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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0029,Sky,engineer,van,Sky TV,Sky broadband,service van,vehicle,Spider,Man,film,advertising,Cinema,demand,broadband,internet,telecommunications,pay,television,home,entertainment,installer,field,branded,commercial,streaming,service,media,company,subscription,Warrington,Cheshire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FDX1C7 - . A Sky engineer's service van carrying a full vehicle wrap promoting Spider-Man and Sky's cinema, on-demand television and broadband services. The van combines a practical field-engineering role with moving advertising, making the vehicle part of the brand's street-level marketing as technicians travel between customer homes. The photograph can illustrate pay television, streaming competition, broadband installation, telecommunications, subscription media, branded commercial fleets, home entertainment and the continuing requirement for physical service visits even as entertainment delivery becomes increasingly digital The straightforward viewpoint prioritises identification and context, making the image practical for news, feature and archive use The image also reflects the way transport and communications services are being reshaped by electrification, digital subscriptions and new customer expectations. Vehicles and infrastructure that appear routine at street level can carry wider significance for decarbonisation, service delivery, connectivity and the investment required to keep local networks functioning The picture can serve both a current-news use and a later historical comparison, particularly where branding, retail occupation, technology or public policy moves on As an editorial record, the photograph links a recognisable operator or piece of equipment with the everyday experience of passengers and households. It can support stories about infrastructure, mobility, engineering, service reliability, environmental policy and the practical technology behind modern travel or communications The original file wording also identifies searchable details including Sky engineer van vehicle delivering Sky cinemas Sky, which have been retained as metadata evidence where they accurately describe what is visible Its clear real-world setting gives editors useful context that a generic studio image would not provide.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4660,barber shop,mens,grooming,Latchford,Warrington,independent,business,high,street,haircut,beard,trim,skin,fade,small,shopfront,Barber,frontage,pole,graphics,social,media,icons,barbers,illegal,activity,paying,cash,rates,tax,taxes,rundown,run down,high streets,decline,declining
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC893Y - . Sya barber frontage with barber-pole graphics and social media icons is one of the independent barber businesses serving Latchford, a residential district of Warrington. Men's grooming shops have been a notable growth category on British high streets since the 2010s, with many businesses drawing on Turkish, Kurdish, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean barbering styles such as hot-towel shaves, beard shaping and highly finished skin fades. It is important not to infer the proprietor's nationality from appearance alone, but the visual language of contemporary barber shops has become a recognisable part of town-centre and neighbourhood retail. These businesses often occupy compact units, trade long hours and depend heavily on repeat local customers. Their expansion has helped refill premises left by older retail uses while also creating intense competition. The photograph can illustrate independent enterprise, male grooming, migration-influenced retail culture, small-business economics and the changing mix of services on UK high streets. As a documentary stock image, the scene has value beyond its immediate subject because signs, clothing, street furniture and commercial presentation all date the moment. Future comparisons can show how policy, technology, fashion and the built environment changed after 2026. Search relevance also extends to barber, documentary photography, local reporting, public policy and mid-2020s social change. The subject provides a concrete visual reference for editors needing a real location rather than a generic illustration of barber. Because the photograph is tied to a specific date, it can later be compared with subsequent changes in signage, ownership, regulation, public use or the surrounding streetscape. It additionally captures ordinary material culture of 2026, including the graphic design, technology, clothing or infrastructure through which broader trends become visible at street level.
Knutsford Road, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1349,Press Entrance,Kilmarnock FC,Rugby Park,Kilmarnock,press,media,journalists,newspapers,radio,television,football,Scotland,Scottish,Ayrshire,East,stadium,sports,reporting,journalism,broadcast,photographers,access,entrance,sign,matchday,communications,August,2026,club,soccer,news
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAP8EK - . Press Entrance sign at Rugby Park, home of Kilmarnock Football Club in East Ayrshire, Scotland, photographed in August 2026. The straightforward blue-on-white notice identifies the separate access used by accredited journalists, photographers, broadcasters and other media workers covering football at the stadium. Behind every professional match is a substantial reporting operation involving newspapers, websites, radio, television, agencies, club media and freelance photographers, all of whom require controlled access to press rooms, commentary positions, interview areas and pitchside working locations. This image provides a clean editorial illustration of sports journalism and the practical infrastructure that supports football coverage without relying on a particular player or match. It is relevant to stories about press accreditation, football media, newspapers, broadcasting, radio commentary, sports photography, match reporting, access restrictions and the changing economics of journalism. Rugby Park's role as the home of Kilmarnock FC gives the sign a specifically Scottish football context while also representing a familiar feature of professional stadiums throughout the UK.
Rugby Park, Rugby Road, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, KA1 2DP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A0032,Murdoch is Bad News,Murdoch,Bad,News,boycott,banner,opposing,The Sun,The,Sun,News of the World,of,World,The Times,Times,Sunday Times,Sunday,Peoples History Museum,Peoples,History,Museum,Manchester,UK,Rupert,newspaper,press,media,Wapping,union,trade,industrial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BGDY - Murdoch is Bad News boycott banner opposing The Sun, News of the World, The Times and Sunday Times, displayed at People's History Museum in Manchester, UK. The long horizontal campaign banner urges the public not to buy newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch and News International, reflecting the bitter industrial conflict surrounding the move of newspaper production to Wapping in east London during the 1980s. The dispute became a major confrontation between News International and print unions, with mass picketing, dismissals and arguments over new technology, union power and changing newspaper production methods. Boycott material targeted the company's major newspaper titles as supporters sought economic pressure through consumer action. This photograph is useful for editorial coverage of the Wapping dispute, Rupert Murdoch, British newspaper history, press ownership, trade unions, industrial relations, boycotts, media power, Thatcher-era labour conflict, political campaigning and protest material preserved in museum collections.
People's History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3ER, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A0037,Ruperts Reward,Ruperts,Reward,poster,trade,union,protest,Peoples History Museum,Manchester,England,UK,newspaper,newspapers,workers,press,media,ownership,jobs,sack,profit,industrial,relations,labour,campaign,campaigning,solidarity,boycott,politics,political,graphic,history,Rupert Murdock,News International,1970s,1980s,protests
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BGE2 - Rupert's Reward anti-newspaper ownership trade union protest poster displayed at People's History Museum in Manchester, England, UK. The black and white political graphic uses caricature, newspaper references and the slogan The Sack to attack newspaper management and job losses, with wording referring to trade unionists, newspaper workers, millions in profit and solidarity. The design reflects the highly confrontational style of campaigning associated with disputes over press ownership, new technology, union recognition and newspaper production. It provides strong editorial imagery for British media history, print unions, labour relations, redundancies, industrial conflict, political posters, press power, boycott campaigns and the role of visual propaganda in workplace disputes. Displayed within the national museum of democracy, the poster illustrates how campaign graphics recorded the tensions between employers, organised labour and changing technology in the newspaper industry.
People's History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3ER, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_1437,Newspaper,front,page,about,Brexit,Boris,Johnson,United,Kingdom,politics,political,government,media,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F9CW57 - . Newspaper front page about Brexit and Boris Johnson, United Kingdom. Photographed on 20 June 2026. For the story of protest, it is useful to note that political photographs gain meaning over time as candidates, parties and constitutional debates evolution
A routine campaign scene can later become evidence of a turning point, an unsuccessful candidacy or a movement that developed further. The historical setting for stamp is that printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, stamps, posters, comics, manuals and vouchers combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use. For present-day protest, 2026 is significant because digital campaigning dominates much modern politics, but physical posters, rallies and street demonstrations remain visually important
Their presence highlights the continuing role of public space in democratic expression. In the 2026 discussion of stamp, much ticketing, advertising and personal communication is digital, making older printed ephemera increasingly distinctive evidence of pre-digital consumer life. Useful alternative terminology includes political campaign, election, campaign sign, public opinion, political history, civic participation, activism, referendum, party politics, local politics, public rally, political communication, graphic design, print history, and consumer culture. Further relevant search phrases include paper artefact, retro design, visual communication, collectable, design history, IMG_1437, government, media, and history. Seen through activism, the earlier context is that election material, protest signs and campaign imagery preserve the language of politics as it was presented to voters at the time
Posters, slogans and public meetings can reveal local issues and political identities more directly than later summaries. Its wider context brings together political campaign, election and campaign sign.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9457,Welcome To Wrexham,mural,construction,new Wrexham AFC Kop stand,Wrexham,Wales,UK,football,stadium,redevelopment,tourism,documentary,media,regeneration,fan,culture,city,branding,cranes,building,sport,Welsh,popular,art,AFC,Ryan Reynolds,club
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ERX6E0 - . Welcome To Wrexham mural beside construction of the new Wrexham AFC Kop stand in Wrexham, Wales, UK. Photographed on 17 May 2026. The recorded location is STōK Cae Ras, Mold Road, Wrexham LL11 2AH, Wales, UK. The colourful wall art references the internationally successful Welcome to Wrexham documentary phenomenon while heavy construction equipment, cranes and the developing stadium structure rise behind it. Wrexham AFC, founded in 1864, is one of the oldest professional football clubs in the world. Its Racecourse Ground, now known as STōK Cae Ras, is recognised as the world's oldest international football stadium still hosting international matches. The club's global profile rose dramatically after its 2021 takeover by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. The background to major event is that football and major sporting events leave a rich material record through flags, tickets, souvenirs, programmes and venue signage
International tournaments in particular can turn everyday objects into historical evidence of national sporting culture. Within the history of construction safety, construction sites became increasingly controlled environments during the twentieth century, with access gates, turnstiles, personal protective equipment and formal safety management replacing more informal working practices. In relation to mural, historical context shows that public art turns streets and buildings into records of local culture
Murals, statues and memorial sculpture can commemorate people and events, celebrate industry, respond to politics or simply enliven public space, while materials and style often identify a particular era. Current 2026 context around major event is that professional sport remains closely tied to broadcast rights, tourism, sponsorship and stadium redevelopment, while supporter experience, policing, ticket prices and transport continue to shape matchday debate.
STōK Cae Ras, Mold Road, Wrexham LL11 2AH, Wales, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9457,Welcome To Wrexham,mural,construction,new Wrexham AFC Kop stand,Wrexham,Wales,UK,football,stadium,redevelopment,tourism,documentary,media,regeneration,fan,culture,city,branding,cranes,building,sport,Welsh,popular,art,AFC,Ryan Reynolds,club
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ETN3F1 - . Welcome To Wrexham mural beside construction of the new Wrexham AFC Kop stand in Wrexham, Wales, UK. Photographed on 17 May 2026. The recorded location is STōK Cae Ras, Mold Road, Wrexham LL11 2AH, Wales, UK. The colourful wall art references the internationally successful Welcome to Wrexham documentary phenomenon while heavy construction equipment, cranes and the developing stadium structure rise behind it. The combination of popular-culture imagery and active construction provides a strong visual summary of Wrexham's recent football-led transformation. Wrexham AFC, founded in 1864, is one of the oldest professional football clubs in the world. Its Racecourse Ground, now known as STōK Cae Ras, is recognised as the world's oldest international football stadium still hosting international matches. The club's global profile rose dramatically after its 2021 takeover by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Seen through stadium architecture, the earlier context is that football and major sporting events leave a rich material record through flags, tickets, souvenirs, programmes and venue signage
International tournaments in particular can turn everyday objects into historical evidence of national sporting culture. For dockside crane, the historical context is that construction sites became increasingly controlled environments during the twentieth century, with access gates, turnstiles, personal protective equipment and formal safety management replacing more informal working practices. Looking at statue, the longer history is that public art turns streets and buildings into records of local culture
Murals, statues and memorial sculpture can commemorate people and events, celebrate industry, respond to politics or simply enliven public space, while materials and style often identify a particular era. Additional subject language includes 255A9457, Welcome To Wrexham, and new Wrexham AFC Kop stand.
