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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Huff & Puff,vape shop,vapeshop,vaping,e-cigarette,electronic cigarette,CBD,tobacco,Northwich,Witton Street,Cheshire,high street,nicotine,shopfront,smoking accessories,retail,town centre,British high street,consumer,health debate,age restricted,store,England,UK,British retail,shop,business,outside the law,vapes,vape shops,blight,town,nuisence,Illegal,goods,underage,sales,run down
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FD8FAM - . Huff & Puff vape, tobacco and CBD shop on Witton Street, Northwich. Large black signage promotes electronic cigarettes, tobacco and smoking accessories, making the premises a clear example of the rapid growth of specialist vaping retail on British high streets. Northwich is a stock-photo/gotonysmith-Cheshire.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Cheshire market town whose centre has been repeatedly reshaped by salt-industry subsidence, redevelopment and changing retail patterns. Witton Street remains one of its principal shopping streets, combining older commercial buildings with national chains, banks, salons, convenience shops and leisure businesses. The photograph is useful as a record of the British high street at a time when online shopping, banking closures, rising operating costs, changing consumer habits and town-centre regeneration continue to alter the mix of uses found in traditional retail streets. The location is Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9, England. This geographical detail helps distinguish the subject from similar businesses, buildings or scenes elsewhere and gives the photograph stronger value for local, regional and comparative editorial use. The photograph is particularly useful where a story needs an identifiable real-world example rather than an abstract illustration, because the surrounding details place the subject in an ordinary British or European setting. Commercial and civic landscapes can change quickly, so apparently routine photographs of signs, shopfronts, machines and transport infrastructure often acquire additional documentary value when companies rebrand, premises close or policies change. The scene can be read at several levels: as a record of the immediate subject, as evidence of changing consumer or public behaviour, and as a small piece of the wider social and economic history visible in everyday places. This makes the photograph a useful piece of contemporary editorial documentation. The visible details also strengthen its usefulness as documentary stock photography.
Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9, England
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1529,Cash Generator,Ashton-under-Lyne,Tameside,Greater Manchester,second hand,pawnbroker,used goods,cash,retail,high street,shopfront,electronics,buy and sell,consumer credit,cost of living,town centre,British high street,England,UK,British retail,shop,business,consumer,shopping,storefront,commercial,economy,editorial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCW80G - . Cash Generator second-hand and pawnbroking-style retail shop in Ashton-under-Lyne. The bold blue-and-yellow fascia and densely stocked windows create a classic value-retail appearance associated with buying and selling second-hand consumer goods. Ashton-under-Lyne is one of the principal town centres of Tameside in eastern Greater Manchester. Its streets retain a dense mix of Victorian and twentieth-century commercial buildings, banks, markets, small independents and vacant or altered shopfronts. Like many traditional English centres it has faced competition from out-of-town retail, online shopping and changing leisure patterns. Photographs of individual premises and tired streetscapes provide useful evidence for stories about regeneration, vacancy, adaptive reuse, local enterprise, business rates and the uneven fortunes of post-industrial town centres. The location is Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. This geographical detail helps distinguish the subject from similar businesses, buildings or scenes elsewhere and gives the photograph stronger value for local, regional and comparative editorial use. The image therefore has value not only for current news features but also for retrospective comparisons of how streets, services, brands and public expectations evolve over time. Details that might seem mundane at the moment of photography can later help date a streetscape or explain how a service was delivered, which is one reason straightforward editorial documentation remains useful to archives and publishers. As an editorial stock image, it also records the typography, branding, materials and street-level visual language of its period, details that can become historically valuable as shops, products and public infrastructure are altered or replaced. This makes the photograph a useful piece of contemporary editorial documentation. The visible details also strengthen its usefulness as documentary stock photography.
Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,store,postoffice,post office,post offices,shopfront,former,shop,Lands Lane,Leeds,city,centre,British,retailer,bookseller,and,stationer,retail,metal,security shutter,blue,branding,shop fascia,shops,signage,city centre,West Yorkshire,shopping,UK retail industry,high street decline,struggling retail sector,bricks and mortar shopping,changing British high street,retail restructuring,shop closure crisis,traditional chain store,consumer spending slowdown,retail business challenges
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJ11YW - Entrance to the TGJones books, stationery and news retail store stands closed behind a lowered metal security shutter at 3“7 Lands Lane in Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire. The prominent blue fascia displays the TGJones name in large white lettering above the shopfront, while a curved window panel beside the entrance carries a Hello Leeds design and small graphics representing products and services associated with the retailer.
The shuttered doorway provides a clear editorial image of a closed British high street shop, although the photograph alone does not establish whether the premises were simply outside normal trading hours, temporarily inaccessible or affected by a longer-term closure. Recessed lights remain visible beneath the entrance canopy, while the red brick exterior forms part of the surrounding city-centre commercial streetscape.
TGJones is the name adopted by the former WHSmith high street retail operation after it was acquired by Modella Capital in 2025. The transaction covered the traditional town-centre, shopping-centre and retail-park business, while WHSmith retained its separate travel outlets at railway stations, airports, hospitals and motorway service areas. The new TGJones identity retained a familiar blue-and-white visual style while replacing one of the longest-established names on the British high street.
The Leeds branch sells the types of goods traditionally associated with the business, including books, magazines, newspapers, stationery, greeting cards, gifts and entertainment products. The transition from WHSmith to TGJones illustrates the continuing restructuring of established retail chains as businesses respond to changing consumer habits, internet competition, operating costs, reduced city-centre footfall and pressure on discretionary spending.
A closed and shuttered national chain store can be used editorially to illustrate British high street change, retail uncertainty, corporate rebranding, private equity ownership, busine
TGJones, 3""“7 Lands Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS1 6AW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0067,Shop for Warrington Town FC,Latchford,Shop,Warrington,Town,FC,Cheshire,local,urban,heritage,tourism,business,community,editorial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDKYNT - . Shop for Warrington Town FC, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 18 April 2026. In relation to stadium, historical context shows that football and major sporting events leave a rich material record through flags, tickets, souvenirs, programmes and venue signage
International tournaments in particular can turn everyday objects into historical evidence of national sporting culture. For the story of shopfront, it is useful to note that commercial premises are part of everyday local history
Even businesses without national fame can become important reference points for residents and researchers once ownership changes or redevelopment alters the street. The historical setting for urban change is that local place names and small landmarks can be as important to community history as nationally famous buildings
Streets, neighbourhood businesses and informal attractions provide reference points that may vanish during redevelopment or rebranding. As of 2026, the position for stadium is that professional sport remains closely tied to broadcast rights, tourism, sponsorship and stadium redevelopment, while supporter experience, policing, ticket prices and transport continue to shape matchday debate. For present-day shopfront, 2026 is significant because current interest in community assets and place-making gives photographs of individual businesses added significance when premises close, rebrand or are converted to new uses. Further editorial search language includes football club, supporters, fan culture, sporting heritage, club identity, sports venue, football history, major event, sports tourism, supporter culture, stadium architecture, sports memorabilia, local business, high street, and independent business. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include town centre, local economy, business signage, retail and leisure, commercial history, small business, local services, business premises, urban commerce, and place identity.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_9709,Curralls,Bakery,Thelwall,Lane,Warrington,Cheshire,shop,bread,cakes,independent,retail,traditional,highstreet,food,shopfront,England,UK,bakery,baking
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5HA7K - Curralls Bakery traditional shopfront on Thelwall Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at Thelwall Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The photograph records the traditional Curralls Bakery shopfront on Thelwall Lane in Warrington, with longstanding bakery branding, display windows and local high-street character. Independent food shops such as this provide useful editorial records of neighbourhood retail, family businesses and changing local shopping streets. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
Thelwall Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Black Pudding,classic,original,Chadwick,stall,shop,retail,pudding,history,heritage,historic,famous,award,winning,Chadwicks Bury Black Puddings,Bury Market black pudding,Chadwicks stall Bury,Bury Market food stall,traditional black pudding England,Lancashire food heritage,Greater Manchester market food,famous black pudding Bury,British traditional food,artisan,food stall,UK,cuisine,historic market hall,traditions,popular,queue,queuing system,market stalls,food,culture,foods,blood puddings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CJDPN8 - A view of Chadwick's food stall at Bury Market in Greater Manchester, displaying signage advertising Original Bury Black Puddings , one of the town's most famous culinary exports. The stall is part of the indoor market complex and is known locally and nationally for the quality and consistency of its traditional black pudding.
Bury Market has long been associated with black pudding production, a food deeply rooted in Lancashire and Northern English working-class food culture. Chadwick's is among the best-known traders, attracting steady custom from local residents, visitors and food enthusiasts. The popularity of the stall is such that a formal queuing system is in place, reflecting both high demand and the enduring appeal of traditional market food in a modern retail environment.
The image captures a slice of everyday life in a northern English market, where food heritage, routine commerce and community interaction intersect. It is well suited to editorial use illustrating British regional food, culinary tradition, local markets, consumer culture, and the survival of historic food practices within contemporary urban life.
Bury Market, Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK , BL9 0BJ
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,IMG_1625,Papelaria,Peninsular,shop,Porto
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E9345X - . Papelaria Peninsular shop Porto. Photographed on 13 October 2024. The recorded location is Porto, Portugal. For urban commerce, the historical context is that small businesses have long adapted existing premises to changing consumer demand, adding signs, windows and interiors that make each period visually distinct
Their survival is closely tied to footfall, rents, local competition and the wider fortunes of the town centre. Looking at place identity, the longer history is that place-based photography helps document the relationship between named locations and the people or businesses associated with them, especially where formal architectural records are limited. The background to independent retailer is that markets and shops are direct records of evolving consumer life
Trader names, fascias, product displays and market-hall directories can date a town-centre scene precisely and preserve independent businesses that may later close or relocate. For urban commerce, the 2026 context is that independent and high-street businesses continue to face pressure from costs, online competition and changing consumer habits, while councils increasingly treat local commerce, food and leisure as part of town-centre regeneration. In 2026, place identity remains relevant because current place-making policy increasingly emphasises distinctive local identity rather than generic development, so small landmarks and community businesses can become important parts of how an area is represented. Further relevant search phrases include local business, high street, commercial premises, shopfront, local economy, business signage, retail and leisure, commercial history, local services, business premises, community asset, local history, townscape, streetscape, and community history. Further subject-specific language includes local landmark, neighbourhood, urban change, local character, public realm, historic comparison, local heritage, retail premises, and market hall.
