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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,staycation,UK holiday,UK holidays,in,rail,summer,English,England,poster,vintage,historic,British,advertising,seaside resort,Essex,coast,travel,LMS,LNER railway,London Midland and Scottish,London and North Eastern Railway,1940s,1940,tourism,at,retro,holiday,artwork,golden age,of,railways,nostalgic,seaside,family holiday,coastal,pier,Cliff Gardens
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F0K3K5 - Colourful vintage railway poster promotes Happy Holidays at Sunny Southend-on-Sea , presenting the Essex resort as an inviting destination for family leisure and rail tourism. Produced jointly for the London Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway, the design dates from around 1945“1947 and belongs to the golden age of British transport advertising.
The illustration shows a cheerful family walking through landscaped clifftop gardens above the Thames Estuary. Below them are the seafront, pleasure grounds, beach, promenade and Southend Pier stretching dramatically into the water. A white seabird flies beside the bold yellow and orange lettering, reinforcing the optimistic coastal holiday imagery. The scene combines a panoramic bird's-eye view with idealised figures, flowers and bright summer colours intended to encourage day trips and longer stays by train.
Southend developed rapidly as a seaside resort after railway connections arrived in the nineteenth century. The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway reached the town in 1856, while the Great Eastern Railway opened another route in 1889. Easy access from London helped Southend become one of southern England's best-known destinations for working families and excursion traffic. Its pier, projecting far into the shallow Thames Estuary, became the defining feature of the resort.
The prominent curved sun shelter and Cliff Gardens represented in railway publicity formed part of Southend's interwar investment in its seafront. The shelter was completed in 1928 and survives on Westcliff Parade as a Grade II listed structure. Posters such as this are important examples of commercial graphic art, showing how railway companies sold not merely transport but an idealised experience of sunshine, fresh air, family recreation and modern mobility. The surviving design is held in the Science Museum Group collection under object number 1978-9514
the artist is not identified in the official catalogue.
Westcliff Parade, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK, SS0 7QH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,United Kingdom,human,and,Merseyside,Liverpool,seaside,sand,beach,men,man,sunset,evening,beaches,sands,artists,own,naked,body,bodies,Gormley,Gormleys,Sefton,Metropolitan Borough,Council,artwork,sculpture,sculptures,L22 1RR,L22,dusk,at,rude,statues,Gormly
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R27C29 - . Antony Gormley, Another Place artwork sculpture, cast iron figures, located between Waterloo and Blundellsands, Merseyside, UK,. Photographed on 11 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Mariners Road, Crosby Beach, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L23 6SX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include United Kingdom, human, Merseyside, Liverpool, seaside, sand, beach, men, man, sunset, evening, beaches, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include sands, artists, own, naked, body, bodies, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information.
Mariners Road, Crosby Beach, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L23 6SX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Conway,Wales,north,UK,port,seaside,harbour,dusk,Cymru,Conwy,North Wales,LL32 8BE,night,on,the,shore,dockside,haunted,by,a,ghost,legend,history,historic,beer,garden,benches,sinister,monk,who,predicts,death and misfortune,vanilla,medieval,cargoes,Trevor Gresty
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PH9MCD - A SINISTER monk who predicts death and misfortune is just one of the ghosts reported to haunt the Liverpool Arms pub in Conwy.
Legend has it that sightings of the sinister monk are said to warn of a death or some form of bad luck, and a strong smell of vanilla, one of the medieval cargoes carried by ships, has coincided with appearances.
The ghost of the cook is accompanied by an unexplained smell of roast beef that has lingered in the pub, whilst the ghost of a landlord is said to be that of a man who drowned in the estuary.
Looking back in the Weekly News archives, speaking in June 1980, former landlord Jacqui Plumb said she had often had objects mysteriously disappear in the pub and reported a terrified visitor claiming the bed in the pub's attic shaking violently.
But Jacqui herself saw the spectre of the monk right after a member of her family was involved in a serious accident.
I went into the spare bedroom. This is the tower room and it was about 4pm. When I opened the door I saw him just across the room, a monk with his hands together kneeling and praying, she said.
I was so amazed that I closed my eyes and shook my head to make sure I was actually seeing something. I opened my eyes and he was still there.
Later in the April of 1991, barman Andrew Young, 20, was working in the pub when he claimed he encountered a ghostly apparition at the back of the pub.
Andrew, of the Castle View Estate, claimed a ghost standing at around six and a half feet in height made a lunge for him, causing him to drop a crate of beer and rip his shirt. He claimed the ghost was accompanied by a small boy.
He kept beckoning me over and over again but every time he came forward I moved back, he said.
Then he came at me with a look of pure evil and I just panicked. I have never been so scared in my life.
The landlord at the time, Trevor Gresty, even reported the incident to the Bass Brewery.
Lower Gate Street, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL32 8BE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Conway,Wales,north,UK,port,seaside,harbour,Cymru,evening,at,yacht,and,other,LL28 4NG,LL28,blue,hour,light,lighting,tide,tidal,shore,shoreline,BS20,trawler,trawling,Martina Rose,hull,Cornwall,Beaumaris,registered,vessel,Potter,1980-2021+,Totton,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PH9MCF - . This location-specific image from Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG in 2023 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Conwy harbour at dusk, yachts Martina Rose BS20 fishing and other boats, walled market town, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG. The frame also records themes of local history, local character, working waterway, heritage boating, regional identity, inland boating, changing land use, canal heritage, community identity, blue-green corridor, contemporary social history, public realm, navigation engineering, and waterborne transport. For current editorial use, navigation and volunteering provide additional context, especially through the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include visual archive, inland navigation, changing streetscape, documentary photography, lock flight, canal infrastructure, industrial waterway history, and place identity. Details involving Martina, walled, yachts, fishing, and Conwy make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of navigation and the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational in a form that can be compared with future views of Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG.
Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,evening,UK,Cymru,port,Conway,seaside,harbour,north,Wales,at,yacht,and,other,LL28 4NG,LL28,blue,hour,light,lighting,looking,west,towards,Llandudno Junction,tide,tidal,shore,shoreline,history,historic,tourist,attraction,coast,harbours
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHEHBD - . This dated editorial view of Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG in 2023 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The principal subject is Conwy harbour at dusk, yachts fishing and other boats, walled market town, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG looking towards Llandudno. Another layer of the photograph includes changing land use, period detail, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, shopfront economy, commercial frontage, street-level business, specialist retailer, local history, everyday life, local enterprise, regional identity, high-street commerce, and local character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of footfall, business rates and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. As a dated visual record of Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include changing streetscape, documentary photography, retail property, small business, specialist shop, independent retail, town-centre trading, and community identity. References to boats, looking, towards, Borough, and Wales give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is footfall and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets as part of the longer story of Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG. The photograph keeps a trace of local identity within the wider story of Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG.
Conwy harbour, Conwy County Borough, North Wales, UK, LL28 4NG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Filey,Yorkshire,North Yorkshire,Seaside,YO14,on a beach,near Filey,a,detecting,detector,sand,on,Filey beach,lost,instrument,watches,rings,pickup coil,tone,meter,looking,find,finding,hobby,inductive,sensor,hobbies,flat,cap,prospecting,beach combing,hunting,for,jewellery,club,finds,unsupervised
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4MPX6 - There are various types of hobby activities involving metal detectors:
Prospecting is looking for valuable metals like gold, silver, and copper
Metal detectors are also used to search for discarded or lost,[31] valuable man-made objects such as jewelry, mobile phones, cameras and other devices. Some metal detectors are waterproof, to allow the user to search for submerged objects in areas of shallow water.
General metal detecting is very similar to coin shooting except the user is after any type of historical artifact. Detectorists may be dedicated to preserving historical artifacts, and often have considerable expertise. Coins, bullets, buttons, axe heads, and buckles are just a few of the items that are commonly found by relic hunters
in general the potential is far greater in Europe and Asia than in many other parts of the world. More valuable finds in Britain alone include the Staffordshire Hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, sold for £3,285,000, the gold Celtic Newark Torc, the Ringlemere Cup, West Bagborough Hoard, Milton Keynes Hoard, Roman Crosby Garrett Helmet, Stirling Hoard, Collette Hoard and thousands of smaller finds.
Beach combing is hunting for lost coins or jewelry on a beach. Beach hunting can be as simple or as complicated as one wishes to make it. Many dedicated beach hunters also familiarize themselves with tide movements and beach erosion.
Metal detecting clubs exist for hobbyists to learn from others, show off finds from their hunts and to learn more about the hobby.
Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO14 9LA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Filey,Yorkshire,North Yorkshire,Seaside,YO14,on a beach,near Filey,a,detecting,detector,sand,on,Filey beach,lost,instrument,watches,rings,pickup coil,tone,meter,looking,find,finding,hobby,inductive,sensor,hobbies,flat,cap,prospecting,beach combing,hunting,for,jewellery,club,finds,unsupervised
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4MPX9 - There are various types of hobby activities involving metal detectors:
Prospecting is looking for valuable metals like gold, silver, and copper
Metal detectors are also used to search for discarded or lost,[31] valuable man-made objects such as jewelry, mobile phones, cameras and other devices. Some metal detectors are waterproof, to allow the user to search for submerged objects in areas of shallow water.
