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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,building,development,frack,starting,green,belt,brown,field,restarting,newbuild,new build,nimbys,affordable,social,housing,socialhousing,new,buildings,homes,roads,property,banana,Bude,Exeter,Devon,Cornwall,Somerset,Exmouth,Plymouth,Bodmin,Taunton,Okehampton,Bideford,Newton Abbot,Torquay
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK7H - . Made at the recorded location in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through South West England NIMBY - Not in my back yard, like BANANA - Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything. Other connected aspects include arable farming, everyday life, British agriculture, historic townscape, local history, urban regeneration, period detail, food supply chain, archival record, grain harvest, barley cultivation, public-realm investment, rural economy, and before-and-after reference. Current relevance extends to climate change and farm costs, particularly through the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into housing pressure and commercial viability, not least because of the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains lettering, decoration and surface detail, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes field crop, social history, farm produce, civic architecture, built heritage, changing land use, period architecture, and summer fieldwork. Elements such as absolutely, nothing, BANANA, anything, and NIMBY add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is climate change and the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The frame retains a local visual benchmark for future local research.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,building,development,frack,starting,green,belt,brown,field,restarting,newbuild,new build,nimbys,affordable,social,housing,socialhousing,new,buildings,homes,roads,property,banana,Bude,Exeter,Devon,Cornwall,Somerset,Exmouth,Plymouth,Bodmin,Taunton,Okehampton,Bideford,Newton Abbot,Torquay
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK83 - . Recorded at the recorded location in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is South West England NIMBY - Not in my back yard, like BANANA - Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything. The surrounding context encompasses summer fieldwork, town-centre renewal, historical comparison, farm produce, place identity, grain harvest, commercial redevelopment, urban regeneration, social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, urban fabric, everyday life, architectural character, public realm, and community identity. The wider contemporary story combines crop yields, agricultural policy and the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with planning, town-centre regeneration and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after new construction. The location also brings in British agriculture, before-and-after reference, cereal crop, public-realm investment, grain quality, period architecture, adaptive reuse, and regional identity. Elements such as anywhere, absolutely, NIMBY, Build, and BANANA add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is crop yields and the relationship between rural landscapes and national food security without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of the recorded location. It also preserves period character as part of the recorded location's history.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Taunton,Somerset,South West England,UK,England,DLO,DSO,Direct Labour,van,car,West Somerset Taunton,white van,Deane Building Section van,repairs service,repairs,maintenance,team,vehicle,transport,Serving The Community,Protecting the Environment,Low emissions,TD,District Council,local government district,building,service,history,historic,old,unitary,council,councils,Belvadere Road
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A0TWP7 - Taunton Deane was a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council was based in Taunton.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Municipal Borough of Taunton, Wellington Urban District, Taunton Rural District, and Wellington Rural District.
Taunton Deane was granted borough status in 1975, perpetuating the mayoralty of Taunton.
The district was given the name of an alternative form of the Taunton Deane Hundred.
In September 2016, West Somerset and Taunton Deane councils agreed in principle to merge the districts into one (with one council) subject to consultation. The new district would not be a unitary authority, with Somerset County Council still performing its functions. In March 2018 both councils voted in favour of the merger and it came into effect on 1 April 2019, with the first elections to the new council in May 2019. The new authority will be known as Somerset West and Taunton
Belvadere Road, Taunton,Somerset, South West England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Taunton,Somerset,South West England,UK,England,Direct Labour,van,car,West Somerset Taunton,white van,Deane Building Section van,repairs service,repairs,maintenance,team,vehicle,transport,TD,District Council,local government district,building,service,history,historic,old,unitary,council,councils,Belvadere Road,Serving The Community,Protecting the Environment,Low emissions,parked
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A0TWPA - Taunton Deane was a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council was based in Taunton.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Municipal Borough of Taunton, Wellington Urban District, Taunton Rural District, and Wellington Rural District.
Taunton Deane was granted borough status in 1975, perpetuating the mayoralty of Taunton.
The district was given the name of an alternative form of the Taunton Deane Hundred.
