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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,solidarity,demonstration,march,Ukraine war,diaspora,protest,community,independence,public gathering,Ukrainian,flag,war,Russia,Russian,special military operation,drones,support,British,Andy Burnham,supporters,rally,gathering,giant,35 years independence,35th,city,centre,democracy,European security,Britain supports Ukraine,Russia Ukraine,invasion,refugees,UK,displaced,sovereignty,territorial integrity,resistance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FBX6GE - Ukrainian supporters and members of the Ukrainian community gather in St Peter's Square, Manchester, on Saturday 22 August 2026, carrying and unfurling a long blue and yellow national flag ahead of Ukraine's Independence Day on 24 August. The 2026 anniversary marked 35 years since Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, and public gatherings across Britain combined celebration of Ukrainian identity, culture and national sovereignty with continued solidarity during Russia's full-scale invasion. In the photograph, participants hold the large horizontal Ukrainian flag through the city-centre square, while others wear blue and yellow colours, carry smaller flags and traditional embroidered clothing associated with Ukrainian heritage. Manchester and Greater Manchester have become home to a significant Ukrainian community, including people displaced since Russia's invasion of February 2022, making events such as this both cultural celebrations and visible demonstrations of support for an independent Ukraine. The image is relevant to Ukraine Independence Day, Ukrainian diaspora, Manchester Ukrainians, solidarity with Ukraine, Stand with Ukraine, blue and yellow flag, Ukrainian national flag, European security, refugees, displaced people, war in Ukraine, Russia Ukraine war, Ukrainian culture, national identity, democracy, freedom, sovereignty, peace, community rally, public demonstration and city-centre protest photography. Two days later, on 24 August 2026, Ukraine officially marked its 35th Independence Day while the UK government reiterated support for Ukrainian sovereignty, territorial integrity and a just and lasting peace. The Manchester gathering therefore records a contemporary moment in the UK's continuing public support for Ukraine, as Ukrainians abroad maintain national traditions, commemorate independence and keep attention focused on the continuing war and their country's future in Europe. Flags are vivid symbols of UK solidarity.
St Peter's Square, Manchester M2, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCG3YJ - . This close view of a handmade 'Peace For Ukraine' placard captures the personal, improvised visual language of solidarity demonstrations in Manchester. The sign was displayed around the Ukrainian Independence Day gathering on 22 August 2026, shortly before the official 24 August anniversary of Ukraine's 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. By 2026 the annual date had taken on a second meaning: celebration of sovereignty alongside remembrance of those killed, injured, displaced or forced abroad by Russia's full-scale invasion. Homemade signs differ from professionally printed campaign material because they reveal individual participation, often using simple blue-and-yellow colour, peace symbols and direct messages intended for passers-by and news cameras. St Peter's Square is one of Manchester's principal civic spaces and has repeatedly hosted rallies, vigils and public commemorations. The image can illustrate anti-war protest, diaspora campaigning, freedom, national identity, peace activism and the continuing visibility of the Ukraine conflict in British public life. The image can support both positive stories of renewal and more critical discussion of pressure on local services and businesses. Relevant search and editorial concepts include Ukraine, Ukrainian, Manchester, solidarity, independence, blue and yellow, peace, protest, diaspora, Russia invasion, Europe, freedom, public demonstration, civic square. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes Peace, Ukraine, placard, Manchester, St, Peters, Square, Ukrainian, solidarity, independence, anti, war, protest, blue, yellow, flag, Russia, invasion, peace, sign, demonstration. Its value is strongest when used with precise place and date information, making it relevant to archives, newspapers, magazines, books, planning material and online features about contemporary Britain. The photograph is suitable for editorial, documentary, social-history, planning,
St Peter's Square, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,anti war,protest posters,street art,peace,political posters,war,graffiti wall,campaigning,demonstration,4 years of war,four years,Russian,anti-war,Slava,Ukraini,Ukraine,invasion,flowers,support,hatred,Putin killed Navalny,relations,protest,Vladimir Putin,imperial,colonial,memorial,visible,regime,political,repression,human rights,foreign,policy,border,freedom of expression,diplomacy,2026
