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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,Stockport Market,Victorian market hall,England,United Kingdom,heritage architecture,winter,winter sunlight,blue sky,travel,tourism,UK heritage,Northern England,town centre regeneration,heritage tourism,travel editorial,architecture photography,historic marketplaces,community identity,public space,British towns,documentary,editorial illustration,visitor economy,cultural heritage,indoor market,Victorian architecture,historic market,Churchgate Stockport,clock face,gothic tower,heritage buildings,listed building,conservation area,civic pride,traditional market town
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM97R9 - A crisp, documentary view of Stockport's historic town centre showing the distinctive Victorian roofline of Stockport Market Hall in the foreground and the commanding clock tower of St Mary's Church rising behind it. The repeating white-painted arches and glazing of the market structure create a strong graphic rhythm, while the tall stone church tower adds weight, history and a clear sense of place. The clock face is visible, anchoring the scene as a recognisable civic landmark in the Market Place and Churchgate area.
The atmosphere feels wintry and clear. Bright sunlight breaks across the buildings under a deep blue sky with drifting cloud, giving the stonework and painted market frames crisp contrast and clean edges. The viewpoint emphasises layers of heritage: a working market hall associated with everyday shopping and local trade, set against the long-established parish church that overlooks the marketplace. Together they capture the character of Stockport as a traditional market town within Greater Manchester, where historic public buildings still shape the townscape and visitor experience.
This image works well for editorial themes around British town centres, heritage architecture, listed buildings, local history and cultural identity. It is also useful for travel and tourism coverage, destination guides, and stories about markets and public spaces as social hubs. The combination of readable civic detail, strong architectural forms and seasonal winter light makes it a versatile Stockport location photograph for documentary and illustrative use.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,Stockport Market Hall,Victorian Market Hall,England,United Kingdom,iron and glass architecture,Victorian architecture,heritage building,listed building,MARKET HALL sign,town centre landmark,historic town centre,winter,winter daylight,blue sky,travel,tourism,UK markets,heritage tourism,town centre regeneration,civic pride,public realm,local economy,shopping and food destination,historic architecture photography,Northern England,Greater Manchester towns,travel editorial,cultural heritage,everyday Britain,place identity,Stockports Marketplace,indoor market,public market,arched glazing,gabled bays
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM97WT - A symmetrical, upward-angled documentary view of Stockport Market Hall, focusing on the tall glazed sides and repeating arched frames that give this Victorian market building its instantly recognisable character. The composition is all about structure and rhythm: pale painted uprights, curved glazing bars, and gabled roof sections that rise to small decorative finials. At street level, the deep red entrance doors and the MARKET HALL lettering provide a clear anchor point, while the glass reveals hints of the interior volume and the lived-in feel of a working public market.
The atmosphere reads as cold-season Britain. The sky is bright with patches of pale cloud, and the light is crisp and clean, consistent with winter daylight rather than summer haze. That clarity helps the architectural detailing stand out, from the fine framing lines to the slight weathering that comes with a building designed for everyday use and constant footfall. With no crowds dominating the frame, the image works as a calm, usable place photograph, ideal for editors who need a recognisable landmark without distractions.
Editorially, this photograph supports themes of heritage architecture in active use, traditional marketplaces as civic and social hubs, and town-centre identity in Greater Manchester. It also fits regeneration and visitor-economy narratives, where historic market halls are positioned as anchors for independent traders, food culture, events and local pride. The strong geometry, readable location cues, and winter light make it a versatile Stockport image for travel, history, and urban documentary coverage
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,Halloween,mummy,Halloween prop,Halloween figure,mummy decoration,scary,creepy,horror,spooky season,Halloween event,Stockport Market,England,United Kingdom,seasonal decoration,retail display,autumn,autumn event,seasonal retail,holiday merchandising,event promotion,community attraction,UK markets,town centre footfall,local economy,family friendly activities,cultural celebration,social media friendly,editorial illustration,spooky decor,October half term,Halloween costume prop,monster figure,scary character,haunted theme,festive display
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM97X3 - A documentary indoor view of a full-size Halloween mummy figure on display inside Stockport Market, photographed as part of seasonal autumn decorations. The prop is a stylised, cartoonishly frightening mummy with bandage-like wrapping, an exaggerated facial expression and exposed skeletal details, standing upright on a metal base. The setting reads clearly as an indoor public venue or market environment, with shuttered stall panels, painted trim and practical fixtures visible around the edges of the frame, including fire extinguishers and wall notices that add a recognisable working building context rather than a staged studio scene.
The image suits editorial and commercial themes around Halloween as a UK seasonal event, market-led promotions, and how town-centre venues use themed displays to attract families and increase footfall during October and half-term. The composition is straightforward and readable, making it useful as a general illustration for Halloween decorations, spooky-season retail, community events, and indoor seasonal marketing in British towns. The indoor lighting and everyday background details help anchor the photograph in real-world place and activity, giving it value for documentary coverage of local markets and seasonal public programming.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,Stockport Market Place,Stockport Marketplace,Stockport Market Hall,Town Barbers,Market Place Stockport,Stockport town centre,England,United Kingdom,town centre street scene,winter,winter sunlight,blue sky,travel,tourism,UK market towns,town centre regeneration,heritage tourism,local economy,independent retail,service economy,British high street,everyday Britain,destination Stockport,Greater Manchester travel,architecture photography,editorial background,public realm,place identity,indoor market,market hall entrance,Victorian architecture,heritage streetscape,public square,paving stones,bollards,shopfronts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM97XC - A wide, documentary view across Stockport Market Place capturing the distinctive Victorian Market Hall frontage alongside everyday town-centre businesses, including the clearly signed Town Barbers shop. The market hall's white-painted iron-and-glass structure, with its repeating arched frames and tall glazed panels, creates a strong graphic backdrop that instantly reads as a traditional northern market building. In contrast, the row of smaller street-level premises to the right gives the scene its modern, lived-in character, with local services and shopfronts sitting directly on the edge of the historic public square.
The light and colour suggest a cold-season day. Clear blue sky and crisp winter sunshine pick out the market hall framework and sharpen the edges of the streetscape, while long, clean shadows add depth to the paving and bollards in the foreground. The open space in front of the market hall gives a sense of scale and approach, emphasising the Market Place as a civic heart where trading, meeting, and everyday errands overlap. The presence of a barbershop sign in the same frame adds a useful editorial layer: a reminder that town centres are sustained not just by retail and markets, but by practical personal services that keep footfall steady through the week.
This image is well suited to editorial and commercial themes around UK market towns, heritage architecture in active use, independent businesses, and town-centre resilience. It also works as a recognisable Stockport location photograph, combining the landmark market hall with a named local shop, and presenting the Market Place as a functional, people-scale public realm rather than a purely tourist setting.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,Stockport Market,market interior,indoor market,market stalls,shopping,England,United Kingdom,market hall interior,covered market,local market,merchandise,cushions,bedding,household goods,souvenirs,gift items,winter,winter daylight,UK market towns,high street resilience,cost of living shopping,value retail,community commerce,visitor economy,cultural heritage,street market indoors,documentary stock,editorial background image,everyday Britain,public space,roof structure,iron beams,stall displays,bargain shopping,sale sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM97Y4 - A wide, documentary view down the main aisle of Stockport Market Hall, showing a dense arrangement of indoor stalls and merchandise displays typical of a working British covered market. The perspective leads the eye along the tiled walkway beneath the high roof structure and painted beams, with stall counters and tables packed with goods on both sides. In the foreground, piles of brightly patterned cushions and home textiles create an immediate splash of colour, while further back the scene opens into a layered mix of household items, small gift products, and everyday shopping essentials. Hanging fabrics and banners add to the sense of visual bustle and the slightly improvised charm of market retail.
