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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1813,Soviet,watches,USSR,CCCP,vintage,wristwatches,Union,watch,collection,mechanical,Russian,Moscow,factory,horology,watchmaking,collectables,retro,design,Cold,War,memorabilia,dials,wrist,old,20th,century,collectors,items,timepieces,movement,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FDX1AN - . A selection of vintage wristwatches made in the Soviet era, displaying a variety of dial designs, cases and straps associated with USSR watchmaking. Soviet factories produced large numbers of mechanical watches for domestic use, military and technical applications and export, and surviving examples have become collectable for their engineering, typography and Cold War associations. The photograph groups several timepieces closely together, making it useful for editorial features about horology, Soviet industrial design, collecting, mechanical watches, retro consumer goods and the material culture of the former USSR The scene combines a named subject with enough surrounding detail to establish its everyday commercial or civic setting For editorial use, the photograph can work both as a specific historical subject and as an illustration of memory, collecting and changing technology. Its details encourage close viewing and give picture researchers several routes into broader stories about twentieth- or nineteenth-century Britain, design history, popular culture and the survival of ordinary artefacts Future picture searches may find the image through the named organisation, the location, the physical object and the social or economic issue it represents The object has strong documentary value because material culture often preserves details that written descriptions overlook: typography, manufacturing choices, wear, materials and the visual assumptions of its period. Collectors and museums use such surviving items to interpret everyday life, technology, entertainment and consumer culture rather than only major political events The original file wording also identifies searchable details including Selection Soviet USSR CCCP watches watchmaking Moscow watch, which have been retained as metadata evidence where they accurately describe what is visible These visible details add documentary value for later comparison, local history and retrospective reporting.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4682,Creamfields,2026,Daresbury,Cheshire,pedestrians,pedestrian,sign,festival,direction sign,temporary,event,traffic,management,crowd,movement,transport,road,safety,music,dance,electronic,August,Bank,Holiday,Warrington,Runcorn,logistics,walking,route,infrastructure,Police,Pepsi Max,PepsiMax,walk,walkers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC3TNT - . A blue temporary 'Creamfields pedestrians' direction sign beside traffic at Daresbury, Cheshire, guides people on foot during preparations for the 2026 August Bank Holiday dance-music festival. For a few days each year the rural road network between Warrington and Runcorn is reorganised around tens of thousands of visitors, with dedicated entrances, pedestrian routes, shuttle and coach arrivals, parking areas, road restrictions and extensive temporary wayfinding. Creamfields began in 1998 at the Matterley Estate near Winchester after growing out of Liverpool's celebrated Cream club culture, then used Liverpool Airfield before moving to Daresbury in 2006. The 2026 event celebrates 20 years at the Cheshire site and is expected to draw up to 80,000 fans. Its bill demonstrates the breadth of modern electronic music, from Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Armin van Buuren and Tiësto to Carl Cox, Becky Hill, Fatboy Slim, Underworld, Amelie Lens, Andy C and many newer house, techno, trance, hard-dance and drum-and-bass names. The sign was photographed in a week when security was also prominent: Cheshire Constabulary reported on 24 August that specialist searches had found ecstasy, MDMA, ketamine and around 204 nitrous-oxide canisters hidden or buried on the festival grounds. Police and event security operate a visible presence while local traffic measures are intended to protect residents and separate festival movements from normal village life. This image therefore works beyond a simple road-sign record. It illustrates pedestrian management, sustainable movement on foot, crowd safety, traffic segregation, event logistics, temporary public-realm design and the striking annual contrast between everyday Cheshire roads and the arrival of a globally known festival community. It is suited to stories about music tourism, festival infrastructure, policing, transport planning, local disruption and British summer event culture.
Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9998,Union and Victory,union,victory,banner,textile,sign,trade,labour,workers,Britain,UK,politics,history,heritage,movement,campaign,solidarity,protest,fabric,typography,graphic,slogan,organisation,social,working,class,activism,display,museum,historic,unions,socialism,fair,pay,for,a,days,work,vintage,banners
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BFXB - . Union and Victory banner or textile sign photographed in Britain. Photographed on 25 July 2026. The recorded location is Britain, UK. The large typographic design carries the words Union and Victory and is suitable for editorial use on trade union history, labour movement heritage, political banners, workers' organisations, protest culture and British social history. The aged fabric texture and simple bold lettering make it a strong illustrative image for union and labour themes. For the story of street sign, it is useful to note that wayfinding developed from painted names and fingerposts into standardised road, rail and public-information systems
Local signs still retain distinctive typography or bilingual wording even within increasingly consistent national standards. The historical setting for employment is that industrial disputes can leave strong visual culture through badges, T-shirts, placards and campaign material that outlast the immediate strike. Seen through party politics, the earlier context is that election material, protest signs and campaign imagery preserve the language of politics as it was presented to voters at the time
Posters, slogans and public meetings can reveal local issues and political identities more directly than later summaries. For present-day street sign, 2026 is significant because current public-realm design increasingly expects signs to be legible, inclusive and consistent, while bilingual and accessibility information reflects wider policy around language and equal access. In the 2026 discussion of employment, trade unions remain significant actors in disputes over pay, restructuring and employment rights, while historic campaigns are revisited as part of local and labour history. Additional discoverability terms include signage, public information, direction sign, notice, public realm, visitor guidance, information sign, bilingual signage, accessibility sign, graphic communication, and street furniture.
Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Brighton,flyer,poster,heritage,out and proud,history,LGBTQ,LGBT,LGBTQ+,pride,rights,trans,visibility,community,gender,advertising,equality,awareness,celebration,movement,recognition,gender diversity,trans inclusion,Pride activism,equality rights,human rights campaign,minority,queer community Brighton,British,culture,festival,advocacy,social,publicity flyer event promotion,2010s,Wales,Welsh
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BGGH - Promotional flyer for Trans Pride Brighton in 2015, using bold black typography over broad painted stripes in blue, pink and white, the colours associated with the transgender pride flag. The design carries the slogan Putting the T First above the large words Trans Pride Brighton and advertises events across 24, 25 and 26 July. The central circular date panel lists July 24th, 25th and 26th, while the hand-painted brush-stroke background gives the poster an informal activist and community-event appearance. Trans Pride Brighton began in 2013 and by 2015 was established as an annual event in the city, combining protest, visibility, community celebration and campaigning around transgender equality and rights. The official Trans Pride Brighton archive records the main 2015 event on Saturday 25 July. This image documents the visual culture and publicity surrounding transgender activism and LGBTQ community organisation in Britain during the mid-2010s. It is also representative of printed Pride ephemera produced for local events before social-media promotion became even more dominant. The graphic's deliberately simple colour palette references transgender identity while the phrase Putting the T First emphasises a specific focus on trans people within the wider LGBTQ movement. Brighton and Hove has a long-established reputation for LGBTQ community life and Pride events, making the city a significant setting for the development of a dedicated trans Pride event. The poster is useful as an editorial illustration of transgender history, Pride culture, equality campaigning, gender diversity, community activism, event promotion and changing social attitudes in twenty-first-century Britain. Its distinctive lettering and painted flag colours make the message immediately recognisable as both event advertising and a piece of contemporary social-history material connected with trans visibility in Brighton.
Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,worker,heritage,unions,Victorian,unionism,emblem,artwork,Manchester,museum,British,labour,construction,building,builders,trades,historic,banner,trade union,art,movement,workers rights,nineteenth century,Britain,Industry is the Source of Prosperity,Unity is Strength,In All Labour There is Profit,membership,employee representation,collective organisation,construction industry history,skilled craftsmen,mutual support,friendly society tradition,workplace welfare,worker compensation,industrial relations,iconography
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BGGJ - Richly decorated 1869 emblem of the Operative Bricklayers' Society, a historic British trade union representing skilled bricklayers, displayed at the People's History Museum in Manchester. Painted by A. J. Arthur Waudby, the elaborate Victorian composition combines depictions of the bricklaying trade with allegorical female figures representing truth, architecture and science. A wooden scaffold and bricklayers' workshop occupy the central section, while smaller scenes refer to workplace injury and the financial support or compensation provided through organised labour. Prominent slogans include By Industry We Flourish, In All Labour There Is Profit, Unity Is Strength and Industry Is the Source of Prosperity, reflecting Victorian ideas of work, solidarity, mutual assistance and collective advancement. The provenance on the emblem records London 1869. The Operative Bricklayers' Society traced its origins to the London Bricklayers' Society founded in 1818 and developed into an important national craft union during the nineteenth century. It became involved in campaigns over wages and working hours and formed part of the growth of organised building-trade labour in Victorian Britain. In 1921 it merged with other building unions to form the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers. The original emblem was historically displayed at the Bricklayers' head office in London and is now held within the collections of the People's History Museum. The ornate painted imagery, industrial scenes, union mottos and classical symbolism make the object an important surviving example of the visual culture created by early British trade unions. Photographed indoors, the framed artwork provides a striking record of working-class organisation, craft identity, workplace welfare, labour solidarity and the history of organised construction workers in Britain.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A0094,Clarion Cafe,Clarion,Cafe,stained-glass,window,socialist,movement,Peoples History Museum,Peoples,History,Museum,Manchester,England,UK,socialism,labour,politics,newspaper,Robert,Blatchford,heritage,historic,radical,glass,display,culture,working-class,campaigning,publishing,clubs,cycling,ILP,Lancashire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BGGY - Clarion Cafe stained-glass window linked to the socialist Clarion movement, displayed at People's History Museum in Manchester, England, UK. The glowing decorative glass carries the word Clarion and recalls the network of clubs, cafés, cycling organisations and social activities that developed around Robert Blatchford's socialist newspaper The Clarion. Manchester's Clarion Cafe opened on Market Street in the early twentieth century and became a meeting place associated with socialist culture, fellowship, discussion and recreation. Surviving decorative material connected with the movement offers a vivid visual link to a period when political newspapers could support extensive social networks as well as campaigning and publishing. This photograph is useful for editorial coverage of British socialism, labour history, radical newspapers, Manchester political heritage, stained glass, social clubs, working-class history, museum displays and the history of political movements using culture and leisure to build communities.