Porto, Portugal
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Cheshire,England,WA1 2EW,WA1,site,of,old,gold,shop,shopping,side,high street history,faded shop sign,ghost sign lettering,historic retail,closed shop,abandoned shopfront,urban decay,peeling paint,weathered signage,retail decline,mens clothing retailer,mid 20th century retail,British high street,old shopfront wall,history,historic,heritage,former,British,menswear,retailer,retailing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RX189D - This image shows the remains of Hepworths store branding painted directly onto a wall, with the lettering partially faded and worn through age and exposure. The weathered surface, peeling paint, and distressed texture reveal the name Hepworths, once a familiar presence on British high streets as a major menswear retailer throughout the twentieth century. The fragmentary nature of the sign suggests a former shopfront that has since been altered, repurposed, or redeveloped.
Hepworths was founded in Leeds in the late nineteenth century and grew to become one of Britain's best-known clothing retailers, particularly associated with affordable men's suits and workwear. At its height, the company operated hundreds of stores across the UK and played a significant role in shaping everyday retail culture in towns such as Warrington. The decline and eventual disappearance of Hepworths reflects wider changes in British retail, including consolidation, competition from larger chains, and the shift toward out-of-town and online shopping.
The image captures themes of retail history, urban change, and the physical traces left behind as high streets evolve. The exposed lettering functions as a ghost sign, offering visual evidence of past commercial life embedded in the urban fabric. This photograph is suitable for editorial and commercial use relating to British retail heritage, high-street decline, urban decay, nostalgia, economic change, and the social history of shopping in England.
Bridge Street, Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, WA1 2EW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_8117,Port wine,increased duty on alcohol,Britain,UK,port,wine,bottles,duty,alcohol,tax,taxation,retail,prices,government,policy,consumer,spending,shop,display,drinks,spirits,cost,increase,information,sign,alcoholic,beverage,VAT
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3F0RD - . Port wine bottles beside an information sign about increased duty on alcohol, photographed in Britain. Photographed on 26 August 2023. The recorded location is Britain, UK. The notice highlights higher taxation affecting alcoholic drinks and the display is suitable for editorial use on alcohol duty, taxation, retail prices, wine and spirits, government policy, cost increases, off-licence sales and consumer spending. For coastal transport, the historical context is that harbours and ferry ports have shaped coastal communities for centuries, providing sheltered water for fishing, trade and passenger travel
Quays, piers, slipways and terminal buildings record evolving vessel sizes and the transition from cargo handling to modern roll-on roll-off ferry operations. Looking at culinary tradition, the longer history is that restaurants, street vendors and domestic dishes illustrate migration and cultural exchange as much as appetite
Foods once considered specialist can become familiar through travel, supermarkets and changing urban populations. The background to signage is that temporary and permanent notices are valuable social-past evidence because they capture the rules and assumptions of a particular moment, from parking and access to opening times, safety and public-service instructions. For coastal transport, the 2026 context is that ferry reliability, vessel replacement, accessibility and the resilience of island transport remain prominent issues in Scotland and other coastal regions
Port photographs therefore connect tourism and scenic travel with the practical dependence of communities on dependable maritime links. In 2026, culinary tradition remains relevant because hospitality and food retail continue to adapt to higher costs, delivery platforms and changing diets, making older restaurant and product images valuable evidence of consumer trends. Related search language includes working harbour, ferry terminal, and maritime transport.
Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,tourist,summer,sunny,L1,sign,signs,branding,store,shop,stores,chain,shops,profit,performance,51-53,GB,British,L1 1DE,chains,English,retailer,retailers,Maxx Maxx,corner,TK,Maxx,company,losses,parents,turnover
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAFFJ - TK Maxx is a subsidiary of the American apparel and home goods company TJX Companies. The stores operate throughout the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Poland, Austria and the Netherlands, totalling 629 stores in Europe (up from 515 in April 2017) and 56 in Australia in May 2020. In Poland, there are a total of 44 stores. The chain uses a slightly different name from that of the TJ Maxx stores in the United States, to avoid confusion with the British retailer T. J. Hughes
In 1976, TJ Maxx was founded in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States, by Bernard Cammarata. The first international store opened in Bristol, UK, in 1994. The company modified the name to TK Maxx to avoid confusion with the established British retail chain T. J. Hughes (which is not affiliated with TJX).
In 2007, TK Maxx began winding down new store openings within the United Kingdom. Focus was given to revamping older inner city stores, or relocating them. This decision led to the creation of Maxx Maxx, moving from a budget reputation into a large department store format with a wider product range
51-53 Church St, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1DE
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Keywords: town,centre,WA1,Cheshire,England,English,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warringtons,Centre,school,uniform,50-54,50,your,one stop,store,stores,shop,shops,shopping,cost,costs,unaffordable,afford,retailer,problem,issue,sportswear,grammar,comprehensive,primary,schools,area,WA1 2NN
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHH6HN - Taken on 15 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Warringtons Schoolwear Centre - Alpha school wear , 50-54 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NN. The location is 50-54 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NN. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Alpha schoolwear, Buttermarket Street, Warringtons Schoolwear Centre, Warrington Schoolwear Centre, Alpha school wear, retail, Warrington, Schoolwear, uniforms, Buttermarket St, town, centre, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change,heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure
50-54 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,St Helens,town,centre,Merseyside,Bargain,buys,WA10,29,WA10 2JZ,shop,shopping,store,stores,low,cost,price,singleprice,single price,poundland,savings,thrifty,closed,pound shop format,format,clearance,unit,outlet,outlets,out of town,retail park,retailpark
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RF3EWN - . Bargain Buys, closed low cost store - 29 King Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, WA10 2JZ. Photographed on 4 July 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 29 King Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, WA10 2JZ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include St Helens, Merseyside, Bargain, buys, WA10, WA10 2JZ, shop, shopping, store, stores, low, cost, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. 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.
29 King Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, WA10 2JZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,Miss Morans,shop,store,shops,6,BT1 4QN,BT1,traditional,history,historic,cigars,cigarettes,product,products,Miss,Moran,Ltd,addiction,addictions,cities,city,cigar,loose,shag,old,ol fashioned,classic,pipe,pipes,tourism,tourist,destination
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ33G - . Miss Morans - 6 Church Ln, Belfast, NI, BT1 4QN. Photographed on 24 June 2023, this summer 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. The recorded location is 6 Church Ln, Belfast, NI, BT1 4QN, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Northern Ireland, Miss Morans, shop, store, shops, BT1 4QN, BT1, traditional, history, historic, cigars, cigarettes, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The religious or ecclesiastical setting gives the photograph relevance to faith, worship, sacred architecture, stained glass, church heritage, tourism and the conservation of historic interiors and buildings. It can illustrate the continuing cultural role of churches and cathedrals as places of worship, community activity, music, remembrance and architectural interest. 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. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
6 Church Ln, Belfast, NI, BT1 4QN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,English,British,UK,city,centre,typewriter,shutter,shop,meme,street,artist,art,Street Art,Truth Told,I only put this here,because Im hoping you Instagram It,it,on,E1,E1 6QL,LA,based,WordSmith,stencil,word,words,work,works,Shoreditch,frame,colourful,courier,font
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R39XXX - . Street Art Instagram meme - Truth Told, I only put this here,because I'm hoping you Instagram It, Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL. Photographed on 21 May 2023. WRDSMTH is an LA-based street artist who aspires to inspire others on a daily basis with colorful and well-chosen words crafted into indelible thoughts and phrases that he paints/pastes onto walls around the world. Read more at maybe buy some of his merch ! Brick Lane developed through successive migrant communities and industries in London's East End, becoming especially associated with Jewish tailoring and later the Bangladeshi community. The former Truman Brewery complex has been reused for markets, offices, exhibitions and creative businesses, helping turn the area into a major destination for street art, food, fashion and independent retail. Looking at public realm, the longer history is that monuments and civic artworks are part of the visual history of place
Their subjects reveal whom a community chose to celebrate, while later reinterpretation or controversy can change the meaning of an apparently permanent object. The background to industrial archaeology 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. Within the history of shopfront, local businesses provide unusually precise social-history evidence because names, branding and uses change more quickly than the buildings they occupy
A shop, café, pub or service company can disappear while the façade survives, leaving photographs as a record of the previous commercial life of the street. In 2026, public realm remains relevant because contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative.
Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,WA4 1QJ,Take a Bao,Take a Bao Warrington,bao buns cafe,street food cafe,independent cafe,takeaway restaurant,south Warrington,street,Wilderspool Road,Warrington WA4,Cheshire England,bao bun shop,Asian fusion food,modern cafe branding,takeaway food outlet,independent food retailer,corner building,red brick building,neighbourhood food venue,local high street,documentary photography,editorial image,small,door,TakeaBao,cornershop,corner,shop,shops
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PNG0 - This image shows the exterior of Take a Bao, an independent street-food cafe located on Wilderspool Road in south Warrington, Cheshire (postcode WA4 1QJ). The premises occupies a corner position in a red-brick building and features modern grey-and-white fascia signage displaying the business name and bao bun logo.
Take a Bao specialises in Asian-inspired street food, particularly bao buns, reflecting the growth of small independent food businesses outside traditional city-centre locations. Cafes and takeaway outlets such as this contribute to the changing character of suburban high streets, offering contemporary food options alongside long-established local services.
The clean, modern branding contrasts with the older brick architecture of the building, illustrating the layering of new businesses within historic urban fabric. The large windows and corner entrance give the venue strong street presence, typical of small hospitality enterprises seeking visibility and footfall in neighbourhood settings.
Photographed in daylight, the image is well suited to editorial use covering independent food businesses, street food culture, suburban retail, local economies, and the evolution of high streets in towns such as Warrington.
Take a Bao, Wilderspool Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1QJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Mainz,city,Germany,orange,blue,slide,transparency,negative,35mm,6x6,shop,store,old,heritage,branding,company,display,signs,recognisable,at,photographers,city centre,developer,development,Consumer Imaging division,German,Schillerpl. 18a,55116 Mainz,wedding,weddings,photographer,in,the,wall,side,studio
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RKGH52 - Are you looking for a photographer in Mainz, Wiesbaden or Frankfurt? We are there for you with vivid and emotional pictures!