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FBX65X - A wide panoramic view of the perimeter of the Embassy of the Russian Federation on Pikk Street in Tallinn Old Town, Estonia, where metal barriers and fencing have become an informal protest wall covered with anti-war posters, photographs, flowers, candles and political messages opposing Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A prominent display marks 4 years of war , referring to the conflict begun by Russia on 24 February 2022, while another poster declares Putin killed Navalny beside a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024. The embassy has repeatedly been the focus of demonstrations, vigils and memorials by Estonians, Ukrainians, Russians opposed to the war and other supporters of Ukraine. The scene also reflects Estonia's particularly sensitive relationship with Moscow. Independent between the world wars, Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, endured renewed Soviet occupation from 1944 and restored its independence in 1991. That history gives modern Estonian opposition to Russian aggression particular resonance, especially as Estonia shares a land border with Russia and has become one of Ukraine's strongest political and military supporters. Estonia remains linguistically diverse: official Statistics Estonia figures for 2026 show 26.9% of residents have Russian as their mother tongue, while 20.2% identify as ethnically Russian. The posters therefore do not simply represent hostility towards Russian people
anti-war demonstrations outside the embassy have also included Russian citizens and Russian-speaking residents rejecting the Kremlin's invasion. The cobbled medieval street, historic Old Town architecture and improvised protest memorial create a striking contrast between Tallinn's heritage setting and contemporary European conflict, diplomacy, dissent, human rights, political repression and solidarity with Ukraine
Embassy of the Russian Federation, Pikk 19, 10133 Tallinn, Estonia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCG3HY - . A panoramic view outside the Russian Embassy in Tallinn records the dense layer of anti-war posters, flags, photographs, messages and improvised memorial material that has accumulated around the diplomatic building since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Estonia restored its independence from Soviet occupation in 1991 and its security politics are profoundly shaped by that history, its border with Russia and a sizeable Russian-speaking minority. The embassy in Tallinn's medieval Old Town has consequently become a highly visible focus for protest against Vladimir Putin's government, the war in Ukraine and repression inside Russia. After opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a Russian penal colony in 2024, his image and name also became part of protests and memorials at Russian diplomatic sites across Europe. The photograph captures how a formal embassy frontage can be transformed by public dissent into an unofficial wall of testimony. It is relevant to Baltic politics, NATO's eastern flank, Ukraine solidarity, human rights, Russian opposition, diplomatic relations and contested historical memory. The view is also relevant to the growing importance of place-based journalism, where national trends are explained through local examples. Relevant search and editorial concepts include Ukraine, Ukrainian, Manchester, solidarity, independence, blue and yellow, peace, protest, diaspora, Russia invasion, Europe, freedom, public demonstration, civic square. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes Russian, Embassy, Tallinn, Estonia, Ukraine, protest, anti, war, Navalny, memorial, Putin, Russia, invasion, Baltic, state, embassy, demonstrations, solidarity, posters, graffiti, old, town. The image may be useful to picture editors seeking authentic North West or British context for features on community life, economic change, heritage, services and the evolving built environment.
Russian Embassy, Pikk Street, Tallinn Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tourism,holidaymakers,Los Cristianos,beaches,winter,sun,crowded,resort,dark volcanic,sand,northern European tourists,Russian,mass tourism,overtourism pressure,sunbathing visitors,packed sun loungers,beige,parasols,Atlantic,island,Arona coastline,busy urban beach,winter beach holiday,seaside apartment hotels,warm climate escape,European package tourism,coastal leisure scene,holiday resort density,international beachgoers,Tenerife tourism debate,sun worshippers,crowded public shoreline,visitor pressure,winter sunshine tourism,mass market,package holidays,housing crisis
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F079K7 - Northern European and Russian holidaymakers relax on rows of sun loungers beneath beige parasols along the busy seafront at Los Cristianos in southern Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Adults sunbathe on dark grey sand while resort apartments and hotel terraces rise behind the beach. The view records a crowded winter-sun scene under partly cloudy skies, with low volcanic hills beyond the urban coastline.
