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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,flight,flights,tourism,city,break,breaks,package,holidays,you,can,trust,apron,times,aviation,carbon,footprint,jets,Jet2Holidays,offset,company,737-300,737,300,air,traffic,control,strike,delays,striking,holidaymakers,travel,warning,warnings,Brexit,passport,check,checks,airline
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYTFXD - . Evening Jet2Holidays Boeing 737-300, just landed at Budapest airport, Hungary at dusk - Jet2 flight leisure travel. Photographed on 1 May 2023. The recorded location is Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, Budapest, 1185 Hungary. Jet2 plc is a British multinational airline company based in Leeds, England. Its head office is located in the Low Fare Finder House on the grounds of Leeds Bradford Airport, England. Subsidiary Jet2.com has its head office in the same building. The historical context is that 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. The historical context is that travel photography documents the visitor economy as well as scenery, showing how historic places, coastlines and resort facilities are packaged, experienced and adapted for tourists over time. The wider historical story is that landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. The subject remains topical in 2026 because aviation remains under pressure to reconcile strong demand for travel with climate targets, fuel costs, airspace capacity and fleet modernisation
Images of older aircraft types can therefore illustrate both the growth of low-cost leisure travel and the industry's transition towards newer, more fuel-efficient fleets. The subject remains topical in 2026 because contemporary tourism is shaped by strong demand for city breaks and leisure travel alongside concerns about sustainability, crowding and the environmental cost of transport
Earlier destination images provide useful comparison with today's visitor economy.
Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, Budapest, 1185 Hungary
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,UK,airport,transport,M90 1QX,infrastructure,2,machine,machines,Procon Checkin reader,Procon,Checkin,reader,check-in,check in,Checkin machines,Check in,hall,airports,Aer LIngus,readers,automatic,automation,Manchester Airport Departures,Manchester,Airport Departures,MAG,terminal,terminals,passport,document,please select your airline,please,select your airline,travel insurance,claim,claims,data hack cyber incident
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH59 - . Checkin machines, Aer LIngus Departures at Manchester International Airport, terminal 2, England, UK, M90 1QX. Photographed on 27 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include airport, transport, M90 1QX, infrastructure, machine, machines, Procon Checkin reader, Procon, Checkin, reader, check-in, check in, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L3 9BP,building,architecture,office,passport,offices,customer,main,entrance,dept,her majestys,civil service,sign,signage,passports,strike,strikes,union,industrial action,May,delay,delays,renewing,renewal,walkout,pay,pensions,disputes,dispute,business,area,district
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MGWK4R - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP in 2023, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The scene records 101 Old Hall St Liverpool passport office, Llverpool city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP. The subject also carries associations with built heritage, archival record, visual archive, local history, urban fabric, changing streetscape, architectural detailing, everyday life, brand display, social history, local character, consumer retail, contemporary social history, and heritage asset. The modern context includes continuing discussion of redevelopment pressure, planning control and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity. For current editorial use, town-centre regeneration and store closures provide additional context, especially through the short lifespan of branding, displays and shopfront identities. As a dated visual record of Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with shopfront economy, street-level trading, traditional materials, independent retail, period detail, period building, regional identity, and conservation architecture. Details involving Llverpool, centre, passport, office, and Merseyside make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history for future local research.
Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,5X8A7411,Czechoslovakia,visa,passport,travel,document,vintage,immigration,stamp,passport control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E54PEP - . Czechoslovak visa page in a vintage passport. Photographed on 23 May 2019. The recorded location is Czechoslovakia. For the story of collecting, it is useful to note that collectable items gain meaning through provenance and context
A board game, badge, souvenir or branded package may connect a national event or local place with mass manufacturing and personal memory. The historical setting for biometric passport is that passports and visas are physical records of international mobility, combining identity, border control and diplomatic relationships
Entry stamps can reconstruct journeys while visa designs reveal changing security features and administrative practice. For present-day collecting, 2026 is significant because sustainability and reuse also give older objects new relevance, encouraging repair, second-hand sales and appreciation of durable material culture. In the 2026 discussion of biometric passport, border control is increasingly digital through electronic travel authorisations, biometric passports and automated gates, reducing the number of physical stamps and paper visas issued to many travellers. Useful alternative terminology includes consumer object, vintage object, memorabilia, branding, design history, consumer culture, retro, household object, manufactured object, product history, social history, travel document, immigration, international travel, passport stamp, and travel history. Further relevant search phrases include border crossing, identity document, immigration history, 5X8A7411, document, and passport control. Seen through souvenir, the earlier context is that everyday objects often become better historical evidence with age because packaging, typography, materials and branding change more rapidly than their basic function
Souvenirs, games and household items can therefore date consumer culture very precisely. Its wider context brings together consumer object, vintage object and memorabilia.
