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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,atlas,letter,letters,word,words,Scot,Scots,parliament,HMRC,reduced,rate,rates,tax,taxation,purchase,taxes,parliaments,the,goods,spelled,out,in,on,a,Great Britain,UK,standard,zero,rated,fiscal,finance,revenue,consumption,services,vat returns,Making Tax Digital,Rachel Reeves,Keir Starmer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWW5R3 - Taken on 18 Sep 2023, this photograph shows VAT the purchase Value Added Tax spelled out in Scrabble letters on a map of Scotland, Great Britain, UK. The location is Scotland, Great Britain, UK. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains a carefully staged close-up of letter tiles arranged as a readable concept phrase, photographed against a map, keyboard, dictionary page, coins or other context props rather than a plain studio background. Value Added Tax is a core UK consumption-tax subject, useful for business, retail, public-finance, household-cost and Making Tax Digital themes. The image can be used as a clear editorial, blog or report illustration where a concept needs to be shown visually without using a person, organisation logo or staged office scene. 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 Value Added Tax, VAT, Scrabble, map, maps, Scotland, Scottish, Holyrood, spelt, taxed, atlas, letter, 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.
Scotland, Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,energy,supply,cost,costs,fuel,fuels,in,note,notes,pound,bank,money,cash,bill,bills,cooking,stove,Scottish,flaming,Scots,householdrs,people,prepayment,meter,poor,householders,Scotland,without,hot,food,Iran War,Ofgem,high,rise,rising,price cap
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MX9FPP - Concept image showing Scottish banknotes and coins beside a lit domestic gas hob, illustrating the pressure of rising household energy costs on home budgets in Scotland and across the UK. The photograph links everyday cooking, heating and fuel use with consumer finance, inflation, cost of living pressures, utility bills, and the squeeze on disposable income faced by households during periods of high gas prices. Visible cash and currency emphasise budgeting choices, bill payment worries, and the trade off between essential spending and other family costs such as food, rent, mortgage payments, transport and childcare. The blue gas flame provides an immediate visual shorthand for domestic energy consumption, meter usage, tariff changes, supplier charges and the wider debate about affordability, fuel poverty and energy market volatility. This image is suitable for editorial use on stories about gas bills, household finances, inflation, consumer hardship, personal budgeting, winter heating worries, energy affordability, Scottish consumers, British utility costs, and the continuing impact of higher fuel prices on ordinary homes. It also works as a broader symbol of economic stress, financial resilience, money management, cash flow pressure, and the challenge for low and middle income households trying to balance essential utilities against stagnant wages and wider rising living costs. The Scottish notes make the picture especially useful for regional coverage involving devolved policy, Scottish consumers and the domestic effect of energy pricing. Because the money is shown in physical form rather than on a screen, the image underlines the kitchen table reality of budgeting, where higher utility charges are felt as pounds and pence leaving the household purse. It is well suited to reporting on arrears, debt advice, payment support, winter resilience, fuel poverty, and the real world impact of gas price rises on everyday family finances.
Scotland, UK
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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,UK,Scotland,iron,and,Ltd,limited,access,manhole,named,grid,rust,rusty,services,sewage,drainage,maintenance,urban,man-hole,Scots,Scot,Scottish,embossed,name,foundry,foundries,maker,cast,steel,metal,Limited,city,centre,EH1,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBRF - . An identifiable period record of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The principal subject is Mackenzie & Moncur Ltd, steel grid Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH!. Other connected aspects include period detail, everyday life, contemporary social history, historical comparison, public realm, local character, public-health engineering, archival record, Victorian sanitation, public works, regional identity, documentary photography, community identity, and visual archive. The modern context includes continuing discussion of maintenance, water quality and the hidden infrastructure that made dense cities healthier and safer. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1, details that may look very different after conservation work. The surrounding story also includes place identity, cast-iron street furniture, local history, before-and-after reference, utility heritage, civil engineering history, municipal services, and urban sanitation. Details involving Moncur, Edinburgh, steel, and Mackenzie make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is maintenance and the renewed pressure on drainage systems from heavier rainfall and urban growth in a form that can be compared with future views of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1. The scene further reflects climate resilience and the hidden infrastructure that made dense cities healthier and safer within the real-world context of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1. The photograph keeps a trace of local identity as part of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1's history.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Scottish,plastic,with,sterlings,coin,coins,in,use,two pound,2,quid,squid,20p,20 pence,laid,on,top,Royal bank of Scotland,PLC,promises to pay,the bearer on demand,Scots,issue,issued,Scottish Sterling,2022,currency,finance,woman,female,Mary Somerville,astronomer,and,mathematician
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG4612 - . This dated editorial view of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The location is represented through Mary Somerville featured on a Scottish polymer notes with sterling pound coins, in use in Scotland, UK - ten Pound , Royal bank of Scotland. The surrounding context encompasses visual archive, regional identity, public realm, local history, town-centre trading, local enterprise, high-street commerce, before-and-after reference, independent retail, changing streetscape, archival record, small business, documentary photography, and period detail. Today's relevance is strengthened by commercial rents, business rates and the continuing question of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. The image fixes commercial use and occupation within Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. Other useful contextual ideas include social history, community identity, local character, specialist retailer, commercial frontage, place identity, specialist shop, and everyday life. The recorded references to Somerville, Royal, pound, polymer, and coins preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets without losing the local specificity of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE. The setting also helps illustrate town-centre regeneration and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets in a form that can be compared with future views of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE.
