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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5358,Brussels Airlines,Manchester Airport,aircraft,airplane,airline,Belgium,Brussels,Lufthansa Group,aviation,apron,airport,ground handling,jet,terminal,flight,travel,Europe,passenger aircraft,airline network,turnaround,baggage,ground crew,jet bridge,international travel,regional connectivity,air transport,tourism,business travel,scheduled airline,Manchester,Belgian airline,airport operations,flying
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RNJ - . Brussels Airlines aircraft parked on the apron at Manchester Airport, with ground-service vehicles working around the stand. The aircraft is viewed through terminal glass with branded tail and fuselage visible, while the surrounding apron shows the infrastructure normally hidden behind the passenger-facing terminal. A Brussels Airlines aircraft is parked on the apron at Manchester Airport with ground-service vehicles and terminal infrastructure around it, showing the aircraft during a normal turnaround between flights. Brussels Airlines is Belgium's flag carrier and is part of Lufthansa Group, linking Brussels with European and intercontinental destinations while also feeding passengers into the wider group network. An aircraft turnaround involves baggage handling, fuelling, catering, cleaning, passenger boarding and technical checks, all coordinated within a tightly controlled period on the airport stand. The apron view provides more operational context than an aircraft in flight because it shows the vehicles, service equipment, jet bridge and terminal environment required to make scheduled aviation function. Manchester Airport provides direct links from northern England to major European hubs, and Brussels is important both as a destination and as a connection point for business, political and leisure travel. The image is suitable for editorial coverage of Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa Group, Belgium travel, Manchester Airport, European aviation, airline networks, airport ground handling, aircraft turnarounds and regional international connectivity. Ground handling is time-critical because a delayed service vehicle or baggage process can hold the aircraft on stand and affect the next sector in its schedule. A hub carrier such as Brussels Airlines depends on punctual arrivals so connecting passengers can transfer through Brussels to onward flights across Europe and beyond.
Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5361,Manchester Airport,Terminal 2,airport,passengers,crowds,departure gate,waiting,hand luggage,cabin baggage,travel,aviation,flight,delays,queue,terminal,Manchester,holidays,tourists,air travel,airport capacity,seating,congestion,boarding,airline,departures,tourism,busy airport,regional airport,northern England,luggage,gate lounge,travel disruption,airport expansion,EU,Biometric System,third runway,3rd runway
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RP1 - . Crowds of passengers waiting with cabin luggage at departure gates in Manchester Airport Terminal 2 during a busy travel period. The frame includes gate numbers, seating, standing passengers and wheeled cases, giving a broad view of how limited lounge space feels when a large flight load gathers at once. Crowds of passengers wait with cabin luggage around departure gate seating in Manchester Airport Terminal 2, filling both the seats and circulation space during a busy travel period. The terminal has been extensively redeveloped as Manchester Airport's principal long-haul and major-airline facility, bringing larger gate lounges, retail areas and new passenger-processing spaces into use as the older terminal infrastructure is replaced. A crowded gate can reflect normal peak demand, a late inbound aircraft, boarding delays or passengers arriving early, but the photograph itself records the visible operational pressure without attributing a specific cause. Suitcases, backpacks, flight-information screens and mixed groups of travellers create a strong visual summary of contemporary air travel, where hand luggage and mobile devices are central to the passenger experience. Manchester is the largest UK airport outside London and serves a wide catchment across northern England, so congestion in its terminals has wider significance for business travel, holidays and regional connectivity. Editorial uses include airport capacity, terminal expansion, passenger queues, flight delays, holiday travel, aviation demand, airport seating, hand baggage and the challenge of handling large passenger peaks efficiently. Gate lounges are sized around expected aircraft and passenger flows, yet disruption can cause several flights to overlap and quickly consume every seat and standing area. The photograph works for both ordinary peak travel and reporting on delays without requiring a claim that a particular airline or incident caused the crowd.
