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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpicUK,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_1906,Livraria,Latina,Editora,Porto,Portugal,bookshop,books,publishing,retail,Santa,Catarina,street,Portuguese,heritage,facade,frontage,Rua
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E6T468 - Livraria Latina Editora bookshop frontage, Rua de Santa Catarina, Porto, Portugal. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at Rua de Santa Catarina 2-10, 4000-441 Porto, Portugal. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The photograph records the traditional Livraria Latina Editora frontage on Rua de Santa Catarina, one of central Porto's principal commercial streets. Its lettering, balconies and historic shopfront contribute to the layered retail character of the Portuguese city centre. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
Rua de Santa Catarina 2-10, 4000-441 Porto, Portugal
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Keywords: hotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Thelwall,Warrington,South Warrington,WA4,Cheshire,England,UK,Warrington Villages,at Xmas,lights,dusk,night,Xmas,Christmas,resident,owner,Christmas decorations,beautiful,decorations,decoration,light,lit,Christmas lights,proud,well,decorated,well-decorated,sleigh,Santa,deer,reindeer,elves,domestic,housing,lighting,celebration,celebrating
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGW8AC - . This period scene at Bellhouse Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The location is represented through Proud resident and extensive Christmas Lights, Bellhouse Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG. The photograph also reflects affordable homes, changing streetscape, residential environment, community identity, local history, changing land use, place-making, before-and-after reference, place identity, everyday life, built environment, community housing, historic context, and estate environment. In the mid-2020s, tenant rights and housing supply keep the subject current, particularly through the importance of maintenance, accountability and tenant rights. For retrospective editorial use, the view documents the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change around Bellhouse Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ. The photograph additionally reflects contemporary social history, neighbourhood regeneration, housing provision, archival record, housing affordability, social history, regional identity, and housing quality. The combination of resident, Grappenhall, Christmas, Warrington, and Proud anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Bellhouse Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for tenant rights and the pressure to provide safe and affordable homes in a form that can be compared with future views of Bellhouse Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ. It also preserves evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
Bellhouse Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Birmingham,UK,England,West Midlands,B2,New Street,B2 4QA,dusk,Night,New St,Birmingham Christmas Market,shop,shopping,retail,retailing,popular,Santa,Rostbratwurst,wurst,bratwurst,Birmingham twinned with Frankfurt,Frankfurt Christmas Market,Frankfurt,Christmas Market,annual outdoor Christmas market,November,December,stalls,Craft Fair,Centenary Square,Chamberlain Square,Victoria Square,wooden structures
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFP0FN - The Frankfurt Christmas Market and Craft Market is an annual outdoor Christmas market and craft fair held in central Birmingham, England. The market started in 2001 with 24 stalls and has expanded every year. It opens in mid November and continues until late December, closing just before Christmas.
The Christmas Market and Craft Fair is located in Centenary Square, Chamberlain Square, New Street, and Victoria Square. It is the largest such market outside Germany.htm Target=_Blank>Germany and Austria, attracting over 3.1 million visitors in 2010, over 5 million visitors in 2011, almost 5 million visitors in 2013 and over 5.5 million visitors in 2014. German food and drink such as Bratwurst and Glühwein are available.
On 15 November 2018, after an inspection by Birmingham City Council's environmental health officials, twenty of the market's food stalls were ordered to improve hygiene . Two further stalls were summarily closed for failing to display mandatory allergen advice. When reinspected on 20 November, all the stalls were found to meet the required standards.
The market is affiliated with the Frankfurt Christmas Market in the city of Frankfurt, one of the oldest such markets in Germany (dating from 1393), hence the name. Birmingham is twinned with Frankfurt.
New St / Bullring Birmingham B2 4QA
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Thelwall,Warrington,Xmas,Christmas,Light,Lights,Inflatable Santa,Santa
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4642759411 - 'Getting into the inflatable Christmas spirit, Thelwall.
