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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IM347A~1,Warrington,Cheshire,red,brick,civic,building,tower,high,rise,urban,architecture,streetscape,heritage,contrast,old,new,townscape,North,West,regeneration,editorial,documentary,2026,British,Britain,Europe,travel,local,community,signage,economy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCG6FH - . A red-brick historic or civic building is seen in the foreground with a much taller twentieth-century tower rising behind, creating a strong visual contrast between different periods of urban development in the Warrington area. The image is deliberately described conservatively because the surviving filename does not identify the premises and the thumbnail does not provide enough evidence for a reliable building name. What is clear is the layered townscape: decorated brickwork, traditional pitched roofs and older street architecture sit against a high-rise block that represents a later approach to density and redevelopment. Such juxtapositions are common in post-industrial towns of North West England, where Victorian and Edwardian public buildings, pubs, schools or commercial premises often survive alongside 1960s and 1970s towers and more recent apartment schemes. The picture is useful editorially for themes of changing skylines, heritage versus redevelopment, planning, urban character, adaptive reuse and the visual legacy of successive building booms. From a visual-research perspective, the image combines a clearly recognisable subject with the surrounding built environment. Relevant search and editorial concepts include Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, local community, urban fringe, village heritage, transport links, development pressure, public realm, local services. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes Warrington, Cheshire, red, brick, civic, building, tower, high, rise, urban, architecture, streetscape, heritage, contrast, old, new, townscape, North, West, England, regeneration. The photograph is suitable for editorial, documentary, social-history, planning, business and local-news use where an identifiable real-world example is preferable to a generic illustration. It also provides a dated reference for future comparison, allowing researchers to see whether the premises, branding,
Warrington area, Cheshire, North West England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_1318,Building,construction,Alderley Road,North,West,England,UK,scaffolding,blue,site,hoardings,property,development,refurbishment,works,roof,windows,external,residential,commercial,investment,redevelopment,contractor,urban
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ERX6X7 - . Building under construction on Alderley Road in North West England, UK, with scaffolding and blue site hoardings. Photographed on 16 June 2026. The recorded location is Alderley Road, North West England, UK. Building under construction on Alderley Road in North West England, UK, with scaffolding around the upper floors and blue temporary site hoardings enclosing the frontage. The property appears to be undergoing substantial refurbishment or redevelopment, with roof, windows and external elevations all forming part of the works. The grey sky and exposed works give the image a clear documentary character. Seen through industrial heritage, the earlier context is that construction sites became increasingly controlled environments during the twentieth century, with access gates, turnstiles, personal protective equipment and formal safety management replacing more informal working practices. For engineering history, the historical context is that industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology. Looking at housing estate, the longer history is that residential architecture is closely tied to planning and social change
Post-war estates, high-rise blocks, gated developments and city-centre apartments reveal assumptions about land values, transport, security and the relationship between private and public space. The 2026 relevance of industrial heritage comes from the fact that port and construction cranes also illustrate the continuing shift towards larger, more mechanised logistics and building systems, while historic dockside equipment is increasingly preserved as industrial heritage. Additional subject language includes residential, commercial, investment, redevelopment, and contractor.
Alderley Road, North West England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_1318,Building,refurbishment,Alderley Road,North,West,England,UK,scaffolding,construction,hoardings,property,redevelopment,works,roof,windows,facade,investment,regeneration,commercial,residential,conversion,site,contractor,urban,development,newbuild,build,eyesore
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ETN5T9 - . Building under refurbishment on Alderley Road in North West England, UK, with scaffolding and blue construction hoardings. Photographed on 16 June 2026. The recorded location is Alderley Road, North West England, UK. Building under refurbishment on Alderley Road in North West England, UK, with scaffolding around the upper floors and blue construction hoardings surrounding the site at street level. The property appears to be undergoing significant external works, with the roof, windows and facade all forming part of the redevelopment. Overcast daylight provides a clear view of the works and the temporary site enclosure. In relation to industrial equipment, historical context shows that cranes and construction access systems are symbols of large-scale building and industrial work
Dockside cranes originally served cargo handling, while building cranes and controlled turnstiles reflect the organisation and safety requirements of modern sites. For the story of heritage conservation, it is useful to note that factories, mills, mines and workshops record the technologies and labour that powered industrial expansion
Machinery, inscriptions and specialist buildings are valuable evidence of engineering practice, working conditions and regional industries. The historical setting for housing is that images of construction and residential redevelopment can become important evidence of neighbourhood change, particularly where industrial land or older housing is later replaced by higher-density homes. As of 2026, the position for industrial equipment is that construction activity is closely tied to housing delivery, infrastructure investment, labour availability and building-safety regulation
Site access and lifting equipment are everyday evidence of that wider development economy. For present-day heritage conservation, 2026 is significant because former industrial sites continue to be repurposed for housing, offices and cultural attractions
Historic machinery.
Alderley Road, North West England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Southern,Republic,Ireland,religion,Parnell,Sq,square,Abbey,Christian,history,historic,heritage,clock,north,N,Rotunda,taxi,traffic,designed,by,Andrew Heiton,of,Perth,Scotland,decorated,Gothic,building,James Joyce,novels,as,Findlaters,Church,Alexander Findlater
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3BR177K - Abbey Presbyterian Church is a church located at Parnell Square, Dublin. Designed by architect Andrew Heiton of Perth, Scotland, it is a decorated Gothic building, with a spire 180 feet (54.9 m) high. The church was erected in 1864 with funding from Alexander Findlater (1797“1873), a Dublin merchant and philanthropist, and is known colloquially as Findlater's church, and it is referred to in two of James Joyce's novels as Findlater's Church.
The Church was built on the north eastern corner of Rutland (now Parnell) Square and North Frederick Street. It was built on the site of Headfort House (sometimes Bective House), which was owned by the Earl of Bective (also the Marquess of Headfort), and named after his family's County Meath estate at Headfort House. The Earl had moved from a house of the same name in Smithfield which had by that time become an unfashionable district.
One of the first preachers was John Hall (1829“1898).
The congregation had previously, from 1667 until 1864, worshipped on Capel Street, on the site of the old St. Mary's Abbey. It was founded by a preacher from Bull Alley, the Rev. William Jacque, who left along with some of its congregation to form the new church. The Capel Street Congregation was sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Scots Church, and confused with the Scots Presbyterian Church, Lower Abbey Street. In 1778 during Rev. McDowell's ministry, the congregation renamed itself Mary's Abbey Congregation (whence the Abbey Presbyterian Church gets its name).
In 1911 Abbey Church, along with other Presbyterian churches, The Scots Church, Ormond Quay church and Union Chapel, founded Lindsay Road National School.
In 1918 the Union Chapel, on Lower Abbey Street, whose chapel had been damaged during the 1916 Rising, joined the Abbey Presbyterian Church
Parnell Square Dublin, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,BT13,traditional,Clifton St,Belfast,BT13 1AB,Orange,Hall,flag,flying,with,halls,Protestants,statue,of,King,William,III,Prince of Orange,Ulster,Billy,north,history,historic,loyalist,emblem,emblems,on,Carlisle Circus,near,outside,sunny,1886,bronze
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9J0DE - Main Belfast hall for Orange Order
contains meeting rooms, a museum, and facilitates educational tours to showcase the political and religious aspects of the Order
starting point of the largest 12th July cultural parade in Ireland
Managed by voluntary Committee comprised of members of lodges
no staff
Opened 1886
largest purpose built Orange Hall in the world
statue of King William III on the cornice, 12ft high and made of bronze, unveiled in 1889, is the only equestrian statue in Northern Ireland
B listed.
The Loyal Orange Institution, commonly known as the Orange Order, is an international fraternal movement based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants (it also has lodges in England, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, as well as in parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States. Most of the organization's lodges are located in Ireland, England, and Scotland, although others can be found throughout the British Commonwealth, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Africa. The lodges of every country are independent, but the Orange Order meets in a triennial world council. The Orange Order was founded by Ulster Protestants in County Armagh in 1795, during a period of Protestant“Catholic sectarian conflict, as a fraternity sworn to maintain the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. It is headed[definition needed] by the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, established in 1798. Its name is a tribute to the Dutch-born Protestant king William of Orange, who defeated Catholic king James II in the Williamite“Jacobite War (1688“1691). The order is best known for its yearly marches, the biggest of which are held on or around 12 July (The Twelfth), a public holiday in Northern Ireland
The Orange Order is a conservative, British unionist and Ulster loyalist organisation. Thus it has traditionally opposed Irish nationalism/republicanism and campaigned against Scottish independence.
Clifton Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT13 1AB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Conway,Wales,north,UK,port,seaside,harbour,dusk,Cymru,Conwy,North Wales,LL32 8BE,night,on,the,shore,dockside,haunted,by,a,ghost,legend,history,historic,beer,garden,benches,sinister,monk,who,predicts,death and misfortune,vanilla,medieval,cargoes,Trevor Gresty
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PH9MCD - A SINISTER monk who predicts death and misfortune is just one of the ghosts reported to haunt the Liverpool Arms pub in Conwy.
Legend has it that sightings of the sinister monk are said to warn of a death or some form of bad luck, and a strong smell of vanilla, one of the medieval cargoes carried by ships, has coincided with appearances.
The ghost of the cook is accompanied by an unexplained smell of roast beef that has lingered in the pub, whilst the ghost of a landlord is said to be that of a man who drowned in the estuary.
Looking back in the Weekly News archives, speaking in June 1980, former landlord Jacqui Plumb said she had often had objects mysteriously disappear in the pub and reported a terrified visitor claiming the bed in the pub's attic shaking violently.
But Jacqui herself saw the spectre of the monk right after a member of her family was involved in a serious accident.
I went into the spare bedroom. This is the tower room and it was about 4pm. When I opened the door I saw him just across the room, a monk with his hands together kneeling and praying, she said.
I was so amazed that I closed my eyes and shook my head to make sure I was actually seeing something. I opened my eyes and he was still there.
Later in the April of 1991, barman Andrew Young, 20, was working in the pub when he claimed he encountered a ghostly apparition at the back of the pub.
Andrew, of the Castle View Estate, claimed a ghost standing at around six and a half feet in height made a lunge for him, causing him to drop a crate of beer and rip his shirt. He claimed the ghost was accompanied by a small boy.
He kept beckoning me over and over again but every time he came forward I moved back, he said.
Then he came at me with a look of pure evil and I just panicked. I have never been so scared in my life.