Los Cristianos developed from a fishing settlement into one of Tenerife's earliest southern resorts as international tourism expanded during the 1960s. Its warm climate, restaurants, apartment complexes, ferry port and nearby beaches attract visitors year-round, particularly travellers escaping colder northern European winters. The official Los Cristianos beach is urban, with calm water and lounger hire. The darker sand, gravel and rocky shoreline beside it around Los Tarajales reflects Tenerife's volcanic character.
The crowded shore illustrates both the economic importance and pressures created by mass package tourism. Visitor spending supports hotels, restaurants, retail, transport and employment, but southern resorts also place pressure on housing, roads, public services, water supplies, waste systems and coastal land. Short-term holiday rentals have become concerns for residents.
Large demonstrations took place across the Canary Islands in 2024 and 2025 under slogans including Canaries have a limit . Protesters called for a different tourism model, arguing that rising housing costs, congestion and environmental strain were reducing quality of life. Organisers stressed that criticism was directed at unmanaged growth rather than individual visitors.
The photograph is a familiar winter-sun image and an illustration of overtourism. Packed loungers, parasols and a built-up waterfront show how an attractive climate can produce crowding, commercialised public space and competing demands between tourism income, resident needs and island sustainability.
Paseo Marítimo, 38650 Los Cristianos, Arona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tourism,holidaymakers,Los Cristianos,beaches,winter,sun,crowded,resort,dark volcanic,sand,northern European tourists,Russian,mass tourism,overtourism pressure,sunbathing visitors,packed sun loungers,beige,parasols,Atlantic,island,Arona coastline,busy urban beach,winter beach holiday,seaside apartment hotels,warm climate escape,European package tourism,coastal leisure scene,holiday resort density,international beachgoers,Tenerife tourism debate,sun worshippers,crowded public shoreline,visitor pressure,winter sunshine tourism,mass market,package holidays,housing crisis
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F079KB - Northern European and Russian holidaymakers relax on rows of sun loungers beneath beige parasols along the busy seafront at Los Cristianos in southern Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Adults sunbathe on dark grey sand while resort apartments and hotel terraces rise behind the beach. The view records a crowded winter-sun scene under partly cloudy skies, with low volcanic hills beyond the urban coastline.
Los Cristianos developed from a fishing settlement into one of Tenerife's earliest southern resorts as international tourism expanded during the 1960s. Its warm climate, restaurants, apartment complexes, ferry port and nearby beaches attract visitors year-round, particularly travellers escaping colder northern European winters. The official Los Cristianos beach is urban, with calm water and lounger hire. The darker sand, gravel and rocky shoreline beside it around Los Tarajales reflects Tenerife's volcanic character.
The crowded shore illustrates both the economic importance and pressures created by mass package tourism. Visitor spending supports hotels, restaurants, retail, transport and employment, but southern resorts also place pressure on housing, roads, public services, water supplies, waste systems and coastal land. Short-term holiday rentals have become concerns for residents.
Large demonstrations took place across the Canary Islands in 2024 and 2025 under slogans including Canaries have a limit . Protesters called for a different tourism model, arguing that rising housing costs, congestion and environmental strain were reducing quality of life. Organisers stressed that criticism was directed at unmanaged growth rather than individual visitors.
The photograph is a familiar winter-sun image and an illustration of overtourism. Packed loungers, parasols and a built-up waterfront show how an attractive climate can produce crowding, commercialised public space and competing demands between tourism income, resident needs and island sustainability.
Paseo Marítimo, 38650 Los Cristianos, Arona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T20EA5 - Taken on 14 Oct 2023, this photograph shows Russia Is a Terrorist State - Ukrainians in Birmingham city centre to protest the invasion of Ukraine by Putin of Russia, Victoria Square. The location is Victoria Square, Birmingham, England, B1 1BD. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. The protest reflects the continuing public response in British cities to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with Victoria Square used as a civic space for banners, solidarity and democratic expression. Tenant Satisfaction Measures have become part of the regulatory framework for social housing in England, giving the concept image relevance for landlords, councils, residents, scrutiny panels and data-quality stories. 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 Birmingham, city, Victoria Square, protesters, banner, Russia Is a Terrorist State, Ukrainians, flags, war, invasion, centre, B1 1BD, 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.