STōK Cae Ras, Mold Road, Wrexham LL11 2AH, Wales, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,jobs,British,Broadcasting,Corporation,building,offices,cutting,licence,fee,local,radio,TV,media,news,journalism,trusted,broadcaster,urban,streetscape,civic,identity,Scouse,culture,Scousers,branding,communications,College Lane,hub,landmark,regional news,presenter,glass facade,region,regional,streetscene,city,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E8E1HK - Front elevation of BBC Radio Merseyside studios on Hanover Street, Liverpool city centre, with Made of Liverpool' window branding and presenter posters across the glazed facade. Photographed in daylight in an urban streetscape, this image captures the local broadcasting base of the BBC's long established Merseyside radio service in public setting. The building is associated with BBC local radio, regional media, journalism, interviews, live music sessions, community storytelling and public service broadcasting for Liverpool and the wider Merseyside area. The bold Made of Liverpool' slogan gives the picture strong civic identity, reflecting local pride, Scouse culture, creativity, music heritage and the city's media presence. The prominent glass frontage, steel framing, corner architecture and street level entrance make this useful for editorial, documentary and commercial themes around broadcasting, communications, local news, radio production, media buildings, cultural identity and central Liverpool. BBC Radio Merseyside broadcasts from studios on Hanover Street, making the site recognisable to listeners and those interested in regional broadcasting. People standing outside add scale and a natural everyday city feel, reinforcing themes of accessibility, public engagement and the visible presence of media organisations within the heart of the city. Useful search themes include BBC building, Liverpool media hub, local radio station, public broadcaster, modern office facade, city centre architecture, journalism in the North West, civic messaging, regional press, presenter advertising, glass office exterior, Liverpool streetscene and contemporary Britain. The weather appears bright but overcast, typical of a mild day in north west England, with soft light on the exterior and clear signage visible from the street. This is a strong editorial image for stories about local identity, the BBC in the regions, Liverpool culture, media employment and place branding.
BBC Radio Merseyside studios, Hanover Street, Liverpool, with ""Made of Liverpool' branding across th
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9053,Smith,railway,advertising,historic,Victorian,sign,publicity,station,poster,heritage,media,transport,commercial,enamel,archive,Son,promoting,advertisements,seen,millions,daily
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5HADJ - Historic W H Smith & Son railway advertising sign promoting advertisements seen by millions daily. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at England, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The surviving historic advertising panel promotes W H Smith & Son's railway publicity business and the enormous audiences available to advertisers through railway stations and passengers. Its wording and illustrated design evoke the expansion of mass travel, newspapers and commercial advertising in the railway age, making it useful for editorial coverage of transport, publishing and advertising history. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9036,Oban,Times,newspaper,media,Scotland,Argyll,press,journalism,local,news,sign,publishing,town,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7XAP - . Oban Times newspaper name on a town centre building in Oban. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK. Oban Times newspaper lettering on a building in the centre of Oban, Scotland. The close view records the visible presence of local journalism and regional news media within the town. The Oban Times is associated with coverage of Oban, Argyll and the west coast, so the image can illustrate local newspapers, community reporting, regional publishing, media history, high-street premises and the role of local press in rural and island-connected communities. Oban grew around a sheltered bay on Scotland's west coast and expanded in the nineteenth century with steamship traffic and the arrival of the railway in 1880. It remains a major gateway to the Inner Hebrides, with CalMac ferries, rail and road connections concentrated around the waterfront. Tourism, seafood, island travel and maritime services all contribute to the town's modern economy. In relation to notice, historical context shows that temporary and permanent notices are valuable social-past evidence because they capture the rules and assumptions of a particular moment, from parking and access to opening times, safety and public-service instructions. For the story of consumer culture, it is useful to note that printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, stamps, posters, comics, manuals and vouchers combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use. As of 2026, the position for notice is that digital maps and smartphone navigation are ubiquitous, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility, legal restrictions and visitors without reliable connectivity. For present-day consumer culture, 2026 is significant because physical comics, manuals and vouchers now coexist with apps, e-books and online instructions
Their material form has growing relevance to.
Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5413,DC,Thomson,Courier,Dundee,Scotland,entrance,publishing,newspaper,media,Albert,Square,office,heritage,press,Buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TC0H - Entrance to DC Thomson Courier Buildings at Albert Square, Dundee, Scotland, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at Courier Buildings, 2 Albert Square, Dundee, DD1 9QJ, Scotland, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The entrance records the long-established Dundee base of publisher DC Thomson. The company is deeply embedded in the city's identity through newspaper publishing and globally recognised comic titles, making the building an important landmark in Scottish media, journalism and popular culture. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
Courier Buildings, 2 Albert Square, Dundee, DD1 9QJ, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5422,DC,Thomson,Courier,Building,Dundee,Scotland,newspaper,publishing,media,Meadowside,Albert,Square,historic,architecture,press,and
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TC0M - Historic DC Thomson Courier Building on Meadowside and Albert Square, Dundee, Scotland, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at Courier Buildings, Albert Square, Dundee, DD1 9QJ, Scotland, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The substantial red sandstone Courier Building is closely associated with Dundee publisher DC Thomson, famous for newspapers and magazines including The Courier and for comics such as The Beano and The Dandy. The earlier Courier building at Meadowside opened in the early 20th century and remains one of the city's most recognisable media-industry landmarks. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
Courier Buildings, Albert Square, Dundee, DD1 9QJ, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_4865,Anglia Television,Anglia,Television,TV,Norwich,Norfolk,England,UK,ITV,broadcasting,broadcast,media,regional,studio,building,facade,signage,historic,heritage,architecture,brick,communications,production,news,culture,city,evening,landmark,British,industry,commercial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F8YRA3 - . Historic ITV Anglia Television building facade and signage, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. Photographed on 8 June 2024. The red-brick frontage carries prominent ANG LIA TELEVISION lettering and represents the regional television company's long association with the city. The building forms part of Britain's broadcasting heritage and can illustrate regional television, ITV history, media architecture, television production, broadcasting, communications and Norwich city history. The evening light and illuminated blue windows add visual contrast to the historic brickwork and classical detailing of the frontage. Seen through notice, the earlier context is that temporary and permanent notices are valuable social-history evidence because they capture the rules and assumptions of a particular moment, from parking and access to opening times, safety and public-service instructions. For family entertainment, the historical context is that commercial entertainment continually reinvents itself through new technologies and formats, from cinemas and video rental to escape rooms, themed attractions and interactive gaming. The 2026 relevance of notice comes from the fact that current public-realm design increasingly expects signs to be legible, inclusive and consistent, while bilingual and accessibility information reflects wider policy around language and equal access. For family entertainment, the 2026 context is that experience-led leisure such as escape rooms and themed attractions competes alongside streaming and gaming for discretionary spending, making town-centre entertainment an important part of the post-retail economy. Other closely matched search terms include public information, wayfinding, direction sign, street sign, typography, public realm, visitor guidance, information sign, bilingual signage, accessibility sign, graphic communication, street furniture, leisure business, and experience economy.
Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Cymru,Wales,Welsh,UK,studio,HQ,media,Cardiff Bay,building,broadcasting centre,modern,broadcasting,architecture,BBC Cymru Wales,sign,public service,broadcasting UK,media headquarters Wales,contemporary,office,buildings,radio,TV,national,industry,television and radio production,urban,street,photography,people,pedestrians,walking,city,infrastructure,broadcaster,British TV
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3CM - This photograph shows the BBC Cymru Wales headquarters building at Central Square in Cardiff city centre, home to the national broadcaster for Wales. The modern structure features a combination of pale stone cladding and large vertical glass panels, with prominent BBC Cymru Wales signage clearly visible on the upper facade. The building forms a key part of Cardiff's Central Square regeneration area, adjacent to Cardiff Central railway station.
The image was taken after rainfall, with wet road surfaces and pavements creating reflective textures across the foreground. Traffic lights glow against the damp streets, while a small number of pedestrians move through the scene, dressed for cool, unsettled weather. The sky is overcast with patches of lighter cloud, suggesting changeable conditions typical of the Welsh climate.
BBC Cymru Wales operates television, radio, and digital services in both Welsh and English, and the Central Square development represents a significant investment in modern broadcasting infrastructure and urban renewal. The surrounding streetscape, street furniture, and planting reinforce the contemporary civic character of the area.
The photograph captures both the architectural presence of a major public service broadcaster and the everyday atmosphere of a working city following rain, blending modern media infrastructure with the rhythms of urban life in Cardiff.
BBC Cymru Wales, Central Square, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, CF10 1FT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,TV,radio,web,media,NI,Northern,Ireland,Blackstaff,House,offices,BT2,County Antrim,BT2 7BB,Broadcasting,BBC Northern Ireland,Ulster,entrance,front,frontage,outside,exterior,studio,studios,cut,cuts,cutback,service,services,reduction,in,radio Foyle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9J0B4 - BBC Northern Ireland (Irish: BBC Thuaisceart Éireann
Ulster-Scots: BBC Norlin Airlan) is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Northern Ireland. It is widely available across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
BBC Northern Ireland is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Scotland and BBC Cymru Wales. Based at Broadcasting House, Belfast, it provides television, radio, online and interactive television content. BBC Northern Ireland currently employs 700 people, largely in Belfast.
BBC Northern Ireland has two TV channels - BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC Two Northern Ireland
and two radio stations - BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle.
BBC Northern Ireland operates two television stations: BBC One Northern Ireland and BBC Two Northern Ireland. BBC Northern Ireland funds an opt-out service with the majority of this output made in the independent sector. Some output that originates in London (so-called 'network' programmes) are time-shifted to create appropriate slots for programming that is more appealing to the BBC audience in NI.
Prior to 27 October 2006, BBC Two NI was a digital only service while BBC Two Northern Ireland was available on analogue transmission. Since 28 October 2006, BBC Two Northern Ireland has been the on-air name for both services which have been merged.
BBC Northern Ireland has its own team of continuity announcers which introduce the vast majority of programmes on BBC One and BBC Two in Northern Ireland.
62-66 Great Victoria St, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT2 7BB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the,Rings Of Power,advert,ad,ads,adverts,on,London underground,tube,advertisement,advertisements,poster,promotion,promoting,women,female,females,at,in,entertainment,media,film,films,platforms,stream,internet,web,station,a,season,subway,TV,show,shows,Hollywood,strike,strikes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R8T9GA - . Amazon Prime Endless Entertainment advert on the London underground tube, at Euston station.- The Power, No Time To Die, Lord of the rings. Photographed on 19 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Euston station, Camden ,London, UK, NW1 2RT, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Rings Of Power, advert, ads, adverts, London underground, tube, advertisement, advertisements, poster, promotion, promoting, women, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Transport context makes the photograph useful for stories about rail travel, passenger journeys, stations and interchanges, public transport investment, regional connectivity and the everyday experience of moving through the UK rail network. Railway architecture, passenger facilities, route identity, signage and operational infrastructure are important documentary themes, particularly as stations and services are modernised or altered over time. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Euston station, Camden ,London, UK, NW1 2RT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,data,park,Sherwood Drive,Milton Keynes,England,UK,MK3 6EB,programs,program,computer,computers,spool,used,for,programming,early,media,unreadable,readable,hole,holes,with,storage,perforated,sample,of,white,programmable,input,1950,1960,minicomputer,Creed,5,five
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGDBNN - Punched tape or perforated paper tape is a form of data storage that consists of a long strip of paper in which holes are punched. It developed from and was subsequently used alongside punched cards, differing in that the tape is continuous.
