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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_8805,in,store,Lidl,bakery,pastries,supermarket,in store bakery,croissants,bread rolls,baked goods,retail counter,supermarket award,bakery award,discount supermarket,grocery shopping,UK,Lidl bakery,bakery counter,supermarket bread,fresh pastries,food display,grocery retail,bread cabinet,bakery advertising,bread shopping,Lidl award,supermarket bakery,bakery cabinet
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_8807,Argos,at,Sainsburys,1000,s,of,products,click,collect,retail,advertising,catalogue,shopping,store,delivery,commerce,click-and-collect,shopfront,graphic,location,shows,smiling,faces,red,white,advertisement,thousands,popular,available,instantly,UK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FYF1X3 - . An Argos click-and-stock-photo/gotonysmith-Collect.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>collect shopfront graphic in a Sainsbury's location shows smiling faces above a large red and white advertisement for thousands of popular products available instantly. The long wall graphic runs along the shopping concourse. A long advertising panel beside an Argos concession carries smiling faces and the line 1000'S OF OUR MOST POPULAR PRODUCTS AVAILABLE INSTANTLY. The red Argos logo and the argos.co.uk website appear beneath the claim, while further signage refers to ordering online for collection. The wall installation creates a highly visible statement about stock availability and collection services inside a host supermarket. The long wall advertisement for Argos at Sainsbury's uses photographic portraits of customers and large red lettering promising 1000s of our most popular products available instantly. A second strip underneath directs shoppers to order online for next-day collection. The display sits within a brightly lit retail interior with a broad polished floor and passing customers. The photograph documents how Argos presents its stock-and-collection proposition inside a Sainsbury's store. The pale floor and long uninterrupted wall make the advertisement particularly conspicuous. Photographs of smiling people occupy the upper band and the Argos message runs below. The sign refers to immediately available popular stock and also to an order-and-collect arrangement. Both slogans are part of the same visual presentation, connecting an online shopping service to a physical collection point. The extensive wall graphic demonstrates how an established catalogue retailer can advertise a compact in-store concession. The Argos advertising stretches across the long wall of a Sainsbury's walkway. Large photographs of people look out above the vivid red line promising 1000's of our most popular products available instantly , while the lower text directs shoppers to order online and collect.
Sainsbury's, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_6862,Morrisons,community,fod,programme,help,tackle,food,poverty,hunger,in,UK,store,pick,up,packs,donation,charity,cost,living,supermarket,green,unit,invites,customers,buying,packages,in-store,display,includes,metal,trolley
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FYF1TY - . A green Morrisons community food donation unit invites customers to help tackle food poverty and hunger by buying food packages. The in-store display includes a metal trolley frame and charity-themed printed messaging. A green Morrisons-branded food donation stand is topped by the words COMMUNITY FOOD PROGRAMME. Its message invites shoppers to help tackle food poverty and holiday hunger by buying items for donation. The practical rack, branded panel and store setting put food insecurity and charitable food collection within everyday supermarket shopping. The Morrisons unit is a bright green, wheeled in-store frame headed COMMUNITY FOOD PROGRAMME. Printed text refers to food poverty and holiday hunger and explains that shoppers can buy food to help. Empty wire shelves and the large panel make the donation collection method visible. The supermarket branding, charitable appeal and compact rack record a specific practical initiative encouraging customers to support people facing food insecurity. The green Morrisons community food donation unit is fixed to a wire collection trolley in the store. White lettering asks shoppers to help tackle food poverty and holiday hunger by buying extra items for donation, with a row of red graphic motifs above the appeal. The display makes the donation mechanism prominent: shoppers are asked to select additional groceries and place them in a designated collection point. Its light tubular frame and green hanging panel stand among supermarket shelving, placing the scheme within routine grocery shopping. The references to food poverty and holiday hunger connect the collection drive to families facing pressure on household food budgets. The photograph documents the actual point of collection and the wording used to encourage participation. The upright collection rack is intended to be noticed in the shopping aisle, where its green panel stands out from the more varied packaging around it.
Morrisons supermarket, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_6321,TKMax,retail,chain,store,Church,St,Liverpool,UK,Big,Labels,Small,Prices,discount,fashion,shop,designer,brands,shoppers,pass,brand,panels,surround,window,bearing,slogan,circular,display,TK Maxx,Big Labels Small Prices,Church Street Liverpool
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FYF1TM - . Pedestrians pass the TK Maxx shop on Church Street in Liverpool. Red brand panels surround a window bearing the slogan BIG LABELS SMALL PRICES in a circular display. Large red TK Maxx letters hang over the glazed storefront on Church Street, Liverpool. A round orange window graphic proclaims BIG LABELS SMALL PRICES, while several shoppers pass the entrance. Reflections and mannequins appear through the glass. The visible price-led brand slogan is an important component of the retail photograph. A bold TK MAXX sign sits over the entrance to a high-street shop, and a large circular window graphic reads BIG LABELS SMALL PRICES. Pedestrians are passing in front of the shop, giving a clear sense of a functioning retail street. The open, glazed frontage offers glimpses of bright interior displays. The photograph records the discount fashion chain's branded shopfront and stated price-positioning message. The TK Maxx sign, set on a red fascia, faces the pedestrianised Liverpool shopping street. A large orange-red circle printed on the glass reads BIG LABELS SMALL PRICES, and shoppers walk past beneath tall stone façades reflected in the window. The storefront combines the red TK Maxx branding above the entrance with an orange ring graphic applied to the window itself. The slogan is positioned at eye level and large enough to be read by people walking past. Shoppers in coats and casual clothing pass in both directions outside the premises, their figures reflected in the glass. The high-street setting is part of the image: stone masonry, broad paving and adjoining urban façades place the branded sales message in its Liverpool context. The orange circular promotion occupies a large proportion of the glass window and is framed by rows of smaller products beyond the reflection. The camera captures pedestrians in mid-stride, making the busy street and discount-fashion storefront part of one scene.
Church Street, Liverpool
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Grindr,gay,dating,chat,gayborhood,app,download,iPhone,smartphone,Phone App,Store,dating applications,smartphone apps,online dating,App Store,mobile app discovery and dating,Grindr App Store,gay dating app,LGBTQ dating application,Grindr iPhone,online chat and dating,smartphone dating app,Grindr iPhone app,dating app download,location based dating,Apple App Store,Grindr mobile application,singles,adventure,modern,courting,serious,seeking,sex,relationships,catfishing,hookup,love,swipe,left,right,flirt,selfies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FX381H - Grindr gay dating and chat app on iPhone App Store. The photograph shows yellow and black logo on download listing with smartphone resting over printed newspaper. The phone rests on printed newsprint, placing a digital social-connection service against traditional media. The Grindr dating-app listing occupies the screen of an iPhone, with its familiar black-and-yellow branding and preview graphics. The application is used for location-based social and dating connections, including by gay, bisexual and other men. The Grindr App Store listing appears on an iPhone screen, showing the distinctive yellow mask logo and app information while the phone rests over printed newspaper pages. Grindr is a location-based social networking and dating platform primarily used by gay, bisexual, trans and queer adults. The image relates to how dating and community-focused services are marketed and downloaded on personal mobile devices.
United Kingdom, location of photograph unspecified
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,supermarket aisle,Great Value,food price promotion,store category signs,pasta,canned soups,rice,canned meat,cheese butter,UK groceries,grocery shopping,supermarket shelves,price competition,food retail,supermarket marketing,retail signage,cost of living,food inflation,store interior,aisle 25,aisle 26,supermarket layout,consumer shopping,food staples,own label,shopping signs,retail supermarket,household groceries,food budget,UK,English,England,supermarket,offer,offers,Morrisons,store,aisle,aisles,shelf,shelves
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FTT71M - A view along the overhead category signs inside a Morrisons supermarket shows aisle numbers 25 and 26 and labels identifying staple grocery products. The green panels point to pasta, canned soups, rice, canned meat and fish, canned vegetables and cheese and butter. Bright yellow Great Value promotional signage hangs beneath the category boards, with shelves and the well-lit supermarket interior visible in the background. The image concentrates on store navigation and value marketing rather than an individual branded food product. Grocery retailers use these signs to help shoppers locate everyday ingredients efficiently, while value ranges and promotional banners attract attention during price-conscious shopping trips. Green navigational boards and yellow promotional panels perform separate functions: the first identify where food ranges are located, while the second draw attention to Great Value lines. Printed words such as Pasta, Rice and Canned Soups are set in white against dark green, beside the much larger aisle numbers. The aisle numbers are unusually large, helping customers orient themselves within a spacious grocery environment where many aisles have similar shelves and displays. Aisle 26 lists canned meat and fish alongside canned vegetables, while a neighbouring sign directs shoppers towards cheese and butter. The Great Value promotional panel is visible in front of the shelving, providing an example of how retailers steer attention towards price-oriented lines. Two overhead dark-green aisle boards show the numbers 25 and 26 in large white lettering. Aisle 25 directs customers towards pasta, canned soups and rice, while adjacent text refers to canned meat and fish, canned vegetables, and cheese and butter. A yellow Great Value retail sign hangs in the foreground, with more matching labels visible further down the aisle. Product shelves and ceiling strip lights sit beneath the directional signs.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Greggs airport branch,Manchester Airport,Greggs bakery counter,airport food concession,bakery takeaway,terminal retail,Welcome to Manchester Airport,airport travellers,terminal food service,Greggs brand,sandwich and pastry shop,airport meal purchase,travel food outlet,passenger refreshment,airport bakery outlet,airport food retail,airside and landside retail,airport food prices,terminal passenger facilities,quick service food,UK bakery chain,airport retail revenue,passenger catering,grab and go breakfast,traveller food choices,airport customer amenities,commuter food retail,transport hub shopping,convenience bakery products,terminal waiting times,Manchester Airport food choice,airport coffee and snacks,British bakery chain airport,illuminated bakery display,Greggs storefront signage,counter staff behind bar,airport promotional fence,terminal interior,airport bakery display,pastry advertising,blue welcome graphics,restaurant counter,airport shops,Greggs,store,sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FP3PR7 - . A Greggs bakery counter with bright signage and a blue Manchester Airport welcome barrier sits inside airport terminal. The concession reflects on-site food retail for passengers, airport staff and visitors, and bakery brands in travel locations. The Greggs fascia and blue promotional barrier create two brands in the same frame. Airport concessions sell food to people travelling at different times of day, including those with little opportunity to leave the terminal before flights. The welcome sign identifies the airport location while the food counter illustrates the expanding presence of familiar convenience bakery chains in transport hubs. The familiar Greggs storefront is positioned within an airport setting where travellers often look for a quick hot drink, sandwich or bakery item before departure or after arrival. The Manchester Airport welcome panel is in the foreground, with an illuminated Greggs storefront and staffed counter beyond. The composition makes the airport setting unmistakable and records a familiar UK bakery chain operating inside a major passenger transport hub. Food retail contributes to terminal services alongside airline operations. Greggs is a nationally recognisable bakery and takeaway-food operator whose products are sold through compact branded outlets as well as high-street shops. An airport location puts that familiar retail offer in the context of passengers facing limited time before a flight or waiting for arrivals. Terminal concessions compete for spending on hot drinks, baked goods, sandwiches and takeaway refreshments, and visible wayfinding is valuable in a busy travel setting. Airport retail is an important non-aeronautical source of revenue for terminal operators, while branded food chains can give travellers a familiar lower-cost choice. The welcoming wording and recognisable sign connect two subjects: Manchester as a gateway destination and the commercial services available to air passengers within the airport.