People's History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3ER, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,Gotonysmith,HotpixUK,city,Our Emmeline - Rise up women created by sculptor Hazel,centre,womens,statue,Pankhurst,bronze,St Peters Square,monument,suffragette,activists,terrorists,public art,public,Meeting Circle,British,suffragettes,leader,civic,female,votes for,in,political,activism,movement,womens rights,history,gender equality,symbol,political reform heritage,democratic change,Britain,social reform,legacy,radical history trail,educational history picture,campaigner commemoration
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EW7CB3 - Bronze statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, known affectionately as Our Emmeline and officially titled Rise up, Women, photographed in St Peter's Square in central Manchester. Created by sculptor Hazel Reeves, the public artwork shows the Manchester-born suffragette leader standing on a chair with one arm outstretched as if addressing a crowd, a deliberate reference to open-air political speaking and to her central role in the struggle for women's voting rights. The chair is an integral part of the composition and the sculpture stands within the pale stone Pankhurst Meeting Circle, also designed by Reeves, giving the monument a civic setting that invites gathering, reflection and public discussion.
The statue was unveiled on 14 December 2018, marking one hundred years since the first general election in which some women in the United Kingdom were able to vote. It is widely regarded as a landmark in Manchester's public realm, becoming the first statue of a woman erected in the city since Queen Victoria more than a century earlier. The work is strongly connected to Manchester's reforming history and to the nearby Free Trade Hall, towards which Pankhurst is directed, linking the sculpture to traditions of protest, speech-making and democratic change.
This image captures the monument against a contemporary glass-fronted city backdrop, underlining the contrast between modern Manchester and the Edwardian political struggle represented by Pankhurst. For editorial, educational and heritage use, the scene works strongly across themes of women's suffrage, feminism, public memorials, civic identity, social reform, political history, equality campaigns and the growing recognition of female leaders in British public sculpture. The statue is also a well-known city-centre landmark for visitors exploring Manchester's radical and social history
St Peter's Sq, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M1 5AN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,fight,fightback,rights,diversity,equality,UK,benefits,activism,Personal Independence,payments,Payment,PIP,welfare,but,cuts,protests,protest,benefit,curbs,savings,budget,campaigners,militant,movement,disability services,textile,political,British,social security,system,Labour,policy,controversy,government,U-turn,welfare state,health element
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EPRNGN - Vividly coloured Disabled People Fightback banner presents a forceful message of disability rights, equality and political self-representation. The textile artwork centres on the words Disabled People Fightback and Equality , with the slogan Nothing About Us Without Us across the lower section. Illustrated placards demand access to work, an end to discrimination, education of the media, resistance to barriers and opposition to cuts in disability services. A wheelchair user and other campaigners collectively assert their rights.
The banner reflects Britain's tradition of militant disability activism against exclusion, inaccessible transport and workplaces, institutionalisation, poverty and reductions in welfare support. It is relevant to campaigns concerning Personal Independence Payment, Universal Credit health support, social care and disability services. PIP helps with the extra costs of living with a long-term condition or disability and can be claimed by people in or out of work.
In 2025 the UK Labour government proposed tighter eligibility for the daily-living element of PIP, including a requirement to score at least four points in one activity. The plan provoked strong opposition from disabled people's organisations, charities and many MPs, amid warnings that claimants could lose support or be pushed further into poverty. Following the backlash, ministers removed the proposed PIP eligibility restriction from the legislation pending the Timms Review. The reversal was widely described as a climbdown or U-turn, although campaigners stressed that reductions affecting some new Universal Credit health claimants remained.
The image can illustrate disability justice, welfare reform, protest art, grassroots campaigning, social security, human rights, inclusion, independent living and opposition to austerity. Its message emphasises that policies affecting disabled citizens should be shaped with their direct participation.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,suffrage,movement,Pankhurst,terrorists,protesters,female,rights,British,UK,Westminster,political,history,purple,white,and,green,historic,protest,fabric,object,Britain,right to vote,Edwardian,activism,early,feminist,woke,equality,democratic,social reform,militant,memorabilia,female emancipation,gender equality,parliamentary voting reform,fashion and identity,political campaign slogan
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWJJ7 - Votes for Women campaign sash displayed as an object associated with the British suffragette movement and the struggle to secure women's voting rights. Bold black lettering is printed across a pale central band bordered by coloured stripes, with a dark purple fringe visible above it.
Purple, white and green became the distinctive colours of the Women's Social and Political Union, commonly known as the WSPU. Sashes in this colour scheme were worn by supporters at demonstrations, processions, meetings and other public events. Their strong visual identity helped campaigners communicate a united political message while attracting attention in streets, meeting halls and newspaper photographs.
The WSPU was founded in Manchester in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst and other campaigners. Led by Pankhurst and closely associated with her daughters Christabel and Sylvia, it adopted the slogan Deeds, not words and pursued more confrontational tactics than many constitutional suffrage organisations. Its members became widely known as suffragettes.
Campaign clothing, banners, badges, scarves and other merchandise transformed political activism into a recognisable public brand. Wearing a Votes for Women sash enabled campaigners to identify themselves visibly with the cause, while the sale of campaign goods also helped organisations raise funds. Such objects therefore combined propaganda, personal commitment, fundraising and fashion.
The sash should not be described as having been personally worn by Emmeline Pankhurst unless its provenance confirms that association. It is more accurately presented as a Pankhurst-era suffragette sash or an object connected with the Pankhurst-led WSPU movement.
Some British women gained the parliamentary vote through the Representation of the People Act 1918, although eligibility was restricted principally to women aged 30 and over who met specified property qualifications. Equal voting rights with men followed in 1928.
Westminster, London, England
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9195,Leeds socialist political protest banner,Leeds,England,UK,socialist,political,protest,banner,labour,history,trade,unions,working-class,heritage,movement,museum,solidarity,campaigning,textile
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWJJB - . Leeds socialist political protest banner from the Leeds Museums and Galleries collection, England, UK. Photographed on 16 May 2026. The recorded location is Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The historic textile uses illustrated figures, embroidered lettering and symbolic imagery associated with organised labour and political campaigning. Banners were an important visual feature of marches, demonstrations, union gatherings and political meetings, communicating messages of solidarity and collective identity. The preserved textile can illustrate stories about labour organisation, socialist movements, industrial communities, political campaigning, museum conservation and the material culture of protest in northern England. Looking at visitor attraction, the longer history is that museums turn objects into interpreted past, while archives preserve documents that may have little value until researchers connect them with people, buildings or events
Interiors therefore record both collections and changing curatorial practice. The background to election is that political photographs gain meaning over time as candidates, parties and constitutional debates change
A routine campaign scene can later become evidence of a turning point, an unsuccessful candidacy or a movement that developed further. In 2026, visitor attraction remains relevant because digitisation has changed research but has not removed the need for physical archives and collections. institutions increasingly combine online access with conservation of original material and renewed interest in local past. Current 2026 context around election is that uK politics continues to be shaped by debates about public services, housing, local government, devolution and constitutional identity
Historical campaign images provide comparison with present-day political language and changing party fortunes. Other strongly related concepts include public library, reading room, and local history.
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,doors,entrance,NOMA,Miller Street,Manchester,city,centre,Corporation Street,1960,1960s,architecture,modernist,internationalist,style,office,HQ,headquarters,Grade II listed,listed,heritage,history,historic,commercial,post-war,Wholesale Society,George S Hay,Gordon Tait,architect,Sir John Burnet Tait and Partners,1962,movement,UK,skyline,tallest,corporate lettering,glass,aluminium
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EENGK9 - Entrance to the Co-operative Insurance Society Limited building on Miller Street in Manchester, showing the corporate lettering, glass doors, metal frontage and clean 1960s modernist styling of the former CIS headquarters. The wider CIS Building, also known as CIS Tower, was constructed between 1959 and 1962 for the Co-operative Insurance Society, to designs by George S Hay, chief architect of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, with Gordon Tait of Sir John Burnet, Tait and Partners. Historic England lists the building at Grade II and records that it was designed to consolidate around 2,500 CIS staff who had previously been spread across several Manchester offices. Completed in 1962, the tower became a major post-war Manchester landmark and was, at the time, the tallest office block in the country, symbolising the confidence, scale and social ambition of the co-operative movement in the city. This street-level detail has strong editorial and commercial search value for Manchester architecture, CIS Tower, Co-operative Insurance, Co-op history, insurance headquarters, Miller Street, NOMA, post-war modernism, International Style office design, listed buildings, commercial heritage, 1960s signage, glass entrance doors, corporate lettering, office regeneration, urban conservation and the changing use of large city centre headquarters. The image can illustrate stories about the Co-operative Group, financial services, Manchester business history, architectural preservation, empty offices, redevelopment proposals, twentieth century heritage, modernist walking tours, planning policy, workplace history and northern civic identity. With no people visible, the photograph remains flexible for editorial, property, heritage, architecture, business, archive, website, report, magazine and blog use, while the surviving Co-operative Insurance Society Limited wording gives a clear link to Manchester's co-operative, commercial and modernist past.
Co-operative Insurance Society Limited entrance at the 1960s CIS modernist Building on Miller Street
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,years,century,movement,trade,union,unions,industrial,action,solidarity,collective,Manchester,Tib Street,Northern Quarter,red,black,poster,BUILDHOLLYWOOD,street,political,protest,campaign,public,history,British,class,TUC,coal,miners,wage,cuts,longer,hours,radical,political communication,Peterloo,legacy,placard design,fair pay
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EENGKH - Street advertising poster on Tib Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, photographed on an urban wall with graffiti and a BUILDHOLLYWOOD poster frame. The design uses bold red, black and white graphic lettering, picket placard motifs and trade union branding to promote the 100 year anniversary of one of Britain's most important labour disputes. The General Strike began in May 1926 after the Trades Union Congress called action in support of coal miners resisting wage cuts and longer hours, becoming a defining moment in the history of organised labour, industrial relations, class politics and workers' rights in the UK. Manchester is a particularly resonant setting for this image, with its long associations with trade unionism, Chartism, co-operation, radical publishing, the labour movement, the Peterloo legacy and working-class political history. The image may be useful for editorial features on the General Strike centenary, labour history, protest culture, industrial action, union organisation, public history campaigns, poster art, political communication, street media, outdoor advertising, Manchester heritage and Northern Quarter street culture. The visible design references mass mobilisation, collective action and solidarity, while the surrounding graffiti and city-centre setting place the commemoration in a contemporary urban landscape. The photograph has a documentary feel, with overcast or shaded daylight and muted street tones contrasting with the vivid red poster graphics. It can illustrate debates about strike action, public sector disputes, union rights, pay, working conditions, political memory, social history education and the continuing relevance of 1926 to modern Britain. The poster also connects to 2026 centenary events and exhibitions exploring a century of strikes, solidarity and democratic protest.