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WA4 6NJ,WA4,Cheshire,England,UK,house,on,gate,door,post,Scots,Alt Clut,centre,south,Stockton Heath,fancy,posh,affluent,drive,driveway,Scottish,Victorian,posts,gated,celtic,style,remnant,of,another,age,entry,Clyde,Scottish heritage,place names,personal naming,address identity
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3J79C - This close-up documentary stock photograph shows the house name Strathclyde painted in black lettering on a white stone entrance bollard in Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire. The image focuses tightly on the nameplate detail, with the curved top of the gatepost, weathered painted surface, dark grime marks, a circular feature above the lettering and a glimpse of red paving and greenery at the edge of the frame. It is a useful stock image for themes around house names, British suburban property, address identity, domestic architecture, private entrances, local history, postal addressing, home ownership and the small visual details that make older residential streets distinctive. The word Strathclyde has strong Scottish associations, historically used for the west of Scotland region and still widely recognised through place names, institutions and personal memory, giving the image wider relevance beyond Cheshire. In this Warrington setting it may suggest a house name chosen for family, regional, nostalgic or decorative reasons, although the photograph itself does not confirm the origin. Stockton Heath is one of South Warrington's best-known village suburbs, with period housing, shops, restaurants and commuter-belt streets close to the Bridgewater Canal and the A49 London Road corridor. The picture can support features on named houses, suburban identity, affluent Cheshire property, house signs, architectural details, residential streets, local place branding and the British habit of giving homes individual names rather than relying only on a street number. The slightly weathered paint, close crop and readable lettering give the image a plain, observational quality suitable for editorial, property, heritage, lifestyle, geography, genealogy, postal services and local news use. It could also illustrate themes around Scotland in England, migration, family roots, regional identity and the everyday typography found on gateposts, walls and entrance pillars.
Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,money,notes,price,Scottish notes,Scottish money,strike,RMT union,workers,Scotrail,Ticket,tickets,prices,increase,increases,cost,costs,Scots,Scot,Scottish,note,cash,sterling,Scotland,railway,trains,train,inflation,affordable,services,route,routes,subsidy,subsidised,net zero,Glasgow,WCML,West Coast Mainline
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CC6XX5 - . This scene at Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 3SL documents an everyday subject with wider connections to local identity, social history and changing patterns of use. The photograph is concerned with Scotrail Ticket Prices increase, cash, money, travel reservation. The picture additionally relates to place identity, station environment, passenger railway, social history, urban change, rail mobility, public transport network, regional identity, community identity, local history, period detail, contemporary history, regional rail, and documentary photography. The subject remains useful for current coverage of rail reform and fares, not least because of making passenger rail simpler and more dependable. The photograph fixes public access and movement within Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 3SL at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. The setting also brings in built environment, changing streetscape, railway heritage, before-and-after reference, visual archive, passenger connectivity, rail corridor, and rail modernisation. The recorded references to increase, travel, money, reservation, and Ticket preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. The surrounding context at Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 3SL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes rail reform and linking trains more effectively with buses and trams within the real-world context of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 3SL. Another strand within the photograph is station investment and preserving railway heritage while modernising the network within the specific setting of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 3SL. The scene retains a connection with rail reform and reducing congestion and car dependency as part of the longer story of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 3SL.
Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 3SL
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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,famous,gravestone,Balquhidder village,legend,Roy MacGregor,Robert Roy MacGregor,movement,Balquhidder graveyard,legendary,hero,MacGregor,Rob Roy,red,historic,independence
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XMY2 - . 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. The subject captured here is Grave and last resting place of Rob Roy, Robert Roy MacGregor, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. Further facets of the scene include local history, independent retail, changing streetscape, regional identity, high-street commerce, shopfront economy, town-centre trading, local enterprise, community identity, place identity, before-and-after reference, bricks-and-mortar retail, small business, and documentary photography. From a 2025-onward perspective, store closures and town-centre regeneration are closely linked to this subject, alongside how commercial property costs affect small retailers. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19, details that may look very different after replacement signage. The wider setting retains connections with local character, specialist retailer, period detail, historical comparison, changing land use, social history, specialist shop, and retail property. Elements such as place, Perthshire, Robert, Balquhidder, and MacGregor add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19 helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects store closures and how commercial property costs affect small retailers as part of the longer story of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PB , FK19. The view records evidence of changing use for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2K3XMY2.
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,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,UK,Scottish,view,views,Firth of Forth,sunny day,sun,beach,GB,Great Britain,tourist,tourism,travel,homes,community,sea,shore,seashore,holiday,vacation,Aberdour,Burntisland,Dalgety Bay,bay,water,coast,historic,Historic scottish Coast,Scots,Summer,spring,old,houses,quaint,village,town,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJT2 - . An on-location photograph from 12 Church Walk, Kinghorn, Burntisland KY3 9TP, UK in 2018, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is North Queensferry, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland, UK. The broader subject matter reaches into visual archive, religious artwork, changing streetscape, sacred architecture, documentary photography, changing land use, historical comparison, ecclesiastical art, church conservation, local character, sacred space, contemporary social history, social history, and cathedral interior. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into historic fabric and faith communities, not least because of how places of worship combine active religious use with tourism and heritage. Small period details of equipment and working practice at 12 Church Walk, Kinghorn, Burntisland KY3 9TP, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The location also brings in heritage worship space, stained-glass craftsmanship, community identity, before-and-after reference, Christian iconography, regional identity, ecclesiastical decoration, and local history. The combination of Queensferry, Scotland, and Inverkeithing anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 12 Church Walk, Kinghorn, Burntisland KY3 9TP, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects historic fabric and how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs in a form that can be compared with future views of 12 Church Walk, Kinghorn, Burntisland KY3 9TP, UK. Its period value extends to faith communities and how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs within the real-world context of 12 Church Walk, Kinghorn, Burntisland KY3 9TP, UK.