If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
Checkout the rest of this 365 set at www.flickr.com/photos/167831053@N02/albums/72157703214420874
All images (c) Tony Smith - @HotpixUK - No images to be used without express permission',
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Parr Arms,Grappenhall,Church Lane,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,Beer,Beers,CAMRA,Robinson,Robinsons,Festive Ale,Santa,hat,hats,Santa Hats,Christmas,Freddie Brewger,Parr,Arms,Parr Arms Grappenhall,265,One A Day
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4560689842 - 'If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
Checkout the rest of this 365 set at www.flickr.com/photos/167831053@N02/albums/72157703214420874
All images (c) Tony Smith - @HotpixUK - No images to be used without express permission',
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Xmas,Christmas,town centre,city centre,gotonysmith,North Pole,Santa,shop,shopping,retail,too early,closed Xmas shop,closed Christmas shop,boarded up,shuttered,up,lonely,lonely at xmas,at Christmas,entrance,door,doorway,Decorations,mental illness,depressing,time,of,year,Glasgow Xmas Shop,Have a merry Xmas,Have a merry Christmas,UK,How To Escape,fail,failing retail,killed by,online,Killed by the internet
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A4PJKJ - . This location-led image preserves the working environment around the recorded location, in a 2018 record. The image record centres upon Closed Xmas Shop, Closed Christmas Shop, Argyle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Other aspects of the setting include town-centre trading, independent retail, retail decline and renewal, commercial frontage, chain-store economy, retail property, consumer spending, shopfront economy, bricks-and-mortar retail, commercial streetscape, customer footfall, and shopping district. The wider contemporary story of physical shops now includes operating costs alongside hybrid working, while policy and investment increasingly consider bringing empty units back into use. The photograph fixes the recorded location at one identifiable stage in its history, providing a reference against which later refurbishment, closure, demolition, conversion, new ownership or altered public use can be assessed, specifically in relation to Closed Xmas Shop. Beyond the immediate subject, the setting involves urban commerce, consumer retail, high-street commerce, city-centre economy, retail vacancy, local trading. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, retail streets also connects with brand consolidation, hybrid working and efforts aimed at stronger local footfall. For future comparison, the scene preserves architecture and streetscape, neighbourhood identity, ownership or occupation, public access, and transport patterns at this precise location. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal local business activity, the condition of buildings, public-realm details, patterns of everyday use, and regional identity within the surrounding area. That gives this view of the recorded location continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison, specifically in relation to Closed Xmas Shop. The view of Closed Xmas Shop also preserves another layer of local identity and period change.
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Keywords: getting,into,the,Xmas,spirit,in,work,Santa,tree,braces,tie,ties,trees,jolly,chap,man,GoTonySmith,office,working,happy,offices,humour,WHG,wear,wearing,attire,neat,December,Dec,tinsel,mood,smile,smiling
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MNR - . How to get festive in the office for Christmas. Photographed in England. The photograph was taken on 23 December 2014. The image metadata records 1 person in the frame. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with How, get, festive, office, Christmas, hat, getting, Xmas, spirit and work, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
England
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Keywords: outside,exterior,Xmas,decorations,decoration,illuminated,illuminations,Santa,Sleigh,at,night,dusk,in,the,dark,bright,taste,chav,chavy,low,class,cheap,excess,wasted,power,electric,electricity,waste,low,efficiency,bah,humbug,love,hate,relationship,gaudiness,gaudy,outdoor,GoTonySmith England,Scotland,English,Scottish,welsh bahhumbug love-hate artful DIYer DIY ioBridge IO-204 module,an Arduino Wave Kit,an,Arduino,Duemilanove,board,solid,state,relays,relay,in,Witney,Oxen,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW52X - . Christmas lights being overdone on a house. Photographed at Witney, Oxfordshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 18 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Christmas, lights, overdone, bad, outside, exterior, Xmas, decorations, decoration and illuminated, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Witney, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Keywords: outside,exterior,Xmas,decorations,decoration,illuminated,illuminations,Santa,Sleigh,at,night,dusk,in,the,dark,bright,taste,chav,chavy,low,class,cheap,excess,wasted,power,electric,electricity,waste,low,efficiency,bah,humbug,love,hate,relationship,gaudiness,gaudy,outdoor,GoTonySmith England,Scotland,English,Scottish,welsh bahhumbug love-hate artful DIYer DIY ioBridge IO-204 module,an Arduino Wave