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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpicUK,HotpixUK,AI-enabled,business process,outsourcer,software,consultant,offices,building,Cheshire,Runcorn,corporate office,North West business park,commercial real estate,office campus,outsourced services company,landmark office building,business architecture,regional employment site,headquarters building,corporate branding,vacant office,office redevelopment,modern architecture,glazed facade,logo,Preston Brook Business Centre,Preston Brook Runcorn,WA7 3QA,WA7,corporate campus,office frontage,reflective glass,business district,employment hub,roadside landmark,low rise office block,joint hearing,scrutiny
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E6T45T - Former Capita office building at Preston Brook near Runcorn in Cheshire, England. The photograph shows the large modern corporate building with a broad curved glass frontage, central cylindrical entrance block carrying the Capita name, sweeping roofline and extensive landscaped grass in the foreground. Located on Chester Road at Preston Brook, this office complex became widely recognised in the North West as a major Capita employment site and a prominent business landmark close to the M56 corridor. The image is useful for editorial coverage of outsourcing companies, former corporate offices, regional business parks, office architecture, commercial property, employment change, corporate branding and the shifting geography of large service-sector workplaces in Britain. Its clean, reflective facade and campus-style setting also make it suitable for stories about business infrastructure, hybrid working, office disposals, redevelopment opportunities, workplace consolidation and the changing fate of large purpose-built headquarters and contact centre buildings. The picture has wider value for features on Cheshire commercial property, Runcorn and Warrington business locations, suburban office parks, investment sites and modern British corporate architecture. Because the Capita name is clearly visible on the building, the image is especially relevant for editorial use around Capita itself, outsourcing, public sector contractors, support services, administration centres and the visual identity of major UK service companies. Commercially, it works well for magazines, newspapers, websites, property features, annual reports, planning documents and business pages needing a clear exterior shot of a substantial office development in the North West of England. The broad lawn, blue sky and symmetrical composition also give the image strong generic appeal for themes of scale, corporate presence, regional employment and the post-occupancy afterlife of large office campuses.
Former Capita office building at Preston Brook, near Runcorn in Cheshire, England, with curved glass
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,English,Warrington Bank Quay,Cheshire,WA1,WBQ,WCML,West Coast,mainline,main line,the,scouse,name,a,train,trains,of,Runcorn,flying Scotsman,20th,birthday,celebration,celebrations,iconic,Pendolinos,funny,fun,public,transport,rail,railway,engine,carriage,NW,North West
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55J4J - Virgin Trains Pendolino given Flying Scouseman name to mark firm's 20th birthday
ECHO competition won by Michael Dally, of Runcorn
Read more at https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/virgin-trains-pendolino-given-flying-13175811
The ECHO teamed up with Virgin Trains to help celebrate the firm's 20th birthday and invited people to come up with a name for one of their iconic Pendolinos, used on the West Coast mainline between Lime Street and Euston.
Other shortlisted suggestions for the new name included Mighty Mersey, Pride of Liverpool, Merseyside Express and Liver Bird.
Arif Mahmood, Virgin Trains station manager for Liverpool Lime Street said the response to the competition had been overwhelming.
Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYTG0J -
Cameron Avenue, Western Point, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 4BN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYTG23 -
53a Russell Rd, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 4BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYTG25 -
53a Russell Rd, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 4BH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,extended,late,cancelled,delay,delayed,service,services,L1 1JD,mainline station,Liverpool,driver,drivers,cab,union,strike,strikes,London Euston,Runcorn,VT8740,intercity,inter-city,city,centre,390156,at,West,Coast,partnership,carriage,carriages,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJHNR9 - Avanti West stock-photo/gotonysmith-Coast.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Coast is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%) that operates the West Coast Partnership.
During November 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced the InterCity West Coast franchise would be replaced by the West Coast Partnership (WCP). In August 2019, the DfT awarded the WCP franchise to the First Trenitalia consortium. On 8 December 2019, Avanti West Coast took over operations from the prior operating company Virgin Trains, which had run the franchise since 1997. Originally, the franchise was initially scheduled to run until March 2030, and had also been set to operate the initial High Speed 2 services from 2026. However, during December 2020, it was announced that First Trenitalia and the DfT had agreed to terminate the WCP franchise at the earlier date of 31 March 2026 as part of the abolition of the franchise system. Since then a number of contract changes have taken place due to COVID-19 and then poor performance by the company. As of March 2023, the company's contract will expire in October 2023.
