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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,antique,watchmaker,clockmaker,horology,British,English,old,history,local,Warwickshire,heritage,jeweller,jewellery,timepiece,dial,leather,strap,analogue,collectable,named,Midlands,Ernest Parriss,clockmaking,local trades,family jeweller,independent,provincial,watchmakers,nostalgia,genealogy,craftsmanship,skilled trade,repair culture,restoration,aged,patina,CV11
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E9APAB - A close, editorial still life of a vintage E G Parriss wristwatch laid across an old town plan of Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The aged cream dial, Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds register and worn leather strap give the photograph a strong period feel, linking personal timekeeping with local history, family business, craftsmanship and the Midlands tradition of practical engineering. The map beneath shows the printed title Town Plan of Nuneaton and surrounding streets, turning the image into a compact visual story about place, memory and the skilled repair and making of watches and clocks before disposable consumer electronics. E G Parriss is a name connected with Nuneaton horology: the Science Museum Group records the Parriss rolling-ball free pendulum clock as made by E G Parriss in Nuneaton in the 1940s. Separate Parriss family jeweller history also describes a watchmaking line that began with Joseph Parriss in Rugby, with Ernest Parriss and Beatrice later opening a shop in Nuneaton before moving to Sheringham in 1947. This photograph is useful for searches around British watchmakers, local jewellers, antique watches, interwar or early twentieth century design, family firms, craft skills, horological heritage, collectable wristwatches, Warwickshire history, Nuneaton nostalgia, old maps, town planning, genealogy, local archives and the passing of time. The warm patina of the dial contrasts with the black and white printed map, making it suitable for editorial use around regional manufacturing, the survival of small specialist trades, vintage retail, repair culture, museum collections, family history research and the way everyday objects can anchor a story about a town. It could also illustrate articles on high street jewellers, inherited possessions, analogue technology, conservation, restoration, watch servicing, local studies, historic mapping and the value of named provincial makers outside London, Coventry and Birmingham.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,red,triangle,is,back,real,ale,pump clip,real ale,cask bitter,beer engine,handpull pump,Birmingham,city,centre,returns,British,traditional,classic,bitter,branding,counter,polished,brass,hospitality,licensed trade,marketing,CAMARA,heritage,brewing,history,Midlands,revival,drinks industry,iconic,brand,icon,Bacchus
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E93479 - Close-up editorial view of a polished brass beer engine and handpull dispensing Draught Bass at Bacchus Bar in central Birmingham. The famous red triangle pump clip dominates the frame, with mirrored bar fittings, backlit bottles and a classic pub back bar softly out of focus behind it. This is a strongly recognisable piece of British beer heritage, linking one of the country's best-known historic bitter brands with a traditional city-centre pub setting that still values cask and handpulled ale. The image works well for themes including real ale revival, pub interiors, beer culture, licensed trade, hospitality, CAMRA interest, Midlands drinking heritage and the continued appeal of classic British bitters in an era often dominated by bland keg fonts and identikit bar design. The gleaming metalwork, warm amber reflections and sharp branding give the photograph a rich documentary feel suited to editorial use about pubs, brewing history, draught beer, consumer nostalgia, traditional bar service and the survival of characterful drinking venues in modern urban Britain. It also captures the tactile visual details that matter to ale drinkers: the handpump, the branded clip, the polished dispense equipment and the sense of anticipation before a pint is pulled. Useful for stories about Birmingham pubs, Nicholson's houses, classic ale brands, British pub restoration, city nightlife, heritage interiors, drinks journalism and the enduring symbolic power of Bass as one of the best-known names in UK beer. Because the composition is tight and uncluttered, the picture also lends itself to wider commercial and editorial search terms such as pub bar pump, cask bitter, English ale, traditional boozer, beer badge, draught dispense, cellar-to-glass service, pub counter, bar equipment, drinking culture, after-work pint, weekend socialising and the preservation of older drinking rituals within busy contemporary city centres.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEBF - Coventry railway station is seen at dusk after rain, with warm station lighting, wet paving and passengers moving through the modern entrance area at Station Square. The image shows the striking red and black redevelopment beside the older rail complex, giving a strong editorial view of everyday public transport, urban regeneration and evening travel in the West Midlands. Coventry station is a major city railway gateway on the West Coast Main Line, used by commuters, students, leisure travellers and visitors moving between London, Birmingham, the wider Midlands and other UK destinations. The reflective paving, grey winter sky, umbrellas, coats and glowing interior lights create a useful atmospheric stock image for rail travel, station access, public realm design, city centre connectivity, sustainable transport, commuting, transport infrastructure and railway investment. Visible passengers, bollards, planters, signage, glass frontage and the station forecourt help place the scene in a real, working urban environment rather than a generic architectural view. The photograph can illustrate stories about Coventry's transport links, railway modernisation, station redevelopment, passenger experience, public transport interchange, city centre regeneration, evening commuting, wet weather travel and investment around station districts. The red framed building and illuminated windows also make the image suitable for articles on contemporary station architecture, post-industrial city renewal, Midlands economic development, rail accessibility and the role of well-connected stations in supporting tourism, employment and university travel. The dusk timing gives extra commercial value for features needing a moody but recognisable British railway image, with enough people present to show scale, movement and daily use without making the scene feel overcrowded.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RXX2A9 - Birmingham Clean Air Zone
The Clean Air Zone is the area inside the A4540 Middleway Ring Road. It does not include the Middleway itself. It is operational every day, 24 hours a day. You might have to pay to drive inside it.
There are signs around the Clean Air Zone so drivers can see where it is.
Instead of driving in the Clean Air Zone, you could:
walk or cycle - there are lots of walking and cycling routes
take public transport - use our journey planner to find the best route
Check if you have to pay
Drivers of the most polluting vehicles will have to pay to drive in the Clean Air Zone. You will not have to pay if:
you drive an electric or hybrid vehicle
your car meets emission standards
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWEPD -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWEPK -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWEXJ - EKCO (from Eric Kirkham Cole Limited) was a British electronics company producing radio and television sets from 1924 until 1960. Expanding into plastic production for its own use, Ekco Plastics produced both radio cases and later domestic plastic products
the plastics company became Lin Pac Mouldings Ltd.
The company's founder Eric Kirkham Cole was born on 4 July 1901 at Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, and was educated at Southend Day Technical School, followed by a three-year apprenticeship. Cole and his future wife Muriel Bradshaw started out making radio sets in 1924.
William Streatfield Verrells, a schoolmaster and freelance journalist from Southend-on-Sea, wrote an article in a local newspaper asking if it was possible to power a radio set from the mains electricity supply rather than batteries. Cole saw a possible business opportunity
In the late 1930s, Ekco began producing its own radio valves at its Southend-on-Sea works. Following the company's decision to abandon the venture, the plant was converted to a lamp factory. In 1943, Ekco acquired Ensign Lamps based in Preston. In 1950, Ekco sold 51% of its lighting subsidiary, Ekco-Ensign Electric Ltd, to Thorn Electrical Industries.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWEY7 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWF37 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWF75 -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,store,stores,baker,bakers,shops,windows,Midlands,painted,sign,confectioners,confectioner,and,chocolate,shop,Fry,BCLM,1930,1930s,Joseph Storrs Fry,fry,frys,Frys Chocolate Cream,Bristol,JS Fry,black & white,english,cocoa,bar,bars,confectionary,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWF7N - J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd., better known as Fry's, was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and his family. Beginning in Bristol in the 18th century, the business went through several changes of name and ownership, becoming J. S. Fry & Sons in 1822. In 1847, Fry's produced the first solid chocolate bar. The company also created the first filled chocolate sweet, Cream Sticks, in 1853. Fry is most famous for Fry's Chocolate Cream, the first mass-produced chocolate bar, which was launched in 1866, and Fry's Turkish Delight, launched in 1914.
Fry, alongside Cadbury and Rowntree's, was one of the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and all three companies were founded by Quakers. The company became a division of Cadbury in the early twentieth century. The division's Somerdale Factory near Bristol was closed after the 2010 takeover of Cadbury's by Kraft Foods Inc
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWF81 - J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd., better known as Fry's, was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and his family. Beginning in Bristol in the 18th century, the business went through several changes of name and ownership, becoming J. S. Fry & Sons in 1822. In 1847, Fry's produced the first solid chocolate bar. The company also created the first filled chocolate sweet, Cream Sticks, in 1853. Fry is most famous for Fry's Chocolate Cream, the first mass-produced chocolate bar, which was launched in 1866, and Fry's Turkish Delight, launched in 1914.
