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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Soma Movement,Reformer Pilates,Pilates studio,Ashton under Lyne,Stamford Street Central,boutique fitness,wellness studio,fitness class,SOMA,boutique,fitness,wellness,Ashton-under-Lyne,Stamford Street,exercise,studio,Greater Manchester,pilates,reformer,stamford,central,greater,manc,healthcare,health,private,community,pharmacy,manchester,fitness studio
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FEJDEB - . The understated SOMA frontage advertises Reformer Pilates classes from a boutique studio in Ashton-under-Lyne, reflecting growth in specialist fitness and wellness businesses on urban high streets. Soma Movement is a boutique Reformer Pilates studio at 193 Stamford Street Central in Ashton-under-Lyne. Reformer Pilates uses a sprung sliding carriage, straps and adjustable resistance rather than only a floor mat, allowing exercises to be modified for strength, mobility and controlled movement. The format moved rapidly from specialist studios into mainstream fitness culture during the 2020s, with small-group classes marketed as a premium wellness experience. Soma describes its offer around personalised classes, memberships and private sessions. Its polished frontage is a good example of how former retail units in town centres are increasingly taken by health, fitness and service businesses that need physical customer attendance and can therefore help fill space left by conventional shops. The use of the word Movement rather than a conventional gym label also reflects the wellness market's emphasis on controlled exercise, mobility, mindfulness and small-group coaching rather than heavy equipment or mass membership. Reformer Pilates uses a sprung carriage, straps and adjustable resistance rather than relying only on mat exercises, allowing instructors to vary support and load through controlled movements. Its rapid growth in the 2020s has produced a wave of small specialist studios marketed as premium wellness businesses, often with class booking by app and relatively high revenue per square metre. A boutique on Stamford Street demonstrates how fitness is moving into ordinary town-centre units rather than being confined to large out-of-town gyms. It also reflects a wider shift towards lower-impact exercise, mobility and strength training among customers who may not identify with conventional gym culture.
193 Stamford Street Central, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_4865,Anglia Television,Anglia,Television,TV,Norwich,Norfolk,England,UK,ITV,broadcasting,broadcast,media,regional,studio,building,facade,signage,historic,heritage,architecture,brick,communications,production,news,culture,city,evening,landmark,British,industry,commercial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F8YRA3 - . Historic ITV Anglia Television building facade and signage, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. Photographed on 8 June 2024. The red-brick frontage carries prominent ANG LIA TELEVISION lettering and represents the regional television company's long association with the city. The building forms part of Britain's broadcasting heritage and can illustrate regional television, ITV history, media architecture, television production, broadcasting, communications and Norwich city history. The evening light and illuminated blue windows add visual contrast to the historic brickwork and classical detailing of the frontage. Seen through notice, the earlier context is that temporary and permanent notices are valuable social-history evidence because they capture the rules and assumptions of a particular moment, from parking and access to opening times, safety and public-service instructions. For family entertainment, the historical context is that commercial entertainment continually reinvents itself through new technologies and formats, from cinemas and video rental to escape rooms, themed attractions and interactive gaming. The 2026 relevance of notice comes from the fact that current public-realm design increasingly expects signs to be legible, inclusive and consistent, while bilingual and accessibility information reflects wider policy around language and equal access. For family entertainment, the 2026 context is that experience-led leisure such as escape rooms and themed attractions competes alongside streaming and gaming for discretionary spending, making town-centre entertainment an important part of the post-retail economy. Other closely matched search terms include public information, wayfinding, direction sign, street sign, typography, public realm, visitor guidance, information sign, bilingual signage, accessibility sign, graphic communication, street furniture, leisure business, and experience economy.
Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,historic,heritage,Scotland,EH2,the,shop,shopping,retail,and,studio,Princes Street,advert,advertisement,1980,salon,services,Scottish,beauty salon,former,closed,old,Jenners Edinburgh,Regis Spa,nail bar Edinburgh,beauty services,manicure,pedicure,cosmetics retail,Princes Street Edinburgh,historic department store,city centre shopping,Scottish retail,fashion and beauty,interior signage,modern retail,documentary photography
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X2CG2C - Interior signage advertising nail bar and beauty services inside Jenners department store on Princes Street in Edinburgh, Scotland. The display promotes manicure and beauty treatments associated with the store's Regis Spa offering and is set against the distinctive interior finishes of one of Scotland's most famous retail landmarks.
Jenners, founded in 1838, has long been regarded as Edinburgh's premier department store and a key feature of Princes Street, the city's principal shopping thoroughfare. Often referred to historically as the Harrods of the North, the store has played a central role in Edinburgh's retail and social life for generations.
Beauty services such as nail bars and spas reflect the evolution of traditional department stores, adapting to changing consumer habits by combining retail with experiential services. The image captures this blend of historic retail heritage and contemporary beauty culture within a city-centre shopping environment.
This photograph is suitable for editorial use illustrating department store interiors, beauty and wellness retail, Edinburgh shopping, changing high street models, luxury retail environments, and the modernisation of historic retail institutions in the UK.
48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,County Durham,in,his,studio,at,town,sketch,sketches,https,paulrobinson,animalart,animal,animals,framed,painting,7,DL12 8LY,DL12,7 Horsemarket,horse,horses,PL Robinson,card,sales,selling,artists,independent,retail,business,businesses,monochrome,charcoal,sticks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWMEH7 - . Paul Robinson artist, with horse in his studio gallery at 7 Horsemarket, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, UK, DL12 8LY. Photographed on 15 September 2023. STATEMENT - I mainly use charcoal sticks to create my drawings and take a very gestural approach, i find myself making a virtue out of awkward and accidental marks and often get lost in a frenzy of quick expression. I have many influences which inform my work and also currently engaged in contemporary landscape painting. EDUCATION - 1987 - 1989 newcastle under lyme F.E college, studying a levels and btec art and design. 1989 - 1992 Hallam university,sheffield - BA hons fine art. 94 - 95 Leeds university - M.A cultural theory. My studio space and gallery is currently based on the high street in the lovely town of Barnard Castle !. Current gallery opening times -. MONDAY - 11AM - 4PM. TUESDAY - 11AM - 4PM. THURSDAY - 11AM - 4PM. FRIDAY - 11AM - 4PM. SATURDAY - 10.30 AM - 4.30PM. The background to mural is that monuments and civic artworks are part of the visual history of place
Their subjects reveal whom a community chose to celebrate, while later reinterpretation or controversy can evolution the meaning of an apparently permanent object. Within the history of heritage attraction, the romantic appreciation of ruined castles during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries helped turn former military sites into tourist landmarks and subjects for artists and photographers. In relation to business signage, historical context shows that local businesses offer unusually precise social-history evidence because names, branding and uses change more quickly than the buildings they occupy
A shop, café, pub or service company can disappear while the façade survives, leaving photographs as a record of the previous commercial life of the street. Closely related concepts are animalart, animal, animals, framed, painting, 7 Horsemarket, and horse.
7 Horsemarket, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, UK, DL12 8LY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,radio,station,digital,Nicky Clifford,Julian Williams,Kim Smith,John Thompson,DJs,building,studio,studios,station UK,local,independent,broadcaster,exterior,offices,UK,online,internet,streaming,streams,volunteer,non,commercial,door,doorway,modern,urban,streetscape,sunset,reflections,evening,music,news,community programming,CW9 5LA
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2REGJ40 - This image shows the exterior of Radio Northwich, a community radio station based in Northwich, Cheshire. The station operates as a local, non-commercial broadcaster, providing a mix of music, local news, interviews, and community-focused programming aimed at serving residents of Northwich and the surrounding area.
