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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9897,Stubshaw Cross Heritage Garden,entrance,Bolton Road,Ashton-in-Makerfield,Wigan,England,UK,green,garden,heritage,community,gate,arch,ironwork,landscaped,local,history,neighbourhood,regeneration,volunteers,horticulture,public,space,planting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKP08X - . Stubshaw Cross Heritage Garden entrance off Bolton Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, England, UK. Photographed on 30 May 2026. The recorded location is Bolton Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. A decorative green metal arch marked HERITAGE GARDEN frames the gated entrance to a small landscaped community space, with houses and planting visible beyond. The modest gated entrance and decorative ironwork give the garden a strong local identity and make the scene useful for stories about community-led improvements, environmental enhancement and the preservation of neighbourhood heritage. For community project, the historical context is that heritage gardens preserve designed landscapes, planting traditions and local memory in a form that changes with every season
Community-run gardens can also reclaim small or neglected sites as places for interpretation and public use. Looking at local heritage, the longer history is that local place names and small landmarks can be as significant to community history as nationally famous buildings
Streets, neighbourhood businesses and informal attractions offer reference points that may vanish during redevelopment or rebranding. For community project, the 2026 context is that community gardens are increasingly valued for biodiversity, wellbeing, volunteering and local identity, particularly in urban areas where accessible green space is limited. In 2026, local heritage remains relevant because current place-making policy increasingly emphasises distinctive local identity rather than generic development, so small landmarks and community businesses can become significant parts of how an area is represented. Useful related concepts include historic garden, horticulture, public garden, garden restoration, visitor attraction, urban green space, garden history, local history, place identity, townscape, streetscape, local landmark, urban change, regeneration, and local character.
Bolton Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,food & drink,May,community,event,sunny,17th May 2026,Cheshire,festival deckchair,Golden Gates,Warrington Golden Gates,Bank Park,big,oversized,17 May 2026,sunny spring day,drink festival,outdoor,promotional,branding,lawn,town centre,civic landmark,quality,events,collaboration,music,tourism,regeneration,placemaking,public,realm,civic,space,heritage,setting,seasonal,promotion
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EG4BGC - Festival-branded deckchair promoting Warrington Food & Drink Festival, photographed on the lawn at Bank Park in front of the famous Golden Gates and Warrington Town Hall on Sunday 17 May 2026. The image shows a large blue promotional deckchair printed with the festival logo, food and drink illustrations and the @WeAreWarrington branding, set against the ornate black-and-gold gates and bright spring sunshine. It is a strong editorial image for stories about Warrington events, town-centre festivals, local food and drink promotion, place marketing, civic spaces, community leisure, tourism, public realm activity and the use of heritage settings for modern visitor events.
The 2026 Warrington Food & Drink Festival took place across Bank Park and the grounds of Warrington Town Hall, bringing together around 80 traders, food stalls, drinks businesses and family entertainment over the weekend. This picture focuses on one of the event's visual branding features rather than the crowd itself, using the deckchair as a foreground prop that instantly conveys relaxation, hospitality and outdoor festival culture. The scene also captures the weather and season clearly, with green grass, leafy trees, blue sky and fair-weather cloud suggesting a pleasant sunny spring day in Cheshire, in the heart of the town centre.
Warrington Town Hall, originally built in 1750 as Bank Hall for merchant Thomas Patten and designed by James Gibbs, provides an important historical backdrop. The Golden Gates are one of Warrington's best-known landmarks and help root the image firmly in the town's civic identity. As a result, the photograph works well for editorial use covering Warrington, Cheshire tourism, food festivals, town-centre regeneration, cultural programming, local business promotion, hospitality, public events and civic pride. The combination of branded deckchair, heritage gates and seasonal sunshine gives the image a colourful, recognisable and commercially useful sense of place.
Sunny Warrington Town Hall scene with Food & Drink Festival deckchair, Golden Gates backdrop and bra
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9131,Wigan Civic,Centre,Wigan,Greater Manchester,England,UK,landscaped,public,space,civic,council,government,local,municipal,offices,administration,services,town-centre,gardens,planning,housing,politics,authority,building,landscape
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKNXHG - Wigan Civic Centre and landscaped public space in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The municipal office building is seen across planted gardens, steps and paved pedestrian areas, with CIVIC lettering displayed prominently on the side of the complex. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Wigan Council, local government, civic offices, public administration, municipal services, town-centre public realm, landscaping, council employment and Greater Manchester politics. The modern building provides a recognisable institutional image for stories about council services, local authority budgets, planning, housing, social care, elections and public-sector decision making. Mature trees and landscaped planting soften the formal architecture and show how the civic complex sits within an accessible public space rather than a purely administrative setting, making the image useful for general coverage of local government and the physical presence of council services in the town centre.
Wigan Civic Centre, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M15,libraries,public,collection,archive,books,events,event,poetry,workshop,creative writing,Writing School,School of Theatre,literature,City of Literature,poem,poems,UNESCO,literary,arts and humanities,Crosscanon East,cultural,venue,North West,first,public poetry library,creative,writing,Corridor,All Saints Campus,arts,building,modern,signage,space,book culture,reading
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E9APA5 - Exterior view of Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University's Grosvenor East building on Cavendish Street, just off Oxford Road in Manchester. The photograph shows the modern red and grey facade, entrance signage for Crosscanon East, and the large Manchester Poetry Library window lettering, making it a clear editorial image for literature, public libraries, creative writing, university culture and Manchester's role as a UNESCO City of Literature. Manchester Metropolitan University describes the library as a public space for anyone interested in or curious about poetry, while the university's contact details place it at the Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester M15 6BG. Manchester City of Literature says the library opened in 2021 as the North West's first public poetry library, with a mission to widen access to poetry and support the creation and performance of new writing from primary school level to professional publication. The image is useful for features on poetry collections, writing workshops, public engagement, spoken word, poetry readings, literary education, university libraries, arts and humanities, Manchester Writing School, book culture, community writing and the Oxford Road Corridor. The building's clean contemporary signage and campus setting link the library to the wider creative ecosystem of Manchester Metropolitan University, including theatre, writing, journalism, language, performance and cultural research. It can support articles about access to the arts, literary tourism, creative learning, small press publishing, poetry archives, events, exhibitions, open mic culture, young writers, multilingual poetry and the city's strong independent literary scene. The photograph also works for education, cultural policy, student life, visitor guides, arts funding, library provision and city branding. Its documentary street-level view is practical for stock use because it clearly identifies the venue.
Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University's Grosvenor East building on Cavendi
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,blue tit,bird,nature,urban,green,space,garden,public realm,placemaking,Auto Repair Centre,Chapel Street,regeneration,local,pride,city,wildlife,bird art,butterflies,ladybirds,painted leaves,greening,environmental,small park,benches,suburb,diverse,space improvement,anti graffiti,civic,social value,local garage,MOT,centre,graffiti,signage,outdoors
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EBGJNR - The Village Green in Levenshulme, Manchester, is shown with a colourful community stock-photo/gotonysmith-Mural.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>mural painted across a low brick wall, featuring large white lettering, leaf shapes, butterflies, ladybirds and a striking blue tit perched on a branch. The image captures a small urban green space with benches, planting beds, winter-bare tree branches and the signage of Levenshulme Auto Repair Centre visible above the wall, placing the scene in a mixed residential, commercial and neighbourhood setting. It is useful for editorial stories about Greater Manchester street art, Levenshulme regeneration, community-led public realm improvements, urban nature, local identity, pocket parks, neighbourhood greening, mural art and the reuse of modest city spaces as places to sit, meet and add colour to the street. The blue tit and insects give the mural an accessible wildlife theme, linking the photograph to biodiversity, nature in the city, bird art, environmental education, urban ecology and the softer visual language often used in community arts projects. The setting also reflects Levenshulme's wider character as a diverse south Manchester suburb known for independent shops, railway links, markets, terraced streets, community activism and changing urban culture. The parked benches, damp paving and overcast light give the photograph a documentary feel rather than a polished promotional look, showing how public art sits alongside everyday garages, brick walls, railings and local businesses. The image has stock value for articles about Manchester neighbourhoods, street murals, urban renewal, local parks, anti-graffiti art, community pride, public art funding, social value, placemaking, high street backlands and the role of small green spaces in dense inner-city districts. It can also illustrate wider themes around bringing colour to overlooked corners, creating calmer public spaces, and using birds, flowers and insects as optimistic symbols of local environmental care.
The Village Green mural in Levenshulme, Manchester, with blue tit street art, benches and community
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Cheshire,WA1,10 Museum St,Warrington,WA1 1HU,former,school,art,on,10,town centre,Museum St,Victorian,outside,exterior,stone,history,historic,plan,plans,project,development,redevelopment,Museum Street College Development,Ltd,application,rejected,19th century,19c,office,meeting,space,conservation,area
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC31A5 - . Former Warrington Collegiate School of Art building, on 10 Museum Street, town centre, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1HU. Photographed on 11 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 10 Museum St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1HU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Cheshire, WA1, 10 Museum St, Warrington, WA1 1HU, former, school, art, town centre, Museum St, Victorian, exterior, 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 heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. 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.
10 Museum St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Coleraine mural,Northern Ireland street art,County Londonderry,Derry,urban art,contemporary mural,large scale mural,town centre Coleraine,Shane Sutton artist,space themed mural,black and white mural,cosmic art,street culture,public realm art,wall painting,urban regeneration,cultural landmark,modern mural,pedestrian interaction,people touching mural,everyday life street scene,art in public space,community art,Northern Irish towns,creative placemaking,townscape photography,documentary street photography,public,realm,outer,space,car park,parking,pay here,pay,machine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP33E - The Spacer mural by contemporary artist Shane Sutton dominates the side wall of a building in Coleraine town centre, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The large monochrome artwork depicts an astronaut in a space suit reaching outward from a circular halo, creating a striking illusion of movement and human connection against the dark background.
In the foreground, two pedestrians walk past the mural at street level, their presence and proximity emphasising the scale of the artwork and the way it integrates into everyday urban life. The positioning of the astronaut's outstretched arm creates a visual interaction with passers-by, reinforcing the mural's theme of connection, exploration, and curiosity within a public setting.
Photographed in natural daylight, the image documents how contemporary street art has become part of Coleraine's townscape, contributing to urban regeneration and cultural identity. The scene captures the relationship between public art and ordinary street activity, showing how large-scale murals can engage pedestrians and transform otherwise utilitarian building facades into landmarks of local creativity.