Fry, alongside Cadbury and Rowntree's, was one of the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and all three companies were founded by Quakers. The company became a division of Cadbury in the early twentieth century. The division's Somerdale Factory near Bristol was closed after the 2010 takeover of Cadbury's by Kraft Foods Inc
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWFBW -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWFC4 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWFM1 -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,BCLM,daily,12,till,3,12-3pm,chips,fish,&,and,The,Great Britain,food,foods,traditional,hot,fry,fried,supper,lunch,meal,in,cooked,closed,Wales,Welsh,Scotland,shop,window,takeaway,chipbox,chippy,fish bar,cod
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWFMR - A fish and chip shop, sometimes referred to as a chip shop, is a (often fast food) restaurant that specialises in selling fish and chips. Usually, fish and chip shops provide takeaway service, although some have seating facilities. Fish and chip shops may also sell other foods, including variations on their core offering such as battered sausage and burgers, to regional cuisine such as Greek or Indian food.
Variations on the name include fish bar, fishery (in Yorkshire), fish shop and chip shop. In the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, they are colloquially known as a chippy or fishy, while in the rest of Ireland and the Aberdeen area, they are known as chippers.
The word chip-shop is first recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary in 1953. Chippy or chippie was first recorded in 1961. Occasionally the type of fish will be specified, as in 'Cod-n-Chips'.
In Scotland, the fish tends to be haddock, whereas in England it tends to be cod. This is because both fish tend to be sourced from Scottish waters in the North Sea and then shipped around the UK. Haddock was thought to taste better than cod when fresh, while cod tasted better a few days later. In the days before refrigerated haulage this meant that haddock would taste bad by the time it made it out of Scotland, while the cod would still taste good if it took a few days to reach its destination. Hake, pollock, whiting, and plaice are also seen at many chip shops. In Scotland, 'special fish' is a variant where the haddock is breadcrumbed instead of battered.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,DY1,Black Country,West Midlands,enters,entering,mouth,of,Birmingham New Road,entry,tourism,tour,experience,the,Portal,Building,canals,tunnels,waterway,waterways,caverns,and,entrance,to,start,attraction,history,historic,infrastructure,navigation,green boats,barge
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWFTM -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWFW5 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWG0X -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWG11 -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,starring,lady,vanishes,the,movie,movies,film,cinema,for,Alfred Hitchcock,Hitchcock,Hitchcocks,1938,The Wheel Spins,by,Ethel Lina White,BW,monochrome,Black & White,Black and White,British,films,Gainsborough Studios,in,Islington,London,old,actor,actors,1930s,mystery,thriller
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWG3H - The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White, the film is about a beautiful English tourist travelling by train in continental Europe who discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have disappeared from the train. After her fellow passengers deny ever having seen the elderly lady, the young woman is helped by a young musicologist, the two proceeding to search the train for clues to the old lady's disappearance.
The Lady Vanishes was filmed at the Gainsborough Studios in Islington, London. Hitchcock caught Hollywood's attention with the film and moved to Hollywood soon after its release. Although the director's three previous efforts had done poorly at the box office, The Lady Vanishes was widely successful, and confirmed American producer David O. Selznick's belief that Hitchcock indeed had a future in Hollywood cinema.
The British Film Institute ranked The Lady Vanishes the 35th best British film of the 20th century. In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine saw it ranked the 31st best British film ever. It is one of Hitchcock's most renowned British films, and the first of three screen versions of White's novel to date
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWG53 - The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White, the film is about a beautiful English tourist travelling by train in continental Europe who discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have disappeared from the train. After her fellow passengers deny ever having seen the elderly lady, the young woman is helped by a young musicologist, the two proceeding to search the train for clues to the old lady's disappearance.
The Lady Vanishes was filmed at the Gainsborough Studios in Islington, London. Hitchcock caught Hollywood's attention with the film and moved to Hollywood soon after its release. Although the director's three previous efforts had done poorly at the box office, The Lady Vanishes was widely successful, and confirmed American producer David O. Selznick's belief that Hitchcock indeed had a future in Hollywood cinema.
The British Film Institute ranked The Lady Vanishes the 35th best British film of the 20th century. In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine saw it ranked the 31st best British film ever. It is one of Hitchcock's most renowned British films, and the first of three screen versions of White's novel to date
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWG8G -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWG92 - EKCO (from Eric Kirkham Cole Limited) was a British electronics company producing radio and television sets from 1924 until 1960. Expanding into plastic production for its own use, Ekco Plastics produced both radio cases and later domestic plastic products
the plastics company became Lin Pac Mouldings Ltd.
The company's founder Eric Kirkham Cole was born on 4 July 1901 at Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, and was educated at Southend Day Technical School, followed by a three-year apprenticeship. Cole and his future wife Muriel Bradshaw started out making radio sets in 1924.
William Streatfield Verrells, a schoolmaster and freelance journalist from Southend-on-Sea, wrote an article in a local newspaper asking if it was possible to power a radio set from the mains electricity supply rather than batteries. Cole saw a possible business opportunity
In the late 1930s, Ekco began producing its own radio valves at its Southend-on-Sea works. Following the company's decision to abandon the venture, the plant was converted to a lamp factory. In 1943, Ekco acquired Ensign Lamps based in Preston. In 1950, Ekco sold 51% of its lighting subsidiary, Ekco-Ensign Electric Ltd, to Thorn Electrical Industries.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWGJT - The Black Country is a loosely defined area of southern Staffordshire and northern Worcestershire which lies to the north and west of Birmingham, and to the south and east of Wolverhampton. The town of Dudley (Worcestershire) is sometimes referred to as being the Black Country's unofficial capital.
The Black Country is divided between the counties of Stafford and Worcester, the greater part belonging to Staffordshire. Dudley is a detached part of Worcestershire surrounded by Staffordshire, separated from the main body of its own shire by a narrow strip.
By the late 19th century, the Black Country had become one of the most intensely industrialised in the nation. The South Staffordshire coal mines, the coal coking operations, and the iron foundries and steel mills that used the local coal to fire their furnaces, produced a level of air pollution that had few equals anywhere in the world at the time.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWGR0 - 2018 - The end for Bell End? Petition launched to change Black Country's saucy street name - more at https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2018/01/02/end-of-the-road-for-saucy-street-name/
But the infamous Bell End in Rowley Regis could soon be a thing of the past after a petition, signed already by 11 people, was launched to change its name.
UPDATE: Pro-Bell End petition overtakes campaign to change Black Country street name
An anonymous campaigner says residents of the saucily-named street have become a 'laughing stock', with children who live there bullied and teased at school.
A statement accompanying the change.org petition, entitled Bell End Road Name Change, says: As you may be aware, the term Bell End can be seen and used as a rude and/or a offensive word.
As well as this, it can affect people and children including children being bullied and teased at school and generally now become a laughing stock as seen very recently on Facebook and other social media sites and it's time for a change.
We want the local Sandwell Council to acknowledge our name change request to a new road name and at the very least to a similar name.
The petition suggests changing the street's name to Bell Road.
Bell End “ which leads onto Mincing Lane “ has become so well known over the years that people have travelled from outside the area to have their picture taken next to its street sign.
Rowley Regis councillor Barbara Price said she could understand residents' concerns and has vowed to meet with council bosses to discuss Bell End.
If some people find the name offensive and children are being teased about where they live then there is obviously an issue, she said.
I will be consulting with residents and speaking to the cabinet member in question to see if anything can be done.
But Bell End resident councillor Chris Tranter claims the name should not be changed. He said: I was born here and lived here for 40 years and it doesn't bother me. You get the odd giggle o
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWGX8 - 2018 - The end for Bell End? Petition launched to change Black Country's saucy street name - more at https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2018/01/02/end-of-the-road-for-saucy-street-name/
But the infamous Bell End in Rowley Regis could soon be a thing of the past after a petition, signed already by 11 people, was launched to change its name.
UPDATE: Pro-Bell End petition overtakes campaign to change Black Country street name
An anonymous campaigner says residents of the saucily-named street have become a 'laughing stock', with children who live there bullied and teased at school.
A statement accompanying the change.org petition, entitled Bell End Road Name Change, says: As you may be aware, the term Bell End can be seen and used as a rude and/or a offensive word.
As well as this, it can affect people and children including children being bullied and teased at school and generally now become a laughing stock as seen very recently on Facebook and other social media sites and it's time for a change.
We want the local Sandwell Council to acknowledge our name change request to a new road name and at the very least to a similar name.
The petition suggests changing the street's name to Bell Road.
Bell End “ which leads onto Mincing Lane “ has become so well known over the years that people have travelled from outside the area to have their picture taken next to its street sign.
Rowley Regis councillor Barbara Price said she could understand residents' concerns and has vowed to meet with council bosses to discuss Bell End.
If some people find the name offensive and children are being teased about where they live then there is obviously an issue, she said.
I will be consulting with residents and speaking to the cabinet member in question to see if anything can be done.
But Bell End resident councillor Chris Tranter claims the name should not be changed. He said: I was born here and lived here for 40 years and it doesn't bother me. You get the odd giggle o
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWGXW - 2018 - The end for Bell End? Petition launched to change Black Country's saucy street name - more at https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2018/01/02/end-of-the-road-for-saucy-street-name/
But the infamous Bell End in Rowley Regis could soon be a thing of the past after a petition, signed already by 11 people, was launched to change its name.