Czechoslovakia
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,5X8A7412,Bulgaria,visa,passport,stamp,immigration,travel,document,vintage,passport control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E54PHA - . Bulgarian visa and passport stamps on a vintage passport page. Photographed on 23 May 2019. In relation to household object, historical context shows that material culture includes the ordinary products people bought, used, collected or displayed
Small manufactured objects can reveal national identity, advertising, technology and popular taste in ways that formal records do not. For the story of immigration history, it is useful to note that travel documents are highly personal objects but also significant examples of state bureaucracy, containing dates, stamps and permissions that show how international movement was regulated. As of 2026, the position for household object is that online resale, nostalgia and interest in vintage design have made many ordinary twentieth-century objects active collecting categories rather than disposable goods. For present-day immigration history, 2026 is significant because older passport pages therefore offer a strong contrast with contemporary digital travel permission and can document former national borders, visa regimes and journey patterns. Further editorial search language includes collectable, souvenir, consumer object, vintage object, memorabilia, branding, design history, consumer culture, retro, product history, social history, entry stamp, border control, international travel, travel history, visa page, and border crossing. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include identity document, biometric passport, 5X8A7412, and passport control. The historical setting for collectable is that everyday objects often become better historical evidence with age because packaging, typography, materials and branding change more rapidly than their basic function
Souvenirs, games and household items can therefore date consumer culture very precisely. The subject also connects collectable, souvenir and consumer object within the same editorial theme.
Bulgaria
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,5X8A7415,Bolivia,passport,migration,stamp,immigration,travel,visa,document,vintage,passport control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E54PHF - . Bolivia migration passport stamp on a vintage passport page. Photographed on 23 May 2019. Within the history of retro, everyday objects often become better historical evidence with age because packaging, typography, materials and branding evolution more rapidly than their basic function
Souvenirs, games and household items can therefore date consumer culture very precisely. In relation to identity document, historical context shows that modern passport systems expanded during the twentieth century as states formalised border controls and standardised machine-readable documents
Older pages preserve visas for countries and political systems that may later evolution or disappear. For the story of printed ephemera, it is useful to note that popular print such as comics and manuals documents everyday reading habits rather than elite culture, making surviving issues useful evidence of humour, hobbies, advertising and consumer interests. Against the 2026 backdrop for retro, sustainability and reuse also give older objects new relevance, encouraging repair, second-hand sales and appreciation of durable material culture. As of 2026, the position for identity document is that border control is increasingly digital through electronic travel authorisations, biometric passports and automated gates, reducing the number of physical stamps and paper visas issued to many travellers. Further subject-specific language includes collectable, consumer object, vintage object, memorabilia, design history, household object, collecting, manufactured object, product history, social history, entry stamp, travel document, immigration, international travel, travel history, and visa page. Additional high-relevance terminology includes border crossing, immigration history, graphic design, poster, voucher, print history, paper artefact, retro design, visual communication, 5X8A7415, and passport control.
Bolivia
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,5X8A7417,India,visa,passport,immigration,travel,document,entry,stamp,vintage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E54PHW - . Indian visa page and entry stamps in an old passport. Photographed on 23 May 2019. The background to consumer culture is that collectable items gain meaning through provenance and context
A board game, badge, souvenir or branded package may connect a national event or local place with mass manufacturing and personal memory. Within the history of border crossing, passports and visas are physical records of international mobility, combining identity, border control and diplomatic relationships
Entry stamps can reconstruct journeys while visa designs reveal changing security features and administrative practice. Current 2026 context around consumer culture is that online resale, nostalgia and interest in vintage design have made many ordinary twentieth-century objects active collecting categories rather than disposable goods. Against the 2026 backdrop for border crossing, earlier passport pages therefore provide a strong contrast with contemporary digital travel permission and can document former national borders, visa regimes and journey patterns. Alternative search wording includes material culture, consumer object, vintage object, memorabilia, branding, design history, retro, household object, manufactured object, product history, social history, travel document, immigration, international travel, vintage passport, and passport stamp. Additional discoverability terms include travel history, identity document, immigration history, biometric passport, and 5X8A7417. In relation to social history, historical context shows that everyday objects often become better historical evidence with age because packaging, typography, materials and branding change more rapidly than their basic function
Souvenirs, games and household items can therefore date consumer culture very precisely. A further layer of meaning comes from material culture, consumer object and vintage object.
