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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4658,barber shop,mens,grooming,Latchford,Warrington,independent,business,high street,haircut,beard,trim,skin,fade,small,shopfront,barber,gold,lettering,barbers,illegal,activity,paying,cash,rates,tax,taxes,rundown,run down,high streets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC8995 - . Sam cut barber shopfront with gold lettering is one of the independent barber businesses serving Latchford, a residential district of Warrington. Men's grooming shops have been a notable growth category on British high streets since the 2010s, with many businesses drawing on Turkish, Kurdish, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean barbering styles such as hot-towel shaves, beard shaping and highly finished skin fades. It is important not to infer the proprietor's nationality from appearance alone, but the visual language of contemporary barber shops has become a recognisable part of town-centre and neighbourhood retail. These businesses often occupy compact units, trade long hours and depend heavily on repeat local customers. Their expansion has helped refill premises left by older retail uses while also creating intense competition. The photograph can illustrate independent enterprise, male grooming, migration-influenced retail culture, small-business economics and the changing mix of services on UK high streets. The photograph also fixes the appearance of the place in the mid-2020s, preserving details that may later disappear through redevelopment, rebranding or changes in regulation. It is suitable for editorial use on social history, local identity, consumer behaviour and the way everyday streets respond to wider economic forces. It additionally captures ordinary material culture of 2026, including the graphic design, technology, clothing or infrastructure through which broader trends become visible at street level. For archive users, the frame is a useful factual record of how Sam Cut barber shopfront with gold lettering appeared before later redevelopment, replacement or rebranding altered the scene. Search relevance also extends to barber, documentary photography, local reporting, public policy and mid-2020s social change. The subject provides a concrete visual reference for editors needing a real location rather than a generic illustration of barber.
Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,charging,infrastructure,chargers,Chester,services,M56,Junction 14,EV,Gridserve,Low,driver,concerns,added,costs,public,tax,taxation,per,mile,bay,motorway services,charging bay,charging point,area,20% VAT,5%,home,cost,of,transition,driveway divide,charging affordability,charging inequality,charging speeds,charging reliability,charging availability,EV infrastructure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EG4C03 - GRIDSERVE Low Medium electric vehicle chargers at Roadchef Chester services on the M56, photographed beside marked EV bays, green GRIDSERVE Electric Highway signage and white charging units. The painted bay wording, showing LOW and MEDIUM, makes the image useful for stories about the uneven experience of public charging, where drivers may find different charging speeds, prices and availability. It is a strong editorial image for EV concerns around expensive motorway charging, VAT added costs, range anxiety, journey planning and whether the UK charging network is keeping pace.
Chester services sits at Junction 14 of the M56, serving drivers travelling between Cheshire, North Wales, Merseyside, Warrington and Greater Manchester. Roadside charging hubs are vital for people who cannot rely only on home charging, but public charging can feel costly compared with domestic electricity. UK campaigns have highlighted the difference between VAT on home electricity and VAT applied to public EV charging, often described as unfair for drivers without driveways, private parking or access to a home charger. That issue links this image to debates about the driveway divide, charging affordability, public infrastructure and equal access to cleaner transport.
The photograph also works as a practical illustration of range anxiety. Even where chargers are visible, drivers still worry about queueing, reliability, speed, payment systems and the true cost of a motorway stop. The clean green branding, blue sky and tidy bays suggest modern low-carbon motoring, while the LOW MEDIUM bay marking reminds viewers that not all chargers deliver the same convenience as high-power rapid hubs. This makes the image commercially useful for articles on GRIDSERVE, Roadchef, EV charging policy, motorway services, public charging VAT, electric cars, net zero transport, charging network coverage, consumer confidence and the realities of switching from petrol and diesel to electric vehicles.
Public EV charging bays at Chester services show low and medium speed options on the GRIDSERVE netwo
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EG4C0E - Shell fuel price sign at Roadchef Chester services on the M56, showing regular unleaded petrol at 182.9p per litre and regular diesel at 197.9p per litre, with Shell Recharge electric vehicle branding below. The image is a strong editorial illustration of high UK petrol and diesel costs following the 2026 oil price shock and the Iran war, as drivers faced much dearer forecourt prices through March and April. The visible contrast between fossil fuel pump prices and EV charging branding makes the photograph useful for stories about motoring costs, energy markets, oil company profits, inflation, consumer pressure, road travel and the difficult transition from petrol and diesel to electric vehicles.
The picture should be used with care rather than as a simple claim that this one forecourt proves national pricing. Motorway services are usually more expensive than local forecourts, and this is a site-specific Shell price board. However, it fits the wider 2026 news context: RAC reporting tracked steep UK pump price rises after the Iran conflict began, while Shell's own first-quarter 2026 results reported adjusted earnings of $6.9 billion and noted unprecedented volatility in commodity prices. The Guardian and other business coverage reported that Shell's first-quarter profits were well ahead of the previous quarter, angering campaigners who described the results as a windfall from soaring energy prices.
The location at Chester services, Junction 14 of the M56, serves traffic between Cheshire, North Wales, Merseyside, Warrington and Greater Manchester. The bright blue sky, Shell logo, large red digital prices, neat forecourt canopy and Shell Recharge panel create a clear, commercially useful image for editorial coverage of expensive fuel, oil price volatility, Iran war impacts, petrol and diesel inflation, cost-of-living pressures, fuel duty debates, energy company profits, motorway pricing, EV transition, public charging and consumer frustration at the pump.
Motorway Shell forecourt sign shows costly unleaded and diesel, with Shell Recharge beside fossil fu
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,atlas,letter,letters,word,words,Scot,Scots,parliament,HMRC,reduced,rate,rates,tax,taxation,purchase,taxes,parliaments,the,goods,spelled,out,in,on,a,Great Britain,UK,standard,zero,rated,fiscal,finance,revenue,consumption,services,vat returns,Making Tax Digital,Rachel Reeves,Keir Starmer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWW5R3 - Taken on 18 Sep 2023, this photograph shows VAT the purchase Value Added Tax spelled out in Scrabble letters on a map of Scotland, Great Britain, UK. The location is Scotland, Great Britain, UK. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains a carefully staged close-up of letter tiles arranged as a readable concept phrase, photographed against a map, keyboard, dictionary page, coins or other context props rather than a plain studio background. Value Added Tax is a core UK consumption-tax subject, useful for business, retail, public-finance, household-cost and Making Tax Digital themes. The image can be used as a clear editorial, blog or report illustration where a concept needs to be shown visually without using a person, organisation logo or staged office scene. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Value Added Tax, VAT, Scrabble, map, maps, Scotland, Scottish, Holyrood, spelt, taxed, atlas, letter, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting.
Scotland, Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,atlas,letter,letters,word,words,HMRC,reduced,rate,rates,tax,taxation,purchase,taxes,Wales,Welsh,parliament,parliaments,the,goods,spelled,out,in,on,a,Great Britain,UK,standard,zero,rated,fiscal,finance,revenue,consumption,services,vat returns,Making Tax Digital,Rachel Reeves,Keir Starmer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWW5R6 - Taken on 18 Sep 2023, this photograph shows VAT the purchase Value Added Tax spelled out in Scrabble letters on a map of England, Great Britain, UK. The location is England, Great Britain, UK. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains a carefully staged close-up of letter tiles arranged as a readable concept phrase, photographed against a map, keyboard, dictionary page, coins or other context props rather than a plain studio background. Value Added Tax is a core UK consumption-tax subject, useful for business, retail, public-finance, household-cost and Making Tax Digital themes. The image can be used as a clear editorial, blog or report illustration where a concept needs to be shown visually without using a person, organisation logo or staged office scene. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Value Added Tax, VAT, Scrabble, map, maps, English, London, spelt, taxed, atlas, letter, letters, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. This makes the image useful for comparison pieces, then-and-now features, local news, regeneration stories and plain-English explainers aimed at a general audience. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history,.
England, Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,drinking,drink,record,tax,increase,chancellor,of,the,exchequer,Church St,Warrington,Cheshire,England,WA1 2TF,after,Brexit,post,Tories,Conservatives,under,government,Sainsburys,Sainsbury,store,stores,supermarket,on,brandy,cognac,and,other,spirits,wines,wine,info,sign,shelves
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RMMPBY - Following the UK's Spring Budget announcement on 15th March 2023, the drinks and hospitality industry are preparing for the upcoming changes to alcohol duty “ which will take effect on 1st August 2023. Draught products will receive additional relief, while duty on other alcohol products is set to rise in line with inflation.