Radio Northwich broadcasts on FM locally and also streams online, reflecting the hybrid nature of modern community radio in the UK. Programming typically includes locally produced shows, specialist music output, and coverage of local events, charities, and voluntary groups, with a strong emphasis on community participation and volunteering.
The station is independently run and community-owned, operating on a not-for-profit basis rather than as part of a national commercial radio network. Community radio stations such as Radio Northwich play an important role in local media ecosystems, particularly as traditional local newspapers and commercial radio services have declined.
The photograph appears to have been taken in late-day light, with warm reflections visible in the glass frontage of the building. The modern exterior places the station firmly within Northwich town centre, highlighting the visibility and accessibility of community media within everyday urban life.
16A Leicester Street (Unit 24b), Northwich, Cheshire CW9 5LA, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Cheshire,Arts,evening,WA1,WA1 1BL.,the,Parr Hall,town,with,end,in,sunset,Wired Young Carers,Grade II,listed building,old magistrates court,Museum Street,Winmarleigh Street,cultural,culture,centre,Palmyra Square South,Warrington,WA1 1BL,complex,old courthouse,and,Centre Sport,sports hall,Pete Postlethwaite,programme,studio,studios,bar,area
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC31A2 - . Pyramid Arts Centre, Cultural Quarter, Palmyra Square South, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1BL. Photographed on 11 July 2023. In 1989 the borough council also saw a need for a better arts and theatre complex so re-developed the old courthouse and Centre Sport, sports hall next door into The Pyramid Arts Centre. The Pyramid, opened in 2002, hosts various classes throughout the year for people interested in discovering the arts. Pyramid also hosts a monthly Comedy Store Event, local band nights as well as having a varied programme of weekly classes. One of its studios was named in 2011 after the late Pete Postlethwaite. For public realm, the historical context is that town and neighbourhood photographs record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. Looking at architecture, the longer history is that banners, monuments and temporary installations can transform a formal square into a record of particular events or institutional identity. The background to sheriff court is that courts and police buildings are physical expressions of the justice system
Their entrances, crests and signs identify the institutions responsible for criminal and civil proceedings, public order and local administration. For public realm, the 2026 context is that regeneration, housing growth and changing high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for local-past comparison. In 2026, architecture remains relevant because well-used squares continue to be important to tourism and local identity, while redesign projects often focus on accessibility, shade, planting and flexible event use. Further relevant search phrases include local history, place identity, townscape, streetscape, community history, and local landmark.
Palmyra Square South, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1BL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,TV,radio,web,media,NI,Northern,Ireland,Blackstaff,House,offices,BT2,County Antrim,BT2 7BB,Broadcasting,BBC Northern Ireland,Ulster,entrance,front,frontage,outside,exterior,studio,studios,cut,cuts,cutback,service,services,reduction,in,radio Foyle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9J0B4 - BBC Northern Ireland (Irish: BBC Thuaisceart Éireann
Ulster-Scots: BBC Norlin Airlan) is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Northern Ireland. It is widely available across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
BBC Northern Ireland is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Scotland and BBC Cymru Wales. Based at Broadcasting House, Belfast, it provides television, radio, online and interactive television content. BBC Northern Ireland currently employs 700 people, largely in Belfast.
BBC Northern Ireland has two TV channels - BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC Two Northern Ireland
and two radio stations - BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle.
BBC Northern Ireland operates two television stations: BBC One Northern Ireland and BBC Two Northern Ireland. BBC Northern Ireland funds an opt-out service with the majority of this output made in the independent sector. Some output that originates in London (so-called 'network' programmes) are time-shifted to create appropriate slots for programming that is more appealing to the BBC audience in NI.
Prior to 27 October 2006, BBC Two NI was a digital only service while BBC Two Northern Ireland was available on analogue transmission. Since 28 October 2006, BBC Two Northern Ireland has been the on-air name for both services which have been merged.
BBC Northern Ireland has its own team of continuity announcers which introduce the vast majority of programmes on BBC One and BBC Two in Northern Ireland.
62-66 Great Victoria St, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT2 7BB
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Keywords: Walthamstow,East London street art,public art,BAT studio,studio,painted building,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,London,city,centre,central,mural,wall art,large scale mural,contemporary mural,animal characters,London Borough of Waltham Forest,artist studios,warehouse buildings,roller shutter doors,industrial architecture,colourful artwork,visual storytelling,surreal illustration,community art,regeneration,urban culture,neighbourhood identity,travel photography,documentary photography,editorial image,UK city life,artistic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3Y9C3 - This image shows a large, multi-panel street art mural covering the exterior walls of BAT Studio in Walthamstow, East London. The building has been transformed into a vibrant outdoor artwork, with bold blocks of colour and illustrated characters painted directly onto the brickwork and roller shutter doors.
The mural combines human and animal figures rendered in a graphic, storybook-like style, reflecting the playful yet slightly unsettling tone common in contemporary urban illustration. Elements such as expressive faces, hybrid characters, and narrative fragments encourage viewers to interpret the scene rather than presenting a single fixed meaning.
BAT Studio forms part of Walthamstow's wider creative ecosystem, where former industrial and warehouse spaces have been repurposed for artist studios, makers, and small creative businesses. Street art plays a significant role in shaping the area's visual identity, contributing to local character while also signalling cultural regeneration and community engagement.
Photographed in daylight under an overcast sky, the image evenly captures the scale, colour, and detail of the artwork without harsh shadows. It is well suited to editorial use covering street art, urban creativity, public art, regeneration, contemporary illustration, and the evolving cultural landscape of East London.
BAT Studio, Walthamstow, London Borough of Waltham Forest, London, England, UK, E17
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,Pat,Paddy,paddys,Patrick,pipe,band,bagpipe,bagpipes,to,the,Bridge St,Tim Parry,Johnathan Ball,victims,Republican,Army,bombing,2023,town,centre,Orford,lane,WA1 2EW,WA1,children,handprints,handprint,River of Life memorial,River of Life,memorial,Broadbent,studio
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PCB3G1 - The Warrington bombings were two separate bomb attacks that happened during early 1993 in Warrington, England. The first attack happened on 26 February, when a bomb exploded at a gas storage facility. It caused extensive damage but no injuries. While fleeing the scene, the bombers shot and injured a police officer and two of them were then caught after a high-speed car chase. The second attack happened on 20 March, when two small bombs exploded in litter bins outside shops and businesses on Bridge Street. Two children were killed and dozens of people were injured. Although a warning or warnings had been sent, the area was not evacuated in time.
The attacks were carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and it has been claimed that members of Red Action were also involved
Shortly before midday on 20 March 1993, The Samaritans in Liverpool received a bomb warning by telephone. According to police, the caller said only that a bomb had been planted outside a Boots shop. Merseyside Police sent officers to branches of Boots in Liverpool and warned the Cheshire Constabulary, who patrolled nearby Warrington. About 30 minutes later, at about 12:25, two bombs exploded on Bridge Street in Warrington, about 100 yards (91 m) apart. The blasts happened within a minute of each other. One exploded outside Boots and McDonald's, and one outside the Argos catalogue store. The area was crowded with shoppers. Witnesses said that the first explosion drove panicking shoppers into the path of the next blast just seconds later. It was later found that the bombs had been placed inside cast-iron litter bins, causing large amounts of shrapnel. Buses were organized to ferry people away from the scene and 20 paramedics and crews from 17 ambulances were sent to deal with the aftermath
Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2EW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,1,Liverpool,L1 1RL,St Johns,radio,station,gallery,viewing,1969,skyline,icon,iconic,concrete,aka,tourist,attraction,tourism,architecture,British,1960s,revolving,studio,English,antenna,telecoms,4G,5G,landmark
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NFW - Radio City Tower (also known as St. John's Beacon) is a radio and observation tower in Liverpool, England, built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. It was designed by James A. Roberts Associates in Birmingham. It is 138 metres tall, and is the second tallest free-standing building in Liverpool and the 32nd tallest in the United Kingdom.[2]
When considering the height of the building, it has a 10m long antenna on the roof, making it the tallest structure in Liverpool (including antennas).
