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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,building,development,frack,starting,green,belt,brown,field,restarting,newbuild,new build,nimbys,affordable,social,housing,socialhousing,new,buildings,homes,roads,property,banana,Wales,Welsh,Chester,Mold,Rhyl,Anglesea,Dolgellau,Wolverhampton,Shrewsbury,Newtown,Barmouth,Bangor,Wirral,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK8M - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is North Wales NIMBY - Not in my back yard, like BANANA - Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything. The subject also carries associations with urban fabric, barley cultivation, urban regeneration, commercial redevelopment, period detail, adaptive reuse, cereal crop, heritage-led regeneration, public-realm investment, contemporary social history, grain harvest, visual archive, historic townscape, and local history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with farm costs, soil health and the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs. The modern context includes continuing discussion of construction costs, town-centre regeneration and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around the recorded location before new ownership alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside place identity, grain quality, agricultural landscape, field crop, regional identity, farm produce, rural economy, and period architecture. The recorded references to anything, nothing, NIMBY, absolutely, and Wales preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is farm costs and the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. It also preserves a trace of local identity for future local research. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Balloon St,Corporation St,1771,1858,Welsh,cotton industry,minimum age,working,provided,nurseries,basis,for the,coop,co-op,cooperative,shops,Newtown,Wales,Mid-Wales,150th anniversary,1994,M4 4BE,M4,history,historic,bronze,memorial,Robert,Owen,man,character,remembered,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K11P0H - Manchester public art: Robert Owen on corner of Balloon Street and Corporation Street
The statue of Robert Owen, which is located on the corner of Balloon Street and Corporation Street, is a copy of a sculpture deigned by Gilbert Bayes
Robert Owen was a Welsh reformer who moved to Manchester as a teenager.
He became heavily involved in the cotton industry and, with the help of several Manchester businessmen, went on to buy a large textile factory near Glasgow.
Here he put into practice values of sound working conditions, introduced a minimum age and provided nurseries and schools.
He also opened stores where workers could buy good quality goods at little more than the wholesale cost.
These principles became the basis for the cooperative shops in Britain.
His statue, on corner of Balloon Street and Corporation Street, is a copy of the one erected in Owen's birthplace of Newtown.
It was commissioned by the Co-operative Bank as part of the 150th anniversary of the modern co-operative movement and was unveiled in 1994.
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Owen
corner of Balloon Street and Corporation Street, Manchester, England, UK, M4 4BE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,railway,station,NPR,canopy,platform,Northern,rail,diesel,train,DMU,trains,CH1,City road,Cheshire,England,UK,CH1 3NS,evening,newtown,summer,blue sky,blue skies,bright,view,image,route,routes,public transport,TOC,TOCs,Northern Railway,BR,British Rail,stations
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMWGPW - Chester railway station is located in Newtown, Chester, England. Services are operated by Avanti West Coast, Merseyrail, Northern and Transport for Wales. From 1875 to 1969 the station was known as Chester General to distinguish it from Chester Northgate. The station's Italianate frontage was designed by the architect Francis Thompson.
Work on a £10 million regeneration scheme, the Chester Renaissance programme was completed in 2007. The development includes a new roof, improved customer facilities and improved access to the station. A plaque commemorating Thomas Brassey is installed on the wall opposite the booking office. The station marks one end of the Baker Way a footpath leading to Delamere railway station.
Scheduled services from Chester station are operated by Avanti West Coast to London Euston and Holyhead, Merseyrail to Liverpool, Northern to Manchester Piccadilly and Leeds and Transport for Wales to Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Airport, Crewe, Birmingham New Street, Cardiff Central, Llandudno and Holyhead
Starting in 2005, the station was restored in the Chester Renaissance Project. Improvements made by Network Rail included groundworks around the east end frontage and repairs to the façade's east and west wings, renewal of the roof's glazing, enhancements to the train shed and other general improvements. Improved local traffic management and access to the station was achieved by alterations to Station Square which were completed in December 2007. Architectural lighting was installed in strategic areas and a new concourse was opened by Arriva Trains Wales in October 2008. Between 2009 and 2010, improvements included a second staircase to access the island platform, structural repairs to platforms, restoration of the overbridge and work to enhance the station's frontage.