According to WSTA, the forecast inflation rate of 10.1% is being used as the measure for increasing duty rates on all non-draught products, but will be adjusted according to alcohol content. In simple terms, the higher the alcohol per volume (ABV), the higher the new duty rate will be.
Duty changes in line with ABV
While some products have previously been measured on volume only “ such as still wine and cider “ from 1st August all alcohol products will be measured by alcohol volume or ABV.
What does this mean for beer?
Draught beer and cider products are protected by a 9.2% discount offered on items in 20ltr containers that are less than 8.5% and use a dispense system, meaning that, for example, the duty on a 50ltr 4% lager will not change.
However, the standard rate of duty on packaged beer that is 3.5% ABV and above will rise by 10.1%. This will increase the price of a 24 pack of 330ml 4.5% lager by £0.69p per case.
What does this mean for wine?
Most wine will see an increase of £0.44 per 75cl bottle, or a 20% increase in the duty paid (£2.67 vs the current £2.23). This increase will apply to wines with an ABV between 11.5% and 14.5%.
Wines with an ABV above 15% will see a duty increase of £0.97 (+44%) per 75cl bottle, and this increase gets bigger the higher the alcohol percentage “ duty on fortified wines of +20% ABV will go up by £1.30 to £4.28 per 75cl bottle.
On the other hand, wine under 11.5% ABV will be treated more favourably. Duty on wine at 10% ABV, for example, will be £0.09 less than the current rate (at £2.14 per 75cl bottle).
Further abolishment of separate duty rates for sparkling and still wine
Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_8117,Port wine,increased duty on alcohol,Britain,UK,port,wine,bottles,duty,alcohol,tax,taxation,retail,prices,government,policy,consumer,spending,shop,display,drinks,spirits,cost,increase,information,sign,alcoholic,beverage,VAT
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3F0RD - . Port wine bottles beside an information sign about increased duty on alcohol, photographed in Britain. Photographed on 26 August 2023. The recorded location is Britain, UK. The notice highlights higher taxation affecting alcoholic drinks and the display is suitable for editorial use on alcohol duty, taxation, retail prices, wine and spirits, government policy, cost increases, off-licence sales and consumer spending. For coastal transport, the historical context is that harbours and ferry ports have shaped coastal communities for centuries, providing sheltered water for fishing, trade and passenger travel
Quays, piers, slipways and terminal buildings record evolving vessel sizes and the transition from cargo handling to modern roll-on roll-off ferry operations. Looking at culinary tradition, the longer history is that restaurants, street vendors and domestic dishes illustrate migration and cultural exchange as much as appetite
Foods once considered specialist can become familiar through travel, supermarkets and changing urban populations. The background to signage is that temporary and permanent notices are valuable social-past 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 coastal transport, the 2026 context is that ferry reliability, vessel replacement, accessibility and the resilience of island transport remain prominent issues in Scotland and other coastal regions
Port photographs therefore connect tourism and scenic travel with the practical dependence of communities on dependable maritime links. In 2026, culinary tradition remains relevant because hospitality and food retail continue to adapt to higher costs, delivery platforms and changing diets, making older restaurant and product images valuable evidence of consumer trends. Related search language includes working harbour, ferry terminal, and maritime transport.
Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,world,airports,travel,tax,discounted,now available,to,all,passengers,leaving,UK,store,shops,next time you,flying,50%,off,alcohol,sprits,gin,gins,discount,bargain,Manchester International Airport,perfume,perfumes,duty-free,tobacco,products,allowances,allowance,VAT,refund,tourist,entrance,Rachel Reeves,Keir Starmer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYKTCW - Wide interior view of the World Duty Free entrance at Manchester Airport shows the commercial atmosphere of modern air travel and the importance of retail spending within international departure areas. The brightly illuminated shopfront carries a large backlit World Duty Free sign above the open entrance, while nearby promotional stands advertise money-off offers to attract departing passengers. Inside the store and along the concourse, travellers walk with cabin baggage and browse an assortment of premium goods before boarding.
The scene includes cosmetics counters, fragrance displays, beauty products and specialist drinks retailing, with a visible The Gin Lounge sign deeper inside the shop. Sale stands in the foreground promote discount offers, reinforcing the link between airport shopping, perceived tax savings and impulse purchasing before a flight. The tiled floor, suspended ceiling, strong overhead lighting and polished retail presentation create a clean contemporary terminal environment. It is a bright indoor scene, with no sky visible, typical of a busy airport departure lounge designed to combine passenger circulation with commercial activity.
Manchester Airport promotes World Duty Free shopping in its departure lounges and also offers a Reserve and Collect service, allowing passengers to select products online in advance and collect them at the airport before travel. This helps connect digital pre-booking with physical store collection and is part of the broader trend in travel retail towards convenience, higher passenger spend and stronger non-aeronautical revenue. The photograph therefore illustrates not only a specific store entrance at Manchester International Airport, but also wider themes of airport commerce, global tourism, outbound leisure travel and the role of duty-free retail in the economics of major aviation hub
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,world,airports,travel,tax,discounted,now available,to,all,passengers,leaving,the,UK,store,shops,next time you,fly,flying,50%,off,alcohol,sprits,gin,gins,discount,bargain,Manchester International Airport,perfume,perfumes,duty-free,tobacco,products,allowances,allowance,VAT,refund,tourist,prebooked airport collection
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYKTDM - Brightly illuminated duty-free retail area at Manchester Airport promotes shopping to international passengers before departure. A tall green digital advertising screen carries a prominent white shopping-bag symbol and the message Duty Free now available to all passengers leaving the UK , together with branding for the airport's Reserve & Collect service.
Shelves behind the glass shop frontage are filled with spirits, alcoholic drinks, fragrances, cosmetics and boxed gift products. Bottles of whisky, gin, vodka and other liquors are arranged in brightly lit rows, while promotional signs advertise discounts of up to 50 per cent on selected products. The organised merchandise, illuminated shelving and bold retail advertising are characteristic of modern airside shopping environments designed to attract passengers moving through an airport departure lounge.
Manchester Airport's World Duty Free operation allows travellers to browse products online before their journey, reserve selected goods and collect them from the appropriate shop after passing through airport security. Payment is normally made when the goods are collected, allowing passengers to combine advance online selection with traditional airport retail shopping. World Duty Free outlets are currently promoted by Manchester Airport in the departure lounges of Terminals 2 and 3.
Duty-free and travel-retail sales are an important part of the wider commercial economy of major international airports. Alcohol, perfume, cosmetics, confectionery and luxury gifts are presented to a captive travelling audience, often using prominent discount messages and destination-related tax advantages. The photograph reflects the commercial side of international aviation, consumer spending before flights and the continuing development of click-and-collect services within airport terminals.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Benefits,and,Exchequer,Service,council,inflation,Townhall,East Annexe,Sankey Street,WA1 1UH,expensive,local,election,elections,increase,tax,charges,charge,with,%,percentage,high,large,increasing,costs,notice,money,English,England,authority,citizens,maximum,increases,level,levels,limit,limits
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PNHH05 - . Council tax bill with percentage increases, increasing costs for all local authority citizens, Warrington Revs & Bens, stock-photo/gotonysmith-Cheshire.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UH. Photographed on 19 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is East Annexe, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UH, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Benefits, Exchequer, Service, council, inflation, Townhall, East Annexe, Sankey Street, WA1 1UH, expensive, local, election, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
East Annexe, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,PSV,licence,226776,Oct,1965,MXX340,bus,single,decker,deck,tax,disk,65,taxed,vehicles,history,historic,vehicle,West Bromwich,Corporation,Transport,West Midlands,England,UK,B71 1AR,B71,Vehicle Excise Duty,VED,displayed,road,disks,tax disk,taxdisk,tax disks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2N8KM2Y - Vehicle Excise Duty (VED
also known as vehicle tax, car tax, and more controversially as road tax, and formerly as a tax disc) is an annual tax that is levied as an excise duty and which must be paid for most types of powered vehicles which are to be used (or parked) on public roads in the United Kingdom. Registered vehicles that are not being used or parked on public roads and which have been taxed since 31 January 1998, must be covered by a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) to avoid VED. In 2016, VED generated approximately £6 billion for the Exchequer.