India
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,5X8A7421,India,passport,arrival,stamp,immigration,visa,travel,border,document,vintage,passport control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E54PJ6 - . India arrival immigration stamp in an old British passport. Photographed on 23 May 2019. Looking at design history, the longer history is that material culture includes the ordinary products people bought, used, collected or displayed
Small manufactured objects can reveal national identity, advertising, technology and popular taste in ways that formal records do not. The background to visa page is that travel documents are highly personal objects but also important examples of state bureaucracy, containing dates, stamps and permissions that show how international movement was regulated. Within the history of collectable, printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, stamps, posters, comics, manuals and vouchers combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use. In 2026, design history remains relevant because sustainability and reuse also give older objects new relevance, encouraging repair, second-hand sales and appreciation of durable material culture. Current 2026 context around visa page is that border control is increasingly digital through electronic travel authorisations, biometric passports and automated gates, reducing the number of physical stamps and paper visas issued to many travellers. Other strongly related concepts include souvenir, consumer object, vintage object, memorabilia, consumer culture, retro, household object, collecting, product history, social history, entry stamp, international travel, vintage passport, passport stamp, travel history, and border crossing. Relevant long-tail terms include identity document, immigration history, printed ephemera, graphic design, print history, paper artefact, retro design, visual communication, 5X8A7421, vintage, and passport control. Its wider context brings together souvenir, consumer object and vintage object. A further layer of meaning comes from consumer object, vintage object and memorabilia.
India
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,5X8A7402,Hong,Kong,passport,stamp,1986,immigration,travel,document,historic,border,entry,departure,Asia,archive,visa,dated,October,detail,passport control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TBN2 - Hong Kong immigration passport stamp dated 13 October 1986, historic travel document detail. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at Hong Kong. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. A close-up documentary photograph of a Hong Kong immigration passport stamp dated 13 October 1986. The image preserves the typography, ink and official markings of pre-1997 Hong Kong travel documentation and is suitable for editorial use about international travel, migration, border controls, passports and social history. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
Hong Kong
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Hotpix,Tony Smith,HousingITguy,365,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,packing,bag,passport,travel
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4575346965 - 'While I really enjoy travel, one thing I hate with a vengeance, is the packing. All right thinking people I know think its truly horrendous.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Packing,packed suitcase,hassle,irritation,Money,dollars,passport,clothes,Packing a suitcase,travel,package holiday,Ag,bags,Weekend city break,weekend break,budget airline,cheap flight,cheap flights,Roll your clothes,Electronics,Valuables,jewellery,Hold,baggage,hold baggage,walk on baggage,Suitcase with passport,case with passports,bag with passports,Packing at home,Travel,travel stuff,belongings,travel insurance,lightweight suitcase,Baggage allowance,World travel,European travel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PGH9FP - . An on-location image records the character of 24 St Annes Ave, Warrington WA4, UK, in an image captured in 2018. The supplied image information identifies The hassle of packing a bag for a holiday, money, passports,clothes,toiletries. Further features of the subject include airside activity, air transport connectivity, passenger mobility, airport infrastructure, flight operations, airport operations, airport terminal, airline industry, international travel, aviation decarbonisation, aviation logistics, and aircraft operations. In the mid-2020s, airline networks is increasingly discussed through airport capacity and emissions, with attention turning to new aircraft technology. Small period details preserved at 24 St Annes Ave, Warrington WA4, UK may become historically important as commercial occupants, public services, infrastructure and the built environment change, making the image useful for retrospective editorial coverage. The surrounding context also touches on airport economy, civil aviation, air transport, commercial aviation, flight network, air travel. The scene is further associated with holiday packing, packing a suitcase, on the carpet, on the floor, passport for holiday, Holiday essentials. Other relevant facets include passenger flight, and ground handling. Current debate around airport infrastructure often combines route economics, ground handling and the practical challenge of more efficient airports. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for public access, neighbourhood identity, transport patterns, architecture and streetscape, and ownership or occupation without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. In historical comparison, the image can help trace the condition of buildings, public-realm details, patterns of everyday use, regional identity, and local business activity in a form that can be compared with later photographs. The dated view captures everyday use within the wider local story.