General Strike centenary poster on Tib Street, Manchester, marking 100 years since the 1926 workers'
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Europe,bloc,movement,words,wooden letter tiles,reversal,UK politics,pro EU message,anti Brexit concept,return to EU,European map,political concept image,referendum debate,UK rejoin debate,Britain and Europe,European politics,membership of the EU,campaign slogan,editorial concept,news illustration,political symbolism,map background,geopolitical concept,public debate,European,countries,political,message,campaign,board game,symbolism,symbolic,trade relations,customs union,debate,constitutional debate,ten years of Brexit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E8PTMB - Conceptual political image showing the words Rejoin EU spelled out in Scrabble-style wooden letter tiles placed across a printed map of Europe. The arrangement uses natural wood tiles for the word Rejoin, with two yellow tiles forming EU at a right angle beneath the main word, creating a strong, instantly readable visual statement about the continuing debate over Britain's future relationship with the European Union. Visible parts of the map include the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and other European countries, helping anchor the message in a recognisable continental setting and reinforcing themes of geography, politics, identity, trade and international alignment. The image works well as an editorial or commercial illustration for stories about Brexit, the rejoin movement, UK politics, public opinion, European integration, referendum legacy, youth voting trends, cross-border cooperation, customs and trade barriers, freedom of movement, the single market and wider arguments about whether Britain should seek a closer relationship with Europe or full membership again. The use of board-game style letter tiles gives the composition a simple, accessible and symbolic quality, making a complex constitutional and geopolitical issue easy to grasp at a glance. It is especially suitable for newspapers, magazines, websites, blogs, campaign literature, think tank reports and educational content exploring post-Brexit Britain and its political choices. The map background adds documentary credibility and visual context, while the bold lettering creates a memorable graphic shorthand for rejoining the EU. The image may also appeal to subjects such as European elections, party conference debates, UK foreign policy, economic strategy, cultural ties with Europe, democratic campaigning and changing public attitudes towards Brexit. A clean, well-composed political concept picture with strong relevance to current affairs, European news, Westminster debate and long
Rejoin EU message spelled out with Scrabble-style wooden letters on a map of Europe,illustrating the
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E91EFX - Editorial close-up of a handheld Socialist Worker placard reading Trans Rights Now, photographed at a protest in Liverpool, England. The sign uses the blue, pink and white colours associated with trans visibility and liberation messaging, and is presented as a strong, direct piece of campaign communication within a public demonstration setting. This image is useful for editorial themes around transgender rights, LGBT activism, grassroots protest, civil rights campaigning, left wing politics, public dissent, equality movements and the role of placards and slogans in modern street politics. The clear wording and recognisable Socialist Worker branding give the photograph additional value for stories about socialist participation in UK protest movements, coalition activism, campaign organising and responses to political or media hostility towards trans people. Because the composition is tight and message-led, the image works particularly well for newspapers, magazines, online features and opinion pieces needing a concise visual shorthand for trans rights mobilisation rather than a broad crowd scene. It is also commercially useful for searches linked to protest signage, activism photography, political communication, campaign materials, gender identity debate, human rights, demonstration culture and contemporary British street politics. The Liverpool reference adds regional relevance for coverage of Merseyside activism and North West England protest culture, while the polished graphic design of the placard makes the image visually striking and immediately legible in thumbnail search results. The picture can illustrate discussions of solidarity, inclusion, public campaigning, social movements, freedom of expression and the continuing use of simple printed placards as one of the most effective tools of political messaging. It has a documentary, real-world character rather than a staged studio feel, which strengthens its editorial value for current affairs, social issues.
Socialist Worker ""˜Trans Rights Now' placard at a protest in Liverpool, England, UK - The Ternary, Ol
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E91ERX - Conceptual editorial image illustrating the No Kings protest movement in the United States, using a map of America and the hashtag #NoKings to evoke nationwide political mobilisation, civic resistance and public opposition to authoritarian style leadership. The phrase No Kings has been used by organisers and media reports to describe mass anti Trump demonstrations held across the US, framed around democracy, constitutional rights, civil liberties and resistance to concentrated executive power. This type of image is useful for editorial coverage of American politics, protest movements, national days of action, grassroots activism, public anger, democratic norms and the symbolism of nationwide dissent spreading across all 50 states. The map-based treatment gives the picture broad relevance for stories about federal politics, election tensions, civic identity, constitutional debate, social movement branding and protest culture in the modern United States. It also works well for wider search themes such as resistance, anti authoritarian activism, political messaging, campaign imagery, public demonstrations, civil society and the visual language of national protest movements. As a conceptual rather than documentary image, it is especially suitable for opinion pieces, magazine features, web headers, explainers and news articles that need a strong visual shorthand for a broad political moment rather than one specific rally or city. The wording also carries a deliberate historical echo, contrasting monarchy and hereditary rule with republican democracy and popular sovereignty. That makes the image commercially and editorially useful for themes including democracy under pressure, national opposition campaigns, protest branding, symbolic politics, public mobilisation and the geography of dissent across contemporary America. Because the movement has been described by organisers and news agencies as a nationwide protest mobilisation rather than a formal general strike.
Concept image of the United States map with #NoKings slogan, illustrating the nationwide anti Trump
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,allotment,provision,garden,gardens,grow,growing,grows,agriculture,WA4,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 5AD,signs,sign,eco,friendly,allotments,public,in,gardeners,no,dig,English,British,Masanobu Fukuoka,permaculture,movement,FC King,plant,plants,Middlecliffe,A Guest,Hillcliffe,macro-biotic,organisms
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RX185M - No-dig gardening is a non-cultivation method used by some organic gardeners. The origins of no-dig gardening are unclear, and may be based on pre-industrial or nineteenth-century farming techniques. Masanobu Fukuoka started his pioneering research work in this domain in 1938, and began publishing in the 1970s his Fukuokan philosophy of do-nothing farming or natural farming, which is now acknowledged by some as the tap root of the permaculture movement. Two pioneers of the method in the twentieth century included F. C. King, Head Gardener at Levens Hall, South Westmorland, in the Lake District of England, who wrote the book Is Digging Necessary? in 1946, and a gardener from Middlecliffe in the UK, A. Guest, who in 1948 published the book Gardening Without Digging. The work of these gardeners was supported by the Good Gardeners Association in the UK. No-dig gardening was also promoted by Australian Esther Deans in the 1970s, and American gardener Ruth Stout advocated a permanent garden mulching technique in Gardening Without Work and no-dig methods in the 1950s and 1960s.
This technique recognizes that micro- and macro-biotic organisms constitute a food web community in the soil, necessary for the healthy cycling of nutrients and prevention of problematic organisms and diseases. The plants transfer a portion of the carbon energy they produce to the soil, and microbes that benefit from this energy in turn convert available organic substances in the soil to the mineral components the plants need to thrive
Red Lane, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AD
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Keywords: Greater Manchester,centre,England,UK,NW,North West,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the,CoOp,Co Op,OL12,OL12 0NU,Lancashire,Toad Lane,Lancs,pioneers,pioneer,cooperative,movement,on,a,board,chalk,chalkboard,7,open,membership,force,for,good,dividend,dividends,limited,interest,capital,neutrality,cash,education
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC95TW - The Rochdale Principles are a set of ideals for the operation of cooperatives. They were first set out in 1844 by the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers in Rochdale, England and have formed the basis for the principles on which co-operatives around the world continue to operate. The implications of the Rochdale Principles are a focus of study in co-operative economics. The original Rochdale Principles were officially adopted by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) in 1937 as the Rochdale Principles of Co-operation. Updated versions of the principles were adopted by the ICA in 1966 as the Co-operative Principles and in 1995 as part of the Statement on the Co-operative Identity
-Open membership.
-Democratic control (one person, one vote).
-Distribution of surplus in proportion to trade.
-Payment of limited interest on capital.
-Political and religious neutrality.
-Cash trading (no credit extended).
-Promotion of education.
Toad Lane, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK OL12 0NU
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Keywords: Greater Manchester,centre,England,UK,NW,North West,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the,CoOp,Co Op,OL12,OL12 0NU,Lancashire,Toad Lane,Lancs,pioneers,pioneer,cooperative,movement,on,a,board,chalk,chalkboard,7,open,membership,force,for,good,dividend,dividends,limited,interest,capital,neutrality,cash,education
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCA2HX - The Rochdale Principles are a set of ideals for the operation of cooperatives. They were first set out in 1844 by the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers in Rochdale, England and have formed the basis for the principles on which co-operatives around the world continue to operate. The implications of the Rochdale Principles are a focus of study in co-operative economics. The original Rochdale Principles were officially adopted by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) in 1937 as the Rochdale Principles of Co-operation. Updated versions of the principles were adopted by the ICA in 1966 as the Co-operative Principles and in 1995 as part of the Statement on the Co-operative Identity
-Open membership.
-Democratic control (one person, one vote).
-Distribution of surplus in proportion to trade.
-Payment of limited interest on capital.
-Political and religious neutrality.
-Cash trading (no credit extended).
-Promotion of education.
Toad Lane, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK OL12 0NU
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Keywords: Greater Manchester,centre,England,UK,NW,North West,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the,CoOp,Co Op,OL12,OL12 0NU,CWS Rochdale,Manchester,Co-Op,T Shirt,top,clothes,clothing,staff,apparel,people,who,care,about,customers,customer,service,1960s,1970s,logo,brand,brands,cooperative,movement,group
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCA2J5 - . Co-Op People who care blue on white T-Shirt, CWS Rochdale, Manchester, England, UK, OL12 0NU. Photographed on 10 June 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Toad Lane, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK OL12 0NU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Greater Manchester, North West, CoOp, Co Op, OL12, OL12 0NU, CWS Rochdale, Manchester, Co-Op, T Shirt, top, clothes, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include clothing, staff, apparel, people, who, care, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Toad Lane, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK OL12 0NU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,front,entrance,offices,Cottonopolis,headquarters,UK,coop,CWS,at,movement,corporate,Lancashire,in,England,HQ,warehouse,M4,office,brick,M4 4BE,storeys,higher,storey,windows,upper,floors,the coop,CWS building,CWS limited,icon,iconic,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K11NXA - The Co-operative Group has developed over the years from the merger of co-operative wholesale societies and many independent retail societies. The Group's roots are traced back to the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, established in 1844. The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers was based on the Rochdale Principles “ which notably introduced the idea of distributing a share of profits according to purchases through a scheme which became known as the dividend or Divi.