A vehicle tax was first introduced in Britain in 1888. In 1920, an excise duty was introduced that was specifically applied to motor vehicles
initially it was hypothecated (ring-fenced or earmarked) for road construction and paid directly into a special Road Fund. After 1937, this reservation of vehicle revenue for roads was ended, and instead the revenue was paid into the Consolidated Fund “ the general pot of money held by government. Since then, maintenance of the UK road network has been funded out of general taxation, of which VED is a part
West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, UK, B71 1AR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,S1,Yorkshire,South Yorkshire,England,S1 1AA,23,2023,Feb,sign,vehicle,pollution,restriction,restrictions,LEZ,emissions,zones,Clean Air Zone,carges,apply,smart,centre,demonstrators,Stop Smart Cities,denial,placard,lone,clean air zone,tax,clean air,demonstration,TimAWells,march,and,board,protest,people,against,ULEZ
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF8XH - . An on-location photograph from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, S1 1AA in 2023, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is Sheffield Clean Air Zone, from 27 Feb 2023 - Clean Air Zones Stink sign - demonstrators No Clean Air Zone Tax - Stop Smart Cities - CAZ. The frame also records themes of retail graphics, place identity, local character, historic signage, contemporary social history, historical comparison, public realm, community identity, social history, documentary photography, local history, before-and-after reference, commercial signage, and advertising ephemera. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into visual identity and advertising regulation, not least because of how signs and displays become time-specific records of commercial language. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, S1 1AA before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes changing land use, archival record, visual merchandising, everyday life, public information notice, promotional board, visual archive, and changing streetscape. The recorded references to Cities, Clean, demonstrators, Sheffield, and Stink preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, S1 1AA, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene further reflects visual identity and how signs and displays become time-specific records of commercial language within the real-world context of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, S1 1AA. The scene captures part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, S1 1AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,rail,transport,mainline,main line,bronze,art,artwork,famous,with,L1 1JD,Lime St,by,artist,Kenneth Arthur Dodd,OBE,concourse,metal,scouse,scouser,standup,stand-up,feather duster,tax,case,evasion,Knotty ash,knottyAsh,Liverpudlian,music hall tradition,Chance Meeting,Tom Murphy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NEM - The legendary Liverpudlian comedian Sir Ken Dodd was a star of stage and screen for more than 70 years. Famed for his tickling sticks, wild hair and buck teeth, he was an entertainer in the music hall tradition, with some of his live shows going on for hours after their supposed finishing time. A master of the one-liner, he was also a successful singer. Dodd worked his beloved Knotty Ash into his routines, telling stories about the Diddymen and the jam-butty mines. He was tried for tax evasion in 1989 and was acquitted, typically then introducing himself on stage as a 'failed accountant'. Ken became Sir Ken when he was made a Knight in the 2017 New Year's Honours list. He passed away aged 90 on March 11 2018, just two days after he married his beloved Anne.
Lime Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,rail,transport,mainline,main line,bronze,art,artwork,famous,with,L1 1JD,Lime St,by,artist,Kenneth Arthur Dodd,OBE,concourse,metal,scouse,scouser,standup,stand-up,feather duster,tax,case,evasion,Knotty ash,knottyAsh,Liverpudlian,music hall tradition,Chance Meeting,Tom Murphy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NF1 - The legendary Liverpudlian comedian Sir Ken Dodd was a star of stage and screen for more than 70 years. Famed for his tickling sticks, wild hair and buck teeth, he was an entertainer in the music hall tradition, with some of his live shows going on for hours after their supposed finishing time. A master of the one-liner, he was also a successful singer. Dodd worked his beloved Knotty Ash into his routines, telling stories about the Diddymen and the jam-butty mines. He was tried for tax evasion in 1989 and was acquitted, typically then introducing himself on stage as a 'failed accountant'. Ken became Sir Ken when he was made a Knight in the 2017 New Year's Honours list. He passed away aged 90 on March 11 2018, just two days after he married his beloved Anne.
Lime Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 1JD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,WA1,1-2 Union St,WA1 2AN,1-2,Slots,Casino,online,cash,high street,FOBT,FOBTs,addiction,danger,dangers,game,games,Novomatic,brand,licensed online casino,licensed,venue,venues,Luxury Leisure,Greentube group,when the fun stops,stop,Statutory Gambling Levy,white paper,review,walk in,Peers for Gambling Reform,gambleaware,tax
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBDH - Novomatic operates Admiral Casino in the United Kingdom, a brand that includes a licensed online casino, as well as a chain of more than 200 gambling venues in the UK operated by Luxury Leisure. Its online casino includes slots, jackpot games, roulette, blackjack, table games, and live casino. Luxury Leisure is owned by Greentube Alderney Limited, part of the Greentube group, which in turn is owned by Novomatic.
In 2014, Novomatic acquired Luxury Leisure, which operated seaside amusement arcades and other venues. In June 2016, Novomatic bought the UK gambling company Talarius, which operated the Quicksilver high street gambling outlets, from the Tatts Group. These retail gambling arcades were combined and rebranded as Admiral.
In 2018, Greentube Alderney launched the Admiral-branded online casino, AdmiralCasino.co.uk.
Admiral Casino is licensed to operate a remote gaming business in the United Kingdom from the UK Gambling Commission. Admiral Casino is licensed[25] and regulated by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) (GCB).
1-2 Union St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2AN
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,eJuice,e-Cigs,cig,cigs,electronic,cigarettes,store,shop,high street,neon,shops,addiction,giving up,smoking,safe,supplying,dealer,bad,habit,habits,e cigarettes,e vapour,dangers,of,ad,advertising,products,Big Tobacco,tobacco,nicotine,unhealthy,brands,tax,campaign,ash,low-community-benefit businesses,closing,vape shops
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBJX - A vape shop is a retail outlet specializing in the selling of electronic cigarette products. There are also online vape shops. A vape shop offers a range of e-cigarette products. The majority of vape shops do not sell e-cigarette products that are from Big Tobacco companies. In 2013, online search engine searches on vape shops surpassed searches on e-cigarettes. Around a third of all sales of e-cigarette products take place in vape shops. Big Tobacco believes the independent e-cigarette market is a threat to their interests.
Effective August 8, 2016, under the Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) rules, a vape shop that mixes or prepares e-liquids, or makes or modifies any kind of e-cigarettes, is regulated as a tobacco product manufacturer. The US FDA acknowledged that many vape shops will go out of business, but they also state many will stay open, despite hefty costs. Vape shop owner Joe Baba in the US believes a ban on public vaping might put several vape shops out of business because taste-testing would be prohibited. The revised EU Tobacco Products Directive came into effect May 2016 which regulates the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes. Small business owners are concerned that the regulations will make e-cigarettes less interesting to consumers and that this means a downturn of their business
By 2014 all the major multinational tobacco companies had entered the e-cigarette market. They did so either by buying existing e-cigarette companies (including Ruyan, the original Chinese e-cigarette company, which was bought by Imperial Tobacco) or by developing their own products. Although there continue to be independently owned vape shops, from economic and political perspectives the e-cigarette business is now part of the traditional tobacco industry. The smaller operators, who are independent sellers of e-cigarettes (so-called vape shops), are losing market share to the large tobacco companies
York, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@hotpixUK,England,UK,YO22 4JT,North East,Yorkshire,step,hill,steps,cottages,travel,tourist,tourism,church,port,looking,tourists,view,accommodation,second,home,homes,holiday,council,tax,increased,local,locals,B&B,Bed and Breakfast,airB&B,problem,problems,town,village,Dracula,UK holidays,surge
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3ECM3 - This image, taken on 25 Sep 2022, records East Cliff steps up to the Whitby Abbey ruins and down to the harbour - Whitby, Scarborough Council, North East Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4JT. The thumbnail has been used to shape the wording around the actual visual emphasis, including whether the frame is a close-up, a street view, a building elevation, a museum object, a sign, a waterway scene or a wider local context. Whitby Abbey is one of England's most recognisable coastal ruins, strongly linked with monastic history, tourism, cliff-top views, gothic imagination and the wider cultural memory of the Yorkshire coast. For stock photography use, the value is in the precise subject: East Cliff steps up to the Whitby Abbey ruins and down to the harbour - Whitby, Scarborough Council, North East Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4JT. It can support articles and publications about parish church history, stained glass research, religious art, genealogy, local families, Anglican heritage, memorial inscriptions, church tourism, architectural detail, conservation, as well as more specific searches using Whitby, North East Yorkshire, Scarborough Council, harbour, abbey, Eastcliff, East Cliff, YO22, walking, down, YO22 4JT, North East, Yorkshire, step, hill, steps, cottages, travel. The composition also gives space for tighter crops, captions, web thumbnails, report illustrations and social media use, while the Alamy reference 2K3ECM3 and the row caption help connect the image to a real place rather than a vague concept. The picture can be used by writers covering heritage, conservation, planning, tourism, retail, transport, public services, nostalgia, local identity, architectural survival, industrial change and the way familiar objects or buildings continue to carry meaning in modern Britain.