General metal detecting is very similar to coin shooting except the user is after any type of historical artifact. Detectorists may be dedicated to preserving historical artifacts, and often have considerable expertise. Coins, bullets, buttons, axe heads, and buckles are just a few of the items that are commonly found by relic hunters
in general the potential is far greater in Europe and Asia than in many other parts of the world. More valuable finds in Britain alone include the Staffordshire Hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, sold for £3,285,000, the gold Celtic Newark Torc, the Ringlemere Cup, West Bagborough Hoard, Milton Keynes Hoard, Roman Crosby Garrett Helmet, Stirling Hoard, Collette Hoard and thousands of smaller finds.
Beach combing is hunting for lost coins or jewelry on a beach. Beach hunting can be as simple or as complicated as one wishes to make it. Many dedicated beach hunters also familiarize themselves with tide movements and beach erosion.
Metal detecting clubs exist for hobbyists to learn from others, show off finds from their hunts and to learn more about the hobby.
Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO14 9LA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Yorkshire,England,UK,YO14 9BZ,Entrance to Northcliffe House,Filey,North Yorkshire,door,entrance,to,House,Victorian,grand,home,residence,residential,area,district,garden,gardens,holiday,vacation,resort,sea,seaside,coast,east,English,tourist,tourism,travel,staycation,stone,arched,sandstone,arch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M1MNGC - II House. 1891-93. By W. Brierley for Miss E. Clarke. Jacobethan style. Dressed sandstone
ashlar dressings
tiled roof. Main front: 2 storeys, 5 bays, gabled at ends and centre with attics, recessed between. Off-centre castellated porch with dated cartouche over basket arch. Gabled bay to right has 2-storey, 3 window canted bay, with castellated parapet. Mullion windows with square leaded lights throughout, with transoms to ground floor. Moulded first floor band. Coped gables with ball finials. C20 dormers. Rear: 3-light mullion and double transom staircase window with trefoil heads and decorative glazing. At end left is a 3-storey castellated tower with raised bands at first floor, eaves and parapet levels. 3-storey canted bay to seaward front. Left front: former service range with conical-roofed kitchen and scrolled, bracketed eaves. Irregular stacks pierce the pitched roof. A number of Arts and Crafts wrought iron features survive including a filigree bell pull to right of porch entrance, a lantern within the porch, and a bracketed bell hung over the kitchen yard.
FILEY CARGATE HILL (north side) , Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO14 9BZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,Filey,coast,coastal,for,dogs,sign,dog,friendly,deserts,pet,treat,treats,signs,signage,novelty,fun,product,pavement,A-board,seaside,hot,day,pet friendly café,dog friendly shop sign,Marshfield Farm Scoops,canine treats,dog owners lifestyle,humorous sign,colourful illustrated sign,hand painted style sign,outdoor retail advertising,small business marketing,independent retailer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD23P1 - This image shows a pavement A-board sign advertising Scoops dog ice cream from Marshfield Farm. The sign promotes ice cream specifically made for dogs, describing it as a frozen treat that gets tails wagging, and features playful illustrations and bold, hand-painted style lettering.
Dog ice cream products like this have become increasingly popular in the UK as part of the growth in pet-friendly cafés, tourist destinations, and retail businesses catering to dog owners. Such signage is commonly displayed outside cafés, ice cream parlours, and seaside or rural businesses where dogs are welcomed.
Marshfield Farm is a well-known UK ice cream producer, and its Scoops range reflects wider trends toward niche, novelty, and animal-friendly food products. The sign combines humour and clear messaging to attract attention from passing dog owners.
The photograph works well for editorial use illustrating pet culture, small business marketing, dog-friendly tourism, and everyday retail creativity in public spaces.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,stained glass,advert,place,destination,town,city,Lancashire,Yorkshire,rail,train,network,railway,sign,on,station,Victorian,glass,ironwork,red,black,ornate glass,glasswork,M3,mainline,words,Edwardian,neo-Baroque,style,Crosby,Ormskirk,Preston,PR8,Sefton Council,seaside,surge,holiday bookings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYNX1B - Architecture and features
The original M&LR single-storey offices facing Hunt's Bank Approach were built in the Italianate style in sandstone ashlar with slate roofs in 1844. They were later enlarged and given a second storey. William Dawes built the station's larger extension for the L&YR in 1909. It is at right-angles to the north end of the old station giving the enlarged station an L-shaped plan. Facing Victoria Station Approach, its façade is in the Edwardian neo-Baroque style, four storeys high and 31 bays to the rounded corner at the south-east end. The ground floor windows have rounded heads and those on the floors above are square. The ornate glass and iron canopy along the façade displays the names of destinations that the station served in Art Nouveau lettering. The canopy was damaged by the Provisional IRA's 1996 bomb placed in a street adjacent to the Arndale Centre and was restored four years later.
Heritage features in the concourse were restored during the 2013-15 renovation, they include the café with its glass dome and mosaic lettering which was originally the first-class dining room, the adjacent bookstall, and the original 1909 wood-panelled booking hall. In the entrance is a large, white glazed tiled map showing the former network of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
Underneath the map is a bronze World War I war memorial with effigies of Saint George and Saint Michael at each end which was installed in 1923. At the south end of the concourse is the 'soldier's gate' which opened to the former fish docks from where thousands of soldiers departed for World War I and where a bronze plaque was erected to commemorate them. The gateway was restored in 2015 and a steel screen inserted featuring a map of World War I Commonwealth grave cemeteries in Northern France and Belgium.
The station received Grade II listed building status in 1988
Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,FY1,sarcasm,sarcastic,unusual,names,cafe,shop,store,Lancs,England,UK,FY1 6DJ,Café open,Renarts Cafe,open,sign,outside,front,infront,in,bored,boring,Dont pass,by,being Bored,seaside,humourus,fun,restaurant,cafes,interesting,greasy spoon,greasy spoons,funny,signs,left out,business rate cut
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRB2XF - . An on-location photograph from 156 Lytham Rd, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6DJ in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The image documents Café open, Renarts Cafe Don't pass by being Bored, come in and be fed up ! - 156 Lytham Rd, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6DJ. The broader subject matter reaches into consumer retail, shopfront economy, high-street commerce, bricks-and-mortar retail, before-and-after reference, commercial streetscape, licensed hospitality, regional identity, contemporary social history, visual archive, night-time economy, commercial frontage, historical comparison, and independent trading. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with business rates, hospitality costs and how branded and independent hospitality compete for changing leisure spending. The modern context includes continuing discussion of consumer spending, store closures and how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around 156 Lytham Rd, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6DJ before changed technology alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes archival record, public realm, food-and-drink business, casual dining, local social venue, customer-facing leisure, place identity, and neighbourhood drinking venue. The combination of Blackpool, Lancs, Lytham, being, and Bored anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at 156 Lytham Rd, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6DJ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. It also preserves a trace of local identity for future local research. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
156 Lytham Rd, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6DJ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,FY4,Lancashire,England,UK,FY4 2AB,Waterloo,kitchen,Lancs,historic,history,cafes,interesting,greasy spoon,greasy spoons,art,deco,old,heritage,blue,sky,blues,MUFC,classic,attractive,ornate,unique,preserved,Man City,MCFC,seaside,coastal,soffit,front,frontage,left out of,business rate cut,left out
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRB2XT - . An identifiable period record of 103 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 2AB in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows The Art Deco cafe at 103 Waterloo Kitchen, 103 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 2AB. The frame also records themes of documentary photography, street-level dining, before-and-after reference, pub heritage, mixed-use redevelopment, period architecture, commercial redevelopment, heritage-led regeneration, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, public-realm investment, historic townscape, neighbourhood drinking venue, built heritage, and urban fabric. The wider contemporary story combines consumer spending, food inflation and the pressure on customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with commercial viability, adaptive reuse and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at 103 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 2AB, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The surrounding story also includes changing streetscape, contemporary social history, regional identity, place-making, food-and-drink business, period detail, community pub, and urban regeneration. Details involving Kitchen, Blackpool, Waterloo, and Lancashire make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 103 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 2AB helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image fixes a local visual benchmark as part of 103 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 2AB's history. It also preserves a point of historical comparison for future local research.
103 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 2AB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,8,old,GPO,Abingdon Street. Blackpool,Lancashire,England,UK,FY1 4DH,FY1,K4,box,outside,ex-post,post,office,on,traditional,British,phone,phones,resort,seaside,centre,telephones,BT,OpenReach,telecommunications,before,the,age,of,mobile,mobiles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JREBJE - . Recorded at Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The frame specifically shows Eight Telephone boxes outside ex-post office on Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH. The setting additionally reflects changing streetscape, documentary photography, adaptive reuse, archival record, built heritage, visual archive, place-making, historic townscape, social history, local history, everyday life, before-and-after reference, changing land use, and architectural character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of adaptive reuse, construction costs and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. As a dated visual record of Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH, the frame retains commercial use and occupation, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include place identity, urban fabric, local character, community identity, public-realm investment, period architecture, commercial redevelopment, and mixed-use redevelopment. Elements such as Lancashire, ex-post, outside, Eight, and boxes add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate adaptive reuse and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity within the specific setting of Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,UK,fun,family,Pats,ten,pence,10p,165,FY1 5BE,tower,behind,gamble,gambling,gateway,family fun,amusement,seaside,prom,pastime,pastimes,families,resort,vacation,vacations,town,centre,sunny,blue skies,blue sky,coastal,charm,charms,diversions,Scott Benton
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM3K7 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 165 The Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BE in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The principal subject is Pats 10p prize bingo, with tower behind, 165 The Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BE. The subject also carries associations with historic townscape, local history, period architecture, contemporary social history, architectural character, public realm, adaptive reuse, public-realm investment, regional identity, civic architecture, social history, everyday life, changing streetscape, and changing land use. The modern context includes continuing discussion of heritage conservation, construction costs and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at 165 The Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BE, details that may look very different after altered transport patterns. The wider setting retains connections with historical comparison, mixed-use redevelopment, before-and-after reference, urban fabric, period detail, heritage-led regeneration, town-centre renewal, and visual archive. The combination of prize, bingo, Lancashire, tower, and Blackpool anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at 165 The Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BE matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects heritage conservation and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity when considered against later change at 165 The Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BE. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark for future local research.