24 St Annes Ave, Warrington WA4, UK
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Keywords: Office,space,gerkin,Marys,London,England,UK,at,Dusk,finance,financial,money,district,commercial,skyscraper,EC3A,8BF,services,passport,passporting,Brexit,EU,30 St Mary Axe,The Gherkin,Swiss Re Building,City Of London,EC3A 8BF,EU Passporting,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,former,sites,of,the,Norman,Foster,cityscape,architecture,lit,illuminated,sir,outdoor,Aldgate,travel,tourist,construction,contemporary,Londons,Skanska,skyscraper,symbol,futuristic,insurance,urban,high,rise,highrise,long,exposure,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Financial District,Baltic Exchange,Chamber of Shipping,High-rise,Long Exposure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H2MB1Y - 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and it was erected by Skanska, with construction commencing in 2001.
St Mary's Axe, London, England, UK EC3A 8BF
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Keywords: Office,space,gerkin,Marys,London,England,UK,at,Dusk,finance,financial,money,district,commercial,skyscraper,EC3A,8BF,services,passport,passporting,Brexit,EU,30 St Mary Axe,The Gherkin,Swiss Re Building,City Of London,EC3A 8BF,EU Passporting,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,former,sites,of,the,Norman,Foster,cityscape,architecture,lit,illuminated,sir,outdoor,Aldgate,travel,tourist,construction,contemporary,Londons,Skanska,skyscraper,symbol,futuristic,insurance,urban,high,rise,highrise,long,exposure,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Financial District,Baltic Exchange,Chamber of Shipping,High-rise,Long Exposure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H2MCK9 - 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and it was erected by Skanska, with construction commencing in 2001.
St Mary's Axe, London, England, UK EC3A 8BF
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Keywords: Office,space,gerkin,Marys,London,England,UK,at,Dusk,finance,financial,money,district,commercial,skyscraper,EC3A,8BF,services,passport,passporting,Brexit,EU,30 St Mary Axe,The Gherkin,Swiss Re Building,City Of London,EC3A 8BF,EU Passporting,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,former,sites,of,the,Norman,Foster,cityscape,architecture,lit,illuminated,sir,outdoor,Aldgate,travel,tourist,construction,contemporary,Londons,Skanska,skyscraper,symbol,futuristic,insurance,urban,high,rise,highrise,long,exposure,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Financial District,Baltic Exchange,Chamber of Shipping,High-rise,Long Exposure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H2MCKK - 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and it was erected by Skanska, with construction commencing in 2001.
St Mary's Axe, London, England, UK EC3A 8BF
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Keywords: Office,space,gerkin,Marys,London,England,UK,at,Dusk,finance,financial,money,district,commercial,skyscraper,EC3A,8BF,services,passport,passporting,Brexit,EU,30 St Mary Axe,The Gherkin,Swiss Re Building,City Of London,EC3A 8BF,EU Passporting,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,former,sites,of,the,Norman,Foster,cityscape,architecture,lit,illuminated,sir,outdoor,Aldgate,travel,tourist,construction,contemporary,Londons,Skanska,skyscraper,symbol,futuristic,insurance,urban,high,rise,highrise,long,exposure,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Financial District,Baltic Exchange,Chamber of Shipping,High-rise,Long Exposure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3CMA9 - 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and it was erected by Skanska, with construction commencing in 2001.
St Mary's Axe, London, England, UK EC3A 8BF
Description
Keywords: Office,space,gerkin,Marys,London,England,UK,at,Dusk,finance,financial,money,district,commercial,skyscraper,EC3A,8BF,services,passport,passporting,Brexit,EU,30 St Mary Axe,The Gherkin,Swiss Re Building,City Of London,EC3A 8BF,EU Passporting,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,former,sites,of,the,Norman,Foster,cityscape,architecture,lit,illuminated,sir,outdoor,Aldgate,travel,tourist,construction,contemporary,Londons,Skanska,skyscraper,symbol,futuristic,insurance,urban,high,rise,highrise,long,exposure,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Financial District,Baltic Exchange,Chamber of Shipping,High-rise,Long Exposure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3CMAY - 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and it was erected by Skanska, with construction commencing in 2001.
St Mary's Axe, London, England, UK EC3A 8BF
Description
Keywords: Office,space,gerkin,Marys,London,England,UK,at,Dusk,finance,financial,money,district,commercial,skyscraper,EC3A,8BF,services,passport,passporting,Brexit,EU,30 St Mary Axe,The Gherkin,Swiss Re Building,City Of London,EC3A 8BF,EU Passporting,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,former,sites,of,the,Norman,Foster,cityscape,architecture,lit,illuminated,sir,outdoor,Aldgate,travel,tourist,construction,contemporary,Londons,Skanska,skyscraper,symbol,futuristic,insurance,urban,high,rise,highrise,long,exposure,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Financial District,Baltic Exchange,Chamber of Shipping,High-rise,Long Exposure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3F09W - 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and it was erected by Skanska, with construction commencing in 2001.