The landlord at the time, Trevor Gresty, even reported the incident to the Bass Brewery.
Lower Gate Street, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL32 8BE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Conway,Wales,north,UK,port,seaside,harbour,Cymru,evening,at,yacht,and,other,LL28 4NG,LL28,blue,hour,light,lighting,tide,tidal,shore,shoreline,BS20,trawler,trawling,Martina Rose,hull,Cornwall,Beaumaris,registered,vessel,Potter,1980-2021+,Totton,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PH9MCF - . This location-specific image from Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG in 2023 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Conwy harbour at dusk, yachts Martina Rose BS20 fishing and other boats, walled market town, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG. The frame also records themes of local history, local character, working waterway, heritage boating, regional identity, inland boating, changing land use, canal heritage, community identity, blue-green corridor, contemporary social history, public realm, navigation engineering, and waterborne transport. For current editorial use, navigation and volunteering provide additional context, especially through the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include visual archive, inland navigation, changing streetscape, documentary photography, lock flight, canal infrastructure, industrial waterway history, and place identity. Details involving Martina, walled, yachts, fishing, and Conwy make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of navigation and the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational in a form that can be compared with future views of Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG.
Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Yorkshire,England,UK,South,Uni,building,buildings,campus,housing,social,course,housing professionals,qualifications,S1,Howard Street,architecture,winter,term,terms,courses,education,higher,city campus,of,north,northern,academic,institution,modern,site,sites,Andy Burnham,reset,tackling,clearing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMNDN7 - . Sheffield Hallam University buildings in Sheffield city centre, renowned for social housing courses, Howard St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 1W. Photographed on 28 January 2023. The recorded location is Howard St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 1WB. Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The university is based on two sites. the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate Crescent Campus is about two miles away in the Broomhall Estate off Ecclesall Road in south-west Sheffield. A third campus at Brent Cross Town in the London Borough of Barnet is expected to open for the 2025-26 academic year. The university is the 14th largest university in the UK (out of 169) with 30,960 students (of whom 4,400 are international students),[3] 4,494 staff and 708 courses. The background to university is that universities and colleges are both educational institutions and major pieces of civic architecture
Graduation ceremonies, historical buildings and campus signs record academic traditions as well as the growth of higher education. Within the history of apartments, residential architecture is closely tied to planning and social change
Post-war estates, high-rise blocks, gated developments and city-centre apartments reveal assumptions about land values, transport, security and the relationship between private and public space. In relation to festive, historical context shows that seasonal imagery is especially useful for repeated comparison because flowering, snowfall and decoration recur annually but not identically. Current 2026 context around university is that universities face continuing pressure around funding, international recruitment, student living costs and the value of degrees, while graduation remains an important public ritual marking educational achievement.
Howard St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 1WB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,in,York city,centre,North Yorks,England,UK,YO1,city,force,local,team,statistics,statistic,crime,clean,up,rate,York and North East Yorkshire Police,York & North East Yorkshire Police,northern,Northallerton,NYP,punishment,rates,North,Yorkshire,police,and,commissioner,Philip Allott,the,murder,of,Sarah Everard,Abuse,enquiry,grooming gangs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBMT - North Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the unitary authority of York in northern England. As of September 2018 the force had a strength of 1,357 police officers, 127 special constables, 192 PCSOs and 1,072 police staff. Of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales, the force has the 5th largest geographic area of responsibility whilst being the 15th smallest force in terms of police officer numbers
The force was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was largely a successor to the York and North East Yorkshire Police, also taking part of the old West Riding Constabulary's area. The York and North East Yorkshire Police had covered the North Riding of Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and the county borough of York
it was itself formed in 1968 from a merger of the two riding forces with the York City Police
In July 2017, the force's headquarters was moved from Newby Wiske to Alverton Court in Northallerton. The new headquarters is the former offices of the Rural Payments Agency
Since November 2012, the force has been overseen by the elected North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner. Since 2018, this role has also included oversight of the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. In October 2021, the incumbent commissioner Philip Allott resigned following comments surrounding the murder of Sarah Everard
York city centre, North Yorks, England, UK, YO1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bar,bars,pubs,pub,Ouse,North Yorkshire,England,UK,the,YO1,8,YO1 9SW,side,history,signage,landmark,landmarks,traditional,corner,of,Kings Staith,exterior,outside,public,house,north,Yorkshire,Victorian,ale,alehouse,brick,built,local,riverside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X51 - . Lowthers riverside pub, river Ouse, York city centre, 8 Cumberland Street, York, England, UK, YO1 9SW. Photographed on 16 October 2022, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 8 Cumberland Street, York, England, UK, YO1 9SW, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include bar, bars, pubs, pub, Ouse, North Yorkshire, YO1, YO1 9SW, side, history, signage, landmark, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The subject has strong relevance to British pub and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, brewing, cask ale, consumer leisure and the continuing role of pubs as social meeting places. It is suitable for coverage of the licensed trade, independent and managed pubs, brewery branding, CAMRA and real-ale culture, hospitality economics, changing drinking habits and the condition of the UK pub sector. Food and drink content broadens the image's relevance to eating out, grocery retail, hospitality, pricing, consumer choice, local food culture and the commercial presentation of meals, ingredients or products. It can illustrate changing tastes, inflation and cost-of-living pressures, food retail competition, traditional businesses and the everyday economics of buying food and drink where those themes are relevant. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
8 Cumberland Street, York, England, UK, YO1 9SW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bar,bars,pubs,pub,Ouse,North Yorkshire,England,UK,the,YO1,8,YO1 9SW,side,history,signage,landmark,landmarks,traditional,corner,of,Kings Staith,exterior,outside,public,house,north,Yorkshire,Victorian,ale,alehouse,brick,built,local,riverside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X54 - . Lowthers riverside pub, river Ouse, York city centre, 8 Cumberland Street, York, England, UK, YO1 9SW. Photographed on 16 October 2022, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 8 Cumberland Street, York, England, UK, YO1 9SW, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include bar, bars, pubs, pub, Ouse, North Yorkshire, YO1, YO1 9SW, side, history, signage, landmark, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The subject has strong relevance to British pub and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, brewing, cask ale, consumer leisure and the continuing role of pubs as social meeting places. It is suitable for coverage of the licensed trade, independent and managed pubs, brewery branding, CAMRA and real-ale culture, hospitality economics, changing drinking habits and the condition of the UK pub sector. Food and drink content broadens the image's relevance to eating out, grocery retail, hospitality, pricing, consumer choice, local food culture and the commercial presentation of meals, ingredients or products. It can illustrate changing tastes, inflation and cost-of-living pressures, food retail competition, traditional businesses and the everyday economics of buying food and drink where those themes are relevant. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
8 Cumberland Street, York, England, UK, YO1 9SW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,the,from,and,pier,sea,memorials,memorial,lovelock,love,padlocks,flower,view,Da-Bish,1951-2018,brass,plaque,Church Street,YO22,YO22 4DW,fence,wire,barrier,safety,boat,coast,coastal,north,town,picturesque,scenic,piers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD25CX - . From the Haggerlythe, Whitby pier & harbour, memorials, lovelocks and flowers, in North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4DW. Photographed on 25 September 2022, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Church Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4DW, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, pier, sea, memorials, memorial, lovelock, love, padlocks, flower, view, Da-Bish, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The religious or ecclesiastical setting gives the photograph relevance to faith, worship, sacred architecture, stained glass, church heritage, tourism and the conservation of historic interiors and buildings. It can illustrate the continuing cultural role of churches and cathedrals as places of worship, community activity, music, remembrance and architectural interest.
Church Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4DW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,rail,railway,train,trains,signalbox,sign,monochrome,historic,north,box,signals,signalling,age,heritage,centre,Crewe Railway Age,signal boxes,system,systems,control,mechanical,electromechanical,electro,mechanics,infrastructure,preservation,museum,piece,pieces,remember,past,pastimes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWGT63 - Crewe Heritage Centre is a railway museum located in Crewe, England. Managed by the Crewe Heritage Trust, the museum is located between the railway station and the town centre
the site was the location of the 'Old Works' which was demolished in the early 1980s.
History
The centre was established in the old London, Midland and Scottish Railway yard, which was once part of Crewe Works, between the junction to Chester and the West Coast Main Line. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, on 24 July 1987. It was renamed in 1992 as Crewe Railway Age by the owning registered charity but, after the management of the centre was taken over by a new group of volunteers, the museum returned to its original name of Crewe Heritage Centre in early 2008.
Exhibits
The centre has a series of exhibits, ranging from the only surviving APT-P train, miniature railways, three open signal boxes (Crewe Station A, Crewe North Junction and Exeter West) and a varied collection of standard gauge steam, diesel and electric locomotives, as well as occasional visiting locomotives. The Main Exhibition Hall features many artefacts and exhibits associated with Crewe, from its locomotive and carriage construction to its famous junction railway station. Brake Van rides are available to the public during special events.
Advanced Passenger Train
APT No.370 003/006 at Crewe Heritage Centre
Built by British Rail (BR) the 1970s and 1980s, this Class 370 Advanced Passenger Train (APT) is the only surviving APT set. Numbered 370 003/006, it is open at all times with an occasional cafe run from the original buffet car (selected days only). The APT-P museum can be found inside one of the carriages, with photographs on display from the APT project
Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,rail,railway,train,trains,signalbox,historic,signalling,age,north,sign,monochrome,box,heritage,centre,signals,Crewe Railway Age,signal boxes,system,systems,control,mechanical,electromechanical,electro,mechanics,infrastructure,preservation,museum,piece,pieces,remember,past,pastimes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWGT65 - Crewe Heritage Centre is a railway museum located in Crewe, England. Managed by the Crewe Heritage Trust, the museum is located between the railway station and the town centre
the site was the location of the 'Old Works' which was demolished in the early 1980s.
History
The centre was established in the old London, Midland and Scottish Railway yard, which was once part of Crewe Works, between the junction to Chester and the West Coast Main Line. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, on 24 July 1987. It was renamed in 1992 as Crewe Railway Age by the owning registered charity but, after the management of the centre was taken over by a new group of volunteers, the museum returned to its original name of Crewe Heritage Centre in early 2008.
Exhibits
The centre has a series of exhibits, ranging from the only surviving APT-P train, miniature railways, three open signal boxes (Crewe Station A, Crewe North Junction and Exeter West) and a varied collection of standard gauge steam, diesel and electric locomotives, as well as occasional visiting locomotives. The Main Exhibition Hall features many artefacts and exhibits associated with Crewe, from its locomotive and carriage construction to its famous junction railway station. Brake Van rides are available to the public during special events.