UPDATE: Pro-Bell End petition overtakes campaign to change Black Country street name
An anonymous campaigner says residents of the saucily-named street have become a 'laughing stock', with children who live there bullied and teased at school.
A statement accompanying the change.org petition, entitled Bell End Road Name Change, says: As you may be aware, the term Bell End can be seen and used as a rude and/or a offensive word.
As well as this, it can affect people and children including children being bullied and teased at school and generally now become a laughing stock as seen very recently on Facebook and other social media sites and it's time for a change.
We want the local Sandwell Council to acknowledge our name change request to a new road name and at the very least to a similar name.
The petition suggests changing the street's name to Bell Road.
Bell End “ which leads onto Mincing Lane “ has become so well known over the years that people have travelled from outside the area to have their picture taken next to its street sign.
Rowley Regis councillor Barbara Price said she could understand residents' concerns and has vowed to meet with council bosses to discuss Bell End.
If some people find the name offensive and children are being teased about where they live then there is obviously an issue, she said.
I will be consulting with residents and speaking to the cabinet member in question to see if anything can be done.
But Bell End resident councillor Chris Tranter claims the name should not be changed. He said: I was born here and lived here for 40 years and it doesn't bother me. You get the odd giggle o
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NBWGEC - J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd., better known as Fry's, was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and his family. Beginning in Bristol in the 18th century, the business went through several changes of name and ownership, becoming J. S. Fry & Sons in 1822. In 1847, Fry's produced the first solid chocolate bar. The company also created the first filled chocolate sweet, Cream Sticks, in 1853. Fry is most famous for Fry's Chocolate Cream, the first mass-produced chocolate bar, which was launched in 1866, and Fry's Turkish Delight, launched in 1914.
Fry, alongside Cadbury and Rowntree's, was one of the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and all three companies were founded by Quakers. The company became a division of Cadbury in the early twentieth century. The division's Somerdale Factory near Bristol was closed after the 2010 takeover of Cadbury's by Kraft Foods Inc
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG3KCW -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5470W -
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Keywords: West Midlands,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,public,transport,Midlands,Wolverhampton city bus station and interchange,and,WV1 1LD,Transport for West Midlands,TfWM,Metro tram terminus,Metro,stand,stands,NXWM,strike,Mobico,station,bus station,interchange,public transport,service,services,route,routes,network,town,connections,cuts,cutbacks,funding,WV1
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5470Y - Wolverhampton bus station is the first part of a major public transport interchange in the city centre of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands region of England.
It is managed by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM). Local bus services operated by various companies serve the bus station which has 19 departure stands and 1 unloading stand. The bus station is located halfway between Wolverhampton, St George's West Midlands Metro tram terminus and Wolverhampton railway station
both are just a short walk away. It also features glass-enclosed waiting areas and electronic doors, allowing passengers out of designated pedestrian areas, only when buses are on stand. Uniquely, the designs for the station have meant that there is no need for buses and pedestrians paths to cross, due to the 'W' shape of the station.
The bus station's enquiry office is now in the main building, but was in the Queen's Building, a grade II listed building, now host to Costa Coffee, but which was formerly the carriage entrance to the railway station.
The original bus station was on the northern side of Railway Drive approximately where the Ring Road passes under the present road bridge. It was primarily used by Midland Red although a few WMPTE (ex-Midland Red) services also departed from there.
The station, which had existed since 1986, was closed after service finished on 3 April 2010. (The 1986 bus station replaced the original bus station on the northern side of Railway Drive.) Building work took place during the ensuing months, in which a new pedestrian bridge linking the railway and bus stations was built, a contraflow system installed along the ring road and the bus station rebuilt. The station re-opened on 24 July 2011, which coincided with the Wolverhampton bus network review and marked the end of Phase One of the project. Phase Two includes improvements to the railway station, a new hotel, and redevelopment of the canalside area, but a date for this has yet to be finalised.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K54710 - Wolverhampton bus station is the first part of a major public transport interchange in the city centre of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands region of England.
It is managed by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM). Local bus services operated by various companies serve the bus station which has 19 departure stands and 1 unloading stand. The bus station is located halfway between Wolverhampton, St George's West Midlands Metro tram terminus and Wolverhampton railway station
both are just a short walk away. It also features glass-enclosed waiting areas and electronic doors, allowing passengers out of designated pedestrian areas, only when buses are on stand. Uniquely, the designs for the station have meant that there is no need for buses and pedestrians paths to cross, due to the 'W' shape of the station.
The bus station's enquiry office is now in the main building, but was in the Queen's Building, a grade II listed building, now host to Costa Coffee, but which was formerly the carriage entrance to the railway station.
The original bus station was on the northern side of Railway Drive approximately where the Ring Road passes under the present road bridge. It was primarily used by Midland Red although a few WMPTE (ex-Midland Red) services also departed from there.
The station, which had existed since 1986, was closed after service finished on 3 April 2010. (The 1986 bus station replaced the original bus station on the northern side of Railway Drive.) Building work took place during the ensuing months, in which a new pedestrian bridge linking the railway and bus stations was built, a contraflow system installed along the ring road and the bus station rebuilt. The station re-opened on 24 July 2011, which coincided with the Wolverhampton bus network review and marked the end of Phase One of the project. Phase Two includes improvements to the railway station, a new hotel, and redevelopment of the canalside area, but a date for this has yet to be finalised.
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Keywords: West Midlands,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,public,transport,Midlands,Wolverhampton city bus station and interchange,and,WV1 1LD,Transport for West Midlands,TfWM,Metro tram terminus,Metro,stand,stands,NXWM,Wright Eclipse,WrightBus,Volvo,strike,Mobico,cut,cuts,in,services,service,grant,reduction,reducing,route,routes,X8,express
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K54711 - The Wright Eclipse is a low-floor single-deck bus body that was built by Wrightbus between 1999 and 2019. The second-generation Eclipse 2 was launched in 2008, followed by the third-generation Eclipse 3 in 2015. The Eclipse, and its sister design the Solar, were named for a solar eclipse which was visible in the UK in 1999, the year of its introduction.
The Eclipse was launched in 1999 on Volvo B7L chassis and, in 2003, the body was made available on the more popular Volvo B7RLE chassis. A coach version, the Eclipse SchoolRun, was later launched on high floor Volvo B7R chassis. In November 2008, Wright unveiled the Eclipse 2 at that year's Euro Bus Expo, with front and rear ends facelifted to match the Wright StreetCar. In 2015, the Eclipse 3 was launched on Volvo B8RLE chassis, the successor to the B7RLE. Production of the Eclipse has been suspended as Wrightbus entered administration in September 2019.
Over 2,100 Eclipses were built, with FirstGroup the largest customer. A double-decker version of the Eclipse is also available, known as the Wright Eclipse Gemini, and formerly also an articulated version, the Wright Eclipse Fusion.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K54712 - Wolverhampton bus station is the first part of a major public transport interchange in the city centre of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands region of England.
It is managed by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM). Local bus services operated by various companies serve the bus station which has 19 departure stands and 1 unloading stand. The bus station is located halfway between Wolverhampton, St George's West Midlands Metro tram terminus and Wolverhampton railway station
both are just a short walk away. It also features glass-enclosed waiting areas and electronic doors, allowing passengers out of designated pedestrian areas, only when buses are on stand. Uniquely, the designs for the station have meant that there is no need for buses and pedestrians paths to cross, due to the 'W' shape of the station.
The bus station's enquiry office is now in the main building, but was in the Queen's Building, a grade II listed building, now host to Costa Coffee, but which was formerly the carriage entrance to the railway station.
The original bus station was on the northern side of Railway Drive approximately where the Ring Road passes under the present road bridge. It was primarily used by Midland Red although a few WMPTE (ex-Midland Red) services also departed from there.
The station, which had existed since 1986, was closed after service finished on 3 April 2010. (The 1986 bus station replaced the original bus station on the northern side of Railway Drive.) Building work took place during the ensuing months, in which a new pedestrian bridge linking the railway and bus stations was built, a contraflow system installed along the ring road and the bus station rebuilt. The station re-opened on 24 July 2011, which coincided with the Wolverhampton bus network review and marked the end of Phase One of the project. Phase Two includes improvements to the railway station, a new hotel, and redevelopment of the canalside area, but a date for this has yet to be finalised.
