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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,second hand electronics shop,illuminated sign,neon lighting,shopfront,shop,pawn,store,Golden Square,shopping,tech,night,evening,entertainment retail,video games shop,console games,DVDs and Blu-ray,mobile phones resale,consumer electronics,buy sell exchange,second hand retail,UK high street,town centre shopping,red signage,corporate branding,after dark,evening street scene,modern retail culture,British retail chains,editorial photography,documentary image,brand,branding,chain game,console,sale,red,WA1 1TD
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64NM1 - This image shows the brightly illuminated exterior signage of a Complete Entertainment Exchange (CeX) store in Warrington town centre, photographed at night. The bold red lighting and distinctive CeX logo stand out against the darker street environment, drawing attention to the shopfront after trading hours.
CeX is a well-known UK retail chain specialising in the buying, selling, and exchange of second-hand video games, consoles, mobile phones, DVDs, and consumer electronics. Founded in London in the early 1990s, the brand has become a familiar feature of British high streets, particularly in town and city centres.
The night-time setting emphasises the role of illuminated retail signage in maintaining visibility and brand presence beyond normal shopping hours. Such imagery is often associated with discussions around the changing high street, evening economies, and the continued prominence of national chains in urban retail landscapes.
Photographed from a low, angled perspective, the image highlights colour, typography, and lighting rather than street activity, making it well suited for editorial use covering UK retail culture, second-hand markets, branding, high street identity, and the visual character of town centres after dark.
Units 19 & 20, 8-10 Sankey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1TD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,circuit,circuits,board,soldering,word,electronic,tech,technology,process,processes,world,reliant,on,chip,chips,silicon,binary,logic,PCB,printed,wiring,component,components,main,main-board,motherboard,mother,processor,AI,Artificial Intelligence,software,chatbot,chatbots,machine,learning,bot,war
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KDPYAN - A printed circuit board (PCB
also printed wiring board or PWB) is a medium used in electrical and electronic engineering to connect electronic components to one another in a controlled manner. It takes the form of a laminated sandwich structure of conductive and insulating layers: each of the conductive layers is designed with an artwork pattern of traces, planes and other features (similar to wires on a flat surface) etched from one or more sheet layers of copper laminated onto and/or between sheet layers of a non-conductive substrate. Electrical components may be fixed to conductive pads on the outer layers in the shape designed to accept the component's terminals, generally by means of soldering, to both electrically connect and mechanically fasten them to it. Another manufacturing process adds vias: plated-through holes that allow interconnections between layers
The Austrian engineer Paul Eisler invented the printed circuit as part of a radio set while working in the UK around 1936. In 1941 a multi-layer printed circuit was used in German magnetic influence naval mines
Around 1943 the USA began to use the technology on a large scale to make proximity fuzes for use in World War II. Such fuzes required an electronic circuit that could withstand being fired from a gun, and could be produced in quantity
Motorola was an early leader in bringing the process into consumer electronics, announcing in August 1952 the adoption of plated circuits in home radios after six years of research and a $1M investment
Originally, every electronic component had wire leads, and a PCB had holes drilled for each wire of each component. The component leads were then inserted through the holes and soldered to the copper PCB traces. This method of assembly is called through-hole construction. In 1949, Moe Abramson and Stanislaus F. Danko of the United States Army Signal Corps developed the Auto-Sembly process in which component leads were inserted into a copper foil interconnection
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,circuit,circuits,board,soldering,word,electronic,tech,technology,process,processes,world,reliant,on,chip,chips,silicon,binary,logic,PCB,printed,wiring,component,components,main,main-board,motherboard,mother,processor,tracks,integrated,design,thinking,Kanban,agile,development,sys
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KDPYB0 - A printed circuit board (PCB
also printed wiring board or PWB) is a medium used in electrical and electronic engineering to connect electronic components to one another in a controlled manner. It takes the form of a laminated sandwich structure of conductive and insulating layers: each of the conductive layers is designed with an artwork pattern of traces, planes and other features (similar to wires on a flat surface) etched from one or more sheet layers of copper laminated onto and/or between sheet layers of a non-conductive substrate. Electrical components may be fixed to conductive pads on the outer layers in the shape designed to accept the component's terminals, generally by means of soldering, to both electrically connect and mechanically fasten them to it. Another manufacturing process adds vias: plated-through holes that allow interconnections between layers
The Austrian engineer Paul Eisler invented the printed circuit as part of a radio set while working in the UK around 1936. In 1941 a multi-layer printed circuit was used in German magnetic influence naval mines
Around 1943 the USA began to use the technology on a large scale to make proximity fuzes for use in World War II. Such fuzes required an electronic circuit that could withstand being fired from a gun, and could be produced in quantity
Motorola was an early leader in bringing the process into consumer electronics, announcing in August 1952 the adoption of plated circuits in home radios after six years of research and a $1M investment
Originally, every electronic component had wire leads, and a PCB had holes drilled for each wire of each component. The component leads were then inserted through the holes and soldered to the copper PCB traces. This method of assembly is called through-hole construction. In 1949, Moe Abramson and Stanislaus F. Danko of the United States Army Signal Corps developed the Auto-Sembly process in which component leads were inserted into a copper foil interconnection
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,circuit,circuits,board,soldering,word,electronic,tech,technology,process,processes,world,reliant,on,chip,chips,silicon,binary,logic,PCB,printed,wiring,component,components,main,main-board,motherboard,mother,processor,Information,Technology,build,building,software,engineering,comms,equipment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KDPYB3 - A printed circuit board (PCB
also printed wiring board or PWB) is a medium used in electrical and electronic engineering to connect electronic components to one another in a controlled manner. It takes the form of a laminated sandwich structure of conductive and insulating layers: each of the conductive layers is designed with an artwork pattern of traces, planes and other features (similar to wires on a flat surface) etched from one or more sheet layers of copper laminated onto and/or between sheet layers of a non-conductive substrate. Electrical components may be fixed to conductive pads on the outer layers in the shape designed to accept the component's terminals, generally by means of soldering, to both electrically connect and mechanically fasten them to it. Another manufacturing process adds vias: plated-through holes that allow interconnections between layers
The Austrian engineer Paul Eisler invented the printed circuit as part of a radio set while working in the UK around 1936. In 1941 a multi-layer printed circuit was used in German magnetic influence naval mines
Around 1943 the USA began to use the technology on a large scale to make proximity fuzes for use in World War II. Such fuzes required an electronic circuit that could withstand being fired from a gun, and could be produced in quantity
Motorola was an early leader in bringing the process into consumer electronics, announcing in August 1952 the adoption of plated circuits in home radios after six years of research and a $1M investment
Originally, every electronic component had wire leads, and a PCB had holes drilled for each wire of each component. The component leads were then inserted through the holes and soldered to the copper PCB traces. This method of assembly is called through-hole construction. In 1949, Moe Abramson and Stanislaus F. Danko of the United States Army Signal Corps developed the Auto-Sembly process in which component leads were inserted into a copper foil interconnection
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,circuit,circuits,board,soldering,word,electronic,tech,technology,process,processes,world,reliant,on,chip,chips,silicon,binary,logic,PCB,printed,wiring,component,components,main,main-board,motherboard,mother,processor,#ICT,cloud,in,the,based,smart,telecommunication
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KDPYBA - A printed circuit board (PCB
also printed wiring board or PWB) is a medium used in electrical and electronic engineering to connect electronic components to one another in a controlled manner. It takes the form of a laminated sandwich structure of conductive and insulating layers: each of the conductive layers is designed with an artwork pattern of traces, planes and other features (similar to wires on a flat surface) etched from one or more sheet layers of copper laminated onto and/or between sheet layers of a non-conductive substrate. Electrical components may be fixed to conductive pads on the outer layers in the shape designed to accept the component's terminals, generally by means of soldering, to both electrically connect and mechanically fasten them to it. Another manufacturing process adds vias: plated-through holes that allow interconnections between layers
The Austrian engineer Paul Eisler invented the printed circuit as part of a radio set while working in the UK around 1936. In 1941 a multi-layer printed circuit was used in German magnetic influence naval mines
Around 1943 the USA began to use the technology on a large scale to make proximity fuzes for use in World War II. Such fuzes required an electronic circuit that could withstand being fired from a gun, and could be produced in quantity
Motorola was an early leader in bringing the process into consumer electronics, announcing in August 1952 the adoption of plated circuits in home radios after six years of research and a $1M investment
Originally, every electronic component had wire leads, and a PCB had holes drilled for each wire of each component. The component leads were then inserted through the holes and soldered to the copper PCB traces. This method of assembly is called through-hole construction. In 1949, Moe Abramson and Stanislaus F. Danko of the United States Army Signal Corps developed the Auto-Sembly process in which component leads were inserted into a copper foil interconnection
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,England,UK,old,style,1950s,1940s,GB,British,phone,with,button,buttons,history,communication,telecoms,GPO,BT,British Telecom,OpenReach,old fashioned,1900s,press,to be heard,coins,coin,return,returned,Scotland,Wales,London,phonebox,antique,tech,technology
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K244BY - How to make a phone call from a button A and button B public phone
In order to make a call from a public phone box, you had to have the right coins. This was not too onerous because coins were in everyday use as there were no credit cards. Nevertheless, it was not at all unusual to be stopped in the street and asked if one had change for a phone call. People always tried to oblige each other in this respect, and I never knew of anyone getting mugged when they got out a purse or delved into their pockets for money.