Avanti West Coast provide the principal long-distance passenger services on the West Coast Main Line between London, the West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and Scotland. Its services connect six of the largest cities in the UK: London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, which have a combined metropolitan population of over 18 million. At the start of the franchise, the rolling stock used for these services consisted of 56 Class 390 Pendolino high speed electric multiple units and 18 Class 221 Super Voyager diesel-electric multiple units
in 2019, it was announced that the Super Voyagers would be replaced by newly built Class 805 bi-mode multiple units and Class 807 electric multiple units. Originally, Avanti West Coast was set to operate the pending high speed train fleet intended for use on High Speed 2, although the contract is set to end prior
Liverpool Lime Street, mainline station, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,extended,late,cancelled,delay,delayed,service,services,L1 1JD,mainline station,Liverpool,driver,drivers,cab,union,strike,strikes,London Euston,Runcorn,VT8740,intercity,inter-city,city,centre,390156,at,West,Coast,partnership,carriage,carriages,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJHNRA - Avanti West stock-photo/gotonysmith-Coast.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Coast is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%) that operates the West Coast Partnership.
During November 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced the InterCity West Coast franchise would be replaced by the West Coast Partnership (WCP). In August 2019, the DfT awarded the WCP franchise to the First Trenitalia consortium. On 8 December 2019, Avanti West Coast took over operations from the prior operating company Virgin Trains, which had run the franchise since 1997. Originally, the franchise was initially scheduled to run until March 2030, and had also been set to operate the initial High Speed 2 services from 2026. However, during December 2020, it was announced that First Trenitalia and the DfT had agreed to terminate the WCP franchise at the earlier date of 31 March 2026 as part of the abolition of the franchise system. Since then a number of contract changes have taken place due to COVID-19 and then poor performance by the company. As of March 2023, the company's contract will expire in October 2023.
Avanti West Coast provide the principal long-distance passenger services on the West Coast Main Line between London, the West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and Scotland. Its services connect six of the largest cities in the UK: London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, which have a combined metropolitan population of over 18 million. At the start of the franchise, the rolling stock used for these services consisted of 56 Class 390 Pendolino high speed electric multiple units and 18 Class 221 Super Voyager diesel-electric multiple units
in 2019, it was announced that the Super Voyagers would be replaced by newly built Class 805 bi-mode multiple units and Class 807 electric multiple units. Originally, Avanti West Coast was set to operate the pending high speed train fleet intended for use on High Speed 2, although the contract is set to end prior
Liverpool Lime Street, mainline station, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,rail,railway,MCO,England,UK,M1 6FU,transport,next fastest,train,trains,direct,Newcastle,Oxenholme,Preston,Runcorn,Sheffield,Warrington,Wigan,York,Windermere,Manchester,Glasgow Central,connections,Huddersfield,see timetable,on time,integrated,departure,boards,board,poor,night economy,live,public,digital
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M69CEY -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,crime,crimes,CSI,C.S.I.,Grappenhall,Warrington,WA4 2PL,WA4,in,police,officer,senior,reference,number,force,staff,Constabulary,Runcorn,hub,the,real,English,British,Cheshires,vehicle,awning,cover,crest,vehicles,death,deaths,investigations
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Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA4 2PL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,BC,HBC,Runcorn Rd,WA4 6UD,WA4,summer,the,barge,moored,mooring,Halton,barges,at,narrowboats,Runcorn,Rd,road,waterway,tow,canals,Borough of Halton,blue sky,blue skies,out,outside,exterior,villages,Cheshires,small,interesting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB549 - Moore is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, located midway between Runcorn and Warrington. It has a population of 807.
Etymology
The name 'Moore' comes from the Old English word mor, meaning 'moor, or fen'. The village's earliest recording was as Mora, some time in the 12th century.