Coleraine Town Centre, Coleraine, County Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland, United Kingdom , BT5
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,south,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,community,WA4 2SG,new,at,the,Brenda,dedicated,to,memory,of,HM,II,1926,2022,Bell House,Bellhouse,lane,ln,tribute,memorial,jubilee,year,time,traditional,villages,village,The Bellhouse,centre,space,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE664 - . An on-location photograph from Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG in 2023, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows New blue clock at the GYCA, Grappenhall Youth and Community Association, The Bellhouse, Bellhouse lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA4 2SG. The locality and subject together evoke local history, industrial waterway history, archival record, heritage boating, lock flight, local character, social history, working waterway, documentary photography, public realm, canal heritage, blue-green corridor, changing land use, and managed navigation. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with volunteering, public access and the role of canals as blue-green corridors for people and wildlife. As a dated visual record of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in canal infrastructure, changing streetscape, visual archive, towpath landscape, inland navigation, regional identity, everyday life, and historical comparison. The combination of Community, Youth, Bellhouse, Grappenhall, and clock anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of volunteering and the role of canals as blue-green corridors for people and wildlife within the specific setting of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG. It also preserves a local visual benchmark within the wider story of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,town,centre,WA1,new,development,redeveloped,rebuilt,market place,unit8,unit 8,evening,dusk,sunset,at,movie,theatre,complex,2D,English,landmark,destination,space,area,winter,revitalised,leisure,pubs,bar,pub,multiscreen,multi-screen,parlour,Costellos
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NCX2EB - . Recorded at Time Square, unit 8, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LH in 2023, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The scene records Evening sunset at Cineworld multiplex cinema complex at Time Square, unit 8, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LH. The broader subject matter reaches into regional identity, film exhibition, everyday life, cinema retail complex, documentary photography, local history, contemporary social history, visitor leisure, before-and-after reference, evening economy, changing streetscape, archival record, historical comparison, and community identity. Current relevance extends to cinema attendance and streaming competition, particularly through how cinema buildings record changing patterns of entertainment. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Time Square, unit 8, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LH may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. A second descriptive layer includes visual archive, screen entertainment, big-screen entertainment, commercial leisure, public realm, place identity, cinema-going culture, and changing land use. The combination of multiplex, complex, Evening, Square, and cinema anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Time Square, unit 8, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LH, 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 cinema attendance and how cinemas compete with streaming while retaining the social appeal of the big screen within the specific setting of Time Square, unit 8, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LH. The frame retains period character before later change alters the scene. The scene captures a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Time Square, unit 8, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,UK,must,be,displayed,signage,disabled,chair,accessible,for,badges,parking,car,park,paint,painted,car park,space,NCP,Stockport,textured,surface,on,blue,and,yellow,enabled,exchange,SK1 3SW,SK1,disability,access,care,reasonable,adjustments
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2N28R3X - . An identifiable period record of NCP Stockport change.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Exchange, 11 Railway Rd, Stockport, England, UK, SK1 3SW in 2023, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Textured surface on blue and yellow painted,disabled parking space NCP Stockport. The locality and subject together evoke public-facing notice, historical comparison, changing land use, public realm, advertising ephemera, period advertising, regional identity, social history, archival record, shop display, community identity, commercial signage, promotional board, and historic signage. The wider contemporary story combines heritage, branding and how public-facing messages shape behaviour and purchasing. As a dated visual record of NCP Stockport Exchange, 11 Railway Rd, Stockport, England, UK, SK1 3SW, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if replacement signage subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in retail graphics, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, local history, public information notice, place identity, changing streetscape, and visual archive. The recorded references to surface, Stockport, yellow, space, and painted preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of NCP Stockport Exchange, 11 Railway Rd, Stockport, England, UK, SK1 3SW may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is heritage and the speed at which branding and promotional styles change without losing the local specificity of NCP Stockport Exchange, 11 Railway Rd, Stockport, England, UK, SK1 3SW. The image fixes a trace of local identity for future local research. It also preserves a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
NCP Stockport Exchange, 11 Railway Rd, Stockport, England, UK, SK1 3SW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,Lancashire,England,UK,WN1 1BH,town,centre,evening,sunset,behind,historic,County Court,building,CIC,company,space,Gerard Winstanley,House,offices,listed,leaded,Arts at the Mill,interest,arts,music,spaces,cafe,1887,venue,Community,grade II,Victorian,Lancs,and,HMRC,window,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF8NX - Gerard Winstanley House which was formerly the towns magistrates court and police station but is now the home of a multi-arts thriving creative community.
It is a Grade II listed building dating back to around 1887 and of course, the first thing that hits you is the brickwork. The official records describe it as red brick in Flemish bond with sandstone dressings and a slate roof.
The buildings stand on Crawford Street opposite the small little garden that belongs to the Parish Church of All Saints and it really does cut a very imposing figure from a seat in that garden.
But the dramatic architecture doesn't stop there - not only do we have the amazing red brickwork and intricate dressings, but we have towers and turrets too! The spiked tower at the bottom end of Crawford Street rises high above the brickwork pointing right up to the often dark skies above.
This is where the main entrance to the courts was, its large welcoming doorway still a big feature of the facade. The symmetry and absolute craftsmanship of the building never fail to impress
These days the courts and police station have long gone, updated and replaced elsewhere in the town and everyone wondered what might happen to this magnificent building.
Would it go to rack and ruin like so many other buildings in the town, or would there be new life breathed into it, would it get a second chance?
The answer was firmly YES as the building was purchased and occupied by The Old Courts who have transformed the place and have refurbished the interior (still an ongoing project) to provide Art Galleries, a Theatre, a Live Music venue, a Cafe, a Record store, Band rehearsal rooms, Conference and Events space and even a bar.
Bailiff Bar is at the very bottom of the building around the corner from Crawford Street and on to King Street West.
The Old Courts, Crawford Street, Wigan, Lancashire, England,UK, WN1 1NA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,yard,8,Liverpool,L1 3BX,exhibition,space,Bluecoat Chambers,arts,oldest,surviving,building,central,1716,Society of Arts,the,display,contemporary,craft,gallery,clock,single,hand,handed,history,historic,architecture,galleries
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NX9 - Built in 1716“17 as a charity school, Bluecoat Chambers in School Lane is the oldest surviving building in central Liverpool, England. Following the Liverpool Blue Coat School's move to another site in 1906, the building was rented from 1907 onwards by the Sandon Studios Society. Based on the presence of this art society and the subsequent formation of the Bluecoat Society of Arts in 1927, the successor organisation laid claim to being the oldest arts centre in Great Britain, now called the Bluecoat.
The school was founded in 1708 by the Reverend Robert Styth (died 1713), rector of Liverpool, and Bryan Blundell, a sea captain and later twice Mayor of Liverpool (1721“22 and 1728“29). Originally constructed in 1716“17, the building was extended until 1718 to function as a boarding school. By the following year, it had 50 children, with room for 100 more, and construction was finally completed in 1725
On 3 May 1941, during the Liverpool Blitz, the concert hall and adjoining rooms were severely damaged by an incendiary bomb and during the following night the rear wing was destroyed by a bomb blast. Restoration took place after the war, being completed by 1951. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, having been designated on 28 June 1952.
The Bluecoat Display Centre, a contemporary craft gallery, opened in the rear courtyard in 1959. Being known as the Bluecoat Arts Centre from the 1980s, it is now simply called the Bluecoat. From 2005, the building was further restored and a new wing added. It was reopened in March 2008 to coincide with Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture.
8 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 3BX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L3 9BP,building,architecture,office,centre,block,office block,retail,1962,designed,by,Littlewoods Architectural,dept,department,architectural,Plaza,the,1960s,business,area,district,tower block,block JM,Bruntwood,real estate,space,sunny,blue,sky,skies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MGWK4J - . This scene at Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP in 2023 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 photograph centres on The Plaza, JM Centre 100 Old Hall St - 1962 designed by Littlewoods , Old Hall St, Llverpool city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP. The setting additionally reflects documentary photography, archival record, public realm, community identity, regional identity, local character, changing land use, commercial streetscape, conservation interest, heritage landmark, local history, traditional materials, retail property, and historic townscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, maintenance and redevelopment pressure are closely linked to this subject, alongside how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition. The wider contemporary story combines commercial rents, online shopping and the role of independent businesses in maintaining active town centres. As a dated visual record of Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP, the frame retains period objects and surrounding context, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes before-and-after reference, high-street commerce, street-level trading, heritage asset, urban fabric, bricks-and-mortar business, social history, and period building. The combination of Littlewoods, Merseyside, Plaza, Centre, and designed anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The view records period character as a date-specific reference.
Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,dusk,L1,off,Bold St,at,night,evening,cocktails,&,spirits,in,a,buzzing,hangout,with,neon,lights,leather booths,outdoor seating,seats,Ropewalks,Rope Walks,area,late,later,space,Rope walks,Rope walk,urban,attractions,nightlife,tourism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JX6A - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2023 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents SOHO at dusk, Concert Square, Concert St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4NR. The broader subject matter reaches into social history, documentary photography, changing streetscape, changing land use, traditional ale house, archival record, night-time economy, local history, visitor hospitality, local character, historic hostelry, public realm, licensed hospitality, and real-ale culture. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with beer duty, staffing pressure and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around the recorded location before new construction alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects visual archive, community drinking venue, historical comparison, regional identity, traditional pub, contemporary social history, beer-led hospitality, and community identity. The combination of Square, Merseyside, Concert, and Liverpool 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. The setting also helps illustrate beer duty and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for business rates and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another useful connection is consumer spending and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,fires,green,signage,H&S,health,procedure,in,a,communal,block,space,property,flat,flats,housing,social,council,keep,closed,open,exit,plan,clearly marked,evacuation,plans,London,brigade,rescue,risk,of,spreading,certificate,main principles,prevention,tower,shared,areas
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KAF3XR - . An identifiable period record of United Kingdom in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is Fire Door - Fire Check Door - Keep Closed - green sign in a communal block. The wider scene also brings together documentary photography, industrial waterway history, wayfinding detail, street-level message, printed message, graphic street detail, blue-green corridor, canal infrastructure, social history, visual communication, instructional wording, everyday life, regional identity, and heritage boating. Today's relevance is strengthened by volunteering, navigation and the continuing question of the role of canals as blue-green corridors for people and wildlife. From a 2025-onward perspective, advertising change and public communication are closely linked to this subject, alongside how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design. As a dated visual record of United Kingdom, the frame retains landscape treatment and surrounding development, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are working waterway, inland boating, place identity, local character, archival record, canal heritage, public-facing signage, and public realm. The recorded references to Closed, communal, Check, green, and block preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within United Kingdom, 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 volunteering and the role of canals as blue-green corridors for people and wildlife as part of the longer story of United Kingdom. The period view preserves evidence of changing use for later comparison.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,sticker,warning,warn,firerisk,danger,prevention,heat,heating,smoulder,burn,do,not,put,on,top,wall,mounted,heater,space,shirt,dry,drying,above,expensive,stay,staying,safe,with,electric panel,heaters,electric,system,economy7,plugged,in,plug,significant fire hazard
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K6C9BN - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The image documents Wall mounted electric space heater, with shirt drying on the top, covering it. Sign 'caution do not cover'. The image also relates to historic sign, public-facing signage, social history, public information notice, changing streetscape, documentary photography, changing land use, local history, printed message, community identity, instructional wording, place identity, urban typography, and commercial ephemera. From a 2025-onward perspective, commercial branding and visual identity are closely linked to this subject, alongside how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes period lettering, visual communication, regional identity, period detail, visual archive, material sign design, everyday visual culture, and local character. Details involving cover', space, heater, covering, and 'caution make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate commercial branding and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design within the real-world context of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for street design and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design within the specific setting of the recorded location. The view records details of everyday use for later comparison.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wolverhampton,city,centre,West Midlands,England,UK,1209,stall,stalls,shopper,at,open,air,veg,WV3,WV3 0NL,entrance,gate,bike,logo,brand,blue,entry,established,1204,charter,markets,Wolverhampton market,Wolverhampton markets,containers,area,space,district,travel poster
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GAR6 - . This authentic period view of Market Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV3 0NL in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Entrance at City Of Wolverhampton market, Market Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV3 0NL. The setting additionally reflects regional identity, small-business culture, high-street commerce, street-level trading, local character, period detail, independent retail, place identity, changing streetscape, local enterprise, historical comparison, archival record, shopfront economy, and bricks-and-mortar business. From a 2025-onward perspective, brand consolidation and consumer spending are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of independent businesses in maintaining active town centres. Small period details of signage and branding at Market Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV3 0NL may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. The location also brings in contemporary social history, documentary photography, consumer retail, community identity, customer footfall, retail property, visual archive, and changing land use. Elements such as Midlands, Square, Wolverhampton, Entrance, and market add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Market Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV3 0NL may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is brand consolidation and how commercial property shifts between retail, leisure and residential use as part of the longer story of Market Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV3 0NL. The view records period character before later change alters the scene.