Callers put their coins into the coin slot, dialled the number they wanted and pressed Button A to be heard or Button B to get their money back if no-one answered.
Great Britain
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,rail,railway,train,trains,controls,indicator,indicators,lever,labels,shunt,SDGS,down,holding,SDG,StationA,signals,Victorian,Edwardian,equipment,electro,mechanical,signal,box,boxes,history,historic,tech,technology,label,horse landing,sidings,panel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWGT9R - . A grounded stock-photo/gotonysmith-Documentary.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>documentary photograph made at Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The scene records Crewe, Station A signalbox - lever labels - Cheshire, England, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes changing land use, regional identity, before-and-after reference, built heritage, architectural character, historical comparison, period architecture, working railway heritage, railway heritage, public-realm investment, social history, visual archive, town-centre renewal, and station environment. Current relevance extends to signalling technology and station investment, particularly through the importance of preserving signal boxes and rolling stock as industrial heritage. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into heritage conservation and planning, not least because of the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include heritage-led regeneration, rail infrastructure, urban fabric, community identity, historic rolling stock, documentary photography, mechanical signalling, and signal-box architecture. References to signalbox, labels, Crewe, lever, and Station give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is signalling technology and the role of rail in lower-carbon regional transport within the real-world context of Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK. The frame retains part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,North West,UK,Oslo,Motala,Brussels,Budapest,Eireann,Midland,West,Munich,Moscow,circular,tuning,tuner,dial,includes,Light,station,stations,knob,plastic,1960,1970,1970s,BW,history,historic,old,classic,antique,tech,listen,listening,to,the,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JGM7A7 - . This dated documentary view of stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England, UK in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The principal subject is Circular Radio tuning iDial , stations include Light ,Oslo, Motala, Brussels, Budapest, Eireann,Hilversum,Midland,West,Scottish, Munich, Third, Moscow. Other connected aspects include heritage landmark, historic townscape, period building, documentary photography, social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, trackside history, period streetscape, changing streetscape, visual archive, historic frontage, transport interchange, community identity, everyday life, and public realm. Current relevance extends to fares and public ownership, particularly through the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into local identity and planning control, not least because of the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. The image fixes equipment and working practice within England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. Further associations within the scene are changing land use, train operations, rail corridor, urban fabric, before-and-after reference, station environment, historic streetscape, and industrial railway heritage. The combination of Circular, Scottish, Moscow, iDial, and Light anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects fares and how historic rolling stock documents the industrial railway within the specific setting of England, UK. Its period value extends to local identity and the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity as part of the longer story of England, UK. The frame retains evidence of changing use as part of England, UK's history.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,apps,Covid,Covid19,19,Corona,virus,NHS,UK,Coronavirus App,Covid App,mobile,phone,iphone,tablet,track,trace,failure,delays,Corona Virus,world beating,Pandemic,2020,holding smartphone,NHS Contact tracing app,failed,rollout,England,111,tech,technology,contact tracing app,NHSX,Serco,Covid-19,C19,tracing software,lockdown2020
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C3DH12 - Associated keywords:
Auutomate,automation,Matthew Gould,Bluetooth technology,Bluetooth Signals,personal information,symptoms,risk algorithm,VMware Pivotal Labs,software firm Zuhlke,National Cyber Security Centre,NCSC,user data,devices,Android phones,privacy concerns
How was the NHS Covid-19 app planned to work?
Contact tracing apps aim to automate the human process by using the phone in your pocket. More than 30 countries are building tracing apps and the UK is no different. Its tracing software “ the NHS Covid-19 app “ has been trialled on the Isle of Wight since May 7. The island was picked as a testbed before wider rollout across the UK and more than 50,000 people on the island have downloaded the app.
It's highly unlikely the Covid-19 virus is going to go away, Jonathan Van-Tam, England's deputy chief medical officer, said as details of the app were revealed at the start of May. Testing and contact tracing is going to have to become part of our daily lives in the future.
Matthew Gould, the CEO for NHSX, the technology arm of the NHS, says the logic for creating the app is clear: it can potentially allow cases to be identified earlier and reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
The app works using Bluetooth signals. Bluetooth technology within phones, which has to be turned on at all times, broadcasts an identifier that is unique to that device. The identifier is essentially a random string of numbers that updates on a regular basis and doesn't include any personal information. When your phone is near another Bluetooth device the two will exchange their identifiers. A list of all the devices, in the form of their unique codes, are stored on your phone for 28 days. Nothing else happens unless a user indicates that they are experiencing coronavirus symptoms.
There is very limited functionality within the app. The only thing that users can do is report if they have Covid-19 symptoms. Within the app there is one central question: how are you feeling today?
Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,letter,letters,spelt out,in,scrabble letter,word,words,software houses,software,spelt,out,apps,applications,Lenovo,Thinkpad,keys,keyboard,software sales,software salesmen,Enterprise Software Solutions,Business Software Solutions,business software,digital,solutions,technology,tech,solution,SME Solutions,data software solutions,Capita,Aareon,NEC,Northgate,Homemaster,MRI,Fujitsu,Microsoft
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BW004F - . This carefully observed view of Great Britain, UK fixes a specific place, use and moment for later historical comparison. The location is represented through Software Solutions, spelt out in scrabble letters on a keyboard, software houses,Enterprise Software Solutions, business software,SME Solutions. Other aspects of the subject include social history, local history, word association, language concept, regional identity, changing streetscape, editorial word image, visual metaphor, public realm, text-based still life, communication theme, typographic message, built environment, and contemporary history. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with trust, communication and how governance concepts underpin digital transformation and automation. The photograph fixes landscape and surrounding development within Great Britain, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. The surrounding context includes community identity, everyday Britain, social landscape, local character, period detail, letter-tile composition, archival record, and documentary photography. The combination of spelt, letters, Solutions, business, and keyboard helps anchor the frame to a recognisable activity, place or period. Around Great Britain, UK, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. Its period value extends to trust and making an abstract idea immediately understandable in visual form within the real-world context of Great Britain, UK. The location additionally provides evidence for agreement and making an abstract idea immediately understandable in visual form within the specific setting of Great Britain, UK. A further contemporary connection is agreement and the role of clear language in business and public services as part of the longer story of Great Britain, UK.
Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Manchester,University,can,canister,North West England,UK,North West,England,Manchester Uni Dept of Audiology - Medical Research,dept of audiology,Dept of Audiology,silver,metal,container,archive,material,research,department,tape,file,tapes,files,UMIST,science,STEM,tech,technology,subjects,sciences,history,historic,labels,label,education,of,the,deaf,ManCAD
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE3HM - . Made at Charles St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3BB in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The image documents Manchester University Dept of Audiology - Medical Research, dept of audiology, North West England, UK. Further facets of the subject include visual archive, public healthcare, production technology, patient care, historic context, local character, preventive safety, industrial material culture, factory history, manufacturing heritage, production works, regional identity, treatment access, and community identity. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes treatment access alongside service funding, with particular attention to the continuing demand for safe, accessible services. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with construction materials, regional industry and the historical importance of everyday manufactured objects and materials. As a documentary source, the scene keeps a record of small features of identity that written records may overlook around Charles St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3BB. Other useful associations include health compliance, before-and-after reference, building safety, workplace protection, industrial supply chain, historic manufacturing, documentary photography, and local history. References to Medical, University, Research, and Audiology help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. Around Charles St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3BB, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects treatment access and the relationship between public policy and frontline safety without losing the local specificity of Charles St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3BB.
Charles St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3BB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the master valve,a product of,British Made,British,electronics,box,packet,package,1960s,1950s,vacuum,boxed,tube,tubes,valves,tech,technology,circuitry,history,historic,early,TV,radio,set,sets,ltd,Mullard,packaging,glass,delicate,instructions,specification,amplification,amp
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41M31 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Great Britain, UK in 2019, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The photograph centres on Mullard EY81 vacuum Valve Flyback Diode and box packaging from 1965. The subject also carries associations with public realm, changing streetscape, everyday life, specialist retailer, customer footfall, regional identity, local enterprise, visual archive, retail property, social history, historical comparison, place identity, archival record, and commercial frontage. Current relevance extends to town-centre regeneration and online shopping, particularly through the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. Future viewers can use this scene from Great Britain, UK to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with period detail, bricks-and-mortar retail, community identity, before-and-after reference, changing land use, local history, small business, and town-centre trading. The recorded references to Flyback, Diode, vacuum, Valve, and packaging preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Great Britain, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the specific setting of Great Britain, UK. The image also provides a reference for footfall and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses as part of the longer story of Great Britain, UK. Another useful connection is independent business and how commercial property costs affect small retailers when considered against later change at Great Britain, UK.
Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the master valve,a product of,British Made,British,electronics,box,packet,package,1960s,1950s,vacuum,boxed,tube,tubes,valves,tech,technology,circuitry,history,historic,early,TV,radio,set,sets,ltd,Mullard,packaging,glass,delicate,instructions,specification,amplification,amp
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41M50 - . Made at Great Britain, UK in 2019, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The scene records Mullard EY81 vacuum Valve Flyback Diode and box packaging from 1965. The frame also records themes of local enterprise, local history, town-centre trading, changing streetscape, documentary photography, commercial frontage, specialist retailer, regional identity, local character, bricks-and-mortar retail, visual archive, independent retail, specialist shop, and before-and-after reference. Current relevance extends to commercial rents and independent business, particularly through how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. The image fixes landscape treatment and surrounding development within Great Britain, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. Other useful contextual ideas include public realm, changing land use, street-level business, historical comparison, customer footfall, small business, high-street commerce, and community identity. Details involving Mullard, packaging, Valve, vacuum, and Diode make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Great Britain, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of commercial rents and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses without losing the local specificity of Great Britain, UK. A further contemporary connection is business rates and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy in a form that can be compared with future views of Great Britain, UK. The frame retains period character within the wider story of Great Britain, UK.
Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the master valve,a product of,British Made,British,electronics,box,packet,package,1960s,1950s,vacuum,boxed,tube,tubes,valves,tech,technology,circuitry,history,historic,early,TV,radio,set,sets,ltd,Mullard,packaging,glass,delicate,instructions,specification,amplification,amp
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41M56 - . Photographed at Great Britain, UK in 2019, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is Mullard EY81 vacuum Valve Flyback Diode and box packaging from 1965. Further facets of the scene include historical comparison, commercial frontage, street-level business, place identity, high-street commerce, shopfront economy, visual archive, regional identity, local character, before-and-after reference, independent retail, town-centre trading, community identity, and small business. From a 2025-onward perspective, footfall and online shopping are closely linked to this subject, alongside how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. Future viewers can use this scene from Great Britain, UK to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after conservation work. The subject also sits alongside changing land use, local history, retail property, changing streetscape, everyday life, local enterprise, public realm, and contemporary social history. The combination of Valve, Mullard, Flyback, Diode, and packaging anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Great Britain, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of footfall and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the specific setting of Great Britain, UK. A further contemporary connection is online shopping and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy as part of the longer story of Great Britain, UK. The wider significance includes footfall and how commercial property costs affect small retailers when considered against later change at Great Britain, UK.
Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,historic,tech,technology,Bush Radio,electronics,electrical,plastic,circle,circular,blue,tuning,dial,MW,LW,FM,on,1960,receiving,set,cream,creme,cities,stations,transmitters,Motala,Hilversum,Home,London,Eireann,Lahti,Welsh,Moscow,LuxBG,broadcasting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN9B - Standalone audio stereo FM tuners are sought after for audiophile and TV/FM DX applications, especially those produced in the 1970s and early 1980s, when performance and manufacturing standards were among the highest. In many instances the tuner may be modified to improve performance. Electronics specialists and hobbyists buy, collect and restore vintage FM or AM/FM audio tuners on the secondary market. The restoration usually begins with replacing the electrolytic capacitors that may age over time. The tuner is outfitted with improved tolerance and better sounding upgraded parts. Prices have increased relative to the increasing demand for the older audio tuners. Those with the most value are the best sounding, most rare (collectible), the best DX capable (distance reception) and the known build quality of the component, as it left the factory.
Most of the early tuner models were designed and manufactured to receive only the AM broadcast band. As FM became more popular, the limitations of AM became more apparent, and FM became the primary listening focus, especially for stereo and music broadcasting.
The McIntosh MR78 is known as one of the first FM tuners precise enough to tune into a weaker station broadcast on the same frequency as another stronger signal.
In Europe, where a second AM broadcast band is used for longwave broadcasting, tuners may be fitted with both the standard medium wave and the additional longwave band. However, radios with only medium wave are also common, especially in countries where there are no longwave broadcasters. Rarely, radios are sold with only FM and longwave, but no medium wave band. Some tuners may also be equipped with one or more short wave bands.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,historic,tech,technology,Bush Radio,electronics,electrical,plastic,circle,circular,blue,tuning,dial,MW,LW,FM,on,1960,receiving,set,cream,creme,cities,stations,transmitters,Motala,Hilversum,Home,London,Eireann,Lahti,Welsh,Moscow,LuxBG,broadcasting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN9E - Standalone audio stereo FM tuners are sought after for audiophile and TV/FM DX applications, especially those produced in the 1970s and early 1980s, when performance and manufacturing standards were among the highest. In many instances the tuner may be modified to improve performance. Electronics specialists and hobbyists buy, collect and restore vintage FM or AM/FM audio tuners on the secondary market. The restoration usually begins with replacing the electrolytic capacitors that may age over time. The tuner is outfitted with improved tolerance and better sounding upgraded parts. Prices have increased relative to the increasing demand for the older audio tuners. Those with the most value are the best sounding, most rare (collectible), the best DX capable (distance reception) and the known build quality of the component, as it left the factory.
