distinctive subway is a practical walking route as well as a piece of public realm design, taking people from King's Cross St Pancras Underground Station towards Granary Square, Coal Drops Yard, shops, restaurants, offices, cultural spaces and the canal-side parts of King's Cross. The King's Cross estate describes the tunnel as a route from St Pancras International and King's Cross stations towards Granary Square, Coal Drops Yard and the canal area. The route is widely recognised for its LED lighting and colour-changing visual effect, making it a popular London photo subject as well as a functional commuter and visitor corridor.
Coal Drops Yard and the wider King's Cross regeneration area have become a major central London destination, combining transport, retail, restaurants, public squares, offices, residential development and restored industrial heritage. The tunnel's intense coloured lighting gives the scene a futuristic and immersive appearance, contrasting with the historic railway context nearby. It can illustrate editorial themes including London transport, Underground station access, station regeneration, urban design, public art, night-time city photography, pedestrian infrastructure, tourism, shopping and dining destinations, King's Cross redevelopment, Camden visitor attractions and the reshaping of formerly industrial railway land into a high-profile mixed-use district.
Kings Cross, Camden, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Miami FL,America,sign,lights,in lights,United States of America,Harry Sharland,Childrens,Children,Blakemere,Village,CW8,ride,rides,amusements,fairs,light,FL,FLA,Florida,in,the,Sharlands,name,state,county,children,kids,family,retail,cash,travelling,Chester Road
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J92PGG - . This location-specific image from Blakemere Village, Chester Rd, Northwich, Cheshire,England, UK, CW8 2EB in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The subject captured here is Miami Ride Sign, Harry Sharlands Fun Fair, Blakemere Village, Chester Rd, Northwich, Cheshire,England, UK, CW8 2EB. The image also relates to commercial frontage, period detail, high-street commerce, informal play space, interactive public realm, family recreation, destination retail, customer footfall, open-air leisure, community recreation, city-centre public space, shopfront economy, retail chain, and pedestrian square. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heatwaves, inclusive design and the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors. The modern context includes continuing discussion of commercial rents, town-centre regeneration and the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at Blakemere Village, Chester Rd, Northwich, Cheshire,England, UK, CW8 2EB, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. Other useful contextual ideas include summer city life, local character, commercial streetscape, brand-led retail, consumer retail, physical store, town-centre economy, and public-realm activation. Details involving Harry, Northwich, Sharlands, Village, and Chester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Blakemere Village, Chester Rd, Northwich, Cheshire,England, UK, CW8 2EB, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. It also preserves details of everyday use within the wider story of Blakemere Village, Chester Rd, Northwich, Cheshire,England, UK, CW8 2EB.
Blakemere Village, Chester Rd, Northwich, Cheshire,England, UK, CW8 2EB
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Somerset,SDC,Sedgemoor,South West England,England,UK,South West,town,TA6,night time,evening,statue,history,TA6 3BU,market,hall,nightlife,life,Prezzo,Italian Restaurant,illuminated,attraction,centre,pizzeria,restaurant,old,tourist,heritage,light,restaurants,building,Victorian,evenings,Prezzo restaurant,lighting,sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMJTA - . This period scene at Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The principal point of reference is Dusk in Bridgwater,Somerset, town centre, old market hall,Cornhill,South West England, UK,TA6 3BU. The locality and subject together evoke regional food culture, place identity, national food identity, culinary tradition, food-and-drink tradition, ceremonial meal, contemporary social history, documentary photography, archival record, everyday life, cultural gastronomy, seasonal celebration, period detail, and visual archive. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about adaptive reuse, historic townscape and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. The present-day relevance extends to traditional celebrations and food prices, while a wider concern is the tourism and cultural value of distinctive local cuisine. As the area changes, the view documents the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change within Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU. The wider local story also touches on public realm, local history, conservation interest, historical comparison, food heritage, regional identity, period streetscape, and historic context. Elements such as Cornhill, market, centre, Somerset, and Bridgwater add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. For Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU, 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 adaptive reuse and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment as part of the longer story of Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU.
Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU
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Keywords: original,receiver,technology,medium,wave,scale,old,analogue,transistor,valve,solid,state,solidstate,dial,welsh,London,Hilversum,button,buttons,colored,colour,coloured,tune,tuning,tuner,band,retro,style,icon,brown,cream,creme,ivory,third,Brussels,GoTonySmith,dial,light,1960s,family
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCXB - Antique Roberts Shortwave, Mediumwave, Longwave radio dial has the strength of a real-world scene: ordinary enough to be believable, but specific enough to support precise editorial use. An antique Roberts radio dial evokes the era when shortwave, medium wave and long wave listening brought news, music, shipping forecasts and distant voices into the home through a single portable set. The object suits stories about broadcasting history, analogue design, domestic technology, nostalgia, radio collecting and the shift from tuning knobs to streaming platforms. The location wording gives the subject enough geographic context for local and regional editorial use while avoiding a generic studio feel. It can work both as a straightforward location record and as a wider editorial illustration of the habits, services, buildings, symbols and small commercial details that shape everyday life.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Great Britain,Somerset,South West England,South West,lamp,listed,Elegant,history,historic,victorian,1914-1918,Georgian square,Afghanistan,casualties,IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF BRIDGWATER WHO GAVE THEIR,Sir George Frampton,grade II,plinth,King Square,Sedgemoor,Bridgwater,SDC,terrace,terraces,town,centre,Victorian,light,lighting,TA6 3AR,TA6
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2RN - . A grounded editorial photograph of King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, South West England, UK,, capturing details that may acquire greater historical value as the location and its use change. The documented subject is Elegant King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, South West England, UK, Victorian Lamp, TA6 3AR. The scene can also be read in terms of built environment, community identity, archival record, local history, urban change, historic townscape, conservation interest, period building, social landscape, before-and-after reference, architectural contrast, built heritage, visual archive, and conservation architecture. In the mid-2020s, embodied carbon and maintenance keep this subject current, particularly through using existing buildings rather than demolishing them. As a dated visual record of King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, South West England, UK,, the frame retains commercial identity and local use, making it useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. The setting also brings in traditional masonry, regional identity, local character, public realm, historic streetscape, cityscape history, period detail, and documentary photography. The recorded references to Elegant, Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, and Victorian preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. By fixing the subject within King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, South West England, UK,, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for embodied carbon and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them when considered against later change at King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, South West England, UK,. The wider significance includes energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character without losing the local specificity of King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, South West England, UK,.
King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, South West England, UK,
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Inverclyde,Scotland,Clyde,Clydeside,UK,port,West of Scotland,PA15 1EQ,PA15,Ferry Terminal,Pole Star ship,ship,boat,Pole Star,polestar,Lighthouse Vessel,Buoy Vessel,NLV Pole Star,Northern Lighthouse Board,NLB,Ferguson Shipbuilders,Fingal workboat,Sean Rathbone,lighthouse tender,tender,river Clyde,ships,boats,doc,docked,buoy,light,lighthouse
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR8C2W - NLV Pole Star is a lighthouse tender operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around the coasts of Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Pole Star was completed in 2000 by Ferguson Shipbuilders on the River Clyde. She is the fourth NLB vessel to carry the name and replaced the 37-year-old NLV Fingal. In memory of this vessel, Pole Star has a workboat onboard named Fingal.
Pole Star was joined by a new vessel, NLV Pharos in March 2007, which replaced the previous vessel of the same name. Although the headquarters of the NLB is in Edinburgh, both vessels can be serviced by a workbase in Oban on the west coast.
From March 2008, Sean Rathbone has been Master of the Pole Star
Custom House Quay Ferry Terminal, Greenock , Inverclyde, West of Scotland, Scotland, UK, PA15 1EQ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Inverclyde,Scotland,Clyde,Clydeside,UK,port,West of Scotland,PA15 1EQ,PA15,Ferry Terminal,Pole Star ship,ship,boat,Pole Star,polestar,Lighthouse Vessel,Buoy Vessel,NLV Pole Star,Northern Lighthouse Board,NLB,Ferguson Shipbuilders,Fingal workboat,Sean Rathbone,lighthouse tender,tender,river Clyde,ships,boats,doc,docked,buoy,light,lighthouse
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR8C2X - NLV Pole Star is a lighthouse tender operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around the coasts of Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Pole Star was completed in 2000 by Ferguson Shipbuilders on the River Clyde. She is the fourth NLB vessel to carry the name and replaced the 37-year-old NLV Fingal. In memory of this vessel, Pole Star has a workboat onboard named Fingal.