Although the Co-operative Group incorporates the original Rochdale Society, the business's core for much of its history were its wholesale operations. This began in 1863 when the North of England Co-operative Wholesale Industrial and Provident Society Limited was launched in Manchester by 300 individual co-operatives in Yorkshire and Lancashire. By 1872, it was known as the 'Co-operative Wholesale Society' (CWS) and it was wholly owned by the co-operatives which traded with it. The CWS grew rapidly and supplied produce to co-operative stores across England, though many co-ops only sourced around a third of their produce through the CWS. It was this continued and fierce competition with other non-co-operative wholesalers which led to the CWS becoming highly innovative. By 1890 the CWS had established significant branches in Leeds, Blackburn, Bristol, Nottingham and Huddersfield alongside a number of factories which produced biscuits (Manchester), boots (Leicester), soap (Durham) and textiles (Batley). In an attempt to drive down the significant cost of transportation for produce the CWS even began its own shipping line which initially sailed from Goole docks to parts of continental Europe. One of the CWS' steamships, the Pioneer, was the first commercial vessel to use the Manchester Ship Canal.
A co-operative wholesale society, or CWS, is a form of co-operative federation (that is, a co-operative in which all the members are co-operatives)
Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,higher,upper,floors,storey,storeys,windows,M4,in,movement,UK,offices,entrance,headquarters,at,Lancashire,warehouse,M4 4BE,brick,HQ,corporate,CWS,office,England,coop,Cottonopolis,front,history,heritage,buildings,window,towering,icon,iconic,block,blocks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K11NXC - . This scene at Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The image documents Front entrance & higher floors, at Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd, Co-Op, Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE. The frame also records themes of changing land use, documentary photography, period architecture, built heritage, visual archive, commercial redevelopment, place-making, place identity, mixed-use redevelopment, architectural character, regional identity, historic townscape, local character, and public realm. For current editorial use, public-realm investment and adaptive reuse provide additional context, especially through how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. As a dated visual record of Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects historical comparison, social history, town-centre renewal, community identity, local history, period detail, everyday life, and changing streetscape. Elements such as entrance, Lancashire, floors, Co-Operative, and Co-Op add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is public-realm investment and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres as part of the longer story of Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE.
Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,logo,iron,movement,Lancashire,corporate,warehouse,M4,offices,Cottonopolis,headquarters,UK,wrought,CWS,coop,office,M4 4BE,brick,HQ,England,in,gates,CWS Logo,gate,at,the,the cws,Co-op,buildings,history,heritage,historic,city centre,city,Mancunian,Rochdale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K11P0J - The Co-operative Group has developed over the years from the merger of co-operative wholesale societies and many independent retail societies. The Group's roots are traced back to the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, established in 1844. The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers was based on the Rochdale Principles “ which notably introduced the idea of distributing a share of profits according to purchases through a scheme which became known as the dividend or Divi.
Although the Co-operative Group incorporates the original Rochdale Society, the business's core for much of its history were its wholesale operations. This began in 1863 when the North of England Co-operative Wholesale Industrial and Provident Society Limited was launched in Manchester by 300 individual co-operatives in Yorkshire and Lancashire. By 1872, it was known as the 'Co-operative Wholesale Society' (CWS) and it was wholly owned by the co-operatives which traded with it. The CWS grew rapidly and supplied produce to co-operative stores across England, though many co-ops only sourced around a third of their produce through the CWS. It was this continued and fierce competition with other non-co-operative wholesalers which led to the CWS becoming highly innovative. By 1890 the CWS had established significant branches in Leeds, Blackburn, Bristol, Nottingham and Huddersfield alongside a number of factories which produced biscuits (Manchester), boots (Leicester), soap (Durham) and textiles (Batley). In an attempt to drive down the significant cost of transportation for produce the CWS even began its own shipping line which initially sailed from Goole docks to parts of continental Europe. One of the CWS' steamships, the Pioneer, was the first commercial vessel to use the Manchester Ship Canal.
A co-operative wholesale society, or CWS, is a form of co-operative federation (that is, a co-operative in which all the members are co-operatives)
Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M4,M4 4BE,offices,office,warehouse,brick,Cottonopolis,corporate,HQ,headquarters,Lancashire,England,UK,coop,movement,in,at,wrought,iron,gates,gate,CWS,logo,CWS Logo,the,the cws,Co-op,buildings,history,heritage,historic,city centre,city,Mancunian,Rochdale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K11P0N - The Co-operative Group has developed over the years from the merger of co-operative wholesale societies and many independent retail societies. The Group's roots are traced back to the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, established in 1844. The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers was based on the Rochdale Principles “ which notably introduced the idea of distributing a share of profits according to purchases through a scheme which became known as the dividend or Divi.
Although the Co-operative Group incorporates the original Rochdale Society, the business's core for much of its history were its wholesale operations. This began in 1863 when the North of England Co-operative Wholesale Industrial and Provident Society Limited was launched in Manchester by 300 individual co-operatives in Yorkshire and Lancashire. By 1872, it was known as the 'Co-operative Wholesale Society' (CWS) and it was wholly owned by the co-operatives which traded with it. The CWS grew rapidly and supplied produce to co-operative stores across England, though many co-ops only sourced around a third of their produce through the CWS. It was this continued and fierce competition with other non-co-operative wholesalers which led to the CWS becoming highly innovative. By 1890 the CWS had established significant branches in Leeds, Blackburn, Bristol, Nottingham and Huddersfield alongside a number of factories which produced biscuits (Manchester), boots (Leicester), soap (Durham) and textiles (Batley). In an attempt to drive down the significant cost of transportation for produce the CWS even began its own shipping line which initially sailed from Goole docks to parts of continental Europe. One of the CWS' steamships, the Pioneer, was the first commercial vessel to use the Manchester Ship Canal.
A co-operative wholesale society, or CWS, is a form of co-operative federation (that is, a co-operative in which all the members are co-operatives)
Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M4,M4 4BE,offices,office,warehouse,brick,Cottonopolis,corporate,HQ,headquarters,Lancashire,England,UK,coop,movement,in,at,CWS,front,the,the cws,Co-op,buildings,history,heritage,historic,city centre,city,Mancunian,Rochdale,redeveloped,development,red brick
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K11P0P - . Recorded at Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is Offices at Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd, Co-Op, Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE. Further facets of the scene include place identity, visual archive, local history, urban regeneration, regional identity, urban fabric, archival record, commercial redevelopment, architectural character, historical comparison, heritage-led regeneration, historic townscape, period detail, and changing streetscape. Current relevance extends to commercial viability and planning, particularly through how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. As a dated visual record of Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects mixed-use redevelopment, local character, before-and-after reference, everyday life, public-realm investment, public realm, place-making, and documentary photography. References to Co-Op, Co-Operative, Offices, Balloon, and Lancashire give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is commercial viability and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space in a form that can be compared with future views of Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE. Image 2K11P0P also remains a dated record of Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE.
Balloon Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 4BE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,company,automatic,Switzerland,map,Geneva,Geneve,1970s,swiss,man,mans,11UOACP,movement,watches,time,wrist,straps,wristwatch,wristwatches,auto,automatics,winding,wind,up,manual,historic,heritage,antique,classic,iconic,design,Swiss,Europe,origin,before,Quartz crisis,retro horology,Swiss mechanical movement rare watch complication
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JREBWN - A vintage Caravelle by Bulova automatic wristwatch dating from 1973, photographed against a colourful European road map showing parts of France, Switzerland and northern Italy. The watch has a substantial brushed metal cushion-shaped case, a silver sunburst dial, applied rectangular hour markers, a bright red seconds hand and a framed date window positioned at three o'clock.
A distinctive printed calendar display occupies the lower portion of the dial. This compact reference grid enables the wearer to match months, dates and days, giving the watch an unusual calendar complication and a strong period appearance. It is frequently described by collectors as a perpetual calendar watch, although the display functions as a manually interpreted calendar reference rather than the fully self-correcting mechanical perpetual calendar found in more complex luxury watches.
The watch is reported as using the Swiss-made Caravelle 11UOACP automatic movement. Related Caravelle and Bulova calibre references from this period were based on Swiss automatic movements produced by A. Schild, with calendar functions integrated into a conventional self-winding mechanical mechanism. The precise calibre suffix should be confirmed from the movement itself because similar references, including 11UOACB and 11UOACP, appear in collector records.
The original-style strap has been replaced or complemented by a perforated grey leather racing strap with vivid red stitching. This combination reinforces the sporty 1970s character of the watch while echoing the red seconds hand. The surrounding map suggests travel, continental motoring and international timekeeping, creating an attractive setting for the vintage object.
The photograph is suitable for editorial features concerning Bulova, Caravelle watches, vintage horology, Swiss mechanical movements, calendar complications, automatic wristwatches, 1970s design, watch collecting, affordable heritage timepieces and the restoration or continued use
Switzerland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,spelt,out,map,in,Britain,British,United Kingdom,English,Wales,Scotland,Enough,on a,of the,UK,letters,is,movement,workers,equality,looking,union,unions,campaign,to,fight,the,cost of living,crisis,community,organisations,organisation,left,leftwing,wing,fair,pay,treatment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JREC56 - 1. A Real Pay Rise.
2. Slash Energy Bills.
3. End Food Poverty.
4. Decent Homes for All.
5. Tax the Rich.
Enough is Enough is a campaign to fight the cost of living crisis.
We were founded by trade unions and community organisations determined to push back against the misery forced on millions by rising bills, low wages, food poverty, shoddy housing “ and a society run only for a wealthy elite.
We can't rely on the establishment to solve our problems. It's up to us in every workplace and every community.
UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,book,of,Mormon,the,night,dusk,at,night time,England,UK,W1D 6AS,W1D,POW,Latter Day,saints,Saint,movement,production,West End,Trey Parker,Robert Lopez,and,LDS,church,satire,billboard,Britain,lights,lit,up,tourism,venue,mormons,arts,architecture,illuminated
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AAK - . Made at Coventry St, London, England, UK, W1D 6AS in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. At the centre of the view is Book of Mormon, Prince Of Wales Theatre, at dusk, Coventry St, London, England, UK, W1D 6AS. The locality and subject together evoke Westminster landmark, place identity, documentary photography, urban tourism, heritage tourism, iconic London transport, London visitor economy, Thames city view, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, historic London streetscape, capital landmark imagery, city branding, and local history. Current relevance extends to tourism and urban mobility, particularly through how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Coventry St, London, England, UK, W1D 6AS, details that may look very different after different community use. Further associations within the scene are regional identity, changing streetscape, period detail, historical comparison, changing land use, community identity, local character, and visual archive. Elements such as Theatre, Wales, Prince, Coventry, and Mormon add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Coventry St, London, England, UK, W1D 6AS, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate tourism and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain within the specific setting of Coventry St, London, England, UK, W1D 6AS. The frame retains part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference. The scene captures details of everyday use for later comparison.