165 The Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,candy,60p,boiled,E Numbers,colours,coloured,peppermint,spearmint,Mint,Peardrop,Aniseed,Fruit,Fizzy Cola,sweets,FY1,rock,mix,mixed,mint,minty,seaside,experience,experiences,sugar,rush,sugar-rush,rotten,teeth,rotting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM3XW - Rock (often known by its place of origin, for instance Blackpool rock or Brighton rock) is a type of hard stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery most usually flavoured with peppermint or spearmint. It is commonly sold at tourist (usually seaside) resorts in the United Kingdom (such as Brighton, Southend-on-Sea, Scarborough, Llandudno or Blackpool) and Ireland (e.g. Bray and Strandhill)
in Gibraltar
in Denmark in towns such as Løkken and Ebeltoft
and in Sydney and Tasmania, Australia.
It usually takes the form of a cylindrical stick (a stick of rock), normally 1“2.5 cm (0.39“0.98 in) in diameter and 20“25 cm (7.9“9.8 in) long. Blackpool rock is usually at least 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in diameter, and can be as thick as 17 cm (6.7 in) across and up to 2 m (6.6 ft) long when made for special retail displays. These cylinders usually have a pattern embedded throughout the length, which is often the name of the resort where the rock is sold, so that the name can be read on both ends of the stick (reversed at one end) and remains legible even after pieces are bitten off. Rock is also manufactured as a promotional item, for example with a company name running through it.
It is sometimes found in the form of individual sweets, with writing or a pattern in the centre
these are, in effect, slices of rock.
Blackpool central promenade ,Lancashire, England, UK, FY1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,seaside,coast,North West,NW,Lord,st,sea,PR90QG,PR9,PR8,Sefton Council,town centre,towns,memorial,memorials,remembrance,day,November,poppy,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,needle,needles,site,tourist,tourism,staycation,history,heritage,historic,popular,shops,shopping,retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHPYFH - . An on-location photograph from Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, England,UK, PR9 0QG in 2022, 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 War Memorial, Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, England,UK, PR9 0QG. The subject also carries associations with British seaside culture, built heritage, contemporary social history, architectural character, traditional holiday town, resort heritage, local history, visitor attraction, architectural detailing, historic townscape, historic streetscape, coastal tourism, social history, and traditional structure. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into embodied carbon and energy retrofit, not least because of how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use. Today's relevance is strengthened by heritage attractions, visitor spending and the continuing question of the vulnerability of resort economies to seasonality and changing visitor habits. Small period details of materials and architectural details at Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, England,UK, PR9 0QG may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The wider setting retains connections with period building, changing land use, local character, local landmark, archival record, seaside souvenir, visual archive, and place identity. References to Memorial, Southport, and Merseyside give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, England,UK, PR9 0QG, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of embodied carbon and the tension between conservation and redevelopment when considered against later change at Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, England,UK, PR9 0QG.
Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, England,UK, PR9 0QG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8B8 - Southport's War Memorial is located in the London Square Memorial Garden, on Lord Street. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 1247 Service men and three women, who gave their lives in the Great War.
The Memorial
Southport's War Memorial in London Square is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
The material used for construction was Portland stone, and the structure consists of two colonnades and a central obelisk. Each colonnade has one small chapel at each end, and memorial gardens surround the colonnades, which contain Remembrance fountains and pools. Names of the fallen appear for World War One on the chapel walls, and panels have been added to the inside of the colonnades for World War Two and subsequent conflicts.
Public subscription for the Southport war memorial, to extend the hospital, and to provide grants for bereaved children was established after a meeting on 14th February 1919. A War Memorial Committee was formed to raise the money. A total of £31,854 was raised, and a competition was launched for the memorial's design. Sir Reginald Blomfield R.A. was appointed as adviser and assessor for the competition and the design entries were exhibited at Southport Art Gallery. Sir Reginald announced the first prize to Messrs Grayson and Barnish, based at the Royal Liver Building, Liverpool. After a second set of tenders Messrs W. Moss and Sons of Loughborough, Liverpool and London were commissioned as main contractors. Mr Herbert Tyson Smith, a sculptor from Liverpool was commissioned for the carving of inscriptions and 1133 names on the Roll of Honour.
Unveiling Ceremony
On November 18th 1923, an official procession began at the Town Hall, passed the Art Gallery and went via Eastbank Street, Chapel Street and London Street, arriving at London Square. The National Anthem was followed by the Mayor's speech (Mr. Alderman Aveling J.P) before the General Salute was sounded.
London Square, Lord street, Lancashire, England, UK, PR8 1AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8CH - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Southport, Merseyside, England, UK in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. At the centre of the view is County Borough of Southport steel grid, Southport, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, UK. The setting additionally reflects historic freight equipment, resort heritage, industrial material culture, regional identity, traditional confectionery, manufacturing landscape, everyday life, community identity, contemporary social history, coastal leisure, changing land use, seaside retail, British seaside culture, and seaside souvenir. Today's relevance is strengthened by weather dependence, visitor spending and the continuing question of the vulnerability of resort economies to seasonality and changing visitor habits. From a 2025-onward perspective, manufacturing decline and embodied carbon are closely linked to this subject, alongside recording the industries and transport systems that shaped British towns. Future viewers can use this scene from Southport, Merseyside, England, UK to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The location also brings in documentary photography, visitor attraction, coastal visitor economy, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, factory heritage, engineering history, and production infrastructure. The recorded references to Southport, steel, County, Lancashire, and Borough preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Southport, Merseyside, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes weather dependence and the vulnerability of resort economies to seasonality and changing visitor habits as part of the longer story of Southport, Merseyside, England, UK.
Southport, Merseyside, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8CJ - . Preston Bank, Victorian historic bank building, Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, Lancs,England, UK, PR9. Photographed on 10 July 2022. The recorded location is Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, Preston, England, UK, PR9. Established in 1844. Acquired Limited Liability in 1883. Amalgamated with London & Midland Bank Limited in 1894. Category: English & Welsh Joint Stock Banks
Family: Midland Bank. The wider historical story is that cash, banknotes and banking equipment document the everyday financial system before contactless cards and mobile payments became dominant
Bank buildings, notes, coins, cheques and cash machines also trace the history of regional banking, savings institutions and the changing design of money. The historical context is that buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Stonework, brickwork, windows, signs and decorative details can survive changes of ownership and use, allowing photographs to document both architectural style and the evolution of a street. In historical terms, older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. In the present 2026 context, access to cash remains a live issue despite the growth of cards and mobile payments
FCA rules now require major banks and building societies to protect reasonable local access to cash, so photographs of cashpoints, banknotes and closed branches can help illustrate the tension between digital banking and physical financial services. The subject remains topical in 2026 because the reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside conservation, embodied carbon and town-centre regeneration
Images of older façades and converted premises can therefore illustrate both architectural heritage and the practical pressures of adapting.
Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, Preston, England, UK, PR9
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8DC - . Manchester & County Bank Ltd, Victorian historic bank building, Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, Lancs,England, UK, PR9. Photographed on 10 July 2022. The recorded location is Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, Preston, England, UK, PR9. Manchester & County Bank Limited
Established in 1862. Name changed to County Bank Limited in November 1934 before merging with the District Bank Limited in 1935. Category: English & Welsh Joint Stock Banks
Family: National Westminster Bank. As background, banking imagery can range from grand Victorian branch architecture to the small physical objects of personal finance
Together, notes, coins, cards, cheques and cashpoints chart a shift from cash and branch-based services towards electronic and online banking. Looking at the subject's development, architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal changing technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history. Historically, heritage photography is particularly useful where buildings or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. Against the 2026 backdrop, cash is used less often than in earlier decades but remains important, particularly for vulnerable consumers and some small businesses
FCA access-to-cash rules require designated banks and building societies to assess local provision and address significant gaps, making photographs of ATMs, notes and former branches relevant to financial inclusion. For the 2026 context, current regeneration policy places growing emphasis on reusing established buildings and strengthening town centres.
Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, Preston, England, UK, PR9
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8DD - . This authentic period view of 3a Chapel Street, Southport , Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK, PR8 1AE in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Ornate building at 3a Chapel St, Marble Place Shopping Centre, Southport , Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK, PR8 1AE. Another layer of the photograph includes bricks-and-mortar retail, seaside souvenir, documentary photography, coastal leisure, contemporary social history, traditional holiday town, changing streetscape, customer footfall, local character, everyday life, place identity, resort heritage, high-street commerce, and period detail. For current editorial use, business rates and online shopping provide additional context, especially through the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies. Current relevance extends to retail pressure and domestic tourism, particularly through the role of regeneration in keeping coastal destinations competitive. Future viewers can use this scene from 3a Chapel Street, Southport , Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK, PR8 1AE to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after new ownership. Further associations within the scene are archival record, day-trip culture, consumer retail, traditional confectionery, brand-led retail, regional identity, historical comparison, and retail property. Details involving Merseyside, Marble, building, Shopping, and Sefton make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at 3a Chapel Street, Southport , Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK, PR8 1AE matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The record includes details of everyday use for later comparison.