Most of the early tuner models were designed and manufactured to receive only the AM broadcast band. As FM became more popular, the limitations of AM became more apparent, and FM became the primary listening focus, especially for stereo and music broadcasting.
The McIntosh MR78 is known as one of the first FM tuners precise enough to tune into a weaker station broadcast on the same frequency as another stronger signal.
In Europe, where a second AM broadcast band is used for longwave broadcasting, tuners may be fitted with both the standard medium wave and the additional longwave band. However, radios with only medium wave are also common, especially in countries where there are no longwave broadcasters. Rarely, radios are sold with only FM and longwave, but no medium wave band. Some tuners may also be equipped with one or more short wave bands.
England, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Oxford,city,South East England,England,UK,GB,Great Britain,classic,tourism,tourist attractions,dusk,evening,night,night time,nighttime,blue,stone,history,historic,computing,ICT,IT,Information Technology,tech,OX1,Logic Lane,Oxfordshire,OX1 4EX,logic,lane,programming,program,data,language,process,flow,flowchart,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PAN57H - . A grounded editorial photograph sets out the setting around Logic Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX1 4EX, in this period view from 2018. The described feature is Logic Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England, UK, OX1 4EX. The photograph carries associations with historic built environment, traditional building, historic environment, historic townscape, architectural heritage, period architecture, architectural character, conservation architecture, period property, local landmark, townscape identity, and urban fabric. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, historic buildings also connects with planning control, adaptive reuse and efforts aimed at preserving local character. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at Logic Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX1 4EX, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The view also records themes involving heritage asset, built heritage, adaptive reuse, architectural detail, historic fabric, urban conservation. The record also refers to locations, Cottswold, Oxford England, city centre, Cottswolds, Logic lane sign. Further aspects present in the subject include conservation interest, and heritage streetscape. Modern coverage of older urban fabric frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of energy retrofit, maintenance cost and preserving local character. The combination preserved here provides evidence of architecture and streetscape, public access, transport patterns, neighbourhood identity, and ownership or occupation without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for patterns of everyday use, public-realm details, the condition of buildings, regional identity, and local business activity in a form that can be compared with later photographs.
Logic Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX1 4EX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FHYF - . This dated editorial view of Keckwick lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The defining feature is Daresbury research lab & research centre pano, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The subject also carries associations with assessment material, place identity, qualification assessment, period detail, before-and-after reference, academic testing, social history, public realm, archival record, school examination, regional identity, student revision, historical comparison, and study material. The wider contemporary story combines student attainment, teacher workload and the role of consistent qualifications in university and employment pathways. The archival value lies partly in recording public access and movement around Keckwick lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK before redevelopment alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with everyday life, advanced mathematics, local character, documentary photography, revision resource, secondary education, exam practice, and mathematics education. References to Daresbury, centre, and research give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Keckwick lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for student attainment and the role of consistent qualifications in university and employment pathways without losing the local specificity of Keckwick lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. Another useful connection is mathematics skills and how printed revision materials coexist with online learning platforms in a form that can be compared with future views of Keckwick lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK.
Keckwick lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: Building,landmark,science,physics,material,materials,test,testing,canal,side,canalside,Sci,Tech,innovation,campus,innovation campus,college,education,laboratory,nuclear,radioactive,isotope,high-tech,high,tech,companies,company,national,Warrington,Cheshire,panorama,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,reflection,mirror,keckwick,world,class,world class,world-class,Hartree,Cockcroft,business,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Buy photo of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FJ3W - . This location-specific image from Keckwick lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The subject captured here is Daresbury research lab & research centre pano, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The frame also records themes of documentary photography, assessment material, changing land use, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, formal assessment, contemporary social history, visual archive, education publishing, social history, period detail, exam practice, community identity, and advanced mathematics. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with exam reform, education standards and the continuing importance of mathematics skills in science, technology and engineering. Future viewers can use this scene from Keckwick lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK to compare lettering, decoration and surface detail with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The photograph additionally reflects local character, academic testing, local history, qualification assessment, archival record, regional identity, revision resource, and mathematics education. References to Daresbury, centre, and research give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Keckwick lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for exam reform and the continuing importance of mathematics skills in science, technology and engineering as part of the longer story of Keckwick lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. It also preserves evidence of earlier appearance for future local research. The photograph keeps period character before later change alters the scene.
Keckwick lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: busines,letter,office,work,machine,technology,tech,keys,key,querty,retro,typed,azerty,vintage,brand,Gabriele,typewriter,author,tool,of,the,trade,Olivetti,company,TA,Royal,old technology,Tool of the trade,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,classic,type,job,role
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DC6R - Triumph Adler is a brand for typewriters and computer keyboards, originally a merging of the brand names Triumph and Adler. The company and its brands was purchased by the owner of Royal Typewriter in 1969. The brands Triumph Adler, Royal and TA Royal were sometimes used interchangeably on the same models of typewriters. In 1986, Olivetti bought the company and held on to it until 1994.
England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: busines,letter,work,old,obsolete,tech,keys,keyboard,key,querty,retro,typed,azerty,vintage,brand,Gabriele,typewriter,author,tool,of,the,trade,Olivetti,company,TA,Royal,logo,old technology,Obsolete Technology,Tool of the trade,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DC71 - Triumph Adler is a brand for typewriters and computer keyboards, originally a merging of the brand names Triumph and Adler. The company and its brands was purchased by the owner of Royal Typewriter in 1969. The brands Triumph Adler, Royal and TA Royal were sometimes used interchangeably on the same models of typewriters. In 1986, Olivetti bought the company and held on to it until 1994.
England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: busines,letter,work,old,obsolete,tech,keys,keyboard,key,querty,retro,typed,azerty,vintage,brand,Gabriele,typewriter,author,tool,of,the,trade,Olivetti,company,TA,Royal,logo,old technology,Obsolete Technology,Tool of the trade,Adler Logo,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DC74 - Triumph Adler is a brand for typewriters and computer keyboards, originally a merging of the brand names Triumph and Adler. The company and its brands was purchased by the owner of Royal Typewriter in 1969. The brands Triumph Adler, Royal and TA Royal were sometimes used interchangeably on the same models of typewriters. In 1986, Olivetti bought the company and held on to it until 1994.
England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: busines,letter,office,work,machine,technology,tech,keys,key,querty,retro,typed,azerty,vintage,brand,Gabriele,typewriter,author,tool,of,the,trade,Olivetti,company,TA,Royal,old technology,Tool of the trade,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,classic,type,job,role
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DC78 - Triumph Adler is a brand for typewriters and computer keyboards, originally a merging of the brand names Triumph and Adler. The company and its brands was purchased by the owner of Royal Typewriter in 1969. The brands Triumph Adler, Royal and TA Royal were sometimes used interchangeably on the same models of typewriters. In 1986, Olivetti bought the company and held on to it until 1994.
England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: busines,letter,office,work,machine,technology,old,obsolete,tech,keys,key,querty,retro,typed,azerty,vintage,brand,Gabriele,author,tool,of,the,trade,Olivetti,company,TA,Tool of the trade,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,classic,tool of the trade,writers friend
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DC7C - Triumph Adler is a brand for typewriters and computer keyboards, originally a merging of the brand names Triumph and Adler. The company and its brands was purchased by the owner of Royal Typewriter in 1969. The brands Triumph Adler, Royal and TA Royal were sometimes used interchangeably on the same models of typewriters. In 1986, Olivetti bought the company and held on to it until 1994.
