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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4838,Play Slots,Buzz Bingo,Warrington,slot,machines,gambling,sign,bingo,hall,gaming machines,slots,licensed,venue,adult,gaming,betting,culture,casino,games,leisure,centre,advertising,Cockhedge,Prince,Henry,Square,consumer,bright,signage,entertainment,Cheshire,classic slots
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FDX1NR - . A vertical 'Play Slots' sign mounted outside Buzz Bingo at the Cockhedge Centre in Warrington. The simple, colourful message promotes machine gambling as part of the venue's entertainment offer and is an example of how gambling brands advertise directly in the urban environment. The photograph can be used to illustrate slot machines, bingo halls, gambling marketing, regulation, leisure spending and the normalisation of gaming messages in shopping and entertainment districts. It also records a specific branded venue in Warrington town centre The composition gives a direct documentary view rather than a staged advertising treatment The visual marketing is significant because gambling products are sold within an increasingly regulated consumer environment. Bright colours, jackpot language and simple calls to play are designed for immediate recognition, while policy debates focus on affordability, harm prevention, machine play, advertising and the visibility of gambling in everyday leisure settings Taken together, the named location, visible wording and contemporary appearance make this a useful archive image for future comparisons as the area changes As a documentary image, the scene connects a named gambling brand or product with the physical places where customers encounter it. It can support coverage of leisure spending, regulation, gambling culture, advertising, town-centre entertainment and the tension between ordinary recreational use and concerns about problem gambling The original file wording also identifies searchable details including Play Slots sign Buzz Bingo Cockhedge Centre Prince, which have been retained as metadata evidence where they accurately describe what is visible The image is suitable for editorial, documentary and archive licensing where an authentic contemporary British setting is preferable to a generic illustration. Its clear real-world setting gives editors useful context that a generic studio image would not provide.
Buzz Bingo, Cockhedge Centre, Prince Henry Square, Warrington, WA1 2QH, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,cash machines,free cash withdrawals,ATM bank,access to cash,cashless society,cash is king,banking infrastructure,UK ATMs,ATM,ATMs,cash,withdrawal,free,access,banking,king,physical,payments,various,machines,three,free-to-use,installed,together,supermarket,retail banking,cash access
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FEJG6C - . Three ATMs stand side by side beneath a Cash Machines sign, each advertising free cash withdrawals and illustrating the continuing role of physical cash access alongside card and digital payments. Cash machines became a routine part of British banking after the first UK cash dispenser was installed by Barclays in Enfield in 1967. The network expanded rapidly through the 1980s and 1990s, but the long-term decline in cash use, bank-branch closures and rising card and phone payments have since made free access to cash a public-policy issue. Three side-by-side ATMs labelled for free withdrawals show both the convenience of shared cash infrastructure and the continuing demand for notes despite digital banking. They are particularly relevant to debate about cash-dependent consumers, small businesses, budgeting, banking deserts and the obligation to preserve reasonable access to cash as individual branches and machines disappear. The three machines also demonstrate network diversity: cash access is often provided by different banks or independent operators in the same location, so withdrawal availability can survive even when a particular branch closes. Britain's cash infrastructure is changing unevenly rather than disappearing in a straight line. Contactless cards and mobile wallets have reduced routine withdrawals for many people, while branch closures have removed traditional counters from numerous towns. At the same time, cash remains important to some older customers, people budgeting tightly, market traders and small businesses, and it can provide resilience when electronic systems fail. Multiple ATMs in one location make that transition visible: different operators can coexist even as nearby bank branches contract. Fees, free withdrawals, machine ownership and availability all matter to users, while regulators and industry bodies treat geographic access to notes and coins as an inclusion issue rather than simply a commercial banking decision.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0845,Altrincham Interchange,information,tickets,office,Greater,Manchester,England,UK,passenger,ticket,counter,screens,machines,station,railway,Metrolink,tram,bus,transport,public,customer,service,commuting,facilities,digital,travel,Trafford,interchange
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EMY4EW - Altrincham Interchange information and tickets office in Greater Manchester, England, UK. The staffed or service counter sits beneath a prominent black sign reading Information and tickets, with digital screens, ticket machines and passenger information equipment arranged inside the historic station building. Altrincham Interchange combines rail, Manchester Metrolink tram and bus services and is an important transport hub for Trafford and the wider south Manchester area. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of railway ticket offices, passenger information, public transport, integrated transport, rail and tram travel, station facilities, ticket machines, customer service, commuting, Greater Manchester transport and Altrincham. The bright white interior and traditional architectural detailing contrast with modern digital passenger systems, illustrating the mixture of historic station fabric and contemporary transport services found at the interchange.
Altrincham Interchange, Stamford New Road, Altrincham WA14 1EN, Greater Manchester, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,WA1 2QW,machine,arcades,venue,premises,centre,town,24 hour,slots,all night,regular rewards,played here,gaming,FOBTs,machines,high street,betting,culture,addiction,problem,poverty,cost of living,nightlife,vulnerable customers,financial harm,social deprivation,disposable income,low wage workers,consumer protection,safer gambling,Gambling Commission,local licensing,public health issue,welfare pressure,household debt
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0D3 - This stock-photo/gotonysmith-Night-time.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>night-time editorial image shows the illuminated frontage of Merkur Slots at 12 to 14 Bridge Street in Warrington town centre, Cheshire. The windows carry bright advertising for regular reward offers and bingo played here , while a digital slot game screen, glass entrance doors and glowing high street signage create a strong visual about modern gambling premises on British shopping streets. The venue is listed by Merkur as open 24 hours, and the Gambling Commission public register records the Warrington site as a bingo premises operated by Merkur Slots UK Limited.
The photograph can illustrate the wider debate about all-night gambling, slot machine arcades, adult gaming centres, high street leisure uses and the social impact of gambling in town centres. Bridge Street is one of Warrington's best-known central streets, linking the retail core towards the River Mersey, and has long been part of the town's evening economy. Against that urban setting, the image has useful editorial value for stories about licensing, planning, poverty, cost of living pressures, household debt, financial harm, consumer protection and public health responses to gambling.
The visual detail is commercially useful because the branding, reward wording, bingo message, fruit-machine style symbols and open doorway all make the subject immediately readable. It could support news and feature coverage on how slot venues occupy former retail units, how local authorities manage gambling licences, and how 24-hour access can raise questions about vulnerable customers, addictive behaviour and safer gambling duties. It also works as a broader stock image for topics such as the decline of traditional high streets, night-time retail, digital entertainment, betting culture, regulatory scrutiny and the tension between legal leisure businesses and community concerns about social harm.
Merkur Slots, 12 to 14 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_0463,Coin-operated,laundry,264 Knutsford Road,Latchford East,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,laundrette,washing,machines,dryers,self-service,domestic,services,business,household,costs,retail,renters,urban,neighbourhood,equipment,interior,local,service
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKDAY8 - Coin-operated laundry at 264 Knutsford Road, Latchford East, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The compact laundrette interior contains rows of washing machines and tumble dryers, folding surfaces and laundry equipment arranged around a practical self-service space. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of laundrettes, self-service laundry, coin-operated washing machines, domestic services, small businesses, high-street services, household costs and local retail. Laundrettes remain important for residents without access to washing machines at home and for people needing larger-capacity machines for bedding or bulky items. The image can illustrate stories about household budgets, energy costs, renters, shared accommodation, independent service businesses and the continuing role of traditional laundrettes in urban neighbourhoods. The functional interior and visible equipment provide a clear documentary record of an everyday local service.
264 Knutsford Road, Latchford East, Warrington WA4 1AZ, Cheshire, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,the,giant,West Midlands,England,UK,rail,railway,iconic,Black Sabbeth,metal,heavy,Black Country,tourist,tourism,tour,things,to,see,mechanics,history,historic,icon,robot,model,in,stations,steel,iron,machine,machines,animated,Grand Central,city,centre,opening ceremony
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3C4CXN4 - A gigantic mechanical bull rages over unsuspecting passengers at Birmingham's central station. In 2022, Birmingham hosted the quadrennial Commonwealth Games, introducing a massive mechanical bull during the opening ceremony. Standing 33 feet tall and weighing 2.5 tonnes, the gargantuan creature amazed many viewers before seemingly fading into oblivion.
That is, until he made a triumphant return to Birmingham in July 2023. Though the bull was to be dismantled after the games, people on social media campaigned for its preservation, helping it find a new permanent home in the city.