As testament to the importance of its design, which was described by Historic England as embodying the technological bravura and spirit of the space age , the building was listed at Grade II in November 2020.
The tower takes its name from the main radio station that operates from it, Radio City and its sister station Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West.
At the top of the tower was a luxury 5 star revolving restaurant, the facade and floor of the restaurant revolving as one unit, while the roof of the restaurant was used as an observation platform for visitors. There are 558 stairs up to the top, and two lift shafts with lifts reaching the top in 30 seconds.
The tower is structurally independent of the adjacent shopping centre, with a simple foundation onto sandstone. Originally it was built as a chimney of the heating system of the shopping centre [1].The foundation is 60 feet in diameter, 17 feet deep and begins 40 feet below Houghton Street. It has a tapering shaft that was built using slip-formed concrete. The crows nest structure at the top was then added after the shaft was formed.
The original restaurant closed in 1979 for health and safety issues. It was re-opened, with a reduced capacity and additional fire prevention measures, during the early 1980s. The restaurant was eventually re-fitted as a Buck Rogers space-themed restaurant in 1983, but closed again due to lack of business. After this the observation deck and the restaurant remained closed.
1 Houghton St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1RL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,1,Liverpool,L1 1RL,St Johns,radio,station,gallery,viewing,1969,skyline,icon,iconic,concrete,aka,tourist,attraction,tourism,architecture,British,1960s,revolving,studio,English,antenna,telecoms,4G,5G,landmark,aerial,Eurovision,2023
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NGR - Radio City Tower (also known as St. John's Beacon) is a radio and observation tower in Liverpool, England, built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. It was designed by James A. Roberts Associates in Birmingham. It is 138 metres tall, and is the second tallest free-standing building in Liverpool and the 32nd tallest in the United Kingdom.[2]
When considering the height of the building, it has a 10m long antenna on the roof, making it the tallest structure in Liverpool (including antennas).
As testament to the importance of its design, which was described by Historic England as embodying the technological bravura and spirit of the space age , the building was listed at Grade II in November 2020.
The tower takes its name from the main radio station that operates from it, Radio City and its sister station Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West.
At the top of the tower was a luxury 5 star revolving restaurant, the facade and floor of the restaurant revolving as one unit, while the roof of the restaurant was used as an observation platform for visitors. There are 558 stairs up to the top, and two lift shafts with lifts reaching the top in 30 seconds.
The tower is structurally independent of the adjacent shopping centre, with a simple foundation onto sandstone. Originally it was built as a chimney of the heating system of the shopping centre [1].The foundation is 60 feet in diameter, 17 feet deep and begins 40 feet below Houghton Street. It has a tapering shaft that was built using slip-formed concrete. The crows nest structure at the top was then added after the shaft was formed.
The original restaurant closed in 1979 for health and safety issues. It was re-opened, with a reduced capacity and additional fire prevention measures, during the early 1980s. The restaurant was eventually re-fitted as a Buck Rogers space-themed restaurant in 1983, but closed again due to lack of business. After this the observation deck and the restaurant remained closed.
1 Houghton St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1RL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,1,Liverpool,L1 1RL,St Johns,radio,station,gallery,viewing,1969,skyline,icon,iconic,concrete,aka,tourist,attraction,tourism,architecture,British,1960s,revolving,studio,English,antenna,telecoms,4G,5G,landmark,Aerials,Eurovision,2023
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NHF - Radio City Tower (also known as St. John's Beacon) is a radio and observation tower in Liverpool, England, built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. It was designed by James A. Roberts Associates in Birmingham. It is 138 metres tall, and is the second tallest free-standing building in Liverpool and the 32nd tallest in the United Kingdom.[2]
When considering the height of the building, it has a 10m long antenna on the roof, making it the tallest structure in Liverpool (including antennas).
As testament to the importance of its design, which was described by Historic England as embodying the technological bravura and spirit of the space age , the building was listed at Grade II in November 2020.
The tower takes its name from the main radio station that operates from it, Radio City and its sister station Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West.
At the top of the tower was a luxury 5 star revolving restaurant, the facade and floor of the restaurant revolving as one unit, while the roof of the restaurant was used as an observation platform for visitors. There are 558 stairs up to the top, and two lift shafts with lifts reaching the top in 30 seconds.
The tower is structurally independent of the adjacent shopping centre, with a simple foundation onto sandstone. Originally it was built as a chimney of the heating system of the shopping centre [1].The foundation is 60 feet in diameter, 17 feet deep and begins 40 feet below Houghton Street. It has a tapering shaft that was built using slip-formed concrete. The crows nest structure at the top was then added after the shaft was formed.
The original restaurant closed in 1979 for health and safety issues. It was re-opened, with a reduced capacity and additional fire prevention measures, during the early 1980s. The restaurant was eventually re-fitted as a Buck Rogers space-themed restaurant in 1983, but closed again due to lack of business. After this the observation deck and the restaurant remained closed.
1 Houghton St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1RL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L3 9BP,building,architecture,office,art,artwork,by,Broadbent Studio,Broadbent,Studio,2006,Beetham Organisation,Beetham,Organisation,artist,artists,works,of,faces,life,city,centre,business,district,offices,steel,rust,rusty,rusting,sunny,blue sky,rotating,ring
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MGWK0Y - Connections - Face of Liverpool
NAME : Connections - Face of Liverpool DATE : 2006 CLIENT : Beetham Organisation LOCATION : Liverpool PARTNERS : Landscape Architect: BCA Landscape, Designers: Smiling Wolf, PR Agency: Leapfrog PHOTOGRAPHER : Guy Woodland MANUFACTURE PARTNERS: Main Contractor: Carillion, Timber: Eves Joinery, Concrete: Evans Concrete.
Old Hall St, Llverpool, city, centre, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9BP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,L3,the,12,Merseyside,L3 9DG,tats,tattoo,tattooists,logo,tattooing,company,hammer,picture,painting,custom,basement,Tattoo Co,Liverpool England,English,British,sign,signs,bold,as,brass,anvil,image,imagery,shop,studio,skin art,skinart
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JH2G - . This location-specific image from Charleston House, 12 Rumford Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9DG in 2023 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The principal subject is Proman Branch, Bold as Brass Tattoo Company, Charleston House, 12 Rumford Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9DG. The subject also carries associations with customer footfall, community identity, town-centre trading, social history, independent retail, documentary photography, regional identity, contemporary social history, specialist retailer, local character, commercial frontage, local enterprise, changing streetscape, and specialist shop. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into business rates and consumer spending, not least because of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. Small period details of materials and architectural details at Charleston House, 12 Rumford Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9DG may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. The photograph additionally reflects bricks-and-mortar retail, changing land use, high-street commerce, place identity, archival record, public realm, retail property, and local history. The combination of Branch, Brass, Proman, Rumford, and Company anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Charleston House, 12 Rumford Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9DG may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to business rates and how commercial property costs affect small retailers when considered against later change at Charleston House, 12 Rumford Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9DG. The scene captures part of the area's social history for later comparison.