3a Chapel Street, Southport , Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK, PR8 1AE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC40WD - Climbing Wall, Barry Island Eastern Promenade
If you were to fly into Cardiff Airport these days on a clear day and look towards Barry Island, you would see the words YNYS Y BARRI BARRY ISLAND writ large on the wall along the Eastern Promenade. The large scale letters have been formed from colourful, quirky climbing holds and other acrylic shapes of buckets, trains, flip flops, ice cream cones, anchors, fish
The 2014 Celfwaith commission to create a climbing wall was part of a major refurbishment scheme on Barry Island, including structural works to the Eastern end of the Promenade
Early in 2014 Celfwaith appointed Becky Adams to collaborate on consultation meetings and workshops with youth groups at Area 41 and Barry Island, pupils at Barry Island Primary School, and the Barry Island Historical Society.
Gordon Young was appointed to create the climbing wall and had previous experience of creating climbing and bouldering structures in Blackpool. However, his proposal for Barry Island was completely different and captured the fun, colourful and tongue-in-cheek character of the place popularised by Gavin & Stacey.
Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC40WF - Climbing Wall, Barry Island Eastern Promenade
If you were to fly into Cardiff Airport these days on a clear day and look towards Barry Island, you would see the words YNYS Y BARRI BARRY ISLAND writ large on the wall along the Eastern Promenade. The large scale letters have been formed from colourful, quirky climbing holds and other acrylic shapes of buckets, trains, flip flops, ice cream cones, anchors, fish
The 2014 Celfwaith commission to create a climbing wall was part of a major refurbishment scheme on Barry Island, including structural works to the Eastern end of the Promenade
Early in 2014 Celfwaith appointed Becky Adams to collaborate on consultation meetings and workshops with youth groups at Area 41 and Barry Island, pupils at Barry Island Primary School, and the Barry Island Historical Society.
Gordon Young was appointed to create the climbing wall and had previous experience of creating climbing and bouldering structures in Blackpool. However, his proposal for Barry Island was completely different and captured the fun, colourful and tongue-in-cheek character of the place popularised by Gavin & Stacey.
Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC40WH - . This authentic period view of Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents The sugar rock shop, Barry Island, Vale Of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK - Home of Gavin and Stacey BBC TV Sitcom. Another layer of the photograph includes high-street commerce, coastal visitor economy, visual archive, bricks-and-mortar retail, traditional confectionery, changing streetscape, community identity, social history, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, town-centre economy, day-trip culture, retail property, and shopping district. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into visitor spending and town-centre renewal, not least because of the vulnerability of resort economies to seasonality and changing visitor habits. Today's relevance is strengthened by consumer spending, business rates and the continuing question of how consumer spending patterns reshape commercial streets. As a dated visual record of Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include contemporary social history, shopfront economy, public realm, physical store, tourism retail, retail chain, archival record, and period detail. Elements such as Island, Stacey, sugar, Glamorgan, and Gavin add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene captures a point of historical comparison within the wider story of Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ.
Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC40WN - . This scene at Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ in 2022 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 defining feature is Souvenirs for sale at Barry Island, Vale Of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK - Home of Gavin and Stacey BBC TV Ruth Jones Sitcom. The frame also records themes of coastal tourism, city-centre public space, pedestrian square, seaside retail, archival record, informal play space, contemporary social history, urban gathering place, local character, family recreation, visual archive, resort heritage, period detail, and changing streetscape. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with retail pressure, town-centre renewal and how nostalgic retail remains part of the seaside experience. The modern context includes continuing discussion of heatwaves, urban cooling and how active public realms support footfall and neighbourhood vitality. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ before replacement signage alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include coastal visitor economy, place identity, documentary photography, historical comparison, holiday resort economy, local history, regional identity, and coastal leisure. The recorded references to Wales, Stacey, Gavin, Souvenirs, and Island preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of retail pressure and how nostalgic retail remains part of the seaside experience as part of the longer story of Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ.
Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDP0B - . Recorded at Friars Road, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is Tile picture, Barry Island attractions, Friars Road, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ. The setting additionally reflects archival record, documentary photography, seaside souvenir, public transport network, transport interchange, rail infrastructure, coastal tourism, local history, tourism retail, station environment, traditional holiday town, rail corridor, British seaside culture, and freight wagon. The modern context includes continuing discussion of seasonality, weather dependence and the vulnerability of resort economies to seasonality and changing visitor habits. For current editorial use, rail reform and station investment provide additional context, especially through the balance between railway heritage and network modernisation. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at Friars Road, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The photograph additionally reflects before-and-after reference, regional identity, industrial railway heritage, train operations, seaside retail, resort heritage, changing land use, and period detail. The recorded references to attractions, Friars, Wales, Glamorgan, and Island preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Friars Road, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark for later comparison. The record includes a point of historical comparison within the wider story of Friars Road, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ.
Friars Road, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDP65 - Barry Island Pleasure Park is an amusement park situated on the coast at Barry Island in the Vale of Glamorgan, about 10 mi (16 km) south west of the capital city Cardiff, Wales.
The park opens annually at weekends from Easter onwards and daily during the school summer holidays, until the first weekend in September.
The pleasure park is located opposite the sandy beachfront at Barry and contains a variety of amusements including fairground rides, attractions & food outlets. The surrounding area, known locally as Barry Island, contains a further variety of shops, bars and restaurants.
There are also several amusement arcades located around the park.
Barry Island Pleasure Park is now owned by showman Henry Danter. As well as investing in brand new rides & attractions he has also announced plans to expand with a nearby holiday camp to compliment his pleasure park
Rides available :-
Aerospace
Big Wheel
Crazy Frog
Crazy Fun House
Cyclone
Disco Fever
Dodgems
Dragon Challenge
Gallopers
Ghost Train
Gravitron
Hellraiser
High Altitude
Jets
Pirate River
Runaway Train
Sizzler
Super Trooper
Thunderbolt Waltzer
Top Scan
Tornado
Typhoon
Viva Mexico
Barry Island , Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDP6N - . This dated documentary view of 11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Nessas Slots, Amusements, 11 Paget Road, Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales seaside, UK, CF62 5TQ. The frame also records themes of coastal visitor economy, seaside souvenir, before-and-after reference, seaside retail, documentary photography, changing land use, changing streetscape, social history, open-air leisure, interactive public realm, local character, traditional confectionery, tourism retail, and day-trip culture. The modern context includes continuing discussion of climate resilience, urban cooling and how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity. For current editorial use, retail pressure and weather dependence provide additional context, especially through the enduring appeal of traditional British seaside customs. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at 11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The subject also sits alongside urban leisure, seasonal outdoor activity, British seaside culture, holiday resort economy, community recreation, coastal tourism, public-realm activation, and community identity. Details involving Slots, Island, Nessas, Wales, and Barry make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of 11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for climate resilience and how active public realms support footfall and neighbourhood vitality in a form that can be compared with future views of 11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ.
11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDP93 - Barry Island Beach Huts
Barry Island has vibrantly coloured beach huts with excellent views across Whitmore Bay
Two blocks of twelve huts sit either side of the visually stunning climbing wall and take centre stage on the rejuvenated eastern promenade.
Both are designed to provide families and groups visiting Barry Island with a comfortable base for the day as well as a private area to change and store their possessions.
Small Huts: 2.5m x 1.8m feature electricity sockets
Large Huts: 2.4m x 2.5m, feature electricity sockets and have access to running water
Whitmore Bay, Vale Of Glamorgan, Wales, Cymru, UK, CF62 5DA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDPBM - Barry Island Beach Huts
Barry Island has vibrantly coloured beach huts with excellent views across Whitmore Bay
Two blocks of twelve huts sit either side of the visually stunning climbing wall and take centre stage on the rejuvenated eastern promenade.
Both are designed to provide families and groups visiting Barry Island with a comfortable base for the day as well as a private area to change and store their possessions.
Small Huts: 2.5m x 1.8m feature electricity sockets
Large Huts: 2.4m x 2.5m, feature electricity sockets and have access to running water
Whitmore Bay, Vale Of Glamorgan, Wales, Cymru, UK, CF62 5DA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDPBP - Barry Island Beach Huts
Barry Island has vibrantly coloured beach huts with excellent views across Whitmore Bay
Two blocks of twelve huts sit either side of the visually stunning climbing wall and take centre stage on the rejuvenated eastern promenade.
Both are designed to provide families and groups visiting Barry Island with a comfortable base for the day as well as a private area to change and store their possessions.
Small Huts: 2.5m x 1.8m feature electricity sockets
Large Huts: 2.4m x 2.5m, feature electricity sockets and have access to running water
Whitmore Bay, Vale Of Glamorgan, Wales, Cymru, UK, CF62 5DA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DD8H4T - Conwy previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on the east bank. The town formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. The community, which also includes Deganwy and Llandudno Junction, had a population of 14,753 at the 2011 census.
Although the community of Conwy straddles the River Conwy, for postal purposes the areas on the east bank form part of the post town of Llandudno Junction, with the Conwy post town being confined to west bank of the river. The ward on the west bank of the river had a population of 4,065 at the 2011 census.
The resident population of the wider Conwy County Borough was estimated to be 116,200 in an ONS-estimate.
