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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,rail,railway bridge,Scotland,famous,across,EH30,viewing,Forth railway Bridge,promenade,waterfront,Firth of Forth,landmark,Scotrail,UNESCO,World Heritage,site,Scottish,engineering,iconic,icon,cantilever,bridge,red,tourists,wonder,at,viewpoint,historic,history,heritage,railway structure,Victorian civil engineering,1890 railway bridge,industrial heritage tourism,elderly couple travelling,Edinburgh day trip North Queensferry panorama,dating
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3F0H9 - A mature couple stand beside blue-painted railings on the waterfront at South Queensferry, looking across the Firth of Forth towards the famous red Forth Bridge. The woman rests one foot on the low wall while the man leans forward to admire the view. Behind them, the exposed tidal shoreline, stone bridge piers and broad estuary create a recognisable Scottish coastal scene beneath a bright blue sky with scattered summer clouds.
The Forth Bridge carries the railway between Edinburgh and Fife and is one of Scotland's most celebrated engineering landmarks. Opened in 1890, it was an exceptional achievement of Victorian civil engineering and remains one of the world's best-known cantilever railway bridges. Its three massive double-cantilever towers rise above granite foundations, with the red steel latticework extending for more than two kilometres across the Firth of Forth.
The bridge was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015 in recognition of its engineering importance, distinctive design and influence on later bridge construction. It continues to carry regular passenger and freight trains and remains both working transport infrastructure and a major visitor attraction.
South Queensferry offers several popular viewpoints, including Hawes Pier and the waterfront promenade immediately below the southern end of the bridge. Visitors come to photograph the structure, walk beside the estuary, take boat trips and view the neighbouring Forth Road Bridge and Queensferry Crossing.
The image illustrates leisure travel, mature tourism, Scottish industrial heritage and the appeal of famous infrastructure as part of a coastal landscape. The human figures provide scale and a sense of quiet observation, while the summer weather, reflective water and vivid red bridge create a strong tourism image associated with Edinburgh, Fife and the wider Forth Bridges area.
High St, South Queensferry, Scotland, EH30 9HN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_1113,Mary Mitchell Slessor,memorial,St Marys Tower,Dundee,Scotland,UK,portrait,stone,missionary,Scottish,church,heritage,women,history,Christianity,social,reform,Nigeria,jute,worker,Presbyterian,humanitarian,monument,plaque,historic,community,religion,woman,tourist,attraction,tourism,Christian
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENMR5F - Mary Mitchell Slessor memorial at St Mary's Tower and church complex in Dundee, Scotland, UK. The portrait medallion of the celebrated Scottish missionary is set into a large natural stone with an explanatory plaque below, standing in landscaped grounds with historic church architecture behind. Mary Slessor grew up in Dundee and worked in the city's jute industry before becoming a Presbyterian missionary in what is now Nigeria, where she became known for her work with local communities, women's rights and opposition to the killing of twins. Her story has a particularly strong association with Dundee's social and industrial history because her early life was shaped by the city's nineteenth-century mill economy. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Mary Slessor, Scottish missionaries, Dundee heritage, women's history, Christianity, social reform, Nigerian history, memorials, public sculpture, church grounds, jute workers and notable Scottish women. The stone monument, portrait and church backdrop provide a clear visual link between Slessor's local Dundee roots and the international humanitarian reputation she later developed.
St Mary's Tower, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_1118,V&A Dundee,Scottish Design Galleries,entrance,D.M. Brown Gallery,Dundee,Scotland,UK,design,museum,gallery,visitors,exhibition,culture,tourism,Scottish,creative,history,architecture,fashion,furniture,engineering,ceramics,products,collections,regeneration,attraction,signage,interior
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENMR5Y - V&A Dundee Scottish Design Galleries entrance and D.M. Brown Gallery in Dundee, Scotland, UK. Gold lettering identifies the Scottish Design Galleries beside the entrance to the D.M. Brown Gallery, with visitors able to move directly into exhibition spaces celebrating Scotland's contribution to design. V&A Dundee is Scotland's design museum and its permanent Scottish Design Galleries explore hundreds of years of creativity across areas including architecture, fashion, furniture, engineering, ceramics and product design. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of V&A Dundee, Scottish design, museums, cultural tourism, gallery interiors, exhibitions, creative industries, design history, Dundee regeneration, public collections and visitor attractions. The clean contemporary signage contrasts with the colourful gallery displays visible beyond the doorway and provides a clear identifying image of one of the museum's principal permanent exhibition areas. It can also illustrate stories about cultural investment, Scottish creativity, museum interpretation, free attractions and Dundee's transformation into a major design and tourism destination.
V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee DD1 4EZ, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Operatives,mills,manufacturing,mill workers,1885,unions,worker,union,labour,heritage,history,mill operatives,operatives,Victorian,working-class,organisation,workers,flax,Verdant Works,Scotland,Dundee textile industry,collective organisation,workers solidarity,industrial relations,collective bargaining,wage dispute,workers rights,female factory workers,women trade unionists,Victorian working conditions,labour activism,union membership,employee representation,social reform,industrial protest,low wages,Organised 9th September 1885
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENF239 - A historic textile trade-union banner for the Dundee & District Mill & Factory Operatives Union is displayed at Verdant Works Museum in Dundee, Scotland. The richly coloured banner carries the union's name across the top, the date Organised 9th September 1885 in its centre and the motto United to Support Not Combined to Injure along the lower edge. Decorative flourishes, a red central panel, blue border and hanging fringe give the object the ceremonial appearance associated with late Victorian labour organisations.
The union was founded in 1885 during a dispute over a proposed five per cent reduction in wages in Dundee's mills. It represented workers in an industry dominated by jute and flax production, where long hours, low pay, dangerous machinery, dust and poor ventilation were familiar features of working life. Dundee Heritage Trust records that by 1891 the organisation had 5,945 women members and 600 men, reflecting the unusually large female workforce in the city's textile sector. Women outnumbered men by about three to one in Dundee mills, contributing to the city's historical nickname She Town .
The banner is evidence of working-class organisation, mutual support and collective bargaining during the growth of the modern labour movement. Its language stresses solidarity and protection rather than aggression. Although trade unionism overlapped with socialist and labour politics, the banner alone does not establish a specific party or ideological affiliation, so it is more accurately described as a workers' union and labour-history object.
Verdant Works occupies a restored nineteenth-century jute mill. The museum preserves machinery, archives, photographs and histories linked to the trade that made Dundee known as Juteopolis. This image is suitable for editorial coverage of trade unions, industrial relations, women workers, labour history, collective action, Victorian textiles, working-class politics, wage disputes and social reform
West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 5BT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9992,Jute,lapping,machine,J H Riley and Co,Bury,Verdant Works Museum,Dundee,Scotland,UK,textile,machinery,cast-iron,flywheels,gears,rollers,engineering,manufacturing,industrial,factory,equipment,heritage,mechanical,technology,mills,history,museum,fibre,production
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENF25M - Jute lapping machine by J H Riley and Co of Bury displayed at Verdant Works Museum in Dundee, Scotland, UK. The large cast-iron textile machine has exposed flywheels, gears, rollers and mechanical linkages which demonstrate the heavy engineering involved in preparing jute fibre for later stages of manufacture. Lapping machinery formed part of the sequence of industrial processes used to turn raw jute into a more even material suitable for further drawing, spinning and weaving. Verdant Works preserves working and static machinery associated with Dundee's once dominant jute industry and interprets both the technology and the lives of mill workers. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of jute manufacturing, textile machinery, industrial engineering, Victorian technology, factory equipment, Dundee heritage, Bury engineering, mechanical design, mills, manufacturing history, museum collections and the Industrial Revolution. The open framework of the machine reveals belts, wheels and moving components that would normally have operated continuously in a noisy working mill, making this a detailed technical image of historic textile production equipment.
Verdant Works Museum, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9997,Dundee,jute,mill,interior,Verdant Works Museum,Scotland,UK,industrial,Victorian,factory,columns,timber,machinery,textile,manufacturing,heritage,workers,labour,engineering,museum,industry,history,architecture,sunlight,pulleys,Scottish,tourism,workplace
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENF261 - Dundee jute mill interior at Verdant Works Museum in Dundee, Scotland, UK. The preserved industrial space shows tall cast-iron columns, timber roof structures, suspended pulleys and machinery arranged within the restored Victorian mill. Verdant Works occupies an 1833 mill complex and tells the story of Dundee's internationally important jute industry, the machinery used to process the fibre and the lives of the thousands of mill workers whose labour shaped the city. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of jute, Dundee industrial heritage, textile manufacturing, Victorian factories, factory architecture, mill machinery, Scottish industry, working-class history, museum interpretation, engineering, labour history and industrial tourism. Strong sunlight entering through the historic windows creates long shadows across the floor and emphasises the repetitive structural grid of the mill. The image provides a useful wide contextual view of the working environment in which jute was prepared, spun and woven, and of the scale of the industrial infrastructure once associated with Dundee's famous 'jute, jam and journalism' economy.