Manchester Airport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_6766,Asda,Asda Rollback,Rollback,discount supermarket,price promotion,bargain aisle,special offer,value retail,grocery deal,promotional display,UK supermarket,supermarket aisle,grocery retail,food shopping,cost of living,food prices,food inflation,consumer spending,retail prices,household budget,British retail,supermarket shelves,groceries,shopping basket,retail competition,value shopping,consumer choice,store interior,everyday essentials,UK economy,bargain,bargains shelves,shelf,store,UK,multibuy,supermarket,offer,offers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FN66F0 - . An Asda Rollback promotional display dominates a UK market.htm Target=_Blank>supermarket aisle, with stacked branded grocery products beneath red price-promotion signage. Rollback is one of Asda's best-known value messages and is designed to signal temporary or sustained price reductions on selected lines. That makes the photograph directly relevant to supermarket price competition, household budgets and the tactics major grocers use to persuade shoppers that they are offering better value. During periods of elevated food costs, promotional mechanics such as Rollback, multibuys, loyalty prices and own-brand alternatives become more important to families trying to control weekly spending. The image can illustrate stories about grocery inflation, supermarket price wars, discounting and changing consumer behaviour without claiming that every product shown is cheaper than at a competitor. The aisle presentation is also a useful example of retail merchandising: products are stacked in volume, promotional boards interrupt the normal shelf layout and strong red branding is used to create urgency. Asda competes in a market where Aldi and Lidl have increased pressure on established supermarkets to demonstrate value, while Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons use their own combinations of loyalty schemes and promotions. Rollback therefore functions as both a pricing tool and a brand promise. The photograph is suited to coverage of cost-of-living pressures, grocery spending, promotional retail, supermarket marketing, packaged food sales and the everyday decisions households make between brands, offers and lower-cost alternatives. The branded display can also support coverage of promotional dependence, where shoppers increasingly time purchases around temporary reductions rather than standard shelf prices. It shows the visual language supermarkets use to make value claims prominent before a customer has compared unit prices in detail.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_6044,Ribena Robinsons and other fruit drinks,supermarket drinks aisle,Ribena,Robinsons,fruit drinks,squash,juice,drinks,beverages,supermarket,shelf,groceries,retail,bottles,orange,blackcurrant,soft drinks,concentrate,shopping,prices,branded,consumer,UK,grocery,fruit squash,drinks aisle,grocery prices,sugar reduction,plastic bottles,soft drink retail,supermarket aisle,supermarket aisles,store
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FHEA48 - . Bottles of Ribena, Robinsons and other fruit drinks and concentrated squash are arranged across a market.htm Target=_Blank>supermarket drinks aisle in the UK. Bright orange, purple and clear packaging distinguishes flavours such as orange and blackcurrant, while shelf-edge labels allow shoppers to compare prices and promotions. Concentrated squash is a long-established British grocery product, designed to be diluted with water at home and sold as an alternative to ready-to-drink soft drinks. The display shows how major branded ranges compete for space alongside other fruit-flavoured beverages, using bottle shape, colour, flavour descriptions and promotional labels to stand out. Different bottle sizes also allow supermarkets to target family use, convenience and value, with the effective cost per serving depending on both price and dilution. The category has changed over time as manufacturers respond to concerns about sugar consumption, introducing reduced-sugar and no-added-sugar formulations as well as new flavours. For households, concentrated drinks can offer many servings from one bottle, making them relevant to conversations about grocery budgets and value during periods of food-price inflation. Plastic bottles dominate the shelf, also connecting everyday beverage shopping with wider questions about packaging waste, recycling and the environmental impact of single-use containers. Ribena is strongly associated with blackcurrant drinks in Britain, while Robinsons is a familiar squash brand, giving the scene an immediately recognisable UK grocery character. The tightly stocked shelves show the commercial importance of range and visual impact in supermarket merchandising, where neighbouring products compete within seconds for a shopper's attention. Concentrates occupy a distinctive place in the soft-drinks market because one bottle produces many servings after dilution, making price per prepared drink different from the shelf price alone.
UK supermarket, exact branch not supplied
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_6049,Next Outlet,Warrington,Riverside Retail Park,Next,outlet,fashion,clothing,retailer,retail,store,shop,discount,clearance,sale,shopping,consumer,menswear,womenswear,childrenswear,homeware,mannequins,shopfront,branding,chain,footfall,retail park,ecommerce,value,Cheshire,Wharf Street,high street,commercial,property
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2TA4 - . Next stock-photo/gotonysmith-Outlet.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Outlet store at Riverside Retail Park in Warrington, Cheshire, with fashion displays and sale signage at the entrance. The photographed branch is the Warrington clearance store, where outlet branding signals reduced-price stock rather than the standard full-price Next format. The photograph shows the Next Outlet fascia across a large retail-warehouse unit, with mannequins visible in the upper display windows and promotional discount graphics beside the entrance. Next Outlet stores sell clearance and reduced-price fashion and home products, making the branch relevant to coverage of outlet retailing, value-conscious shopping and how major fashion chains use physical clearance stores alongside full-price shops and online channels. The branch is at Riverside Retail Park, Wharf Street, Warrington, WA1 2GZ, an out-of-town retail area close to the River Mersey and the southern approach to Warrington town centre. Retail parks typically combine large floorplates, surface parking and prominent road-facing branding, a model that differs from traditional enclosed shopping centres and pedestrian high streets. The low evening sunlight on the brick frontage and broad car-park foreground clearly establish the store as a stand-alone destination unit rather than a small town-centre shop. The image has editorial value for subjects including discount fashion, outlet shopping, consumer budgets, retail property, chain-store strategy, seasonal sales and the changing balance between bricks-and-mortar and ecommerce. Outlet formats let retailers clear residual ranges without marking down every item in full-price branches, protecting the main brand while recovering value from stock. The photograph records the physical investment behind a national fashion chain: signage, glazing, parking, lighting and a large warehouse-style shell. Clearance stores also attract shoppers making a deliberate value trip, a different pattern from browsing a full-price town-centre branch.
Next Outlet, Riverside Retail Park, Wharf Street, Warrington, WA1 2GZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5347,WHSmith,bookshop,books,retail,ManchesterAirport,airport,Manchester,England,UK,concession,magazines,reading,shop,store,terminal,passengers,paperbacks,publishing,shopping,travel,aviation,bookseller,airside,holiday,tourism,commercial,airportshopping,literature,newsagent,book seller,high street,air side,travel retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH501 - . The Bookshop by WHSmith concession at Manchester Airport presents books, magazines and travel reading in a compact airside retail format. The illuminated fascia and closely packed shelving are aimed at passengers looking for last-minute reading material, snacks or journey essentials. WHSmith has long specialised in travel-location retail at airports and railway stations, where stores are adapted to high footfall and short customer dwell times. Book concessions survive in an environment increasingly dominated by phones, tablets and digital media because passengers still buy paperbacks, magazines, puzzle books and children's titles for journeys and holidays. Manchester Airport is the UK's largest airport outside London. The open-fronted store is positioned to catch passengers already committed to spending time in the terminal, when browsing is one of the few activities available before boarding. Airport bookshops often stock bestsellers, travel guides, newspapers and children's material in a smaller range than a large high-street branch. Their continued presence is notable as printed media competes with e-books, streaming and smartphones, particularly among travellers trying to minimise what they carry. Click-and-collect and app-based ordering show how the boundary between online and physical retail is becoming less clear, with stores acting as both shopping destinations and fulfilment points. Independent specialist businesses can add resilience to a town centre by giving shoppers reasons to visit that are not duplicated by every national shopping destination. Re-use of older commercial buildings can keep historic façades in active use, although modern signage and accessibility requirements often alter their appearance over time. Shopfronts can change occupier quickly while the building behind them lasts for decades, so retail photography often records a temporary layer of town-centre history.
Manchester Airport, Ringway Road, Manchester, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_9840,Hive,Warrington,Ex,Co,Op,store,Cheshire,The Hive Warrington - Ex-Co-Op store,The Hive Warrington,Op store,England,English,Warrington retail,Warrington shopping,Warrington store,Warrington high street,Warrington shopfront,retail,shopping,high street,consumer retail,storefront,shop signage,retail branding,commercial property,customer experience,shopping centre,city centre retail,British retail,consumer culture,store entrance,shopfront,retail industry,shopping destination,commercial signage,urban shopping,retail premises
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E8E1HC - The Hive Warrington - Ex-Co-Op store. Photographed on 3 April 2026. The town combines industrial heritage, suburban expansion and an evolving centre, so familiar shops, pubs and civic sites can alter significantly over relatively short periods. The Hive Warrington - Ex-Co-Op store records the customer-facing retail environment in Warrington, where branding, displays, store design and neighbouring occupiers can change through refits, closures and redevelopment. The commercial setting around The Hive Warrington - Ex-Co-Op store links the visible business with the surrounding shopping centre, high street, market or service area in Warrington.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_1342,Lidl,middle,aisle,clothing,accessories,promotional,goods,UK,supermarket,retailer,discount,non-food,shopping,consumer,spending,bargain,merchandising,footwear,rails,bins,offers,prices,retail,store,promotion,impulse,shelves
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ETN5D1 - . Lidl middle aisle with clothing, accessories and promotional goods in a UK supermarket. Photographed on 19 June 2026. The recorded location is United Kingdom. Large branded red and blue panels reading 'Don't miss out' hang over rails and bins filled with clothing, footwear, accessories and other temporary merchandise. The image illustrates the discount retailer's well-known rotating non-food offer, which uses short availability periods and prominent price-led promotions to encourage impulse buying. In relation to menswear, historical context shows that fashion objects combine personal taste with industrial production
Labels, stitching and fabric can reveal country of manufacture, retail positioning and the design language of a particular decade. For the story of home cooking, it is useful to note that food photographs are records of both taste and material culture
Ingredients, recipes, packaging and serving styles can date an era and show how regional traditions, convenience and international influences enter everyday diets. The historical setting for retail and leisure is that small businesses have long adapted existing premises to changing consumer demand, adding signs, windows and interiors that make each period visually distinct
Their survival is closely tied to footfall, rents, local competition and the wider fortunes of the town centre. As of 2026, the position for menswear is that formal office dress is less universal than it was in previous decades, giving vintage ties and traditional menswear additional relevance to stories about changing workplace culture, resale and retro fashion. For present-day home cooking, 2026 is significant because hospitality and food retail continue to adapt to higher costs, delivery platforms and evolving diets, making older restaurant and product photographs useful evidence of consumer trends. Additional natural-language search terms include silk tie, neckwear, male fashion, retro clothing, and fashion history.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Marks & Spencer,M&S,MS,food,Manchester,airport,arrival,arrivals terminal 2,retail,store,M&S store,shop,MS food Manchester Airport arrivals terminal 2,Airport,arrivals,Manchester Airport,Greater Manchester,England,English,Manchester Airport airport,Manchester Airport air travel,Manchester Airport aviation,Manchester Airport airport terminal,Manchester Airport passenger travel,air travel,airport terminal,passenger travel,aviation,airport infrastructure,terminal building,airport facilities,departures,baggage handling,airport signage,international travel,passenger services,travel disruption,airport retail,air transport,terminal interior,aviation industry,journey experience,modern airport,M and S
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F7JC7H - Marks & Spencer M&S Food store in the arrivals area of Manchester Airport Terminal 2, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The airport retail unit provides food, snacks, drinks and convenience shopping for arriving passengers, people meeting travellers, airport staff and other terminal users. Marks & Spencer is one of Britain's best-known high street and food retail brands, and its Simply Food and foodhall formats have become familiar in transport locations including railway stations, motorway services and airports where customers often want ready meals, sandwiches, refreshments and essentials at short notice. The photograph records the relationship between major retail brands and modern airport infrastructure, where commercial concessions form an important part of the passenger experience and generate non-aeronautical income for airport operators. Manchester Airport is the main international gateway for northern England and Terminal 2 has undergone a major long-term transformation, with expanded passenger facilities, new retail and hospitality space and greater capacity for international airlines. It also has value as a contemporary record of how Terminal 2 looked in 2026, documenting store branding and the mix of everyday retail services available immediately after passengers leave baggage reclaim and customs. The scene can support future retrospective use if the retailer, concession, terminal layout or branding changes as Manchester Airport continues to modernise. It also illustrates grab-and-go retail, premium convenience food and the role of trusted high-street brands in busy transport hubs. The photograph places MS food Manchester Airport arrivals terminal 2 within the passenger environment, retaining the surrounding terminal layout and practical airport infrastructure.