Pole Star was joined by a new vessel, NLV Pharos in March 2007, which replaced the previous vessel of the same name. Although the headquarters of the NLB is in Edinburgh, both vessels can be serviced by a workbase in Oban on the west coast.
From March 2008, Sean Rathbone has been Master of the Pole Star
Custom House Quay Ferry Terminal, Greenock , Inverclyde, West of Scotland, Scotland, UK, PA15 1EQ
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Keywords: GotonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,UK,For All,signs,doorway,door way,neon sign,electric,sign,drafthouse,terrace,draft house,bar,hotel,pub,restaurant,tank beer,craft beet,craft drinks,gin,black,ivy,black ivy,ale,real ale,Edinburgh,Scotland,neon,light,lighted,lit,EH9,Sctland,EH9 1DU
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GW0X - . A local-history photograph shows the working environment around 4 Alvanley Terrace Edinburgh, Sctland, UK, EH9 1DU, in a time-specific record from 2018. The frame is associated with Black White Local Luxury For All sign, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The physical and social setting additionally connects with property maintenance, residential streetscape, catering trade, night-time economy, local neighbourhood, customer service, housing provision, community venue, town-centre hospitality, urban living, place-making, and service economy. Modern coverage of town-centre hospitality frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of alcohol duty, operating costs and retaining viable community venues. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, housing quality also connects with tenant rights, repair standards and efforts aimed at stronger tenant accountability. The wider contemporary story of hospitality businesses now includes changing visitor patterns alongside seasonality, while policy and investment increasingly consider adaptable venues. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of 4 Alvanley Terrace Edinburgh, Sctland, UK, EH9 1DU may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. The surrounding story includes built environment, licensed trade, hospitality economy, food service, tourism economy, licensed hospitality. The scene is further associated with Bruntsfield, 4 Alvanley Terrace Edinburgh, Alvanley Terrace, 4. A more expansive reading adds beer retail, affordable homes, beer heritage, tourist accommodation, tenure and occupancy, local tourism, hospitality trade, housing affordability, local dining, and domestic architecture. That gives this view of 4 Alvanley Terrace Edinburgh, Sctland, UK, EH9 1DU continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison.
4 Alvanley Terrace Edinburgh, Sctland, UK, EH9 1DU
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Keywords: light,toilet,Library,England,sanitary,ware,plumbing,ceramic,ceramics,vintage,antique,basic,old,fashioned,oldfashioned,old-fashioned,stoneware,stoke,stoke-on-trent,gents,flush,tank,cistern,flushing,Victorian urinals,John Rylands,sanitary ware,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4EDTJ - 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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Keywords: RTA,RTI,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,GB,Incident,flowers,traffic,lights,light,danger,fast,speed,speeding,roadside,tribute,bouquets,busy,car,cars,vehicles,child,children,busy,passing,reminder,shrine,memorial,memory,pavement,traffic,victim,death,kill,killed,Road accident,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,different,unique,car crash
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H0N9G9 - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The principal subject is Accident at a Pelican Road Crossing, Howley, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK. The surrounding context encompasses public realm, public transport stop, passenger transport, memorial culture, tribute design, local history, period detail, community identity, changing land use, bus route infrastructure, street-side transport, roadside transit, social history, and local remembrance. Today's relevance is strengthened by memorial maintenance, heritage conservation and the continuing question of the value of inscriptions and motifs for local history. From a 2025-onward perspective, passenger information and service frequency are closely linked to this subject, alongside the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. Other useful contextual ideas include bus infrastructure, commemorative object, place identity, archival record, public commemoration, historic inscription, before-and-after reference, and community memory. The recorded references to Howley, Crossing, Accident, and Pelican preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Its period value extends to memorial maintenance and the value of inscriptions and motifs for local history when considered against later change at the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of reliability and the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy FDNJR0 - Metrolink (also known as Manchester Metrolink) is a light rail tram system in Greater Manchester, England. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and operated and maintained under contract by RATP Group. In 2015/16, 34.3 million passenger journeys were made on the system.
The network consists of seven lines which radiate from Manchester city centre to termini at Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, East Didsbury, Eccles, Manchester Airport and Rochdale. Metrolink has 93 stops along 57 miles (92 km) of standard-gauge track making it the largest light rail system in the United Kingdom. It consists of a mixture of on-street track shared with other traffic
reserved track, segregated from other traffic, often running alongside the roadway or in the central reservation, and converted former railway lines. It is operated by a fleet of Bombardier Flexity Swift M5000s.
A light rail system for Greater Manchester emerged from the failure of the 1970s Picc-Vic tunnel scheme to obtain central government funding. A light-rail scheme was proposed in 1982 as the least expensive rail-based transport solution for Manchester city centre and the surrounding Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Government approval was granted in 1988 and the network began operating services between Bury Interchange and Victoria on 6 April 1992, becoming the United Kingdom's first modern street-running rail system
the 1885-built Blackpool tramway being the only heritage tram system in the UK that had survived up to Metrolink's creation.
Castlefield/Deansgate station, Manchester, England, UK, M3 4LG
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Keywords: The Church,bar,restaurant,Chester,night,nighttime,dramatic lighting,dramatic,light,lighting,The,stone,history,bars,terrace,change,of,use,to a bar,to a pub,church became a pub,became,sacred,new use,new uses,function,new,new function,changed,gotonysmith,City Centre,City,Centre,@hotpixUK,England,UK,United Kingdom,Britain,British,cities
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW4GC - . The Church Bar & Restaurant Chester,at dusk, England,UK, was a church, now a pub, CH1 1DE. Photographed at Newgate St, Chester, Cheshire CH1 1DE. The photograph was taken on 13 December 2014. 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Church Bar & Restaurant Chester, at dusk, pub, conversion, change of use, pubs, Chapel, dusk, The Church and bar, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Newgate St, Chester, Cheshire CH1 1DE
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Keywords: animal,light,lights,old,market,old market,old marketplace,dusk,retail,shopping,shoppers,Xmas,Christmas Decorations in,Golden Square Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,North west powerhouse,GoTonysmith,North,west,powerhouse,reindeers,place,town,centre,December,Dec,Warringtonians,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,event,events
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EC2T38 - . Christmas Decorations in Golden Square Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. Photographed at Golden Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 22 November 2014. 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Christmas, Decorations, Golden, Square, Warrington, Golden Square, Reindeer, evening, marketplace and animal, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Golden Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: on,stage,gig,gigging,support,girl,woman,female,Television,artist,17th,Nov,with,her,guitar,play,playing,under,stage,light,lights,South,London.,I,sing,and,play,the,music,mistymillermusic,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,support act
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B6T - Misty Miller (born May 10, 1994) is a musician from Wimbledon, England. The young songstress has grown enormously since emerging as a sweet-singing ukulele player when her debut album was released in 2011. But having left college and discovered her own path, Misty has now returned with her own band (guitarist Jak Payne, drummer Dan Lyons and bassist Jack Everett) and two EPs released in 2013 - Next to You and Girlfriend. Her third EP, Sweet Nothing was released through Relentless/Sony in March 2015.
Influenced by the local South London music scene in Brixton, she has matured her sound into something she is far more comfortable in. A strong 60s influence is also evident in the raw vocals, edgy guitar licks and varied verse progressions. Citing the likes of Patti Smith, The Stooges and The Velvet Underground in her ˜eclectic' music taste, this girl goes a long way in capturing the essence of an era of music she adores so much. And, with her debut album set for a July 2015 release, she is just getting started.