Coventry St, London, England, UK, W1D 6AS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Britain,Towcester,Northamptonshire,NN12 8TL,NN12,moving,move,at,a,amusement,amusements,funfair,night,evening,in,the,one way,only,bright,electric,motion,movement,ride,rides,dusk,streak,streaks,gliding,dodgem car,dodgem cars,family fun,attraction
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R15NFW - . Moving bumper cars at a funfair, amusements in England, UK at dusk. Photographed on 2 July 2022, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8TL, NN12, moving, move, amusement, amusements, funfair, night, evening, one way, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Weather and natural light are part of the visual character of the frame, helping define the season, atmosphere, colour and visibility of architectural or landscape detail. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,map,country,countries,of origin,watchmaker,watchmakers,brand,mechanical,watch,21 jewels,jewelled,Japan made,factory,manufacture,manufactured,Japanese,global,corporate,group,Nishitokyo,Tokyo,watches,Citizen watch,company,Citizen watch company,movements,movement,Citizen Watch Co Ltd,Shichizun tokei Kabushiki-gaisha,auto,automatic,field,style
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC75TM - Citizen automatic mechanical wristwatch with a cream-coloured dial, polished silver-tone case and brown leather strap is photographed on a detailed street and railway map of Tokyo, Japan. The dial is marked CITIZEN AUTOMATIC and 21 JEWELS , with Arabic numerals, applied hour markers, luminous hands, central seconds hand, minute scale and a date aperture showing 29. The map beneath the watch includes Tokyo Bay, urban districts, waterways, roads, railway lines and Japanese place names, linking the timepiece visually with the country and city associated with its manufacturer.
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. is a Japanese watch and electronics business headquartered at 6-1-12 Tanashi-cho, Nishi-Tokyo-shi, Tokyo. Its origins lie in the Shokosha Watch Research Institute, established in 1918 with the ambition of producing Japanese-made timepieces. The institute completed its first pocket watch in 1924, while Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. was formally established in 1930 and produced its first wristwatch in 1931. The Citizen name expressed the hope that watches would become familiar and affordable products for ordinary citizens.
This watch represents the long-established mechanical side of Citizen production, before and alongside the company's later expansion into electronic, quartz and light-powered technologies. Its self-winding movement uses motion from the wearer's wrist to wind the mainspring, while jewel bearings reduce friction within the mechanism. The 21 jewels inscription is therefore a functional description of the movement rather than decorative wording.
The still-life composition is relevant to Japanese watchmaking, horology, precision engineering, collecting, consumer design, manufacturing heritage and the international watch trade. The Tokyo map adds themes of place, origin, travel and global business, while the worn brown strap gives the watch the appearance of a practical everyday object rather than an unused showroom product.
6 Chome-10-1 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,Ireland,Dublin City,Leopold Bloom,James Joyce,Irish graffiti movement,art,public artwork,Temple Bar,Eire,Irish,graffiti,movement,Ulysses,side,of,hotel,colourful,Blooms of Dublin,colour,wall,mural,murals,decorated,outside,exterior,outdoors,rooms,bedrooms,street art,streetart,color,colorful,building,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AYHHNJ - Every year on June 16th many James Joyce enthusiasts, some dressed in Edwardian costume, re-enact this epic pub crawl, and though it's referred to as a ˜literary event' it's basically an excuse for lots of drinking broken up by a bit of walking and the reading of various excerpts from the book. The event is known as Bloomsday and the first mention of such a thing was found in a letter from James Joyce to a Miss Weaver, dated June 27th 1924 and referring to a group of people who observe what they call ˜Bloom's Day' “ June 16th . The book itself must have made a big impression on someone back in the 1970s as the hotel was named after one of the story's main characters.
Fast forward to the present day and we find James Earley, a Dublin artist whose works are based on his family's artistic past within Irish stained glass art. James has been producing artworks in public spaces since 1997, playing an active role in the Irish graffiti movement, and from 2010 has developed abstract figurative works based on the principles and beauty of stained glass. He has travelled widely with his art throughout Europe, Asia and America and has worked on a variety of large-scale projects with various art-based organisations and multi-nationals which support the arts.
In 2014 James was commissioned to paint the exterior of Blooms Hotel
the project took a full year to complete and to date is the largest public artwork in Ireland. When I first saw it I was quite surprised that this street art wasn't just part of one wall, it was the whole exterior of the building. With my liking for bright colours and abstract, psychedelic designs I just had to take a few photos although the names on the pictures meant nothing to me at the time until I did a bit of later research and found the connection to James Joyce's Ulysses
3-6 Anglesea St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 FK84, Ireland
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,the end of the toilet roll,toilet roll,end of the toilet roll,bog roll,bog roll end,tube,empty tube,finishing the roll,not replacing,toilet paper,toilet,bathroom,restroom,tiles,tile,last sheet,sheet,sheets,last sheet on the roll,remaining sheet,toilet roll holder,bog standard,cruel,unfair,selfish,toilet habit,toilet habits,jeopardy,hopeless,hopelessness,IBS,Irritable Bowel Syndrome,bowel,movement,poo
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMK1W - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Westminster, England, UK in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The principal point of reference is The ultimate toilet crime, finishing the toilet roll and not replacing it. The wider subject matter also includes place identity, before-and-after reference, historic commercial architecture, conservation interest, community identity, social history, built heritage, regional identity, archival record, heritage asset, architectural detailing, period building, adaptive reuse, and everyday life. For contemporary context, planning control and embodied carbon are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the role of distinctive architecture in local identity. As a dated visual record, the image captures a particular stage in the life of the location in the immediate surroundings of Westminster, England, UK. The wider local story also touches on historic frontage, conservation architecture, public realm, documentary photography, historic context, heritage landmark, period detail, and period streetscape. Elements such as ultimate, toilet, finishing, crime, and replacing add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The surrounding context at Westminster, England, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is planning control and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity when considered against later change at Westminster, England, UK. The wider significance includes adaptive reuse and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity without losing the local specificity of Westminster, England, UK. The image fixes period character for later comparison. It also preserves a trace of local identity within the wider story of Westminster, England, UK.
Westminster, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,bog roll end,end of the toilet roll,the end of the toilet roll,toilet roll,bog roll,tube,finishing the roll,not replacing,empty tube,toilet paper,toilet,bathroom,restroom,tiles,tile,last sheet,sheet,sheets,last sheet on the roll,remaining sheet,toilet roll holder,bog standard,cruel,unfair,selfish,toilet habit,toilet habits,jeopardy,hopeless,hopelessness,IBS,Irritable Bowel Syndrome,bowel,movement,poo
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMK22 - . This documentary view of Westminster, England, UK in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The defining feature is The ultimate toilet crime, finishing the toilet roll and not replacing it. The frame also contains themes of changing streetscape, historic context, visual archive, place identity, archival record, adaptive reuse, public realm, heritage asset, contemporary social history, conservation interest, urban fabric, historic frontage, changing land use, and period detail. The subject remains useful for current coverage of heritage conservation and adaptive reuse, not least because of the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the photograph anchors the relationship between the subject and its surroundings as seen at Westminster, England, UK. The photograph additionally reflects historic townscape, documentary photography, architectural character, period building, traditional masonry, historical comparison, local character, and everyday life. Elements such as finishing, toilet, replacing, ultimate, and crime add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. A later view of Westminster, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is heritage conservation and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment when considered against later change at Westminster, England, UK. The image also provides a reference for planning control and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity without losing the local specificity of Westminster, England, UK. Another useful connection is planning control and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment in a form that can be compared with future views of Westminster, England, UK.
Westminster, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XMY2 - . An on-location photograph from Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The subject captured here is Grave and last resting place of Rob Roy, Robert Roy MacGregor, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. Further facets of the scene include local history, independent retail, changing streetscape, regional identity, high-street commerce, shopfront economy, town-centre trading, local enterprise, community identity, place identity, before-and-after reference, bricks-and-mortar retail, small business, and documentary photography. From a 2025-onward perspective, store closures and town-centre regeneration are closely linked to this subject, alongside how commercial property costs affect small retailers. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19, details that may look very different after replacement signage. The wider setting retains connections with local character, specialist retailer, period detail, historical comparison, changing land use, social history, specialist shop, and retail property. Elements such as place, Perthshire, Robert, Balquhidder, and MacGregor add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects store closures and how commercial property costs affect small retailers as part of the longer story of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The view records evidence of changing use for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2K3XMY2.
Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN2J - . This authentic period view of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 in 2019 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. At the centre of the view is Grave and last resting place of Rob Roy, Robert Roy MacGregor, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The frame also records themes of high-street commerce, specialist retailer, visual archive, changing streetscape, historical comparison, small business, shopfront economy, local character, changing land use, everyday life, town-centre trading, regional identity, local history, and community identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into online shopping and town-centre regeneration, not least because of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. As a dated visual record of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes period detail, street-level business, public realm, local enterprise, independent retail, contemporary social history, retail property, and bricks-and-mortar retail. References to Perthshire, Grave, MacGregor, place, and Robert give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes online shopping and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses within the specific setting of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The scene captures details of everyday use as part of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19's history.
Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN3M - . Photographed at Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 in 2019, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Grave and last resting place of Rob Roy, Robert Roy MacGregor, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The locality and subject together evoke before-and-after reference, visual archive, local history, shopfront economy, high-street commerce, specialist shop, small business, street-level business, town-centre trading, bricks-and-mortar retail, local character, archival record, independent retail, and social history. For current editorial use, consumer spending and town-centre regeneration provide additional context, especially through how commercial property costs affect small retailers. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 before refurbishment alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside regional identity, changing land use, everyday life, community identity, commercial frontage, changing streetscape, retail property, and customer footfall. Elements such as resting, Grave, place, Robert, and Perthshire add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for consumer spending and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The record includes period character for future local research. The frame retains a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN7K - . This dated editorial view of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 in 2019 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is Grave and last resting place of Rob Roy, Robert Roy MacGregor, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The frame also records themes of local history, specialist shop, regional identity, place identity, changing land use, specialist retailer, before-and-after reference, period detail, bricks-and-mortar retail, changing streetscape, public realm, contemporary social history, documentary photography, and community identity. The wider contemporary story combines business rates, independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. As a dated visual record of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes shopfront economy, commercial frontage, historical comparison, town-centre trading, high-street commerce, local enterprise, independent retail, and street-level business. Details involving Balquhidder, resting, place, Perthshire, and Robert make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes business rates and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference. It also preserves period character for later comparison.
Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN7T - . Photographed at Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 in 2019, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Grave and last resting place of Rob Roy, Robert Roy MacGregor, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The surrounding context encompasses bricks-and-mortar retail, retail property, community identity, independent retail, documentary photography, archival record, customer footfall, changing streetscape, specialist retailer, high-street commerce, changing land use, local character, specialist shop, and visual archive. From a 2025-onward perspective, footfall and commercial rents are closely linked to this subject, alongside how commercial property costs affect small retailers. Future viewers can use this scene from Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after changed technology. Further associations within the scene are everyday life, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, historical comparison, period detail, town-centre trading, street-level business, public realm, and social history. Elements such as Robert, Balquhidder, MacGregor, Grave, and place add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate footfall and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses as part of the longer story of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The view records part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference. The image fixes details of everyday use for later comparison.
Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGP34J - . An on-location image from 18 Warrington Rd, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 2LJ in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The image documents WH Garner & Son, traditional Cheshire butchers, 18 Warrington Rd, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 2LJ. The locality and subject together evoke local trading, food heritage, culinary tradition, seasonal celebration, comfort food, customer footfall, regional speciality, place identity, traditional cuisine, consumer retail, public realm, heritage dish, town-centre economy, and national food identity. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with consumer spending, local sourcing and the role of ceremonial food in annual celebrations. In the mid-2020s, vacant units and commercial rents keep the subject current, particularly through the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. As the area changes, the scene fixes period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment as seen at 18 Warrington Rd, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 2LJ. A second layer of the scene includes urban commerce, visual archive, festive eating, local character, social history, commercial frontage, changing land use, and historic context. The combination of Northwich, Warrington, Garner, Cuddington, and traditional anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 18 Warrington Rd, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 2LJ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is consumer spending and the role of ceremonial food in annual celebrations as part of the longer story of 18 Warrington Rd, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 2LJ.
18 Warrington Rd, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 2LJ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,CW8,18 Warrington Rd,WH Garner,traditional,Cheshire butcher,butcher shop,shop,local shops,local,shops,slow food,movement,Cuddington,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK,CW8 2LJ,traditional shop,local shop,independent,pork,beef,bacon,butcher,butchers,family,chicken,liver,offal,community,store,stores
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGP34X - . This location-based editorial photograph from 18 Warrington Rd, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 2LJ in 2019 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The main subject is WH Garner & Son, traditional Cheshire butchers, 18 Warrington Rd, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 2LJ. The image connects the immediate subject with town-centre economy, cultural gastronomy, period detail, changing land use, community identity, retail vacancy, contemporary social history, consumer retail, shopfront economy, heritage dish, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, historic context, and documentary photography. In the mid-2020s, local sourcing and traditional celebrations keep the subject current, particularly through the role of ceremonial food in annual celebrations. The subject remains useful for current coverage of changing footfall and business rates, not least because of bringing underused premises back into productive use. As a dated visual record, the image captures signage, materials, design and everyday use within 18 Warrington Rd, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 2LJ. The subject sits alongside archival record, local trading, historical comparison, regional food culture, food-and-drink tradition, ceremonial meal, retail property, and commercial streetscape. The recorded references to Cuddington, traditional, Northwich, butchers, and Garner preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of 18 Warrington Rd, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 2LJ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. It also preserves evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference.
18 Warrington Rd, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 2LJ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,factory,legacy,industries,industry,Stoke,Staffs,Staffordshire,ST3,lost industries,Brexit,casualty,history,old industry,old industries,Brexit Voting,Brexit Voter,Tory Voter,Leave voters,Vote,Leave,Tory,decline,declining,Gladstone Pottery Museum,Gladstone,Pottery Museum,Gladstone Museum,night,dusk,car trail,movement,red,light,Thomas Poole & Gladstone China Ltd,Roslyn pottery,biscuit ovens,bone china
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK5M5 - The Gladstone Pottery Museum is a working museum of a medium-sized coal-fired pottery, typical of those once common in the North Staffordshire area of stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England from the time of the industrial revolution in the 18th century to the mid 20th century. It is a grade II* listed building.[1]
The museum is located in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. It is also included in one of the regional routes of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.[2] Despite the name of the museum, it is a complex of buildings from two works, the Gladstone and the Roslyn.[3] The protected features include the kilns. As there are less than 50 surviving bottle ovens in Stoke-on-Trent (and only a scattering elsewhere in the UK), the museum's kilns along with others in the Longton conservation area represent a significant proportion of the national stock of the structures.
The museum is centred on the Roslyn pottery. It contains two biscuit ovens and two larger glost ovens. In addition are two enamel kilns. A tandem compound steam engine by Marshall & Sons, of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire is in place but it is turned by an electric motor. The two muffle kilns came from elsewhere.
The museum allows the visitor to explore the bottle kilns and exhibits the principal ancillary rooms: the engine house, the slip room, saggar making workshop. It shows aspects of working with clay- including hands on displays of throwing, moulding and decorating. Colour and gilding is presented as interpretive panels.
There is a gallery explaining the history of the tile: how it was pressed glazed and decorated. In one tableau the Gladstone Vase by Frederick Alfred Rhead is displayed.
There is also a gallery charting the history of sanitary ware, privies, earth closets and water closets
Uttoxeter Rd, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent,Staffs, England, UK, ST3 1PQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXD4 - Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100 year-old history, giving it a claim to having been the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world.[2]
Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of the 16th century, when the medieval defences were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The most notable exceptions are St Margaret's Chapel from the early 12th century, which is regarded as the oldest building in Edinburgh,[3] the Royal Palace and the early-16th-century Great Hall, although the interiors have been much altered from the mid-Victorian period onwards. The castle also houses the Scottish regalia, known as the Honours of Scotland and is the site of the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum of Scotland. The British Army is still responsible for some parts of the castle, although its presence is now largely ceremonial.
Castle St, Edinburgh City, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PRD - . Scenes outside The Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre for the production of Wicked, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 27 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Scenes, outside, Edinburgh, Playhouse, Theatre, Wicked, production, Arts, movement and entertainment, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Arts,movement,entertainment,building street,streets in Scotland,Scottish,winter,play,travel,traveller,tourism,tourist,the,of,UK,Actor,Actors,boards,comedy,venue,capital,city,Gotonysmith,Auld Reekie,ghost,witch,witches,busy,crowded,theatre-goers,goer,goers,culture,art,arts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PRE - . Scenes outside The Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre for the production of Wicked, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 27 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Scenes, outside, Edinburgh, Playhouse, Theatre, Wicked, production, Arts, movement and entertainment, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9D41 - . Scenes outside The Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre for the production of Wicked, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 27 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Scenes, outside, Edinburgh, Playhouse, Theatre, Wicked, production, Arts, movement and entertainment, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9D42 - . Scenes outside The Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre for the production of Wicked, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 27 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Scenes, outside, Edinburgh, Playhouse, Theatre, Wicked, production, Arts, movement and entertainment, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE7HJ - You will find The Blackfriar in Blackfriars London within a short stroll of Blackfriars Bridge, Upper Thames Street and Fleet Street.
Its a historic Art Nouveau Grade II masterpiece of a pub was built in 1905 on the site of a Dominican friary. The building was designed by architect H. Fuller-Clark and artist Henry Poole, both committed to the free-thinking of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Jolly friars appear everywhere in the pub in sculptures, mosaics and reliefs. We are lucky to still be here as our wonderful pub was saved from demolition by a campaign led by Sir John Betjeman.
Black Friar Public House, 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EG UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0HPJ - The 1920s style CWS building with stormy sky in Manchester city centre.
From its beginnings in 1863, the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) became one of the largest co-operative organisations in the UK, changing its name in to The Co-operative Group in 2001. The CWS began in small premises in Manchester and grew to occupy a large part of the city centre, which housed its offices, warehouses and salerooms. It produced the famous CWS Brand goods for co-operative societies throughout the UK. These included food, furniture, clothing and household products.
A Co-operative Wholesale Society, or CWS, is a form of Co-operative Federation (that is, a Co-operative in which all the members are Co-operatives), in this case, the members are usually Consumers' Co-operatives.
According to Co-operative economist Charles Gide, the aim of a Co-operative Wholesale Society is to arrange bulk purchases, and, if possible, organise production. In other words, a Co-operative Wholesale Society is a form of Federal Co-operative through which Consumers' Co-operatives can collectively purchase goods at wholesale prices, and in some cases collectively own factories or farms.
CWS flour mill in Silvertown, London, c. 1915
The best historical examples of this are the (English) CWS and the Scottish CWS, which are the predecessors of the 21st century Co-operative Group. Indeed, in Britain, the terms Co-operative Wholesale Society or CWS are used to refer to this specific organisation rather than the organisational form.
However, the English CWS has inspired many imitations around the world (including, for example, the New South Wales Co-operative Wholesale Society who have also described themselves as Co-operative Wholesale Societies or 'CWS'.
Balloon St, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE54XK - The Working Men's Club and Institute Union (CIU or C&IU) is a voluntary association of private members' clubs in Great Britain & Northern Ireland, with about 1,800 associate clubs. One club in the Republic of Ireland, the City of Dublin Working Men's Club is also affiliated. Most social clubs are affiliated to the CIU.
They do not have to be working men's clubs, although most are. There are many village clubs, Royal British Legions, Labour Clubs, Liberal Clubs, and various other clubs involved. A member of one CIU-affiliated club is entitled to use the facilities of all other CIU clubs, although they will only be entitled to vote in committee elections in clubs where they are full members.
The CIU has two main purposes: to provide a voice at national level for working men's clubs and social clubs, and to provide discounted products and services for its members.
Until 2004, the CIU had its own beer brewed by the Federation brewery in Dunston, Tyne and Wear. Although CIU-affiliated clubs do still receive discounted beer, these discounts are largely passed on to the members, and Federation beer will generally be cheaper than beer available in local pubs. The brewery was taken over by Scottish & Newcastle in 2004 and now brews Newcastle Brown Ale.
Together with other club organisations such as the Royal British Legion, the Association of Conservative Clubs, the National Union of Liberal Clubs and the National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs, the CIU is part of CORCA (Confederation of Registered Club Associations) which lobbies Parliament on behalf of clubs. This group was active in the debate about smoking: as most clubs are known for working men who like to drink and smoke (in many cases without any women in the bar), there is some concern about the future prospects of clubs.