History
Moore is the site of a disused railway station named Daresbury. The railway station was opened in 1850 and was located on the south side of Runcorn Road. The station was closed to passengers in 1952 and closed completely in 1965. The platforms and ramps down from road are still visible from Runcorn Road. The railway station was situated on the Birkenhead Joint Railway close to Warrington and in the village of Moore. The railway station was the second to open in the village. The first railway station which was very close by was part of the Grand Junction Railway which opened on 4 July 1837. Moore was a second class station at which a First Class train would not stop. The engineer for the northern half of the new railway was Joseph Locke who became a famous as a railway engineer. The date of closure of Moore railway station is uncertain. Daresbury railway station was initially called Moore but the name was changed to Daresbury in April 1861 taking its name from a village a mile or so away.
The area of Moore to the north of the West Coast Main Line and west of Moss Lane was designated as part of Runcorn New Town in 1964 and the land allocated to industry. The New Town Masterplan was amended in 1975 to reduce the amount of industrial land around the village and to create a green buffer between it and what would become Manor Park Industrial Estate
Runcorn Rd, Moore, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6UD, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,tailor,suit,suits,clothing,menswear,taste,retail,historic,Logo,Montague,shop,store,brand,retailer,empty shop,in,Runcorn,Halton,Runcorn town,Cheshire,England,UK,entrance,mosaic,door,green,Montague Burton the Tailor of Taste Ltd,family,lobby,lobbies,floor,floors,Let Burton Dress You,terracotta,Middleton Fireclay Co. of Leeds,WA7,Meshe David Osinsky
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6PN - Born Meshe David Osinsky and a Lithuanian Jew in Kurkliai, Kaunas province, he came alone to the UK in 1900 to escape the Russian pogroms. He was well-educated, having studied in a yeshiva,[1] but arrived unable to speak English
In 1901, he was staying in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. He started as a peddler, then set up as a general outfitter in Chesterfield in 1903 selling readymade suits bought from a wholesaler.[2][3] Following his marriage to Sophie Marks in 1909 the name of the company was changed from M. Burton to Burton & Burton. On the birth of twin boys in (1917) he gave his name as Montague Maurice Burton.
He died while speaking after a dinner in Leeds on 21 September 1952. The funeral was at the Harrogate Synagogue (some sources say Chapeltown) and he was interred at Gildersome.
˜The Tailor of Taste'
When Montague Burton became a limited company in 1917, it was registered as ˜Montague Burton the Tailor of Taste Ltd'. The slogan, as part of Burton's name, formed part of firm's logo, appearing on fascias, parapets, floors, and even on ventilation grilles.
Tiles and Mosaics
The entrance lobbies of many Burton shops had mosaic floors in the early-to-mid 20th century, and Burton was no exception. These sometimes included the popular Burton slogan: ˜Let Burton Dress You'. This also appears in a black and red glazed terracotta panel on the side elevation of the branch in Abergavenny (1937). Burton's terracotta was usually supplied by the Middleton Fireclay Co. of Leeds
18 Church St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire,England, UK, WA7 1LX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,thank you NHS,take regular,a,borough,health,information,wall,prominent,after Coronavirus,post,pandemic,back to normal,good,habits,WA7,WA7 1LX,Merseyside,staying,stay,well,healthy,positive,thanks,inclusive,Runcorn,old town,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,centre,Joseph Venning,sanitise,sanitised
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Runcorn old town, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1LX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,WA7 1LX,WA7,system,EV,elecric,vehicle,charging,in,a,car park,parking,utilising,take,up,encouraging,reduced,pollution,Runcorn,town,plug-in,fast,slow,signs,signage,Merseyside,600kWh,battery unit,six,overnight,cheap,electricity,Innovate UK funding,shortage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K13HBF - Future of EV charging under way in Halton, Merseyside
Installation of the innovative 600kWh battery unit for the EnSmartEV system is underway in Halton.
Containing both the power source and brains of the system, EnSmartEV can charge up to six EV's simultaneously via AC or DC current.
By taking low cost, overnight grid electricity and storing it in the Lithium Ion batteries, EnSmartEV is an innovative way to power the EV revolution. By significantly reducing grid connection costs, EnSmartEV is an ideal battery storage and EV charging solution for supermarkets, hospitals, business and retail parks.
When connected with solarPV EnSmartEV brings even greater benefits in revenue generation, return on investment and in lowering carbon emissions.
Supported with Innovate UK funding, EnSmartEV will be the smart choice for mass EV charging of the future.
Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1LX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K13HBK - Future of EV charging under way in Halton, Merseyside
Installation of the innovative 600kWh battery unit for the EnSmartEV system is underway in Halton.