Manchester Airport Terminal 2, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5365,easyJet,Speedy Boarding,special assistance,airport gate,boarding,airline,passengers,priority boarding,accessibility,disabled passengers,airport,travel,low cost airline,aviation,gate,queue,departure,cabin baggage,easyJet Plus,assistance,staff,terminal,holidays,Europe,boarding pass,flight,passenger service,mobility assistance,airline fees,ancillary revenue,waiting,air travel,tourism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RPH - . easyJet Speedy Boarding and Special Assistance sign at an airport gate, with passengers waiting at the staffed boarding desk. The gate number A9 is visible above the orange display, which separates priority and assistance messages from the surrounding neutral terminal architecture. An orange easyJet sign at airport gate A9 advertises Speedy Boarding, easyJet Plus and Special Assistance, with passengers waiting at the staffed boarding desk beneath the display. Priority boarding products allow eligible customers to enter the aircraft queue earlier, while the same gate area must also accommodate passengers who need mobility or other assistance under airport accessibility arrangements. The juxtaposition of a paid or status-based priority service with special-assistance provision shows how airlines segment passenger flows while still managing legal and operational duties to travellers who require support. Gate signage is a critical final stage of the airport journey, communicating boarding groups, destination changes, document checks and last calls in a space where delays can rapidly create queues. easyJet is a major European low-cost airline, and the bright orange corporate branding makes the carrier immediately identifiable even without a view of the aircraft outside. The image is useful for stories about low-cost aviation, airline ancillary charges, priority boarding, disabled passenger assistance, airport accessibility, boarding procedures, queues and the commercialisation of different service levels within economy air travel. Airlines use boarding sequence to manage limited gate space and speed aircraft departure, but passengers often cluster early because overhead locker space and seating order matter to them. Special-assistance users may need a different boarding sequence, so gate staff coordinate commercial priority groups with accessibility needs and aircraft readiness.
Airport departure gate, Europe
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5928,SNCF,railway,station,TGV,Lyon,airport,France,Calatrava,architecture,rail,train,transport,travel,terminal,interchange,steel,glass,Europe,gare,passengers,tourism,connection,infrastructure,modern,transit,aviation,hub,Part Dieu,high speed,public transport,Saint Exupery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH54N - . The entrance to Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV is seen beside the airport, with SNCF branding and the dramatic steel-and-glass architecture of the station. Travellers move through the forecourt beneath the structure linking high-speed rail and air travel. The station was designed as an integrated transport hub serving Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport and the French high-speed rail network. Its striking form is associated with architect Santiago Calatrava and makes the complex one of the most recognisable pieces of transport architecture in the region. Rail connections allow some passengers to reach the airport without travelling through central Lyon. The station's sweeping structure was conceived to make the rail-air interchange a landmark in its own right rather than a purely functional platform building. Passengers arriving by TGV can transfer directly to airport facilities, while local travellers can use the complex as part of journeys across France without entering central Lyon. The angular steel ribs, broad glazing and elevated circulation routes are distinctive features of late twentieth-century transport architecture. Electric and high-capacity rail is central to attempts to reduce car dependence on busy urban and intercity corridors, although passengers judge the network just as strongly on reliability, frequency and fares. Railway signs and destination displays are part of the operational system rather than decoration, guiding passengers through complex journeys and preserving local language and place names. Overhead electrification, platforms, bridges and signalling are the less glamorous infrastructure behind frequent passenger services and can be as important to capacity as the trains themselves. Older stations frequently combine historic buildings with modern accessibility and passenger systems, producing layers of railway architecture rather than a single design period.
Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,easyJet,queue,checkin,check-in,airport,Lyon,France,passengers,luggage,EasyJetPlus,airline,travel,tourism,holiday,delay,waiting,terminal,aviation,crowd,service,accessibility,departures,summer,flight,airportqueue,disruption,Europe,easyJet bag drop queue,checked baggage drop,Lyon Saint Exupery Airport,checked luggage drop,busy airport terminal,airline check in desks,delays,EasyJet Plus,ground staff,Special Assistance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH551 - Passengers form a long queue at the easyJet check-in and bag-drop area at LyonSaint Exupéry Airport in France, with travellers and luggage filling the departure hall beside prominently signed easyJet Plus and Special Assistance lanes. The scene illustrates the pressure that can develop around checked-baggage processing at busy airports, where passengers who have already checked in online may still need to join a physical queue to hand over hold luggage before proceeding to security. easyJet states that online check-in is available from 30 days until two hours before departure, but passengers travelling with checked baggage must use the airline's bag-drop facilities. For flights from Lyon, easyJet currently lists bag drop as opening 2.5 hours before scheduled departure and closing 60 minutes before departure, making queue length and processing speed an important part of the passenger journey.
The crowded terminal also shows how different customer flows have to be managed at the same time, including standard passengers, easyJet Plus customers and people requiring Special Assistance. Such scenes have wider editorial relevance to airline punctuality, airport staffing, baggage handling, peak-season travel, holiday congestion and the operational challenges of low-cost aviation. Long queues can create anxiety for passengers working against bag-drop, security and gate deadlines, even where the flight itself remains on schedule. easyJet has promoted automated bag-drop technology at a number of airports as a means of reducing waiting times, yet this photograph demonstrates that substantial queues can still occur in real-world airport operations.
The combination of passengers, suitcases, branded check-in screens, queue barriers and accessibility signage gives a clear visual account of the departure process at one of France's major regional airports and of the practical friction that can arise between online check-in and the physical handling of checked luggage.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5940,airport,queue,departures,passengers,Lyon,France,terminal,security,travel,aviation,crowd,waiting,tourism,holiday,flight,departure,Europe,congestion,capacity,screening,luggage,travellers,busy,summer,transport,check,access,delay,airtravel,crowds,crowded,airport queue,terminal building,EU,Biometric System,delays
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH558 - . Passengers wait in a substantial queue inside Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport before progressing into the departures process. The modern terminal, overhead structure, electronic displays and controlled entrance lanes frame a busy flow of holiday and business travellers. Airport congestion can build rapidly around security, document checks and access points when several flights depart close together. Passenger-processing capacity, staffing, baggage rules and new border technologies all influence waiting times. The image records the everyday operational pressure on a major regional airport serving Lyon and south-eastern France, where queues are a visible measure of passenger experience. The queue occupies a broad internal circulation area beneath the terminal roof, showing how passenger lines can spill beyond the point they are intended to serve. Airports try to manage these peaks with retractable barriers, live information and staffing changes, but security and document checks cannot always be accelerated safely. Such congestion is especially visible during school holidays and disruption, when delayed passengers overlap with those arriving for later flights. Peak holiday periods can expose the difference between normal terminal capacity and sudden surges when several flights are processed at once, creating queues at check-in, security or the gate. Wayfinding has to work for people who may not speak the local language, so pictograms, bilingual wording, colour and repeated signs are central to airport design. The growth of low-cost aviation has made frequent European air travel more accessible while also intensifying debate about congestion, consumer rights, airport expansion and aviation emissions. Airlines favour fast turnarounds because an aircraft earns nothing while standing on the ground, so boarding, baggage loading, fuelling and cabin preparation are tightly timed around departure slots.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH55J - A bilingual French and English airport sign directs passengers towards an Espace fumeurs or smoking area inside Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport in France. The illuminated directional sign combines the international cigarette symbol with the words Smoking area , while another overhead sign points towards airport gates, making the photograph a distinctive example of passenger wayfinding and smoking provision within a modern European airport terminal.
Lyon Airport describes itself as a non-smoking airport, but designated facilities remain available for travellers who smoke. Passengers may smoke outside the airport buildings before entering, while a dedicated enclosed smoking room is provided in the departure area of Terminal 1 after security. Lyon Airport also states that the same restrictions apply to electronic cigarettes. The provision of a specific smoking room therefore creates a controlled exception within an otherwise smoke-free passenger environment.