Victoria Square, Birmingham, England, B1 1BD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYKTB1 - . Vladimir Putin's trojan horse in the EU, Victor Orban - Graffiti from Budapest city centre, naked Putin rides Orban like a horse, tethered by his tie. Photographed on 29 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Budapest, Hungary, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include steered, like, horse, tethered, his, tie, ride, rides, Budapest, Russian, influence, flag, 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. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Budapest, Hungary
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYME - There has been a building on our site since the 1300s although the first mention of the Kings itself is not until 1639. The Georgian frontage was added in 1753 although the size of the building was reduced in the 1890s when a decline in trade resulted in part of the front being turned into a shop. It wasn't until 1936 that the Kings left private ownership and was bought by the Friary Brewery of Guildford which later became part of Allied Breweries.
We've had a few famous guests over the years including Tsar Peter the Great (who left without paying his bill!) as well as some European royalty who met here in 1814 to discuss post war Europe after the Battle of Trafalgar. Tsar Peter the Great's visit is commemorated by a plaque on the front of the building which was unveiled in 1998 by the Russian Ambassador to commemorate the tricentenary of the visit.
22-25, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYH7 - There has been a building on our site since the 1300s although the first mention of the Kings itself is not until 1639. The Georgian frontage was added in 1753 although the size of the building was reduced in the 1890s when a decline in trade resulted in part of the front being turned into a shop. It wasn't until 1936 that the Kings left private ownership and was bought by the Friary Brewery of Guildford which later became part of Allied Breweries.
We've had a few famous guests over the years including Tsar Peter the Great (who left without paying his bill!) as well as some European royalty who met here in 1814 to discuss post war Europe after the Battle of Trafalgar. Tsar Peter the Great's visit is commemorated by a plaque on the front of the building which was unveiled in 1998 by the Russian Ambassador to commemorate the tricentenary of the visit.
22-25, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG60XE - There has been a building on our site since the 1300s although the first mention of the Kings itself is not until 1639. The Georgian frontage was added in 1753 although the size of the building was reduced in the 1890s when a decline in trade resulted in part of the front being turned into a shop. It wasn't until 1936 that the Kings left private ownership and was bought by the Friary Brewery of Guildford which later became part of Allied Breweries.
We've had a few famous guests over the years including Tsar Peter the Great (who left without paying his bill!) as well as some European royalty who met here in 1814 to discuss post war Europe after the Battle of Trafalgar. Tsar Peter the Great's visit is commemorated by a plaque on the front of the building which was unveiled in 1998 by the Russian Ambassador to commemorate the tricentenary of the visit.
22-25, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG60XY - There has been a building on our site since the 1300s although the first mention of the Kings itself is not until 1639. The Georgian frontage was added in 1753 although the size of the building was reduced in the 1890s when a decline in trade resulted in part of the front being turned into a shop. It wasn't until 1936 that the Kings left private ownership and was bought by the Friary Brewery of Guildford which later became part of Allied Breweries.
We've had a few famous guests over the years including Tsar Peter the Great (who left without paying his bill!) as well as some European royalty who met here in 1814 to discuss post war Europe after the Battle of Trafalgar. Tsar Peter the Great's visit is commemorated by a plaque on the front of the building which was unveiled in 1998 by the Russian Ambassador to commemorate the tricentenary of the visit.
22-25, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB566 - . Photographed at Moscow, Russia in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through Soviet USSR CCCP gold star on an army cap, Russian military cap, Ukraine invasion - the Vladimir Putin special military operation. The broader subject matter reaches into contemporary social history, adaptive reuse, local history, visual archive, architectural character, changing streetscape, historical comparison, place-making, heritage-led regeneration, regional identity, public-realm investment, documentary photography, town-centre renewal, and urban fabric. For current editorial use, public-realm investment and adaptive reuse provide additional context, especially through the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within Moscow, Russia at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The subject also sits alongside period detail, urban regeneration, commercial redevelopment, civic architecture, local character, community identity, everyday life, and historic townscape. The recorded references to Russian, Soviet, Vladimir, special, and Ukraine preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Moscow, Russia matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of public-realm investment and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition within the real-world context of Moscow, Russia. A further contemporary connection is planning and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity within the specific setting of Moscow, Russia.