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Schillerpl. 18a, 55116 Mainz , Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,store,stores,baker,bakers,shops,windows,Midlands,painted,sign,confectioners,confectioner,and,chocolate,shop,Fry,BCLM,1930,1930s,Joseph Storrs Fry,fry,frys,Frys Chocolate Cream,Bristol,JS Fry,cocoa,bar,bars,confectionary,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWF81 - J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd., better known as Fry's, was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and his family. Beginning in Bristol in the 18th century, the business went through several changes of name and ownership, becoming J. S. Fry & Sons in 1822. In 1847, Fry's produced the first solid chocolate bar. The company also created the first filled chocolate sweet, Cream Sticks, in 1853. Fry is most famous for Fry's Chocolate Cream, the first mass-produced chocolate bar, which was launched in 1866, and Fry's Turkish Delight, launched in 1914.
Fry, alongside Cadbury and Rowntree's, was one of the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and all three companies were founded by Quakers. The company became a division of Cadbury in the early twentieth century. The division's Somerdale Factory near Bristol was closed after the 2010 takeover of Cadbury's by Kraft Foods Inc
Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,english,UK,BW,black & white,Bristol,fry,1930,chocolate,confectioners,Midlands,bakers,midlands,baker,windows,sign,confectioner,Fry,Joseph Storrs Fry,Frys Chocolate Cream,BCLM,and,JS Fry,frys,1930s,shop,painted,shops,store,stores,product,Bournville,British,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NBWGEC - J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd., better known as Fry's, was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and his family. Beginning in Bristol in the 18th century, the business went through several changes of name and ownership, becoming J. S. Fry & Sons in 1822. In 1847, Fry's produced the first solid chocolate bar. The company also created the first filled chocolate sweet, Cream Sticks, in 1853. Fry is most famous for Fry's Chocolate Cream, the first mass-produced chocolate bar, which was launched in 1866, and Fry's Turkish Delight, launched in 1914.
Fry, alongside Cadbury and Rowntree's, was one of the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and all three companies were founded by Quakers. The company became a division of Cadbury in the early twentieth century. The division's Somerdale Factory near Bristol was closed after the 2010 takeover of Cadbury's by Kraft Foods Inc
Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,WA4 2SU,south,signs,signage,parcel,savings,annuity,bond,bonds,savings bank,postal order,GPO,insurance,and,business,architecture,village,Bell Lane,Thelwall,South Warrington,GB,Great Britain,British,old,the,shop,store,PL Greenway,grocer and provision dealer,Greenway,ward
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M9F1J0 - The post office and the village shop were at the heart of Thelwall life in the mid 1950s. The public telephone box outside the post office reflects an era before mobile phones became commonplace, The right-hand shop window would have been from P L Greenway, 'grocer and provision dealer', thi swould have been typical of the small general store which proceeded the supermarket age.
Childhood memory from Richard Oxley: The post office door had an actual brass bell fitted to it, on entering if the post master was in the back their parrot used to scream 'Wipe your feet' followed by 'No stamps today'
Adjacent Telephone kiosk. Type K6. Designed 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Made
by various contractors. Cast iron. Square kiosk with domed roof. Unperforated
crowns to top panels and margin glazing to windows and door.
Listing NGR: SJ6519087551
Bell Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,dusk,observation,icon,iconic,Eurovision,2023,host,mall,Financial Partners,owned,owners,125,L1 1LY,L1,St Johns Beacon,Viewing,Gallery,beacon,tower,James A. Roberts,Associates,Eurovision2023,retailers,shop,shopping centre,shopping centres,exterior,stores,city,centre,shops,main,shopping,area
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JXJ8 - Radio City Tower (also known as St. John's Beacon) is a radio and observation tower in Liverpool, England, built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. It was designed by James A. Roberts Associates in Birmingham. It is 138 metres tall, and is the second tallest free-standing building in Liverpool and the 32nd tallest in the United Kingdom.
When considering the height of the building, it has a 10m long antenna on the roof, making it the tallest structure in Liverpool (including antennas).
As testament to the importance of its design, which was described by Historic England as embodying the technological bravura and spirit of the space age , the building was listed at Grade II in November 2020.
The tower takes its name from the main radio station that operates from it, Radio City and its sister station Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West
125 St George's Way, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1LY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,takeaway,carry out,carryout,124 Thelwall Lane,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA41LU,a,Fish & Chip,shop,at,Whitby Seafoods,Scampi,fried,food,Kebabs,Burgers,local,Great Britain,British,outside,front,shopfront,exterior,cod,haddock,increasing,cost,fryer,frying
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7XF5N - . This dated editorial view of 124 Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA41LU in 2023 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Fishnet, a traditional British Fish & Chip shop, at 124 Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA41LU. The locality and subject together evoke visual archive, customer footfall, nutrient-rich breakfast, local enterprise, public realm, commercial streetscape, social history, changing land use, regional identity, commercial frontage, street-level trading, everyday nutrition, fresh fruit breakfast, and consumer retail. The wider contemporary story combines healthy eating, consumer choice and the effect of food prices on healthier choices. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with town-centre regeneration, commercial rents and the role of independent businesses in maintaining active town centres. Small period details of materials and architectural details at 124 Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA41LU may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. The location also brings in community identity, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, shopfront economy, historical comparison, wholegrain cereal, archival record, and healthy breakfast. Elements such as Thelwall, Fishnet, WA41LU, traditional, and British add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For 124 Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA41LU, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image fixes details of everyday use within the wider story of 124 Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA41LU.
124 Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA41LU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Yorkshire,England,UK,retail,hanging,Holy,Bible,hung,over,door,doorway,YO1 8AW,shop,suspended,suspend,a,book,historic,history,listed,grade II,Francis Hildyard,opened,bookshop,Tudor,style,Knowles family,Derek Acorah,filmed an episode of,Ghost Towns Live,Museum Of Psychic Experience
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF7FBA - 35 Stonegate is a grade II* listed building in the city centre of York, in England.
The building lies on Stonegate, one of the most historic streets in the city of York. From the early 14th century, the site of the building was owned by the Prebend of Bramham. The front section of the current building was constructed in the 15th century, a timber-framed three-storey range facing the street. In the early-17th century, a separate two-storey timber-framed building was built at the rear of the plot
Stained glass in the first floor window
In 1682, Francis Hildyard opened a bookshop in the building, known as At the Sign of the Bible. From 1762 until 1811, it was a library and bookshop owned by John Todd. In 1759, he sold the first 200 copies of Laurence Sterne's novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, now commemorated in a York Civic Trust plaque. The property continued to operate as a bookshop until 1872, when it was purchased by John Ward Knowles, a stained glass maker. In 1874, he completed a renovation
The Holy Bible sign
In reference to the building's history, there is a sign above the door depicting a bible, with HOLY BIBLE 1682 written on it
In 1999, the building was purchased by astrologer Jonathan Cainer, who initially sold horoscopes from it. In 2004, he worked with Uri Geller to relaunch it as the Museum Of Psychic Experience. Derek Acorah filmed an episode of Ghost Towns Live in the building in 2006. The following year, Cainer transformed the building into Haunted, a haunted house attraction, which closed in 2014 In 2015, it became the first Oliver Bonas shop in the north of England
35 Stonegate, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK ,YO1 8AW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,England,UK,dusk,at,in,the,night time,buildings,GL50,shop,store,&,and,town,centre,anchor,123 High St,GL50 1DQ,high street,shopping,retail,destination,branch,chain,high-end,high end,evening,The Place To Eat,Huffkins cafe,Huffkins,café,facade,façade,night,John Ruis
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9GA - At the heart of Cheltenham's busy High Street, John Lewis & Partners Cheltenham is a shopping destination not to be missed!
A beautiful branch of the popular British chain of high-end department stores throughout the United Kingdom, the shop boasts over 49,000 products from more than a thousand brands.
Departments include:
Audio, TV & Technology
Fashion & Beauty
Nursery & Childrenswear
Furniture & Furnishings
Beds & Bedroom Furniture, and Kitchenware
Haberdashery
Bureau De Change
Full list of departments can be found here - John Lewis Cheltenham
In-store restaurants include Huffkins cafe, open every day for breakfast, brunch, lunch & afternoon tea and The Place To Eat for refreshments and light bites. Both are wheelchair accessible.
Car parking is available for customers in the adjoining Citipark, spread across five storeys and perfect for customers who want to quickly pop into the store or alternatively avoid bad weather in winter.
Opening hours are Monday - Sunday 6am-9.30pm. Up to 30 mins FREE parking is available for John Lewis & Partners Click and Collect customers.
123 High St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 1DQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,Filey,coast,coastal,store,material,woollen,supplies,patterns,display,hobby,35,supply,stuffed,colorful,hobbies,Belle Vue St,of,stories,handicrafts,yarn,balls,wool shop,craft,pattern,YO14 9HU,knitter,knitting,knit,ball,sirdar,shop,handicraft,colourful
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD23YJ - . Balls of knitting wool, in The Beachcomber shop in Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK,. Photographed on 25 September 2022, this autumn 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 35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Filey, coast, coastal, store, material, woollen, supplies, patterns, display, hobby, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. 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.
35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,35,cotton,coloured,colour,color,reels,reel,in,the,Beachcomber,store,stores,shop,mix,pile,shelf,colours,thread,threads,spool,bobbin,bobbins,spools,bar,coded,standard,standardised,material,materials,fibre,fibres
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD23YX - . Cotton coloured reels in The Beachcomber shop in Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO14 9HU. Photographed on 25 September 2022, this autumn 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 35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, cotton, coloured, colour, color, reels, reel, Beachcomber, store, stores, shop, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. Industrial subject matter gives the image strong relevance to manufacturing, engineering, energy, utilities, machinery, skilled work and Britain's industrial heritage. The photograph can support stories about technological change, preservation, infrastructure, deindustrialisation, redevelopment and the reuse of former working sites for culture, housing, tourism or new commercial purposes. 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.
35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,Merseyside,L18,famous,song,area,fab four,Penny Lane fish and chip,shop,Penny Lane,fish and chip,fish & chip,shutters,shuttered,20,mph,sign,chip shop,fish,chip,The Chippy,Beatle,fab4,the,history,heritage,historic,music,songs,track,Penny Ln,Penny Lane Liverpool,streets,obesity
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0PRTY - . An identifiable period record of Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Penny Lane fish and chip shop, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE. Further facets of the scene include music tourism, adaptive reuse, mixed-use redevelopment, built heritage, popular culture, urban regeneration, regional identity, town-centre renewal, documentary photography, local character, historical comparison, urban fabric, public-realm investment, and before-and-after reference. The wider contemporary story combines venue survival, licensing and how popular music is reused in hospitality and tourism branding. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with construction costs, planning and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. As a dated visual record of Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes contemporary social history, changing streetscape, local music culture, local history, place-making, Beatles memorabilia, public realm, and period detail. References to Penny, Liverpool, and Merseyside give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for venue survival and the role of music heritage in attracting visitors beyond conventional attractions within the real-world context of Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE.
Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Keywords: city,centre,Greater,England,UK,Northern Quarter,M1 1JF,Good advice,Fred Aldous,M1 postcode,NQ4,Fred Aldous Ltd,yellow,pink,bright,slogan,art,shop,handicrafts,Stevenson Square,Stevenson Sq,work,working,workers,union,action,strike,strikes,be,busy,lazy,working hard,hard work,days,off,pays,inspirational slogan,work ethic,creativity,maker culture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD2N6 - Bold Hard Work Pays Off artwork in Stevenson Square in Manchester's Northern Quarter, stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England. The installation is credited on the upper panel as Fred Aldous x Tara Collette and uses a vivid yellow ground with large hand-painted pink lettering, turning a simple motivational phrase into bright public-facing street art. Fred Aldous is a long-established Manchester art and craft supplies business based nearby at 37 Lever Street, while Tara Collette is a Manchester-based banner maker and artist whose work includes custom signs and eye-catching shop-window display pieces. The image has strong value for editorial use around Manchester's creative economy, independent retail, local artists, public art, typography, murals, creative placemaking and the distinctive visual culture of the Northern Quarter. Stevenson Square has long been associated with street art, independent bars, shops, cafes and the city's alternative design scene, and this piece fits into that wider pattern of colourful urban intervention in a dense city-centre setting. The vertical composition emphasises the scale of the lettering and the block-like structure, with upper floors, street activity and surrounding buildings visible around the edges. It can illustrate stories about positive messaging in public space, artist and retailer collaborations, art-led high street identity, Manchester design culture, city-centre regeneration and the role of independent businesses in shaping neighbourhood character. The wording also makes the image suitable for features about work ethic, ambition, creativity, small business, entrepreneurship, student life and maker culture. For picture buyers, the readable slogan, bright colour palette, named collaboration and clear Manchester location make it a flexible stock image for editorial, cultural, lifestyle, education, business and urban arts usage.
Stephenson Square, Northern Quarter, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1JF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,shop,store,centre,stalls,music,England,UK,M4 1PW,M4,indoor,NQ4,ice cream,icecream,vegan,diary,1st floor,Afflecks,palace,Manc,Manchester City centre,Mancunian,trendy,funky,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,Affleck,market,vintage,unit,units,history,historic,heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR68 - . This dated editorial view of 52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The frame specifically shows Gingers Comfort Emporium, 1st floor, Afflecks Palace , 52 Church St, Manchester , England, UK, M4 1PW. The locality and subject together evoke place identity, local history, everyday life, period detail, church interior, liturgical art, contemporary social history, archival record, independent trading, street-level business, ecclesiastical art, historic church fabric, Christian iconography, and commercial streetscape. The wider contemporary story combines online shopping, consumer spending and how physical retail adapts to online competition. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with faith communities, heritage conservation and how places of worship combine active faith use with heritage and tourism. The image fixes signage and branding within 52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. A second descriptive layer includes mixed-use town centre, changing streetscape, documentary photography, retail property, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, local enterprise, and town-centre economy. The recorded references to Afflecks, Gingers, floor, Church, and Comfort preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around 52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is online shopping and how physical retail adapts to online competition within the real-world context of 52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW. The image fixes details of everyday use as a date-specific reference.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,M4,Manchester,England,UK,M4 3AH,indoor market,city,centre,retail,shop,store,stalls,vegetables,fruit,and,&,veg,stall,in,the,fruits,greens,vegetarian,eggs,seasonal,markets,small,retailers,community,urban,welcoming,bargain,bargains
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR81 - . This authentic period view of 49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The scene records Manchester Arndale centre, Strawberry Garden fruit & veg stall in the indoor market, 49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH. Other connected aspects include mixed-use redevelopment, commercial streetscape, regional identity, mixed-use town centre, public-realm investment, period architecture, archival record, place identity, heritage-led regeneration, place-making, adaptive reuse, high-street commerce, shopfront economy, and local enterprise. For current editorial use, commercial rents and store closures provide additional context, especially through how physical retail adapts to online competition. Current relevance extends to construction costs and town-centre regeneration, particularly through the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around 49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes architectural character, contemporary social history, historic townscape, civic architecture, historical comparison, town-centre renewal, visual archive, and bricks-and-mortar retail. References to fruit, Strawberry, stall, Arndale, and centre give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For 49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is commercial rents and how physical retail adapts to online competition within the real-world context of 49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH.
49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,M4 2HU,M4,Manchester indoor market fishmonger,shop,Manchester,indoor,Fresh Fish Daily,Arndale Centre,High St. Manchester,England,UK,popular,fresh,fishes,varieties,crowd,crowded,Mancunian,markets,small,retailers,community,urban,welcoming,bargain,bargains,fishmongers stall,fishmongers,stall,stalls,shops,refrigerated,ice,iced,display,sea,freshwater
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR83 - A fishmonger (historically fishwife for female practitioners) is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, merchandising and selling their product. In some countries modern supermarkets are replacing fishmongers who operate in shops or fish markets.
Arndale Centre, High St. Manchester, England, UK, M4 2HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,M4 2HU,M4,Manchester indoor market fishmonger,shop,Manchester,indoor,Fresh Fish Daily,Arndale Centre,High St. Manchester,England,UK,popular,fresh,fishes,varieties,Lemon Sole,Wild Seabass,rock,seabass,sea bass,bass,Yellow Eye Snapper,fishmongers stall,fishmongers,stall,stalls,shops,refrigerated,ice,iced,display,sea,freshwater,fish markets,trader,traders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR9M - A fishmonger (historically fishwife for female practitioners) is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, merchandising and selling their product. In some countries modern supermarkets are replacing fishmongers who operate in shops or fish markets.
Arndale Centre, High St. Manchester, England, UK, M4 2HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,M4 2HU,M4,Manchester indoor market fishmonger,shop,Manchester,indoor,Fresh Fish Daily,Arndale Centre,High St. Manchester,England,UK,popular,fresh,fishes,varieties,seabass,Seabream,bream,red snapper,mackerel,fishmongers stall,fishmongers,stall,stalls,shops,refrigerated,ice,iced,display,sea,freshwater,farmed,fish markets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR9P - A fishmonger (historically fishwife for female practitioners) is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, merchandising and selling their product. In some countries modern supermarkets are replacing fishmongers who operate in shops or fish markets.
Arndale Centre, High St. Manchester, England, UK, M4 2HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,M4 2HU,M4,Manchester indoor market fishmonger,shop,Manchester,indoor,Fresh Fish Daily,Arndale Centre,High St. Manchester,England,UK,popular,fresh,fishes,varieties,Mancunian,markets,small,retailers,community,urban,welcoming,bargain,bargains,fishmongers stall,fishmongers,stall,stalls,shops,refrigerated,ice,iced,display,sea,freshwater,fish markets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR9W - A fishmonger (historically fishwife for female practitioners) is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, merchandising and selling their product. In some countries modern supermarkets are replacing fishmongers who operate in shops or fish markets.
Arndale Centre, High St. Manchester, England, UK, M4 2HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,apple,apples,distillers,maker,makers,bottle,bottled,Hereford Deer Park,Deer Park,ABV,proof,on,sale,being,sold,at,Hall,Gwatkin cider,Gwatkin cider company,spirit,strong,distillate,distilled,bottles,store,shop,stall,stalls,alcohol,alcoholic,beverage,beverages
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AGT - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The principal subject is Hereford Deer Park, Gwatkin, Apple Whisky 40% proof, on sale at Hereford Market Hall, Herefordshire, England, UK. The subject also carries associations with specialist retailer, commercial frontage, public realm, local character, community identity, high-street commerce, shopfront economy, documentary photography, place identity, before-and-after reference, small business, social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, changing streetscape, and town-centre trading. Today's relevance is strengthened by independent business, footfall and the continuing question of the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after replacement signage. The surrounding story also includes period detail, retail property, changing land use, visual archive, independent retail, historical comparison, local history, and everyday life. Details involving Market, Herefordshire, Gwatkin, Hereford, and proof make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for independent business and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of the recorded location. Another useful connection is online shopping and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the specific setting of the recorded location. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,RBKC,England,UK,Royal Borough,of,Kensington,Chelsea,Alices junk shop & antiques,86 Portobello Rd,W11 2QD,junk,store,shop,and,curios,antiques,86,famous,heads,phrenology,boys club,girls club,sign,signs,BW,black & white,saxophone,costumes,used,preloved,pre-loved,swordfish,life ring,lifering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KWT1 - . This dated editorial view of Alices junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is Inside Alices famous junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD - monochrome. A broader reading of the photograph includes regional identity, historical comparison, capital-city heritage, Thames city view, city branding, historic London streetscape, local history, local character, London cityscape, metropolitan identity, changing land use, community identity, heritage tourism, and before-and-after reference. Today's relevance is strengthened by public transport, visitor economy and the continuing question of how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around Alices junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include capital landmark imagery, documentary photography, social history, contemporary social history, London visitor economy, public realm, everyday life, and place identity. The recorded references to Alices, Portobello, Inside, famous, and monochrome preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Alices junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference. The view records period character for later comparison.
Alices junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,historic,gold,letters,lettering,shop,store,entrance,retail,premises,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,WA7 1LX,former,tailors,clothes,clothing,Runcorn town centre,heritage,streets,old town,Runcorns,sunny,summer,blue sky,blue skies,clear sky,walk,walking,Old fashioned,memory,memories
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1417E - . An identifiable period record of 19 Church St, Runcorn , England, UK, WA7 1LX in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Window, 19-23 Church St, Runcorn old town, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1LX - Former Burton Store. Other connected aspects include visual archive, parish church heritage, destination shopping, customer footfall, commercial streetscape, everyday life, ecclesiastical craftsmanship, commercial frontage, mixed-use town centre, changing land use, retail property, historic church fabric, social history, and faith heritage. The wider contemporary story combines business rates, commercial rents and how physical retail adapts to online competition. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with faith communities, accessibility and how sacred art preserves religious, artistic and community history. The image fixes equipment and working practice within 19 Church St, Runcorn , England, UK, WA7 1LX at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The location also brings in church interior, period detail, sacred architecture, bricks-and-mortar retail, historical comparison, local enterprise, archival record, and Christian iconography. Details involving Store, Window, Former, Runcorn, and Halton make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of 19 Church St, Runcorn , England, UK, WA7 1LX may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects business rates and how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets within the real-world context of 19 Church St, Runcorn , England, UK, WA7 1LX. The image fixes evidence of changing use for future local research.