12 Church Walk, Kinghorn, Burntisland KY3 9TP, UK
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Keywords: Train and Engine,Train,engine,Belmond,66746,in,Perth Railway station,Rail,station,GoTonySmith,railtrack,network,rail,network rail,city,scotland,scottish,Scots,train,railway,carriage,coupling,coupled,luxury,tourist,tourism,travel,UK,Royal Scotsman,luxurious train,luxurious,Bamford Spa,spa,cabin,cabins,landscape,highland,adventure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MHM683 - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2018, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The main point of reference is Royal Scotsman Train & engine Belmond 66746 in Perth Railway station. A broader reading of the photograph includes community identity, period architecture, historic townscape, conservation interest, conservation architecture, visual archive, before-and-after reference, local character, heritage asset, cityscape history, public realm, documentary photography, historical comparison, and architectural character. Today's relevance is strengthened by embodied carbon, redevelopment pressure and the continuing question of how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. The image fixes building condition and alterations within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against conservation work. The wider setting retains connections with built heritage, changing streetscape, social history, adaptive reuse, contemporary social history, place identity, architectural detail, and period detail. Elements such as station, Railway, 66746, Scotsman, and Belmond add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is embodied carbon and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The wider significance includes adaptive reuse and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The period view preserves evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Scotland,Food,traditional,deep,fried,mars bar,marsbar,fry,frying,heart,disease,food dangers,dangerous,chippy,chip shop,takeaway,Takeaway Food,Heart Attack,obese,bad,habits,UK,Scots,Edinburgh,Desert,Fried Supper,Classic,foody,menu,supper menu,sweet,tooth,sweet tooth,cardiovascular,Poor diet,Human dustbin,tourist food,Essential Scots Delicacy,sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJKD - . This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2017 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The image documents Scottish Deep Fried Mars Bar. The surrounding context encompasses counter-terrorism awareness, terrorism aftermath, public-space protection, regional identity, civic response, visual archive, public security, public realm, community resilience, documentary photography, security-conscious public realm, city-centre security, terror attack aftermath, and changing streetscape. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with victim remembrance, protective security and the continuing importance of proportionate security around crowded places. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains period objects and surrounding context, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects local history, place identity, period detail, social history, post-attack city, urban resilience, community identity, and everyday life. Elements such as Scottish and Fried add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Image MGMJKD therefore remains a useful historical reference to Scottish Deep Fried Mars Bar, with its date, wording, design and surrounding details providing the documentary context. Another strand within the photograph is victim remembrance and the continuing importance of proportionate security around crowded places in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate counter-terrorism and the continuing importance of proportionate security around crowded places within the real-world context of the recorded location. It also preserves period character before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Meat,West Regent Street,West Regent St,G2,G2 2RQ,eating,neon,sign,pork,beef,chicken,meats,steak,ribeye,rib-eye,sirloin,rump,fillet,Tbone,t-bone,roast,roasted,lean,charred,tenderloin,Scottish beef,cows,Scots,Scotland,eats,too much meat,meat diet,cancer,risk,meat eaters,giving up meat,becoming vegetarian,turning vegan
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P2X7YM - . Meat bar sign, Glasgow, 142 West Regent Street
Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G2 2RQ. Photographed on 18 May 2017. The recorded location is 142 West Regent Street Glasgow, G2 2RQ. Historically, everyday food and drink sit within wider histories of farming, manufacturing, retail and hospitality
Ingredients and brands that appear ordinary at one moment can later become useful markers of evolving diets, packaging, provenance and food fashion. Historically, pub buildings 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 evolving high streets, nightlife, real ale, cask beer and the survival or reuse of historical premises. In the longer view, signs and notices are ephemeral pieces of design that can become important historical evidence
Lettering, logos, warnings and directions record former businesses, regulations, transport systems and public messages that may disappear long before the surrounding building changes. In 2026, food affordability, provenance, packaging waste and the environmental impact of supply chains remain prominent themes
Images of local produce, imported goods, home cooking and food retail can connect everyday consumption with those broader economic and sustainability debates. In 2026, pubs continue to sit at the centre of arguments about high-street vitality, local 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. The historical context is that food culture links domestic cooking with commercial production, markets, cafés, pubs and regional specialities
Photographs of ingredients, dishes and branded products can therefore support both lifestyle subjects and social-history stories about consumption.
142 West Regent Street Glasgow, G2 2RQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ69C - Thousands sign petition calling for Dutch firm Abellio to be stripped of ScotRail contract
THE Dutch firm running ScotRail have come under constant criticism due to the poor performances. NEARLY 14,000 people have called for the controversial Dutch firm in charge of ÂScotland's train Âservice to be stripped of their contract unless ScotRail improves.
The online petition urges the Scottish ÂGovernment to take action against ÂAbellio over the delays and cancellations suffered by commuters using ScotRail. The firm have already been hit with £1.5million in fines for poor service.
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6BX - Thousands sign petition calling for Dutch firm Abellio to be stripped of ScotRail contract
THE Dutch firm running ScotRail have come under constant criticism due to the poor performances. NEARLY 14,000 people have called for the controversial Dutch firm in charge of ÂScotland's train Âservice to be stripped of their contract unless ScotRail improves.
The online petition urges the Scottish ÂGovernment to take action against ÂAbellio over the delays and cancellations suffered by commuters using ScotRail. The firm have already been hit with £1.5million in fines for poor service.
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ623 - Motherwell railway station serves Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on the West Coast Main Line (WCML), and is served also by Argyle Line trains of the Glasgow suburban railway network. It is the penultimate stop on the northbound WCML before Glasgow. There are four platforms of various length in use at Motherwell. The station is located next to the town's main shopping arcade, Motherwell Shopping Centre.
The current Motherwell station was built to replace an earlier station which was opened by the Caledonian Railway at nearby Orbiston. As Orbiston station was quite some distance from the rapidly expanding Motherwell town centre, the decision was taken to build a station at 'Lesmahagow Junction', the point where the Motherwell Deviation branch of the Caledonian Railway Main Line met the lines to Mossend, Hamilton and Lesmahagow. This new site was conveniently in the heart of the town.
The current station was built by British Rail during the 1970s on the site of the original to coincide with the electrification of the West Coast Main Line. It has four through platforms, crossed by two overbridges with the main buildings being above the level of the line between Platforms 2 and 3. At platform level between Platforms 2 and 3 there is also a Abellio ScotRail traincrew depot, staff car park and an office of the British Transport Police. These are accessible via a gated rampway leading to street level.
Beyond Platform 4 are some electrified sidings used for the stabling of trains overnight. Diagrams are nominally worked so that these units will only stay at Motherwell for one night before returning to their allocated depot.