East Cliff, Whitby, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WA4 6NJ,WA4,England,UK,South Warrington,WA4 6HR,advice,property,crisis,Bridgfords,promoting,selling,investment,in,agent,flat,purchase,to,tax,costs,stamp duty,profitability,portfolio,rising rents,increasing,rents,rent,mortgage,investing,Northern Powerhouse,become a landlord,landlords,needed,market,renters rights act,rent freeze
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3J7AH - This documentary stock photograph shows the front window of Bridgfords estate agents in Stockton Heath, south Warrington, Cheshire, filled with repeated orange advertising boards promoting buy-to-let investment. The visible wording, including Buy-to-let investment and For you and your future , makes the image useful for editorial features on landlords, private rented housing, property investment, lettings, estate agency marketing, mortgage advice and the changing economics of the UK rental market. The picture also works well as a visual shorthand for buy-to-let as a business model, the appeal of bricks-and-mortar investment, pension planning through property, rental demand in commuter suburbs and the risks and responsibilities faced by small landlords. The reflected street scene adds local context, showing this as a real high-street agency window rather than a staged advertising image. Stockton Heath is a sought-after village suburb south of Warrington, with shops, restaurants and services clustered around London Road and the Market Square area. Bridgfords lists its Stockton Heath branch at 66-70 London Road, Warrington, WA4 6HR, and describes it as handling residential sales, lettings and mortgage advice, with window displays aimed at passing traffic. The image can support articles about the private rented sector, landlord regulation, letting agents, housing affordability, investment yields, mortgage costs, tenancy reform, second homes, property portfolios, local housing markets, town-centre estate agents, suburban Cheshire property, and the relationship between owner occupation, renting and investment. The overcast daylight, window reflections and closely repeated posters give the photograph a candid, observational feel, suitable for business, finance, housing policy, local news, property market, consumer advice and social commentary use.
Stockton Heath, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6HR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,county,historic,treasury,WA1 1AG,Inland Revenue office,Warrington,former County Court and Inland Revenue building at the,England,area,tax,taxation,VAT,corporation tax,HMRC,HM,revenue,and,&,customs,sign,old,Victorian,office,building,offices,British,Britain,GB,UK,Great Britain,HM customs,HM Revenue,County Court Warrington,Rachel Reeves,Keir Starmer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN828F - . Inland Revenue office, Warrington, former County Court and Inland Revenue building at the junction of Winmarleigh Street, Cheshire, England, WA1 1AG. Photographed on 6 August 2022. The recorded location is Winmarleigh Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 1AG. The wider historical story is that historic and modern architecture can be read as a record of investment, planning and changing urban functions
Civic, commercial, industrial and residential structures each contribute to the character of a townscape, particularly where older structures are adapted rather than demolished. The historical context is that historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. In the longer view, commemorative plaques, gravestones and monuments transform individual or collective memory into a permanent feature of the landscape
Their wording, materials and location can illuminate genealogy, social history, military service and changing attitudes to public remembrance. In the present 2026 context, current regeneration policy places growing emphasis on reusing established structures and strengthening town centres. historic façades, redundant offices and converted commercial properties are especially relevant to debates about conservation, viability and adaptive reuse. The subject remains topical in 2026 because conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change. Other strongly related concepts include architectural heritage, building façade, historic building, built environment, streetscape, and architectural detail.
Winmarleigh Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 1AG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,BL1,Lancs,summer,pedestrians,in,of,with,townhall,GM,business,regeneration,heritage,blue sky,architecture,brutalist,chain,shopping,tax,investment,rates,council,neglected,historic,sunny,buildings,concrete,brutal,1970s,1970,precinct,chains,building,history,blue skies,old
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRJ3 - . Recorded at Oxford St, Lancs, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1NE 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 subject captured here is Summer shoppers in Bolton town centre, Oxford street, with town hall in the background, looking north. The setting additionally reflects before-and-after reference, social history, changing streetscape, local history, crop production, built heritage, period architecture, commercial redevelopment, everyday life, period detail, place identity, grain quality, grain harvest, and urban fabric. The modern context includes continuing discussion of public-realm investment, town-centre regeneration and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. For current editorial use, weather extremes and food security provide additional context, especially through how hotter and wetter weather affects crop reliability. The image fixes signage and branding within Oxford St, Lancs, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1NE at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. Other useful contextual ideas include town-centre renewal, barley cultivation, public realm, regional identity, local character, place-making, documentary photography, and urban regeneration. The recorded references to looking, shoppers, Summer, centre, and Bolton preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Oxford St, Lancs, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1NE matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to public-realm investment and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres within the real-world context of Oxford St, Lancs, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1NE.
Oxford St, Lancs, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1NE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,BL1,Lancs,summer,pedestrians,in,of,with,townhall,GM,shopping,precinct,1970,1970s,chain,chains,concrete,brutal,brutalist,building,buildings,architecture,history,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,historic,heritage,old,neglected,regeneration,investment,council,business,tax,rates
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0WRJ5 - . Made at Oxford St, Lancs, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1NE 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 principal subject is Summer shoppers in Bolton town centre, Oxford street, with town hall in the background, looking north. The subject also carries associations with urban regeneration, barley cultivation, visual archive, summer fieldwork, rural economy, built heritage, period detail, grain harvest, place-making, cereal crop, architectural character, period architecture, archival record, and agricultural landscape. Today's relevance is strengthened by commercial viability, housing pressure and the continuing question of the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. From a 2025-onward perspective, weather extremes and food security are closely linked to this subject, alongside the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Oxford St, Lancs, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1NE, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. Further associations within the scene are documentary photography, historic townscape, commercial redevelopment, farm produce, adaptive reuse, public-realm investment, mixed-use redevelopment, and local history. References to background, shoppers, looking, Summer, and Oxford give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Oxford St, Lancs, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1NE, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance as part of Oxford St, Lancs, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1NE's history.
Oxford St, Lancs, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1NE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,England,UK,cost,per,litre,for,rise,in,rising,vehicle,fuel,prices,money,stuffed,hanging,out,from,car,filler cap,fillercap,cash,sterling,ten,note,pound,notes,price,petrol & diesel,go,up,come,down,VAT,tax,profit,unleaded,Windfall Tax,Iran war
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ50B - . 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. At the centre of the view is Rising and unaffordable vehicle fuel prices , money stuffed into car filler cap, sterling ten pound notes, price per litre for petrol & diesel. The wider scene also brings together contemporary social history, archival record, social history, public realm, community life, place identity, visual archive, townscape record, historical comparison, everyday life, urban social history, community identity, regional identity, and local history. The wider contemporary story combines transport, footfall and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around the recorded location before changed technology alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include social landscape, changing land use, documentary photography, street-level documentary, everyday street life, local identity, local character, and period detail. Elements such as pound, stuffed, diesel, unaffordable, and vehicle add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for transport and the relationship between public space and local social life in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Another useful connection is community use and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places within the real-world context of the recorded location. The image fixes a local visual benchmark within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CA97H7 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the United Kingdom and its related territories, denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP [Great Britain pound]).
Sterling banknotes are official currency in the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Tristan da Cunha in St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. One pound is equivalent to 100 pence. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England has a monopoly of banknote issuance in England and Wales but, for historic reasons, three banks in Scotland and four banks in Northern Ireland are permitted to issue their own currency “ but the law requires that the issuing banks hold a sum of Bank of England banknotes (or gold) equivalent to the total value of notes issued. Versions of the pound sterling issued by Crown dependencies and other areas are regulated only by local governments and not the Bank of England.
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,jeans,trousers,trouser,money,cash,notes,note,twenty pounds,sterling,cash in hand job,cash in hand jobs,cash in hand work,untaxed work,part-time,part time,cash-in-hand,jobs,cash hand jobs,Report a business or your employer to HMRC,Report a business,employer to HMRC,HMRC,tax evasion,UK Sterling,back,jeans pocket,back pocket of,cash in hand,backhander,economy,black market,dodging,tax,VAT,English,brown envelope,money laundering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CA97J4 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the United Kingdom and its related territories, denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP [Great Britain pound]).