The name 'Conwy' derives from the old Welsh words cyn (chief) and gwy (water), the river being originally called the 'Cynwy
10 Lower Gate St, Conwy,Wales,UK, LL32 8BE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DD8H50 - Lobster trap or lobster pot is a portable trap that traps lobsters or crayfish and is used in lobster fishing. In Scotland (chiefly in the north), the word creel is used to refer to a device used to catch lobsters and other crustaceans. A lobster trap can hold several lobsters. Lobster traps can be constructed of wire and wood, or metal and netting or rigid plastic. An opening permits the lobster to enter a tunnel of netting or other one-way device. Pots are sometimes constructed in two parts, called the chamber or kitchen, where there is bait, and exits into the parlour, which prevents escape. Lobster pots are usually dropped to the sea floor, one or more at a time, sometimes up to 40 or more, and are marked by a buoy so they can be picked up later.
The lobster trap was invented in 1808 by Ebenezer Thorndike of Swampscott, Massachusetts
Crayfish is a Freshwater (related) lobster
The Lobster Liberation Front (LLF) is an animal rights campaign which first appeared on the coast of Dorset, England in 2004, later spreading to Wales and Scotland. Their methods include releasing lobsters in live storage and sabotaging lobster pots or fishing boats.
The LLF consider boiling lobsters alive (the traditional method for cooking them) unacceptable and use direct action to prevent it. Their claim that lobsters, which possess a rudimentary nervous system, can feel pain, is the subject of ongoing scientific debate
Lower Gate Street, Conwy, Conwy,Wales, UK, LL32 8BE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9PH - Coney Island“Stillwell Avenue (also known as Coney Island Terminal and signed on some trains as either Coney Island or Stillwell Avenue) is a New York City Subway terminal in Coney Island, Brooklyn, acting as the railroad-south terminus for the D, F, N, and Q trains. The large facility, originally built in 1919, was designed at a time when Coney Island was the primary summer resort area for the New York metropolitan area, with all of the rail lines in southern Brooklyn funneling service to the area. It is one of the largest elevated transportation terminals in the world.
The station has eight tracks and four island platforms, with trains entering from both compass north and south. It is located at the corner of Stillwell and Surf Avenues in Coney Island, the site of the former West End Terminal. Geographically, the station is the southernmost terminal in the New York City Subway system.
Address 1243 Surf Avenue (near Stillwell Avenue)
Brooklyn, New York 11224
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Coney Island
Coordinates 40°34²38.43³N 73°58²52.1³WCoordinates: 40°34²38.43³N 73°58²52.1³W
Division B (BMT/IND)
Line BMT Brighton Line
IND Culver Line
BMT Sea Beach Line
BMT West End Line
BMT Culver Line (formerly)
Services D all times (all times)‹
F all times (all times)‹
N all times (all times)‹
Q all times (all times)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: B36, B64, B68, B74, B82
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9PJ - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9PP - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9PR - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9PT - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9T1 - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9T6 - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9TA - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9TG - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9TN - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RKMM91 - The Royal Pavilion, also known as the Brighton Pavilion, is a Grade I listed former royal residence located in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century. The current appearance of the Pavilion, with its domes and minarets, is the work of architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815.
The purchase of the Royal Pavilion from Queen Victoria, by Brighton, marked the beginnings of the site's attraction as a tourist destination. The Royal Pavilion has been changed from a private residence to a public attraction under civic ownership. Today, around 400,000 people visit the Royal Pavilion annually. General filming and photography is not permitted inside the Royal Pavilion. Many of the items in the palace are on loan, in particular from HM The Queen, and one condition of the loans is that the items cannot be photographed or reproduced without prior written permission.
The Royal Pavilion is licensed as a venue for weddings. On 29 March 2014, the Royal Pavilion was host to one of a number of the first legal same-sex marriages to take place in the United Kingdom following the passage of the 2013 Same Sex Couples Act.
4/5 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton, England, UK, BN1 1EE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RKMM92 - The Royal Pavilion, also known as the Brighton Pavilion, is a Grade I listed former royal residence located in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century. The current appearance of the Pavilion, with its domes and minarets, is the work of architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815.
The purchase of the Royal Pavilion from Queen Victoria, by Brighton, marked the beginnings of the site's attraction as a tourist destination. The Royal Pavilion has been changed from a private residence to a public attraction under civic ownership. Today, around 400,000 people visit the Royal Pavilion annually. General filming and photography is not permitted inside the Royal Pavilion. Many of the items in the palace are on loan, in particular from HM The Queen, and one condition of the loans is that the items cannot be photographed or reproduced without prior written permission.
The Royal Pavilion is licensed as a venue for weddings. On 29 March 2014, the Royal Pavilion was host to one of a number of the first legal same-sex marriages to take place in the United Kingdom following the passage of the 2013 Same Sex Couples Act.
4/5 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton, England, UK, BN1 1EE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RKMM98 - Brighton is a seaside resort on the south coast of England that is part of the city of Brighton and Hove, located 47 miles (76 km) south of London.
Brighton's location has made it a popular destination for tourists, renowned for its diverse communities, quirky shopping areas, large cultural, music and arts scene and its large LGBT population, leading to its recognition as the unofficial gay capital of the UK. Brighton attracted 7.5 million day visitors in 2015/16 and 4.9 million overnight visitors, and is the most popular seaside destination in the UK for overseas tourists. Brighton has also been called the UK's hippest city, and the happiest place to live in the UK
In 1985, the Borough Council described three myths about Brighton's economy. Common beliefs were that most of the working population commuted to London every day
that tourism provided most of Brighton's jobs and income
or that the borough's residents were composed entirely of wealthy theatricals and retired businesspeople rather than workers. Brighton has been an important centre for commerce and employment since the 18th century. It is home to several major companies, some of which employ thousands of people locally
as a retail centre it is of regional importance
creative, digital and new media businesses are increasingly significant
and, although Brighton was never a major industrial centre, its railway works contributed to Britain's rail industry in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly in the manufacture of steam locomotives.
Since the amalgamation of Brighton and Hove, economic and retail data has been produced at a citywide level only. Examples of statistics include: Brighton and Hove's tourism industry contributes £380m to the economy and employs 20,000 people directly or indirectly
the city has 9,600 registered companies
and a 2001 report identified it as one of five supercities for the future. In the past couple of years tourists to Brighton and Hove have fallen.
6 Duke St, Brighton, England, UK, BN1 1AH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RKMMA6 - Brighton is a seaside resort on the south coast of England that is part of the city of Brighton and Hove, located 47 miles (76 km) south of London.
Brighton's location has made it a popular destination for tourists, renowned for its diverse communities, quirky shopping areas, large cultural, music and arts scene and its large LGBT population, leading to its recognition as the unofficial gay capital of the UK. Brighton attracted 7.5 million day visitors in 2015/16 and 4.9 million overnight visitors, and is the most popular seaside destination in the UK for overseas tourists. Brighton has also been called the UK's hippest city, and the happiest place to live in the UK
In 1985, the Borough Council described three myths about Brighton's economy. Common beliefs were that most of the working population commuted to London every day
that tourism provided most of Brighton's jobs and income
or that the borough's residents were composed entirely of wealthy theatricals and retired businesspeople rather than workers. Brighton has been an important centre for commerce and employment since the 18th century. It is home to several major companies, some of which employ thousands of people locally
as a retail centre it is of regional importance
creative, digital and new media businesses are increasingly significant
and, although Brighton was never a major industrial centre, its railway works contributed to Britain's rail industry in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly in the manufacture of steam locomotives.
Since the amalgamation of Brighton and Hove, economic and retail data has been produced at a citywide level only. Examples of statistics include: Brighton and Hove's tourism industry contributes £380m to the economy and employs 20,000 people directly or indirectly
the city has 9,600 registered companies
and a 2001 report identified it as one of five supercities for the future. In the past couple of years tourists to Brighton and Hove have fallen.
Madeira Dr, Brighton BN2 1TW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM1TFA - . A grounded editorial photograph preserves the character of 195 King's Road, Brighton, Brighton and Hove BN1 1NB, in an image captured in 2017. The documentary focus is Handyman Alex Briault 07984-4395211, beachfront arches, Brighton, East Sussex, South East England, UK. The wider setting includes highway services, surface transport, vehicle movement, urban commerce, storefront culture, road engineering, road safety, road transport, transport planning, town-centre trading, city-centre economy, and vehicle access. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, town-centre commerce also connects with online shopping, vacant premises and efforts aimed at heritage-led regeneration. The wider contemporary story of the public realm now includes redevelopment alongside new technology, while policy and investment increasingly consider a clearer record of local change. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of 195 King's Road, Brighton, Brighton and Hove BN1 1NB may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. The surrounding story includes consumer retail, local trading, road connectivity, motorway travel, shopping habits, commercial frontage. Other local associations include seafront, builder, Brighton City. Its context additionally embraces motor traffic, roadside environment, strategic road network, traffic management, bricks-and-mortar retail, chain-store economy, independent retail, shopfront economy, customer footfall, and transport corridor. Modern coverage of commercial property frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of changing footfall, operating costs and adaptable commercial space. That gives this view of 195 King's Road, Brighton, Brighton and Hove BN1 1NB continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison.