In September 2016, West Somerset and Taunton Deane councils agreed in principle to merge the districts into one (with one council) subject to consultation. The new district would not be a unitary authority, with Somerset County Council still performing its functions. In March 2018 both councils voted in favour of the merger and it came into effect on 1 April 2019, with the first elections to the new council in May 2019. The new authority will be known as Somerset West and Taunton
Belvadere Road, Taunton,Somerset, South West England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,violation,South West England,Notice,yellow,Do Not Remove,Somerset,England,Yellow Parking Penalty Charge Notice,Parking Ticket,Warden,Issued,charge,Penalty Charge Notice,Warden Parking Ticket,Northgate car park,parking notice,mercenary,on,car windscreen,under,wiper,car park,offence,not displaying a valid parking ticket,under wiper,under wiperblade,TD,Sedgemoor,Taunton,West Somerset and Taunton,council parking,ticket,offense,Fixed penalty notices,PCN,consumer rights
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A0TWP6 - Penalty notices for parking and motoring offences
Fixed penalty notices were originally introduced for parking and motoring offences, currently continuing in Great Britain under powers provided by the Road Traffic Act 1991 as well as in Northern Ireland
in many areas this style of enforcement has been taken over from police by local authorities. Some other motoring offences (other than parking) can also be dealt with by the issue of FPNs by police, officers of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency or local authority personnel. A fixed penalty notice issued by local authority parking attendants is backed with powers to obtain payment by civil action and is defined as a penalty charge notice (PCN), distinguishing it from other FPNs which are often backed with a power of criminal prosecution if the penalty is not paid
in the latter case the fixed penalty is sometimes designated as a mitigated penalty to indicate the avoidance of being prosecuted which it provides.
If a charge is paid within 14 days of the 28-day period, the charge is decreased by 50%. Appealing against or contesting this notice, requires going through courts and hearings: if lost, the 50% period pay could be extended.
Penalty Charge Notices (PCN) should not be confused with 'Parking Charge Notices, the latter, being issued by private landowners seeking to impose a charge for parking on private land.
Northgate car park, Bridgwater, Somerset, South West England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Great Britain,Taunton,tara,retail,shopping,star,stars,lights,lighting,shop window,Xmas,Christmas,celebrations,celebration,festive,display,displays,Somerset,South West England,night,dusk,evening,decorated,decorations,Dec,December,yellow,starring,light,pretty
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2W3 - . This carefully observed view of Taunton,Somerset,South West England,England,UK fixes a specific place, use and moment for later historical comparison. The defining feature is Star lighting in a shop window, Xmas, Christmas, celebrations. The scene can also be read in terms of customer footfall, place identity, retail vacancy, historical comparison, shopfront economy, archival record, urban change, before-and-after reference, retail property, local trading, shopping district, business premises, everyday Britain, and independent trading. For contemporary context, online shopping and consumer spending are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes bringing underused premises back into productive use. Future viewers can use this scene from Taunton,Somerset,South West England,England,UK to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The setting also brings in changing streetscape, commercial frontage, social landscape, consumer retail, contemporary history, high-street commerce, local history, and town-centre economy. Details involving Christmas, window, celebrations, and lighting make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. For Taunton,Somerset,South West England,England,UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to online shopping and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts within the specific setting of Taunton,Somerset,South West England,England,UK. The location additionally provides evidence for hybrid working and bringing underused premises back into productive use as part of the longer story of Taunton,Somerset,South West England,England,UK. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for Taunton,Somerset,South West England,England,UK and the changing story of the subject shown.
Taunton,Somerset,South West England,England,UK
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Taunton,North St,Cross,celtic,Somerset,England,South West,dusk,night,at night
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3154007853 - '',
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365,one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Wood street,Wood St,Taunton,Somerset,art,Graffiti
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4625530145 - 'If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,South West England,UK,cheap ale,real ale,CAMRA,spoons,chain,30,Taunton,England,TA1 1UD,Wetherspoons,pub,pubs,bar,bars,town,centre,Somerset,cheap,beer,boozer,30 Bridge St,Wetherspoon,Spoons,the,Coal Orchard,drinking,Spiller and Webber,George Spiller,and,Charles Webber,firm,Coal Orchard pub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTEC - . An on-location image places on record the setting around 30 Bridge St, Taunton, England, UK, TA1 1UD, in a view made during 2018. The principal point of reference is The Coal Orchard, 30 Bridge St, Taunton, Wetherspoons pub, Somerset, South West England, UK. Related ideas embodied by the location include traditional hostelry, beer heritage, ale house tradition, hospitality economy, licensed premises, social drinking venue, community venue, licensed trade, public house culture, drinks trade, community drinking place, and beer retail. In the mid-2020s, traditional public houses is increasingly discussed through operating costs and staff recruitment, with attention turning to supporting independent operators. The photograph fixes 30 Bridge St, Taunton, England, UK, TA1 1UD 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 surrounding context also touches on town-centre hospitality, British pub trade, leisure economy, pub architecture, licensed hospitality, night-time economy. Other local associations include TA1 1UD, TA1, JD Wetherspoon, Bridge Street. A second layer of description includes independent hospitality, and hospitality venue. Current debate around the licensed trade often combines closures and conversions, staff recruitment and the practical challenge of balancing heritage with commercial survival. Taken together, these details make the photograph a useful record of public-realm details, patterns of everyday use, the condition of buildings, regional identity, and local business activity without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. The combination preserved here provides evidence of public activity, period design, the appearance of the built environment, local character, and changes of use in a form that can be compared with later photographs.
30 Bridge St, Taunton, England, UK, TA1 1UD