Muir St, Motherwell, Scotland, UK ML1 1BN
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Keywords: Postit,postits,board,white,whiteboard,flip,chart,flipchart,teambuilding,brain,storming,activity,team,building,session,technique,techniques,idea,ideas,business,candid,connect,diagram,discussion,discussions,idea,ideas,meeting,sticky,note,notes,sticky notes,working,work,strategy,brainstorm,planning,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scots,Scottish,British,Scotland,Glasgow,Greater,problem,with,problem with,issue with,City,Centre,cities,Urban,Urbanist,town,infrastructure,transport,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,attraction,attractions,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,Greater Glasgow,British Isles,Glasgow City Centre,City Centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ627 - . This dated editorial view of Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Strategy and Values brainstorming office training team building session. Other connected aspects include local character, contemporary social history, historic streetscape, public realm, period detail, regional identity, everyday life, community identity, conservation architecture, documentary photography, heritage asset, period architecture, changing land use, and heritage landmark. Today's relevance is strengthened by energy retrofit, heritage conservation and the continuing question of the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism. As a dated visual record of Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects visual archive, cityscape history, urban fabric, historical comparison, adaptive reuse, historic townscape, period building, and local history. The recorded references to brainstorming, office, building, Values, and training preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character without losing the local specificity of Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK. The wider significance includes heritage conservation and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change in a form that can be compared with future views of Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK.
Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ632 - . This dated editorial view of Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The frame specifically shows Strategy and Values brainstorming office training team building session- What are the anchors of our strategy?. A broader reading of the photograph includes historic townscape, heritage landmark, conservation interest, place identity, changing land use, cityscape history, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, historical comparison, visual archive, regional identity, community identity, built heritage, and period architecture. The modern context includes continuing discussion of redevelopment pressure, planning control and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes contemporary social history, conservation architecture, social history, archival record, period building, urban fabric, everyday life, and architectural detail. The recorded references to session-, brainstorming, building, Values, and office preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is redevelopment pressure and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism within the real-world context of Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK. The wider significance includes embodied carbon and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism within the specific setting of Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK.
Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK
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Keywords: Scotland,UK,architecture,Victorian,Scots,Scottish,Gilt,city,corset-maker,city,corset,maker,manufacture,history,historic,gold,listed,maker,signage,street,virginia,white,wholesaler,Merchant City,Virginia Street,Glasgow City,Jacobean Corsetry,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
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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Keywords: Platform,1,One,platform,board,boarding,express,transport,travel,rail,Scotrail,platforms,locomotive,locomotives,public,rail,railways,scotland,scottish,station,stations,Scots,Platform One,Platform 1,Virgin Train,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H19DG8 - . An identifiable period record of Glasgow Central Station, Glasgow, Scotland, UK in 2016, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Virgin Train at Glasgow Central Railway Station,Platform 1. Another layer of the photograph includes station environment, archival record, rail infrastructure, public transport stop, trackside history, place identity, bus infrastructure, community identity, before-and-after reference, rail transport history, historic rolling stock, street-side transport, documentary photography, and contemporary social history. Today's relevance is strengthened by signalling technology, regional connectivity and the continuing question of the role of rail in lower-carbon regional transport. From a 2025-onward perspective, decarbonisation and reliability are closely linked to this subject, alongside the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. The image fixes equipment and working practice within Glasgow Central Station, Glasgow, Scotland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The photograph additionally reflects changing land use, transport accessibility, passenger transport, mechanical signalling, working railway heritage, signal-box architecture, period detail, and everyday life. The combination of Station, Glasgow, Train, Platform, and Central anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Glasgow Central Station, Glasgow, Scotland, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is signalling technology and the role of rail in lower-carbon regional transport as part of the longer story of Glasgow Central Station, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Image H19DG8 also remains a dated record of Glasgow Central Station, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Glasgow Central Station, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGC817 - . This scene at Glasgow, United Kingdom, G1 1EJ in 2016 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 principal subject is Glasgow commonwealth games 2014, Badminton mural, city centre, Scotland, UK, G1 1EJ. The subject also carries associations with social history, contemporary social history, stencil art, temporary artwork, place identity, changing land use, graffiti heritage, visual street culture, public-realm art, everyday life, local history, changing streetscape, local character, and creative placemaking. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into temporary works and gentrification, not least because of how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art. Future viewers can use this scene from Glasgow, United Kingdom, G1 1EJ to compare transport arrangements and footfall with whatever follows after replacement signage. The photograph additionally reflects community art, period detail, urban artwork, street-level design, archival record, community identity, contemporary mural, and urban graphics. The combination of Badminton, Glasgow, mural, games, and commonwealth anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Glasgow, United Kingdom, G1 1EJ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes temporary works and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art when considered against later change at Glasgow, United Kingdom, G1 1EJ. Another strand within the photograph is public art and the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity without losing the local specificity of Glasgow, United Kingdom, G1 1EJ. The scene captures details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
Glasgow, United Kingdom, G1 1EJ
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Keywords: sculpture,sculptor,Alan,Beattie,Herriot,sword,book,night,shot,nightshot,Alan Beattie Herriot,Lord Bruce,Marischal College,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,Scots,British,Scotland,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GMAC2R - A sculpture of King Robert the Bruce, that measures over 18ft high, has been unveiled outside Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen, Monday 09 May.
Gathered at the statue were, Lord Bruce, Lord Provost Peter Stephen, Alan Beattie Herriot (Statue Artist and Sculptor) , Councillor Kevin Stewart and seven year old Master Benedict Bruce. Lord Bruce and Master Benedict Bruce “ direct descendants of King Robert accompanied by the Lord Provost of Aberdeen Peter Stephen witnessed the ceremonial unveiling of the plinth by Depute Leader of Aberdeen City Council Councillor Kevin Stewart.
The statue created by sculptor Alan Beattie Herriot was commissioned following a motion by Councillor Kevin Stewart.
This sculpture is the culmination of years of hard work by Mr Herriot, and the result is a truly iconic piece which will be cherished by generations of Aberdonians and admired by thousands-upon-thousands of visitors to our city.
Sculptor Alan Beattie Herriot added: Seeing the sculpture in place is amazing. I hope that the people of Aberdeen like what has been done. I rather think King Robert would be very proud.
The total height of the statue including the plinth is 18ft 4in [5.6m].
The £120,000 statue was funded by the Common Good Fund which was originally set up by King Robert.
