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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,gay,village,Canal Street,tourist,tourism,city,break,holiday,short,travel,Velvet Bar,bar,bars,outdoor hospitality,hospitality sector,pavement café culture,city break destination,social documentary,travel editorial,equality and diversity,urban placemaking,modern Manchester,waterfront bars,leisure economy,daytime nightlife district,couples,mixed-use,development,city-centre,living,residential,quarter,modern,inclusive,pride,events,festival
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0G8 - Landscape view from the Velvet terrace on Canal Street in Manchester's Gay Village, looking across the Rochdale Canal toward the modern Kampus development. The image brings together two sides of the street: outdoor drinkers and diners in the foreground, seated among planters, black screens and pale café chairs, and the newer residential and leisure quarter across the canal, marked by the large KAMPUS sign. Small rainbow flags line the canal railings, while warm evening light, green trees, light summer clothing and relaxed outdoor seating suggest a late spring or summer city-break atmosphere. The sky is mostly hidden by buildings and foliage, but the stock-photo/gotonysmith-Scene.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>scene has the feel of mild weather and a busy hospitality day.
This is useful editorially because it shows Canal Street as a changing urban place, not just a famous nightlife strip. Velvet represents the established LGBTQ+ hospitality identity of the Gay Village: bars, restaurants, hotel rooms, drinks terraces, Pride culture and queer city tourism. Kampus, built around the former Manchester Metropolitan University campus, represents newer city-centre living, food, drink and regeneration beside the same canal. Together they show how Manchester's queer quarter now sits within wider pressures around development, public realm, residential growth and the visitor economy.
The photograph can illustrate stories on Manchester Pride, LGBTQ+ tourism, inclusive city breaks, outdoor hospitality, canalside regeneration, city-centre apartments, daytime nightlife districts, and the relationship between long-established queer venues and new urban development. The visible mix of customers, passers-by, planters, flags, canal railings, red brick, modern cladding and waterfront seating gives the image strong stock value for travel, planning, lifestyle, equality and Manchester business features. It records a moment where identity, commerce, tourism and regeneration meet in one compact canalside scene.
Canal Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M1 3HE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,gay,village,tourist,tourism,queer,as folk,Tripadvisor,Gay Village,Bar Pop,LGBTQ+,bars,Canal Street bars,Pride,festivals,rainbow,bunting,outdoor,drinkers,warm,weather,spring day,summer weather,quarter,inclusive,nightlife,safe space,safespace,community,inclusive city,equality and diversity,gay friendly,hospitality,queer visibility,public social space,urban,drag venue
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0J3 - Warm spring street scene on Canal Street in Manchester's Gay Village, looking along the bar frontage beside the Rochdale Canal. People walk through the city's best-known LGBTQ+ quarter while others sit at outdoor tables under parasols, with Bar Pop signage visible on the right and rainbow-coloured bunting strung above the trees. Fresh green leaves, short sleeves, sunglasses, bright pavement light and busy outdoor seating give the photograph a late spring or early summer feel. The sky is mostly hidden by trees and flags, but the clothing and open-air drinking suggest mild, sunny weather.
This is a useful editorial view of Canal Street as both a tourist destination and a community space. The area is strongly associated with LGBTQ+ nightlife, drag performance, Pride celebrations, bars, clubs, restaurants and late-night hospitality, but this picture also shows its daytime character: friends, couples, visitors and families moving through a public street that has become part of Manchester's civic identity. The rainbow decorations and crowded pavement underline themes of queer visibility, inclusive leisure, urban tourism and safe social space, while the red-brick buildings, trees, lampposts, tables and bar signs keep the image grounded in the working city.
The scene also has wider use beyond travel and nightlife. It can illustrate stories on Manchester's visitor economy, outdoor hospitality, Pride culture, equality and diversity, public realm design, city-centre regeneration and visible LGBTQ+ neighbourhoods. Canal Street is promoted as the heart of the Gay Village, but it is also a changing urban place where tourism, development, safety, late licensing, community memory and queer identity meet in a compact canalside street. The photograph captures that mix well: celebratory and ordinary at the same time, with sunshine, flags, beer-garden tables and pedestrians showing how a famous nightlife district also works as a daytime social landmark.
10 Canal Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M1 3EZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,gay,village,Canal Street,tourist,tourism,Bar Pop Manchester,LGBTQ+ tourism,LGBTQ+ nightlife,gay village street scene,outdoor drinkers,pavement café,tourists,break,pubs,club,clubs,LGBTQ+,quarter,gay friendly,safe,gays,centre,leisure,alfresco,drinkers,drinking,spring,street scene,relaxed,relaxing,travel,inclusive tourism,Pride destination,outdoor hospitality,summer drinks,socialising outdoors,rainbow street decorations
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0J4 - Busy street scene on Canal Street in Manchester's Gay Village, photographed on a warm spring day outside Bar Pop, with visitors walking past pavement tables while drinkers sit under black parasols beside the Rochdale Canal. Rainbow bunting and Pride colours hang above the trees, giving the street a festival feel even outside a formal parade. The image captures the everyday visitor economy of one of Britain's best-known LGBTQ+ quarters: bars, cafés, music venues, late-night entertainment, drag culture, weekend tourism and casual daytime socialising, all compressed into a narrow city-centre street.
Bar Pop's sign is visible on the right, placing the view at 10 Canal Street, close to Sackville Street, Richmond Street, Bloom Street and the Alan Turing Memorial in Sackville Gardens. The scene is useful not just as a nightlife photograph, but as a wider record of how Manchester has turned queer visibility into a public part of its civic identity. Canal Street is both a leisure destination and a symbol of acceptance, shaped by decades of LGBTQ+ organising, Pride events, bar culture and the continuing need for safe, visible social spaces. The mix of LGBTQ+ visitors, tourists, couples, friends and daytime drinkers shows the Village as a lived city neighbourhood rather than a sealed nightlife zone.
Fresh green trees, short sleeves, sunglasses, outdoor seating and soft bright light suggest late spring or early summer weather. The sky is largely hidden by foliage and flags, but the open-air drinking, warm clothing choices and relaxed pedestrian flow point to a pleasant, mild day. The photograph has strong editorial value for stories about Manchester tourism, Pride culture, hospitality, inclusive public spaces, canalside regeneration, the night-time economy, queer heritage, street life, urban planning, visitor behaviour and the commercial pressures facing famous nightlife districts as they balance entertainment, safety, identity and redevelopment.
10 Canal Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M1 3EZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@Hotpixuk,public art,Cheshire,street,art,town,centre,cultural,quarter,artwork,history,heritage,large,gable end,colourful,urban,landmark,North West,England,building,exterior,creative placemaking UK,arts centre architecture,local identity artwork,visitor attraction Warrington,street art photography,painted building facade,civic culture Cheshire,independent arts scene,visual storytelling mural,performing arts destination,historic town cultural quarter,English urban art,creative industries,theatre venue,Parr Hall neighbourhood,Cheshire tourist destination,townscape
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ERK65H - Large and colourful public mural covers the brick gable end of the Pyramid Arts Centre in Warrington's Cultural Quarter, Cheshire, England. Photographed beneath a bright blue sky with scattered white cloud, the artwork creates a distinctive visual landmark within the town centre's principal arts and entertainment district.
The detailed mural brings together an imaginative mixture of people, animals, architecture, stage imagery and geometric forms. Figures appear to perform, create and interact across the composition, while painted theatrical curtains, musicians, dancers and stylised urban scenes reflect the building's association with drama, music, performance and community arts. The word PYRAMID is incorporated prominently into the design, identifying the cultural venue and connecting the artwork directly with its surroundings.
Painted across a tall Victorian-style brick elevation, the mural contrasts strongly with the traditional red-brick architecture and prominent chimney stacks of the building. Shades of turquoise, purple, red, pink, grey and cream combine to produce a busy visual narrative that rewards closer inspection. Its scale allows the picture to be seen from surrounding streets and helps announce the entrance to Warrington's established cultural district.
Pyramid Arts Centre stands near Parr Hall and Warrington Museum and Art Gallery around Palmyra Square. Together, these venues form the heart of Warrington's Cultural Quarter and provide exhibitions, theatre, live music, comedy, workshops and other creative activities. The exterior artwork therefore acts both as decorative street art and as a representation of the performing and visual arts available within the area.
The image records an example of large-scale civic artwork used to enliven a town-centre building, strengthen local identity and encourage cultural tourism. It also illustrates creative placemaking, architectural reuse and the contribution made by public art to the character of establi
Pyramid Arts Centre, Palmyra Square South, Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA1 1BL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Henry Moore,passage,West Yorkshire,England United Kingdom,contemporary,public art,institution,cultural,venue,signage,quarter,research,modern art gallery,Henry Moore Foundation,free visitor attraction,Leeds city centre arts,contemporary art exhibitions,sculpture archive and library,visual arts education,museum wayfinding sign,gallery entrance direction,accessible,Yorkshire,arts,destination,indoor architectural signage,arts and heritage tourism,public gallery interior,British sculpture history,city centre cultural attraction,specialist sculpture institute,minimalist,wayfinding,indoor corridor,modern museum interior,visitor navigation,cultural institution branding
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWM1K - Minimalist directional sign points visitors along a bright internal passageway towards the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Black lettering spelling out the name of the internationally recognised sculpture centre is applied directly to a pale interior wall beneath a simple left-pointing arrow.
The photograph focuses on wayfinding and visitor access rather than an exhibition or individual artwork. Beyond the sign is a light-filled contemporary corridor with extensive glazing, exposed structural supports and a vivid green doorway visible in the distance. The understated typography and uncluttered interior design reflect the modern visual identity commonly associated with galleries, museums and cultural institutions.
The Henry Moore Institute is situated alongside Leeds Art Gallery in the city centre cultural quarter. It is dedicated to the study, presentation and enjoyment of sculpture and provides changing exhibitions, a specialist Sculpture Research Library and an archive of sculptors' papers. The Institute presents historic, modern and contemporary work by artists from Britain and around the world, while also supporting research, education, publications and public events.
Its name commemorates Henry Moore, the influential Yorkshire-born British sculptor who studied at Leeds School of Art before developing an international reputation for monumental modern sculpture. The Institute forms part of the Henry Moore Foundation, established by the artist and his family to encourage wider public appreciation of the visual arts, particularly sculpture.