Verdant Works Museum, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9999,James Carmichael,statue,study,Verdant Works Museum,Dundee,Scotland,UK,engineer,1776-1853,mechanical,engineering,steam,industrial,heritage,Scottish,sculpture,museum,maquette,plaster,John,Hutchison,inventor,machinery,history,Dundonian,industry,collection
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENF26A - James Carmichael statue study at Verdant Works Museum in Dundee, Scotland, UK. The seated figure represents Dundee engineer James Carmichael, 1776-1853, a pioneering mechanical engineer associated with the development of steam engineering in the city. Dundee Heritage Trust identifies the museum object as a sculptor's maquette or plaster study for the full-size statue of Carmichael designed by sculptor John Hutchison and installed in Dundee's Albert Square in 1876. Carmichael and his brother Charles were important figures in Dundee engineering and founded the firm J and C Carmichael, which developed machinery and steam engines during the nineteenth century. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Dundee industrial heritage, Scottish engineering, James Carmichael, steam power, inventors, mechanical engineering, public sculpture, museum collections, jute-era industry and local history. Displayed within Verdant Works, the figure helps connect the story of Dundee's textile economy with the engineers and machinery manufacturers who supported its industrial expansion. The warm-toned sculpture, brick backdrop and seated pose create a strong museum portrait of a notable Dundonian engineer.
Verdant Works Museum, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A0010,Red Box,art,installation,Verdant Works,jute,museum,Dundee,Scotland,UK,red,cube,historic,mill,industrial,brickwork,machinery,roof,heritage,textile,history,factory,tourism,exhibition,design,interpretation,Scottish,culture,regeneration,interior
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENMPPB - Red Box art installation inside Verdant Works jute museum in Dundee, Scotland, UK. The vivid red cube stands within the atmospheric interior of the restored former jute mill, surrounded by historic brickwork, industrial columns, machinery and a high glazed roof. The words RED BOX are cut or printed into the front of the contemporary structure, creating a strong visual contrast between modern interpretation and Dundee's surviving industrial architecture. Verdant Works preserves and explains the city's globally important jute industry and the lives of the people who worked in its mills. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Verdant Works, Dundee jute, industrial museums, heritage attractions, contemporary exhibition design, textile history, factory buildings, Scottish tourism, adaptive reuse, interpretation, art installations and cultural regeneration. The bright geometric box draws the eye through the long historic interior and offers a useful image of how museums introduce contemporary visual devices into authentic industrial spaces to engage visitors with social and manufacturing history.
Verdant Works, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Dawg,statues,comics,city,centre,High Street,comic,character,Scottish,Scotland,public art,Tony Morrow,Susie Morrow,dusk,evening,night,British,childhood,heritage,famous,cartoon cowboy,eight-foot,monument,illuminated,civic,square,tourism,dusk cityscape,cultural,landmark,family visitor attraction,humorous,street art,publishing,history,childrens comic nostalgia,urban
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EPRNGE - Desperate Dan strides through Dundee city centre with his faithful dog Dawg in this evening view of the large bronze sculpture on High Street, beside City Square and in front of the illuminated Caird Hall. The larger-than-life cowboy, with broad chest, jutting jaw and determined walking pose, is one of Dundee's best-known pieces of public art. Warm street lighting reflects across the paving and polished bronze while the deep blue dusk sky and grand civic architecture create a colourful urban backdrop.
Desperate Dan was created by artist Dudley D. Watkins for The Dandy, first published in Dundee by DC Thomson in 1937. Famous for his extraordinary strength, stubble, appetite for cow pie and adventures in the fictional town of Cactusville, the character became one of the most recognisable figures in British children's comics. The animal shown tugging behind him is Dawg, Dan's canine companion, rather than Gnasher, who belongs to Dennis the Menace in The Beano.
The eight-foot bronze group was created by sculptors Tony and Susie Morrow, cast at Powderhall Bronze Foundry and unveiled in 2001 as part of the Dundee Public Art Programme. Nearby stands Minnie the Minx, another celebrated DC Thomson character. Together, the sculptures acknowledge Dundee's long association with publishing, illustration and popular culture, reinforcing its reputation as Scotland's comic capital and UNESCO City of Design.
Caird Hall, an important concert and conference venue, and the surrounding City Square place the playful figure within Dundee's formal civic heart. The image can illustrate Scottish tourism, public sculpture, family attractions, nostalgia, publishing history, cartoon art, local identity, evening city breaks and the cultural legacy of DC Thomson. The quiet square, glowing façades, traditional street furniture and bronze surfaces provide strong contrasts between humour, heritage architecture and contemporary public space
City Square, Dundee, Scotland, UK, DD1 3BB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_1035,A&W Smith & Co Ltd Glasgow,cast,iron,makers,plate,Verdant Works,Dundee,Scotland,UK,industrial,lettering,metal,manufacturer,engineering,foundry,heritage,Glasgow,manufacturing,history,machinery,Scottish,archaeology,factory,museum,collection,rust,craftsmanship,rusty,scale,scales,weight,weighing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F0K32D - . A&W Smith & Co Ltd Glasgow cast iron maker's plate displayed at Verdant Works in Dundee, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 9 June 2026. The recorded location is Verdant Works, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT, Scotland, UK. The close-up shows raised industrial lettering, decorative geometric detail and a heavily textured metal surface bearing the manufacturer's name and city. The strong rust-brown colour and relief lettering emphasise the material quality and craftsmanship of the historic metalwork. Seen through industrial landscape, the earlier context is that factories, mills, mines and workshops record the technologies and labour that powered industrial expansion
Machinery, inscriptions and specialist buildings are valuable evidence of engineering practice, working conditions and regional industries. For visitor attraction, the historical context is that public libraries expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as part of civic education, later adding computers, events and digital services while retaining their role as shared community space. The 2026 relevance of industrial landscape comes from the fact that former industrial sites continue to be repurposed for housing, offices and cultural attractions
Historic machinery and surviving fabric therefore illustrate both deindustrialisation and current debates about adaptive reuse, local identity and heritage-led regeneration. For visitor attraction, the 2026 context is that libraries and museums continue to operate as community hubs, visitor attractions and sources of digital access, while funding pressures encourage partnerships, volunteering and new uses for historic buildings. Additional subject vocabulary includes industrial heritage, industrial archaeology, engineering history, manufacturing, factory, labour history, working life, mechanical engineering, heritage conservation, production technology, industrial regeneration, archive, public library, and collections.
Verdant Works, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,city centre,Scotland,Calton Hill,Edinburgh,EH7 5AA,United Kingdom,landmark,heritage site,stone building,tourist attraction,winter,winter sunshine,blue sky,travel,EH7,Edinburgh tourism,Scotland travel,heritage tourism,historic architecture,neoclassical landmark,Enlightenment Edinburgh,science history,visitor attraction,destination marketing,editorial background,European city break,winter city photography,iconic Edinburgh landmarks,William Henry Playfair,Edinburgh city skyline viewpoint,hilltop monument,astronomy,science heritage,historic Edinburgh,New Town Edinburgh,city break,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM9966 - A crisp winter view of the Playfair Monument and the observatory dome at the City Observatory complex on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. The building is presented as a bold neoclassical composition: heavy stone blocks, a temple-like form, and rows of classical columns supporting a pediment on each end. Behind and between the two porticoes, the pale observatory dome rises above the roofline, giving a clear visual link to astronomy and scientific heritage. The sky is a deep, clean blue with bright cold-season light that sharpens the edges of the stonework and makes the architecture feel monumental and timeless.
The foreground includes rough winter vegetation and low grasses, which helps communicate the hilltop setting and the feel of an open public park rather than a busy street location. The overall atmosphere suggests a dry, cold day with excellent visibility, the kind of weather that draws visitors up Calton Hill for panoramic views and landmark photography. The image has strong editorial value because it captures an instantly recognisable Edinburgh heritage site, while remaining uncluttered by crowds.
This photograph suits themes such as Edinburgh tourism, Scotland travel, neoclassical architecture, historic observatories, and the city's long association with science and the Enlightenment. It also works well as a general location illustration for Calton Hill, conservation, and heritage-led destination marketing, particularly for winter city-break coverage where clear skies and crisp light are part of the story.
Playfair Monument with observatory dome at the City Observatory on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, photograp
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,pano,panoramic,view,of,McCaigs Tower,also,known,as,McCaigs Folly,the distinctive stone landmark,park,history,historic,overlooking,Oban,Argyll and Bute,Scotland,on,sunny,day
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4NRN4 - . Panoramic view of McCaig's Tower, also known as McCaig's Folly, the distinctive stone landmark overlooking Oban,Argyll and Bute,Scotland, on sunny day. Photographed on 18 August 2025, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include pano, panoramic, view, McCaigs Tower, also, known, McCaigs Folly, the distinctive stone landmark, park, history, historic, overlooking, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Weather and natural light are part of the visual character of the frame, helping define the season, atmosphere, colour and visibility of architectural or landscape detail. The broad field of view gives useful spatial context, showing how the main subject sits within the wider urban or landscape setting. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The wider panoramic composition places the principal subject within its surrounding streetscape or landscape, giving additional context about scale, neighbouring buildings, public space and the relationship between different landmarks. This broad view is particularly useful for cityscape, regeneration, tourism and planning stories because it records several elements of the location together rather than isolating a single detail. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDM01A - Bronze statue of Scottish boxing legend Ken Buchanan MBE on Little King Street near St James Quarter in central Edinburgh. The life-size sculpture shows Buchanan in a guarded fighting stance, wearing boxing gloves and detailed championship shorts, with the modern stone and glass buildings of the redeveloped city centre behind. The work was created by Scottish sculptor Alan Herriot, cast by Powderhall Bronze and unveiled on 14 August 2022. It was commissioned by the Ken Buchanan MBE Foundation after a long public fundraising campaign to secure a permanent memorial to one of Scotland's greatest sporting figures.