Punched cards, and chains of punched cards, were used for control of looms in the 18th century. Use for telegraphy systems started in 1842. Punched tape was used throughout the 19th and for much of the 20th centuries for programmable looms, teleprinter communication, for input to computers of the 1950s and 1960s, and later as a storage medium for minicomputers and CNC machine tools. During the Second World War, high-speed punched tape systems using optical readout methods were used in code breaking systems. Punched tape was used to transmit data for manufacture of read-only memory chips.
Data was represented by the presence or absence of a hole at a particular location. Tapes originally had five rows of holes for data across the width of the tape. Later tapes had six, seven, or eight rows. A 1944 electro-mechanical programmable calculating machine, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator or Harvard Mark I, used paper tape with 24 rows.
A row of smaller sprocket holes was always punched to be used to synchronize tape movement. Originally, this was done using a wheel with radial teeth called a sprocket wheel. Later, optical readers made use of the sprocket holes to generate timing pulses. The sprocket holes were slightly closer to one edge of the tape, dividing the tape into unequal widths, to make it unambiguous which way to orient the tape in the reader.
Tape for punching was usually 0.00394 inches (0.100 mm) thick. The two most common widths were 11⁄16 inch (17 mm) for five bit codes, and 1 inch (25 mm) for tapes with six or more bits. Hole spacing was 0.1 inches (2.5 mm) in both directions. Data holes were 0.072 inches (1.8 mm) in diameter
sprocket feed holes were 0.046 inches (1.2 mm)
Bletchley Park, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, , England, UK, MK3 6EB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Edinburgh,Scotland,investing,investors,trams,tram,advert,Uk,EH2,EH12,Pure Offices,EH12 9DT,Parabola.com,tramway,advertisement,media,ad,on,a,lightrail,light rail,line,route,routes,service,services,invest,in,city,centre,EH1,EH1 3BG
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JC9M - . Photographed at Pure Offices, 4-5 Lochside Way Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12 9DT in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The frame specifically shows Parabola.com, Investing in the future of Edinburgh, advertisement media on a tram, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG. Other connected aspects include rail mobility, passenger railway, public realm, integrated transport, documentary photography, local character, trackside heritage, local history, contemporary social history, historical comparison, place identity, archival record, rail modernisation, and transport interchange. From a 2025-onward perspective, reliability and public ownership are closely linked to this subject, alongside the archival value of railway branding and infrastructure as operators change. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Pure Offices, 4-5 Lochside Way Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12 9DT, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. Other useful contextual ideas include period detail, commuter travel, changing land use, regional rail, rail corridor, before-and-after reference, regional identity, and changing streetscape. The combination of Edinburgh, media, Princes, advertisement, and Parabola anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Pure Offices, 4-5 Lochside Way Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12 9DT, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of reliability and the archival value of railway branding and infrastructure as operators change within the real-world context of Pure Offices, 4-5 Lochside Way Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12 9DT.
Pure Offices, 4-5 Lochside Way Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH12 9DT
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Keywords: Wolverhampton,West Midlands,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,WV1,51-53 Queen Street,West midlands,WV1 1ES,media,print,office,newspaper,printer,local,journalists,news,express,star,clock,time,Midlands,print media,papers,local newspapers,local newspaper,daily,decline,of,reporting,reporter,investigative,reports,deadline,deadlines,Shropshire Star,Midland News Association,mna,travel poster
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K546Y9 - . This authentic period view of 51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1ES in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is Express and Star offices & clock, west Midlands paper, 51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1ES. The subject also carries associations with managed navigation, changing land use, archival record, canal infrastructure, visual archive, canal heritage, working waterway, community identity, navigation engineering, inland navigation, changing streetscape, everyday life, documentary photography, and heritage boating. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into climate adaptation and heritage conservation, not least because of the transition of industrial waterways toward leisure and heritage use. The archival value lies partly in recording public access and movement around 51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1ES before conservation work alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include historical comparison, before-and-after reference, period detail, regional identity, blue-green corridor, towpath landscape, place identity, and public realm. Details involving Express, Queen, Wolverhampton, clock, and offices make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around 51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1ES, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is climate adaptation and the transition of industrial waterways toward leisure and heritage use without losing the local specificity of 51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1ES.
51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1ES
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K546YA - The Express & Star is a regional evening newspaper in Britain. Founded in 1889, it is based in Wolverhampton, England, and covers the West Midlands county and Staffordshire.
Currently edited by Martin Wright, the Express & Star publishes six editions a week between Monday and Saturday. In 2007 the newspaper had a daily circulation of 174,989 by June 2014 it was 73,473, then 55,373 in 2016, 38,690 in 2019 and by 2021 was 19,683.
In 2022 figures from JICREG (Joint industry Currency for Regional Media Research) show that 17,973 papers are printed each day and there are 51,403 readers. Online expressandstar.com has 1.64 million monthly unique users with 8.9 million monthly page views.
The Express & Star features a mixture of regional and national news and has a strong following for its sports coverage of association football, particularly local teams Wolverhampton Wanderers, Walsall, and West Bromwich Albion.
The Express & Star is one of the few independent newspapers still operating in the UK, having been under the continuous ownership of the Graham family almost since its inception. It is owned by the Midland News Association (MNA), which also owns the Shropshire Star newspaper.
51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1ES
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K546YB - The Express & Star is a regional evening newspaper in Britain. Founded in 1889, it is based in Wolverhampton, England, and covers the West Midlands county and Staffordshire.
Currently edited by Martin Wright, the Express & Star publishes six editions a week between Monday and Saturday. In 2007 the newspaper had a daily circulation of 174,989 by June 2014 it was 73,473, then 55,373 in 2016, 38,690 in 2019 and by 2021 was 19,683.
In 2022 figures from JICREG (Joint industry Currency for Regional Media Research) show that 17,973 papers are printed each day and there are 51,403 readers. Online expressandstar.com has 1.64 million monthly unique users with 8.9 million monthly page views.
The Express & Star features a mixture of regional and national news and has a strong following for its sports coverage of association football, particularly local teams Wolverhampton Wanderers, Walsall, and West Bromwich Albion.
The Express & Star is one of the few independent newspapers still operating in the UK, having been under the continuous ownership of the Graham family almost since its inception. It is owned by the Midland News Association (MNA), which also owns the Shropshire Star newspaper.
51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1ES
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K54713 - The Express & Star is a regional evening newspaper in Britain. Founded in 1889, it is based in Wolverhampton, England, and covers the West Midlands.htm Target=_Blank>Midlands county and Staffordshire.
Currently edited by Martin Wright, the Express & Star publishes six editions a week between Monday and Saturday. In 2007 the newspaper had a daily circulation of 174,989 by June 2014 it was 73,473, then 55,373 in 2016, 38,690 in 2019 and by 2021 was 19,683.
In 2022 figures from JICREG (Joint industry Currency for Regional Media Research) show that 17,973 papers are printed each day and there are 51,403 readers. Online expressandstar.com has 1.64 million monthly unique users with 8.9 million monthly page views.
The Express & Star features a mixture of regional and national news and has a strong following for its sports coverage of association football, particularly local teams Wolverhampton Wanderers, Walsall, and West Bromwich Albion.
The Express & Star is one of the few independent newspapers still operating in the UK, having been under the continuous ownership of the Graham family almost since its inception. It is owned by the Midland News Association (MNA), which also owns the Shropshire Star newspaper.
50-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK,WV1 1ES
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K23M4E - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The scene records Daily News and Leader, 1914 headline,Great Britain at war with Germany, on a kitchen table. The image also relates to public realm, mixed-use redevelopment, documentary photography, commercial redevelopment, period architecture, local character, historical comparison, changing land use, community identity, regional identity, place identity, town-centre renewal, built heritage, and everyday life. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into adaptive reuse and town-centre regeneration, not least because of the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after new construction. The photograph additionally reflects heritage-led regeneration, local history, architectural character, archival record, public-realm investment, period detail, civic architecture, and place-making. The recorded references to table, Leader, kitchen, Germany, and Daily preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes adaptive reuse and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is commercial viability and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The scene captures evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,1914 headline,headlines,with,UK,1914-18,British,newspaper,daily,ship,sunk,reports,reported,paper,print,printed,page,front,report,on,a,table,kitchen,public,reading,reader,history,historic,reportage,journalism,media,pages,from,the,Daily News,Reader
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K23M4F - . This scene at the recorded location in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The frame specifically shows Daily News and Leader, 1914 headline,Great Britain at war with Germany, on a kitchen table. The broader subject matter reaches into before-and-after reference, urban fabric, changing streetscape, community identity, period detail, public realm, heritage-led regeneration, archival record, regional identity, public-realm investment, period architecture, historic townscape, built heritage, and architectural character. For current editorial use, heritage conservation and planning provide additional context, especially through the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around the recorded location before refurbishment alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include social history, adaptive reuse, visual archive, place identity, local history, documentary photography, historical comparison, and changing land use. References to Daily, Leader, kitchen, table, and Germany give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is heritage conservation and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space when considered against later change at the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate heritage conservation and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The record includes a point of historical comparison for future local research.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,1914 headline,headlines,with,UK,1914-18,British,newspaper,daily,ship,sunk,reports,reported,paper,print,printed,page,front,report,on,a,table,kitchen,public,reading,reader,history,historic,reportage,journalism,media,pages,from,the,Daily News,Reader
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K23M50 - . Made at the recorded location 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 location is represented through Daily News and Leader, 1914 headline,Great Britain at war with Germany, on a kitchen table. The frame also records themes of urban fabric, before-and-after reference, everyday life, community identity, contemporary social history, regional identity, visual archive, local history, mixed-use redevelopment, local character, architectural character, place identity, place-making, and historical comparison. Current relevance extends to construction costs and housing pressure, particularly through the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around the recorded location before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects archival record, period detail, built heritage, civic architecture, heritage-led regeneration, historic townscape, public-realm investment, and documentary photography. Elements such as headline, Leader, kitchen, table, and Daily add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of construction costs and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is planning and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,UK,BL1,lending,library,public,libraries,shelves,reading,building,buildings,pano,cuts,1930s,architecture,crescent,1930,council,BL1 1UA,design,designed,centre,Le Mans Crescent,Bolton Schools Library Museum Service,temporarily housed,at,Crompton Place shopping mall,project,local,town,shelf,books,media,physical
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRJM - The Civic Centre on Le Mans Crescent, housing the Bolton Museum, library, health clinics, and courts, was built in 193239 to the designs of Bradshaw Gass and Hope. Its plan is slightly asymmetric with end pavilions flanking a shallow crescent. There was previously a police station within the northern half of the building adjacent to the Magistrates' Court. This has been converted to offices although the former cells are still used for holding those facing transfer to prison or awaiting appearances before the court. The building has a steel frame faced in sandstone ashlar with parapets and a slate roof. It has three central arches accessing Cheadle Square. The Civic Buildings are Grade II listed. A £3.7m project to transform Bolton library will see the children's area treble in size and a new café built. In December 2021 Bolton was offered up to £22M of town's fund' government cash in order to level up' and regenerate town centres.
Bolton Council's planning committee unanimously approved the final plans for the listed Le Mans Crescent building. The work, which will include the installation of a mezzanine floor in the building, is expected to begin in September and take around a year to complete.