St Mary's Axe, London, England, UK EC3A 8BF
Description
Keywords: Office,space,gerkin,Marys,London,England,UK,at,Dusk,finance,financial,money,district,commercial,skyscraper,EC3A,8BF,services,passport,passporting,Brexit,EU,30 St Mary Axe,The Gherkin,Swiss Re Building,City Of London,EC3A 8BF,EU Passporting,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,former,sites,of,the,Norman,Foster,cityscape,architecture,lit,illuminated,sir,outdoor,Aldgate,travel,tourist,construction,contemporary,Londons,Skanska,skyscraper,symbol,futuristic,insurance,urban,high,rise,highrise,long,exposure,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Financial District,Baltic Exchange,Chamber of Shipping,High-rise,Long Exposure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3F0BT - 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and it was erected by Skanska, with construction commencing in 2001.
St Mary's Axe, London, England, UK EC3A 8BF
Description
Keywords: Office,space,gerkin,Marys,London,England,UK,at,Dusk,finance,financial,money,district,commercial,skyscraper,EC3A,8BF,services,passport,passporting,Brexit,EU,30 St Mary Axe,The Gherkin,Swiss Re Building,City Of London,EC3A 8BF,EU Passporting,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,former,sites,of,the,Norman,Foster,cityscape,architecture,lit,illuminated,sir,outdoor,Aldgate,travel,tourist,construction,contemporary,Londons,Skanska,skyscraper,symbol,futuristic,insurance,urban,high,rise,highrise,long,exposure,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Financial District,Baltic Exchange,Chamber of Shipping,High-rise,Long Exposure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3F0C8 - 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and it was erected by Skanska, with construction commencing in 2001.
St Mary's Axe, London, England, UK EC3A 8BF
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Keywords: photome,photo,me,booth,uk,machine,picture,box,passport,image,colour,b/w,mixed,color,colores,tonysmith,music,tony,smith,hotpix,hot,pix,pics,pic,hotpics,warrington,golden,square,cheshire,england,ipod,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith,#tonysmithhotpix,#tonysmithotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4857566381 - 'Photobooth - 'Friendly Fires' - Play this track here or watch live in Argentina here.
?Whats this iPod Shuffle set all about? Read about it here
Photobooth was the first EP from St Albans dance punk lads Friendly Fires in mid 2006. It more or less slipped under the radar until the bands full first album came out. The name Friendly Fires originates from the opening track of the Manchester Factory label 'Section 25' LP 'Always Now'. (Maybe a track from them later in this series).
The first self titled album was certified double gold in the UK. The band was nominated for a Best Breakthrough Award at The South Bank Show Awards and for \u2018Best Dancefloor Filler\u2019 at the NME Awards. They were also second on the bill on the NME Awards Tour 2009.
On 21 July 2009, the band was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. On 19 January 2010, the band was nominated for two Brit Awards
Best British Group and British Breakthrough Act.
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With 44,100 vending locations in 15 countries, Photo-Me is the world's leading operator of photobooths, with over 21,500 sited, including this one in Golden Square Warrington. The Group operates a diverse range of vending equipment, including digital printing kiosks, children's rides and other amusement machines.
Thankfully, the days of cutting your face or fringe off your shot are more or less gone. \u00a35 and 30 seconds is all the digital process takes. Its the thought of being robbed of \u00a320 (again) to renew my driving licence that appears to have sent me somewhat off colour!
NB: Like all the images on this stream, full size prints up to 30x20inches are available, Check my profile for how to contact me.
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Keywords: Granny,Passport,British,British Passport,watch,RNIB,blind,braile,braille,partially,sighted,sepia,black,white,photograph,woman,lady,grandmother,document,stamp,stamps,London,1936,prewar,pre,war,secret,spy,code,codebreaker,blechley,park,enigma,MI5,MI6,under,cover,undercover,alied,soldier,WRAF,RAF,air,ministry,airministry,ATS,Auxiliary,Territorial,Services,foreign,office,Foreign Office,clock,hands,pocket,pocketwatch,grandma,grannie,paper,paperwork,vintage,old,documents,B/W,mono,monochrome,this photo rocks,clocks,time,photos,grannies,tonysmith,tony,smith,HOT PIX
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4241858374 - ''Yes, the past is a strange place...' as someone once said.