Charleston House, 12 Rumford Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9DG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL52,47,GL52 2NE,history,historic,shop,store,name,The Ruby Key,Hair Studio,barber,barbers,tiled,tiles,WW Dowty,photographer,shopfront,retail,photo,studio,old,shops,studios,outside,exterior,door,doorway,tile,steps,ornate
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7JH7M - . This authentic period view of 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The photograph centres on WW Dowty Photographic Studio, historic shopfront, 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE. The locality and subject together evoke town-centre economy, commercial streetscape, documentary photography, public realm, independent retail, shopfront economy, architectural character, local character, historic streetscape, small-business culture, high-street commerce, consumer retail, urban fabric, and heritage asset. For current editorial use, energy retrofit and redevelopment pressure provide additional context, especially through how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition. Current relevance extends to business rates and town-centre regeneration, particularly through how physical shops adapt to online competition. The image fixes signage and branding within 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. A second descriptive layer includes period architecture, archival record, heritage landmark, period detail, customer footfall, visual archive, brand display, and social history. The combination of Photographic, Cheltenham, historic, Gloucestershire, and Winchcombe anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of energy retrofit and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition within the real-world context of 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE.
47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL52,47,GL52 2NE,history,historic,shop,store,name,The Ruby Key,Hair Studio,barber,barbers,tiled,tiles,WW Dowty,photographer,shopfront,retail,photo,studio,monochrome,BW,Black and White,black & white,old,shops,studios,outside,exterior,door,doorway,town
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7JH7Y - . This authentic period view of 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. At the centre of the view is WW Dowty Photographic Studio, historic shopfront, 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE. The frame also records themes of town-centre economy, community identity, commercial streetscape, historic townscape, commercial frontage, shopfront economy, adaptive reuse, bricks-and-mortar business, historic streetscape, changing land use, public realm, retail property, everyday life, and independent retail. From a 2025-onward perspective, heritage conservation and planning control are closely linked to this subject, alongside the balance between conservation and modern commercial use. The wider contemporary story combines brand consolidation, consumer spending and how commercial property shifts between retail, leisure and residential use. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. The wider setting retains connections with documentary photography, local character, heritage asset, place identity, consumer retail, built heritage, customer footfall, and period building. Details involving Cheltenham, Photographic, Studio, historic, and Dowty make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The view records details of everyday use within the wider story of 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE.
47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,London,NW1,boot,boots,shoes,shoe,building,store,shop,mural,artwork,advert,ad,advertisement,on,a,in,fashion,British,Airwair,DMs,DM,Made In England,English,tough,as you,Jamestown Road,corner,gable,gable-end,end,Wollaston,Camden Town,design,studio
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AXJ - Dr. Martens, also commonly known as Doc Martens, Docs or DMs, is a German-founded British footwear and clothing brand, headquartered in Wollaston in the Wellingborough district of Northamptonshire, England. Although famous for its footwear, Dr. Martens also makes a range of accessories “ such as shoe care products, clothing, and bags. The footwear is distinguished by its air-cushioned sole (dubbed Bouncing Soles), upper shape, welted construction and yellow stitching. Dr Martens' design studio is in Camden Town, London
the manufacturing is in the UK, China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Klaus Märtens was a doctor in the German Army during World War II. After he injured his ankle in 1945, he found that his standard-issue army boots were too uncomfortable on his injured foot. While recuperating, he designed improvements to the boots, with soft leather and air-padded soles made of tyres. When the war ended and some Germans recovered valuables from their own cities, Märtens looted leather from a cobbler's shop. With that leather he made himself a pair of boots with air-cushioned soles
Märtens did not have much success selling his shoes until he met up with an old university friend, Herbert Funck, a Luxembourger, in Munich in 1947. Funck was intrigued by the new shoe design, and the two went into business that year in Seeshaupt, Germany, using discarded rubber shaped by moulds. The comfortable soles were a big hit with housewives, with 80% of sales in the first decade to women over the age of 40
Sales had grown so much by 1952 that they opened a factory in Munich. In 1959, the company had grown large enough that Märtens and Funck looked at marketing the footwear internationally. Almost immediately, British shoe manufacturer R. Griggs Group bought patent rights to manufacture the shoes in the United Kingdom. Griggs anglicised the name to Dr. Martens
Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Bolton,Greater Manchester,England,UK,BL1,vehicle,van,truck,NR,beers,beer,ale,and,logo,the,fictional,real,CAMRA,North West,Lancashire,Lancs,Mancunian,bitter,lager,Coronation St,Newton,&,Ridley,best,ales,studio,script,Northern,icon,stereotype,stereotypes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRJP - . Made at Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The scene records Newton and Ridley ales van and logo, from Coronation Streets Rovers Return. The image also relates to public realm, community pub, place identity, food-and-drink business, traditional hostelry, visual archive, changing land use, community identity, street-level dining, licensed hospitality, licensed trade, pub heritage, social history, and neighbourhood drinking venue. Current relevance extends to commercial rents and staffing pressure, particularly through how familiar pubs and restaurants shape neighbourhood identity. As a dated visual record of Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects everyday life, hospitality economy, archival record, customer-facing leisure, before-and-after reference, hospitality trade, night-time economy, and changing streetscape. Elements such as Newton, Ridley, Return, Rovers, and Streets add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is commercial rents and the pressure on customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy as part of the longer story of Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1. The setting also helps illustrate pub closures and how familiar pubs and restaurants shape neighbourhood identity when considered against later change at Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1.
Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Pools,Building,Liverpool,development,fire,art,mural,art deco,art-deco,Littlewoods Building,Littlewoods,1938,headquarters of Littlewoods,headquarters,Twickenham Studios,Hollywood of The North,Hollywood,Capital & Centric film studios,Capital and Centric,film studios,Capital,Centric,Littlewoods Studios,Littlewood Studios,Littlewood,studio,sound stages,office,pop-up studio,heritage,architecture,Mersey,industry,industrial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CC79PT - The Littlewoods Pools building (also known as the Littlewoods Building) is a notable building on Edge Lane in Liverpool. Built in 1938,[1] and probably designed by Scottish architect Gerald de Courcey Fraser, the building is next to the Wavertree Botanic Gardens.
The building has had various uses throughout its life. It was originally the headquarters of Littlewoods, then the country's largest family-owned business empire.
A year after it opened, during World War II, it was requisitioned and became home of the government's postal censorship department, while its printing presses were used to print National Registration cards. Its vast internal spaces were used for manufacturing the floors of Halifax Bombers, barrage balloons and woollen material. In the 1940s the building was also used by Unity Pools (formed from Littlewoods, Zetters and Vernons).
The building has stood empty since 2003.
On 2 September 2018 a fire broke out at night in part of the complex. The roof and upper floor of one wing were lost, although the main structure was saved.
Regeneration
In June 2018, developers Capital & Centric announced the new site will consist of a film studio complex and adjacent soundstages to become a new base of Twickenham Studios. Slated to become 'Hollywood of The North', the studios will be named Littlewoods Studios as an homage to the building in which the studios will be housed. It was revealed in August 2019 that work transforming the site into two sound stages and offices was due to start towards the end of the year with the facilities finished towards the end of 2021.
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority agreed to contribute £11 million to the project in July 2020. The project intends to have a pop-up studio built on the neighbouring land and ready by the end of 2020, with development of the rest of the project following afterwards.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CC79R0 - The Littlewoods Pools building (also known as the Littlewoods Building) is a notable building on Edge Lane in Liverpool. Built in 1938,[1] and probably designed by Scottish architect Gerald de Courcey Fraser, the building is next to the Wavertree Botanic Gardens.
The building has had various uses throughout its life. It was originally the headquarters of Littlewoods, then the country's largest family-owned business empire.
A year after it opened, during World War II, it was requisitioned and became home of the government's postal censorship department, while its printing presses were used to print National Registration cards. Its vast internal spaces were used for manufacturing the floors of Halifax Bombers, barrage balloons and woollen material. In the 1940s the building was also used by Unity Pools (formed from Littlewoods, Zetters and Vernons).
The building has stood empty since 2003.