France has progressively tightened restrictions on tobacco use in public places. Smoking has long been prohibited in enclosed and covered premises open to the public, workplaces and public transport. French rules permit specially designated smoking rooms in some circumstances, although such spaces are tightly regulated and must meet requirements intended to reduce exposure to second-hand smoke. These can include enclosure, independent ventilation, limits on room size and restrictions on access by people under 18.
Since July 2025 France has also extended smoke-free rules to additional outdoor public spaces, including some areas used by waiting passengers. The policy forms part of wider efforts to reduce passive smoking and make tobacco use less visible in everyday public life.
Against that background, a clearly signposted indoor airport smoking area is an increasingly striking travel feature. The image documents the practical compromises made by major transport hubs between smoke-free public-health policies and fa
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH560 - . A long line of passengers crosses the airport apron towards an easyJet Airbus A320-family aircraft at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. Travellers with backpacks and cabin bags wait to board by mobile stairs, while the aircraft nose and orange engine nacelles are visible ahead. The scene captures a familiar low-cost-airline boarding process in which passengers leave the terminal and walk to an aircraft on a remote stand. Airlines use tightly managed boarding groups, cabin-baggage rules and rapid turnarounds to keep aircraft utilisation high. Lyon is a major regional French airport with domestic and international services, and easyJet is a prominent European low-cost carrier. The queue includes travellers of different ages carrying backpacks and small cases, a typical mix for leisure-oriented European flying. The aircraft is parked away from a pier, so passengers are channelled across marked apron routes rather than through an enclosed bridge. This exposes the operational choreography of boarding: buses or gates release a group, staff control the line, and both aircraft doors can be used to shorten the time before pushback. Peak holiday periods can expose the difference between normal terminal capacity and sudden surges when several flights are processed at once, creating queues at check-in, security or the gate. Wayfinding has to work for people who may not speak the local language, so pictograms, bilingual wording, colour and repeated signs are central to airport design. The growth of low-cost aviation has made frequent European air travel more accessible while also intensifying debate about congestion, consumer rights, airport expansion and aviation emissions. Airlines favour fast turnarounds because an aircraft earns nothing while standing on the ground, so boarding, baggage loading, fuelling and cabin preparation are tightly timed around departure slots. The setting remains clearly identifiable.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH56E - . Travellers climb mobile boarding steps into the front door of an Airbus A320-family passenger jet at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. The aircraft nose, cockpit windows, forward fuselage and ground-handling stairs dominate the frame, with passengers carrying hand luggage into the cabin under a clear blue sky. Open-air boarding remains common at many European airports when an aircraft is parked on a remote stand rather than at an airbridge. It allows airlines and ground handlers to use both aircraft doors and can reduce turnaround time, but exposes passengers to weather and requires controlled movement around an active apron. The A320 family is widely used on short- and medium-haul European routes. The mobile staircase bears ground-handling branding and is positioned against the forward left door, a common arrangement on remote stands. Passengers are already part-way up the stairs while others wait below, showing the transition from controlled ground movement to aircraft cabin. The close nose view also records cockpit glazing, radome and front landing-gear area, details often hidden when passengers board through an enclosed airbridge. Accessibility is a practical operational issue in airports because long walking distances, stairs and remote stands can create barriers for older or disabled passengers unless assistance is planned in advance. Queues are not simply a matter of inconvenience: they can affect missed flights, staffing, gate punctuality and the ability of an airport to recover when earlier disruption has already compressed the schedule. Remote stands replace an enclosed airbridge with apron walking, buses or mobile stairs, making weather protection, ground safety and clear passenger routing more important. Peak holiday periods can expose the difference between normal terminal capacity and sudden surges when several flights are processed at once, creating queues at check-in, security or the gate.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5337,tobacco,cigarettes,smoking,airport,Manchester,UK,England,retail,shop,screen,customs,passengers,airside,terminal,health,nicotine,smoker,shopping,aviation,travel,consumer,regulation,Manchester Airport,hidden,airport shopping,travel retail,duty free,World Duty Free,tobacco sales,display ban,public health,tax free