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Keywords: West Midlands,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Entrance,to,the,City,of,door,public,markets,Midland,Midlands,city,centre,mask,Covid,containers,gates,blue,1209,stall,stalls,retail,small,business,commerce,British,English,trader,traders,cheap,inexpensive,shopping
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5471M -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bank,ltd,Limited,banking,high street,metal sign,on,Wolverhampton Branch,West Midlands,England,UK,branch,Midlands,profit,profits,interest,rate,rates,data,leak,mortgage,mortgages,banks,loan,loans,finance,low,poor,performance,service,problem,problems,British,institutions,heritage,old,oldest
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K8NAH1 -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,West Midlands,England,UK,health club,health,club,Centre,open,to,all,WV1 3HT,machines,dirty,mess,messy,sign,signs,signage,exercise,exercising,fitness,Midlands,the,lazy,poor,tackle,tackling,issue,issues,couch,armchair,armchairs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GAWC - Motorcise Healthy Living Centres are designed for people who find health clubs and gymnasiums intimidating. The Motorcise exercise machines are motorised - a completely new system that makes exercise easy and fun to do.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GBBN -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wolverhampton,city,centre,West Midlands,England,UK,WV1 1TS,WV1,Association,crest,remember,soldiers,comrades,1944,France,WWII,WW II,war,army,wartime,flags,Normandy,french,battle,battles,Wolves,district,Midlands,Wolverhampton city,city centre,religion,Anglican,heritage,Victorian dark
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GBCM - The Normandy Veterans' Association (NVA) was an association formed in 1981 of ex-servicemen and women who served in the 1944 Normandy invasion.
The association was represented at the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy in June 2014. Due to dwindling numbers the association decided to disband in November 2014. The last official engagement of the association took place at St Margaret's, Westminster (Westminster Abbey) on 16 October 2014.
The National Standard of the NVA was 'laid up' at Westminster Abbey with a plaque that reads:
The Standard of the Normandy Veterans' Association was laid up on Thursday 16th October 2014 in the presence of His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, KG., GCVO, Patron, Normandy Veterans Association
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GBD0 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GBMM -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,West Midlands,England,UK,church,Lich Gate,Wolverhampton,WV1 1TY,WV1,pipe,pipes,inside,interior,instrument,musical,grand,ornate,history,historic,Midlands,Wolverhampton city,city centre,religion,Anglican,heritage,Victorian dark,religious,internal,architecture,tall,towering,ceiling
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GBNA -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ltd,Brum,weights,and,measures,metal,cast,iron,steel,embossed,history,historic,West Midland,rust,rusty,rusting,cast iron,Averys,measure,measurement,British,English,Weighing,machine,factories,factory,names,Black Country,company,West,Midlands,heritage,W&T
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K23M9Y -
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,spell,atlas,GB,United Kingdom,slogan,word,tenant,issues,fail,failure,damp,Council,housing,problems,with,responsive repairs,reported,repair,repairs,complaint,claim,claims,northern England,Midlands,North west,Yorkshire,landlord,landlords,government,encouraged,complaints,disrepair,ombudsman
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKGAJJ -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,cars,vehicles,transport,charging,electric car,electric,Gridserve Electric Highway charging points Frankley Services M5 Northbound,West Midlands,England,UK,Frankley,M5 Services,North bound,Midlands,car charging,point,EV,Electric Vehicle,uk,contactless payment,sustainable energy,charger bay,CCS,CHAdeMO,connector,Superchargers,Electric Forecourts,Electric Hubs,RFID,credit card,Medium Power Chargers,High Power Chargers,Moto,Moto Services,supply,transition
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAGDM2 -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,cars,vehicles,transport,charging,electric car,electric,Gridserve Electric Highway charging points Frankley Services M5 Northbound,West Midlands,England,UK,Frankley,M5 Services,North bound,Midlands,car charging,point,EV,Electric Vehicle,uk,contactless payment,sustainable energy,charger bay,CCS,CHAdeMO,connector,Superchargers,Electric Forecourts,Electric Hubs,RFID,credit card,Medium Power Chargers,High Power Chargers,Moto,Moto Services
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,town,Albion,brick,Victorian,windows,flats,apartments,change of use,Midlands,historic,listed building,Albion Flour Mill,Smiths,Birchill,flight of locks,locks,Birchills,red brick,factory,mill,commercial,Albion Flour Mill now Smiths Flour Mill Walsall,EBL751,Steam Mill,Corn Mill,Flour Mill,Wolverhampton St,WS2 8DD,WS2,miller,Thomas Caloe
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2B1YFRM - Post Medieval (1540 - 1900) Post Roman (410 - 1900)
Summary: Dated 1849. 4-storey purpose-built flour mill (originally steam-powered). Ranges of arched and half-moon windows with iron grids and fanlights. Includes covered dock opening off a basin on the (Listed) lock flight next door.
Description: On E bank of Walsall Locks (2695), served by canal branch leading to covered wharf inside mill. Steam mill, 1898 (sic - but should this be 1848 - MS 25.4.02), with 2 main, 4 storey blocks flanking an archway. (1) (2)
Outstanding industrial building of 1849. Brick, with orig cast iron windows of small lights. Arched heads on all floors & lunettes at inter mezzanine level etc etc. (3)
IRIS report. (4)
A fine 4-storey brick steam mill built 1848. The central archway once extended over a public road, and there was a covered canal dock as well as a private coal wharf. (5)
Dated 1849. 4-storey purpose-built flour mill (originally steam-powered). Ranges of arched and half-moon windows with iron grids and fanlights. Includes covered dock opening off a basin on the (Listed) lock flight next door. (6)
Detailed analysis and recording ahead of conversion into flats. Four phases identfied: Phase 1 (1849) - rectangular building fronting Wolverhampton Road and adjoining terrace of Georgian houses
Phase 2 (later 19th century) - Phase 1 building extended to north, acquisition of warehouse building to W (which had a purpose built integral canal arm)
Phase 3 (later 19th century) - original mill and adjacent warehouse joined at 2nd and 3rd floor levels
Phase 4 (20th century) various concrete and steel frame and corrugated steel clad structures built to the north of the historic mill buildings. The Albion Flour Mill in Wolverhampton Street was built in 1849, probably for Thomas Caloe, miller there from at least 1851 until the 1890s. By 1900 Smith Bros. (Walsall) Ltd. had taken it over, and the firm was still milling there in 1973.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@Hotpixuk,railway Station,Royal,West Midlands,England,Midlands,train,trains,public transport,station,rail,railway,night,WS13,Parking,parking issues,Lichfield,Trent Valley,permit,ticket,on line,sign,notice,notification,purchasing tickets,WS16,parking spaces,lack of,lack of parking spaces,insufficient parking,stations,west midland,SABA app,SABA,parking App,consumer rights
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AND2PB - Welcome to the Lichfield Trent Valley Station Car Park. There are 228 parking spaces at this station and 10 disabled spaces.
Please note: Purchasing permits/tickets in advance does not guarantee you a parking space.
How to pay for parking:
Download the Saba App today! - A quick and easy way to pay for your parking on-the-go.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AND2PD - Mind the gap is an audible or visual warning phrase issued to rail passengers to take caution while crossing the horizontal, and in some cases vertical, spatial gap between the train door and the station platform.
The phrase was first introduced in 1968 on the London Underground in the United Kingdom. It is today popularly associated with the UK among tourists because of the particularly British word choice (this meaning of the verb mind has largely fallen into disuse in the US).
The phrase Mind the gap was coined in around 1968 for a planned automated announcement, after it had become impractical for drivers and station attendants to warn passengers. London Underground chose digital recording using solid state equipment with no moving parts. As data storage capacity was expensive, the phrase had to be short. A concise warning was also easier to paint onto the platform.
The equipment was supplied by AEG Telefunken. According to the Independent on Sunday, sound engineer Peter Lodge, who owned Redan Recorders in Bayswater, working with a Scottish Telefunken engineer, recorded an actor reading Mind the gap and Stand clear of the doors please, but the actor insisted on royalties and the phrases had to be re-recorded. Lodge read the phrases to line up the recording equipment for level and those were used.
While Lodge's recording is still in use, some lines use other recordings. One was recorded by voice artist Emma Clarke. Others, on the Piccadilly line for example, were by Archers actor Tim Bentinck for 15 years, but are now by Julie Berry. At least 10 stations were supplied with announcers manufactured by PA Communications Ltd. of Milton Keynes. The recorded voice is that of Keith Wilson, their industrial sales manager at the time (May 1990). It can still be heard, at Paddington for example.
In March 2013, an old Mind the gap recording by the actor Oswald Laurence was restored to the curved northbound platform at Embankment station on the Northern line s
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AND979 - Mind the gap is an audible or visual warning phrase issued to rail passengers to take caution while crossing the horizontal, and in some cases vertical, spatial gap between the train door and the station platform.
The phrase was first introduced in 1968 on the London Underground in the United Kingdom. It is today popularly associated with the UK among tourists because of the particularly British word choice (this meaning of the verb mind has largely fallen into disuse in the US).
The phrase Mind the gap was coined in around 1968 for a planned automated announcement, after it had become impractical for drivers and station attendants to warn passengers. London Underground chose digital recording using solid state equipment with no moving parts. As data storage capacity was expensive, the phrase had to be short. A concise warning was also easier to paint onto the platform.
