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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4500,Jabez Thompson,Northwich brick,brick,brickmaker,terracotta,Victorian industry,Northwich,Cheshire,building material,industrial archaeology,brickworks,manufacturer,stamped brick,heritage,construction,Victorian,ceramics,architectural terracotta,local history,England,UK,history,historic,architecture,conservation,built heritage,archive,documentary
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FD8EWN - . Historic Northwich brick stamped Jabez Thompson Northwich . The manufacturer's name is impressed directly into the clay, making the brick both a building material and a durable trade mark from Northwich's Victorian industrial economy. Northwich's identity is inseparable from salt, brine, brick and terracotta manufacture. The Thompson family were prominent local industrialists: Jabez Thompson ran the Northwich brick and tile works and developed production of high-quality terracotta, while related Thompson enterprises were involved in salt manufacture and shipping. Surviving bricks, plaques, crates and trade signs are valuable pieces of commercial archaeology, preserving company names and stock-photo/gotonysmith-Products.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>products that once circulated through Cheshire and beyond. Such objects connect everyday material culture with Victorian industry, transport and the growth of Northwich. The location is Northwich, Cheshire, England. This geographical detail helps distinguish the subject from similar businesses, buildings or scenes elsewhere and gives the photograph stronger value for local, regional and comparative editorial use. The image therefore has value not only for current news features but also for retrospective comparisons of how streets, services, brands and public expectations evolve over time. Details that might seem mundane at the moment of photography can later help date a streetscape or explain how a service was delivered, which is one reason straightforward editorial documentation remains useful to archives and publishers. As an editorial stock image, it also records the typography, branding, materials and street-level visual language of its period, details that can become historically valuable as shops, products and public infrastructure are altered or replaced. This makes the photograph a useful piece of contemporary editorial documentation. It preserves a clear, searchable record of the subject and its setting for future editorial comparison.
Northwich, Cheshire, England
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Silverstone,automotive,six-car,art,installation,sports cars,German,car,manufacturer,Northamptonshire,21-metre,Goodwood Festival of Speed,2023,permanent,outdoor,display,motoring,heritage,luxury,performance,cars,iconic,models,British motorsport,venue,sculptural,landmark,car enthusiast,attraction,engineering,design,996 Turbo,997 GT3 RS,991 GT3 Cup,Guards Red,Carrara White,Bali Blue
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F0K3K0 - Dramatic Porsche 911 sculpture stands outside the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England. Created by British artist and designer Gerry Judah, the installation sends Porsche sports cars soaring above the landscape on sweeping white steel loops, producing a sense of speed, movement and controlled motion even though the vehicles remain fixed in mid-air.
The artwork is 21 metres tall and carries six examples from successive generations of the Porsche 911. The complete display includes a G-Series Targa, 964 and 993 Carrera, 996 Turbo, 997 GT3 RS and 991 GT3 Cup racing car. In this view, several red, white and dark-coloured cars project from the curving structure against a bright blue summer sky with scattered white cloud, while trees, grass and the Silverstone countryside form the background.
The sculpture first appeared at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where Porsche celebrated the 75th anniversary of its sports cars and 60 years of the 911. It was subsequently installed permanently outside the Porsche Experience Centre Silverstone. Porsche later described the vehicles as painted in Guards Red, Carrara White and Bali Blue, colours chosen as a reference to the United Kingdom's Union Flag.
Judah is known internationally for monumental automotive installations, particularly the towering centrepieces created for the Goodwood Festival of Speed. His work commonly combines real vehicles with large engineered structures that suggest acceleration, racing lines and mechanical energy.
The Porsche Experience Centre runs specialist driving sessions on purpose-built handling circuits beside Silverstone's famous Hangar Straight. The centre also includes heritage displays, hospitality, event spaces and driver performance facilities. The sculpture therefore acts both as a public artwork and an instantly recognisable landmark celebrating the enduring design, motorsport history and cultural status of the Porsche 911.
Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, NN12 8TN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_1035,A&W Smith & Co Ltd Glasgow,cast,iron,makers,plate,Verdant Works,Dundee,Scotland,UK,industrial,lettering,metal,manufacturer,engineering,foundry,heritage,Glasgow,manufacturing,history,machinery,Scottish,archaeology,factory,museum,collection,rust,craftsmanship,rusty,scale,scales,weight,weighing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F0K32D - . A&W Smith & Co Ltd Glasgow cast iron maker's plate displayed at Verdant Works in Dundee, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 9 June 2026. The recorded location is Verdant Works, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT, Scotland, UK. The close-up shows raised industrial lettering, decorative geometric detail and a heavily textured metal surface bearing the manufacturer's name and city. The strong rust-brown colour and relief lettering emphasise the material quality and craftsmanship of the historic metalwork. Seen through industrial landscape, the earlier context is that factories, mills, mines and workshops record the technologies and labour that powered industrial expansion
Machinery, inscriptions and specialist buildings are valuable evidence of engineering practice, working conditions and regional industries. For visitor attraction, the historical context is that public libraries expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as part of civic education, later adding computers, events and digital services while retaining their role as shared community space. The 2026 relevance of industrial landscape comes from the fact that former industrial sites continue to be repurposed for housing, offices and cultural attractions
Historic machinery and surviving fabric therefore illustrate both deindustrialisation and current debates about adaptive reuse, local identity and heritage-led regeneration. For visitor attraction, the 2026 context is that libraries and museums continue to operate as community hubs, visitor attractions and sources of digital access, while funding pressures encourage partnerships, volunteering and new uses for historic buildings. Additional subject vocabulary includes industrial heritage, industrial archaeology, engineering history, manufacturing, factory, labour history, working life, mechanical engineering, heritage conservation, production technology, industrial regeneration, archive, public library, and collections.
Verdant Works, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,AB,World Foods,manufacturer,255A8917,Gentlemans Relish - Patum Peperium,Gentlemans,Relish,Patum,Peperium,England,food,drink,hospitality,local,traditional,retail,consumer,heritage,business
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEDYN - Gentleman's Relish - Patum Peperium, photographed in England, UK. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of food and drink, brewing, pubs, specialist products, hospitality, local businesses, consumer culture and regional culinary heritage. The image clearly records the visible subject, signage, branding, architecture, object or activity associated with Gentleman's Relish - Patum Peperium. It provides useful documentary context for news, features, travel, social history and contemporary editorial coverage. Details visible in the scene help identify the place or subject and show how it appears in everyday use, making the photograph useful for stories about local identity, economic and social change, public services, transport, leisure, heritage, tourism, community life and the built environment. The photograph can also support retrospective or comparative coverage where the survival, redevelopment, reuse or changing role of the location or object is relevant.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,AB,World Foods,manufacturer,spread,anchovy,anchovies,fish,spiced,knife,marine,with,traditional,history,vintage,retro,nostalgic,nostalgia,old fashioned,salted,preserved fish,umami,salty,opened jar,opened pot,food packaging,pantry food,British grocery,culinary history,Victorian,Edwardian,gentlemens club,breakfast,savoury,after dinner,eccentricity,food culture,fans
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEE02 - An opened pot of Patum Peperium The Gentleman's Relish is shown beside a silver spreading knife on a fish-patterned cloth, creating a useful editorial food image of a once familiar but increasingly rare British savoury spread. Gentleman's Relish is a strongly flavoured anchovy paste, traditionally used sparingly on hot buttered toast, crackers, sandwiches or savouries, with a salty, fishy and umami character that has always made it a classic acquired taste. First created in 1828 by Englishman John Osborn, the product became part of British pantry history, associated with Victorian food culture, gentlemen's clubs, breakfast tables and old-fashioned after-dinner savouries. The visible Patum Peperium lid, peeled foil seal, opened plastic tub and fish-themed background make the photograph commercially useful for stories about heritage foods, nostalgic grocery brands, discontinued products, changing tastes, supermarket ranges and the survival of eccentric British food traditions. In April 2026, reports said AB World Foods had stopped production because the spread was no longer commercially viable, prompting disapstock-photo/gotonysmith-Point.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>pointment from loyal fans and interest in whether another producer might revive the brand. The image can illustrate food manufacturing decisions, declining demand for niche condiments, anchovy paste, preserved fish, secret recipes, retro packaging, recipe nostalgia and the way small everyday products can carry surprising cultural memory. It also works for features on strong flavours, salt-heavy foods, seafood spreads, British culinary oddities and the contrast between modern convenience food and older, more pungent pantry staples. As a documentary stock image, it records the opened product at the point of use, with label, texture and serving context visible, giving buyers a clear visual for articles about the disappearance, scarcity or possible revival of Gentleman's Relish.