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH4RP - . A World Duty Free tobacco sales area at Manchester Airport advertises duty-free cigarettes and tobacco, with products kept behind screened or controlled displays rather than openly merchandised. The dark branded unit contrasts with the wider terminal retail environment. Tobacco retail is increasingly constrained by public-health regulation, display restrictions, health warnings and declining smoking rates, yet duty-free sales remain a feature of many international airports. Travel retail also reflects different tax and customs rules depending on destination. The image captures the tension between a long-established airport product category and policies designed to reduce the visibility and consumption of tobacco. The words 'Duty Free Cigarettes & Tobacco Sold Here' remain prominently advertised even though the products themselves are concealed, a visual consequence of tighter tobacco-display rules. Airport shops occupy a special retail environment because travellers may qualify for different allowances depending on destination and customs status. The result is a category that is commercially important to travel retailers while simultaneously subject to strong health warnings, age controls and policy aimed at reducing smoking. Independent specialist businesses can add resilience to a town centre by giving shoppers reasons to visit that are not duplicated by every national shopping destination. Re-use of older commercial buildings can keep historic façades in active use, although modern signage and accessibility requirements often alter their appearance over time. Shopfronts can change occupier quickly while the building behind them lasts for decades, so retail photography often records a temporary layer of town-centre history. The shift from goods towards food, grooming, leisure and other services is changing the mix of many British high streets because these activities cannot be delivered entirely online.
Manchester Airport, Ringway Road, Manchester, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5343,PretAManger,Pret,coffee,cafe,food,airport,Manchester,England,UK,concession,takeaway,cup,bag,organic,snacks,sandwiches,terminal,passengers,hospitality,chain,breakfast,travel,aviation,consumer,brand,restaurant,Manchester Airport,travel retail,airport shopping,airport food,high street,Pret A Manger
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH4X4 - . A Pret A Manger takeaway coffee cup and branded paper bag are photographed inside Manchester Airport, representing one of the familiar high-street food brands operating in airport terminals. The close view emphasises coffee, portable food and the convenience economy surrounding air travel. Airport food concessions adapt high-street formats to passengers who may be travelling early, carrying luggage or eating quickly before a flight. Pret A Manger built its brand around sandwiches, prepared food and coffee, and airport branches extend that model into travel retail. Such outlets are part of the wider commercial transformation of terminals into shopping and hospitality environments rather than purely transport spaces. The branded bag and cup turn a routine airport meal into a recognisable example of how chain hospitality follows consumers through different stages of a journey. Coffee is especially important in airports because terminals operate from early morning and passengers often arrive well before departure. The portable packaging is designed for people carrying luggage and moving between gates, while the familiar brand can reduce uncertainty for travellers in an unfamiliar terminal. Shopfronts can change occupier quickly while the building behind them lasts for decades, so retail photography often records a temporary layer of town-centre history. The shift from goods towards food, grooming, leisure and other services is changing the mix of many British high streets because these activities cannot be delivered entirely online. Click-and-collect and app-based ordering show how the boundary between online and physical retail is becoming less clear, with stores acting as both shopping destinations and fulfilment points. Independent specialist businesses can add resilience to a town centre by giving shoppers reasons to visit that are not duplicated by every national shopping destination.