The raging bull was officially given the name of Ozzy, after none other than the former lead singer of Black Sabbath, who grew up in Birmingham. Unveiled by Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon and sister Jean, Ozzy the Bull stands towering above passengers at Birmingham New Street Station, a new beloved icon of the city.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,Edinburgh,tram stops,trams,Ltd,City of Edinburgh Council,city,transport,integrated,new,extension,tramstop,Urbos 3,tram,CAF,low-floor access,low floor access,Urbos3,wrapped advertisement,wrapped advertisements,centre,ticket,machine,machines,ticketing,electric,cables,overhead,live,passenger,Airport,route,rails,tracks,EH6 4UD,EH6,Leithers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RE0X89 - . CAF Urbos 3 tram at the Edinburgh trams extension to Annfield, Newhaven, west of Leith, Edinburgh city centre, Lothians , Scotland, UK, EH6 4UD. Photographed on 22 July 2023, this summer image stock-photo/gotonysmith-Record.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>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 Annfield, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4UD, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Scotland, Edinburgh, tram stops, trams, Ltd, City of Edinburgh Council, transport, integrated, new, extension, tramstop, Urbos 3, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Transport context makes the photograph useful for stories about rail travel, passenger journeys, stations and interchanges, public transport investment, regional connectivity and the everyday experience of moving through the UK rail network. Railway architecture, passenger facilities, route identity, signage and operational infrastructure are important documentary themes, particularly as stations and services are modernised or altered over time. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The 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. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
Annfield, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4UD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,sterling,cash,note,notes,dispensed,ATM,cash machines,in,bank,account,accounts,10,ten,pounds,less,hard,to,find,withdrawn,card,debit cards,machines,Ulster,20,twenty,£20,Northern Bank,BT48 7BB,BT48,buttons,keyboard,hand,holding,holds,laundering,cash is king,machine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDF3W0 - . Danske Bank northern Irish Sterling cash notes dispensed from an ATM cash machine, in Londonderry city, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48 7BB. Photographed on 20 July 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Londonderry city, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48 7BB, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include sterling, cash, note, notes, dispensed, ATM, cash machines, bank, account, accounts, ten, pounds, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Industrial subject matter gives the image strong relevance to manufacturing, engineering, energy, utilities, machinery, skilled work and Britain's industrial heritage. The photograph can support stories about technological change, preservation, infrastructure, deindustrialisation, redevelopment and the reuse of former working sites for culture, housing, tourism or new commercial purposes. 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.
Londonderry city, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48 7BB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,sterling,cash,note,notes,dispensed,ATM,cash machines,in,bank,account,accounts,10,ten,pounds,less,hard,to,find,withdrawn,card,cards,debit cards,machines,Ulster,BOI,at,Belfast,BT1 5LR,NI,BT1,County Antrim,buttons,keyboard,hand,holding,holds,laundering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDF3W3 - . Bank of Ireland northern Irish Sterling cash notes dispensed from an ATM cash machine,1,Donegall Square South, Belfast, BT1 5LR, Co. Antrim, NI BT15LR. Photographed on 20 July 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 1,Donegall Square South, Belfast, BT1 5LR, Co. Antrim, NI ,BT15LR, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include sterling, cash, note, notes, dispensed, ATM, cash machines, bank, account, accounts, ten, pounds, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Industrial subject matter gives the image strong relevance to manufacturing, engineering, energy, utilities, machinery, skilled work and Britain's industrial heritage. The photograph can support stories about technological change, preservation, infrastructure, deindustrialisation, redevelopment and the reuse of former working sites for culture, housing, tourism or new commercial purposes. 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.
1,Donegall Square South, Belfast, BT1 5LR, Co. Antrim, NI ,BT15LR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,London,city,centre,BR,terminus,Liverpool Street,railway,rail,concourse,public,transport,London Liverpool Street,EC2M 7PY,EC2M,busy,service,network rail,structure,buy,ticket,tickets,buying,Oyster,price,prices,increase,inflation,annual,increases,machine,machines,ticketting,people,crowd,crowded,inconvenient
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3YB5P - Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without. It is the terminus of the West Anglia Main Line to Cambridge, the Great Eastern Main Line to Norwich, commuter trains serving east London and destinations in the East of England, and the Stansted Express service to Stansted Airport.
The station opened in 1874, as a replacement for Bishopsgate station as the Great Eastern Railway's main London terminus. By 1895, it had the most platforms of any London terminal station. During the First World War, an air raid on the station killed 16 on site, and 146 others in nearby areas. In the build-up to the Second World War, the station served as the entry point for thousands of child refugees arriving in London as part of the Kindertransport rescue mission. The station was damaged by the 1993 Bishopsgate bombing and, during the 7 July 2005 bombing, seven passengers were killed when a bomb exploded aboard an Underground train, just after it had departed from Liverpool Street. New platforms for the Elizabeth line opened in 2022 as part of the Crossrail project.
Liverpool Street was built as a dual-level station, with provision for the Underground. A tube station opened in 1875 for the Metropolitan Railway
the tube station is now served by the Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. It is in fare zone 1 and is managed directly by Network Rail.
Liverpool Street Station, concourse , London, England, UK, EC2M 7PY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,UK,airport,transport,M90 1QX,infrastructure,2,machine,machines,Procon Checkin reader,Procon,Checkin,reader,check-in,check in,Checkin machines,Check in,hall,airports,Aer LIngus,readers,automatic,automation,Manchester Airport Departures,Manchester,Airport Departures,MAG,terminal,terminals,passport,document,please select your airline,please,select your airline,travel insurance,claim,claims,data hack cyber incident
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH59 - . Checkin machines, Aer LIngus Departures at Manchester International Airport, terminal 2, England, UK, M90 1QX. Photographed on 27 April 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. The recorded location is Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include airport, transport, M90 1QX, infrastructure, machine, machines, Procon Checkin reader, Procon, Checkin, reader, check-in, check in, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The 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.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,textile,Lancs,England,UK,English,mills,Cottonopolis,manufacture,Mill,Burnley,history,tourism,steam,powered,weaving,mill,reed,cotton,factory,system,automation,machinery,Victorian,Briercliffe,BB10 2HX,Lancashire,Harle Syke,North West,NW,BB10,machines,engineering,standardisation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMKE1H - A reed is part of a weaving loom, and resembles a comb or a frame with many vertical slits. It is used to separate and space the warp threads, to guide the shuttle's motion across the loom, and to push the weft threads into place. In most floor looms with, the reed is securely held by the beater. Floor looms and mechanized looms both use a beater with a reed, whereas Inkle weaving and tablet weaving do not use reeds.
Modern reeds are made by placing flattened strips of wire (made of carbon or stainless steel) between two half round ribs of wood, and binding the whole together with tarred string.
Historically, reeds were made of reed or split cane. The split cane was then bound between ribs of wood in the same manner as wire is now.
In 1738, John Kay replaced split cane with flattened iron or brass wire, and the change was quickly adopted.
To make a reed, wire is flattened to a uniform thickness by passing it between rollers. The flat wire is then straightened, given rounded edges, and filed smooth. The final step is to cut the wire to the correct length and assemble. The tarred cord that binds the reed together is wrapped around each set of wooden ribs and between the dents to hold the ribs together and at the correct spacing.
The length of the metal wire varies depending on the type of fabric and the type of loom being used. For a machine-powered cotton loom, the metal wires are commonly 3.5 inches (89 mm) long. For hand-powered floor looms, around 4 inches (100 mm) is common.
Queen Street Mill, Harle Syke, Briercliffe, Burnley BB10 2HX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,textile,Lancs,England,UK,English,mills,Cottonopolis,manufacture,Mill,Burnley,history,tourism,steam,powered,weaving,mill,reed,cotton,factory,system,automation,machinery,Victorian,Briercliffe,BB10 2HX,Lancashire,Harle Syke,North West,NW,BB10,machines,engineering,standardisation,thread
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMKE3C - A reed is part of a weaving loom, and resembles a comb or a frame with many vertical slits. It is used to separate and space the warp threads, to guide the shuttle's motion across the loom, and to push the weft threads into place. In most floor looms with, the reed is securely held by the beater. Floor looms and mechanized looms both use a beater with a reed, whereas Inkle weaving and tablet weaving do not use reeds.
Modern reeds are made by placing flattened strips of wire (made of carbon or stainless steel) between two half round ribs of wood, and binding the whole together with tarred string.
Historically, reeds were made of reed or split cane. The split cane was then bound between ribs of wood in the same manner as wire is now.
In 1738, John Kay replaced split cane with flattened iron or brass wire, and the change was quickly adopted.
To make a reed, wire is flattened to a uniform thickness by passing it between rollers. The flat wire is then straightened, given rounded edges, and filed smooth. The final step is to cut the wire to the correct length and assemble. The tarred cord that binds the reed together is wrapped around each set of wooden ribs and between the dents to hold the ribs together and at the correct spacing.
The length of the metal wire varies depending on the type of fabric and the type of loom being used. For a machine-powered cotton loom, the metal wires are commonly 3.5 inches (89 mm) long. For hand-powered floor looms, around 4 inches (100 mm) is common.
Queen Street Mill, Harle Syke, Briercliffe, Burnley BB10 2HX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,note,notes,20,pound,pounds,holding,UK,keyboard,keys,Scots,bank,dispensed,from,a,local,Automatic Teller,machine,Glasgow,Scotland,G3 8AD,G3,network,banking,machines,BOS,polymer,plastic,cash,point,cashpoint,finance,finances,money,withdrawing,withdraw,student bank accounts,student bank account
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHJ91W - Scots 'battle' to get cash after banks and ATMs shut
Scots are facing an uphill battle to access their cash after a large number of bank and cash machine closures, a consumer organisation has warned.
Research by Which? found 339 Scottish bank branches had closed their doors since 2015, while 290 ATMs had been withdrawn in the past year.
It urged the UK government to appoint a regulator to protect access to cash.
HM Treasury said it recognised the continued importance of cash, especially for more vulnerable people.
It added the existing payment systems regulator was closely monitoring developments within ATM provision.
Which? said the closure of cash machines, the majority of which were free to use, had hit Scotland harder than other parts of the UK because of its many rural communities, combined with an already devastated bank branch network.
In Scotland, withdrawals from machines were down just 3.3% in 2017-18, compared with larger drops of 8.5% and 7.7% in London and the south east of England respectively.