195 King's Road, Brighton, Brighton and Hove BN1 1NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM1TFE - . A close documentary record preserves the everyday reality of Kings Road Arches Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK, BN1 1NB, in a view made during 2017. The frame is associated with Brighton Fishing Museum, arches and coffee shop, Brighton, West Sussex, South East England, UK. Further features of the subject include public interest, consumer leisure, customer service, urban mobility, social policy, public administration, junction design, highway services, local democracy, motorway travel, food-and-drink business, and national policy. In the mid-2020s, retail streets is increasingly discussed through operating costs and brand consolidation, with attention turning to heritage-led regeneration. For present-day editorial use, community change can also illustrate debates about new technology and altered public space, particularly where these affect future historical research. Modern coverage of hospitality businesses frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of commercial rents, delivery-platform competition and resilient local hospitality. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at Kings Road Arches Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK, BN1 1NB, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The broader context includes commercial streetscape, city-centre economy, visitor destination, food culture, retail vacancy, shopfront economy. The scene is further associated with beach, beachfront, seafront, East Sussex. Further aspects present in the subject include consumer retail, chain-store economy, surface transport, public-sector policy, local tourism, transport corridor, government policy, public policy, policy implementation, and road connectivity. Current debate around high-street retail often combines operating costs, shifts in leisure spending and the practical challenge of adaptable commercial space.
Kings Road Arches Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK, BN1 1NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5J0DC - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2014, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is St Ives Barnoon, chapel & cemetery, on the Porthmeor beach, seaside, Cornwall, England, UK, TR26 1AB. A broader reading of the photograph includes place identity, local social venue, church interior, parish history, religious heritage, period detail, local history, traditional ale house, contemporary social history, licensed hospitality, traditional pub, changing streetscape, faith community, and community drinking venue. Today's relevance is strengthened by maintenance costs, heritage conservation and the continuing question of the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity. From a 2025-onward perspective, changing drinking habits and beer duty are closely linked to this subject, alongside the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The surrounding story also includes public realm, beer-led hospitality, ecclesiastical art, night-time economy, visual archive, historical comparison, everyday life, and local character. Elements such as beach, chapel, Porthmeor, seaside, and cemetery add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate maintenance costs and how churches combine active worship with heritage and community roles as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The period view preserves evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AW4 - This documentary stock photograph shows Black and White Southend-on-Sea seafront panorama, wide image from beach to town centre, Essex, South East England, UK, SS1 2EJ. The scene belongs to the Southend-on-Sea seafront and beachfront leisure strip, a classic Essex seaside setting where amusement arcades, fish and chip shops, pubs, bowling, family attractions and day-trip promenades sit close together. The image is especially useful because it records monochrome treatment, wide composition, not a generic tourist board view, so it can illustrate real trading frontage, local colour, shop signs, coastal leisure and the everyday economy of a British resort town. Southend has long depended on visitors arriving for the pier, beach, amusements and evening hospitality, and images like this help explain how traditional seaside places continue to balance nostalgia with modern retail, food, drink and entertainment uses. Editorial buyers could use it for stories about coastal regeneration, seaside tourism, amusement arcades, family holidays, local business survival, seasonal employment, consumer spending, waterfront redevelopment, heritage leisure and the social history of British day trips. It also works for commentary on how resort towns present themselves visually, with bright signs, familiar names, glass-fronted arcades, food offers and a dense mixture of leisure uses competing for passing footfall. For SEO and stock search, relevant composite terms include Southend seafront amusement arcade, Essex seaside tourism, British beachfront entertainment, family coastal day out, traditional seaside economy, high street leisure frontage and UK resort town regeneration. The value is in the combination of place-specific caption wording, visible subject matter and practical editorial usefulness. It could support news, magazine, web, travel, council, planning, business, heritage, nostalgia, tourism, consumer affairs and local economy content where a real coastal.
Southend-on-sea, town centre, Essex, South East England, UK, SS1 2EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AW5 - This documentary stock photograph shows Colour Southend-on-Sea seafront panorama, wide image from beach to town centre, Essex, South East England, UK, SS1 2EJ. The scene belongs to the Southend-on-Sea seafront and beachfront leisure strip, a classic Essex seaside setting where amusement arcades, fish and chip shops, pubs, bowling, family attractions and day-trip promenades sit close together. The image is especially useful because it records wide composition, not a generic tourist board view, so it can illustrate real trading frontage, local colour, shop signs, coastal leisure and the everyday economy of a British resort town. Southend has long depended on visitors arriving for the pier, beach, amusements and evening hospitality, and images like this help explain how traditional seaside places continue to balance nostalgia with modern retail, food, drink and entertainment uses. Editorial buyers could use it for stories about coastal regeneration, seaside tourism, amusement arcades, family holidays, local business survival, seasonal employment, consumer spending, waterfront redevelopment, heritage leisure and the social history of British day trips. It also works for commentary on how resort towns present themselves visually, with bright signs, familiar names, glass-fronted arcades, food offers and a dense mixture of leisure uses competing for passing footfall. For SEO and stock search, relevant composite terms include Southend seafront amusement arcade, Essex seaside tourism, British beachfront entertainment, family coastal day out, traditional seaside economy, high street leisure frontage and UK resort town regeneration. The value is in the combination of place-specific caption wording, visible subject matter and practical editorial usefulness. It could support news, magazine, web, travel, council, planning, business, heritage, nostalgia, tourism, consumer affairs and local economy content where a real coastal street scene is needed rather.
Southend-on-sea seafront panorama, wide image frm beach to town centre, Essex, South East England, U
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AW6 - Pie and mash is a traditional working-class food, originating in the East End of London. Pie, mash and eel shops have been in London since the 19th century, and are still common in East and South London and in many parts of Kent and Essex. The shops may serve stewed or jellied eels.
During the Victorian era, industrial air pollution tended to be worse in the east and south east of London because of the prevailing westerly wind, with the result that the East End was settled more by the working classes, while the western part of the city was home to higher social classes. The working class were poor and favoured foodstuffs that were cheap, in plentiful supply and easy to prepare.
The savoury pie had long been a traditional food, and its small handsized form also made it a transportable meal, protected from dirt by its cold pastry crust, and filled with cheap minced meat, usually mutton. Adding cheap mashed potatoes, together with a sauce made with fish stock and parsley, made it a plate-based sit-down meal.
Jellied eels are often associated with pie and mash, as European eels cooked in gelatine also became a common worker's meal since eels were one of the few forms of fish that could survive in the heavily polluted River Thames and London's other rivers at that time. Supply was plentiful through the late 1800s, particularly from the Dutch fishing boats landing catches at Billingsgate Fish Market.
Since 2010, as revealed in a joint study by the Zoological Society of London and the Environment Agency, the number of eels captured in research traps in the River Thames fell from 1,500 in 2005 to 50 in 2010, meaning most eels used in pie and mash shops are now from the Netherlands and Northern Ireland.
7 Pier Approach, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2EH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AWB - Pie and mash is a traditional working-class food, originating in the East End of London. Pie, mash and eel shops have been in London since the 19th century, and are still common in East and South London and in many parts of Kent and Essex. The shops may serve stewed or jellied eels.
During the Victorian era, industrial air pollution tended to be worse in the east and south east of London because of the prevailing westerly wind, with the result that the East End was settled more by the working classes, while the western part of the city was home to higher social classes. The working class were poor and favoured foodstuffs that were cheap, in plentiful supply and easy to prepare.
The savoury pie had long been a traditional food, and its small handsized form also made it a transportable meal, protected from dirt by its cold pastry crust, and filled with cheap minced meat, usually mutton. Adding cheap mashed potatoes, together with a sauce made with fish stock and parsley, made it a plate-based sit-down meal.
Jellied eels are often associated with pie and mash, as European eels cooked in gelatine also became a common worker's meal since eels were one of the few forms of fish that could survive in the heavily polluted River Thames and London's other rivers at that time. Supply was plentiful through the late 1800s, particularly from the Dutch fishing boats landing catches at Billingsgate Fish Market.
Since 2010, as revealed in a joint study by the Zoological Society of London and the Environment Agency, the number of eels captured in research traps in the River Thames fell from 1,500 in 2005 to 50 in 2010, meaning most eels used in pie and mash shops are now from the Netherlands and Northern Ireland.
7 Pier Approach, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2EH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AWC - This documentary stock photograph shows Southend Happidrome, amusement centre,Essex,South East England, UK - 52 Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2EN. The scene belongs to the Southend-on-Sea seafront and beachfront leisure strip, a classic Essex seaside setting where amusement arcades, fish and chip shops, pubs, bowling, family attractions and day-trip promenades sit close together. The image is especially useful because it records clear documentary detail, not a generic tourist board view, so it can illustrate real trading frontage, local colour, shop signs, coastal leisure and the everyday economy of a British resort town. Southend has long depended on visitors arriving for the pier, beach, amusements and evening hospitality, and images like this help explain how traditional seaside places continue to balance nostalgia with modern retail, food, drink and entertainment uses. Editorial buyers could use it for stories about coastal regeneration, seaside tourism, amusement arcades, family holidays, local business survival, seasonal employment, consumer spending, waterfront redevelopment, heritage leisure and the social history of British day trips. It also works for commentary on how resort towns present themselves visually, with bright signs, familiar names, glass-fronted arcades, food offers and a dense mixture of leisure uses competing for passing footfall. For SEO and stock search, relevant composite terms include Southend seafront amusement arcade, Essex seaside tourism, British beachfront entertainment, family coastal day out, traditional seaside economy, high street leisure frontage and UK resort town regeneration. The value is in the combination of place-specific caption wording, visible subject matter and practical editorial usefulness. It could support news, magazine, web, travel, council, planning, business, heritage, nostalgia, tourism, consumer affairs and local economy content where a real coastal street scene is needed rather.