Containing both the power source and brains of the system, EnSmartEV can charge up to six EV's simultaneously via AC or DC current.
By taking low cost, overnight grid electricity and storing it in the Lithium Ion batteries, EnSmartEV is an innovative way to power the EV revolution. By significantly reducing grid connection costs, EnSmartEV is an ideal battery storage and EV charging solution for supermarkets, hospitals, business and retail parks.
When connected with solarPV EnSmartEV brings even greater benefits in revenue generation, return on investment and in lowering carbon emissions.
Supported with Innovate UK funding, EnSmartEV will be the smart choice for mass EV charging of the future.
Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1LX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the,by,Castle,fine,art,arts,boat,ship,of a,promenade,Runcorn,old,town,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,WA7,blue,steel,history,historic,painted,sculpture,art work,artwork,coast,coastal,Mersey,river,rivers,Philip Bews,Fine Arts,head,heads
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K13HFB - The Queen of Mercia
Queen of Mercia
This sculpture sits by the side of the Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn. It depicts Aethelfleda, the Mercian princess, as the prow head of a vessel. She is looking in the direction of where the fortification, which she erected at Runcorn c. 914 A.D. to defend Mercia from Vikings, would have been, i.e. in the direction of the railway bridge.
Designed and made by sculptor Phil Bewes who now works with his partner Diane Gorvin. They did other work in the Runcorn area in the 1980's, especially at Norton Priory Museum and Gardens. They are now based in the Forest of Dean area. They have a lovely website at www.bewsgorvin.co.uk
The promenade, Runcorn old town, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7
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Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,old,town,the,building,Victorian,window,offices,of,Mersey Power,Company,Limited,in,Runcorn,Percival Lane,power station,3-phase,50 Hz,250 volts,Mid-Cheshire Electricity Supply Company,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,WA7 1JH,electric,electrical,works,co,company,Co Ltd,distribution,cabling,connection
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1416A - The Percival Lane power station in Runcorn was built and operated by the Mersey Power Company Limited. It comprised two stations A and B commissioned in 1921 and 1941. The station supplied Electricity.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>electricity to commercial, industrial and domestic users over a wide area of 95 square miles around the River Mersey including Widnes, Ellesmere Port and Runcorn.
History
In 1911 the Salt Union built a vacuum evaporating plant at Runcorn to produce salt from brine. Steam was generated to drive turbo-alternators. The exhaust steam from the turbines was used to evaporate brine. Only a portion of this energy was used in the salt works
the Salt Union obtained parliamentary authority to provide a public supply of electricity. This was through two Electric Lighting Orders: the Runcorn Electric Lighting Order 1910 and the Widnes Electric Lighting Order 1910, both these Orders were authorised by Parliament under the Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No.1) Act 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. lxxv). A new company, the Mersey Power Company Limited, was formed in 1911 to operate the public electricity supply. In 1918 the Company resolved to build a large generating station at Percival Lane, Runcorn (53°19'53N 2°45'25W) to meet the expanding demand for electricity. The company had local industrialists among its major shareholders and was able to promote and encourage the use of electricity by local industry
Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1JH
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Church Street, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1LR
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57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH
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57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K141CH - More at http://www.oneredshoe.co.uk/runcornmural.html
Ethelfleda, Queen of Mercia, Credited With Founding Runcorn in The 10th Century. The earliest recorded event in Runcorn's history is the building of a fort to protect the northern frontier of Ethelfleda's kingdom - Mercia against the Vikings in 915.
We placed her at the beginning of ˜Runcorn' and above the Railway bridge (Ethelfleda Bridge) that marks the site of the fort. Depicted in the style of an illuminated letter from the Saxon Chronicles where this event is mentioned.
The letter ˜R' is formed by Ethelfleda sending the Viking ship away. The ship is also copied from an illustration in the Chronicles, with the rune for the north star atop the mast.
A strong, female heroine, she was well known for avoiding bloodshed where possible but willing to physically join the fighting herself if needed.
Hazlehurst and Sons and Johnson Brothers Chimney stacks. -Rival Soap Manufacturers & Huge Industrialists
The massive chimneys shaped Runcorn's skyline and are included here as an essential, but sooty part of its past. The hydrochloric acid vapour polluted the once clean air and together with the soot eliminated the salt water bathing and day-trippers.