Born in Edinburgh on 28 June 1945, Buchanan became a major international boxing star during a professional career lasting from 1965 to 1982. He defeated Ismael Laguna in Puerto Rico in September 1970 to win the World Boxing Association lightweight title, then beat Ruben Navarro in Los Angeles in February 1971 to add the World Boxing Council crown and become undisputed world lightweight champion. Known for exceptional footwork, timing, stamina and technical skill, he later regained the British title, won the European championship and fought leading opponents including Roberto Duran. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
Buchanan attended the statue's unveiling, less than a year before his death on 1 April 2023 aged 77. The monument records his importance to Edinburgh, Scottish boxing and international sport, while the close view emphasises the bronze modelling of his face, gloves, belt and athletic stance. This editorial image is suitable for themes involving public art, boxing heritage, sporting memorials, Scottish identity, Edinburgh tourism, world champions and the commemoration of working-class sporting achievement. The dramatic low viewpoint also gives the figure a strong physical presence, presenting Buchanan as alert, resilient and ready to compete
Little King Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, EH1 3AR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHP1FJ - Taken on 23 Jul 2023, this photograph shows Kayleigh Ann WK3 Fishing boats and vessels in sunny Newhaven harbour at high tide, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4LP. The location is Pier Place, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4LP. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains boats, landing stages, harbour walls, high tide water and the Firth of Forth coastal setting. Newhaven began as a fishing village by the Firth of Forth and remains visually tied to boats, harbour work, seafood, Leith, Edinburgh's waterfront and changing coastal regeneration. The scene can be used for coastal heritage, fishing industry, working harbours, tourism, Scottish waterfront regeneration, maritime identity and the relationship between old ports and modern leisure. 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 Pier Place, Newhaven, harbour, Edinburgh, Kayleigh Ann, WK3, vessels, scenic, attraction, tourist, Leith, sea, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It has value for both local and national stories, especially where writers need to connect a named place or object with wider economic, social, environmental or cultural change. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding
Pier Place, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4LP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHP1FP - Taken on 23 Jul 2023, this photograph shows Fishing boats and vessels, WK3 Kayleigh Ann LH29 Carrie B, in sunny Newhaven harbour at high tide, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4LP. The location is Pier Place, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4LP. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains boats, landing stages, harbour walls, high tide water and the Firth of Forth coastal setting. Newhaven began as a fishing village by the Firth of Forth and remains visually tied to boats, harbour work, seafood, Leith, Edinburgh's waterfront and changing coastal regeneration. The scene can be used for coastal heritage, fishing industry, working harbours, tourism, Scottish waterfront regeneration, maritime identity and the relationship between old ports and modern leisure. 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 Pier Place, Newhaven, harbour, Edinburgh, Kayleigh Ann, LH29 Carrie B, WK3, Newhaven Harbour, lighthouse, boats, Leith, sea, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting.
Pier Place, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4LP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHP1FX - Taken on 23 Jul 2023, this photograph shows Fishing boats and vessels LH29 in sunny Newhaven harbour at high tide, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4LP. The location is Pier Place, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4LP. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains boats, landing stages, harbour walls, high tide water and the Firth of Forth coastal setting. Newhaven began as a fishing village by the Firth of Forth and remains visually tied to boats, harbour work, seafood, Leith, Edinburgh's waterfront and changing coastal regeneration. The scene can be used for coastal heritage, fishing industry, working harbours, tourism, Scottish waterfront regeneration, maritime identity and the relationship between old ports and modern leisure. 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 Pier Place, Newhaven, harbour, Edinburgh, LH29, Pier Pl, boats, Newhaven Harbour, scenic, Fife, Leith, sea, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. This makes the image useful for comparison pieces, then-and-now features, local news, regeneration stories and plain-English explainers aimed at a general audience. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history
Pier Place, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4LP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMT9E1 - . Victorian pub urinal, at the Lass O Gowrie pub, 36 Charles St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 7DB. Photographed on 14 April 2023. The Lass 'O' Gowrie pub occupies a site on Charles Street beside the bridge that carries the street over the River Medlock and between the street and the railway viaduct. This area was once one of the poorest in the city which, based upon the origin of many of its residents, was known as Little Ireland. The pub website says of its history: Legend has it that the original landlord of the pub was not an Irishman, but a proud, homesick Scotsman who named the pub in honour of his favourite poem - 'the Lass O'Gowrie' written by the celebrated Scottish poet Lady Carolina Nairne. The Slaters Directory of Manchester & Salford indicated that in 1895 the Lass 'O' Gowrie's landlord was Charles Nolan. By 1909 the directory indicated that James Wagstaffe was the landlord. Looking at independent brewery, the longer history is that public houses form a distinctive strand of British social history
Coaching routes, tied brewery estates, Victorian urban growth and twentieth-century leisure each shaped the location and appearance of pubs, many of which later became restaurants, shops, housing or community assets. The background to public poetry is that poetry displayed in streets or public buildings moves literature beyond the book and turns ordinary places into temporary reading spaces
Such projects link typography, public art and local identity. In 2026, independent brewery remains relevant because pub survival remains a live issue as energy, staffing, taxation and changing drinking habits affect the licensed trade
Historic and contemporary pub images therefore have relevance to community assets, nightlife, independent brewing, high-street change and hospitality economics. Current 2026 context around public poetry is that literary installations and festivals continue to use public space to widen access to poetry and support local creative.
36 Charles St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 7DB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Scotland,closes,close,entrance,entrances,Lothian,historic,tourist,trail,tourism,tourists,Auld Reekie,alley,alleys,Toddrick,Wynd,Toddricks,Toddricks Wynd,Royal Mile,Edinburgh old town,UK,EH1 1TB,doorway,metal,old town,history,heritage,Victorian,walking,sights,corners
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M366PH - . Toddricks Wynd, 48 High St, Royal Mile, Edinburgh old town, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 1TB. Photographed on 27 November 2022. Todrick's Wynd - Entirely demolished - It ran from the High Street to the Cowgate a little east from Blackfriars Wynd. Historically, heritage photography is particularly useful where buildings or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. As background, city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban change than landmark photographs alone. In 2026, conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change. Against the 2026 backdrop, current regeneration programmes make older urban photographs particularly useful
They allow comparison of high streets, underpasses, shopping areas and public spaces before redevelopment, while also documenting local identity that may not survive physical change. The historical context is that older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. The subject remains topical in 2026 because conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change.
Toddricks Wynd, 48 High St, Royal Mile, Edinburgh old town, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 1TB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Scotland,Royal Mile,Lothian,UK,signs,James Scott Cumberland Reid,building,architecture,James Gillespie Graham,facility,advocates,advocate,Reid,history,heritage,old,oldtown,old town,urban,capital,sights,attractions,stone,stonework,Scots,landmark,landmarks,business,businesses,places,of,interest
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M367NJ - As would expect of properties in Edinburgh's Royal Mile, the Faculty's Lord Reid Building and Mackenzie Building are steeped in history.
The Lord Reid Building, behind 142 High Street, is within an enclosed court and accessed via a pend known as New Assembly Close. It houses the Faculty's Consultation Centre and is named after James Scott Cumberland Reid, Lord Advocate from 1941-45 and Dean of Faculty from 1945-48. He was also an MP.
Such was his ability, Lord Reid was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, a judge in the House of Lords, straight from the Bar, without any intervening judicial experience. He went on to win acclaim as one of most outstanding judges of the 20th Century.
The building is Category A listed and dates from the early 19th Century, although there is an older section which had been the Edinburgh Assembly Rooms and the King's Arms Tavern. Designed by James Gillespie Graham, it was the head office of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, and survived the 1824 Great Fire of Edinburgh. In 1894, it was taken over by the Scottish National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children and was a children's shelter until 1973.
Next, the building was home to the Edinburgh Wax Museum, the only waxworks in Scotland, drawing 230,000 visitors a year at its peak. In the late 1980s, the Faculty bought 142 as it has become known to Advocates. The building was opened officially by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1994.
The Mackenzie Building (left), in Old Assembly Close at 172 High Street, has Category B status, and takes its name from Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, Dean of Faculty from 1682-90 and founder of the Advocates Library. He served as Lord Advocate during the rule of Charles II and earned a reputation as a persecutor of Covenanters, who called him Bluidy Mackenzie .
The original property in the close was destroyed in the fire, and the building was erected in 1840 as a George Heriot Foundation School. The architect was Alexander Black
Lord Reid Buildings, New Assembly Close, Royal Mile, Old Town, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Scotland,closes,close,entrance,entrances,Lothian,historic,tourist,trail,tourism,tourists,Royal Mile,Edinburgh old town,UK,EH1 1TB,history,old,town,sign,signpost,nameplate,name,plate,High St,High Street,gateway,gate,entry,National Covenant,the,resident,signatures
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M367X5 - Covenant Close
In Edinburgh's Royal Mile, just off the High Street, striking south, is a lane known as Covenant Close. This was named from the fact that one of the copies of the National Covenant was teken here from Greyfriars Kirkyard to collect signatures from other residents in the city. The copy was on display in one of the houses in the lane, and signatures were gathered on it.
Covenant Close, Royal Mile, Edinburgh old town, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 1TB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Scotland,closes,close,entrance,entrances,Lothian,historic,tourist,trail,tourism,tourists,Royal Mile,Edinburgh old town,UK,EH1 1TB,Castle,near Middleton,of Merchiston,Napier,Auld Reekie,alley,alleys,Borthwick,sign,signs,history,attractions,brass,metal,embossed,plate
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M36807 - . Borthwicks Close, Royal Mile, Edinburgh old town, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 1TB - 1450. Photographed on 27 November 2022. Dates back to 1450 and is known to have housed the residences of Lord Borthwick (Castle near Middleton) and Lord Napier of Merchiston. In the longer view, heritage photography is particularly useful where structures or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. In the longer view, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that much public information has moved onto smartphones and digital displays, making older fixed signs and printed notices increasingly useful as evidence of how people once navigated places, bought services and followed rules. In historical terms, older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. From a heritage perspective, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain.