Kit,an,Arduino,Duemilanove,board,solid,state,relays,relay,in,Witney,Oxen,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW52Y - . Christmas lights being overdone on a house. Photographed at Witney, Oxfordshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 18 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Christmas, lights, overdone, bad, outside, exterior, Xmas, decorations, decoration and illuminated, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Witney, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Christmas traditional CAMRA listed pub bar dark winter ale Birmingham,England,UK,British,Great,Britain,WM,West,dark,Santa,drink,drinks,drinking,booze,beer,boozer,bitter,traditional,Campaign,for,real,47,Upper,Gough,Street,Birmingham,England,UK B1 1JL B11JL,GoTonySmith,the,Brum,ales,described,with,review,classic,Campaign for Real Ale,CAMRA
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW52J - . Three Xmas British real Ales, on a bar, CAMRA listed Craven Arms, Birmingham, England, UK. Photographed at 47 Upper Gough Street, Birmingham, England, UK B1 1JL. The photograph was taken on 16 December 2014. The image metadata records 1 person in the frame. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Three Xmas British Ales on a bar, craven Arms Brum, Craven Arms, Xmas, Christmas, tasting, notes, winter, reviewed and Midlands, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject has clear editorial relevance to alcohol consumption, drinking culture, health messaging, festive behaviour and the social settings in which alcoholic drinks are consumed. It can support features about responsible drinking, alcohol-related health risks, Christmas and holiday consumption, wine, beer or spirits, licensing, hospitality and public-health campaigns. Glasses, bottles, decorations, bar or domestic surroundings and other contextual details can help editors illustrate drinking as an everyday social behaviour rather than an abstract medical concept. The documentary treatment is useful for news, health, lifestyle and social-history coverage, particularly where the image connects alcohol with celebration, excess or changing attitudes to consumption. Search themes include alcohol, drinking, wine, beer, festive consumption, responsible drinking, public health, alcohol harm, hospitality and lifestyle. The image can support both consumer and health-related editorial coverage, particularly where the visual context suggests celebration, temptation or excess. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
47 Upper Gough Street, Birmingham, England, UK B1 1JL
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Keywords: man mans 2nd hand second secondhand back front patterned,retro,selection,on,a,shirt,pattern,patterned,weave,weaving,material,fashion,business,office,apparel,US,English,fashionable,fabric,colour,coloured,colored,label,slim,wide,kipper,designer,uniform,school,casual,cotton,polyester,Santa,Xmas,gotonysmith close up close-up macro mode moda textile red Christmas,festive floating cloud,accessory,bow,business,businessman,cloth,clothes,clothing,collar,corporate,cravat,cute,design,designer,dress,elegance,elegant,fabric,fashion,fashionable,formal,garments,knot modern ascot tie,bow tie,bolo tie,zipper tie,cravat and clip-on tie
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9EPX - A necktie or simply tie is a long piece of cloth worn for decorative purposes around the neck or shoulders, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat.
Variants include the ascot tie, bow tie, bolo tie, zipper tie, cravat and clip-on tie. The modern necktie, ascot, and bow tie are descended from the cravat. Neck ties are generally unsized, but may be available in a longer size. Men and boys wear neckties as part of regular office attire or formal wear.
Neckties can also be worn as part of a uniform (e.g. military, school and waitstaff), whereas some choose to wear them as everyday clothing attire. Neckties are traditionally worn with the top shirt button fastened, and the tie knot resting between the collar points. Among younger men, neckties are sometimes worn as a casual item, tied loosely around the neck, with the top shirt button unfastened
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Keywords: man mans 2nd hand second secondhand back front patterned,retro,selection,on,a,shirt,pattern,patterned,weave,weaving,material,fashion,business,office,apparel,US,English,fashionable,fabric,colour,coloured,colored,label,slim,wide,kipper,designer,uniform,school,casual,cotton,polyester,Santa,Skiing,gotonysmith,close,up,close-up,macro,mode,moda,textile,festive,Xmas,tree,trees,Christmas,accessory,bow,business,businessman,cloth,clothes,clothing,collar,corporate,cravat,cute,design,designer,dress,elegance,elegant,fabric,fashion,fashionable,formal,garments,knot modern ascot tie,bow tie,bolo tie,zipper tie,cravat and clip-on tie
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9EPY - A necktie or simply tie is a long piece of cloth worn for decorative purposes around the neck or shoulders, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat.
Variants include the ascot tie, bow tie, bolo tie, zipper tie, cravat and clip-on tie. The modern necktie, ascot, and bow tie are descended from the cravat. Neck ties are generally unsized, but may be available in a longer size. Men and boys wear neckties as part of regular office attire or formal wear.