Market Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV3 0NL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,inside,confined,space,a,canal,boat,English,British,history,heritage,historic,decorations,painted,oil,light,area,Cheshire,England,UK,Victorian,barges,narrowboats,Great Britain,tight,small,cramped,plates,fabric,fabrics,living,home,boats,museum
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1YKWF - . This authentic period view of National Waterways Museum, South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Victorian Canal barge, narrowboat interior, kitchen, living quarters, Cheshire, England, UK. The locality and subject together evoke industrial waterway history, historic townscape, commercial redevelopment, waterway conservation, waterborne freight, towpath landscape, regional identity, everyday life, historical comparison, visual archive, mixed-use redevelopment, changing streetscape, public-realm investment, and working waterway. For current editorial use, industrial heritage and volunteering provide additional context, especially through how museum collections preserve working waterway history. Current relevance extends to housing pressure and heritage conservation, particularly through how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. Small period details of period objects and surrounding context at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The wider setting retains connections with industrial navigation, place-making, local character, heritage boating, contemporary social history, documentary photography, social history, and boat museum collection. Details involving Canal, kitchen, narrowboat, barge, and living make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GotonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Shipley,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England,UK,history,tourist,shopping centre,restaurant,complex,Salt,mill,BD17 7EA,BD17,Sir Tutus Salt,largest,industrial,building,David Hockney paintings,mills,industry,relic,relics,business,businesses,commerce,Victorian,factory,factories,employment,reused,retail,art,spaces,space,chimneys,satanic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTF4C7 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD17 7EA in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents Salts Mill, art gallery, shopping centre, and restaurant complex, Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD17 7EA. The wider scene also brings together heritage-led regeneration, bricks-and-mortar retail, shopfront economy, destination shopping, social history, place identity, customer footfall, retail property, community identity, historic townscape, local character, urban fabric, mixed-use town centre, and local history. The wider contemporary story combines adaptive reuse, construction costs and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with changing footfall, store closures and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD17 7EA, details that may look very different after new construction. The photograph additionally reflects documentary photography, archival record, visual archive, commercial redevelopment, period detail, place-making, public-realm investment, and town-centre renewal. Details involving Bradford, restaurant, complex, centre, and Yorkshire make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD17 7EA helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image fixes part of the area's social history for later comparison. Image 2JTF4C7 also remains a dated record of Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD17 7EA.
Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD17 7EA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,England,UK,The,FY1 1BN,old,space,artspace,artist,artists,wall,bear,with,child,at,subversion,street art,pasted,Blackpools,community,derelict,repurposed,canvas,creativity,expression,buildings,brick,walls,characters,fantasy,people,figures,Pip Squeak,Pipsqueak,bears
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRFF4R - . Recorded at The Old rock factory, Deansgate, Blackpool , Lancs, England, FY1 1BN in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The principal subject is Pipsqueek bear with child at The Old rock factory, Deansgate, Blackpool , Lancs, England, FY1 1BN. The surrounding context encompasses built heritage, period architecture, visual archive, social history, changing land use, local history, urban regeneration, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, documentary photography, civic architecture, historical comparison, mixed-use redevelopment, and heritage-led regeneration. The wider contemporary story combines planning, public-realm investment and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. Small period details of local activity and public use at The Old rock factory, Deansgate, Blackpool , Lancs, England, FY1 1BN may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. The location also brings in commercial redevelopment, archival record, everyday life, place identity, public realm, historic townscape, regional identity, and urban fabric. The recorded references to Pipsqueek, Deansgate, child, Lancs, and factory preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of The Old rock factory, Deansgate, Blackpool , Lancs, England, FY1 1BN may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of planning and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition within the specific setting of The Old rock factory, Deansgate, Blackpool , Lancs, England, FY1 1BN. The image fixes part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
The Old rock factory, Deansgate, Blackpool , Lancs, England, FY1 1BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,old,art,space,artspace,artist,artists,&,subversion,street art,pasted,Blackpools,community,derelict,repurposed,canvas,creativity,expression,buildings,brick,walls,characters,fantasy,people,figures,Colourful,provocative,sunny,blue sky,blue skies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRFF5A - . A grounded documentary photograph made at The Old rock factory, Deansgate, Blackpool , Lancs, England, FY1 1BN in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The photograph centres on Paintings & graffiti, The Old rock factory, Deansgate, Blackpool , Lancs, England, FY1 1BN. The setting additionally reflects urban fabric, community identity, changing land use, everyday life, period detail, archival record, local character, regional identity, public realm, built heritage, before-and-after reference, public-realm investment, urban regeneration, and contemporary social history. Current relevance extends to construction costs and planning, particularly through the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. As a dated visual record of The Old rock factory, Deansgate, Blackpool , Lancs, England, FY1 1BN, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are local history, town-centre renewal, architectural character, commercial redevelopment, heritage-led regeneration, place-making, documentary photography, and mixed-use redevelopment. Details involving Lancs, Deansgate, Blackpool, factory, and Paintings make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at The Old rock factory, Deansgate, Blackpool , Lancs, England, FY1 1BN matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes construction costs and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space in a form that can be compared with future views of The Old rock factory, Deansgate, Blackpool , Lancs, England, FY1 1BN.
The Old rock factory, Deansgate, Blackpool , Lancs, England, FY1 1BN
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,looking,west,west of,towards,Fiddlers Ferry power station,Penketh and Widnes,Cheshire,England,UK,over,sky line,Victorian,office,offices,Bridge Street,Bridge St,PJs,wine bar,winebar,town centre,empty,space,spaces,NW,North West,Northwest,Northern Powerhouse,towns,architecture,buildings,business rates,businesses,business,attractive,for,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKMRGM - . 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 defining feature is Warrington Town Centre looking west towards Fiddlers Ferry, Penketh and Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes local enterprise, town-centre economy, public realm, specialist retailer, community identity, customer footfall, regional identity, changing streetscape, street-level business, historical comparison, high-street commerce, bricks-and-mortar retail, archival record, and shopfront economy. Today's relevance is strengthened by online shopping, town-centre regeneration and the continuing question of the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare lettering, decoration and surface detail with whatever follows after changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include visual archive, local trading, changing land use, retail property, local history, commercial streetscape, before-and-after reference, and independent retail. References to Penketh, towards, looking, Widnes, and Ferry give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is online shopping and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate footfall and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The period view preserves details of everyday use within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,shops,shopping,centre,shop,store,stores,mall,GS,Cheshire,England,UK,27,tree,door,doors,town centre,empty,space,spaces,welcomes,shoppers,NW,North West,Northwest,Northern Powerhouse,towns,architecture,buildings,business rates,businesses,business,attractive,for,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKMW24 - . This location-specific image from 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The subject captured here is GS, Welcome to Golden Square, 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB. The broader subject matter reaches into retail property, changing land use, local history, everyday life, local trading, customer footfall, archival record, public realm, specialist retailer, shopfront economy, local enterprise, regional identity, high-street commerce, and local character. For current editorial use, independent business and consumer spending provide additional context, especially through how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding. Future viewers can use this scene from 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with independent retail, changing streetscape, social history, contemporary social history, period detail, small business, before-and-after reference, and community identity. The combination of Golden, Welcome, Place, Market, and Square anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes independent business and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets when considered against later change at 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance for future local research. The frame retains period character before later change alters the scene.
27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GotonySmith,Warrington,town,Cheshire,England,hospitals,Foundation,Trust,NHS,WA5,WA5 1QG,UK,department,emergencies,hospital,A & E,A&E,sign,medical,triage,reception,British,health,medicine,national Health Service,public health,more,not,enough,space,spaces,unit,units,centre,kidneys,services,signage,quality
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJM7HK - . Recorded at Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1QG in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The location is represented through A&E, Accident and Emergency dept sign at NHS, at Warrington hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1QG. Further facets of the scene include care provision, urban social history, archival record, care-sector development, medical wayfinding, urban change, health-service capacity, period detail, everyday life, community life, regional identity, clinical services, pedestrian environment, and NHS estate. Current relevance extends to social-care staffing and estate condition, particularly through how ageing populations increase demand for care facilities. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial change and footfall, not least because of how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1QG may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. Other useful contextual ideas include contemporary social history, documentary photography, public realm, community identity, patient care, local identity, hospital estate, and changing streetscape. Elements such as Accident, hospital, Emergency, and Lovely add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1QG may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes social-care staffing and how ageing populations increase demand for care facilities within the real-world context of Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1QG.
Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1QG
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,Camden,North London,England,UK,summer,bather,family,keeping,cool,having,themselves,fun,at,it,adult,children,families,development,public,space,cooling,wet,splash,splashing,warm,weather,cooled,bathers,bath,playing,messing,about,June 2026,heatwave,record temperatures,climate change
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKC2DD - Families and children cool off among the choreographed splash fountains of Granary Square in King's Cross, London, during intense summer weather. An adult and two young children stand barefoot in the water jets on the broad paved public square, with crowds, brick buildings and the regenerated urban setting visible behind them. The image captures both the enjoyment of hot weather and the practical use of interactive fountains as informal cooling spaces during periods of exceptional heat in the capital.
The photograph is especially relevant to the late June 2026 heatwave affecting London, the wider United Kingdom and much of Europe. Britain provisionally reached 36.7°C at Merryfield, Somerset, on 25 June, setting a new national June temperature record for a second consecutive day, while the Met Office issued a Red Warning for Extreme Heat for a record third consecutive day. Across western and central Europe, a persistent blocking pattern, widely described as a heat dome or omega block, brought prolonged, dangerous temperatures and major impacts on health, infrastructure, labour productivity and daily life.