Opened pot of Patum Peperium Gentleman's Relish, the traditional British anchovy spread discontinued
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,AB,World Foods,manufacturer,255A8928,Gentlemans Relish - Patum Peperium,Gentlemans,Relish,Patum,Peperium,England,food,drink,hospitality,local,traditional,retail,consumer,heritage,business
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEE1P - Gentleman's Relish - Patum Peperium, photographed in England, UK. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of food and drink, brewing, pubs, specialist products, hospitality, local businesses, consumer culture and regional culinary heritage. The image clearly records the visible subject, signage, branding, architecture, object or activity associated with Gentleman's Relish - Patum Peperium. It provides useful documentary context for news, features, travel, social history and contemporary editorial coverage. Details visible in the scene help identify the place or subject and show how it appears in everyday use, making the photograph useful for stories about local identity, economic and social change, public services, transport, leisure, heritage, tourism, community life and the built environment. The photograph can also support retrospective or comparative coverage where the survival, redevelopment, reuse or changing role of the location or object is relevant.
England, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,dealer,EV,vehicles,centre,and,preowned,electric vehicle,retail,battery,electric,vehicle,sustainable,transport,low emission,automotive,direct-to-consumer,car,sales,business park,architecture,branding,modern Elon Musk,decarbonisation,regional,investment,manufacturer,owned,outlet,service,location,UK,market,stock,car lot,profit,profits,plunge
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E93472 - Wide stock-photo/gotonysmith-Editorial.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>editorial exterior view of the Tesla Centre and Certified Pre-Owned Wolverhampton at Unit 2 Mammoth Drive, showing the modern grey-clad showroom building with large Tesla lettering, glazed frontage, marked parking bays and customer vehicles outside. The scene captures a contemporary electric vehicle retail and service environment in the West Midlands, suitable for editorial use on subjects including Tesla expansion in the UK, EV retail infrastructure, certified pre-owned electric cars, automotive branding, low-emission transport, car dealership architecture and the changing geography of vehicle sales away from traditional franchised forecourts. The broad frontage, clean lines and prominent corporate signage make the image useful for stories about battery electric vehicles, direct-to-consumer car sales, automotive technology, sustainable transport policy, charging-led motoring lifestyles and the rapid normalisation of EV ownership in regional city markets. This photograph also works for commercial and documentary searches around Wolverhampton business parks, Midlands commercial property, showroom design, car retail premises, used EV sales, manufacturer-owned outlets, aftersales support, Tesla service locations and the visual identity of one of the world's most recognisable electric car brands. With overcast spring light, orderly parking layout and a practical trading setting rather than a glamour shot, the image has a grounded news and business feel that suits reporting on used car values, fleet transition, consumer confidence in second-hand EVs, transport decarbonisation and the continued build-out of specialist electric vehicle sales and service networks across England. The distant skyline, access road markings and visible stock vehicles help place the site in a real operating context rather than a staged promotional scene, which strengthens its value for editorial features about UK motoring change, regional investment and everyday EV adoption.
Tesla Centre and Certified Pre-Owned Wolverhampton at Unit 2 Mammoth Drive, Wolverhampton WV10 9TF,
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,city,centre,Jas Smith,Smith,Smiths,building,architecture,established,1830,store,stores,shop,history,historic,heritage,WC1A,53,New Oxford Street,WC1A 1BL,shops,and sons,American,white,red,sign,signage,whip,whips,manufacturers,manufacturer,gold,lettering,traditional,conservative
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RW3WYK - James Smith & Sons is an umbrella shop in London. The premises in New Oxford Street is Grade II* listed.
It was founded by James Smith as a single shop in Foubert's Place in 1830. Further branches were established in Savile Row and New Burlington Street and the main premises is now in New Oxford Street. The shop-fittings there were constructed around 1865 and the shop still has a traditional Victorian character.
In popular culture
In the 2011 movie Captain America: The First Avenger, the storefront of James Smith & Sons appears in the CGI background of a shot, but the name is changed to Henry Cooper & Sons.
In the 2014 biography A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, historian Ben Macintyre includes the detail that Philby owned a James Smith and Sons umbrella
The shop featured in episode four of the BBC's 2015 production of Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime.
In the movie Spooks: The Greater Good, the shop is used as dead drop point for agents contacting each other covertly.
The shop is mentioned and illustrated in the children's book Gaspard's Foxtrot by Zeb Soanes and James Mayhew.
Hazelwood House, 53 New Oxford St, London, WC1A 1BL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,city,centre,Jas Smith,Smith,Smiths,building,architecture,established,1830,store,stores,shop,history,historic,heritage,WC1A,53,New Oxford Street,WC1A 1BL,shops,and sons,American,white,red,sign,signage,whip,whips,manufacturers,manufacturer,gold,lettering,traditional,conservative
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RW3X10 - James Smith & Sons is an umbrella shop in London. The premises in New Oxford Street is Grade II* listed.
It was founded by James Smith as a single shop in Foubert's Place in 1830. Further branches were established in Savile Row and New Burlington Street and the main premises is now in New Oxford Street. The shop-fittings there were constructed around 1865 and the shop still has a traditional Victorian character.
In popular culture
In the 2011 movie Captain America: The First Avenger, the storefront of James Smith & Sons appears in the CGI background of a shot, but the name is changed to Henry Cooper & Sons.
In the 2014 biography A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, historian Ben Macintyre includes the detail that Philby owned a James Smith and Sons umbrella
The shop featured in episode four of the BBC's 2015 production of Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime.
In the movie Spooks: The Greater Good, the shop is used as dead drop point for agents contacting each other covertly.
The shop is mentioned and illustrated in the children's book Gaspard's Foxtrot by Zeb Soanes and James Mayhew.
Hazelwood House, 53 New Oxford St, London, WC1A 1BL
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,city,centre,Jas Smith,Smith,Smiths,building,architecture,established,1830,store,stores,shop,history,historic,heritage,WC1A,53,New Oxford Street,WC1A 1BL,shops,and sons,American,white,red,sign,signage,whip,whips,manufacturers,manufacturer,gold,lettering,traditional,conservative
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RW3X1A - James Smith & Sons is an umbrella shop in London. The premises in New Oxford Street is Grade II* listed.
It was founded by James Smith as a single shop in Foubert's Place in 1830. Further branches were established in Savile Row and New Burlington Street and the main premises is now in New Oxford Street. The shop-fittings there were constructed around 1865 and the shop still has a traditional Victorian character.
In popular culture
In the 2011 movie Captain America: The First Avenger, the storefront of James Smith & Sons appears in the CGI background of a shot, but the name is changed to Henry Cooper & Sons.
In the 2014 biography A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, historian Ben Macintyre includes the detail that Philby owned a James Smith and Sons umbrella
The shop featured in episode four of the BBC's 2015 production of Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime.
In the movie Spooks: The Greater Good, the shop is used as dead drop point for agents contacting each other covertly.
The shop is mentioned and illustrated in the children's book Gaspard's Foxtrot by Zeb Soanes and James Mayhew.
Hazelwood House, 53 New Oxford St, London, WC1A 1BL
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,city,centre,Jas Smith,Smith,Smiths,building,architecture,established,1830,store,stores,shop,history,historic,heritage,WC1A,53,New Oxford Street,WC1A 1BL,shops,and sons,American,white,red,sign,signage,whip,whips,manufacturers,manufacturer,gold,lettering,traditional,conservative
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RW3X1D - James Smith & Sons is an umbrella shop in London. The premises in New Oxford Street is Grade II* listed.
It was founded by James Smith as a single shop in Foubert's Place in 1830. Further branches were established in Savile Row and New Burlington Street and the main premises is now in New Oxford Street. The shop-fittings there were constructed around 1865 and the shop still has a traditional Victorian character.
In popular culture
In the 2011 movie Captain America: The First Avenger, the storefront of James Smith & Sons appears in the CGI background of a shot, but the name is changed to Henry Cooper & Sons.
In the 2014 biography A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, historian Ben Macintyre includes the detail that Philby owned a James Smith and Sons umbrella
The shop featured in episode four of the BBC's 2015 production of Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime.
In the movie Spooks: The Greater Good, the shop is used as dead drop point for agents contacting each other covertly.
The shop is mentioned and illustrated in the children's book Gaspard's Foxtrot by Zeb Soanes and James Mayhew.
Hazelwood House, 53 New Oxford St, London, WC1A 1BL
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,city,centre,cabinets,over half a century,established,1830,store,stores,shop,history,historic,heritage,WC1A,53,New Oxford Street,WC1A 1BL,shops,and sons,American,white,red,sign,signage,whip,whips,manufacturers,manufacturer,gold,lettering,traditional,conservative,display,displays,cabinet,Steed,John
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RW3X1N - James Smith & Sons is an umbrella shop in London. The premises in New Oxford Street is Grade II* listed.
It was founded by James Smith as a single shop in Foubert's Place in 1830. Further branches were established in Savile Row and New Burlington Street and the main premises is now in New Oxford Street. The shop-fittings there were constructed around 1865 and the shop still has a traditional Victorian character.