England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: busines,letter,office,work,machine,technology,old,obsolete,tech,keys,keyboard,key,querty,retro,typed,azerty,vintage,author,tool,of,the,trade,TA,Royal,with,paper,sheet,words,old technology,Obsolete Technology,Tool of the trade,sheet of paper,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DC7K - Triumph Adler is a brand for typewriters and computer keyboards, originally a merging of the brand names Triumph and Adler. The company and its brands was purchased by the owner of Royal Typewriter in 1969. The brands Triumph Adler, Royal and TA Royal were sometimes used interchangeably on the same models of typewriters. In 1986, Olivetti bought the company and held on to it until 1994.
England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: original,wireless,receiver,tech,technology,short,long,wave,old,analogue,valve,solid,state,dial,welsh,London,button,buttons,colored,colour,coloured,tune,tuning,tuner,frequency,band,retro,style,icon,wire,less,brown,cream,creme,ivory,third,Brussels,MED,radio,GoTonySmith,radio,dial,model,R500,long,knob,Athlone,Vienna,Third,North,Allouis,49m,41m,metres,metre,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Model R500
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCXE - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2015, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The defining feature is Antique Roberts Shortwave, Mediumwave, Longwave radio dial model R500. Other connected aspects include city branding, capital-city heritage, capital landmark imagery, metropolitan identity, place identity, everyday life, period detail, local character, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, London cityscape, documentary photography, social history, and historical comparison. Today's relevance is strengthened by public transport, tourism and the continuing question of how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The surrounding story also includes changing land use, community identity, urban tourism, Thames city view, historic London streetscape, changing streetscape, regional identity, and visual archive. Details involving model, Shortwave, Antique, radio, and Roberts make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The particular scene at the recorded location gives that point a stronger documentary anchor. Another useful connection is public transport and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The scene further reflects urban mobility and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain within the real-world context of the recorded location. Its period value extends to air quality and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain within the specific setting of the recorded location.
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Keywords: original,wireless,receiver,tech,technology,scale,old,analogue,valve,solid,state,solidstate,dial,welsh,London,Hilversum,button,buttons,colored,colour,coloured,tune,tuning,tuner,frequency,band,retro,style,icon,wire,less,brown,cream,creme,ivory,third,Brussels,MED,radio,GoTonySmith,dial,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCXK - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2015, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through Antique Roberts Shortwave, Mediumwave, Longwave radio dial. Other connected aspects include regional identity, London cityscape, historical comparison, visual archive, Westminster landmark, archival record, social history, metropolitan identity, local character, iconic London transport, everyday life, changing land use, local history, and urban tourism. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into housing pressure and heritage conservation, not least because of the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around the recorded location before refurbishment alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include before-and-after reference, place identity, capital-city heritage, city branding, contemporary social history, documentary photography, London visitor economy, and historic London streetscape. Details involving Roberts, Mediumwave, Shortwave, radio, and Antique make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The photograph from the recorded location links the broader issue back to a specific real place. Another useful connection is housing pressure and the pressure of visitor economies and housing costs on central neighbourhoods within the real-world context of the recorded location. The scene further reflects housing pressure and how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity within the specific setting of the recorded location. The scene captures evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene. Image F7DCXK also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Keywords: electric,car,cars,charger,chargers,area,motorway,service,area,in,the,UK,GB,Europe,eco,battery,powered,quick,station,electric,super,supercharge,tesla,transport,transportation,united,us,USA,vehicle,M1,M2,M3,M4,M5,Electric car,United Kingdom,Great Britain,charging station,gotonysmith,sued,fight,rollout,highway,rest,stops,Moto,welcome,break,British,English,Scottish,Hybrid,Ecotricity,Group,providers,Antitrust,claim,Anti-trust,anti,trust,Tech,Vehicles,Palo Alto,California,Energy,white,ready,to,be,installed,part,part-installed,logo,tarmac,M74,M9,M60,M61,M62,M42,M11,M18,M20,M23,M26,M27,M32,M40,M48,M49,M50,M53,M54,M55,M56,M58,M69,M73,M80,M90,M602,M606,A1M,GoTonySmith,buy pictures of,roll out,roll-out,Tesla Motors Inc,Highway Rest Stops,Welcome Break,U.K.,Electric-car,clean energy,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYPFFA - Tesla, following the settlement of a long-running legal case, is finally going to bring some Superchargers to the UK's motorways. Seven new Supercharging stations, all located at motorway service stations, are now in the process of being built, with more coming soon.
Heretofore, Tesla's somewhat anaemic Supercharger roll-out in the UK had mostly been located in cities
not exactly the ideal place to charge up your car for a long-distance drive. Some Superchargers were located near a motorway or main road, but not in motorway service stations.
As reported by Engadget, the dearth of motorway Superchargers was apparently due to a legal dispute between Tesla and Ecotricity, a UK-based company that already had a large number of electric vehicle charging points across the country, including exclusivity deals at motorway service stations.
According to a few newspaper and website reports, Tesla approached Ecotricity prior to the launch of right-hand-drive Model S in the UK, to try and strike some kind of deal to get Supercharging stations into motorway service stations. Seemingly, at some point that deal turned sour, with Ecotricity's founder saying back in May 2014 that this is nothing more than an attempted smash and grab raid. Soon after, both companies hunkered down in litigation land, suing and countersuing each other. This week they finally reached an out-of-court settlement.
Yesterday, somewhat suspiciously and/or coincidentally, both Tesla and Ecotricity published very similar blog posts. Neither post referenced the other company, instead focusing on their commitment to grow their UK electric vehicle charging networks. While the details of the settlement are confidential, given that Tesla is now allowed to build Superchargers at motorway service stations, it would appear to have got its way.
Abingdon,M74, Scotland
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Keywords: electric,car,cars,charger,chargers,area,motorway,service,area,in,the,UK,GB,Europe,eco,battery,powered,quick,station,electric,super,supercharging,tesla,transport,transportation,united,us,USA,vehicle,M1,M2,M3,M4,M5,Electric car,United Kingdom,Great Britain,charging station,gotonysmith,sued,fight,rollout,highway,rest,stops,Moto,welcome,break,British,English,Scottish,Hybrid,Ecotricity,Group,providers,Antitrust,claim,Anti-trust,anti,trust,Tech,Vehicles,Palo Alto,California,Energy,white,ready,to,be,installed,part,part-installed,logo,tarmac,M74,M9,M60,M61,M62,M42,M11,M18,M20,M23,M26,M27,M32,M40,M48,M49,M50,M53,M54,M55,M56,M58,M69,M73,M80,M90,M602,M606,A1M,GoTonySmith,buy pictures of,roll out,roll-out,Tesla Motors Inc,Highway Rest Stops,Welcome Break,U.K.,Electric-car,clean energy,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYPFFC - Tesla, following the settlement of a long-running legal case, is finally going to bring some Superchargers to the UK's motorways. Seven new Supercharging stations, all located at motorway service stations, are now in the process of being built, with more coming soon.
Heretofore, Tesla's somewhat anaemic Supercharger roll-out in the UK had mostly been located in cities
not exactly the ideal place to charge up your car for a long-distance drive. Some Superchargers were located near a motorway or main road, but not in motorway service stations.
As reported by Engadget, the dearth of motorway Superchargers was apparently due to a legal dispute between Tesla and Ecotricity, a UK-based company that already had a large number of electric vehicle charging points across the country, including exclusivity deals at motorway service stations.
According to a few newspaper and website reports, Tesla approached Ecotricity prior to the launch of right-hand-drive Model S in the UK, to try and strike some kind of deal to get Supercharging stations into motorway service stations. Seemingly, at some point that deal turned sour, with Ecotricity's founder saying back in May 2014 that this is nothing more than an attempted smash and grab raid. Soon after, both companies hunkered down in litigation land, suing and countersuing each other. This week they finally reached an out-of-court settlement.