The equipment was supplied by AEG Telefunken. According to the Independent on Sunday, sound engineer Peter Lodge, who owned Redan Recorders in Bayswater, working with a Scottish Telefunken engineer, recorded an actor reading Mind the gap and Stand clear of the doors please, but the actor insisted on royalties and the phrases had to be re-recorded. Lodge read the phrases to line up the recording equipment for level and those were used.
While Lodge's recording is still in use, some lines use other recordings. One was recorded by voice artist Emma Clarke. Others, on the Piccadilly line for example, were by Archers actor Tim Bentinck for 15 years, but are now by Julie Berry. At least 10 stations were supplied with announcers manufactured by PA Communications Ltd. of Milton Keynes. The recorded voice is that of Keith Wilson, their industrial sales manager at the time (May 1990). It can still be heard, at Paddington for example.
In March 2013, an old Mind the gap recording by the actor Oswald Laurence was restored to the curved northbound platform at Embankment station on the Northern line s
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AEPXDF - However Carsberg, the company through which Ansells Mild is sold, said the ale could still make a comeback if demand was there.
Spokeswoman Joanna Dring said: Although we are not brewing it at the moment, this does not mean we won't ever brew it. On the contrary, if we could ensure enough pubs wanted to stock the beer and could be certain the volume we brew would guarantee quality, we would certainly consider brewing Ansells Mild again.
Drinkers have expressed dismay at the decision to axe the beer, which was first produced at Aston Cross in 1881
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTX7 - A crumpet is a small griddle cake made from an unsweetened batter of water or milk, flour and yeast, eaten in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and some areas of the Commonwealth.
Crumpets are regionally known as pikelets, a name also applied to a thinner, more pancake-like griddle cake: a type of the latter is referred to as a crumpet in Scotland.
Crumpets have been variously described as originating in Wales or as part of the Anglo-Saxon diet,[3] based on proposed etymologies of the word. In either case breads were, historically, commonly cooked on a griddle whererever bread ovens were not available. The bara-planc, or griddle bread, baked on an iron plate over a fire, was part of the everyday diet in Wales until the 19th century.
Small, oval cakes baked in this manner were called picklets, a name used for the first recognisable crumpet-type recipe, published in 1769 by Elizabeth Raffald in The Experienced English Housekeeper. This name was derived from the Welsh bara pyglyd or pitchy [i.e. dark or sticky] bread, later shortened simply to pyglyd. The early 17th century lexicographer Randle Cotgrave referred to popelins, soft cakes of fine flour, &c., fashioned like our Welsh barrapycleds.
The word spread initially to the West Midlands of England, where it became anglicised as pikelet, and subsequently to Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and other areas of the north
crumpets are still referred to as pikelets in some areas. The word crumpet itself, of unclear origin, first appears in relatively modern times
it has been suggested as referring to a crumpled or curled-up cake, based on an isolated 14th century reference to a crompid cake, and the Old English word crompeht (crumpled) being used to gloss Latin folialis, possibly a type of thin bread
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G4P - Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360 as of 2014, the second most populous city in the United Kingdom. It is the main centre of the West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populated urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population in 2011 of 2,440,986. The wider Birmingham metropolitan area is the second largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 3.7 million. Birmingham is frequently referred to as the second city of England.
A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G4T - Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360 as of 2014, the second most populous city in the United Kingdom. It is the main centre of the West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populated urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population in 2011 of 2,440,986. The wider Birmingham metropolitan area is the second largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 3.7 million. Birmingham is frequently referred to as the second city of England.
A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G4W - Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360 as of 2014, the second most populous city in the United Kingdom. It is the main centre of the West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populated urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population in 2011 of 2,440,986. The wider Birmingham metropolitan area is the second largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 3.7 million. Birmingham is frequently referred to as the second city of England.
A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G4X - Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360 as of 2014, the second most populous city in the United Kingdom. It is the main centre of the West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populated urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population in 2011 of 2,440,986. The wider Birmingham metropolitan area is the second largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 3.7 million. Birmingham is frequently referred to as the second city of England.
A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G4Y - Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360 as of 2014, the second most populous city in the United Kingdom. It is the main centre of the West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populated urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population in 2011 of 2,440,986. The wider Birmingham metropolitan area is the second largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 3.7 million. Birmingham is frequently referred to as the second city of England.
A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G51 - Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360 as of 2014, the second most populous city in the United Kingdom. It is the main centre of the West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populated urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population in 2011 of 2,440,986. The wider Birmingham metropolitan area is the second largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 3.7 million. Birmingham is frequently referred to as the second city of England.
A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy G9BJJB - The Sutton Coldfield train crash took place at about 16:13 on 23 January 1955 in Sutton Coldfield, a town now within the City of Birmingham, when an express passenger train traveling from York to Bristol, England, derailed due to excessive speed on a sharp curve.
Accident circumstances
Headed by a LMS Class 5 4-6-0 steam locomotive No 45274, the 12:15 York to Bristol express, consisting of ten carriages, approached Sutton Coldfield railway station at about 55-60 mph (88-96 km/h) ” twice the permitted speed of 30 mph. When it reached the sharp curve immediately before the station, the train derailed, colliding with the platforms.
The carriages, engine, and station buildings were severely damaged. The first carriage was crushed between the engine and the second carriage. The fourth carriage was knocked into the air causing it to drag along the station roof, damaging both the roof and the platforms to either side. Seventeen people, including the train crew, were killed and 25 injured.
The train had been diverted away from its usual route into Birmingham via Tamworth because of engineering work. The regular driver did not know the diversionary route via Sutton Coldfield, so another driver, fully conversant with it, had joined him at Burton-on-Trent to 'conduct' him over this section. However, the regular driver, complaining that the rough riding of the engine was tiring him, left the footplate and took a seat in the train, leaving the conductor driver in charge. This action was later criticised by the Inspecting Officer who commented that, even though he did not know the route, the safety of the train was still his responsibility.
On 23 January 2016, the day after the 61st anniversary of the crash, a memorial to the victims was unveiled, at Sutton Coldfield station, by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Ray Hassall
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY7XWJ - Walsall College is a further education college in Walsall, West Midlands, England.
The college is the largest provider of qualifications for 14-19 year olds in the Borough of Walsall. In addition, Walsall College provides education and training for adults, delivered both at the college campuses and on-site at workplaces and community centres. Campuses of the college include the main Wisemore Campus, and the Green Lane campus which offers engineering and construction courses.
Courses offered by the college include GCSEs, NVQs, BTECs, Diplomas, Apprenticeships and Access courses. Walsall College's sixth form department, V6 is a vocational sixth form for young people focussing on vocational skills and qualification
however it does not offer A Levels or academic study.
Walsall College also offers its vocational courses through a series of academies, in partnership with businesses including Microsoft, Apple, Francesco Group and Roland DG. The academies include a gym, hair and beauty salon and restaurant. All facilities are staffed by students.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY7XWR - Walsall College is a further education college in Walsall, West Midlands, England.
The college is the largest provider of qualifications for 14-19 year olds in the Borough of Walsall. In addition, Walsall College provides education and training for adults, delivered both at the college campuses and on-site at workplaces and community centres. Campuses of the college include the main Wisemore Campus, and the Green Lane campus which offers engineering and construction courses.
Courses offered by the college include GCSEs, NVQs, BTECs, Diplomas, Apprenticeships and Access courses. Walsall College's sixth form department, V6 is a vocational sixth form for young people focussing on vocational skills and qualification
however it does not offer A Levels or academic study.
Walsall College also offers its vocational courses through a series of academies, in partnership with businesses including Microsoft, Apple, Francesco Group and Roland DG. The academies include a gym, hair and beauty salon and restaurant. All facilities are staffed by students.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MNF - Walsall Council Planning Department have taken issue with the coloured spots painted on the outside of the Skittle's Centre.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9D51 - Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires. The Diocese of Lichfield covers all of Staffordshire, much of Shropshire and part of the Black Country and West Midlands. The present bishop is the Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill, the 98th Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
The cathedral is dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary. Its internal length is 113 metres (370 feet), and the breadth of the nave is 21m (68'). The central spire is 77m (252') high and the western spires are about 58m (190').
The stone is sandstone and came from a quarry on the south side of Lichfield. The walls of the nave lean outwards slightly, due to the weight of stone used in the ceiling vaulting
some 200“300 tons of which was removed during renovation work to prevent the walls leaning further.
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Keywords: dusk,historic,is,situated,in,It,is,the,only,English,cathedral,with,three,spires.,The,Diocese,of,covers,all,of,much,of,Shropshire,and,part,of,the,Black,Country,and,West,Midlands,Gotonysmith,historic,England,architecture,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9D59 - Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires. The Diocese of Lichfield covers all of Staffordshire, much of Shropshire and part of the Black Country and West Midlands. The present bishop is the Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill, the 98th Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
The cathedral is dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary. Its internal length is 113 metres (370 feet), and the breadth of the nave is 21m (68'). The central spire is 77m (252') high and the western spires are about 58m (190').