Argyle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8AD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,FOBT,£100,jackpot,FOBTs,at,the,areas,tempting,for,gamblers,temptation,difficult,to,avoid,be,gamble,aware,motorway,services,Keep Control,but,Play To Win,winning,losing,addictions,addicted,gambling,game,machines,Gauselmann,entertainment,UK,ltd,RoafChef,WR8 0BZ,WR8
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P91TPB - Gauselmann is a German gaming and gambling company founded by Paul Gauselmann.
In autumn 2012, it acquired the British company Praesepe, headed by Nick Harding
Industry Gambling
Headquarters Espelkamp, Germany
Area served Europe
Key people Paul Gauselmann (founder)
Revenue Increase €2.56 billion (2020)[1]
Number of employees Increase 13,846 (2020)
M5 Strensham motorway service area southbound , Worcestershire , England, UK, WR8 0BZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,FOBT,£100,jackpot,FOBTs,at,the,areas,tempting,for,gamblers,temptation,difficult,to,avoid,be,gamble,aware,motorway,services,Keep Control,but,Play To Win,winning,losing,addictions,addicted,gambling,game,machines,Gauselmann,entertainment,UK,ltd,RoafChef,WR8 0BZ,WR8
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P91TPG - Gauselmann is a German gaming and gambling company founded by Paul Gauselmann.
In autumn 2012, it acquired the British company Praesepe, headed by Nick Harding
Industry Gambling
Headquarters Espelkamp, Germany
Area served Europe
Key people Paul Gauselmann (founder)
Revenue Increase €2.56 billion (2020)[1]
Number of employees Increase 13,846 (2020)
M5 Strensham motorway service area southbound , Worcestershire , England, UK, WR8 0BZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wales,town,Vale of Glamorgan,South Wales,UK,railway,rail,dual,language,train,ticket,tickets,machine,machines,on,Y,Barri,ticketing,Keolis,single,return,singles,returns,Tocynnau,card,cards,contactless,only,payment,payments,Buy Before,you,board,boarding,CF62,revenue,unmanned,ticket offices
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P91TR1 - . This authentic period view of Broad Street, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 7AE in 2023 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Dual language Welsh/English TfW train ticket Tocynnau machine, Barry ( Y Barri), Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, Cymru, UK, CF62 7AE. Other connected aspects include rail corridor, documentary photography, changing streetscape, local character, passenger railway, public realm, before-and-after reference, rail mobility, community identity, mass transit, commuter travel, rail modernisation, integrated transport, and contemporary social history. From a 2025-onward perspective, rail reform and accessibility are closely linked to this subject, alongside the reshaping of Britain's passenger railway in the mid-2020s. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Broad Street, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 7AE, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. The wider setting retains connections with trackside heritage, changing land use, visual archive, archival record, regional rail, urban rail transport, rail infrastructure, and public transport network. Details involving machine, language, Cymru, English, and Barri make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Broad Street, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 7AE may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to rail reform and the reshaping of Britain's passenger railway in the mid-2020s when considered against later change at Broad Street, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 7AE. The view records a point of historical comparison within the wider story of Broad Street, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 7AE.
Broad Street, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 7AE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,BW,Black and White,Cardiff Central,Station,Wales,UK,The,Classic,weigh,people,your,i speak,loss,good,night,railway,train,public,use,used,by,the,what,do,I,obese,obesity,overweight,thin,fat,one at a time please,on,platform,platforms,machine,machines
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KAHRWC - . This dated editorial view of Cardiff Central Station, Cardiff, South Wales, UK in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on The Classic Weighing machine, Cardiff Central ,Station, Wales, UK. Further facets of the scene include urban rail transport, mass transit, changing streetscape, regional identity, community identity, railway branding, rail mobility, visual archive, contemporary social history, local character, everyday life, passenger railway, transport interchange, and rail modernisation. Today's relevance is strengthened by accessibility, station investment and the continuing question of how rail stations anchor city-centre mobility and regeneration. Future viewers can use this scene from Cardiff Central Station, Cardiff, South Wales, UK to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after refurbishment. The location also brings in period detail, changing land use, trackside heritage, before-and-after reference, place identity, local history, station environment, and public realm. The recorded references to Cardiff, Wales, Central, Classic, and machine preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Cardiff Central Station, Cardiff, South Wales, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is accessibility and the archival value of railway branding and infrastructure as operators change without losing the local specificity of Cardiff Central Station, Cardiff, South Wales, UK. The wider significance includes public ownership and the reshaping of Britain's passenger railway in the mid-2020s in a form that can be compared with future views of Cardiff Central Station, Cardiff, South Wales, UK.
Cardiff Central Station, Cardiff, South Wales, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,West Midlands,England,UK,health club,health,club,Centre,open,to,all,WV1 3HT,machines,dirty,mess,messy,sign,signs,signage,exercise,exercising,fitness,Midlands,the,lazy,poor,tackle,tackling,issue,issues,couch,armchair,armchairs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GAWC - . Motorcise ,Armchair Exercise Centre entrance, health club, 26 Cleveland Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV1 3HT. Photographed on 5 October 2022. Motorcise Healthy Living Centres are designed for people who find health clubs and gymnasiums intimidating. The Motorcise exercise machines are motorised - a completely new system that makes exercise easy and fun to do. Historically, everyday health culture includes formal medicine as well as exercise, diet, personal habits and preventive messages
Photographs of these subjects can therefore illustrate both individual behaviour and wider changes in public-health policy. Historically, city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban change than landmark images alone. In 2026, prevention remains a major theme in UK health policy, covering smoking reduction, physical activity, healthy diet and earlier intervention
Images of earlier health practices can help illustrate how advice, regulation and expectations have shifted. 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. The historical context is that medical and wellbeing scenes document how healthcare is delivered and understood
Clinical tools, health clubs, food advice and regulated behaviours all reflect evolving ideas about prevention, risk and personal responsibility. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that public health increasingly emphasises prevention and reducing long-term demand on services
Subjects involving smoking, exercise, nutrition or clinical care therefore have relevance beyond the immediate scene.
26 Cleveland Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV1 3HT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Roadchef,motorway service area,for,gamblers,be,at,slots,machines,FOBT,FOBTs,fixed odds,betting,500,£500,jackpot,cash,payout,pay out,Be Gamble Aware,BeGambleAware,addiction,addictive,habit,habits,temptation,games,compulsive,Gambling Commission,control,gaming,law,supervision,No under 18,over 18,slot,free spin,compliance,regulation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7JH3B - . This scene at M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. At the centre of the view is £500 jackpot fruit machines, Blueprint gaming - Gauselmann Group, at Roadchef motorway service area, for gamblers. The locality and subject together evoke historic streetscape, conservation interest, public realm, social history, period building, urban fabric, local character, period detail, documentary photography, everyday life, architectural detailing, heritage asset, visual archive, and changing land use. From a 2025-onward perspective, heritage conservation and adaptive reuse are closely linked to this subject, alongside keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. The subject also sits alongside community identity, historical comparison, place identity, local history, changing streetscape, historic townscape, architectural character, and heritage landmark. Details involving Blueprint, Roadchef, gaming, machines, and jackpot make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate heritage conservation and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity within the specific setting of M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK. The image also provides a reference for planning control and the balance between conservation and modern commercial use as part of the longer story of M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Roadchef,motorway service area,for,gamblers,be,at,in,slots,machines,FOBT,FOBTs,fixed odds,betting,500,£500,jackpot,cash,payout,pay out,Be Gamble Aware,BeGambleAware,addiction,addictive,habit,habits,temptation,tempted,games,compulsive,crack cocaine,Gambling Commission,control,gaming,law,supervision,slot,money laundering,Scott Benton
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7JH3G - . An identifiable period record of M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The principal subject is £500 jackpot fruit machines, Blueprint gaming - Gauselmann Group, at Roadchef motorway service area, for gamblers. Another layer of the photograph includes local history, architectural character, conservation architecture, changing streetscape, community identity, local character, adaptive reuse, heritage asset, heritage landmark, architectural detailing, period detail, historic streetscape, urban fabric, and archival record. The wider contemporary story combines tourism, heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. The subject also sits alongside historical comparison, built heritage, historic townscape, period architecture, before-and-after reference, visual archive, conservation interest, and regional identity. References to Group, service, machines, jackpot, and gamblers give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for tourism and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the real-world context of M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK. Another useful connection is maintenance and the balance between conservation and modern commercial use within the specific setting of M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK. The image fixes period character as part of M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK's history.
M5 Motorway, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,driving,boats,boat,National Waterways Museum,British,English,engineered,working,museum,two stroke,marine,engine,2 stroke,L. Gardner and Sons,L,Gardner and Sons,Lawrence,Barton Hall Engine Works,Patricroft,Manchester,history,historic,green,machine,machines,engines,moving,parts,running,boat engine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K30831 - L. Gardner and Sons Ltd was a British builder of diesel engines for stationary, marine, road and rail applications. The company was founded in Hulme, Manchester, England in 1868. It started building engines around 1895. The firm ceased engine production in the mid-1990s.
About 1868 Lawrence Gardner set up as a sewing machine maker in Upper Duke Street, Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester. He died in 1890, but the business was continued by his sons under the name L. Gardner & Sons Ltd.
Gas and diesel engines
From about 1895 the company was building gas engines and, in 1899 it moved into Barton Hall Engine Works, Patricroft, Manchester.
Barton Hall Engine Works, Manchester
In 1903 it became a limited company, L Gardner and Sons Ltd. Norris and Henty Ltd, of London, were appointed as sales agents.