Borthwicks Close, Royal Mile, Edinburgh old town, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 1TB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,Auld Reekie,EH1,Lothian,UK,EH1 3BG,9,selling,off licence,dusk,night,evening,in,the,sweets,sweetshop,sweet shop,handy,convenience,store,shop,independent,history,heritage,old,oldtown,old town,urban,capital,sights,attractions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M369CW - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Town & City Newsagents,9 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Traditional newsagents selling The Scotsman, Town & City Newsagents,9 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG. The image also relates to small business, street-level business, before-and-after reference, commercial frontage, retail property, independent retail, regional identity, contemporary social history, everyday life, place identity, local enterprise, customer footfall, changing land use, and changing streetscape. Current relevance extends to independent business and online shopping, particularly through the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Town & City Newsagents,9 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG before conservation work alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with shopfront economy, high-street commerce, local history, historical comparison, period detail, visual archive, town-centre trading, and archival record. The combination of Lothian, Waterloo, Traditional, Scotsman, and Edinburgh anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Town & City Newsagents,9 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for independent business and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of Town & City Newsagents,9 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG.
Town & City Newsagents,9 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 3BG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,West Of Glasgow,West of Scotland,UK,dusk,night,night time,tail of the bank,Inverclyde Council,buildings,Historic,history,historic building,custom house port,port,Customhouse Quay,Clyde,Clydeside,Greenockians,historic,evening,tax,inland,revenue,taxation,shore,harbourside,harbour,town,centre,Greenocks,house,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR6YK7 - In 1714 Greenock became a custom house port as a branch of Port Glasgow, and for a period this operated from rooms leased in Greenock. Receipts rose rapidly with the expansion of colonial trade, and in 1778 the custom house moved to new built premises at the West Quay of the harbour.
By 1791 a new pier was constructed at the East Quay. In 1812 Europe's first steamboat service was introduced by PS Comet with frequent sailings between Glasgow, Greenock and Helensburgh, and as trade built up the pier became known as Steamboat Quay. The custom house needed larger premises, and in May 1817 the foundation stone was laid at the quay for a Custom House building designed by William Burn, which was completed in 1818. Its gracious neoclassical architecture features a Grecian Doric portico looking out over the quayside, which was given the name Customhouse Quay. In 1828 the Custom House was praised as a grand National Structure in the highest style of elegance. By then there were scheduled steamboat sailings to Belfast, Londonderry, Liverpool, Inverness, Campbeltown, the Hebrides and all the principal places in the Highlands.
The Custom House underwent extensive refurbishment which was completed in 1989 and, until closure of the building in 2010, housed a customs and excise museum which was open to the public. In June 2008 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced that the building would close in 2011 as part of a rationalisation project with any jobs being transferred to offices in Glasgow, and despite a campaign to oppose these plans, the building closed in August 2010.
Riverside Inverclyde arranged further refurbishment works, and in 2013 announced that space had already been let to companies including PG Paper Company Ltd and Toshiba which had planning permission to form meeting rooms and an executive office in the building. Greenock Telegraph estimated that £4.1 million has been spent over 5-year period for the renovation works
Custom House Quay, Greenock, Inverclyde,
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Keywords: @HotpixUk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,tower block,block,UKhousing,Scotland,UK,1967,X Almada Street is a 14 storey tower block in,Scotland. It was approved in 1967 and construction was,X Almada Street,is a,14 storey,approved in 1967,built,construction by Lawrence,building contains,78 flats,history,historic,Council Housing,council,social,blocks,estate,estates,town,centre,scheme,schemes,Almada,St,street,ML3 0HQ,ML3
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFW8F - . View over Almada Tower, 67 Almada St,Hamilton West, South Lanarkshire,Scotland, UK, ML3 0HQ. Photographed on 15 December 2019. The recorded location is Almada Tower, 67 Almada St, Hamilton,South Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK, ML3 0HQ. X Almada Street is a 14 storey tower block in Hamilton, Scotland. It was approved in 1967 and construction was carried out by Lawrence. The building contains 78 flats. In historical terms, historic and modern architecture can be read as a record of investment, planning and changing urban functions
Civic, commercial, industrial and residential buildings each contribute to the character of a townscape, particularly where earlier structures are adapted rather than demolished. In the longer view, housing photographs document changing ideas about density, tenure, architecture and neighbourhood design
Tower blocks, estates, gated developments and converted industrial buildings each represent different responses to demand for homes in particular periods. During 2026, current regeneration policy places growing emphasis on reusing established buildings and strengthening town centres. historic façades, redundant offices and converted commercial properties are especially relevant to debates about conservation, viability and adaptive reuse. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that housing is one of the UK's most politically important issues, with major government investment aimed at increasing social and affordable supply
Older estates, redevelopment sites and different residential forms therefore have strong relevance to current debate about affordability, quality and regeneration. In the longer view, architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal evolving technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history.
Almada Tower, 67 Almada St, Hamilton,South Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK, ML3 0HQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,UK,PA15 1TF,bar,pub,Inverkip St,nightlife,bars,club,clubs,old,history,historic,gig,band,bands,dance,dances,entertainment,night club,BY Sport,BT,Sport,dilapidated,shuttered,shutters,closed,rundown,run down,in,disrepair,the,pub bar,nightclub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE371 - . This documentary view of 30 Inverkip St, Greenock, Inverclyde,Scotland, UK, PA15 1TF in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The principal point of reference is The Victorian Suite , Chaplins Greenock, Inverclyde,Scotland,UK, PA15 1TF. Further facets of the subject include music heritage, beer tourism, real-ale culture, everyday life, nightlife culture, community identity, concert photography, hand-pulled beer, place identity, venue culture, beer judging, brewing heritage, cask-beer tradition, and period detail. The present-day relevance extends to beer duty and independent brewing, while a wider concern is the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes grassroots venues alongside venue closures, with particular attention to the way music contributes to a city's identity. As a documentary source, the photograph anchors the relationship between the subject and its surroundings at 30 Inverkip St, Greenock, Inverclyde,Scotland, UK, PA15 1TF. The setting also brings in historic context, community drinking venue, drinks hospitality, documentary photography, licensed hospitality, changing land use, historical comparison, and licensed trade. References to Scotland, Victorian, Inverclyde, Greenock, and Suite help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The surrounding context at 30 Inverkip St, Greenock, Inverclyde,Scotland, UK, PA15 1TF matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to beer duty and the tension between heritage drinking culture and changing consumer habits within the specific setting of 30 Inverkip St, Greenock, Inverclyde,Scotland, UK, PA15 1TF.
30 Inverkip St, Greenock, Inverclyde,Scotland, UK, PA15 1TF
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,Glasgow,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,G1,seedy,notorious,signage,Glaswegian,green sign,The Barras,stall,green,covered markets,East End,G1 5DX,Calton,signs,Estd 1921,Established,1921,sign,Estd 1921 Barras sign,Estd 1921 sign,world,famous,Scottish,market,markets,history,historic,area,stalls,bargains,bargain,retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEHY2 - . This period scene at the recorded location in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The main subject is Estd 1921, Barras sign, Gallowgate, East End, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The frame also contains themes of community identity, safety messaging, commercial streetscape, retail property, shopfront economy, before-and-after reference, venue rules, place identity, local history, customer guidance, visitor instruction, independent trading, visual regulation, and public information notice. In the mid-2020s, commercial rents and consumer spending keep the subject current, particularly through how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. The subject remains useful for current coverage of venue policy and public safety, not least because of the balance between access, safety and venue responsibility. For local-history research, the view documents the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change at the recorded location. The subject sits alongside local character, public realm, changing streetscape, rule enforcement, town-centre economy, changing land use, regional identity, and behavioural signage. The recorded references to Scotland, Gallowgate, Glasgow, and Barras preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The surrounding context at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for commercial rents and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another useful connection is customer management and the balance between access, safety and venue responsibility without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,Scotland,City Centre,Strathclyde,Artist,verses,Glasgow Poem Sculpture,Glasgow Poem steel Sculpture,Glasgow Poem metal Sculpture,art in the city,Glasgow art,Glasgow artists,sun,sky,Hunter,St,Street,Drygate,art,artwork,sculpture,poem,poems,streaming,through,history,trade,bird,fish,never,flew,swam,story,of,Glasgow City
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGCG - . A dated documentary view of corner of Duke Wynd and Hunter Street, Drygate, Glasgow, Scotland in 2019, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The subject recorded here is Artist Jennifer Grant Sculpture, corner of Duke Wynd and Hunter Street, Glasgow - The Tree that Never Grew - verses from the Glasgow Story. The locality and subject together evoke built heritage, national food identity, urban fabric, changing land use, food-and-drink tradition, heritage dish, everyday life, historic townscape, archival record, place identity, public realm, conservation architecture, heritage asset, and traditional masonry. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes hospitality costs alongside consumer spending, with particular attention to how food traditions survive alongside changing diets and lifestyles. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with heritage conservation, embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. For future researchers, the scene keeps a record of signage, materials, design and everyday use in this part of corner of Duke Wynd and Hunter Street, Drygate, Glasgow, Scotland. The photograph additionally reflects historic frontage, comfort food, culinary tradition, historical comparison, local history, festive eating, period detail, and social history. The combination of Hunter, Artist, verses, Sculpture, and Never anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within corner of Duke Wynd and Hunter Street, Drygate, Glasgow, Scotland, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects hospitality costs and how food traditions survive alongside changing diets and lifestyles in a form that can be compared with future views of corner of Duke Wynd and Hunter Street, Drygate, Glasgow, Scotland.