The station is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building. It is one of 22 Grade I or II* listed railway stations in England
City road, Newtown, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 3NS
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,Wales,01686-625548,Market St,High Class,butcher,Newtown,Cymru,welsh,high,class,family,butchers,town,centre,mid-Wales,trad,traditional,SY16,figure,standing,outside,awning,exterior,independent,meat,meats,beef,lamb,Market Street,625548,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT347 - . An on-location image from 6 Market St, Newtown, Powys, Wales, SY16 2PQ 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 Peter Jacks High Class Family Butcher 01686-625548, 6 Market St, Newtown, Powys, Wales, SY16 2PQ. The locality and subject together evoke place identity, conservation interest, urban commerce, historic townscape, regional identity, heritage landmark, social history, heritage asset, historical comparison, documentary photography, architectural detailing, independent trading, high-street commerce, and period streetscape. For contemporary context, business rates and changing footfall are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about redevelopment pressure, maintenance costs and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. From an archival perspective, the photograph anchors local appearance, occupation, access and public activity around 6 Market St, Newtown, Powys, Wales, SY16 2PQ. A second layer of the scene includes urban fabric, local character, changing streetscape, commercial streetscape, customer footfall, shopfront economy, changing land use, and historic context. Elements such as Powys, Butcher, Jacks, Peter, and Market add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The surrounding context at 6 Market St, Newtown, Powys, Wales, SY16 2PQ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is business rates and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names in a form that can be compared with future views of 6 Market St, Newtown, Powys, Wales, SY16 2PQ.
6 Market St, Newtown, Powys, Wales, SY16 2PQ
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Keywords: Birmingham,West Midlands,UK,Entrance Mosiac,of,bar,Thai,Restaurant,pub,historic,Victorian,boozer,CAMRA,Barton Arms,Arms,England,GB,Newtown,grade II* listed building,National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors,inside,Interior,Birmingham pubs,classic,Minton-Hollins tiles,tile,tiled,public bar,art,Laurel and Hardy,blue,creme,Oakham Ales,Oakham,ale,building,architecture,James and Lister Lea,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWF0 - The Bartons Arms is a public house in the High Street (part of the A34) in the Newtown area of Aston, Birmingham, England.
Built in 1900-1901 by noted pub architects partnership James and Lister Lea for Mitchells & Butlers, it is a grade II* listed building, and is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
The pub is known for its wall-to-wall Minton-Hollins tiles and its snob screens, which allowed middle class drinkers to see working class drinkers in an adjacent bar, but not to be seen by them.[1] The current public bar was originally divided into three. There are function rooms upstairs, originally for billiards and club use.
Laurel and Hardy once stayed there, after appearing at the adjacent Aston Hippodrome (now demolished, replaced by The Drum Arts Centre), and were photographed serving beer from behind the bar.
The pub features in the 1999 Atom Egoyan Birmingham-set film Felicia's Journey. It also features in the 2006 novel by Ron Dawson, The Last Viking: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Heist
as the gang of robbers meet in the pub.
It was purchased in 2002 by Oakham Ales who restored the building to its former greatness before reopening it in 2003, after three years out-of-use. On 28 July 2006, the pub was damaged by fire, reportedly caused by an electrical fault.
During the 2011 England riots, the pub was looted, windows were smashed, and fires started, albeit quickly doused by the manager, Wichai Thumjaron. Up to eight shots were fired at police who attended the incident.
High Street, Aston, Birmingham, England
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Keywords: Panorama,reflection,Cheshire,England,UK,town,WBC,Borough,Council,Warrington Borough Council,crossing,tidal,MrSmiths,Mr Smiths,Academy,Oliver Cromwell,pano,wide,wide angle,wideangle,water,bridgefoot,town centre,centre,new town,newtown,Latchford,rd,road,A50,A49,main,bottleneck,sunny,GoTonySmith,sunny day,Warringtonians,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9ERR - . Bridge Foot Warrington & River Mersey panorama reflection Cheshire England UK. Photographed on 9 November 2014. The recorded location is Bridge Foot, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. 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. In historical terms, consumer products often use heritage and place as part of their branding
Traditional colours, flags, regional names and historic typography can turn everyday packaging into an expression of identity as well as a commercial object. 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. During 2026, packaging is increasingly judged not only by branding but by recyclability, material use and environmental claims
Older products can therefore illustrate how consumer design evolved before today's stronger focus on circularity and waste reduction. As background, 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 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 change and shifting patterns of use. Associated subject terminology includes scenic view, night photography, seasonal landscape, skyline, cityscape, coastal landscape, urban landscape, travel photography, wide view, and sense of place.