19 Church St, Runcorn , England, UK, WA7 1LX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wigan & Leigh Council,England,Lancs,Lancashire,Frozen,Foods,food,dairy,product,products,foods,corner,shop,cornershop,off licence,LI Local,local,outside,front,signage,WN7,20,Railway Road,Leigh,UK,WN7 4AX,open,7,seven,days,a,week,all,shops,shelves
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH06R0 - . This authentic period view of 20 Railway Rd, Leigh, England,UK, WN7 4AX in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents LI Local, Leigh Local Convenience store, Booze, Diary Products, Confectioneries, Frozen Foods, 20 Railway Rd, Leigh, England,UK, WN7 4AX. The locality and subject together evoke local history, physical store, rail corridor, before-and-after reference, town-centre economy, documentary photography, archival record, changing streetscape, transport interchange, railway heritage, commercial frontage, passenger railway, public transport network, and changing land use. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into brand consolidation and online shopping, not least because of the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies. Today's relevance is strengthened by reliability, station investment and the continuing question of the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity. Small period details of equipment and working practice at 20 Railway Rd, Leigh, England,UK, WN7 4AX may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. The surrounding story also includes high-street commerce, brand-led retail, rail transport, regional identity, contemporary social history, shopping district, rail mobility, and retail chain. The combination of Railway, Products, Booze, Foods, and Convenience anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For 20 Railway Rd, Leigh, England,UK, WN7 4AX, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate brand consolidation and how physical shops adapt to online competition when considered against later change at 20 Railway Rd, Leigh, England,UK, WN7 4AX.
20 Railway Rd, Leigh, England,UK, WN7 4AX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,UK,BL1,shop,shops,store,stores,hall,BL1 2AR,Knowsley St,entertainment,complex,development,Market Place Shopping Centre,Victorian,19th-century,19th,century,building,architecture,in,the,vaults,heart,of,Bolton,eat,drink,The Light,inside,interior,floors,escalators,Hollywood,Strikes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRM2 - . An identifiable period record of Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The main point of reference is Bolton Hall Market Place shopping centre and cinema complex, Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK, BL1 2AR. Another layer of the photograph includes everyday life, town-centre renewal, customer footfall, independent trading, urban regeneration, built heritage, bricks-and-mortar retail, local enterprise, destination shopping, town-centre economy, contemporary social history, historic townscape, place-making, and high-street commerce. The wider contemporary story combines construction costs, heritage conservation and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with consumer spending, store closures and how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. The image fixes building condition and alterations within Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. The wider setting retains connections with historical comparison, commercial redevelopment, community identity, heritage-led regeneration, adaptive reuse, urban fabric, changing land use, and shopfront economy. Elements such as Knowsley, Greater, shopping, cinema, and centre add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image fixes a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,UK,BL1,shop,shops,store,stores,hall,BL1 2AR,Knowsley St,entertainment,complex,development,Market Place Shopping Centre,Victorian,19th-century,19th,century,building,architecture,in,the,vaults,heart,of,Bolton,eat,drink,The Light,inside,interior,floors,escalators,trader
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRM5 - . This scene at Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 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 Bolton Hall Market Place shopping centre and cinema complex, Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK, BL1 2AR. Other connected aspects include town-centre economy, commercial streetscape, mixed-use redevelopment, local character, shopfront economy, civic architecture, contemporary social history, historic townscape, commercial redevelopment, urban fabric, social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, period architecture, and changing land use. From a 2025-onward perspective, town-centre regeneration and housing pressure are closely linked to this subject, alongside the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The wider contemporary story combines store closures, commercial rents and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against later reinterpretation. The location also brings in local enterprise, place identity, everyday life, adaptive reuse, town-centre renewal, urban regeneration, place-making, and documentary photography. The recorded references to Knowsley, centre, complex, cinema, and Manchester preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The view records period character for future local research.
Knowsley Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Birmingham,UK,England,West Midlands,B2,New Street,B2 4QA,dusk,Night,New St,Birmingham Christmas Market,shop,shopping,retail,retailing,popular,Santa,Rostbratwurst,wurst,bratwurst,Birmingham twinned with Frankfurt,Frankfurt Christmas Market,Frankfurt,Christmas Market,annual outdoor Christmas market,November,December,stalls,Craft Fair,Centenary Square,Chamberlain Square,Victoria Square,wooden structures,Christmas Markets Birmingham
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFP0FN - The Frankfurt Christmas Market and Craft Market is an annual outdoor Christmas market and craft fair held in central Birmingham, England. The market started in 2001 with 24 stalls and has expanded every year. It opens in mid November and continues until late December, closing just before Christmas.
The Christmas Market and Craft Fair is located in Centenary Square, Chamberlain Square, New Street, and Victoria Square. It is the largest such market outside Germany.htm Target=_Blank>Germany and Austria, attracting over 3.1 million visitors in 2010, over 5 million visitors in 2011, almost 5 million visitors in 2013 and over 5.5 million visitors in 2014. German food and drink such as Bratwurst and Glühwein are available.
On 15 November 2018, after an inspection by Birmingham City Council's environmental health officials, twenty of the market's food stalls were ordered to improve hygiene . Two further stalls were summarily closed for failing to display mandatory allergen advice. When reinspected on 20 November, all the stalls were found to meet the required standards.
The market is affiliated with the Frankfurt Christmas Market in the city of Frankfurt, one of the oldest such markets in Germany (dating from 1393), hence the name. Birmingham is twinned with Frankfurt.
New St / Bullring Birmingham B2 4QA
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,pumpout,wood,wooden,painted,Warrington,waterway,WA4,Diesel Pump out,Cheshire,England,WA4 6LE,Thorn Marine,Chandlery Boat Hire,Diesel,Pump out,Stockton Heath,South Warrington,London Bridge,warehouse,warehousing,shop,store,retail,towpath,tow path,Manchester ship Canal Company,Peel Ports,Rambling Thorn,exterior,outside,historic,old boathouse,ward,Boatyard and shop,British Waterways,boat hire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEJ7X - History of Thorn Marine
The Bridgewater canal reach Stockton heath about 1772, the area around London Bridge and Thorn Marine developed over the next few years and became known as Stockton Quays, there was warehousing, an inn, toll house,Blacksmiths, stabling, barns, and bank riders cottages. one of these bank riders cottages became Thorn Marine.
A very successful packet boat service started up running from the London Bridge Inn to Manchester allowing the gentry to travel in style and comfort on the last part of there journey to Manchester, good were also shipped from the warehouse over the road, The boats were in them days pulled by horses, and unusually the horse for the packet boat were trotted along the towpath and were ridden by Bank riders who lived in what is now Thorn Marine.
The quays at thorn marine were also used by Caldwells to ship there tools spades, picks, etc for the gold rush in america and the First World War. The good were shipped to Liverpool where they were loaded onto sea going ships
During the First and second world wars the canal was also used to move munitions and men to Liverpool to be shipped across for the war effort.
Since we took over
We passed Thorn Marine in the spring of 1991 on our 25' Dawncraft Hammie on a two week trip around the Cheshire ring, we noticed it was looking a bit unloved and there was a for sale sign out side.
A few phone calls on our return home we discovered it was still for sale, but not with the agents anymore. After nearly 12 months of negotiations with the vendor and The Manchester ship Canal Company, we finally moved in on the 11th April 1992.
Over the next few years Margaret turned the business around from a fancy good shop back to a chandlery with help from Brian and Nigel when they were not working in their own careers. Brian decided in 1997 to stop paining and decorating and joined Margret working full time in the shop.
In 1997 we too delivery of Rambling Thorn our purpose built day boat
Bridgewater Canal,Stockton Heath,South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6LE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,tourist,travel,signs,signage,lit,night,sign,open,67,OConnell,St,Street,Upper,North City,Dublin 1,D01 C1Y6,Dublin,city,centre,entertainment,entertainments,leisure,Irish,nightlife,life,ring,rings,shop,well known,bright,lights,up
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG405P - . An on-location photograph from 67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is Donuts, Come in and visit, red neon sign at night, Dublin, Eire, Ireland. A broader reading of the photograph includes promotional board, tourist town economy, regional food identity, local produce retail, street-level marketing, advertising ephemera, period detail, visual merchandising, before-and-after reference, regional branding, local speciality shop, community identity, changing streetscape, and tourism business. For current editorial use, cost of living and regional branding provide additional context, especially through the role of gateway towns in national-park visitor economies. Current relevance extends to commercial competition and advertising regulation, particularly through how signs and displays become time-specific records of commercial language. Future viewers can use this scene from 67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after new construction. The location also brings in Highland gateway retail, contemporary social history, Trossachs tourism, public realm, visual archive, documentary photography, historic signage, and visitor retail. References to visit, Dublin, night, Donuts, and Ireland give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of 67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The record includes period character for future local research. The frame retains a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,office,in,England,helping,poor,people,accessing,save,loan,loans,and,fair,safe,poverty,cost,of,living,UC,Universal Credit,saving,savings,investment,investments,town,centre,Chorleys Credit Union,29,Market St,Chorley,PR7 2SY,PR7,shop,store,Rachel Reeves,nest egg
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43PNG - . An on-location photograph from 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The principal subject is Credit union office in Chorley, Lancashire, England, helping poor people access savings and finance, 29 Market St, Chorley, PR7 2SY. Other connected aspects include shopfront economy, local history, specialist shop, public realm, commercial frontage, town-centre trading, high-street commerce, community identity, independent retail, retail property, street-level business, documentary photography, regional identity, and historical comparison. For current editorial use, business rates and town-centre regeneration provide additional context, especially through the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes period detail, specialist retailer, place identity, customer footfall, bricks-and-mortar retail, local enterprise, before-and-after reference, and changing streetscape. References to finance, Chorley, Market, savings, and office give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to business rates and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets without losing the local specificity of 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY. The record includes part of the area's social history within the wider story of 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY.