Diesel engine production began in around 1903. In 1912 a new sales subsidiary, Norris, Henty and Gardners Ltd, was formed.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,driving,boats,boat,National Waterways Museum,British,English,engineered,working,museum,two stroke,marine,engine,2 stroke,L. Gardner and Sons,L,Gardner and Sons,Lawrence,Barton Hall Engine Works,Patricroft,Manchester,history,historic,green,machine,machines,engines,moving,parts,running,boat engine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K30836 - L. Gardner and Sons Ltd was a British builder of diesel engines for stationary, marine, road and rail applications. The company was founded in Hulme, Manchester, England in 1868. It started building engines around 1895. The firm ceased engine production in the mid-1990s.
About 1868 Lawrence Gardner set up as a sewing machine maker in Upper Duke Street, Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester. He died in 1890, but the business was continued by his sons under the name L. Gardner & Sons Ltd.
Gas and diesel engines
From about 1895 the company was building gas engines and, in 1899 it moved into Barton Hall Engine Works, Patricroft, Manchester.
Barton Hall Engine Works, Manchester
In 1903 it became a limited company, L Gardner and Sons Ltd. Norris and Henty Ltd, of London, were appointed as sales agents.
Diesel engine production began in around 1903. In 1912 a new sales subsidiary, Norris, Henty and Gardners Ltd, was formed.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,town centre,England,UK,centre,Parking signs,charges from PayByPhoone and ParkingEye,at Cockhedge Shopping & retail park at Warrington Town,WA1,confusing,unfair,parking,signs,signage,charges,charging,paying,problems,problem,difficulty,from,and,charge,tariff,tariffs,machines,parking payment,drivers,parkers,penalty,penalties,pay,payments,payment,for
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA61 - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The location is represented through Parking machine & signs,charges from PayByPhoone and ParkingEye, at Cockhedge Shopping & retail park at Warrington,Cheshire,UK, WA1. Another layer of the photograph includes place-making, documentary photography, customer footfall, street-level business, heritage-led regeneration, shopfront economy, everyday life, commercial streetscape, visual archive, urban fabric, independent trading, public-realm investment, consumer retail, and retail property. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with online shopping, town-centre regeneration and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. The modern context includes continuing discussion of public-realm investment, commercial viability and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. Small period details of materials and architectural details at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. A second descriptive layer includes local character, social history, high-street commerce, local enterprise, contemporary social history, community identity, historical comparison, and commercial frontage. Elements such as machine, PayByPhoone, Cockhedge, ParkingEye, and Shopping add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another useful connection is online shopping and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,town centre,England,UK,centre,Parking signs,charges from PayByPhoone and ParkingEye,at Cockhedge Shopping & retail park at Warrington Town,WA1,confusing,unfair,parking,signs,signage,charges,charging,paying,problems,problem,difficulty,from,and,charge,tariff,tariffs,machines,parking payment,drivers,parkers,penalty,penalties,pay,payments,payment,for
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA67 - . This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Parking machine & signs,charges from PayByPhoone and ParkingEye, at Cockhedge Shopping & retail park at Warrington,Cheshire,UK, WA1. The wider scene also brings together town-centre renewal, urban fabric, visual archive, archival record, period architecture, changing land use, historical comparison, customer footfall, local character, bricks-and-mortar retail, local enterprise, commercial streetscape, everyday life, and retail property. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with store closures, town-centre regeneration and how physical retail adapts to online competition. The modern context includes continuing discussion of housing pressure, heritage conservation and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Small period details of public access and movement at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. The location also brings in town-centre economy, community identity, architectural character, heritage-led regeneration, destination shopping, civic architecture, shopfront economy, and changing streetscape. The combination of Shopping, Parking, retail, machine, and ParkingEye anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is store closures and how physical retail adapts to online competition when considered against later change at the recorded location. It also preserves a point of historical comparison for later comparison.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,printed,written,word,on,material,cotton,mill,equipment,at,Saltaire,the,factory,old,historic,BW,fabric,cloth,making,machinery,machines,village,set,up,large,heavy,spinning,box sack truck,lift,chain,sunny,preserved,town,towns
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA1X - . Photographed at Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The main point of reference is Cotton Mill machinery at Salts mill, Saltaire the factory set up by Titus Salt, Yorkshire industrialist. The broader subject matter reaches into local character, period architecture, heritage-led regeneration, town-centre renewal, visual archive, built heritage, changing streetscape, public-realm investment, everyday life, urban regeneration, changing land use, adaptive reuse, historical comparison, and commercial redevelopment. For current editorial use, construction costs and commercial viability provide additional context, especially through the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The image fixes local activity and public use within Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The photograph additionally reflects civic architecture, community identity, documentary photography, contemporary social history, local history, place-making, architectural character, and place identity. The combination of Titus, Cotton, Salts, factory, and Saltaire anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to construction costs and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition within the specific setting of Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK. The record includes a point of historical comparison for later comparison. Image 2JTNA1X also remains a dated record of Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK.
Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Blackpool,Lancs,Lancashire,FY1 5AA,building,Las Vegas,architecture,Prom,slots,machines,horses,drawn,horse,carriage,pink,pink carriage on The Promenade,on,the,carriages,transport,arcade,arcades,gateway to,gamble,gambling,FOBTs,Fixed Odds,betting,terminal,terminals,one armed,bandits,penny falls,pennyfalls,games,gaming,electronic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRJ9TY - . An on-location photograph from The Golden Mile, The Promenade, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4BJ in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is Golden Mile , Amusements , Family Entertainment, slots, machines, horse drawn carriages, on The Promenade , Blackpool, Lancashire, England,UK, FY1 5AA. The locality and subject together evoke period architecture, bus route infrastructure, local bus network, heritage-led regeneration, public transport stop, urban regeneration, archival record, public realm, period detail, commercial redevelopment, visual archive, built heritage, documentary photography, and social history. For current editorial use, heritage conservation and town-centre regeneration provide additional context, especially through the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. Current relevance extends to decarbonisation and bus funding, particularly through the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense urban centres. The image fixes local activity and public use within The Golden Mile, The Promenade, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4BJ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. The wider setting retains connections with contemporary social history, roadside transit, adaptive reuse, regional identity, mixed-use redevelopment, town-centre renewal, local character, and everyday life. Details involving Entertainment, carriages, slots, Blackpool, and machines make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within The Golden Mile, The Promenade, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4BJ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history.
The Golden Mile, The Promenade, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4BJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,town,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,game,Cops & Robbers,pub,one armed,prize,amusement,coin,AWP,duel,stake,stakes,FOBTs,machine,machines,entertainment,entertainments,classic,video,games,gold,club,fruit,Gambling Commission,NCGD,payout,payouts,gambling,money laundering,proceeds of crime,betting in pubs,betting inside pubs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMWGKW - . An identifiable period record of Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Cops and Robbers,pub fruit machine, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1. The image also relates to before-and-after reference, architectural detail, regional identity, changing land use, period architecture, local history, conservation architecture, contemporary social history, community identity, archival record, conservation interest, place identity, historic townscape, and historical comparison. Today's relevance is strengthened by heritage conservation, redevelopment pressure and the continuing question of how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. As a dated visual record of Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it especially useful if conservation work subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with built heritage, cityscape history, public realm, period building, documentary photography, period detail, urban fabric, and architectural character. References to fruit, machine, and Robbers give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to heritage conservation and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change without losing the local specificity of Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1. The location additionally provides evidence of maintenance and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character in a form that can be compared with future views of Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,weight,Your,Exact,Weight,Do You,Weigh,what,you,should,watchers,WW,loss,control,New Year,resolution,resolutions,eat,less,be,healthier,aim,target,calorie,food,snack,snacking,resisting,snacks,avoid,avoiding,machine,machines,weighing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKC2CH - . This dated documentary view of Bombay, India in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Your Exact Weight - Do You Weigh what you should? Coin operated Weighing machine. The setting additionally reflects casual dining, restaurant culture, community identity, hospitality venue, changing streetscape, commercial hospitality, hospitality trade, visual archive, social history, local dining scene, regional identity, licensed hospitality, local history, and food tourism. Current relevance extends to business rates and staffing pressure, particularly through how food and drink help define neighbourhood identity. Future viewers can use this scene from Bombay, India to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The surrounding story also includes visitor economy, destination dining, changing land use, historical comparison, food-and-drink business, contemporary social history, local character, and period detail. The combination of machine, Weigh, Weight, Weighing, and should anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Bombay, India, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate business rates and how food and drink help define neighbourhood identity within the real-world context of Bombay, India. The image also provides a reference for business rates and the role of restaurants and bars in visitor-led regeneration within the specific setting of Bombay, India. Another useful connection is hospitality costs and how changing discretionary spending affects hospitality venues as part of the longer story of Bombay, India. The frame retains a local visual benchmark for future local research.
Bombay, India
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Vale of Glamorgan,South Wales,Wales,UK,Butlins Holiday Camp,Butlins,Holiday Camp,Butlin,Saint Baruc,Barry Railway Company,Vale Of Glamorgan,Cymru,CF62 5TJ,Barry Island resort,tourist,tourism,attraction,amusements,give it a spin,prizes,tickets,machines,seaside,beachfront,Barrybados,coast,south Wales,Barri,Y,attractions,town,central,sea,Pleasure Beach
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDP09 - . An on-location photograph from Barry Island , Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is Treasure Island, Barry Island resort, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ. The subject also carries associations with station environment, everyday life, rail mobility, traditional holiday town, railway heritage, trackside history, transport interchange, resort heritage, day-trip culture, coastal visitor economy, changing land use, coastal tourism, visual archive, and rail corridor. From a 2025-onward perspective, domestic tourism and weather dependence are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of regeneration in keeping coastal destinations competitive. The wider contemporary story combines accessibility, decarbonisation and the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at Barry Island , Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. Further associations within the scene are local history, visitor attraction, British seaside culture, tourism retail, historical comparison, contemporary social history, train operations, and passenger railway. Elements such as resort, Island, Treasure, Barry, and Glamorgan add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Barry Island , Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes domestic tourism and the role of regeneration in keeping coastal destinations competitive within the specific setting of Barry Island , Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ.