During the closure period the library will be temporarily housed at Crompton Place shopping mall on the site of the former New Look unit. Sam Elliott, head of libraries and museums in Bolton spoke in support of the plans to the committee.
Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1UA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,ad,effective,charity,ineffective,captive,audience,picture,frame,eye,level,reaching,men,males,media,vehicle,company,car,motorbike,van,period,poverty,menstruation,loan,loans,M5,northbound,gents,toilet,toilets,above,urinal,typical,adverts,and,promotions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAGDPT - . Photographed at 3/4, M5 Motorway Northbound, Jct, Illey Ln, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B32 4AR in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The frame specifically shows Typical adverts and promotions in Motorway service station gents toilets, above urinals - Moneybarn vehicle car van finance, ActionAid Period poverty. Other connected aspects include local history, local character, train operations, changing land use, before-and-after reference, trackside history, railway heritage, changing streetscape, everyday life, transport interchange, rail corridor, historical comparison, public realm, and period detail. For current editorial use, decarbonisation and accessibility provide additional context, especially through the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity. Small period details of equipment and working practice at 3/4, M5 Motorway Northbound, Jct, Illey Ln, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B32 4AR may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. The photograph additionally reflects industrial railway heritage, passenger railway, place identity, community identity, regional identity, visual archive, rail infrastructure, and rail transport. References to station, ActionAid, Period, service, and above give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at 3/4, M5 Motorway Northbound, Jct, Illey Ln, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B32 4AR helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for decarbonisation and the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity in a form that can be compared with future views of 3/4, M5 Motorway Northbound, Jct, Illey Ln, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B32 4AR.
3/4, M5 Motorway Northbound, Jct, Illey Ln, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B32 4AR
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,grafitti,artist,stencil,stencils,London,E1,BrickLane,Tower Hamlets,old,bar,bars,78,Brick Ln,historic,flowers,flower,comment,spray,art,spraycan,artists,mixed,media,techniques,paste up,pasted,derelict,closed,unused,urban city,inner,imagination,paint,paintings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE0295 - . Recorded at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. The main subject is Old pub, 78 Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. Other connected aspects include beer tourism, cask-beer tradition, production technology, independent brewing, building-material production, documentary photography, engineering heritage, production works, local history, industrial material culture, drinks hospitality, period detail, brewing heritage, and licensed hospitality. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes independent brewing alongside consumer spending, with particular attention to the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with adaptive reuse, labour history and recording industries that shaped northern towns. For later comparison, the photograph preserves a particular stage in the life of the location at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The surrounding context also covers factory history, hand-pulled beer, contemporary social history, working-industry history, pub trade, before-and-after reference, industrial artefact, and changing land use. The recorded references to Hamlets, London, graffiti, Tower, and Brick preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The view records a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference. The image fixes part of the area's social history for later comparison.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE0298 - . An on-location image from Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The photograph records Stork,Hanbury Street,Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The photograph also reflects conservation interest, historic townscape, conservation architecture, industrial supply chain, changing land use, industrial artefact, built heritage, historic manufacturing, regional identity, heritage asset, period streetscape, historic context, documentary photography, and changing streetscape. For contemporary context, labour history and regional industry are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes recording industries that shaped northern towns. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about embodied carbon, maintenance costs and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. As a documentary source, the scene keeps a record of the visual character of the locality at the time around Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The photograph additionally reflects social history, visual archive, period building, historical comparison, place identity, traditional masonry, local history, and period detail. The combination of Shoreditch, graffiti, Hamlets, Stork, and Tower anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image fixes a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference. It also preserves a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,grafitti,artist,stencil,stencils,London,E1,BrickLane,Tower Hamlets,of the,spray can,aerosol,can,comment,spray,art,spraycan,artists,mixed,media,techniques,paste up,pasted,derelict,closed,unused,urban city,inner,imagination,paint,paintings,blue,plaque,memorial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE0299 - . An on-location image from Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The view centres on History has Stopped,Ed Seymour,Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The scene additionally carries associations with documentary photography, labour history, historic manufacturing, military commemoration, working-industry history, production works, industrial-community remembrance, industrial material culture, collective memory, visual archive, place identity, factory history, wartime sacrifice, and engineering heritage. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with remembrance culture, industrial communities and the value of memorials as both historic evidence and places of reflection. In the mid-2020s, construction materials and manufacturing history keep the subject current, particularly through recording industries that shaped northern towns. For future researchers, the view leaves evidence of period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. Further connections include historic context, social history, war dead, community identity, industrial supply chain, building-material production, contemporary social history, and industrial archaeology. The recorded references to Stopped, Shoreditch, Seymour, Hamlets, and London preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The surrounding context at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE029J - . Made at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The subject recorded here is Meat is over,Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. Further facets of the subject include historic manufacturing, place identity, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, industrial supply chain, period streetscape, regional identity, architectural character, conservation interest, local character, historic townscape, conservation architecture, documentary photography, and visual archive. Today's wider story includes industrial conservation, adaptive reuse and the practical question of recording industries that shaped northern towns. For contemporary context, energy retrofit and adaptive reuse are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. For later comparison, the image captures the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change in this part of Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. Other useful associations include period building, archival record, social history, urban fabric, historic commercial architecture, working-industry history, built heritage, and building-material production. References to Hamlets, London, Shoreditch, graffiti, and Brick help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. Around Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,grafitti,artist,stencil,stencils,London,E1,BrickLane,Tower Hamlets,stork on wall,wall,bird painted,44 Hanbury St,44 Hanbury Street,comment,spray,art,spraycan,artists,mixed,media,techniques,paste up,pasted,derelict,closed,unused,urban city,inner,imagination,paint,paintings,bird
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02BA - . An authentic period view of Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The principal point of reference is Stork on wall,Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The frame also contains themes of architectural character, everyday life, public realm, historic manufacturing, documentary photography, visual archive, contemporary social history, built heritage, cityscape history, historical comparison, engineering heritage, production works, building-material production, and industrial archaeology. For contemporary context, industrial conservation and embodied carbon are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the relationship between local geology, manufacturing and the built environment. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about heritage conservation, embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. For later comparison, the frame records the combination of built form, activity and local identity within the setting of Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The surrounding context also covers historic townscape, local character, conservation architecture, manufacturing heritage, changing land use, architectural detailing, historic commercial architecture, and place identity. The recorded references to Stork, graffiti, Hamlets, Brick, and London preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,L1,Shunthesun,the,here,ban,on,media,Hillsborough,disaster,lie,lies,LFC,shame,enquiry,shameful,dont sell,dont buy,justice,for,campaign,96,shunthesun,@ShunTheS_n,boycotts,boycott,The Truth,falsehood,falsehoods,supporters,accident,death,deaths,Kelvin MacKenzie,football club,free zone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475N6 - A campaign poster displayed in a window in Liverpool city centre declares that The Sun newspaper is not welcome here . The design carries the slogan The truth was proved, they printed lies and replaces part of the newspaper's name with a large black cross. It promotes the Shun the S*n campaign and reflects Liverpool's continuing rejection of the tabloid following its false reporting about the Hillsborough disaster.
On 15 April 1989, 97 Liverpool supporters were ultimately recognised as having been unlawfully killed as a result of the Hillsborough stadium disaster. Four days later, The Sun published a notorious front page headed The Truth , containing allegations against supporters that were subsequently discredited. The reporting caused profound anger across Liverpool and Merseyside and led to a sustained boycott in which many residents refused to buy the newspaper and numerous retailers stopped stocking it.
The poster is a strong example of grassroots campaigning, public protest and collective consumer action. Its homemade appearance, bold black and red lettering, crossed-out logo and direct language communicate the depth of local feeling. The small campaign emblem and social-media details at the bottom encourage others to support the boycott and spread its message.
Photographed in a Liverpool shop window, the notice illustrates how memories of Hillsborough remain visible in the everyday streetscape rather than being confined to football grounds or formal memorials. It may be used editorially to illustrate press ethics, media accountability, misinformation, newspaper boycotts, freedom of expression, community solidarity, Scouse identity and campaigns for justice for the 97 victims.
The image also records a distinctive aspect of Liverpool's modern social history: a citywide protest sustained across generations through personal purchasing choices, shopkeeper participation, supporter activism and highly recognisable public signs.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,Manchester City Centre,City Centre,print,John Rylands Library,Columbian,Library,Mainz,Johannes Gutenberg,history,historic,machine,M3 3EH,M3,150,Deansgate,machines,press,presses,printed,word,printing,Colombia,Latin America,Latin American,ancient,old,invention,media,ornate,printers,printer,Gutenberg
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEEM - Johannes Gutenberg's work on the printing press began in approximately 1436 when he partnered with Andreas Dritzehna man who had previously instructed in gem-cuttingand Andreas Heilmann, owner of a paper mill. However, it was not until a 1439 lawsuit against Gutenberg that an official record existed
witnesses' testimony discussed Gutenberg's types, an inventory of metals (including lead), and his type molds.
Having previously worked as a professional goldsmith, Gutenberg made skillful use of the knowledge of metals he had learned as a craftsman. He was the first to make type from an alloy of lead, tin, and antimony, which was critical for producing durable type that produced high-quality printed books and proved to be much better suited for printing than all other known materials. To create these lead types, Gutenberg used what is considered one of his most ingenious inventions, a special matrix enabling the quick and precise molding of new type blocks from a uniform template. His type case is estimated to have contained around 290 separate letter boxes, most of which were required for special characters, ligatures, punctuation marks, and so forth.
Gutenberg is also credited with the introduction of an oil-based ink which was more durable than the previously used water-based inks. As printing material he used both paper and vellum (high-quality parchment). In the Gutenberg Bible, Gutenberg made a trial of coloured printing for a few of the page headings, present only in some copies. A later work, the Mainz Psalter of 1453, presumably designed by Gutenberg but published under the imprint of his successors Johann Fust and Peter Schöffer, had elaborate red and blue printed initials.
150 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3EH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Crewe,Cheshire,Ministry Of Defense,Ministry Of Defence,British,UK,HackGreen,Protect & Survive,MAD,Cold War,Mutually Assured Destruction,centre of regional government,North West UK,UK Civil defence,secret,underground,bunker,bunkers,MOD,official secrets act,Home Office,preparation,preparations,media,communication,management,information,office,offices,CW5 8BL,CW5,Civil Defence,map,maps,telex,teletype,teletypes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGPNP7 - . This documentary view of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The location is represented through UK Civil defence boundaries maps,North West UK,. The locality and subject together evoke consumer retail, community identity, retail property, policy controversy, local character, before-and-after reference, local trading, period detail, changing streetscape, everyday life, civic debate, democratic accountability, local history, and electoral messaging. The subject remains useful for current coverage of public spending and local services, not least because of showing how national debate reaches local places. Today's wider story includes vacant units, business rates and the practical question of the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the image captures local appearance, occupation, access and public activity within the setting of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL. The subject sits alongside political communication, visual archive, high-street commerce, town-centre economy, constituency politics, changing land use, historic context, and retail vacancy. The combination of defence, Civil, and boundaries anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is public spending and tracking how priorities change after elections when considered against later change at French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance for future local research. The view records period character before later change alters the scene.