On 2 September 2018 a fire broke out at night in part of the complex. The roof and upper floor of one wing were lost, although the main structure was saved.
Regeneration
In June 2018, developers Capital & Centric announced the new site will consist of a film studio complex and adjacent soundstages to become a new base of Twickenham Studios. Slated to become 'Hollywood of The North', the studios will be named Littlewoods Studios as an homage to the building in which the studios will be housed. It was revealed in August 2019 that work transforming the site into two sound stages and offices was due to start towards the end of the year with the facilities finished towards the end of 2021.
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority agreed to contribute £11 million to the project in July 2020. The project intends to have a pop-up studio built on the neighbouring land and ready by the end of 2020, with development of the rest of the project following afterwards.
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Pools,Building,Liverpool,development,fire,art,mural,art deco,art-deco,Littlewoods Building,Littlewoods,1938,headquarters of Littlewoods,headquarters,Twickenham Studios,Hollywood of The North,Hollywood,Capital & Centric film studios,Capital and Centric,film studios,Capital,Centric,Littlewoods Studios,Littlewood Studios,Littlewood,studio,sound stages,office,pop-up studio,heritage,architecture,Mersey,industry,industrial,redevelopment,redeveloping,district,area,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CC79R6 - The Littlewoods Pools building (also known as the Littlewoods Building) is a notable building on Edge Lane in Liverpool. Built in 1938,[1] and probably designed by Scottish architect Gerald de Courcey Fraser, the building is next to the Wavertree Botanic Gardens.
The building has had various uses throughout its life. It was originally the headquarters of Littlewoods, then the country's largest family-owned business empire.
A year after it opened, during World War II, it was requisitioned and became home of the government's postal censorship department, while its printing presses were used to print National Registration cards. Its vast internal spaces were used for manufacturing the floors of Halifax Bombers, barrage balloons and woollen material. In the 1940s the building was also used by Unity Pools (formed from Littlewoods, Zetters and Vernons).
The building has stood empty since 2003.
On 2 September 2018 a fire broke out at night in part of the complex. The roof and upper floor of one wing were lost, although the main structure was saved.
Regeneration
In June 2018, developers Capital & Centric announced the new site will consist of a film studio complex and adjacent soundstages to become a new base of Twickenham Studios. Slated to become 'Hollywood of The North', the studios will be named Littlewoods Studios as an homage to the building in which the studios will be housed. It was revealed in August 2019 that work transforming the site into two sound stages and offices was due to start towards the end of the year with the facilities finished towards the end of 2021.
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority agreed to contribute £11 million to the project in July 2020. The project intends to have a pop-up studio built on the neighbouring land and ready by the end of 2020, with development of the rest of the project following afterwards.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,retail,new retail development,VINCI Construction,BroadbentStudio,Broadbent,Studio,art,artwork,IRA,bomb,bombing,town,1996,1993,peace,terror,terrorism,Irish,Northern Ireland,Good Friday,Peace Agreement,tear shaped,water feature,hand prints,handprints,Tim,Jonathan,pedestrianised,Colin Parry,Wendy Parry,WA1,remembrance,NI troubles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CB00BW - The River of Life project was developed in the aftermath of the 1993 IRA bomb in Warrington, which killed three-year-old Johnathan Ball and 12-year-old Tim Parry, and led to the death of Bronwen Vickers. It injured 54 others and affected many thousands of people. The international outrage was strongly expressed by mothers and in Dublin thousands gathered in downtown Dublin to express sorrow and revulsion over the deaths of the two children.
The new streetscape and integrated water feature entitled ˜The River of Life' was officially opened on 14th November 1996 by HRH The Duchess of Kent.
Colin and Wendy Parry were thrust into the public gaze and together with the NSPCC established a peace centre in Warrington. The Foundation for Peace and NSPCC joined forces to raise funds for the £3million Centre opened on 20th March 2000...the 7th anniversary of the IRA bomb.
http://www.thepeacecentre.org.uk
https://broadbent.studio/river-of-life
Two bombs exploded on Bridge Street in Warrington about 100 yards apart on 20 March at about 12:25. The blasts happened within a minute of each other with the area crowded with shoppers on the Saturday before Mothering Sunday. Witnesses spoke of shoppers fleeing from the first explosion into the path of the second. It was later found that the bombs had been placed inside cast iron bins causing large amounts of shrapnel. It was a very personal attack on the people of Warrington - and the town needed to respond to it.
The City council asked to meet with me to discuss what form a memorial could take. It became clear that there were contrasting schools of thought with some looking to put it firmly in the past particularly as at the time the economic viability of the town was being threatened, and others who could imagine what I worried as being an overly personal memorial, which may not easily stand the test of time.
My feeling was that the street was not just physically broken but spiritually
31 Bridge St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2EX
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,retail,new retail development,VINCI Construction,BroadbentStudio,Broadbent,Studio,art,artwork,IRA,bomb,bombing,town,1996,1993,peace,terror,terrorism,Irish,Northern Ireland,Good Friday,Peace Agreement,tear shaped,water feature,bronze channel,hand prints,handprints,Tim,Jonathan,pedestrianised,Colin Parry,Wendy Parry,WA1,Red Action
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CB00C0 - The River of Life project was developed in the aftermath of the 1993 IRA bomb in Warrington, which killed three-year-old Johnathan Ball and 12-year-old Tim Parry, and led to the death of Bronwen Vickers. It injured 54 others and affected many thousands of people. The international outrage was strongly expressed by mothers and in Dublin thousands gathered in downtown Dublin to express sorrow and revulsion over the deaths of the two children.
The new streetscape and integrated water feature entitled ˜The River of Life' was officially opened on 14th November 1996 by HRH The Duchess of Kent.
Colin and Wendy Parry were thrust into the public gaze and together with the NSPCC established a peace centre in Warrington. The Foundation for Peace and NSPCC joined forces to raise funds for the £3million Centre opened on 20th March 2000...the 7th anniversary of the IRA bomb.
http://www.thepeacecentre.org.uk
https://broadbent.studio/river-of-life
Two bombs exploded on Bridge Street in Warrington about 100 yards apart on 20 March at about 12:25. The blasts happened within a minute of each other with the area crowded with shoppers on the Saturday before Mothering Sunday. Witnesses spoke of shoppers fleeing from the first explosion into the path of the second. It was later found that the bombs had been placed inside cast iron bins causing large amounts of shrapnel. It was a very personal attack on the people of Warrington - and the town needed to respond to it.
The City council asked to meet with me to discuss what form a memorial could take. It became clear that there were contrasting schools of thought with some looking to put it firmly in the past particularly as at the time the economic viability of the town was being threatened, and others who could imagine what I worried as being an overly personal memorial, which may not easily stand the test of time.
My feeling was that the street was not just physically broken but spiritually
31 Bridge St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2EX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,on a hall wall,hallway,hall,wall,movie,Indian,India,Hindi,cinema,poster,posters,hallwall,entrance,reception,stars,movie stars,studio,Cinema,Bombay Cinema,film industry,film,Hindustani,Urdu,Hinglish,Masala,AA Films,Fox Star Studios,Zee Studios,Pushpanjali,picture,Pictures,Naseem,VM,Arzoo,films,Garam Masala,movies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE44D - Hindi cinema, often known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is the Indian Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). The term is a portmanteau of Bombay and Hollywood. The industry is related to Cinema of South India and other Indian film industries, making up Indian Cinema”the world's largest by number of feature films produced.