Manchester Airport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Hancock and Wood,final,retail,retailing,bricks and mortar,shopping,dept,department,store,stores,closing,closed,down,sale,Bridge Street,Warrington,closing down sale UK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BG1P - . Hancock and Wood, final closing down sale, Bridge Street, Warrington. Photographed on 25 July 2026, 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. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Hancock and Wood, final, retail, retailing, bricks and mortar, shopping, dept, department, store, stores, closing, closed, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene.
Hancock & Wood, Bridge Street, Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, WA1 2EW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BG1Y - . Hancock and Wood, final closing down sale, Bridge Street, Warrington. Photographed on 25 July 2026, 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. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Hancock and Wood, final, retail, retailing, bricks and mortar, shopping, dept, department, store, stores, closing, closed, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,store,postoffice,post office,post offices,shopfront,former,shop,Lands Lane,Leeds,city,centre,British,retailer,bookseller,and,stationer,retail,metal,security shutter,blue,branding,shop fascia,shops,signage,city centre,West Yorkshire,shopping,UK retail industry,high street decline,struggling retail sector,bricks and mortar shopping,changing British high street,retail restructuring,shop closure crisis,traditional chain store,consumer spending slowdown,retail business challenges
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJ11YW - Entrance to the TGJones books, stationery and news retail store stands closed behind a lowered metal security shutter at 3“7 Lands Lane in Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire. The prominent blue fascia displays the TGJones name in large white lettering above the shopfront, while a curved window panel beside the entrance carries a Hello Leeds design and small graphics representing products and services associated with the retailer.
The shuttered doorway provides a clear editorial image of a closed British high street shop, although the photograph alone does not establish whether the premises were simply outside normal trading hours, temporarily inaccessible or affected by a longer-term closure. Recessed lights remain visible beneath the entrance canopy, while the red brick exterior forms part of the surrounding city-centre commercial streetscape.
TGJones is the name adopted by the former WHSmith high street retail operation after it was acquired by Modella Capital in 2025. The transaction covered the traditional town-centre, shopping-centre and retail-park business, while WHSmith retained its separate travel outlets at railway stations, airports, hospitals and motorway service areas. The new TGJones identity retained a familiar blue-and-white visual style while replacing one of the longest-established names on the British high street.
The Leeds branch sells the types of goods traditionally associated with the business, including books, magazines, newspapers, stationery, greeting cards, gifts and entertainment products. The transition from WHSmith to TGJones illustrates the continuing restructuring of established retail chains as businesses respond to changing consumer habits, internet competition, operating costs, reduced city-centre footfall and pressure on discretionary spending.
A closed and shuttered national chain store can be used editorially to illustrate British high street change, retail uncertainty, corporate rebranding, private equity ownership, busine
TGJones, 3""“7 Lands Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS1 6AW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,MARKS & SPENCER signage,7 Market Street,M1 1WT,Greater Manchester,England,storefront,curved glass facade,modern architecture,illuminated building,twilight,winter,busy street scene,people,UK retail economy,city centre footfall,winter city break,evening economy,consumer spending,brand storefront,commercial property,destination marketing,modern British city,urban crowd,shopping street,regeneration and retail,Manchester city centre,Market St,pedestrianised street,evening shopping,blue hour,wet pavement,sales,M&S,M&S store,store,shop,Manchester at night
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM98YA - A lively winter dusk street scene outside the Marks & Spencer department store on Market Street in Manchester city centre. The photograph is taken from a low, slightly angled viewpoint that emphasises the building's sweeping curved glass frontage and the large, readable MARKS & SPENCER signage wrapping around the corner. Warm interior lighting spills onto the pavement while the sky holds a deepening blue, creating a classic blue hour contrast between cool outdoor tones and the bright retail glow inside.
In the foreground, dense crowds of shoppers in winter coats stream past the entrance, queue, pause, and regroup, capturing the real feel of Manchester's busiest shopping street at peak footfall. The mix of faces and movement gives the image strong editorial value for stories about city-centre retail, consumer behaviour, seasonal shopping, and the everyday rhythm of the UK high street. The composition also works as a clear location identifier, balancing the recognisable brand frontage with the wider public realm, street lighting, and the bustle of an urban evening.
The scene suits a wide range of uses, from travel and lifestyle coverage of Manchester as a city-break destination, to business and economic pieces on retail performance, footfall, and the continuing role of large department stores in central shopping districts. The winter timing is communicated through the low light, bundled clothing, and the after-work atmosphere, making it a versatile image for headlines and general illustration.
Marks & Spencer department store on Market Street in Manchester city centre at winter dusk, with cro
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2REGJ65 - A brightly coloured, hand-painted wooden sign mounted on a brick wall outside Leon's Store on Tabley Street in Northwich, Cheshire. The sign lists a wide range of goods including used furniture, clothing, house clearances, pre-loved furnishings, vintage and retro items, toys, games and vinyl records, reflecting the eclectic nature of independent second-hand retail.
The informal, recycled appearance of the sign, with individual painted wooden slats in different colours, conveys a do-it-yourself aesthetic often associated with small independent shops and reuse-based businesses. Such retailers play an important role in town centres like Northwich, combining affordability, sustainability and local character at a time when many UK high streets face pressure from vacancy and chain-store dominance.
Photographed in daylight, the image documents everyday independent retail culture in a provincial English town. It is suitable for editorial use relating to high-street change, small businesses, sustainability, reuse economies, and contemporary British town-centre life. Visible Text (fully analysed)
LEONS STORE
Used furniture
Clothing
House clearances
Pre-loved furnishings
House bedding plants
Vintage retro
Vintage toys + games
Telephone number visible
VINYL
- All text appears hand-painted on individual wooden boards.
Leon's Store, Tabley Street, Northwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom , CW9 5DP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JW19 - Lewis's was a chain of British department stores that operated from 1856 to 2010. The owners of Lewis's have gone into administration many times over the years, including 1991. The first store, stock-photo/gotonysmith-Which.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>which opened in Liverpool city centre, became the flagship of the chain of stores operating under the Lewis's name. Several stores in the chain were bought in 1991 by the company Owen Owen and continued to operate under the Lewis's brand name for several years, but after the closure of the Manchester store in 2001, only the original Liverpool store continued to trade under the Lewis's name. This store was sold in 2007 to the Vergo Retail Ltd and closed in 2010.
The first Lewis's was opened in 1856 in Liverpool by entrepreneur David Lewis, as a men's and boys' clothing store, mostly manufacturing his own stock. In 1864, Lewis's branched out into women's clothing. In the 1870s, the store expanded and added departments, including shoes in 1874, and tobacco in 1879. Also in 1879, Lewis's opened one of the world's first 'Christmas grottoes' in Lewis's Bon Marché, Church Street, Liverpool. It was named 'Christmas Fairyland'. His motto was Friends of the People, and he intended the shopping experience to be inclusive
The first Lewis's outside Liverpool opened in nearby Manchester in 1877. Another store was opened, at the suggestion of Joseph Chamberlain, on the new Corporation Street in Birmingham in 1885. The Manchester store included a full scale ballroom on the fifth floor, which was also used for exhibitions. Buying offices were also located on the fifth floor until a takeover by Liverpool-based competitor Owen Owen
40, Ranelagh Street. , Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,store,freshly,made,wick,wicks,coloured,colours,colour,factory,from,natural,hand,dip,dipped,by,manufacture,manufactured,scented,color,colorful,rack,racks,retail,taper,hanging,cooling,plenty,many,traditional,craftsman,handmade,inside,interior,candlemaker,candlemaking,making,paraffin
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA3J - Candle making was developed independently in many places throughout history.
Dipped candles made from tallow were made by the Romans beginning about 1000 BCE. Evidence for candles made from whale fat in China dates back to the Qin Dynasty (221“206 BCE). In India, wax from boiling cinnamon was used for temple candles.
Candles were primarily made from tallow and beeswax in ancient times[when?], but have been made from spermaceti (from sperm whales), purified animal fats (stearin), and paraffin wax in recent centuries
The manufacture of candles became an industrialised mass market in the mid 19th century. In 1834, Joseph Morgan, a pewterer from Manchester, England, patented a machine that revolutionised candle making. It allowed for continuous production of molded candles by using a cylinder with a moveable piston to eject candles as they solidified. This more efficient mechanized production produced about 1,500 candles per hour, (according to his patent, with three men and five boys [the machine] will manufacture two tons of candle in twelve hours). This allowed candles to become an easily affordable commodity for the masses
In 1848 James Young established the world's first oil refinery at the Alfreton Ironworks in Riddings, Derbyshire. Two paraffin wax candles were made from the naturally occurring paraffin wax present in the oil and these candles illuminated a lecture at the Royal Institution by Lyon Playfair. In the mid-1850s, James Young succeeded in distilling paraffin wax from coal and oil shales at Bathgate in West Lothian and developed a commercially viable method of production. The Paraffin wax was processed by distilling residue left after crude petroleum was refined.
By the late 19th century, Price's Candles, based in London was the largest candle manufacturer in the world
Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,Miss Morans,shop,store,shops,6,BT1 4QN,BT1,traditional,history,historic,cigars,cigarettes,product,products,Miss,Moran,Ltd,addiction,addictions,cities,city,cigar,loose,shag,old,ol fashioned,classic,pipe,pipes,tourism,tourist,destination
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ33G - . Miss Morans - 6 Church Ln, Belfast, NI, BT1 4QN. Photographed on 24 June 2023, this summer image stock-photo/gotonysmith-Record.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 6 Church Ln, Belfast, NI, BT1 4QN, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Northern Ireland, Miss Morans, shop, store, shops, BT1 4QN, BT1, traditional, history, historic, cigars, cigarettes, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The religious or ecclesiastical setting gives the photograph relevance to faith, worship, sacred architecture, stained glass, church heritage, tourism and the conservation of historic interiors and buildings. It can illustrate the continuing cultural role of churches and cathedrals as places of worship, community activity, music, remembrance and architectural interest. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
6 Church Ln, Belfast, NI, BT1 4QN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Mainz,city,Germany,orange,blue,slide,transparency,negative,35mm,6x6,shop,store,old,heritage,branding,company,display,signs,recognisable,at,photographers,city centre,developer,development,Consumer Imaging division,German,Schillerpl. 18a,55116 Mainz,wedding,weddings,photographer,in,the,wall,side,studio
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RKGH52 - Are you looking for a photographer in Mainz, Wiesbaden or Frankfurt? We are there for you with vivid and emotional pictures!
Photo Rimbach stands for tradition in the fourth generation. Photographers with passion and a lot of experience await you here . We don't have any posed pictures, we put you in the spotlight skillfully and naturally. This is how we capture your most beautiful moments for eternity in unique pictures.
We will photograph you here in our studio, at your home, at your company, at your wedding and anywhere else you might need us. Convince yourself of the quality of our work: You will find photos on a wide variety of topics on our website: e.g. our wedding photos , baby photos , beauty photos , nude photos , business portraits and much more! We are also your first point of contact in Mainz for application photos .
In addition to Mainz and Wiesbaden, our area of ‹‹operation also includes Frankfurt , the Rheingau and the entire Rhine-Main area . For special occasions such as wedding shoots abroad, we also fly with you around the world!