French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Crewe,Cheshire,Ministry Of Defense,Ministry Of Defence,British,UK,HackGreen,Protect & Survive,MAD,Cold War,Mutually Assured Destruction,centre of regional government,North West UK,UK Civil defence,secret,underground,bunker,bunkers,MOD,official secrets act,Home Office,preparation,preparations,media,communication,management,information,office,offices,CW5 8BL,CW5,Civil Defence,map,maps,telex,teletype,teletypes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGPNPA - . A grounded documentary photograph made at French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The view centres on UK Civil defence boundaries maps,North West UK,. Another layer of the scene includes town-centre economy, changing land use, everyday life, local trading, customer footfall, before-and-after reference, commercial frontage, electoral messaging, public administration, period detail, consumer retail, local history, changing streetscape, and contemporary social history. The subject remains useful for current coverage of electoral accountability and local services, not least because of showing how national debate reaches local places. Today's wider story includes town-centre regeneration, commercial rents and the practical question of how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. For later comparison, the image retains the combination of built form, activity and local identity in the immediate surroundings of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL. A second layer of the scene includes constituency representation, bricks-and-mortar retail, government priorities, archival record, retail vacancy, retail property, local character, and commercial streetscape. Elements such as Civil, boundaries, and defence add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The period setting at French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is electoral accountability and tracking how priorities change after elections within the real-world context of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL. The period view preserves evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Crewe,Cheshire,Ministry Of Defense,British,UK,Civil Defence,HackGreen,Protect and Survive,Protect & Survive,MAD,Cold War,Mutually Assured Destruction,centre of regional government,former government owned nuclear bunker,former government owned,nuclear bunker,Communications officer,secret,underground,bunker,bunkers,MOD,official secrets act,Home Office,preparation,preparations,media,communication,management,information,office,offices,CW5 8BL,CW5
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGPNPE - . Photographed at French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. At the centre of the frame is Communications room, Hack Green,former government owned nuclear bunker, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK. Other connected aspects include documentary photography, retail property, high-street commerce, town-centre economy, changing streetscape, civic debate, government priorities, constituency politics, local character, place identity, constituency representation, historic context, independent trading, and period detail. The subject remains useful for current coverage of housing and infrastructure, not least because of comparing earlier political promises with later policy. Today's wider story includes town-centre regeneration, vacant units and the practical question of the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres. For later comparison, the view leaves evidence of evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life in the immediate surroundings of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL. A second layer of the scene includes community identity, retail vacancy, local trading, archival record, changing land use, commercial frontage, political communication, and electoral messaging. The combination of Green, owned, government, former, and nuclear anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL 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 housing and comparing earlier political promises with later policy when considered against later change at French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL. The period view preserves details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Crewe,Cheshire,Ministry Of Defense,Ministry Of Defence,British,UK,Civil Defence,HackGreen,Protect and Survive,Protect & Survive,MAD,Cold War,Mutually Assured Destruction,centre of regional government,former government owned nuclear bunker,former government owned,nuclear bunker,radio,comms,room,secret,underground,bunker,bunkers,MOD,official secrets act,Home Office,preparation,preparations,media,communication,management,information,office,offices,CW5 8BL,CW5
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGPNR4 - . A dated documentary view of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL in 2019, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The photograph records Radio Comms room, Hack Green,former government owned nuclear bunker, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK. Other connected aspects include contemporary social history, public policy, changing land use, before-and-after reference, shopfront economy, urban commerce, place identity, electoral messaging, civic debate, commercial frontage, constituency politics, consumer retail, political communication, and democratic accountability. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about government priorities, electoral accountability and comparing earlier political promises with later policy. The present-day relevance extends to vacant units and consumer spending, while a wider concern is the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres. With the passage of time, the scene fixes local appearance, occupation, access and public activity in the immediate surroundings of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL. The photograph additionally reflects local history, bricks-and-mortar retail, commercial streetscape, historic context, retail property, policy controversy, local character, and regional identity. Elements such as government, bunker, former, Green, and Comms add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. Around French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of government priorities and preserving campaign language that can quickly date when considered against later change at French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL.
French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,NYC,NY,New York,USA,city,city centre,US,publication,journalism,journalists,Dan Wolf,Ed Fancher,John Wilcock,Norman Mailer,Voice Media Group,icon,iconic,history,historic,center,centre,downtown,uptown,1955,village,voice,media,buildings,architecture,the,platform,for,creative,community
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6YA - The Village Voice was an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, the Voice began as a platform for the creative community of New York City. It is still kept alive online.
Over its 63 years of publication, The Village Voice received three Pulitzer Prizes, the National Press Foundation Award, and the George Polk Award. The Village Voice hosted a variety of writers and artists, including writer Ezra Pound, cartoonist Lynda Barry, and art critics Robert Christgau, Andrew Sarris, and J. Hoberman.
In October 2015, The Village Voice changed ownership and severed all ties with former parent company Voice Media Group (VMG). The Voice announced on August 22, 2017, that it would cease publication of its print edition and convert to a fully digital venture, on a date to be announced. The final printed edition, featuring a 1965 photo of Bob Dylan on the cover, was distributed on September 21, 2017. After halting print publication in 2017, the Voice provided daily coverage through its website until August 31, 2018, when it announced it was ceasing production of new editorial content. The Voice continues to have an active website, which features archival material related to current events.
36 Cooper Square New York, NY 10003, USA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,brown,Consolidated Micrographics,Microfiche Reader,creme,archive,information,records,data,data archive,1980s,1990s,historic,Microfilm,Microfiche,Microfilm reader,English,England,UK,film,reading,reads,old,images,library,museum,archiving,visual,microfilm,reels,reel,microfiche,flat,sheets,sheet,technology,obsolete,media
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P9FFMA - A microfilm reader is a device used in projecting and magnifying images stored in microform to readable proportions. Microform includes flat film, microfilm, aperture cards, microfiche, and ultra fiche. Using open reels or cassettes, microfilm is often used as a way to store many documents in a small space. It has become increasingly prevalent in the development of films, as well as storage of archived newspapers. With the invention of microfilm, microfilm readers soon developed. With the increasing popularity of computers, microform has decreased in use. However, many library archives still remain in microform.
England
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Keywords: Street,face,faces,mixed,media,car,park,carpark,gun,pipe,drain,drainpipe,wall,end,bird,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HMTY - . This location-specific image from Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Graffiti Art Smithfield/Tithebarn St,Liverpool,England,UK. The broader subject matter reaches into public art, graffiti heritage, urban artwork, street-level design, public realm, regional identity, historical comparison, local character, mural culture, creative placemaking, archival record, contemporary mural, visual street culture, and everyday life. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into graffiti policy and public art, not least because of how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. A second descriptive layer includes urban graphics, contemporary social history, place identity, local history, community art, social history, before-and-after reference, and changing land use. The recorded references to Smithfield, Tithebarn, Graffiti, and Liverpool preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image also provides a reference for graffiti policy and the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity as part of the longer story of Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK. Another useful connection is tourism and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti when considered against later change at Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK.
Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK
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Keywords: UK,United,Kingdom,regional,of,online,paywall,pay,wall,old,fashioned,ink,press,printing,print,media,demise,building,traditional,stone,sign,News,sport,business,directories,and,property,for,sale,Doncaster,local,Batley,Huddersfield,Leeds,Print Media,GoTonySmith,Wellington,St,Street,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KCT - . Dewsbury Reporter Offices, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Photographed at Wellington Street, Dewsbury, 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. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Dewsbury, Reporter, Offices, Yorkshire, newspaper, newspapers, decline, regional, online and paywall, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph gives particular emphasis to signage, lettering, public information, branding or graphic communication in a real-world setting. It can support editorial features about wayfinding, advertising, local identity, warnings, public information, business branding, typography, street design and the visual language of towns and cities. Words, symbols, colours, materials and the physical setting of the sign provide useful documentary detail for researchers interested in how information was presented at the time. Because signs and branding are frequently replaced, repainted or removed, the image also has useful archive and social-history value. Search themes include signs, lettering, typography, advertising, wayfinding, public information, warnings, branding, street graphics and local identity. Because signs are frequently replaced or repainted, a clear dated photograph of wording or graphics can acquire strong archive and social-history value. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Wellington Street, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: newspaper,headlines,tabloid,paper,press,media,evening,news,#edinburghartfestival,#eaf,#kennywatson,art,installation,exhibition,Scotland,UK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,papers,headline,2013,Edinburgh,city,centre,print,printing,sex,sells,knife,crime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKP5 - . Kenny Watson exhibition 169 Rose St Edinburgh The Days and Fascia exhibition,Scotland,UK - 2013. Photographed on 31 August 2013. The recorded location is 169 Rose St,Edinburgh,UK. The Days and Fascia - Kenny Watson. Watson presents two works for the festival that combine techniques and materials from street art and fine art, creating overwhelming visual effects from found texts. From a heritage perspective, museums and heritage attractions turn surviving objects and places into interpreted public history
Displays, reconstructed rooms and preserved machinery can place everyday artefacts within broader stories of work, domestic life, conflict, design and technological change. The historical context is that popular destinations are shaped by repeated waves of visitors, transport investment and changing ideas of leisure
Beaches, resorts, historic streets and attractions can therefore be read as both travel imagery and social history. As of 2026, museums and heritage sites continue to balance conservation with accessibility, education, digital interpretation and the cost of maintaining buildings and collections
Earlier exhibition images can therefore record displays that have since been changed or reinterpreted. The subject remains topical in 2026 because contemporary tourism is shaped by strong demand for city breaks and leisure travel alongside concerns about sustainability, crowding and the environmental cost of transport
Earlier destination images provide useful comparison with today's visitor economy. As background, heritage collections preserve material that might otherwise be dispersed or destroyed
Museums use objects, labels, reconstructed settings and historical buildings to explain both exceptional events and ordinary life, making photographs of exhibits useful records of interpretation as well as the object itself. Relevant long-tail terms include historic object, visitor attraction, museum display, heritage education, and cultural tourism.
169 Rose St,Edinburgh,UK
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Keywords: newspaper,headlines,tabloid,paper,press,media,evening,news,#edinburghartfestival,#eaf,#kennywatson,art,installation,exhibition,Scotland,UK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,papers,headline,2013,Edinburgh,city,centre,print,printing,sex,sells,knife,crime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKP9 - . Kenny Watson exhibition 169 Rose St Edinburgh The Days and Fascia exhibition,Scotland,UK - 2013. Photographed on 31 August 2013. The recorded location is 169 Rose St,Edinburgh,UK. The Days and Fascia - Kenny Watson. Watson presents two works for the festival that combine techniques and materials from street art and fine art, creating overwhelming visual effects from found texts. In historical terms, visitor attractions based on historic houses, industrial sites and specialist collections combine conservation with education
Exhibits can change over time, so photographs also document how institutions presented their collections at a particular date. Looking at the subject's development, tourism images record not just destinations but changing habits of leisure: seaside holidays, city breaks, heritage visits, package travel and resort culture have all developed with transport, disposable income and mass tourism. During 2026, heritage attractions increasingly combine physical collections with digital interpretation and events, but the authenticity of original objects and settings remains central to their appeal. For the 2026 context, tourism remains a major part of the UK and European service economy, but destinations continue to balance visitor numbers with resident needs, transport capacity, climate pressures and the maintenance of historic places. In the longer view, museums and heritage attractions turn surviving objects and places into interpreted public history
Displays, reconstructed rooms and preserved machinery can place everyday artefacts within broader stories of work, domestic life, conflict, design and technological change. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that museums and heritage sites continue to balance conservation with accessibility, education, digital interpretation and the cost of maintaining buildings and collections
Older exhibition photographs can therefore record displays that have since been changed or reinterpreted.
