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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,beers,Amarillo Pale,pale,ale,collaboration,ales,English,British,West Yorkshire,Sheffield,beer,pump,cask,badge,art,artwork,discover,poster,town,market,hall,hops,illustration,4.1 ABV,4.1 percent,New Zealand hops,American hops,Deception meets White Rat,session,handpull,CAMRA,independent,northern,real ale,tourism,licensed trade,hospitality
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E9APB4 - Beer pump clip artwork for Discover Ossett, a 4.1% ABV Nelson Sauvin and Amarillo pale ale associated with Ossett Brewery and Abbeydale Brewery. The illustrated design uses the look of a vintage travel poster to promote Ossett as a West Yorkshire market town, showing market stalls, flowers, a signpost, civic buildings and a clock tower under a warm orange sky. The image is useful for editorial and commercial stock uses connected with British real ale, cask beer, craft brewing, brewery collaborations, beer branding, pub pump clips, graphic design, Yorkshire tourism, local identity and the modern revival of illustrated beer label art. Abbeydale Brewery's beer archive describes Discover Ossett as a 4.1% collaboration pale ale made with Nelson Sauvin, Amarillo and Columbus hops, and says it brings together two popular beers, Deception and White Rat. Untappd also lists Discover Ossett V2 by Ossett Brewery as a 4.1% English pale ale with Nelson Sauvin and Amarillo wording, supporting the label details visible in the image. The subject has strong value for stories about independent breweries, northern beer culture, guest ales, beer festivals, CAMRA real ale interest, handpull clips, pub trade marketing and limited edition seasonal or collaboration beers. Nelson Sauvin is strongly associated with New Zealand hop character, often linked with white grape and gooseberry notes, while Amarillo is widely used for citrus and floral hop flavours, making the beer relevant to modern pale ale taste trends. The Ossett town artwork adds a local place-marketing angle, connecting beer branding with civic pride, market-town heritage and the Wakefield district. The pump clip is also useful for articles on how breweries use nostalgic tourism imagery, bright typography and local landmarks to make cask ales stand out on busy pub bars. It is a clear stock image for beer writers, pub bloggers, brewery features, hospitality coverage, tasting notes, real ale guides, drinks retail, bar design
Discover Ossett Nelson Sauvin and Amarillo 4.1% pale ale artwork pump clip from Ossett Brewery and A
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A2219,British,Rail,Sheffield,Street,Manchester,railway
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7X3D - . This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2025 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The defining feature is British Rail Sheffield Street lettering on a Manchester railway arch. The subject also carries associations with everyday life, historical comparison, rail mobility, period detail, regional rail, rail modernisation, integrated transport, public realm, visual archive, urban rail transport, documentary photography, changing land use, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, and contemporary social history. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into fares and public ownership, not least because of the reshaping of Britain's passenger railway in the mid-2020s. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include public transport network, changing streetscape, archival record, regional identity, commuter travel, local character, trackside heritage, and mass transit. The recorded references to lettering, Sheffield, British, railway, and Manchester preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. 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. Another strand within the photograph is fares and the reshaping of Britain's passenger railway in the mid-2020s as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate integrated transport and the archival value of railway branding and infrastructure as operators change when considered against later change at the recorded location. The scene captures details of everyday use as part of the recorded location's history.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,in,concept,letter,letters,on,a,name,region,clean,air,pollution,particulates,NOX,Nitrous Oxides,cleaner,Nitrous Oxide,charges,zone,city,area,district,congestion charge,roads,public health,Tory,Conservative,council,politics,political,Sheffield,South Yorkshire,England,UK,S1 1AA,S1,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RXHHBR - . The Sheffield city CAZ Clean Air Zone - in words, Scrabble letters on a map. Photographed on 22 September 2023. The recorded location is Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, S1 1AA. A Clean Air Zone (CAZ) is an area in the United Kingdom where targeted action is taken to improve air quality. A CAZ can be non-charging or charging. Whether a vehicle is charged when entering or moving through a CAZ depends on the type of vehicle and the Euro standard of the vehicle. The amount charged is up to the local authority responsible for the CAZ. Ultra-low-emission vehicles are not charged when entering or moving through a Clean Air Zone. The historical setting for emissions policy is that urban air-quality controls developed from earlier smoke-control legislation towards vehicle-emission policies aimed at nitrogen dioxide and particulate pollution
Clean Air Zones use road signs, vehicle standards and charging systems rather than physical barriers. Seen through NHS, the earlier context is that healthcare imagery can document both institutions and public-health messaging
Vaccination posters, diagnostic equipment and emergency vehicles show how prevention, treatment and communication operate alongside one another. For demonstration, the historical context is that political photographs gain meaning over time as candidates, parties and constitutional debates change
A routine campaign scene can later become evidence of a turning point, an unsuccessful candidacy or a movement that developed further. In the 2026 discussion of emissions policy, clean-air policy remains politically sensitive because authorities must balance health benefits, vehicle costs and public acceptance