Yesterday, somewhat suspiciously and/or coincidentally, both Tesla and Ecotricity published very similar blog posts. Neither post referenced the other company, instead focusing on their commitment to grow their UK electric vehicle charging networks. While the details of the settlement are confidential, given that Tesla is now allowed to build Superchargers at motorway service stations, it would appear to have got its way.
Abingdon,M74, Scotland
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Keywords: Victorian,tech,technology,England,English,first Floor,second floor,Ground Floor,CW Exports,Buffet Bar,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,RF Penberton Ltd,Muschamp Taylor Ltd,Whitehead Brothers,County Garages,J Weinberg & Co Ltd,Barron Walton Ltd,S Brooks,RH Lees Ltd,AJ Buss,AE Moore,communication,call,calls,contact,contacts,Ground,floor,first,second,third,fourth,bell box
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KE9 - . Internal company telephone call system panel at Stalybridge Station Buffet Bar, Tameside, Manchester, England, UK. Photographed at Stalybridge, Manchester, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 18 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Internal, company, telephone, call, system, panel, Stalybridge, railway, Station and Victorian, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to digital technology, smartphones, software, online services and the way screens and apps increasingly mediate everyday activity. It can support editorial coverage of mobile applications, consumer technology, digital services, user interfaces, online communication, artificial intelligence, software platforms, data and the changing relationship between people and connected devices. Visible screen text, icons, branding, controls and handset details can give picture buyers a recognisable real-world technology context. As a dated photograph, it is particularly useful for documenting a specific version of an interface, product or digital service before later updates alter its appearance or functionality. Search themes include smartphones, apps, software, digital services, screen interfaces, online platforms, consumer electronics, artificial intelligence and changing technology. A dated screen or device photograph is useful because software interfaces, branding and product designs can alter rapidly through updates and replacement. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Stalybridge, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Crewe works,rail,railway,trains,engine,transport,history,BR,British Railways,UK,Great Britain,terminal,terminals and covers,cover,lead acid,charging,batteries,cell,cells,traditional,tech,technology,battery chemistry,connected,conventional,old,electric,electricity,storage,DC,direct current,12v,12 Volt,12 Volts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGMNXC - . This period scene at Great Britain, UK in 2014 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The photograph records Low Maintenance Lead Acid Batteries, as used on British Railways , BR, terminals and covers. A broader reading of the scene brings in station environment, factory history, industrial material culture, historic context, changing land use, local history, manufacturing heritage, place identity, public realm, industrial artefact, historic manufacturing, traditional building materials, transport interchange, and labour history. In the mid-2020s, station investment and fares keep the subject current, particularly through making rail simpler and more dependable. The subject remains useful for current coverage of embodied carbon and regional industry, not least because of recording industries that shaped northern towns. For retrospective editorial use, the scene fixes period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment as seen at Great Britain, UK. Further connections include social history, community identity, passenger railway, building-material production, rail modernisation, trackside infrastructure, industrial supply chain, and production works. Details involving covers, terminals, Batteries, Maintenance, and Railways give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. By fixing the subject within Great Britain, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for station investment and preserving railway heritage while modernising the network within the specific setting of Great Britain, UK. Another useful connection is regional industry and the reuse or loss of former production sites as part of the longer story of Great Britain, UK.
Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Crewe works,rail,railway,trains,engine,transport,history,BR,UK,Great Britain,up fast,slot,labels,labeled,points,Selection,of,levers,93,94,95,96,track,tech,technology,gricers,label,signal box lever labels,lever labels,manually operated,manually,operated,manual,handle,handles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGMNY9 - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2014, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The scene shows Selection of signal box levers from Crewe, up fast slot,crossing,up slow,up fast,Up Chester,platform,Up Thro - Crewe platforms, Cheshire, England. The surrounding context brings together building-material production, production technology, archival record, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, historical comparison, social history, rail corridor, working-industry history, public realm, industrial supply chain, changing land use, and historic manufacturing. For contemporary context, rail reform and station investment are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes making rail simpler and more dependable. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about adaptive reuse, regional industry and the historical importance of everyday manufactured objects and materials. For local-history research, the frame records the relationship between the subject and its surroundings within the recorded location. Further connections include place identity, production works, industrial material culture, regional identity, manufacturing heritage, factory history, everyday life, and trackside infrastructure. The recorded references to crossing, signal, Selection, levers, and platforms preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The surrounding context at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is rail reform and reducing congestion and car dependency without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The image fixes a local visual benchmark as part of the recorded location's history.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Crewe works,rail,railway,trains,engine,transport,history,BR,British Railways,UK,Great Britain,Steam,wheel,Staem,steam,wheel detail,engineering,coupling,cast,driving,tech,technology,steam technology,industry,rust,old,classic,metal,iron horse,link,links,steam age,steam loco,loco,large wheel,Crewe Works
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGMNYE - . A dated documentary view of England, UK in 2014, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The principal point of reference is Close up of Steam Engine greased large driving wheel links. The scene additionally carries associations with archival record, public realm, passenger railway, rail mobility, industrial supply chain, production works, working-industry history, community identity, regional identity, local history, manufacturing heritage, rail corridor, trackside infrastructure, and everyday life. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes station investment alongside accessibility, with particular attention to making rail simpler and more dependable. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with factory closures, construction materials and the relationship between local geology, manufacturing and the built environment. As a documentary source, the photograph preserves the combination of built form, activity and local identity within the setting of England, UK. Other useful associations include before-and-after reference, historic context, transport interchange, industrial artefact, historic manufacturing, production technology, rail modernisation, and commuter travel. Details involving large, greased, driving, Engine, and Steam give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. A later view of England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects station investment and making rail simpler and more dependable without losing the local specificity of England, UK. Its period value extends to adaptive reuse and recording industries that shaped northern towns in a form that can be compared with future views of England, UK. The view records a trace of local identity within the wider story of England, UK.