The stone is sandstone and came from a quarry on the south side of Lichfield. The walls of the nave lean outwards slightly, due to the weight of stone used in the ceiling vaulting
some 200“300 tons of which was removed during renovation work to prevent the walls leaning further.
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Keywords: dusk,historic,is,situated,in,It,is,the,only,English,cathedral,with,three,spires.,The,Diocese,of,covers,all,of,much,of,Shropshire,and,part,of,the,Black,Country,and,West,Midlands,Gotonysmith,historic,England,architecture,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9D5F - Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires. The Diocese of Lichfield covers all of Staffordshire, much of Shropshire and part of the Black Country and West Midlands. The present bishop is the Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill, the 98th Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
The cathedral is dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary. Its internal length is 113 metres (370 feet), and the breadth of the nave is 21m (68'). The central spire is 77m (252') high and the western spires are about 58m (190').
The stone is sandstone and came from a quarry on the south side of Lichfield. The walls of the nave lean outwards slightly, due to the weight of stone used in the ceiling vaulting
some 200“300 tons of which was removed during renovation work to prevent the walls leaning further.
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Keywords: dusk,historic,is,situated,in,It,is,the,only,English,cathedral,with,three,spires.,The,Diocese,of,covers,all,of,much,of,Shropshire,and,part,of,the,Black,Country,and,West,Midlands,Gotonysmith,historic,England,architecture,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9D5P - Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires. The Diocese of Lichfield covers all of Staffordshire, much of Shropshire and part of the Black Country and West Midlands. The present bishop is the Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill, the 98th Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
The cathedral is dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary. Its internal length is 113 metres (370 feet), and the breadth of the nave is 21m (68'). The central spire is 77m (252') high and the western spires are about 58m (190').
The stone is sandstone and came from a quarry on the south side of Lichfield. The walls of the nave lean outwards slightly, due to the weight of stone used in the ceiling vaulting
some 200“300 tons of which was removed during renovation work to prevent the walls leaning further.
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Keywords: Midlands,England,United,Kingdom,UK,GB,Great,Britain,British,tourist,destination,open,opening,times,archeology,key,open,opening,times,heritage,history,archeology,house,booked,on,wall,old,fashioned,antique,shop,lockshop,art,GoTonySmith,artwork,engraving,black country,black,country,blackcountry,Birmingham
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EBFWHA -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EBFWHC -
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Keywords: Midlands,England,United,Kingdom,UK,GB,Great,Britain,British,tourist,destination,key,open,opening,times,heritage,history,archeology,house,booked,on,wall,old-fashioned,old,fashioned,antique,Black,Country,engraving,country,Birmingham,black,GoTonySmith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EBFWHE -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5J0BR - Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep (to which it connects, and with which it shares some facilities) and Baskerville House. Upon opening on 3 September 2013, it replaced Birmingham Central Library. The library, which is estimated to have cost £188.8 million, is viewed by the Birmingham City Council as a flagship project for the city's redevelopment. It has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom, the largest public cultural space in Europe, and the largest regional library in Europe. 2,414,860 visitors came to the library in 2014 making it the 10th most popular visitor attraction in the UK
After an international design competition, run by the Royal Institute of British Architects, a shortlist of seven architects was announced on 27 March 2008. They were chosen from a list of over 100 architects. The architects chosen were: Foreign Office Architects, Foster and Partners, Hopkins Architects, Mecanoo, OMA, Schmidt hammer lassen and Wilkinson Eyre.
In early August 2008, Mecanoo and multi-discipline engineers, Buro Happold, were announced as the winner of the design competition. More detailed plans for the library were revealed by the council in conjunction with the architects at a launch event held on 2 April 2009.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,West Midlands,England,central,lending,Brum,Centenary Sq,Broad St,UK,B1 2EA,Midlands,dusk,The,Square,Sq,public,free,city,centre,council,design,Capita Symonds,landmark,book,loan,in,at,night,Foreign Office Architects,Foster and Partners,Hopkins Architects,Mecanoo,OMA,Schmidt hammer lassen,Wilkinson Eyre,bankrupt,cuts,closures
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5J0BX - Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep (to which it connects, and with which it shares some facilities) and Baskerville House. Upon opening on 3 September 2013, it replaced Birmingham Central Library. The library, which is estimated to have cost £188.8 million, is viewed by the Birmingham City Council as a flagship project for the city's redevelopment. It has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom, the largest public cultural space in Europe, and the largest regional library in Europe. 2,414,860 visitors came to the library in 2014 making it the 10th most popular visitor attraction in the UK
After an international design competition, run by the Royal Institute of British Architects, a shortlist of seven architects was announced on 27 March 2008. They were chosen from a list of over 100 architects. The architects chosen were: Foreign Office Architects, Foster and Partners, Hopkins Architects, Mecanoo, OMA, Schmidt hammer lassen and Wilkinson Eyre.
In early August 2008, Mecanoo and multi-discipline engineers, Buro Happold, were announced as the winner of the design competition. More detailed plans for the library were revealed by the council in conjunction with the architects at a launch event held on 2 April 2009.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,West Midlands,England,central,lending,Brum,Centenary Sq,Broad St,UK,B1 2EA,Midlands,dusk,The,Square,Sq,public,free,city,centre,council,design,Capita Symonds,landmark,book,loan,in,at,night,Foreign Office Architects,Foster and Partners,Hopkins Architects,Mecanoo,OMA,Schmidt hammer lassen,Wilkinson Eyre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5J0DA - Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep (to which it connects, and with which it shares some facilities) and Baskerville House. Upon opening on 3 September 2013, it replaced Birmingham Central Library. The library, which is estimated to have cost £188.8 million, is viewed by the Birmingham City Council as a flagship project for the city's redevelopment. It has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom, the largest public cultural space in Europe, and the largest regional library in Europe. 2,414,860 visitors came to the library in 2014 making it the 10th most popular visitor attraction in the UK
After an international design competition, run by the Royal Institute of British Architects, a shortlist of seven architects was announced on 27 March 2008. They were chosen from a list of over 100 architects. The architects chosen were: Foreign Office Architects, Foster and Partners, Hopkins Architects, Mecanoo, OMA, Schmidt hammer lassen and Wilkinson Eyre.
In early August 2008, Mecanoo and multi-discipline engineers, Buro Happold, were announced as the winner of the design competition. More detailed plans for the library were revealed by the council in conjunction with the architects at a launch event held on 2 April 2009.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,West Midlands,England,central,lending,Brum,Centenary Sq,Broad St,UK,B1 2EA,Midlands,dusk,The,Square,Sq,public,free,city,centre,council,design,Capita Symonds,landmark,book,loan,in,at,night,Foreign Office Architects,Foster and Partners,Hopkins Architects,Mecanoo,OMA,Schmidt hammer lassen,Wilkinson Eyre,bankrupt,cuts,closures
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5J0DG - Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep (to which it connects, and with which it shares some facilities) and Baskerville House. Upon opening on 3 September 2013, it replaced Birmingham Central Library. The library, which is estimated to have cost £188.8 million, is viewed by the Birmingham City Council as a flagship project for the city's redevelopment. It has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom, the largest public cultural space in Europe, and the largest regional library in Europe. 2,414,860 visitors came to the library in 2014 making it the 10th most popular visitor attraction in the UK
After an international design competition, run by the Royal Institute of British Architects, a shortlist of seven architects was announced on 27 March 2008. They were chosen from a list of over 100 architects. The architects chosen were: Foreign Office Architects, Foster and Partners, Hopkins Architects, Mecanoo, OMA, Schmidt hammer lassen and Wilkinson Eyre.
In early August 2008, Mecanoo and multi-discipline engineers, Buro Happold, were announced as the winner of the design competition. More detailed plans for the library were revealed by the council in conjunction with the architects at a launch event held on 2 April 2009.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Rover,lorry,truck,yellow,yellow truck,wagon,automobile,car,car factory,test facility,cars,Birmingham,vehicle,Rover Owners Club,recovery,Brum,Rover cars,BMC,Cowley,factory,factories,making,car making,industry,industries,Midlands,car plant,car plants,Dept,department,Departments,Solihull,vehicles,Eng Dept
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B6K - London Midland is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Govia operating the West Midlands franchise.
London Midland operates services on the West Coast Main Line from London Euston previously run by Silverlink and in the West Midlands previously run by Central Trains. The franchise was originally due to expire in September 2015 but in March 2013 was extended until June 2017
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 1074135067 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Forty-Four 44 is a tribonacci number, an octahedral number and the number of derangements of 5 items. Its the code for international direct dial phone calls to the United Kingdom. You can travel from Texas to Missouri on interstate 44.