52 Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2EN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AWH - This documentary stock photograph shows The Hope Hotel pub, Southend-on-Sea, 34 Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2EJ. The scene belongs to the Southend-on-Sea seafront and beachfront leisure strip, a classic Essex seaside setting where amusement arcades, fish and chip shops, pubs, bowling, family attractions and day-trip promenades sit close together. The image is especially useful because it records readable signage, not a generic tourist board view, so it can illustrate real trading frontage, local colour, shop signs, coastal leisure and the everyday economy of a British resort town. Southend has long depended on visitors arriving for the pier, beach, amusements and evening hospitality, and images like this help explain how traditional seaside places continue to balance nostalgia with modern retail, food, drink and entertainment uses. Editorial buyers could use it for stories about coastal regeneration, seaside tourism, amusement arcades, family holidays, local business survival, seasonal employment, consumer spending, waterfront redevelopment, heritage leisure and the social history of British day trips. It also works for commentary on how resort towns present themselves visually, with bright signs, familiar names, glass-fronted arcades, food offers and a dense mixture of leisure uses competing for passing footfall. For SEO and stock search, relevant composite terms include Southend seafront amusement arcade, Essex seaside tourism, British beachfront entertainment, family coastal day out, traditional seaside economy, high street leisure frontage and UK resort town regeneration. The value is in the combination of place-specific caption wording, visible subject matter and practical editorial usefulness. It could support news, magazine, web, travel, council, planning, business, heritage, nostalgia, tourism, consumer affairs and local economy content where a real coastal street scene is needed rather than a polished stock illustration.
34 Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AWJ - This documentary stock photograph shows Monte Carlo Amusement Arcade, Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, South East England, UK, SS1 2EJ. The scene belongs to the Southend-on-Sea seafront and beachfront leisure strip, a classic Essex seaside setting where amusement arcades, fish and chip shops, pubs, bowling, family attractions and day-trip promenades sit close together. The image is especially useful because it records readable signage, not a generic tourist board view, so it can illustrate real trading frontage, local colour, shop signs, coastal leisure and the everyday economy of a British resort town. Southend has long depended on visitors arriving for the pier, beach, amusements and evening hospitality, and images like this help explain how traditional seaside places continue to balance nostalgia with modern retail, food, drink and entertainment uses. Editorial buyers could use it for stories about coastal regeneration, seaside tourism, amusement arcades, family holidays, local business survival, seasonal employment, consumer spending, waterfront redevelopment, heritage leisure and the social history of British day trips. It also works for commentary on how resort towns present themselves visually, with bright signs, familiar names, glass-fronted arcades, food offers and a dense mixture of leisure uses competing for passing footfall. For SEO and stock search, relevant composite terms include Southend seafront amusement arcade, Essex seaside tourism, British beachfront entertainment, family coastal day out, traditional seaside economy, high street leisure frontage and UK resort town regeneration. The value is in the combination of place-specific caption wording, visible subject matter and practical editorial usefulness. It could support news, magazine, web, travel, council, planning, business, heritage, nostalgia, tourism, consumer affairs and local economy content where a real coastal street scene is needed rather than a polished.
23-28 Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AWK - This documentary stock photograph shows New York arcade, Southend-on-Sea beachfront, Essex seaside, South East England, UK. The scene belongs to the Southend-on-Sea seafront and beachfront leisure strip, a classic Essex seaside setting where amusement arcades, fish and chip shops, pubs, bowling, family attractions and day-trip promenades sit close together. The image is especially useful because it records readable signage, not a generic tourist board view, so it can illustrate real trading frontage, local colour, shop signs, coastal leisure and the everyday economy of a British resort town. Southend has long depended on visitors arriving for the pier, beach, amusements and evening hospitality, and images like this help explain how traditional seaside places continue to balance nostalgia with modern retail, food, drink and entertainment uses. Editorial buyers could use it for stories about coastal regeneration, seaside tourism, amusement arcades, family holidays, local business survival, seasonal employment, consumer spending, waterfront redevelopment, heritage leisure and the social history of British day trips. It also works for commentary on how resort towns present themselves visually, with bright signs, familiar names, glass-fronted arcades, food offers and a dense mixture of leisure uses competing for passing footfall. For SEO and stock search, relevant composite terms include Southend seafront amusement arcade, Essex seaside tourism, British beachfront entertainment, family coastal day out, traditional seaside economy, high street leisure frontage and UK resort town regeneration. The value is in the combination of place-specific caption wording, visible subject matter and practical editorial usefulness. It could support news, magazine, web, travel, council, planning, business, heritage, nostalgia, tourism, consumer affairs and local economy content where a real coastal street scene is needed rather than a polished stock illustration.
23-28 Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AWP - This documentary stock photograph shows Electric avenue video arcade, Southend-on-Sea beachfront, Essex, England, UK, SS1 1EE. The scene belongs to the Southend-on-Sea seafront and beachfront leisure strip, a classic Essex seaside setting where amusement arcades, fish and chip shops, pubs, bowling, family attractions and day-trip promenades sit close together. The image is especially useful because it records readable signage, not a generic tourist board view, so it can illustrate real trading frontage, local colour, shop signs, coastal leisure and the everyday economy of a British resort town. Southend has long depended on visitors arriving for the pier, beach, amusements and evening hospitality, and images like this help explain how traditional seaside places continue to balance nostalgia with modern retail, food, drink and entertainment uses. Editorial buyers could use it for stories about coastal regeneration, seaside tourism, amusement arcades, family holidays, local business survival, seasonal employment, consumer spending, waterfront redevelopment, heritage leisure and the social history of British day trips. It also works for commentary on how resort towns present themselves visually, with bright signs, familiar names, glass-fronted arcades, food offers and a dense mixture of leisure uses competing for passing footfall. For SEO and stock search, relevant composite terms include Southend seafront amusement arcade, Essex seaside tourism, British beachfront entertainment, family coastal day out, traditional seaside economy, high street leisure frontage and UK resort town regeneration. The value is in the combination of place-specific caption wording, visible subject matter and practical editorial usefulness. It could support news, magazine, web, travel, council, planning, business, heritage, nostalgia, tourism, consumer affairs and local economy content where a real coastal street scene is needed rather than a polished stock illustration.
Southend-on-sea beachfront, Essex, England, UK, SS1 1EE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AWW - This documentary stock photograph shows Olympia, Southend, Sunspot,beachfront,arcades, Amusements, Bowling, Essex, England, UK. The scene belongs to the Southend-on-Sea seafront and beachfront leisure strip, a classic Essex seaside setting where amusement arcades, fish and chip shops, pubs, bowling, family attractions and day-trip promenades sit close together. The image is especially useful because it records readable signage, not a generic tourist board view, so it can illustrate real trading frontage, local colour, shop signs, coastal leisure and the everyday economy of a British resort town. Southend has long depended on visitors arriving for the pier, beach, amusements and evening hospitality, and images like this help explain how traditional seaside places continue to balance nostalgia with modern retail, food, drink and entertainment uses. Editorial buyers could use it for stories about coastal regeneration, seaside tourism, amusement arcades, family holidays, local business survival, seasonal employment, consumer spending, waterfront redevelopment, heritage leisure and the social history of British day trips. It also works for commentary on how resort towns present themselves visually, with bright signs, familiar names, glass-fronted arcades, food offers and a dense mixture of leisure uses competing for passing footfall. For SEO and stock search, relevant composite terms include Southend seafront amusement arcade, Essex seaside tourism, British beachfront entertainment, family coastal day out, traditional seaside economy, high street leisure frontage and UK resort town regeneration. The value is in the combination of place-specific caption wording, visible subject matter and practical editorial usefulness. It could support news, magazine, web, travel, council, planning, business, heritage, nostalgia, tourism, consumer affairs and local economy content where a real coastal street scene is needed rather than a polished stock illustration.
Southend
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6042966281 - 'Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun - Play this track here.
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Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III 1964) is an American musician and singer-songwriter who currently serves as the lead vocalist and one of four guitarists for the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam. Vedder left the Southern California music scene and moved to Seattle, Washington in 1990 to join Pearl Jam where he rose to fame amid the grunge movement of the early 1990s. He is notable for his baritone vocal style, and widely considered a cultural icon of alternative rock.
He is also involved in soundtrack work and contributes to albums by other artists. In 2007, Vedder released his first solo album as a soundtrack for the film Into the Wild (2007). His second album, Ukulele Songs, along with a live DVD titled Water on the Road, was released on 31 May 2011.
Vedder contributed an album's worth of songs to the soundtrack for the 2007 film, Into the Wild. The soundtrack was released on September 18, 2007 through J Records. It includes covers of the Indio song 'Hard Sun' and the Jerry Hannan song 'Society'. Vedder said that having to write songs based on a narrative 'simplified things.' He said, 'There were fewer choices. The story was there and the scenes were there.' Vedder's songs written for the film feature a folk sound. Thom Jurek of Allmusic called the soundtrack a 'collection of folksy, rootsy tunes where rock &
roll makes fleeting appearances.' Vedder won a 2008 Golden Globe Award for the song 'Guaranteed' from Into the Wild. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his contributions to the film's original score.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4714928394 - 'The Celtic cross is a symbol that combines a cross with a ring surrounding the intersection.
In the Celtic Christian world it was combined with the Christian cross and this design was often used for high crosses. These are free-standing crosses made of stone and often richly decorated.