Manchester Academy, Oxford Rd, England, UK
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Keywords: set,list,re-union,being,held,at,17/11/2013,reunion,gig,england,UK,United,Kingdom,GB,Great,Britain,Marque,Moon,Guiding,Light,Tom,Verlaine,Venus,fan,fans,after,stage,live,show,Gotonysmith,Prove It,1880,venus,Persia,m Moon,played,Setlist.fm
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6HY56 - . Setlist from Television at the Manchester Academy being held at 17/11/2013 reunion gig. Photographed at Academy venue, Manchester, England UK. The photograph was taken on 17 November 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 Setlist, Television, Manchester, Academy, set list, songs, listing, set, list and re-union, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject has strong relevance to education, school life, pupils, students, classmates, learning and the rituals that mark transitions between stages of childhood and young adulthood. It can support editorial features about schools, the end of term, friendship, uniforms, memories, examinations, moving to a new school, student identity and the social traditions that develop around education. Handwriting, names, clothing, classroom or school-related details can provide authentic visual evidence of personal experience rather than a staged educational concept. The photograph can therefore work for both contemporary education stories and longer-term social-history coverage of how pupils commemorate school years and friendships. Search themes include education, school life, pupils, classmates, school leavers, uniforms, end-of-term traditions, childhood memories and transitions between stages of education. Personal marks, handwriting, clothing or school-related objects give the subject a human documentary quality that is useful for social-history as well as education coverage. 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Academy venue, Manchester, England UK
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Keywords: Extreme,red,brake,lights,light,Cheshire,Stafford,staffordshire,lorry,lorries,truck,trucks,spray,water,on,windscreen,windshield,bright,terrible,driving,conditions,condition,poor,visibility,visability,English,Scottish,England,UK,lane,lanes,traffic,problem,problems,break,light,lights,on,delays,AA,RAC,gotonysmith skid skids skidding delay news highway highways agency,delay,delays,delayed.late,later,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYTH - . Cars on a Motorway Road in very wet weather M6 Cheshire. Photographed at M6 Motorway , Cheshire , England , UK. The photograph was taken on 13 September 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Cars, Motorway, Road, very, wet, weather, Extreme, red, brake and lights, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has wider relevance to roads, streets, traffic management, transport infrastructure, urban planning and the way vehicles and pedestrians move through the built environment. It can illustrate editorial coverage of highways, junctions, bridges, road signs, parking, congestion, road safety, public works, local authority transport policy and regeneration. Street furniture, markings, signs, structures and adjoining buildings provide practical geographic context and help document the appearance of the route at the time. As an archive-quality location view, it can be useful for comparing later changes to roads, development, traffic patterns and surrounding neighbourhoods. Search themes include roads, streetscape, highways, bridges, junctions, traffic, road safety, transport planning, signs, parking, public realm and local infrastructure. The image can help document later changes to road layouts, structures, markings, street furniture and surrounding development. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
M6 Motorway , Cheshire , England , UK
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Keywords: Extreme,red,brake,lights,light,Cheshire,Stafford,staffordshire,lorry,lorries,truck,trucks,spray,water,on,windscreen,windshield,bright,terrible,driving,conditions,condition,poor,visibility,visability,English,Scottish,England,UK,lane,lanes,traffic,problem,problems,break,light,lights,on,delays,AA,RAC,gotonysmith skid skids skidding delay news highway highways agency,delay,delays,delayed.late,later,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYTM - . Cars on a Motorway Road in very wet weather M6 Cheshire. Photographed at M6 Motorway , Cheshire , England , UK. The photograph was taken on 13 September 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Cars, Motorway, Road, very, wet, weather, Extreme, red, brake and lights, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has wider relevance to roads, streets, traffic management, transport infrastructure, urban planning and the way vehicles and pedestrians move through the built environment. It can illustrate editorial coverage of highways, junctions, bridges, road signs, parking, congestion, road safety, public works, local authority transport policy and regeneration. Street furniture, markings, signs, structures and adjoining buildings provide practical geographic context and help document the appearance of the route at the time. As an archive-quality location view, it can be useful for comparing later changes to roads, development, traffic patterns and surrounding neighbourhoods. Search themes include roads, streetscape, highways, bridges, junctions, traffic, road safety, transport planning, signs, parking, public realm and local infrastructure. The image can help document later changes to road layouts, structures, markings, street furniture and surrounding development. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
M6 Motorway , Cheshire , England , UK
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Keywords: Extreme,red,brake,lights,light,Cheshire,Stafford,staffordshire,lorry,lorries,truck,trucks,spray,water,on,windscreen,windshield,bright,terrible,driving,conditions,condition,poor,visibility,visability,English,Scottish,England,UK,lane,lanes,traffic,problem,problems,break,light,lights,on,delays,AA,RAC,gotonysmith skid skids skidding delay news highway highways agency,delay,delays,delayed.late,later,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYTP - . Cars on a Motorway Road in very wet weather M6 Cheshire. Photographed at M6 Motorway , Cheshire , England , UK. The photograph was taken on 13 September 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Cars, Motorway, Road, very, wet, weather, Extreme, red, brake and lights, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has wider relevance to roads, streets, traffic management, transport infrastructure, urban planning and the way vehicles and pedestrians move through the built environment. It can illustrate editorial coverage of highways, junctions, bridges, road signs, parking, congestion, road safety, public works, local authority transport policy and regeneration. Street furniture, markings, signs, structures and adjoining buildings provide practical geographic context and help document the appearance of the route at the time. As an archive-quality location view, it can be useful for comparing later changes to roads, development, traffic patterns and surrounding neighbourhoods. Search themes include roads, streetscape, highways, bridges, junctions, traffic, road safety, transport planning, signs, parking, public realm and local infrastructure. The image can help document later changes to road layouts, structures, markings, street furniture and surrounding development. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
M6 Motorway , Cheshire , England , UK
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Keywords: night,time,blue,hour,bluehour,England,UK,GB,Great,Britain,british,English,icons,iconic,River,three,graces,reflection,reflections,L31DL,L3,1DL,area,around,the,Pier,Head,and,Albert,Dock,is,for,tourists,/,travelers,and,even,more,beautiful,river,riverside,location,planet,red,boat,light,gotonysmith,Maritime,Mercantile,City,UNESCO,World,Heritage,city,ship,light,ship,lightship,reflection,reflections,reflecting,in,the,water,You,Will,Never,Walk,Alone,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,You Will Never Walk Alone,Youll Never Walk Alone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKPR - The area around the Pier Head and Albert Dock is iconic for tourists / travelers and even more beautiful by night or at dusk.
The Pier Head is a riverside location in the city centre of Liverpool, England. It is part of the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was inscribed in 2004.
The site encompasses a trio of landmarks, built on the site of the former George's Dock and referred to since at least 2000 as The Three Graces:
Royal Liver Building, built between 1908 and 1911 and designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas. It is a grade I listed building consisting of two clock towers, both crowned by mythical Liver Birds. The building is the headquarters of the Royal Liver Friendly Society.
Cunard Building, constructed between 1914 and 1916 and a grade II* listed building. It is the former headquarters of the Cunard Line shipping company.
Port of Liverpool Building, built from 1903 to 1907 and also grade II* listed. It is the former home of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
Also on the site is the grade II listed Mersey Tunnel building, to the east of the Port of Liverpool building. It was built in the 1930s and contains offices and ventilator equipment for the Queensway Tunnel.
Pier Head, Liverpool, England, UK L3 1DL
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Keywords: EH1,Scottish,Scot,scots,independance,independence,pubs,drinking,places,place,old,buildings,street,royalmile,theroyalmile,royalmilepub,clock,outside,exterior,lamp,light,in,doorway,entrance,real,ale,ales,fine,wines,window,world,lager,lagers,Gotonysmith,tourist,tourism,travel,traveller,destination,thing,to,see,building,architecture,classic,old,buildings,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED2N9 - . The classic Royal Mile Pub High St , Edinburgh Old Town Scotland. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. 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 Edinburgh, Scots, Royal, Mile, Pub, bars, bar, Scottish, Scot and independance, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. Where brewery names, pumps, windows, pub signs or period fittings are present, they add useful detail for features on brewing history, hospitality branding and traditional licensed interiors or exteriors. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Keywords: EH1,Scottish,Scot,scots,independance,independence,the,sign,in,stone,womens,Grassmarket,Thegrassmarket,stone,building,art,deco,artdeco,style,dusk,sunrise,sunset,evening,light,warm,warmlight,low,lowlight,port,westport,Art,Nouveau,Salvation,Army,Womens,Hostel,stonesign,ArtNouveau,Nouve,Gotonysmith,tourist,tourism,travel,traveller,destination,thing,to,see,building,architecture,classic,old,buildings,Nouvaeu,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED33D - The West Port is a street in Edinburgh's Old Town, Scotland, located just south of Edinburgh Castle. It runs from Main Point (the junction of Bread Street, Lauriston Street, East Fountainbridge and High Riggs) down to the south west corner of the Grassmarket. Its name derives from the fact it sloped up from the West Port, which was the only westwards exit from the city when the city walls stood, allowing one to pass through the Flodden Wall. The port (gate) itself was demolished in 1786.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Keywords: Salford,Quays,Manchester,England,UK,bound,for,eccles,tramlines,lines,line,extension,light,rail,transport,system,RAPT,Group,TfGM,for,greater,on-street,tramway,on,street,rapid,transit,Bombardier,Flexity,Swift,M5000s,LRVs,light,rail,vehicles,vehicle,key,strategy,of,planners,railway,arriving,departing,gotonysmith,Mancester,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DA6255 - Metrolink is a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England.