169 Rose St,Edinburgh,UK
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Keywords: newspaper,headlines,tabloid,paper,press,media,evening,news,#edinburghartfestival,#eaf,#kennywatson,art,installation,exhibition,Scotland,UK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,papers,headline,2013,Edinburgh,city,centre,print,printing,sex,sells,knife,crime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKPD - . Kenny Watson exhibition 169 Rose St Edinburgh The Days and Fascia exhibition,Scotland,UK - 2013. Photographed on 31 August 2013. The recorded location is 169 Rose St,Edinburgh,UK. The Days and Fascia - Kenny Watson. Watson presents two works for the festival that combine techniques and materials from street art and fine art, creating overwhelming visual effects from found texts. Historically, heritage collections preserve material that might otherwise be dispersed or destroyed
Museums use objects, labels, reconstructed settings and historic structures to explain both exceptional events and ordinary life, making photographs of exhibits useful records of interpretation as well as the object itself. From a heritage perspective, travel photography documents the visitor economy as well as scenery, showing how historic places, coastlines and resort facilities are packaged, experienced and adapted for tourists over time. In 2026, museums and heritage sites continue to balance conservation with accessibility, education, digital interpretation and the cost of maintaining structures and collections
Older exhibition photographs can therefore record displays that have since been changed or reinterpreted. As of 2026, contemporary tourism is shaped by strong demand for city breaks and leisure travel alongside concerns about sustainability, crowding and the environmental cost of transport
Older destination photographs provide useful comparison with today's visitor economy. The historical context is that visitor attractions based on historic houses, industrial sites and specialist collections combine conservation with education
Exhibits can change over time, so photographs also document how institutions presented their collections at a particular date. Additional high-relevance terminology includes heritage attraction, historic object, public history, museum display, artefact, heritage education, cultural tourism, preservation, and historic collection.
169 Rose St,Edinburgh,UK
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Keywords: newspaper,headlines,tabloid,paper,press,media,evening,news,#edinburghartfestival,#eaf,#kennywatson,art,installation,exhibition,Scotland,UK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,papers,headline,2013,Edinburgh,city,centre,print,printing,sex,sells,knife,crime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKPG - . Kenny Watson exhibition 169 Rose St Edinburgh The Days and Fascia exhibition,Scotland,UK - 2013. Photographed on 31 August 2013. The recorded location is 169 Rose St,Edinburgh,UK. The Days and Fascia - Kenny Watson. Watson presents two works for the festival that combine techniques and materials from street art and fine art, creating overwhelming visual effects from found texts. The wider historical story is that museums and heritage attractions turn surviving objects and places into interpreted public history
Displays, reconstructed rooms and preserved machinery can place everyday artefacts within broader stories of work, domestic life, conflict, design and technological change. In historical terms, popular destinations are shaped by repeated waves of visitors, transport investment and changing ideas of leisure
Beaches, resorts, historic streets and attractions can therefore be read as both travel imagery and social history. In the present 2026 context, heritage attractions increasingly combine physical collections with digital interpretation and events, but the authenticity of original objects and settings remains central to their appeal. During 2026, tourism remains a major part of the UK and European service economy, but destinations continue to balance visitor numbers with resident needs, transport capacity, climate pressures and the maintenance of historic places. Looking at the subject's development, heritage collections preserve material that might otherwise be dispersed or destroyed
Museums use objects, labels, reconstructed settings and historic buildings to explain both exceptional events and ordinary life, making photographs of exhibits useful records of interpretation as well as the object itself. The subject remains topical in 2026 because heritage attractions increasingly combine physical collections with digital interpretation and events, but the authenticity of original objects and settings remains central to their appeal.
169 Rose St,Edinburgh,UK
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Keywords: England,UK,Great,Britain,motor,racing,sport,camping,stand,stands,spectator,watching,watcher,ticket,tickets,June,2013,Northampton,Northamptonshire,event,circuit,Formula,One,World,Championship,Lewis,Hamilton,NN12,8TN,NN128TN,panorama,wide,race,control,pit paddock area building,Gotonysmith,events,prestige,prestigious,wide,shot,conference,exhibition,space,podium,media,centre,center,main,race,friday,practice,qualifying,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJPN4 - . Panorama of new race control, pit paddock area building at British GP June 2013 Silverstone England UK. Photographed at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England, UK NN12 8TN. The photograph was taken on 28 June 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The wider composition gives a broader sense of the surroundings, showing the principal subject in relation to more of the streetscape, landscape or public space. The scene is closely associated with June, 2013, Silverstone, FIA, stand, pano, motorracing, motorsport, motor and racing, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DDJPN4, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England, UK NN12 8TN
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Keywords: Flying,the,flag,at,Salford,Quays,Salford,First,Dragon,Boat,race,June,16th,2013,Manchester,UK,china,chinese,water,sport,summer,england,MediacityUk,Media,City,bank,of,community,red,flag,wave,waving,in,front,of,apartments,flats,dock10,docks,10,ten,smile,Gotonysmith smiles,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D9MJM2 - Dragon Boat race from Peel press release at http://www.mediacityuk.co.uk/p/splashes-of-fun-at-first-peel-dragon-boat-event-at-mediacityuk
On a very damp day in Manchester, surveyors, solicitors, Peel employees and MediaCityUK occupiers including ITV, BBC, Nuffield Health and WYG turned out to race in three gripping head-to-head heats which culminated in an exciting grand finale.
Before the racing began, the guests were treated to a canapé reception in Damson MediaCityUK overlooking the piazza.
The weary but triumphant team from dock10, the studio operators, were presented with the glass trophy, medals and champagne and then celebrated with all the other participants and other participants at On the 7th, a private members bar located in the Blue Tower at MediaCityUK.
The losing team of local SMEs which included the Rugby Football League, Carbon Digital and Glue were presented with the wooden paddle award and a jovial hint to try harder next year.
The aim of the event was to raise awareness of the on-going activity at the vibrant MediaCityUK destination and all it offers, from offices to restaurants, retail and leisure in an impressive waterside location.
Liza Marco, Property Manager at Peel said, Peel's first Dragon Boat Racing Event at MediaCityUK was a huge success and it was a pleasure to see over 250 people take part in a fun, networking event which showcased MediaCityUK's amenities. We decided to hold an event at MediaCityUK following two successful Dragon Boat Events A Division of at Peel's Princes Dock development in Liverpool. We are looking forward to hosting the rematch next year!
Dock10, BBC MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Manchester, UK
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Keywords: Mediacity,TV,television,show,glass,fronted,building,advert,advertisement,media,coverage,new,series,plug,plugged,hyped,hype,long,running,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,BBC Quay House,BBC,Quay House,M50,M50 2QH,actor,actors,cast,entrance,front,door,outside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DA622W - . Dr Who, image on BBC media city studios, BBC Quay House at UK Salford Quays , Manchester, England, UK, M50 2QH. Photographed on 16 June 2013. The recorded location is Quays, MediaCityUK, Salford, Manchester M50 2QH. MediaCity at Salford Quays opened in 2011 as a major new base for broadcasting, digital and creative industries, including large BBC operations and later ITV and many technology businesses. It grew from the regeneration of the former Manchester Docks, which had declined after the containerisation era. In 2026 Salford City Council describes MediaCity and the Quays as entering another phase of expansion, with plans for the district to grow substantially and add more homes, jobs and public spaces. Salford Quays occupies the former Manchester Docks, once the inland terminus of the Manchester Ship Canal. After the docks closed in 1982, large-scale regeneration transformed derelict wharves into housing, offices, cultural venues and eventually MediaCity. Salford City Council now describes the Quays as one of Europe's most successful waterfront regeneration projects, and in 2026 further growth is planned around new homes, technology, culture and improved public space. Looking at the subject's development, broadcasting has repeatedly reshaped where creative work happens, from radio studios and regional television centres to large digital production campuses
BBC structures, programme graphics and studio complexes document the infrastructure behind news, entertainment and public-service broadcasting. Looking at the subject's development, architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal changing technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history. Alternative search wording includes television production, TV studio, and digital media.
Quays, MediaCityUK, Salford, Manchester M50 2QH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DA629K - . Salford Quays, Manchester Ship Canal Dock side. Photographed on 16 June 2013. The recorded location is Salford Quays, Manchester, England, UK. Salford Quays occupies the former Manchester Docks, once the inland terminus of the Manchester Ship Canal. After the docks closed in 1982, large-scale regeneration transformed derelict wharves into housing, offices, cultural venues and eventually MediaCity. Salford City Council now describes the Quays as one of Europe's most successful waterfront regeneration projects, and in 2026 further growth is planned around new homes, technology, culture and improved public space. In the longer view, working locks, bridges and canal-side buildings reveal the engineering system that underpinned industrial Britain
Many former commercial waterways have been restored for recreation and heritage use, creating a distinctive mixture of historic infrastructure, contemporary development and linear green space. In historical terms, ports and vessels are central to Britain's maritime history, linking coastal communities and inland industry with fishing, trade, passenger travel and international shipping
Harbours, docks and working craft also reflect changing technology, from traditional fishing fleets to high-speed workboats and modern freight logistics. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that britain's historic waterways remain important for recreation, tourism, biodiversity and industrial heritage, while ageing locks, embankments and bridges require continuing maintenance
Urban canal corridors are also increasingly used for walking, cycling and waterside regeneration. During 2026, modern maritime policy increasingly combines freight efficiency with lower-carbon shipping and port investment
Photographs of working vessels and harbours can illustrate the continuity between traditional maritime trades and now's logistics, offshore and passenger sectors.
Salford Quays, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE535C - . Decline in the sale of daily newspapers. Photographed at Somerset, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 13 June 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Decline, sale, daily, newspapers, newspaper, endangered, digital, Closed, newsagents and newsagent, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to digital technology, smartphones, software, online services and the way screens and apps increasingly mediate everyday activity. It can support editorial coverage of mobile applications, consumer technology, digital services, user interfaces, online communication, artificial intelligence, software platforms, data and the changing relationship between people and connected devices. Visible screen text, icons, branding, controls and handset details can give picture buyers a recognisable real-world technology context. As a dated photograph, it is particularly useful for documenting a specific version of an interface, product or digital service before later updates alter its appearance or functionality. Search themes include smartphones, apps, software, digital services, screen interfaces, online platforms, consumer electronics, artificial intelligence and changing technology. A dated screen or device photograph is useful because software interfaces, branding and product designs can alter rapidly through updates and replacement. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Somerset, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DA625F - . BBC Media City UK Salford Quays Manchester Lancs England. Photographed on 1 June 2013. The recorded location is Media City UK, Salford Quays, Manchester, England UK. MediaCity at Salford Quays opened in 2011 as a major new base for broadcasting, digital and creative industries, including large BBC operations and later ITV and many technology businesses. It grew from the regeneration of the former Manchester Docks, which had declined after the containerisation era. In 2026 Salford City Council describes MediaCity and the Quays as entering another phase of expansion, with plans for the district to grow substantially and add more homes, jobs and public spaces. Salford Quays occupies the former Manchester Docks, once the inland terminus of the Manchester Ship Canal. After the docks closed in 1982, large-scale regeneration transformed derelict wharves into housing, offices, cultural venues and eventually MediaCity. Salford City Council now describes the Quays as one of Europe's most successful waterfront regeneration projects, and in 2026 further growth is planned around new homes, technology, culture and improved public space. Historically, television production combines technology, performance and architecture
Studio buildings and programme imagery can become landmarks in their own right, especially when broadcasters relocate and regenerate former industrial districts. Historically, architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal changing technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history. In 2026, british broadcasting operates across traditional television, streaming and online platforms, but major studio campuses continue to be important centres of production
Images of BBC buildings and programme branding connect broadcasting history with the.