In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, with Bollywood as its largest filmmaker, producing 364 Hindi films the same year. Bollywood represents 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue
Tamil and Telugu cinema represent 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent in 2014. Bollywood is one of the largest centres of film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Bollywood) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Bollywood films tend to use vernacular Hindustani, mutually intelligible by people who self-identify as speaking either Hindi or Urdu, and modern Bollywood movies increasingly incorporate elements of Hinglish
AA Films
Fox Star Studios
Eros International
Reliance Big Pictures
UTV Motion Pictures
Yash Raj Films
Dharma Productions
Red Chillies Entertainment
Tips Music Films
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Excel Entertainment
Zee Studios
Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 3SL
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Keywords: Queue,of,people,VR,Virtual,Reality,AR,promoting,studio,studios,at,Kings,Cross,Rail,Railway,Station,London,entrance,platform,fold,out,viewer,Smartphone,Daydream,Queue of people,Google Cardboard,Virtual Reality,Augmented Reality,Inside Abbey Road,Kings Cross,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,smartphones,NME,iconic,musical,landmark,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,Fold Out,Google Store
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H36655 - . This scene at Kings Cross, London, England UK in 2016 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The location is represented through Google Cardboard promote the Daydream Inside Abbey Road App at Kings Cross Station, London. The setting additionally reflects regional identity, before-and-after reference, customer footfall, documentary photography, trackside history, changing streetscape, visual archive, commercial frontage, rail corridor, freight wagon, town-centre economy, retail property, high-street commerce, and historic rolling stock. For current editorial use, signalling technology and rail reform provide additional context, especially through the importance of preserving signal boxes and rolling stock as industrial heritage. Current relevance extends to commercial rents and online shopping, particularly through the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at Kings Cross, London, England UK, details that may look very different after altered transport patterns. The wider setting retains connections with mixed-use town centre, period detail, local enterprise, railway heritage, archival record, local character, shopfront economy, and contemporary social history. Elements such as Inside, Cardboard, Daydream, Kings, and Abbey add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Kings Cross, London, England UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is signalling technology and the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling within the real-world context of Kings Cross, London, England UK.
Kings Cross, London, England UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Oak St,M4 5JD,M4,village,art,artists,jewelry,pottery,cafe,studio,NQ,craft,design,city centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ796W - . An identifiable period record of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK in 2016, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The image documents Manchester Craft and Design Centre, 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK M4 5JD. The wider scene also brings together material sign design, instructional wording, public information notice, local history, historic sign, period lettering, regional identity, everyday visual culture, visual communication, printed message, period detail, contemporary social history, documentary photography, and changing land use. Current relevance extends to local history and street design, particularly through the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity. The archival value lies partly in recording public access and movement around 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside local character, place identity, public realm, community identity, changing streetscape, commercial ephemera, before-and-after reference, and wayfinding detail. The recorded references to Centre, Design, Craft, and Manchester preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is local history and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity as part of the longer story of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. The scene further reflects local history and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change when considered against later change at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. The frame retains details of everyday use within the wider story of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK.
17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7977 - . Recorded at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK in 2016, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The frame specifically shows Cafe at Manchester Craft and Design Centre, 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK M4 5JD. The image also relates to commercial ephemera, contemporary social history, local dining tradition, regional food culture, classic British meal, everyday life, archival record, public information notice, visual communication, place identity, comfort food, public realm, street-level message, and everyday visual culture. The wider contemporary story combines tourism, consumer spending and how familiar dishes remain cultural shorthand for British food. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with commercial branding, public communication and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against conservation work. The wider setting retains connections with hospitality food service, local history, public-facing signage, popular cuisine, period lettering, local character, changing land use, and documentary photography. References to Centre, Design, Craft, and Manchester give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate tourism and the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals in a form that can be compared with future views of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. The image fixes details of everyday use before later change alters the scene. It also preserves evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Oak St,M4 5JD,M4,village,art,artists,jewelry,pottery,cafe,studio,NQ,craft,design,city centre,food bar
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ797A - . Made at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The frame specifically shows Cafe at Manchester Craft and Design Centre, 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK M4 5JD. The surrounding context encompasses regional food culture, material sign design, public information notice, street food culture, contemporary social history, popular cuisine, regional identity, wayfinding detail, period detail, graphic street detail, local character, changing streetscape, visual communication, and historic sign. Current relevance extends to local business and consumer spending, particularly through how food signs and shopfronts become part of urban cultural identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into digital substitution and street design, not least because of how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. Small period details of public access and movement at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. Further associations within the scene are street-level message, comfort food, British food tradition, public realm, classic British meal, period lettering, changing land use, and place identity. The recorded references to Manchester, Centre, Design, and Craft preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is local business and the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals in a form that can be compared with future views of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. The frame retains details of everyday use for later comparison.
17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Oak St,M4 5JD,M4,village,art,artists,jewelry,pottery,cafe,studio,NQ,craft,design,city centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ797E - . An on-location photograph from 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows Manchester Craft and Design Centre, 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK M4 5JD. Further facets of the scene include changing streetscape, wayfinding detail, urban typography, historic sign, street-level message, printed message, public information notice, material sign design, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, regional identity, place identity, everyday life, and contemporary social history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with accessibility, public communication and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design. Future viewers can use this scene from 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after redevelopment. Further associations within the scene are visual communication, visual archive, historical comparison, changing land use, local character, public realm, commercial ephemera, and everyday visual culture. References to Centre, Design, Craft, and Manchester give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate accessibility and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity in a form that can be compared with future views of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. The image also provides a reference for visual identity and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change within the real-world context of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. It also preserves details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ797R - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The principal subject is Manchester Craft and Design Centre, 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK M4 5JD. The wider scene also brings together local character, public realm, urban typography, visual archive, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, regional identity, everyday life, material sign design, public-facing signage, period detail, period lettering, changing land use, and instructional wording. Today's relevance is strengthened by public communication, digital substitution and the continuing question of how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. The location also brings in social history, everyday visual culture, local history, archival record, wayfinding detail, place identity, changing streetscape, and community identity. The recorded references to Craft, Centre, Manchester, and Design preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects public communication and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity within the specific setting of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. Its period value extends to digital substitution and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change as part of the longer story of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK.
17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7980 - . An on-location photograph from 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows Coffee Machine, Manchester Craft and Design Centre Cafe, 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK M4 5JD. Further facets of the scene include period detail, food-and-drink heritage, public-facing signage, popular cuisine, local dining tradition, commercial ephemera, urban typography, historical comparison, period lettering, before-and-after reference, British food tradition, street food culture, local history, and social history. For current editorial use, public communication and street design provide additional context, especially through how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. Current relevance extends to nutrition and food inflation, particularly through how food signs and shopfronts become part of urban cultural identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. Other useful contextual ideas include archival record, street-level message, local character, visual communication, comfort food, graphic street detail, wayfinding detail, and regional food culture. The recorded references to Machine, Design, Manchester, Coffee, and Craft preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of public communication and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change without losing the local specificity of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. Image GJ7980 also remains a dated record of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK.
17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7981 - . This authentic period view of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK in 2016 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The subject captured here is Manchester Craft and Design Centre Cafe, 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK M4 5JD. The locality and subject together evoke comfort food, place identity, local dining tradition, food heritage, graphic street detail, visual communication, community identity, urban typography, printed message, hospitality food service, period lettering, material sign design, public-facing signage, and regional food culture. For current editorial use, digital substitution and public communication provide additional context, especially through how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. Current relevance extends to takeaway culture and food inflation, particularly through how food signs and shopfronts become part of urban cultural identity. As a dated visual record of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK, the frame retains period objects and surrounding context, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes everyday visual culture, before-and-after reference, commercial ephemera, wayfinding detail, visual archive, changing land use, public realm, and popular cuisine. Details involving Craft, Manchester, Design, and Centre make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects digital substitution and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity as part of the longer story of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. The record includes period character as a date-specific reference.