The lighting reads as natural daytime light filtering through the market hall structure, giving a practical, realistic look rather than a staged retail environment. The atmosphere feels functional and community-oriented: traders set up for routine business, shoppers browsing at walking pace, and the market acting as a steady town-centre draw beyond the big-brand high street. Small details such as sale signage and tightly packed stock suggest value-led shopping and the kind of bargain-hunting culture associated with indoor markets across Greater Manchester.
Editorially, the photograph is useful for stories about independent traders, local economies, and the continued role of markets as social hubs and affordable shopping destinations. It can also support regeneration narratives where historic market halls are positioned as anchors for town-centre renewal, footfall, and community activity. As a location image, it provides a recognisable sense of place and scale for Stockport Market, capturing the everyday texture of northern English retail life in a heritage market setting.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,Stockport Market,Stockport Market Hall,indoor market,market stalls,greetings cards,card stall,postcards,gift wrap,gifts,Cheshire Meats,butcher shop,England,United Kingdom,Victorian market hall,traders,local market,winter,winter daylight,UK markets,town centre resilience,high street alternatives,gift buying,food retail,local produce,community commerce,visitor economy,heritage architecture in use,regeneration narrative,documentary stock,editorial background,market aisle,retail displays,card racks,stationery,newspapers and magazines
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM97YT - A wide, documentary interior view of Stockport Market Hall, capturing the mix of everyday retail and food trading that defines a traditional British covered market. The scene looks along a main aisle beneath the high Victorian roof structure, with curved iron beams, skylights and red-painted framework creating a distinctive sense of place. On the right, the Ted's Cards stall dominates the view with dense racks of greetings cards and display stands arranged for easy browsing, alongside visible signage for TED'S CARDS and related gift items. The card displays add a colourful, graphic texture that reads immediately as a classic market staple, especially useful for editorial stories about independent traders and town-centre shopping.
To the left, the Cheshire Meats butcher counter is clearly signed, with a traditional meat-shop frontage and a display area that suggests fresh produce and local food shopping. A mannequin or shop figure in a striped apron stands near the butcher area, adding a slightly quirky, old-fashioned market character that reinforces the theme of long-running local businesses. The aisle layout, open floor space and practical stall design communicate the functional rhythm of market life: browse, pick up essentials, grab a card, and carry on down the row.
The lighting is natural and even, likely cold-season daylight filtering through the roof, giving the scene a realistic, un-staged atmosphere. Editorially, the image works for themes such as UK high street resilience, community commerce, affordable shopping, local food retail, and the role of historic market halls as social hubs. It is also a strong Stockport identifier because the stall names and the architectural structure make the location feel specific and documentary, rather than a generic indoor shopping setting.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,Stockport Market Hall,Market Hall,Stockport Market,A-board sign,pavement sign,street scene,Stockport,England,United Kingdom,Victorian market hall,glass and iron architecture,red doors,MARKET HALL sign,winter,winter sunlight,blue sky,travel,tourism,food,entrance,doors,UK market towns,public realm,town centre renewal,visitor economy,cafe culture,brunch trend,independent business,local economy,heritage tourism,travel editorial,street photography,placemaking,Greater Manchester towns,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM980B - A wide, documentary winter view along Stockport Market Place, looking past the distinctive glass-and-iron frontage of Stockport Market Hall toward the clock tower of St Mary's Church in the distance. The market hall's repeating arched glazing bays create a strong perspective line on the right-hand side, with red entrance doors and the MARKET HALL lettering providing a clear location anchor. In the foreground, a bright pavement A-board advertises All Day Brunch, bringing a contemporary, everyday food-and-drink detail into the historic streetscape and signalling the mix of heritage setting and modern town-centre hospitality.
The scene is calm and lightly populated, suggesting an early or quiet period of the day rather than peak market bustle. The light is crisp, with a clear blue sky and clean shadows typical of a cold-season morning, giving the paving and building edges a sharp, high-contrast look. The open pedestrian space and the orderly street furniture reinforce the Market Place as a civic public realm designed for walking, browsing and lingering, rather than through-traffic.
Editorially, the photograph is useful for themes around UK market towns, town-centre regeneration, independent caf??s and brunch culture, and how historic market areas evolve into mixed-use leisure and visitor destinations. It also works as a strong Stockport identifier by combining multiple recognisable elements in one frame: the Market Hall architecture, the Market Place setting, and the parish church tower, with the modern brunch sign adding a small narrative about contemporary urban life in Greater Manchester.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,funny,humour,humor,sports education project,community education hub,Bury Market Hall area,urban regeneration UK,Greater Manchester town centre,civic development,community regeneration,education through sport,social mobility initiatives,town centre renewal,post-industrial towns UK,skills and aspiration,public investment in education,inclusive growth,civic pride,everyday urban Britain,Bury Market BL9 0SW,Bury Greater Manchester,Lancashire town centre,education and sport initiative,community learning project,market regeneration scheme,pedestrianised shopping area,everyday town life,social infrastructure,editorial image,daytime exterior,sunny,day,Greater Manchester,England,UK.,BL9,BL9 0SW
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DCX6C1 - A street-level view of The Football University Programme building adjacent to Bury Market in Bury town centre, photographed at Bury BL9 0SW, Greater Manchester. The scene shows members of the public moving through the pedestrianised market area, with seating, shoppers and everyday activity visible in the foreground.
The Football University Programme is an educational initiative that uses football and sport as engagement tools to support learning, personal development and aspiration, particularly among young people who may be disengaged from traditional education routes. Its location close to Bury Market places it within a busy civic environment, reinforcing links between education, community life and town-centre regeneration.
Bury Market has long been a focal point of the town's economic and social activity, and recent regeneration efforts have sought to broaden its role beyond retail, incorporating leisure, education and community uses. Projects such as the Football University Programme are often cited in policy and media discussions as examples of place-based regeneration, where social infrastructure is embedded directly into everyday urban settings.
The image captures a cross-section of daily life in a northern English town centre, illustrating how education initiatives coexist with markets, caf??s and public seating. Photographed in daylight with people of different ages visible, the scene offers strong editorial value for themes including community regeneration, education and sport, social inclusion, town-centre renewal and contemporary life in Greater Manchester.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,town,hall,clock,tower,redevelopment,civic,Victorian,architecture,Gothic,landmark,landmarks,work,city,centre,history,heritage,covered up,partial,ready,partially,Grade I listed,building,UK,pride,urban,renewal,historic,English,1877,architect,Alfred Waterhouse
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CGCJY9 - Manchester Town Hall stands partially enclosed by temporary structures during an extensive programme of renovation and restoration in Albert Square, photographed in August 2025 under bright late-summer daylight and a blue sky with scattered cloud. The clock tower, one of the most recognisable elements of Manchester's skyline, is now visibly restored, marking a significant milestone in the long-running refurbishment project.