Media City UK, Salford Quays, Manchester, England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6A8 - This documentary stock photograph shows Berlin Mitte,Street art on walls,Germany. The image records Berlin Mitte street art and graffiti, making it useful for editorial features on urban art, alternative tourism, wall culture, counterculture, gentrification, visual satire and layered public space. Berlin is a city where ordinary street details often carry heavy layers of history, from Prussian and imperial architecture to the Weimar period, Nazi rule, wartime destruction, division, the DDR, reunification, tourism, gentrification and contemporary creative culture. The caption and visible subject detail provide a specific point of entry into that wider story rather than a generic German city view. Buyers could use the photograph for articles about Berlin travel, Cold War memory, street art, museum interpretation, urban nightlife, river sightseeing, architecture, souvenir culture, public transport, pedestrian design or the way history is repackaged in modern tourism. Search-friendly composite terms include Berlin Mitte street art, DDR surveillance display, Berlin Fernsehturm skyline, River Spree pleasure boat, Ampelmann crossing light, Berliner Dom interior, Berlin urban culture and German capital tourism. If the subject is graffiti, it can illustrate the city as a living wall of political humour, youth culture, commercial branding and layered paste-ups. If it is heritage or church architecture, it can support more formal travel, culture, history and education uses. If it is a boat, toy or street sign, it gives editors an accessible human-scale route into a large city story. The documentary style keeps the image credible for web, magazine, guidebook, education, museum, travel, urban policy, politics, design, consumer and social commentary use. Its strength for Alamy search is the mix of precise caption wording and broader Berlin themes, allowing it to be found for both narrow subject searches and wider editorial needs.
Mitte,DircksenStr,Berlin,Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6W8 - This documentary stock photograph shows Berlin Mitte,Street art on walls,Germany Ein-und Ausfahrt sign sprayed with graffiti. The image records Berlin Mitte street art and graffiti, making it useful for editorial features on urban art, alternative tourism, wall culture, counterculture, gentrification, visual satire and layered public space. Berlin is a city where ordinary street details often carry heavy layers of history, from Prussian and imperial architecture to the Weimar period, Nazi rule, wartime destruction, division, the DDR, reunification, tourism, gentrification and contemporary creative culture. The caption and visible subject detail provide a specific point of entry into that wider story rather than a generic German city view. Buyers could use the photograph for articles about Berlin travel, Cold War memory, street art, museum interpretation, urban nightlife, river sightseeing, architecture, souvenir culture, public transport, pedestrian design or the way history is repackaged in modern tourism. Search-friendly composite terms include Berlin Mitte street art, DDR surveillance display, Berlin Fernsehturm skyline, River Spree pleasure boat, Ampelmann crossing light, Berliner Dom interior, Berlin urban culture and German capital tourism. If the subject is graffiti, it can illustrate the city as a living wall of political humour, youth culture, commercial branding and layered paste-ups. If it is heritage or church architecture, it can support more formal travel, culture, history and education uses. If it is a boat, toy or street sign, it gives editors an accessible human-scale route into a large city story. The documentary style keeps the image credible for web, magazine, guidebook, education, museum, travel, urban policy, politics, design, consumer and social commentary use. Its strength for Alamy search is the mix of precise caption wording and broader Berlin themes, allowing it to be found for both narrow subject searches and wider.
Mitte,DircksenStr,Berlin,Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6WA - This documentary stock photograph shows Berlin Mitte,Street art on walls,Germany - Man climbing from a window,6. The image records Berlin Mitte street art and graffiti, making it useful for editorial features on urban art, alternative tourism, wall culture, counterculture, gentrification, visual satire and layered public space. Berlin is a city where ordinary street details often carry heavy layers of history, from Prussian and imperial architecture to the Weimar period, Nazi rule, wartime destruction, division, the DDR, reunification, tourism, gentrification and contemporary creative culture. The caption and visible subject detail provide a specific point of entry into that wider story rather than a generic German city view. Buyers could use the photograph for articles about Berlin travel, Cold War memory, street art, museum interpretation, urban nightlife, river sightseeing, architecture, souvenir culture, public transport, pedestrian design or the way history is repackaged in modern tourism. Search-friendly composite terms include Berlin Mitte street art, DDR surveillance display, Berlin Fernsehturm skyline, River Spree pleasure boat, Ampelmann crossing light, Berliner Dom interior, Berlin urban culture and German capital tourism. If the subject is graffiti, it can illustrate the city as a living wall of political humour, youth culture, commercial branding and layered paste-ups. If it is heritage or church architecture, it can support more formal travel, culture, history and education uses. If it is a boat, toy or street sign, it gives editors an accessible human-scale route into a large city story. The documentary style keeps the image credible for web, magazine, guidebook, education, museum, travel, urban policy, politics, design, consumer and social commentary use. Its strength for Alamy search is the mix of precise caption wording and broader Berlin themes, allowing it to be found for both narrow subject searches and wider editorial.
Mitte,DircksenStr,Berlin,Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6WC - This documentary stock photograph shows Berlin Mitte,Street art on walls,Germany - Girl in a shawl. The image records Berlin Mitte street art and graffiti, making it useful for editorial features on urban art, alternative tourism, wall culture, counterculture, gentrification, visual satire and layered public space. Berlin is a city where ordinary street details often carry heavy layers of history, from Prussian and imperial architecture to the Weimar period, Nazi rule, wartime destruction, division, the DDR, reunification, tourism, gentrification and contemporary creative culture. The caption and visible subject detail provide a specific point of entry into that wider story rather than a generic German city view. Buyers could use the photograph for articles about Berlin travel, Cold War memory, street art, museum interpretation, urban nightlife, river sightseeing, architecture, souvenir culture, public transport, pedestrian design or the way history is repackaged in modern tourism. Search-friendly composite terms include Berlin Mitte street art, DDR surveillance display, Berlin Fernsehturm skyline, River Spree pleasure boat, Ampelmann crossing light, Berliner Dom interior, Berlin urban culture and German capital tourism. If the subject is graffiti, it can illustrate the city as a living wall of political humour, youth culture, commercial branding and layered paste-ups. If it is heritage or church architecture, it can support more formal travel, culture, history and education uses. If it is a boat, toy or street sign, it gives editors an accessible human-scale route into a large city story. The documentary style keeps the image credible for web, magazine, guidebook, education, museum, travel, urban policy, politics, design, consumer and social commentary use. Its strength for Alamy search is the mix of precise caption wording and broader Berlin themes, allowing it to be found for both narrow subject searches and wider editorial needs.
Mitte,DircksenStr,Berlin,Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6WD - This documentary stock photograph shows Berlin Mitte,Street art on walls,Germany- Man with three eyes. The image records Berlin Mitte street art and graffiti, making it useful for editorial features on urban art, alternative tourism, wall culture, counterculture, gentrification, visual satire and layered public space. Berlin is a city where ordinary street details often carry heavy layers of history, from Prussian and imperial architecture to the Weimar period, Nazi rule, wartime destruction, division, the DDR, reunification, tourism, gentrification and contemporary creative culture. The caption and visible subject detail provide a specific point of entry into that wider story rather than a generic German city view. Buyers could use the photograph for articles about Berlin travel, Cold War memory, street art, museum interpretation, urban nightlife, river sightseeing, architecture, souvenir culture, public transport, pedestrian design or the way history is repackaged in modern tourism. Search-friendly composite terms include Berlin Mitte street art, DDR surveillance display, Berlin Fernsehturm skyline, River Spree pleasure boat, Ampelmann crossing light, Berliner Dom interior, Berlin urban culture and German capital tourism. If the subject is graffiti, it can illustrate the city as a living wall of political humour, youth culture, commercial branding and layered paste-ups. If it is heritage or church architecture, it can support more formal travel, culture, history and education uses. If it is a boat, toy or street sign, it gives editors an accessible human-scale route into a large city story. The documentary style keeps the image credible for web, magazine, guidebook, education, museum, travel, urban policy, politics, design, consumer and social commentary use. Its strength for Alamy search is the mix of precise caption wording and broader Berlin themes, allowing it to be found for both narrow subject searches and wider editorial needs.
Mitte,DircksenStr,Berlin,Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6X1 - This documentary stock photograph shows Berlin Mitte,Street art on walls,Germany - Ronald McDonald with gasmask. The image records Berlin Mitte street art and graffiti, making it useful for editorial features on urban art, alternative tourism, wall culture, counterculture, gentrification, visual satire and layered public space. Berlin is a city where ordinary street details often carry heavy layers of history, from Prussian and imperial architecture to the Weimar period, Nazi rule, wartime destruction, division, the DDR, reunification, tourism, gentrification and contemporary creative culture. The caption and visible subject detail provide a specific point of entry into that wider story rather than a generic German city view. Buyers could use the photograph for articles about Berlin travel, Cold War memory, street art, museum interpretation, urban nightlife, river sightseeing, architecture, souvenir culture, public transport, pedestrian design or the way history is repackaged in modern tourism. Search-friendly composite terms include Berlin Mitte street art, DDR surveillance display, Berlin Fernsehturm skyline, River Spree pleasure boat, Ampelmann crossing light, Berliner Dom interior, Berlin urban culture and German capital tourism. If the subject is graffiti, it can illustrate the city as a living wall of political humour, youth culture, commercial branding and layered paste-ups. If it is heritage or church architecture, it can support more formal travel, culture, history and education uses. If it is a boat, toy or street sign, it gives editors an accessible human-scale route into a large city story. The documentary style keeps the image credible for web, magazine, guidebook, education, museum, travel, urban policy, politics, design, consumer and social commentary use. Its strength for Alamy search is the mix of precise caption wording and broader Berlin themes, allowing it to be found for both narrow subject searches and wider editorial.
Mitte,DircksenStr,Berlin,Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6X6 - This documentary stock photograph shows Girl Grafitti on a Berlin wall,street,art,Germany,have to wash off the city colors. The image records Berlin Mitte street art and graffiti, making it useful for editorial features on urban art, alternative tourism, wall culture, counterculture, gentrification, visual satire and layered public space. Berlin is a city where ordinary street details often carry heavy layers of history, from Prussian and imperial architecture to the Weimar period, Nazi rule, wartime destruction, division, the DDR, reunification, tourism, gentrification and contemporary creative culture. The caption and visible subject detail provide a specific point of entry into that wider story rather than a generic German city view. Buyers could use the photograph for articles about Berlin travel, Cold War memory, street art, museum interpretation, urban nightlife, river sightseeing, architecture, souvenir culture, public transport, pedestrian design or the way history is repackaged in modern tourism. Search-friendly composite terms include Berlin Mitte street art, DDR surveillance display, Berlin Fernsehturm skyline, River Spree pleasure boat, Ampelmann crossing light, Berliner Dom interior, Berlin urban culture and German capital tourism. If the subject is graffiti, it can illustrate the city as a living wall of political humour, youth culture, commercial branding and layered paste-ups. If it is heritage or church architecture, it can support more formal travel, culture, history and education uses. If it is a boat, toy or street sign, it gives editors an accessible human-scale route into a large city story. The documentary style keeps the image credible for web, magazine, guidebook, education, museum, travel, urban policy, politics, design, consumer and social commentary use. Its strength for Alamy search is the mix of precise caption wording and broader Berlin themes, allowing it to be found for both narrow subject searches and wider.