Schillerpl. 18a, 55116 Mainz , Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,drinking,drink,record,tax,increase,chancellor,of,the,exchequer,Church St,Warrington,Cheshire,England,WA1 2TF,after,Brexit,post,Tories,Conservatives,under,government,Sainsburys,Sainsbury,store,stores,supermarket,on,brandy,cognac,and,other,spirits,wines,wine,info,sign,shelves
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RMMPBY - Following the UK's Spring Budget announcement on 15th March 2023, the drinks and hospitality industry are preparing for the upcoming changes to alcohol duty “ which will take effect on 1st August 2023. Draught products will receive additional relief, while duty on other alcohol products is set to rise in line with inflation.
According to WSTA, the forecast inflation rate of 10.1% is being used as the measure for increasing duty rates on all non-draught products, but will be adjusted according to alcohol content. In simple terms, the higher the alcohol per volume (ABV), the higher the new duty rate will be.
Duty changes in line with ABV
While some products have previously been measured on volume only “ such as still wine and cider “ from 1st August all alcohol products will be measured by alcohol volume or ABV.
What does this mean for beer?
Draught beer and cider products are protected by a 9.2% discount offered on items in 20ltr containers that are less than 8.5% and use a dispense system, meaning that, for example, the duty on a 50ltr 4% lager will not change.
However, the standard rate of duty on packaged beer that is 3.5% ABV and above will rise by 10.1%. This will increase the price of a 24 pack of 330ml 4.5% lager by £0.69p per case.
What does this mean for wine?
Most wine will see an increase of £0.44 per 75cl bottle, or a 20% increase in the duty paid (£2.67 vs the current £2.23). This increase will apply to wines with an ABV between 11.5% and 14.5%.
Wines with an ABV above 15% will see a duty increase of £0.97 (+44%) per 75cl bottle, and this increase gets bigger the higher the alcohol percentage “ duty on fortified wines of +20% ABV will go up by £1.30 to £4.28 per 75cl bottle.
On the other hand, wine under 11.5% ABV will be treated more favourably. Duty on wine at 10% ABV, for example, will be £0.09 less than the current rate (at £2.14 per 75cl bottle).
Further abolishment of separate duty rates for sparkling and still wine
Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,tourist,summer,sunny,L1,sign,signs,branding,store,shop,stores,chain,shops,profit,performance,51-53,GB,British,L1 1DE,chains,English,retailer,retailers,Maxx Maxx,corner,TK,Maxx,company,losses,parents,turnover
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAFFJ - TK Maxx is a subsidiary of the American apparel and home goods company TJX Companies. The stores operate throughout the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Poland, Austria and the Netherlands, totalling 629 stores in Europe (up from 515 in April 2017) and 56 in Australia in May 2020. In Poland, there are a total of 44 stores. The chain uses a slightly different name from that of the TJ Maxx stores in the United States, to avoid confusion with the British retailer T. J. Hughes
In 1976, TJ Maxx was founded in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States, by Bernard Cammarata. The first international store opened in Bristol, UK, in 1994. The company modified the name to TK Maxx to avoid confusion with the established British retail chain T. J. Hughes (which is not affiliated with TJX).
In 2007, TK Maxx began winding down new store openings within the United Kingdom. Focus was given to revamping older inner city stores, or relocating them. This decision led to the creation of Maxx Maxx, moving from a budget reputation into a large department store format with a wider product range
51-53 Church St, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1DE
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Keywords: town,centre,WA1,Cheshire,England,English,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warringtons,Centre,school,uniform,50-54,50,your,one stop,store,stores,shop,shops,shopping,cost,costs,unaffordable,afford,retailer,problem,issue,sportswear,grammar,comprehensive,primary,schools,area,WA1 2NN
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHH6HN - Taken on 15 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Warringtons Schoolwear Centre - Alpha school wear , 50-54 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NN. The location is 50-54 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NN. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Alpha schoolwear, Buttermarket Street, Warringtons Schoolwear Centre, Warrington Schoolwear Centre, Alpha school wear, retail, Warrington, Schoolwear, uniforms, Buttermarket St, town, centre, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change,heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure
50-54 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,St Helens,town,centre,Merseyside,Bargain,buys,WA10,29,WA10 2JZ,shop,shopping,store,stores,low,cost,price,singleprice,single price,poundland,savings,thrifty,closed,pound shop format,format,clearance,unit,outlet,outlets,out of town,retail park,retailpark
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RF3EWN - . Bargain Buys, closed low cost store - 29 King Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, WA10 2JZ. Photographed on 4 July 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 29 King Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, WA10 2JZ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include St Helens, Merseyside, Bargain, buys, WA10, WA10 2JZ, shop, shopping, store, stores, low, cost, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
29 King Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, WA10 2JZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2RE - Debenhams prepares to file for bankruptcy April 2020
Chain buckling under coronavirus shutdown just a year after it was rescued & considering filing a formal notice of intention to appoint administrators.
Debenhams is preparing to call in administrators after the struggling department store was forced to close all its outlets under the coronavirus lockdown.
The company, which has 22,000 staff and was rescued by its lenders after collapsing into administration only a year ago, is understood to be considering filing a formal notice of intention to appoint administrators next week. The legal process provides protection from creditors for 10 working days while a company tries to secure a rescue deal.
Potential administrators lined up this time include KPMG, which handled the Debenhams restructure last May.
A Debenhams spokesman said: Like all retailers, we are making contingency plans reflecting the extraordinary current circumstances. Our owners and lenders remain highly supportive and whatever actions we may take will be with a view to protecting the business during the current situation.
They added: While our stores remain closed in line with government guidance, and the majority of our store-facing colleagues have been furloughed, our website continues to trade and we are accepting customer orders, gift cards and returns.
It is understood that the potential insolvency measure would be intended to protect the business so it could continue to trade.
Debenhams was taken over last year by a group of its financial backers, including the US hedge funds Silver Point and GoldenTree, after falling into administration. It then used an insolvency process known as a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) to cull unprofitable sites and cut rents.
The group has closed 22 stores, 19 of which shut in January, resulting in more than 700 job losses. A further 28 of its remaining 141 stores had been lined up for permanent closure next year.
Bedford House, Park St, Taunton,Somerset,England,UK, TA1 4DB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,Filey,coast,coastal,store,material,woollen,supplies,patterns,display,hobby,35,supply,stuffed,colorful,hobbies,Belle Vue St,of,stories,handicrafts,yarn,balls,wool shop,craft,pattern,YO14 9HU,knitter,knitting,knit,ball,sirdar,shop,handicraft,colourful
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD23YJ - . Balls of knitting wool, in The Beachcomber shop in Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK,. Photographed on 25 September 2022, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Filey, coast, coastal, store, material, woollen, supplies, patterns, display, hobby, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,35,cotton,coloured,colour,color,reels,reel,in,the,Beachcomber,store,stores,shop,mix,pile,shelf,colours,thread,threads,spool,bobbin,bobbins,spools,bar,coded,standard,standardised,material,materials,fibre,fibres
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD23YX - . Cotton coloured reels in The Beachcomber shop in Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO14 9HU. Photographed on 25 September 2022, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, cotton, coloured, colour, color, reels, reel, Beachcomber, store, stores, shop, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. Industrial subject matter gives the image strong relevance to manufacturing, engineering, energy, utilities, machinery, skilled work and Britain's industrial heritage. The photograph can support stories about technological change, preservation, infrastructure, deindustrialisation, redevelopment and the reuse of former working sites for culture, housing, tourism or new commercial purposes. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison.
35, Belle Vue St, Filey, Yorkshire, YO14 9HU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,city,centre,Merseyside,2023,Pier Head,Liverpool,L3 4AF,L3,royal,celebrate,celebrates,store,window,with,the,reflected,reflection,reflections,windows,stores,shop,shops,#Eurovision,brand,branding,promotion,Liverpools,attraction,tourism,drawing,tourists
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R22XMJ - . Eurovision2023 decorated shop window, with the Royal Albert Dock sunset reflected, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 4AF. Photographed on 12 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Albert Dock, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 4AF, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, Pier Head, Liverpool, L3 4AF, royal, celebrate, celebrates, store, window, reflected, reflection, reflections, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Weather and natural light are part of the visual character of the frame, helping define the season, atmosphere, colour and visibility of architectural or landscape detail. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature.
Albert Dock, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 4AF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYKTD7 - . Expensive tin of King Charles III Walkers shortbread, airport duty free. Photographed on 27 April 2023, this spring image stock-photo/gotonysmith-Record.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include 150g, grams, expensive, rip, off, Scotland, Charles, III, tins, monarchy, airport, duty, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,Soho,England,UK,West End,W1F,W1F 8RH,orange,sell,your,&,and,CDs,to,us,store,retail,LP,LPs,singles,12inch,12 inch,limited edition,limited,editions,pressing,pressings,record shop,records shop,independant,record,records,12inchers,shops,vinyl
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJPKNT - . This scene at 30 Berwick St, London, England, UK, W1F 8RH 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 photograph centres on Reckless Records Soho LPs & 12inch - 30 Berwick St, London, England, UK, W1F 8RH. The wider scene also brings together town-centre economy, shopfront economy, physical store, local character, high-street commerce, retail chain, before-and-after reference, social history, queer urban culture, local history, shopping district, consumer retail, bricks-and-mortar retail, and LGBTQ social history. From a 2025-onward perspective, brand consolidation and consumer spending are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies. The wider contemporary story combines Pride visibility, venue closures and the role of bars and clubs as both businesses and community spaces. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around 30 Berwick St, London, England, UK, W1F 8RH before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with visual archive, queer London, retail property, archival record, historical comparison, changing land use, gay hospitality, and outdoor retail. The combination of 12inch, Reckless, Records, and Berwick anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 30 Berwick St, London, England, UK, W1F 8RH 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 brand consolidation and the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies when considered against later change at 30 Berwick St, London, England, UK, W1F 8RH. The view records evidence of earlier appearance as part of 30 Berwick St, London, England, UK, W1F 8RH's history.
30 Berwick St, London, England, UK, W1F 8RH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,CH1 1NQ,the,row,rows shops,stores,building,buildings,retail,sky,skies,through,an,a,shops,art,Kingkabs,timber,framed,frame,timber-frame,old,walled,shopping,store,unique,timber-framed,Tudor,style,architecture,contrast
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MP2 - . This scene at Bridge Street shops, from The Rows, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NQ 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 principal subject is Bridge Street shops, from The Rows, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NQ. Further facets of the scene include period building, adaptive reuse, social history, community identity, place identity, heritage asset, cityscape history, visual archive, period architecture, architectural detail, regional identity, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, and architectural character. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with energy retrofit, planning control and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Bridge Street shops, from The Rows, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NQ before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes changing streetscape, period detail, historic streetscape, archival record, local character, heritage landmark, public realm, and built heritage. Elements such as Chester, shops, and Bridge add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Bridge Street shops, from The Rows, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NQ, 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 energy retrofit and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility within the specific setting of Bridge Street shops, from The Rows, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NQ. It also preserves a local visual benchmark within the wider story of Bridge Street shops, from The Rows, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NQ.
Bridge Street shops, from The Rows, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,ornate,building,Great,Britain,timber,framed,frame,black,white,Twenty Two Bridge Street gallery,CH1 1NN,22,Chester,Cheshire,England,UK,placeforartinchester,place for art in chester,summer,blue,sky,old,walled,shopping,store,unique,timber-framed,Tudor,style,architecture,contrast,streets,lanes,retail,retailing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MP6 - New premises in Chester city centre soon to become available to share between us cool arty people!
Affordable exhibition spaces for individuals as well as businesses will be ours to make use of with Place for the Arts in Chester (www.placeforart.co.uk).
The concept of art on the walls still applies but we would like to have a mix of very different treasures!
We are looking for diverse, unusual and crazy stuff! 🙂
Art, guitar strings, books, glass, jewellery, textiles, fashion, furniture, interior quirks... Let us know what your field of expertise is!
Please read about Place for the Arts in Chester and how it operates first before getting in touch - we are not a gallery and will not simply accept submissions!