Completed in 1877 and designed by architect Alfred Waterhouse, Manchester Town Hall is one of the finest examples of Victorian Gothic civic architecture in Britain. The building symbolised Manchester's nineteenth-century industrial confidence and municipal ambition, housing the city's political administration and civic functions for well over a century.
The current renovation programme aims to conserve the historic structure while adapting it for modern use, addressing decades of deferred maintenance and improving accessibility, sustainability and safety. The restoration of the clock tower has been closely followed locally, as it represents both technical progress and the gradual return of a much-loved civic landmark to full prominence.
Set against the evolving public realm of Albert Square, the image reflects Manchester's broader approach to heritage-led regeneration, where historic civic buildings are preserved and repurposed rather than replaced. The photograph is well suited for editorial use covering urban regeneration, heritage conservation, public investment in historic buildings, civic identity, and the ongoing transformation of Manchester's city centre.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Sale Town Hall,town hall,civic building,local government,Trafford,Greater Manchester,historic building,Edwardian architecture,public building,documentary photography,editorial image,Sale,Trafford Council,civic pride,historic town hall,sandstone building,architectural detail,public administration,North West England,heritage building,urban streetscape,statue,memorial statue,public square,everyday Britain,British architecture,history,historic,heritage,street photography,contemporary Britain,square,memorial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CPAX70 - Sale Town Hall photographed in the town centre of Sale, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The image shows the historic municipal building with its symmetrical stone facade, central entrance, and clock tower, set behind a small public square lined with mature trees. Originally constructed in the early 20th century, Sale Town Hall served for many years as the administrative centre for the former Sale Borough Council and later Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council following local government reorganisation.
The building reflects Edwardian civic architecture, designed to convey permanence, authority, and civic pride during a period of rapid urban growth in the Manchester suburbs. A statue positioned in the foreground forms part of the wider civic setting, reinforcing the building's role as a focal point for public life, remembrance, and local identity.
Today, Sale Town Hall remains an important landmark within the town, situated close to the Bridgewater Canal and the redeveloped Waterside cultural area. The image captures broader themes of local government heritage, the evolution of municipal buildings, and the continuing presence of historic civic architecture within modern town centres across Britain.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,England,town,centre,UK,traditional,Northern,North West,hall,halls,Victorian,historic,Victorian-era,OL16 1AZ,OL16,The Esplanade,the,Esplanade,Rochdale,Greater Manchester,Manchester,tower,towers,architectural,architecture,civic,buildings,William Henry Crossland,blue sky,Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council,Gothic Revival,style,stonework,sandstone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T0DAEC - Rochdale Town Hall is a Victorian-era municipal building in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is widely recognised as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
The Town Hall functions as the ceremonial headquarters of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and houses local government departments, including the borough's civil registration office.
Built in the Gothic Revival style at a cost of ?160,000 (?15.9 million in 2023), it was inaugurated for the governance of the Municipal Borough of Rochdale on 27 September 1871.
The architect, William Henry Crossland, was the winner of a competition held in 1864 to design a new Town Hall. It had a 240-foot (73 m) clock tower topped by a wooden spire with a gilded statue of Saint George and the Dragon, both of which were destroyed by fire on 10 April 1883, leaving the building without a spire for four years.
A new 190-foot (58 m) stone clock tower and spire in the style of Manchester Town Hall was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, and erected in 1887.
Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described the building as possessing a rare picturesque beauty. Its stained-glass windows are credited as the finest modern examples of their kind.
The building came to the attention of Adolf Hitler, who was said to have admired it so much that he wished to ship the building, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the United Kingdom been defeated in the Second World War
The Town Hall was one of several built in the textile towns of North West England following the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, but is one of only two in Greater Manchester built in the Gothic style. Between the setting of the foundation stone and the building's completion, revisions and additions were made to the original design. Money was lavished upon the decor and inventory, and the extra expenditure did not escape the ire of its critic
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,England,town,centre,UK,traditional,Northern,North West,Rochdale town hall,town hall,renovations,Greater Manchester,OL16 1AZ,OL16,and,work,works,covered,up,covering,tower,towers,architectural,architecture,civic,buildings,renovation,renovating,covers,scaffold,scaffolding,working,William Henry Crossland,Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T0DAER - Rochdale Town Hall is a Victorian-era municipal building in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is widely recognised as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
The Town Hall functions as the ceremonial headquarters of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and houses local government departments, including the borough's civil registration office.
Built in the Gothic Revival style at a cost of ?160,000 (?15.9 million in 2023), it was inaugurated for the governance of the Municipal Borough of Rochdale on 27 September 1871.
The architect, William Henry Crossland, was the winner of a competition held in 1864 to design a new Town Hall. It had a 240-foot (73 m) clock tower topped by a wooden spire with a gilded statue of Saint George and the Dragon, both of which were destroyed by fire on 10 April 1883, leaving the building without a spire for four years.
A new 190-foot (58 m) stone clock tower and spire in the style of Manchester Town Hall was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, and erected in 1887.
Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described the building as possessing a rare picturesque beauty. Its stained-glass windows are credited as the finest modern examples of their kind.
The building came to the attention of Adolf Hitler, who was said to have admired it so much that he wished to ship the building, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the United Kingdom been defeated in the Second World War
The Town Hall was one of several built in the textile towns of North West England following the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, but is one of only two in Greater Manchester built in the Gothic style. Between the setting of the foundation stone and the building's completion, revisions and additions were made to the original design. Money was lavished upon the decor and inventory, and the extra expenditure did not escape the ire of its critic
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,England,town,centre,UK,traditional,Northern,North West,hall,halls,Victorian,historic,Victorian-era,OL16 1AZ,OL16,The Esplanade,the,Esplanade,Rochdale,Greater Manchester,Manchester,tower,towers,architectural,architecture,civic,buildings,William Henry Crossland,blue sky,Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council,Gothic Revival,style,stonework,sandstone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T0DAEX - Rochdale Town Hall is a Victorian-era municipal building in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is widely recognised as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
The Town Hall functions as the ceremonial headquarters of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and houses local government departments, including the borough's civil registration office.
Built in the Gothic Revival style at a cost of ?160,000 (?15.9 million in 2023), it was inaugurated for the governance of the Municipal Borough of Rochdale on 27 September 1871.
The architect, William Henry Crossland, was the winner of a competition held in 1864 to design a new Town Hall. It had a 240-foot (73 m) clock tower topped by a wooden spire with a gilded statue of Saint George and the Dragon, both of which were destroyed by fire on 10 April 1883, leaving the building without a spire for four years.
A new 190-foot (58 m) stone clock tower and spire in the style of Manchester Town Hall was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, and erected in 1887.
Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described the building as possessing a rare picturesque beauty. Its stained-glass windows are credited as the finest modern examples of their kind.