The CIU holds a national congress every year and as part of its activities runs convalescent homes. In many ways, it could be said to be the oldest surviving friendly society
Bishopston, Montacute, Somerset,England,UK, TA15 6UU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AT6 - Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in west London, connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank. There have been two Chelsea Bridges, on the site of what was an ancient ford.
The first Chelsea Bridge was proposed in the 1840s as part of a major development of marshlands on the south bank of the Thames into the new Battersea Park. It was a suspension bridge intended to provide convenient access from the densely populated north bank to the new park. Although built and operated by the government, tolls were charged initially in an effort to recoup the cost of the bridge. Work on the nearby Chelsea Embankment delayed construction and so the bridge, initially called Victoria Bridge, did not open until 1858. Although well-received architecturally, as a toll bridge it was unpopular with the public, and Parliament felt obliged to make it toll-free on Sundays. The bridge was less of a commercial success than had been anticipated, partly because of competition from the newly built Albert Bridge nearby. It was acquired by the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1877, and the tolls were abolished in 1879.
The bridge was narrow and structurally unsound, leading the authorities to rename it Chelsea Bridge to avoid the Royal Family's association with a potential collapse. In 1926 it was proposed that the old bridge be rebuilt or replaced, due to the increased volume of users from population growth, and the introduction of the automobile. It was demolished during 1934“1937, and replaced by the current structure, which opened in 1937.
The new bridge was the first self-anchored suspension bridge in Britain, and was built entirely with materials sourced from within the British Empire. During the early 1950s it became popular with motorcyclists, who staged regular races across the bridge. One such meeting in 1970 erupted into violence, resulting in the death of one man and the imprisonment of 20 others. Chelsea Bridge is floodlit from below during the
Chelsea,London,England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HRFC - Metro train arrives at Berlin Alexanderplatz UBahn Station
Berlin Alexanderplatz is a railway station in the Mitte district of Berlin's city centre. It is one of the busiest transport hubs in the Berlin area. The station is named for the Alexanderplatz square on which it is located, near the Fernsehturm and the World clock.
Alexanderplatz U-Bahn, Mitte, Berlin Germany
![iPod Shuffle - Whippin Piccadilly [ Manchester, The London Road Bridge ] 6489109363 manchester,dusk,night,shot,Picadilly,piccadilly,bridge,car,movement,tony,smith,hotpix,tonysmith,tonysmithhotpix,UK,united,kingdom,GB,britain,great,north,west,northwest,england,ipod,shuffle,magic,hour,blue,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com,edimburgh,ColorPhotoAward](https://live.staticflickr.com/7010/6489109363_cc757851e6_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6489109363 - 'Gomez - 'Whippin' Piccadilly' - ob=av2e\' rel=\'nofollow\'>Play this track here.
Gomez are an English indie rock band from Southport, comprising Ian Ball (vocals, guitar), Paul 'Blackie' Blackburn (bass), Tom Gray (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Ben Ottewell (vocals, guitars) and Olly Peacock (drums, synths, computers). The band is distinguished for having three singers and four songwriters, employing traditional and electronic instruments. Their sound is versatile and evades typical music genres falling into blues, indie, alternative, rock, folk, psychedelic and experimental.
Their first album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998, giving them much media attention in the UK and throughout the world. Later awards came from the NME and Q Magazine along with a Brit Awards nomination. Bring It On is the debut album that this track comes from.
Gomez entered the recording studios in late 1997 to turn their demos into an album. As well, Gomez toured the UK with Embrace. Their first single '78 Stone Wobble' was released in March 1998 with their debut album Bring It On coming out a month later.
The album received a good critical response from both sides of the Atlantic with Spin calling it a 'damn beautiful album'. Sales in the UK really took off when it won the 1998 Mercury Music Prize for best album beating the favourites Massive Attack's Mezzanine and The Verve's Urban Hymns. 'Get Myself Arrested' and 'Whippin' Piccadilly' were later released as singles.
This bridge links the Canal St area with Piccadilly railway station. Manchester Piccadilly (Manchester London Road until 1960) is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. It serves intercity routes to London Euston, Birmingham New Street, South Wales, the south coast of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow Central, and routes throughout northern England. Two platforms for the Manchester Metrolink light rail network are located in the station's undercroft. Piccadilly is one of 18 British railway stations managed by Network Rail.
Piccadilly is the busiest station in Manchester ahead of Victoria, Deansgate, Salford Central and Oxford Road. It is the fourth busiest station in the United Kingdom outside London,[clarification needed] after Birmingham New Street, Glasgow Central and Leeds. According to Network Rail, which manages it, over 28.5 million people use the station annually.
The station received a five-year \u00a3100m refurbishment in 2002, which was the most expensive improvement on the UK rail network at the time. According to an independent poll carried out in 2007, Manchester Piccadilly has the highest customer satisfaction level of any UK station, with 92% of passengers satisfied with the station
the national average was 60%
The station was renamed London Road station in 1847, around the time the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway was formed (later to become the Great Central Railway). The Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) opened its line from Manchester Oxford Road railway station to London Road on 1 August 1849 and built its own platforms adjacent to the main part of the station. These platforms were referred to as the MSJAR or South Junction platforms. During the early 1880s the station was enlarged. The MSJAR platforms and the bridge over Fairfield Street were demolished and an island platform, on girder bridges, opened on 16 May 1882.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7KWK - A longcase clock, also tall-case clock, floor clock, or grandfather clock, is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8“2.4 metres (6“8 feet) tall.
The case often features elaborately carved ornamentation on the hood (or bonnet), which surrounds and frames the dial, or clock face. The English clockmaker William Clement is credited with the development of this form in 1670. Until the early 20th century, pendulum clocks were the world's most accurate timekeeping technology, and longcase clocks, due to their superior accuracy, served as time standards for households and businesses. Today they are kept mainly for their decorative and antique value.
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7KWR - A longcase clock, also tall-case clock, floor clock, or grandfather clock, is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8“2.4 metres (6“8 feet) tall.
The case often features elaborately carved ornamentation on the hood (or bonnet), which surrounds and frames the dial, or clock face. The English clockmaker William Clement is credited with the development of this form in 1670. Until the early 20th century, pendulum clocks were the world's most accurate timekeeping technology, and longcase clocks, due to their superior accuracy, served as time standards for households and businesses. Today they are kept mainly for their decorative and antique value.
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5471903470 - 'Awake - 'Black Rebel Motorcycle Club' - Play this track here.
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It happens every year I know, but it always impresses me how nature awakens after those 'Jacks in the green' have done their work over the winter. And, this track says it all to me.
Its from one of my favourite bands BRMC and an album that has most tracks as my 4 &
5 star ratings on my ipod.
The band are named after Marlon Brando's motorcycle gang in the 1953 film The Wild One and are from San Francisco, California, now based in Los Angeles, USA.
Its easy to hear their influences from Led Zeppelin, the BJM, The Stones and The Jesus and Mary Chain in their music.
Early albums were in a very rock vein, with 'Howl' showing a move to a more blues/folk style.
The first album is the best starting point for newcomers to the band. The live DVD recorded in Glasgow, Berlin, and Dublin during the Baby 81 world tour is also worth grabbing.
Oh, and tell 'em I sent you!
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A church at Winwick is recorded in the Domesday Book. The earliest parts of the present church are the bases of the north arcade which date from the early 13th century, and the walls of the Legh Chapel and the organ chamber which are dated 1330. The west tower was built in 1358, and the walls and north arcade of the nave (except for the Legh Chapel and the organ chamber) date from 1580.
The south porch was added in 1720, and the south arcade of the nave was rebuilt in 1836 reusing earlier stones. The chancel, sanctuary and vestry were rebuilt by Pugin in 1847\u201349 for the 13th Earl of Derby. Much damage had been done to the church in 1648 when Oliver Cromwell stationed his troops in the church after the Battle of Red Bank.
It is particularly good in spring when all the cherry trees in the graveyard blossom. A very unique building any time of year.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8G0AJ - . Recorded at Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK in 2010, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The scene records Merry Go Round at dusk Princess St Gardens Edinburgh City Scotland UK. Further facets of the scene include regional identity, high-street commerce, community identity, local history, street-level business, social history, archival record, historical comparison, local character, independent retail, town-centre trading, retail property, place identity, and specialist retailer. The modern context includes continuing discussion of business rates, footfall and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. As a dated visual record of Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include small business, documentary photography, contemporary social history, commercial frontage, changing streetscape, bricks-and-mortar retail, customer footfall, and visual archive. Elements such as Edinburgh, Princess, Round, Gardens, and Merry add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of business rates and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses within the real-world context of Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK. A further contemporary connection is independent business and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK. Image D8G0AJ also remains a dated record of Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK.
Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8FBC5 - . An on-location photograph from Eastgate, Chester, England, UK CH1 1LF in 2010, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The principal subject is Bustling shoppers Chester Eastgate Busy wet Saturday, in pedestrianised area. Cheshire, England UK. The locality and subject together evoke bricks-and-mortar retail, customer footfall, period detail, public realm, everyday life, local history, community identity, independent retail, specialist retailer, historical comparison, social history, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, and changing land use. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with consumer spending, commercial rents and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. Future viewers can use this scene from Eastgate, Chester, England, UK CH1 1LF to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after conservation work. The location also brings in archival record, commercial frontage, regional identity, visual archive, local enterprise, high-street commerce, specialist shop, and place identity. Details involving Saturday, Eastgate, shoppers, Chester, and pedestrianised make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Eastgate, Chester, England, UK CH1 1LF, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image also provides a reference for consumer spending and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses without losing the local specificity of Eastgate, Chester, England, UK CH1 1LF. Another useful connection is online shopping and how commercial property costs affect small retailers in a form that can be compared with future views of Eastgate, Chester, England, UK CH1 1LF.
Eastgate, Chester, England, UK CH1 1LF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWX9 - . Edinburgh Big Wheel at Dusk, winter gardens at Princes St
Street night shot, Scotland UK. Taken at blue hour @HotpixUK. Photographed on 28 December 2009. The recorded location is Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK. Edinburgh Big Wheel at Dusk. . Here in winter, December when the fair comes to Edinburgh for Scotland's Hogmanay. From a heritage perspective, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. The wider historical story is that urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration. The historical context is that festive objects and decorations are part of a long tradition of Christmas visual culture, from greetings cards and church imagery to illuminated houses, fairs and satirical 'Bah Humbug' humour
Designs and typography can quickly become associated with a particular decade. As of 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. In the present 2026 context, urban regeneration in England continues to focus on town-centre renewal, housing, public realm and reuse of vacant commercial property
Earlier street scenes provide valuable before-and-after evidence of these changes and of the businesses or structures lost along the way. In the present 2026 context, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent.
Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4125433291 - 'Slow!
Luckily for once I am watching it, eating a croissant (result!), not sitting in it.
Lots of morning blurred cars and car trails.
More traffic here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4009267682/ and a RTA here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3827213037/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NNK - . Dusk at Old Fish Market, Golden Square Marketplace, Warrington, Cheshire , UK. Photographed on 14 November 2009. Dusk during winter at. From a heritage perspective, landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental evolution and shifting patterns of use. Historically, retail premises reveal the evolution of high streets and town centres: independent shops, markets, bakeries, butchers and larger chains respond continually to changing tastes, rents, competition and shopping habits
Photographs can preserve businesses and shopfronts that later disappear. Looking at the subject's development, older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. As of 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. In 2026, town-centre resilience continues to be a major policy issue in England, with government programmes aimed at high streets and community ownership of valued local assets
Changing retail patterns, vacancies and the growth of food-led destinations make older shop and market photographs useful for comparison. As background, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. Further subject-specific language includes panorama, scenic view, night photography, seasonal landscape, skyline, cityscape, coastal landscape, and urban landscape.
Old Fish Market, Golden Square Marketplace, Warrington, Cheshire , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4050906369 - 'Its GMT again, so many clocks to change. As its autumn, the clocks 'fall back' (geddit?).
Its worth remembering that BST is less than 100 years old (only coming into effect in 1916) and more worrying, the whole of Britain had different time zones (of local time) up until about 1840 (Truro being 20 mins behind Bristol - no change there then).
Ho Hum, soon be 28th March 2010.
And now it might be time for a kiss www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3812249017/
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Keywords: Night shot long exposure at Ilfracombe Pier tavern,SW England,UK,gotonysmith,The,9EQ,EX349EQ,holiday,tourist,destination,summer,English,freehouse,pub,alehouse,sea,side,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Dorset,north,dusk,night,evening,bar,movement,seaside,coast,Pier,tavern,pubs,bars
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CET167 - . Dusk at the Ilfracombe Pier tavern, North Dorset, SW England, UK. Photographed on 25 August 2009. The recorded location is Ilfracombe Pier tavern, North Dorset, SW England, UK EX34 9EQ. Historically, pub buildings and signs provide a useful record of the licensed trade, from traditional alehouses and brewery estates to contemporary hospitality businesses
They are also part of the story of evolving high streets, nightlife, real ale, cask beer and the survival or reuse of historical premises. As background, ports and vessels are central to Britain's maritime history, linking coastal communities and inland industry with fishing, trade, passenger travel and international shipping
Harbours, docks and working craft also reflect changing technology, from traditional fishing fleets to high-speed workboats and modern freight logistics. Historically, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. In 2026, pubs continue to sit at the centre of arguments about high-street vitality, local identity and hospitality economics
England's 2026/27 rating arrangements include dedicated relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues, underlining the sector's continuing economic and cultural significance. Against the 2026 backdrop, ports remain crucial to UK trade, offshore energy, passenger travel and supply chains, while decarbonisation is driving interest in cleaner fuels, shore power and more efficient vessels
Older working-boat and harbour images therefore have both maritime-history and contemporary transport relevance. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent.
Ilfracombe Pier tavern, North Dorset, SW England, UK EX34 9EQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3809668752 - 'Old rusted clock face with roman numerals . Slightly selectively sepia toned to add additional distress. A now broken time machine.
For clocks and watches that do work we have to do this generally twice a year www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4050906369/
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Keywords: The CIS Tower building,headquarters,of,the,Cooperative,Insurance,Society,Manchester,England,UK,coop,co-op,Insure,insured,group,solar,panels,sustainable,facade,in,photovoltaic,panels,PV,green,office,block,gotonysmith,prestige,headquarters,showcase,Co-operative,movement,1962,steel,frame,podium,block,Grade,2,II,listed,building,architecture,Gordon,Tait,of,Burnett,Tait,&,Partners,discipline,and,consistency,towers,design,influenced,by,Skidmore,Owings,&,Merrills,Inland,Steel,Building,Chicago,architects,1958,Interiors,were,designed,by,Misha,Black,of,the,Design,Research,Unit,Solarcentury,permanent,green,energy,solution,Renovation,Within,six,months,of,construction,some,of,the,mosaic,tiles,on,the,service,tower,became,detached,owing,to,cement,failure,and,lack,of,expansion,joints,in,the,concrete.,Although,the,tower,was,granted,listed,building,status,in,1995,falling,tiles,were,an,ongoing,problem.,English,Heritage,had,to,be,consulted,alterations,could,change,the,buildings,appearance.,In,2004,CIS,consulted,Solarcentury,575.5kW,photovoltaic cells towerblock concrete,gotonysmith,Mancester,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY8WK - The CIS Tower is an office skyscraper on Miller Street in Manchester, England. It was completed in 1962 and rises to 387 feet (118 m) in height.
The Grade II listed building, which houses the Co-operative Banking Group, is Manchester's second-tallest building and the tallest office building outside London. The tower remained as built for over 40 years until maintenance issues on the service tower required an extensive renovation which included covering its facade in photovoltaic panels.
The tower's design was influenced by Skidmore Owings & Merrill's Inland Steel Building in Chicago after a visit by the architects in 1958. Interiors were designed by Misha Black of the Design Research Unit.
Renovation
Within six months of construction some of the mosaic tiles on the service tower became detached owing to cement failure and lack of expansion joints in the concrete. Although the tower was granted listed building status in 1995, falling tiles were an ongoing problem. English Heritage had to be consulted as alterations could change the building's appearance.
In 2004 CIS consulted Solarcentury with a view to replacing the deteriorating mosaic with 575.5kW of blue building-integrated photovoltaic (PV) cells which would provide a permanent green energy solution, generating approximately 180,000 kWh of electricity per year. The work was completed by Arup and at that time was the largest commercial solar façade in Europe.
The PV cells made by Sharp Electronics began feeding electricity to the National Grid in November 2005. The project, which cost £5.5 million, was partly funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency which granted £885,000 and the Energy Savings Trust at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) contributed £175,000.
The solar power project was chosen by the DTI as one of the 10 best green energy projects of 2005. Out of sight on the roof are 24 wind turbines generating 10% of the tower's electricity
CIS Tower, Miller Street, Manchester , Lancashire, England UK M60 0AL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF859 - Gerrard Winstanley (19 October 1609 “ 10 September 1676) was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and one of the founders of the English group known as the True Levellers or Diggers. The group occupied formerly common land that had been privatised by enclosures and dug them over, pulling down hedges and filling in ditches, to plant crops. True Levellers was the name they used to describe themselves, whereas the term Diggers was coined by contemporaries.
Early life
Gerrard Winstanley was born on 19 October 1609, the son of Edward Winstanley, mercer, and was baptised in the parish of Wigan, then part of the West Derby hundred of Lancashire. His mother's identity remains unknown and he could have been born anywhere in the parish of Wigan. The parish of Wigan contained the townships of Abram, Aspull, Billinge-and-Winstanley, Dalton, Haigh, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Orrell, Pemberton, and Upholland, as well as Wigan itself.
In 1630, Winstanley migrated to the City of London, where he became an apprentice to a Merchant Tailor. In 1638, he was admitted as a freeman of the Merchant Tailors' Company, a trade guild. In 1639, he married Susan King, the daughter of William King, a London surgeon.
English Civil Wars
The First English Civil War disrupted Winstanley's business, and in 1643 he was made bankrupt. His father-in-law helped him to move to Cobham, Surrey, where he initially worked as a cowherd
Winstanley published a pamphlet called The New Law of Righteousness. The basis of this work came from the Book of Acts, chapter two, verses 44 and 45: And all that believed were together, and had all things common
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEXEK3 - . M6 Junction 21 at dusk, night shot slow exposure, Thelwall viaduct bridge, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA3 6DR. Photographed on 9 June 2009. The recorded location is M6 j21, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA3 6DR. As background, landscape images record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. From a heritage perspective, britain's road landscape has accumulated layers of transport history: old milestones and cast signs coexist with speed limits, parking controls, motorway infrastructure and electronic traffic management
Such details reveal how movement and road safety have been regulated over time. Against the 2026 backdrop, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape images added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. As of 2026, road policy continues to focus on safety, congestion, emissions and the balance between private cars, buses, cycling and walking
Images of older traffic controls, signs and busy roads provide useful comparison with current debates about sustainable transport and street design. From a heritage perspective, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the evolving form of a town or coastline. Looking at the subject's development, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight.
M6 j21, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA3 6DR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGPNPC - . An authentic period view of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The scene shows Poster, The H-Bomb, What About The Millions Of Survivors , Civil Defence, Is Common sense. The wider subject matter also includes before-and-after reference, historic frontage, period detail, cityscape history, public realm, adaptive reuse, conservation interest, community identity, everyday life, architectural detailing, historic context, regional identity, period streetscape, and contemporary social history. The subject remains useful for current coverage of planning control and adaptive reuse, not least because of the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. For retrospective editorial use, the scene fixes a particular stage in the life of the location in this part of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL. Further connections include historical comparison, documentary photography, heritage asset, changing land use, heritage landmark, changing streetscape, architectural character, and visual archive. The recorded references to sense, Common, Civil, H-Bomb, and Defence preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The surrounding context at French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is planning control and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment when considered against later change at French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL. The image also provides a reference for historic townscape and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity without losing the local specificity of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL.
French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M0E - Traditional fairground attractions, Carousel, at Night at Edinburgh's Hogmanay, Scotland , UK gives a direct editorial record of a recognisable subject, with location, signage, architecture or everyday behaviour carrying much of the meaning. A carousel at Edinburgh's Hogmanay brings together winter light, fairground nostalgia, tourism and one of Scotland's most commercially important public celebrations. The subject suits features on seasonal events, family entertainment, city-centre crowd management, night photography, visitor spending and the blend of tradition and spectacle in New Year celebrations. Seasonal references, artificial light and winter atmosphere make it especially relevant to December and New Year picture needs. The location detail, Edinburgh, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. For buyers, the strength lies in the combination of a named subject, a lived-in setting and enough visual specificity to carry stories about how places are used, remembered, funded, visited or contested.
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