Greater Manchester's proposed charging Clean Air Zone was not introduced as originally planned, making earlier signs particularly useful evidence of a policy approach that changed. The wider story encompasses district, congestion charge, Tory, Conservative, council, and politics.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, S1 1AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,S1,Yorkshire,South Yorkshire,England,UK,S1 1AA,Brit pop,scene,music,city,23 Alma St,Kelham Island,Sheffield,S3 8SA,S3,painting,gable,end,GableEnd,graffiti,front,man,and,vocalist,the,side of,Fat,cat,FatCat,real ale,pub,bar,Jarvis Branson Cocker,icon,Sheffielder,Arabacus
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF91K - Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician and radio presenter. As the founder, frontman, lyricist and only consistent member of the band Pulp, he became a figurehead of the Britpop genre of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus, Cocker has pursued a solo career, and for seven years he presented the BBC Radio 6 Music show Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service.
Cocker gained international attention when he invaded the stage at the 1996 Brit Awards during a performance by Michael Jackson.
Early life
Cocker was born in Sheffield, grew up in the Intake area of the city, and attended City School. His father, Mac Cocker, a DJ and actor, left the family and moved to Sydney when Cocker was seven, and had no contact with Cocker or his sister, Saskia, until Jarvis was in his thirties. Following their father's departure, both children were brought up by their mother, Christine Connolly, who later became a Conservative councillor.
Cocker founded the band Pulp originally under the name Arabacus Pulp (named after a tradable commodity he learned about in an economics class) at the age of 15 while he was a pupil at The City School, Sheffield. After numerous line-up changes, and shortening the name to Pulp, the band eventually found fame in the 1990s with the success of the albums His 'n' Hers (1994) and Different Class (1995). Cocker was Pulp's frontman, and part of his trademark image was his glasses, which seemed to stay magically on his face no matter what antics he performed. This feat was achieved using a huge rubber band round the back of his glasses.
Pulp released two more albums (This Is Hardcore and We Love Life) to critical acclaim, though neither achieved the commercial success of Different Class. After releasing a greatest hits album, the band went on hiatus from 2003 to 2010, then returned to activity in 2011.
Cocker is also renowned for his wit and observations of the cultural scene.
23 Alma St, Kelham Island, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, S3 8SA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,5X8A0023,Crossley,Brothers,Steam,Engine,Sheffield,Yorkshire,South
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E8E183 - . Crossley Brothers Steam Engine in Sheffield. Photographed on 28 January 2023. The recorded location is Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK. Seen through engineering history, the earlier context is that industrial heritage links architecture and machinery with the people who worked in mines, potteries, foundries and factories
As production declined or modernised, many sites were demolished, adapted or preserved as museums and regeneration projects. The 2026 relevance of engineering history comes from the fact that former industrial sites continue to be repurposed for housing, offices and cultural attractions
Historic machinery and surviving fabric therefore illustrate both deindustrialisation and current debates about adaptive reuse, local identity and heritage-led regeneration. Other closely matched search terms include industrial archaeology, manufacturing, factory, mill, labour history, working life, mechanical engineering, industrial landscape, heritage conservation, production technology, industrial regeneration, and 5X8A0023. For factory, the historical context is that industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology. Looking at working life, the longer history is that factories, mills, mines and workshops record the technologies and labour that powered industrial expansion
Machinery, inscriptions and specialist buildings are valuable evidence of engineering practice, working conditions and regional industries. The background to adaptive reuse is that industrial heritage links architecture and machinery with the people who worked in mines, potteries, foundries and factories
As production declined or modernised, many sites were demolished, adapted or preserved as museums and regeneration projects.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,private,response,contract,Echo,Limited,ltd,ambulance,services,parked,in,Glossop,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,SK13,Chambers Way Thorncliffe Park,Sheffield,provider,independent ambulance services,independent,emergency,urgent,non emergency,patient transport services,accredited,pre-hospital,care,training,medical,cover,CQC registered,privatised,NHS
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1RDGP - . This location-specific image from Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The location is represented through Echo, Fire and Medical, Emergency ambulance, parked in Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13. The wider scene also brings together rail corridor, public realm, contemporary social history, social history, local bus network, everyday life, visual archive, railway heritage, community identity, station environment, local mobility, transport accessibility, freight wagon, and passenger information. For current editorial use, railway preservation and rail reform provide additional context, especially through the role of rail in lower-carbon regional transport. Current relevance extends to decarbonisation and reliability, particularly through how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. A second descriptive layer includes rail operations, passenger transport, local history, roadside transit, rail transport history, mechanical signalling, changing streetscape, and bus route infrastructure. The combination of Emergency, ambulance, Medical, parked, and Glossop anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes railway preservation and the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling when considered against later change at Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13.
Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,spelt,out,map,in,unable,to,pay,bills,gas,electricity,dual-fuel,prices,increasing,UK,household,business,dying,cold,winter,struggle,struggling,help,government,Britain,Leeds,Barnsley,Huddersfield,Sheffield,council,Halifax,Rotherham,Tracy Brabin,Scunthorpe,selby
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JREC16 - . This dated editorial view of Yorkshire, UK in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The scene records Map showing Yorkshire, with words Fuel Poverty spelled out. More than half of UK households across Britain will choose to eat or heat. The broader subject matter reaches into historic townscape, public realm, place identity, everyday life, place-making, community identity, historical comparison, contemporary social history, built heritage, social history, town-centre renewal, regional identity, archival record, and documentary photography. Current relevance extends to adaptive reuse and heritage conservation, particularly through the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. Small period details of signage and branding at Yorkshire, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following closure or conversion. The location also brings in urban fabric, before-and-after reference, heritage-led regeneration, changing streetscape, changing land use, civic architecture, urban regeneration, and architectural character. References to words, Yorkshire, Poverty, across, and showing give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Yorkshire, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to adaptive reuse and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity in a form that can be compared with future views of Yorkshire, UK. The location additionally provides evidence of planning and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity within the real-world context of Yorkshire, UK. The frame retains details of everyday use for later comparison. The scene captures evidence of changing use within the wider story of Yorkshire, UK.
Yorkshire, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,North West,England,UK,scrapping return rail tickets,RMT,ASLEF,train,approach,Manchester,Greater Manchester,M60 7RA,Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road Capacity Scheme,Network Rail,Northern Powerhouse Rail,NPR,Victorian,shed,platform,TfGM,carriage,carriages,service,track,Northern,&,Trans-Pennine Express,DMU,EMU,at,tracks,3,2,three,two,1-4,Buxton,Sheffield
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J92PFA - . This scene at Piccadilly Train Station Approach, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M60 7RA 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 image documents Northern & Trans-Pennine Express DMU & EMU at Piccadilly NPR train station platforms 1-4, public transport rail services from Manchester. The subject also carries associations with public realm, contemporary social history, station environment, passenger railway, documentary photography, archival record, regional rail, trackside history, changing streetscape, industrial railway heritage, local history, street-level documentary, rail infrastructure, and pedestrian environment. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with rail reform, reliability and the role of stations and trains in lower-carbon mobility. The modern context includes continuing discussion of transport, community use and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. Future viewers can use this scene from Piccadilly Train Station Approach, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M60 7RA to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after changing commercial priorities. Other useful contextual ideas include historical comparison, visual archive, transport interchange, everyday street life, changing land use, period detail, place identity, and social landscape. References to transport, Piccadilly, train, station, and Manchester give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Piccadilly Train Station Approach, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M60 7RA helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. It also preserves period character as a date-specific reference. The photograph keeps a trace of local identity for later comparison.