Granary Square is well known for its large field of choreographed fountains and is a popular place for children and families in warm weather. In editorial terms, the scene works strongly for stories about public behaviour during heatwaves, urban design, city resilience and the adaptation of public spaces to hotter summers. Splash fountains, shade, drinking water access and other cooling features are increasingly important in dense cities where hard surfaces and the urban heat island effect can make temperatures feel even more oppressive.
The image also connects with the broader climate emergency. Individual heat events arise from specific weather patterns, but human-caused climate change driven by fossil fuel burning is increasing the likelihood and intensity of extreme heat. The photograph therefore illustrates not only family leisure in London but also socity
Granary Square, Kings Cross, coal drops Yard, Camden, North London, England, UK, N1C 4BH
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,Camden,North London,England,UK,N1C 4BH,summer,bather,family,keeping,cool,having,enjoyment,themselves,fun,at,it,adult,child,children,families,development,public,space,cooling,wet,splash,splashing,warm,weather,cooled,bathers,bath,playing,messing,about
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKC2DM - . This scene at Granary Square, Kings Cross, coal drops Yard, Camden, North London, England, UK, N1C 4BH 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 scene records Summer bathers, having fun, at Granary Square, Kings Cross, coal drops Yard, Camden, North London, England, UK, N1C 4BH. A broader reading of the photograph includes city-centre public space, local character, family recreation, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, public-realm design, visual archive, historical comparison, land-use transformation, place identity, pedestrian square, local history, and summer city life. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with maintenance, inclusive design and the growing need for shade, water and cooling during hotter summers. The modern context includes continuing discussion of mixed-use development, visitor economy and the balance between preserving industrial character and creating high-value urban destinations. The archival value lies partly in recording public access and movement around Granary Square, Kings Cross, coal drops Yard, Camden, North London, England, UK, N1C 4BH before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with open-air leisure, community identity, contemporary cityscape, regional identity, post-industrial redevelopment, informal play space, public-realm activation, and documentary photography. The combination of drops, Kings, Granary, Summer, and Cross anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Granary Square, Kings Cross, coal drops Yard, Camden, North London, England, UK, N1C 4BH helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object.
Granary Square, Kings Cross, coal drops Yard, Camden, North London, England, UK, N1C 4BH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Society,LTD,WA7,33,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,WA7 1HU,beer,panorama,wide,view,pano,inside,interior,bar,pub,the tap,tap,art,posters,atmosphere,taproom,tap rooms,room,venue,venues,to,hire,poster,space,art space,bars
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K13HTF - . This dated editorial view of 33 Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The location is represented through The Society Tap, Runcorn, 33 Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU - panorama wide view. The setting additionally reflects historical comparison, cultural nostalgia, social history, documentary photography, changing land use, song-inspired design, casual dining, music iconography, street-level dining, Beatles memorabilia, community pub, neighbourhood drinking venue, period detail, and music-themed venue. The wider contemporary story combines hospitality costs, business rates and the pressure on customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with cultural heritage, creative industries and how popular music is reused in hospitality and tourism branding. Future viewers can use this scene from 33 Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after replacement signage. The photograph additionally reflects licensed hospitality, traditional hostelry, local character, archival record, community identity, pub heritage, music-themed hospitality, and fan tourism. The combination of Ashridge, Halton, Society, panorama, and Runcorn anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around 33 Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of hospitality costs and how familiar pubs and restaurants shape neighbourhood identity as part of the longer story of 33 Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU.
33 Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NT,Cheshire,England,UK,WA14 4SJ,WA14,antlers,of,tourist,tourism,attraction,nature,green,space,park,natural,camouflaged,gardens,English,graze,grazing,family,group,wildlife,eating,curious,fallow,buck,stag,antler,herbivore,parkland,coat,sitting,sits,majestic,Parkland
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH3W0M - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The image documents Deer at Dunham Massey NT hall & gardens, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ. Another layer of the photograph includes open-air leisure, social history, pedestrian square, urban gathering place, local character, changing streetscape, regional identity, everyday life, changing land use, place identity, community recreation, city-centre public space, visual archive, and public-realm activation. For current editorial use, climate resilience and family access provide additional context, especially through the growing need for shade, water and cooling during hotter summers. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in summer city life, contemporary social history, informal play space, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, seasonal outdoor activity, and period detail. The combination of Altrincham, Massey, Dunham, and gardens 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 setting also helps illustrate climate resilience and the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for public-space design and how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity when considered against later change at the recorded location. The record includes details of everyday use for future local research.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NT,Cheshire,England,UK,WA14 4SJ,WA14,antlers,of,tourist,tourism,attraction,nature,green,space,park,natural,camouflaged,gardens,English,graze,grazing,family,group,wildlife,eating,curious,fallow,buck,stag,antler,herbivore,parkland,coat,sitting,sits,majestic,Parkland
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH3W0P - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Deer at Dunham Massey NT hall & gardens, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ. Other connected aspects include urban leisure, interactive public realm, seasonal outdoor activity, community recreation, archival record, local character, regional identity, contemporary social history, local history, before-and-after reference, public-realm activation, visual archive, pedestrian square, and urban gathering place. Current relevance extends to urban cooling and maintenance, particularly through how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at the recorded location, details that may look very different after replacement signage. The wider setting retains connections with period detail, informal play space, community identity, changing land use, historical comparison, place identity, documentary photography, and open-air leisure. Details involving gardens, Massey, Dunham, and Altrincham make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. 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. The wider significance includes urban cooling and how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity within the specific setting of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is climate resilience and how active public realms support footfall and neighbourhood vitality as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The frame retains a local visual benchmark for future local research.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NT,Cheshire,England,UK,WA14 4SJ,WA14,antlers,of,tourist,tourism,attraction,nature,green,space,park,natural,camouflaged,gardens,English,graze,grazing,family,group,wildlife,eating,curious,fallow,buck,stag,antler,herbivore,parkland,coat,sitting,sits,majestic,Parkland
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH3W0R - . Made at the recorded location in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The defining feature is Deer at Dunham Massey NT hall & gardens, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ. Further facets of the scene include local history, interactive public realm, everyday life, period detail, regional identity, local character, contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, visual archive, seasonal outdoor activity, changing land use, open-air leisure, and informal play space. The modern context includes continuing discussion of inclusive design, family access and the growing need for shade, water and cooling during hotter summers. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after new ownership. The surrounding story also includes changing streetscape, summer city life, documentary photography, pedestrian square, archival record, urban gathering place, urban leisure, and city-centre public space. The combination of Dunham, Massey, Altrincham, and gardens 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 inclusive design and the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is city-centre footfall and the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NT,Cheshire,England,UK,WA14 4SJ,WA14,antlers,of,tourist,tourism,attraction,nature,green,space,park,natural,tourists,visitors,photograph,capturing,photo,stalk,stalking,camouflaged,summer,English,wildlife,eating,curious,fallow,buck,stag,antler,herbivore,parkland,photo skills
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH3W0W - . This dated documentary view of the recorded location in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Tourists photographing deer at Dunham Massey NT, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ. The setting additionally reflects public realm, community identity, documentary photography, pedestrian square, archival record, changing land use, everyday life, community recreation, interactive public realm, before-and-after reference, social history, public-realm activation, urban gathering place, and open-air leisure. The wider contemporary story combines heatwaves, climate resilience and how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare transport arrangements and footfall with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The wider setting retains connections with local character, local history, place identity, changing streetscape, visual archive, informal play space, contemporary social history, and urban leisure. Details involving Altrincham, Dunham, Tourists, photographing, and Massey 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 scene further reflects heatwaves and how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity when considered against later change at the recorded location. Its period value extends to public-space design and the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The image fixes details of everyday use as a date-specific reference. It also preserves evidence of changing use for later comparison.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,62,cycle,paths,Walton Lock,Walton,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 6DJ,blue,signage,TPT,sign,fingerpost,fingerposts,signs,at,route,mixed,routes,abused,worn,dirty,unkempt,open,fresh air,green,space,spaces,pathway,pathways,arrow,arrows
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKR1Y - . This location-specific image from Walton Lock, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6DJ in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The frame specifically shows Rundown Trans Pennine Trail blue signs, at Walton Lock, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6DJ. A broader reading of the photograph includes changing land use, archival record, local identity, changing streetscape, local character, city-centre activity, directional marker, urban change, historical comparison, street-level documentary, period detail, social history, place identity, and wayfinding system. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into public safety and local identity, not least because of the way signage becomes part of local visual identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by local identity, transport and the continuing question of the relationship between public space and local social life. Future viewers can use this scene from Walton Lock, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6DJ to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after closure or conversion. Other useful contextual ideas include pedestrian environment, townscape record, community identity, navigation aid, local information board, regional identity, community noticeboard, and instructional sign. The combination of Walton, Trail, signs, Pennine, and Trans anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Walton Lock, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6DJ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is public safety and the way signage becomes part of local visual identity as part of the longer story of Walton Lock, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6DJ.
Walton Lock, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6DJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4 5AD,green,boards,Ltd,association,associations,grow,growing,garden,urban,event,plot,plots,natural,nature,space,veggies vegetables,surplus,use,eat,buy,notices,notes,note,under,glass,protected,waterproof,waterproofed,locked,up,away
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ556 - . This scene at Red Lane, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AD 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 location is represented through Stockton Heath Allotment Association Ltd - Red Lane Allotments, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AD - green notice board. The setting additionally reflects contemporary city life, regional identity, local history, everyday street life, documentary photography, urban change, local character, social history, historical comparison, changing land use, everyday life, public realm, before-and-after reference, and street-level documentary. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into footfall and public-realm change, not least because of the relationship between public space and local social life. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at Red Lane, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AD may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. The photograph additionally reflects contemporary social history, community identity, urban social history, social landscape, archival record, community life, city-centre activity, and changing streetscape. The combination of Association, board, Heath, Allotment, and Allotments anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Red Lane, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AD matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of footfall and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change within the specific setting of Red Lane, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AD.