corner of Duke Wynd and Hunter Street, Drygate, Glasgow, Scotland
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,Scotland,City Centre,Strathclyde,city centre,East End,history,historic,Barrack Street,Calton,D,sign,brick wall,Tyres,Distributor,buildings,architecture,city,centre,urban,ghost,signs,painted,painting,G4,G4 0TZ,rundown,gable,end,gable-end,old sign,old signs,G40TZ
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGCT - . Made at Barrack Street, Calton,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,, G4 0TZ in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The subject recorded here is Jas D.Galloway,Tyre,Distributors, Barrack Street, Calton,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,, G4 0TZ. The wider subject matter also includes traditional building materials, local character, community identity, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, working-industry history, historic frontage, cityscape history, period streetscape, historic manufacturing, industrial material culture, heritage asset, period detail, and historic commercial architecture. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes embodied carbon alongside factory closures, with particular attention to the historical importance of everyday manufactured objects and materials. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with redevelopment pressure, adaptive reuse and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. For future researchers, the frame records the relationship between the subject and its surroundings in this part of Barrack Street, Calton,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,, G4 0TZ. Further connections include traditional masonry, everyday life, manufacturing heritage, architectural detailing, factory history, heritage landmark, changing land use, and local history. The recorded references to Scotland, Distributors, Calton, Barrack, and Galloway preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Barrack Street, Calton,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,, G4 0TZ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The view records evidence of earlier appearance for future local research. The image fixes period character before later change alters the scene.
Barrack Street, Calton,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,, G4 0TZ
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,Glasgow,Scotland,City Centre,Strathclyde,clock,tower,Protestant church,church,G1,G1 5HB,history,historic,Tron Gate,clocks,of,Our Lady,and,St Anne,Saint Anne,Tron Kirk,Steeple,Tron,city,centre,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,winter,gate,icon,iconic,tourist,tourism,attraction,clocktower
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGDK - The Trongate was one of the areas which was affected by a large fire on 17 June 1652 which destroyed a third of the town and left around 1,000 families homeless. The fire also affected the areas of Saltmarket and Gallowgate.
The Tron church was founded as the Collegiate Church of Our Lady and St Anne in 1525 by James Houston. It became a Protestant church after the Reformation and the tower was added in the late 16th century. The steeple was added in 1628. Most of the building was destroyed by a fire in 1793, only the tower surviving.The current church was built in 1794, separately from the tower. It was substantially redeveloped in the 1980s as the Tron Theatre.
Trongate,Glasgow,Scotland,UK, G1 5HB
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,G1,railway,metro,Caffe Nero,St Enochs,historic,Scotland,UK,St Enoch Square,cafe,former,subway,office,St Enochs Sq,St Enochs Square,St Enoch Sq,night,evening,dusk,history,lights,lit,illuminated,winter,busy,turret,turrets,clock,café,shopping,shoppers,retail,coffee,shop,G1 4BW
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERR5J - . This location-based editorial photograph from The Ticket Office, St Enoch's Square, Glasgow , Scotland, UK, G1 4BW in 2019 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The photograph records Caffe Nero,St Enoch,St Enochs,historic,subway building,Glasgow,Scotland,UK, G1 4BW. A broader reading of the scene brings in local trading, commercial streetscape, regional identity, commercial frontage, station environment, documentary photography, high-street commerce, historical comparison, regional rail, rail transport, everyday life, changing streetscape, retail property, and rail mobility. Today's wider story includes rail reform, integrated transport and the practical question of reducing congestion and car dependency. For contemporary context, town-centre regeneration and consumer spending are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes bringing underused premises back into productive use. For local-history research, the photograph anchors the visual character of the locality at the time within the setting of The Ticket Office, St Enoch's Square, Glasgow , Scotland, UK, G1 4BW. The setting also brings in railway branding, visual archive, period detail, consumer retail, commuter travel, urban commerce, retail vacancy, and contemporary social history. References to building, Enochs, subway, Glasgow, and Enoch help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. For The Ticket Office, St Enoch's Square, Glasgow , Scotland, UK, G1 4BW, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes rail reform and reducing congestion and car dependency in a form that can be compared with future views of The Ticket Office, St Enoch's Square, Glasgow , Scotland, UK, G1 4BW.
The Ticket Office, St Enoch's Square, Glasgow , Scotland, UK, G1 4BW
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,pano,Scotland,UK,G1 4RJ,clyde river,Broomielaw,G1,roulette,Grosvenor,Casino,boat,waterside,County Clubs,poker,UK Gambling Commission,Loyalty card,When the fun stops,stop,pub,pubs,bar,bars,night,evening,reflection,new,history,historic,incident,gamble,61 Broomielaw,Glasgow,wide,view,image
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERR5W - . An authentic period view of 61 Broomielaw, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G1 4RJ in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The view centres on Grosvenor Casino panorama, Glasgow Riverboat,Clyde river, 61 Broomielaw, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G1 4RJ,at dusk,evening. The scene additionally carries associations with local character, towpath landscape, before-and-after reference, community drinking venue, contemporary social history, changing land use, festival bar service, local history, public realm, place identity, historical comparison, inland navigation, boating network, and changing streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with changing drinking habits, pub closures and the survival of community pubs. In the mid-2020s, biodiversity and towpath access keep the subject current, particularly through balancing leisure, ecology and engineering needs. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the frame records the relationship between the subject and its surroundings in the immediate surroundings of 61 Broomielaw, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G1 4RJ. The photograph additionally reflects everyday life, real-ale culture, drinks hospitality, period detail, independent brewing, blue-green infrastructure, community identity, and industrial waterway history. Elements such as Broomielaw, Riverboat, Glasgow, Clyde, and evening add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The surrounding context at 61 Broomielaw, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G1 4RJ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is changing drinking habits and the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues within the real-world context of 61 Broomielaw, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G1 4RJ. Image 2AERR5W also remains a dated record of 61 Broomielaw, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G1 4RJ.
61 Broomielaw, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G1 4RJ
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,FK8,11-13 Murray Place,Stirling,Scotland,FK8 1DQ,tours,brand,British Thomas Cook Group,British,liquidation,Hays Travel,travel agent,agents,chain,branch,bankrupt,now,trading,rescue,rescued,as,Hays,global,group,MyTravel,fail,failure,job,jobs,lost,collapse,shop,shops,store,stores,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERR7G - Thomas Cook Group plc was a British global travel group. It was formed on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG (itself the successor to Thomas Cook & Son) and MyTravel Group.[9] The group operated in two separate segments: a tour operator and an airline. It also operated travel agencies in Europe. On 23 September 2019 Thomas Cook Group and all UK entities went into compulsory liquidation.
Thomas Cook was listed on both the London Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The Thomas Cook Group ceased trading on 23 September 2019. Approximately 21,000 worldwide employees were left without jobs (including 9,000 UK staff) and 600,000 customers (150,000 from the UK) were left abroad, triggering the UK's largest peacetime repatriation.
After the collapse, segments of the company were purchased by others, including the travel stores in the UK, the airlines, the Thomas Cook name and logo, the hotel brands and the tour operators.
In February 2019, the Financial Times newspaper said that the Thomas Cook Group had received bids for its airline business, which includes Condor, and also the company as a whole. In March 2019, Thomas Cook UK announced 21 travel office closures and the redundancy of 300 staff, justifying the decision with the fact that 64% of bookings had been made online in 2018
On 9 October 2019, independent travel agent Hays Travel announced that it had acquired all 555 former Thomas Cook travel stores in the UK, and planned to re-employ a significant number of former employees. Hays, which already operated 190 of their own stores, expected to retain over 25% of the retail staff, saving roughly 2,500 jobs
1-13 Murray Place, Stirling,Scotland,UK, FK8 1DQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Perthshire,Scotland,UK,FK19 8PB,FK19,last,grave,resting,place,of,folk hero,Scots,Alba,graveyard,yard,tomb,despite them,inscription,history,historic,mist,misty,damp,weather,mizzle,drizzle,graveyards,Scottish,old,graves,grave stones,grave stone,village,the,pilgramage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN32 - . An on-location photograph from Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is Grave and last resting place of Rob Roy, Robert Roy MacGregor, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. A broader reading of the photograph includes everyday life, local character, contemporary social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, customer footfall, historical comparison, community identity, period detail, local history, specialist shop, archival record, changing land use, before-and-after reference, shopfront economy, and street-level business. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with business rates, town-centre regeneration and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. Future viewers can use this scene from Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes commercial frontage, public realm, place identity, regional identity, independent retail, documentary photography, visual archive, and bricks-and-mortar retail. The recorded references to Balquhidder, Robert, MacGregor, place, and resting preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects business rates and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses as part of the longer story of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. It also preserves a local visual benchmark as part of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19's history.
Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Perthshire,Scotland,UK,FK19 8PB,FK19,last,grave,resting,place,of,folk hero,Scots,Alba,graveyard,yard,tomb,despite them,inscription,history,historic,heritage,family,family history,clan history,clan,clans,memorial,memorials,figure,character,1775,1975,years
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN3G - . This scene at Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 in 2019 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The frame specifically shows Grave and last resting place of Rob Roy 1775 1975, Robert Roy MacGregor, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. Further facets of the scene include before-and-after reference, community identity, music-scene memorial, archival record, historical comparison, visual archive, club-music history, popular-music heritage, documentary photography, changing streetscape, place identity, local character, public realm, and cultural memory. For current editorial use, creative industries and nightlife history provide additional context, especially through how public plaques turn personal remembrance into shared cultural memory. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 before replacement signage alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include DJ culture, place-based commemoration, local remembrance, social history, music memorial, community tribute, period detail, and commemorative plaque. The recorded references to MacGregor, Robert, Perthshire, Balquhidder, and resting preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is creative industries and how public plaques turn personal remembrance into shared cultural memory in a form that can be compared with future views of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The record includes a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN8D - . This authentic period view of Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PA in 2019 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The subject captured here is foggy Scottish road sign, fingerpost, to Rob Roys Grave, Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PA, to Oban, Killin & lochearnhead. The locality and subject together evoke social history, public realm, historical comparison, passenger information, passenger transport, changing land use, street-side transport, surface public transport, contemporary social history, visual archive, local bus network, everyday life, archival record, and community identity. From a 2025-onward perspective, bus funding and decarbonisation are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network. Future viewers can use this scene from Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PA to compare transport arrangements and footfall with whatever follows after different community use. A second descriptive layer includes local mobility, place identity, local history, regional identity, public transport stop, local character, roadside transit, and changing streetscape. Details involving fingerpost, foggy, Killin, Grave, and Balquhidder make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PA, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is bus funding and the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network when considered against later change at Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PA. The view records part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PA
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Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,Horse,Shoe,bar,pub,Horseshoe,24 Drury St,Scotland UK,at night,at dusk,night,dusk,nighttime,night time,JYW,Drury St,city,city centre,drinking,pubs,bars,Scotland,long bar,104 feet,grand,watering hole,Victorian pub,Victorian bar,historic Victorian pub,history,City Centre Pub,central Glasgow,Glasgow Central,Glasgow City Centre,tourist,tourism,outside,exterior
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM99XX - At 104 feet and three inches, our grand Victorian bar is apparently the longest in Europe and merits an architectural listing all of its own. It's the centre of the Horseshoe, where you'll find great value pub-food and quality Scottish beers to go with it. We're also pretty big on live sport, with 11 screens and early opening times for major fixtures. The lounge upstairs has been graced by some famous singers
24 Drury St, Glasgow, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HKHWCA - Wide panoramic view across the rooftops and skyline of Glasgow city centre, looking east towards George Square and the surrounding commercial and civic district. The elevated viewpoint reveals a dense mixture of historic stone buildings, Victorian and Georgian architecture, church towers, traditional rooflines and modern office blocks extending across central Glasgow.
Warm low sunlight illuminates the cityscape beneath a pale, clear sky, highlighting the varied textures and architectural character of Scotland's largest city. George Square lies within the middle distance, surrounded by prominent civic, business and cultural buildings, while the wider eastern skyline stretches towards the Strathclyde urban area.
The panorama demonstrates Glasgow's layered architectural history, where ornate nineteenth-century buildings and historic streets sit alongside post-war development and contemporary commercial architecture. Chimneys, domes, towers and rooftop structures create a detailed roofscape that reflects the city's growth from an industrial centre into a major destination for business, culture, education, tourism and events.
The image can illustrate Glasgow tourism, Scottish city breaks, urban regeneration, city-centre development, architectural heritage, commercial activity and the changing character of major British cities. Its wide format is also suitable for editorial features, travel publications, websites and background use connected with Glasgow, George Square, Strathclyde, central Scotland and Scottish urban identity.
The combination of historic buildings, modern development and evening light provides a broad establishing view of Glasgow and a useful geographical overview of the city centre looking towards the east.
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H19DEH - The building of Glasgow corset wholesaler Jacobean Corsetry. They supplied corsets to shops across Scotland from 1946 to 2000. The shop became a landmark due to its distinctive gold sign and its location in Virginia Street, near the tobacco lords' sale room. The A-listed property, which dates from 1817, has been named the Jacobean Building in honour of the shop.
Virginia Street, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H19DEX - The building of Glasgow corset wholesaler Jacobean Corsetry. They supplied corsets to shops across Scotland from 1946 to 2000. The shop became a landmark due to its distinctive gold sign and its location in Virginia Street, near the tobacco lords' sale room. The A-listed property, which dates from 1817, has been named the Jacobean Building in honour of the shop.
Virginia Street, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H19DG3 - The building of Glasgow corset wholesaler Jacobean Corsetry. They supplied corsets to shops across Scotland from 1946 to 2000. The shop became a landmark due to its distinctive gold sign and its location in Virginia Street, near the tobacco lords' sale room. The A-listed property, which dates from 1817, has been named the Jacobean Building in honour of the shop.
Virginia Street, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGC814 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 16-18 Blackfriars St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1PE in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is The Babbity Bowster Tavern, 16-18 Blackfriars St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1PE. The surrounding context encompasses navigation aid, community identity, roadside information, place identity, orientation signage, community noticeboard, transport stop marker, local information board, directional sign, local character, changing streetscape, route marker, public realm, and public-facing notice. Current relevance extends to accessibility and navigation, particularly through how small pieces of street furniture become recognisable parts of local identity. As a dated visual record of 16-18 Blackfriars St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1PE, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are instructional sign, changing land use, local history, visual archive, documentary photography, public information signage, before-and-after reference, and wayfinding marker. The combination of Bowster, Babbity, Blackfriars, Glasgow, and Tavern anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 16-18 Blackfriars St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1PE helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is accessibility and the need for accessible information that works without digital technology as part of the longer story of 16-18 Blackfriars St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1PE. The frame retains a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene. The scene captures a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
16-18 Blackfriars St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1PE
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Keywords: city,centre,army,Flanders,Frederic,Edward,memorial,in,st,saint,John,Johns,interior,inside,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,capital,capt,5th,Highlanders,and,Royal,Flying,Corps.,Killed,in,action,in,the,air,Flanders 3rd January,St John,GoTonySmith,research,history,historic,wood,wooden,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,5th Seaforth Highlanders,Royal Flying Corps,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PM1 - Arthur Frederic Edward Pitman grave monument in St John interior interior church memorials, Edinburgh, Scotland,UK
Capt Arthur Frederic Edward Pitman of the 5th Seaforth Highlanders and Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action in the air
Flanders 3rd January 1918.
St Johns Church, Lothian Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89P1K - Unique to Edinburgh, the distinctive and compact properties were designed by former city architect Ebenezer MacRae between 1931 and 1933.
Featuring the city crest and Saltire-patterned mouldings, they were designed to complement the classical architecture of the Capital.
MacRae created 85 in total, and they were made of cast iron “ rather than Glasgow's pre-cast concrete ones designed by Gilbert Mackenzie Trench “ at the Carron foundry near Falkirk.
Around half of the slope-roofed structures “ measuring just 1.98 metres by 1.37m with a ridge height of around 2.74m “ are listed.
Read more: http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/last-batch-of-city-police-boxes-up-for-sale-1-3524681#ixzz3vRoKdUeR
Rose Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Evening,dusk,Malt,Shovel,malt,whiskies,bar,ale,house,alehouse,beer,beers,drinks,drinkers,historic,history,CAMRA,old Town,old,town,Scotland,UK,classic,at night,doorway,door,front door,Gotonysmith,outside,exterior,ornate,drinking,boozer,watering,hole,real ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M0A - . The Malt Shovel, Taylor Walker pub Edinburgh old Town, Scotland, UK in the evening. Photographed at 11 to 15 Cockburn Street, Midlothian, Edinburgh, EH1 1BP. The photograph was taken on 26 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 Malt Shovel, Taylor Walker pub Edinburgh old Town, Taylor Walker, pub, Edinburgh, Victorian, nighttime, dusk, evening and entrance, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped. 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.
11 to 15 Cockburn Street, Midlothian, Edinburgh, EH1 1BP
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Keywords: Panorama,Malt,Shovel,malt,whiskies,bar,ale,house,alehouse,beer,beers,drinks,drinkers,historic,history,CAMRA,old Town,old,town,Scotland,UK,classic,Victorian,Gotonysmith,pub,pubs,bars,bar,Scottish,Scotlands History,Scotlands History,old town,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M1B - The Malt Shovel Inn is a beautiful little pub right in the heart of the Edinburgh.
It offers Scottish cask ales, 40 malt whiskies and great food. Its a relaxed haven from the hubbub of the city, due to location on the border of the new and old towns.
11 to 15 Cockburn Street, Midlothian, Edinburgh, EH1 1BP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M1F - OLD STAMP OFFICE CLOSE
This close gets its name as it once housed the Government Stamp Office until 1821. The Royal Bank was also located here from 1727 to 1753.
It also contained the home of The Countess of Eglinton and her seven beautiful daughters. They family would set out to attend dancing assemblies in Assembly Close each in their own guilded Sedan Chair.
The poet Allan Ramsay dedicated The Gentle Shepherd to her.
The close also housed a Tavern called 'Fortune's Tavern' and at one time 'Ship's Tavern' Where levées were held by the General Assembly's Lord High Commissioner of 1754.
Flora McDonald, associated with Bonnie Prince Charlie attended boarding school here.
Old Stamp Office Close, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXH2Y - . Stormy day at Edinburgh Castle, The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1. The photograph was taken on 31 August 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 scene is closely associated with castle walls, ramparts, capital city, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, The Mound, moody sky, Stormy day, UNESCO and historic cities, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. 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.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXJWG - . Edinburgh Skyline Panorama. The photograph was taken on 31 August 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 wider composition gives a broader sense of the surroundings, showing the principal subject in relation to more of the streetscape, landscape or public space. The scene is closely associated with old town, Edinburgh Skyline, Skyline Panorama, Edinburgh, Scottish Nationalism, Scottish, Capital of Scotland, capital city, Tony and Smith, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. 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.