Old Town Bloom Community Garden, 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K141EW - More at http://www.oneredshoe.co.uk/runcornmural.html
Ethelfleda, Queen of Mercia, Credited With Founding Runcorn in The 10th Century. The earliest recorded event in Runcorn's history is the building of a fort to protect the northern frontier of Ethelfleda's kingdom - Mercia against the Vikings in 915.
We placed her at the beginning of ˜Runcorn' and above the Railway bridge (Ethelfleda Bridge) that marks the site of the fort. Depicted in the style of an illuminated letter from the Saxon Chronicles where this event is mentioned.
The letter ˜R' is formed by Ethelfleda sending the Viking ship away. The ship is also copied from an illustration in the Chronicles, with the rune for the north star atop the mast.
A strong, female heroine, she was well known for avoiding bloodshed where possible but willing to physically join the fighting herself if needed.
Hazlehurst and Sons and Johnson Brothers Chimney stacks. -Rival Soap Manufacturers & Huge Industrialists
The massive chimneys shaped Runcorn's skyline and are included here as an essential, but sooty part of its past. The hydrochloric acid vapour polluted the once clean air and together with the soot eliminated the salt water bathing and day-trippers.
Old Town Bloom Community Garden, 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH
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Old Town Bloom Community Garden, 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JF24MT - WSB
Typical malty rich base, brewed with Pioneer & Bramling Cross hops giving the beer a crisp & refreshing bittering with aromas of blackcurrent and citrus. - 4T's Brewery, Unit 20 Manor Industrial Estate, Lower Wash Lane, Warrington, Cheshire.
The Taverns Terrific Tipples or 4T's first started brewing in June 2010, located in a garage on Rydal Avenue.
During May 2012 the brewery relocated to Unit 15 EBL Centre, Picow Farm Road, Runcorn and expanded to a 5BBL plant previously at Blue Ball.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DCE9NF - Latchford Railway Viaduct
Latchford viaduct was opened on 8 July 1893 to carry the London and North Western Railway's Stockport to Warrington line over the Manchester Ship Canal. The wrought iron viaduct, with a span of 250 feet (76 m), weighed more than 1,200 tonnes. The last passengers service ran in 1962, but the line continued to carry freight. It finally closed to all traffic in July 1985, when it was deemed too expensive to make extensive repairs to keep Latchford viaduct operational.
239 Thelwall New Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2XT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM2535 - UC24 is a Social Enterprise, delivering a range of Urgent and Primary care services to just under 1 million people across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens and Sefton.
Our Values
NHS principles are followed to deliver high quality safe, caring and effective services for all. UC24 balance social purpose with an enterprising approach to delivering health care.
Collaboration and quality are at the heart of what UC24 do and we work with partners and communities to ensure that we meet the needs of patients and commissioners and achieve positive system change.
We strive to be an excellent employer and support our people to deliver their best to the patients we serve.
As a Social Enterprise, UC24 has members rather than shareholders and operates on a not-for-profit basis. This enables any surpluses made to be reinvested into the development of new or existing services. UC24 seeks to improve the health of the communities we serve by growing as a social enterprise and providing a quality workplace where people are supported to succeed.
Halton Hospital
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM2537 - UC24 is a Social Enterprise, delivering a range of Urgent and Primary care services to just under 1 million people across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens and Sefton.
Our Values
NHS principles are followed to deliver high quality safe, caring and effective services for all. UC24 balance social purpose with an enterprising approach to delivering health care.
Collaboration and quality are at the heart of what UC24 do and we work with partners and communities to ensure that we meet the needs of patients and commissioners and achieve positive system change.
We strive to be an excellent employer and support our people to deliver their best to the patients we serve.
As a Social Enterprise, UC24 has members rather than shareholders and operates on a not-for-profit basis. This enables any surpluses made to be reinvested into the development of new or existing services. UC24 seeks to improve the health of the communities we serve by growing as a social enterprise and providing a quality workplace where people are supported to succeed.
Halton Hospital
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM253C - Mammography (also called mastography) is the process of using low-energy X-rays (usually around 30 kVp) to examine the human breast for diagnosis and screening. The goal of mammography is the early detection of breast cancer, typically through detection of characteristic masses or microcalcifications.