Sterling banknotes are official currency in the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Tristan da Cunha in St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. One pound is equivalent to 100 pence. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England has a monopoly of banknote issuance in England and Wales but, for historic reasons, three banks in Scotland and four banks in Northern Ireland are permitted to issue their own currency “ but the law requires that the issuing banks hold a sum of Bank of England banknotes (or gold) equivalent to the total value of notes issued. Versions of the pound sterling issued by Crown dependencies and other areas are regulated only by local governments and not the Bank of England.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,West Of Glasgow,West of Scotland,UK,dusk,night,night time,tail of the bank,Inverclyde Council,buildings,Historic,history,historic building,custom house port,port,Customhouse Quay,Clyde,Clydeside,Greenockians,historic,evening,tax,inland,revenue,taxation,shore,harbourside,harbour,town,centre,Greenocks,house,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR6YK1 - In 1714 Greenock became a custom house port as a branch of Port Glasgow, and for a period this operated from rooms leased in Greenock. Receipts rose rapidly with the expansion of colonial trade, and in 1778 the custom house moved to new built premises at the West Quay of the harbour.
By 1791 a new pier was constructed at the East Quay. In 1812 Europe's first steamboat service was introduced by PS Comet with frequent sailings between Glasgow, Greenock and Helensburgh, and as trade built up the pier became known as Steamboat Quay. The custom house needed larger premises, and in May 1817 the foundation stone was laid at the quay for a Custom House building designed by William Burn, which was completed in 1818. Its gracious neoclassical architecture features a Grecian Doric portico looking out over the quayside, which was given the name Customhouse Quay. In 1828 the Custom House was praised as a grand National Structure in the highest style of elegance. By then there were scheduled steamboat sailings to Belfast, Londonderry, Liverpool, Inverness, Campbeltown, the Hebrides and all the principal places in the Highlands.
The Custom House underwent extensive refurbishment which was completed in 1989 and, until closure of the building in 2010, housed a customs and excise museum which was open to the public. In June 2008 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced that the building would close in 2011 as part of a rationalisation project with any jobs being transferred to offices in Glasgow, and despite a campaign to oppose these plans, the building closed in August 2010.
Riverside Inverclyde arranged further refurbishment works, and in 2013 announced that space had already been let to companies including PG Paper Company Ltd and Toshiba which had planning permission to form meeting rooms and an executive office in the building. Greenock Telegraph estimated that £4.1 million has been spent over 5-year period for the renovation works
Custom House Quay, Greenock, Inverclyde,
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,West Of Glasgow,West of Scotland,UK,dusk,night,night time,tail of the bank,Inverclyde Council,buildings,Historic,history,historic building,custom house port,port,Customhouse Quay,Clyde,Clydeside,Greenockians,historic,evening,tax,inland,revenue,taxation,shore,harbourside,harbour,town,centre,Greenocks,house,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR6YK7 - In 1714 Greenock became a custom house port as a branch of Port Glasgow, and for a period this operated from rooms leased in Greenock. Receipts rose rapidly with the expansion of colonial trade, and in 1778 the custom house moved to new built premises at the West Quay of the harbour.
By 1791 a new pier was constructed at the East Quay. In 1812 Europe's first steamboat service was introduced by PS Comet with frequent sailings between Glasgow, Greenock and Helensburgh, and as trade built up the pier became known as Steamboat Quay. The custom house needed larger premises, and in May 1817 the foundation stone was laid at the quay for a Custom House building designed by William Burn, which was completed in 1818. Its gracious neoclassical architecture features a Grecian Doric portico looking out over the quayside, which was given the name Customhouse Quay. In 1828 the Custom House was praised as a grand National Structure in the highest style of elegance. By then there were scheduled steamboat sailings to Belfast, Londonderry, Liverpool, Inverness, Campbeltown, the Hebrides and all the principal places in the Highlands.
The Custom House underwent extensive refurbishment which was completed in 1989 and, until closure of the building in 2010, housed a customs and excise museum which was open to the public. In June 2008 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced that the building would close in 2011 as part of a rationalisation project with any jobs being transferred to offices in Glasgow, and despite a campaign to oppose these plans, the building closed in August 2010.
Riverside Inverclyde arranged further refurbishment works, and in 2013 announced that space had already been let to companies including PG Paper Company Ltd and Toshiba which had planning permission to form meeting rooms and an executive office in the building. Greenock Telegraph estimated that £4.1 million has been spent over 5-year period for the renovation works
Custom House Quay, Greenock, Inverclyde,
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Inverclyde Council,Scotland,history,UK,United Kingdom,historic,building,at night,night,nightshot,town,evening,customs,HMRC,taxes,taxation,import,importation,Scottish,version,royal coat of arms,royal,coat of arms,unicorn,lion,crest,tax,gold,golden,crown,the,crests,Scots
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR75PB - The royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, or the Royal Arms for short, is the official coat of arms of the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II. These arms are used by the Queen in her official capacity as monarch of the United Kingdom. Variants of the Royal Arms are used by other members of the British royal family, by the British Government in connection with the administration and government of the country, and some courts and legislatures in a number of Commonwealth realms. In Scotland, there exists a separate version of the Royal Arms, a variant of which is used by the Scotland Office and the Judiciary. The arms in banner form serve as basis for the monarch's official flag, known as the Royal Standard.
In the standard variant used outside of Scotland, the shield is quartered, depicting in the first and fourth quarters the three passant guardant lions of England
in the second, the rampant lion and double tressure flory-counterflory of Scotland
and in the third, a harp for Ireland. The crest is a statant guardant lion wearing the St Edward's Crown, himself on another representation of that crown. The dexter supporter is a likewise crowned English lion
the sinister, a Scottish unicorn. According to legend a free unicorn was considered a very dangerous beast
therefore the heraldic unicorn is chained, as were both supporting unicorns in the royal coat of arms of Scotland.
Custom House Quay, Greenock,Inverclyde, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AND2PD - Mind the gap is an audible or visual warning phrase issued to rail passengers to take caution while crossing the horizontal, and in some cases vertical, spatial gap between the train door and the station platform.
The phrase was first introduced in 1968 on the London Underground in the United Kingdom. It is today popularly associated with the UK among tourists because of the particularly British word choice (this meaning of the verb mind has largely fallen into disuse in the US).
The phrase Mind the gap was coined in around 1968 for a planned automated announcement, after it had become impractical for drivers and station attendants to warn passengers. London Underground chose digital recording using solid state equipment with no moving parts. As data storage capacity was expensive, the phrase had to be short. A concise warning was also easier to paint onto the platform.
The equipment was supplied by AEG Telefunken. According to the Independent on Sunday, sound engineer Peter Lodge, who owned Redan Recorders in Bayswater, working with a Scottish Telefunken engineer, recorded an actor reading Mind the gap and Stand clear of the doors please, but the actor insisted on royalties and the phrases had to be re-recorded. Lodge read the phrases to line up the recording equipment for level and those were used.
While Lodge's recording is still in use, some lines use other recordings. One was recorded by voice artist Emma Clarke. Others, on the Piccadilly line for example, were by Archers actor Tim Bentinck for 15 years, but are now by Julie Berry. At least 10 stations were supplied with announcers manufactured by PA Communications Ltd. of Milton Keynes. The recorded voice is that of Keith Wilson, their industrial sales manager at the time (May 1990). It can still be heard, at Paddington for example.