Barry Island , Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Vale of Glamorgan,South Wales,Wales,UK,Butlins Holiday Camp,Butlins,Holiday Camp,Butlin,Saint Baruc,Barry Railway Company,seaside,slot,slots,slots of fun,fun,amusements,CF62 5TQ,CF62,11,Paget Road,tacky,kids,plastic,Barrybados,coast,south Wales,Barri,Y,attractions,town,central,sea,machine,machines,for,children,Pleasure Beach
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDP6N - . This dated documentary view of 11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Nessas Slots, Amusements, 11 Paget Road, Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales seaside, UK, CF62 5TQ. The frame also records themes of coastal visitor economy, seaside souvenir, before-and-after reference, seaside retail, documentary photography, changing land use, changing streetscape, social history, open-air leisure, interactive public realm, local character, traditional confectionery, tourism retail, and day-trip culture. The modern context includes continuing discussion of climate resilience, urban cooling and how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity. For current editorial use, retail pressure and weather dependence provide additional context, especially through the enduring appeal of traditional British seaside customs. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at 11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The subject also sits alongside urban leisure, seasonal outdoor activity, British seaside culture, holiday resort economy, community recreation, coastal tourism, public-realm activation, and community identity. Details involving Slots, Island, Nessas, Wales, and Barry make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of 11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ 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 climate resilience and how active public realms support footfall and neighbourhood vitality in a form that can be compared with future views of 11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ.
11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,please,credit,ATM,expense,private,public,charging,non-free,withdraw,money,cash,Universal Credit,cost of living,inflation,removal,of,bank,branches,machines,note,notes,extortionate,cost,costs,to access,soaring,charges,scandal,pay to use,Link,network,consumers,pay,big,price,for,student bank accounts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43PAW - . An on-location photograph from England, UK in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows Cash machine charging for debit card withdrawals, England, UK , please insert card. Expensive access to cash. Another layer of the photograph includes period detail, commercial frontage, community identity, local enterprise, visual archive, changing land use, retail property, historical comparison, high-street commerce, small business, social history, specialist retailer, specialist shop, and local character. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with town-centre regeneration, commercial rents and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. For later comparison, the photograph preserves building condition and alterations at England, UK, details that may look very different after different community use. The surrounding story also includes regional identity, contemporary social history, town-centre trading, shopfront economy, changing streetscape, place identity, archival record, and bricks-and-mortar retail. Elements such as insert, charging, please, access, and machine add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within England, UK, 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 town-centre regeneration and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses when considered against later change at England, UK. The setting also helps illustrate business rates and how commercial property costs affect small retailers without losing the local specificity of England, UK. It also preserves a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,Manchester City Centre,City Centre,print,John Rylands Library,Columbian,Library,Mainz,Johannes Gutenberg,history,historic,machine,M3 3EH,M3,150,Deansgate,machines,press,presses,printed,word,printing,Colombia,Latin America,Latin American,ancient,old,invention,media,ornate,printers,printer,Gutenberg
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEEM - Johannes Gutenberg's work on the printing press began in approximately 1436 when he partnered with Andreas Dritzehn”a man who had previously instructed in gem-cutting”and Andreas Heilmann, owner of a paper mill. However, it was not until a 1439 lawsuit against Gutenberg that an official record existed
witnesses' testimony discussed Gutenberg's types, an inventory of metals (including lead), and his type molds.
Having previously worked as a professional goldsmith, Gutenberg made skillful use of the knowledge of metals he had learned as a craftsman. He was the first to make type from an alloy of lead, tin, and antimony, which was critical for producing durable type that produced high-quality printed books and proved to be much better suited for printing than all other known materials. To create these lead types, Gutenberg used what is considered one of his most ingenious inventions, a special matrix enabling the quick and precise molding of new type blocks from a uniform template. His type case is estimated to have contained around 290 separate letter boxes, most of which were required for special characters, ligatures, punctuation marks, and so forth.
Gutenberg is also credited with the introduction of an oil-based ink which was more durable than the previously used water-based inks. As printing material he used both paper and vellum (high-quality parchment). In the Gutenberg Bible, Gutenberg made a trial of coloured printing for a few of the page headings, present only in some copies. A later work, the Mainz Psalter of 1453, presumably designed by Gutenberg but published under the imprint of his successors Johann Fust and Peter Schöffer, had elaborate red and blue printed initials.
150 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3EH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFF8X - The Bamford Root Cutter, a belt driven machine for cutter root vegetables and sugar beat for livestock feed. Joseph Bamford was born into a recusant Catholic family in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, which owned Bamfords Ltd, an agricultural engineering business.
His great grandfather Henry Bamford was born in Yoxall, and had built up his own ironmongers business, which by 1881 employed 50 men, 10 boys and 3 women. Bamfords International Farm Machinery became one of the country's major agricultural equipment suppliers, famous for its balers, rakes, hay turners, hay Wufflers, Mangold cutters, and standing engines, which were exported all over the world. The company eventually ceased trading in 1986.
After attending Stonyhurst College, he joined the Alfred Herbert company in Coventry, then the UK's largest machine-tool manufacturer, and rose to represent the firm in Ghana. He returned home in 1938 to join the family firm, but in 1941 was called up by the RAF to serve in World War II. Working in supply and logistics, he returned to the African Gold Coast, to run a staging post for USAF planes being ferried to the Middle East.
JCB
On return home in 1944, Bamford initially worked for English Electric developing electric welding equipment in Stafford. A short return stint with the family firm proved too stifling, and his Uncle Henry released him, saying he thought Joe had little future ahead of him. After selling Brylcreem for a short while, in October 1945 Bamford rented a 10 ft (3 m) by 15 ft lock-up garage for 30 shillings (= £1.50) a week, and made a farm trailer from scrap steel and war surplus Jeep axles, using a prototype electric welder bought for £2-10s (= £2.50). He opened for business on the day his first son, Anthony, was born, and sold the trailer for £45 and a cart, which he also repaired and sold for another £45.
Having no interest in taking over rival businesses, his philosophy of: Focus on what you do best, be innovative, and re-invest in product dev
Great Budworth,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF1453 - . This period scene at 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The scene shows The laundry room, Launderette Eastover,Bridgwater,Somerset, South West England,UK, TA6. The frame also contains themes of high-street commerce, changing land use, historic context, independent trading, shopfront economy, archival record, local trading, period detail, public realm, place identity, consumer retail, local character, local history, and retail vacancy. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about town-centre regeneration, business rates and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. As a piece of social history, the photograph preserves the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change within the setting of 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX. A second layer of the scene includes everyday life, historical comparison, bricks-and-mortar retail, regional identity, urban commerce, before-and-after reference, customer footfall, and retail property. Details involving Launderette, Eastover, Bridgwater, Somerset, and laundry give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. By fixing the subject within 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of town-centre regeneration and bringing underused premises back into productive use within the real-world context of 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX. A further contemporary connection is consumer spending and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres within the specific setting of 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX.
65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF145H - . An on-location image from 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The location is represented through The laundry room, Launderette Eastover,Bridgwater,Somerset, South West England,UK, TA6. Another layer of the scene includes retail vacancy, shopfront economy, contemporary social history, town-centre economy, historical comparison, documentary photography, changing land use, retail property, local trading, everyday life, high-street commerce, bricks-and-mortar retail, community identity, and changing streetscape. The present-day relevance extends to changing footfall and commercial rents, while a wider concern is the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. As a dated visual record, the view leaves evidence of the combination of built form, activity and local identity at the recorded site in 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX. Other useful associations include customer footfall, commercial streetscape, commercial frontage, urban commerce, before-and-after reference, public realm, period detail, and archival record. Details involving Somerset, Launderette, Eastover, Bridgwater, and laundry give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The surrounding context at 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to changing footfall and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres in a form that can be compared with future views of 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX. The photograph keeps period character as part of 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX's history.
65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF1466 - The clean, brightly lit interior of Eastover Launderette in Bridgwater, Somerset, photographed in January 2019. Rows of stainless steel, grey and blue commercial washing machines line the left side of the premises, while banks of large front-loading washers and stacked tumble dryers occupy the rear and right-hand walls. Circular glass doors, digital control panels, coin slots and operating labels are clearly visible across the professional laundry equipment.
Wall-mounted notices advertise wash and drying charges, including a wash priced at £4.00 and a drying service costing £5.00 for approximately 20 minutes. The uncluttered room has white tiled walls, fluorescent lighting and an easy-clean grey floor, creating a practical and functional environment for customers bringing clothes, bedding and other household textiles for washing and drying.
Public launderettes provide an essential local service for people who do not own a washing machine or tumble dryer, including those living in rented accommodation, flats, temporary housing or homes with restricted space. They are also useful when domestic appliances break down, when customers need to wash unusually large loads, or when bulky items cannot be accommodated in a standard household machine. Commercial dryers can also reduce the time needed to dry clothing during wet winter weather.