Bridge Foot, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: bars,pubs,drink,drinking,drinkers,inside,licensed,premises,Panorama,of,Cafe Royal,bar,West Register Place,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,caferoyal,west,register,place,New Town,historic,history,gastropub,food,ale,CAMRA,Victorian,Victorian Bar,GoTonySmith,newtown,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History,wide,shot
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECXKX - . Panorama of Cafe Royal bar, West Register Place,Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Photographed at 19 West Register St, Edinburgh,Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. The wider composition gives a broader sense of the surroundings, showing the principal subject in relation to more of the streetscape, landscape or public space. The scene is closely associated with Panorama, Cafe Royal, bar, West Register Place, EDN, customers, pano, pub, interior and bars, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life.
19 West Register St, Edinburgh,Scotland, UK
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Keywords: street,place,real,ale,real ale,CAMRA,Arms,pubs,bars,window,West Register St,West Register place,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,West,Register,St,pl,historic,traditional,traditional pub,DM Stewart,finest,Gallery,GoTonySmith,newtown,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History,etched,glass,saloon
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED149 - . Guildford Arms glass etched pub window, West Register St, Edinburgh, Scotland,UK. Photographed at 1 WEST REGISTER STREET, EDINBURGH EH2 2AA, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Guildford Arms, glass, etched, pub window, etched glass, glass etched, pub, bar, Guildford and street, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. Where brewery names, pumps, windows, pub signs or period fittings are present, they add useful detail for features on brewing history, hospitality branding and traditional licensed interiors or exteriors. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
1 WEST REGISTER STREET, EDINBURGH EH2 2AA, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Edinburgh,city,Scotland,new,town,newtown,pub,kay,kays,bar,tenner,tn,pound,note,scottish,bank,BOS,Scotsman,mono,selective,color,colour,colours,pint,ale,beer,inside,tony,smith,drink,drinks,drinking,historic,bars,UK,GB,tourist,places,visit,cool,iconic,sepia,toned,black,white,bankofscotland,notes,banknotes
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7706160488 - 'One of my favourite watering holes in Edinburgh New Town, only 10-15 mins walk from Princes St area. Its well worth a walk for a great range of real ales and whiskies. I have spent a good few hours in there with my good friend Stephen Buchan. A chap who appreciates a real ale or two.
Originally a Georgian coach house, in the early Victorian era the building was remodelled into John Kay and Sons, Wines and spirits Merchants. Sympathetically modified in the 1970's the bar hosts a plethora of original Victorian features. its a bit like going back in time, reminds me a little of Mulligans in Dublin. Shame no one has written a novel covering a single drunken day around Edinburgh yet. If so, this pub should surely be in it.
Usually available are Budvar, Leffe, Budvar Dark, Innis &
Gunn, Furstenberg Frei, Corona, Magners, Becks, crabbies, Draught Guinness, Strongbow, fizzy Fosters &
Kronenburg.
I have never eaten there, but they do mince/haggis neeps and tatties \u00a34.10, Scotch pie beans and chips for under \u00a34. More up market herring salad just over a fiver.
Kays, 39 Jamaica Street Edinburgh, Midlothian EH3 6HF - Telephone 0131 225 1858.
Note no Children allowed in bar at any time.