In popular culture
In the 2011 movie Captain America: The First Avenger, the storefront of James Smith & Sons appears in the CGI background of a shot, but the name is changed to Henry Cooper & Sons.
In the 2014 biography A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, historian Ben Macintyre includes the detail that Philby owned a James Smith and Sons umbrella
The shop featured in episode four of the BBC's 2015 production of Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime.
In the movie Spooks: The Greater Good, the shop is used as dead drop point for agents contacting each other covertly.
The shop is mentioned and illustrated in the children's book Gaspard's Foxtrot by Zeb Soanes and James Mayhew.
Hazelwood House, 53 New Oxford St, London, WC1A 1BL
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,BCLM,West Midlands,1lb,to,weighing,weigh,up,one,imperial,pound,light,traditional,old,chemist,sweet,sweets,shop,store,shops,stores,scales,exact,weights,measure,measures,W & T Avery,Ltd,limited,machines,British,manufacturer,maker,brown
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWEY7 - . Photographed at Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK in 2023, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is Traditional W&T Avery scales, to weigh up to one imperial pound, made in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. The frame also records themes of place identity, visual archive, public realm, commercial streetscape, commercial frontage, local character, street-level trading, community identity, high-street commerce, regional identity, period detail, changing land use, social history, and contemporary social history. For current editorial use, town-centre regeneration and business rates provide additional context, especially through the short lifespan of branding, displays and shopfront identities. Future viewers can use this scene from Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK to compare lettering, decoration and surface detail with whatever follows after redevelopment. A second descriptive layer includes local enterprise, archival record, bricks-and-mortar business, shopfront economy, customer footfall, documentary photography, retail property, and town-centre economy. Details involving Midlands, weigh, pound, Birmingham, and scales make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is town-centre regeneration and the role of independent businesses in maintaining active town centres without losing the local specificity of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. The record includes a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene. The frame retains a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,Greater Manchester,England,UK,history,historic,heritage,black,machines,lancs,maker,manufacturer,machine,at,Robt Broadbent,&,son,makers,Stalybridge,Patent,improved,mill,mills,1886,Eli W. Blake,Eli Whitney Blake,Westville,US Patent,U.S. patent,US20542,1858,Wigan Pier Quarter,WN3 4EF,WN3,WN34EF
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH9WH5 - E. W. Blake, Machine for Crushing Stone, U.S. Patent 20542, 6/15/1858
1858 Patent “ E W Blake “ Crushing Stone “ US20542
My stone breaker, so far as respects its principle, or its essential characteristics, consists of a pair of jaws, one fixed and the other movable, between which the stones are to be broken, having their acting faces nearly in an upright position, and convergent downward one toward the other in such manner that while the space between them at the top is such as to receive the stones that are to be broken, that at the bottom is only sufficient to allow the fragments to pass when broken to the required size
and giving to the movable jaw a short and powerful vibration through a small space, say one fourth of an inch, more or less. By means of this form and arrangement of the jaws, and this motion of the movable jaw, when a stone is dropped into the space between them, it falls down until its further descent is arrested between their convergent faces
the movable jaw, advancing, crushes it, then receding, liberates the fragments and they again descend, and if too large, are again crushed, and so on until all the fragments, having been sufficiently reduced, have passed out through the narrower space at the bottom.
Heritage Way , Wigan Pier Quarter, Wigan, WN3 4EF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,various,for,to a,handle,with,a,bristle,artists,decoration,decorator,shapes,shape,round,flat,bright,Edbert,dagger,liner,stippler,deer-foot,mop,angle,fan,Filbert,art,artist,brushing,stroke,strokes,display,displays,demonstration,sales,selling,manufacturer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KBYXBN - Artist's brush shapes
The styles of brush tip seen most commonly are:
Round: pointed tip, long closely arranged bristles for detail.
Flat: for spreading paint quickly and evenly over a surface. They will have longer hairs than their Bright counterpart.
Bright: shorter than flats. Flat brushes with short stiff bristles, good for driving paint into the weave of a canvas in thinner paint applications, as well as thicker painting styles like impasto work.
Filbert: flat brushes with domed ends. They allow good coverage and the ability to perform some detail work.
Fan: for blending broad areas of paint.
Angle: like the filbert, these are versatile and can be applied in both general painting application as well as some detail work.
Mop: a larger format brush with a rounded edge for broad soft paint application as well as for getting thinner glazes over existing drying layers of paint without damaging lower layers to protect the paintbrush
Rigger: round brushes with longish hairs, traditionally used for painting the rigging in pictures of ships. They are useful for fine lines and are versatile for both oils and watercolors.
Stippler and deer-foot stippler: short, stubby rounds
Liner: elongated rounds
Dagger looks like angle with longish hairs, used for one stroke painting like painting long leaves.
Scripts: highly elongated rounds
Egbert : a filbert with extra long hair, used for oil painting
Great Britain, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,town,centre,GB,British,English,union,union jack,flag,export,popular,store,stores,shop,shops,6,YO22 4DB,jet,best,quality,goth,gothic,stone,stones,rings,ring,necklace,retail,manufacturer,maker,and,retailer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD2438 - . Robinsons Whitby Jet shop, 6 Sandgate, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4DB. Photographed on 25 September 2022, this autumn 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 6 Sandgate, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4DB, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, union, union jack, flag, export, popular, store, stores, shop, shops, YO22 4DB, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. 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.
6 Sandgate, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4DB
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,station,train,trains,4th,Fourth,Avenue,Crewe Gates,Industrial Estate Weston Rd,Crewe,CW1 6TT,Industrial Estate,Weston Rd,builders,manufacturer,manufacturers,Freshly Whipped,Creamy,Soft,the,original,Kristie,cone,Mr,Whippy,Mrs,lolly,lollies,cones,tubs,Mister,soft mix,soft,mix,vehicle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JX2RY1 - Mr. Whippy (or Mister Whippy) is a brand of soft-mix ice cream produced by Wall's, a subsidiary of Unilever as part of the Heartbrand. Mr. Whippy began as a franchise of ice cream operators, but is now just the name of the soft-mix ice cream, as such, many ice cream vendors selling the soft-mix brand themselves as Mr. Whippy and stylise their vehicles and outlets as they wish. Actual franchises of the brand continue separately in Australia and New Zealand.
The name Mr. Whippy has become a generic trademark in the United Kingdom amongst consumers to refer to soft-serve ice cream in a single cone
The company originated when British businessman Dominic Facchino visited the United States and saw the Mister Softee ice cream franchise, selling soft serve ice cream from mobile ice cream vans. Unable to license the brand in the UK, Facchino set up his own Mr. Whippy franchise in Birmingham in 1958, starting with a fleet of six vans.
The company was purchased by Unilever in 1966.
Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW1 6TT
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,station,train,trains,4th,Fourth,Avenue,Crewe Gates,Industrial Estate Weston Rd,Crewe,CW1 6TT,Industrial Estate,Weston Rd,builders,manufacturer,manufacturers,Freshly Whipped,Creamy,Soft,the,original,Kristie,cone,Mr,Whippy,Mrs,lolly,lollies,cones,tubs,Mister,soft mix,soft,mix,vehicle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JX2T0F - Mr. Whippy (or Mister Whippy) is a brand of soft-mix ice cream produced by Wall's, a subsidiary of Unilever as part of the Heartbrand. Mr. Whippy began as a franchise of ice cream operators, but is now just the name of the soft-mix ice cream, as such, many ice cream vendors selling the soft-mix brand themselves as Mr. Whippy and stylise their vehicles and outlets as they wish. Actual franchises of the brand continue separately in Australia and New Zealand.
The name Mr. Whippy has become a generic trademark in the United Kingdom amongst consumers to refer to soft-serve ice cream in a single cone
The company originated when British businessman Dominic Facchino visited the United States and saw the Mister Softee ice cream franchise, selling soft serve ice cream from mobile ice cream vans. Unable to license the brand in the UK, Facchino set up his own Mr. Whippy franchise in Birmingham in 1958, starting with a fleet of six vans.
The company was purchased by Unilever in 1966.
Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW1 6TT
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,station,train,trains,4th,Fourth,Avenue,Crewe Gates,Industrial Estate Weston Rd,Crewe,CW1 6TT,Industrial Estate,Weston Rd,builders,manufacturer,manufacturers,Freshly Whipped,Creamy,Soft,the,original,Kristie,cone,Mr,Whippy,Mrs,lolly,lollies,cones,tubs,Mister,soft mix,soft,mix,vehicle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JX2T20 - Mr. Whippy (or Mister Whippy) is a brand of soft-mix ice cream produced by Wall's, a subsidiary of Unilever as part of the Heartbrand. Mr. Whippy began as a franchise of ice cream operators, but is now just the name of the soft-mix ice cream, as such, many ice cream vendors selling the soft-mix brand themselves as Mr. Whippy and stylise their vehicles and outlets as they wish. Actual franchises of the brand continue separately in Australia and New Zealand.