In the song 44 fours by Jay Z, who I believe is a closet maths addict, he rhymes the words four, for and fore 44 times. This song is a follow up from the song 22 two's. 44 is the number of candles in a box of Hanukkah candles.
In Bilston, West Midlands, stall 44 is the one for misshapen biscuits, Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. See you there!
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYWC - Walsall Council sign warning about no gritting de-icing etc in a local authority car park , West Midlands, England UK
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Keywords: snacks,fastfood,fast,food,traditional,midlands,England,English,UK,British,North,Staffordshire,pancake,made,from,oatmeal,flour,and,yeast,griddle,or,baxton,Potteries,oatcakes,Derbyshire,bacon,cheese,fillings,filled,with,small,commercial,premises,sell,selling,making,traditionalists,mix,cook,cooking,gotonysmith,Longton,Newcastle,frying,grilling,England,English,old,olde,style,menu,way,manner,ways,strange,foods,local,speciality,special,clayhead,pothead,clayheads,potheads,Kitchen,Hanley,iron,griddle,irongriddle,bright,yellow,filling,meal,meals,menu,cook,cooks,potters,oats,low,on,the,Glycemic,Index,King,St,street,King,Street,Oatcakes,113,King,Street,St,Fenton,SOT,ST4,3NA,01782,598176,ST43NA,01782598176,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR7M - North Staffordshire oatcake shop where the mixture is cooked on a traditional baxton iron griddle, then filled with bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomatoes etc and a splash of sauce.
A North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'. The oatcake is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England. They are normally referred to as Staffordshire oatcakes or possibly Potteries oatcakes by non-locals, because they were made in this area. In and around Staffordshire and Cheshire they are often simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire oatcakes, but while following a similar (or even the same) recipe are generally larger in diameter, and thicker. For example the same recipe will make four Derbyshire or twelve Staffordshire style oatcakes.
It was once common throughout the Potteries for oatcakes to be sold directly from the window of a house to customers on the street. The last producer in this style closed on the 25th of March 2012
however, there are many small commercial premises who sell oatcakes. Larger commercial enterprises exist that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and other large distribution chains.
Oatcakes can be a form of fast food. Catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, tomato, onion, bacon, sausage, and egg.
They can also be eaten with sweet fillings such as golden syrup, jam or banana, but this is less common and frowned upon by traditionalists. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHT5B - The Winkhill Mill Company were in Shelton Old Road and Swan Street in Stoke and made cardboard boxes in the 1930s. This part of the mill is in Swan Street. Prior to 1912, the company were in Haywood Street, Stoke. Beyond the mill, the black & white building was a recreation hall, now demolished. Winkhill Mill is now the site of a range of ceramic studios, works and shops.
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Keywords: Abandoned factory with graffiti in Longton,Stoke on-trent Staffordshire,England,UK,Stoke,on,Trent,pot,bank,potbank,surviving,Lechap,tag,decay,entropy,deprecation,nojobs,no,jobs,poverty,spray,paint,spraypaint,inner,city,innercity,urban,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Industrial,abandoned,left behind,neglected,north,midlands,West Midlands,Vandalised,factory,pottery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHTAP - Decaying abandoned factory with graffiti in Longton , Stoke-on-trent , Staffordshire , England , UK
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Keywords: Thelwall,congestion,driver,car,drivers,frustration,AA,RAC,british,UK,GB,English,south,bound,traffic,problems,toll,motorway,motorways,road,roads,topgear,70mph,speed,limit,speedlimit,managed,queue,longer,trip,times,vehicular,queueing,snarl-up,snarl,up,volume,increased,green,issues,eco,friendly,Gotonysmith,eco-friendly,fossil,fuels,petrol,gas,gasoline,diesel,guzzing,high,mpg,chelsea,tractors,Cheshire,Warrington,Midlands,English,England,GB,Great,Britain,most,congested,DOt,Department,for,Transport,DVLA,public,transport,UK,road,pricing,roadpricing,road-pricing,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHTE5 - Friday traffic jam M6 Southbound Knutsford under a gloomy cloudy sky J19
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Keywords: pano,wide,shot,warwickshire,St,Michaels,Bishop,Diocese,West,Midlands,Right,Revd,Christopher,Cocksworth,Dean,is,Very,reverend,John,Witcombe,saint,marys,modern,concrete,construction,Basil,Spence,and,Arup,built,by,John,Laing,design,large,tapestry,of,Christ,gotonysmith,wideshot,bombing,blitz,second,world,war,II,Father,Forgive,Grade,I,GradeI,grade1,Graham,Sutherland,emotive,sculpture,of,the,Mater,Dolorosa,by,John,Bridgeman,in,the,East,end,and,the,Baptistry,window,by,John,Piper,of,abstract,design,that,occupies,the,full,height,of,the,bowed,baptistery,which,comprises,195,panes,ranging,from,white,to,deep,colours,The,stained,glass,windows,in,the,Nave,by,Lawrence,Lee,Keith,New,and,Geoffrey,Clarke,John,Hutton,Ralph,Beyer,CV15AB,CV1,5AB,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8FBDM - Coventry Cathedral, also known as St Michael's Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry, in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The current (9th) bishop is the Right Revd Christopher Cocksworth and the current Dean is The Very Revd John Witcombe .
The city has had three cathedrals. The first was St. Mary's, a monastic building, only a few ruins of which remain. The second was St Michael's, a 14th-century Gothic church later designated Cathedral, that remains a ruined shell after its bombing during the Second World War. The third is the new St Michael's Cathedral, built after the destruction of the former and a celebration of 20th-century architecture.
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Keywords: rons,snax,snacxks,white,van,breakfast,bacon,sausage,coventry rons,coventry,A46,M6,junction2,junction,two,greasy,spoon,midlands,warwickshire,tasty,food,chap,man,gent,egg,bap,roll,cake,bagette,barm,truck,stop,services,snacks,ronsnax,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4476871247 - 'A man happy in his van in a layby on the A46 between M6 junction two and Coventry.
I have been a regular customer of Ron (of Ron Snax, Outside catering available 01827-706191) for some time. The mis-spelt pricelist notwithstanding (Turkcy), he does a cracking job. \u00a32.40 buys you a bagette the size of two fists, packed with fried goodness. My only gripe is that he doesn't do black pudding, but that has never stopped me calling there. His litre of steaming tea or coffee also blows Costa away.
Rons does barms and soft bagettes. It always amazes me how short a distance you need to travel, for bread names to change so dramatically. It could be a bread-cake, teacake (obviously without fruit), a sub, barm, breadbun, cob, stotty, scone, buttery, flour cake or muffin. Using the wrong one can lead to a lot of confusion. Any more bread styles you know from across Britain, please leave a comment and let me know.
The old 'Greasy Spoon' in my opinion gets an unfair press. Wikipedia defines it as:
'Greasy spoon is a colloquial or slang term used in Britain, Ireland and North America for small, especially cheap, archetypal working class restaurants or diners. The name 'greasy spoon' is used to imply a less-than-rigorous approach to hygiene and dishwashing, and appears in use in the early 20th century'.
There have been a few stories, mainly hoaxes based on ficticious EU reports about eating habits of long distance drivers and their health. As any truck driver knows, the greatest hazard is infact 'Truck drivers testicle' caused by vibrations encountered over time from sitting over the tractor unit engine.
Thankfully, Rons position appears safe, although he did tell me that a new rating system is apparently coming in. So look out for his star rating, next time you are on the A46. Tell him HotpixUK sent you!
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Keywords: patch,panel,wolverhampton,england,computer,room,IT,PC,server,wire,cable,blue,cabinet,cool,refridgeration,cooling,rack,rackmounted,hardware,citrix,san,virtualised,virtualized,nerdy,west,midlands,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4438862036 - 'This is by far the neatest patch panel I have ever seen and encompasses over 312 individual cables. Anyone who know what I am talking about will probably have experience of twisted pair spaghetti, as does occur as a computer or equipment room matures.
If you are not a techie you may want to have a look at this instead www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3804831303/ . If you have patch panel envy, read on....
This patch bay was designed and built by Martin Donnison of fordway.com. It supports over five sites and upwards of 1,000 users.
Rackmounted panels, house cable connections. One short patch cable generally plugs into the front side, whereas the back holds the connection of a much longer and more permanent cable. Hardware assemblies are arranged so that a number of circuits or network connections can be supported. They were invented or evolved for early telephone exchanges.
Tidyness is next to god-lyness I guess and can save you money. See tonysmiththathousingitguy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/brass-in... from my alta-ego tonysmiththathousingitguy
Here, this is all housed in a neat wiring closet adjacent to a SAN and a number of virtualized servers.