Moscow, Russia
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,map,country,countries,of origin,watchmakers,brand,communism,socialism,USSR watch industry,soviet,on,a,of,Moscow,Soviet,cold way,coldwar,historic,heritage,horology,CCCP,USSR,Russian,date,Russian date,language,the,fridge,shape,Moskva,Leningrad,communist,leather strap,leather straps
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC75W0 - . This authentic period view of Moscow, Russia in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The subject captured here is Russian Slava Fridge Watch CCCP, on a map of Moscow Russia. A product of Moscow number one watch factory. A broader reading of the photograph includes local character, engineering story.htm Target=_Blank>history, local landmark, heritage landmark, visual archive, historical comparison, period building, labour history, local history, architectural detailing, industrial transport, former production site, everyday life, and historic streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, brownfield redevelopment and industrial conservation are closely linked to this subject, alongside how surviving industrial objects become evidence of vanished working practices. The wider contemporary story combines planning control, adaptive reuse and keeping older structures useful without erasing their character. Future viewers can use this scene from Moscow, Russia to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after new ownership. Further associations within the scene are changing land use, documentary photography, built heritage, community identity, period streetscape, archival record, conservation interest, and manufacturing landscape. The recorded references to Fridge, Watch, product, Moscow, and number preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Moscow, Russia may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of brownfield redevelopment and recording the industries and transport systems that shaped British towns as part of the longer story of Moscow, Russia. The view records period character as part of Moscow, Russia's history.
Moscow, Russia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC75XH - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The photograph centres on Poljot Soviet Chronograph,First Moscow Watch Factory,Russia. The wider scene also brings together shopping district, documentary photography, industrial artefact, period detail, historic freight equipment, place identity, social history, former production site, contemporary social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, high-street commerce, archival record, brand-led retail, and changing land use. Current relevance extends to labour history and brownfield redevelopment, particularly through how surviving industrial objects become evidence of vanished working practices. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into changing footfall and business rates, not least because of the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. The location also brings in before-and-after reference, physical store, destination retail, production infrastructure, local history, customer footfall, commercial frontage, and changing streetscape. Elements such as Russia, Factory, Soviet, Watch, and First add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of labour history and how surviving industrial objects become evidence of vanished working practices as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The frame retains a point of historical comparison for future local research.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGPKB0 - . Recorded at French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL in 2019, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. The scene shows Vladimir Lenin, transfer the world to communism, forward to communism, echoes in the Putin Russian Ukraine invasion February 2022. Further facets of the subject include constituency representation, public administration, visual archive, contemporary social history, local history, community identity, political campaigning, everyday life, documentary photography, constituency politics, archival record, public policy, regional identity, and period detail. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about government priorities, electoral accountability and preserving campaign language that can quickly date. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the view documents evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life in the immediate surroundings of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL. Further connections include local character, political communication, democratic accountability, place identity, civic debate, public realm, before-and-after reference, and changing land use. The recorded references to Lenin, transfer, Russian, world, and Vladimir preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of government priorities and preserving campaign language that can quickly date in a form that can be compared with future views of French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL. The scene captures part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference.