In March 2013, an old Mind the gap recording by the actor Oswald Laurence was restored to the curved northbound platform at Embankment station on the Northern line s
Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X78 - . An on-location image places on record the visible identity of the recorded location, in a scene preserved from 2019. The described feature is HMRC HM Revenue and Customs Tax Return letter and form, paper filing deadline, England, UK. Other aspects of the setting include documentary photography, documentary record, regional identity, everyday Britain, urban and rural change, social landscape, modern history, cultural landscape, place and memory, community life, social context, and contemporary social history. In the mid-2020s, community change is increasingly discussed through changing use and business turnover, with attention turning to preservation of everyday detail. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at the recorded location, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves, specifically in relation to HMRC HM Revenue and Customs Tax Return letter and form. The surrounding story includes everyday infrastructure, changing Britain, place-based history, local identity, public realm, local character. Further recorded details include dreaded tax return, deadline January, HM Revenue & Customs, PAYE, Self assessment, Tax form. Current debate around community change often combines new technology, changing use and the practical challenge of a clearer record of local change. For future comparison, the scene preserves regional identity, public-realm details, local business activity, the condition of buildings, and patterns of everyday use at this precise location. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal local character, public activity, period design, changes of use, and the appearance of the built environment within the surrounding area. That gives this view of the recorded location continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison, specifically in relation to HMRC HM Revenue and Customs Tax Return letter and form.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X79 - . A place-specific photograph documents the visible identity of the recorded location, as photographed in 2019. The documentary focus is HMRC HM Revenue and Customs Tax Return letter and form, paper filing deadline, England, UK. The photograph carries associations with social context, modern history, visual record, documentary record, local character, community life, cultural landscape, place and memory, community environment, changing Britain, everyday Britain, and social landscape. The wider contemporary story of community change now includes shifts in local identity alongside altered public space, while policy and investment increasingly consider stronger archival comparison. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at the recorded location, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves, specifically in relation to HMRC HM Revenue and Customs Tax Return letter and form. The view also records themes involving regional identity, everyday infrastructure, public realm, contemporary social history, local identity, documentary photography. The scene is further associated with dreaded tax return, deadline January, HM Revenue & Customs, PAYE, Self assessment, Tax form. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, everyday local life also connects with the passage of time, altered public space and efforts aimed at before-and-after study. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for everyday services, historic fabric, planning and redevelopment, movement through the area, and social change as part of the area's longer social history. In historical comparison, the image can help trace architecture and streetscape, transport patterns, neighbourhood identity, public access, and ownership or occupation without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. The view additionally fixes local character in the recorded location for future researchers.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBJ9PJ - Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on Long Island's southern shore, but in the early 20th century it became connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.
Coney Island was originally part of the colonial town of Gravesend. By the mid-19th century, it became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, amusement parks were also built at the location. The attractions reached a historical peak during the first half of the 20th century, declining in popularity after World War II and following years of neglect. The area was revitalized with the opening of the MCU Park in 2001 and several amusement rides in the 2010s.
Stillwell Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn,New York, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTA8B - . A carefully observed scene preserves the everyday reality of England, Great Britain , UK, in a photograph originating in 2018. The frame is associated with Vintage Motorbike with March 1977 (MAR77) DVLA tax duty disk. Further features of the subject include traditional building, roadside commerce, vehicle access, architectural detail, road connectivity, transport corridor, highway services, architectural character, urban conservation, urban mobility, local transport, and motorway travel. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, place and memory also connects with redevelopment, the passage of time and efforts aimed at preservation of everyday detail. The wider contemporary story of period streetscapes now includes planning control alongside conservation of original fabric, while policy and investment increasingly consider keeping older buildings useful. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at England, Great Britain , UK, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The view also records themes involving historic environment, road safety, historic townscape, highway infrastructure, historic built environment, motor traffic. Other local associations include CVY948, tax disk, road duty, taxdisk, road tax duty disk, Scott of Shipley. Further aspects present in the subject include urban fabric, architectural heritage, traffic management, period architecture, adaptive reuse, built heritage, strategic road network, surface transport, local landmark, and roadside environment. Modern coverage of social history frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of redevelopment, business turnover and preservation of everyday detail. For future comparison, the scene preserves community life, physical infrastructure, commercial identity, local continuity, and signage and branding at this precise location.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,free,for,airport,flight,dropoff,drop-off,taxi,friends,tariff,Manchester International Airport,Ringway,unnecessary,costs,Dropoff Zone,Drop,off,Drop Off,Drop-off,parking,high,extortionate,tax,fly,flyers,travellers,free drop off,expensive,load,loading,unloading,20 minutes,inside,multistory,new charge,introduced,UK,England
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJPX - . Made at the recorded location in 2018, 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 photograph centres on Manchester International Airport Dropoff Zone. A broader reading of the photograph includes changing streetscape, changing land use, cityscape history, historic townscape, architectural detail, contemporary social history, everyday life, local history, heritage asset, period detail, architectural character, heritage landmark, regional identity, and period building. Current relevance extends to tourism and maintenance, particularly through keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after redevelopment. A second descriptive layer includes local character, visual archive, adaptive reuse, before-and-after reference, archival record, period architecture, conservation architecture, and historic streetscape. Details involving Airport, Manchester, International, and Dropoff make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The strongest archival anchor in this row is the subject itself, Manchester International Airport Dropoff Zone
image MGMJPX records it at a defined point for future comparison and research. The scene further reflects tourism and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change within the real-world context of the recorded location. Its period value extends to redevelopment pressure and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change within the specific setting of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of redevelopment pressure and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism as part of the longer story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,BIC,Ten Pound Walk,England,UK,GB,Yorkshire,Doncaster BIC,interior,Welcome to,Business park,Innovation,Innovation park,incubator,small,business,startup,start-ups,Small business Innovation,affordable,flexible,office,offices,business space,A1,M18,Donny,Business Location,Room,rooms,Doncaster MBC,Council,Doncaster Council,incentives,tax,break,DBIC,Reception,work
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM9A1T - . Made at Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4, UK in 2018, 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 Doncaster BIC Business Innovation Centre, South Yorkshire, Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4 5HX , England. The wider scene also brings together street-level business, independent retail, customer footfall, town-centre economy, commercial streetscape, specialist retailer, before-and-after reference, retail property, changing land use, commercial frontage, community identity, period detail, archival record, and local history. Current relevance extends to business rates and online shopping, particularly through how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4, UK before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include documentary photography, shopfront economy, regional identity, visual archive, high-street commerce, place identity, local trading, and historical comparison. The combination of Doncaster, Innovation, Centre, Business, and Pound anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects business rates and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4, UK. Its period value extends to footfall and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy within the specific setting of Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4, UK. The frame retains a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4, UK
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Keywords: concourse,North,LDN,London,network,rail,BR,British,Rail,cost,costs,refurbishment,improved,improvement,poor,slow,expensive,infrastructure,tax,taxation,back,state,ownership,shareowner,shareowners,government,control,private,sector,owners,ownership,public,transport,British Rail,Britishrail,passenger,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,busy,crowd,crowded,midland,LondonMidland,Overground,infrastructure,report,network,service,fragmentation,investment,subsidy,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,London Midland,rail infrastructure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H04G10 - . Photographed at Euston,London,England in 2016, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The frame specifically shows Euston railway station departure board and concourse, North London, England, UK. The image also relates to everyday life, mechanical signalling, rail corridor, local mobility, signal-box architecture, community identity, regional identity, place identity, public-transport wayfinding, street-side transport, local history, freight wagon, changing land use, and industrial railway. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with station investment, rail reform and how Crewe's identity remains tied to railway engineering and operations. The modern context includes continuing discussion of service frequency, reliability and the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Euston,London,England, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. The location also brings in station environment, public realm, archival record, contemporary social history, passenger information, historical comparison, changing streetscape, and public transport stop. Elements such as concourse, station, railway, Euston, and departure add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Euston,London,England may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes station investment and the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling as part of the longer story of Euston,London,England. It also preserves a trace of local identity for later comparison. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark within the wider story of Euston,London,England.
Euston,London,England
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TA - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TC - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TG - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TK - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TP - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5TX - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5WE - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5WX - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR62J - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR63J - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR644 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR64G - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR64K - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR64P - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: uk,Britain,British,pound,pounds,currency,Europe,banknotes,close,up,close-up,notes,still-life,stilllife,system,capital,capitalist,system,capitalism,closeup,cut-outs,cut,out,finances,financial,crisis,nobody,notes rbs bos clydesdale banks,Tartan Economy,welfare reform,Gotonysmith,retail-bank,retail,banknote,Scots,economy,economic,crisis,tax,HB,benefit,universal,welfare reform wallpaper landscape horizontal city,business,stack,pile,cash,wealth,wealthy,prosperity,mean,institutions invest,stock,speculate cash wonga prosperous,prosper,prosperity,wealth,wealthy,rich,poor,success,successful pile tartan,economy,crash,recession,British,Union,unionist,45,55,banknotes,Charter,Act,1844,coinage,Commissioners,for,Revenue,and,Customs,of,Issue,Universal benefit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR651 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91FA9 - Three Wheelie bins for different uses in a street, Warrington, Cheshire, England WA4 2PL
The wheelie bin is a waste container on wheels designed to make it easier for users to transport heavy loads of refuse to the curb or other pick-up point. More recently it has application for transporting stolen goods on bin day in residential suburbs. George Dempster invented the Dempster-Dumpster system in the 1930s for automatically loading the contents of standardized mobile steel containers onto the dustcart.