Broad Street, Aberdeen, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PM2 - . An identifiable period record of Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 2015, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Edinburghs Christmas neon sign, at night,Princes St,Scotland,UK. Further facets of the scene include graphic street detail, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, commercial ephemera, public-facing signage, material sign design, visual archive, wayfinding detail, local history, everyday visual culture, social history, regional identity, public information notice, and before-and-after reference. The modern context includes continuing discussion of advertising change, street design and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design. For later comparison, the photograph preserves building condition and alterations at Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, details that may look very different after conservation work. Other useful contextual ideas include visual communication, historical comparison, changing land use, urban typography, everyday life, period lettering, street-level message, and period detail. The combination of night, Princes, Christmas, and Edinburghs anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is advertising change and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design without losing the local specificity of Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The setting also helps illustrate public communication and the survival of physical messages in an increasingly digital environment in a form that can be compared with future views of Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYAX5A - . This dated editorial view of West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 2015 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The frame specifically shows Statue/Plaque in memory of the Royal Scots Greys, Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes DJ culture, historical comparison, commemorative plaque, community identity, local remembrance, regional identity, everyday life, community tribute, place identity, popular-music heritage, music memorial, public realm, archival record, and documentary photography. The modern context includes continuing discussion of creative industries, grassroots culture and how public plaques turn personal remembrance into shared cultural memory. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes period detail, contemporary social history, social history, local history, club-music history, changing streetscape, visual archive, and local character. References to Statue, Plaque, Greys, Edinburgh, and Princes give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes creative industries and the fragility of local music history when venues and scenes disappear when considered against later change at West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Another strand within the photograph is venue closures and the importance of documenting club and dance-music history without losing the local specificity of West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYAX5E - . A grounded documentary photograph made at West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 2015, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is B/W Statue/Plaque in memory of the Royal Scots Greys, Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The locality and subject together evoke memorial culture, place-based commemoration, popular-music heritage, visual archive, regional identity, local character, historical comparison, documentary photography, local history, contemporary social history, social history, changing land use, everyday life, and music memorial. The wider contemporary story combines community memory, local history and how memorials preserve figures from regional music scenes outside formal institutions. As a dated visual record of West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if replacement signage subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes club-music history, period detail, community tribute, cultural memory, community identity, archival record, place identity, and commemorative plaque. Details involving Edinburgh, Princes, memory, Scots, and Greys make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects community memory and how memorials preserve figures from regional music scenes outside formal institutions within the real-world context of West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The image fixes evidence of changing use as part of West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK's history.
West Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: drink,drinks,to accompany our Scottish food,rose st,street,Edinburgh city,lothian,scotland,scots,blackboard,chalk,pub,bar,beer,alcohol,picture of a pint,of,a,pint,stone,wall,stonewall,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,A,Scots,Whiskys,&,ale,attraction,ad,advert,advertisement,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXBY - . Sign, A fine selection of Scottish Whiskys & ales to accompany our Scottish food. Photographed at Rose St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 15 June 2015. 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 Sign, A fine selection of Scottish Whiskys & ales, ales, Scottish, Scotish, selection, fine, whiskies, food and foods, 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference ETRXBY, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Rose St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXD8 - . The Shoogly Peg pub, Rose St,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK. Photographed on 15 June 2015. The recorded location is 133 Rose Street Edinburgh EH2 4LS, Scotland,UK. Ex Gordon Arms. Looking at the subject's development, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and changing names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history. Historically, beer production links malt, hops, yeast and water with specialist equipment and cellar practice
Images of brewing vessels, casks and handpumps can illustrate both manufacturing and the pub trade that brings cask ale to the customer. For the 2026 context, in England the sector remains under pressure from operating costs and business rates, although eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief/27
That makes historic and contemporary pub photographs particularly relevant to coverage of hospitality, community assets and changing town centres. In 2026, beer culture combines traditional cask ale with craft brewing, cans, keg products and lower-alcohol choices
Photographs of older handpumps and brewery equipment help trace that evolution. The wider historical story is that 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. 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.
133 Rose Street Edinburgh EH2 4LS, Scotland,UK
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Keywords: Famous,stores,scottish,scotch,shops,house,of,fraser,Scotland,Scots,retail,oldest,independent,Charles,Jenner,and,Charles,Kennington,sell,selling,goods,tourist,shopping,architect,William,Hamilton,Beattie,designated,as,a,category,A,listed,building,grade1,Harrods,of,the,North,Royal,Warrant,GoTonySmith,pate,de,foie,gras,boycott,by,the,Duke,and,Duchess,of,Hamilton,48,Princes,St,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,EH2 2YJ,EH22yj appointment crest and logo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXNC - Jenners Department Store, now known simply as Jenners, is a department store located in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the oldest independent department store in Scotland until its acquisition by House of Fraser in 2005
Jenners has maintained its position on Edinburgh's Princes Street since 1838 when it was founded by Charles Jenner and Charles Kennington and known as Kennington & Jenner. The store was run for many years by the Douglas-Miller family, who were descendants of James Kennedy, who took charge of Jenners in 1881.
The original buildings that formed the department store were destroyed by fire in 1892, and in 1893 the Scottish architect William Hamilton Beattie was appointed to design the new store which subsequently opened in 1895.[2] This new building is designated as a category A listed building,[3] and it is noted by the statutory listing that, at Charles Jenner's insistence, the building's caryatids were intended 'to show symbolically that women are the support of the house'. The new store included many technical innovations such as electric lighting and hydraulic lifts.
Known as the Harrods of the North, it has held a Royal Warrant since 1911, and was visited by Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of its 150th anniversary in 1988.
In 2004 it changed its vision statement from its goal to be the most exciting department store outside of London to Confidently Independent. The store made national news in 2007 when it publicised that it would stop selling pate de foie gras, following a boycott by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton
48 Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2YJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXND - Jenners Department Store, now known simply as Jenners, is a department store located in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the oldest independent department store in Scotland until its acquisition by House of Fraser in 2005
Jenners has maintained its position on Edinburgh's Princes Street since 1838 when it was founded by Charles Jenner and Charles Kennington and known as Kennington & Jenner. The store was run for many years by the Douglas-Miller family, who were descendants of James Kennedy, who took charge of Jenners in 1881.