Piccadilly Train Station Approach, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M60 7RA
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Keywords: Jesmonds,Old,Fashioned,Black,Bulls,tin,Sheffield,1906,sweet,sweets,traditional,uncle,joes,joes,mint,balls,traditional,sweet,sweets,confection,confectionary,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,England,UK,GB,old,fashioned,black bulls,in,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CET1BB - . Jesmonds Old Fashioned Black Bulls tin, Sheffield 1906, England, UK. Photographed on 7 September 2009. The recorded location is Sheffield, South Yorkshire England UK. From a heritage perspective, clothing details record both craftsmanship and changing taste
Tailoring, buttons, fabrics and formal dress can reveal manufacturing quality, social conventions and fashion cycles that move between bespoke production and mass-market clothing. The historical context is that heritage photography is particularly valuable 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. Historically, allotments and farms link household self-sufficiency with the commercial food system
Seed varieties, hand cultivation and large-scale mechanised farming provide a visual history of how people grow food and how agricultural practice changes. As of 2026, current discussion of clothing often contrasts disposable fast fashion with quality, longevity and skilled manufacture
Tailoring details can therefore support stories about craftsmanship, sustainability and consumer choice. The subject remains topical in 2026 because conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change. As background, fashion is often best understood through small details such as buttons, cuts, textiles and finishes
These elements show how garments are constructed and can distinguish bespoke tailoring, formalwear, uniforms or the distinctive styles of a particular decade. Associated keywords and synonyms include menswear, fashion history, sartorial, garment construction, quality clothing, traditional tailoring, and historic environment.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire England UK
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Keywords: ComsatAngels,Comsat,Angels,Sheffield,2009,26-04-2009,O2,academy,reunion,gig,after,rain,raindance,dance,steeltown,steel,town,city,yorkshire,music,band,bands,venue,comsats,thecomsats,steve,stephen,fellows,stephenfellows,2009-04-26,04262009,20092604,musician,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,group,lighting,anbiant,tonysmith,tony,smith,concert,gigs,musicians,performing,playing,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3480530159 - 'The Comsat Angels, Re-Union gig after 14 years, 26th April 2009 (26-04-2009). O2 Academy, Sheffield.
A short autumn tour of Glasgow, Manchester www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4051548558/ and London followed.
Certainly 2009 was a year for 1980's icons, see Magazine shots here from Manchester Academy www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3355914373/
These are my 2008-2015 images, view my most recent images at HotpixUK-2019 - www.flickr.com/people/167831053@N02/ including my second 365 one a day project
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Keywords: ComsatAngels,Comsat,Angels,Sheffield,2009,26-04-2009,O2,academy,reunion,gig,music,musician,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3481341434 - 'The Comsat Angels, Re-Union gig, 26th April 2009 (26-04-2009). O2 Academy, Sheffield
see more at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3481430148/in/set-72157617...
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Hillsborough Memorial,football tragedy memorial,Liverpool remembrance site,stadium memorial UK,Hillsborough victims,Memorial,tragedy,marble,public remembrance,sporting tragedy,institutional accountability,disaster justice,bereavement and memory,campaigning for justice,inquests and legal process,media responsibility,crowd safety reform,collective memory UK,Anfield Stadium Liverpool,Anfield L4 0TH,Liverpool Merseyside UK,Hillsborough 1989,memorial of the 96,justice for the 96,football safety history,engraved names memorial,editorial image,daytime exterior,Sun Newspaper,News International,names,died,FA cup semi-final,Sheffield,football fans tribute national remembrance symbol,pilgrimage site,disaster
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CBTEFB - Hillsborough Memorial at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, mounted prominently against an exterior red brick wall. The formal memorial comprises two large polished granite panels arranged around a central glass enclosure containing the eternal flame. Gold lettering across the dark reflective stone records the names and ages of those who died as a result of the Hillsborough disaster, while the Liverpool Football Club crest appears above the inscription.
The disaster occurred at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989. The memorial at Anfield has become an important location for remembrance, reflection and collective mourning. Families, supporters, visitors and members of the wider football community come to the site to pay their respects and remember the lives lost.
The photograph clearly shows the extensive roll of names, decorative borders, central flame and polished surfaces reflecting the surroundings. Its symmetrical design and dark stone contrast strongly with the warm red brickwork of the stadium. The composition communicates dignity, grief, solidarity and the continuing importance of remembrance within Liverpool supporter culture.
Anfield also became a focal point for the long campaign for truth, accountability and justice associated with the disaster. The memorial therefore represents more than a record of individual names. It is connected with British social history, football crowd safety, public inquiries, supporter campaigning and the determination of bereaved families.
This documentary image is suitable for editorial subjects including the Hillsborough disaster, Liverpool FC, football history, fan culture, public commemoration, bereavement, justice campaigning, stadium heritage, memorial architecture, sporting tragedy and collective memory. It records an enduring place of remembrance at one of England's best-known football grounds.
The Hillsborough Memorial at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, listing the names of those who died in the