The building came to the attention of Adolf Hitler, who was said to have admired it so much that he wished to ship the building, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the United Kingdom been defeated in the Second World War
The Town Hall was one of several built in the textile towns of North West England following the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, but is one of only two in Greater Manchester built in the Gothic style. Between the setting of the foundation stone and the building's completion, revisions and additions were made to the original design. Money was lavished upon the decor and inventory, and the extra expenditure did not escape the ire of its critic
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2N28PT7 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH9WH8 - Green signpost on the Leeds & Liverpool canal, Trencherfield Mill, Wigan, Lancashire, England, WN3 4EF
Wigan,town,centre, Worsley,Mesnes,Marus Bridge,Ashton,town,centre,Leigh,Haigh Hall,Westwood
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH9XMW -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wigan & Leigh Council,Greater Manchester,England,Lancs,Lancashire,Pete Shelley Buzzcocks,mural - Ever Fallen In Love,Leigh Town Centre,UK,punk,Spiral scratch,mural,records,Town Centre,Manchester,hit,1955,2018,1955-2018,guitarist,songwriter,Percy Bysshe Shelley,Pete Shelly,cover,album,record,bisexual,bisexuality,Pete Shelley Memorial campaign,hometown,memorial,fans,Wigan Council,Leigh Town Hall,Turnpike Centre,Malcolm Garrett,Akse P19
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH06KG - Wigan Council has worked closely with The Pete Shelley Memorial Campaign to place the mural close to the new archive facilities at Leigh Town Hall and the historic Turnpike Centre.
Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish
17 April 1955 ? 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The group released their biggest hit Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) in 1978. The band broke up in 1981 and reformed at the end of the decade. Shelley also had a solo career
his song Homosapien charted in the US in 1981.
Shelley's stage name is inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley, his favourite Romantic poet
Shelley formed Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto after they met at the Bolton Institute of Technology (now the University of Bolton) in 1975 and subsequently travelled to High Wycombe, near London, to see the Sex Pistols. The band included bass guitarist Steve Diggle and drummer John Maher
they made their first appearance in 1976 in Manchester, opening for the Sex Pistols.
In 1981 Shelley released his first solo single, Homosapien, produced by Rushent. On this recording he returned to his original interests in electronic music and shifted emphasis from guitar to synthesiser
Rushent's elaborate drum machine and synthesiser programming laid the groundwork for his next production, the chart-topping album Dare by the Human League. Homosapien was banned by the BBC for explicit reference to gay sex. Homosapien peaked at number fourteen in the US dance chart
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH06M5 - Wigan Council has worked closely with The Pete Shelley Memorial Campaign to place the mural close to the new archive facilities at Leigh Town Hall and the historic Turnpike Centre.
Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish
17 April 1955 ? 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The group released their biggest hit Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) in 1978. The band broke up in 1981 and reformed at the end of the decade. Shelley also had a solo career
his song Homosapien charted in the US in 1981.
Shelley's stage name is inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley, his favourite Romantic poet
Shelley formed Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto after they met at the Bolton Institute of Technology (now the University of Bolton) in 1975 and subsequently travelled to High Wycombe, near London, to see the Sex Pistols. The band included bass guitarist Steve Diggle and drummer John Maher
they made their first appearance in 1976 in Manchester, opening for the Sex Pistols.
In 1981 Shelley released his first solo single, Homosapien, produced by Rushent. On this recording he returned to his original interests in electronic music and shifted emphasis from guitar to synthesiser
Rushent's elaborate drum machine and synthesiser programming laid the groundwork for his next production, the chart-topping album Dare by the Human League. Homosapien was banned by the BBC for explicit reference to gay sex. Homosapien peaked at number fourteen in the US dance chart
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH0705 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH0709 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH070A -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0RC47 - Bolton Market Hall is a listed building in Bolton, Greater Manchester that is now the Market Place Shopping Centre. The market hall and its integral ground-floor shops on Bridge Street, Corporation Street and Knowsley Street are included in the English Heritage listing
Bolton Market Hall was designed by architect G. T. Robinson, and opened on 19 December 1855. Measuring 294 feet in length and covering an area of 7000 square yards it was said to be 'the largest covered market in the kingdom'. It cost ?50000.
A long procession led to the opening ceremony. To complement the produce stalls and boost custom, a fish market was built next to it which opened in 1865 at a cost of ?30000. The fish market was demolished in September 1932.
The hall was refurbished in the 1980s to become the Market Place Shopping Centre and was opened in 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II.
The building has stone fa??ades, a cast iron and glass roof and is a Grade II listed building. Originally a single space with table stalls and blank elevations, it was modified, in the 1890s, 1930s and 1980s. The roof has large expanses of glazing carried on cast iron columns. At its highest point the ceiling is 112 feet high and has semi-circular arches. It has a hanging cast-iron lantern and once had a decorative fountain.
In 2007 Warner Estates commissioned van Heyningen and Haward Architects to restore the building's original features and modernise it to 20th century standards. Alterations to the original fabric were minimized and a scheme developed to allow retail units to be slotted into the listed structure, allowing for flexibility and potential removal in the future if desired.
The scheme was contentious involving significant change to a historic building. After consultation and the council awarded planning permission and listed building consent in 2005. English Heritage and the local council's conservation officer were involved in the proposals. The completed Market Place opened in October 2008.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0RC4B - Methodist Mission Church & Shops
1898-1900. By Bradshaw and Gass. Red brick and terracotta with stone dressings and slate roofs. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 2 and 4-window ranges each side of tower over main entrance to Victoria Hall, the flanking bays containing shops. New shop fronts throughout, and renewed canopy over Victoria Hall entrance, though the paired doors with bevelled glass panels are original.
Tower has paired first-floor windows with banded shafts
tripartite oriel window over, and pediment carried on volutes above space for clock (now a blind panel). Flanking pilasters of tower are enriched with low relief scroll-work etc. in the upper stage. Triglyph frieze below balustraded parapet with domed, columned pilasters. Octagonal turret-like upper stage with wrought-iron screens to openings, and volutes over angles, surmounted by domed roof.
2-window outer ranges each side have windows set in raised panels
stilted arched heads, with stone incised architraves to first floor, and wrought-iron balconettes to second. Modillion eaves cornice. right-hand range then has additional bay with paired windows to each floor, and then has wide pedimented gable adjoining entrance tower, with tripartite windows on upper floors in stone architraves with wrought-iron balconettes to second floor. right-hand section is built over the River Croal, and is carried on a 2-arched bridge of rusticated stone.
Main body of Victoria Hall projects as wing from rear of street range: Entrance hall with tall transomed windows to stairs, then main hall a 3 storey, 3-window range with tripartite windows to first floor, and segmentally arched 4-light mullioned and transomed windows to upper storey. Transomed windows with round arched lights to basement storey. 5-storey service range at west.
INTERIOR: entrance passage leads to large entrance hall to rear of shop premises
staircases leading to gallery each side, with tall transomed windows with round arched lights.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0RC53 - Bolton Market Hall is a listed building in Bolton, Greater Manchester that is now the Market Place Shopping Centre. The market hall and its integral ground-floor shops on Bridge Street, Corporation Street and Knowsley Street are included in the English Heritage listing
Bolton Market Hall was designed by architect G. T. Robinson, and opened on 19 December 1855. Measuring 294 feet in length and covering an area of 7000 square yards it was said to be 'the largest covered market in the kingdom'. It cost ?50000.
A long procession led to the opening ceremony. To complement the produce stalls and boost custom, a fish market was built next to it which opened in 1865 at a cost of ?30000. The fish market was demolished in September 1932.
The hall was refurbished in the 1980s to become the Market Place Shopping Centre and was opened in 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II.
The building has stone fa??ades, a cast iron and glass roof and is a Grade II listed building. Originally a single space with table stalls and blank elevations, it was modified, in the 1890s, 1930s and 1980s. The roof has large expanses of glazing carried on cast iron columns. At its highest point the ceiling is 112 feet high and has semi-circular arches. It has a hanging cast-iron lantern and once had a decorative fountain.
