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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Man Club,mens,killer,7pm,prevention,poster,nearest,group,join,the,conversation,awareness,support,bloke,blokes,masculine,charity,peer,talking,wellbeing,campaign,public,health,depression,anxiety,emotional,stigma,therapy,community,non clinical,voluntary,sector,UK,workplace,staff,signposting,men in crisis
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEB7 - A framed ANDYSMANCLUB poster promotes male mental health support, suicide prevention and the direct message that it is okay to talk. The black, white and yellow design uses bold typography, a hand gesture graphic and clear meeting information to encourage men to attend peer support groups on Monday evenings. The poster highlights the serious public health issue of male suicide and presents talking, listening and shared experience as practical ways to challenge stigma. It is a strong editorial image for stories about men's mental health, suicide prevention, depression, anxiety, loneliness, emotional wellbeing, peer support, community groups, charitable outreach and the barriers that can stop men seeking help. ANDYSMANCLUB began after the death of Andrew Roberts and has grown into a volunteer-led UK charity offering non-clinical spaces where men aged 18 and above can speak openly without judgement. The image is commercially useful for illustrating mental health awareness campaigns, workplace wellbeing, public health messaging, social prescribing, community resilience, third sector support, masculinity, stigma, crisis prevention and the importance of early conversation before problems become overwhelming. The poster's visible wording, including #ANDYSMANCLUB, #ITSOKAYTOTALK, meeting times and social media details, makes it clearly identifiable and relevant to current debates about suicide risk, underfunded support services, the pressure on men to keep quiet and the need for accessible, local, informal support. The picture also works as a documentary record of charity publicity in everyday public spaces, where a simple notice can signpost people towards help, solidarity and a first step through the door. Its stark monochrome design and urgent headline create an effective visual shorthand for the continuing need to normalise men talking about mental health.
ANDYSMANCLUB workplace poster promoting male mental health support, suicide prevention and the #ItsO
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,icon,iconic,Blackpool,England,English,British,northern,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,Blackpool Tower,and,promenade,from,pier,holiday,destination,town,board walk,FY1 5BB,FY1,Victorian,walking,views,summer,blue,sky,skies,family,resort,holidays,Talking,Telescope
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRJ9RB - Central Pier is one of three piers in the town of Blackpool, England, and was built in 1868.
The pier is central in that it is located between the other two, but it was close to the site of the now-defunct Blackpool Central railway station about 550 yards south of Blackpool Tower. Since the coastline is very straight and flat, the pier simply extends at right angles to the sea front, roughly level with the promenade.
The success of the North Pier prompted the formation of the Blackpool South Jetty Company one year later in 1864. Impressed with the construction of Blackpool Pier (North Pier), the company hired the same contractor, Richard Laidlaw and Son of Glasgow for the project. This time, however, the company used the designs of Lieutenant-Colonel John Isaac Mawson rather than those of Eugenius Birch. When the pier was opened on 30 May 1868, it was 503 yards in length, 131 yards of which was a landing jetty for use at low tide. The first manager of the pier was Robert Bickerstaffe, coxswain of the first Blackpool lifeboat. Blackpool's lifeboat station is located next to Central Pier.
From the start, the new pier's emphasis was on fun rather than the genteel relaxation provided at North Pier. In the early days fun was provided mainly by dancing facilities, but in the 20th century, roller skating was introduced along with fairground rides and amusement machines. Steamboat excursions departed from the landing jetty as they did from North Pier. The dance halls became less popular after the Second World War and the facilities were adapted into a theatre, bars and amusement arcades by the 1970s
Central Pier boadwalk, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,de,Janeiro,RIO2002,in,&,yellow,and,Brasil,a,window,carnival,tourist,tourism,RIO 2002,2002,plates,cars,Brazilians,the,fun,speaking,talking,Portuguese,language,2022,RJ,embossed,funny,memento,souvenir,souvenirs,frame,wooden
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB70J - . This authentic period view of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The defining feature is Brazil RJ number plate, Rio De Janeiro, RIO2002, in yellow and green. The broader subject matter reaches into contemporary social history, visual archive, local history, documentary photography, open-air leisure, community recreation, changing streetscape, regional identity, public-realm activation, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, family recreation, period detail, and seasonal outdoor activity. For current editorial use, climate resilience and maintenance provide additional context, especially through how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around Rio De Janeiro, Brazil before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include archival record, public realm, community identity, pedestrian square, urban leisure, local character, interactive public realm, and urban gathering place. The combination of RIO2002, plate, green, Brazil, and yellow anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 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 climate resilience and how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity without losing the local specificity of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The setting also helps illustrate maintenance and how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity in a form that can be compared with future views of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The record includes a local visual benchmark as part of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil's history.