The venue is connected physically and institutionally with Leeds Art Gallery, whose important holdings include a substantial collection of British sculpture. This internal route illustrates how visitors move between adjoining arts spaces within the wider municipal cultural complex around The Headrow.
The image is suitable for editorial themes involving museum navigation, cultural accessibility, visitor
74 The Headrow, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, LS1 3AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,scultpure,centre,town,civic,quarter,icon,iconic,255A9136,Face of Wigan,public,sculpture,Wigan,Greater Manchester,England,UK,art,landmark,metal,mesh,portrait,identity,urban,regeneration,contemporary,town-centre,realm,tourism,modern,head,artwork
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKD8NJ - . Face of Wigan public sculpture in Wigan town centre, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 6 May 2026. The monumental human head is formed from a complex metallic lattice or mesh, creating a striking three-dimensional portrait against a bright blue and cloudy sky. Modern civic buildings and landscaped public space are visible around the sculpture. The close frontal composition emphasises the unusual construction and facial detail, making the image useful for arts features, local tourism, place branding, regeneration projects and stories about the use of distinctive public artworks to create identity and visual interest within redesigned civic spaces. For the story of place-making, it is useful to note that place-based photography helps document the relationship between named locations and the people or businesses associated with them, especially where formal architectural records are limited. The historical setting for cultural landmark is that public art turns streets and buildings into records of local culture
Murals, statues and memorial sculpture can commemorate people and events, celebrate industry, respond to politics or simply enliven public space, while materials and style often identify a particular era. For present-day place-making, 2026 is significant because current place-making policy increasingly emphasises distinctive local identity rather than generic development, so small landmarks and community businesses can become important parts of how an area is represented. In the 2026 discussion of cultural landmark, public art is closely connected with regeneration, tourism, identity and debate about representation
Murals and sculptures can become visitor landmarks while also prompting discussion about whose past is visible in public space. Useful alternative terminology includes local history, place identity, townscape, streetscape, community history, local landmark, neighbourhood, urban change, local character, and public realm.
Wigan town centre, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9184,Manchester,Northern,Quarter,Coca-Cola,Cherry,Coke,advertising,mural,branding,street,urban
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E54T89 - . Coca-Cola Cherry Coke advertising mural in Manchester Northern Quarter. Photographed on 21 March 2026. The recorded location is Northern Quarter, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. For artwork, the historical context is that street art and murals are especially valuable as temporary cultural evidence because they may be painted over or lost during redevelopment
Photographs preserve both the artwork and its relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood. Looking at consumer culture, the longer history is that 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. For artwork, the 2026 context is that public art is closely connected with regeneration, tourism, identity and debate about representation
Murals and sculptures can become visitor landmarks while also prompting discussion about whose history is visible in public space. In 2026, consumer culture remains relevant because sustainability and reuse also give older objects new relevance, encouraging repair, second-hand sales and appreciation of durable material culture. Useful related concepts include statue, urban culture, cultural identity, visual culture, community art, place-making, memorial art, creative industries, public realm, cultural landmark, collectable, consumer object, vintage object, memorabilia, design history, retro, and household object. Useful subject and context terms include collecting, manufactured object, product history, social history, 255A9184, and urban. Within the history of cultural landmark, monuments and civic artworks are part of the visual history of place
Their subjects reveal whom a community chose to celebrate, while later reinterpretation or controversy can change the meaning of an apparently permanent object.
Northern Quarter, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9188,Manchester,Northern,Quarter,Coca-Cola,Cherry,Float,advertising,advert,mural,dusk,branding,street,urban
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E54T8C - . Coca-Cola Cherry Float advertising mural at dusk in Manchester Northern Quarter. Photographed on 21 March 2026. The recorded location is Northern Quarter, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Seen through statue, the earlier context is that monuments and civic artworks are part of the visual history of place
Their subjects reveal whom a community chose to celebrate, while later reinterpretation or controversy can change the meaning of an apparently permanent object. For design history, the historical context 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. The 2026 relevance of statue comes from the fact that contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. For design history, the 2026 context is that online resale, nostalgia and interest in vintage design have made many ordinary twentieth-century objects active collecting categories rather than disposable goods. Additional subject vocabulary includes public art, sculpture, cultural identity, visual culture, community art, memorial art, public realm, cultural landmark, material culture, consumer object, vintage object, memorabilia, branding, consumer culture, retro, household object, and manufactured object. Relevant alternative phrases include product history, social history, and 255A9188. Looking at place-making, the longer history is that public art turns streets and buildings into records of local culture
Murals, statues and memorial sculpture can commemorate people and events, celebrate industry, respond to politics or simply enliven public space, while materials and style often identify a particular era.
Northern Quarter, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,sunny,Autum,evening,exterior,outside,former Manchester Central Station,GMEX,building,historic,terminus,railway,rail,station events,event,Victorian,history,heritage,architecture,reuse,re-use,buildings,UK,low sun,clear,blue,sky,transport,cultural,and,events,quarter,clock,frontage,entrance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CGCJYC - A view of Manchester Central in Manchester city centre, photographed on a sunny autumn evening with clear skies and low-angle sunlight catching the building's red sandstone façade and sweeping arched roof. The warm light and long shadows create a calm, reflective atmosphere typical of early autumn in the city.
Originally opened in 1880 as Manchester Central Station, the building was designed to serve the Cheshire Lines Committee and featured one of the widest unsupported iron arches in Britain. The station closed to rail passengers in the late twentieth century as transport patterns changed, reflecting the wider decline of Victorian city-centre termini across the UK.
Rather than demolition, the structure was later repurposed as an exhibition and events venue, initially known as the GMEX and now operating as Manchester Central. This adaptive reuse has made it a key part of Manchester's civic and cultural infrastructure, hosting conferences, concerts, political events and exhibitions while preserving an important piece of the city's architectural heritage.
Set close to Deansgate and the city's modern commercial core, Manchester Central stands as a symbol of continuity and reinvention, where nineteenth-century transport architecture supports twenty-first-century urban life. The image is well suited for editorial use covering urban regeneration, heritage conservation, adaptive reuse of historic buildings, city identity and seasonal cityscapes in modern Britain.
Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, M2 3GX, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,wayfinding,pedestrian signpost,directional signs,Manchester city centre,urban signage,walking routes,heritage area,tourist signage,public realm,Manchester landmarks,cultural,quarter,documentary photography,editorial image,attraction,attractions,Manchester Central,Bridgewater Hall,Great Northern Warehouse,Museum of Science and Industry,Roman Gardens,Castlefield Youth Hostel,pedestrian route,urban planning,walking,history,historic district,city wayfinding,everyday Britain,North West England,tourism infrastructure,street photography,contemporary Britain,blue,grey sky
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CPAX8F - Pedestrian wayfinding signs in the Castlefield area of Manchester city centre, England, directing walkers towards major cultural, civic, and visitor destinations including Manchester Central, Bridgewater Hall, the Museum of Science and Industry, Roman Gardens, the Great Northern Warehouse, and Castlefield Youth Hostel. Castlefield is recognised as Manchester's first designated urban heritage park and is known for its Roman origins, canal basins, and surviving industrial infrastructure.
The blue and white signposts form part of the city's pedestrian navigation system, designed to encourage walking between transport hubs, cultural venues, historic sites, and leisure areas. The signs reflect the layered character of Castlefield, where Roman archaeology, Victorian canals and railways, and modern cultural buildings coexist within a compact city-centre district.
The image highlights themes of urban wayfinding, heritage-led regeneration, and the role of public realm infrastructure in supporting tourism, everyday movement, and accessibility in major British cities. It also illustrates how Manchester promotes walkability and connects historic neighbourhoods with contemporary cultural and commercial centres.
Castlefield, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 4FP, England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9712,Manchester,Northern,Quarter,food,booze,cocktails,sign,pub,bar
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E3P83G - . Nice People Proper Food Booze Cocktails sign in Manchester Northern Quarter. Photographed on 28 June 2025. The recorded location is Northern Quarter, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Seen through hospitality, the earlier context is that packaging and utensils also matter: corks, bottles and branded labels preserve evidence of production and trade alongside the food or drink itself. For notice, the historical context is that signs are functional pieces of graphic design that organise movement and communicate rules, names or destinations
Lettering, symbols, colours and materials can date public space as clearly as architecture, particularly when organisations rebrand or regulations evolution. Looking at beer culture, the longer history is that beer culture links agriculture, brewing, distribution and the licensed trade
Cask-conditioned ale, handpumps, brewery branding and pub interiors became especially significant to the real-ale revival from the 1970s onwards, while later craft brewing introduced new styles and independent producers. The 2026 relevance of hospitality comes from the fact that hospitality and food retail continue to adapt to higher costs, delivery platforms and changing diets, making older restaurant and product images useful evidence of consumer trends. For notice, the 2026 context is that digital maps and smartphone navigation are ubiquitous, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility, legal restrictions and visitors without reliable connectivity. Other closely matched search terms include food culture, cuisine, street food, home cooking, food photography, regional food, consumer culture, ingredients, meal, culinary tradition, food provenance, eating out, public information, wayfinding, direction sign, street sign, and typography. Closely associated editorial terms include public realm, visitor guidance, information sign, bilingual signage, accessibility sign, and graphic communication.
Northern Quarter, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,city,centre,Leith Street,St James,Quarter,rider,courier,workers,contract,gig,economy,platform,app,insecure,work,precarious,partners,rights,employment,retail,advertising,fashion,hoarding,high street,consumer culture,inequality,urban,cost of living,consumer,convenience,luxury,flexible,low paid,department store,shopping,Scottish,John Ruis
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EE4MA9 - A food delivery rider carrying a turquoise insulated delivery bag walks beneath a large John Lewis fashion advertising hoarding in Edinburgh city centre, close to the St James Quarter and Leith Street retail area. The image places a lone gig economy worker at street level below two oversized fashion models on the department store frontage, creating a strong visual contrast between high street retail branding, consumer aspiration and low-paid platform labour. It can be used to illustrate zero hours work, insecure work, self-employed courier jobs, app-based food delivery, urban employment, city centre retail, inequality, cost of living pressures, casual labour and the changing nature of work in modern Britain. The John Lewis store in Edinburgh is listed at 60 Leith Street, EH1 3SP, within the St James Quarter shopping district, an area associated with major retail, fashion, leisure and tourist footfall. This documentary street photograph also has relevance for stories about the gig economy, delivery riders, employment rights, workers' rights, trade unions, flexible working, precarious contracts, urban logistics, food delivery apps, retail advertising, outdoor media, consumer culture and the contrast between affluent shopping districts and the workers who service them. The scene appears to be photographed in daylight under bright city conditions, with the glossy hoarding, large fashion imagery and angled pavement viewpoint giving a contemporary commercial feel. The person with the delivery bag is small in the frame compared with the brand advertisement, emphasising scale, power, visibility and the social distance between luxury-style marketing and everyday service labour. The picture may suit editorial coverage of zero hours contracts, platform worker status, Scottish city centre employment, Edinburgh retail, high street fashion, delivery work, labour market insecurity and debates around fair pay, worker protection and modern consumer convenience.