Advanced Passenger Train
APT No.370 003/006 at Crewe Heritage Centre
Built by British Rail (BR) the 1970s and 1980s, this Class 370 Advanced Passenger Train (APT) is the only surviving APT set. Numbered 370 003/006, it is open at all times with an occasional cafe run from the original buffet car (selected days only). The APT-P museum can be found inside one of the carriages, with photographs on display from the APT project
Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,station,train,trains,B,box,B-Box,red,white,green,needle,indicating,Network Rail,railway,signal,showing,shows,statuses,status,of,line,clear,safety,transport,railways,technology,electro,mechanical,relay,relays,north,signalbox,1940s,1940
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JX2W68 - . An identifiable period record of Crewe,stock-photo/gotonysmith-Cheshire.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Cheshire,England,UK, CW1 in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The image documents BR British Rail - Up Main railway train signal, B Box, showing statuses of Train on line, Normal, Line Clear. The broader subject matter reaches into rail infrastructure, rail operations, historical comparison, place identity, changing land use, community identity, public realm, rail corridor, before-and-after reference, rail transport history, social history, period detail, working railway heritage, and contemporary social history. The modern context includes continuing discussion of signalling technology, heritage conservation and the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling. For current editorial use, integrated transport and local connectivity provide additional context, especially through how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. Small period details of building condition and alterations at Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1 may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. A second descriptive layer includes local history, local mobility, bus route infrastructure, local character, changing streetscape, public-transport wayfinding, street-side transport, and public transport stop. Elements such as railway, statuses, signal, Clear, and train add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1 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 signalling technology and the importance of preserving signal boxes and rolling stock as industrial heritage in a form that can be compared with future views of Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1.
Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JX2WFD - Crewe Heritage Centre is a railway museum located in Crewe, England. Managed by the Crewe Heritage Trust, the museum is located between the railway station and the town centre
the site was the location of the 'Old Works' which was demolished in the early 1980s.
History
The centre was established in the old London, Midland and Scottish Railway yard, which was once part of Crewe Works, between the junction to Chester and the West Coast Main Line. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, on 24 July 1987. It was renamed in 1992 as Crewe Railway Age by the owning registered charity but, after the management of the centre was taken over by a new group of volunteers, the museum returned to its original name of Crewe Heritage Centre in early 2008.
Exhibits
The centre has a series of exhibits, ranging from the only surviving APT-P train, miniature railways, three open signal boxes (Crewe Station A, Crewe North Junction and Exeter West) and a varied collection of standard gauge steam, diesel and electric locomotives, as well as occasional visiting locomotives. The Main Exhibition Hall features many artefacts and exhibits associated with Crewe, from its locomotive and carriage construction to its famous junction railway station. Brake Van rides are available to the public during special events.
Advanced Passenger Train
APT No.370 003/006 at Crewe Heritage Centre
Built by British Rail (BR) the 1970s and 1980s, this Class 370 Advanced Passenger Train (APT) is the only surviving APT set. Numbered 370 003/006, it is open at all times with an occasional cafe run from the original buffet car (selected days only). The APT-P museum can be found inside one of the carriages, with photographs on display from the APT project
Vernon way, Cheshire, England, UK, CW1 2DB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTJYJA - A chapel of ease known as Trinity Chapel was built on the site in 1708 to relieve pressure on the parish church of St Elphin's. It was built as an oratory by Peter Legh of Lyme Park. By the 1750s the chapel was too small for its congregation and in 1758 subscriptions were raised to build a new church, which was consecrated in 1760. The architecture is in the style of James Gibbs, but he was ill at the time the church was built and it is thought it was designed by one of Gibbs' associates. In 1862 a west clock tower was added which was designed by W. P. Coxon, the Borough Surveyor
the tower belongs to the town rather than to the church
The church is built in Georgian style. Its front is constructed in sandstone, and the rear in brick with stone dressings. The stonework at the front is rusticated. The front aspect is in four stages
at the base is a rusticated plinth, above which is a tier of windows with a Doric doorcase at the west of the front. Then comes an upper tier of windows with Ionic pilasters and at the top a cornice and a plain parapet. In the east wall is a Palladian window. The tower is in cast iron and has octagonal and square stages with a slim ogee-cap
Time Square, Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2HN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJG067 - On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST. 72 people died, including two who later died in hospital, with more than 70 others being injured and 223 people escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil-platform disaster and the worst UK residential fire since World War II.
The fire was started by an electrical fault in a refrigerator on the fourth floor. It spread rapidly up the building's exterior, bringing fire and smoke to all the residential floors. This was due to the building's new cladding and the external insulation, since the air gap between them enabled the stack effect. The fire burned for about 60 hours before finally being extinguished. More than 250 London Fire Brigade firefighters and 70 fire engines from stations across London were involved in efforts to control the fire and rescue residents. More than 100 London Ambulance Service crews on at least 20 ambulances attended the scene, joined by specialist paramedics from the Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team. The Metropolitan Police and London's Air Ambulance also assisted the rescue effort.
Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK government has announced plans to ban the type of cladding used to cover the external walls of the North Kensington high-rise. These revised building regulations are to be put into effect in December 2022.
The inquiry into the disaster concluded, in its first report in 2019, that this cladding “ polyethylene-filled aluminium composite panels, to be specific “ was responsible for the fire spreading so quickly..
Grenfell Road, Kensington and Chelsea,London,England,UK, W11 1TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJG085 - On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST. 72 people died, including two who later died in hospital, with more than 70 others being injured and 223 people escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil-platform disaster and the worst UK residential fire since World War II.
The fire was started by an electrical fault in a refrigerator on the fourth floor. It spread rapidly up the building's exterior, bringing fire and smoke to all the residential floors. This was due to the building's new cladding and the external insulation, since the air gap between them enabled the stack effect. The fire burned for about 60 hours before finally being extinguished. More than 250 London Fire Brigade firefighters and 70 fire engines from stations across London were involved in efforts to control the fire and rescue residents. More than 100 London Ambulance Service crews on at least 20 ambulances attended the scene, joined by specialist paramedics from the Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team. The Metropolitan Police and London's Air Ambulance also assisted the rescue effort.
Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK government has announced plans to ban the type of cladding used to cover the external walls of the North Kensington high-rise. These revised building regulations are to be put into effect in December 2022.
The inquiry into the disaster concluded, in its first report in 2019, that this cladding “ polyethylene-filled aluminium composite panels, to be specific “ was responsible for the fire spreading so quickly..
Grenfell Road, Kensington and Chelsea,London,England,UK, W11 1TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJG088 - On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST. 72 people died, including two who later died in hospital, with more than 70 others being injured and 223 people escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil-platform disaster and the worst UK residential fire since World War II.
The fire was started by an electrical fault in a refrigerator on the fourth floor. It spread rapidly up the building's exterior, bringing fire and smoke to all the residential floors. This was due to the building's new cladding and the external insulation, since the air gap between them enabled the stack effect. The fire burned for about 60 hours before finally being extinguished. More than 250 London Fire Brigade firefighters and 70 fire engines from stations across London were involved in efforts to control the fire and rescue residents. More than 100 London Ambulance Service crews on at least 20 ambulances attended the scene, joined by specialist paramedics from the Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team. The Metropolitan Police and London's Air Ambulance also assisted the rescue effort.
Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK government has announced plans to ban the type of cladding used to cover the external walls of the North Kensington high-rise. These revised building regulations are to be put into effect in December 2022.
The inquiry into the disaster concluded, in its first report in 2019, that this cladding “ polyethylene-filled aluminium composite panels, to be specific “ was responsible for the fire spreading so quickly..
Silchester Rd, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 4HE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJG08K - On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST. 72 people died, including two who later died in hospital, with more than 70 others being injured and 223 people escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil-platform disaster and the worst UK residential fire since World War II.
The fire was started by an electrical fault in a refrigerator on the fourth floor. It spread rapidly up the building's exterior, bringing fire and smoke to all the residential floors. This was due to the building's new cladding and the external insulation, since the air gap between them enabled the stack effect. The fire burned for about 60 hours before finally being extinguished. More than 250 London Fire Brigade firefighters and 70 fire engines from stations across London were involved in efforts to control the fire and rescue residents. More than 100 London Ambulance Service crews on at least 20 ambulances attended the scene, joined by specialist paramedics from the Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team. The Metropolitan Police and London's Air Ambulance also assisted the rescue effort.
Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK government has announced plans to ban the type of cladding used to cover the external walls of the North Kensington high-rise. These revised building regulations are to be put into effect in December 2022.
The inquiry into the disaster concluded, in its first report in 2019, that this cladding “ polyethylene-filled aluminium composite panels, to be specific “ was responsible for the fire spreading so quickly..
Grenfell Road, Kensington and Chelsea,London,England,UK, W11 1TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJG0B1 - On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST. 72 people died, including two who later died in hospital, with more than 70 others being injured and 223 people escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil-platform disaster and the worst UK residential fire since World War II.
The fire was started by an electrical fault in a refrigerator on the fourth floor. It spread rapidly up the building's exterior, bringing fire and smoke to all the residential floors. This was due to the building's new cladding and the external insulation, since the air gap between them enabled the stack effect. The fire burned for about 60 hours before finally being extinguished. More than 250 London Fire Brigade firefighters and 70 fire engines from stations across London were involved in efforts to control the fire and rescue residents. More than 100 London Ambulance Service crews on at least 20 ambulances attended the scene, joined by specialist paramedics from the Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team. The Metropolitan Police and London's Air Ambulance also assisted the rescue effort.
Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK government has announced plans to ban the type of cladding used to cover the external walls of the North Kensington high-rise. These revised building regulations are to be put into effect in December 2022.
The inquiry into the disaster concluded, in its first report in 2019, that this cladding “ polyethylene-filled aluminium composite panels, to be specific “ was responsible for the fire spreading so quickly..
Grenfell Road, Kensington and Chelsea,London,England,UK, W11 1TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJG0D4 - On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST. 72 people died, including two who later died in hospital, with more than 70 others being injured and 223 people escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil-platform disaster and the worst UK residential fire since World War II.