29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,open,for,manscaping,haircuts,hot shave,hot shaves,the,craic,priceless,appointment,appointments,mancave,man,cave,shop,salon,Scottish,A Board,signs,FK17,17 Main St,Perthshire,Scotland,England,UK,FK17 8DU,barbers,Gordons,is,a,trim,hot,shave,shaves,walk in
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNA8 - . An identifiable period record of 17 Main St, Callander, Perthshire,Scotland,UK, FK17 8DU in 2019, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The principal subject is Gordons Mancave Barber shop/ Gents wedding services sign, 17 Main St, Callander, Perthshire,Scotland, UK, FK17 8DU. The image also relates to local history, visitor hospitality, visual archive, beer-led hospitality, pub heritage, public information notice, place identity, historic hostelry, period detail, instructional wording, traditional pub, night-time economy, period lettering, and changing land use. The modern context includes continuing discussion of beer duty, consumer spending and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. For current editorial use, local history and accessibility provide additional context, especially through how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. Small period details of public access and movement at 17 Main St, Callander, Perthshire,Scotland,UK, FK17 8DU may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. Other useful contextual ideas include community identity, everyday life, street-level message, community drinking venue, licensed hospitality, local social venue, real-ale culture, and graphic street detail. The combination of Gordons, wedding, Mancave, Gents, and Barber anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For 17 Main St, Callander, Perthshire,Scotland,UK, FK17 8DU, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is beer duty and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces without losing the local specificity of 17 Main St, Callander, Perthshire,Scotland,UK, FK17 8DU.
17 Main St, Callander, Perthshire,Scotland,UK, FK17 8DU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,North West England,Cheshire,in,gallons,gallon,Fire Chief,petrol,gas,Gasoline,red,cafe,shop,Ethyl,this sale,carbon,fuel,dirty fuels,carbon footprint,Americana,old historic,history,USA,American,classic,gas station,United States,1950,50s,nostalgia,red pump,sign,brand,branding,Big oil,small town
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X6H - . A carefully observed scene captures the physical context of the recorded location, in an image captured in 2019. The image record centres upon Fire Chief Gasoline Texaco red Wayne Petrol pump in gallons, in a cafe, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are visitor destination, visitor economy, leisure venue, local landmark, shopping habits, town-centre trading, passenger railway, rail modernisation, conservation interest, consumer retail, hospitality trade, and shopping district. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, rail accessibility also connects with ticketing reform, fares and affordability and efforts aimed at renewed station districts. The wider contemporary story of commercial property now includes vacant premises alongside shifts in leisure spending, while policy and investment increasingly consider stronger local footfall. Current debate around local landmarks often combines planning control, maintenance cost and the practical challenge of keeping older buildings useful. Because this is a time-specific record of the recorded location, later comparison can reveal changes in signage, ownership, land use, transport, street furniture, building condition and the way the public uses the surrounding space, specifically in relation to Fire Chief Gasoline Texaco red Wayne Petrol pump in gallons. The scene also relates to traditional building, rail transport, commercial streetscape, food-and-drink business, high-street commerce, local dining. Its context additionally embraces integrated transport, rail infrastructure, sustainable mobility, mass transit, leisure hospitality, conservation architecture, intercity travel, destination economy, consumer leisure, and hospitality premises. Modern coverage of station investment frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of accessible travel, public ownership and a simpler passenger experience.
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Keywords: Manchester,City centre,city,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,North West England,UK,England,craft beer and cider kegs rear of a bar,in Northern Quarter,kegs,cider kegs,rear,pub,bar,NQ4,Northern Quarter,North West,northernquarter,beer shop,beer,shop,keg hire,empty,alcohol,alcoholic,black,silver,microbrewery,sustainable,CAMRA,Camden Town Brewery,English brewery,ale,kegs stacked,waiting for collection,local,small batch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF670 - . This descriptive scene records the visible identity of the recorded location, in a photograph originating in 2019. The source caption identifies Camden Town Brewery, craft beer and cider kegs rear of a bar, in Northern Quarter, Manchester, North West England, UK. The photograph carries associations with bricks-and-mortar retail, traditional hostelry, commercial streetscape, shopping habits, independent retail, public house culture, retail property, hospitality venue, city-centre economy, high-street commerce, social drinking venue, and leisure economy. For present-day editorial use, town-centre hospitality can also illustrate debates about changing drinking habits and staff recruitment, particularly where these affect supporting independent operators. Modern coverage of commercial property frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of brand consolidation, online shopping and adaptable commercial space. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of the recorded location may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison, specifically in relation to Camden Town Brewery. The surrounding context also touches on pub architecture, urban commerce, hospitality economy, consumer retail, retail vacancy, beer heritage. Other relevant facets include beer retail, night-time economy, independent hospitality, consumer spending, shopping district, community venue, retail decline and renewal, licensed premises, shopfront economy, and commercial frontage. In the mid-2020s, community pubs is increasingly discussed through staff recruitment and changing drinking habits, with attention turning to protecting valued local meeting places. The view of Camden Town Brewery also preserves another layer of local identity and period change. The photograph also fixes the character of the setting for future researchers.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Doncaster,South Yorkshire,South,Yorkshire,England,UK,Floristry Lord Hurst tea rooms,retail,shop,Bennetthorpe,flags,Columbine House,Tea rooms,coffee lounge,garden room,gift,gifts,Donny,unit,units,store,outside,tea,teas,coffees,2a,green,verdant,plants,plant,flower,flowers,2 Bennetthorpe,DN2 6AD,DN2
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8DCT9 - . This authentic period view of 2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD in 2018 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The defining feature is Floristry Lord Hurst tea rooms, Columbine House, 2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD. Another layer of the photograph includes social history, local history, documentary photography, regional identity, archival record, English identity, residential flag display, public expression of identity, patriotic symbolism, street-level symbolism, national flag display, everyday life, visual archive, and historical comparison. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with community cohesion, sporting events and the way familiar symbols acquire different meanings during major events. The image fixes public access and movement within 2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The wider setting retains connections with changing streetscape, community identity, contemporary social history, public realm, St George's Cross, local character, civic identity, and period detail. Details involving rooms, Yorkshire, Hurst, House, and Floristry make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate community cohesion and the visibility of English identity in residential streets and public space as part of the longer story of 2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD. Image P8DCT9 also remains a dated record of 2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD.
2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Silverstone,British GP 2018,British Grand Prix 2018,car,Formula One,track,people,spectators,spectator,the circuit,circuit,Silverstone Circuit,F1,F1 Circuit,British,GP,British GP,F1 Store,British Grand Prix,Towcester,England,UK,NN12 8TL,problem,issue,race,shop,Store,Circuit,T-Shirts,Merch,merchandise,sales,retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8HWFD - . A close documentary record shows the setting around Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TL, in a view made during 2018. The frame is associated with F1 Store, Formula One Merchandise, British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit,Towcester, England, UK , NN12 8TL. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are urban commerce, sporting identity, retail vacancy, venue regeneration, club history, competitive sport, bricks-and-mortar retail, commercial frontage, retail decline and renewal, local trading, community sport, and stadium architecture. In the mid-2020s, town-centre commerce is increasingly discussed through shifts in leisure spending and online shopping, with attention turning to heritage-led regeneration. For present-day editorial use, stadium culture can also illustrate debates about venue redevelopment and transport, particularly where these affect better supporter facilities. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TL, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The location additionally reflects match-day economy, stadium environment, high-street commerce, retail property, consumer retail, fan culture. Associated details include British Formula 1 Championship, expensive merch, ripoff, rip-off, Formula 1 Merchandise, F1 Shop. Other relevant facets include athletic heritage, customer footfall, sports tourism, shopfront economy, sporting landscape, shopping district, consumer spending, town-centre trading, spectator sport, and supporter culture. Current debate around retail streets often combines online shopping, vacant premises and the practical challenge of bringing empty units back into use. That gives this view of Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TL continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison.
Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TL
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Doncaster,South Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,Doncaster Yorkshire,town,shop,shops,retail,Danum,Roman Danum,DN1 Postcode,Metropolitan Borough Doncaster,Doncaster Borough Council,council,Doncaster town,voted leave,EU Referendum,Doncaster Council coat of arms on civic buildings,civic quarter,UK,DN1 3BU,civic buildings,civic,quarter,South,Doncaster City Centre,FDG,Muse Developments,automatic solar blinds,fairhursts,Fairhursts Design Group,Architecture,cladding,modern
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYR - Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England. Together with its surrounding suburbs and settlements, the town forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, which had a mid-2017 est. population of 308,900. The town itself has a population of 109,805 The Doncaster Urban Area had a population of 158,141 in 2011 and includes Doncaster and neighbouring small villages. Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, Doncaster is about 17 miles (30 km) north-east of Sheffield, with which it is served by an international airport, Doncaster Sheffield Airport in Finningley. Under the Local Government Act 1972, Doncaster was incorporated into a newly created metropolitan borough in 1974, itself incorporated with other nearby boroughs in the 1974 creation of the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire.
Doncaster is represented in the House of Commons by three MPs
all three constituencies are currently held by Labour. Rosie Winterton represents Doncaster Central, former Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband represents Doncaster North, and Caroline Flint represents Don Valley.
At a European level, Doncaster is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency and is represented by six MEPs.
Doncaster is one of only twelve UK boroughs to have a directly-elected mayor, a position currently held by Labour's Ros Jones.