Food delivery rider passes below a large John Lewis fashion hoarding in Edinburgh city centre, highl
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Beatles,The Beatles,fab4,Liverpool,Arena,quarter,Strawberry Fields,forever,Penny Lane,Paul,John,Cilla Black,All you need is love
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F07990 - . Beatles mural Liverpool - Arena quarter - Strawberry Fields forever - Penny Lane. Photographed on 9 September 2024, 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. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Beatles, The Beatles, fab4, Liverpool, Arena, quarter, Strawberry Fields, forever, Penny Lane, Paul, John, Cilla Black, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,english,illumination,illuminated,lit,lighted,up,Oldham St,Oldham Street,in,Manchester,City,Centre,faith,belief,religion,M1 1JR,M1,NQ4,Northern,Quarter,neon lettering,religious message,Christian sign,illuminated sign,blue neon,Manchester city centre,Manchester nightlife,urban signage,faith in public space,spiritual message,city street sign,Christianity,worship,spirituality,evangelical message,God is not dead,Jesus is not dead
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X2CG3J - This image shows a striking illuminated neon sign displaying the words Come and Worship, rendered in bright blue neon tubing and framed by a contrasting green neon border. The sign is located on Oldham Street in Manchester city centre, an area strongly associated with nightlife, independent music venues, bars, and alternative culture within the Northern Quarter.
The message presents a deliberate and thought-provoking contrast between religious language and its urban surroundings. Oldham Street is better known for live music, late-night venues, record shops, and street culture than overt expressions of faith, making the presence of a Christian worship message visually and culturally arresting. The glowing neon typography echoes commercial signage styles more commonly associated with entertainment or retail, blending religious invitation with the visual language of the night-time city.
Photographed at night, the sign's illumination stands out sharply against a dark background, emphasising the clarity of the text and the symbolic impact of faith displayed openly in a secular urban environment. The image reflects wider themes in contemporary British cities, including the coexistence of belief systems, the visibility of religion in public spaces, and the use of modern visual forms to communicate traditional spiritual messages.
This photograph has strong editorial relevance for themes of religion, belief, spirituality, urban culture, modern Britain, social commentary, and the interaction between faith and nightlife in city centres.
Oldham Road, Manchester, M1 1JR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,Titanic,steel,rust,logo,rusty,1,Belfast,County Antrim,BT3 9EP,BT3,iron,metal,signs,words,spelt,culture,docks,exhibit,history,heritage,historic,shipyards,quarter,tourist,attraction,sunny,blue sky,White Star,building,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ35G - Titanic Belfast is a visitor attraction opened in 2012, a monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the city's Titanic Quarter where the RMS Titanic was built. It tells the stories of the Titanic, which hit an iceberg and sank during her maiden voyage in 1912, and her sister ships RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic. The building contains more than 12,000 square metres (130,000 sq ft) of floor space, most of which is occupied by a series of galleries, private function rooms and community facilities.
Titanic Belfast is owned by the Maritime Belfast Trust and commercially operated by Titanic Belfast Limited under a 25-year operator agreement which commenced in 2011.
The building is located on Queen's Island, an area of land at the entrance of Belfast Lough which was reclaimed from the water in the mid-19th century. It was used for many years by the shipbuilders Harland and Wolff, who built huge slipways and graving docks to accommodate the simultaneous construction of the Olympic and Titanic. The decline of shipbuilding in Belfast left much of the area derelict. Most of the disused structures on the island were demolished. A number of heritage features were given listed status, including the Olympic and Titanic slipways and graving docks, as well as the iconic Samson and Goliath cranes.
The derelict land was renamed the Titanic Quarter in 2001 and was earmarked for regeneration. Development rights over 185 acres was subsequently bought by Harcourt Developments at a cost of £47 million, with 23 more acres set aside for a science park. The redevelopment plans included houses, hotels and entertainment amenities plus a maritime heritage museum and science centre. In 2005, plans were announced to build a museum dedicated to Titanic to attract tourists to the area, with the aim of completing it by 2012 to mark the centenary of Titanic's maiden voyage and sinking.
1 Olympic Way, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT3 9EP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,Titanic,steel,rust,logo,rusty,1,Belfast,County Antrim,BT3 9EP,BT3,iron,metal,signs,words,spelt,culture,docks,exhibit,history,heritage,historic,shipyards,quarter,tourist,attraction,sunny,blue sky,White Star,building,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ36M - Titanic Belfast is a visitor attraction opened in 2012, a monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the city's Titanic Quarter where the RMS Titanic was built. It tells the stories of the Titanic, which hit an iceberg and sank during her maiden voyage in 1912, and her sister ships RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic. The building contains more than 12,000 square metres (130,000 sq ft) of floor space, most of which is occupied by a series of galleries, private function rooms and community facilities.
Titanic Belfast is owned by the Maritime Belfast Trust and commercially operated by Titanic Belfast Limited under a 25-year operator agreement which commenced in 2011.
The building is located on Queen's Island, an area of land at the entrance of Belfast Lough which was reclaimed from the water in the mid-19th century. It was used for many years by the shipbuilders Harland and Wolff, who built huge slipways and graving docks to accommodate the simultaneous construction of the Olympic and Titanic. The decline of shipbuilding in Belfast left much of the area derelict. Most of the disused structures on the island were demolished. A number of heritage features were given listed status, including the Olympic and Titanic slipways and graving docks, as well as the iconic Samson and Goliath cranes.
The derelict land was renamed the Titanic Quarter in 2001 and was earmarked for regeneration. Development rights over 185 acres was subsequently bought by Harcourt Developments at a cost of £47 million, with 23 more acres set aside for a science park. The redevelopment plans included houses, hotels and entertainment amenities plus a maritime heritage museum and science centre. In 2005, plans were announced to build a museum dedicated to Titanic to attract tourists to the area, with the aim of completing it by 2012 to mark the centenary of Titanic's maiden voyage and sinking.
1 Olympic Way, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT3 9EP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,from,Lincoln,Lincolnshire,heritage,LN2,cityscape,Minster Yard,LN2 1PX,Steep Hill,Bailgate,Castle Hill,cathedral,quarter,west front,towers,Gothic,medieval,Norman,English,Anglican,Church of England,Diocese of Lincoln,architecture,ecclesiastical,close,rooftops,panoramic,view,tourist,tourism,panorama,travel,attractions,sightseeing,facade,city break,travel editorial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EBGJ93 - Elevated view of Lincoln Cathedral seen from the Medieval Wall Walk at Lincoln Castle, looking across the rooftops, streets and historic buildings of the Cathedral Quarter in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The photograph shows the cathedral's dramatic west front and towers rising above the old uphill city, with red brick houses, stone buildings, parked cars, Castle Hill and the surrounding Lincolnshire landscape visible under a clear blue sky. Lincoln Cathedral is one of England's great medieval cathedrals and remains the dominant landmark of the city, visually linked with nearby Lincoln Castle across one of the country's most impressive historic urban settings. The image is strong for editorial use around Lincoln tourism, English cathedral cities, medieval architecture, Gothic church design, heritage travel, city breaks, Lincolnshire history, elevated viewpoints, castle ramparts and the relationship between stock-photo/gotonysmith-Religious.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>religious and military power in medieval towns. The castle wall viewpoint gives the scene added value because it places the viewer within another major historic attraction, looking out from the defensive walls towards the cathedral close, old street pattern and wider cityscape. It can support features about the Lincoln Castle wall walk, cathedral architecture, the uphill Cathedral Quarter, Bailgate, Steep Hill, heritage regeneration, visitor economy, English townscapes and the appeal of compact historic cities. The bright spring-like light, distant countryside and layered rooftops create a classic travel image, while the perspective from the castle walls gives a more distinctive composition than a ground-level cathedral frontage. The photograph also works for educational use on Norman and medieval urban development, church patronage, historic skylines, conservation areas,architectural tourism and the continuing role of cathedrals as civic symbols. It is a useful stock image for guidebooks,tourism marketing, newspaper travel sections, history features, religious heritage
Lincoln Cathedral seen from Lincoln Castle wall, looking across the historic Cathedral Quarter and c
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,historic,brewers,brewer,Gloucestershire,England,UK,ale,CAMRA,real,beer,bitter,ales,picture frame,pints,of,races,horses,racecourse,racing,classic,Henrietta St,Gardner,Gardners,Brewhouse & Kitchen,Brewhouse,Quarter,Flower and sons,Flower & sons,heritage,alcohol,Chelters,Cheltenham,Cheltenham Races,gold cup,branding,closed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K888MN - A framed vintage advertising poster for Flowers Breweries, carrying the memorable slogan Flowers Complement The Turf Beautifully and the accompanying line Always Pick Flowers. The monochrome illustration depicts a foaming pint of Flowers beer alongside racing binoculars and betting slips, deliberately linking the brewery's ales with the long-established traditions of British horse racing, racecourse hospitality and the English public house. The artwork was produced as part of Flowers' distinctive mid-twentieth century advertising campaigns, using clever wordplay between the brewery name and the turf of Britain's famous racecourses, particularly resonating with Cheltenham's national reputation for horse racing and the Cheltenham Festival. Displayed in a traditional wooden picture frame, the print is now an attractive example of British brewing heritage, vintage commercial art, classic typography and nostalgic pub memorabilia.