The name Mr. Whippy has become a generic trademark in the United Kingdom amongst consumers to refer to soft-serve ice cream in a single cone
The company originated when British businessman Dominic Facchino visited the United States and saw the Mister Softee ice cream franchise, selling soft serve ice cream from mobile ice cream vans. Unable to license the brand in the UK, Facchino set up his own Mr. Whippy franchise in Birmingham in 1958, starting with a fleet of six vans.
The company was purchased by Unilever in 1966.
Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW1 6TT
Description
Keywords: GotonySmith,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,1950,1950s,wireless,with,station,BBC radio,big,speaker,Moscow,BBC,BBC light,light,plastic,tune,tuning,knob,control,controls,tuner,volume,vintage,sets,DAC90a,electronics,British,GB,UK,famous,manufacturer,radios,company,Power Road,Chiswick,DAC90A,DAC90
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTJ9BW - Bush is a British consumer electronics brand owned by J Sainsbury plc (Sainsbury's), the parent company of the retailer Argos. The former Bush company is one of the most famous manufacturers of early British radios. The company is now defunct, but the Bush brand name survives as a private label brand for budget electronics. Today, all Bush are sold exclusively at Argos and Sainsbury's, with Argos having a wider selection
The Bush DAC90a radio was introduced in 1950. This model superseded the DAC90 and uses smaller valves and a completely redesigned chassis.
The Bush DAC90A is probably the most sought after and collected vintage valve radio of our time. This is because it's easy to use, it's compact, it doesn't need an external aerial, and it looks good and works well. Once restored, these radios are also extremely reliable and can be used every day without problems. It's a four valve plus rectifier superhet with a well laid out chassis housed in a beautiful Bakelite cabinet. Unlike some radios, there's nothing complex about the design. This is a well designed and well built radio, two attributes which result in reliability.
The Bush DAC90A Radio “ Variants & Versions
There were several versions of the famous Bush DAC90A radio. The radios were basically the same but the dial glasses and knobs differed. The cabinets also varied from ivory to brown or black Bakelite.
England, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: GotonySmith,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,1950,1950s,wireless,with,station,BBC radio,big,speaker,Moscow,BBC,BBC light,light,plastic,tune,tuning,knob,control,controls,tuner,volume,vintage,sets,DAC90a,electronics,British,GB,UK,famous,manufacturer,radios,company,Power Road,Chiswick,DAC90A,DAC90
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTJ9BX - Bush is a British consumer electronics brand owned by J Sainsbury plc (Sainsbury's), the parent company of the retailer Argos. The former Bush company is one of the most famous manufacturers of early British radios. The company is now defunct, but the Bush brand name survives as a private label brand for budget electronics. Today, all Bush are sold exclusively at Argos and Sainsbury's, with Argos having a wider selection
The Bush DAC90a radio was introduced in 1950. This model superseded the DAC90 and uses smaller valves and a completely redesigned chassis.
The Bush DAC90A is probably the most sought after and collected vintage valve radio of our time. This is because it's easy to use, it's compact, it doesn't need an external aerial, and it looks good and works well. Once restored, these radios are also extremely reliable and can be used every day without problems. It's a four valve plus rectifier superhet with a well laid out chassis housed in a beautiful Bakelite cabinet. Unlike some radios, there's nothing complex about the design. This is a well designed and well built radio, two attributes which result in reliability.
The Bush DAC90A Radio “ Variants & Versions
There were several versions of the famous Bush DAC90A radio. The radios were basically the same but the dial glasses and knobs differed. The cabinets also varied from ivory to brown or black Bakelite.
England, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,auto,pepsi,wristwatch,GMT,worldtime,watches,watch,made,in,company,maker,watchmaker,Joh. Gobber,Horlogerie,SA,Théodore Sfaellos,Ernest Frédéric Schneider,Ernest Schneider,Granges,map,town,Breitling,manufacturer,mapping,geography,rare,unusual,three,timezones,time zones,time,zones,automatic,Pepsi,dial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB56G - . This scene at the recorded location in 2022 forms part of the visual story.htm Target=_Blank>history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The main point of reference is Sicura Globetrotter wristwatch, GMT, worldtime. A broader reading of the photograph includes local history, collectable wristwatch, analogue timekeeping, period watch design, vintage timepiece, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, period detail, horological collecting, manual-wind movement, mechanical movement, regional identity, and community identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with manufacturing heritage, analogue technology and the contrast between mechanical timekeeping and connected wearables. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at the recorded location, details that may look very different after conservation work. The location also brings in vintage wristwear, historical comparison, place identity, visual archive, watch dial typography, public realm, changing land use, and mid-century timepiece. Details involving wristwatch, worldtime, Sicura, and Globetrotter make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for manufacturing heritage and the contrast between mechanical timekeeping and connected wearables as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Another useful connection is second-hand markets and how watch design preserves industrial and graphic history when considered against later change at the recorded location. It also preserves evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference.
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,England,UK,Herefordshire,alcohol,drinking,fermentation,alcoholism,alcoholics,cider maker,carbonation,cider,old,process,processes,brand,historic,Pomagne,filler machine,Quieta patent bottle carbonator,cidre,style,making,for,carbonator,bubbles,fizz,fizzy,heritage,machine,industry,industrial,manufacturer,makers,maker
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPDJEN - . This dated editorial view of Hereford , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is Manufacturers plate, Quieta patent bottle carbonator, Filler machine for cider, cider maker, Hereford, England, UK. The image also relates to contemporary social history, period detail, regional identity, everyday life, beverage production, Herefordshire cider tradition, fermented drink production, bottling technology, local character, drinks manufacturing, cider-making heritage, changing streetscape, factory bottling line, and drinks packaging. Today's relevance is strengthened by manufacturing automation, energy costs and the continuing question of how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage. As a dated visual record of Hereford , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with community identity, orchard-to-bottle industry, before-and-after reference, public realm, industrial beverage equipment, documentary photography, place identity, and archival record. References to carbonator, plate, Quieta, machine, and maker give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Hereford , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate manufacturing automation and how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage within the specific setting of Hereford , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene.
Hereford , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,washing,powders,powder,manufacturer,pipes,pipe,cylinder,industry,industrial,site,closing,closure,facility,Crosfield,production,end of,employer,town,centre,global,PQ Corporation,GMB union,Hammer blow,unemployment,redevelopment,Lever Brothers,WA5 1AQ,Liverpool Road,chemical,plant,chemicals,works
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K148TM - . An identifiable period record of Bank Quay, Liverpool Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1AQ in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The image documents Chemical plant pipework at Lever Bros Bank Quay, Liverpool Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1AQ. Further facets of the scene include public-realm investment, place identity, public transport stop, visual archive, urban fabric, period detail, period architecture, local mobility, public realm, heritage-led regeneration, urban regeneration, social history, transport accessibility, and everyday life. Today's relevance is strengthened by planning, public-realm investment and the continuing question of how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. From a 2025-onward perspective, reliability and service frequency are closely linked to this subject, alongside the importance of bus stops as the physical interface with public transport. Future viewers can use this scene from Bank Quay, Liverpool Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1AQ to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The surrounding story also includes street-side transport, roadside transit, commercial redevelopment, adaptive reuse, local character, bus route infrastructure, surface public transport, and local bus network. References to Liverpool, pipework, plant, Chemical, and Lever give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Bank Quay, Liverpool Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1AQ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The period view preserves evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference. The view records evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
Bank Quay, Liverpool Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1AQ
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,by,14lb,scales,old,ancient,history,historic,decayed,decaying,Cymru,scale,ornate,heritage,rusting,rusted,Salters,coal,measure,weigh,weighing,weighs,spring balance,spring balances,made in England,English,manufacturer,pound,pounds,stones,imperial,orange,big pit,Wales
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAXT59 - . This location-specific image from UK in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The main point of reference is Rusty Salter spring balance scale, 30 cwt by 14lb. The broader subject matter reaches into industrial archaeology, documentary photography, public realm, heritage asset, historic townscape, contemporary social history, urban fabric, visual archive, historical comparison, conservation interest, built heritage, labour history, factory heritage, and community identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with labour history, skills heritage and the growing value of industrial heritage for tourism and local identity. The modern context includes continuing discussion of maintenance, planning control and the tension between conservation and redevelopment. Future viewers can use this scene from UK to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after closure or conversion. A second descriptive layer includes working-industry history, historic streetscape, industrial transport, manufacturing heritage, period detail, industrial artefact, place identity, and historic freight equipment. The recorded references to Rusty, Salter, spring, balance, and scale preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects labour history and the growing value of industrial heritage for tourism and local identity as part of the longer story of UK. Its period value extends to embodied carbon and the tension between conservation and redevelopment when considered against later change at UK. It also preserves a trace of local identity for future local research.