In September 2014, UKIP held its annual party conference at Doncaster Racecourse. UKIP party leader Nigel Farage claimed that by holding the conference in Doncaster, UKIP were now parking our tanks on the Labour Party's lawn referring to Labour leader Ed Miliband's Doncaster North constituency. Shortly afterwards in the seat, at the 2015 general election, UKIP won 8,928 votes to Labour's 20,708. In the 2016 EU Referendum, however, Doncaster voted 69% to leave the European Union
Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster,South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN1 3BU
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Yorkshire,England,Donny,Doncaster Yorkshire,town,town centre,shop,shops,retail,Danum,Roman Danum,DN1,DN1 Postcode,orange,cash machine,ATM,south Yorkshire,Bakery,International Food,Fruit Veg,Grocery,Pay point,8 Wood St,DN1 3LH,Doncaster Convenience Store,Fruit,Veg,late shop,typical independent supermarket,independent supermarket,Nisa,-Spar,OneStop,One Stop,Mini-Market,Mini Market
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYW - . This location-led image records the physical context of 8 Wood St, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN1 3LH, as it appeared in 2018. The supplied image information identifies Doncaster Convenience Store and Off-Licence, DCS, Bakery, International Food, Fruit Veg, Grocery, Pay point, 8 Wood St, Doncaster, Yorkshire, DN1 3LH. The location also connects customer service, city-centre economy, retail vacancy, restaurant sector, urban commerce, independent retail, commercial streetscape, high-street commerce, food service, shopping district, hospitality trade, and hospitality premises. The wider contemporary story of consumer spending now includes vacant premises alongside online shopping, while policy and investment increasingly consider bringing empty units back into use. Current debate around visitor-economy venues often combines commercial rents, staffing and the practical challenge of sustainable tourism. Small period details preserved at 8 Wood St, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN1 3LH may become historically important as commercial occupants, public services, infrastructure and the built environment change, making the image useful for retrospective editorial coverage. The surrounding story includes consumer retail, hospitality employment, food culture, chain-store economy, shopping habits, local trading. Other local associations include Wood Street, South Yorkshire, Doncaster Town Centre, supermarket, International Food shop, PayPoint. The scene also carries the language of catering trade, leisure venue, customer footfall, visitor destination, retail decline and renewal, shopfront economy, visitor economy, retail property, commercial frontage, and destination economy. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, retail streets also connects with vacant premises, shifts in leisure spending and efforts aimed at adaptable commercial space. This period image preserves the area's visual identity for visual before-and-after study.
8 Wood St, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN1 3LH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYY - . This location-led image depicts the physical context of 33 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, DN1 1TD, in a photograph originating in 2018. The principal recorded subject is The Nags Head Hotel, now Vision Value, Sepulchre Gate, Frenchgate shopping centre, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK. Related ideas embodied by the location include historic environment, architectural detail, shopping district, destination economy, visitor destination, adaptive reuse, restaurant sector, heritage asset, heritage streetscape, urban fabric, hospitality trade, and shopping habits. The wider contemporary story of independent trading now includes shifts in leisure spending alongside brand consolidation, while policy and investment increasingly consider stronger local footfall. Current debate around traditional structures often combines redevelopment pressure, maintenance cost and the practical challenge of heritage-led regeneration. In the mid-2020s, visitor-economy venues is increasingly discussed through delivery-platform competition and commercial rents, with attention turning to stronger town-centre leisure economies. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of 33 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, DN1 1TD may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. The scene also relates to hospitality premises, local landmark, built heritage, independent retail, customer service, architectural character. The record also refers to listed, grade, building, historic, town centre. Further aspects present in the subject include visitor economy, consumer leisure, urban commerce, urban conservation, local dining, high-street commerce, local trading, food-and-drink business, conservation architecture, and retail decline and renewal.
33 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, DN1 1TD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYG - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with Nottinghamshire, and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
16-18 High St, Bawtry, Doncaster DN10 6JE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYJ - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with Nottinghamshire, and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, D910
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWME - House, now shop. Mid C18. Flemish-bond brick with stone cornice, platband, keystones and cills, pantile roof, hipped to the front with a brick stack to right, gabled to the rear block. Double-depth plan. Mid-Georgian style. 3 storeys
symmetrical 2-window range. The parapet wall, scrolled to the ends, has a pediment with moulded cornice to centre resting on main cornice. Flat gauged brick arches with keystones, 3/6-pane sash windows to second floor, platband over plate-glass sashes with margin panes to first floor. The fine late C19 shop to ground floor has a cornice returned to left over a black and gold mirrored glass fascia with gold ornamental borders and letters, it reads
Silk Mercer and Draper. E.H.Hooper. Millinery and Mantles. The shop door is glazed with bolection moulding to a horizontal panel to the base and a brass handle
it is set well back with polychromatic tiles and an elaborately panelled ceiling to entrance
moulded glazing bars between 2 plate-glass windows to each side and left return. To left of left return are 8/8-pane sash windows with thick glazing bars and moulded forward frames to upper floors, that to second floor at eaves level, that to first floor under flat gauged brick arch
C20 window to ground floor left, blocked door to right, (cut into by shop front) below a blind window. The range to rear of rough Flemish-bond brickwork has blocked door to first floor. 2 storeys with attic
3-window range. 2 raking dormers, that to left has 2-light casement window with cill at eaves level, that to right is a 3-light half-dormer. Range to left cants back slightly. The first floor has segmental gauged brick arches to 2/2-panes sashes without horns, that to right has a wider arch to former wider opening
3-course brick platband over timber lintels
6-panel door to left with 6-pane overlight, C20 windows to centre and right. INTERIOR: a mid C19 staircase with turned balusters rises to first floor. History: the first floor once spanned the footpath
25 High Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK, TA6 3BE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P307F0 - Altrincham Market House: Things To Do In Manchester - A Community Revitalised¦ Read more at https://manchesterbites.com/things-to-do-in-manchester-altrincham-market-house/
The revival of the Altrincham Market is nothing short of remarkable. From 1290 (yes, 1290!) the market had been at the centre of community life in Altrincham. Throughout the centuries, the market would have been where townsfolk gathered to buy goods, make a living, and spend time in the company of their neighbours.
And yet, the second half of the 20th century brought a period of stagnation. With the fortunes of the town on the downturn and the population size decreasing year over year, the historic market was being run by the council with little love or care. In fact, around a decade ago, Altrincham was voted as having the worse high street in Britain.
So, what has changed?
Well, Nick Johnson came onto the scene. Nick was a property developer and saw something in Altrincham that others failed to spot. In 2013, he won the contract to run the market and quickly set about changing the face of it and in turn Altrincham.
Nick gave the Victorian building a makeover. Cleaning it from top to bottom and restoring some features that had been neglected. He then got to work contacting some of the area's best, local food vendors.
Nick did the same in Manchester city centre with the Mackie Mayor food hall, the big sister of Altrincham Market House. We previously wrote about Mackie Mayor here.
Food And Drink At Altrincham Market House
Since it reopened in 2014, locals and visitors have filled the food hall week after week, and it should come as no surprise “ the food on offer is second to none!
Market House is home to 10 indie food stalls, including Honest Crust, Wolfhouse Kitchen, Tender Cow, Jack in the Box, Reserve Wines, Great North Pie Co., Sam Joseph, and Market House Coffee.
Jack in the Box is an award-winning producer of real ale and cider that operate across the Mackie Mayor and Altrincham
12 Greenwood Street, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 1SA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJWB - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2018, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The subject captured here is Maplins Warrington Store Closing. The surrounding context encompasses regional identity, everyday life, archival record, documentary photography, period detail, changing streetscape, shopfront economy, community identity, commercial streetscape, local enterprise, local history, street-level business, local character, and high-street commerce. From a 2025-onward perspective, business rates and independent business are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around the recorded location before changed technology alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside contemporary social history, commercial frontage, visual archive, customer footfall, specialist retailer, changing land use, bricks-and-mortar retail, and independent retail. References to Closing, Store, and Maplins give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The lack of a more precise address does not reduce the archival value of MGMJWB: the photographed subject, Maplins Warrington Store Closing, remains tied to a specific date and visual context. Another strand within the photograph is business rates and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding when considered against later change at the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate online shopping and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The view records details of everyday use for future local research. The image fixes evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ795R - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2016, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Edge Street, Northern Quarter,artwork of a woman, Manchester, North West England, UK, M4 1HW. Further facets of the scene include temporary artwork, regional identity, visual street culture, street-level design, changing land use, urban graphics, urban artwork, graffiti heritage, social history, visual archive, mural culture, creative district, documentary photography, and community identity. The wider contemporary story combines gentrification, tourism and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time. The image fixes signage and branding within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. The surrounding story also includes archival record, public art, creative placemaking, period detail, contemporary mural, public-realm art, contemporary social history, and public realm. The combination of woman, Quarter, Northern, Manchester, and artwork anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to gentrification and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of gentrification and how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive when considered against later change at the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is regeneration and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ795W - . This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The defining feature is Edge Street, Northern Quarter,artwork of a woman, Manchester, North West England, UK, M4 1HW. Further facets of the scene include regional identity, before-and-after reference, street-level design, creative district, mural culture, visual street culture, documentary photography, archival record, local history, temporary artwork, historical comparison, public realm, visual archive, and contemporary mural. From a 2025-onward perspective, local identity and temporary works are closely linked to this subject, alongside the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. The image fixes materials and architectural details within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The surrounding story also includes everyday life, graffiti heritage, creative placemaking, public-realm art, urban graphics, street creativity, community identity, and social history. The combination of Northern, Manchester, artwork, Quarter, and woman anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of local identity and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti as part of the longer story of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is regeneration and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti when considered against later change at the recorded location. The view records evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBNNC - Chinatown in Manchester, England is an ethnic enclave in the city centre. It is the second largest Chinatown in the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe. It has an archway on Faulkner Street which was completed in 1987 and contains many Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Nepali, Vietnamese, Singaporean and Malaysian restaurants, shops, bakeries and supermarkets.
The first settlers to arrive in the city came in the early 20th century
according to the BBC, Many arrived alone and were engaged in what was seen as the traditional trade of laundries. Manchester's first Chinese restaurant, Ping Hong, opened on Mosley Street in 1948, on the eve of a Chinese immigration wave that would commence during the 1950s. Manchester did not have a significant Chinese population, reaching only about 2,000. However, after World War II, there were severe labour shortages, and in response, the government passed the British Nationality Act 1948, which allowed easier access into the country. Additionally, Hong Kong's rapid urbanisation meant that many farmers and traditional residents' homes were being destroyed by the urban sprawl, so many decided to migrate.
The area's beginnings are rooted in the restaurant business, as many Chinese restaurants surfaced soon after the immigration boom. By the 1970s other Chinese businesses began to emerge, such as medicine shops, Chinese supermarkets, as well as financial and legal services, all serving the employees of the expanding number of Chinese restaurants in the area. There was even a Hong Kong government office and a branch of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation during the 1970s. In 1989 the Chinese Arts Centre opened in Chinatown. In 2013 the Bank of East Asia opted to open their first Manchester branch in Chinatown, situated on Charlotte Street. The branch officially opened on 25 October 2013, in a ceremony attended by the Lord Mayor of Manchester.
Faulkner Street, City Centre, Manchester, North West England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DKW - Announcing its foray into the convenience sector in July 2008, Waitrose opened its first convenience store in Nottingham in December of that year. In September 2009, it was announced that a large-scale roll-out of the concept was planned, opening up to 300 stores in 5 to 10 years.