The network consists of six lines which radiate from Manchester city centre and terminate at Altrincham, Bury, Didsbury, Droylsden, Eccles, and Rochdale. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and operated and maintained under contract by RATP Group.
Also referred to as Manchester Metrolink, 25 million passenger journeys were made on the system in 2012/13
Media City Metrolink Station , Salford Quays , Manchester, England UK
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Keywords: and,fungus,poisonous,and,psychoactive,basidiomycete,poison,killer,to,kill,magic,psychoactive,basidiomycete,spots,spot,perfect,toadstool,cosmopolitan,species,found,with,deciduous,and,coniferous,trees,muscaria,commonly,known,as,the,fly,agaric,or,fly,amanita,brown,regalis,intoxicant,entheogen,Gotonysmith yellow-orange flavivolvata,guessowii,formosa,and,the,pinkish,persicina.,Genetic,studies,published,in,2006,and,2008,show,several,sharply,delineated,clades,that,may,represent,separate,species,symbol,of,good,luck,in,evening,light,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HW9A - Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the southern hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies with differing cap colour have been recognised, including the brown regalis (considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species.
Grappenhall Heys, Cheshire, England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8FBAD - An engine order telegraph or E.O.T., often also called a Chadburn, is a communications device used on a ship (or submarine) for the pilot on the bridge to order engineers in the engine room to power the vessel at a certain desired speed. In early vessels, from the 1800s until about 1950, the device usually consisted of a round dial about nine inches in diameter with a knob at the center attached to one or more handles, and an indicator pointer on the face of the dial. Modern E.O.T.s on vessels which still use them use electronic light and sound signals.
Traditional E.O.T.s required a pilot wanting to change speed to ring the telegraph on the bridge, moving the handle to a different position on the dial. This would ring a bell in the engine room and move their pointer to the position on the dial selected by the bridge. The engineers hear the bell and move their handle to the same position to signal their acknowledgment of the order, and adjust the engine speed accordingly. Such an order is called a bell, for example the order for a ship's maximum speed, flank speed, is called a flank bell.
For urgent orders requiring rapid acceleration, the handle is moved three times so that the engine room bell is rung three times. This is called a cavitate bell because the rapid acceleration of the ship's propeller will cause the water around it to cavitate, causing a lot of noise and wear on the propellers. Such noise is undesirable during conflicts because it can give away a vessel's position.
On most modern vessels the EOT acts as a direct throttle with no intervening engine room personnel.
This one has positions of Full Ahead, Half, Slow, Dead Slow, Stand By, Stop. Astern Finished with engines, dead slow, slow, half and full. German U-boats of World War II contained the dial position Alarmtauchen, the order for a crash dive.
Most seen these days are copies. Most do not include the CL of Chadburn Liverpool which was the place of manufacture, as in this specimen h
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Keywords: building,Scotland,UK,United,Kingdom,great,cities,GB,Great,Britain,British,Scot,Scots,independence,independance,street,light,lights,streetlights,tower,towers,Princes,St,street,Balmoral,hotel,from,calton,caltan,carltan,night,sun,rise,set,sunrise,historic,history,orange,sky,gotonysmith,skies,travel,tourism,free,country,state,independent,government,parliament,Holyrood,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDD70B - . View over Edinburgh city Calton Hill at sunset showing buildings, castle, bridges and churches etc, Scotland. Photographed at Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 10 March 2010. 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The wider composition gives a broader sense of the surroundings, showing the principal subject in relation to more of the streetscape, landscape or public space. The scene is closely associated with View, over, Edinburgh, sunset, buildings, castle, carlton, hill, dusk and cities, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building.
Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDKT - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2010, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through Swinging lightbulb from a ceiling mono with selective colouring. The surrounding context encompasses community identity, archival record, contemporary social history, civil engineering history, local history, public works, period detail, underground utilities, urban drainage, sewerage heritage, visual archive, water infrastructure, documentary photography, and cast-iron street furniture. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with infrastructure renewal, flooding and how cast-iron utility covers preserve municipal and engineering history. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at the recorded location, details that may look very different after changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include public-health engineering, municipal infrastructure, municipal services, Victorian sanitation, place identity, everyday life, historical comparison, and changing streetscape. Elements such as colouring, Swinging, lightbulb, ceiling, and selective add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is infrastructure renewal and the continuing importance of investment in ageing water and sewer networks in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The scene further reflects climate resilience and the continuing importance of investment in ageing water and sewer networks within the real-world context of the recorded location. It also preserves a trace of local identity within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: Slow,traffic,on,the,M42,Motorway,near,Solihull,and,Shirley,Birmingham,UK,breaklight,ford,vauxhaul,GM,car,traffic,jam,trafficjam,slow,stopped,traffic,gotonysmith,junction,5,issue,issues,rush,hour,rushhour,brake,light,brakelight,blue,early,evening,blue,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N19 - . Slow traffic on the M42 Motorway near Solihull and Shirley, Birmingham, UK. Photographed on 9 October 2009. The recorded location is M42 Motorway, near Solihull and Shirley, Junction 5, Birmingham, UK. In historical terms, britain's road landscape has accumulated layers of transport history: old milestones and cast signs coexist with speed limits, parking controls, motorway infrastructure and electronic traffic management
Such details reveal how movement and road safety have been regulated over time. The wider historical story is that mobility is shaped by both technology and policy
Images of vehicles and transport infrastructure record changing design, accessibility, fuel use, ownership patterns and the ways towns organise movement. During 2026, congestion, road safety and decarbonisation continue to be prominent transport issues
Historic signs, traffic jams and older road infrastructure therefore work both as location records and as evidence of how the road network and travel behaviour have changed. In the present 2026 context, transport policy increasingly emphasises decarbonisation, integration and reliable public services, while older diesel vehicles and legacy infrastructure offer a visual contrast with electric fleets and changing travel behaviour. In the longer view, street and highway scenes record the practical infrastructure of mobility, including road signs, junctions, bridges, parking controls and changing vehicle use
They also provide a visual history of traffic growth, road engineering and the effort to balance drivers, pedestrians and local communities. As background, road signs, mileposts, traffic systems and street furniture document the development of Britain's highway network from historic turnpikes and coaching roads to motorways and modern traffic management
Even everyday signs can become useful evidence of changing regulations, road design and local geography.
M42 Motorway, near Solihull and Shirley, Junction 5, Birmingham, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N8J - . Light at the gate of St Wilfrids Church and historic graveyard, Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. Photographed on 21 September 2009. The recorded location is St Wilfrids Church and historic graveyard, Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, Great Britain. As background, ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local history
Architectural details, memorials and churchyard monuments provide evidence for religious practice, craftsmanship, community identity, genealogy and the changing use of sacred space. In historical terms, memorials and inscriptions are primary sources for local and family history, preserving names, dates, occupations, military service and the language of remembrance
They range from private graves to civic monuments and can reveal how communities chose to commemorate loss in different periods. From a heritage perspective, heritage photography is particularly useful where buildings or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. Against the 2026 backdrop, many historic churches face the practical challenge of maintaining listed fabric while remaining active community buildings, visitor attractions and venues for worship, music and local events
Images of their interiors and memorials therefore serve architectural, heritage and social-history uses. During 2026, memorials continue to play an active role in public history, supporting remembrance, genealogy, education and heritage tourism
Images can also record inscriptions before erosion or redevelopment alters the physical object. In the present 2026 context, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse.