The project is not for profit and relies on your enthusiasm and passion for what you are doing, dedication to art and a bit of your time😊
hello@chesterartcentre.co.uk
placeforartinchester@gmail.com
22, Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,NW,North West,Northern Powerhouse,Rows,Row,retail,shops,stores,covered,main,entrance,showing,centre,Chester,Cheshire,England,UK,summer,blue,sky,history,heritage,tourist,attractions,tourism,attraction,old,walled,shopping,store,unique,timber-framed,Tudor,style,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MR8 - The Grosvenor Shopping Centre (for a time known as The Mall Grosvenor or The Mall Chester) is a large shopping precinct in Chester, England. It hosts around 70 stores.[1] Whereas most of the central shopping area of Chester consists of historic streets, The Mall provides undercover shopping to complement the wide range of shops in other locations around the city. It consists of some Edwardian buildings with modern covered shopping malls. It was owned by The Mall Fund, and carried their corporate branding. It was sold sometime in 2009 and the name Grosvenor Shopping Centre reinstated by the new owners
Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NW
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,store,a,an,and,near,singles,single,album,LP,EPs,Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre,Dagfields,Heathfield,CW5 7LG,CW5,Nantwich,annual,Record Store Day,now playing,fair,fayre,rare,rarities,limited,edition,pressing,pressings,rock,hard core,new wave,indy,post punk,rack,racks shelves,records,shops,vinyl
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP5T1D - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The main point of reference is Punk and Indie, Record Mart, An independent record and vinyl shop Dagfields, near Audlem, Nantwich, Crewe , Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG. A broader reading of the photograph includes mail history, local enterprise, local character, postal artefact, paper communication, postal graphic design, postal ephemera, visual archive, commercial frontage, street-level business, small business, town-centre economy, place identity, and shopfront economy. Today's relevance is strengthened by national identity, graphic design and the continuing question of the continuing collector interest in discontinued states, currencies and postal systems. From a 2025-onward perspective, store closures and town-centre regeneration are closely linked to this subject, alongside the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. As a dated visual record of Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG, the frame retains lettering, decoration and surface detail, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects commemorative issue, period detail, national postal identity, changing streetscape, retail property, historical comparison, commercial streetscape, and philatelic material. The combination of Crewe, vinyl, Record, independent, and Indie anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period view preserves details of everyday use for future local research. The view records evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,store,a,an,and,near,singles,single,album,LP,EPs,Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre,Dagfields,Heathfield,CW5,Nantwich,annual,Record Store Day,&,section,Elvis,Presley,Bob Dylan,style,audio,12 inch,12,Mt,Robert,Johnson,is,blues,now playing,rare,rarities,limited,edition,shops,vintage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP5T1F - Interior view of the Jazz and Blues section at Record Mart shows rows of vinyl LPs arranged in browsing bins inside the independent record shop at Dagfields, near Nantwich in Cheshire. Prominent wooden divider cards marked JAZZ , BLUES , ELVIS PRESLEY and BOB DYLAN organise the stock, while visible sleeves include Johnny Adams' Room With a View of the Blues and The Beach Boys' 20/20. Behind the racks, a bold Mr Johnson Is The Blues poster and other music graphics reinforce the specialist atmosphere of a shop built around physical music culture.
The image captures the appeal of crate digging in a traditional record retailer, where customers search by genre, artist and label rather than through a digital screen. The arrangement of album bins, divider tabs and cover art gives a strong sense of tactile browsing and of the continuing attraction of analogue formats. Jazz and blues remain core collector genres, and the presence of adjacent artist categories such as Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan suggests a wider stock range covering roots music, singer-songwriters, classic rock and related heritage sounds.
Record Mart forms part of the wider destination-shopping environment at Dagfields, a well-known Cheshire retail and antiques centre that attracts visitors from the Audlem, Nantwich and Crewe area. Independent record shops such as this continue to benefit from interest in vinyl revival culture, collectable albums and the desire for curated music stock rather than anonymous mass retail.
The photograph is relevant to vinyl collecting, British independent retail, music nostalgia, album artwork, specialist shopping, cultural leisure, entertainment retail and small business life in rural Cheshire. It also works well for editorial themes around physical media, record collecting, music discovery and the enduring visual appeal of LP sleeves and category-led shop displays.
Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,store,a,an,and,near,singles,single,album,LP,EPs,Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre,Dagfields,Heathfield,CW5 7LG,CW5,Nantwich,section,Electro,style,rack,racks,annual,Record Store Day,now playing,fair,fayre,rare,rarities,limited,edition,pressing,pressings,records,shops,vinyl,vinyls
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP5T1G - . Photographed at Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG 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 defining feature is Electronic section at Record Mart, An independent record and vinyl shop Dagfields, near Audlem, Nantwich, Crewe , Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG. The wider scene also brings together commercial streetscape, regional identity, customer footfall, documentary photography, local enterprise, street-level business, town-centre economy, contemporary social history, changing land use, visual archive, archival record, changing streetscape, historical comparison, and commercial frontage. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with commercial rents, business rates and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. Small period details of building condition and alterations at Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG may become more significant with time, particularly following replacement signage. Other useful contextual ideas include place identity, independent retail, before-and-after reference, high-street commerce, public realm, shopfront economy, local trading, and specialist retailer. The recorded references to section, vinyl, Audlem, Nantwich, and Dagfields preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. It also preserves a point of historical comparison for future local research. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,M4,Manchester,England,UK,M4 3AH,indoor market,city,centre,retail,shop,store,stalls,vegetables,fruit,and,&,veg,stall,in,the,fruits,greens,vegetarian,eggs,seasonal,markets,small,retailers,community,urban,welcoming,bargain,bargains
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR81 - . This authentic period view of 49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The scene records Manchester Arndale centre, Strawberry Garden fruit & veg stall in the indoor market, 49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH. Other connected aspects include mixed-use redevelopment, commercial streetscape, regional identity, mixed-use town centre, public-realm investment, period architecture, archival record, place identity, heritage-led regeneration, place-making, adaptive reuse, high-street commerce, shopfront economy, and local enterprise. For current editorial use, commercial rents and store closures provide additional context, especially through how physical retail adapts to online competition. Current relevance extends to construction costs and town-centre regeneration, particularly through the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around 49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes architectural character, contemporary social history, historic townscape, civic architecture, historical comparison, town-centre renewal, visual archive, and bricks-and-mortar retail. References to fruit, Strawberry, stall, Arndale, and centre give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For 49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is commercial rents and how physical retail adapts to online competition within the real-world context of 49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH.
49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,town,centre,WA1,this,store,is,WA1 2QQ,and,transferred,to,Sainsburys,Sainsbury,17,Shopping,Park,outlet,at,retailer,supermarket,chain,of,franchised,overseas,Green Shield,printed,catalogue,small pens,online,moved,outlets,sign,warning,closing,Swift Partners
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NCX1XM - Argos Limited, trading as Argos, is a catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, acquired by Sainsbury's supermarket chain in 2016. It was established in November 1972 and is named after the Greek city of Argos. The company trades both through physical shops and online, with 29 million yearly shop customers, and nearly a billion online visitors per annum.[2] It has also franchised overseas to countries such as China
The company was founded by Richard Tompkins who had previously established Green Shield Stamps in the United Kingdom. He came up with the idea that people could purchase goods from his Green Shield Gift House with cash rather than savings stamps. He rebranded the original Green Shield Stamps catalogue shops as Argos beginning in July 1973
In April 2016, Argos' parent Home Retail Group agreed to a £1.4 billion takeover by Sainsbury's
On 5 November 2020, Sainsbury's announced that it would close 420 Argos standalone outlets by March 2024, leaving about 100
with other measures 3,500 Sainsbury's jobs were to be cut and £600m saved.
120 standalone Argos stores permanently closed and moved into the nearest Sainsbury's store. The measures were reported to be due to changing consumer habits and the growth of online shopping.[12]
On 19 January 2023, it was announced that Argos would cease its operations in Ireland, including both its online business and its and physical shops, by 24 June 2023
17 Cockhedge Way, Cockhedge Shopping Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,store,stores,baker,bakers,shops,windows,Midlands,painted,sign,confectioners,confectioner,and,chocolate,shop,Fry,BCLM,1930,1930s,Joseph Storrs Fry,fry,frys,Frys Chocolate Cream,Bristol,JS Fry,cocoa,bar,bars,confectionary,history,historic,chocolates
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWF81 - J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd., better known as Fry's, was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and his family. Beginning in Bristol in the 18th century, the business went through several changes of name and ownership, becoming J. S. Fry & Sons in 1822. In 1847, Fry's produced the first solid chocolate bar. The company also created the first filled chocolate sweet, Cream Sticks, in 1853. Fry is most famous for Fry's Chocolate Cream, the first mass-produced chocolate bar, which was launched in 1866, and Fry's Turkish Delight, launched in 1914.
Fry, alongside Cadbury and Rowntree's, was one of the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and all three companies were founded by Quakers. The company became a division of Cadbury in the early twentieth century. The division's Somerdale Factory near Bristol was closed after the 2010 takeover of Cadbury's by Kraft Foods Inc
Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,area,Lokn,store,lockan,lock and,Bluecoat St,Orford,Warrington,WA2 7F,WA2,increase,in,flexible,unit,units,Lokn Store,Store,housing,crisis,boom,expansion,of,the,industry,growth,revenues,revenue,slump,turnover,profit,profits,possessions,insurance,Self-storage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JBXJMG - . This scene at Bluecoat Street, Orford, Warrington, Cheshire , England, UK, WA2 7FX in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The image documents Lokn ,Store Self Storage Warrington- Bluecoat St, Orford, Warrington WA2 7F. The frame also records themes of historical comparison, social landscape, local landmark, place identity, period streetscape, changing streetscape, historic townscape, regional identity, urban change, urban social history, architectural character, heritage landmark, conservation architecture, and historic frontage. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into adaptive reuse and embodied carbon, not least because of the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by regeneration, community use and the continuing question of the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. The image fixes signage and branding within Bluecoat Street, Orford, Warrington, Cheshire , England, UK, WA2 7FX at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The location also brings in everyday street life, city-centre activity, built heritage, archival record, changing land use, period detail, townscape record, and architectural detailing. References to Warrington-, Storage, Store, Bluecoat, and Orford give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Bluecoat Street, Orford, Warrington, Cheshire , England, UK, WA2 7FX, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate adaptive reuse and the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity within the real-world context of Bluecoat Street, Orford, Warrington, Cheshire , England, UK, WA2 7FX.
Bluecoat Street, Orford, Warrington, Cheshire , England, UK, WA2 7FX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England,UK,BD18,17 Victoria Rd,Saltaire,Shipley,BD18 3LQ,hairdressing,salon,hair,named,fun,Yorkshire,Damo,Sean Scott,Hairdresser,a,Funniest,Names,shop,store,beauty,coiffure,heritage,SaltHair,funny,front,frontage,door,doorway,shops
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTR46J - . This dated editorial view of 17 Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LQ in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The defining feature is Salt Hair, hairdressing salon with a comedy name, 17 Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LQ. The surrounding context encompasses public realm, customer footfall, destination shopping, street-level business, consumer retail, town-centre economy, social history, high-street commerce, before-and-after reference, mixed-use town centre, contemporary social history, community identity, everyday life, and retail property. Today's relevance is strengthened by business rates, consumer spending and the continuing question of the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. As a dated visual record of 17 Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LQ, the frame retains landscape treatment and surrounding development, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside shopfront economy, archival record, period detail, independent trading, documentary photography, commercial frontage, bricks-and-mortar retail, and regional identity. Details involving hairdressing, Saltaire, Yorkshire, Shipley, and Victoria make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 17 Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LQ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to business rates and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active within the real-world context of 17 Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LQ.