The original buildings that formed the department store were destroyed by fire in 1892, and in 1893 the Scottish architect William Hamilton Beattie was appointed to design the new store which subsequently opened in 1895.[2] This new building is designated as a category A listed building,[3] and it is noted by the statutory listing that, at Charles Jenner's insistence, the building's caryatids were intended 'to show symbolically that women are the support of the house'. The new store included many technical innovations such as electric lighting and hydraulic lifts.
Known as the Harrods of the North, it has held a Royal Warrant since 1911, and was visited by Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of its 150th anniversary in 1988.
In 2004 it changed its vision statement from its goal to be the most exciting department store outside of London to Confidently Independent. The store made national news in 2007 when it publicised that it would stop selling pate de foie gras, following a boycott by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton
48 Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2YJ
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Keywords: Street,Scotland,UK,word,culture,city,capital,taking,to,the,people,scots,scottish,sir,walter,scott,writer,writers,motives,papercuts,paper,cuts,a,project,by,Astrid Jaekel,Astrid,Jeckel,commission,by,Essential,princes,foundation,Gotonysmith,Unesco City of Literature,Unesco,of,Literature,New Town,New,town,Totem signs,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXNF - This Project came about as a result of a commission by Essential Edinburgh and was kindly supported by the Prince's Foundation, Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature and the Roxburghe Hotel.
Rose Street is located in Edinburgh's New Town and is a vibrant pedestrianised zone well known for its shops and many pubs which hosted the 'Rose Street Poets' during the 1950's and 1960's.
The poetry displayed within the frame is by poets associated with Rose Street or Edinburgh and will be rotating with the seasons. All motives are papercuts, cut by hand and then enlarged for print onto large vinyl sheets, printed and fitted to the walls by Totem Signs.
38 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4HQ, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TA - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TC - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TG - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TK - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TP - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TX - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5W3 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5WE - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5WX - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5XB - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5XM - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR62J - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4KYY - . Deacon Brodies Tavern, Royal Mile, Edinburgh,Scotland at dusk. Photographed at Lawnmarket,Royal Mile,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK. 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 Deacon Brodies Tavern, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scots, alehouse, Victorian, dark, pub, Lawnmarket and night, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Lawnmarket,Royal Mile,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M0B - INSCRIPTION:
ON THIS SITE STOOD THE LODGING OF SIR SIMON PRESTON
OF CRAIGMILLAR PROVOST OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH
1566-7 IN WHICH LODGING MARY QUEEN OF SCOTLAND
AFTER HER SURRENDER TO THE CONFEDERATE LORDS
AT CARBERRY HILL SPENT HER LAST NIGHT IN EDIN-
BURGH 15TH JUNE 1567. ON THE FOLLOWING EVENING
SHE WAS CONVEYED TO HOLYROOD AND THEREAFTER
TO LOCHLEVEN CASTLE AS A STATE PRISONER.
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE LORD PROVOST
MAGISTRATES AND COUNCIL OF EDINBURGH
MAR 1894
The Quadrant of the City Chambers, off Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M1M - The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper published from Edinburgh. It was a broadsheet until 16 August 2004. The Scotsman Publications Ltd also issues the Edinburgh Evening News and the Herald & Post series of free newspapers in Edinburgh, Fife, and West Lothian.
As of 2014, it had an audited print circulation of 27,208, down from 35,949 in 2012 (Jan - Aug average) and 42,581 in August 2011. Scotsman.com websites, including the news site, job site, property site, mobile site and others have an average of 119,672 visitors a day.
In 1860 they obtained this purpose built office on Cockburn Street in Edinburgh designed in the Scots baronial style by the architects Peddie & Kinnear.
This backed onto their original offices on the Royal Mile. The building bears the initials JR for John Ritchie the founder of the company. In 1902 they moved to huge new offices at the top of the street, facing onto North Bridge, designed by Dunn & Findlay (Findlay being the son of the then owner).
This huge building had taken three years to build and also had connected printworks on Market Street (now the City Art Centre). The printworks connected below road level direct to Waverley Station in a highly efficient production line.
Cockburn Street, Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M1N - . The Scotsman newsagent and Paper Rack, Cockburn St Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. 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. 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 The Scotsman Paper Rack, Cockburn St Edinburgh, gifts, tobacconists, newsagent, scotsman, souvenirs, epay, paper and rack, 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Cockburn St Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M1Y - . The Scotsman newsagent and Paper Rack, Cockburn St Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. 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. 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 The Scotsman Paper Rack, Cockburn St Edinburgh, gifts, tobacconists, newsagent, scotsman, souvenirs, epay, paper and rack, 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Cockburn St Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXRN6 - . I love Scot Land shop Edinburgh Scotland UK. Photographed at Edinburgh , Scotland, UK. 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. 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 love, Scot, Land, shop, Edinburgh, patriotism, Scots, Scottish, Scotch and independance, 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.
Edinburgh , Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3857 - The current North Bridge is 525 feet (160 m) long and has three spans of arched girders each 175 feet (53 m) feet in length. It is 75 feet (23 m) wide. It was constructed from 1894“1897 by Sir William Arrol & Co., which company is also noted for construction of the Forth Bridge. The design of the ornamentation was by the City architect of the time, Robert Morham.
The foundation stone was laid on 25 May 1896 by the then Lord Provost (the Rt. Hon Andrew McDonald, with Masonic ceremonial. A medal[3] was struck commemorating the opening of the bridge on 15 September 1897.[4] The medal shows a view of the bridge with trains underneath and on the obverse a bust of the by then knighted Sir Andrew McDonald, Lord Provost.[5]
K.O.S.B. Memorial by Birnie Rhind, North Bridge
Situated on the bridge is a war memorial, by sculptor William Birnie Rhind which memorialises soldiers of the King's Own Scottish Borderers killed in campaigns between 1878 and 1902.
At the southern end of the bridge (where it meets the Royal Mile and South Bridge, in the Edinburgh's Old Town) are substantial buildings whose main entrances are at carriageway level but which also have entrances in the valley below. Those on the west side are The Scotsman Hotel, former headquarters of The Scotsman newspaper, alongside a block of commercial premises and flats (Royal Mile Mansions). That on the east housed Patrick Thomson's department store from 1906 until 1976 when its then owner the House of Fraser rebranded it as Arnotts department store. The store closed in 1981 and the building was redeveloped as a hotel and smaller shops.