As with all X-rays, mammograms use doses of ionizing radiation to create images. These images are then analyzed for abnormal findings. It is usual to employ lower-energy X-rays, typically Mo (K-shell x-ray energies of 17.5 and 19.6 keV) and Rh (20.2 and 22.7 keV) than those used for radiography of bones. Ultrasound, ductography, positron emission mammography (PEM), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are adjuncts to mammography. Ultrasound is typically used for further evaluation of masses found on mammography or palpable masses not seen on mammograms. Ductograms are still used in some institutions for evaluation of bloody nipple discharge when the mammogram is non-diagnostic. MRI can be useful for further evaluation of questionable findings, as well as for screening pre-surgical evaluation in patients with known breast cancer, in order to detect additional lesions that might change the surgical approach, for example, from breast-conserving lumpectomy to mastectomy. Other procedures being investigated include tomosynthesis.
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Runcorn
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Runcorn
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H36677 - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or by several other names, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may operate with various degrees of autonomy: either under remote control by a human operator, or fully or intermittently autonomously, by onboard computers.
Here, an owner flies a medium sized drone over the river Mersey, close to Runcorn, Widnes, Fiddlers Ferry and the new toll crossing, which is under construction.
Civilian drones now vastly outnumber military drones, with estimates of over a million sold by 2015.
Wigg Island, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H366A3 - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or by several other names, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may operate with various degrees of autonomy: either under remote control by a human operator, or fully or intermittently autonomously, by onboard computers.
Here, an owner flies a medium sized drone over the river Mersey, close to Runcorn, Widnes, Fiddlers Ferry and the new toll crossing, which is under construction.
Civilian drones now vastly outnumber military drones, with estimates of over a million sold by 2015.
Wigg Island, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H366F4 - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or by several other names, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may operate with various degrees of autonomy: either under remote control by a human operator, or fully or intermittently autonomously, by onboard computers.
Here, an owner flies a medium sized drone over the river Mersey, close to Runcorn, Widnes, Fiddlers Ferry and the new toll crossing, which is under construction.
Civilian drones now vastly outnumber military drones, with estimates of over a million sold by 2015.
Wigg Island, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3ADXJ - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or by several other names, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may operate with various degrees of autonomy: either under remote control by a human operator, or fully or intermittently autonomously, by onboard computers.
Here, an owner flies a medium sized drone over the river Mersey, close to Runcorn, Widnes, Fiddlers Ferry and the new toll crossing, which is under construction.
Civilian drones now vastly outnumber military drones, with estimates of over a million sold by 2015.
Wigg Island, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, UK
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Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick La, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4 4AD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X9T - Runcorn's chemical industry was dominated for many years by ICI's Chlor Chemical division. But since 2001, Inovyn (a wholly owned subsidiary of Ineos) has operated the extensive chemical works in the west of the town, employing 750 people in 2020. In Runcorn, Invoyn manufactures chlorine, caustic soda and chlorinated derivatives. It also produces salt, made from brine transported by pipeline from the saltfields of central Cheshire, and sulphuric acid. Several other chemical manufacturers also have a presence at the site, including Koura (formerly Mexichem Fluor), Industrial Chemicals, Packed Chlorine Limited, VYNOVA and Runcorn MCP Ltd (a joint venture between INOVYN and VYNOVA). The site is considered to be of strategic national importance to the UK. The site includes two independently owned power stations
the 810 MW natural gas fired Rocksavage Power Station and the Runcorn Energy Recovery Facility operated by Viridor which also supplies heat to the Inovyn facility. ICI's other former site in Runcorn comprising offices and laboratories is now the Heath Business and Technical Park, which provides office, laboratory, conference, and leisure facilities
Western Point, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 4JE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59XA2 - Runcorn's chemical industry was dominated for many years by ICI's Chlor Chemical division. But since 2001, Inovyn (a wholly owned subsidiary of Ineos) has operated the extensive chemical works in the west of the town, employing 750 people in 2020. In Runcorn, Invoyn manufactures chlorine, caustic soda and chlorinated derivatives. It also produces salt, made from brine transported by pipeline from the saltfields of central Cheshire, and sulphuric acid. Several other chemical manufacturers also have a presence at the site, including Koura (formerly Mexichem Fluor), Industrial Chemicals, Packed Chlorine Limited, VYNOVA and Runcorn MCP Ltd (a joint venture between INOVYN and VYNOVA). The site is considered to be of strategic national importance to the UK. The site includes two independently owned power stations
the 810 MW natural gas fired Rocksavage Power Station and the Runcorn Energy Recovery Facility operated by Viridor which also supplies heat to the Inovyn facility. ICI's other former site in Runcorn comprising offices and laboratories is now the Heath Business and Technical Park, which provides office, laboratory, conference, and leisure facilities
Western Point, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 4JE
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Keywords: warrington,widnes,runcorn,mersey,river,merseyside,Liverpool,suns warrington,sunset,dusk,night,shot,power,station,cooling,towers,eight,8,view,from,pewterspear,365project,tonysmith,hotpix,HDR,rich,color,colores,deep,industrial,industry,light,stream,lightstream
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4469547119 - 'Fiddlers Ferry has been a landmark visable from Runcorn, Warrington and Widnes since the early 1970's. Its a coal fired power station on the banks of the Mersey River, which supplies all its cooling water. In recent years it has been adapted to also burn bio-mass. It can generate nearly 2,000 Megawatts.