Red Lane, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5AD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,space,WA14,WA14 1EP,property,agent,agents,business,unit,units,contemporary,workspace,Alty,real estate,1980,1980s,architecture,building,buildings,floors,high,rise,highrise,rental,rent,shared,moody,cloudy,Stamford New Road,window,windows,Stamford New Rd,offices,managed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JBXJJ9 - . Made at the recorded location in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The scene records Station House office block, Bruntwood Station House, Stamford New Rd, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 1EP. The surrounding context encompasses railway heritage, documentary photography, place identity, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, freight wagon, social history, community identity, everyday life, archival record, passenger railway, architectural detailing, historic streetscape, and visual archive. Current relevance extends to station investment and rail reform, particularly through the balance between railway heritage and network modernisation. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into local identity and maintenance, not least because of the tension between conservation and redevelopment. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at the recorded location, details that may look very different after changed technology. A second descriptive layer includes architectural character, changing land use, trackside history, rail transport, rail corridor, period detail, urban fabric, and local history. References to Stamford, block, Bruntwood, House, and office give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is station investment and the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity within the specific setting of the recorded location. The wider significance includes energy retrofit and the tension between conservation and redevelopment as part of the longer story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,WA1,UK,United Kingdom,town,centre,North West England,North West,England,space,study,small lecture spaces,study zones,University,education,office,offices,Deva,Uni,course,courses,vocation,debt,student,vocational,sign,reception,entrance,University of Chester,Time Square,town centre,glass,windows,student bank accounts,student bank account,grant,grants,clearing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAPXCM - . Recorded at Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA1 in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The principal subject is University Centre Warrington, University of Chester, Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1. The broader subject matter reaches into everyday street life, summer city life, period detail, pedestrian square, open-air leisure, pedestrian environment, contemporary city life, social landscape, everyday life, townscape record, visual archive, city-centre public space, historical comparison, and social history. Today's relevance is strengthened by public-space design, heatwaves and the continuing question of the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors. From a 2025-onward perspective, local identity and footfall are closely linked to this subject, alongside the relationship between public space and local social life. As a dated visual record of Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA1, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects public realm, local character, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, urban social history, street-level documentary, urban leisure, and archival record. Details involving Square, Centre, Chester, and University make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA1 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate public-space design and the growing need for shade, water and cooling during hotter summers within the real-world context of Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA1. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA1
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,Great Britain,GB,modern,Warrington,place of worship,Cheshire,Knutsford Rd,Latchford,WA4 1JE,new,pano,Cardinal Newman,Blessed,Catholics,serving,flexible,design,Architect,Hulme Upright Manning,Hulme,Upright,Manning,David Horne,worship,space,sandstone,St Chad crosses,polygonal roof,polygon,Angela Godfrey,stone furnishings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2D8D633 - In the 1990s several surveys were undertaken at St Mary's church, highlighting areas of structural instability and poor maintenance. The congregation had also fallen to around 400. The bishop decided to merge the parish with that of St Augustine
that parish had been erected in 1929 to cater for new residential areas in Westy, but the church had been closed and demolished in 2005. A new church would be built to serve the new parish and old St Mary's would be demolished. However, the old church was listed in 2005, and its future remains unresolved.
The new church was built at Latchford, on a site on Knutsford Road equidistant between the two former parish churches. In June 2008 the first designs, by David Horne of Hulme Upright Manning, were displayed, and the comments of the community carefully considered in the final design and decoration of the church. The new church opened in 2010, and may be the first newly-built Catholic church to be dedicated to Blessed John Henry Newman - More at https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/blessed-john-henry-newman-latchford/
Back Brook Place, Knutsford Rd, Latchford, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 1JE
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,retail,New Warrington Market,Warrington Market,building,square,place,Cineworld,bankruptcy,share,shares,dive,drop,loss,cash,rescue,operator,cinema,group,Chapter 11,chapter11,chain,equity,recovery,plan,new,development,developments,renewed,town,centre,entertainment,space,outdoor
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CB00C9 - . This scene at the recorded location documents an everyday subject with wider connections to local identity, social history and changing patterns of use. The principal subject is Cineworld,Time Square,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, new Vinci Construction development,retail and market place. A wider reading of the photograph includes developer-led housing, retail property, greenfield development, business premises, shopping district, high-street commerce, social landscape, place identity, estate road construction, local trading, urban change, commercial streetscape, local character, and retail vacancy. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with greenfield development, energy-efficient new homes and how quickly a temporary construction site becomes an established neighbourhood. Today's wider story includes commercial rents, consumer spending and the practical question of how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The setting also brings in before-and-after reference, housebuilding programme, public realm, historical comparison, consumer retail, new housing estate, suburban expansion, and regional identity. Elements such as Construction, place, Square, retail, and market add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The wider significance includes greenfield development and how quickly a temporary construction site becomes an established neighbourhood within the real-world context of the recorded location. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for the recorded location and the changing story of the subject shown.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,weed,farming,macro,summer,alien,invasive species,alien plant,plant,vegetation,plants,weeds,Anthriscus,sylvestris,flower,flowering,head,problem,issue,habitat,rural,countryside,open,fields,meadow,meadows,green,space,spaces,greenfield,land,Kelsall,CW6 0GD,CW6
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE7K - Anthriscus sylvestris, known as cow parsley, wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, or keck, is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), genus Anthriscus. It is also sometimes called mother-die (especially in the UK), a name that is also applied to the common hawthorn. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwestern Africa
in the south of its range in the Mediterranean region, it is limited to higher altitudes. It is related to other diverse members of Apiaceae, such as parsley, carrot, hemlock and hogweed. It is often confused with Daucus carota which is known as Queen Anne's lace or wild carrot, also a member of the Apiaceae
The hollow stem grows to a height of 60“170 cm (24“67 in), branching to umbels of small white flowers. Flowering time is mid spring to early summer.
The tripinnate leaves are 15“30 cm (5.9“11.8 in) long and have a triangular form. The leaflets are ovate and subdivided.
Cow parsley grows in sunny to semi-shaded locations in meadows and at the edges of hedgerows and woodland. It is a particularly common sight by the roadside. It is sufficiently common and fast-growing to be considered a nuisance weed in gardens. Cow parsley's ability to grow rapidly through rhizomes and to produce large quantities of seeds in a single growing season has made it an invasive species in many areas of the United States. Vermont has listed cow parsley on its Watch List of invasive species, while Massachusetts has banned the sale of the plant.[citation needed] It is classed as a Class B Noxious Weed in the State of Washington since 1989, where its sale is also banned. In Iceland, cow parsley has been classified as an alien invasive species
Kelsall,Cheshire, England, UK, CW6 0GD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Inverclyde,Scotland,West Of Glasgow,West of Scotland,UK,night,night time,tail of the bank,Inverclyde Council,buildings,arts,space,venue,arts venue,2013,new building,theatre,evening,café,bistro,views over the Clyde,Greenocks Custom House Quay,Greenock Custom House Quay,Customhouse Quay,Clyde,Clydeside,Greenockians,illuminated,event space,event,venues,new,recent,gallery,galleries
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR6YJE - The Greenock Arts Guild's Beacon Arts Centre (replacing the former Arts Guild Theatre) opened in 2013 in a new building at Greenock's Custom House Quay. It provides a 500 seat theatre that hosts a regular programme of plays, concerts, musical events, comedians and other events and a Studio Theatre, as well as a multifunction Gallery Suite providing rehearsal and meeting rooms which combine for event or performance space, and a café / bistro, both with views over the Clyde.
Greenock hosted the National Mòd in 1904 and 1925
Custom House Quay, Greenock, Inverclyde,
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Inverclyde,Scotland,West Of Glasgow,West of Scotland,UK,night,night time,tail of the bank,Inverclyde Council,buildings,arts,space,venue,arts venue,2013,new building,theatre,evening,café,bistro,views over the Clyde,Greenocks Custom House Quay,Greenock Custom House Quay,Customhouse Quay,Clyde,Clydeside,Greenockians,event space,event,venues,new,recent,gallery,galleries
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR6YJN - The Greenock Arts Guild's Beacon Arts Centre (replacing the former Arts Guild Theatre) opened in 2013 in a new building at Greenock's Custom House Quay. It provides a 500 seat theatre that hosts a regular programme of plays, concerts, musical events, comedians and other events and a Studio Theatre, as well as a multifunction Gallery Suite providing rehearsal and meeting rooms which combine for event or performance space, and a café / bistro, both with views over the Clyde.
Greenock hosted the National Mòd in 1904 and 1925
Custom House Quay, Greenock, Inverclyde,
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,dusk,evening,winter,Santa Clause,fountain,fountains,from,England,UK,M1 1RN,Santa at dusk,white,festivities,illuminated,Dec,December,festive,sunset,night,water,Merry,Xmas,Christmas,city,centre,celebration,celebrate,square,public,space,bright,offices,office
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2BH - . This documentary view of Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The scene shows Merry Christmas, from Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1RN - Santa at dusk. The setting also relates to consumer retail, customer footfall, commercial frontage, shopfront economy, urban commerce, before-and-after reference, local trading, local history, documentary photography, high-street commerce, independent trading, commercial streetscape, changing land use, and retail vacancy. The subject remains useful for current coverage of changing footfall and vacant units, not least because of how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. As the area changes, the frame preserves period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment within the setting of Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN. The subject sits alongside retail property, archival record, regional identity, place identity, town-centre economy, visual archive, public realm, and community identity. References to Merry, Gardens, Piccadilly, Christmas, and Santa help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The surrounding context at Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is changing footfall and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts when considered against later change at Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN. The image also provides a reference for commercial rents and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres without losing the local specificity of Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN.
Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,city Centre,West Midlands,B4 7AP,open space,city park,Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum,Curzon Street,Architects Patel Taylor,Architect,Patel Taylor,Landscape,Allain Provost,Thinktank,Think Tank,science museum,open,space,Eastside,City,Park,development,redevelopment,Park Street,Millennium Point,art,sculpture,sq,square,university,new
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2NW - Eastside City Park is a 6.75 acre (2.73 ha) urban park located in the Eastside district of Birmingham City Centre. Designed by architects Patel taylor with landscape architect Allain Provost, the park was opened to the public on 5 December 2012 at a cost of £11.75 million. Lining the frontage of Millennium Point, the park provides 14,300 square metres of landscaped green space, 310 trees, a 110 metres (360 ft) canal water feature and a public square incorporating 21 jet fountains.
In 2004, discussions began with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), outlining the preliminary processes regarding the development of the site.
A May 2007 Big Lottery Fund request was filed for £25million, but was rejected in October of the same year. Birmingham City Council later pledged £5million to begin the project.
The Eastside City Park runs from the remaining portion of Park Street Gardens, northwards past the Masshouse development where and in an easterly direction along Curzon Street, past Curzon Street railway station and Millennium Point
the park terminates at the front of Birmingham City University's Parkside campus building.
The park was designed by Architects Patel Taylor with French Landscape Architect Allain Provost who gained commission for the project in 2006. Development of the park commenced in August 2011 by contractors Wates. The park partially opened to the public on 5 December 2012 and officially opened on 16 March 2013.
Eastside City Park, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, B4 7AP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,store,retail,out of town,JunctionNINE,Retail Park,WA2,Warrington,WA2 8TW,UK,shopping,Cheshire,England,parking,larger,wider,wide,bay,space,for,kids,car park,family,with,baby,babies,parent,parents,married,marriage,partners,civil partnership,relationship,unit,vehicle,car,pram,buggy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG41WN - . This authentic period view of JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW in 2019 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Larger parking space outside a store, for parents with children, JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW. Other connected aspects include historic signage, local history, commercial signage, commercial frontage, place identity, local character, visual merchandising, commercial streetscape, town-centre economy, independent retail, customer footfall, small-business culture, everyday life, and public information notice. For current editorial use, brand consolidation and online shopping provide additional context, especially through how physical shops adapt to online competition. Current relevance extends to retail change and branding, particularly through the speed at which branding and promotional styles change. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The wider setting retains connections with public-facing notice, regional identity, documentary photography, contemporary social history, bricks-and-mortar business, brand display, street-level marketing, and visual archive. The recorded references to space, parents, outside, JunctionNINE, and Larger preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The record includes details of everyday use for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2MG41WN.
JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,131 Mount Pleasant,L3 5TF,building,science,office,one,liverpoolsciencepark,education,knowledge,research,offices,space,modern,quarter,city,centre,rental,agency,real estate,sciontec,park,Grade A,laboratory,laboratories,facility,tech,technology,innovation,centres,British,GB,Great Britain
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475J7 - . This location-specific image from 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF in 2019 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Liverpool science park , 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF. The broader subject matter reaches into contemporary social history, place identity, social history, before-and-after reference, local history, small business, independent retail, period detail, everyday life, regional identity, street-level business, retail property, specialist retailer, and customer footfall. For current editorial use, online shopping and store closures provide additional context, especially through how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. Other useful contextual ideas include town-centre trading, local enterprise, community identity, visual archive, high-street commerce, changing streetscape, commercial frontage, and public realm. Details involving Mount, science, Pleasant, Merseyside, and Liverpool make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF, 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 online shopping and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses within the specific setting of 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF. The record includes a point of historical comparison for future local research.
131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,NQ4,Northern Quarter,Tib St,Craft Village,M4,crafts,City Centre,pallet,wood,M4 5JD,pallets,Megham Darby,craft,village,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,exhibition,exhibitions,Feb,May,40,forty,fortieth,space,corner
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEKM - . This descriptive scene sets out a moment within 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD, as it appeared in 2019. The principal point of reference is 40 Years and Counting, Megham Graydon Darby, Manchester Craft Village, North West England, UK, M4 5JD. Other aspects of the setting include social landscape, regional identity, social context, local identity, cultural landscape, place-based history, documentary record, contemporary social history, changing Britain, place and memory, everyday Britain, and community environment. For present-day editorial use, regional identity can also illustrate debates about business turnover and changing use, particularly where these affect preservation of everyday detail. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. The surrounding story includes public realm, modern history, everyday infrastructure, urban and rural change, documentary photography, community life. Further recorded details include Oak street, Manchester City Centre, exhibition, platform, art. Further aspects present in the subject include visual record, and local character. In the mid-2020s, ordinary infrastructure is increasingly discussed through altered public space and business turnover, with attention turning to before-and-after study. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for social change, historic fabric, planning and redevelopment, movement through the area, and everyday services without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. In historical comparison, the image can help trace architecture and streetscape, public access, neighbourhood identity, ownership or occupation, and transport patterns in a form that can be compared with later photographs.
17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@hotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,big,WA1 2PF,in Warrington Town Centre,LMS,corner,showroom,pair,20-24,Crossley St,Warrington,WA1,sexy,art,space,open,show,dancing,high,heel,high heels,heels,fashion,fashionable,in,town,centre,town centre,large,giant,biggest,largest,landlord,Kelvin Smith,Crossley Street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF5ECC - . This documentary view of 20-24 Crossley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2PF in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The main subject is Giant Red Shoes, town centre, 20-24 Crossley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2PF. The photograph also reflects historical comparison, consumer retail, shopfront economy, retail property, historic townscape, commercial frontage, public realm, period streetscape, period building, urban fabric, everyday life, heritage landmark, architectural detailing, and social history. The subject remains useful for current coverage of consumer spending and online shopping, not least because of the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. Today's wider story includes maintenance costs, planning control and the practical question of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. As a dated visual record, the frame preserves a particular stage in the life of the location in this part of 20-24 Crossley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2PF. The wider local story also touches on community identity, period detail, traditional masonry, archival record, historic commercial architecture, changing land use, changing streetscape, and town-centre economy. Elements such as centre, Giant, Crossley, Warrington, and 20-24 add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The surrounding context at 20-24 Crossley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2PF matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is consumer spending and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts in a form that can be compared with future views of 20-24 Crossley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2PF.
20-24 Crossley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2PF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,cookie,wrapper,silk,road,with,space,for,message,luck,dessert,sweet,Japan,Japanese,random fortunes,omikuji,slip,of,paper,lucky,misfortune,fortune tea cakes,restaurant,restaurants,Shuck Yee,blank,Silk Road,cookie machine,was,invented,by,from,Oakland,fortune cookie,cookies,packet,bag
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN2X - A fortune cookie is a crisp and sugary cookie wafer usually made from flour, sugar, vanilla, and sesame seed oil with a piece of paper inside, a fortune, usually an aphorism, or a vague prophecy. The message inside may also include a Chinese phrase with translation and/or a list of lucky numbers used by some as lottery numbers. Fortune cookies are often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants in the United States, Canada and other countries, but they are not Chinese in origin. The exact origin of fortune cookies is unclear, though various immigrant groups in California claim to have popularized them in the early 20th century. They most likely originated from cookies made by Japanese immigrants to the United States in the late 19th or early 20th century. The Japanese version did not have the Chinese lucky numbers and was eaten with tea.
Fortune cookies before the early 20th century were all made by hand. The fortune cookie industry changed dramatically after the fortune cookie machine was invented by Shuck Yee from Oakland, California. The machine allowed for mass production of fortune cookies which subsequently allowed the cookies to drop in price to become the novelty and courtesy dessert many Americans are familiar with after their meals at most Chinese restaurants today.
China
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Scotland,UK,tall,flyer,flyers,pano,panorama,space,Surgeons Hall,Venue53,Venue260,Venue 53,Venue 260,cast,City Centre,flyering,medieval fantasy,medieval,fantasy,Fringe,Shellshock,how to attract attention,attracting attention,at the Edinburgh Fringe,at the Edinburgh Festival,ShellshockImpro,Shellshock Impro,ShellshockImprov,Shellshock Improv,Durham University Improvised Comedy Society,Durham University,Improvised Comedy Society,Improvised Comedy,Society,DSU,Durham,2018,GoTonySmith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PG69G7 - . A place-specific photograph captures the working environment around 148 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1QS, UK, as photographed in 2018. The documentary focus is Cast of Here Be Improv, flyering in the High St, Edinburgh City Centre, Scotland, UK. The wider setting includes city-centre economy, commercial frontage, commercial streetscape, independent retail, retail property, consumer spending, consumer retail, shopfront economy, town-centre trading, bricks-and-mortar retail, retail vacancy, and customer footfall. The wider contemporary story of high-street retail now includes vacant premises alongside hybrid working, while policy and investment increasingly consider heritage-led regeneration. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of 148 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1QS, UK may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. The surrounding story includes urban commerce, shopping district, local trading, retail decline and renewal, chain-store economy, storefront culture. Further recorded details include Edinburgh Fringe Festival, fringe Festival, Fringe, The Space, Edinburgh Fringe, Royal Mile. The same setting also brings together shopping habits, and high-street commerce. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, commercial property also connects with changing footfall, hybrid working and efforts aimed at bringing empty units back into use. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for neighbourhood identity, transport patterns, ownership or occupation, public access, and architecture and streetscape as part of the area's longer social history. In historical comparison, the image can help trace regional identity, local business activity, patterns of everyday use, public-realm details, and the condition of buildings without relying on a generic or reconstructed view.
148 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1QS, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Cheshire,North West England,UK,Town centre office space,town centre office building,Town centre office,offices,empty,unused office,space,building,shutter,Accommodation,commercial,multi use,multiuse,WBC,Warrington Borough Council,CAB,Citizens Advice Bureau,Warrington Social Services,WA1,WA1 1EJ,Rylands Street,surplus,1970,1970s,Ryland,Rylands,street,21,sunny,blue sky,Friars Court,Rylands St,Warrington,town,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PAN56H - . A detailed visual record places on record the social and built context of Friars Court, Rylands St, Warrington WA1 1EN, UK, in a photograph originating in 2018. The described feature is 21 Rylands Street, Warrington town centre, Cheshire, North West England, UK. Further features of the subject include custody infrastructure, heritage streetscape, public policy, period property, criminal justice, conservation interest, rehabilitation, historic fabric, built heritage, court and custody, public services, and traditional building. For present-day editorial use, the criminal-justice system can also illustrate debates about early-release measures and staffing, particularly where these affect sustainable capacity. Modern coverage of older urban fabric frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of vacancy, conservation of original fabric and preserving local character. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, public services also connects with the cost of living, housing and efforts aimed at changing funding priorities. Small period details preserved at Friars Court, Rylands St, Warrington WA1 1EN, UK 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 local authority, political controversy, architectural heritage, penal system, civic administration, justice services. Associated details include shuttered, town centre office, empty offices, unused offices, business. A second layer of description includes social policy, custodial estate, security estate, public-sector policy, local landmark, architectural character, law enforcement, democratic accountability, urban conservation, and civic debate. The resulting record of Friars Court, Rylands St, Warrington WA1 1EN, UK is specific enough to support future before-and-after study of the same site.
Friars Court, Rylands St, Warrington WA1 1EN, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Outside the Young Vic Theatre,London Southwark,England,UK,art,arts,theatre,play,plays,neon,pub,bar,Outside,the,winner,of,5,Tony,awards,London,Southwark,south,cut,south bank,performing arts,venue,space,Frank Dunlop,The Cut,SE1 8LZ,SE1,Young Vic Company,young audiences,young audience
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6XE - The Young Vic Theatre is a performing arts venue located on The Cut, near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth.
The Young Vic was established by Frank Dunlop in 1970. Kwame Kwei-Armah has been Artistic Director since February 2018, succeeding David Lan.
History
In the period after World War II, a Young Vic Company was formed in 1946 by director George Devine as an offshoot of the Old Vic Theatre School for the purpose of performing classic plays for audiences aged nine to fifteen.
This was discontinued in 1948 when Devine and the entire faculty resigned from the Old Vic, but in 1969 Frank Dunlop became founder-director of The Young Vic theatre with Scapino, his free adaptation of Molière's The Cheats of Scapin, presented at the new venue as a National Theatre production, opening on 11 September 1970 and starring Jim Dale in the title role with designs by Carl Toms (decor) and Maria Björnson (costumes).
Initially part of the National Theatre, the Young Vic Theatre became an independent body in 1974.
In the words of Laurence Olivier, then director of the National Theatre: Here we think to develop plays for young audiences, an experimental workshop for authors, actors and producers. The aim was to create an accessible theatre which offered high quality at low cost in an informal environment. The aim was to appeal to young audiences, but this time not specifically to children.