UK
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,train,public transport,Waverley,station,railway,Scotland,UK,platform,rail,Edinburgh,new,new livery,blue,British Rail,BR,TPE,TOC,train operating company,franchise,Civity,EMU,roiling stock,route,routes,night,at night,Edinburgh Waverley Station,Edinburgh Waverley,Station,regional passenger train,Spanish,rolling stock,manufacturer,Spain,Nova 2,Eversholt Rail Group,cancelations
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ANMBD6 - The CAF Civity is a platform of regional passenger trains which is manufactured by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF. Available as both a diesel and electric multiple unit, the Civity was first launched in 2010 and received its first order two years later.
Train length: 43“140.2 m (141 ft 1 in“460 ft 0 in)
Weight: c. 100 t (98.4 long tons
110.2 short tons)
Built at: Irun
Zaragoza
Newport
The British Rail Class 397 Civity is built by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF for lease to TransPennine Express by Eversholt Rail Group
Announcement of new trains was made by FirstGroup when it was confirmed that they would become the next operator of the TransPennine Express franchise from 1 April 2016. In May 2016 it was announced by TransPennine Express that they had ordered twelve five-car electric multiple units from CAF to replace the fleet of ten four-car Class 350/4 Desiro units which presently operate TransPennine Express services between Liverpool, Manchester and Scotland.
Testing of the first set began at the Velim railway test circuit in July 2018.
An option for up to 22 extra units was available to TransPennine Express, but it was not exercised.
Mainline testing of the Class 397 was carried out from Manchester International Depot, operating between the depot and Carlisle via Crewe, the test runs being operated by Rail Operations Group.
Waverley, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,train,public transport,Waverley,station,railway,Scotland,UK,platform,rail,Edinburgh,new,new livery,blue,British Rail,BR,TPE,TOC,train operating company,franchise,Civity,EMU,roiling stock,route,routes,night,at night,Edinburgh Waverley Station,Edinburgh Waverley,Station,regional passenger train,Spanish,rolling stock,manufacturer,Spain,Nova 2,Eversholt Rail Group,HotpixUK.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ANMBD7 - The CAF Civity is a platform of regional passenger trains which is manufactured by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF. Available as both a diesel and electric multiple unit, the Civity was first launched in 2010 and received its first order two years later.
Train length: 43“140.2 m (141 ft 1 in“460 ft 0 in)
Weight: c. 100 t (98.4 long tons
110.2 short tons)
Built at: Irun
Zaragoza
Newport
The British Rail Class 397 Civity is built by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF for lease to TransPennine Express by Eversholt Rail Group
Announcement of new trains was made by FirstGroup when it was confirmed that they would become the next operator of the TransPennine Express franchise from 1 April 2016. In May 2016 it was announced by TransPennine Express that they had ordered twelve five-car electric multiple units from CAF to replace the fleet of ten four-car Class 350/4 Desiro units which presently operate TransPennine Express services between Liverpool, Manchester and Scotland.
Testing of the first set began at the Velim railway test circuit in July 2018.
An option for up to 22 extra units was available to TransPennine Express, but it was not exercised.
Mainline testing of the Class 397 was carried out from Manchester International Depot, operating between the depot and Carlisle via Crewe, the test runs being operated by Rail Operations Group.
Waverley, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,train,public transport,Waverley,station,railway,Scotland,UK,platform,rail,Edinburgh,new,new livery,blue,British Rail,BR,TPE,TOC,train operating company,franchise,Civity,EMU,roiling stock,route,routes,night,at night,Edinburgh Waverley Station,Edinburgh Waverley,Station,regional passenger train,Spanish,rolling stock,manufacturer,Spain,Nova 2,Eversholt Rail Group,cancelations
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ANMBD8 - The CAF Civity is a platform of regional passenger trains which is manufactured by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF. Available as both a diesel and electric multiple unit, the Civity was first launched in 2010 and received its first order two years later.
Train length: 43“140.2 m (141 ft 1 in“460 ft 0 in)
Weight: c. 100 t (98.4 long tons
110.2 short tons)
Built at: Irun
Zaragoza
Newport
The British Rail Class 397 Civity is built by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF for lease to TransPennine Express by Eversholt Rail Group
Announcement of new trains was made by FirstGroup when it was confirmed that they would become the next operator of the TransPennine Express franchise from 1 April 2016. In May 2016 it was announced by TransPennine Express that they had ordered twelve five-car electric multiple units from CAF to replace the fleet of ten four-car Class 350/4 Desiro units which presently operate TransPennine Express services between Liverpool, Manchester and Scotland.
Testing of the first set began at the Velim railway test circuit in July 2018.
An option for up to 22 extra units was available to TransPennine Express, but it was not exercised.
Mainline testing of the Class 397 was carried out from Manchester International Depot, operating between the depot and Carlisle via Crewe, the test runs being operated by Rail Operations Group.
Waverley, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,train,public transport,Waverley,station,railway,Scotland,UK,platform,rail,Edinburgh,new,new livery,blue,British Rail,BR,TPE,TOC,train operating company,franchise,Civity,EMU,roiling stock,route,routes,night,at night,Edinburgh Waverley Station,Edinburgh Waverley,Station,regional passenger train,Spanish,rolling stock,manufacturer,Spain,Nova 2,Eversholt Rail Group,cancellation rate
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ANMBDH - The CAF Civity is a platform of regional passenger trains which is manufactured by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF. Available as both a diesel and electric multiple unit, the Civity was first launched in 2010 and received its first order two years later.
Train length: 43“140.2 m (141 ft 1 in“460 ft 0 in)
Weight: c. 100 t (98.4 long tons
110.2 short tons)
Built at: Irun
Zaragoza
Newport
The British Rail Class 397 Civity is built by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF for lease to TransPennine Express by Eversholt Rail Group
Announcement of new trains was made by FirstGroup when it was confirmed that they would become the next operator of the TransPennine Express franchise from 1 April 2016. In May 2016 it was announced by TransPennine Express that they had ordered twelve five-car electric multiple units from CAF to replace the fleet of ten four-car Class 350/4 Desiro units which presently operate TransPennine Express services between Liverpool, Manchester and Scotland.
Testing of the first set began at the Velim railway test circuit in July 2018.
An option for up to 22 extra units was available to TransPennine Express, but it was not exercised.
Mainline testing of the Class 397 was carried out from Manchester International Depot, operating between the depot and Carlisle via Crewe, the test runs being operated by Rail Operations Group.
Waverley, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,train,public transport,Waverley,station,railway,Scotland,UK,platform,rail,Edinburgh,new,new livery,blue,British Rail,BR,TPE,TOC,train operating company,franchise,Civity,EMU,roiling stock,route,routes,night,at night,Edinburgh Waverley Station,Edinburgh Waverley,Station,regional passenger train,Spanish,rolling stock,manufacturer,Spain,Nova 2,Eversholt Rail Group,failing,failed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ANMBDM - The CAF Civity is a platform of regional passenger trains which is manufactured by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF. Available as both a diesel and electric multiple unit, the Civity was first launched in 2010 and received its first order two years later.
Train length: 43“140.2 m (141 ft 1 in“460 ft 0 in)
Weight: c. 100 t (98.4 long tons
110.2 short tons)
Built at: Irun
Zaragoza
Newport
The British Rail Class 397 Civity is built by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF for lease to TransPennine Express by Eversholt Rail Group
Announcement of new trains was made by FirstGroup when it was confirmed that they would become the next operator of the TransPennine Express franchise from 1 April 2016. In May 2016 it was announced by TransPennine Express that they had ordered twelve five-car electric multiple units from CAF to replace the fleet of ten four-car Class 350/4 Desiro units which presently operate TransPennine Express services between Liverpool, Manchester and Scotland.
Testing of the first set began at the Velim railway test circuit in July 2018.
An option for up to 22 extra units was available to TransPennine Express, but it was not exercised.
Mainline testing of the Class 397 was carried out from Manchester International Depot, operating between the depot and Carlisle via Crewe, the test runs being operated by Rail Operations Group.
Waverley, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,SDC,South West England,England,UK,South West,town,grid,grids,cover,Bridgwater Town,South West of England,history,historic,grass,metal,metalwork,named,rust,rusty,services,sewage,drainage,maintenance,urban,man-hole,Somerset,embossed,cast iron,Grid,covers,utilities,Stockham,foundry,maker,manufacturer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMKHN - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The main subject is Bridgwater embossed cast iron Grid, Bridgwater Town, Somerset, South West of England, England, UK - T.Stockham Contractor Bridgwater. A broader reading of the scene brings in public realm, electoral messaging, period detail, historic townscape, archival record, architectural character, social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, local character, government priorities, political communication, public policy, historic frontage, contemporary social history, and community identity. The subject remains useful for current coverage of local services and cost of living, not least because of comparing earlier political promises with later policy. Today's wider story includes adaptive reuse, heritage conservation and the practical question of the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. As a documentary source, the image captures evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life around the recorded location. The setting also brings in historical comparison, architectural detailing, historic commercial architecture, visual archive, heritage asset, before-and-after reference, heritage landmark, and party-political communication. Details involving Contractor, Stockham, Somerset, Bridgwater, and embossed give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The surrounding context at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is local services and tracking how priorities change after elections without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The period view preserves period character within the wider story of the recorded location. The view records a trace of local identity as part of the recorded location's history.