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,Wapping,London,Thames,England,UK,Angel pub,Angel bar,pub,digital detox pub,digital detox,local,sign,no digital devices,put phones way,smartphones,no,tablets,no laptops,rule,cash only,Humphrey Smith,banned,barred,blue,talk and conversation,face-to-face,face to face conversation,talking to each other,talking,drinking,Pub Chain,SE16,Bermondsey,obituary
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AXKD3P - Owner of the Sam Smith's pub chain 'tried to ban smartphones and tablets' in his bars - and staff are told they can be fired if they let customers use them
Humphrey Smith , 73, may be about to ban phones and tablets from his pubs
Has already forbidden jukeboxes, slot machines and TVs from his establishments
Seems to be ban on phones at the New Inn in Stamford Bridge, North Yorkshire
To most punters these days, the idea of getting your phone out at the pub to check a message or email is, well, small beer.
But at one chain of alehouses, this sort of behaviour could soon be firmly off the table.
The notoriously secretive owner of the Samuel Smith's brewery “ Humphrey Smith “ has apparently told staff to actively discourage drinkers from using phones or tablet computers in his establishments, and may be about to ban the devices altogether.
The brewery owns 300 pubs across the country, and the 73-year-old is said to regularly turn up incognito to check up on staff. He has long forbidden jukeboxes, slot machines and even televisions “ and now, in his latest attempts to preserve the art of genial pub conversation, he is said to be turning his wrath on electronic devices
At the New Inn in Stamford Bridge, North Yorkshire, a ban already appeared to be in place.
When a Daily Mail reporter attempted to use a tablet computer, a member of staff informed him: ˜You can't do work on your electronic devices in here because Mr Smith doesn't like it.'
A protest that it was only to check a few emails cut no ice “ with the employee explaining: ˜Sorry, but Mr Smith does check up on us and we could lose our jobs if he was to find out.'
At the Victoria Hotel near the seafront in Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, we were told the eccentric businessman had turned up incognito. Staff would not speak about what happened, but drinkers last week said Mr Smith had been horrified to hear people using mobile phones in the main lounge. The Angel is an unreformed survival from another age.
101 Bermondsey Wall East London, England, SE16 4NB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,Irish,skeleton,Australia,take it easy,Skull,graffiti,in,Dublin,near,no,worries,informal,saying,expression,you are welcome,Oz,down under,No problem,do not worry about that,thats all right,forget about it,sure thing,talk,talking,stencil,art,street art,streetart,speech,optimism,national motto,of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8BNNE - . Made at Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland in 2019, 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 Skull graffiti, in Dublin, near Temple Bar - No Worries. The subject also carries associations with public-realm art, temporary artwork, social history, medical consumer history, contemporary social history, contemporary mural, public-health intervention, health-service prevention, creative placemaking, healthcare access, healthcare communication, everyday life, street creativity, and local character. The wider contemporary story combines local identity, gentrification and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and graffiti. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with NHS capacity, preventive care and how home testing can widen access to preventive healthcare. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland before new construction alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are patient self-testing, period detail, mural culture, public-health screening, urban artwork, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, and visual archive. The recorded references to graffiti, Skull, Dublin, Temple, and Worries preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is local identity and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and graffiti in a form that can be compared with future views of Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance for future local research.
Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,pillar,pillarbox,posting,funny,humourous,Edinburgh,painted in festive snowflakes,UK,Scottish,Red post box on the,red,on,the,talking,singing,festive,fun,high street,Old Town,postal,snow,snowing,flakes,snowflakes,stencil,stencils,hat of snow,snow hat,famous,well-known,postbox,High Street,High St,Royal Mail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN31 - Royal Mail's talking postboxes are back for Christmas. Four postboxes have been spruced up in Christmas trim, with elves ready to respond once a letter or card is posted.
The elves say things like Call your mother, Eat more vegetables, If you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back at you, The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains, and Send help.
The four postboxes are located in Greenwich, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast, and will be in place for the entire festive season.
(According to Royal Mail, the postboxes respond to letters being posted with the sounds of elves hard at work, not fomenting a workers' revolution.)