The Flowers name originated with Flower & Sons, founded in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1831 by Edward Fordham Flower. In 1954 the company was acquired by J. W. Green Ltd of Luton, with the enlarged business adopting the better-known Flowers Breweries name. The brewery expanded into one of Britain's significant regional brewers with an extensive tied estate of pubs across England before being acquired by Whitbread in 1961 as consolidation transformed the British brewing industry. Flowers became part of Whitbread Flowers, although brewing at the historic Stratford-upon-Avon brewery ceased in 1968 and the former J. W. Green Phoenix Brewery in Luton closed in 1969 as production was concentrated into newer facilities. Whitbread itself later exited brewing, selling its brewing operations, including the Flowers brands, to Interbrew in 2000, a business that subsequently became InBev and then today's global brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev). Original Flowers advertising posters such as this are increasingly sought after by collectors
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire , England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,town,centre,shop,store,shops,stores,by,the,quarter,pound,YO22,sweet,sweets,liquorice,violets,gums,jar,different,kinds,boiled,room,completely,filled,shelf,toffee,toffees,fudge,rock,cream,sugar,treat,treats
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD2434 - . A room completely filled with boiled sweet and confectionary jars, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22. 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 Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, shop, store, shops, stores, quarter, pound, YO22, sweet, sweets, liquorice, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include violets, gums, jar, different, kinds, boiled, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,station,train,trains,CW1 2DB,1/4,Aa,quarter,of,a,mile,to Crewe,to,sign,signage,rail,BR,British Rail,WCML,railway,main,line,signal,box,signals,in big letters,capital,letters,this way,maroon,systems
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JX2W37 - . This dated editorial view of Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1 2DB in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The frame specifically shows A quarter of a mile, to Crewe, sign at the North Junction signal box, West Coast Mainline, WCML railway, Cheshire, England, UK , CW1 2DB. The frame also records themes of freight wagon, regional identity, railway heritage, surface public transport, working railway heritage, industrial railway, trackside history, transport accessibility, historical comparison, local bus network, passenger information, local history, documentary photography, and social history. The modern context includes continuing discussion of network modernisation, signalling technology and how Crewe's identity remains tied to railway engineering and operations. For current editorial use, local connectivity and integrated transport provide additional context, especially through the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1 2DB before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. The location also brings in public realm, rail transport history, roadside transit, public transport stop, bus route infrastructure, period detail, street-side transport, and public-transport wayfinding. The recorded references to railway, Crewe, signal, quarter, and Mainline preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1 2DB matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is network modernisation and how Crewe's identity remains tied to railway engineering and operations within the specific setting of Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1 2DB.
Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, CW1 2DB
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Liverpool,City Centre,scouse,the,around,and,above,Cavern,Quarter,Ropewalks,L2,L2 6RE,Sir,MBE,outside,of,Hard Days Night,Hotel,Central Buildings,North John St,L2 6RR,Beatles,Beatlemania,music,Merseybeat,tourist,attraction,tourism,home,band,1960,1960s,cool,city centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCW1XP - Sir Richard Starkey MBE (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album, including Yellow Submarine and With a Little Help from My Friends. He also wrote and sang the Beatles songs Don't Pass Me By and Octopus's Garden, and is credited as a co-writer of four others.
Starr was afflicted by life-threatening illnesses during childhood, with periods of prolonged hospitalisation. He briefly held a position with British Rail before securing an apprenticeship as a machinist at a Liverpool school equipment manufacturer. Soon afterwards, Starr became interested in the UK skiffle craze and developed a fervent admiration for the genre. In 1957, he co-founded his first band, the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group, which earned several prestigious local bookings before the fad succumbed to American rock and roll around early 1958. When the Beatles formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool group, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. After achieving moderate success in the UK and Hamburg, he quit the Hurricanes when he was asked to join the Beatles in August 1962, replacing Pete Best.
In addition to the Beatles' films, Starr has acted in numerous others. After the band's break-up in 1970, he released several successful singles including the US top-ten hit It Don't Come Easy, and number ones Photograph and You're Sixteen. His most successful UK single was Back Off Boogaloo, which peaked at number two. He achieved commercial and critical success with his 1973 album Ringo, which was a top-ten release in both the UK and the US. Starr has featured in numerous documentaries, hosted television shows, narrated the first two series of the children's television program Thomas & Friends and portrayed Mr. Conductor
Central Buildings, North John St, Liverpool ,L2 6RR
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Liverpool,City Centre,scouse,the,around,and,above,Cavern,Quarter,Ropewalks,L2,L2 6RE,outside,of,Hard Days Night,Hotel,Central Buildings,North John St,L2 6RR,Beatles,Beatlemania,music,Merseybeat,tourist,attraction,tourism,home,band,1960,1960s,cool,city,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCW1XT - George Harrison MBE (25 February 1943 “ 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called the quiet Beatle, Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work. Although the majority of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group include Taxman, Within You Without You, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Here Comes the Sun and Something. Harrison's earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt
subsequent influences were Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry.
By 1965, he had begun to lead the Beatles into folk rock through his interest in Bob Dylan and the Byrds, and towards Indian classical music through his use of Indian instruments, such as the sitar, which he had become acquainted with on the set of the film Help! He played sitar on numerous Beatles songs, starting with Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown). Having initiated the band's embrace of Transcendental Meditation in 1967, he subsequently developed an association with the Hare Krishna movement. After the band's break-up in 1970, Harrison released the triple album All Things Must Pass, a critically acclaimed work that produced his most successful hit single, My Sweet Lord, and introduced his signature sound as a solo artist, the slide guitar. He also organised the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh with Indian musician Ravi Shankar, a precursor to later benefit concerts such as Live Aid. In his role as a music and film producer, Harrison produced acts signed to the Beatles' Apple record label before founding Dark Horse Records in 1974. He co-founded HandMade Films in 1978, initially to produce the Monty Python troupe's
Central Buildings, North John St, Liverpool ,L2 6RR
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Liverpool,City Centre,scouse,the,around,and,above,Cavern,Quarter,Ropewalks,L2,L2 6RE,CH MBE,singer,songwriter,musician,Wings,outside,of,Hard Days Night,Hotel,Central Buildings,North John St,L2 6RR,Beatles,Beatlemania,music,Merseybeat,tourist,attraction,tourism,home,band,1960,1960s,cool,city centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCW1XX - Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One of the most successful composers and performers of all time, McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile and wide tenor vocal range, and musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from pre“rock and roll pop to classical, ballads, and electronica. His songwriting partnership with Lennon remains the most successful in history.
Born in Liverpool, McCartney taught himself piano, guitar and songwriting as a teenager, having been influenced by his father, a jazz player, and rock and roll performers such as Little Richard and Buddy Holly. He began his career when he joined Lennon's skiffle group, the Quarrymen, in 1957, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Sometimes called the cute Beatle, McCartney later involved himself with the London avant-garde and spearheaded the incorporation of experimental aesthetics into the Beatles' studio productions. Starting with the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, he gradually became the band's de facto leader, providing the creative impetus for most of their music and film projects. Many of his Beatles songs, including And I Love Her, Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, and Blackbird, rank among the most covered songs in history. While primarily a bassist with the Beatles, in various songs he played a number of other instruments, including keyboards, guitars, and drums.
After the Beatles disbanded, he debuted as a solo artist with the 1970 album McCartney and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine. Led by McCartney, Wings was one of the most successful bands of the 1970s, and he wrote or co-wrote their US or UK number-one hits My Love, Band on the Run, Listen to What the Man Said, Silly Love Songs
Central Buildings, North John St, Liverpool ,L2 6RR
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Liverpool,City Centre,scouse,the,around,and,above,Cavern,Quarter,Ropewalks,L2,L2 6RE,with,bronze,singer,songwriter,musician,peace activist,give peace a chance,give peas a chance,John Winston Ono Lennon,John Winston Lennon,outside,of,Hard Days Night,Hotel,Central Buildings,North John St,L2 6RR,1960s,cool,tourism,home,band,1960,attraction,tourist
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCW1Y0 - John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon
9 October 1940 “ 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's work was characterised by the rebellious nature and acerbic wit of his music, writing and drawings, on film, and in interviews. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.
Born in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager. In 1956, he formed the Quarrymen, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Sometimes called the smart Beatle, he was initially the group's de facto leader, a role gradually ceded to McCartney. Through his songwriting in the Beatles, Lennon embraced a myriad of musical influences, initially writing and co-writing rock and pop-oriented hit songs in the band's early years, then later incorporating experimental elements into his compositions in the latter half of the Beatles' career as his songs became known for their increasing innovation. Lennon soon expanded his work into other media by participating in numerous films, including How I Won the War, and authoring In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works, both collections of nonsense writings and line drawings. Starting with All You Need Is Love, his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement and the larger counterculture of the 1960s. In 1969, he started the Plastic Ono Band with his second wife, the multimedia artist Yoko Ono, held the two-week-long anti-war demonstration Bed-ins for Peace, and left the Beatles to embark on a solo career.
Between 1968 and 1972, Lennon and Ono collaborated on many works, including a trilogy of avant-garde albums, several more films, his solo debut John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, and the international top-10 singles Give Peace a Chance, Instant Karma!, Imagine and Happy Xmas (War Is Over).
Central Buildings, North John St, Liverpool ,L2 6RR
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Northern,Powerhouse,industry,art,music,MarkEsmith,Hit The North,Manchester,Northern quarter,NQ4,Greater Manchester,England,Neon,Hit,The,North,quarter,proud,pub,bar,Punish The North,Northern wasteland,wasteland,M6,North West,NorthWest,North West of England,Lancashire,Lancs,brick,wall,neon sign on wall,white sign,levelling up,Cumbria,village
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AEDHXN - Hit the North is a 1987 song by British post-punk band the Fall. The lyrics were composed by band leader Mark E. Smith with the music written by Simon Rogers and Brix Smith. It was released as a single in October 1987 and reached number 57 on the UK singles chart. According to Tom Doyle of Sound on Sound, the song is a rousing groove“based anthem which is now regarded by many as both their ultimate statement and best single.