In 2007 Warner Estates commissioned van Heyningen and Haward Architects to restore the building's original features and modernise it to 20th century standards. Alterations to the original fabric were minimized and a scheme developed to allow retail units to be slotted into the listed structure, allowing for flexibility and potential removal in the future if desired.
The scheme was contentious involving significant change to a historic building. After consultation and the council awarded planning permission and listed building consent in 2005. English Heritage and the local council's conservation officer were involved in the proposals. The completed Market Place opened in October 2008.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRJ6 - Bolton Town Hall in Victoria Square, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, was built between 1866 and 1873 for the County Borough of Bolton to designs by William Hill of Leeds and George Woodhouse of Bolton. The town hall was extended in the 1930s to the designs of Bradshaw, Gass and Hope and has been designated a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage
Following the incorporation of Bolton as a municipal borough in 1838, Bolton Corporation decided to use Little Bolton Town Hall as its regular meeting place and it remained as such for some 35 years. The current town hall was promoted by the mayor, J.R. Wolfendon, in the early 1860s. The cost was expected to be between ?70,000 and ?80,000 but more than doubled to ?167,000, equivalent to ?15,740,000 in 2023. Bolton Corporation held a competition for a new town hall design in the 1860s. It was won by a pupil of Cuthbert Brodrick, architect William Hill from Leeds.
For his design of a scaled-down version of Leeds Town Hall, Hill was awarded ?120 (equivalent to ?12,000 in 2020) for the design, which originally included no tower, but one was added later. The original building on a rectangular plan is designed in the neoclassical style in the form of a temple with a tall baroque-style clocktower. The town hall has a high basement storey and two principal floors above in sandstone ashlar which is rusticated at basement level. It has a broad flight of steps up to a five-bay portico with a pediment in which there is a high-relief sculpture by William Calder Marshall.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRJJ - Bolton Town Hall in Victoria Square, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, was built between 1866 and 1873 for the County Borough of Bolton to designs by William Hill of Leeds and George Woodhouse of Bolton. The town hall was extended in the 1930s to the designs of Bradshaw, Gass and Hope and has been designated a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage
Following the incorporation of Bolton as a municipal borough in 1838, Bolton Corporation decided to use Little Bolton Town Hall as its regular meeting place and it remained as such for some 35 years. The current town hall was promoted by the mayor, J.R. Wolfendon, in the early 1860s. The cost was expected to be between ?70,000 and ?80,000 but more than doubled to ?167,000, equivalent to ?15,740,000 in 2023. Bolton Corporation held a competition for a new town hall design in the 1860s. It was won by a pupil of Cuthbert Brodrick, architect William Hill from Leeds.
For his design of a scaled-down version of Leeds Town Hall, Hill was awarded ?120 (equivalent to ?12,000 in 2020) for the design, which originally included no tower, but one was added later. The original building on a rectangular plan is designed in the neoclassical style in the form of a temple with a tall baroque-style clocktower. The town hall has a high basement storey and two principal floors above in sandstone ashlar which is rusticated at basement level. It has a broad flight of steps up to a five-bay portico with a pediment in which there is a high-relief sculpture by William Calder Marshall.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRK4 - Bolton Town Hall in Victoria Square, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, was built between 1866 and 1873 for the County Borough of Bolton to designs by William Hill of Leeds and George Woodhouse of Bolton. The town hall was extended in the 1930s to the designs of Bradshaw, Gass and Hope and has been designated a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage
Following the incorporation of Bolton as a municipal borough in 1838, Bolton Corporation decided to use Little Bolton Town Hall as its regular meeting place and it remained as such for some 35 years. The current town hall was promoted by the mayor, J.R. Wolfendon, in the early 1860s. The cost was expected to be between ?70,000 and ?80,000 but more than doubled to ?167,000, equivalent to ?15,740,000 in 2023. Bolton Corporation held a competition for a new town hall design in the 1860s. It was won by a pupil of Cuthbert Brodrick, architect William Hill from Leeds.
For his design of a scaled-down version of Leeds Town Hall, Hill was awarded ?120 (equivalent to ?12,000 in 2020) for the design, which originally included no tower, but one was added later. The original building on a rectangular plan is designed in the neoclassical style in the form of a temple with a tall baroque-style clocktower. The town hall has a high basement storey and two principal floors above in sandstone ashlar which is rusticated at basement level. It has a broad flight of steps up to a five-bay portico with a pediment in which there is a high-relief sculpture by William Calder Marshall.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRK5 - Bolton Town Hall in Victoria Square, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, was built between 1866 and 1873 for the County Borough of Bolton to designs by William Hill of Leeds and George Woodhouse of Bolton. The town hall was extended in the 1930s to the designs of Bradshaw, Gass and Hope and has been designated a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage
Following the incorporation of Bolton as a municipal borough in 1838, Bolton Corporation decided to use Little Bolton Town Hall as its regular meeting place and it remained as such for some 35 years. The current town hall was promoted by the mayor, J.R. Wolfendon, in the early 1860s. The cost was expected to be between ?70,000 and ?80,000 but more than doubled to ?167,000, equivalent to ?15,740,000 in 2023. Bolton Corporation held a competition for a new town hall design in the 1860s. It was won by a pupil of Cuthbert Brodrick, architect William Hill from Leeds.
For his design of a scaled-down version of Leeds Town Hall, Hill was awarded ?120 (equivalent to ?12,000 in 2020) for the design, which originally included no tower, but one was added later. The original building on a rectangular plan is designed in the neoclassical style in the form of a temple with a tall baroque-style clocktower. The town hall has a high basement storey and two principal floors above in sandstone ashlar which is rusticated at basement level. It has a broad flight of steps up to a five-bay portico with a pediment in which there is a high-relief sculpture by William Calder Marshall.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG7N5R - Our Town Hall
Winter 2018
The Town Hall closed in January 2018 so that work could begin on the Our Town Hall Project.
At the very heart of the city, Manchester's Grade 1 listed Town Hall is a much-loved landmark, where we gather at important times to honour and celebrate, to welcome visitors and to do business. It's where we host civic guests, international delegations, Mancunian weddings and special events. It's where we celebrate those who've been awarded the Freedom of the City.
But ? having opened in 1877? the building was showing its age, so we started a major update to this architectural masterpiece to protect and improve it for Manchester and the nation, and lovingly restore it. See the Project Introduction page for more background, including our original film.
Autumn 2022
Now that we're halfway through the construction phase of the project, we thought it was a good time to make an update film that shows some of what's been done so far, what we still have to do and - in particular - share some views of what the building looks like inside at the moment.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC40YG -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC40YH -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC40YJ -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC410E -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC410F -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC410G -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC4114 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFHG - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFHJ - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFK5 - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFKT - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFM2 - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUk,England,UK,M2 5DB,Xmas Market,Xmas,December,stalls,clock,tower,clocktower,people,crowds,Victorian,Gothic,building,Albert Memorial,stall,bars,pub,bar,shoppers,retail,drinkers,eaters,food,mulled wine,Greater Manchester,town hall,townhall,festive,market,markets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFM5 - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGT6 - Stockport is a large, major town in Greater Manchester, England, 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Manchester city centre, where the River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey, and the largest in the metropolitan borough of the same name.