The fire was started by an electrical fault in a refrigerator on the fourth floor. It spread rapidly up the building's exterior, bringing fire and smoke to all the residential floors. This was due to the building's new cladding and the external insulation, since the air gap between them enabled the stack effect. The fire burned for about 60 hours before finally being extinguished. More than 250 London Fire Brigade firefighters and 70 fire engines from stations across London were involved in efforts to control the fire and rescue residents. More than 100 London Ambulance Service crews on at least 20 ambulances attended the scene, joined by specialist paramedics from the Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team. The Metropolitan Police and London's Air Ambulance also assisted the rescue effort.
Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK government has announced plans to ban the type of cladding used to cover the external walls of the North Kensington high-rise. These revised building regulations are to be put into effect in December 2022.
The inquiry into the disaster concluded, in its first report in 2019, that this cladding “ polyethylene-filled aluminium composite panels, to be specific “ was responsible for the fire spreading so quickly..
Grenfell Road, Kensington and Chelsea,London,England,UK, W11 1TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJG0D8 - On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST. 72 people died, including two who later died in hospital, with more than 70 others being injured and 223 people escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil-platform disaster and the worst UK residential fire since World War II.
The fire was started by an electrical fault in a refrigerator on the fourth floor. It spread rapidly up the building's exterior, bringing fire and smoke to all the residential floors. This was due to the building's new cladding and the external insulation, since the air gap between them enabled the stack effect. The fire burned for about 60 hours before finally being extinguished. More than 250 London Fire Brigade firefighters and 70 fire engines from stations across London were involved in efforts to control the fire and rescue residents. More than 100 London Ambulance Service crews on at least 20 ambulances attended the scene, joined by specialist paramedics from the Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team. The Metropolitan Police and London's Air Ambulance also assisted the rescue effort.
Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK government has announced plans to ban the type of cladding used to cover the external walls of the North Kensington high-rise. These revised building regulations are to be put into effect in December 2022.
The inquiry into the disaster concluded, in its first report in 2019, that this cladding “ polyethylene-filled aluminium composite panels, to be specific “ was responsible for the fire spreading so quickly..
Bramley Rd, London W10 6SZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AW6 - . This authentic period view of 3 Buck Street, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8NJ in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The principal subject is Bucks head pub - Bucksheadpub & Nemesis tattoo, 3 Buck Street, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8NJ. The subject also carries associations with community pub, canal transport, local character, towpath landscape, hospitality trade, historic narrowboat, local social venue, documentary photography, pub heritage, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, street-level dining, period detail, and industrial waterway history. From a 2025-onward perspective, waterway maintenance and volunteering are closely linked to this subject, alongside how museum collections preserve working waterway history. The wider contemporary story combines hospitality costs, changing drinking habits and how familiar pubs and restaurants shape neighbourhood identity. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around 3 Buck Street, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8NJ before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. The location also brings in waterway conservation, public realm, local history, changing streetscape, visual archive, navigation engineering, hospitality economy, and inland navigation. Elements such as tattoo, London, Nemesis, Camden, and Bucks add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at 3 Buck Street, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8NJ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of waterway maintenance and how museum collections preserve working waterway history without losing the local specificity of 3 Buck Street, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8NJ.
3 Buck Street, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8NJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AW8 - Camden Collective is a registered charity offering free hot-desking space and subsidised offices for creative start-ups in the heart of Camden Town. We take on temporary leases of empty building and bring them back to life, filling them with an ever-growing community of creative young people. We give start-ups the chance to take risks, experiment, and grow in a low-cost way.
The Collective journey started 10 years ago. Since 2009, it has occupied 18 spaces and has introduced various projects, such as: pop-up shops, free courses, accelerators, commissioning public realm projects, free events, and the Camden Create Festival. We have an evolving model, but our community of like-minded individuals are at the heart of what we do, as well as the entrepreneurs and stakeholders who help us to grow and support our next exciting stages of development.
Camden Collective is run by Camden Town Unlimited, the Business Improvement District for Camden Town. In the past, we relied on grants and raising revenue to keep up our activities. Now we're fully self-sufficient, with income from lockable offices paying for free hot-desking, running costs of the project, and any renovations needed to maintain our hub, or create new ones
Camden Collective is just one of Camden Town Unlimited's forward-thinking projects. We're the same team that's behind the Camden Highline
a project transforming the disused railway between Camden Town and King's Cross, and Euston Town
a business improvement district with a focus on air quality, transport and identity. We're also the co-founders of Alternative Camden
a new type of innovation district for Camden.
5-7 Buck St, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8NJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M107G5 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Regents Park, North London, England, UK, NW1 in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents Pink ,Mr Whippy Ice cream Van, 99 Flakes , cold drinks, , Italian Style freshly made in Regents Park, North London, England, UK, NW1. The setting additionally reflects metropolitan identity, documentary photography, local character, social history, London visitor economy, capital-city heritage, community identity, changing streetscape, place identity, local history, everyday life, regional identity, iconic London transport, and heritage tourism. The modern context includes continuing discussion of housing pressure, visitor economy and the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at Regents Park, North London, England, UK, NW1 may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. The subject also sits alongside urban tourism, visual archive, capital landmark imagery, archival record, historic London streetscape, before-and-after reference, Thames city view, and changing land use. References to freshly, Italian, Flakes, Style, and Regents give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Regents Park, North London, England, UK, NW1 may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes housing pressure and the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism in a form that can be compared with future views of Regents Park, North London, England, UK, NW1. The photograph keeps period character within the wider story of Regents Park, North London, England, UK, NW1. Image 2M107G5 also remains a dated record of Regents Park, North London, England, UK, NW1.
Regents Park, North London, England, UK, NW1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DTMKCD - . An on-location photograph from Northern England, UK in 2020, 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 North West Bottled Beers,Cheshire Gold, Moorhouses White Witch, JW Lees,Moonraker,England,UK. The surrounding context encompasses licensed hospitality, night-time economy, food tourism, public realm, social history, food-and-drink business, everyday life, local character, community identity, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, commercial hospitality, changing streetscape, and local dining scene. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into food inflation and commercial rents, not least because of the role of restaurants and bars in visitor-led regeneration. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within Northern England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. The wider setting retains connections with hospitality trade, hospitality venue, visual archive, restaurant culture, contemporary social history, documentary photography, independent food retail, and regional identity. Details involving Bottled, White, Beers, Moonraker, and Witch make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Northern England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene further reflects food inflation and the role of restaurants and bars in visitor-led regeneration within the specific setting of Northern England, UK. Its period value extends to food inflation and the role of restaurants and bars in visitor-led regeneration as part of the longer story of Northern England, UK. The scene captures a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
Northern England, UK
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Keywords: Republic of Ireland,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,clock,pub,bar,Mayes pub,18,N,north,D01 T3V8,Mayes Time,MayesTime,side,outside,exterior,advert,advertising,Guinness,pubs,bars,history,historic,time,birds,fun,funny,flag,flags,junction,traffic light,lights,North Rotunda,St Patricks Day
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84JF5 - . This dated editorial view of 8 Parnell Square N, Rotunda, Dublin, Eire, D01 T3V8, Ireland in 2019 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The defining feature is Mayes pub, Mayes Time, 18 Parnell Square N, Rotunda, Dublin, D01 T3V8. The locality and subject together evoke licensed trade, night-time economy, everyday life, visitor hospitality, historic streetscape, community identity, licensed hospitality, visual archive, documentary photography, architectural character, built heritage, beer-led hospitality, heritage landmark, and traditional pub. The wider contemporary story combines food inflation, tourism and pressure on hospitality margins in a high-cost economy. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with planning control, tourism and the balance between conservation and modern commercial use. The image fixes landscape treatment and surrounding development within 8 Parnell Square N, Rotunda, Dublin, Eire, D01 T3V8, Ireland at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include period detail, traditional materials, place identity, historic townscape, pub interior heritage, local history, historic hostelry, and conservation interest. The recorded references to Rotunda, Parnell, Dublin, Mayes, and Square preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at 8 Parnell Square N, Rotunda, Dublin, Eire, D01 T3V8, Ireland matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate food inflation and pressure on hospitality margins in a high-cost economy within the real-world context of 8 Parnell Square N, Rotunda, Dublin, Eire, D01 T3V8, Ireland. The image fixes a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
8 Parnell Square N, Rotunda, Dublin, Eire, D01 T3V8, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6TA - Euston is a London Underground station served by the Victoria line and both central branches of the Northern line. It directly connects with Euston main line station above it. The station is in Travelcard Zone 1.
Euston was constructed as two separate underground stations. Three of the four Northern line platforms date from the station's opening in 1907. The fourth Northern line platform and the two Victoria line platforms were constructed in the 1960s when the station was significantly altered to accommodate the Victoria line. Plans for High Speed 2 and Crossrail 2 both include proposals to modify the station to provide interchanges with the new services.
On the Northern line's Bank branch the station is between Camden Town and King's Cross St Pancras. On the Charing Cross branch it is between Mornington Crescent and Warren Street. On the Victoria line it is between Warren Street and King's Cross St. Pancras. The station is near Euston Square station allowing connections at street level to the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines.
Euston Road, Camden, London, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Services,Motorway,M5,north,south,family run,unique,quality food,butchery,butchers,slow food,local food,small carbon footprint,homemade dishes,homemade,Proper food,at the Motorway Services,John & Barbara Dunning,John and Barbara Dunning,café,cafe,farm,John Dunning,Tebay,Gloucestershire Gateway Trust,Mark Gale,food business,unique produce,loaf,loaves,Artisan Bread,bread,breads,Artisan,Vegan,Wholemeal
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWEP - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Brookthorpe Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 0DN in 2018, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents Artisan Bread, M5 Gloucester Farm Shop Motorway Service area, Gloucestershire, England, UK. Further facets of the scene include local character, social history, public realm, retail property, commercial streetscape, everyday life, street-level business, changing land use, customer footfall, bricks-and-mortar retail, regional identity, changing streetscape, local trading, and historical comparison. The modern context includes continuing discussion of online shopping, business rates and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at Brookthorpe Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 0DN, details that may look very different after conservation work. The surrounding story also includes high-street commerce, specialist retailer, visual archive, local history, period detail, community identity, before-and-after reference, and archival record. The combination of Gloucestershire, Artisan, Bread, Motorway, and Service anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Brookthorpe Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 0DN may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for online shopping and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding in a form that can be compared with future views of Brookthorpe Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 0DN. Another useful connection is commercial rents and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of Brookthorpe Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 0DN.