St Wilfrids Church and historic graveyard, Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, Great Britain
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Keywords: Gt Budworth,St Marys Church stained glass window. Great Budworth,near Northwich,Cheshire,North west England,UK,old,building,buildings,gotonysmith,scary,atmospheric,streaming,stream,of,light,Gt Budworth,St Marys Church stained glass window. Great Budworth,near Northwich,Cheshire,North west England,UK,old,building,buildings,gotonysmith,scary,atmospheric,streaming,stream,of,light,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,cast,casting,a
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWFT - . Gt Budworth, St Marys Church stained glass window. Great Budworth, near Northwich, Cheshire, North west England, UK. Photographed on 19 August 2009. In historical terms, churches combine worship with architecture, local memory and centuries of community history
Their stonework, stained glass, memorials, furnishings and churchyards often record successive periods of rebuilding, changing liturgy, local benefactors, war remembrance and family history. The historical context is that heritage photography is particularly valuable where buildings or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. During 2026, historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for conservation, tourism, music, community use and local identity
Their maintenance illustrates the continuing challenge of caring for ageing heritage buildings while keeping them accessible and relevant. The subject remains topical in 2026 because conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change. In the longer view, parish churches and cathedrals are among Britain's richest sources of architectural and social history
Medieval fabric, Victorian restoration, monuments, stained glass, organs, altars and inscriptions can coexist in a single building, reflecting generations of worship and local patronage. Against the 2026 backdrop, historic places of worship remain significant not only for faith but also for conservation, tourism, music, community use and local identity
Their maintenance illustrates the continuing challenge of caring for ageing heritage buildings while keeping them accessible and relevant.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4642894818 - 'Walking distance from me.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4642759411 - 'Getting into the inflatable Christmas spirit, Thelwall.
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Keywords: fringe,edinburgh,fringe2012,man,puppet,NZ,new,Zealand,Zealander,road,that,wasnt,there,road that wasnt there,city,scotland,august,b/w,black,white,monochrome,maggie,royal,mile,high,street,st.,flat,cap,trick,light,theatre,tattoo
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8098001422 - 'View a whole set of Fringe 2012 madness from Edinburgh Scotland here. If you do Twitter add me here.
August, always a mad busy crazy time in Edinburgh, during the festival and fringe, which seems to have grown even bigger than the tattoo and festival. There's no shortage of talent and satire here!.
Part of the Free Fringe, the New Zealand company Trick of the Light Theatre has travelled across the world to tell a wonderful story of maps and roads that exist only if you know where to look for them. And if you follow them, the consequences may be more real than you expected.
The starting point of the story is the paper roads of New Zealand \u2013 roads that were built and drawn in on several maps but never materialised as the money was missing. Conjuring up a visual imagery that switches between episodic temporaries in refreshing ways, The Road that Wasn\u2019t There imagines what would happen if one did indeed follow one of these paper roads off the edge of the real world.
The story centres on Maggie, who as a young girl follows one of these paper roads leading off behind the graveyard on her way to work for her family. She finds everything she has always wanted, but is drawn further and further away from the real world and into this wondrous world where time stands still. Performed through acting, puppetry and shadow theatre, the story is woven into a contemporary plot where her grown-up son is moving her to an old people\u2019s home to protect her from her fantasies. As the two stories unfold, we learn something both about reality and about responsibility, love, and the changes that have occurred between generations.
The Road That Wasn\u2019t There played at the Free Sisters venue until the 26 August as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (The Fringe) is the world's largest arts festival, with the 2012 event spanning 25 days totalling over 2,695 shows from 47 countries in 279 venues. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place annually in Scotland's capital, in the month of August. The Fringe is a showcase for the performing arts, particularly theatre and comedy (which has seen substantial growth in recent years), although dance and music are also represented. In 2012, 36% of shows were comedy and 28% theatrical productions. Theatrical productions range from the classics of ancient Greece to William Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett and contemporary works. In 2012, 1,418 shows were having their world premi\u00e8re.
The Fringe is an unjuried festival \u2013 with no selection committee, and therefore any type of performance may participate. The Fringe has often showcased experimental works that might not be invited to a more conservative arts festival. In addition to ticketed, programmed events, the Festival has included a street fair, located primarily on the Royal Mile. The Festival is organized by the Festival Fringe Society, which publishes the programme, sells tickets, and offers advice to performers. Their offices are on the Royal Mile.
File under: street fringe fring2012 fringe2012 theatre play Puppet drama show actor performer 2012fringe shows actors performers entertainers in Edinburgh dance free artists grainy gritty mono HDR down under performers actors
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Keywords: BOTW,bandonthewall,band,wall,Manchester,UK,England,music,musician,Steve,stephen,jones,babybird,gig,stage,2012,tour,venue,bar,club,vocalist,vocals,british,live,low,light,available,Stephen Jones,indie,artist,venues,MIS,@hotpixUK,ActiveH,housingtechnology
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6797306643 - 'Babybird are a British indie band formed in 1995. The band is fronted by Stephen Jones, who has also released records as a solo artist, using his own name.
Jones had begun writing songs and recording home demos as part of an experimental theatre group in Sheffield. A collection of these demos, I Was Born a Man, was released in July 1995, under the name Babybird. He recruited a band made up of Huw Chadbourn (keyboards), Robert Gregory (drums), John Pedder (bass) and Luke Scott (guitar), in order to tour and promote his work.
During 1995, two further albums of demo recordings were released under the name Babybird (Bad Shave and Fatherhood) and two in 1996 (The Happiest Man Alive and Dying Happy). Babybird were signed to Echo Records (a division of the Chrysalis Group), and the first authentic single, a full-band recording of 'Goodnight', which had appeared in demo form on Fatherhood, was released in July 1996, becoming a minor hit in the UK Singles Chart. The group's second single, 'You're Gorgeous', reached number 3 in the UK in October 1996, and was one of the biggest selling singles of the year, going on to chart around the world.
Stephen can laugh about it on tour, but 'You're Gorgeous' set a difficult precident to follow. It hurts so much that it rarely gets played nowadays, more a millstone around his and Babybirds neck. Arguably, the commercial sound and success of 'You're Gorgeous', which received massive exposure by comparison, made it hard for many to take Jones seriously as an indie artist. Essentially, what he was best at was no longer what he was best known for, after it.
Stephen Jones has produced two works of fiction, The Bad Book in 2000 and Harry and Ida Swop Teeth (also the title of a Babybird b-side) in 2003. He also collaborated with DED Associates, who have designed many of his CD covers, on a 2000 art book Travel Sickness.
The tracks on the set list to play on the night were as follows:
Black Flowers
The Life
Can't Love You Anymore
Like Them
FSC
www . song
Out of sight
Cornershop
Goodnight
Drugtime
I live her
Back Together
The way You Are
Not Love
Unloveable
Bad Old Man
Encore:
Send me back my dreams
If You'll be mine
Take me back
Extra's
Goodnight
Gorgeous
All men are evil
dead bird sings
Stephen chatted so much he only got about 3/4's the way through it, and through a couple of brandies, without the coke!
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Keywords: bluehour,blue,hour,dusk,Scotland,Stornoway,western,isles,Lewis,Harris,UK,GB,great,britain,castle,moon,grounds,wicker,art,woman,tony,smith,hotpix,tonysmithhotpix,tonysmith,CNES,Hebrides,painting,with,light,long,exposure,tripod,HDR
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6056544163 - 'Lews Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Le\u00f2dhais) is a Victorian era castle located west of the town of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The name Stornoway (Scottish Gaelic-'Steornabhagh') derives from 'Sjornavagr', the Old Norse for 'steering bay'. Stornoway has been settled since at least Viking times although there is archaeological evidence of Neolithic activity in the near vicinity of the town.
King James VI granted ownership of Lewis to the Mackenzies of Kintail in 1610. By about 1680, Lord Seaforth had established his estate house, Seaforth Lodge, on the Gearraidh Chruaidh, an area of rough sheiling ground on the west side of Stornoway harbour. Parts of this original building can still be seen within the stripped out walls of the mezzanine at the rear of the present Castle.
The castle was built in the years 1847-57 as a country house for Sir James Matheson who had bought the whole island a few years previously with his fortune from the Chinese Opium trade. It was designed by the Glasgow architect Charles Wilson.
In 1918, the Lewis estate including the castle was bought by soap industrialist Lord Leverhulme from the Matheson family. He gifted the castle to the people of Stornoway parish in 1923.