The new arm will operate in a two-tier environment, with the majority of sites expected to trade from 2,500“3,000 sq ft and some trading from a larger 5,000“7,000 sq ft floor plate. A trial of a 'little Waitrose' fascia on smaller floor plate stores may yet lead to brand differentiation of some or all of the convenience estate.
As of 1 February 2012 there were 29 little Waitrose convenience stores
Piccadilly Approach, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: Station,independent café,resisting,Costa,and,Starbucks,outside blackboard,independent cafe,tea,english,meal deal,mealdeal,A,A Board,chalk,costa and Starbucks,selling,shop,drink,drinks,cake,cakes,gotonysmith,opening,hours,times,on a blackboard,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,A-Board,meal,deal,deals,coffee shop,coffeeshop,advert,ad,advertising,promoting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB67 - . Station Coffee,independent cafe,resisting Costa and Starbucks, outside blackboard. Photographed at Latchford,Warrington,stock-photo/gotonysmith-Cheshire.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Cheshire,England,UK, WA4. The photograph was taken on 16 August 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Station Coffee, independent cafe, resisting Costa, chalk board, A-board, Coffee, chalkboard, independent, cafe and café, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene has strong relevance to railway travel, public transport, passenger infrastructure and the everyday operation of Britain's rail network. It can illustrate editorial stories about stations, train journeys, commuting, regional connectivity, rail investment, rolling stock, freight, signals, platforms, accessibility and the relationship between railways and the places they serve. Visible railway furniture, signs, tracks, platforms, trains, signals or station buildings help place the photograph firmly in the practical environment experienced by passengers and railway staff. As a dated documentary image it also offers a useful record of transport infrastructure, branding and passenger facilities at the time the photograph was made. Search themes include British rail travel, railway stations, passenger journeys, tracks, platforms, signals, rolling stock, freight, regional connectivity and transport infrastructure. The scene is particularly useful for illustrating how railway facilities, signs and operational surroundings looked at a known point in time. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Latchford,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4
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Keywords: butchers,England,UK,GB,Great,Britain,Helens,sausage,sausages,shop,retail,retailer,gone,to,the,wall,out,of,business,lane,cornershop,another,victim,of,the,recession,Orford,Rd,Road,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,independent,Helen,for sale,rent,for,shops,decline,disappearing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0H46 - . Another local butchers for sale, Warrington Cheshire, England UK. Photographed on 19 July 2013. The recorded location is Orford Rd, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire , England, UK. In the longer view, workplace portraits and occupational scenes record skills, uniforms, tools and customer service that can disappear as industries modernise
They are useful social-history evidence because they place individual workers within the everyday economy rather than presenting a building or product in isolation. Looking at the subject's development, markets and high-street businesses combine commercial history with everyday social life
Their changing occupiers, branding and uses document community economies, consumer culture, town-centre regeneration and the long shift from traditional retailing towards mixed shopping, food and leisure destinations. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that service work remains central to the British economy while recruitment, pay, automation and evolving customer expectations continue to reshape many occupations
Historic and contemporary workplace photographs therefore have relevance to labour, skills and employment as well as the immediate subject. For the 2026 context, high streets continue to change rapidly as retailers respond to online competition, costs and changing footfall
Government support for community assets and town-centre renewal gives photographs of independent shops, markets and former businesses added relevance to stories about regeneration and community economies. In historical terms, images of people at work document changing occupations and working practices
Clothing, equipment and surroundings can reveal how service, craft and professional roles were organised at the time the image was made. Additional natural-language search terms include staff, service industry, working life, labour history, work environment, social history, workforce, retail premises, shopfront, and local business.
Orford Rd, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire , England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE535C - . Decline in the sale of daily newspapers. Photographed at Somerset, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 13 June 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Decline, sale, daily, newspapers, newspaper, endangered, digital, Closed, newsagents and newsagent, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to digital technology, smartphones, software, online services and the way screens and apps increasingly mediate everyday activity. It can support editorial coverage of mobile applications, consumer technology, digital services, user interfaces, online communication, artificial intelligence, software platforms, data and the changing relationship between people and connected devices. Visible screen text, icons, branding, controls and handset details can give picture buyers a recognisable real-world technology context. As a dated photograph, it is particularly useful for documenting a specific version of an interface, product or digital service before later updates alter its appearance or functionality. Search themes include smartphones, apps, software, digital services, screen interfaces, online platforms, consumer electronics, artificial intelligence and changing technology. A dated screen or device photograph is useful because software interfaces, branding and product designs can alter rapidly through updates and replacement. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Somerset, England, UK
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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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Keywords: phillis,phylis,saxon,cross,antique,sandbach,cheshire,england,UK,britain,old,stuff,furnature,furniture,classic,365project,hotpixuk,hotpix,tonysmith,tony,smith,Thrift,shop,store,centre,mill,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,12-24,sigma,wide angle lens,wide,building,buildings,built,architecture,history,angle,wideangle,lens,12-24mm,10-20mm
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4458588000 - 'Here is the first floor of Saxon Cross Antiques centre, Town Mill, High Street, Sandbach, Cheshire. It is just over from the market square Anglo-Saxon stone crosses. So quite an appropriate name. Phylis is one of the staff who looks after the centre and can guide you to that elusive collectors item or first day cover.
I stumbled upon this little treasure trove for collectors. Saxon Cross Antiques occupies part of the ground and the whole of the first and second floors. The third floor has been converted to a penthouse apartment. On the ground floor is \u201cCurshaws\u201d a bar restaurant. There are some telecommunications masts on the roof which are cunningly disguised in order to blend in with the old brick of the building.
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Keywords: Crustys,sandwich,shop,shipley,yorkshire,UK,england,bakers,bakery,advert,work,for,365days,baildon,flyer,advertisement,wanted,job,centre,club,jobclub,britain,unemplyment,unemployment,dole,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4002956242 - 'A true sign of the times, spotted in Crustys sandwich cafe shop in Baildon, Shipley, near Bradford Yorkshire, England UK.
'Hard Working 16 Year Old Lad Willing To Turn His Hand to Any kind of Job'
A happy ending though, he has had five offers (I was told by the chap behind the counter at Crusty's) and turned four of them down. Where there is a will, there is a way.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EME6JP - Bright red Count Binface campaign placard displayed in public gardens during the Makerfield by-election in Greater Manchester, England. The poster reads Vote Binface For Us and Wigan Kebabs capped at £2 , with a cartoon-style image of Count Binface beside the slogan. A Galloways Bakers shop is visible in the background, adding strong local context because Wigan and the wider borough are closely associated with pies, pasties, bread rolls and northern bakery culture. The joke refers to the Wigan kebab, a local food nickname commonly understood as a pie served on a barm, roll or bread cake, and turns that regional humour into a mock election promise. The image is useful for editorial coverage of Count Binface, satirical candidates, protest politics, comedy campaigning, local by-elections, voter disillusionment and the more eccentric side of British democracy. It also works for stories about political branding, election posters, street campaigning, humour in public life and the way candidates use recognisable local food references to connect with voters. The setting gives the image extra value: rather than a generic campaign portrait, it places the joke poster in a visible town-centre or neighbourhood garden scene, with shops, greenery and a bakery frontage behind it. For picture buyers, the combination of readable slogan, strong red colour, named candidate, local bakery background and specific Makerfield by-election context makes the image suitable for news, features, opinion pieces and light-hearted political analysis. It can illustrate how fringe and satirical candidates use absurd pledges to cut through a crowded election campaign, while still pointing to themes such as the cost of living, food prices, local identity and distrust of mainstream politics. Count Binface's £2 Wigan kebab pledge was reported as part of his Makerfield campaign, giving the image a topical hook as well as comic regional appeal.
Hindley, Makerfield constituancy, Greater Manchester
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8E6 - . Starbucks coffee cup with British Tax Payer as name. Someone expressing anger. Photographed in England, UK. The photograph was taken on 07 October 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Starbucks, coffee, cup, Tax, Payer, name, shop, takeaway, take and away, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is useful for editorial coverage of eating out, restaurant culture, food presentation, hospitality and the way international cuisine has become part of everyday dining in British cities. Food, crockery, tableware, menus, serving dishes and restaurant surroundings can provide strong visual cues for features about cuisine, ingredients, dining habits, tourism, leisure spending and the hospitality economy. The image is documentary rather than studio food photography, giving it relevance to real-world restaurant reviews, travel features, local food guides and stories about consumer choice. It also records the appearance and presentation of a meal at a particular time and place, useful for archive, lifestyle and social-history contexts. Search themes include restaurant dining, cuisine, food presentation, hospitality, eating out, table settings, tourism, consumer lifestyle and the local food economy. Because this is a real meal in a real venue rather than a studio arrangement, it has particular value for travel, dining and social-history features. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DRH8E6, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RKGH54 - Are you looking for a photographer in Mainz, Wiesbaden or Frankfurt? We are there for you with vivid and emotional pictures!
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Schillerpl. 18a, 55116 Mainz , Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HFD2 - Dusk view of the Harvey Nichols department store on New Cathedral Street in Manchester city centre, photographed beside the historic Sinclair's Oyster Bar, with illuminated shop windows, street lighting and a deep blue evening sky. The distinctive curved glass and stone frontage of the luxury retailer rises above the pedestrian shopping area, while neighbouring architecture creates a contrast between modern commercial development and older Manchester buildings. The scene records the Manchester branch at a significant moment in the history of Harvey Nichols. On 13 August 2026 the luxury department store group was acquired by Mike Ashley's Frasers Group after entering administration, in a rescue deal that kept the business trading and transferred more than 1,000 employees. Frasers said that integrating Harvey Nichols would require significant restructuring, including a review and possible rationalisation of its store portfolio, organisational structure, operating model and cost base. Chief executive Michael Murray warned that difficult choices could result in a smaller business in the near term while attempting to create a sustainable future for the historic retailer. Harvey Nichols, founded in 1831, had suffered several years of losses before the administration and takeover. Its Manchester store occupies a prominent position close to Exchange Square, Manchester Arndale and Selfridges in one of the city's principal shopping districts. The image can illustrate luxury retail, department store restructuring, business rescue, financial pressure on traditional high street retailers, changing consumer spending, fashion shopping and the continuing transformation of British city-centre retail. Evening illumination, glass façades, commercial signage and the neighbouring traditional pub provide a distinctive Manchester streetscape during the Frasers Group takeover period.
Cathedral st, Manchester, England, M1 UK