66, The Cut, Southwark, London, England, UK, SE1 8LZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,village,Church,ringers,parish,bells,old,historic,history,clock,mechanism,area,rope,ropes,church,tower,Anglican,sign,signs,joke,jokes,yellow,space,for,campanology,campanologist,inside,interior,room,bell,belltower,bellringing,ring of bells,ring,of,ringing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHBJR4 - . This scene at Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP in 2018 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 main point of reference is St Wilfrids Church Belltower and clock mechanism, prior to 2019, Grappenhall Village, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2SJ. Further facets of the scene include heritage asset, social landscape, social history, visual archive, urban change, conservation interest, public realm, architectural detailing, local landmark, historic frontage, archival record, everyday life, local identity, and city-centre activity. For current editorial use, maintenance and redevelopment pressure provide additional context, especially through the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. Current relevance extends to public-realm change and local identity, particularly through the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP before new construction alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects before-and-after reference, urban fabric, regional identity, historic townscape, contemporary city life, traditional structure, changing streetscape, and local history. References to clock, mechanism, Wilfrids, Church, and Grappenhall give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The record includes a local visual benchmark for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2JHBJR4.
Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,inside,interior,Manchester Craft Village,art,artists,jewelers,space,crafts,design,centre,craft,shop,store,Victorian,setting,studios,ceramics,for sale,Oak St,Manchester,M4 5JD,M4,fishmarket,building,event,events,courses,introduction,city,city centre,makers,future makers,exhibitions,workshop
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM252W - Meet the Makers, Discover the History, Experience Craft & Design
Here at Manchester Craft & Design our aim is to make contemporary visual art, craft and design accessible for all. Our former Victorian fishmarket building is situated at the heart of Manchester's creative Northern Quarter and houses some of the region's most talented artists, designers and makers. See them at work creating textiles, jewellery, ceramics, prints, fine art, sculpture and more
discover their stories, hear about their materials and processes, or learn a new skill yourself by taking part in a workshop. And don't miss our exciting programme of free contemporary craft exhibitions and events and our on-site café bar which serves delicious homemade fayre.
17 Oak St, Manchester, North West England, UK, M4 5JD
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Keywords: Belfast,Northern Ireland,England,UK,pano,retail,shopping,city,centre,Belfast,Belfast City Centre,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,with,problem with,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,space,stores,architecture,area,wide,Dunn
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGM7GM - . An identifiable period record of High St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The principal subject is Dunns Stores Panorama, Belfast, Northern Ireland, England, UK. The frame also records themes of local trading, town-centre economy, bricks-and-mortar retail, specialist retailer, contemporary social history, commercial frontage, local enterprise, regional identity, independent retail, before-and-after reference, high-street commerce, archival record, documentary photography, and place identity. The modern context includes continuing discussion of independent business, business rates and the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres. Future viewers can use this scene from High St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after changed technology. The photograph additionally reflects local character, community identity, changing land use, small business, changing streetscape, commercial streetscape, retail property, and visual archive. References to Belfast, Dunns, Panorama, Northern, and Stores give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at High St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding as part of the longer story of High St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Another useful connection is commercial rents and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy when considered against later change at High St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The photograph keeps period character as a date-specific reference.
High St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: Office,space,history,historic,architecture,building,city,centre,ave,L2,grade,listed,II,building,Grayson,Ould,granite,brick,stone,arched,entrance,Corinthian,pilasters,Ionic,Queen Insurance,Queen Insurance Buildings,Queen Avenue,Castle st,Grade II,Grayson and Ould,Grayson & Ould,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Ionic,half-columns,half,columns,lamp,lamps,Victorian,gaslamp,gas,path,pathway,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM63 - An office building designed by Grayson and Ould. It is in brick with stone dressings, a granite ground floor, and a slate Mansard roof. The building has four storeys, and is five bays wide. In the ground floor, two of the bays form an arched entrance to Queen Avenue. In the first floor, between the windows, are Corinthian pilasters, and between the windows in the second floor are Ionic half-columns. On the front of the building are friezes, and at the top are dormers
Queen Insurance Buildings, Queen Avenue, Liverpool L2 4TZ
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Keywords: Tithebarn,St,street,building,history,historic,railway,terminus,stone,office,space,offices,moorfields,Merseyrail,architect,Beeching,Axe,closed,Exchange Station,Liverpool Exchange railway station,Liverpool Exchange station,John Hawkshaw,Liverpool Tithebarn Street,Tithebarn Street Station,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Merseyrail,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HMJ9 - Liverpool Exchange railway station was a railway station located in the city centre of Liverpool, England. Of the four terminal stations in Liverpool's city centre, Exchange station was the only station not accessed via a tunnel.
The station was badly damaged during World War II and lost a large proportion of the trainshed roof, which was never rebuilt, remaining an iron frame. The station's long distance services were switched to Liverpool Lime Street in the 1960s, and, as a terminus, the station became redundant in the late 1970s, when its remaining local services switched to the newly opened Merseyrail tunnels under Liverpool city centre. It was closed in 1977, being replaced by the new Moorfields underground station nearby.
Station construction and opening
Tithebarn Street as it was between opening in 1850 and reconstruction in 1886“88
The grandly-appointed station opened on 13 May 1850, replacing an earlier temporary station at Great Howard Street further north up the track. The station was designed by John Hawkshaw. The station had two names because the joint owners could not agree on a name. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) named the station Liverpool Exchange Station with the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) naming the station Liverpool Tithebarn Street.
On 13 August 1859, the LYR absorbed the ELR, from which date the name of the station was Liverpool Exchange.[2][3] From 1 October 1850 trains of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LCSR) began to run into Exchange/Tithebarn Street station with three companies using the terminus. The LCSR became part of the LYR on 14 June 1855. By 13 August 1859 the LYR had absorbed the other two companies using the terminus leaving only one operator.
The station was the terminus of the ELR's line to Preston, the LYR's route to Bolton and the LCSR routes to Crosby and Southport.
Tithebarn St, Liverpool, England, UK L2 2QP
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Keywords: Tithebarn,St,street,building,history,historic,railway,terminus,stone,office,space,offices,moorfields,Merseyrail,architect,Beeching,Axe,closed,Exchange Station,Liverpool Exchange railway station,Liverpool Exchange station,John Hawkshaw,Liverpool Tithebarn Street,Tithebarn Street Station,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Merseyrail,clock,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HMKK - Liverpool Exchange railway station was a railway station located in the city centre of Liverpool, England. Of the four terminal stations in Liverpool's city centre, Exchange station was the only station not accessed via a tunnel.
The station was badly damaged during World War II and lost a large proportion of the trainshed roof, which was never rebuilt, remaining an iron frame. The station's long distance services were switched to Liverpool Lime Street in the 1960s, and, as a terminus, the station became redundant in the late 1970s, when its remaining local services switched to the newly opened Merseyrail tunnels under Liverpool city centre. It was closed in 1977, being replaced by the new Moorfields underground station nearby.
Station construction and opening
Tithebarn Street as it was between opening in 1850 and reconstruction in 1886“88
The grandly-appointed station opened on 13 May 1850, replacing an earlier temporary station at Great Howard Street further north up the track. The station was designed by John Hawkshaw. The station had two names because the joint owners could not agree on a name. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) named the station Liverpool Exchange Station with the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) naming the station Liverpool Tithebarn Street.
On 13 August 1859, the LYR absorbed the ELR, from which date the name of the station was Liverpool Exchange.[2][3] From 1 October 1850 trains of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (LCSR) began to run into Exchange/Tithebarn Street station with three companies using the terminus. The LCSR became part of the LYR on 14 June 1855. By 13 August 1859 the LYR had absorbed the other two companies using the terminus leaving only one operator.
The station was the terminus of the ELR's line to Preston, the LYR's route to Bolton and the LCSR routes to Crosby and Southport.
Tithebarn St, Liverpool, England, UK L2 2QP
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Keywords: under,rail,railway,arch,WA1,claustrophobic,excited,stressful,locked,in,up,play,playing,Dungeon,of,Doom,Betrayal,of,Cluetankhamun,retail,new,uses,for,space,WA1 2AE,The Live Escape Game,Live Escape Game,Dungeon of Doom,Live Escape,Betrayal of Cluetankhamun,Retail Space,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,town,urban,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,New uses for retail space,town retail space
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4EGCH - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 10 Crown Street, Warrington WA1 2AE in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The principal subject is ClueHQ,The Live Escape Game,Warrington,Cheshire, England. The locality and subject together evoke changing land use, conservation architecture, heritage asset, contemporary social history, conservation interest, historic townscape, historical comparison, urban fabric, visual archive, heritage landmark, period architecture, historic streetscape, architectural detail, and regional identity. The modern context includes continuing discussion of tourism, planning control and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. Future viewers can use this scene from 10 Crown Street, Warrington WA1 2AE to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. A second descriptive layer includes cityscape history, documentary photography, archival record, adaptive reuse, period detail, changing streetscape, built heritage, and local history. Details involving Escape and ClueHQ make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within 10 Crown Street, Warrington WA1 2AE, 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 tourism and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change without losing the local specificity of 10 Crown Street, Warrington WA1 2AE. Another useful connection is adaptive reuse and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change in a form that can be compared with future views of 10 Crown Street, Warrington WA1 2AE. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference.
10 Crown Street, Warrington WA1 2AE
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Keywords: Manchester City England,UK,men,people,being,shaved,lights,lit,mirror,in,hot,shave,grooming,sir,suits,you,chair,chairs,centre,homme,hommes,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,shed,space,city,service,services,barbers,towel,shaves,shaving,close,close-shave
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DMA - . Traditional Barbers Shop, Barton Arcade, Central Manchester, City England, UK. Photographed at Barton Arcade, Manchester, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 06 December 2014. The image metadata records 4 people in the frame. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Barbers, Shop, Barton, Arcade, Central, haircut, man, male, males and Manchester City England, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Barton Arcade, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: John,Ashby,chairman,Grappenhall,Community,Library. AGM 2014,John Ashby,Sheila,Wallace,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4 2PE,WA42PE,charity,annual,general,meeting,space,gotonysmith,AGM,2014,addressing,speaks,speaking,WA4,notes,speech,organisation,Community Library,directors,trustees,trustee,minutes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EBFWEX - . Grappenhall Community Library AGM 2014, John Ashby, Sheelagh Connolly, Sheila Wallace, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 2PE. Photographed at Albert Road, Grappenhall,Warrington, Cheshire,England, WA4 2PE. The photograph was taken on 25 November 2014. The image metadata records 3 people in the frame. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Grappenhall Community Library, AGM, 2014, John Ashby, official, library, community, libraries, Sheelagh and Connolly, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. 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.