Living in Glossop I remember massive freight trains of coal trucks coming over Woodhead and the Dinting viaduct headed for Fiddlers Ferry. Many trains overnighted at the sidings at Gamesley. Fuel for it these days comes mainly from Liverpool docks. Sulphur emissions are reduced by a new FGD plant installed in 2008. Carbon Dioxide is still pumped out of the chimneys as before though to be added to our delicate climate.
Its eight towers can be seen from various high points, including here at the cemetary at Pewtersspear, above Stockton Heath. A modern pub called the Eight Towers (not one of my usual haunts), is located only a short distance away.
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Keywords: circuit,board,ceramic,military,extreme,macro,lens,bellows,tubes,copper,gold,ice,manor,park,1987,runcorn,cheshire,uk,england,stillife,stilllife,still,life,old,stuff,abstract,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4427393837 - 'Extreme macro from a ceramic tile 100x100x1mm 96% alumina - 25 micons gold flash over copper. the application of this is in very precise military circuitry, this example is from around 1987.
It is a MCR25.0B assembly.
The thinner copper tracks are 17 microns wide with the gaps and wider tracks 25 microns wide. This has been taken with a 20mm Olympus macro lens with Canon to Olympus adapter.
Alumina is the most mature of the engineering ceramics, offering excellent electrical insulation properties together with high hardness and good wear resistance but relatively low strength and fracture toughness.
Aluminas are generally white but are sometimes pink (88% alumina) or brown (96% Alumina). The colour is derived from either the sintering additives or impurities in the raw materials.
Dynamic-Ceramic produces a range of alumina from 96% - 99.9% purity. Alumina has a high melting point, high hardness and high mechanical strength, although mechanical strength is reduced at temperatures above 1000\u00b0C. Due to the relatively large coefficient of thermal expansion, thermal shock resistance is reduced.
Alumina is an electrically insulating material, with a high electrical resistivity, increasing with purity. Good chemical stability of alumina, leads to a high corrosion resistance. It is insoluble in water and only slightly soluble in strong acid and
alkaline solutions. Thus making it ideal for use in rugged component environments such as on a battlefield, in space or the stratosphere.
On the board the underside tracks can just be seen. This was a product of ICI in Runcorn and the metals etc were layed down using a phot-resist process. Quality control was by microscope.
Another extreme macro www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4343989477/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0MDM - The Silver Jubilee Bridge or Runcorn Bridge crosses the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn Gap between Runcorn and Widnes in Cheshire, England. It is a through arch bridge with a main arch span of 1,082 feet (330 m).
It was opened in 1961 as a replacement for the Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge, and was initially known simply as the Runcorn Bridge or Runcorn“Widnes Bridge. In 1975“77 it was widened, after which it was given its official name in honour of the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
It carries the A533 road and a cantilevered footway. The bridge has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed structure
The new bridge had to allow the passage of shipping along the Manchester Ship Canal. Many ideas were considered, including a new transporter bridge or a swing bridge. These were considered to be impractical and it was decided that the best solution was a high-level bridge upstream from the railway bridge. This would allow the least obstruction to shipping and would also be at the narrowest crossing point.