Brookthorpe Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 0DN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Services,Motorway,M5,north,south,family run,unique,quality food,butchery,butchers,slow food,local food,small carbon footprint,homemade dishes,homemade,Proper food,at the Motorway Services,John & Barbara Dunning,John and Barbara Dunning,café,cafe,farm,John Dunning,Tebay,Gloucestershire Gateway Trust,Mark Gale,food business,unique produce,deserts,cake,cakes,giant teacakes,teacakes,expensive,interesting,unusual
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWGH - . This scene at Brookthorpe Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 0DN in 2018 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 main point of reference is Giant Teacakes, M5 Gloucester Farm Shop Motorway Service area, Gloucestershire, England, UK. The wider scene also brings together local enterprise, historical comparison, archival record, shopfront economy, commercial streetscape, specialist retailer, place identity, community identity, changing streetscape, period detail, visual archive, public realm, regional identity, and local trading. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into independent business and business rates, not least because of the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres. As a dated visual record of Brookthorpe Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 0DN, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are everyday life, local character, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, commercial frontage, high-street commerce, independent retail, and bricks-and-mortar retail. Details involving Motorway, Service, Giant, Teacakes, and Gloucester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Brookthorpe Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 0DN 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 independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding as part of the longer story of Brookthorpe Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 0DN. The scene captures a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison for later comparison.
Brookthorpe Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 0DN
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Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,train,sunset,platform,Lanarkshire,passenger,tilting,British Rail,West Coast Mainline,Fiat Ferroviaria,Maintained,transport,delay,strike,RMT Union,subsidy,union,RMT,integrated public transport,public transport,Alstom Manchester Train Depot,West Coast Main Line,WCML,BR,dramatic,GB,UK,passengers,evening,town,north,sunrise,arrives,arriving,city,rail,Channel tunnel,services,service
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM9A1H - . This authentic period view of 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK in 2018 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The principal subject is Virgin Pendolino arrives at Motherwell Railway Station, North Lanarkshire, Scotland in the evening, UK. The subject also carries associations with local character, everyday life, community identity, bus infrastructure, surface public transport, social history, roadside stop, before-and-after reference, archival record, regional identity, local bus network, changing streetscape, public transport information, and visual archive. From a 2025-onward perspective, local connectivity and rural transport are closely linked to this subject, alongside how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. As a dated visual record of 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if conservation work subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside public realm, local mobility, changing land use, contemporary social history, period detail, historical comparison, transport accessibility, and roadside transit. The combination of Motherwell, Station, Virgin, arrives, and Pendolino anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is local connectivity and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare within the specific setting of 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK. The setting also helps illustrate accessibility and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport as part of the longer story of 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK.
78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK
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Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,train,arrives,arriving,rail,sunset,sunrise,at,city,platform,town,north,evening,UK,GB,passenger,passengers,dramatic,tilting,tilting train,BR,British Rail,EMU,WCML,West Coast Mainline,West Coast Main Line,Fiat Ferroviaria,Alstom Manchester Train Depot,Maintained,transport,integrated public transport,public transport,subsidy,union,RMT,delay,Channel tunnel,services,service
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM9A1M - . Recorded at 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK in 2018, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The principal subject is Virgin Pendolino arrives at Motherwell Railway Station, North Lanarkshire, Scotland at dusk, UK. The subject also carries associations with before-and-after reference, roadside stop, changing land use, local history, place identity, public transport information, roadside transit, surface public transport, local bus network, archival record, visual archive, documentary photography, transport accessibility, and local character. The wider contemporary story combines reliability, bus service funding and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK before changed technology alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects everyday life, public realm, period detail, bus route infrastructure, regional identity, social history, historical comparison, and local mobility. The recorded references to arrives, Motherwell, Scotland, Railway, and Lanarkshire preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes reliability and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport in a form that can be compared with future views of 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK. Another strand within the photograph is rural transport and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport within the real-world context of 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK.
78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK
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Keywords: sun,set,in,scenic,trans-pennine,trail,transpennine,trail,reflection,WBC,cloud,sky,morning,lock,locks,London and North Western Railway,Latchford,Locks,Latchford,Lock,Latchford Village,Stockport,North,western,railway,disused,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGC82T - Latchford is a suburb and electoral ward of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is around one mile south-east of Warrington town centre and has a total resident population of 7,856.
Latchford is a predominantly residential area, Latchford lies between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, and broadly consists of 19th century terraced housing and some open space. The canal is crossed here by a swing bridge, a high level road bridge and the now disused Latchford railway viaduct.
Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Læccford = Boggy-stream ford.
Latchford Village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: country,countryside,travel,tourism,tourist,walk,walking,cycle,track,trees,leisure.beautiful,still,reflections,Cheshire,England,UK,path,tow,towpath,NW,north,west,Halton,narrow,boat,narrowboat,leisure,reflection,holiday,green,Cycle Track,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Runcorn Canal,Runcorn Bridgewater Canal,Bridgewater Canal Halton
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FJ8B - The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh.
The canal is connected to the Manchester Ship Canal via a lock at Cornbrook
to the Rochdale Canal in Manchester
to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston Brook, southeast of Runcorn
and to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Leigh. It once connected with the River Mersey at Runcorn but has since been cut off by a slip road to the Silver Jubilee Bridge.
Often considered to be the first true canal in England, it required the construction of an aqueduct to cross the River Irwell, one of the first of its kind. Its success helped inspire a period of intense canal building in Britain, known as canal mania. It later faced intense competition from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Macclesfield Canal. Navigable throughout its history, it is one of the few canals in Britain not to have been nationalised, and remains privately owned. Pleasure craft now use the canal which forms part of the Cheshire Ring network of canals.
Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: country,countryside,travel,tourism,tourist,walk,walking,cycle,track,trees,leisure.beautiful,still,reflections,Cheshire,England,UK,path,tow,towpath,NW,north,west,Halton,wide,pano,panorama,sailing,boathire,boat,hire,leisure,holiday,holidays,green,Cycle Track,Narrowboat Hire,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Runcorn Canal,Runcorn Bridgewater Canal,Bridgewater Canal Halton
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FJ8M - The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh.
The canal is connected to the Manchester Ship Canal via a lock at Cornbrook
to the Rochdale Canal in Manchester
to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston Brook, southeast of Runcorn
and to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Leigh. It once connected with the River Mersey at Runcorn but has since been cut off by a slip road to the Silver Jubilee Bridge.
Often considered to be the first true canal in England, it required the construction of an aqueduct to cross the River Irwell, one of the first of its kind. Its success helped inspire a period of intense canal building in Britain, known as canal mania. It later faced intense competition from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Macclesfield Canal. Navigable throughout its history, it is one of the few canals in Britain not to have been nationalised, and remains privately owned. Pleasure craft now use the canal which forms part of the Cheshire Ring network of canals.
Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: country,countryside,travel,tourism,tourist,walk,walking,cycle,track,trees,leisure.beautiful,still,reflections,Cheshire,England,UK,path,tow,towpath,NW,north,west,Halton,velo,cyclists,cycling,bikes,biking,old,older,retired,man,woman,Cycle Track,cycling down canal,cycling down the canal,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,problem,with,problem with,issue with,pensioner,pensioner,active,OAP,OAPs,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,cycling down the Bridgewater canal,Runcorn Canal,Runcorn Bridgewater Canal,Bridgewater Canal Halton
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FJBT - The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh.
The canal is connected to the Manchester Ship Canal via a lock at Cornbrook
to the Rochdale Canal in Manchester
to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston Brook, southeast of Runcorn
and to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Leigh. It once connected with the River Mersey at Runcorn but has since been cut off by a slip road to the Silver Jubilee Bridge.
Often considered to be the first true canal in England, it required the construction of an aqueduct to cross the River Irwell, one of the first of its kind. Its success helped inspire a period of intense canal building in Britain, known as canal mania. It later faced intense competition from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Macclesfield Canal. Navigable throughout its history, it is one of the few canals in Britain not to have been nationalised, and remains privately owned. Pleasure craft now use the canal which forms part of the Cheshire Ring network of canals.
Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: country,countryside,travel,tourism,tourist,walk,walking,cycle,track,trees,leisure.beautiful,still,reflections,Cheshire,England,UK,path,tow,towpath,NW,north,west,Halton,marina,boats,barges,narrowboat,peaceful,tranquil,Cycle Track,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Runcorn Canal,Runcorn Bridgewater Canal,Bridgewater Canal Halton
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FJDE - The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh.
The canal is connected to the Manchester Ship Canal via a lock at Cornbrook
to the Rochdale Canal in Manchester
to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston Brook, southeast of Runcorn
and to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Leigh. It once connected with the River Mersey at Runcorn but has since been cut off by a slip road to the Silver Jubilee Bridge.
Often considered to be the first true canal in England, it required the construction of an aqueduct to cross the River Irwell, one of the first of its kind. Its success helped inspire a period of intense canal building in Britain, known as canal mania. It later faced intense competition from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Macclesfield Canal. Navigable throughout its history, it is one of the few canals in Britain not to have been nationalised, and remains privately owned. Pleasure craft now use the canal which forms part of the Cheshire Ring network of canals.
Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Candle,beer,ales,beers,bar,bars,UK,united,Kingdom,GB,Great,Britain,tourist,city,cities,English,glass,glasses,on,a,table,pint,pot,pintpot,tourism,NW,Northwest,North,west,City Centre,City,Centre,@hotpixUK,North West,GoTonySmith,burn,burning,CH1,centre,Chester
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW4EY - . Planning drinks around the Chester Ale trail, Cheshire, England UK, CH1. Photographed at Chester, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 13 December 2014. The image metadata records 1 person in the frame. 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 Planning the Chester Ale trail, Cheshire, ale, trail, map, pub, pubs, glass, half full and Candle, 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.
Chester, England, UK
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Keywords: centre,Cheshire,England,UK,GB,British,celebration,WA1,inside,old,marketplace,golden,square,GS,GoldenSquare,WBC,Borough,Council,popular,tourist,shop,stall,stalls,attraction,sq,square,traditional,Christmas,Gotonysmith attractions oldmarketplace germans twinned Crepes,gourmet,burgers,sausages,sweets,chocolate,carvery,sandwiches,and,wash,it,all,down,with,a,glass,of,mulled,wine,hot punch,c,der,or,a,pint,beer,You,can,also,pick,up,some,unique,gifts,including,personalised,decorations,candles,jigsaw,and,moneyboxes,2015,2016,2017,tourist,event,events,north,west,northwest
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EC2T30 - Something extra special in Warrington's Golden Square. A traditional market to get the ultimate Christmas fix.