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Keywords: Welcome,to,Warrington,Town,Centre,sign,outside,Bank,Quay,mainline,railway,station,Cheshire,England,UK,traffic,light,green,light,gotonysmith,trafficlight,greenlight,map,direction,directions,best,really,good,Parker,St,street,road,WBC,Warrington,Borough,Council,Unitary,authority,North,west,northwest,newtown,new,town,designated,gotonysmith,Warringtonians,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CFEFJ6 - . Welcome to Warrington Town Centre sign, outside Bank Quay mainline railway station, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 10 March 2012. The recorded location is Parker Street (outside Warrington BQ Station), Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. As background, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. Historically, cash, banknotes and banking equipment document the everyday financial system before contactless cards and mobile payments became dominant
Bank buildings, notes, coins, cheques and cash machines also trace the history of regional banking, savings institutions and the changing design of money. In the longer view, railway scenes connect industrial-age engineering with everyday passenger mobility
Station architecture, platforms, signal boxes, ticketing and rolling stock show how the network has evolved from steam and regional companies through British Rail, privatisation and now's increasingly digital passenger railway. Against the 2026 backdrop, digital wayfinding is widespread, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility and identity
Historic notices and ghost signs are also increasingly appreciated as part of the character of streets and buildings. In 2026, cash is used less often than in earlier decades but continues to be important, particularly for vulnerable consumers and some small businesses
FCA access-to-cash rules require designated banks and building societies to assess local provision and address significant gaps, making images of ATMs, notes and former branches relevant to financial inclusion. Additional discoverability terms include lettering, typography, public information, street sign, warning sign, graphic design, inscription, visual communication, historic sign, information display, currency, and sterling.
Parker Street (outside Warrington BQ Station), Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,Newtown Severn Bridge,Newtown,Powys,river,Mid,Wales,Severn River,waterside,town,SY16,UK,evening,riverside,waterway,rivers,crossing,crosses,bridge,bridges,Cymru,night,dusk,centre,history,historic,liable,to,flood,floods,reflect,reflection,skyline,townscape,Newtown Wales
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERR38 - . A dated documentary view of Broad St, Newtown, Wales, UK, SY16 2BQ in 2019, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The scene shows Mid-Wales, Newtown Severn Bridge,at dusk,Newtown, Powys,Wales,. Other connected aspects include community identity, before-and-after reference, high-street commerce, waterside infrastructure, local character, regional identity, local trading, place identity, boating network, independent trading, local history, towpath landscape, commercial frontage, and working waterway. In the mid-2020s, waterside regeneration and ageing locks and bridges keep the subject current, particularly through the value of waterways as blue-green corridors. The subject remains useful for current coverage of vacant units and changing footfall, not least because of bringing underused premises back into productive use. For retrospective editorial use, the frame records a particular stage in the life of the location in this part of Broad St, Newtown, Wales, UK, SY16 2BQ. The surrounding context also covers managed navigation, period detail, navigation engineering, urban commerce, bricks-and-mortar retail, documentary photography, archival record, and canal heritage. Details involving Bridge, Newtown, Powys, Severn, and Mid-Wales give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The period setting at Broad St, Newtown, Wales, UK, SY16 2BQ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for waterside regeneration and the value of waterways as blue-green corridors within the real-world context of Broad St, Newtown, Wales, UK, SY16 2BQ. Another useful connection is business rates and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts within the specific setting of Broad St, Newtown, Wales, UK, SY16 2BQ.
Broad St, Newtown, Wales, UK, SY16 2BQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,building,development,frack,starting,green,belt,brown,field,restarting,newbuild,new build,nimbys,affordable,social,housing,socialhousing,new,buildings,homes,roads,property,banana,mid-Wales,Wales,Hereford,Aberystwyth,Aberdare,Newtown,Shrewsbury,Brecon,Powys,Ledbury,resist,resisting,planned
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK86 - . This authentic period view of UK in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is Mid-Wales NIMBY - Not in my back yard, like BANANA - Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything. The broader subject matter reaches into agricultural landscape, changing land use, everyday life, cereal crop, grain harvest, field crop, contemporary social history, town-centre renewal, urban regeneration, before-and-after reference, built heritage, social history, place identity, and place-making. For current editorial use, climate change and crop yields provide additional context, especially through the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs. Current relevance extends to adaptive reuse and construction costs, particularly through the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around UK before different community use alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include rural economy, architectural character, arable farming, historical comparison, mixed-use redevelopment, documentary photography, visual archive, and commercial redevelopment. Details involving Build, NIMBY, nothing, anything, and Mid-Wales make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects climate change and the relationship between rural landscapes and national food security when considered against later change at UK. Its period value extends to adaptive reuse and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition without losing the local specificity of UK.
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