Albert Road, Grappenhall,Warrington, Cheshire,England, WA4 2PE
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Keywords: City,Centre,Strathclyde,Scotland,UK,Sq,Sq.,40-48,Buchanan,Street,G1,3JX,G13JX,retail,frontage,to,Queen,Street,retailing,shops,inside,interior,glass,work,glasswork,facade,old,building,architecture,buildings,wide,angle,wideshot,November,banner,banners,gotonysmith,space,restaurant,buzzys
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38XY - Princes Square is a shopping centre on Buchanan Street in central Glasgow, Scotland. It was developed in 1986 to a design by Edinburgh architects, the Hugh Martin Partnership. The new five-storey, 10,450-square-metre (112,500 sq ft) retail centre occupies a pre-existing cobbled square dating from 1841, which was reconfigured by enclosing the entire space below a new clear glass domed and vaulted roof. An expansion was completed in summer 1999, extending the centre into Springfield Court and providing a further 1,860 square metres (20,000 sq ft) of retail area and a new retail frontage to Queen Street.
The original cellars of the existing buildings were excavated to provide additional space. Inside the square, new galleries and stairs give access to the upper storeys. The original sandstone facades were preserved around the modern interior. The centre is adorned with decorative glass, tiling, lighting, timber and metalwork, designed by artists and craftsmen.
The writer Bill Bryson referred to Princes Square as one of the most intelligent pieces of urban renewal.
The Hugh Martin Partnership earned several design awards for Princes Square, including the RIBA Scottish Regional Award for Architecture (1988), the Edinburgh Architectural Association Centenary Medal (1989), and a Civic Trust Award (1989). The original fabric has been protected as a category B listed building since 1970.
40-48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Scotland G1 3JX
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Keywords: buildings,architecture,architect,greener,green,glass,space,sensor,ESCUBE,Breeam,Outstanding',rating,for,particularly,sustainable,technical,building,design,Bridge,and,City,Hall,with,cloud,reflections.,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,7more,abstract,offices,Riverside,London Bridge City,More London,Kuwaiti,sovereign wealth fund,owned,by
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE75X - More London, part of an area known as London Bridge City, is a development on the south bank of the River Thames, immediately south-west of Tower Bridge in London. It is owned by the Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund.
It includes the City Hall, a sunken amphitheatre called The Scoop, office blocks, shops, restaurants, cafes, and a pedestrianized area containing open-air sculptures and fountains lit by coloured lights. The Hilton London Tower Bridge hotel opened in September 2006.
City Hall, showing the rest of the More London Development under construction in the background
More London is 13 acres (53,000 m2) in size and has planning consent for 3,000,000 square feet (280,000 m2) of mixed use space, of which up to two million square feet will be offices, accommodating up to 20,000 people. The buildings were designed by Foster and Partners architects. The buildings are known as 1 & 6 More London Place, and 2, 3, 4 and 7 More London Riverside. The public area, which includes The Scoop, a fountain and planting areas, was designed by Townshend Landscape Architects.
There are frequently outdoor exhibitions and cultural events in More London. For most of 2005 there was a popular open-air exhibition of large environmental photographs called Earth from the Air.
In 2007, the development was shortlisted for the Carbuncle Cup architecture prize, an annual competition by Building Design for the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months.
The ten-storey '7 More London' office building in the new London project 'More London' next to Tower Bridge has achieved the internationally renowned Breeam 'Outstanding' rating for particularly sustainable technical building design.
The use of renewable energies and the energetically optimised glass facade keep carbon dioxide emissions low. The glass coating reduces office temperatures in summer
7 London Place, Southwark, London, England, UK
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Keywords: Office,space,gerkin,Marys,London,England,UK,at,Dusk,finance,financial,money,district,commercial,skyscraper,EC3A,8BF,services,passport,passporting,Brexit,EU,30 St Mary Axe,The Gherkin,Swiss Re Building,City Of London,EC3A 8BF,EU Passporting,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,former,sites,of,the,Norman,Foster,cityscape,architecture,lit,illuminated,sir,outdoor,Aldgate,travel,tourist,construction,contemporary,Londons,Skanska,skyscraper,symbol,futuristic,insurance,urban,high,rise,highrise,long,exposure,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Financial District,Baltic Exchange,Chamber of Shipping,High-rise,Long Exposure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3F09W - 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and it was erected by Skanska, with construction commencing in 2001.
St Mary's Axe, London, England, UK EC3A 8BF
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Keywords: Office,space,gerkin,Marys,London,England,UK,at,Dusk,finance,financial,money,district,commercial,skyscraper,EC3A,8BF,services,passport,passporting,Brexit,EU,30 St Mary Axe,The Gherkin,Swiss Re Building,City Of London,EC3A 8BF,EU Passporting,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,former,sites,of,the,Norman,Foster,cityscape,architecture,lit,illuminated,sir,outdoor,Aldgate,travel,tourist,construction,contemporary,Londons,Skanska,skyscraper,symbol,futuristic,insurance,urban,high,rise,highrise,long,exposure,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Financial District,Baltic Exchange,Chamber of Shipping,High-rise,Long Exposure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3F0C8 - 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 storeys, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name.
30 St Mary Axe was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and it was erected by Skanska, with construction commencing in 2001.
St Mary's Axe, London, England, UK EC3A 8BF
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Keywords: near Northwich,Cheshire,North West England,UK,listening,to,the,stars,pointing,to,the,sky,skywards,listening,to,space,gotonysmith,dish,Scanning,the,heavens,deep,space,pulsars,black holes little green men women just off A556 bypass,linked,to,Jodrell,Bank,Cheshire,University,Of,Manchester,UMIST,Science,research,vast,radio,telescope,at,Jodrell,Bank,Observatory,in,North,West,England.,Third,largest,steerable,dish,radio,telescope,in,the,world.,Part,of,the,Jodrell,Bank,Centre,for,Astrophysics,at,the,University,of,Manchester,WA16,9RU,WA169RU,looking,into,space,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY9KR - The Plumley Radio Telescope, near Northwich, Cheshire, North West England, UK
Scanning the heavens and deep space for pulsars, black holes and possibly little green (wo)men. Perhaps Jodrell Banks little brother.
If there is trouble out in space heading our way, it may well find it.
Or it may be monitoring our every move, every conversation, logging every transaction we make...
Located off the Chester A556 expressway on the way to Knutsford, Cheshire, England UK.
Plumley Village, Northwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom WA16 9RU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ65B - Space heaters are fixed or portable heaters in a room. This includes open coal, wood or coke fires, gas fires, portable gas fires (LPG heaters), electric fires and heaters, and oil and paraffin heaters.
What are the main causes of heating appliance fires?
Space heaters regularly cause fatalities in the home. Most accidents are caused by people's behaviour rather than technical faults in the appliances themselves. For example, standing or sitting too close to the heater, allowing clothing or other items to come too close, or leaving heaters on overnight can all cause accidents.
Who is most at risk?
Those in the age ranges 0-4 years and 70 years and over have the highest risk. Women over 70 are most at risk, as there are more women than men in this higher age group. Men are more at risk in the 30-69 age range, which may be because they are more likely to be impaired by drink or drugs at this age, or because they are more likely to tackle a fire on their own.
People living alone, those living in terraced houses and houses in multiple occupation, or in rented accommodation, and those on low incomes all tend to be at greater risk.
Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K02F42 - The original building was designed by the Coop's in-house architect F.E.L. Harris. It opened in 1906 as the headquarters of the Cooperative Wholesale Society (CWS) and was called New Central Building. It was designed to look like a headquarters building and still does.
Take a look at that façade. It is pure powerhouse Edwardian, an almost bombastic expression of commercial and national confidence. This was a time when, like it or not, the British Empire was at its peak and the nation felt big.
Hanover is Baroque, a Classical-style formed of big bold elements, nothing is reticent, subtlety is shunned. The base of the exterior walls are of Aberdeen granite, elsewhere there's red brick with Derbyshire sandstone dressings. The most immediately eye-catching elements are the giant order columns at second floor level, then a fiercely heavy cornice, followed by a sweet but strong arcade high in the sky.
Hanover Building, NOMA, Corporation Street,Manchester, England, UK, M60 0AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNAB - . This location-specific image from England, Great Britain , UK in 2019 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The photograph centres on Welcome To The Man cave sign, on a red door. The image also relates to place identity, historical comparison, historic sign, community identity, commercial ephemera, street-level message, local history, everyday life, documentary photography, visual communication, material sign design, before-and-after reference, social history, and printed message. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with local history, street design and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at England, Great Britain , UK may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The subject also sits alongside visual archive, public information notice, instructional wording, wayfinding detail, contemporary social history, everyday visual culture, public-facing signage, and period lettering. The combination of Welcome anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around England, Great Britain , UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes local history and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change without losing the local specificity of England, Great Britain , UK. Another strand within the photograph is visual identity and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change in a form that can be compared with future views of England, Great Britain , UK. The setting also helps illustrate commercial branding and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change within the real-world context of England, Great Britain , UK.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA3R - THERE is good news for electric vehicle drivers in and around Warrington, as the council has announced free electric charging at its Time Square car park and Warrington West station.
The initiative, which has been confirmed for at least the next six months, will help to support those who are making the switch from petrol and diesel to electric.
There are currently 56 charging points at the Time Square car park “ one of the highest number of charging points in a single location in the country “ with another 12 charging points available at the new Warrington West station.
The move to offering free electric vehicle charging comes after the council's climate emergency declaration in June.
The plans to encourage electric vehicle travel also support the council's Air Quality Action Plan, which aims to reduce nitrogen dioxide levels within the main, busy traffic routes leading into and around the town.
Cllr Judith Guthrie, cabinet member for environment, who drives an electric car herself, said: It's great news that I'm able to announce free charging points for electric vehicle users here in Warrington. We're committed to doing all we can to help people become more environmentally-friendly in and around the borough - more at https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/18243487.free-electric-vehicle-charging-points-warrington-west-time-square-car-parks/
Bank St, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2HN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CBKNAP - VINCI Construction,New Market Hall, Warrington Town Centre Redevelopment, Time Square,Academy Way,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 gives a direct editorial record of a recognisable subject, with location, signage, architecture or everyday behaviour carrying much of the meaning. VINCI Construction at Warrington's Time Square redevelopment points to the visible machinery of town-centre regeneration, where hoardings, cranes and contractors reshape streets long before the marketing images arrive. The subject can illustrate urban renewal, public-private development, construction jobs, market halls, council-led regeneration, retail change and the risk and promise attached to rebuilding civic centres. The location detail, Warrington, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include indoor market, retail market, independent traders and food hall, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. For buyers, the strength lies in the combination of a named subject, a lived-in setting and enough visual specificity to carry stories about how places are used, remembered, funded, visited or contested.
2, Time Square, Academy Way, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB6P2T - Photo shows Liverpool Central Library, Picton reading room interior, Merseyside England UK. The photograph has value for architecture, heritage, conservation, civic identity and place-based editorial use. Named buildings, churches, libraries, hotels, institutes and historic interiors can illustrate how the built environment shapes local memory, tourism, regeneration and public realm debates. Architectural details, entrances, façades, staircases and interiors also work well for features on design history and town centre character. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Sky, light and season should be checked visually
the subject is useful for architecture, heritage and place-based editorial use. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture.
Liverpool Central Library, Liverpool, England, UK L3 8EW