17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD4HRW - . Photographer taking a studio portrait of a dancer, at a photographic society studio night. The photograph was taken on 19 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with flash heads, using studio lighting, paper background, photographic society, studio portrait, camera skills, photo club, studio lighting, Tony and Smith, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,BBC Media City,Media City UK,water,reflections,night,wide,pano,North West England,UK,Media City,Television,Studios,North West,North,NorthWest,at night,nighttime,night shot,BBC Studios,City of Salford,Greater Manchester,England,Peel Holdings,M50 2EQ,M50,News,Manchester Docks,development,buildings,architecture,waterfront,studio,studios,Manchester Ship Canal,docks,public,broadcaster
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RGKET8 - MediaCityUK is a 200-acre (81 ha) mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford and Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The project was developed by Peel Media
its principal tenants are media organisations and the University of Salford. The land occupied by the development was part of the Port of Manchester and Manchester Docks.
The BBC signalled its intention to move jobs to Manchester in 2004, and the Salford Quays site was chosen in 2006. The Peel Group was granted planning permission to develop the site in 2007, and construction of the development, with its own energy generation plant and communications network, began the same year. Based in Quay House, the principal tenant is the BBC, whose move marks a large-scale decentralisation from London. ITV Granada completed the first phase of its move to MediaCityUK on 25 March 2013, followed in two stages by the northern arm of ITV Studios: the second stage involved Coronation Street being moved to a new production facility on Trafford Wharf next to the Imperial War Museum North at the end of 2013. The Studios on Broadway houses seven high-definition studios, claimed to be the largest such facility in Europe.
MediaCityUK is to be developed in two phases. The 36-acre (15 ha) first phase was completed in 2011, and the second is dependent on its success. Metrolink, Greater Manchester's light-rail system, was extended to MediaCityUK with the opening of the MediaCityUK tram stop on 20 September 2010 and further extensions are planned. Road access was improved by the construction of the Broadway Link Road.
Salford Quays, City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M50 2EQ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,tiger,art work,Clyde,river,2010,April 2010,art,cleanGlasgow,Chinese Year of the Tiger,curated by Josef Valentine,curated by,Josef Valentine,South Portland Street suspension bridge,art projects,Glasgow Art projects,city centre,Tiger,Lucky Eight,McFail,Studio,artwork,8,lucky8,TigerBeer,CleanGlasgow,city,centre,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,square,squares,open,spaces
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9GHTD - A walk along a Glasgow street nowadays doesn't just reflect the city's rich heritage - it reveals how multi-cultural a place it now is.
Last week this column highlighted the church in the West End where Polish soldiers worshipped during World War 2.
There are representatives of almost every country on earth in Glasgow - and most have left their mark.
A walk across Jamaica Street bridge reveals one of the most striking and dramatic images.
Painted on a black wall on Clyde Street is a massive piece of graffiti art depicting a tiger, commissioned in 2010 to mark the Chinese Year of the Tiger.
The tiger is shown chasing a large ball of string and the mural is wrapped round three walls so it can be seen folded in on itself.
But it wasn't the city's Chinese community that commissioned the piece - it was the idea of the Singapore-based Tiger Beer company.
A plaque on the wall beside the tiger explains the reasoning behind what was called the Tiger Lucky Eight project.
It says: Tiger Beer has commissioned a unique series of collaborations curated by Josef Valentine across the UK to celebrate 2010 the Year of the Tiger. Five of these represent the elements of the Chinese zodiac: Water, Earth, Wood, Fire and Metal.
This mural, depicting Fire, was designed and produced by McFaul Studio, whose creative director John McFaul's family hail from the city of Glasgow.
The mural is close to the South Portland Street suspension bridge and strikingly visible from the south bank of the river.
It took the McFaul workers three days to complete the project and a time-lapse Youtube video shows the work from beginning to end in two minutes, 20 seconds.
The end result is an epic, psychedelic, fiery piece of work.
The Lucky Eight project also saw murals being completed in Birmingham, Brighton, London and Manchester
South Portland Street suspension bridge, Glasgow, Scotland, G5 9JF
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Keywords: color,colour,portrait,face,eyes,hair,beautiful,nice,lady,woman,female,pretty,skin,tan,tanned,studio,flash,head,warm,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix,hotpixuk,black,background,red,lips,lipstick,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,retro,hotpicks,muchacha,femenina,de,la,mujer,se\u00f1ora,girl,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,\u592b\u4eba\u5973\u6027\u5987\u5973\u5973\u5b69,fille,f\u00e9minine,femme,dame,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4406617031 - 'I got wiring loose inside my head
I got books that I never, ever read
I got secrets in my garden shed
I got a scar where all my urges bled
I got people underneath my bed
I got a place where all my dreams are dead
Swim with me into your blackest eyes
A portrait of Paula. Let her eyes follow you around the room.
Here, Sue, in her fabulous hat www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3827213647/in/set-72157621...
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: Karen,Portrait,Howells,Kabaran,Howles-Kabaran,fallowfield,moss,side,moss side,alexandra,Avenue,flash,studio,sepia,mono,b/w,monochrome,artdeco,art,deco,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,tonysmiththathousing,statue,fireplace,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8226734780 - 'View this whole set of portraits here. If you do Twitter add me here.
This is an old shot that I spotted while trying to dig something else out that an old friend had reminded me of. One of my most favourite portraits I have ever taken of a friend who I was on a degree course with. She now lives in Turkish Cyprus and teaches information technology (IT) at the university there.
The statue looks very bronze, although it was actually plaster. The fireplace was original, in the house situated behind where the old bus depot was in Fallowfield, on the edge of Moss Side, Manchester UK. Alexander Avenue used to terminate at the bus depot, google maps shows the depot intact, although it has now been flattened.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Battle,Re-enactment,enthusiast,Rorkes,Drift,RorkesDrift,uniform,red,medals,hat,hotpixuk,hotpix,tonysmith,tony,smith,face,head,faces,studio,night,WDCC,jacket,medal,24,twentyfour,black,gun,rifle,musket,hotpicks,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3874777337 - 'A very popular theme for battle re-enactment.
The Battle of Rorke's Drift was a battle in the Anglo-Zulu War. The defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift immediately followed the British Army's defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana earlier that morning on 22 January 1879, and continued to the following day, 23 January. One hundred and thirty-nine British soldiers successfully defended their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors. The overwhelming Zulu attack on Rorke's Drift came very close to defeating the tiny British garrison, and the British success is held as one of history's finest defences.[3] Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders, along with a number of other decorations and honours.
For more detailed information on the personell involved, have a look at RD VC Info
An alternative Portrait here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3827213647/
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk Warrington District Camera Club',
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Keywords: Pond,Dunham,Massey,Sepia,toned,Warrington,Camera,District,Club,society,DSLR,SLR,Nikon,Sony,Canon,digital,cameras,Jessops,wildings,Grappenhall,GYCA,Bellhouse,Village,Cheshire,Studio,walkabout,NT,Night,Grappenhall Village,England,UK,A50,A56,365days,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,photographic,photography,group,bellhouse Club,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3835314286 - 'A very grey walk around Dunham with the WDCC
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Warrington,Community,Circus,photographic,warringtoncircus,cheshire,big,small,juggler,black,white,monochrome,WDCC,Studio,night,district,camera,club,photo,society,flash,photography,SLR,DSLR,england,UK,GB,B/W,mono,this photo rocks,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3809667972 - 'Two performers from Warringtom Community Circus, Cheshire UK.
From original toned Black and white sepia toned print.