England, UK
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Keywords: screen keys key toy toys blue grey gray,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,GoTonySmith,screen,keys,key,toy,figure,human,plastic,toys,blue,grey,gray,arab,hair,haired,Islamic,ICT,IT,computer,laptop,keyboard,building,blocks,technology,tech,equality,users,diverse,diversity,support,team,mates,mate,teammate,teammates
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6HY4X - . Two Lego men on a laptop keyboard. The photograph was taken on 17 November 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Two, Lego, men, laptop, keyboard, Muslim, ginger, figures, screen keys key toy toys blue grey gray and screen, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to digital technology, smartphones, software, online services and the way screens and apps increasingly mediate everyday activity. It can support editorial coverage of mobile applications, consumer technology, digital services, user interfaces, online communication, artificial intelligence, software platforms, data and the changing relationship between people and connected devices. Visible screen text, icons, branding, controls and handset details can give picture buyers a recognisable real-world technology context. As a dated photograph, it is particularly useful for documenting a specific version of an interface, product or digital service before later updates alter its appearance or functionality. Search themes include smartphones, apps, software, digital services, screen interfaces, online platforms, consumer electronics, artificial intelligence and changing technology. A dated screen or device photograph is useful because software interfaces, branding and product designs can alter rapidly through updates and replacement. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
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Keywords: National Trust NT,Altrincham,Cheshire,England,UK,wood,number,numbers,interesting,history,phone,historic,old,GoTonySmith,comms,communication,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,old telephone,old phone,national Trust,antique,Edwardian,telecoms,telecom,elementary,tech,home,technology,analogue,black,wooden,Bakelite,phones
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGY17 - . Old fashioned Edwardian telephone, Dunham Massey NT, Altrincham, Cheshire, England , UK. Photographed at Dunham Massey NT, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 15 September 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Old fashioned Edwardian telephone, Dunham Massey, wallmounted, wall, mounted, handset, intercom, telephone, Victorian and National Trust NT, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DHGY17, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Dunham Massey NT, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: Black,white,mechanism,old,tech,technology,word,processor,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,75,Queen Victoria Street,London,England,UK,EC1,type,fig,cap,keys,key,antique,classic,mechanical,wordprocessing,processing,black,ivory,vintage,retro,worn,well,well-worn,used,nostalgia
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXM0Y - . Old Typewriter machine showing keys, 75 Queen Victoria Street, London, England, UK, EC1. The photograph was taken on 31 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Typewriter, machine, showing, keys, London, Queen Victoria St, QWERTY, typing, Black and white, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to digital technology, smartphones, software, online services and the way screens and apps increasingly mediate everyday activity. It can support editorial coverage of mobile applications, consumer technology, digital services, user interfaces, online communication, artificial intelligence, software platforms, data and the changing relationship between people and connected devices. Visible screen text, icons, branding, controls and handset details can give picture buyers a recognisable real-world technology context. As a dated photograph, it is particularly useful for documenting a specific version of an interface, product or digital service before later updates alter its appearance or functionality. Search themes include smartphones, apps, software, digital services, screen interfaces, online platforms, consumer electronics, artificial intelligence and changing technology. A dated screen or device photograph is useful because software interfaces, branding and product designs can alter rapidly through updates and replacement. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
75 Queen Victoria Street, London, England, UK, EC1
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Keywords: from Montecute House,NT,Somerset,England,UK,tourist,novelty,tech,Yeovil,Lady,Irene,Young,Ladies,Bath,Rm,Room,Porch,Cynthia,UK,England,English,National,Trust,T.,Clarke,&,Co,company,129,st,SW,London,maker,Lady,cynthia,alexander,wall,mounted,like,Gotonysmith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE53G4 - . Internal country Mansion telephone call system from Montecute House, NT, Somerset. Photographed at Montecute, Somerset, SW England, UK. The photograph was taken on 13 June 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Internal, country, Mansion, telephone, call, system, bell box, technology, sloane and makers, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to digital technology, smartphones, software, online services and the way screens and apps increasingly mediate everyday activity. It can support editorial coverage of mobile applications, consumer technology, digital services, user interfaces, online communication, artificial intelligence, software platforms, data and the changing relationship between people and connected devices. Visible screen text, icons, branding, controls and handset details can give picture buyers a recognisable real-world technology context. As a dated photograph, it is particularly useful for documenting a specific version of an interface, product or digital service before later updates alter its appearance or functionality. Search themes include smartphones, apps, software, digital services, screen interfaces, online platforms, consumer electronics, artificial intelligence and changing technology. A dated screen or device photograph is useful because software interfaces, branding and product designs can alter rapidly through updates and replacement. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Montecute, Somerset, SW England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE53JJ - . Internal country Mansion telephone call system from Montecute House, NT, Somerset. Photographed at Montecute, Somerset, SW England, UK. The photograph was taken on 13 June 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Internal, country, Mansion, telephone, call, system, from Montecute House, Somerset, novelty and tech, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to digital technology, smartphones, software, online services and the way screens and apps increasingly mediate everyday activity. It can support editorial coverage of mobile applications, consumer technology, digital services, user interfaces, online communication, artificial intelligence, software platforms, data and the changing relationship between people and connected devices. Visible screen text, icons, branding, controls and handset details can give picture buyers a recognisable real-world technology context. As a dated photograph, it is particularly useful for documenting a specific version of an interface, product or digital service before later updates alter its appearance or functionality. Search themes include smartphones, apps, software, digital services, screen interfaces, online platforms, consumer electronics, artificial intelligence and changing technology. A dated screen or device photograph is useful because software interfaces, branding and product designs can alter rapidly through updates and replacement. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Montecute, Somerset, SW England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HF3E - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick La, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4 4AD in 2011, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Clean Area worker Daresbury Science Lab , Cheshire England, UK. The broader subject matter reaches into regional identity, specialist retailer, historical comparison, changing land use, high-street commerce, customer footfall, local history, changing streetscape, public realm, retail property, local character, street-level business, local enterprise, and social history. Current relevance extends to business rates and town-centre regeneration, particularly through the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick La, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4 4AD may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. The surrounding story also includes visual archive, bricks-and-mortar retail, shopfront economy, commercial frontage, contemporary social history, community identity, place identity, and archival record. Details involving Daresbury, Clean, worker, and Science make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick La, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4 4AD, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate business rates and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick La, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4 4AD. The frame retains evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick La, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4 4AD
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Keywords: England,Science,scientific,atom,high,technology,tech,hightech,National,Centre,for,Electron,Spectroscopy,and,Surface,Analysis,The,National,Centre,for,Electron,Spectroscopy,and,Surface,Analysis,brings,together,industry,and,academe,to,address,problems,in,materials,science,surface science and engineer,gotonysmith,engineering,precision,precise,scientists,boffin,boffins,Wide,fisheye,view,fish,eye,DaresburyLaboratory,Keckwick La lane Warrington,Cheshire England UK WA4 4AD,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HF3H - Daresbury Laboratory NCESS Dept machine, Cheshire UK
National Centre for Electron Spectroscopy and Surface Analysis. The National Centre for Electron Spectroscopy and Surface Analysis, brings together industry and academe to address problems in materials science, surface science and engineering.
Collaborative research programmes with industry and the academic community have been set up for targeted research areas, ranging from studies of polymers and composites through to ceramics, semiconductors, metals and novel materials. It offers repayment services to industry and has an EPSRC user programme which provides and supports access to its facilities to help academic groups with their own research programmes.
Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick La, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4 4AD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59XAJ - . Smashed and cracked screen on an Apple Iphone, still functioning. Photographed on 4 November 2010, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is England, Great Britain , UK, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include crack, smash, smashed, glass, cracked, screen on an Apple Iphone, still, functioning, repairs, smartphone, telephone, moby, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The digital or smartphone element makes the image suitable for coverage of mobile technology, apps, online services, privacy, communications, cyber security, consumer behaviour and the way everyday tasks increasingly move onto handheld devices. Screens and interfaces also provide a dated record of contemporary technology, useful for later comparison as software, services, security warnings and mobile user experiences change. 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. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: manchester,sexy,tattoo,tatoo,erotic,tatto,lace,tat2,tat,lacy,convention,fetish,england,stocking,english,UK,lancashire,cheshire,gmex,central,city,work,lady,suspender,arm,color,colour,colores,woman,selective,bw,black,white,black and white,mono,monochrome,06032010,20100306,6th,march,2010,9th,annual,event,ink,skin,flesh,canvas,fleshcanvas,competition,awards,fashion,glamour,model,latex,skintech,tech,expo,Tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,cool,person,people,portrait,image,selctive,dark,disturbia,sensual,hotpicks
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4427429577 - 'Hard at work here, this final tattoo will be worthy of best of day.
Here from The Manchester Central tattoo convention (old GMEX central station conference and event venue). the 2011 event will be the 5th March 2011 ( 05/03/2011 ).
Tattoo artist unknown - if you have any info, please comment.
Another tatoo www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4346708697/
(2010 week 9)
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w=33062170@N08 .