French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DAH06G - . Recorded at the recorded location, this image forms part of the visual history of the locality and the activity, building, object or service shown. The photograph is concerned with Soviet Russia USSR Pennant Flag,CCCP,propaganda,Collective of Communist Labor,vintage red banner,1970s. A wider reading of the photograph includes civic debate, everyday Britain, changing streetscape, party-political communication, archival record, campaign literature, visual archive, public realm, constituency politics, local history, democratic accountability, electoral messaging, political campaigning, and built environment. The present-day relevance extends to policy change and campaign promises, while a wider concern is tracking how priorities change after elections and changes of government. For later comparison, the photograph preserves equipment and working practice at the recorded location, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. Further associations include place identity, before-and-after reference, constituency representation, Westminster politics, public policy, urban change, government policy, and contemporary history. References to vintage, Collective, propaganda, 1970s, and Labor give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is policy change and showing how national debate reaches local constituencies in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for campaign promises and comparing earlier political promises with later policy within the real-world context of the recorded location. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for the recorded location and the changing story of the subject shown.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,NOHO NYC,NYC,New York City,St Marks Place,St Marks Place NYC,New York St Marks Place,street,New York Street,USA,America,City Centre,city,centre,center,city center,East Village,Eastvillage,Block Drug Store,Block,Drugstore,Drug Store,chemist,shop,Chemist Shop,New York Travel Tourism,store,stores,Block Drugstores pharmacy frontage,in red,NY 10003,exterior,American Drug store,Block Drug Company,Russia,Russian,Alexander Block
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBF05F - stock-photo/gotonysmith-Block.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Block Drug Company was a pharmaceutical company based in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, that specialized in dental care products. Its most popular products included Polident denture cleanser, Poli-Grip denture adhesive, Dentu-Creme denture toothpaste, Nytol sleeping pill, Tegrin medicated shampoo for psoriasis, Lava hand soaps (acquired from Procter & Gamble), Beano and Phazyme anti-gas products, Balmex diaper rash ointments, and Sensodyne desensitizing toothpaste.
GlaxoSmithKline purchased the company for $1.24 billion in 2001.
The company was founded in 1907 by Alexander Block, a Russian immigrant who had a small drugstore on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York. He turned the company into a wholesaler in 1915, then became a drug manufacturer in 1925, acquiring a 50 percent interest in Wernet's Dental Manufacturing Company.
Block Drug moved its headquarters to Jersey City, New Jersey in 1938.
Although Alexander Block built the company largely through acquisitions, he developed the Polident brand internally during the 1930s. In 1948, Block Drug rolled out the Ammi-i-Dent tooth powder, and in the early 1950s, the company developed Nytol. After Alexander Block's death in 1953, his son Leonard N. Block (19112005) took over, eventually becoming the company's chairman. The last major new product the company introduced was Tegrin, in 1964.
Although Block Drug was a public company from 1971 until 2001, it operated much like a private, family-run firm, with the Block family holding all voting shares plus 54 percent of the non-voting stock. In addition, the company never held annual meetings or issued proxy statements
Leonard N. Block died in 2005 at age 93 after suffering for years from Alzheimer's disease. Block's nephew John P. Roberts was the producer of the Woodstock Festival using money from his Block inheritance.
101 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,NOHO NYC,NYC,New York City,St Marks Place,St Marks Place NYC,New York St Marks Place,street,New York Street,USA,America,City Centre,city,centre,center,city center,East Village,Eastvillage,Block Drug Store,Block,Drugstore,Drug Store,chemist,shop,Chemist Shop,New York Travel Tourism,Block Drugstores pharmacy frontage,in red,NY 10003,exterior,American Drug store,Block Drug Company,Russia,Russian,Alexander Block,weight loss drugs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBF06C - stock-photo/gotonysmith-Block.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Block Drug Company was a pharmaceutical company based in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, that specialized in dental care products. Its most popular products included Polident denture cleanser, Poli-Grip denture adhesive, Dentu-Creme denture toothpaste, Nytol sleeping pill, Tegrin medicated shampoo for psoriasis, Lava hand soaps (acquired from Procter & Gamble), Beano and Phazyme anti-gas products, Balmex diaper rash ointments, and Sensodyne desensitizing toothpaste.
GlaxoSmithKline purchased the company for $1.24 billion in 2001.
The company was founded in 1907 by Alexander Block, a Russian immigrant who had a small drugstore on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York. He turned the company into a wholesaler in 1915, then became a drug manufacturer in 1925, acquiring a 50 percent interest in Wernet's Dental Manufacturing Company.
Block Drug moved its headquarters to Jersey City, New Jersey in 1938.
Although Alexander Block built the company largely through acquisitions, he developed the Polident brand internally during the 1930s. In 1948, Block Drug rolled out the Ammi-i-Dent tooth powder, and in the early 1950s, the company developed Nytol. After Alexander Block's death in 1953, his son Leonard N. Block (19112005) took over, eventually becoming the company's chairman. The last major new product the company introduced was Tegrin, in 1964.