Historically, most of the town was in Cheshire, but the area to the north of the Mersey was in Lancashire. Stockport in the 16th century was a small town entirely on the south bank of the Mersey, and known for the cultivation of hemp and manufacture of rope. In the 18th century the town had one of the first mechanised silk factories in the British Isles. However, Stockport's predominant industries of the 19th century were the cotton and allied industries. Stockport was also at the centre of the country's hatting industry, which by 1884 was exporting more than six million hats a year
the last hat works in Stockport closed in 1997.
Dominating the western approaches to the town is the Stockport Viaduct. Built in 1840, the viaduct's 27 brick arches carry the mainline railways from Manchester to Birmingham and London over the River Mersey. This structure featured as the background in many paintings by L. S. Lowry.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGXG - Stockport Town Hall is a building in Stockport, England, that houses government and administrative functions. It was designed by architect Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas who had previously designed Belfast City Hall. Stockport Town Hall was designated a Grade II listed building in 1975,[1] upgraded to Grade II* in September 2007.[2]
It was opened by the then Prince and Princess of Wales in July 1908. To commemorate the Royal visit, part of Heaton Lane, a main shopping street in the town, was renamed Prince's Street.[3][4][5]
Council and committee meetings take place during the evening in three oak-panelled committee rooms and in a traditional Council Chamber. The chamber has elaborate plasterwork, brass chandeliers and decorative carvings on oak benches. The civic collection of silver, some of which dates from the 15th century, lines the wall of the corridor outside the chamber. Stockport Town Hall is a licensed Wedding venue. Weddings and receptions are a frequent occurrence at the Town Hall.
An imposing Italian marble entrance leads to the Edwardian Ballroom, which former poet laureate Sir John Betjeman described as magnificent. This contains a Wurlitzer organ formerly installed in Manchester's Paramount Theatre and moved to Manchester's Free Trade Hall in 1977 subsequently being moved to Stockport Town Hall and being opened at Stockport in late 1999. The Wurlitzer, a 'Publix 1' was one of only sixteen of its kind in the world and was designed by the American Theatre Organist Jesse Crawford for the accompaniment of silent films. The Manchester Paramount instrument was unique in being the only one to be exported to a theatre outside the United States. The organ has been fully overhauled and the old relays have been replaced with digital technology. Various changes to the organ's original specification have been carried out throughout its life both in the theatre and its subsequent homes. The organ was installed and is owned by the Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGXJ - Stockport Town Hall is a building in Stockport, England, that houses government and administrative functions. It was designed by architect Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas who had previously designed Belfast City Hall. Stockport Town Hall was designated a Grade II listed building in 1975,[1] upgraded to Grade II* in September 2007.[2]
It was opened by the then Prince and Princess of Wales in July 1908. To commemorate the Royal visit, part of Heaton Lane, a main shopping street in the town, was renamed Prince's Street.[3][4][5]
Council and committee meetings take place during the evening in three oak-panelled committee rooms and in a traditional Council Chamber. The chamber has elaborate plasterwork, brass chandeliers and decorative carvings on oak benches. The civic collection of silver, some of which dates from the 15th century, lines the wall of the corridor outside the chamber. Stockport Town Hall is a licensed Wedding venue. Weddings and receptions are a frequent occurrence at the Town Hall.
An imposing Italian marble entrance leads to the Edwardian Ballroom, which former poet laureate Sir John Betjeman described as magnificent. This contains a Wurlitzer organ formerly installed in Manchester's Paramount Theatre and moved to Manchester's Free Trade Hall in 1977 subsequently being moved to Stockport Town Hall and being opened at Stockport in late 1999. The Wurlitzer, a 'Publix 1' was one of only sixteen of its kind in the world and was designed by the American Theatre Organist Jesse Crawford for the accompaniment of silent films. The Manchester Paramount instrument was unique in being the only one to be exported to a theatre outside the United States. The organ has been fully overhauled and the old relays have been replaced with digital technology. Various changes to the organ's original specification have been carried out throughout its life both in the theatre and its subsequent homes. The organ was installed and is owned by the Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGXW - Stockport Town Hall is a building in Stockport, England, that houses government and administrative functions. It was designed by architect Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas who had previously designed Belfast City Hall. Stockport Town Hall was designated a Grade II listed building in 1975,[1] upgraded to Grade II* in September 2007.[2]
It was opened by the then Prince and Princess of Wales in July 1908. To commemorate the Royal visit, part of Heaton Lane, a main shopping street in the town, was renamed Prince's Street.[3][4][5]
Council and committee meetings take place during the evening in three oak-panelled committee rooms and in a traditional Council Chamber. The chamber has elaborate plasterwork, brass chandeliers and decorative carvings on oak benches. The civic collection of silver, some of which dates from the 15th century, lines the wall of the corridor outside the chamber. Stockport Town Hall is a licensed Wedding venue. Weddings and receptions are a frequent occurrence at the Town Hall.
An imposing Italian marble entrance leads to the Edwardian Ballroom, which former poet laureate Sir John Betjeman described as magnificent. This contains a Wurlitzer organ formerly installed in Manchester's Paramount Theatre and moved to Manchester's Free Trade Hall in 1977 subsequently being moved to Stockport Town Hall and being opened at Stockport in late 1999. The Wurlitzer, a 'Publix 1' was one of only sixteen of its kind in the world and was designed by the American Theatre Organist Jesse Crawford for the accompaniment of silent films. The Manchester Paramount instrument was unique in being the only one to be exported to a theatre outside the United States. The organ has been fully overhauled and the old relays have been replaced with digital technology. Various changes to the organ's original specification have been carried out throughout its life both in the theatre and its subsequent homes. The organ was installed and is owned by the Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust
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Keywords: Corridor person walking down a silhouette shadow Victorian,municipal,neogothic,stone,marble,ceremonial,headquarters,city,council,architect,grand,ceremonial,rooms,Great,Abel,the,clock,bell,Grade,I,listed,one,walk,walks,lighted,lit,inside,interior,GoTonySmith Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian,Neo-gothic municipal building in Manchester,England.,It,is,the,headquarters,of,Manchester,City,Council,and,houses,a,number,of,local,government,departments.,The,building,faces,Albert,Square,to,the,north,featuring,the,Albert,Memorial,and,St,Peters,Square,to,the,south,home to The Cenotaph. Designed by architect Alfred Waterhouse,the,town,hall,was,completed,in,1877.,The,building,contains,offices,and,grand,ceremonial,rooms,such,as,the,Great,Hall,which,is,decorated,with,Ford,Browns,imposing,Manchester,Murals,illustrating,the,history,of,the,city.,The,entrance,and,Sculpture,Hall,contain,busts,and,statues,of,influential,figures,including,Dalton,Joule,and,Barbirolli.,The,exterior,is,dominated,by,the,clock,tower,which,rises,to,280,feet,(85,m),and,houses,Great,Abel,the clock bell
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DMX - Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian, Neo-gothic municipal building in Manchester, England. It is the ceremonial headquarters of Manchester City Council and houses a number of local government departments. The building faces Albert Square to the north, featuring the Albert Memorial and St Peter's Square to the south, home to The Cenotaph.
Designed by architect Alfred Waterhouse, the town hall was completed in 1877. The building contains offices and grand ceremonial rooms such as the Great Hall which is decorated with Ford Madox Brown's imposing Manchester Murals illustrating the history of the city. The entrance and Sculpture Hall contain busts and statues of influential figures including Dalton, Joule and Barbirolli. The exterior is dominated by the clock tower which rises to 280 feet (85 m) and houses Great Abel, the clock bell.