The record was part of a conscious approach by Brix Smith and Simon Rogers, both of whom had recently joined the band, in increasing the Fall's popularity and accessibility. Brix Smith said: It was definitely a conscious thing on my part because they were so, so underground and so unappreciated and unknown. I just thought they were such an important band and it needed to be broadcast all over the world. Her husband at the time, Mark E. Smith, disagreed: ..it wasn't a conscious effort. It was just trying to get it a bit more punchy. I always like it very clean and simple. A lot of groups are swamped with sound.
The music was written by Rogers and Brix Smith, and recorded by Rogers on his newly-acquired Sequential Circuits Studio 440 sequencer-sampler. Rogers said literally the first thing I put into it was a bass and a snare just on two pads, a little tiny Indian bell... and a sax note and a bass note from a Gentle Giant record. When Rogers demonstrated the instrument to Mark E. Smith, Smith said: What's that music? I'll have that, just do me a tape. Smith recorded a demo, with the original programmed drums removed
on the final recording they are replaced by samples of Simon Wolstencroft's drumming. The song was recorded in Abbey Road Studios in July 1987, during the sessions for the band's album The Frenz Experiment, with Rogers as producer and Ian Grimble as recording engineer. Guitar and vocal distortions and other effects were added in the studio.
Northern Quarter, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,Irish,art,artwork,painting,graffiti,Big City Lover,positive,shop,store,vibrant,interesting,cultural,area,quarter,Dublins,bars,pubs,ornate,watering holes,boozer,boozers,attraction,attractions,tourism,problem,problems,ASB,antisocial behaviour,trouble,Bloom,Blooms,hotel,St Patricks Day,St Patrick
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8BNNW - . Made at rown Alley Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland in 2019, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. At the centre of the view is Crown Alley Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland, graffiti, Eye Walk These Streets, Big City Lover. The broader subject matter reaches into visual archive, before-and-after reference, mural culture, street creativity, temporary artwork, licensed hospitality, changing streetscape, urban artwork, night-time economy, traditional ale house, creative placemaking, public realm, beer-led hospitality, and community identity. The modern context includes continuing discussion of local identity, temporary works and the role of murals in giving neighbourhoods a distinctive identity. For current editorial use, hospitality costs and food inflation provide additional context, especially through the survival of local pubs as social meeting places. As a dated visual record of rown Alley Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside social history, community art, local history, food-and-drink business, documentary photography, traditional pub, contemporary mural, and visual street culture. The recorded references to Alley, graffiti, Crown, Lover, and Temple preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For rown Alley Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to local identity and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and graffiti within the real-world context of rown Alley Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland.
rown Alley Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,131 Mount Pleasant,L3 5TF,building,science,office,one,liverpoolsciencepark,education,knowledge,research,offices,space,modern,quarter,city,centre,rental,agency,real estate,sciontec,park,Grade A,laboratory,laboratories,facility,tech,technology,innovation,centres,British,GB,Great Britain
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475J7 - . This location-specific image from 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF in 2019 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 Liverpool science park , 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF. The broader subject matter reaches into contemporary social history, place identity, social history, before-and-after reference, local history, small business, independent retail, period detail, everyday life, regional identity, street-level business, retail property, specialist retailer, and customer footfall. For current editorial use, online shopping and store closures provide additional context, especially through how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. Other useful contextual ideas include town-centre trading, local enterprise, community identity, visual archive, high-street commerce, changing streetscape, commercial frontage, and public realm. Details involving Mount, science, Pleasant, Merseyside, and Liverpool make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to online shopping and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses within the specific setting of 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF. The record includes a point of historical comparison for future local research.
131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,NQ4,Northern Quarter,Tib St,Craft Village,M4,art,crafts,City Centre,Oak Street,Lancashire,M4 5JD,F Hodgkinson,Sales office,Manchester Craft Village,Northern Quarter Manchester,F,Sales,office,Frank,New Smithfield Market,Stalls H9,Northern,Quarter,icon,iconic,Fred,Hodgkinson
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEK9 - . A close documentary record depicts a moment within 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD, in a view made during 2019. The supplied image information identifies Fish & Poultry, F.Hodgkinson Sales office, Manchester Craft Village, Oak Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, Lancashire, UK, M4 5JD. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are everyday Britain, changing Britain, local identity, place and memory, social context, modern history, community life, public realm, documentary photography, documentary record, place-based history, and cultural landscape. In the mid-2020s, regional identity is increasingly discussed through shifts in local identity and the passage of time, with attention turning to stronger archival comparison. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. The view also records themes involving visual record, regional identity, everyday infrastructure, local character, contemporary social history, urban and rural change. The scene is further associated with Manchester City Centre, Fish and Poultry, Fresh Fish, Hodgkinson Fresh Fish. Its context additionally embraces social landscape, and community environment. Current debate around regional identity often combines shifts in local identity, the passage of time and the practical challenge of a clearer record of local change. The combination preserved here provides evidence of movement through the area, planning and redevelopment, historic fabric, everyday services, and social change at this precise location. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for architecture and streetscape, public access, ownership or occupation, transport patterns, and neighbourhood identity within the surrounding area.
17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Great Britain,Cultural Quarter,garden,gardens,Palmyra Square,Palmyra Sq,Performance,Area,space,culture,cultural,quarter,town,centre,art,arts,amphitheatre,outside,open,open air,spaces,seat,seating,seats,Queens Gardens,Victorian,area,district,WA1 1BL,WA1
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2T9 - Palmyra Square, Queen's Gardens Queen's Gardens were formerly private residential gardens in Palmyra Square and were purchased in 1897 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Warrington Borough Council and Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. They opened to the public on 17th October 1898. A wealthy local businessman, Robert Garnett donated the appropriate centrepiece, a Queen Victoria Jubilee cast iron drinking fountain by MacFarlane's of Glasgow (identical to the one on Hoylake promenade).
Palmyra Square Performance Area, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1BL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,North West England,manchester,city centre,NQ4,Manchester,City Centre,M2 1NL,Emerica,Factory,Works,building,Northern,Quarter,North West,M2,M4,wall,on wall,beak,factory,business,window,windows,industrial,area,birds,painted,industry,warehouse,warehouses,beaks,mouth,graffiti trail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG98D6 - . A place-specific photograph places on record the everyday reality of Cross Keys St, Northern Quarter, Manchester, City Centre, North West England, UK, M4 5ET, in a scene preserved from 2019. Within that setting the photograph concentrates on Emerica Factory Works, Bird Art, Cross Keys St, Northern Quarter, Manchester, City Centre, North West England, UK, M4 5ET. The location also connects ecological value, transport interchange, conservation architecture, nature conservation, ecosystem resilience, architectural detail, urban visual culture, period property, climate impacts, habitat management, mural culture, and heritage streetscape. The wider contemporary story of passenger rail now includes accessible travel alongside fares and affordability, while policy and investment increasingly consider better links with buses and trams. Current debate around creative hoardings often combines regeneration, temporary installations and the practical challenge of art integrated with regeneration. In the mid-2020s, traditional structures is increasingly discussed through adaptive reuse and maintenance cost, with attention turning to heritage-led regeneration. Because this is a time-specific record of Cross Keys St, Northern Quarter, Manchester, City Centre, North West England, UK, M4 5ET, later comparison can reveal changes in signage, ownership, land use, transport, street furniture, building condition and the way the public uses the surrounding space. The view also records themes involving rail heritage, heritage asset, climate adaptation, illustrated hoarding, passenger connectivity, street-level design. Other local associations include Cross Keys Street, Manchester City Centre, Manchester Northern quarter, graffiti. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, rail accessibility also connects with fares and affordability, reliability and efforts aimed at renewed station districts. It endures as a dated local record.
Cross Keys St, Northern Quarter, Manchester, City Centre, North West England, UK, M4 5ET
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,North West England,manchester,city centre,NQ4,Manchester,City Centre,M2 1NL,Emerica,Factory,Works,building,Northern,Quarter,North West,M2,M4,wall,on wall,beak,factory,business,window,windows,industrial,area,Abandoned Factory,birds,painted,industry,warehouse,warehouses,graffiti trail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG98G8 - . This contextual photograph sets out the social and built context of Cross Keys St, Northern Quarter, Manchester, City Centre, North West England, UK, M4 5ET, in a scene preserved from 2019. The principal point of reference is Emerica Factory Works, Bird Art, Cross Keys St, Northern Quarter, Manchester, City Centre, North West England, UK, M4 5ET. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are rail heritage, environmental conservation, architectural detail, visual placemaking, architectural heritage, environmental stewardship, sustainable mobility, architectural character, historic fabric, community expression, train travel, and commuter transport. Modern coverage of integrated public transport frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of reliability, public ownership and better links with buses and trams. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, temporary urban art also connects with community participation, graffiti versus commissioned work and efforts aimed at stronger place identity. The wider contemporary story of architectural conservation now includes planning control alongside redevelopment pressure, while policy and investment increasingly consider heritage-led regeneration. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of Cross Keys St, Northern Quarter, Manchester, City Centre, North West England, UK, M4 5ET may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. The location additionally reflects traditional building, urban conservation, period architecture, creative streetscape, adaptive reuse, climate impacts. The scene is further associated with Cross Keys Street, Manchester City Centre, Manchester Northern quarter, graffiti. The photograph preserves the surrounding streetscape associated with Emerica Factory Works before further change occurs.
Cross Keys St, Northern Quarter, Manchester, City Centre, North West England, UK, M4 5ET
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG9926 - In 1989 Warrington borough council also saw a need for a better arts and theatre complex so re-developed the old courthouse and Centre Sport, sports hall next door into The Pyramid Arts Centre. The Pyramid, opened in 2002, hosts various classes throughout the year for people interested in discovering the arts. Pyramid also hosts a monthly Comedy Store Event, local band nights as well as having a varied programme of weekly classes. One of its studios was named in 2011 after the late Pete Postlethwaite.
The Parr Hall and Pyramid Arts Centre are located in the Cultural quarter of Warrington town centre, in Palmyra Square.
The Parr Hall is the only surviving professional concert hall venue in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Parr Hall was designed by the local architect William Owen in 1895.
Originally it was built for the people of Warrington by Joseph Parr. Warrington Musical Society gave the first concert.
The hall has hosted concerts and organ recitals from leading orchestras and cathedral organists over the years.