Mitte,DircksenStr,Berlin,Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6X9 - This documentary stock photograph shows Girl Grafitti on a Berlin wall,street,art,Germany. The image records Berlin street or city detail, making it useful for editorial features on Berlin tourism, urban culture, German history and everyday city identity. Berlin is a city where ordinary street details often carry heavy layers of history, from Prussian and imperial architecture to the Weimar period, Nazi rule, wartime destruction, division, the DDR, reunification, tourism, gentrification and contemporary creative culture. The caption and visible subject detail provide a specific point of entry into that wider story rather than a generic German city view. Buyers could use the photograph for articles about Berlin travel, Cold War memory, street art, museum interpretation, urban nightlife, river sightseeing, architecture, souvenir culture, public transport, pedestrian design or the way history is repackaged in modern tourism. Search-friendly composite terms include Berlin Mitte street art, DDR surveillance display, Berlin Fernsehturm skyline, River Spree pleasure boat, Ampelmann crossing light, Berliner Dom interior, Berlin urban culture and German capital tourism. If the subject is graffiti, it can illustrate the city as a living wall of political humour, youth culture, commercial branding and layered paste-ups. If it is heritage or church architecture, it can support more formal travel, culture, history and education uses. If it is a boat, toy or street sign, it gives editors an accessible human-scale route into a large city story. The documentary style keeps the image credible for web, magazine, guidebook, education, museum, travel, urban policy, politics, design, consumer and social commentary use. Its strength for Alamy search is the mix of precise caption wording and broader Berlin themes, allowing it to be found for both narrow subject searches and wider editorial needs.
Mitte,DircksenStr,Berlin,Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MCB - The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media.
It was first published as the Belfast Evening Telegraph on 1 September 1870 by brothers William and George Baird. Its first edition cost half a penny and ran to four pages covering the Franco-Prussian war and local news.
The evening edition of the newspaper was originally called the Sixth Late, and Sixth Late Tele was a familiar cry made by vendors in Belfast City Centre in the past.
Its competitors are The News Letter and The Irish News but the local editions of the London-based red tops are also competitors, selling at a cheaper price than the 'Tele'.
The Belfast Telegraph was entirely broadsheet until 19 February 2005, when the Saturday morning edition was introduced and all Saturday editions were converted to compact. The weekday morning Compact Edition, launched on 22 March 2005, struggled to replicate the evening newspaper's success. Its editorial content has been much more tabloid, with a greater entertainment story count than the evening paper. Much prominence is given to English-based sport, and some general features and columns are shared with The Independent and Irish Independent.
The paper now publishes two editions daily, Belfast Telegraph final edition and the North West Telegraph which is distributed in Derry.
Belfast Telegraph House,33 Clarendon Road,Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NNG - . Historic Columbian Gutenberg printing press, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH. Photographed on 22 May 2010, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Research Institute, M3 3EH, history, historic, Columbian, Gutenberg, machine, printer, printers, ornate, old, Latin America, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0ME8 - Dusk night view of Housing developments, blocks of executive flats at Salford Quays, Manchester, North West England, UK.
Imperial Point was the first of the high-rise residential buildings on the Quays: a 16-storey tower built alongside the Lowry Outlet Mall on Pier 8 (Central Wharf) in 2001. Finished in sand-coloured cladding with grey and steel finishes to the roof, service cores and balconies, the lower levels are integrated into the mall.
Sovereign Point is the sister building of Imperial Point, towards the rear of the Lowry Outlet Mall. Completed in 2005, its 20 stories are residential, except for some commercial units at ground level, including Sovereign Food and Wine, the Quays' first grocery store. The tower's design was controversial and regarded as having a poor aesthetic on all but the water-facing elevation and is in stark relief to the neighbouring low-rise Winnipeg Quay.
The NV Buildings were designed by Broadway Maylan and completed between 2004 and 2005. The development consists of three 18-storey residential towers, each 180 feet (55 m) in height. Costing £36 million, they stand in a line overlooking Huron Basin from the waterside of Pier 9 (North Wharf), their curved frontages are designed to represent sails. At night, the buildings are illuminated by green lights atop curved poles, and green flood light to either side. The Type 3 apartment in the NV Buildings won gold for Best Apartment in 2004 What House? awards.
The City Lofts construction began in 2005 and completed in late 2007. The development consists of two linked towers: one 9 stories, the other 19 stories. They are on land adjacent to the bund carrying the Quays road, which separates the Manchester Ship Canal from the cleaned water of the Salford Quays basins. The apartments' interior design was by Conran & Partners. Interest in the development was limited, due to the slump in the housing market, and in July 2008, City Lofts was forced to place all
Salford Quays, Manchester, North West England, UK M50 2AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3C4CY34 - This carefully observed stock photograph records The Irish Catholic newspaper, Bishop warns against rise of the far-right, in Ireland. The row metadata places the subject at The Irish Catholic newspaper, Bishop warns against rise of the far-right, in Ireland. The spreadsheet date indicates 19 July 2025, so the picture can also work as a time-specific archive record. Plainly, the image is useful because it shows Ireland, Irish, Catholics, rightwing, wing, right, fascists, rise of the far-right, with search-relevant terms including Ireland, Irish, Catholics, rightwing, wing, right, fascists, rise of the far-right, rise, far, Southern, Republic, unrest, religion. The value lies in the combination of place, object, wording and context, giving editors something specific and grounded rather than generic filler imagery. Dublin is both a historic capital and a modern European city, where tourism, housing pressure, transport, politics, culture and the River Liffey all shape how the city is understood in contemporary reporting. The image can support political and civic reporting where the point is not just party branding or protest imagery, but the way public debate appears in streets, media, posters, campaign signs and everyday visual culture. The image can work as a lead picture, a supporting cutaway, a contextual inset or a visual metaphor for wider stories about place, services, consumer behaviour, heritage, transport, culture and public life. Historically and socially, this kind of image can help connect past and present: older streets, civic institutions, transport systems, shops, signs, political messages or public services are not frozen museum pieces, but part of how people understand modern life, local identity and economic change. For SEO and stock-photo discovery, the description deliberately supports searches around the named location, documentary photography.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02B3 - . Photographed at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The photograph records I'm so poor,I cant even pay attention,Brick Lane,art and graffiti,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The surrounding context brings together archival record, historic townscape, local character, industrial artefact, traditional building materials, public realm, before-and-after reference, community identity, heritage landmark, built heritage, urban fabric, historic commercial architecture, everyday life, and labour history. The present-day relevance extends to embodied carbon and regional industry, while a wider concern is recording industries that shaped northern towns. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes maintenance costs alongside energy retrofit, with particular attention to the role of distinctive architecture in local identity. For future researchers, the view leaves evidence of the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL. The wider local story also touches on production technology, historic manufacturing, regional identity, industrial supply chain, conservation architecture, social history, industrial archaeology, and architectural detailing. The combination of Hamlets, Tower, attention, Shoreditch, and London anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The surrounding context at Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Image 2AE02B3 also remains a dated record of Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL.
Brick Lane,Shoreditch,Tower Hamlets,East End,London,South East,England,UK, E1 6QL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G6W3 - In Western culture, the finger, or the middle finger (as in giving someone the (middle) finger, the bird or flipping someone off) is an obscene hand gesture. The gesture communicates moderate to extreme contempt, and is roughly equivalent in meaning to fuck me, fuck you, shove it up your ass/arse, up yours or go fuck yourself. It is performed by showing the back of a hand that has only the middle finger extended upwards, though in some locales, the thumb is extended. Extending the finger is considered a symbol of contempt in several cultures, especially in the Western world. Many cultures use similar gestures to display their disrespect, although others use it to express pointing without intentional disrespect. The gesture is usually used to express contempt but can also be used humorously or playfully.
The gesture dates back to ancient Greece and it was also used in ancient Rome. Historically, it represented the phallus. In the early 1800s, it gained increasing recognition as a sign of disrespect and was used by music artists (notably more common among actors, celebrities, athletes and politicians
most still view the gesture as obscene). The index finger and ring finger besides the middle finger in more contemporary periods has been likened to represent the testes.
In July 2022 UK Tory MP,Andrea Jenkyns for Morley and Outwood,who gave protesters the middle finger made parliamentary under-secretary of state minister at the Department for Education. More at https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/09/tory-mp-who-gave-protesters-middle-finger-made-education-minister-16970615/
Mitte,DircksenStr,Berlin,Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K244FJ - . Recorded at the recorded location in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is Daily News & Reader, Great Britain at war with Germany, old newspaper headline, Reported sinking of British ship, 05/08/1914. The surrounding context encompasses before-and-after reference, adaptive reuse, regional identity, place-making, commercial redevelopment, archival record, public-realm investment, community identity, visual archive, mixed-use redevelopment, urban fabric, social history, historic townscape, and period detail. Today's relevance is strengthened by heritage conservation, town-centre regeneration and the continuing question of how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around the recorded location before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are documentary photography, built heritage, changing land use, local character, changing streetscape, place identity, period architecture, and local history. The combination of Reader, newspaper, sinking, headline, and Germany anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of heritage conservation and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres within the real-world context of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is town-centre regeneration and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space within the specific setting of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGA7X - The Irish Film Institute (IFI
Irish: Institiúid Scannánaíochta na hÉireann, Institiúid Scannán na hÉireann), formerly the Irish Film Centre, is both an arthouse cinema and a national body that supports Irish film heritage. The IFI presents film festivals, retrospectives and curated seasons, along with independent, Irish and foreign language films overlooked by commercial multiplexes at its cinemas in the Temple Bar quarter of Dublin. It maintains an archive of Irish films and provides education in film culture.
The IFI increases the range of films available to Irish audiences. New releases, national seasons, directors' retrospectives, thematic programmes, festivals, and special events have been regular features of the programme. Every year, the IFI rewards its audiences by hosting an Open Day, with free cinema screenings and tours. In 2011, the IFI was awarded Dublin's Best Cinema in Dublin Living Awards. In its first two decades the IFI saw over 3.1 million cinema attendances to see 63,000 screenings of over 5,900 different films. The IFI Café Bar served over 1.78 million cups of tea and coffee to audiences that include over 8,000 members. The IFI Irish Film Archive contains 611 different collections with over 26,000 cans of films, the oldest of which, a Lumiere brothers film of Dublin and Belfast, dates back to 1897
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2D50139 - ITV Studios Limited's history can be traced back to Granada Productions, which was founded in 1954 as Granada Television's in-house production arm, and Central Television Enterprises, Central Independent Television's international sales operations founded in 1987. Granada Productions and Carlton International (re-branded name for CTE) were merged in 2009 to form ITV Studios
however, some of ITV Studios' subsidiaries, such as ITV Studios Australia, still carried the Granada name until 2014.
ITV Studios not only makes programmes primarily for its parent company ITV plc, but also for other networks such as the BBC and Channel 4. It was formed from a gradual amalgamation of the production divisions of all ITV plc owned 'channel three' licensees which occurred from 1994 to 2004, and for a number of years thereafter following the creation of ITV plc.
The division is also responsible for ITV's production facilities The London Studios, 3SixtyMedia (based at ITV Granada, and co-owned with BBC Studios and Post Production), and location hire company ProVision (based at ITV Yorkshire, with sales offices at ITV Granada and The London Studios). ITV Studios Global Entertainment (formerly Granada International and Granada Ventures) is responsible for sales of finished programmes, formats and commercial licensing deals.
Programmes on non-ITV channels (except S4C, which has always used the name ITV Cymru) retained the Granada brand (examples are Channel 4's Countdown, and The Royle Family for the BBC) until 2009. Many of the programmes shown on ITV network show the end-board featuring the ITV Studios logo after the credits as of 2009. ITV, in full Independent Television, in the United Kingdom, television network consisting of a consortium of private companies in competition with the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is regulated by the Office of Communications.
Trafford Wharf Rd, Trafford Park, Stretford, Manchester,England,UK, M17 1AB