17 Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,store,retail,JunctionNINE,Retail Park,WA2,Warrington,WA2 8TW,UK,shopping,Cheshire,England,parking,big,out,of,town,product,products,sign,signage,entrance,door,unit,curtains,soft,furnishing,mill,mills,Dunelm Group,Plc,homewares,bedding,lighting,Syston,Paula Vennells
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG427C - Dunelm Group Plc is a British home furnishings retailer operating throughout the United Kingdom. One of the largest homewares retailers in the United Kingdom, The company headquarters are based in Syston, England. It also has its own factory for curtains, blinds and accessories, based in Leicester, England.
It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Dunelm was founded in 1979 by Bill Adderley and Jeany Adderley, trading in home textiles from a market stall in Leicester. The first Dunelm store opened in Churchgate Leicester in 1984 with the first superstore opening in Rotherham in 1991. In 1996 Will Adderley took over responsibility for the day-to-day running of the company from his father, Bill Adderley. The expansion of Dunelm continued with a new head office and warehouse being established in 1999 in Syston, Leicestershire
In November 2020, the company was criticised by shareholders for renominating Paula Vennells to its board, despite her responsibility for the Post Office subpostmasters' scandal, during which her leadership was accused of having been both cruel and incompetent by a Conservative peer and various MPs.[11] Her resignation from the board was announced on the morning of 26 April 2021 after all the remaining convictions of subpostmasters had been quashed.
Operations
Dunelm store in Bradford
As of 30 June 2020 Dunelm operated 173 stores, spread across the UK, and a webstore
JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,WA4 2SU,south,signs,signage,parcel,savings,annuity,bond,bonds,savings bank,postal order,GPO,insurance,and,business,architecture,village,Bell Lane,Thelwall,South Warrington,GB,Great Britain,British,old,the,shop,store,PL Greenway,grocer and provision dealer,Greenway,ward
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M9F1J0 - The post office and the village shop were at the heart of Thelwall life in the mid 1950s. The public telephone box outside the post office reflects an era before mobile phones became commonplace, The right-hand shop window would have been from P L Greenway, 'grocer and provision dealer', thi swould have been typical of the small general store which proceeded the supermarket age.
Childhood memory from Richard Oxley: The post office door had an actual brass bell fitted to it, on entering if the post master was in the back their parrot used to scream 'Wipe your feet' followed by 'No stamps today'
Adjacent Telephone kiosk. Type K6. Designed 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Made
by various contractors. Cast iron. Square kiosk with domed roof. Unperforated
crowns to top panels and margin glazing to windows and door.
Listing NGR: SJ6519087551
Bell Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Derbys,HighPeak,SK13,High Peak,George St,new,used,Glossop,England,UK,SK13 8AY,retail,store,local,town,centre,buildings,millstonegrit,central,Glossopian,Glossopians,blue sky,blue skies,Character,milltown,bookstore,bookstores,bookshop,bookshops,book,books,reading,independent
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y810 - . An identifiable period record of 14-16 George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows George Street Books, 14-16 George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY - Community Bookshop. Other connected aspects include everyday life, urban fabric, community identity, public-realm investment, destination shopping, before-and-after reference, visual archive, social history, regional identity, commercial streetscape, changing land use, town-centre economy, heritage-led regeneration, and high-street commerce. The modern context includes continuing discussion of store closures, town-centre regeneration and how physical retail adapts to online competition. For current editorial use, planning and public-realm investment provide additional context, especially through the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around 14-16 George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY before redevelopment alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects historical comparison, bricks-and-mortar retail, consumer retail, place-making, adaptive reuse, mixed-use town centre, historic townscape, and shopfront economy. Elements such as Books, Community, 14-16, George, and Bookshop add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 14-16 George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison within the wider story of 14-16 George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY.
14-16 George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Derbys,HighPeak,SK13,High Peak,town,centre,charitable,social,wellbeing,Derbyshire,store,shop,shopping,low,cost,Glossopdale Furniture Project,George St,projects,collection,donate,electrical,white goods,fixing,reduce,reuse,community,Registered Charity,1118353,Reuse Network,Glossop,England,UK,SK13 8AY,fundraising
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y813 - Read more at https://www.glossopdalefurniture.co.uk/serving_the_community_of_the_high_peak.html
The Glossopdale Furniture stock-photo/gotonysmith-Project.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Project is a registered charity based in Glossop, supported by Derbyshire County Council, High Peak Borough Council, Foundation Derbyshire and various Charitable Trusts. Covering the whole of the High Peak area it was set up in 1997 when it became obvious of the serious need for a charitable project of this nature.
Those it helps are referrals from social services, housing charities, women's refuges and many other local organisations who support individuals and families in need. During 2019-2020 the Project supported over 150 households by providing free Emergency Packs of furniture and everyday essentials to those who have been homeless and given a new tenancy where the property has none of the necessary items. Depending on need, a basic pack can consist of a bed, sofa, chest of drawers, wardrobe, fridge, bedding, crockery, microwave, kettle and toaster to help set up their new home.
The Project is the only voluntary organisation within the High Peak offering such a service and is in constant demand. It is seen by the statutory and voluntary agencies who use the Project as a lifeline for their service users. Such is the demand, requests for the Project's assistance have been received nationally from well beyond the High Peak region it serves.
As a charity, fundraising is on-going - because the need is always there. Relying on the donations of unwanted furniture and household items to maintain its stock, the Project reclaims, restores, refurbishes and upcycles furniture for sale. Its premises at Pikes Lane and George Street are open to the general public for the purchase of used and pre-loved furniture which goes towards the charity's funds. With a growing trend in retro decor, the Project's dedicated specialist furniture painting workshop is kept busy. This not only helps fund the charity but also benefits the local environment by diverting
George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Yorkshire,England,UK,YO1,York,North Yorkshire,YO1 8AW,of,front,store,outside,external,branch,37,historic,building,exterior,history,town centre,city centre,stores,retailing,niche,quaint,style,heritage,Victorian,window,windows,frontage,entrance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF7FBC - Stonegate is a street in the city centre of York, in England, one of the streets most visited by tourists. Most of the buildings along the street are listed, meaning they are of national importance due to their architecture or history
The street roughly follows the line of the via praetoria of Eboracum, the Roman city, which ran between what are now St Helen's Square and York Minster.
The street appears to have lost importance in the Anglian and Jorvik period. York Minster was rebuilt in the 11th century, and stone for it was brought up the road, from a quay behind what is now York Guildhall. This appears to have brought the street back to prominence, and new building plots were laid adjoining the north-eastern part of the street. This part of the street lay in the Liberty of St Peter's, associated with the Minster, and many of its buildings belonged to the church, the whole area soon becoming built up, mostly with tenements. By 1215, there were houses for the prebends of Ampleforth, Barnby, Bramham and North Newbald
The street was known as Stonegate by 1119, probably named for stone paving, which would have been unique in the city at the time, although an alternative theory links the name to the stone hauled up to the Minster.
Because of the location of the street, it has historically been used for civic processions, from the York Guildhall to the Minster. It was also the site where three of the historic York Mystery Plays were performed. In 1570, Guy Fawkes was born at a house on the street.
Nikolaus Pevsner described the street as perhaps the most attractive [street in the city], and one of the busiest. Narrow, quite long, and with a variety of good things. Due to its popularity with tourists, the street was pedestrianised in 1974. It was repaved in York stone in 2020
Most of the buildings along the street are listed. Among the most notable on the north-west side are numbers 54, 56, and 58 Stonegate, 14th-century timber-framed buildings
the 12th-centur
37 Stonegate, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 8AW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF7FBF - Formerly known as: No.30 STONEGATE.
House and shop
now shop and offices. Early C17, extended in
early C18
refronted and roof altered in early C19
later C19
shopfront. Timber-framed, fronted in orange-grey brick in
Flemish bond
shopfront partly cast-iron
timber cornice to
pantile roof, hipped in front of original gable.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic
1-window front, with jettied
first floor. Shopfront framed in partly fluted Ionic pilasters
beneath sloped fascia with mask stops incorporating wording
'HENRY HARDCASTLE estab'd 1770: No.49 Stonegate'. Double doors
of shaped panels beneath panelled lintel on scroll brackets to
right of shallow canted bay window, both beneath diamond
lattice overlights. First floor has bow window with tripled
12-pane sash windows: on second floor, single bowed 16-pane
sash window. Moulded and modillioned eaves cornice, returned
at both ends.
INTERIOR: ground floor shop partly lined with reset C17
panelling, some carved. Staircase with moulded close string,
turned balusters, square newels with attached half balusters
and ramped handrail rises from ground to second floor. First
floor landing: reglazed small-pane sash window in round-arched
moulded surround
moulded round arch on moulded imposts leads
to front rooms. Beams in front rooms decorated with plaster
fruit and floral trails. A number of C17 panelled doors
survive, some on butterfly hinges.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 235).
49 Stonegate York city centre, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 8AN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,apple,apples,distillers,maker,makers,bottle,bottled,Hereford Deer Park,Deer Park,ABV,proof,on,sale,being,sold,at,Hall,Gwatkin cider,Gwatkin cider company,spirit,strong,distillate,distilled,bottles,store,shop,stall,stalls,alcohol,alcoholic,beverage,beverages
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AGT - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The principal subject is Hereford Deer Park, Gwatkin, Apple Whisky 40% proof, on sale at Hereford Market Hall, Herefordshire, England, UK. The subject also carries associations with specialist retailer, commercial frontage, public realm, local character, community identity, high-street commerce, shopfront economy, documentary photography, place identity, before-and-after reference, small business, social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, changing streetscape, and town-centre trading. Today's relevance is strengthened by independent business, footfall and the continuing question of the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after replacement signage. The surrounding story also includes period detail, retail property, changing land use, visual archive, independent retail, historical comparison, local history, and everyday life. Details involving Market, Herefordshire, Gwatkin, Hereford, and proof make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for independent business and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of the recorded location. Another useful connection is online shopping and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the specific setting of the recorded location. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,RBKC,England,UK,Royal Borough,of,Kensington,Chelsea,Alices junk shop & antiques,86 Portobello Rd,W11 2QD,junk,store,shop,and,curios,antiques,86,famous,heads,phrenology,boys club,girls club,sign,signs,BW,black & white,saxophone,costumes,used,preloved,pre-loved,swordfish,life ring,lifering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KWT1 - . This dated editorial view of Alices junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is Inside Alices famous junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD - monochrome. A broader reading of the photograph includes regional identity, historical comparison, capital-city heritage, Thames city view, city branding, historic London streetscape, local history, local character, London cityscape, metropolitan identity, changing land use, community identity, heritage tourism, and before-and-after reference. Today's relevance is strengthened by public transport, visitor economy and the continuing question of how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around Alices junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include capital landmark imagery, documentary photography, social history, contemporary social history, London visitor economy, public realm, everyday life, and place identity. The recorded references to Alices, Portobello, Inside, famous, and monochrome preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Alices junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference. The view records period character for later comparison.
Alices junk shop & antiques, 86 Portobello Rd, Notting Hill, RBKC,London, England, UK, W11 2QD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,RBKC,England,UK,Royal Borough,of,Kensington,Chelsea,W11 1LA,W11,store,green historic,history,antique,Victorian,antiques,175 Portobello Road,Portobello Market,Notting Hill,Portobello,Ladbroke Grove,butchers,butcher,old,building,buildings,classic,windows,window,front,outside,frontage,gold,golden,lettering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KX3J - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 175 Portobello Road, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 1LA in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. At the centre of the view is G.Portwine, 175 Portobello Road, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 1LA. The broader subject matter reaches into Westminster landmark, changing land use, public realm, visual archive, London cityscape, local character, city branding, metropolitan identity, capital landmark imagery, period detail, Thames city view, contemporary social history, regional identity, and community identity. The modern context includes continuing discussion of visitor economy, urban mobility and the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism. Future viewers can use this scene from 175 Portobello Road, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 1LA to compare lettering, decoration and surface detail with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes historic London streetscape, before-and-after reference, archival record, documentary photography, changing streetscape, historical comparison, local history, and London visitor economy. The combination of Notting, Portwine, Market, and Portobello anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at 175 Portobello Road, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 1LA matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is visitor economy and the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism within the real-world context of 175 Portobello Road, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 1LA.