In 1938, a detached Town Hall Extension was completed and is connected by two covered bridges over Lloyd Street. The town hall, which was granted Grade I listed building status on 25 February 1952, is regarded as one of the finest interpretations of Gothic revival architecture in the world.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5894106036 - 'Completed by architect Alfred Waterhouse in 1877, the building features imposing murals by the artist Ford Madox Brown depicting important events in the history of the city. The Town Hall was rated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building in 1952 and the Town Hall Extension, completed in 1938, was Grade II* listed in 1974. Attop the clocktower is a golden cottonseed. A testament to the original source of the city's rapid growth and wealth.
The planning for a new Town Hall began in 1863. After an investigation of suitable sites, including Piccadilly, the site chosen for the new town hall was an oddly shaped triangle facing onto Albert Square. The choice of location was influenced by a desire to provide a central, accessible, but relatively quiet site in a respectable district, close to Manchester's banks and municipal offices, next to a large open area, suitable for the display of a fine building.
A competition was held to design the Town Hall. Of the 137 entries in open competition for the design, Waterhouse's design was chosen, mainly for his ingenious planning, and he was appointed as architect on 1 April 1868.
The foundation stone of the new Town Hall was laid on 26 October 1868 by the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Robert Neill. Construction took nine years, used fourteen million bricks,[6] and cost \u00a3775,000 (\u00a353.5 million as of 2011). The Town Hall was opened by Lord Mayor Abel Heywood, who had championed the project, on 13 September 1877, after Queen Victoria's refusal to attend the opening.
The building exemplifies the Victorian Gothic revival style of architecture, using themes and elements from 13th-century Early English Gothic architecture. The choice was influenced by the wish for a spiritual acknowledgement of Manchester's late medieval heritage in the textile trade of the Hanseatic league and also an affirmation of modernity, the fashionable neo-Gothic style being preferred over the Neoclassical architecture favoured in neighbouring Liverpool. The exterior, faced with hard sandstone quarried near Bradford, Yorkshire, known as 'Spinkwell stone',[9] is decorated with sculptures of important figures in Manchester's history. The interior is faced with multi-coloured Architectural terracotta by Gibbs and Canning Limited. The painted ceilings were provided by Best &
Lea of Manchester, who had also provided the ceilings in the Natural History Museum, London, also designed by Alfred Waterhouse.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HF7X - Manchester gothic town hall , Albert Square, Manchester, England taken with an IR adapted Canon 5D DSLR camera
Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian, Neo-gothic municipal building in Manchester, England. It is the ceremonial headquarters of Manchester City Council and houses a number of local government departments.
Designed by architect Alfred Waterhouse the town hall was completed in 1877. The building occupies a triangular site facing Albert Square and contains offices and grand ceremonial rooms such as the Great Hall which is decorated with the imposing Manchester Murals by Ford Madox Brown illustrating the history of the city. The entrance and Sculpture Hall contain busts and statues of influential figures including Dalton, Joule and Barbirolli. The exterior is dominated by the clock tower which rises to 87 metres (285 feet) and houses Great Abel, the clock bell.
In 1938, a detached Town Hall Extension was completed and is connected by two covered bridges over Lloyd Street. The town hall, which was granted Grade I listed building status on 25 February 1952, is regarded as one of the finest interpretations of Gothic revival architecture in the world
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF1370 - Spitfire aircraft in front of Manchester town hall, Albert Square, Lancashire England UK
Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian-era, Neo-gothic municipal building in Manchester, England. The building functions as the ceremonial headquarters of Manchester City Council and houses a number of local government departments.
Designed by architect Alfred Waterhouse the town hall was completed in 1877. The building occupies a triangular site facing Albert Square and contains offices and grand ceremonial rooms such as the Great Hall which is decorated with the imposing Manchester Murals by Ford Madox Brown illustrating the history of the city. The entrance and Sculpture Hall contain busts and statues of influential figures including Dalton, Joule and Barbirolli. The exterior is dominated by the clock tower which rises to 87 metres (285 feet) and houses Great Abel, the clock bell.
In 1938, a detached Town Hall Extension was completed and is connected by two covered bridges over Lloyd Street. The town hall, which was granted Grade I listed building status on 25 February 1952[6] is regarded as one of the finest interpretations of neogothic architecture in the United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4357789604 - 'How many people remember those childhood visits to the cinema. Sometimes the local fleapit with velvet seats, ads by Pearl and Dean. A bit better than those big multi-screen boxes we suffer today.
The seats were graded by stalls, circle, upper circle and some could achieve a pass out. These tickets are a frozen moment of those days. A 9d (or 4.5p) saturday morning showing for kids, or a 1/9 stalls or a 2/- two shilling circle. Your choice. 2/- was two shilling, when there was twelve old english pence or d ie like 2d = two pence to a shilling. Also twenty shillings to a british pound.
Taken with 28-200mm macro lens.
Another Northwich icon in sepia here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3538129767/
And a place where these tickets in Northwich might have originally been used - www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4369387854/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4023469923 - 'Dunham Massey deer park, Cheshire UK. Home of the Stamfords, Clock Tower and hall from mill pond at dusk.
Another NT property can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3870705475/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3875567348 - 'A wedding image in blue toned black and white monochrome within the great neogothic town hall in Manchester, which is a designated site for marriage ceremonies.
Designed by architect Alfred Waterhouse in 1877 as a town hall for a prosperous emerging city, the building features imposing murals by the artist Ford Madox Brown depicting important events in the history of the city. The Town Hall was rated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building in 1952 and the Town Hall Extension, completed in 1938, was Grade II* listed in 1974.
The choice of Albert Square as location was influenced by a desire to provide a central, accessible, but relatively quiet site in a respectable district, close to Manchester's banks and municipal offices, next to a large open area, suitable for the display of a fine building.
The foundation stone of the new Town Hall was laid on 26th October 1868 by the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Robert Neill. The Town Hall was opened by Lord Mayor Abel Heywood, on 13 September 1877, after Queen Victoria's snubbed the city and refusal to attend the opening.
As you enter on the floor is a mosaic depicting the bee, the symbol of Manchester's being a hive of industry during the 19th century. The bee also used be on the Boddingtons beer logo. A history going back to 1778 was ended when last family chairman Ewart Boddington sold the Strangeways brewery and the Boddingtons brand to Whitbread for \u00a350.7 million. In May 2000, the Whitbread Beer Company was acquired by brewing conglomerate Interbrew. In 2004 brewing was moved from the original site next to Manchester's main victorian prison. Cask Boddingtons is still brewed in Manchester however, at teh former Kestral Lager brewary at Moss Side.
Reasuringly the town hall tower is still topped by a golden cotton seed ball, the original source of the city's wealth. That will not go the way of Strangeways brewery.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY8W6 - Manchester Central Library is a circular library south of the Town Hall Extension in Manchester, England. It is the headquarters of the Manchester Library & Information Service, which also consists of 22 other community libraries.
To the left is the Manchester Town Hall extension, to the left the central library. This walkway connects St Peters Square and Mount St A6042
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGR8 - Stockport is a large, major town in Greater Manchester, England, 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Manchester city centre, where the River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey, and the largest in the metropolitan borough of the same name.