During World War II the Castle was taken over as accommodation for air and ground crew of 700 Naval Air Squadron, who operated a detachment of six Supermarine Walrus aircraft from a slipway at Cuddy Point in the Grounds. The base was referred to as HMS Mentor. It was also used for accommodation for students of Lews Castle College in the 1950s.
Today the building is owned by the local council, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (CNES) and is category A listed building.
The rather spooky wicker woman in the grounds of the castle (castle green) was created in July 2010 at the time of the Hebridean Celtic Festival.
Many thanks to Dena &
Catriona for providing company and transport 8-)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5352022412 - 'Spires take traditional heavy metal into the next dimension! These metal lads from Manchester fuse the technical parts of various metal styles be it black, death or even prog together into an excellent blend that is both intelligent as well as lethally heavy. Centred around the brainchild of vocalist, guitarist and producer Paul Sadler who's now assembled a band of equally talented musicians, Spires awe by their ability to roll from acoustics to power riffing to techno death (or even all three) on songs like 'The Infinite Descent', 'Spiral of Ascension' and 'Martyr'.
This Winnington Rec' Banned! gig was shared with AQOE (A Question Of Etiquette), Kensington Arms from Holland.
Good on Nick Hughes and The Banned Network for keeping these gigs on in these dire ConDem times of recession.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5187472619 - 'Arts For Arts sake - '10cc' - Play this track here.
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'Art for Art's Sake' is a single from the 'How dare You!' album, by the British Pop/Rock band 10cc. It was released in 1975. The band were Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. They were all played multiple instruments and most of the band's albums were recorded at their own Strawberry Studios (North) in Stockport, England. I used to work about 2 minutes walk away from it. Eric Stewart engineered most releases.
Most of the band were from Manchester and grew up together as kids. They were originally rejected by The Beatles Apple label. Jonathan King signed the band to his UK Records label in July 1972 and dubbed them 10cc. By his own account, King chose the name after having a dream in which he was standing in front of the Hammersmith Odeon in London where the boarding read '10cc The Best Band in the World'.
A widely repeated claim, disputed by King and Godley, but confirmed in a 1988 interview by Creme, and also on the webpage of Gouldman's current lineup, is that the band name represented a volume of semen that was more than the average amount ejaculated by men, thus emphasising their potency or prowess.
The band had a canon of hits in teh mid 1970's. In February 1975 the band announced they had signed with Mercury Records for US$1 million. The catalyst for the deal was one song \u2013 'I'm Not in Love'.
A compilation album 'Changing Faces - The Very Best of 10cc and Godley &
Creme' is a good intro to the band.
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The Lowry is a combined theatre and gallery complex situated in Salford Quays, in Salford, England. It is named after the early 20th century painter, L. S. Lowry, known for this paintings of industrial scenes in North West England.
Designed by Michael Wilford and Buro Happold, (Wayfinding System and 'Artworks at the Lowry Gallery' by Reich + Petch) the building was completed in 1999 costing \u00a3120 million.
Funding was helped by \u00a321m of National Lottery grant. The aerofoil canopy at the entrance is clad with perforated steel and illuminated from the inside at night. It was officially opened on 12 October 2000 by Queen Elizabeth II.
When I was a lad the dock complex at the Pomona Salford Docks was very run down and a good place to be picked off by a .22 air rifle pellet. Today the showcase Lowry has been joined by The Imperial War Museum North a shopping complex and MediaCityUK. This is a 200 acre complex, whose The main tenant upon initial completion will be the BBC at its new 12,500m\u00b2 BBC Centre.
When completed, the development will have an unusual feature in that the streets will not bear any names, but will instead be identified by colours alone. The address of the BBC will, for example, be 'Blue'. The BBC have a long history in the city, BBC's very first regional TV studio was also in Manchester \u2013 Studio A at Dickenson Road \u2013 which it had bought from Mancunian Films in 1954. A place where Top of The Pops was originally filmed.
BBC North West will relocate to the site from its current premises in Oxford Road, Manchester.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5122633893 - 'For the first time in about five years, the Psychedelic Furs are back in the UK for a mini-tour . They are playing the classic second album 'Talk Talk' in it sentirity followed by classic favourites, like Heartbreak Beat. The band had a wide influence on many artists and the album was their commercial breakthrough.
This is a shot of Richard Butler from the 27th October 2010 gig at The HMV Institute in Birmingham, performing 'High wire days'. The five date tour covered:
Frome (Somerset) 24 Oct Cheese &
Grain
Manchester 26 Oct Manchester Ritz
Birmingham 27 Oct Birmingham Institute
London 28 Oct HMV Forum, London
Glasgow 29 Oct Glasgow ABC 02
...then on to the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belguim 31st Oct (Sinner\u2019s Day Festival).
Only two other TalkTalk shows were scheduled. StageOne in Fairfield, CT USA on October 14th, and at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, NY on October 15th.
The set at The Temple at the HMV (Digbeth) Institute was as follows:
1. Dumb Waiters
2. Pretty In Pink
3. I Wanna Sleep With You
4. No Tears
5. Mr Jones
6. Into You Like A Train
7. It Goes On
8. So Run Down
9. All Of This And Nothing
10. She Is Mine
...After a short break they continued with
11. Sister Europe
12. Heartbeat
13. Love My way
14. The Ghost in You
15. In My Head
16. Highwire Days
17. Heaven
...Encore
18. India
There were no band introductions, although the current line up is Richard Butler (vox), Tim Butler (bass), Rich Good (guitar), Mars Williams (sax), Amanda Kramer (keyboards), and Paul Garisto (drums).
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4624975289 - 'Whats your favourite colour on the roulette wheel?
Roulette is a casino game named after a French diminutive for 'little wheel'. In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a single number or a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or whether the number is odd or even.
A legend tells Fran\u00e7ois Blanc supposedly bargained with the devil to obtain the secrets of roulette. The legend is based on the fact that the sum of all the numbers on the roulette wheel (from 1 to 36) is 666, which is the 'Number of the Beast'.
NB: Like all the images on this stream, full size prints up to 30x20inches are available, Check my profile for how to contact me.
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m=tags\'>portraits from my photostream.
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(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: sopley,winkton,hampshire,christchurch,dorset,ringwood,beer,ales,england,traditional,pub,UK,CAMRA,night,dusk,magic,hour,tripod,low,light,tonysmith,tony,smith,highway,road,12-24,sigma,wide angle lens,wide,favourite,pubs,public,houses,noche,nuit,hotpix!,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4399167540 - 'An excellent country pub for food near Sopley Mill and church. Here captured at dusk in a cold february.
It is thatched with real fires and has a large garden and dining area. It is a 17th Century building situated between Ringwood and Christchurch about five miles from the famous Ringwood Brewery. It was originally a private house, and became an inn in 1725.
Sopley village was a centre of smuggling. The smugglers boats were heaved up from the River Avon to the Woolpack, where pack horses were waiting to take the goods to the New Forest and onward to the centres of Winchester and London.
The pub name probably originated because the vicar, the Rev. James Willis, was a keen sheep farmer and took a major part in distributing his Merino sheep, of which he had over a thousand throughout the district. These are a small, short-woolled breed, prized for their fine wool. As IOW Ray mentions below too, this pub sign was painted by local Sign Artist, Peter J Oldreive.
If you are in the area, drop in for a satisfying pint.
Another classic pub at dusk www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4201081728/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: Manchester,Academy,December,2009,Porcupine,Tree,countdown,count,down,clock,digital,incident,second,half,prog,rock,stage,gig,live,performance,vintage,electronics,electronic,counter,watch,time,hands,digits,numbers,mecanism,move,movement,uni,univ,university,academy1,academy2,music,musician,city,night,nighttime,light,lighting,roll,indie,tour,touring,UK,GB,britain,england,clocks,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4181754581 - 'In true Porcupine Tree fashion they leave a countdown clock so you have time to get to the bar and back before the second half starts. Eight mins, ten seconds on the digital readout here.
Prog Rock for the 21st Century at the Manchester Academy 10th December 2009.