Although Block Drug was a public company from 1971 until 2001, it operated much like a private, family-run firm, with the Block family holding all voting shares plus 54 percent of the non-voting stock. In addition, the company never held annual meetings or issued proxy statements
Leonard N. Block died in 2005 at age 93 after suffering for years from Alzheimer's disease. Block's nephew John P. Roberts was the producer of the Woodstock Festival using money from his Block inheritance.
101 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,NOHO NYC,NYC,New York City,St Marks Place,St Marks Place NYC,New York St Marks Place,street,New York Street,USA,America,City Centre,city,centre,center,city center,East Village,Eastvillage,Block Drug Store,Block,Drugstore,Drug Store,chemist,shop,Chemist Shop,New York Travel Tourism,store,stores,Block Drugstores pharmacy frontage,in red,NY 10003,exterior,American Drug store,Block Drug Company,Russia,Russian,Alexander Block
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBF06F - stock-photo/gotonysmith-Block.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Block Drug Company was a pharmaceutical company based in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, that specialized in dental care products. Its most popular products included Polident denture cleanser, Poli-Grip denture adhesive, Dentu-Creme denture toothpaste, Nytol sleeping pill, Tegrin medicated shampoo for psoriasis, Lava hand soaps (acquired from Procter & Gamble), Beano and Phazyme anti-gas products, Balmex diaper rash ointments, and Sensodyne desensitizing toothpaste.
GlaxoSmithKline purchased the company for $1.24 billion in 2001.
The company was founded in 1907 by Alexander Block, a Russian immigrant who had a small drugstore on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York. He turned the company into a wholesaler in 1915, then became a drug manufacturer in 1925, acquiring a 50 percent interest in Wernet's Dental Manufacturing Company.
Block Drug moved its headquarters to Jersey City, New Jersey in 1938.
Although Alexander Block built the company largely through acquisitions, he developed the Polident brand internally during the 1930s. In 1948, Block Drug rolled out the Ammi-i-Dent tooth powder, and in the early 1950s, the company developed Nytol. After Alexander Block's death in 1953, his son Leonard N. Block (19112005) took over, eventually becoming the company's chairman. The last major new product the company introduced was Tegrin, in 1964.
Although Block Drug was a public company from 1971 until 2001, it operated much like a private, family-run firm, with the Block family holding all voting shares plus 54 percent of the non-voting stock. In addition, the company never held annual meetings or issued proxy statements
Leonard N. Block died in 2005 at age 93 after suffering for years from Alzheimer's disease. Block's nephew John P. Roberts was the producer of the Woodstock Festival using money from his Block inheritance.
101 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,NOHO NYC,NYC,New York City,St Marks Place,St Marks Place NYC,New York St Marks Place,street,New York Street,USA,America,City Centre,city,centre,center,city center,East Village,Eastvillage,Block Drug Store,Block,Drugstore,Drug Store,chemist,shop,Chemist Shop,New York Travel Tourism,store,stores,Block Drugstores pharmacy frontage,in red,NY 10003,exterior,American Drug store,Block Drug Company,Russia,Russian,Alexander Block,weight loss drugs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBF077 - stock-photo/gotonysmith-Block.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Block Drug Company was a pharmaceutical company based in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, that specialized in dental care products. Its most popular products included Polident denture cleanser, Poli-Grip denture adhesive, Dentu-Creme denture toothpaste, Nytol sleeping pill, Tegrin medicated shampoo for psoriasis, Lava hand soaps (acquired from Procter & Gamble), Beano and Phazyme anti-gas products, Balmex diaper rash ointments, and Sensodyne desensitizing toothpaste.
GlaxoSmithKline purchased the company for $1.24 billion in 2001.
The company was founded in 1907 by Alexander Block, a Russian immigrant who had a small drugstore on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York. He turned the company into a wholesaler in 1915, then became a drug manufacturer in 1925, acquiring a 50 percent interest in Wernet's Dental Manufacturing Company.
Block Drug moved its headquarters to Jersey City, New Jersey in 1938.