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Keywords: capital,city,centre,pedestrianised,center,pub,bar,pubs,bars,bunting,summer,drinking,eating,dining,out,eat,party,poem,poems,poetry,words,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Scotland,UK,ornate,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXK39 - . Poems from Rose Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2NH - Poems. Photographed at 55-57 Rose St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2NH. The photograph was taken on 31 August 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 scene is closely associated with Rose, Street, Edinburgh, place, drink, capital, pedestrianised, center, pub and bar, 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. Where brewery names, pumps, windows, pub signs or period fittings are present, they add useful detail for features on brewing history, hospitality branding and traditional licensed interiors or exteriors. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DDXK39, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
55-57 Rose St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2NH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXPHX - . Panorama across city of Edinburgh, from castle to St Giles Kirk, Royal Mile, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1. The photograph was taken on 31 August 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 wider composition gives a broader sense of the surroundings, showing the principal subject in relation to more of the streetscape, landscape or public space. The scene is closely associated with Panorama, across, Edinburgh, castle, St Giles, wide, moody, pano St Giles Kirk, Royal Mile and UK wide wideshot shot angle wideangle banner churches skyline, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1
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Keywords: Capital,city,Scotland,Scottish,medical,road,view,from,open,building,stone,Nicolson,street,St,Edinburgh,UK,EH8 9DW,Nicolson Street,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,the,Surgeons Hall,gothic,Greek,style,architecture,old,town,centre,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXXXX - . Surgeons Hall, Nicolson St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH8 9DW. The photograph was taken on 31 August 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 scene is closely associated with Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh, Victorian, museum, surgery, column, columns, Capital, Scottish and medical, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has editorial relevance to the NHS, healthcare buildings, public services, hospitals, clinics and the physical infrastructure through which patients access treatment. It can illustrate stories about healthcare provision, hospital estates, local medical services, public-sector buildings, accessibility, investment, redevelopment and the everyday experience of using the National Health Service. Signage, entrances, road access, building fabric and surrounding streetscape can all be important documentary details when showing how healthcare facilities are presented and reached. As a dated location photograph it provides a visual record of a specific NHS or healthcare site at the time, useful for news, planning, history and public-service features. Search themes include the NHS, hospitals, healthcare infrastructure, public services, medical provision, hospital estates, patient access and local health facilities. The location-specific view can support coverage of redevelopment, investment, service change or the history of healthcare provision in the area. 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.
Nicolson St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH8 9DW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG385X - . Two drinkers in the Cafe Royal, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Photographed at West Register Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 30 August 2013. The image metadata records 2 people 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 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 Two drinkers, in the Cafe Royal, Edinburgh, 19 West Register Street, drinkers, Royal, Cafe, Two, café and Royale, 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
West Register Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38ME - . Argyll Chambers ,offices building, & arcade , in Glasgow city centre, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Argyll Chambers, 28-32 Buchanan Street , Glasgow, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 29 August 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 scene is closely associated with Argyll, Chambers, offices, arcade, Glasgow, real estate, buildings, commercial, office and block, 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. 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.
Argyll Chambers, 28-32 Buchanan Street , Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECY90 - . Bronze Crucifix Art inside the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Old Town,153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian,Scotland,UK, EH8 8BN. Photographed at 153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 8BN,Scotland,UK. The photograph was taken on 26 August 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 interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. The scene is closely associated with Bronze Crucifix Art inside the Canongate Kirk, EDN, Canongate, Church, Cross, Old Town, Bronze, Crucifix, Kirk and Art, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship.
153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 8BN,Scotland,UK
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Keywords: M&H,musical,music,instrument,ecclesiastical,city,centre,Royal,Mile,Church,piano,pump,key,keys,holy,in,Scotland,UK,Mason & Hamlin,Royal Mile,Church of Scotland,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,RoyalMile,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,history,historic,organs,organ,Canongate,church
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECYT0 - . Mason Hamlin Organ at Edinburgh Canongate Kirk, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 26 August 2013. The recorded location is Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Mason & Hamlin is a piano manufacturer based in Haverhill, Massachusetts. They also manufactured a large number of pump organs during the 19th century. Canongate Kirk was built between 1688 and 1691 after the congregation was displaced from Holyrood Abbey. The distinctive Dutch-gabled church serves the Canongate parish at the lower end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile and has longstanding links with Holyroodhouse and the military. Its interior, monuments, organ and stained glass sit within one of Scotland's most historically dense streetscapes. Looking at the subject's development, ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local history
Architectural details, memorials and churchyard monuments provide evidence for religious practice, craftsmanship, community identity, genealogy and the changing use of sacred space. As background, interiors preserve details that exterior photographs cannot show: furniture, fittings, decorative finishes and room layouts reveal how buildings were actually used
Such features are often altered during refurbishment even when the outside remains unchanged. Looking at the subject's development, buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Stonework, brickwork, windows, signs and decorative details can survive changes of ownership and use, allowing photographs to document both architectural style and the evolution of a street. For the 2026 context, historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for conservation, tourism, music, community use and local identity
Their maintenance illustrates the continuing challenge of caring for ageing heritage buildings while keeping them accessible and relevant.
Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED16K - . Plaque, Grassmarket Mission, erected in Memory of James Fairbairn, Edinburgh,Scotland, UK. Photographed at Grassmarket, Edinburgh,Scotland,UK. The photograph was taken on 26 August 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. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Plaque, Grassmarket Mission, erected, Memory, founder, mission, superintendent, bronze, brass and Grassmarket, 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Grassmarket, Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED24M - . Oxford Bar Window. The public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. Rebus's local. Photographed on 26 August 2013. The recorded location is The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB. The modest Oxford Bar is a public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector Rebus's local from the Ian rankin books. A super secret tourist attraction for first time visitors to the city. The Oxford Bar in Edinburgh's New Town is a small, traditional public house with a long history on Young Street and a Category B listed interior. It became internationally known through Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels, in which the fictional detective drinks there. The literary association has made an otherwise understated local pub part of Edinburgh's crime-fiction tourism, while the surviving compartmentalised bar layout preserves an older form of Scottish pub interior. In historical terms, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. The historical context is that city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban change than landmark images alone. During 2026, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets. Closely associated editorial terms include licensed premises, alehouse, hostelry, bar trade, real ale, cask ale, beer culture, historic pub, and nightlife.
The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED40P - . A hidden gem, Tollbooth Tavern seen through Sugarhouse close , Canongate, Royal Mile , High St , Edinburgh Scotland UK. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 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 scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, Tollbooth, Tavern, Canongate, through, Sugarhouse, Scottish, Scot and independance, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. This documentary view is relevant to buses, public transport, local mobility, passenger information and the practical experience of travelling without a private car. It can support editorial coverage of bus services, rural and urban connectivity, stops and shelters, timetables, accessibility, transport policy, local authority provision and the challenges of maintaining useful services across communities. Roadside details, signs, shelters, vehicles and surrounding streetscape give picture buyers useful context about how bus transport is encountered at ground level. The photograph therefore has value both as a record of a specific place and as broader visual material about sustainable transport, everyday journeys and local connectivity. Search themes include buses, bus stops, passenger transport, timetables, local mobility, accessibility, public transport policy, rural or urban connectivity and sustainable travel. The surrounding road environment helps show how public transport infrastructure fits into the communities and streets it serves. 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.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCME - Opened on October 15th 1902, our hotel was originally known as the North British. Acclaimed as one of the great railway hotels, it originally boasted 300 bedrooms and 52 bathrooms. It was later renamed The Balmoral ” which means majestic dwelling in Gaelic.
Hotel porters in red jackets used to meet guests off the train at Waverley Station, taking them into a lift and whisking them from the station hall to the reception desk in the hotel.
Our notable guests have included Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul McCartney, Edward Heath and Harold Wilson. The Queen Mother was a regular for lunch. Her favourite dish was plain roast lamb.
1 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2EQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4584152142 - 'The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582, is an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland, making it one of the ancient universities of the United Kingdom...
The university is consistently placed amongst the best in the world, ranking 20th in the 2009 THES - QS World University Rankings, as well as 17th in the current Global University Ranking. THES - QS World University Rankings has consistently ranked University of Edinburgh as the best university in Scotland, and one of the five best universities in UK.
The university played an important role leading the city of Edinburgh to its reputation as a chief intellectual centre during the Age of Enlightenment, and helped give the city the nickname of the Athens of the north.
Alumni of the university include some of the major figures of modern history. The founding of the University is attributed to Bishop Robert Reid of St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, who left the funds on his death in 1558 that ultimately provided the University's endowment. The University was established by a Royal Charter granted by James VI in 1582, becoming the fourth Scottish university at a time when the neighbour neighbour to the south, England, had only two..
The Guardian University Guide 2008 ranked the University of Edinburgh as follows:..7th in the UK overall.1st in the UK for computer science.1st in the UK for physics.1st in the UK for Nursing.2nd in the UK for medicine..A very outstanding achievment and the uni resides in some outstanding architectural monuments, such as Old College as seen here..
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8G09N - . This dated editorial view of West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK in 2010 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The defining feature is Guildford Arms bar, West Register Place, Edinburgh City, Scotland, UK, EH2 2AA. Another layer of the photograph includes period detail, before-and-after reference, licensed trade, community identity, public realm, traditional pub, changing streetscape, local social venue, everyday life, community drinking venue, night-time economy, archival record, regional identity, and traditional ale house. Current relevance extends to pub closures and beer duty, particularly through the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK, details that may look very different after changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include historic hostelry, social history, place identity, cask-beer tradition, visitor hospitality, changing land use, real-ale culture, and documentary photography. The combination of Register, Guildford, Edinburgh, and Place anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate pub closures and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity when considered against later change at West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK. The image also provides a reference for changing drinking habits and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity without losing the local specificity of West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK. The frame retains details of everyday use for later comparison.