With the Celtic Revival, the shape, usually decorated with interlace and other motifs from Insular art, became popular for funerary monuments and other uses, and has remained so, spreading well beyond the British Isles.
It is popular in Cornwall where an individual feeling of ancient culture lives on, as can be seen in the Barnoon cemetary here, which overlooks the St Ives surfing beach of Porthmeor.
In Celtic regions of Ireland and later in Great Britain, many free-standing upright crosses or high crosses were erected by Irish monks, beginning at least as early as the 7th century. Some of these 'Celtic' crosses bear inscriptions in runes. There are surviving free-standing crosses in Cornwall (famously St Piran's cross at Perranporth) and Wales, on the island of Iona and in the Hebrides, as well as the many in Ireland. Other stone crosses are found in the former Northumbria and Scotland, and further south in England.
Due to its simplicity as a symboil, in Germany, the Celtic cross was adopted by a prohibited neo-Nazi party (VSBD/PdA) leading to the ban of the symbol.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4704019146 - 'The Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England was started in 1903. It is situated on the Bristol Channel approximately 18 miles south west of Bristol in the seaside town.
It is supported in true victorian fashion by 600 iron piles, and is 400 metres long. Unfortunatly it has form where fire is concerned. It has been damaged by fire on two occasions in 1930 and 2008.
At 01:35 on the 28 July 2008, a fire at the foot of the north tower on the shoreward (eastern) end of the pavilion triggered the privately monitored fire alarm. The Essex-based alarm monitoring company were unable to contact the key-holder by mobile phone and no further action was taken.
It was not until 06:46 that the Avon Fire and Rescue Service (AFRS) was notified, by this time a hefty blaze was under way. It deployed 13 fire engines, special appliances, and more than 85 firefighters to tackle the blaze, but the building was soon destroyed.
Robert Tinker, a Grand Pier employee, was later praised by the fire service as he braved the extreme intensity of the heat from the flames to rush around the side of the building to remove several gas canisters which had been stored within the premises, had these not been removed the AFRS claim that the fire could have been much worse and with the possibility of needing evacuation of local residents and traders.
Preliminary investigations suggested that the fire started due to a number of deep fat fryers which had been located within the area pavilion, however after further investigation this was later ruled out, as was arson. On 22 October a news conference was held by AFRS who announced that despite their efforts the cause of the fire would be recorded as unknown, but that the most likely cause was an electrical fire.
Workmen began dismantling the wreckage on 12th September and a design competition for the new pavilion was won by the Bristol-based Angus Meek Architects' on 15th October. On 7th December it was announced that a slowly rotating 91 metres (299 ft) tall observation tower was proposed along with the new building.
On 12 March 2009, North Somerset Council approved the plans, which are to cost \u00a334 million. The new pavilion is expected to open in the summer of 2010. On 5 August 2009 it was announced that contractors John Sisk &
Son Ltd had been selected to construct the new pavilion and it was hoped that it would be completed by July 2010. These lads are working on the project. Jeff Bonvallet is at the far right.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4819024362 - 'Play a track from this album here.
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Physical Graffiti is the 6th album by Led Zeppelin. I find it difficult to pick just one track from this spectacular double album.
It was released on 24 February 1975. Recording sessions for the album were initially disrupted when John Paul Jones considered leaving the band. After reuniting at Headley Grange, the band wrote and recorded eight songs, the combined length of which stretched the album beyond the typical length of an LP. This prompted the band to make Physical Graffiti a double album by including previously unreleased tracks from earlier recording sessions.
Physical Graffiti was commercially and critically successful
the album is 16 times platinum (though this signifies sales of 8 million copies, as it is a double album) in the United States alone, and has come to be regarded as one of Led Zeppelin's defining works. The album is ranked highly on several prominent best album or best rock album lists of all time.
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Fleetsbridge Underpass Grafitti, Poole, Dorset UK
This brilliant piece of colourfull grafitti and tagging stretches ten slabs of concrete in an underpass adjacent to a skatepark. It is a joiner of five wide images.
This was a youth arts project to design a new mural for the Fleetsbridge Skate Park, Creekmoor. west of Poole, under the A35
The final design was painted at the skate park around Easter 2007, followed by a celebration event on the final day to launch the new mural. The Mayor of Poole, Cllr Mrs Judy Butt turned out with other supporters of this project to see the finished mural and congratulate everyone involved for their hard work.
This great project was funded by the Community Foundation , Borough of Poole and Wave Arts Education Agency, and in partnership with the Creekmoor Community Association and Millennium Volunteers. The project brought in professional artist Felix Braun to conduct workshops for 120 young people from various schools and youth clubs across Poole.
Three young people gained a Youth Arts Award qualification whilst working on their project, which they can use towards future youth arts careers. Good for them !
Amazingly on the end of the bypass wall is a council sign stating 'No Grafitti'.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEYA7D - Poole Quay, Dorset at dusk, Poole, Dorset BH15 1AB showing Corkers bar and High Street.
Poole Quay is a visitor attraction to the south of the town centre lined with a mixture of traditional public houses, redeveloped warehouses, modern apartment blocks and historic listed buildings. Once the busy centre of Poole's maritime industry, all port activities moved to Hamworthy in the 1970s as the Quay became increasingly popular with tourists.
The Grade II* listed Customs House on the quay-front was built in 1814 and now functions as a restaurant and bar. Nearby the Grade I listed Town Cellars, a medieval warehouse built in the 15th century on the foundations of a 14th century stone building, houses a local history centre.
Scaplen's Court, another Grade I listed building, also dates from the medieval era. The Poole Pottery production factory once stood on the eastern end of the Quay but the site was redeveloped into a luxury apartment block and marina in 2001, although an outlet store remains on the site. Boats regularly depart from the quay during the summer and provide cruises around the harbour and to Brownsea Island, the River Frome and Swanage.
Public artworks along the Quay include Sea Music “ a large metal sculpture designed by Sir Anthony Caro, and a life-size bronze sculpture of Robert Baden-Powell created to celebrate the founding of the Scout Movement on Brownsea Island. At the western end of the quay near the mouth of Holes Bay is Poole Bridge. Built in 1927, it is the third bridge to be located on the site since 1834
High St, Poole Quay, Poole, Dorset , England, UK, BH15 1AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDAW13 - . Boats SS225, SS65, SS273 moored at St Ives harbour, Cornwall Kernow , South West England, UK, TR26 1PU. Photographed on 31 May 2009, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include TR26, South West, TR26 1PU, tied, boat, boats, tourist, attraction, Smeatons Pier, Saint Ives, moored, fishing boat, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDAW17 - . SS80 Boat moored at St Ives harbour, Cornwall Kernow , South West England, UK, TR26 1PU. Photographed on 31 May 2009, this spring image stock-photo/gotonysmith-Record.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include TR26, South West, TR26 1PU, tied, boat, boats, tourist, attraction, pier, piers, Smeatons Pier, Saint Ives, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM3AT - Rigby Road Depot and Tramtown in Blackpool, Lancashire, photographed in bright sunshine with blue sky, overhead tram wires, tram poles, security fencing, tram tracks and the red brick engineering buildings of Blackpool Transport visible behind the depot gates. The scene shows the working heritage tram environment associated with Blackpool's famous tramway, one of Britain's best known seaside public transport systems and a major part of the resort's identity on the Fylde Coast. The depot is strongly linked with Blackpool Heritage Trams, tram maintenance, engineering work, vehicle storage, restoration, preservation and public depot tours. Rigby Road has long been associated with Blackpool Transport operations, and the site is recognised for housing and maintaining buses and heritage trams, while newer modern tram fleet operations use the Starr Gate depot. The image is useful for editorial and commercial themes around British tramways, public transport heritage, municipal transport, light rail history, seaside tourism, transport infrastructure, industrial architecture, depot engineering, tram preservation and visitor attractions in Blackpool. The visible overhead line equipment, trackwork, depot entrance, fencing and large covered shed provide clear visual evidence of a working transport site rather than a general museum interior. The red brick buildings and practical engineering yard also make the photograph relevant to urban infrastructure, operational depots, railway and tram enthusiast interest, local authority transport history, sustainable electric transport and the continued popularity of vintage trams in a modern coastal town. The bright spring or summer-like conditions, hard sunlight and clear shadows give the image an optimistic, open-air feel, contrasting with the industrial depot setting. It can illustrate Blackpool tourism, Lancashire heritage, Fylde Coast travel, historic vehicles, electric tram engineering, public transport investment, transport museums
Depot, Rigby Road / Blundell Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 5DD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC40WM - . Photographed at Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The main point of reference is Souvenirs & gifts for sale at Barry Island, Vale Of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK - Home of Gavin and Stacey BBC TV Sitcom. The surrounding context encompasses regional identity, British seaside culture, retail chain, commercial frontage, documentary photography, local character, everyday life, physical store, contemporary social history, period detail, community identity, holiday resort economy, retail property, and local history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heritage attractions, town-centre renewal and the vulnerability of resort economies to seasonality and changing visitor habits. The modern context includes continuing discussion of brand consolidation, online shopping and how physical shops adapt to online competition. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. The subject also sits alongside traditional holiday town, tourism retail, traditional confectionery, destination retail, visitor attraction, place identity, outdoor retail, and high-street commerce. References to Island, Barry, Wales, gifts, and Souvenirs give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is heritage attractions and the vulnerability of resort economies to seasonality and changing visitor habits when considered against later change at Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ.
Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, CF62 5BQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9PW - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