A little circus boy and the stilt walker.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Tony,saxophone,b/w,black,white,hand,color,coloured,sepia,toned,portrait,man,male,bloke,dude,sax,musical,instrument,gold,painted,suit,sexy,cool,mustache,live,musician,jazz,band,gig,studio,image,print,soft,box,softbox,hotpix,hotpixuk,tonysmith,smith,Warrington,cinnamon,brow,cheshire,mono,monochrome,this photo rocks,hotpicks
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3827403667 - 'A portrait of Tony and his old golden saxophone. Black and White monochrome image, sepia toned and hand colored.
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: low,flash,cog,sinister,hotpixuk,hotpix,tonysmith,tony,smith,man,face,head,faces,portrait,shoulders,mouth,eyes,deep,shadows,studio,black,background,eye,nose,extreme,shadow,dark,disturbing,disturbed,male,model,gun,flashgun,night,watch,watchman,danger,this photo rocks,cool,person,people,image,disturbia,hotpicks,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith,hotpix.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3874777495 - 'A worker in the evening until dawn.
Always looking, listening, waiting....
Very strong directional lighting from below, which has provided stron shadows and features.
Another interesting portrait of a man www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3808854783/
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GotonySmith,Manchester,England,UK,M1,NQ4,sign,flats,apartments,block,residential,cladding,property,new build,for-rent,rental,city,living,studio,studios,yellow pay here,Planned Maintenance,Service Charges,repairs,real estate,building,responsive,BIM,information,management,managing,agent,estate,sunny,clad,renters rights act,Renters Rights,Act 2026
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880EK - A sharp editorial image showing a large yellow PAY HERE sign set against a modern block of new flats, creating a witty visual juxtaposition about the cost of renting, housing affordability and the changing rules for private tenants in England. The image is useful for coverage of the Renters' Rights Act 2025, with major private rented sector reforms taking effect from 1 May 2026, including the end of assured shorthold tenancies and the move to periodic tenancies, stronger protection against no-fault eviction, new rules around rent increases and limits on rent in advance. The bold sign in the foreground points downwards like an instruction to pay, while the apartment building behind it suggests new build flats, urban housing markets, landlord income, tenant pressure and the continuing debate about who benefits from rising rents and housing investment. The scene works well as a stock image for articles on renters' rights, letting agents, private landlords, build-to-rent, city flats, cost of living pressures, housing reform, property markets and the affordability gap facing many households. It can also illustrate commentary about whether legal reform alone can protect renters when rents remain high and housing supply remains constrained. The bright summer daylight, blue sky, brick facade, balconies and windows provide a clean contemporary urban backdrop, while the humorous sign adds a slightly satirical documentary edge. There are no visible people, allowing the picture to operate as a flexible concept image for newspapers, policy papers, housing blogs, campaigning material and public information features. The wording PAY HERE makes the photograph immediately readable at thumbnail size and gives it strong commercial potential for searches connected with rent, payment, bills, landlords, tenancy reform, English housing policy, monthly costs, deposits, affordability, tenant security and the politics of private renting.
61 Houldsworth St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 2FA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,London,NW1,boot,boots,shoes,shoe,building,store,shop,mural,artwork,advert,ad,advertisement,on,a,in,fashion,British,Airwair,DMs,DM,Made In England,English,tough,as you,Jamestown Road,corner,gable,gable-end,end,Wollaston,Camden Town,design,studio
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AXK - Dr. Martens, also commonly known as Doc Martens, Docs or DMs, is a German-founded British footwear and clothing brand, headquartered in Wollaston in the Wellingborough district of Northamptonshire, England. Although famous for its footwear, Dr. Martens also makes a range of accessories “ such as shoe care products, clothing, and bags. The footwear is distinguished by its air-cushioned sole (dubbed Bouncing Soles), upper shape, welted construction and yellow stitching. Dr Martens' design studio is in Camden Town, London
the manufacturing is in the UK, China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Klaus Märtens was a doctor in the German Army during World War II. After he injured his ankle in 1945, he found that his standard-issue army boots were too uncomfortable on his injured foot. While recuperating, he designed improvements to the boots, with soft leather and air-padded soles made of tyres. When the war ended and some Germans recovered valuables from their own cities, Märtens looted leather from a cobbler's shop. With that leather he made himself a pair of boots with air-cushioned soles
Märtens did not have much success selling his shoes until he met up with an old university friend, Herbert Funck, a Luxembourger, in Munich in 1947. Funck was intrigued by the new shoe design, and the two went into business that year in Seeshaupt, Germany, using discarded rubber shaped by moulds. The comfortable soles were a big hit with housewives, with 80% of sales in the first decade to women over the age of 40
Sales had grown so much by 1952 that they opened a factory in Munich. In 1959, the company had grown large enough that Märtens and Funck looked at marketing the footwear internationally. Almost immediately, British shoe manufacturer R. Griggs Group bought patent rights to manufacture the shoes in the United Kingdom. Griggs anglicised the name to Dr. Martens
Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,on a hall wall,hallway,hall,wall,movie,Indian,India,Hindi,cinema,poster,posters,hallwall,entrance,reception,stars,movie stars,studio,Hindi Cinema,Cinema,Bombay Cinema,film industry,films,Hindustani,Urdu,Hinglish,Masala,AA Films,Fox Star Studios,Eros International,Zee Studios,popular,Film Industry,Garam masala,cinema of india
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE457 - Hindi cinema, often known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is the Indian Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). The term is a portmanteau of Bombay and Hollywood. The industry is related to Cinema of South India and other Indian film industries, making up Indian Cinema”the world's largest by number of feature films produced.
In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, with Bollywood as its largest filmmaker, producing 364 Hindi films the same year. Bollywood represents 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue
Tamil and Telugu cinema represent 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent in 2014. Bollywood is one of the largest centres of film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Bollywood) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Bollywood films tend to use vernacular Hindustani, mutually intelligible by people who self-identify as speaking either Hindi or Urdu, and modern Bollywood movies increasingly incorporate elements of Hinglish
AA Films
Fox Star Studios
Eros International
Reliance Big Pictures
UTV Motion Pictures
Yash Raj Films
Dharma Productions
Red Chillies Entertainment
Tips Music Films
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Excel Entertainment
Zee Studios - Cinema of India consists of films produced in India, where more than 1800 movies are produced annually. Major centres of film production in the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, Amritsar, Kochi, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack, and Guwahati. For a number of years the Indian film industry has ranked first in the world in terms of annual film output. In terms of box office it ranked third in 2019, with total gross of around US$2.7 billion.
Indian cinema is composed of various language film industries. In 2019, the Hindi film industry represented 44% of box office revenue, followed by the Tamil and the Telugu
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Crewe,HackGreen,Civil Defence,British,UK,Ministry Of Defense,Cheshire,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Protect and Survive,Protect & Survive,MAD,Cold War,Mutually Assured Destruction,centre of regional government,coldwar,conflict,Studio,Revox PR99,used in communications room of MOD 1980s nuclear bunker,Nantwich,England,reel to reel,tape unit,Scotch,tape recorder,spy,monitoring,studio,kit,open reel,professional recorder,official,secrets,act,base,bases,underground,subterranean
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGPKCF - Studio,Revox PR99,reel to reel tape unit,,used in communications room of MOD 1980s nuclear bunker, Nantwich,Cheshire,England,UK works as a grounded stock photograph because the subject is specific, legible and connected to wider social, economic or cultural themes. A Revox PR99 reel-to-reel tape machine in a former MOD nuclear bunker combines Cold War communications, analogue recording technology and the material culture of emergency planning. The subject can illustrate civil defence, broadcasting, military infrastructure, archive sound, communications rooms, 1980s technology and the physical machinery behind secure information systems. The location detail, Nantwich, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. The scene has practical value for features needing authentic British or international street-level evidence, especially where policy, culture, business, tourism or social change is easier to explain through one clear example.
French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL