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,England,Regent St,Birmingham,UK,offices,factory,brick building,history,historic,rail,railings,1927,Frederick Street,Frederick St,Badges,Medals,medal,Insignia,Regalia,Ceremonial Swords,sporting gods,trophies,trophy,factories,Brum,English Midlands,B1 3HQ,B1,English,British,Regent street,makers,manufacturers,manufacturer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTDH - . A grounded editorial photograph documents the character of Regent St, Birmingham, English Midlands, UK, B1 3HQ, in a time-specific record from 2018. The principal recorded subject is Thomas Fattorini factory, Birmingham Jewellery quarter, Regent St, Birmingham, English Midlands, UK, B1 3HQ. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are adaptive reuse, heritage streetscape, architectural detail, conservation interest, architectural character, historic fabric, historic townscape, period property, architectural heritage, local landmark, traditional building, and urban fabric. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, older urban fabric also connects with vacancy, redevelopment pressure and efforts aimed at lower-carbon reuse rather than demolition. Small period details preserved at Regent St, Birmingham, English Midlands, UK, B1 3HQ may become historically important as commercial occupants, public services, infrastructure and the built environment change, making the image useful for retrospective editorial coverage. Beyond the immediate subject, the setting involves period architecture, heritage asset, conservation architecture, historic environment, built heritage, historic built environment. Further recorded details include Brum. The same setting also brings together urban conservation, and townscape identity. Modern coverage of local landmarks frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of conservation of original fabric, planning control and preserving local character. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal transport patterns, ownership or occupation, architecture and streetscape, public access, and neighbourhood identity as an authentic period reference. Taken together, these details make the photograph a useful record of the condition of buildings, local business activity, patterns of everyday use, public-realm details, and regional identity at this precise location.
Regent St, Birmingham, English Midlands, UK, B1 3HQ
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,England,Regent St,Birmingham,UK,offices,factory,brick building,history,historic,rail,railings,1927,Frederick Street,Frederick St,Badges,Medals,medal,Insignia,Regalia,Ceremonial Swords,sporting gods,trophies,trophy,factories,Brum,English Midlands,B1 3HQ,B1,English,British,Regent street,makers,manufacturers,manufacturer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTE7 - . A detailed visual record places on record a moment within Regent St, Birmingham, English Midlands, UK, B1 3HQ, in a 2018 record. The described feature is Thomas Fattorini factory, Birmingham Jewellery quarter, Regent St, Birmingham, English Midlands, UK, B1 3HQ. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are urban fabric, architectural character, townscape identity, built heritage, heritage asset, local landmark, architectural heritage, historic built environment, conservation interest, traditional building, historic fabric, and historic townscape. For present-day editorial use, heritage assets can also illustrate debates about conservation of original fabric and maintenance cost, particularly where these affect preserving local character. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at Regent St, Birmingham, English Midlands, UK, B1 3HQ, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. Beyond the immediate subject, the setting involves conservation architecture, urban conservation, adaptive reuse, period architecture, heritage streetscape, period property. Other local associations include Brum. The same setting also brings together historic environment, and architectural detail. In the mid-2020s, local landmarks is increasingly discussed through maintenance cost and conservation of original fabric, with attention turning to preserving local character. In historical comparison, the image can help trace local business activity, regional identity, the condition of buildings, public-realm details, and patterns of everyday use without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. The lasting documentary value lies in its record of period design, local character, public activity, the appearance of the built environment, and changes of use in a form that can be compared with later photographs.
Regent St, Birmingham, English Midlands, UK, B1 3HQ
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,England,Regent St,Birmingham,UK,offices,factory,brick building,history,historic,rail,railings,1927,Frederick Street,Frederick St,Badges,Medals,medal,Insignia,Regalia,Ceremonial Swords,sporting gods,trophies,trophy,factories,Brum,English Midlands,B1 3HQ,B1,English,British,Regent street,makers,manufacturers,manufacturer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTEF - . An on-location image documents the character of Regent St, Birmingham, English Midlands, UK, B1 3HQ, in documentary coverage dating from 2018. The frame is associated with Thomas Fattorini factory, Birmingham Jewellery quarter, Regent St, Birmingham, English Midlands, UK, B1 3HQ. The physical and social setting additionally connects with local landmark, townscape identity, historic townscape, urban conservation, period property, historic fabric, adaptive reuse, period architecture, built heritage, historic built environment, architectural heritage, and historic environment. In the mid-2020s, older urban fabric is increasingly discussed through adaptive reuse and energy retrofit, with attention turning to heritage-led regeneration. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of Regent St, Birmingham, English Midlands, UK, B1 3HQ may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. The view also records themes involving traditional building, urban fabric, architectural detail, heritage asset, heritage streetscape, conservation architecture. Further recorded details include Brum. Other relevant facets include architectural character, and conservation interest. Current debate around traditional structures often combines vacancy, conservation of original fabric and the practical challenge of sensitive refurbishment. The combination preserved here provides evidence of public access, neighbourhood identity, architecture and streetscape, transport patterns, and ownership or occupation as part of the area's longer social history. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for regional identity, the condition of buildings, patterns of everyday use, local business activity, and public-realm details without relying on a generic or reconstructed view.
Regent St, Birmingham, English Midlands, UK, B1 3HQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Zündapp Bella,motorcycle,motorbike,Suburbanette,R154K,150cc,150 cc,Ambassador Motorcycles,Ambassador,Motorcycles,Suburbanettes,vehicle,brand,famous,logo,logos,mopeds,personal,transport,on,two,wheels,travel,the,engine,motor,scooter,manufactured,by,manufacturer,motorised,rust,rusting,rusty,rusted
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTA83 - The Zündapp Bella is a motor scooter manufactured by motorcycle manufacturer Zündapp from 1953 to 1964. Approximately 130,000 Bella scooters were sold, with engine sizes ranging from 150 cc to 200 cc.
The design of the Bella was heavily influenced by that of the Parilla Levriere, also known as the Parilla Greyhound. Along with being similar in general appearance, both designs have prominent air tunnels along the centreline of the scooter to allow fresh air to cool the engine without a fan.
Early Bella with kick starter and telescopic fork
As introduced in 1953, the Bella had a 146 cc two-stroke single cylinder engine, 12 inch wheels, 6 V electrics, a kick starter, and an undamped telescopic fork. The fuel tank was mounted under the seat.
A version of the Bella called the Suburbanette was made for the United States market from 1953 to 1954. The Suburbanette was stripped of the body panels enclosing the engine. 370 Suburbanettes were sold. An export version of the last 150cc Bella, the R154K (K for kickstarter), with higher Western (buckhorn) bars and no dynastarter, came to the United States in the later 1950s.[10]
A 197 cc (12.0 cu in) engine producing 10 hp (7.5 kW) became available in May 1954. The front suspension was later changed from a telescopic fork to an Earles-type leading link fork with a single suspension unit on left side of the fork. Later Bella scooters also had 12 V electricals powered by two 6 V batteries.[citation needed] Electric starters also became available on the Bella.
The Bella was imported into the United Kingdom by Ambassador Motorcycles, and into the United States by International Motorcycle Company.
Great Britain, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTA8R - . A contemporary documentary view places on record the physical context of the recorded location, as it appeared in 2018. The location can also be described in terms of roadside commerce, vehicle access, townscape identity, local transport, vehicle movement, traffic management, period architecture, period property, highway infrastructure, historic fabric, heritage asset, and road engineering. Current debate around place and memory often combines shifts in local identity, altered public space and the practical challenge of stronger archival comparison. In the mid-2020s, heritage assets is increasingly discussed through energy retrofit and adaptive reuse, with attention turning to sensitive refurbishment. Small period details preserved at the recorded location may become historically important as commercial occupants, public services, infrastructure and the built environment change, making the image useful for retrospective editorial coverage, specifically in relation to Guy Motors logo with indian chief. The resulting scene connects with architectural character, historic townscape, adaptive reuse, road connectivity, surface transport, urban conservation. The record also refers to bus, vehicle manufacturing, Wolverhampton, public service vehicle, veteran engine, veteran vehicle. A more expansive reading adds traditional building, architectural detail, heritage streetscape, highway services, road safety, motor traffic, urban mobility, built heritage, historic environment, and strategic road network. The wider contemporary story of regional identity now includes altered public space alongside shifts in local identity, while policy and investment increasingly consider a clearer record of local change. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal everyday services, planning and redevelopment, movement through the area, social change, and historic fabric at this precise location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,toilet,toilets,urinals,WC,line,of,leeds,fixture,for,pisspot,piss,pissing,waterless,water-less,sensor-operated,sensor operated,sensor,operated,ceramic,Timed flush,flush,in a washroom,flushless urinals,flushless,Wilhelm Beetz,Falcon Waterfree Technologies,Urinol,struvite,urine stone,calcium phosphate precipitates,maintenance,manufacturer,law,piss tubes,makeshift urinal,Leeds,hotel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWH5 - A urinal is a sanitary plumbing fixture for urination only. Urinals are usually used in a standing position and are popular with male users. Urinals can be with automatic or manual flushing, or without flush water as is the case for waterless urinals. They can be arranged as single sanitary fixtures (with or without privacy walls) or in a trough design without privacy walls.