Historically, most of the town was in Cheshire, but the area to the north of the Mersey was in Lancashire. Stockport in the 16th century was a small town entirely on the south bank of the Mersey, and known for the cultivation of hemp and manufacture of rope. In the 18th century the town had one of the first mechanised silk factories in the British Isles. However, Stockport's predominant industries of the 19th century were the cotton and allied industries. Stockport was also at the centre of the country's hatting industry, which by 1884 was exporting more than six million hats a year
the last hat works in Stockport closed in 1997.
Dominating the western approaches to the town is the Stockport Viaduct. Built in 1840, the viaduct's 27 brick arches carry the mainline railways from Manchester to Birmingham and London over the River Mersey. This structure featured as the background in many paintings by L. S. Lowry.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2CY - If you're looking for some festive cheer, Manchester plays host to one of the biggest and best Christmas Sehensw?rdigkeiten outside of Germany, with more than 300 wooden chalets spread across 10 different locations throughout the city.
Originally introduced to the city in 1999, the Christmas markets have grown bigger and better each year, attracting Europe's finest street food vendors and crafters. It's a great place to buy Yuletide gifts, such as fine jewellery, handcrafted leather bags and artisan soaps. Your taste buds will also be tantalised with so many wide ranging food options on offer, including things like German bratwurst, hog roast, Spanish paella and Dutch pancakes. Yum!
Thought Christmas markets were just for December? This year the Christmas Markets will open in November in Manchester city centre, so there's plenty of time to don your best Christmas jumper, drink mulled wine and chow down on pretzels.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB59 - Attracting shoppers from all over the UK and beyond, the market has put Manchester city centre firmly on the Christmas map ? the Christmas Market has become not just a fabulous place to shop but also a hugely popular leisure destination in its own right. No Mancunian winter is complete without a wander through the chalet-lined streets of the markets.
The Christmas Markets are located in different spaces around the city, each with its own distinct character and atmosphere:
Albert Square | Brazennose Street | St Ann's Square | Exchange Street | New Cathedral Street | The Corn Exchange | Corporation Street
The array of over 300 stalls is mind-boggling, with mouthwatering delicacies from all over Europe. The choice is getting bigger and bigger and includes gifts, crafts, jewellery, clothes, toys and an array of food and drink. Treat yourself to anything from Dutch mini pancakes, to Hungarian goulash to Spanish paella to French profiteroles. Relax with a hot chocolate, German or Spanish beer, or French wine. Soak up the atmosphere of a truly international event with a uniquely Mancunian flavour.
European and local producers offer everything from fine amber jewellery, handcrafted leather bags, and top quality bonsai trees, to Dutch cheeses, French breads, and Spanish chorizo. Perfect for alternative gift ideas.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF77W - The Verve was an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in August 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboard player Simon Tong later became a member in their first reunion only.
Beginning with a psychedelic sound with their debut LP A Storm in Heaven, by the mid-1990s the band had released several EPs and four albums. They also endured name and line-up changes, break-ups, health problems, drug abuse and various lawsuits. The band's commercial breakthrough was the 1997 album Urban Hymns, one of the best-selling albums in UK history. It features the hit singles Bitter Sweet Symphony, The Drugs Don't Work, Sonnet and Lucky Man. In 1998, the band won two Brit Awards, winning Best British Group, appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in March, and in February 1999, Bitter Sweet Symphony was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.
Soon after their commercial peak, The Verve disbanded in April 1999, citing internal conflicts. According to Billboard magazine.
On 24 May 1998, The Verve played a homecoming concert in front of 33,000 fans in the grounds of Haigh Hall & Country Park, Aspull, supported by Beck and John Martyn. The band then played gigs in mainland Europe, but, on 7 June, a post-show fight at D?sseldorf-Philipshalle left McCabe with a broken hand and Ashcroft with a sore jaw. After this, McCabe decided he could not tolerate the pressures of life on the road any longer and pulled out of the tour, leaving the band's future in jeopardy, with rumours of a split circulating in the press. The band continued with session musician B. J. Cole replacing McCabe, whose guitar work was also sampled and triggered on stage.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGHE - A fingerpost (sometimes referred to as a guide post) is a traditional type of sign post primarily used in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, consisting of a post with one or more arms, known as fingers, pointing in the direction of travel to places named on the fingers. The posts have traditionally been made from cast iron or wood, with poles painted in black, white or grey and fingers with black letters on a white background, often including distance information in miles. In most cases, they are used to give guidance for road users, but examples also exist on the canal network, for instance. They are also used to mark the beginning of a footpath, bridleway, or similar public path.
Legislation was enacted in England in 1697 which enabled magistrates to place direction posts at cross-highways. However, the oldest fingerpost still extant is thought to be that close to Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire, dated 1669 and pointing to Oxford, Warwick, Gloucester and Worcester (abbreviated to 'Gloster' and 'Woster'). The Highways Act 1766 and Turnpike Roads Act 1773 made use of fingerposts on turnpike roads compulsory.
The Motor Car Act 1903 passed road sign responsibilities to the relevant highway authority within the then United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, although no specifications were set. Guidance was given in a 1921 circular that road direction signs should have 2 1?2-or-3-inch-high (64 or 76 mm) upper case lettering on a white background and white supporting poles. It also recommended that the name of the highway authority be included somewhere in the design.
Mandatory standards (The Traffic Signs (Size, Colour and Type) Provisional Regulations) were passed for Great Britain in 1933 which required poles to painted with black and white bands and lettering to be of a different typeface. Signposts were removed across much of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during World War II.
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Keywords: Dunham,Massey,NT,at,dusk,with,a,red,sunset,sky,This,is,near,Altrincham,England,UK.,Its,a,stately,home,and,garden,orange,night,sky,reflections,reflection,gotonysmith,Dunhamtown,town,Stamfords,North,west,NW,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Dunham,Massey,is,a,civil,parish,in,the,Metropolitan,Borough,of,Trafford,Greater Manchester,England.,The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green,Dunham Woodhouse and Dunham Town,along with Dunham Massey Park,formerly,the,home,of,the,last,Earl,of,Stamford,and,owned,by,the,National,Trust,since,1976.,Dunham,Massey,was,historically,in,the,county,of,Cheshire,but since 1974 has been part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough,the nearest town is Altrincham. As of the 2001 census,the parish had a population of 475.,Dunham Massey has a long history,as,reflected,in,its,45,listed,buildings.,It,was,a,locally,important,area,during,the,medieval,period,and,acted,as,the,seat,for,the,Massey,barony.,The,Georgian,hall,with the remains of a castle in its grounds,is a popular tourist attraction. Sites of Special Scientific interest,1,2
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWWC - Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.[1] The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green, Dunham Woodhouse and Dunham Town, along with Dunham Massey Park, formerly the home of the last Earl of Stamford and owned by the National Trust since 1976. Dunham Massey was historically in the county of Cheshire, but since 1974 has been part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough
the nearest town is Altrincham. As of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 475.
Dunham Massey has a long history, as reflected in its 45 listed buildings. It was a locally important area during the medieval period, and acted as the seat for the Massey barony. The Georgian hall, with the remains of a castle in its grounds, is a popular tourist attraction. There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dunham Massey: Dunham Park, located south of Dunham Town, and Brookheys Covert.