The Rolling Stones performed at the venue on 25 November 1963, The Moody Blues on 1 March 1965 and The Who on 22 March and 11 October 1965. The band James - having sold out concerts at much larger venues - played the Parr Hall on 20 December 1991 to record a promotional video. Other notable artist such as Feeder, The Courteeners, Beady Eye, Arctic Monkeys, and Shane Filan of Westlife have played at the venue, and Jools Holland is a regular performer.
The Parr Hall has also hosted many famous comedians including Andy Parsons, Jimmy Carr and Andi Osho.
It has also been home since 1992 to the Warrington Scouts Gang Show.
The Warrington Male Voice Choir have been regular performers at the Hall for the past 100 years.
The Parr Hall was the chosen venue for the first Stone Roses concert since 1996 when the band announced a last-minute show on 23 May 2012
Winmarleigh St / Cultural Quarter, Palmyra Square South, Warrington, Cheshire, UK, WA1 1NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTDB - The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, UK. Situated in the north western area of the Birmingham City Centre, there is a population of around 19,000 people in a 1.07-square-kilometre (264-acre) area.
The Jewellery Quarter is Europe's largest concentration of businesses involved in the jewellery trade, which produces 40% of all the jewellery made in the UK. The Chamberlain Clock is an Edwardian, cast-iron, clock tower in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. It was erected in 1903 to mark Joseph Chamberlain's tour of South Africa between 26 December 1902 and 25 February 1903, after the end of the Second Boer War. The clock was unveiled during Chamberlain's lifetime, in January 1904 by Mary Crowninshield Endicott, Joseph Chamberlain's third wife.
Standing at the junction of Vyse and Frederick Streets with Warstone Lane, it is now a local landmark and symbol of the Quarter. Chamberlain had been a resident on Frederick Street and had also helped jewellers through his campaign work to abolish Plate Duties “ a tax affecting jewellery tradesmen of the time. The timepiece was originally powered by a clockwork winding handle. It was later adapted to electricity but fell into disrepair and lost its chime.
It was fully restored in 1989.
Warstone Lane, Birmingham, England, UK, B18 6JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTDP - The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, UK. Situated in the north western area of the Birmingham City Centre, there is a population of around 19,000 people in a 1.07-square-kilometre (264-acre) area.
The Jewellery Quarter is Europe's largest concentration of businesses involved in the jewellery trade, which produces 40% of all the jewellery made in the UK. It is also home to the world's largest Assay Office, which hallmarks around 12 million items a year. Historically the Jewellery Quarter has been the birthplace of many pioneering advancements in industrial technology.
At its peak in the early 1900s the Jewellery Quarter employed over 30,000 people, however due to foreign competition and lack of demand, the industry declined throughout the 20th century. The area is now being transformed into an urban village and hub for creative businesses, whilst maintaining its urban fabric. Its historical importance has led to numerous conservation schemes and it is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
A survey of 1553 named one of the first goldsmiths of Birmingham, Roger Pemberton. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Birmingham prospered from the Industrial Revolution and developed into a large industrial town, manufacturing a vast range of products, often from various metals. Many large foundries and glassworks attracted workers from all areas of Britain. A considerable trade developed in the manufacture of gilt buttons, cap badges, pins and small metal toys.
According to the Birmingham Directory of 1780, there were 26 jewellers at the time. Because the definition of a jeweller was not explained in the directory, it is thought that it may contain many irregularities and the number of actual jewellers may be lower. It is thought that by the start of the 19th century, there were around 12 jewellery manufacturing companies, employing approximately 400 people.
Warstone Lane, Birmingham, England, UK, B18 6JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYR - Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England. Together with its surrounding suburbs and settlements, the town forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, which had a mid-2017 est. population of 308,900. The town itself has a population of 109,805 The Doncaster Urban Area had a population of 158,141 in 2011 and includes Doncaster and neighbouring small villages. Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, Doncaster is about 17 miles (30 km) north-east of Sheffield, with which it is served by an international airport, Doncaster Sheffield Airport in Finningley. Under the Local Government Act 1972, Doncaster was incorporated into a newly created metropolitan borough in 1974, itself incorporated with other nearby boroughs in the 1974 creation of the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire.
Doncaster is represented in the House of Commons by three MPs
all three constituencies are currently held by Labour. Rosie Winterton represents Doncaster Central, former Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband represents Doncaster North, and Caroline Flint represents Don Valley.
At a European level, Doncaster is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency and is represented by six MEPs.
Doncaster is one of only twelve UK boroughs to have a directly-elected mayor, a position currently held by Labour's Ros Jones.
In September 2014, UKIP held its annual party conference at Doncaster Racecourse. UKIP party leader Nigel Farage claimed that by holding the conference in Doncaster, UKIP were now parking our tanks on the Labour Party's lawn referring to Labour leader Ed Miliband's Doncaster North constituency. Shortly afterwards in the seat, at the 2015 general election, UKIP won 8,928 votes to Labour's 20,708. In the 2016 EU Referendum, however, Doncaster voted 69% to leave the European Union
Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster,South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN1 3BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM626A - St George's Market is the last surviving Victorian covered market in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is located on May Street, close to the River Lagan and the Waterfront Hall. Belfast Corporation (now Belfast City Council) commissioned the building of St George's Market, which was built in three phases between 1890 and 1896. Before 1890 St George's Market was an open market and most likely contained a slaughterhouse and a meat market. Today it is a thriving market with 300 traders, crafters, musicians, and food vendors.
By the 1980s, St George's Market had developed into a general market and it became the last of Belfast's thriving Victorian markets. The market was pressured with increased maintenance costs and changes to hygiene regulations, among other issues, and Belfast City Council decided to source other uses for the listed building. A campaign backed by the city council, traders and the general public resulted in a Heritage Lottery Fund-backed £3.5 million refurbishment programme assisted by the Environment and Heritage Agency. Brick and stonework that had badly deteriorated was returned to good condition, and special bricks were produced in England to match the original unusually sized bricks. The fully renovated St George's Market reopened its doors on 14 May 1999.
St George's Market is primarily used as a market, however a number of other events are held at the site. These range from food festivals, art initiatives, exhibitions, charity launches, fashion shoots and live music events. Local software company Northbrook Technology hold their annual Staff Christmas Party at the venue.
The market has won a number of recent awards, including being voted Best Large Indoor Market 2014 and as one of the UK's top five markets by the National Association of British Market Authorities in 2006, and winning third place in the best markets category of the Observer Food Monthly/Waitrose Awards in 2004
East Bridge Street, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT1 3NQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWRW6 - . An identifiable period record of North St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Construction and modernisation of Belfast city Centre, Northern Ireland, UK. Further facets of the scene include local history, everyday life, architectural character, archival record, heritage asset, period building, period detail, visual archive, changing land use, regional identity, heritage landmark, local character, historical comparison, and documentary photography. The wider contemporary story combines tourism, embodied carbon and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. The image fixes landscape treatment and surrounding development within North St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The surrounding story also includes architectural detail, before-and-after reference, built heritage, place identity, changing streetscape, historic streetscape, historic townscape, and social history. References to Belfast, Centre, modernisation, Ireland, and Construction give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at North St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for tourism and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility in a form that can be compared with future views of North St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Another useful connection is planning control and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility within the real-world context of North St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The image fixes a trace of local identity for future local research.
North St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3TR2M - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The main point of reference is Manchester City wide panorama, Lancashire,England, daytime. The locality and subject together evoke built heritage, cityscape history, community identity, public realm, local character, archival record, urban fabric, architectural detail, before-and-after reference, place identity, historic streetscape, local history, changing streetscape, and contemporary social history. Current relevance extends to tourism and maintenance, particularly through keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. Future viewers can use this scene from Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK to compare period objects and surrounding context with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The wider setting retains connections with heritage landmark, period building, everyday life, documentary photography, visual archive, historical comparison, regional identity, and period architecture. Details involving panorama, Manchester, Lancashire, and daytime make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is tourism and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change as part of the longer story of Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK. The setting also helps illustrate planning control and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility when considered against later change at Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK. The frame retains a local visual benchmark within the wider story of Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK.
Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7965 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at High St, Manchester, England, UK in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The photograph centres on Smithfield old Markets sculpted figures,Manchester city centre, England,UK, modern CIS building in background. Another layer of the photograph includes creative placemaking, urban graphics, graffiti heritage, changing land use, community identity, public realm, public-realm art, temporary artwork, visual street culture, mural culture, changing streetscape, street creativity, historical comparison, and before-and-after reference. The modern context includes continuing discussion of temporary works, graffiti policy and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around High St, Manchester, England, UK before new ownership alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes contemporary social history, creative district, regional identity, street-level design, contemporary mural, local history, archival record, and social history. The recorded references to sculpted, Smithfield, background, modern, and Markets preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within High St, Manchester, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is temporary works and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti as part of the longer story of High St, Manchester, England, UK. The scene further reflects public art and how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive when considered against later change at High St, Manchester, England, UK.
High St, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7968 - . Recorded at High St, Manchester, England, UK in 2016, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The subject captured here is Smithfield old Markets sculpted figures,Manchester city centre, England,UK -Fish &ships. The locality and subject together evoke changing streetscape, temporary artwork, contemporary mural, documentary photography, everyday life, archival record, community identity, public art, street-level design, regional identity, place identity, historical comparison, creative district, and local character. Current relevance extends to creative industries and graffiti policy, particularly through the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. As a dated visual record of High St, Manchester, England, UK, the frame retains commercial use and occupation, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in street creativity, urban graphics, creative placemaking, urban artwork, visual archive, before-and-after reference, graffiti heritage, and contemporary social history. Elements such as ships, Manchester, -Fish, centre, and Markets add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around High St, Manchester, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects creative industries and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti as part of the longer story of High St, Manchester, England, UK. Its period value extends to public art and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods when considered against later change at High St, Manchester, England, UK. The frame retains evidence of changing use within the wider story of High St, Manchester, England, UK.
High St, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ796C - . This location-specific image from High St, Manchester, England, UK in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The photograph centres on Smithfield old fish Markets sculpted figures,Manchester city centre, England,UK. The image also relates to place identity, contemporary mural, street-level design, visual archive, changing streetscape, temporary artwork, graffiti heritage, visual street culture, changing land use, street creativity, documentary photography, urban graphics, social history, and contemporary social history. For current editorial use, tourism and creative industries provide additional context, especially through how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around High St, Manchester, England, UK before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include mural culture, period detail, local character, local history, public-realm art, before-and-after reference, regional identity, and public art. References to sculpted, Markets, Smithfield, Manchester, and figures give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within High St, Manchester, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects tourism and how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive as part of the longer story of High St, Manchester, England, UK. Its period value extends to graffiti policy and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time when considered against later change at High St, Manchester, England, UK. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of High St, Manchester, England, UK.