The term urinal may also apply to a small building or other structure containing such fixtures. It can also refer to a small container in which urine can be collected for medical analysis, or for use where access to toilet facilities is not possible, such as in small aircraft, during extended stakeouts, or for the bedridden.
Urinals designed for females (female urinals) also exist on the market but are not widespread. It is possible for females to use male urinals with a female urination device.
Urinals for high throughput capacity are part of an efficiently designed washroom architecture. Large numbers of them are usually installed along a common supply pipe and drain. There may or may not be partitions installed for privacy.
Urinals in high-capacity washrooms are usually arranged in one or more rows directly opposite the door, so that users have their backs to people entering or standing outside. Urinals in the street may be arranged in a circle, with all users facing the center, with partitions high enough that they cannot wet each other, and usually high enough that they cannot see over. In a street urinal with an outside screen or wall, the users may stand back to back.
Often, one or two of the urinals, typically at one end of a long row, will be mounted lower than the others
they are meant for the disabled and other users who cannot reach the regular urinals. In facilities where people of various heights are present, such as schools, urinals that extend down to floor level may be used to allow anyone of any height to use any urinal.
Instead of individual fixtures, trough urinals
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,toilet,toilets,urinals,WC,line,of,leeds,fixture,for,pisspot,piss,pissing,waterless,water-less,sensor-operated,sensor operated,sensor,operated,ceramic,Timed flush,flush,in a washroom,flushless urinals,flushless,Wilhelm Beetz,Falcon Waterfree Technologies,Urinol,struvite,urine stone,calcium phosphate precipitates,maintenance,manufacturer,law,piss tubes,makeshift urinal,Leeds,hotel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWH9 - A urinal is a sanitary plumbing fixture for urination only. Urinals are usually used in a standing position and are popular with male users. Urinals can be with automatic or manual flushing, or without flush water as is the case for waterless urinals. They can be arranged as single sanitary fixtures (with or without privacy walls) or in a trough design without privacy walls.
The term urinal may also apply to a small building or other structure containing such fixtures. It can also refer to a small container in which urine can be collected for medical analysis, or for use where access to toilet facilities is not possible, such as in small aircraft, during extended stakeouts, or for the bedridden.
Urinals designed for females (female urinals) also exist on the market but are not widespread. It is possible for females to use male urinals with a female urination device.
Urinals for high throughput capacity are part of an efficiently designed washroom architecture. Large numbers of them are usually installed along a common supply pipe and drain. There may or may not be partitions installed for privacy.
Urinals in high-capacity washrooms are usually arranged in one or more rows directly opposite the door, so that users have their backs to people entering or standing outside. Urinals in the street may be arranged in a circle, with all users facing the center, with partitions high enough that they cannot wet each other, and usually high enough that they cannot see over. In a street urinal with an outside screen or wall, the users may stand back to back.
Often, one or two of the urinals, typically at one end of a long row, will be mounted lower than the others
they are meant for the disabled and other users who cannot reach the regular urinals. In facilities where people of various heights are present, such as schools, urinals that extend down to floor level may be used to allow anyone of any height to use any urinal.
Instead of individual fixtures, trough urinals
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Keywords: gotonysmith,Advanced,Hand,dryers,Handryer,M5,area,British,hand,dryer,mounted,on,a,wall,bathroom,WC,toilet,washing,hygienic,machines,technology,touch-free,touch,free,Dyson,manufacturer,inventor,invented,Gloucester Services M5,England,Uk,Gloucester,farm,Services,motorway,service
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy JND0B5 - . This dated editorial view of Gloucester Services M5, England, UK in 2017 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The frame specifically shows Dyson Advanced Handdryers ,Gloucester Services M5, England, Uk. The image also relates to everyday life, urban fabric, conservation interest, contemporary social history, conservation architecture, heritage asset, architectural detail, local character, social history, historic townscape, historical comparison, regional identity, historic streetscape, and heritage landmark. The wider contemporary story combines embodied carbon, energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. Small period details of building condition and alterations at Gloucester Services M5, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The photograph additionally reflects changing streetscape, archival record, adaptive reuse, period building, visual archive, local history, built heritage, and documentary photography. Elements such as Gloucester, Dyson, Advanced, Services, and Handdryers add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Gloucester Services M5, England, UK 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 embodied carbon and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility without losing the local specificity of Gloucester Services M5, England, UK. The setting also helps illustrate adaptive reuse and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility in a form that can be compared with future views of Gloucester Services M5, England, UK. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of Gloucester Services M5, England, UK.
Gloucester Services M5, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H542X8 - Starting with a small grocery business begun by his father, William Lever and his brother James entered the soap business in 1885 by buying a small soap works in Warrington.
The brothers teamed up with a Bolton chemist, William Hough Watson, who became an early business partner. Watson invented the process which resulted in a new soap, using glycerin and vegetable oils such as palm oil, rather than tallow.
The resulting soap was a good, free-lathering soap, at first named Honey Soap then later named Sunlight Soap. Production reached 450 tons per week by 1888. Larger premises were built on marshes at Bromborough Pool on the Wirral Peninsula at what became Port Sunlight.
Though the company was named Lever Brothers, William Lever's brother and co-director James never took a major part in running the business. He fell ill in 1895, probably as a result of diabetes, and resigned his directorship two years later
Bank Quay, Warrington, Cheshire, UK WA1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KD2 - . J Duckett & son Ltd Burnley Manufacturers Vitreous Ceramics China Urinal in the Sportsman Pub, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Photographed at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 18 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Duckett, son, Ltd, Burnley, Manufacturers, Vitreous, JDuckett, Limited, Makers and Manufacturer, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. Where brewery names, pumps, windows, pub signs or period fittings are present, they add useful detail for features on brewing history, hospitality branding and traditional licensed interiors or exteriors. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHT5B - The Winkhill Mill Company were in Shelton Old Road and Swan Street in Stoke and made cardboard boxes in the 1930s. This part of the mill is in Swan Street. Prior to 1912, the company were in Haywood Street, Stoke. Beyond the mill, the black & white building was a recreation hall, now demolished. Winkhill Mill is now the site of a range of ceramic studios, works and shops.
Winkhill Mill, Swan St, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST4 7RH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNXR - From the
Lancashire Evening Telegraph © Newsquest Media Group 2004,
first published Thursday 19th Aug 2004
'Gent' who made the town a wee bit famous...
Bygone Burnley, with JACK NADIN
DUCKETT Street, above the former Holy Trinity Church on Accrington Road,
takes its name from James Duckett, of Duckett's Pipe Works, and is a firm
that will still be remembered by many folk in the area. Here, traditionally kiln fired and salt glazed pipes, urinals and drains were manufactured well into the late 1960s, and early 1970s. The firm occupied both sides of Blannel Street, the site of which is now used by small industrial units. On the other side of Accrington Road was the huge quarry used in connection with the pipe works -- also a kids' playground at weekends known locally as Duckett's Delph. The demise of the Duckett's Works was probably brought about by the introduction of plastic for drains and pipes -- much cheaper than fired clay. So who was James Duckett
of Duckett's Pipe Works? Well, James Duckett, the founder of this firm, was born in December, 1825, the son of John and Jenny, his father was employed as a cotton spinner. At the age of nine or 10, he entered into employment at the cotton mill, as many youngsters did at this time, following his father. However, millwork was not suited to young James, he preferred the more open, outdoor work. After a while he was apprenticed to the job of working as a mason, with his brother, who at that time was erecting the building to be known as Barrowford Church. This would be around 1840, when James was just 15 years old. James found this occupation much better suited to his temperament, and a few years later, while still in his teens, he was made a partner in the business. The first large contract the firm was entrusted to was the erection of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church at Burnley, which was opened for divine service on August 2, 1849. Kelbrook Church, near Earby, was also built by James Duckett,.
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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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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,Cheshire,green,Makers plate,AM Thompson,train,engine,Crewe works,engineering,rail,railway,London & North Western Railway,London NW Railway,London North Western,patent,patented,metal,iron,cast,cast iron,maker,makers,history,historic,equipment,rail works,railway works,engine works,heritage,paint,preserved,manufacturer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AA0RPF - Crewe Works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in Cheshire. It is currently owned by Bombardier Transportation.