175 Portobello Road, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 1LA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,shop,store,centre,stalls,music,England,UK,M4 1PW,M4,indoor,NQ4,ice cream,icecream,vegan,diary,1st floor,Afflecks,palace,Manc,Manchester City centre,Mancunian,trendy,funky,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,Affleck,market,vintage,unit,units,history,historic,heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR68 - . This dated editorial view of 52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The frame specifically shows Gingers Comfort Emporium, 1st floor, Afflecks Palace , 52 Church St, Manchester , England, UK, M4 1PW. The locality and subject together evoke place identity, local history, everyday life, period detail, church interior, liturgical art, contemporary social history, archival record, independent trading, street-level business, ecclesiastical art, historic church fabric, Christian iconography, and commercial streetscape. The wider contemporary story combines online shopping, consumer spending and how physical retail adapts to online competition. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with faith communities, heritage conservation and how places of worship combine active faith use with heritage and tourism. The image fixes signage and branding within 52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. A second descriptive layer includes mixed-use town centre, changing streetscape, documentary photography, retail property, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, local enterprise, and town-centre economy. The recorded references to Afflecks, Gingers, floor, Church, and Comfort preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around 52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is online shopping and how physical retail adapts to online competition within the real-world context of 52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW. The image fixes details of everyday use as a date-specific reference.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1PW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,historic,gold,letters,lettering,shop,store,entrance,retail,premises,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,WA7 1LX,former,tailors,clothes,clothing,Runcorn town centre,heritage,streets,old town,Runcorns,sunny,summer,blue sky,blue skies,clear sky,walk,walking,Old fashioned,memory,memories
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1417E - . An identifiable period record of 19 Church St, Runcorn , England, UK, WA7 1LX in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Window, 19-23 Church St, Runcorn old town, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1LX - Former Burton Store. Other connected aspects include visual archive, parish church heritage, destination shopping, customer footfall, commercial streetscape, everyday life, ecclesiastical craftsmanship, commercial frontage, mixed-use town centre, changing land use, retail property, historic church fabric, social history, and faith heritage. The wider contemporary story combines business rates, commercial rents and how physical retail adapts to online competition. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with faith communities, accessibility and how sacred art preserves religious, artistic and community history. The image fixes equipment and working practice within 19 Church St, Runcorn , England, UK, WA7 1LX at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The location also brings in church interior, period detail, sacred architecture, bricks-and-mortar retail, historical comparison, local enterprise, archival record, and Christian iconography. Details involving Store, Window, Former, Runcorn, and Halton make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of 19 Church St, Runcorn , England, UK, WA7 1LX may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects business rates and how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets within the real-world context of 19 Church St, Runcorn , England, UK, WA7 1LX. The image fixes evidence of changing use for future local research.
19 Church St, Runcorn , England, UK, WA7 1LX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M11,clothing,Store,England,UK,M11 2NN,east,2022,logo,profits,profitability,downturn,clothes,front,shopfront,high street,high st,storefront,warehouse,British,fashion,homeware,retailer,John Hargreaves,Jason Hargreaves,source,Rana Plaza factory,Bangladesh,made,vietnam,labour rights,campaign,Matalan Retail Limited,Missouri Topco Limited,Steve Johnson
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBGX - Matalan is a British fashion and homeware retailer based in Knowsley, Merseyside. It was established by John Hargreaves in 1985, and is still owned by the Hargreaves family. As of 2020, the company employed over 13,000, and had 230 stores in the United Kingdom, together with franchise stores in the Middle East.
John Hargreaves opened the first Matalan store in 1985 at Bamber Bridge, near Preston, Lancashire. There were fifty stores by 1995, and in 1997, the company moved its headquarters from Preston to Skelmersdale, also in Lancashire. The company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1998, but taken private again by the Hargreaves family in October 2006.
During 2009, John Hargreaves sought to sell off Matalan, but by February 2010, had failed to find buyers willing to meet the £1.5 billion price.[4] Jason Hargreaves was appointed managing director in July 2013. The headquarters moved to a purpose built site at Knowsley, Merseyside in 2014. The company won approval for this scheme in October 2012.
Controversy
Matalan was among the companies who sourced clothes from the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh which collapsed, killing 1,134, in April 2013. In July 2014, they were the focus of a campaign by 38 Degrees and Labour Behind the Label, for failing to contribute to the official compensation fund coordinated by the ILO. This was in contrast to some of their main competitors, such as Primark who contributed $9 million.
After pressure, they announced that they would contribute an undisclosed amount. It was later revealed that they had paid £60,000 into the fund, which labour rights campaigns challenged as being an insufficient amount compared with other retailers.
Structure
Matalan Retail Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Missouri Topco Limited, a holding company which is based in Guernsey, and is controlled by the Hargreaves family.
In the Middle East, the Matalan brand is franchised to BTC Fashion General Trading, based in Qatar. BTC have stores in
Ashton Old Rd, Openshaw, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M11 2NN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Blackpool,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,swear,rude,rock,store,resort,promenade,rudely,on sale,in,sweet,sweets,top shelf,Trading standards,officers,lewd,traders,The stud,my slave,Old Slapper,Fuck off,Fuck you,you slut,up yours,mother fucker,suck my dick,swearing,swearer,lower class,working class,adult
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM3Y0 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents Sweary sugar sweet rock, on sale in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. The setting additionally reflects commercial streetscape, consumer retail, visual archive, contemporary social history, high-street commerce, commercial frontage, everyday life, archival record, local enterprise, destination shopping, mixed-use town centre, regional identity, local history, and bricks-and-mortar retail. Today's relevance is strengthened by brand consolidation, consumer spending and the continuing question of how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. Small period details of local activity and public use at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The wider setting retains connections with street-level business, independent trading, retail property, before-and-after reference, customer footfall, historical comparison, place identity, and changing streetscape. The recorded references to sugar, Sweary, sweet, Lancashire, and Blackpool preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes brand consolidation and how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets without losing the local specificity of Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is business rates and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active in a form that can be compared with future views of Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Blackpool,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,swear,rude,rock,store,resort,promenade,rudely,on sale,in,sweet,sweets,top shelf,Trading standards,officers,lewd,traders,You,bitch,cock sucker,such on this,tosser,lazy bastard,asshole,big boy,bite me,suck me,lick me,sex maniac,porno,pornographic,adult
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM40F - . This location-specific image from Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK in 2022 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 Sweary sugar sweet rock, on sale in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. The image also relates to retail property, social history, shopfront economy, historical comparison, changing streetscape, community identity, town-centre economy, changing land use, customer footfall, public realm, bricks-and-mortar retail, consumer retail, everyday life, and commercial streetscape. For current editorial use, brand consolidation and commercial rents provide additional context, especially through how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. For later comparison, the photograph preserves building condition and alterations at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, details that may look very different after replacement signage. The wider setting retains connections with commercial frontage, destination shopping, street-level business, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, local history, independent trading, and mixed-use town centre. Elements such as Blackpool, sugar, Lancashire, Sweary, and sweet add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is brand consolidation and how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets as part of the longer story of Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. The wider significance includes brand consolidation and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active when considered against later change at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Blackpool,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,swear,rude,rock,store,resort,promenade,rudely,in,sweet,sweets,top shelf,Trading standards,officers,lewd,traders,My Nympho,Old slapper,Slaphead,wanker,fuck you,lazy bastard,sex maniac,cunt,cock sucker,fat bastard,you plonker,dickhead,dick head,twat,Big Tits,sex bomb,adult,positions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM40W - . An identifiable period record of Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is Sweary sugar sweet rock, on sale in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. The image also relates to regional identity, bricks-and-mortar retail, changing land use, local enterprise, commercial streetscape, destination shopping, community identity, independent trading, commercial frontage, local character, retail property, high-street commerce, mixed-use town centre, and archival record. Current relevance extends to changing footfall and store closures, particularly through how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. Future viewers can use this scene from Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after conservation work. Other useful contextual ideas include contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, period detail, social history, street-level business, everyday life, town-centre economy, and changing streetscape. The combination of sweet, Sweary, Lancashire, sugar, and Blackpool anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for changing footfall and how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets as part of the longer story of Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. Another useful connection is online shopping and how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets when considered against later change at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. The frame retains details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,poverty,inflation,outlet,store,Cheshire,UK,drop-off point where generous shoppers can donate non-perishable food items,drop-off point,drop off,point,shoppers,donate,non-perishable,food,items,UC,Universal Credit,debt,issues,green,CAB,Citizens Advice Bureau,Golden Square,shopping centre,line,absolute,in poverty,users,working poor,benefits,food bank,regular,local,Trussell Trust,usage,soaring
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKMTTR - Warrington Foodbank now have a brand-new outlet at Golden Square Shopping Centre, providing a dedicated drop-off point where generous shoppers can donate non-perishable food items and toiletries. Our information centre and donation station will open from 10am-2pm Tuesday to Saturday.
The new outlet will be located near Primark in Golden Square and will be run and manned by Warrington Foodbank volunteers. Alongside Warrington Foodbank, representatives from the Citizens Advice Bureau will also be available to speak to, offering information and guidance on such things as universal credit and debt issues.
Warrington Foodbank would like to greatly thank our friends at Golden Square for helping get this important new outlet, up and running.
Golden Square, Warrington, cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,Ironmongers,Hereford,England,UK,lock,stock,barrel,smoking,service,business,keys cut,store,HR1 2JB,ironmongers,hardware,security,retail,locks,cut,key,ironmongery,local,shops,stores,retailing,firm,history,heritage,old,interesting,tourist,tourism,travel,attraction
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AGP - . Recorded at 7 St Owen's St, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK , HR1 2JB in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. At the centre of the view is Classic historic Hereford city ironmongers and locksmiths , Lock Stock & Barrel , 7 St Owen's St, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK , HR1 2JB. The surrounding context encompasses archival record, everyday life, street-level business, bricks-and-mortar retail, inland boating, specialist retailer, documentary photography, social history, canal infrastructure, towpath landscape, local enterprise, customer footfall, local character, and lock flight. Today's relevance is strengthened by heritage conservation, volunteering and the continuing question of the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational. From a 2025-onward perspective, independent business and business rates are closely linked to this subject, alongside how commercial property costs affect small retailers. As a dated visual record of 7 St Owen's St, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK , HR1 2JB, the frame retains commercial use and occupation, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes inland navigation, heritage boating, navigation engineering, small business, blue-green corridor, place identity, historical comparison, and regional identity. The recorded references to Herefordshire, Classic, locksmiths, Hereford, and historic preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of 7 St Owen's St, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK , HR1 2JB may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The period view preserves evidence of changing use as part of 7 St Owen's St, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK , HR1 2JB's history.
7 St Owen's St, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK , HR1 2JB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,dining,shopping,Camden,Stable St,coal,retail,and,development,coaldropsyard,Handyside,visitors,customers,complex,central,Thomas Heatherwick,privately,owned,public space,building,history,buildings,shoppers,with,Wolf & Badger,Wolf,Badger,concept,store,brands,edie rose
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108DB - Coal Drops Yard is a shopping complex and privately owned public space that forms part of the King's Cross Central development scheme in London, England. The development was designed by Thomas Heatherwick and opened in October 2018
The two Victorian coal drops sheds were used to receive coal from South Yorkshire and trans-ship it to narrowboats on the Regents Canal and to horse-drawn carts
coal drops were redundant and fell into decay. They were used as warehouse units
one was gutted by fire in 1985 and another used by Bagley's nightclub, which closed in 2007. The night clubs complemented a vibrant night life of easy drug access, raves and prostitution.