Royal Mile, Edinburgh , Scotland, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,NY,NYC,New York,City,Centre,street,USA,United states of America,United States,East Village,art,Manhattan,deli,talking,grocery,NewYork,Jew,Jewish,Israel,Israeli,122,St Marks Place,St Marks Pl,fire escapes,fire escape,Modelo,outside,exterior,shop,shops,store,stores,Hebrew,food,provisions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9PB - . A detailed visual record records the visible identity of 122 St Marks Place, East Village, New York, NYC, NY, USA, in a photograph originating in 2018. The described feature is Two men outside Holyland Market, 122 St Marks Place, East Village, New York, NYC, NY, USA. The location also connects visitor economy, storefront culture, retail property, shopping district, consumer leisure, hospitality premises, town-centre trading, shopfront economy, catering trade, local trading, destination economy, and hospitality employment. For present-day editorial use, town-centre commerce can also illustrate debates about vacant premises and brand consolidation, particularly where these affect heritage-led regeneration. Modern coverage of hospitality businesses frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of commercial rents, delivery-platform competition and distinctive visitor experiences. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at 122 St Marks Place, East Village, New York, NYC, NY, USA, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The surrounding story includes food-and-drink business, local dining, commercial streetscape, customer footfall, customer service, hospitality trade. Other local associations include grocery, Holyland Market deli, New York City, City Centre, Saint Marks Place. The same setting also brings together retail decline and renewal, visitor destination, chain-store economy, tourist accommodation, leisure venue, city-centre economy, tourism economy, commercial frontage, retail vacancy, and bricks-and-mortar retail. In the mid-2020s, independent trading is increasingly discussed through changing footfall and operating costs, with attention turning to bringing empty units back into use. The scene keeps a record of evidence of changing place as a historical reference.
122 St Marks Place, East Village, New York, NYC, NY, USA
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,NY,NYC,New York,City,Centre,street,USA,United states of America,United States,East Village,art,Manhattan,deli,talking,grocery,NewYork,Jew,Jewish,Israel,Israeli,122,St Marks Place,St Marks Pl,fire escapes,fire escape,Modelo,outside,exterior,shop,shops,store,stores,Hebrew,food,provisions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9PE - . This location-led image sets out a moment within 122 St Marks Place, East Village, New York, NYC, NY, USA, in documentary coverage dating from 2018. The described feature is Two men outside Holyland Market, 122 St Marks Place, East Village, New York, NYC, NY, USA. The location can also be described in terms of visitor destination, customer footfall, retail vacancy, shopping habits, service economy, town-centre trading, urban commerce, hospitality premises, bricks-and-mortar retail, high-street commerce, restaurant sector, and shopfront economy. The wider contemporary story of commercial property now includes online shopping alongside shifts in leisure spending, while policy and investment increasingly consider bringing empty units back into use. Current debate around hospitality businesses often combines staffing, commercial rents and the practical challenge of resilient local hospitality. The photograph fixes 122 St Marks Place, East Village, New York, NYC, NY, USA at one identifiable stage in its history, providing a reference against which later refurbishment, closure, demolition, conversion, new ownership or altered public use can be assessed. The scene also relates to local dining, customer service, leisure venue, local trading, food-and-drink business, commercial streetscape. The scene is further associated with grocery, Holyland Market deli, New York City, City Centre, Saint Marks Place. A second layer of description includes consumer leisure, tourist accommodation, destination economy, catering trade, visitor economy, food service, retail decline and renewal, commercial frontage, consumer retail, and tourism economy. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, commercial property also connects with operating costs, shifts in leisure spending and efforts aimed at bringing empty units back into use. This period image preserves a stage in local change within the evolving townscape.
122 St Marks Place, East Village, New York, NYC, NY, USA
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,WC,loo,toilet,pan,Virgin toilet,Virgin down the toilet,number two,number one,engaged,flush,WCML,TOC,Train Operating Company,toilet engaged,carriage toilet,down the toilet,talking,talking toilet,Richard Branson,Branson,West Coast Main Line,Virgin Trains talking toilet,sign,sticker,train carriage,rail,railway,public convenience,public conveniences,information,blockages,blocking the toilet,toilet blocked,dirty,clean,humour,toilet seat,out of order
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G53 - Virgin introduces talking train lavatories
Virgin Trains has turned to humour to tackle the vexed problem of blocked lavatories
In the heyday of British Rail, gentlemen were urged to lift the seat when using the lavatories,
Now rather more explicit instructions are being given to Passengers.htm Target=_Blank>passengers on Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Trains services to the west midlands, north west England and Scotland.