Neckties can also be worn as part of a uniform (e.g. military, school and waitstaff), whereas some choose to wear them as everyday clothing attire. Neckties are traditionally worn with the top shirt button fastened, and the tie knot resting between the collar points. Among younger men, neckties are sometimes worn as a casual item, tied loosely around the neck, with the top shirt button unfastened
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Keywords: night,shot,England,UK,at,GB,Great Britain,council,Town Hall,town,hall,town hall,international,lights,blue sky,people,enjoying,enjoy,citizens,drink,beer,popular,Santa,on,busy,crowded,crowds,Gotonysmith,packed,santa,covered,bulbs,wood,wooden,shed,sheds
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DMG - . Manchester city Xmas German markets Nov/Dec, England, UK at dusk, Santa on Town Hall. Photographed at Albert Square, Manchester, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 06 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Manchester, Xmas, German, markets, Nov/Dec, evening, Manchester City Council, dusk, nightshot and night, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Albert Square, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: Manc,night,evening,Dec,Nov,townhall,sq,GB,British,Great,Britain,English,traditional,tradition,german,germany,markets,stalls,European,Santa,on,town,hall,Albert,Square,England,UK,lit,up,public,building,city,centre,shopping,shops,present,people,crowd,at,family,sausages,wurst,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB58 - . Manchester December Christmas Market at dusk, with Santa on town hall, Albert Square, England, UK. Photographed at Albert Square, Manchester, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 07 December 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Manchester, December, Christmas, Market, dusk, Xmas, mancunian, November, Manc and night, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference E6JB58, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Albert Square, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,go away leave me alone,leave me alone,obey,of,Christmas,Xmas,grinch,this,Santa,Santa gnome,Santa gnomes,bad,poor,antisocial,attitude,attitudes,busy,left,alone,heads,figure,figures,grump,grumps,grumpy,Santas,old,elderly,beard,bearded,boot,boots,for,sale,selling
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BKC2CK - . Recorded at Great Britain, UK, this image forms part of the visual history of the locality and the activity, building, object or service shown. At the heart of the image is Go Away Xmas gnomes, garden centre antisocial attitude. Beyond the immediate subject, the image contains elements of cityscape history, changing streetscape, social landscape, period building, historic townscape, conservation architecture, built heritage, heritage landmark, architectural contrast, architectural character, everyday Britain, traditional masonry, local character, and urban fabric. The subject remains useful for current coverage of maintenance and adaptive reuse, not least because of preserving local identity during urban change. As a dated visual record of Great Britain, UK, the frame retains signage and branding, making it useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects built environment, archival record, public realm, before-and-after reference, place identity, regional identity, period detail, and visual archive. The recorded references to centre, garden, attitude, gnomes, and antisocial preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. A later view of Great Britain, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is maintenance and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development as part of the longer story of Great Britain, UK. The image also provides a reference for adaptive reuse and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development when considered against later change at Great Britain, UK. The wider significance includes redevelopment pressure and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development without losing the local specificity of Great Britain, UK.
Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: China,Red,Warrington,Stockton,Heath,village,cheshire,England,food,eat,eating,restaurant,victoria,square,junction,A56,A49,london,road,grappenhall,night,shot,tripod,car,trail,trails,tower,turret,traffic,light,balcony,karaoki,xmas,christmas,lights,december,foodie,banquet,chinese,asian,oriental,veggie,vegetarian,santa,festive,rice,noodle,nightshot,tonysmith,tony,smith,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,Panoramique,int\u00e9ressant,join,joiner,stitch,stitcher,autostitch,auto,pano,imagen,panor\u00e1mica,image,panoramisches,Bild,new,year
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4201878190 - 'China Red from the Victoria buildings in Stockton Heath with Christmas lights and Santa..
Old home of the Hilal Indian opened in 1981. In the recent redevelopment and successful 'branding' of Stockton Heath as Warringtons 'restaurant village', the building now houses the China Red, Pizza Express and a Toni &
Guy.
The latter can offer you a Hobnob while getting blow dried, but for a more substantial meal I would recommend the chinese.
Latchford at dusk www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3782042577/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: rail,ways,railways,old,steam,train,track,pway,permanent,way,signal,box,signalbox,levers,carrog,llangollen,llangollan,north,wales,UK,GB,britain,man,signalman,station,lines,GWR,Christmas,express,santa,xmas,december,winter,journey,thomas,tank,engine,selctive,colour,color,colores,tonysmith,tony,smith,stuff,building,buildings,built,architecture,history,hotpix!,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4325565629 - 'The interior of the signal box at Carrog together with junction layout.
There is a lovely roaring fire behind me and the green GWR (Gods Wonderful or Great Western Railway) 0-6-2T 5643 ready on the track to depart to Llangollan.
Another shot from Carrog, North Wales here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4326403404/in/photostream/
The train was running as a 'Santa Express' for Christmas. Another (modern) ritual at Christmas here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4206625887/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW52W - Photo shows Christmas lights being overdone on a British house - Festive celebrations in December for Xmas. The photograph is useful for Christmas, Hogmanay, festive leisure, winter tourism, night-time economy and family entertainment themes. Seasonal images like this can work for travel, shopping, hospitality, energy use, household celebration, public events and wider stories about how towns and cities create atmosphere during darker months. The supplied workbook does not give a precise location, so the image should be treated as a concept or documentary subject unless the location can be verified separately. The image is strongly seasonal, with winter or Christmas context visible or implied by the caption. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture.
Witney, Oxfordshire, England, UK