Just of the few of the delicacy's available, include: Crepes, gourmet burgers, German sausages, sweets, chocolate, carvery sandwiches and wash it all down with a glass of mulled wine, hot punch, cider or a pint of German beer.
You can also pick up some unique Christmas gifts including personalised decorations, candles, jigsaw and moneyboxes.
Old Marketplace, Golden square, Warrington, England, GB
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Keywords: centre,Cheshire,England,UK,GB,British,celebration,celebrating,WA1,inside,old,marketplace,golden,square,WBC,Borough,Council,popular,tourist,shop,shopping,stall,stalls,attraction,sq,square,traditional,Christmas,Gotonysmith attractions oldmarketplace germans twinned Crepes,gourmet,burgers,sausages,sweets,chocolate,carvery,sandwiches,and,wash,it,all,down,with,a,glass,of,mulled,wine,hot punch,c,der,or,a,pint,beer,You,can,also,pick,up,some,unique,gifts,including,personalised,decorations,candles,jigsaw,and,moneyboxes,2015,2016,2017,tourist,event,events,north,west,northwest
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EC2T33 - Something extra special in Warrington's Golden Square. A traditional market to get the ultimate Christmas fix.
Just of the few of the delicacy's available, include: Crepes, gourmet burgers, German sausages, sweets, chocolate, carvery sandwiches and wash it all down with a glass of mulled wine, hot punch, cider or a pint of German beer.
You can also pick up some unique Christmas gifts including personalised decorations, candles, jigsaw and moneyboxes.
Old Marketplace, Golden square, Warrington, England, GB
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Keywords: centre,Cheshire,England,UK,GB,British,celebration,celebrating,WA1,inside,old,marketplace,GS,GoldenSquare,WBC,Borough,Council,popular,tourist,shop,shopping,stall,stalls,attraction,sq,square,traditional,Christmas,Gotonysmith attractions oldmarketplace germans twinned Crepes,gourmet,burgers,sausages,sweets,chocolate,carvery,sandwiches,and,wash,it,all,down,with,a,glass,of,mulled,wine,hot punch,c,der,or,a,pint,beer,You,can,also,pick,up,some,unique,gifts,including,personalised,decorations,candles,jigsaw,and,moneyboxes,2015,2016,2017,tourist,event,events,north,west,northwest
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EC2T34 - Something extra special in Warrington's Golden Square. A traditional market to get the ultimate Christmas fix.
Just of the few of the delicacy's available, include: Crepes, gourmet burgers, German sausages, sweets, chocolate, carvery sandwiches and wash it all down with a glass of mulled wine, hot punch, cider or a pint of German beer.
You can also pick up some unique Christmas gifts including personalised decorations, candles, jigsaw and moneyboxes.
Old Marketplace, Golden square, Warrington, England, GB
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Keywords: animal,light,lights,old,market,old market,old marketplace,dusk,retail,shopping,shoppers,Xmas,Christmas Decorations in,Golden Square Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,North west powerhouse,GoTonysmith,North,west,powerhouse,reindeers,place,town,centre,December,Dec,Warringtonians,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,event,events
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EC2T38 - . Christmas Decorations in Golden Square Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. Photographed at Golden Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 22 November 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Christmas, Decorations, Golden, Square, Warrington, Golden Square, Reindeer, evening, marketplace and animal, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Golden Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Northumbria,England,UK,NE,North,east,Northeast,English,seaside,rope,Seahouse,maritime,shoreline,shore,line,&,life,buoy,lifebuoy,belt,lifebelt,save,lives,rescue,safety,safe,sound,water,rescue,equipment,circle,reflective,tape,lying,on,a,boat,vessel,Foam,filled.,Solas,approved,Gotonysmith sited by Docks,Harbour Walls,tidal ways,Sewage,works,etc.,where,the,buoy,is,lowered,down,to,the,casualty.,Also,for,Commercial,shipping,ship,boat,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5X - . Red and white lifering at Seahouses port docks Northumbria , England UK. Photographed at Seahouses, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 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 Red, white, lifering, Seahouses, port, docks, Northumbria, Northeast, seaside and rope, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject is relevant to industry, manufacturing, engineering, infrastructure, employment and the physical sites that support production and utilities. It can illustrate editorial coverage of factories, warehouses, industrial heritage, construction, logistics, investment, redevelopment, energy, engineering and the changing economic use of land. Machinery, structures, signage, yards, plant and surrounding buildings provide documentary evidence of a working or former industrial environment rather than an abstract business concept. The dated photograph also has archive value for future comparison as industrial sites are modernised, repurposed, demolished or incorporated into regeneration schemes. Search themes include industry, manufacturing, engineering, factories, warehouses, infrastructure, employment, logistics, industrial heritage and redevelopment. The view has particular archive value where working sites, plant or industrial buildings are later modernised, repurposed or demolished. 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.
Seahouses, England, UK
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Keywords: the,Uni,University,NW,Northwest,North,west,Music,12/10/2013,stage,playing,fender,guitar,England,UK,2013,12-10-2013,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Gotonysmith Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher,31 October 1963) is an English musician,singer,and,songwriter.,He,was,co-songwriter,""“,with,Morrissey,""“,and,guitarist,of,The,Smiths,between,1982""“87.,Marr,has,also,been,a,member,of,Electronic,The The,Modest Mouse and The Cribs,as well as a prolific session musician. In 2013,he,released,a,solo,album,titled,The,Messenger,(2013).,In,2013,the NME honoured Marr with its Godlike Genius award,hailing Marr as,He,was,voted,the,fourth,best,guitarist,of,the,last,30,years,in,a,poll,conducted,by,the,BBC,in,2010.,Phil,Alexander,Editor-in-Chief of Mojo,has descr,not,content,with,rewriting,the,history,of,music,with,one,of,the,worlds,greatest,ever,bands,,The,Smiths,,hes,continued,to,push,boundaries,and,evolve,throughout,his,career,,working,with,some,of,the,best,and,most,exciting,artists,on,the,planet.
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8A5 - Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher
31 October 1963) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was co-songwriter “ with Morrissey “ and guitarist of The Smiths between 1982“87. Marr has also been a member of Electronic, The The, Modest Mouse and The Cribs, as well as a prolific session musician. In 2013, he released a solo album titled The Messenger (2013).
In 2013, the NME honoured Marr with its Godlike Genius award, hailing Marr as not content with rewriting the history of music with one of the world's greatest ever bands, The Smiths, he's continued to push boundaries and evolve throughout his career, working with some of the best and most exciting artists on the planet. He was voted the fourth best guitarist of the last 30 years in a poll conducted by the BBC in 2010. Phil Alexander, Editor-in-Chief of Mojo, has described Marr as arguably Britain's last great guitar stylist
Manchester Academy, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6N2C - . Wide angle shot of Bridgewater Hall & 101 Barbirolli Square Manchester, England UK with canal basin reflections. Photographed at Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP 101 Barbirolli Square Lower Mosley Street Manchester, England M2 3PW. The photograph was taken on 24 September 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 Bridgewater, Hall, 101, Barbirolli, Square, Manchester, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Lower and Mosley, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP 101 Barbirolli Square Lower Mosley Street Manchester, England M2 3PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6N2N - . Wide angle shot of Bridgewater Hall & 101 Barbirolli Square Manchester, England UK. Photographed at Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP 101 Barbirolli Square Lower Mosley Street Manchester, England M2 3PW. The photograph was taken on 24 September 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 Bridgewater, Hall, 101, Barbirolli, Square, Manchester, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Lower and Mosley, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP 101 Barbirolli Square Lower Mosley Street Manchester, England M2 3PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDW523 - Warrington, Cheshire, UK. 7th September 2013. Warrington Wolves Wolfie aded to the fun at the successful LGBT pride event in the town centre. He brought some rugby fun to this annual event, attended by the 130th mayor of Warrington (Cllr Peter Carey). © Tony Smith/Alamy Live News
Palmyra Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA11JQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKRH - The Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
At the time of its construction the Albert Dock was considered a revolutionary docking system because ships were loaded and unloaded directly from/to the warehouses. Two years after it opened it was modified to feature the world's first hydraulic cranes. Due to its open yet secure design, the Albert Dock became a popular store for valuable cargoes such as brandy, cotton, tea, silk, tobacco, ivory and sugar. However, despite the Albert Dock's advanced design, the rapid development of shipping technology meant that within 50 years, larger, more open docks were required, although it remained a valuable store for cargo.
During the Second World War, the Albert Dock was requisitioned by the Admiralty serving as a base for boats of the British Atlantic Fleet. The complex was damaged during air raids on Liverpool, notably during the May Blitz of 1941. In the aftermath of the war, the financial problems of the owners and the general decline of docking in the city meant that the future of the Albert Dock was uncertain. Numerous plans were developed for the re-use of the buildings but none came to fruition and in 1972 the dock was finally closed. Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1984.
Today the Albert Dock is a major tourist attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside of London. It is a vital component of Liverpool's UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City and the docking complex and warehouses also com
Albert Dock Liverpool , Merseyside , England , UK ,L3 4AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED4F2 - Haggis is a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck
minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal's stomach and simmered for approximately three hours.
Sometimes haggis is sold in tins (as in here), or a container which can simply be microwaved or oven-baked. Some supermarket haggis is largely made from pig, rather than sheep, offal.
Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE779 - . Craft beer Tap sign at Euston Station London. Photographed on 10 August 2013. The recorded location is Euston Railway Station, Euston, London, England UK NW1 2BT. Euston Tap in the LNWR Portland stone entrance lodge, Euston Station London. Euston was London's first inter-city railway terminus, opening in 1837 as the southern end of the London and Birmingham Railway. The famous Doric Euston Arch and the Victorian station were demolished during the controversial 1960s rebuilding, making the present complex itself part of a long-running debate about railway architecture and planning. In 2026 Euston remains central to plans for HS2 and wider station redevelopment, so photographs of earlier concourses and shops are useful records of a site facing further major change. As background, britain's railways reshaped towns, industry and passenger travel from the nineteenth century onwards, creating a dense network of stations, goods yards, signalling infrastructure and long-distance routes
Surviving buildings, signs and operating equipment now document both railway heritage and continuing public transport. From a heritage perspective, beer production links malt, hops, yeast and water with specialist equipment and cellar practice
Images of brewing vessels, casks and handpumps can illustrate both manufacturing and the pub trade that brings cask ale to the customer. The wider historical story is that pub buildings and signs offer 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 changing high streets, nightlife, real ale, cask beer and the survival or reuse of historic premises. Against the 2026 backdrop, rail policy is especially topical: the Railways Bill is progressing through Parliament and is intended to establish Great British Railways as the publicly owned directing mind for track, stations, timetables and passenger services
Older branded trains.