Although Alexander Block built the company largely through acquisitions, he developed the Polident brand internally during the 1930s. In 1948, Block Drug rolled out the Ammi-i-Dent tooth powder, and in the early 1950s, the company developed Nytol. After Alexander Block's death in 1953, his son Leonard N. Block (19112005) took over, eventually becoming the company's chairman. The last major new product the company introduced was Tegrin, in 1964.
Although Block Drug was a public company from 1971 until 2001, it operated much like a private, family-run firm, with the Block family holding all voting shares plus 54 percent of the non-voting stock. In addition, the company never held annual meetings or issued proxy statements
Leonard N. Block died in 2005 at age 93 after suffering for years from Alzheimer's disease. Block's nephew John P. Roberts was the producer of the Woodstock Festival using money from his Block inheritance.
101 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPB8XT - More info at https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/chaika-3050-kr-the-first-soviet-quartz-watch.848468/
Chaika 3050 Kvarzevi rezonator (which roughly means Quartz Oscillator in Russian), usually abbreviated as the Chaika 3050-KR. The lack of information about this watch and this movement hasn't allowed me to write a detailed history of the watch, but at least we have more or less a good view about the genesis of the movement and what were its characteristics, that represented a new era for the Soviet watch industry, but also the beginning of its gradual decline
What makes the Chaika 3050-KR so special is that it was the first quartz watch ever made in the Soviet Union
3050-KR, even though it was regularly available in the catalogs, had an almost limited distribution, especially the first generation. The only ones lucky enough to own it were those who were part of the Nomenklatura, and therefore had the right to buy it at half its original price.
The watch was distributed mainly in the domestic market under the Chaika brand and was exported (mainly in the countries of the communist bloc) also with the Raketa one, at slightly lower prices, but still prohibitive for the ordinary citizen, and with a different case and dial. The same movement was also used by Slava and Poljot itself.
The stepping motor was also produced in Moscow, but not in the Poljot factory, but in the Slava one, which made the production process rather complicated: Poljot made the whole movement except for the stepping motor. Then, the movement was sent to the 2MWF to mount the stepping motor. Then, the movement, devoid of its electronic part, was sent to the Chaika factory in Uglich, waiting for the assembly of the electronic part. The printed circuit board, including the oscillator, was manufactured in the Integral plant in Minsk, Belarus, (in case of a saturation of the plant, the circuit was also produced in the Transistor factory), the same plant where the Elektronika B6-02 and the Elektron
Classic Chaika Blue Quartz mechanical Rezonator 3050 Russian Watch, first commercial soviet quartz w
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG60Y2 - There has been a building on our site since the 1300s although the first mention of the Kings itself is not until 1639. The Georgian frontage was added in 1753 although the size of the building was reduced in the 1890s when a decline in trade resulted in part of the front being turned into a shop. It wasn't until 1936 that the Kings left private ownership and was bought by the Friary Brewery of Guildford which later became part of Allied Breweries.
We've had a few famous guests over the years including Tsar Peter the Great (who left without paying his bill!) as well as some European royalty who met here in 1814 to discuss post war Europe after the Battle of Trafalgar. Tsar Peter the Great's visit is commemorated by a plaque on the front of the building which was unveiled in 1998 by the Russian Ambassador to commemorate the tricentenary of the visit.
22-25, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTK73J - Poljot (literally meaning flight), is a brand of Soviet/Russian wristwatches, produced since 1964 by the First Moscow Watch Factory (Russian: Первый Московский Часовой Завод, ПМЧЗ, Perviy Moskovskiy Chasovoy Zavod). The flagship brand of the USSR's watch industry, Poljot produced numerous historical watches used in many important space missions, including the world's first space watch worn by Yuri Gagarin.
Founded in 1930 under orders from Joseph Stalin, the First State Watch Factory was the first large scale Soviet watch and mechanical movement manufacturer. Via its USA-based trading company Amtorg, the Soviet government bought the defunct Ansonia Clock Company of Brooklyn, New York in 1929, and the Dueber-Hampden Watch Company of Canton, Ohio. As part of the Soviet's first five-year plan, twenty-eight freight cars worth of machinery and parts were moved from the USA to Moscow
Moscow, Russia