The railway also built 200 cottages establishing a new community in what had been the rural township of Monks Coppenhall. Among the first workers to arrive were those from the old works at Edge Hill producing an increase in the town's population by some 800 men, women and children.
In 1845 the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was merged with the Grand Junction. These, in turn, merged in 1846, with the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway to form the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). All four had their own workshops but, in time, locomotive building was concentrated at Crewe.
In 1857 John Ramsbottom became Locomotive Superintendent. He had previously invented the first reliable safety valve and the scoop for picking up water from troughs between the tracks. He went on to improve the precision and interchangeability of tools and components.
In 1862 locomotive work was transferred from Wolverton. Wolverton became the carriage works, while wagon building was concentrated at Earlestown.
In 1853 Crewe had begun to make its own wrought iron and roll its own rails, and in 1864 installed a Bessemer converter for manufacturing steel. In 1868 it became the first place to use open-hearth furnaces on an industrial scale. It also built its own brickworks. Later the works was fitted with two electric arc furnaces.
Production increased steadily and, with the sale to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway of ten 2-4-0 and eighty six 0-6-0 locomotives, privately owned manufacturers took out an injunction in 1876 to restrain the railway from producing anything but its own needs. This remained in force until British Rail Engineering Limited was established in 1969.
Crewe Works, Cheshire,England, UK, CW1
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4524488474 - '12 and 14 Nicolson Square are lovely old buildings in the old town of Edinburgh with distinctive old faded painted sign remnants in red. The square originally contained the properties of Sir James Nicolson, back pre-1800. Older maps reveal this at that time to probably be the extent of the city. Nearby Cabbagehall and Turnip Fields would have once produced food but were built over as the metropolis expanded. Nicholas Martinot looks to have been a prominent manufacturer of baskets and importer of other goods from 1890 or so onwards.
The text on the faded paint advertise 'Fancy Leathergoods' , 'Basket Manufacture', Rugs, Mats, walking Sticks, Hardware and Woodenware.
The Edinburgh Gazette of 1890 and 1892 note two 'bankrupt sequestrations' in which Martinot was elected joint commissioners. In issue 10128 (25th Feb 1890) page 180 they are involved in sequestration of Daniel S Johnston, fancy goods merchant at 103 Kirkgate and 131 Great Junction St Leith. In another issue 10363 the sequestration of a hardware, toy and Smallware merchant from 272 Canongate and 15 St Mary Street is involved ( www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/10128/pages/180 &
www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/10364/pages/670 ).
The building is now used by Edinburgh University, School of Arts, Culture &
Environment and the facilty is named Alison House.
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Keywords: Roberts Bakery and The Little Treats Co,based,in,Northich,and,Aldreds,The,located,in,Ilkeston,Derbyshire,dusk,night,shot,bluehour,blue,hour,bakers,manufacturers,manufacturer,foodservice,markets,market,Rocky,Road,bites,bakery,products,including,sliced,bread,bread rolls,gotonysmith bakery products including sliced bread,bread rolls,gingerbread and chocolate clusters quality CW9 7RQ CW97RQ,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDC0 - . The Cheshire based Frank Roberts bakery factory at Rudheath, Northwich, England , UK at dusk - bread makers. Its a family business. Photographed on 12 February 2010. The recorded location is Rudheath, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 7RQ. The wider historical story is that everyday food and drink sit within wider histories of farming, manufacturing, retail and hospitality
Ingredients and brands that appear ordinary at one moment can later become useful markers of changing diets, packaging, provenance and food fashion. From a heritage perspective, markets and high-street businesses combine commercial history with everyday social life
Their changing occupiers, branding and uses document local economies, consumer culture, town-centre regeneration and the long shift from traditional retailing towards mixed shopping, food and leisure destinations. The wider historical story is that industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing Britain: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology and often conserved within museums or regenerated sites. In the present 2026 context, current food coverage frequently combines lifestyle with questions of price, health, sourcing and environmental impact
Older packaging and products also offer useful evidence of how branding, portioning and consumer expectations have changed. As of 2026, town-centre resilience remains a major policy issue in England, with government programmes aimed at high streets and community ownership of valued local assets
Changing retail patterns, vacancies and the growth of food-led destinations make older shop and market photographs valuable for comparison. Other useful descriptive phrases include food culture, food photography, home cooking, local produce, consumer food, food retail, and nutrition.
Rudheath, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 7RQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF1333 - . Old signwriting on university buildings at 12 Nicholson Square, Edinburgh City, Lothians, Scotland , UK. Photographed on 1 January 2010. 12 and 14 Nicolson Square are lovely old buildings in the old town of Edinburgh with distinctive old faded painted sign remnants in red. Looking at the subject's development, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. In historical terms, town and city centres are continually rewritten by new buildings, transport schemes and evolving commercial uses
Photographs preserve the everyday fabric between major landmarks, including underpasses, arcades, back streets and small businesses that may disappear during redevelopment. The historical context is that public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. For the 2026 context, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historical fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse. During 2026, urban regeneration in England continues to focus on town-centre renewal, housing, public realm and reuse of vacant commercial property
Earlier street scenes provide valuable before-and-after evidence of these changes and of the businesses or structures lost along the way. In the present 2026 context, conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change.
12 Nicholson Square, Edinburgh City, Lothians, Scotland , UK
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Keywords: Bristol Tipped Cigarettes wall historic advertisement from Witton Street,Northwich,Cheshire West and Chester,England,CW9,5QU,W.D.,&,H.O.,Wills,was,a,British,tobacco,importer,and,cigarette,manufacturer,formed,in,Bristol,England.,It,was,one,of,the,founding,companies,of,Imperial,Tobacco,CW95QU,historic history old,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,ad,promotion,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY9DC - Bristol Tipped Cigarettes wall historic advertisement from Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester , England CW9 5QU
Revealed after building work.
The company was founded as Wills, Watkins & Co. by Henry Overton Wills I and his partner Watkins, who opened a shop in Castle Street, Bristol in 1786. After the retirement of his partner in 1789 it became Wills & Co. .
From 1791 to 1793 the company was known as Lilly, Wills & Co when it merged with the firm of Peter Lilly, who owned a snuff mill on the Land Yeo at Barrow Gurney, and then, from 1793 to his retirement in 1803, as Lilly and Wills. In 1826 his two sons, William Day Wills and Henry Overton Wills took over the company and in 1830 the company took the above name.
The company pioneered canteens for the workers, free medical care, sports facilities and paid holidays. Their first brand was Bristol , made at the London factory from 1871 to 1974. Three Castles and Gold Flake followed in 1878 and Woodbine ten years later. Embassy was introduced in 1914 and relaunched in 1962 with coupons.
Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester , England CW9 5QU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ANMBDK - The CAF Civity is a platform of regional passenger trains which is manufactured by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF. Available as both a diesel and electric multiple unit, the Civity was first launched in 2010 and received its first order two years later.
Train length: 43“140.2 m (141 ft 1 in“460 ft 0 in)
Weight: c. 100 t (98.4 long tons
110.2 short tons)
Built at: Irun
Zaragoza
Newport
The British Rail Class 397 Civity is built by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF for lease to TransPennine Express by Eversholt Rail Group
Announcement of new trains was made by FirstGroup when it was confirmed that they would become the next operator of the TransPennine Express franchise from 1 April 2016. In May 2016 it was announced by TransPennine Express that they had ordered twelve five-car electric multiple units from CAF to replace the fleet of ten four-car Class 350/4 Desiro units which presently operate TransPennine Express services between Liverpool, Manchester and Scotland.
Testing of the first set began at the Velim railway test circuit in July 2018.
An option for up to 22 extra units was available to TransPennine Express, but it was not exercised.
Mainline testing of the Class 397 was carried out from Manchester International Depot, operating between the depot and Carlisle via Crewe, the test runs being operated by Rail Operations Group.
Waverley, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPF7KB - . Made at Backwell, Bristol, England, UK in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is An apple a day, keeps the doctor away, advert from Williams Bros, Backwell, Bristol, England, UK. The locality and subject together evoke public realm, drinks manufacturing, place identity, historic beverage advertising, visual archive, cider-making heritage, Herefordshire cider tradition, changing streetscape, beverage production, local character, cider brand history, contemporary social history, period detail, and historical comparison. The modern context includes continuing discussion of brand heritage, alcohol duty and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing. The image fixes commercial use and occupation within Backwell, Bristol, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The location also brings in bottle-filling machinery, orchard-to-bottle industry, archival record, local history, before-and-after reference, factory bottling line, everyday life, and changing land use. The combination of advert, Williams, apple, Backwell, and doctor anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Backwell, Bristol, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes brand heritage and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production within the specific setting of Backwell, Bristol, England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is brand heritage and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production as part of the longer story of Backwell, Bristol, England, UK. The photograph keeps a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
Backwell, Bristol, England, UK