High St, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ796F - . This dated editorial view of High St, Manchester, England, UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Smithfield old Markets sculpted figures,Manchester city centre, England,UK -Fish sales. Another layer of the photograph includes contemporary social history, visual street culture, urban artwork, temporary artwork, place identity, changing land use, contemporary mural, regional identity, street-level design, period detail, archival record, visual archive, social history, and public realm. The modern context includes continuing discussion of graffiti policy, temporary works and how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive. Future viewers can use this scene from High St, Manchester, England, UK to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after replacement signage. The subject also sits alongside documentary photography, local history, everyday life, historical comparison, community identity, graffiti heritage, public-realm art, and creative placemaking. The combination of sculpted, -Fish, Manchester, Markets, and sales anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within High St, Manchester, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is graffiti policy and how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive within the real-world context of High St, Manchester, England, UK. The wider significance includes tourism and how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive within the specific setting of High St, Manchester, England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is graffiti policy and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods as part of the longer story of High St, Manchester, England, UK.
High St, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ798T - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7998 - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ79A2 - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ79A4 - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ79A5 - Afflecks (formerly Affleck's Palace) is an indoor market in Manchester, England, in the city's Northern Quarter on the junction of Church Street/Tib Street and Dale Street with Oldham Street. Dozens of independent stalls, small shops and boutiques operate in the one building. The building was once occupied by a department store called Affleck and Brown as a store and office space, hence the name.
Affleck's Palace first opened in 1981 by James and Elaine Walsh with an ethos of offering a safe environment for entrepreneurs to start out with affordable rent and no long term contracts. Unit holders operated under a licence agreement which allowed them to pay for space on a week by week basis. The atmosphere and colourful maze-like layout led to Affleck's becoming a mecca for alternative culture. The establishment was able to bounce back from two building fires and overcame many obstacles.
During the 1990s 'Madchester Summer of Love' period “ when local bands like the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and Inspiral Carpets were at the height of their popularity
Affleck's Palace was a fashionable spot to get oversized flared jeans and tie dyed T-shirts and 'Eastern Bloc' was a popular record shop as it dealt in all the latest underground dance tunes of the time.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64KGX - This image shows a set of classic Avery mechanical weighing scales positioned on the counter of a traditional sweet shop, with rows of glass jars filled with assorted confectionery visible in the background. The polished metal scales, featuring an analogue dial and the Avery maker's badge, reflect a style of retail equipment that was once standard in British shops.
Avery scales were widely used throughout the twentieth century in grocery stores, sweet shops, and market stalls, valued for their accuracy, durability, and solid engineering. In sweet shops, such scales were essential for weighing loose confectionery sold by measure, reinforcing a hands-on, personalised retail experience.
The surrounding jars of sweets evoke the visual language of traditional confectionery retail, where colour, variety, and abundance played a key role in attracting customers. This form of display is strongly associated with childhood nostalgia and independent high-street shops, contrasting with modern pre-packaged retail formats.
Photographed at close range, the image emphasises texture, materials, and craftsmanship, highlighting the intersection of food retail, design, and everyday social history. It is well suited for editorial use covering British retail heritage, nostalgia, independent shops, traditional confectionery, and the evolution of weighing and measurement in commerce.
United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64KH2 - This image shows a set of classic Avery mechanical weighing scales positioned on the counter of a traditional sweet shop, with rows of glass jars filled with assorted confectionery visible in the background. The polished metal scales, featuring an analogue dial and the Avery maker's badge, reflect a style of retail equipment that was once standard in British shops.
Avery scales were widely used throughout the twentieth century in grocery stores, sweet shops, and market stalls, valued for their accuracy, durability, and solid engineering. In sweet shops, such scales were essential for weighing loose confectionery sold by measure, reinforcing a hands-on, personalised retail experience.
The surrounding jars of sweets evoke the visual language of traditional confectionery retail, where colour, variety, and abundance played a key role in attracting customers. This form of display is strongly associated with childhood nostalgia and independent high-street shops, contrasting with modern pre-packaged retail formats.
Photographed at close range, the image emphasises texture, materials, and craftsmanship, highlighting the intersection of food retail, design, and everyday social history. It is well suited for editorial use covering British retail heritage, nostalgia, independent shops, traditional confectionery, and the evolution of weighing and measurement in commerce.
United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6733303897 - 'The Verve - 'A Northern Soul' - Play this track here.
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A Northern Soul is the second studio album by English alternative rock band The Verve. The album was released in the United States on 20 June 1995 on the Hut label and in the United Kingdom on 3 July 1995 on Vernon Yard Records. The title is a reference to Northern Soul, an integral part of Wigans history in the 1960's and early 1970's, popular dance/music movement.
Following their performance at Lollapalooza in 1994, The Verve returned to their Wigan-based practice room to begin writing and recording songs for their second studio album. Commenting on the effect that working in the 'dank rehearsal room' had on the band's songwriting process, frontman Richard Ashcroft stated: \u201cPractising in a dungeon in Wigan for this record, you're devoid of any kind of fashion, or thought of 'This is what we should be doing'. Like a band that goes into the studio and plays the music they hear in their heads rather than what they read in magazines.\u201d
Initially, the band tried to record the LP inside the rehearsal room itself, so that 'they could record as they had been rehearsing', but, when this approach proved to be impossible, they relocated the recording sessions to rural Wales with producer Owen Morris. Tom Hiney, writing for The Guardian in September 1997, claimed that the band's experience of recording during this period was 'intense and morose, but it produced an album that will still be listened to in 30 years' time. In my opinion, he was right on that one.
The band thought highly of the album, with drummer Peter Salisbury declaring it to be 'one of the best albums in the last 10 or 15 years. As good as Nirvana's or the Roses', and McCabe claiming it contained 'some of the best music I have ever heard by anyone'. The album was a moderate success upon its release, reaching no 13 on the UK album chart. However, in later years the album saw more acclaim, with readers of Q Magazine voting it the 53rd best album of all time in 1998, and NME ranking it as the 28th best album of all time in 2003 and the 13th best British album in 2006.
Locals will recognise this reflection in a road puddle, just down Tib Street Manchester. The Northern Quarter (N4 or NQ) is an area of Manchester City Centre, England, UK, generally marked out between Piccadilly, Victoria and Ancoats, and centred around Oldham Street, just off Piccadilly Gardens.
A centre of alternative and bohemian culture, the area is usually considered to be contained within Newton Street (borders with Piccadilly Basin), Great Ancoats Street (borders with Ancoats), Back Piccadilly (borders with Piccadilly Gardens) and Swan Street/High Street (borders with Shudehill/Arndale). Popular streets include Oldham Street, Tib Street, Newton Street, Lever Street, Dale Street, Hilton Street and Thomas Street.
The Northern Quarter is part of a larger area of Greater Manchester that is on a tentative list of nominated sites for UNESCO World Heritage Site Status, a position held since 1999. Its a great place to grab some vintage clothing at Aflecks Palace, some Belgian beer, chorizo burgers at Trof or a brilliant piece of cake with custard in 1950's surroundings at Sugar Junction. Did I mention the Night &
Day?
In my youth it was a street of XXX Sex Shops and pet shops. A funny mix. Its a lot less menacing than it was, fewer pet and sex shops, more trendy places &
eateries.
For Dave Haslam (I can read his music books all day if I can), the Northern Quarter became the last refuge of the Manchester music scene in the 1990s: 'A community, of sorts, had developed around music-makers wedded to experimentalism, from Andy Votel to Waiwan, nurtured at club nights such as Graham Massey's Toolshed and Mark Rae's Counter Culture ... In 1992, Frank Schofield and Martin Price (of 808 State) had lamented the fate of the independent record shop, yet within five years there were several new record shops in the Northern Quarter'.
When you next visit Manchester, checkout the Northern Quarter. Proper Manchestor!
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BKC2F9 - . Recorded at Dunham Massey / Dunham Town Cheshire, North West England, UK, this image forms part of the visual history of the locality and the activity, building, object or service shown. The view specifically shows Victorian ironing room,with hanging clothes, heater,clothes horse,British Stately home,England. Further connections within the scene include built heritage, conservation architecture, documentary photography, local character, heritage asset, conservation interest, place identity, community identity, historical comparison, traditional masonry, social landscape, everyday Britain, cityscape history, and public realm. The subject remains useful for current coverage of heritage conservation and embodied carbon, not least because of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and public activity around Dunham Massey / Dunham Town Cheshire, North West England, UK before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. The surrounding context includes period detail, social history, heritage landmark, period building, visual archive, before-and-after reference, urban fabric, and regional identity. Elements such as horse, Stately, heater, ironing, and hanging add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. For Dunham Massey / Dunham Town Cheshire, North West England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is heritage conservation and preserving local identity during urban change within the specific setting of Dunham Massey / Dunham Town Cheshire, North West England, UK. The image also provides a reference for energy retrofit and preserving local identity during urban change as part of the longer story of Dunham Massey / Dunham Town Cheshire, North West England, UK.
Dunham Massey / Dunham Town Cheshire, North West England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7M9R - St Anne's Cathedral, also known as Belfast Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is unusual in serving two separate dioceses (Connor and Down and Dromore), yet being the seat of neither (it is geographically in the Diocese of Connor), it is therefore not a cathedral in the truest sense of the word, a cathedral being a church housing the seat of a bishop.[1] It is, however, titled as such. It is the focal point of the Cathedral Quarter, Belfast.
The first architect was Sir Thomas Drew, the foundation stone being laid on 6 September 1899 by the Countess of Shaftesbury. The old parish church of St Anne by Francis Hiorne of 1776 had continued in use, up until 31 December 1903, while the new cathedral was constructed around it
the old church was then demolished. The Good Samaritan window, to be seen in the sanctuary, is the only feature of the old church to be retained in the cathedral. Initially, only the nave of the cathedral was built, and this was consecrated on 2 June 1904.