At the northern end of the bridge, where it meets Princes Street in the New Town, on the west side is the Balmoral Hotel, originally built as the North British Hotel, the North British Railway's hotel serving Waverley Station, which lies below. On the east side is Waverley Gate, originally the Edinburgh General Post Office, now
Northbridge Edinburgh Scotland UK EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED28Y - . Celtic Crafts Real Scot Shop Royal Mile Edinburgh Scotland. 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, shop, celtic, Scottish, Scot, independance, independence, crafts and Royal, 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DED28Y, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED2HN - . Bars and visitors in Rose St Edinburgh old town Scotland. 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 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 Edinburgh, Scots, Rose, Street, bars, Scottish, Scot, independance, independence and narrow, 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.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED415 - . Welcome To Scotland, Apron for your Kitchen, gift souvenir, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, shop in the old town. 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, PVC, Kitchen, Apron, souvenirs, Scottish, Scot, independance and independence, 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.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED45N - . Whitefoord House Canongate Royal Mile , Edinburgh Scotland. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH8 8BS. 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, Whitefoord, Canongate, Royal, Mile, Scottish, Scot, independance and independence, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH8 8BS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED4F2 - Haggis is a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck
minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal's stomach and simmered for approximately three hours.
Sometimes haggis is sold in tins (as in here), or a container which can simply be microwaved or oven-baked. Some supermarket haggis is largely made from pig, rather than sheep, offal.
Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DANJMG - . An example of no on station ticketting at Slateford, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH14 1BX. Photographed on 12 June 2013. Historically, music scenes are shaped by both performers and infrastructure, including rehearsal rooms, record labels, promoters, venues and audiences
Photographs of these details help document local cultural ecosystems that can be lost quickly through redevelopment or evolving entertainment habits. Historically, britain's railways reshaped towns, industry and passenger travel from the nineteenth century onwards, creating a dense network of stations, goods yards, signalling infrastructure and long-distance routes
Surviving buildings, signs and operating equipment now document both railway heritage and continuing public transport. In 2026, live performance and music heritage remain strong drivers of city identity, particularly in places such as Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh
Older gig material and venue photographs help trace the transition from physical tickets and local scenes to digital promotion and streaming. In 2026, rail policy is especially topical: the Railways Bill is progressing through Parliament and is intended to establish Great British Railways as the publicly owned directing mind for track, stations, timetables and passenger services
Older branded stock-photo/gotonysmith-Train.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>trains and station scenes therefore gain additional documentary value during another major restructuring of the industry. The historical context is that live music leaves a material trail through venues, tickets, posters, recording equipment and the buildings associated with bands and labels
These apparently everyday objects become cultural-history evidence as scenes, technologies and venues change or disappear. Other strongly related concepts include concert, music venue, musician, music history, popular culture, music memorabilia, rock music, independent music, fan culture, rail transport, passenger railway, railway station, platform, rolling stock, and train service.
Slateford, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH14 1BX
![iPod Shuffle2 - Reflections [ Torrin to Ergol Isle Of Skye, Scotland, UK ] 6408131259 Isle,Skye,ergol,torrin,totin,coast,island,Scot,Scots,Scottish,Islands,isles,ferry,port,sea,loch,mountains,UK,green,pano,panorama,joiner,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,tonysmithhotpix](https://live.staticflickr.com/7152/6408131259_88cc6315db_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6408131259 - 'Cast - &
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Reflections&
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- Play this track here .
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Cast are an English rock band from Liverpool, formed in 1992 by John Power (vocals, guitar) and Peter Wilkinson (backing vocals, bass) after Power left The La's and Wilkinson's former band Shack had split. Following early line-ups with different guitarists and drummers, Liam &
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Skin&
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Tyson (guitar) and Keith O'Neill (drums) joined Cast in 1993.
Emerging from the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s, Cast signed to Polydor Records and their debut album All Change (1995) became the highest selling album for the label. Further commercial success continued with the albums Mother Nature Calls (1997) and Magic Hour (1999), however the band's fourth album Beetroot (2001) was far less successful which led to the band's split soon after. Cast reunited for a UK tour in November 2010.
Noel Gallagher of Oasis described watching the band live as being like a &
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religious experience&
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and they were labelled &
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The Who of the 90's&
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. It has been suggested that the name &
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Cast&
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was taken from the final word on The La's eponymous album (the song &
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Looking Glass&
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ends with the repeated line &
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The change is cast&
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), though John Power stated when interviewed that this was a coincidence.
Despite never having a number one single or album, nor winning any major awards (although they were once nominated for &
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Best British Newcomer&
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at the 1996 BRIT Awards), Cast still proved to be very popular at their peak of success, with All Change being a multi-platinum seller of 600,000 units.
Elgol (Scottish Gaelic: Ealaghol) is a village on the shores of Loch Scavaig towards the end of the Strathaird peninsula in the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands. According to tradition, its name derives from a battle fought with five ships by Aella, a follower of Vortigern, against the Picts and Scots (\u201cAella-gol\u201d).
The Strathaird peninsula was historically a heartland of the Mackinnons, a robustly Jacobite clan. On 4 July 1746, the Young Pretender found sanctuary at Elgol in the course of his wanderings under the protection of Mackinnon of Mackinnon and Captain John Mackinnon of Elgol. The cave where he is said to have waited for a boat to the mainland (\u201cPrince Charlie\u2019s cave\u201d, or \u201cUamh Phrionnsa\u201d) can still be visited today, a short walk to the south of the village.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1RT - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8G0AJ - . Recorded at Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK in 2010, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The scene records Merry Go Round at dusk Princess St Gardens Edinburgh City Scotland UK. Further facets of the scene include regional identity, high-street commerce, community identity, local history, street-level business, social history, archival record, historical comparison, local character, independent retail, town-centre trading, retail property, place identity, and specialist retailer. The modern context includes continuing discussion of business rates, footfall and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. As a dated visual record of Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include small business, documentary photography, contemporary social history, commercial frontage, changing streetscape, bricks-and-mortar retail, customer footfall, and visual archive. Elements such as Edinburgh, Princess, Round, Gardens, and Merry add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of business rates and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses within the real-world context of Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK. A further contemporary connection is independent business and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK. Image D8G0AJ also remains a dated record of Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK.