More things to do with computers www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4206625887/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899
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Keywords: clock,Gledhill-Brook,Time,Recorder,clocking,machine,antique,old,very,sepia,black,white,mono,monochrome,hotpixuk,hotpix,tony,smith,tonysmith,walsall,england,midlands,britain,UK,clocks,horloge,reloj,orologio,Taktgeber,west,GB,europe,english,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,stuff,history
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4391219040 - 'Something fascinating I came across today while in Walsall, West Midlands (, England UK) in an old factory. It reminded me of my first job where I worked and the need to clock in (and out). The machines were nowhere near as brilliant as this one however.
These are sometimes called 'Punch Clocks' (as a card was generally punched with a time). The Gledhill-Brook's areregarded as the \u2018Rolls Royce\u2019 of Time Recorders. Huge chain fusee movements fitted with Harrison maintaining power. Most were made and in use during the 1920's in factories. It is essentially a clock with a base that does all the clever stuff.
They were British made and available from 26 Victoria St London, 44 Hill St Birmingham or 43 Market St Huddersfield Gods own county of Yorkshire.
Simplex, Ltd, another clock manufacturer., bought out Gledhill Brook in 1964.
Another type of time instrument here, for the blind. www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4241858374/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: monk,benedict,benedictine,motorway,dress,services,service,M6,soutbound,south,bound,entrance,urban,contrasts,brown,rosery,rosary,give,garmen,amen,this photo rocks,cool,person,people,portrait,image,west,midlands,england,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,hotpicks,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4306593793 - 'Brother Paul on his journey from Preston to London via Coventry UK.
Standing by the services Brother Paul almost looks like he is standing by the entrance of a huge glass cathedral.
I am sure more people visit the M6 motorway services than most churches, maybe they really are the cathedrals of the automobile / car age. Instead of 'body of christ' we worship at KFC, the E&
DCo (eat and drink Co) and M&
S Simply food.
Paul is far from the stereotype. A honourable historic tradition working within the modern world.
Another alternative religious view - www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4163897698/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC ',
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Keywords: at,Norton,Canes,Service,Area,M6,Toll,-,Shot,freeway,Night,image,long,exposure,Roadchef,English,Midlands,England,UK,GB,Great,Britain,driving,cars,automobiles,great,food,rubbish,services,A5,T6,T7,MSA,JT6-T7,in,Staffordshire,Roadchef,Road,Chef,BP,Fuel,filling,station,blue,hour,nside the main building,the following facilities are provided,Costa Coffee,WHSmith,Subway,RestBite,toilets,and,a,cash,machine.,The,petrol,forecourt,is,operated,by,BP,and,is,located,to,the,south,of,the,main,services,building,Trumpet,Interchange.,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY9FD - Norton Canes services is a motorway service station on the M6 Toll, in the village of Norton Canes near the towns of Brownhills, Cannock, and Walsall, in Staffordshire, England. It is operated by RoadChef, who has a 25-year lease on the site. The company also uses the site as its head office
Norton Canes services is located on the M6 Toll between junctions T6 and T7, and is positioned so that it can be accessed before reaching the main toll plaza in either direction. It is a single-sided site, unlike a large majority of other service areas which have separate facilities for each direction. For this reason it is possible to do a U-turn at the services
however, it is not possible to avoid the toll in that way.
Unlike most other service areas, where it is illegal for traffic from local roads to use the back entrance to the site, provision has been made at Norton Canes for traffic from the A5 to access the services
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Keywords: Gasholders,at,Aston,Birmingham,West,Midlands,United,Kingdom,at,Dusk,night,morning,sunrise,second,city,2nd,urban,suburban,across,cityscape,purple,blue,hour,tower,blocks,gotonysmith,towerblock,towerblocks,pink,cool,city,shots,shot,coolest,Brummy,Brummie,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,security
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N8B - Gasholders at Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom at Dusk.
Tower blocks in the distance.
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Keywords: Aston,Villa,FC,football,club,ground,dusk,night,shot,nightshot,Birmingham,soccer,UK,England,park,villapark,tripod,tripod shot,long,exposure,long exposure,AVFC,footballer,footballers,car,carpark,365days,west,midlands,britain,GB,europe,english,tonysmith,tony,smith,building,buildings,built,architecture,noche,nuit,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4050517963 - 'Aston Villa Football Club, Birmingham, West Midlands car park at dusk.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Reliant,Robin,Rialto,Railto,Cat,Three,wheel,wheeler,wheeled,motor,vehicle,Morrison,Supermarket,car,park,Bescot,Pleck,red,m640,WWW,m640www,365days,classic,classic car,reliant robin,bobin,bobbin,automobile,auto,sport,autosport,west,midlands,england,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,old,stuff,autos,automobiles,vehicles,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com,tonysmith,tony,smith
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4009572514 - 'Everyones favourite sub-miniture three wheeled car. It replaced the Reliant Robin in 1981.
Another classic car here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3708845957/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: M42,motorway,car,park,stop,stopped,traffic,heavy,cars,Solihul,birmingham,england,UK,40,mph,40mpg,variable,speed,limit,section,J5,J6,junction,5,6,junction5,camera,Gatso,365days,west,midlands,britain,GB,europe,english,auto,autos,automobile,automobiles,vehicle,vehicles,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4009267682 - '40mph, I wish...
This is the car I wish I was in www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3708845957/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Purple,shoes,blue,nails,foot,footwear,leg,buckle,painted,toe,toes,toenail,toenails,365days,west,midlands,england,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,angela,feet,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3916728564 - 'Another take on fashion here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3809053351/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Holga,120,Film,6x4,Watford,Gap,services,M1,UK,TonySmith,hotpix,hotpixuk,tony,smith,photography,photographer,west,midlands,england,britain,GB,europe,english
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3808821725 - 'Holga 120 Film 6x4
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Traditional,Tunisian,Meal,Bloxwich,walsall,Uk,west,midlands,oldbury,tunis,food,plate,365days,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3834521645 - 'A nice treat today, and it had to be my shot of the day.
All thanks to Chokri Ferjani which is taken from the Arabic word Chokran which means \u201cThank You\u201d.
i will meet him one day I am sure and might try my own signature dish of Persian cardamon, butter + cashew nut curry on him, given half a chance.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Radcliffe Camera,Oxford Kodak IR HIE Film tonysmith tony smith hotpix,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,west,midlands,england,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,tonysmith,tony,smith,old,stuff,interesting,place,places,rad cam,rad,cam,oxfordshire,city,univ,uni,university,learning,learned,fujifilm,hotpix!,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3813066464 - 'taken using a tripod and Hoya R72 filter
These are my 2008-2015 images, view my most recent images at @HotpixUK-2019 - www.flickr.com/people/167831053@N02/ including my second 365 one a day project
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Moseley,The,Fighting,Cocks,Pub,Birmingham,50,bus,route,Alcester,Road,Prince,Wales,real,ale,365days,west,midlands,england,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,favourite,pubs,public,houses,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3805649308 - 'A day trip on beardies excellent railway today down to the smoke. I managed to photograph a place I have passed dozens of times, but could not decide which shot to upload, so all four were merged into one postcard.
Moseley was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Museleie, although the number 50 bus did not head out to Druids Heath as early as that.
The barometer and tower of The Fighting Cocks pub is shown with the interior and that of the Prince of Wales a little down Alcester Road towards Birmingham. At the latter you get a deer on the wall and a wide selection of real ales, that makes it my favourite choice.
An alternative view of Birmingham here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4021459973/
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: UK,Roadchef,services,meal,food,non,non-food,two,for,tenner,peas,mash,potato,potatoes,gravy,foodie,square,plate,road,chef,area,M6,motorway,roadside,treat,Stafford,Service,Staffs,England,365days,sausages,sausage,vegatables,meat,veg,plated,feed,feeding,snack,cheap,west,midlands,britain,GB,europe,english,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,british,classic,hotpix!,bangersandmash,bangers&mash,sausage&mash,sausageandmash,porky,product,products
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3708723795 - 'Sausage, potato and Peas - A bargain I regretted by the time I finished it.
Another type of meal, reassuringly home-made this time www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3834521645/in/set-72157621...
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: oil,seed,rape,poppies,uk,staffordshire,staffs,Acton,Trussell,365days,west,midlands,england,britain,GB,europe,english,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix!,#HotpixUK,#TonySmithHotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3690680621 - 'Poppies fighting up through oilseed rape at Acton Trussell, Staffordshire, Staffs.
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk',
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Keywords: M1,Watford,Gap,services,UK,Hertfordshire,road,motorway,365days,west,midlands,england,britain,GB,europe,english,tonysmith,tony,smith,auto,autos,automobile,automobiles,vehicle,vehicles,hotpix!,#tonysmithhotpix,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3690685457 - 'View from the footbridge, M1 Watford Gap services. A sight you dont usually capture here in England, a single car on the carriageway.
Forton services a few hundred miles north on the M6 www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3838285938/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: 365days,west,midlands,england,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix!,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3691493992 - 'Hanger Two and security fence, outside Wolverhampton
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