Before starting a US west coast style 'No camers, no recorders in the auditorium, grass up your neighbour' script was played. Shame on you Porcupine Tree.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4059561024 - 'Another shot from the locks at Latchford www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4023454839/
and be careful here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4272766026/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Warrington Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Comsat,angels,comsatangels,Sheffield,Manchester,academy,uni,university,live,band,stage,UK,england,indie,veteran,rock,rockers,post,punk,postpunk,steve,fellows,stephen,365days,music,musician,gig,performer,player,event,signed,group,lighting,anbiant,univ,academy1,academy2,city,night,nighttime,time,light,roll,tour,touring,GB,britain,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,s1500,bands,concert,concerts,musicians,gigs,performing,playing,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4051548558 - 'Stephen (steve) Fellows leading the Comsat Angels at the Manchester Academy 3, during the 'Last weekend' mini tour taking in Glasgow and London Academy too. Support was Faker Junior.
Thats the same shirt you wore at the original Sheffield gig back in April 2009. www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3480530159/
The Comsats were named after the J. G. Ballard short story. Their single 'Eye of the Lens' should be essentiual listening for all photographers.
'Something's coming closer, I can only stare.
The scream of silence fills the air
I was not a victim of the games of all my friends
Now I find myself behind the eye of the lens...'
Yep, we are the watcher, the voyeur, living life through that shutter.......
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3356737726 - 'Howard Devoto or was it Adam Faith?
Another shot here with IF www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3355914373/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3711866695 - 'Indie sounds at the Swan street music venue.
I covered a wide selection of local unsigned bands playing live on stage from 1995 onwards.
Recent listings are shown below. If you were in any of these bands, please get in touch and make contact.
Checkout a band from Winnington Rec in Northwich here
72157621175601231/\'>www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3812466803/in/set-72157621...
1995-03-03 Herb
1995-03-03 Kiwi Feedback
1995-03-03 Orange Deluxe
1995-03-03 Ugli Fruit
1995-05-05 The Cathouse
1995-05-05 Sussed
1995-05-05 GMX Stuns
1995-05-19 Knucklehead
1995-05-19 Sacred Cow
1995-06-16 Angels With Dirty Faces
1995-06-16 Herb
1995-06-16 Kiwi Feedback
1995-07-07 The Smashers
1995-07-07 Toilet
1995-07-07 Zoomtang
1995-07-07 The Smashers
1995-08-18 Peepshow (Northwich Victoria Park)
1995-08-18 The BMX Bandits
1995-08-18 Gabrielles Wish
1995-08-18 KnuckleHead
1995-08-18 State Of Kate
1995-09-15 Gabrielles Wish
1995-09-15 Secret Cow
1995-09-15 Dumb
1995-10-06 The Space Hoppers
1995-10-06 Kill Laura
1995-10-06 Sidi Bou Said (Winnington)
1995-10-12 Sidi Bou Said (Crewe Limelight Club)
1995-10-12 Ian Atherton (Maddening Crowd)
1995-11-03 Alone
1995-11-03 Opaque Slogan
1995-11-03 Fireproof
1995-12-09 Sussed
1995-12-17 The Cathouse
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1996-01-14 Sussed
1996-01-19 Fish King Lizard
1996-01-19 Baby Suicide
1996-01-19 Frizbee
1996-01-28 Mike Heath &
Everything Down
1996-02-09 Uglifruit
1996-02-09 The spacehoppers
1996-02-09 Dogrease
1996-02-11 Mark Kirkham &
Imagineers
1996-03-02 Sussed (Manchester Roadhouse)
1996-03-02 Alone
1996-03-03 Baby Suicide
1996-03-12 Jane Weaver &
Kill Laura (Manchester FAC51 Hacienda)
1996-03-15 The unknown
1996-03-15 Alone
1996-03-17 Alone
1996-03-31 Jane Weaver &
Kill Laura
1996-04-02 Earthwood
1996-05-03 The Smashers
1996-05-03 Challis
1996-05-03 Solo70
1996-05-24 If were ocean
1996-05-24 Riptide / Perry / Challis / Barcode
1996-05-24 Cocky / Asbestos / Popcorn
1996-05-24 Wasnt Me / The Jones / Wasted / Oblivion - New Bands
1996-05-30 Flux (Crewe Limelight Club)
1996-05-30 The Hot Bananas
1996-07-09 Alone (Manchester Maine Road)
1996-07-19 Ripcord
1996-07-19 Hopper
1996-07-19 Violet
1996-07-29 The Smashers (Manchester Roadhouse)
1996-07 Earthwood (Altrincham)
1996-08-02 Earthwood
1996-08-04 Dumb / Solar Race (Werneth Park Oldham)
1996-08-04 Dodgy
1996-08-04 Audioweb
1996-08-16 Starseed
1996-08-16 Dizzy Dizzy
1996-08-16 Electric Lounge
1996-09-96 Earthwood (Hanley)
1996-11-22 Siverscreen
1996-11-22 Shockwork
1996-11-22 Jason Smith &
Play Like God
1996-12-01 Rockbitch
1996-12-01 Earthwood
1996-12-05 Slyvian Richardson
1996-12-13 Challis
1996-12-13 SpaceHoppers
1996-12-13 Out Of Order
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1997-01 Space Hoppers (Crewe Limelight Club)
1997-01-24 Collectors
1997-01-24 Peapode
1997-01-24 Daytona
1997-02-21 Strange
1997-02 Earthwood
1997-03-05 Goon (Manchester Night &
Day)
1997-04-21 Envy
1997-04-21 Collectors
1997-04-21 Worms
1997-04-25 Challis
1997-04-25 Ugli Fruit
1997-05-23 Lazy
1997-05-23 Dog Toffee
1997-05-23 The Jumping Landmines (from Wigan)
1997-05-30 Peabode
1997-05-30 Out of Order
1997-06-20 Cruel
1997-06-20 Sunflower
1997-06-20 Gingerella
1997-06-27 Narcosis
1997-06-27 Mirage
1997-06-27 Lazy
1997-06-27 Stateside
1997-07 Angelica (Manchester Night &
Day)
1997-07 Jones
1997-08 Earthwood (Stocks)
1997-08-01 Envy
1997-08-01 Mirage
1997-08-01 Sunflower
1997-08-15 Raggety Anne
1997-08-15 Brilliantine
1997-08-15 Vert69
1997-08-22 Amazonia
1997-08-25 The Adams Family
1997-08-25 Stateside
1997-08-25 Sussed
1997-08-25 Zen Baseball Bat
1997-08-28 Summer Rock
1997-09-07 The Golden Eagles
1997-09-12 Shep
1997-09-12 Supermania
1997-09-12 Genie
1997-09-26 Gabriels Wish
1997-11-07 Envy
1997-11-07 The Space Monkeys
1997-11-21 Gabriels Wish
1997-11-21 The space Hoppers
1997-12-20 The Touch
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2002-08-07 Blurred Vision
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2003-02-20 Jevara
2003-02-20 Liquid Sky
2003-02-20 Lukash
2003-03-26 NR
2003-03-26 ProductionG
2003-03-26 The Drive
2003-03-26 Think fast Charlie
2003-03-28 Concrete Penguin
2003-04-25 Bad Hair day Banned!
2003-04-25 Like I Care Banned!
2003-04-25 No right Turn Banned!
2003-05-09 banned For the money
2003-05-09 Concussion
2003-05-09 Concussion Banned!
2003-05-09 For the money and bungle Banned!
2003-05-09 The Edge Banned!