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Keywords: Black,dial,Emergency,Call,-,999,gotonysmith,fire,police,ambulance,dial,analogue,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,history,BT,1970s,1970,1980,historic,antique,tech,technology,with,rotary,number,numbers,standard old,metal,Bakelite,call,callers,calls,111
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF21W3 - . Black Telephone with rotary dial Emergency Call - 999, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 24 January 2010. Historically, everyday technology provides a compact history of design and changing behaviour
Rotary dials, thermionic valves, mechanical keypads, film cameras and early televisions were once ordinary equipment but now illustrate obsolete standards, manufacturing methods and patterns of work or communication. The wider historical story is that earlier buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. In 2026, smartphones, digital services and AI-enabled devices make older mechanical and analogue technologies appear even more distant, increasing their value for editorial comparisons about technological change, repairability, planned obsolescence and digital dependence. In the present 2026 context, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse. The historical context is that technical artefacts show how innovation changes daily life: office machines reduced clerical labour, telephones reshaped communication, cameras altered image-making and electronic components enabled broadcasting and computing
Close-up photographs preserve interfaces and designs that quickly vanish from use. In the longer view, technology objects become historical remarkably quickly
Telephones, calculators, cameras, valves, televisions and workplace machines chart successive shifts from mechanical and analogue systems to electronics, digital processing, smartphones and cloud-connected services. Alternative search wording includes technology history, vintage technology, digital technology, electronic equipment, and mechanical device.
Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Example,of,long,exposure,painting,with,light.,LED,torch,with,a,camera,mounted,on,a,tripod,Citroen,Picasso,gotonysmith,dark,photographic,technique,photo,tech,how,to,do,it,fun,photography,using,a,tripod,howto,how,to,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY9K7 - Example of long exposure painting with light. LED torch with a camera mounted on a tripod. The car used here was a Citroen Picasso.
Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera.
The term light painting also encompasses images lit from outside the frame with hand-held light sources. Light Painting Photography can be traced back to the year 1914 when Frank Gilbreth, along with his wife Lillian Moller Gilbreth, used small lights and the open shutter of a camera to track the motion of manufacturing and clerical workers.
Man Ray, in his 1935 series Space Writing, was the first known art photographer to use the technique and Barbara Morgan began making light paintings in 1940.
Rudheath, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEYA9K - Blue Printed Circuit Board with resistors, capacitor and transistors, from Bosch Worcester central heating boiler
A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks or signal traces etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate.
Excluding exotic products using special materials or processes, all printed circuit boards manufactured today can be built using the following four items which are usually purchased from manufacturers:
Laminates
Copper-clad laminates
Resin impregnated B-stage cloth (Pre-preg)
Copper foil
Warrington, Cheshire England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KDPYAW - A printed circuit board (PCB
also printed wiring board or PWB) is a medium used in electrical and electronic engineering to connect electronic components to one another in a controlled manner. It takes the form of a laminated sandwich structure of conductive and insulating layers: each of the conductive layers is designed with an artwork pattern of traces, planes and other features (similar to wires on a flat surface) etched from one or more sheet layers of copper laminated onto and/or between sheet layers of a non-conductive substrate. Electrical components may be fixed to conductive pads on the outer layers in the shape designed to accept the component's terminals, generally by means of soldering, to both electrically connect and mechanically fasten them to it. Another manufacturing process adds vias: plated-through holes that allow interconnections between layers
The Austrian engineer Paul Eisler invented the printed circuit as part of a radio set while working in the UK around 1936. In 1941 a multi-layer printed circuit was used in German magnetic influence naval mines
Around 1943 the USA began to use the technology on a large scale to make proximity fuzes for use in World War II. Such fuzes required an electronic circuit that could withstand being fired from a gun, and could be produced in quantity
Motorola was an early leader in bringing the process into consumer electronics, announcing in August 1952 the adoption of plated circuits in home radios after six years of research and a $1M investment
Originally, every electronic component had wire leads, and a PCB had holes drilled for each wire of each component. The component leads were then inserted through the holes and soldered to the copper PCB traces. This method of assembly is called through-hole construction. In 1949, Moe Abramson and Stanislaus F. Danko of the United States Army Signal Corps developed the Auto-Sembly process in which component leads were inserted into a copper foil interconnection
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,circuit,circuits,board,soldering,word,electronic,tech,technology,process,processes,world,reliant,on,chip,chips,silicon,binary,logic,PCB,printed,wiring,component,components,main,motherboard,mother,processor,artificial,IOT,Internet of Things,brain,robot,software,neural,network,smart,artificial intelligence war
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KDPYB6 - A printed circuit board (PCB
also printed wiring board or PWB) is a medium used in electrical and electronic engineering to connect electronic components to one another in a controlled manner. It takes the form of a laminated sandwich structure of conductive and insulating layers: each of the conductive layers is designed with an artwork pattern of traces, planes and other features (similar to wires on a flat surface) etched from one or more sheet layers of copper laminated onto and/or between sheet layers of a non-conductive substrate. Electrical components may be fixed to conductive pads on the outer layers in the shape designed to accept the component's terminals, generally by means of soldering, to both electrically connect and mechanically fasten them to it. Another manufacturing process adds vias: plated-through holes that allow interconnections between layers
The Austrian engineer Paul Eisler invented the printed circuit as part of a radio set while working in the UK around 1936. In 1941 a multi-layer printed circuit was used in German magnetic influence naval mines
Around 1943 the USA began to use the technology on a large scale to make proximity fuzes for use in World War II. Such fuzes required an electronic circuit that could withstand being fired from a gun, and could be produced in quantity
Motorola was an early leader in bringing the process into consumer electronics, announcing in August 1952 the adoption of plated circuits in home radios after six years of research and a $1M investment
Originally, every electronic component had wire leads, and a PCB had holes drilled for each wire of each component. The component leads were then inserted through the holes and soldered to the copper PCB traces. This method of assembly is called through-hole construction. In 1949, Moe Abramson and Stanislaus F. Danko of the United States Army Signal Corps developed the Auto-Sembly process in which component leads were inserted into a copper foil interconnection
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCXB - Antique Roberts Shortwave, Mediumwave, Longwave radio dial has the strength of a real-world scene: ordinary enough to be believable, but specific enough to support precise editorial use. An antique Roberts radio dial evokes the era when shortwave, medium wave and long wave listening brought news, music, shipping forecasts and distant voices into the home through a single portable set. The object suits stories about broadcasting history, analogue design, domestic technology, nostalgia, radio collecting and the shift from tuning knobs to streaming platforms. The location wording gives the subject enough geographic context for local and regional editorial use while avoiding a generic studio feel. It can work both as a straightforward location record and as a wider editorial illustration of the habits, services, buildings, symbols and small commercial details that shape everyday life.
England, UK
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Keywords: Byte,Cafe,Green Park,office,Offices,486,Reading,Berks,England,UK,United Kingdom,Symbolic,Symbolism,Raglan Housing,Raglan,Housing,GB,Great Britain,eating,shop,retail,glass,lift,mechanism,glass lift,GoTonySmith,offices,tech,design,architecture,inside,interior,like a,chip,sockets,RG2,RG2 6GP,Stonewater,housing,regional Britain
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DGHE9G - Photo shows Byte Cafe, Green Park Offices,486 Socket, Reading, Berks, England, UK, RG2 6GP. The photograph is useful as a documentary record of a real place, object or public-facing scene. It can support local history, travel, social observation, news features and web articles where authentic context matters more than a polished studio image. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Reading, England, UK, RG2 6GP, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. The supplied caption gives the main editorial context
visible weather, signage and surrounding detail should be checked on upload. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture. Because this is not a studio setup, the surrounding details matter: pavement, interior, transport hardware, street furniture, shopfronts, people, signs, light and seasonal clues can all help the buyer understand the real-world setting.
100 Longwater Avenue, Green Park ,Reading, United Kingdom, RG2 6GP