This led to the classic Dempster Dumpmaster waste collection vehicle of the 1950s, but wheelie bins did not become commonplace until the 1970s. The term dumpster is frequently used as a generic term for a large MGB or the non-mobile variety (known as a skip in the UK or Australia) in the United States. In the US residential wheelie bins are also generically called Herbie Curbies.
The modern bin is a German invention of the 1970s in a patent held by Schneider, and licensed to other companies outside Germany. The smaller wheelie bins, for domestic or light commercial use, typically hold 120 to 360 litres (26 to 79 imp gal
32 to 95 US gal), with 240 litres (53 imp gal
63 US gal) being the most common. They have a hinged flap lid and two wheels on the bottom on the same side as the lid hinge. There is a bar behind the hinge on the top of the bin which is used to move it, or to hoist it up onto a garbage truck for emptying.
The 240 litre bin is usually considered to have the same capacity as three traditional waste containers. In the UK, wheelie bins for non-recyclable domestic waste are currently collected either weekly or once a fortnight, depending on the local Council's waste management policies.
Warrington, Cheshire, England WA4 2PL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3F097 - The Lloyd's building (sometimes known as the Inside-Out Building) is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London. It is located on the former site of East India House in Lime Street, in London's main financial district, the City of London. The building is a leading example of radical Bowellism architecture in which the services for the building, such as ducts and lifts, are located on the exterior to maximise space in the interior.
Twenty-five years after completion in 1986, the building received Grade I listing in 2011
it was the youngest structure ever to obtain this status. It is said by Historic England to be universally recognised as one of the key buildings of the modern epoch
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7308954394 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
The word 'twelve' is the largest number with a single-morpheme name in English. Etymology suggests that 'twelve' (similar to 'eleven') arises from the Germanic compound twalif 'two-leftover', so a literal translation would yield 'two remaining [after having ten taken]'. This compound meaning may have been transparent to speakers of Old English, but the modern form 'twelve' is quite opaque. Only the remaining tw- hints that twelve and two are related.
A group of twelve things is called a duodecad. The ordinal adjective is duodenary, twelfth. The adjective referring to a group consisting of twelve things is duodecuple.
The number twelve is often used as a sales unit in trade, and is often referred to as a dozen. Twelve dozen are known as a gross. (Note that there are thirteen items in a baker's dozen.). the expression 'baker's dozen' dates to the 13th century in one of the earliest English statutes, instituted during the reign of Henry III (1216\u20131272), called the Assize of Bread and Ale. Bakers who were found to have shortchanged customers (some variations say that they would sell hollow bread) could be subject to severe punishment. To guard against the punishment of losing a hand to an axe, a baker would give 13 for the price of 12, to be certain of not being known as a cheat. Specifically, the practice of baking 13 items for an intended dozen was insurance against 'short measure', on the basis that one of the 13 could be lost, eaten, burnt, or ruined in some way, leaving the baker with the original legal dozen. The practice can be seen in the guild codes of the Worshipful Company of Bakers in London.
Force 12 on the Beaufort wind force scale corresponds to the maximum wind speed of a hurricane. The duodenum (from Latin duodecim, 'twelve') is the first part of the small intestine, that is about twelve inches (30 cm) long. More precisely, this section of the intestine was measured not in inches but in fingerwidths. In fact, in German the name of the duodenum is Zw\u00f6lffingerdarm and in Dutch the name is twaalfvingerige darm, both meaning 'twelve-finger bowel'.
The importance of 12 in Judaism and Christianity can be found in the Bible. The biblical Jacob had 12 sons, who were the progenitors of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, while the New Testament describes twelve apostles of Jesus
when Judas Iscariot was disgraced, a meeting was held (Acts) to add Matthias to complete the number twelve once more. (Today, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.). In Orthodox Judaism, 12 also signifies the age a girl matures (bat mitzvah)
In Twelver Shi'a Islam, there are twelve Imams, legitimate successors of the prophet Muhammad. These twelve early leaders of Islam are\u2014Ali, Hasan, Husayn, and nine of Husayn's descendants. The Chinese use a 12 year cycle for time-reckoning called Earthly Branches.
The band 'The Number 12 Looks Like You' tried to start 'Mathcore' and as you might have guesed - failed!
Checkout Twelve noon will never be the same again...
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BXPYHK - . This carefully observed view of Cheshire, England, UK fixes a specific place, use and moment for later historical comparison. The scene records Foden Cheshire Pride, BY7646, showmans steam engine, Daresbury, summer, July 2011, Cheshire, England, UK. The wider scene also brings together social landscape, heritage asset, urban fabric, built heritage, architectural contrast, built environment, architectural character, period detail, traditional masonry, documentary photography, archival record, before-and-after reference, contemporary history, and historic townscape. For contemporary context, maintenance and heritage conservation are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes preserving local identity during urban change. Small period details of transport arrangements and public activity at Cheshire, England, UK may become more significant with time, especially following later redevelopment. Further associations include community identity, visual archive, cityscape history, period building, local history, regional identity, conservation interest, and public realm. Details involving BY7646, Daresbury, Pride, engine, and steam make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Cheshire, England, UK, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. Its period value extends to maintenance and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the real-world context of Cheshire, England, UK. The location additionally provides evidence for embodied carbon and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development within the specific setting of Cheshire, England, UK. A further contemporary connection is energy retrofit and preserving local identity during urban change as part of the longer story of Cheshire, England, UK.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BXPYHR - . This scene at Cheshire, England, UK documents an everyday subject with wider connections to local identity, social history and changing patterns of use. The defining feature is Foden Cheshire Pride, BY7646, showmans steam engine, Daresbury, summer, July 2011, Cheshire, England, UK. A wider reading of the photograph includes social history, historical comparison, architectural character, everyday Britain, heritage asset, visual archive, built environment, regional identity, built heritage, period detail, urban fabric, local character, community identity, and place identity. The present-day relevance extends to planning control and adaptive reuse, while a wider concern is using existing buildings rather than demolishing them. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape and surrounding development at Cheshire, England, UK, details that may look very different after later redevelopment. Other connected aspects are cityscape history, urban change, before-and-after reference, architectural contrast, changing streetscape, conservation interest, archival record, and heritage landmark. Details involving summer, steam, Daresbury, showmans, and engine make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Cheshire, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes planning control and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development within the specific setting of Cheshire, England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is embodied carbon and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them as part of the longer story of Cheshire, England, UK. The scene retains a connection with adaptive reuse and preserving local identity during urban change when considered against later change at Cheshire, England, UK.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4103275419 - 'The first autumn frost greeted me this morning.
Now where did I put that scraper........
Dont forget how good summer was www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3735036134/
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Keywords: smoker,woman,girl,ring,hand,rizla,red,nails,cigarette,enjoying,smoking-ban,ban,smoking,bad,habits,habit,when,pregnant,danger,dangers,cancel,smoke-free,area,criminal,laws,and,occupational,safety,and,health,regulations,tax,taxation,taxtake,take,lit,tobacco,product,public,spaces,Legislation,gotonysmith,second-hand,smoke,second,cancer,lung,cancer,cardiovascular,disease,lung,ailments,emphysema,bronchitis,asthma,healthy,lifestyle,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDMH - . Lady smoker holding a home-made roll up, smoking outside a building in England ,UK where a smoking ban in public places in force. The recorded location is Cheshire, England. The wider historical story is that images of smoking outside buildings reflect the major behavioural shift created by smoke-free legislation
Since 2007 smokers in England have generally had to leave enclosed workplaces and hospitality venues, making doorways, pavements and designated areas the visible setting for tobacco use. The wider historical story is that medical and wellbeing scenes document how healthcare is delivered and understood
Clinical tools, health clubs, food advice and regulated behaviours all reflect evolving ideas about prevention, risk and personal responsibility. As background, architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal changing technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history. In the present 2026 context, the subject is especially topical because the Tobacco and Vapes Act received Royal Assent in April, creating a generational restriction on tobacco sales for people born on or after 1 January 2009 and giving powers for further smoke-free and vape-free places
Smoking imagery therefore connects historic behaviour with a major new phase of UK tobacco control. In the present 2026 context, public health increasingly emphasises prevention and reducing long-term demand on services
Subjects involving smoking, exercise, nutrition or clinical care therefore have relevance beyond the immediate scene. The subject remains topical in 2026 because public health increasingly emphasises prevention and reducing long-term demand on services
Subjects involving smoking, exercise, nutrition or clinical care therefore have relevance beyond the immediate scene.