2003-05-16 Hilda Strange Vics
2003-05-17 like i care vics banned
2003-05-17 Monkey Harris Poynton
2003-05-19 Still life night
2003-05-02 05 Purgatory State The Palace Levenshulme
2003-05-23 Delaney The Palace Levenshulme
2003-05-23 Distophia
2003-05-23 Gecko The Palace Levenshulme
2003-05-23 PTA The Palace Levenshulme
2003-05-23 Silverscreen Levenshulme Palace
2003-05-23 The Palace 02 The Fix
2003-05-26 01 Headwire - Vics
2003-05-26 Annali Haywood
2003-05-26 Dark Star
2003-05-26 Fall Out
2003-05-26 Guilty Party
2003-05-26 Luke Humphrys
2003-05-26 Parkses band
2003-05-26 Plants mainly
2003-05-26 Scott Thompson
2003-06-07 Looking For Treasure MID
2003-06-27 Bad Hair day
2003-06-27 Saving Grace
2003-06-27 Twisted Bishop
2003-07-04 TwelvePlus One
2003-07-04 Sectioned
2003-07-04 Think Fast Charlie
2003-07-05 BANNED! at Northwich carnival
2003-07-06 powys castle
2003-07-10 Concrete Penguin Middleton Civic Centre Manchester
2003-07-10 Flamingo50
2003-07-10 gecko Middleton Civic
2003-07-10 Neva Say Neva
2003-07-10 The Bluetones Middleton
2003-07-10 The Short Cuts
2003-07-25 Nation of Alcoholics
2003-07-25 Nutonic
2003-07-25 Seratonin
2003-07-26 Munky Fest Zen Baseball bat
2003-07-26 MunkyFest
2003-08-01 Neva Say Neva
2003-08-01 Winnington Grown at Home
2003-08-01 Winnington Rendezvous
2003-08-08 No Right Turn
2003-08-08 The Kirkz
2003-08-18 Bad Hair Day
2003-08-18 Lounge Kings
2003-08-18 Think Fast Charlie
2003-08-22 For The Money and Bungle
2003-08-22 Nation of Alcoholics
2003-08-24 Moss Farm New Age Porn
2003-08-24 Moss Farm BOB Neva Say Neva
2003-08-24 The Edge Moss Farm BOB
2003-09-01 Winnington Gortama
2003-09-05 SpaceTrain
2003-09-05 The Parma Violets
2003-09-19 DeponEye BANNED!
2003-09-19 PSP BANNED!
2003-09-19 Redbank BANNEd! Northwich
2003-09-26 Barbara Rucksack
2003-09-26 Exhibit A BANNED Winnington
2003-10-11 Lymphnode BANNED!
2003-10-11 Monkey Shuffle BANNEd! Northwich
2003-10-11 TFC BANNED
2003-10-17 FallOut
2003-10-17 Lounge Kings
2003-10-17 The Edge
2003-10-24 Evo Devo
2003-10-24 Guilty Party
2003-10-24 Headwire
2003-11-07 Evo Devo
2003-11-07 ProductionG
2003-11-07 Saving Grace
2003-11-14 Call of Duty
2003-11-14 Kite
2003-11-14 Naked Ape
2003-11-22 For the money and bungle
2003-11-22 Sixways Sunday
2003-11-22 Twisted Bishop
2003-11-28 BANNED Headpress
2003-11-28 BANNED! Gl jevara
2003-11-28 Brothers with different mothers
2003-12-05 banned! Catch22
2003-12-05 banned! Tidy
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2004-01-02 Barbara Rucksack
2004-01-02 Gortama
2004-01-02 Uberfunk
2004-01-16 Guilty Party
2004-01-16 Monkey shuffle
2004-01-16 The Kirkz
2004-01-30 Dead or american
2004-01-30 Grown at home
2004-01-30 Ocea
2004-01-30 Dead or american
2004-02-06 GG-1 Adept
2004-02-06 GG-1 Blue Chevron
2004-02-06 GG-1 El Mason
2004-02-06 GG-1 El Quinnel
2004-02-06 GG-1 Evo Devo
2004-02-06 GG-1 Jeff Wooton
2004-02-13 Dave Speakman
2004-02-13 Mushroom Fish
2004-02-13 Naked Ape
2004-02-13 The Great Sugaro
2004-02-27 Chemikill
2004-02-27 Crouch Mog
2004-02-27 Js
2004-02-27 nemo-J
2004-02-27 Wolverine
2004-03-05 The edge + Sketcher
2004-03-05 Tidy
2004-03-05 wayswest
2004-03-12 akefic
2004-03-12 Beyond Our Means
2004-03-12 Js
2004-03-12 OnSetCold
2004-03-13 Monkey Harris Poynton
2004-03-19 The chase YGG
2004-03-19 The Hustle YGG
2004-03-19 The Jam restart
2004-04-02 AHuman
2004-04-02 For tomorrows
2004-04-02 Manhole
2004-04-02 Tintern Abbey
2004-04-16 Business Owls
2004-04-16 The Short Cuts
2004-04-16 The Wayriders
2004-04-23 Away From Home
2004-04-23 DJs
2004-04-23 Saving Grace
2004-04-23 Stretton Church Night
2004-04-23 The Owls
2004-04-30 Fall Out
2004-04-30 Long Time dead
2004-04-30 Razorwire
2004-05-07 Depon eye
2004-05-07 Icon
2004-05-07 The lounge kings
2004-05-22 Monsoon GYCA
2004-05-31 Beyond Our Means
2004-05-31 Lymphnode
2004-05-31 Monkey shuffle
2004-05-31 New Jack Swing
2004-05-31 UnDunUp
2004-06-04 All But true
2004-06-04 Guilty Party
2004-06-04 Rinse
2004-06-25 Orinoco shores
2004-06-25 The Blends
2004-06-25 The Randoms
2004-06-27 Saving grace
2004-06-27 The Mags
2004-07-02 HeadPress
2004-07-02 HeadStorm
2004-07-02 InPainDie
2004-07-16 Guilty Party
2004-07-16 Headrush
2004-07-16 Requiem
2004-08-20 Rinse
2004-08-20 Trip
2004-08-27 Order of Mandamus
2004-08-27 The Austins
2004-08-30 Crouch Mog
2004-08-30 Djevara
2004-08-30 Enemo J
2004-08-30 Wolverine
2004-09-10 Cadium
2004-09-10 Day with Mary
2004-09-10 Kite
2004-09-17 Censa Faye
2004-09-17 El Quinnell
2004-09-17 Fonetics
2004-09-17 Nowhere Near The Ga
2004-09-17 Soul City Exile
2004-09-24 8 days late
2004-09-24 Away From Home
2004-09-24 For Tomorrows
2004-09-24 Monkey Shuffle
2004-10-01 Immune
2004-10-01 LAP
2004-10-01 TFC
2004-10-08 Hiatus
2004-10-08 Production G
2004-10-08 The Short Cuts
2004-10-28 Fallen Friend
2004-10-28 Long time dead
2004-10-28 The Redneck Zombies
2004-10-31 Concrete Penguin
2004-11-05 Ephasus
2004-11-05 Saving Grace
2004-11-05 The Kirks
2004-11-19 19th Century
2004-11-19 Jaded
2004-12-03 Blindsight
2004-12-03 Flynch
2004-12-03 OnsetCold
2004-12-17 New Jack Swing
2004-12-17 Orinoco Shores
2004-12-17 Production G
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2005-01-06 Grip
2005-01-06 The Kirkz
2005-01-06 Th
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Keywords: gotonysmith,A,man,in,a,tunnel,at,night,tunnelvision,vision,under,ground,lights,shaking,a,sparkler,swimming,with,light,night,dusk,time,book,cover,path,man,person,figure,walk,walking,london,firework,of,light,painting,with,light,Latchford,London Underground,painting with light,Warrington Cheshire A50 road bridge,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY8TT - . A man in an underground tunnel at night tunnelvision vision, creating a path of light. Photographed on 29 October 2009. The recorded location is Latchford Pedestrian Tunnel, Knutsford Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA4 1JR. Man in a pedestrian tunnel having tunnel vision. Latchford A50 near the swingbridge, warrington Cheshire. The historical context is that walking routes, tunnels and footpaths reveal the small-scale infrastructure that connects neighbourhoods away from main roads
Underpasses, canal paths and pedestrian passages can become familiar local shortcuts while also reflecting the planning priorities of the period in which they were built. Historically, town and city centres are continually rewritten by new buildings, transport schemes and changing commercial uses
Photographs preserve the everyday fabric between major landmarks, including underpasses, arcades, back streets and small businesses that may disappear during redevelopment. In the longer view, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. The subject remains topical in 2026 because walking and active travel are prominent in transport and public-health policy, with continuing attention to safe pedestrian routes, accessibility and connections between neighbourhoods
Older paths and tunnels can illustrate both useful permeability and the design problems associated with underpasses. In 2026, current regeneration programmes make older urban photographs particularly useful
They allow comparison of high streets, underpasses, shopping areas and public spaces before redevelopment, while also documenting local identity that may not survive physical change. Useful indexing vocabulary includes dog walking, public access, pedestrian infrastructure, and local route.
Latchford Pedestrian Tunnel, Knutsford Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA4 1JR