After the lavatory door shuts passengers are greeted with a pre-recorded message.
It declares: Please don't flush nappies, sanitary towels, paper towels, gum, old phones, unpaid bills, junk mail, your ex's sweater, hopes, dreams or goldfish down this toilet.
Lavatories have already been adapted on the fleet of 20 Voyager trains and work is under way on its 56 tilting Pendolino trains.
At times there have been problems with lavatories being blocked by inappropriate items flushed down the bowl.
Passenger forums suggest that the issue of blocked lavatories is a major source of annoyance for the travelling public
This has prompted Virgin, which earlier this year was given an extension of its franchise on the West Coast Main Line, to act.
When lavatories get blocked it means trains have to be taken out of service, a spokesman said.
It is also a huge inconvenience to passengers especially on a long trip.
We wanted to do something which would grab people's attention and a talking toilet does get the message across.
They are being well received, but time will tell. We're trying to face a serious issue in a chummy, informal way.
The initiative was welcomed by Antony Smith, chief executive of the consumer watchdog, Passenger Focus.
It can be frustrating to find that toilets are out of order or blocked, so hopefully the announcements will help this happen less.
Anything that gets useful information across to passengers in a fun way is to be welcomed.
Preston, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G55 - Virgin introduces talking train lavatories
Virgin Trains has turned to humour to tackle the vexed problem of blocked lavatories
In the heyday of British Rail, gentlemen were urged to lift the seat when using the lavatories,
Now rather more explicit instructions are being given to Passengers.htm Target=_Blank>passengers on Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Trains services to the west midlands, north west England and Scotland.
After the lavatory door shuts passengers are greeted with a pre-recorded message.
It declares: Please don't flush nappies, sanitary towels, paper towels, gum, old phones, unpaid bills, junk mail, your ex's sweater, hopes, dreams or goldfish down this toilet.
Lavatories have already been adapted on the fleet of 20 Voyager trains and work is under way on its 56 tilting Pendolino trains.
At times there have been problems with lavatories being blocked by inappropriate items flushed down the bowl.
Passenger forums suggest that the issue of blocked lavatories is a major source of annoyance for the travelling public
This has prompted Virgin, which earlier this year was given an extension of its franchise on the West Coast Main Line, to act.
When lavatories get blocked it means trains have to be taken out of service, a spokesman said.
It is also a huge inconvenience to passengers especially on a long trip.
We wanted to do something which would grab people's attention and a talking toilet does get the message across.
They are being well received, but time will tell. We're trying to face a serious issue in a chummy, informal way.
The initiative was welcomed by Antony Smith, chief executive of the consumer watchdog, Passenger Focus.
It can be frustrating to find that toilets are out of order or blocked, so hopefully the announcements will help this happen less.
Anything that gets useful information across to passengers in a fun way is to be welcomed.
Preston, UK
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,female,woman,vicar,Rev,Bev,Beverley,Jameson,village,Warrington,Cheshire,WA13,Church Road,WA13 0QS,Christian,Church Of England,speaking,at a,microphone,in church,Vicar,Vicar of Dibley,St Marys,St Marys Church,speaks,clergy,equal opportunities,lady,Lymm,England,UK,WA13 0AL,talking,preach,preaching,in,a,church,parish
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P6NC52 - . This dated editorial view of St Mary's Church, Church Road, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AL in 2018 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The frame specifically shows Rev Beverley Jameson, St Marys , Church of England Vicar,Lymm,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. Other connected aspects include medieval church setting, historical comparison, documentary photography, church conservation, place identity, changing land use, ecclesiastical decoration, historic glazing, roadside transit, bus infrastructure, Christian iconography, faith heritage, passenger transport, and local mobility. Today's relevance is strengthened by heritage conservation, energy costs and the continuing question of how places of worship combine active religious use with tourism and heritage. From a 2025-onward perspective, passenger information and accessibility are closely linked to this subject, alongside the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. The image fixes materials and architectural details within St Mary's Church, Church Road, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AL at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. A second descriptive layer includes everyday life, public realm, sacred architecture, social history, street-side transport, contemporary social history, religious artwork, and bus route infrastructure. Elements such as Marys, Jameson, Church, Vicar, and Beverley add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of St Mary's Church, Church Road, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AL may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The period view preserves details of everyday use for future local research. The view records evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
St Mary's Church, Church Road, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AL
