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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,Orange,face,a,smile,celebration,Oct,frightening,with,light,candles,candle,traditional,tradition,orange,carving,carved holes,decorated,decoration,celebrations,culture,annual,event,jack-o-lantern,jack-o-lanterns,jack o lantern,laugh,laughing,sad,scary,expressions,faces,expression,patch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBGY - . A grounded documentary photograph made at England, Great Britain , UK in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The scene records Orange Carved Halloween pumpkins, England, UK, with lights. The locality and subject together evoke specialist shop, social history, specialist retailer, public realm, retail property, before-and-after reference, changing land use, small business, archival record, local character, town-centre trading, documentary photography, regional identity, and historical comparison. Current relevance extends to commercial rents and business rates, particularly through how commercial property costs affect small retailers. Future viewers can use this scene from England, Great Britain , UK to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after replacement signage. Other useful contextual ideas include contemporary social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, high-street commerce, independent retail, everyday life, place identity, customer footfall, and local history. Details involving Carved, lights, Halloween, pumpkins, and Orange make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of England, Great Britain , UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another useful connection is commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of England, Great Britain , UK. The scene further reflects commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the specific setting of England, Great Britain , UK. Its period value extends to town-centre regeneration and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses as part of the longer story of England, Great Britain , UK.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,Orange,face,a,smile,celebration,Oct,frightening,with,light,candle,traditional,tradition,orange,carving,carved holes,decorated,decoration,celebrations,culture,annual,event,jack-o-lantern,jack-o-lanterns,jack o lantern,laugh,laughing,sad,scary,expressions,faces,expression,patch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBH4 - . Recorded at England, Great Britain , UK in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. At the centre of the view is Orange Carved Halloween pumpkins, England, UK, with lights. The wider scene also brings together shopfront economy, high-street commerce, independent retail, documentary photography, community identity, local history, social history, commercial frontage, local character, town-centre trading, street-level business, archival record, place identity, and historical comparison. The modern context includes continuing discussion of business rates, independent business and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. As a dated visual record of England, Great Britain , UK, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects contemporary social history, changing land use, everyday life, small business, before-and-after reference, bricks-and-mortar retail, local enterprise, and changing streetscape. The recorded references to pumpkins, Orange, Carved, Halloween, and lights preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at England, Great Britain , UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of business rates and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets in a form that can be compared with future views of England, Great Britain , UK. A further contemporary connection is consumer spending and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the real-world context of England, Great Britain , UK. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Massey Brook,Massey Brook Lane,Cheshire,England,UK,WA13 0EG,Pumpkin Bowling,pumpkin,at,Lymm,Farm,diversity,retail,entertainment,amusement,sign,field,attraction,sweatshirt,profitable,search,to,buy,buying,patch,plants,carving,fun,family,event,destination,Pick-your-own,PYO,income,channels,growing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K967KB - Pick-your-own pumpkins offer diversified income channels
The market for pumpkins in the UK has seen a huge growth in the past decade, with the public increasingly looking for an on-farm experience and to buy directly from producers.
Pumpkins can offer significant additional income for farmers if done well, especially when accompanied by other value-added extras such as refreshments or attractions.
There are two main markets “ either selling direct to the consumer or wholesale. Each has its benefits and challenges.
When growing for wholesale, there are often extra costs for grading, on-farm storage and transport. The labour-intensive harvest process for wholesale at scale will also need seasonal labour, stock-photo/gotonysmith-Which.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>which can be difficult to find.
Selling direct to consumers poses other challenges, including public access to the farm.
Pumpkin seeds can be planted indoors from mid- to late April, however it is more common to plant seeds and seedlings outdoors from May to early June.
Lack of fruit can be an issue and diseases include powdery mildew and grey mould. Pumpkins can also suffer in very wet seasons and may need irrigation during a dry summer.
Will John and Chris Creed, consultants at agricultural adviser Adas, say that the market is becoming saturated in some regions of the UK. However, businesses can still be profitable if they are able to market effectively.
What are the essential requirements and costs?
Mr Creed says: To be successful, you have got to have infrastructure, hard car parking, booking systems, strong social media campaigns and good road access.
A potentially less risky option is to grow for an existing business, which may have already invested in the infrastructure to cater for the public.
Some farm shops and garden centres have very good infrastructures to accommodate the public, but they haven't got much ground. So they may be able to grow some and then stock up from a local grower, which can be a win-win situation for everybody,
Massey Brook Lane, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0EG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Massey Brook,Massey Brook Lane,Cheshire,England,UK,WA13 0EG,Pumpkin Bowling,pumpkin,at,Lymm,Farm,diversity,retail,entertainment,amusement,sign,field,attraction,sweatshirt,profitable,search,to,buy,buying,patch,plants,carving,fun,family,event,destination,Pick-your-own,PYO,income,channels,growing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K967KM - Pick-your-own pumpkins offer diversified income channels
The market for pumpkins in the UK has seen a huge growth in the past decade, with the public increasingly looking for an on-farm experience and to buy directly from producers.
Pumpkins can offer significant additional income for farmers if done well, especially when accompanied by other value-added extras such as refreshments or attractions.
There are two main markets “ either selling direct to the consumer or wholesale. Each has its benefits and challenges.
When growing for wholesale, there are often extra costs for grading, on-farm storage and transport. The labour-intensive harvest process for wholesale at scale will also need seasonal labour, stock-photo/gotonysmith-Which.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>which can be difficult to find.
Selling direct to consumers poses other challenges, including public access to the farm.
Pumpkin seeds can be planted indoors from mid- to late April, however it is more common to plant seeds and seedlings outdoors from May to early June.
Lack of fruit can be an issue and diseases include powdery mildew and grey mould. Pumpkins can also suffer in very wet seasons and may need irrigation during a dry summer.
Will John and Chris Creed, consultants at agricultural adviser Adas, say that the market is becoming saturated in some regions of the UK. However, businesses can still be profitable if they are able to market effectively.
What are the essential requirements and costs?
Mr Creed says: To be successful, you have got to have infrastructure, hard car parking, booking systems, strong social media campaigns and good road access.
A potentially less risky option is to grow for an existing business, which may have already invested in the infrastructure to cater for the public.
Some farm shops and garden centres have very good infrastructures to accommodate the public, but they haven't got much ground. So they may be able to grow some and then stock up from a local grower, which can be a win-win situation for everybody,
Massey Brook Lane, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0EG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 3DS,Grappenhall Heys,ceramic,winter,vegetable,bell-shaped,pots,pot,bell,shaped,forcing,example,examples,false fruit,false,fruit,cultivating,cultivation,wintering,forces,darkness,gardens,fruit gardon,goodlife,cordon-vert,vegetarian,veggies,patch,veg
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN94 - Rhubarb forcers are bell-shaped pots with a lidded opening at the top, used to cover rhubarb to limit photosynthesis. They encourage the plant to grow early in the season and also to produce blanched stems. The pots are placed over two- to three-year-old rhubarb crowns during winter or very early spring. Once shoots appear the lid is taken off, causing them to grow towards the light.
Around 18 inches (46 cm) high and 14 inches (36 cm) wide without the lid, they are traditionally made of terracotta but can be as simple as an upside down plastic bucket
Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington WA4 3DS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Hotpixuk,Allhallows,All Hallows,October,31st,Halloween Retail shopping,Orange Pumpkins,Retail,shop,shopping,Orange,Pumpkins,shelves,retail,tradition,traditions,carving,lantern,trick,or,treating,guising,commercial,secular,celebration,festival,Allhallowtide,Pumpkinhead,Pumpkin head,squash plant,squash,plant,Orange Squash,Cucurbita pepo,Cucurbita,pepo,UK,patch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PYX9BA - Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of Hallows' Even or Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.
It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain
that such festivals may have had pagan roots
and that Samhain itself was Christianized as Halloween by the early Church. Some believe, however, that Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, separate from ancient festivals like Samhain.
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. In many parts of the world, the Christian religious observances of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead, remain popular, although elsewhere it is a more commercial and secular celebration. Some Christians historically abstained from meat on All Hallows' Eve, a tradition reflected in the eating of certain vegetarian foods on this vigil day, including apples, potato pancakes, and soul cakes.
Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: 1960s,in,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,UK,2013,mrwhippy,mr,whippy,ice,cream,icecream,cone,cones,wafer,wafers,lollies,lolly,kids,pleasure,soft,serve,softserve,vans,happy,customer,hard,van,selling,scoop,soft,machine,British,summer,heatwave,heat,wave,on,his,patch,pitch,Tasttee,Maid,TastteeMaid,tasty,Gotonysmith,customers,truck,stop,me,and,buy,one,Pop,Goes,The,Weasel,The,Entertainer,Music,Box,Dancer,Home,on,the,Range,Its,a,Small,World,Super,Mario,Bros.,Theme,Camptown,Races,Greensleeves,Whistle,While,You,Work,You,Are,My,Sunshine,Teddy,Bears',Picnic,Match,of,the,Day,Ice,Cream,by,Andre,Nickatina,essentially,just,Turkey,in,the,Straw,with,bass,1970s,used,them,for,laundering,the,proceeds,of,crime,and,a,front,for,drug,dealing.,A,period,of,Glaswegian,criminal,history,Wars,existed,in,the,1980s,rival,gangs,fighting,for,territory,smuggled,cigarettes,fags,fag,The Mister Softee Jingle,Turkey in the Straw,Do Your Ears Hang Low?,,,1,,,,,,,or,; or, in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom,,,,in Crewe and Nantwich,,in Vale Royal,,in Sheffield, and,in,other,places.,In,some,places,in,the,US,,ice,cream,trucks,play,the,song
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG386Y - An ice cream van (British) or ice cream truck (American) is a commercial vehicle which serves as a traveling retail outlet for ice cream, usually during the summer. Ice cream vans are often seen parked at public events, or near parks, beaches, or other areas where people congregate. Ice cream vans often travel near where children play ” outside schools, in residential areas, or in other locations. They usually stop briefly before moving on to the next street.
Ice cream vans are often brightly decorated and carry images of ice cream, or some other adornment, such as cartoon characters. They may have painted-on notices, which can serve a commercial purpose (Stop me and buy one!) or a more serious one (Don't Skid on a Kid!) - serving as a warning to passing motorists that children may run out into the road at the sight of the van, or appear without warning from behind it. Along the sides, a large sliding window acts as a serving hatch, and this is often covered with small pictures of the available products, with their associated prices.
A distinctive feature of ice cream vans is their melodic chimes, and often these take the form of a famous and recognizable tune, usually The Mister Softee Jingle, Turkey in the Straw, Do Your Ears Hang Low?, Pop Goes The Weasel The Entertainer, Music Box Dancer, Home on the Range, It's a Small World, Super Mario Bros. Theme or Camptown Races
or, in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Greensleeves, Whistle While You Work in Crewe and Nantwich, You Are My Sunshine in Vale Royal, Teddy Bears' Picnic in Sheffield, and Match of the Day in other places.
In some places in the US, ice cream trucks play the song Ice Cream by Andre Nickatina (essentially just Turkey in the Straw with bass).
Off Princes St Edinburgh Scotland UK EH2 3AA
Description
Keywords: 1960s,in,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,UK,2013,mrwhippy,mr,whippy,tasttee,icecream,cone,cones,wafer,wafers,lollies,lolly,kids,pleasure,soft,serve,softserve,vans,happy,customer,hard,van,selling,scoop,soft,machine,British,summer,heatwave,heat,wave,on,his,patch,pitch,organised,crime,syndicates,maid,Gotonysmith,customers,truck,stop,me,and,buy,one,Pop,Goes,The,Weasel,The,Entertainer,Music,Box,Dancer,Home,on,the,Range,Its,a,Small,World,Super,Mario,Bros.,Theme,Camptown,Races,Greensleeves,Whistle,While,You,Work,You,Are,My,Sunshine,Teddy,Bears',Picnic,Match,of,the,Day,Ice,Cream,by,Andre,Nickatina,essentially,just,Turkey,in,the,Straw,with,bass,1970s,used,them,for,laundering,the,proceeds,of,crime,and,a,front,for,drug,dealing.,A,period,of,Glaswegian,criminal,history,Wars,existed,in,the,1980s,rival,gangs,fighting,for,territory,smuggled,cigarettes,fags,fag,The Mister Softee Jingle,Turkey in the Straw,Do Your Ears Hang Low?,,,1,,,,,,,or,; or, in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom,,,,in Crewe and Nantwich,,in Vale Royal,,in Sheffield, and,in,other,places.,In,some,places,in,the,US,,ice,cream,trucks,play,the,song
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3A1R - An ice cream van (British) or ice cream truck (American) is a commercial vehicle which serves as a traveling retail outlet for ice cream, usually during the summer. Ice cream vans are often seen parked at public events, or near parks, beaches, or other areas where people congregate. Ice cream vans often travel near where children play ” outside schools, in residential areas, or in other locations. They usually stop briefly before moving on to the next street.
Ice cream vans are often brightly decorated and carry images of ice cream, or some other adornment, such as cartoon characters. They may have painted-on notices, which can serve a commercial purpose (Stop me and buy one!) or a more serious one (Don't Skid on a Kid!) - serving as a warning to passing motorists that children may run out into the road at the sight of the van, or appear without warning from behind it. Along the sides, a large sliding window acts as a serving hatch, and this is often covered with small pictures of the available products, with their associated prices.
A distinctive feature of ice cream vans is their melodic chimes, and often these take the form of a famous and recognizable tune, usually The Mister Softee Jingle, Turkey in the Straw, Do Your Ears Hang Low?, Pop Goes The Weasel The Entertainer, Music Box Dancer, Home on the Range, It's a Small World, Super Mario Bros. Theme or Camptown Races
or, in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Greensleeves, Whistle While You Work in Crewe and Nantwich, You Are My Sunshine in Vale Royal, Teddy Bears' Picnic in Sheffield, and Match of the Day in other places.
In some places in the US, ice cream trucks play the song Ice Cream by Andre Nickatina (essentially just Turkey in the Straw with bass).
Off Princes St Edinburgh Scotland UK EH2 3AA
Description
Keywords: your,own,on,the,council,municipal,ground,land,at,home,recession,prices,high,avoiding,eco,green,party,self-sufficient,back,to,nature,The,pleasures,of,growing,your,own,fruit,and,vegetables,on,an,allotment,or,on,a,veg,patch,at,home,gotonysmith,agenda,veggies,vegetarian,cordon,vert,cordon-vert,fresh,natural,society,goodlife,good,life,financial,crash,hard,times,hardtimes,benefit,HB,cuts,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYBNN - . Growing food on the allotment - The Sutton Rhubarb. Photographed on 9 August 2013. The recorded location is England, UK. The pleasures of growing your own fruit and vegetables, on an allotment or on a veg patch at home. In these times of recession, people are turning back to nature. As background, allotments and farms link household self-sufficiency with the commercial food system
Seed varieties, hand cultivation and large-scale mechanised farming provide a visual history of how people grow food and how agricultural practice changes. In the longer view, british allotments grew from nineteenth-century attempts to offer working families with land for food production and became especially important during the two world wars, when Dig for Victory encouraged household cultivation
Seed packets and named vegetable varieties also reflect the long commercial history of amateur gardening. In historical terms, everyday food and drink sit within wider histories of farming, manufacturing, retail and hospitality
Ingredients and brands that appear ordinary at one moment can later become valuable markers of changing diets, packaging, provenance and food fashion. Against the 2026 backdrop, current agricultural debate combines food production with environmental land management, biodiversity and climate adaptation
Photographs of crops and cultivation therefore have both traditional rural and contemporary sustainability relevance. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that allotments and grow-your-own gardening continue to be relevant to food prices, wellbeing, biodiversity and interest in shorter food chains
Waiting lists in many urban areas underline continuing demand for small plots where people can grow vegetables, fruit and flowers. Other strongly related concepts include agriculture, horticulture, grow your own, arable farming, vegetable growing, rural economy, farmland, sustainable agriculture, food security, seasonal crop, and vegetable gardening.
England, UK
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Keywords: your,own,on,the,council,municipal,ground,land,at,home,recession,prices,high,avoiding,eco,green,party,self-sufficient,back,to,nature,The,pleasures,of,growing,your,own,fruit,and,vegetables,on,an,allotment,or,on,a,veg,patch,at,home,Parsnips,plant,plants,pasnips,recipe,recipies,recipes,vegetable,plot,gotonysmith,agenda,veggies,vegetarian,cordon,vert,cordon-vert,fresh,natural,society,goodlife,good,life,financial,crash,hard,times,hardtimes,benefit,HB,cuts,plots,foodbank,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYCD3 - . Growing food on the allotment - Parsnips variety Tender & True. Photographed on 9 August 2013. The recorded location is England, UK. The pleasures of growing your own fruit and vegetables, on an allotment or on a veg patch at home. In these times of recession, people are turning back to nature. Looking at the subject's development, allotments and farms link household self-sufficiency with the commercial food system
Seed varieties, hand cultivation and large-scale mechanised farming provide a visual history of how people grow food and how agricultural practice changes. From a heritage perspective, growing vegetables at home links horticulture, food security and recreation
Allotment plots became a distinctive part of British urban life, allowing gardeners to cultivate fruit and vegetables on small rented plots while preserving varieties and practical knowledge. As background, everyday food and drink sit within wider histories of farming, manufacturing, retail and hospitality
Ingredients and brands that appear ordinary at one moment can later become useful markers of changing diets, packaging, provenance and food fashion. For the 2026 context, food security, soil health, biodiversity and climate resilience are increasingly central to UK farming and gardening
Images of crops, allotments and field work can support coverage of domestic food production, sustainable agriculture and adaptation to more variable weather. As of 2026, allotments and grow-your-own gardening remain relevant to food prices, wellbeing, biodiversity and interest in shorter food chains
Waiting lists in many urban areas underline continuing demand for small plots where people can grow vegetables, fruit and flowers. In 2026, current agricultural debate combines food production with environmental land management, biodiversity and climate adaptation
Photographs of crops and cultivation therefore have both traditional rural and contemporary sustainability relevance.
England, UK
Description
Keywords: your,own,on,the,council,municipal,ground,land,at,home,recession,prices,high,avoiding,eco,green,party,self-sufficient,back,to,nature,The,pleasures,of,growing,your,own,fruit,and,vegetables,on,an,allotment,or,on,a,veg,patch,at,home,recipes,plot,vegetable,gotonysmith,agenda,veggies,vegetarian,cordon,vert,cordon-vert,fresh,natural,society,goodlife,good,life,financial,crash,hard,times,hardtimes,benefit,HB,cuts,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYCHN - . Growing food on the allotment Perpetual spinach. Photographed on 9 August 2013. The recorded location is England, UK. The pleasures of growing your own fruit and vegetables, on an allotment or on a veg patch at home. In these times of recession, people are turning back to nature. From a heritage perspective, british agriculture has repeatedly adapted to mechanisation, changing markets and environmental policy
Tractors, fields, cereal crops and allotment vegetables each represent different scales of food production, while also documenting seasonal work and rural landscapes. In historical terms, british allotments grew from nineteenth-century attempts to provide working families with land for food production and became especially important during the two world wars, when Dig for Victory encouraged household cultivation
Seed packets and named vegetable varieties also reflect the long commercial history of amateur gardening. In the longer view, food photographs can document changing tastes, brands and methods of preparation as effectively as they illustrate a meal
Regional products, traditional recipes, independent food businesses and packaging all carry information about consumer culture and local identity. As of 2026, current agricultural debate combines food production with environmental land management, biodiversity and climate adaptation
Photographs of crops and cultivation therefore have both traditional rural and contemporary sustainability relevance. During 2026, allotments and grow-your-own gardening remain relevant to food prices, wellbeing, biodiversity and interest in shorter food chains
Waiting lists in many urban areas underline continuing demand for small plots where people can grow vegetables, fruit and flowers. Useful alternative terminology includes farming, horticulture, grow your own, arable farming, vegetable growing, rural economy, farmland, sustainable agriculture, food security, seasonal crop, and vegetable gardening.
England, UK
Description
Keywords: patch,panel,wolverhampton,england,computer,room,IT,PC,server,wire,cable,blue,cabinet,cool,refridgeration,cooling,rack,rackmounted,hardware,citrix,san,virtualised,virtualized,nerdy,west,midlands,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4438862036 - 'This is by far the neatest patch panel I have ever seen and encompasses over 312 individual cables. Anyone who know what I am talking about will probably have experience of twisted pair spaghetti, as does occur as a computer or equipment room matures.
If you are not a techie you may want to have a look at this instead www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3804831303/ . If you have patch panel envy, read on....
This patch bay was designed and built by Martin Donnison of fordway.com. It supports over five sites and upwards of 1,000 users.
Rackmounted panels, house cable connections. One short patch cable generally plugs into the front side, whereas the back holds the connection of a much longer and more permanent cable. Hardware assemblies are arranged so that a number of circuits or network connections can be supported. They were invented or evolved for early telephone exchanges.
Tidyness is next to god-lyness I guess and can save you money. See tonysmiththathousingitguy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/brass-in... from my alta-ego tonysmiththathousingitguy
Here, this is all housed in a neat wiring closet adjacent to a SAN and a number of virtualized servers.
More things to do with computers www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4206625887/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899
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Keywords: Strawberry,fruit,patch,veggie,vegatable,vegetable,Grappenhall,Heys,walled,secret,garden,cheshire,village,warrington,UK,GB,great,britain,united,kingdom,plants,october,autumn,Grappenhall Village,England,A50,A56,365days,wonder,seeds,red,rouge,rot,tasty,food,this photo rocks,rot-rosso-rouge-rood,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4050861051 - 'A strawberry plant fruiting still hanging on in the Grappenhall Heys (Warrington Cheshire UK ) walled garden veggie patch. I am sure frost is coming soon unfortunately, your number will soon be up.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: glasgow,merchant,city,bar,barmen,babbitty,bowsters,babbittybowsters,real,ale,pub,man,barman,eye,patch,eyepatch,pint,serving,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,favourite,pubs,public,houses,HOT PIX
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3813065342 - 'Every time I am up in Glagow I make a point of getting over to Babbities. Lovely food, cullen Skink, Stovies and all that, real ales, genuine atmosphere.
I go for the guest real ale rather than the Belhaven 70/- bitter though!
And talking of atmosphere, check out a pub from one of Glasgows spiritual sister cities www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3804831303/
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wigan,Greater Manchester,Lancashire,England,UK,WN1 1BH,town,centre,all-nighter,candle,flame,keep the flame burning,Keep on Burning,keep the fire burning,hands,white,black,hand,shaking,KTF,keep the faith,soul,music,world,famous,WCSC,green,red,keep,the,faith,handshake,round,patch,patches
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7H2 - The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it became known as a primary venue for Northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), the Catacombs (Wolverhampton) and the Golden Torch (Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent). It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England. In 1978, allegedly the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino The Best Disco in the World, ahead of New York City's Studio 54. Although there is no tangible evidence of this award ever being publicised.
This England, a TV documentary about the Wigan Casino, was filmed in 1977. Russ Winstanley and Dave Nowell wrote a history of the club, Soul Survivors, The Wigan Casino Story, which was published in 1996.
Wigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress. Local DJs Brian Rigby and Alan Cain approached lease owner Gerry Marshall to run all-nighters. Venue manager Mike Walker brought in Russ Winstanley, who had a DJ set at the local rugby club, to the Casino. At 2 am on Sunday 23 September 1973, Wigan Casino started its first-ever Northern soul all-nighter, with Winstanley as the DJ. After Winstanley and his helper Ian Fishwick, Kev Roberts was the third DJ at Casino all-nighters, who was quickly joined by Richard Searling Soul performers that performed there include Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker.
Young people from all over the UK regularly attended Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. There were long queues to get in. The second dance floor, Mr M's, stayed open until 6 am and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs including Dave Evison and Steve Whittle. All-nighters generally ended with three songs that became known as the '3 before 8': Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend, Long After Tonight Is All Over by Jimmy Radcliffe, and I'm on My Way by Dean Parrish.
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