Princess St, Edinburgh, Scotland , UK
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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 CEYAE1 - On the Road to Elgol, Isle of Skye, Scotland panorama landscape. A view from the B8083 Broadford to Torrin and Elgol road.
The nearby crofting and fishing village lies on the eastern shore of Loch Slapin, 5 miles (7 km) southwest of Broadford (An t-Àth Leathann), on the road to Elgol (Ealaghol). There is a mixture of Victorian white-washed cottages and modern flat-pack houses. The village boasts good views of Blaven and Loch Slapin.
Torrin sits on Durness limestone. There is an abundance of trees and varied plant flora, including more than a dozen species of orchids. Much of the area is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation.
There are five working crofts in Torrin with cattle and sheep. The common grazing extends north onto the surrounding red granite hills Beinn Dearg Mhòr (709m) and Beinn Dearg Bheag (584m) and beyond the head of Loch Slapin
Elgol Road from Broadford, Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Highlands, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3811386220 - 'I had another try at this, with a tripod. Two shots with a 10mm lens joined as a panorama, hence some cutoff.
The debating chamber contains a shallow elliptical horseshoe of seating for the MSPs, with the governing party or parties sitting in the middle of the semicircle and opposition parties on either side, similar to other European legislatures. Such a layout is intended to blur political divisions and principally reflects the desire to encourage consensus amongst elected members. This is in contrast to the 'adversarial' layout reminiscent of other Westminster style national legislatures, including the House of Commons, where government and opposition sit apart and facing one another
The most notable feature of the chamber is the roof. The roof is supported by a structure of laminated oak beams joined with a total of 112 stainless steel connectors (each slightly different), which in turn are suspended on steel rods from the walls.
Such a structure enables the debating chamber to span over 30 metres (100 ft) without any supporting columns. In entering the chamber, MSPs pass under a stone lintel\u2014the Arniston Stone\u2014that was once part of the pre-1707 Parliament building, Parliament House. The use of the Arniston Stone in the structure of the debating chamber symbolises the connection between the historical Parliament of Scotland and the present day Scottish Parliament.
Note that photographs cannot be taken while parliament is in session.
On 2 March 2006, a beam in the roof of the debating chamber swung loose from its hinges during a debate, resulting in the evacuation of the debating chamber and the suspension of parliamentary business. Parliament moved to other premises while the whole roof structure was inspected and remedial works were carried out. The structural engineers, Arup, stated that the problem with the collapsed beam was entirely due to the failure of one bolt and the absence of another. There was no design fault. The engineers concluded, in a report to MSPs, that the damage is likely to have been done during construction work on the chamber roof, in the latter phases of the project. The report also indicated that whilst one of the bolts was missing, the other was broken and had damaged threads commensurate with being over tightened or jammed, which twisted the head off, or came close to doing so.
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Keywords: EH1,Scottish,Scot,scots,independance,independence,on,sale,in,a,shop,greengrocer,greengrocers,regional,journalism,provinces,province,provincial,local,under,threat,demise,of,decline,declining,circulation,reduce,paper,read,readers,killed,by,the,internet,united,kingdom,Gotonysmith press regulation,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED335 - Photo shows The Scotsman newspaper on sale in Edinburgh Scotland. The image is useful for illustrating British and Irish pub culture, real ale, traditional bars, hospitality, visitor economy stories and the continued importance of pubs as social places. Where a named pub, brewery, beer pump, pint glass or drinking street is visible, it can support articles on licensed premises, cask ale, CAMRA interest, tourism, nightlife, local character and changing high streets. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Edinburgh, Scotland, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Visible wording, branding or signage noted in the supplied caption should be kept as search evidence because it helps buyers looking for specific editorial concepts, public messages, commercial streets, transport detail or local identity. Weather and season may be visible outside or through the setting
the subject has clear hospitality and leisure value. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CW6M7F - . Recorded at Scotland, UK, this image forms part of the visual story.htm Target=_Blank>history of the locality and the activity, building, object or service shown. At the heart of the image is The Royal bank of Scotland PLC, ten Pound note, with pound coins, Scottish Sterling Currency,plastic notes. Other aspects of the subject include documentary photography, place identity, historic townscape, period detail, architectural contrast, cityscape history, archival record, changing streetscape, community identity, heritage landmark, public realm, local history, traditional masonry, and conservation interest. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with embodied carbon, heritage conservation and preserving local identity during urban change. The photograph fixes commercial identity and local use within Scotland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. A second layer of the scene includes built heritage, contemporary history, period building, heritage asset, visual archive, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, and everyday Britain. Elements such as Scotland, plastic, Pound, notes, and Currency add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. The period setting at Scotland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the specific setting of Scotland, UK. The image also provides a reference for maintenance and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character as part of the longer story of Scotland, UK. The wider significance includes energy retrofit and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development when considered against later change at Scotland, UK. The image adds a further period reference to the visual history of Scotland, UK.
Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HK3H36 - . This scene at Almada St, Hamilton, Scotland, UK ML3 0AA in 2017 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. At the centre of the view is South Lanarkshire Council HQ at dusk,Almada St, Hamilton ML3 0AA. Another layer of the photograph includes period detail, changing land use, local character, changing streetscape, public realm, regional identity, architectural detail, contemporary social history, community identity, place identity, adaptive reuse, cityscape history, documentary photography, and visual archive. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into tourism and adaptive reuse, not least because of how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around Almada St, Hamilton, Scotland, UK ML3 0AA before different community use alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with conservation architecture, period building, architectural character, period architecture, heritage asset, historic streetscape, historic townscape, and built heritage. References to Lanarkshire, Hamilton, Almada, and Council give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Almada St, Hamilton, Scotland, UK ML3 0AA matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is tourism and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism in a form that can be compared with future views of Almada St, Hamilton, Scotland, UK ML3 0AA. The wider significance includes energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the real-world context of Almada St, Hamilton, Scotland, UK ML3 0AA.
Almada St, Hamilton, Scotland, UK ML3 0AA
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5W4 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR637 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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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