As the cypher work got more intense, her sight started to faulter.
Her nemesis www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4002064079/ would never realise her role in his downfall.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L3 9BP,building,architecture,office,passport,offices,customer,main,entrance,dept,her majestys,civil service,sign,signage,passports,strike,strikes,union,industrial action,May,delay,delays,renewing,renewal,walkout,pay,pensions,disputes,dispute,Mark Serwotka,PCS,visa,passport control,immigration
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MGWJR7 - . An on-location photograph from Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP in 2023, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The location is represented through 101 Old Hall St Liverpool passport office, Llverpool city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP. Another layer of the photograph includes historical comparison, customer footfall, regional identity, urban fabric, commercial frontage, public realm, adaptive reuse, high-street commerce, period detail, contemporary social history, heritage asset, retail property, heritage landmark, and historic streetscape. For current editorial use, planning control and redevelopment pressure provide additional context, especially through the value of architectural landmarks to local identity. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and town-centre regeneration, particularly through how commercial property shifts between retail, leisure and residential use. Future viewers can use this scene from Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP to compare transport arrangements and footfall with whatever follows after different community use. The subject also sits alongside visual archive, local enterprise, changing land use, everyday life, brand display, before-and-after reference, architectural detailing, and local history. Details involving centre, office, passport, Merseyside, and Llverpool make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The record includes period character as a date-specific reference. The frame retains a trace of local identity for later comparison.
Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP
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Keywords: Office,space,gerkin,Marys,London,England,UK,at,Dusk,finance,financial,money,district,commercial,skyscraper,EC3A,8BF,services,passport,passporting,Brexit,EU,30 St Mary Axe,The Gherkin,Swiss Re Building,City Of London,EC3A 8BF,EU Passporting,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,former,sites,of,the,Norman,Foster,cityscape,architecture,lit,illuminated,sir,outdoor,Aldgate,travel,tourist,construction,contemporary,Londons,Skanska,skyscraper,symbol,futuristic,insurance,urban,high,rise,highrise,long,exposure,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Financial District,Baltic Exchange,Chamber of Shipping,High-rise,Long Exposure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3F0BK - 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and it was erected by Skanska, with construction commencing in 2001.
St Mary's Axe, London, England, UK EC3A 8BF
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Keywords: Office,space,gerkin,Marys,London,England,UK,at,Dusk,finance,financial,money,district,commercial,skyscraper,EC3A,8BF,services,passport,passporting,Brexit,EU,Red,bus,passes,passing,motion,30 St Mary Axe,The Gherkin,Swiss Re Building,City Of London,EC3A 8BF,EU Passporting,London bus,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,former,sites,of,the,Norman,Foster,cityscape,architecture,lit,illuminated,sir,outdoor,Aldgate,travel,tourist,construction,contemporary,Londons,Skanska,skyscraper,symbol,futuristic,insurance,urban,high,rise,highrise,long,exposure,long,exposure,streak,streaking,speed,fast,moving,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Financial District,Baltic Exchange,Chamber of Shipping,High-rise,Long Exposure,Long Exposure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3F061 - 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and it was erected by Skanska, with construction commencing in 2001.
St Mary's Axe, London, England, UK EC3A 8BF
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Keywords: passport,photo,watch,braille,still,life,foreign,office,UK,England,British,Grannies,old,box,of,curiosities,tony,smith,gotonysmith,Stamps,from,London,Foreign,Office,old,style,classic,sepia,brown,monochrome,Book cover magazine,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX4N - . Old British Passport female photograph still life with Braille pocket watch in sepia. Photographed on 27 December 2009. The recorded location is London, England, UK. A British passport from 1936. Identity of the holder showing with stamps embossed from the London Foreign Office at various times. . Sepia with a Braille pocket watch adjacent. Looking at the subject's development, older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. Looking at the subject's development, printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, labels, cards, stamps, posters and logos combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use, so surviving examples can become valuable records of popular culture and commerce. Historically, alternative photographic processes can make familiar subjects appear unfamiliar
Black-and-white and sepia evoke older photographic traditions, selective colour isolates a chosen detail, and infrared can render foliage and skies with striking tonal separation. For the 2026 context, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historical fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse. For the 2026 context, much ticketing, advertising and personal communication is digital, making older printed ephemera increasingly distinctive as evidence of pre-digital communication
Physical cards, labels and tickets also provide a contrast with QR codes, apps and paperless transactions. In 2026, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse.
London, England, UK