In 1924 it was decided to build the west front of the cathedral as a memorial to the Ulstermen and women who had served and died in World War I. The foundation stone for this was laid by Governor of Northern Ireland, the Duke of Abercorn on 2 June 1925 and the completed facade, to an amended design by the architect Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, was dedicated in June 1927.
In the meantime, the central crossing, in which the choir sits, was built between 1922 and 1924. The Baptistery, to plans drawn up by the late W H Lynn, who had assisted Sir Thomas Drew, was dedicated in 1928, and the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, with its beautiful mosaics depicting Saint Patrick, was dedicated on 5 July 1932, the 1500th anniversary of the arrival of St Patrick in Ireland.
Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7M9T - St Anne's Cathedral, also known as Belfast Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is unusual in serving two separate dioceses (Connor and Down and Dromore), yet being the seat of neither (it is geographically in the Diocese of Connor), it is therefore not a cathedral in the truest sense of the word, a cathedral being a church housing the seat of a bishop.[1] It is, however, titled as such. It is the focal point of the Cathedral Quarter, Belfast.
The first architect was Sir Thomas Drew, the foundation stone being laid on 6 September 1899 by the Countess of Shaftesbury. The old parish church of St Anne by Francis Hiorne of 1776 had continued in use, up until 31 December 1903, while the new cathedral was constructed around it
the old church was then demolished. The Good Samaritan window, to be seen in the sanctuary, is the only feature of the old church to be retained in the cathedral. Initially, only the nave of the cathedral was built, and this was consecrated on 2 June 1904.
In 1924 it was decided to build the west front of the cathedral as a memorial to the Ulstermen and women who had served and died in World War I. The foundation stone for this was laid by Governor of Northern Ireland, the Duke of Abercorn on 2 June 1925 and the completed facade, to an amended design by the architect Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, was dedicated in June 1927.
In the meantime, the central crossing, in which the choir sits, was built between 1922 and 1924. The Baptistery, to plans drawn up by the late W H Lynn, who had assisted Sir Thomas Drew, was dedicated in 1928, and the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, with its beautiful mosaics depicting Saint Patrick, was dedicated on 5 July 1932, the 1500th anniversary of the arrival of St Patrick in Ireland.
Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MAA - St Anne's Cathedral, also known as Belfast Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is unusual in serving two separate dioceses (Connor and Down and Dromore), yet being the seat of neither (it is geographically in the Diocese of Connor), it is therefore not a cathedral in the truest sense of the word, a cathedral being a church housing the seat of a bishop.[1] It is, however, titled as such. It is the focal point of the Cathedral Quarter, Belfast.
The first architect was Sir Thomas Drew, the foundation stone being laid on 6 September 1899 by the Countess of Shaftesbury. The old parish church of St Anne by Francis Hiorne of 1776 had continued in use, up until 31 December 1903, while the new cathedral was constructed around it
the old church was then demolished. The Good Samaritan window, to be seen in the sanctuary, is the only feature of the old church to be retained in the cathedral. Initially, only the nave of the cathedral was built, and this was consecrated on 2 June 1904.
In 1924 it was decided to build the west front of the cathedral as a memorial to the Ulstermen and women who had served and died in World War I. The foundation stone for this was laid by Governor of Northern Ireland, the Duke of Abercorn on 2 June 1925 and the completed facade, to an amended design by the architect Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, was dedicated in June 1927.
In the meantime, the central crossing, in which the choir sits, was built between 1922 and 1924. The Baptistery, to plans drawn up by the late W H Lynn, who had assisted Sir Thomas Drew, was dedicated in 1928, and the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, with its beautiful mosaics depicting Saint Patrick, was dedicated on 5 July 1932, the 1500th anniversary of the arrival of St Patrick in Ireland.
Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MAC - St Anne's Cathedral, also known as Belfast Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is unusual in serving two separate dioceses (Connor and Down and Dromore), yet being the seat of neither (it is geographically in the Diocese of Connor), it is therefore not a cathedral in the truest sense of the word, a cathedral being a church housing the seat of a bishop.[1] It is, however, titled as such. It is the focal point of the Cathedral Quarter, Belfast.
The first architect was Sir Thomas Drew, the foundation stone being laid on 6 September 1899 by the Countess of Shaftesbury. The old parish church of St Anne by Francis Hiorne of 1776 had continued in use, up until 31 December 1903, while the new cathedral was constructed around it
the old church was then demolished. The Good Samaritan window, to be seen in the sanctuary, is the only feature of the old church to be retained in the cathedral. Initially, only the nave of the cathedral was built, and this was consecrated on 2 June 1904.
In 1924 it was decided to build the west front of the cathedral as a memorial to the Ulstermen and women who had served and died in World War I. The foundation stone for this was laid by Governor of Northern Ireland, the Duke of Abercorn on 2 June 1925 and the completed facade, to an amended design by the architect Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, was dedicated in June 1927.
In the meantime, the central crossing, in which the choir sits, was built between 1922 and 1924. The Baptistery, to plans drawn up by the late W H Lynn, who had assisted Sir Thomas Drew, was dedicated in 1928, and the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, with its beautiful mosaics depicting Saint Patrick, was dedicated on 5 July 1932, the 1500th anniversary of the arrival of St Patrick in Ireland.
Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MAG - St Anne's Cathedral, also known as Belfast Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is unusual in serving two separate dioceses (Connor and Down and Dromore), yet being the seat of neither (it is geographically in the Diocese of Connor), it is therefore not a cathedral in the truest sense of the word, a cathedral being a church housing the seat of a bishop.[1] It is, however, titled as such. It is the focal point of the Cathedral Quarter, Belfast.
The first architect was Sir Thomas Drew, the foundation stone being laid on 6 September 1899 by the Countess of Shaftesbury. The old parish church of St Anne by Francis Hiorne of 1776 had continued in use, up until 31 December 1903, while the new cathedral was constructed around it
the old church was then demolished. The Good Samaritan window, to be seen in the sanctuary, is the only feature of the old church to be retained in the cathedral. Initially, only the nave of the cathedral was built, and this was consecrated on 2 June 1904.
In 1924 it was decided to build the west front of the cathedral as a memorial to the Ulstermen and women who had served and died in World War I. The foundation stone for this was laid by Governor of Northern Ireland, the Duke of Abercorn on 2 June 1925 and the completed facade, to an amended design by the architect Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, was dedicated in June 1927.
In the meantime, the central crossing, in which the choir sits, was built between 1922 and 1924. The Baptistery, to plans drawn up by the late W H Lynn, who had assisted Sir Thomas Drew, was dedicated in 1928, and the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, with its beautiful mosaics depicting Saint Patrick, was dedicated on 5 July 1932, the 1500th anniversary of the arrival of St Patrick in Ireland.
Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEG7N - St Anne's Cathedral, also known as Belfast Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is unusual in serving two separate dioceses (Connor and Down and Dromore), yet being the seat of neither (it is geographically in the Diocese of Connor), it is therefore not a cathedral in the truest sense of the word, a cathedral being a church housing the seat of a bishop.[1] It is, however, titled as such. It is the focal point of the Cathedral Quarter, Belfast.
The first architect was Sir Thomas Drew, the foundation stone being laid on 6 September 1899 by the Countess of Shaftesbury. The old parish church of St Anne by Francis Hiorne of 1776 had continued in use, up until 31 December 1903, while the new cathedral was constructed around it
the old church was then demolished. The Good Samaritan window, to be seen in the sanctuary, is the only feature of the old church to be retained in the cathedral. Initially, only the nave of the cathedral was built, and this was consecrated on 2 June 1904.
In 1924 it was decided to build the west front of the cathedral as a memorial to the Ulstermen and women who had served and died in World War I. The foundation stone for this was laid by Governor of Northern Ireland, the Duke of Abercorn on 2 June 1925 and the completed facade, to an amended design by the architect Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, was dedicated in June 1927.
In the meantime, the central crossing, in which the choir sits, was built between 1922 and 1924. The Baptistery, to plans drawn up by the late W H Lynn, who had assisted Sir Thomas Drew, was dedicated in 1928, and the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, with its beautiful mosaics depicting Saint Patrick, was dedicated on 5 July 1932, the 1500th anniversary of the arrival of St Patrick in Ireland.
Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HD3T - Stamps of George V were innovative from the very first. The first issue made was of the ½d (as shown here) and 1d values, which were in the same colours as used in the previous reign. Although the main design feature remained the same “ a central ellipse for the portrait, an ornamental frame, value tablet at the base and a crown at the top “ a three quarter portrait was used for the first time. Subsequent designs reverted to the standard profile however.
The UK's first commemorative stamps were issued for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924. The pair of large-format stamps featured a lion in an imposing stance
they were issued twice, in 1924 and then in 1925, the stamps of each year being inscribed with the year of issue.[4] A second set of commemoratives in 1929 marked the 9th Congress of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), held in London that year.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T0WE16 - Taken on 28 Jan 2023, this photograph shows Made in Sheffield, red neon sign, Kelam Island, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, S3 8RD. The location is Kelam Island, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, S3 8RD. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains readable commercial or civic signage, colour, typography and street context. Sheffield's name is internationally linked with steel, cutlery, engineering and industrial skill, so the neon wording works as a shorthand for civic identity, manufacturing heritage and northern regeneration. It can be used in editorial features, business reports, local-history writing, travel guides, public-policy explainers, educational material and SEO-led stock-photo searches needing a specific real-world image. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include South Yorkshire, Sheffield, Made in Sheffield, red, neon, sign, made, making, manufacturing, industry, Kelham Island, Kellham Island, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. This makes the image useful for comparison pieces, then-and-now features, local news, regeneration stories and plain-English explainers aimed at a general audience.
Kelam Island, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, S3 8RD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7990 - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Goldsmith & Jewellers Arms, 23 Hockley St, Birmingham B18 6BW, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HE31 - Warrington Museum & Art Gallery is located on Bold Street in the Cultural Quarter of Warrington, in a Grade II listed building which it shares with the town's Central Library.
The Museum and the Library originally opened in 1848 as the first rate-supported library in the UK, before moving to their current premises in 1858. The art galleries were subsequently added in 1877 and 1931.
Operated by Culture Warrington, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery has the distinction of being one of the oldest municipal museums in the UK and much of the quintessential character of the building has been preserved.
Museum St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 1JB