Euston Railway Station, Euston, London, England UK NW1 2BT
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8193507110 - 'Its nearly the end of autumn, barely 25% of the year left.
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It is a square number, being 5\u00b2 = 5 \u00d7 5. It is the smallest square that is also a sum of two (non-zero) squares: 25 = 3\u00b2 + 4\u00b2. Hence it often appears in illustrations of the Pythagorean theorem.
Twenty Five is the atomic number of manganese. Silver marks a 25 year anniversary.
'25 boy' (read as 'two-five boy'), in Cantonese Chinese, is a slang term meaning 'traitor' as used in the Chinese movie Over the Edge.
A Pony is British slang for \u00a325.
A track from the 25 compilation can be played here.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H2TF8W - This documentary stock photograph shows River Thames Panorama, London, England with stunning sky. The image is centred on St Paul's Cathedral, giving it strong editorial value for stories about London, architecture, tourism, heritage, public realm, night photography and the way the capital presents itself beside the River Thames. The caption and visible treatment indicate wide composition, so the photograph can be used as a real city scene rather than a generic skyline. The wider context includes Sir Christopher Wren's cathedral, City of London identity, baroque architecture, wartime memory and the ceremonial heart of the capital. These are subjects with broad stock-photo demand because they connect recognisable landmarks with themes of history, culture, faith, finance, theatre, regeneration, transport, walking routes and visitor spending. The image can support articles about City of London working life, South Bank tourism, Bankside leisure, London at dusk, cathedral heritage, riverside views, public spaces, cultural venues, urban planning, commercial property and the continuing pull of landmark architecture in news and travel publishing. For SEO and Alamy search, useful composite phrases include London dusk skyline, St Pauls Cathedral evening view, River Thames panorama, Bankside cultural quarter, Shakespeare Globe Theatre exterior, Millennium Bridge London, City of London landmark and Southwark riverside tourism. If the image is black and white, the monochrome style adds a more timeless, architectural feel
if it is in colour, the low-light sky and urban illumination add atmosphere and practical editorial appeal. Its value lies in combining a recognisable subject with a specific viewpoint and mood, suitable for guidebooks, blogs, newspapers, magazines, education, heritage, planning, religion, theatre, travel and city-break content.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5763278682 - 'Yes you say, I've had a day like that!
This lady does it every day and has to get it just right every time!
Oh and you may need this link too - www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3qQE1rTMbI (still wearing well after 40 years, better turn up those speakers).
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5187472619 - 'Arts For Arts sake - '10cc' - Play this track here.
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'Art for Art's Sake' is a single from the 'How dare You!' album, by the British Pop/Rock band 10cc. It was released in 1975. The band were Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. They were all played multiple instruments and most of the band's albums were recorded at their own Strawberry Studios (North) in Stockport, England. I used to work about 2 minutes walk away from it. Eric Stewart engineered most releases.
Most of the band were from Manchester and grew up together as kids. They were originally rejected by The Beatles Apple label. Jonathan King signed the band to his UK Records label in July 1972 and dubbed them 10cc. By his own account, King chose the name after having a dream in which he was standing in front of the Hammersmith Odeon in London where the boarding read '10cc The Best Band in the World'.
A widely repeated claim, disputed by King and Godley, but confirmed in a 1988 interview by Creme, and also on the webpage of Gouldman's current lineup, is that the band name represented a volume of semen that was more than the average amount ejaculated by men, thus emphasising their potency or prowess.
The band had a canon of hits in teh mid 1970's. In February 1975 the band announced they had signed with Mercury Records for US$1 million. The catalyst for the deal was one song \u2013 'I'm Not in Love'.
A compilation album 'Changing Faces - The Very Best of 10cc and Godley &
Creme' is a good intro to the band.
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The Lowry is a combined theatre and gallery complex situated in Salford Quays, in Salford, England. It is named after the early 20th century painter, L. S. Lowry, known for this paintings of industrial scenes in North West England.
Designed by Michael Wilford and Buro Happold, (Wayfinding System and 'Artworks at the Lowry Gallery' by Reich + Petch) the building was completed in 1999 costing \u00a3120 million.
Funding was helped by \u00a321m of National Lottery grant. The aerofoil canopy at the entrance is clad with perforated steel and illuminated from the inside at night. It was officially opened on 12 October 2000 by Queen Elizabeth II.
When I was a lad the dock complex at the Pomona Salford Docks was very run down and a good place to be picked off by a .22 air rifle pellet. Today the showcase Lowry has been joined by The Imperial War Museum North a shopping complex and MediaCityUK. This is a 200 acre complex, whose The main tenant upon initial completion will be the BBC at its new 12,500m\u00b2 BBC Centre.
When completed, the development will have an unusual feature in that the streets will not bear any names, but will instead be identified by colours alone. The address of the BBC will, for example, be 'Blue'. The BBC have a long history in the city, BBC's very first regional TV studio was also in Manchester \u2013 Studio A at Dickenson Road \u2013 which it had bought from Mancunian Films in 1954. A place where Top of The Pops was originally filmed.
BBC North West will relocate to the site from its current premises in Oxford Road, Manchester.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4921444378 - 'The Bottle - 'Gil Scott-Heron' - Play this track here.
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'The Bottle' is a song by American soul artist Gil Scott-Heron and musician Brian Jackson, released in 1974 on Strata-East Records in the United States.
The song was issued as the first and only single for Scott-Heron's and Jackson's album Winter in America (1974). It became an underground and cult hit upon its release, and the single peaked at number 15 on the R&
B Singles Chart. Cited by music critics as the album's best recording, the commercial success of 'The Bottle' helped lead to Jackson's and Scott-Heron's next recording contract with Arista Records. Similar to other compositions by Scott-Heron, the song has been sampled extensively by hip hop artists.
If GSH is new to you, checkout the compilation disk 'The Best Of Gil Scott-Heron' and discover one of souls secrets.
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The Liverpool Cains brewery was founded by Irish immigrant Robert Cain in 1858 when he was able to buy an established brewery. Cain had begun his brewing career aged 24 when he purchased a pub and brewed his own ales.
Within 25 years of founding his brewery, Cain had established 200 pubs, including The Philharmonic Dining Rooms, The Vines and the Central Commercial Hotel, which are currently listed as being of architectural merit. His personal mansion had each window arch inscribed with his monogram. In 1887 construction began on a second brewery.
In 1921, 14 years after Cain's death, the Cains brewery merged with Walkers of Warrington becoming Walker Cains. Then in 1923 the original Stanhope Street Brewery was sold to Higsons, who continued to brew Cains ales.
In 1985, Higsons was bought by Boddingtons of Manchester. Five years later Boddingtons opted to concentrate on pub ownership and sold all its breweries to Whitbread, at which point the Stanhope Street site was closed.
Since that time, the site has been re-opened by Danes, rescued by the Asian Dusanj brothers and neared administration again. Today it still brews a nice range of real ales and lager. The Brewery Tap (or The Grapes Inn as was), pictured here is an interesting place for a few pints of Cains or Cains. It is about a 15min walk from Liverpool Lime street.
Cains was the official beer of Liverpool's 2008 European Capital of Culture celebrations. For a full story of the Cains history checkout 'Chris Routledge's fine tome 'The Story of Liverpool in a Pint'.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4639706870 - 'This fallow deer buck had just been disturbed from grazing at Dunham Massey. Only the males have antlers. A significant number of the fallow in the Forest of Dean and in Epping Forest are of the black variety, very unlike this one, the general norm. One particularly interesting population is that based in the Mortimer Forest on the English/Welsh border where a significant part of the population have long hair with distinct ear tufts and longer body hair.
Dunham Park covers an area of nearly 193 acres. It's part of the Dunham Park Estate, run by the National Trust (NT). The park is mostly \u201cpasture-woodland or park-woodland\u201d and has been since the Middle Ages.
Many of the oak trees, which make up the larger part of the woodland, date back to the 17th century. Dunham Park is the only place in the northwest of England with such a concentration of old trees, and one of only a few remaining in England, making it a site of national importance. The park supports a range of animals, including fallow deer like this one and over 500 species of insect.
Dunham Massey has many grade II listed buildings. Among the most striking is the 18th century sandstone obelisk at the end of the north vista from Dunham Massey Hall, close to where this image was taken. Tradition has it that it marks the burial site of a race horse.
There are a number of other listed structures close by in the grounds of Dunham Massey Hall, including the 1720 wellhouse that supplied water to the hall until the 1860s, and the early 18th century ornamental sundial in front of the hall, depicting a black slave clad in leaves, carrying the sundial above his head. A bit of a throwback to a less enlightened age.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4541249685 - 'The A1 is 409 miles long and the longest numbered road in the UK. It links Edinburgh near Waverley Station in Scotland and London at St. Paul's Cathedral in England. It passes through and near Hatfield, Stevenage, Letchworth, Peterborough, Grantham, Leeds, York, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed.
For much of its path it follows the Great North Road. Several sections of the route are classified as motorway. The modern course of this ancient route diverges where it passes through a town or village that has been bypassed, or where new motorway takes a more direct route. Between the M25 (near London) and A696 (near Newcastle upon Tyne) the road is part of the unsigned Euroroute E15 from Inverness to Algeciras.
The great North Road coaching route used by mail coaches between London, York and Edinburgh. The many inns on the road, many of which still survive, were staging posts on the coach routes, providing accommodation, stabling for the horses and replacement mounts. However, virtually none of the surviving coaching inns can be seen while driving on the A1, because the modern route now bypasses the towns in which the inns are to be found.
At Alconbury, the Great North Road joined the Old North Road, an older route from London which follows the Roman Ermine Street. Here a milestone records mileages to London via both routes: 65 by the Old North Road and 68 by the Great North Road. The journey has a number of food references. From Alconbury the Great North Road follows the line of Ermine Street north, through Stilton and Stamford as far as Colsterworth (at the A151 junction). Inns on this section include the George at Stamford and the Bell Inn at Stilton, the original sellers of Stilton cheese.
Scotch Corner, in North Yorkshire, marks the point where the traffic for Glasgow and the west of Scotland divides from that for Edinburgh, as it has for hundreds of years before motor traffic. As well as a hotel there have been a variety of homes for the transport caf\u00e9, now a sad motorway services.