Cheshire, England
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,VAT in the Digital Age,ViDA,Revenue,Dublin 2,city,centre,sign,Ireland,tax,administration,customs,government,office,state,agency,public service,bilingual,signage,official,tax compliance,control,finance,fiscal policy,tax collection,excise,duties,PAYE,corporation tax,self assessment,Revenue Online,service,ROS,returns,return,tax audit,import duties,export controls
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM2JM8 - Bilingual Revenue sign mounted on a red brick wall at Dublin Castle in Dublin 2, identifying the Irish Tax and Customs administration with English and Irish wording, Revenue , Cáin agus Custaim na hÉireann and Irish Tax and Customs . The photograph shows the official public-facing identity of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland's national body for tax, customs and excise administration, using the distinctive black sign, white lettering and line illustration associated with the Revenue brand. The angled view and street-level perspective make the image useful for stories about tax compliance, customs control, public finance, government administration, state offices, Irish public services, business taxation, PAYE, VAT, corporation tax, excise duties, import controls, revenue collection and the relationship between citizens, companies and the State. Dublin Castle is a historic government complex in the heart of the city, associated with centuries of administration and now home to official uses, including functions connected with Revenue. The sign is especially relevant for coverage of Making Tax Digital equivalents, online tax filing, Revenue Online Service, customs after Brexit, EU trade, public-sector modernisation, tax policy, fiscal accountability, enforcement, audits, self-assessment, payroll, landlords, company returns and Irish Government finance. The visible Irish language text adds value for images about bilingual state signage, Irish identity, official communications and public buildings in the Republic of Ireland. Shot in clear daylight, the photograph has a documentary feel, with the sign partly filling the frame and the brick facade providing a strong urban government-office context. It can illustrate general Irish tax and customs themes without showing staff, taxpayers or private data, making it suitable for news, business, finance, legal, public administration, education and editorial publishing
Upper Yard, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2, D02 F342
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P53BT7 - . Made at Corporation St, Taunton, Somerset, England, UK, TA1 4AH in 2018, 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 Mecca Bingo Taunton, Corporation St, Taunton, Somerset, England,Uk, TA1 4AH. A broader reading of the photograph includes everyday life, historical comparison, conservation interest, documentary photography, regional identity, period building, archival record, social history, public realm, period detail, local character, contemporary social history, historic townscape, and historic streetscape. The modern context includes continuing discussion of redevelopment pressure, energy retrofit and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within Corporation St, Taunton, Somerset, England, UK, TA1 4AH at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against conservation work. The surrounding story also includes heritage asset, architectural character, architectural detail, changing streetscape, visual archive, adaptive reuse, period architecture, and built heritage. Elements such as Taunton, Corporation, Mecca, Somerset, and Bingo add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Corporation St, Taunton, Somerset, England, UK, TA1 4AH matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes redevelopment pressure and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility without losing the local specificity of Corporation St, Taunton, Somerset, England, UK, TA1 4AH. The photograph keeps period character as a date-specific reference. The record includes a trace of local identity for later comparison.
Corporation St, Taunton, Somerset, England, UK, TA1 4AH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H04G0H - . Photographed at Euston,London,stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England in 2016, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The defining feature is Monochrome Euston railway station departure board and concourse, North London, England, UK. Other connected aspects include passenger information, industrial railway, rail corridor, regional identity, public transport stop, period detail, before-and-after reference, everyday life, transport accessibility, roadside transit, contemporary social history, changing land use, railway heritage, and trackside history. For current editorial use, signalling technology and regional connectivity provide additional context, especially through the importance of preserving signal boxes and rolling stock as industrial heritage. Current relevance extends to service frequency and accessibility, particularly through the importance of bus stops as the physical interface with public transport. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around Euston,London,England before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes changing streetscape, public realm, local mobility, historic rolling stock, mechanical signalling, local character, documentary photography, and bus infrastructure. The combination of railway, Monochrome, Euston, station, and board anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Euston,London,England, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is signalling technology and the importance of preserving signal boxes and rolling stock as industrial heritage without losing the local specificity of Euston,London,England. The record includes a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Euston,London,England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJR4 - Passengers unload suitcases and other luggage from cars in a covered airport departures drop-off zone in the United Kingdom. Several vehicles stand beside the terminal kerb with their boots open as travellers prepare for flights, while a large overhead sign directs motorists towards Departures A drop off zone . Green road markings, directional arrows and controlled traffic lanes identify the area as a dedicated short-stay passenger unloading point close to the airport terminal.
The image has strong editorial relevance following July 2026 research showing a sharp rise in charges for dropping passengers near terminals at the United Kingdom's busiest airports. Analysis by the RAC found that 16 of the 20 airports examined had increased their so-called kiss-and-fly fees since the previous summer. The average charge rose by £1.70 to approximately £7, representing an increase of about one third.
Gatwick and Stansted charged £10 for their closest terminal drop-off facilities, while Edinburgh and Bristol charged £8.50. London City had introduced an £8 charge for five minutes, making it particularly expensive when calculated by the minute. By contrast, many leading airports elsewhere in Europe continued to provide a short free terminal drop-off period.
Airport operators argue that forecourt charges help manage congestion, encourage public transport use and reduce vehicle emissions around terminals. Critics regard them as another unavoidable travel expense, particularly for families carrying heavy luggage and people who need assistance. Although airports generally provide free alternatives in more distant car parks, these can require passengers to use a shuttle bus or walk further.
The photograph can illustrate airport fees, rising holiday costs, passenger access, parking revenue, consumer affairs, family travel budgets, transport affordability and the growing cost of beginning an overseas journey before reaching the check-in desk.
Manchester Airport, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ANMBDY - . This documentary view of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 2020 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual story.htm Target=_Blank>history rather than an isolated object study. The main subject is Smiling Barman pulling a pint, in a craft beer bar, with many craft beer taps, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Other connected aspects include festival bar service, cask-beer tradition, licensed trade, beer tourism, licensed hospitality, brewing heritage, everyday life, community identity, drinks hospitality, community drinking venue, hand-pulled beer, contemporary social history, place identity, and historic context. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with business rates, consumer spending and the survival of community pubs. For future researchers, the scene fixes a particular stage in the life of the location at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph additionally reflects visual archive, changing streetscape, independent brewing, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, real-ale culture, regional identity, and British brewing tradition. References to craft, Scotland, Edinburgh, Smiling, and Barman help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The period setting at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is business rates and the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing within the specific setting of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The scene further reflects staffing pressure and the survival of community pubs as part of the longer story of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Its period value extends to independent brewing and the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing when considered against later change at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The frame retains a trace of local identity as part of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK's history.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KMB - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is Two election poll cards, for election of candidates, councillors on a UK union flag. Another layer of the photograph includes period detail, everyday life, small business, historical comparison, regional identity, documentary photography, public realm, specialist shop, specialist retailer, high-street commerce, local history, place identity, archival record, and social history. From a 2025-onward perspective, consumer spending and store closures are closely linked to this subject, alongside the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around the recorded location before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with local enterprise, town-centre trading, contemporary social history, independent retail, street-level business, shopfront economy, changing land use, and customer footfall. Elements such as union, cards, councillors, election, and candidates add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate consumer spending and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for independent business and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of the recorded location. The view records a point of historical comparison for future local research.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Benefits,and,Exchequer,Service,council,inflation,Townhall,East Annexe,Sankey Street,WA1 1UH,expensive,local,election,elections,increase,tax,charges,charge,with,%,percentage,high,large,increasing,costs,notice,money,English,England,authority,citizens,maximum,increases,level,levels,limit,limits
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PNHGXA - . Council tax bill with percentage increases, increasing costs for all local authority citizens, Warrington Revs & Bens, stock-photo/gotonysmith-Cheshire.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UH. Photographed on 19 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is East Annexe, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UH, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Benefits, Exchequer, Service, council, inflation, Townhall, East Annexe, Sankey Street, WA1 1UH, expensive, local, election, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
East Annexe, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR637 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