The photograph documents a traditional British high street service business and the everyday machinery involved in maintaining clean clothes and household fabrics. It is relevant to themes including domestic chores, household expenditure, the cost of living, rental housing, student accommodation, shared laundry facilities, small businesses, consumer services, appliance ownership and changing patterns of town-centre retail.
The empty customer area provides a clear view of the machinery and layout without people obscuring the equipment. The image can therefore illustrate self-service laundry operations, commercial washing technology
65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNAJ - Prosew C111-3 Lockstitch Straight Stitch Industrial Sewing Machine
Come & Try it before you Buy it!
This machine comes complete with head, motor, stand, table and cotton stand.
This machine is ideal for light, medium & heavy work with fabrics such as cotton, leather, silk, voil, synthetics plus more.
This machine is recommended for tailoring, home alterations, dry cleaners & curtain makers.
Features:
Straight Stitch
Lockstitch
Sewing Speed (2000 spm)
Adjustable Stitch Length (0 - 4.2mm)
Presser Lift Height (6mm/13mm)
Knee Lift
Reverse/Back Tack
Needle System (DBx1)
Single Phase 240v 13 amp (can be used at home)
Accessories Included:
Needles
Bobbins
Oil
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBF05R - . A local-history photograph shows a moment within 142 1st Avenue #9, New York, NY 10009, USA, in a 2018 record. The source caption identifies Cosmo Launderama, launderette, 142 1st Avenue #9, New York, NY 10009, USA. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are shopping district, local trading, commercial frontage, high-street commerce, town-centre trading, storefront culture, retail decline and renewal, bricks-and-mortar retail, city-centre economy, commercial streetscape, urban commerce, and independent retail. Modern coverage of physical shops frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of shifts in leisure spending, brand consolidation and bringing empty units back into use. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at 142 1st Avenue #9, New York, NY 10009, USA, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The resulting scene connects with consumer spending, retail property, chain-store economy, retail vacancy, shopping habits, customer footfall. The scene is further associated with St Marks Place, St Marks Place NYC, New York St Marks Place, East Village. A more expansive reading adds shopfront economy, and consumer retail. For present-day editorial use, town-centre commerce can also illustrate debates about online shopping and hybrid working, particularly where these affect heritage-led regeneration. The combination preserved here provides evidence of community life, signage and branding, physical infrastructure, local continuity, and commercial identity without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for movement through the area, everyday services, historic fabric, planning and redevelopment, and social change in a form that can be compared with later photographs. The documentary frame records the character of the setting against later redevelopment.
142 1st Avenue #9, New York, NY 10009, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE7G6 - The red phone.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>telephone box, a telephone kiosk for a public telephone designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, Malta, Bermuda and Gibraltar. Despite a reduction in their numbers in recent years, the traditional British red telephone box can still be seen in many places throughout the UK, and in current or former British colonies around the world. The colour red was chosen to make them easy to spot.
The red phone box is often seen as an iconic British symbol throughout the world.
K4, Post box incorporated into a red telephone box in Warrington, Cheshire, England. The vertical panels either side of the letter-slot originally housed stamp vending machines, hence the obsolete STAMPS signage.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9ADW - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AE7 - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AJK - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AK3 - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AKM - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AWC - This documentary stock photograph shows Southend Happidrome, amusement centre,Essex,South East England, UK - 52 Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2EN. The scene belongs to the Southend-on-Sea seafront and beachfront leisure strip, a classic Essex seaside setting where amusement arcades, fish and chip shops, pubs, bowling, family attractions and day-trip promenades sit close together. The image is especially useful because it records clear documentary detail, not a generic tourist board view, so it can illustrate real trading frontage, local colour, shop signs, coastal leisure and the everyday economy of a British resort town. Southend has long depended on visitors arriving for the pier, beach, amusements and evening hospitality, and images like this help explain how traditional seaside places continue to balance nostalgia with modern retail, food, drink and entertainment uses. Editorial buyers could use it for stories about coastal regeneration, seaside tourism, amusement arcades, family holidays, local business survival, seasonal employment, consumer spending, waterfront redevelopment, heritage leisure and the social history of British day trips. It also works for commentary on how resort towns present themselves visually, with bright signs, familiar names, glass-fronted arcades, food offers and a dense mixture of leisure uses competing for passing footfall. For SEO and stock search, relevant composite terms include Southend seafront amusement arcade, Essex seaside tourism, British beachfront entertainment, family coastal day out, traditional seaside economy, high street leisure frontage and UK resort town regeneration. The value is in the combination of place-specific caption wording, visible subject matter and practical editorial usefulness. It could support news, magazine, web, travel, council, planning, business, heritage, nostalgia, tourism, consumer affairs and local economy content where a real coastal street scene is needed rather.
52 Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2EN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JK0 - A cotton mill is a building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802.
The mechanisation of the spinning process in the early factories was instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. Limited companies were developed to construct mills, and the trading floors of the cotton exchange in Manchester, created a vast commercial city. Mills generated employment, drawing workers from largely rural areas and expanding urban populations. They provided incomes for girls and women. Child labour was used in the mills, and the factory system led to organised labour. Poor conditions became the subject of exposés, and in England, the Factory Acts were written to regulate them.
The cotton mill, originally a Lancashire phenomenon, was copied in New England and later in the southern states of America. In the 20th century, North West England lost its supremacy to the United States, then to Japan and subsequently to China.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JK6 - A cotton mill is a building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802.
The mechanisation of the spinning process in the early factories was instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. Limited companies were developed to construct mills, and the trading floors of the cotton exchange in Manchester, created a vast commercial city. Mills generated employment, drawing workers from largely rural areas and expanding urban populations. They provided incomes for girls and women. Child labour was used in the mills, and the factory system led to organised labour. Poor conditions became the subject of exposés, and in England, the Factory Acts were written to regulate them.
The cotton mill, originally a Lancashire phenomenon, was copied in New England and later in the southern states of America. In the 20th century, North West England lost its supremacy to the United States, then to Japan and subsequently to China.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JKR - A cotton mill is a building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802.
The mechanisation of the spinning process in the early factories was instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. Limited companies were developed to construct mills, and the trading floors of the cotton exchange in Manchester, created a vast commercial city. Mills generated employment, drawing workers from largely rural areas and expanding urban populations. They provided incomes for girls and women. Child labour was used in the mills, and the factory system led to organised labour. Poor conditions became the subject of exposés, and in England, the Factory Acts were written to regulate them.
The cotton mill, originally a Lancashire phenomenon, was copied in New England and later in the southern states of America. In the 20th century, North West England lost its supremacy to the United States, then to Japan and subsequently to China.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JM5 - . Photographed at Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, the scene provides a dated reference to the subject and the surrounding social, commercial or physical environment. The location is represented through Rusting Iron Machinery inscribed with Pounds, Manchester cotton mill, Lancashire, England, UK. The picture additionally relates to typographic message, before-and-after reference, editorial word image, labour history, manufacturing infrastructure, everyday Britain, regional identity, contemporary history, industrial archaeology, period detail, production technology, engineering history, communication theme, and local history. The present-day relevance extends to agreement and trust, while a wider concern is the importance of confidence between organisations and the people they serve. In the mid-2020s, industrial conservation and reuse of mills and warehouses keep this subject current, particularly through recording machinery and objects before they are dispersed. Small period details of materials and construction at Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK may become more significant with time, especially following new construction. The photograph additionally reflects concept illustration, conceptual typography, urban change, archival record, community identity, letter arrangement, local character, and social landscape. Details involving inscribed, Lancashire, Machinery, Pounds, and cotton make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene retains a connection with agreement and making an abstract idea immediately understandable in visual form without losing the local specificity of Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. The scene remains tied to Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, image reference 2BM3JM5.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JMD - . A location-based documentary photograph from Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. The view specifically shows S. Noton Limited, Oldham, canister for holding cotton,textile bin, Manchester cotton mill,Lancashire, England, UK. Other aspects of the subject include visual archive, period detail, labour history, industrial material culture, archival record, documentary photography, historic workplace, local character, changing streetscape, engineering history, manufacturing infrastructure, social landscape, production technology, and production machinery. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes embodied carbon alongside factory closures, with particular attention to understanding the industries that shaped northern towns. Future viewers can use this scene from Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The wider local story also touches on working-industry history, everyday Britain, factory equipment, before-and-after reference, industrial archaeology, mill heritage, factory-floor equipment, and manufacturing heritage. Details involving cotton, Oldham, holding, Manchester, and canister make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. For Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence for embodied carbon and understanding the industries that shaped northern towns in a form that can be compared with future views of Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. A further contemporary connection is factory closures and finding new uses for substantial older industrial buildings within the real-world context of Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JPD - . A location-based documentary photograph from Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. The photograph is concerned with Book of weekly cloth production and average weights ledger, Victorian cotton mill, Manchester, Cottonopolis. The wider scene also brings together period detail, industrial material culture, industrial artefact, visual archive, historic workplace, social history, engineering history, labour history, local character, manufacturing infrastructure, manufacturing heritage, working-industry history, archival record, and social landscape. Today's wider story includes industrial conservation, reuse of mills and warehouses and the practical question of understanding the industries that shaped northern towns. Future viewers can use this scene from Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after later redevelopment. The surrounding context includes regional identity, before-and-after reference, community identity, production machinery, everyday Britain, contemporary history, historical comparison, and built environment. The recorded references to cotton, Cottonopolis, ledger, Manchester, and cloth preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. Around Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. The location additionally provides evidence for industrial conservation and understanding the industries that shaped northern towns within the real-world context of Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. A further contemporary connection is adaptive reuse and finding new uses for substantial older industrial buildings within the specific setting of Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BKC2FE - . Photographed at the recorded location, the scene provides a dated reference to the subject and the surrounding social, commercial or physical environment. The photograph is concerned with William Allen brass plate,,Ancoats,Manchester,Union Iron Works, Port Street, Lancashire, England, UK. The setting additionally reflects local history, local character, industrial archaeology, documentary photography, social history, built environment, changing streetscape, contemporary history, factory equipment, regional identity, historical comparison, manufacturing heritage, engineering history, and social landscape. The present-day relevance extends to adaptive reuse and factory closures, while a wider concern is recording machinery and objects before they are dispersed. Small period details of landscape and surrounding development at the recorded location may become more significant with time, especially following closure or conversion. The photograph additionally reflects community identity, manufacturing infrastructure, production machinery, mill heritage, archival record, labour history, public realm, and industrial artefact. The combination of Works, Ancoats, William, Lancashire, and Manchester helps anchor the frame to a recognisable activity, place or period. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene retains a connection with adaptive reuse and recording machinery and objects before they are dispersed within the real-world context of the recorded location. That also gives the frame relevance to industrial archaeology and keeping evidence of working practices that have disappeared within the specific setting of the recorded location. Another useful connection is reuse of mills and warehouses and keeping evidence of working practices that have disappeared as part of the longer story of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NNG - . Historic Columbian Gutenberg printing press, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH. Photographed on 22 May 2010, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Research Institute, M3 3EH, history, historic, Columbian, Gutenberg, machine, printer, printers, ornate, old, Latin America, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH
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Keywords: back,pocket,of,a,pair,of,jeans,FOBM,fixed,odds,betting,machines,machine,game,of,chance,lady,female,bottom,arse,bum,red,Q,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,be,gambleaware,cards,gamble,gambling,gaming,games,playing,back pocket
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDB7 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2010, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The frame specifically shows How to gamble Queen of diamonds playing card in a back pocket of a pair of jeans. Other connected aspects include retail property, local enterprise, everyday life, bricks-and-mortar retail, place identity, archival record, community identity, town-centre trading, customer footfall, small business, period detail, contemporary social history, specialist shop, and street-level business. The wider contemporary story combines online shopping, commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. Small period details of materials and architectural details at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The surrounding story also includes historical comparison, regional identity, independent retail, specialist retailer, documentary photography, high-street commerce, visual archive, and changing land use. References to diamonds, jeans, playing, pocket, and Queen give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is online shopping and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses when considered against later change at the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The image fixes period character for future local research. It also preserves a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: Ultimate,Bell,Punch,Company,Bus,Ticket,Machine,with,coloured,tickets,Made,in,England,gotonysmith,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,different,value,ticketing,colours,colors,25p,10p 6p,the,co,company,London,history,historic,issuing,issue,of,fare,fares,bus,tram,conductor,machine,machines
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF23YW - Antique Ultimate Bell Punch Company Bus Ticket Machine with coloured tickets Made in England.
There were two main problems that faced the early bus and tramway operators with regard to fare collection. One was that of fare dodgers and the other was the possibility of conductors who would fiddle the takings, though it's only a very small minority who would do such things. The solution to these was the Bell Punch ticket system. This was quite ingenious as the system had methods to defeat both, however it was very labour intensive.
The Bell Punch Company produced an automated version of their pre-printed ticket system, which they called Ultimate. These used continuous ticket rolls with the values printed on them. Each ticket carried a serial number and a pre-printed value. The machines had several tracks each of which had a lever at the front that ejected a ticket, which was then torn off against a serrated cutter. The fare stage could be printed in one of three positions on the bottom of the ticket. Each new ticket roll had a piece of adhesive tape (which the conductor had to lick) to join it to the end of the old one, which was supposed to prevent the conductor having to change rolls mid-journey.
The system coped better with changing fare structures, but after a while, the machines became unreliable and would jam up. It was not uncommon to see conductors tearing off tickets from the back of the machines at busy times. Its also not that uncommon at the museum! In the West Midlands, this system was used by West Bromwich, Wolverhampton and Birmingham.
Birmingham, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RA23D4 - Transport for London - TfL - Electric scooters
Rental electric scooters (e-scooters) are the only way to legally ride an e-scooter on public roads or in other public places within London - and even this is limited to specific boroughs. It is still illegal to use privately-owned e-scooters or other powered transporters on public roads.
A new form of transport
We want to explore new, environmentally-friendly forms of transport that can be used to reduce road congestion in London - but we need to make sure that any alternatives are safe for both users and non-users alike.
The current rental e-scooter trial trial is helping us test the best ways to protect the public.
Rental e-scooters have specific safety features installed. For example, they are limited to a speed of 12.5mph and have lights that are always on throughout any rental.
Our current trial of rental e-scooters is expected to run to autumn 2023. We are currently running a competitive procurement process for the new phase of London's rental e-scooter trial, and operators will be selected on their ability to meet strict safety requirements and high operating standards.
Use electric scooters legally
The London e-scooter rental scheme is approved by the Department for Transport (DfT).
Privately-owned e-scooters or other powered transporters are not legal to use on public roads.
E-scooters and powered transporters may be used on private land with permission from the landowner or occupier but several laws make it illegal and/or spell out the penalties if you're caught riding one on public roads
New End, Hampstead, north London , England, UK, NW3 1LJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJ0YXD - Cash use has been declining in Ireland in recent years, in particular during the pandemic. Central Bank statistics indicate that Irish ATM withdrawals were €13 billion in 2021, compared to €19.7 billion in 2019, a decline of 34 per cent.
The value of such withdrawals is now at about two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels, albeit they remain relatively stable at €1 billion per month.
Central Bank raises concerns at sale of Republic's ATM network
Regulator says 75% of network will be under control of unregulated entities by end of year as banks sell up
The Central Bank has raised concerns with the Government that three-quarters of Ireland's ATM network will no longer be under the control of retail banks by the end of the year.
The issue of the ATM network and the closure of bricks and mortar bank branches has been a political hot potato for the Government due to concerns around how older and more vulnerable cohorts of society might cope with such changes.
The regulator has outlined concerns on the matter in a submission to the Department of Finance's Retail Banking Review public consultation.
It said retail banks are selling their off-site ATMs to independent ATM deployers which, it noted, are unregulated . Just 25 per cent of Ireland's ATM network will be owned by retail banks by the end of the year compared to 100 per cent in 2015, it said.
In-branch services are also reducing, it said, with the number of bank branches countrywide set to reduce by 32 per cent compared to 2019.
The trend towards the withdrawal of cash and other in-branch services is being driven by commercial decision making, it said. We expect banks to ensure that the impact of their decisions are considered carefully and with a consumer-focused approach. The impact for all consumers, including those who are vulnerable, must be assessed by banks, to ensure changes to branches and in-branch services are undertaken in an orderly manner. We expect that vulnerable customers will be accomodated
Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHJ91T - Scotland sees steepest fall in cash machine withdrawals in 2021
Data from the UK's main cash machine network reveals that ATM transactions fell by up to 68% during the first national lockdown
The UK's main cash machine network LINK has published data showing that despite a 37% fall in ATM transactions in 2020, UK adults on average still withdrew more than £1,500 each from cash machines.
Scotland saw the steepest fall, with adults withdrawing almost £900 less than they did in 2019.
On average, UK adults visited ATMs 12 times less in 2020 than they did in 2019.
In recent years, as consumers use alternative payment methods such as contactless cards or online payments, ATM transactions have fallen on average around 10% year-on-year.
However, in April 2020, when the UK went into the first national lockdown, ATM transactions fell initially by up to 68%.
Despite subsequent lockdowns, on average more than £1.6bn was still withdrawn for cash machines every week for the rest of 2020.
Argyle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8AD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JMK - Cotton-spinning machinery refers to machines which process (or spin) prepared cotton roving into workable yarn or thread. Such machinery can be dated back centuries. During the 18th and 19th centuries, as part of the Industrial Revolution cotton-spinning machinery was developed to bring mass production to the cotton industry. Cotton spinning machinery was installed in large factories, commonly known as cotton mills.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JY30 - rightly illuminated Admiral Casino and slots venue stands on Richmond Street in Liverpool city centre during a rainy evening. Its black frontage carries prominent red and white Casino and Admiral branding, with a yellow illuminated strip extending above large windows through which electronic gaming machines can be seen. Signs advertise opening around the clock, while pedestrians walk along the rain-soaked pavement beneath festive overhead lights. Reflections from the shopfronts and street lighting shimmer across the wet surface, creating a vivid urban nightlife scene.
The premises operates as an adult gaming centre offering electronic slot machines and other gambling products. Its highly visible street-level position, open doorway, illuminated displays and extended opening hours demonstrate how gambling opportunities can be embedded within everyday retail, leisure and pedestrian environments. People can encounter the venue while shopping, travelling through the city centre or visiting Liverpool's bars, restaurants and entertainment areas.
Admiral is part of the international NOVOMATIC gaming group, founded in Austria by Johann F. Graf in 1980. The group manufactures gaming technology and operates gaming venues through brands including Admiral. Its activities span physical gaming premises, electronic machines, online products, management systems, lotteries and sports betting across regulated international markets.
The photograph also has editorial relevance to gambling harms and the risks associated with frequent or compulsive gambling. Harm can extend beyond financial losses to affect mental health, employment, relationships and social wellbeing. Highly accessible machines, lengthy opening hours and the opportunity for continuous play may be particularly relevant to debates about addiction, consumer protection, licensing and the normalisation of gambling in British town and city centres.
The image documents Liverpool nightlife,commercial leisure, wet-weather etc
14-16 Richmond St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JP6 - Non-flushing water closets”portable pieces of furniture with removable containers for waste”became the standard in pre-Victorian Britain, though many households continued to rely on the backyard privy. The problem of waste disposal”whether from a chamber pot or from an overused hole in the ground”remained.
The Victorians made the connection between unsanitary conditions and disease that the Elizabethans hadn't and developed municipal sewer systems to try to keep their cities cleaner. The problem was that they didn't have a good way of connecting individual households to the system. Non-flushing water closets could be dressed up, but their contents couldn't be taken out. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries (about the same time the sewers were built), English patents were granted for several different types of water-closet valves, but their flushing actions were pretty inefficient. The wall mounted cistern that became popular in the 1870s vastly improved the situation because it provided a large volume of water under more pressure. Water-closet bowls remained a problem, though, because their rudimentary traps didn't do a very good job of either letting waste go down the drain or keeping sewer gases out of the building. At first these bowls were made of earthenware and glazed with sometimes-elaborate designs. In 1885, Thomas Twyford built the first vitreous china toilet, inspiring competition from other notable English potteries such as Wedgwood and Doulton
it wasn't long before vitreous china became the standard for the fledgling industry.
American inventors were also seeking solutions to the problem of building a sanitary water closet. As early as 1875, James Henry and William Campbell patented a plunger-type water closet
over the next 50 or so years more than 350 applications for patents for various types of water-closet designs were received by the U.S. patent office. In 1907
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJ0YXH - Cash use has been declining in Ireland in recent years, in particular during the pandemic. Central Bank statistics indicate that Irish ATM withdrawals were €13 billion in 2021, compared to €19.7 billion in 2019, a decline of 34 per cent.
The value of such withdrawals is now at about two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels, albeit they remain relatively stable at €1 billion per month.
Central Bank raises concerns at sale of Republic's ATM network
Regulator says 75% of network will be under control of unregulated entities by end of year as banks sell up
The Central Bank has raised concerns with the Government that three-quarters of Ireland's ATM network will no longer be under the control of retail banks by the end of the year.
The issue of the ATM network and the closure of bricks and mortar bank branches has been a political hot potato for the Government due to concerns around how older and more vulnerable cohorts of society might cope with such changes.
The regulator has outlined concerns on the matter in a submission to the Department of Finance's Retail Banking Review public consultation.
It said retail banks are selling their off-site ATMs to independent ATM deployers which, it noted, are unregulated . Just 25 per cent of Ireland's ATM network will be owned by retail banks by the end of the year compared to 100 per cent in 2015, it said.
In-branch services are also reducing, it said, with the number of bank branches countrywide set to reduce by 32 per cent compared to 2019.
The trend towards the withdrawal of cash and other in-branch services is being driven by commercial decision making, it said. We expect banks to ensure that the impact of their decisions are considered carefully and with a consumer-focused approach. The impact for all consumers, including those who are vulnerable, must be assessed by banks, to ensure changes to branches and in-branch services are undertaken in an orderly manner. We expect that vulnerable customers will be accomodated
Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G705 - This documentary stock photograph shows DDR East German security equipment for spying on citizens in Berlin. The image records DDR or East German security equipment and surveillance material, making it useful for editorial features on Cold War memory, state surveillance, the Stasi, civil liberties, museum interpretation and authoritarian control. Berlin is a city where ordinary street details often carry heavy layers of history, from Prussian and imperial architecture to the Weimar period, Nazi rule, wartime destruction, division, the DDR, reunification, tourism, gentrification and contemporary creative culture. The caption and visible subject detail provide a specific point of entry into that wider story rather than a generic German city view. Buyers could use the photograph for articles about Berlin travel, Cold War memory, street art, museum interpretation, urban nightlife, river sightseeing, architecture, souvenir culture, public transport, pedestrian design or the way history is repackaged in modern tourism. Search-friendly composite terms include Berlin Mitte street art, DDR surveillance display, Berlin Fernsehturm skyline, River Spree pleasure boat, Ampelmann crossing light, Berliner Dom interior, Berlin urban culture and German capital tourism. If the subject is graffiti, it can illustrate the city as a living wall of political humour, youth culture, commercial branding and layered paste-ups. If it is heritage or church architecture, it can support more formal travel, culture, history and education uses. If it is a boat, toy or street sign, it gives editors an accessible human-scale route into a large city story. The documentary style keeps the image credible for web, magazine, guidebook, education, museum, travel, urban policy, politics, design, consumer and social commentary use. Its strength for Alamy search is the mix of precise caption wording and broader Berlin themes, allowing it to be found for both narrow subject searches and.
Berlin, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHJ91P - Amount withdrawn from cash machines fell EVEN further last year and expert says usage will never return to pre-pandemic levels
Number of cash withdrawals fell 6% last year after 40% collapse in 2020
The average Briton withdrew a third less cash last year than they did in 2019
One expert says number of withdrawals won't return to pre-covid levels
People continued to use less cash last year with new figures showing the number of withdrawals from ATMs fell 6 per cent annually.
A total of £79billion was withdrawn from cash machines in 2021 compared to £81billion in 2020, according to data by Link, the UK's main cash machine network.
There was also a 7 per cent decline in cash machine transactions last year, which includes withdrawals and balance enquiries, falling from just over 1.6billion to 1.5billion.
This means the average withdrawal per person in the UK was £1,462 last year, visiting an ATM around 18 times.
In 2019, prior to the pandemic, the average withdrawal per person in the UK was £2,193 meaning the typical person is withdrawing two thirds of what they were before Covid-19, when the advice was to not use cash but contactless debit and credit card payments instead
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, NE1 5PG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JJB - A cotton mill is a building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802.
The mechanisation of the spinning process in the early factories was instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. Limited companies were developed to construct mills, and the trading floors of the cotton exchange in Manchester, created a vast commercial city. Mills generated employment, drawing workers from largely rural areas and expanding urban populations. They provided incomes for girls and women. Child labour was used in the mills, and the factory system led to organised labour. Poor conditions became the subject of exposés, and in England, the Factory Acts were written to regulate them.
The cotton mill, originally a Lancashire phenomenon, was copied in New England and later in the southern states of America. In the 20th century, North West England lost its supremacy to the United States, then to Japan and subsequently to China.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM9P4H - A slot machine (American English), fruit machine (British English) or poker machine (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers. Slot machines are also known pejoratively as one-armed bandits because of the large mechanical levers affixed to the sides of early mechanical machines and the games' ability to empty players' pockets and wallets as thieves would.[1]
A slot machine's standard layout features a screen displaying three or more reels that spin when the game is activated. Some modern slot machines still include a lever as a skeuomorphic design trait to trigger play. However, the mechanics of early machines have been superseded by random number generators, and most are now operated using buttons and touchscreens.
Slot machines include one or more currency detectors that validate the form of payment, whether coin, cash, voucher, or token. The machine pays out according to the pattern of symbols displayed when the reels stop spinning. Slot machines are the most popular gambling method in casinos and constitute about 70% of the average U.S. casino's income.[2]
Digital technology has resulted in variations in the original slot machine concept. As the player is essentially playing a video game, manufacturers can offer more interactive elements, such as advanced bonus rounds and more varied video graphics.
Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JJK - A cotton mill is a building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802.
The mechanisation of the spinning process in the early factories was instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. Limited companies were developed to construct mills, and the trading floors of the cotton exchange in Manchester, created a vast commercial city. Mills generated employment, drawing workers from largely rural areas and expanding urban populations. They provided incomes for girls and women. Child labour was used in the mills, and the factory system led to organised labour. Poor conditions became the subject of exposés, and in England, the Factory Acts were written to regulate them.
The cotton mill, originally a Lancashire phenomenon, was copied in New England and later in the southern states of America. In the 20th century, North West England lost its supremacy to the United States, then to Japan and subsequently to China.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JJ3 - A cotton mill is a building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802.
The mechanisation of the spinning process in the early factories was instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. Limited companies were developed to construct mills, and the trading floors of the cotton exchange in Manchester, created a vast commercial city. Mills generated employment, drawing workers from largely rural areas and expanding urban populations. They provided incomes for girls and women. Child labour was used in the mills, and the factory system led to organised labour. Poor conditions became the subject of exposés, and in England, the Factory Acts were written to regulate them.
The cotton mill, originally a Lancashire phenomenon, was copied in New England and later in the southern states of America. In the 20th century, North West England lost its supremacy to the United States, then to Japan and subsequently to China.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JKG - A cotton mill is a building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802.
The mechanisation of the spinning process in the early factories was instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. Limited companies were developed to construct mills, and the trading floors of the cotton exchange in Manchester, created a vast commercial city. Mills generated employment, drawing workers from largely rural areas and expanding urban populations. They provided incomes for girls and women. Child labour was used in the mills, and the factory system led to organised labour. Poor conditions became the subject of exposés, and in England, the Factory Acts were written to regulate them.
The cotton mill, originally a Lancashire phenomenon, was copied in New England and later in the southern states of America. In the 20th century, North West England lost its supremacy to the United States, then to Japan and subsequently to China.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