The Winchelsea Arms was an inn on a long straight section of the Great North Road near Stretton which was reputed to be a haunt of Dick Turpin. It is now called the Ram Jam ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMLnDuzgkjo ) Inn after a story from those coaching days. A coach passenger undertook to show the landlady the secret of drawing both mild and bitter beer from the same barrel. Two holes were made and she was left with one thumb rammed against one and the other jammed into the other. The trickster then made off.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF13BM - . A Question of Etiquette band - AQOE Matty Awbery, Winnington Rec 26-03-2010. Photographed on 26 March 2010. The recorded location is Park Rd, Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 4EB. In the longer view, live music leaves a material trail through venues, tickets, posters, recording equipment and the buildings associated with bands and labels
These apparently everyday objects become cultural-history evidence as scenes, technologies and venues change or disappear. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that the economics of live music remain under scrutiny as independent venues face costs while audiences increasingly discover and consume music digitally
Historic tickets, venue exteriors and recording technology therefore provide a useful contrast with now's streaming-led music economy. In historical terms, popular-music history is often preserved through ephemeral material: concert tickets, venue signage, record-company offices, flyers and amateur recordings
Such objects can connect a specific date and place with wider movements in rock, punk, post-punk and independent music. From a heritage perspective, music scenes are shaped by both performers and infrastructure, including rehearsal rooms, record labels, promoters, venues and audiences
Photographs of these details help document community cultural ecosystems that can be lost quickly through redevelopment or changing entertainment habits. Looking at the subject's development, live music leaves a material trail through venues, tickets, posters, recording equipment and the buildings associated with bands and labels
These apparently everyday objects become cultural-history evidence as scenes, technologies and venues change or disappear. Related search language includes gig, music venue, musician, popular culture, music memorabilia, rock music, fan culture, live performance, Winnington 26-03-2010 live, vocal, Recreation, 20100326 AQOE Matty Awbery, indie, vocals, vocalism, and singer.
Park Rd, Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW8 4EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4182561058 - '(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4991347212 - 'Theme From Sparta FC - 'The Fall' - Play this track here.
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This music you may remember from BBC Saturday Sport was composed by MES (Mark E Smith) and The Fall. To get a feel for the show, check this out. Unfortunately, his beloved Man City had managed a 'Hopeless as usual performance' in their 0-0 draw against Blackburn.
The Fall are an English post-punk group, formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976. The group has existed in some form ever since, and is essentially built around its founder and only constant member Mark E. Smith. First associated with the punk movement of the late 1970s, the group's music has gone through several stylistic changes over the years.
However, The Fall's music is often characterised by repetition, an abrasive guitar-driven sound, and is always underpinned by Smith's vocals and often cryptic lyrics, described by critic Steve Huey as 'abstract poetry filled with complicated wordplay, bone-dry wit, cutting social observations, and general misanthropy (sometimes more implied than clearly stated, but apparent nonetheless).'
The group's output is prolific. As of September 2010 they have released 28 studio albums, and more than triple that counting live albums and other releases. They have never achieved widespread public success beyond a handful of minor hit singles in the late 1980s, but have maintained a strong cult following. The band were long associated with BBC disc jockey John Peel, who championed them from early on in their career and cited The Fall as his favourite band, famously explaining, 'They are always different, they are always the same.'. The Fall were the only band who merited a seperate section in John Peel's record collection.
MES does manage the band like a football team, bringing in new talent and mavericks (many he encounters in the pub in Prestwich) acting as foreman. Dave Simpson's book 'The Fallen' is a great guide to the world of The Fall.
The last time I saw them was in Liverpool 2008 when MES had just turned 50. The band's Peel sessions were finally released recently by Castle Records in the six-CD box 'The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004'. This is a good starting point for getting to know the varied music of the band. The lastest album 'Your Future, Our Clutter' is also worth a listen to wet your appetite. Tell 'em I sent you.....
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This is quite an old shot. In the current climate I may not even have attempted to take it.
I have heard it said that many classic shots from the likes of Cartier Bresson and others would not be able to take many of their classic images these days. Very sad.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6139633525 - 'The The - Slow Emotion Replay - Play this track here.
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Forming a soundtrack to much of my 1980's, 'The The' are an English musical and multimedia group that have been active in various forms since 1979, with singer/songwriter Matt Johnson being the only constant band member.
In 1993, the five-piece line-up issued the album Dusk containing this single. It debuted at no 2 in the UK and spun off three Top 40 singles in the UK, led by 'Dogs of Lust'. A world tour followed, the Lonely Planet tour, at which point the band's line-up was reshuffled
Johnny Marr and James Eller left, and were replaced by Atlanta based guitarist Keith Joyner and New York bassist Jared Nickerson, respectively.
Also added was Boston harmonica player Jim Fitting, who auditioned in New York in early 1993. The version of their hit 'This Is The Day' featuring Jim Fitting was often dubbed 'That Was The Day'. Palmer bowed out partway through the tour and was replaced by ex Stabbing Westward drummer Andy Kubiszewski.
A full length film, directed by long time collaborator Tim Pope, was made for this album. From Dusk Til Dawn was shot in New Orleans and New York and along with Johnson and Johnny Marr also featured various characters from the New York underground scene such as sexologist Annie Sprinkle, writer and raconteur Quentin Crisp, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, and porn star Rick Savage amongst many other carnival characters.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4139427744 - 'Do you ever buy the 'Big Issue'?
Do you ever wonder about the vendor?
Ever look them in the eye? Wonder where they live? How your 90p or a pound helps?
Back in 1995 where I lived in Warrington, the local county council would not authorise its sale. Therefore nobody saw anyone selling it on the streets. Easy for everyone to assume there is no homelessness problem.
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More about 'The Big Issue'...
The Big Issue is a street newspaper published in eight countries
it is written by professional journalists and sold by homeless individuals. It was founded by John Bird and Gordon Roddick in September 1991. The Big Issue is one of the UK's leading social businesses and exists to offer homeless people the opportunity to earn a legitimate income, thereby helping them to reintegrate into mainstream society. It is also the world's most widely circulated street newspaper.
To become a vendor, one must be homeless or vulnerably housed or marginalised in some way. The Big Issue recognises, however, that for many people, being housed is only the first stage in getting off the streets
therefore, The Big Issue Foundation exists to support vendors in gaining control of their lives by tackling the various issues which lead to homelessness.
The Big Issue has been described as one of the most successful street newspapers worldwide, selling over 300,000 copies a week and listed as the third-favourite newspaper of young British people (age 15 to 24) in 2001.
There are 5 localised editions of the magazine sold throughout the United Kingdom and vendors buy The Big Issue for 85p[7] and sell it for \u00a31.70. The magazine is also produced and sold in Australia, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Japan, Namibia, Kenya, Malawi and Taiwan. All vendors receive training, sign a code of conduct] and can be identified by badges which include their photo and vendor number
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4139497166 - 'Paul sleeps outside when he can. It's too 'silent' inside. Too disturbingly quiet to sleep.
He has mental health problems, but doesn't always take his medication.
Paul swings from deep joy to deep depression.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4139564234 - 'Tea &
coffee are also laid on.
As they start to relax the chatter starts. I am asked to explain why I am taking pictures in the room. Whether I can spare a pound. Whether I might want to swap my tour T-Shirt for a plain one from someone elses back.
Several people here are on the run from court, wives and husbands and don't want their images recorded. That's ok with me, if they believe or not that I will respect their wishes.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4139569372 - 'Sue runs the Warrington YMCA., in Cheshire, England, UK
She is paid from 10am to 10pm, but often adds another 3-4 hours to that each day.
Commanding respect, she knits the shoestring winter night shelter together, finding silver linings in grey clouds. Without her the shelter would not exist.
She hopes next year the local borough council will fund a permanent night shelter.
Even if they do, she will most likely put as much effort.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF134W - . Aberdeen Airport interior panorama, Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. The recorded location is Aberdeen Airport, Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Aberdeen Airport panorama of the waiting area in departures, Dyce, Aberdeen, NE Scotland, UK. This is the hub for the granite city serving oil rigs and workers in North East Scotland. In historical terms, airline photographs document both engineering and the economics of mass travel
Aircraft type, livery, airport infrastructure and holiday branding show how aviation has evolved through successive generations of jets, low-cost carriers and package-tour businesses. 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. Looking at the subject's development, interiors preserve details that exterior photographs cannot show: furniture, fittings, decorative finishes and room layouts reveal how buildings were actually used
Such features are often altered during refurbishment even when the outside remains unchanged. During 2026, air travel is again a major part of the UK leisure economy, while the sector continues to face scrutiny over carbon emissions and sustainable aviation
Older jets and airline branding provide useful context for stories about fleet renewal, tourism and aviation's environmental impact. For the 2026 context, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. In 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent.
Aberdeen Airport, Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWEN - Artisan Bread, M5 Gloucester Farm Shop Motorway Service area, Gloucestershire, England, UK - how all services area cafes should be has the strength of a real-world scene: ordinary enough to be believable, but specific enough to support precise editorial use. Gloucester Services became notable for treating motorway food as a regional farm-shop offer rather than a standardised fast-food stop, putting local produce and craft presentation into a heavily car-based setting. The subject can illustrate food miles, motorway culture, consumer expectations, rural supply chains, premium convenience retail and the reinvention of service stations as destinations rather than necessities. The location detail, Gloucester, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include food retail, British food, hospitality and farm shop, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. It can work both as a straightforward location record and as a wider editorial illustration of the habits, services, buildings, symbols and small commercial details that shape everyday life.
Brookthorpe Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 0DN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HD7N - . Dusk image of the Royal Liver Building, on the Liverpool dock front, Merseyside,England, at the Pier Head. Photographed on 19 February 2010. The recorded location is Pier Head, Liverpool, England, UK L3 1DL. The wider historical story is that 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. Looking at the subject's development, historic and modern architecture can be read as a record of investment, planning and changing urban functions
Civic, commercial, industrial and residential buildings each contribute to the character of a townscape, particularly where older structures are adapted rather than demolished. Historically, 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. In the present 2026 context, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. For the 2026 context, current regeneration policy places growing emphasis on reusing established buildings and strengthening town centres. historic façades, redundant offices and converted commercial properties are especially relevant to debates about conservation, viability and adaptive reuse. For the 2026 context, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period.
Pier Head, Liverpool, England, UK L3 1DL