The Regent's Canal was named in 1820 after the Prince Regent, who became George IV the same year. After his demise, the Kings Cross monument was raised at the junction of New Road and Battlebridge Road (Euston Road and York Way)
In 1986 the rave scene started in London. Disused warehouses were used to stage illegal raves, a form of partying fuelled by House music from Chicago and the illicit drug ecstasy. The scene developed and spawned several legal clubs such as The Clink, Shoom and Heaven and by the early-to-mid 1990s became centred on three bars in King's Cross. There was Billy Reilly's bar, 'Fabric' under the arches of the Coal Offices (which inspired a successor club, also called Fabric), 'The Cross' and 'Bagley's', which took over three floors at the southern end of the Eastern Coal Drops
Argent Group, the overall developer for the King's Cross Central site, appointed Thomas Heatherwick as architect for the redevelopment of the Coal Drop Yards as a retail park in 2014. Heatherwick worked in conjunction with engineers Arup, and the plans were approved in December 2015. BAM Nuttall undertook the construction work, which started in February 2016, following a two-year pre-construction phase to survey the condition of the Victorian era buildings and carry out demolition work as necessary.
Stable Street, Camden, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108DG - Coal Drops Yard is a shopping complex and privately owned public space that forms part of the King's Cross Central development scheme in London, England. The development was designed by Thomas Heatherwick and opened in October 2018
The two Victorian coal drops sheds were used to receive coal from South Yorkshire and trans-ship it to narrowboats on the Regents Canal and to horse-drawn carts
coal drops were redundant and fell into decay. They were used as warehouse units
one was gutted by fire in 1985 and another used by Bagley's nightclub, which closed in 2007. The night clubs complemented a vibrant night life of easy drug access, raves and prostitution.
The Regent's Canal was named in 1820 after the Prince Regent, who became George IV the same year. After his demise, the Kings Cross monument was raised at the junction of New Road and Battlebridge Road (Euston Road and York Way)
In 1986 the rave scene started in London. Disused warehouses were used to stage illegal raves, a form of partying fuelled by House music from Chicago and the illicit drug ecstasy. The scene developed and spawned several legal clubs such as The Clink, Shoom and Heaven and by the early-to-mid 1990s became centred on three bars in King's Cross. There was Billy Reilly's bar, 'Fabric' under the arches of the Coal Offices (which inspired a successor club, also called Fabric), 'The Cross' and 'Bagley's', which took over three floors at the southern end of the Eastern Coal Drops
Argent Group, the overall developer for the King's Cross Central site, appointed Thomas Heatherwick as architect for the redevelopment of the Coal Drop Yards as a retail park in 2014. Heatherwick worked in conjunction with engineers Arup, and the plans were approved in December 2015. BAM Nuttall undertook the construction work, which started in February 2016, following a two-year pre-construction phase to survey the condition of the Victorian era buildings and carry out demolition work as necessary.
Stable Street, Camden, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNBH - . This location-specific image from Newton Rd, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8RD in 2019 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The defining feature is B&Q, B and Q,hardware,retail,retailing home delivery,,Delph Ln, Newton Rd, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8RD. The wider scene also brings together public realm, community identity, town-centre trading, commercial frontage, changing land use, local history, local enterprise, specialist shop, period detail, bricks-and-mortar retail, changing streetscape, shopfront economy, social history, and customer footfall. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into store closures and consumer spending, not least because of the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. The image fixes landscape treatment and surrounding development within Newton Rd, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8RD at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The location also brings in independent retail, archival record, place identity, visual archive, local character, before-and-after reference, street-level business, and high-street commerce. Elements such as Delph, Newton, retail, Winwick, and delivery add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Newton Rd, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8RD helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is store closures and how commercial property costs affect small retailers in a form that can be compared with future views of Newton Rd, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8RD. The scene captures evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene.
Newton Rd, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8RD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEJ7X - History of Thorn Marine
The Bridgewater canal reach Stockton heath about 1772, the area around London Bridge and Thorn Marine developed over the next few years and became known as Stockton Quays, there was warehousing, an inn, toll house,Blacksmiths, stabling, barns, and bank riders cottages. one of these bank riders cottages became Thorn Marine.
A very successful packet boat service started up running from the London Bridge Inn to Manchester allowing the gentry to travel in style and comfort on the last part of there journey to Manchester, good were also shipped from the warehouse over the road, The boats were in them days pulled by horses, and unusually the horse for the packet boat were trotted along the towpath and were ridden by Bank riders who lived in what is now Thorn Marine.
The quays at thorn marine were also used by Caldwells to ship there tools spades, picks, etc for the gold rush in america and the First World War. The good were shipped to Liverpool where they were loaded onto sea going ships
During the First and second world wars the canal was also used to move munitions and men to Liverpool to be shipped across for the war effort.
Since we took over
We passed Thorn Marine in the spring of 1991 on our 25' Dawncraft Hammie on a two week trip around the Cheshire ring, we noticed it was looking a bit unloved and there was a for sale sign out side.
A few phone calls on our return home we discovered it was still for sale, but not with the agents anymore. After nearly 12 months of negotiations with the vendor and The Manchester ship Canal Company, we finally moved in on the 11th April 1992.
Over the next few years Margaret turned the business around from a fancy good shop back to a chandlery with help from Brian and Nigel when they were not working in their own careers. Brian decided in 1997 to stop paining and decorating and joined Margret working full time in the shop.
In 1997 we too delivery of Rambling Thorn our purpose built day boat
Bridgewater Canal,Stockton Heath,South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6LE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A4PJNY - Wanting to increase their presence and market share, Greggs opened their first Moto-operated franchised bakery at Lymm truckstop in early 2012, with high hopes. Following good sales a second store was opened at Birch eastbound the following June, and it was then confirmed that most Moto services would get one. Moto have also been opening franchises at some Extra services.
What makes Greggs a little bit different to other new brands is that most units have been modified so customers can visit without entering the main amenity building. This helped Moto's tax accounts: by not offering the option of eat-in food, the food was exempt from VAT, although the notorious pasty tax complicated things. As with most service station franchises, prices are inflated and the menu is altered slightly.
Greggs had never agreed to franchised stores before the Moto deal, but following its success they opened franchises with Euro Garages and Applegreen too (in the UK only). Greggs was now being added to petrol stations across the country, and Euro Garages started introducing the country's first Greggs drive thrus.
On the baked goods front, Moto had been using Upper Crust as a bakery brand, although this sold fewer hot goods and began to lose ground to Moto's other stores. In 2011 they also introduced West Cornwall Pasty Co., mostly in stands outside the services. Other operators have responded to Greggs with the likes of The Cornish Bakery, Pret a Manger and The Pasty Shop.
In line with Greggs's rules, service stations in the West Country are not allowed to sell Cornish pasties, for fear of upsetting the locals.
Frankley Southbound M5 southbound between Junction 3 and 4, Illey Ln, Birmingham B32 4AR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEFD - Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC, or simply Fender) is an American manufacturer of stringed instruments and amplifiers. Fender produces acoustic guitars, electric basses, bass amplifiers and public address equipment, but is best known for its solid-body electric guitars and bass guitars, particularly the Stratocaster, Telecaster, Precision Bass, and the Jazz Bass. The company was founded in Fullerton, California, by Clarence Leonidas Leo Fender in 1946. Its headquarters are in Scottsdale, Arizona.
FMIC is a privately held corporation, with Andy Mooney serving as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The company filed for an initial public offering in March 2012, but this was withdrawn five months later. In addition to its Scottsdale headquarters, Fender has manufacturing facilities in Corona, California (US) and Ensenada, Baja California (Mexico).
As of July 10, 2012, the majority shareholders of Fender were the private equity firm of Weston Presidio (43%), Japanese music distributors Yamano Music (14%) and Kanda Shokai (13%) and Servco Pacific (5%). In December 2012, TPG Growth (the middle market and growth equity investment platform of TPG Capital) and Servco Pacific took control of the company after acquiring the shares held by Weston Presidio
Key products were the Jazzmaster and Stratocaster.
Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEFE - Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC, or simply Fender) is an American manufacturer of stringed instruments and amplifiers. Fender produces acoustic guitars, electric basses, bass amplifiers and public address equipment, but is best known for its solid-body electric guitars and bass guitars, particularly the Stratocaster, Telecaster, Precision Bass, and the Jazz Bass. The company was founded in Fullerton, California, by Clarence Leonidas Leo Fender in 1946. Its headquarters are in Scottsdale, Arizona.
FMIC is a privately held corporation, with Andy Mooney serving as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The company filed for an initial public offering in March 2012, but this was withdrawn five months later. In addition to its Scottsdale headquarters, Fender has manufacturing facilities in Corona, California (US) and Ensenada, Baja California (Mexico).
As of July 10, 2012, the majority shareholders of Fender were the private equity firm of Weston Presidio (43%), Japanese music distributors Yamano Music (14%) and Kanda Shokai (13%) and Servco Pacific (5%). In December 2012, TPG Growth (the middle market and growth equity investment platform of TPG Capital) and Servco Pacific took control of the company after acquiring the shares held by Weston Presidio
Key products were the Jazzmaster and Stratocaster.
Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWME - House, now shop. Mid C18. Flemish-bond brick with stone cornice, platband, keystones and cills, pantile roof, hipped to the front with a brick stack to right, gabled to the rear block. Double-depth plan. Mid-Georgian style. 3 storeys
symmetrical 2-window range. The parapet wall, scrolled to the ends, has a pediment with moulded cornice to centre resting on main cornice. Flat gauged brick arches with keystones, 3/6-pane sash windows to second floor, platband over plate-glass sashes with margin panes to first floor. The fine late C19 shop to ground floor has a cornice returned to left over a black and gold mirrored glass fascia with gold ornamental borders and letters, it reads
Silk Mercer and Draper. E.H.Hooper. Millinery and Mantles. The shop door is glazed with bolection moulding to a horizontal panel to the base and a brass handle
it is set well back with polychromatic tiles and an elaborately panelled ceiling to entrance
moulded glazing bars between 2 plate-glass windows to each side and left return. To left of left return are 8/8-pane sash windows with thick glazing bars and moulded forward frames to upper floors, that to second floor at eaves level, that to first floor under flat gauged brick arch
C20 window to ground floor left, blocked door to right, (cut into by shop front) below a blind window. The range to rear of rough Flemish-bond brickwork has blocked door to first floor. 2 storeys with attic
3-window range. 2 raking dormers, that to left has 2-light casement window with cill at eaves level, that to right is a 3-light half-dormer. Range to left cants back slightly. The first floor has segmental gauged brick arches to 2/2-panes sashes without horns, that to right has a wider arch to former wider opening
3-course brick platband over timber lintels
6-panel door to left with 6-pane overlight, C20 windows to centre and right. INTERIOR: a mid C19 staircase with turned balusters rises to first floor. History: the first floor once spanned the footpath
25 High Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK, TA6 3BE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJWB - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2018, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The subject captured here is Maplins Warrington Store Closing. The surrounding context encompasses regional identity, everyday life, archival record, documentary photography, period detail, changing streetscape, shopfront economy, community identity, commercial streetscape, local enterprise, local history, street-level business, local character, and high-street commerce. From a 2025-onward perspective, business rates and independent business are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around the recorded location before changed technology alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside contemporary social history, commercial frontage, visual archive, customer footfall, specialist retailer, changing land use, bricks-and-mortar retail, and independent retail. References to Closing, Store, and Maplins give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The lack of a more precise address does not reduce the archival value of MGMJWB: the photographed subject, Maplins Warrington Store Closing, remains tied to a specific date and visual context. Another strand within the photograph is business rates and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding when considered against later change at the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate online shopping and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The view records details of everyday use for future local research. The image fixes evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