West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HG6TA3 - Robert Rob Roy MacGregor (Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair
baptised 7 March 1671 “ died 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. The name Roy comes from Gaelic Ruadh meaning Red, and referred to his red hair. Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were Donald Glas MacGregor and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Macdonalds of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother. In January 1693, at Corrie Arklet farm near Inversnaid, he married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar (1671-1745), who was born at Leny Farm, Strathyre. The couple had four sons: James, Ranald, Coll and Robert (known as Robin Oig or Young Rob). They also adopted a cousin named Duncan.
Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder,Sterling,Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N1P - Fishing boats moored at Stornoway Harbour on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, under a dramatic sky of dark cloud, broken light and evening reflections on the water. The photograph shows working vessels tied up beside the quay, with masts, rigging, harbour buildings and the sheltered inlet creating a strong maritime scene. The weather appears unsettled, with heavy cloud and low light suggesting dusk, late afternoon or changeable Hebridean conditions, while the calm harbour water reflects the sky and boats. Stornoway is the main town and port of Lewis and Harris, and Stornoway Harbour is described by Visit Outer Hebrides as the main port for the Outer Hebrides, with a safe natural harbour, a small fishing fleet, commercial facilities, coastguard and lifeboat presence, and ferry services. The image is commercially useful for editorial features on Scottish fishing, island communities, working harbours, seafood, maritime heritage, ferry links, rural economies, coastal tourism, harbour regeneration, weather in the Hebrides and transport lifelines. Fishing has long been part of the identity and economy of the Western Isles, and vessels like these give a human and industrial scale to the wider landscape of sea, islands and port infrastructure. The dark skies, muted colours and reflective water add atmosphere suitable for travel writing, environmental stories, climate and weather features, marine industry coverage, fishing policy, coastal livelihoods, harbour safety and island life. This image can also support stories about Stornoway as a gateway to the Outer Hebrides, with links to Ullapool by ferry and a port that serves commercial, leisure, fishing and community needs. The composition works as an establishing image for Stornoway, Lewis, Scottish island travel, harbour towns, traditional boats, working waterfronts and the continuing importance of small fishing fleets in remote coastal Scotland.
Fishing boats moored at Stornoway Harbour under dramatic evening skies, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebride
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BE34EA - . An on-location editorial image made at 127 High St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1SG, showing a subject whose wider significance extends beyond the immediate scene. The documented subject is The Royal Mile tavern bar, High Street, Old Town , Edinburgh , Lothian , Scotland, UK,. The photograph also carries associations with town-centre leisure, historical comparison, urban change, period detail, food-and-drink business, social meeting place, changing streetscape, place identity, leisure venue, community hostelry, built environment, community identity, traditional ale house, and public realm. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes pub closures alongside hospitality operating costs, with particular attention to changes in food, drink and leisure spending. The photograph fixes street furniture and boundaries within 127 High St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1SG at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The photograph additionally reflects documentary photography, social history, regional identity, hospitality venue, contemporary history, archival record, licensed premises, and before-and-after reference. The recorded references to Edinburgh, tavern, Royal, Scotland, and Lothian preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. The period setting at 127 High St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1SG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects pub closures and whether local venues can remain commercially viable within the real-world context of 127 High St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1SG. Its period value extends to local footfall and whether local venues can remain commercially viable within the specific setting of 127 High St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1SG.
127 High St, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1SG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF7D5W - . The interior of the Guildford Arms, traditional pub,West register place, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 3 April 2010. The recorded location is The Guildford Arms, West Register Place, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK. The historical context is that interiors preserve details that exterior images cannot show: furniture, fittings, decorative finishes and room layouts reveal how buildings were actually used
Such features are often altered during refurbishment even when the outside remains unchanged. Historically, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal evolving fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. As background, older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. The subject remains topical in 2026 because restoration projects increasingly emphasise retaining significant interiors as well as façades, making earlier images useful evidence when rooms are refurbished, repurposed or opened to visitors. In 2026, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets. Historically, room interiors are records of both design and daily activity
Furnishings, lighting, surfaces and specialist fittings can identify a building's function and period, while later refurbishment may erase these smaller details. Relevant long-tail terms include historic interior, interior design, decorative detail, period interior, and architectural interior.
The Guildford Arms, West Register Place, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED252 - . Oxford Bar Exterior A Public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector Rebus's local. Photographed on 26 August 2013. The recorded location is The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB. The modest Oxford Bar is a public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector Rebus's local from the Ian rankin books. A super secret tourist attraction for first time visitors to the city. The Oxford Bar in Edinburgh's New Town is a small, traditional public house with a long history on Young Street and a Category B listed interior. It became internationally known through Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels, in which the fictional detective drinks there. The literary association has made an otherwise understated local pub part of Edinburgh's crime-fiction tourism, while the surviving compartmentalised bar layout preserves an older form of Scottish pub interior. From a heritage perspective, pub structures and signs provide a useful record of the licensed trade, from traditional alehouses and brewery estates to contemporary hospitality businesses
They are also part of the story of changing high streets, nightlife, real ale, cask beer and the survival or reuse of historic premises. In the longer view, urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration. As of 2026, pubs continue to sit at the centre of arguments about high-street vitality, community identity and hospitality economics
England's 2026/27 rating arrangements include dedicated relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues, underlining the sector's continuing economic and cultural significance. Other useful descriptive phrases include licensed premises, hostelry, bar trade, and cask ale.
The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HG6TBR - Robert Rob Roy MacGregor (Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair
baptised 7 March 1671 “ died 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. The name Roy comes from Gaelic Ruadh meaning Red, and referred to his red hair. Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were Donald Glas MacGregor and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Macdonalds of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother. In January 1693, at Corrie Arklet farm near Inversnaid, he married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar (1671-1745), who was born at Leny Farm, Strathyre. The couple had four sons: James, Ranald, Coll and Robert (known as Robin Oig or Young Rob). They also adopted a cousin named Duncan.
Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder,Sterling,Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DNA - Stone memorial to Sir Walter Scott born here, Edinburgh Scotland (College Wynd in the Old Town ), Scotland, UK gives a direct editorial record of a recognisable subject, with location, signage, architecture or everyday behaviour carrying much of the meaning. A memorial to Sir Walter Scott in Edinburgh's Old Town connects a modern street scene with Scotland's literary memory and the nineteenth-century making of national culture. The site can illustrate literary tourism, commemoration, Old Town history, plaques and memorials, Scottish identity and the way famous writers become fixed into the urban fabric. The location detail, Edinburgh, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include memorial, public memory, commemoration and historic site, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. For buyers, the strength lies in the combination of a named subject, a lived-in setting and enough visual specificity to carry stories about how places are used, remembered, funded, visited or contested.
College Wynd, Edinburgh, Scotland, Uk
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXW9T - A wide view of the Old College buildings at the University of Edinburgh, photographed within the formal courtyard on South College Street in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town. The neoclassical sandstone architecture, arranged around a rectangular lawn, is dominated by the central domed structure and symmetrical wings that frame the space. Stone balustrades, paved walkways and a traditional lamppost add depth and perspective, reinforcing the ordered and ceremonial nature of the historic university setting.
Old College is one of the most recognisable academic buildings in Scotland and has been central to the University of Edinburgh's identity since the eighteenth century. The architecture reflects Enlightenment ideals of reason, balance and civic purpose, qualities closely associated with Edinburgh's historical reputation as a centre of learning and intellectual life. The courtyard layout creates a sense of calm and enclosure, separating scholarly activity from the surrounding streets of the Old Town.
The image captures the continuity between past and present within a working university environment. While the buildings are steeped in history, they remain an active part of modern academic life, housing teaching spaces, offices and cultural venues. The absence of crowds allows the architectural form and materials to take visual precedence, emphasising the scale, craftsmanship and permanence of the institution.
This photograph is well suited for editorial use covering higher education, university life, historic architecture, Scottish culture and heritage, as well as commercial applications relating to education marketing, cultural tourism, academic publications and representations of European universities within historic urban settings.
Courtyard view of the Old College buildings at the University of Edinburgh on South College Street i
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF8BK4 - A moody dusk scene within the historic Old College of the University of Edinburgh, showing the neoclassical stone buildings surrounding the central courtyard at South College Street and South Bridge in Edinburgh's Old Town. The imposing architecture, constructed in pale sandstone and crowned by a domed central structure, is set beneath heavy, textured cloud cover that deepens the sense of atmosphere and academic gravitas. The soft, fading light accentuates the worn surfaces, arches and balustrades, revealing centuries of use and civic presence.
In the foreground, a solitary figure stands within the courtyard, adding scale and a quiet human narrative to the monumental surroundings. Ornate iron street lighting and stone steps frame the approach to the buildings, reinforcing the formal layout typical of major eighteenth and nineteenth-century university architecture. The Talbot Rice Gallery, housed within Old College, forms part of this complex, linking contemporary art and culture with one of Scotland's most significant educational institutions.
Old College has long symbolised Edinburgh's role as a centre of learning, philosophy and intellectual life, closely associated with the Scottish Enlightenment and the city's reputation as the Athens of the North . The restrained colour palette, subdued lighting and dramatic sky combine to create an image that feels contemplative and slightly austere, reflecting the seriousness traditionally associated with academia and civic authority.
This image is well suited for editorial use covering higher education, university life, architecture, Scottish history, culture and urban heritage, as well as commercial applications requiring atmospheric imagery of historic institutions, European universities and moody city environments.
Old College, University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL, Scotland, United Kingdom Tal