The first plan for a high-level bridge was a truss bridge with three or five spans, giving a 24 feet (7 m) dual carriageway with a cycle track and footpaths. This was abandoned because it was too expensive, and because one of the piers would be too close to the wall of the ship canal. The next idea was for a suspension bridge with a span of 1,030 feet (314 m) between the main towers with a 24 feet (7 m) single carriageway and a 6-foot (2 m) footpath. However aerodynamic tests on models of the bridge showed that, while the bridge itself would be stable, the presence of the adjacent railway bridge would cause severe oscillation.
The finally accepted design was for a steel through arch bridge with a 30-foot (9 m) single carriageway. The design of the bridge is similar to that of Sydney Harbour Bridge but differs from it in that the side spans are continuous with the main span rather than being separate from them. This design feat
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6NHM - Spike Island is an island in the estuary of the River Mersey, in North West England, flanked by the Sankey Canal. It is a reclaimed toxic waste site, considered a birthplace of the British chemical industry, and forms a part of Widnes in the Halton borough of Cheshire.
Its maze of abandoned chemical factories, rail lines, canal and industrial dockage, and industrial pollution, which had declined into a rust belt toxic wilderness, was reclaimed as woodland, wetlands and green space between 1975 and 1982. A surviving warehouse is now the home of the Catalyst Museum, the only science museum in the UK solely devoted to chemistry.
Spike Island was the site of a famous outdoor concert by The Stone Roses in May 1990. A film about the concert was released in 2013, and is called Spike Island.
Spike Island, Sankey Canal, Widnes, England UK
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Runcorn
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6PT - Born Meshe David Osinsky and a Lithuanian Jew in Kurkliai, Kaunas province, he came alone to the UK in 1900 to escape the Russian pogroms. He was well-educated, having studied in a yeshiva,[1] but arrived unable to speak English
In 1901, he was staying in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. He started as a peddler, then set up as a general outfitter in Chesterfield in 1903 selling readymade suits bought from a wholesaler.[2][3] Following his marriage to Sophie Marks in 1909 the name of the company was changed from M. Burton to Burton & Burton. On the birth of twin boys in (1917) he gave his name as Montague Maurice Burton.
He died while speaking after a dinner in Leeds on 21 September 1952. The funeral was at the Harrogate Synagogue (some sources say Chapeltown) and he was interred at Gildersome.
˜The Tailor of Taste'
When Montague Burton became a limited company in 1917, it was registered as ˜Montague Burton the Tailor of Taste Ltd'. The slogan, as part of Burton's name, formed part of firm's logo, appearing on fascias, parapets, floors, and even on ventilation grilles.
Tiles and Mosaics
The entrance lobbies of many Burton shops had mosaic floors in the early-to-mid 20th century, and Burton was no exception. These sometimes included the popular Burton slogan: ˜Let Burton Dress You'. This also appears in a black and red glazed terracotta panel on the side elevation of the branch in Abergavenny (1937). Burton's terracotta was usually supplied by the Middleton Fireclay Co. of Leeds
18 Church St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire,England, UK, WA7 1LX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AP0 - The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh.
The canal is connected to the Manchester Ship Canal via a lock at Cornbrook
to the Rochdale Canal in Manchester
to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston Brook, southeast of Runcorn
and to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Leigh. It once connected with the River Mersey at Runcorn but has since been cut off by a slip road to the Silver Jubilee Bridge.
Often considered to be the first true canal in England, it required the construction of an aqueduct to cross the River Irwell, one of the first of its kind. Its success helped inspire a period of intense canal building in Britain, known as canal mania. It later faced intense competition from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Macclesfield Canal. Navigable throughout its history, it is one of the few canals in Britain not to have been nationalised, and remains privately owned. Pleasure craft now use the canal which forms part of the Cheshire Ring network of canals.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H369J2 - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or by several other names, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may operate with various degrees of autonomy: either under remote control by a human operator, or fully or intermittently autonomously, by onboard computers.
Here, an owner flies a medium sized drone over the river Mersey, close to Runcorn, Widnes, Fiddlers Ferry and the new toll crossing, which is under construction.
Civilian drones now vastly outnumber military drones, with estimates of over a million sold by 2015.
Wigg Island, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, UK