Manchester Airport, Ringway Road, Manchester, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5344,Mitie,cleaning,facilities,FM,airport,Manchester,England,UK,cleaner,equipment,trolley,outsourcing,contractor,workforce,terminal,passengers,hygiene,maintenance,service,aviation,travel,publichealth,jobs,employment,staff,waste,cleanliness,operations,facilities management,airport services,Manchester Airport,airports,MAG,Manchester Airports Group
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH4YT - . A Mitie-branded cleaning station and wheeled service equipment stand inside Manchester Airport, with staff activity visible around the terminal. The equipment illustrates the largely unseen facilities-management operation required to keep a major airport clean and functioning throughout long operating hours. Large airports depend on contracted cleaning and facilities teams to service passenger areas, toilets, seating, food zones, floors and waste streams while terminals remain open. Cleaning has a direct effect on passenger satisfaction, public health and the presentation of an airport brand. Mitie is a major UK facilities-management company and airport contracts form part of a wider outsourced workforce supporting aviation beyond airline and security staff. The wheeled cleaning unit contains the tools, consumables and waste-handling equipment needed to work continuously around passengers rather than closing an area for long periods. Airport cleaners have to deal with exceptionally high footfall, food waste, spills and toilets while working around security restrictions and flight peaks. The photograph makes visible a contracted support service that is essential to terminal operation but normally sits in the background of the passenger experience. Peak holiday periods can expose the difference between normal terminal capacity and sudden surges when several flights are processed at once, creating queues at check-in, security or the gate. Wayfinding has to work for people who may not speak the local language, so pictograms, bilingual wording, colour and repeated signs are central to airport design. The growth of low-cost aviation has made frequent European air travel more accessible while also intensifying debate about congestion, consumer rights, airport expansion and aviation emissions. Passengers and airport infrastructure are visible together, showing the service as it is actually encountered during a journey.
Manchester Airport, Ringway Road, Manchester, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FE94WK - National Lottery retail display in a UK shop combining branding for the newly launched Powerball game with a prominent Feeling HOT! HOT! HOT! promotion for the £5 Red Hot 7s scratchcard. The brightly coloured point-of-sale unit shows the Powerball name vertically beside a scratchcard advert offering a £700,000 top prize, illustrating how lottery products are marketed alongside everyday grocery and convenience-store shopping.
Powerball entered the UK National Lottery in July 2026, the first time the famous US game had been offered outside the United States. UK players pay £4 per line and select five main numbers plus one Powerball, competing for the same rolling jackpot pool as US players. The launch gave British customers access to jackpots capable of reaching hundreds of millions or more and formed part of operator Allwyn's wider overhaul of the National Lottery retail and digital offer.
Alongside that major draw game, Red Hot 7s represents the instant-win side of lottery gambling. The £5 scratchcard launched in June 2026 with a £700,000 top prize and uses familiar casino-style sevens, heat imagery and bright red-and-yellow graphics to attract attention at the point of sale. Scratchcards offer immediate results rather than requiring players to wait for a draw, making them a distinctive form of impulse gambling product sold through ordinary retail outlets.
The photograph has wider editorial value for stories about gambling advertising, consumer spending, lottery reform, instant-win products, jackpot culture, responsible gambling and the visibility of betting opportunities in everyday shopping environments. It can also illustrate the changing National Lottery under Allwyn, the expansion of Powerball into Britain, retailer promotion, scratchcard marketing and debate around how prominently regulated gambling products should be displayed to consumers. It also records the increasingly sophisticated point-of-sale marketing used in modern lottery retail.
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCW90K - A Sainsbury's self-service checkout in a UK supermarket, showing an NCR-branded touchscreen terminal configured for both cash and card payment. The hardware appears to be from NCR's FastLane SelfServ family, combining a barcode scanner and weighing area with payment and cash-handling modules
the precise sub-model cannot be confirmed from this photograph alone. The screen shows a white baguette and a £38.52 subtotal, while Argos branding and supermarket shelving are visible behind. By 2026 this type of checkout has become an everyday symbol of retail automation and debate about convenience, productivity and employment. Sainsbury's reported that self-service had risen to more than 70% of supermarket transactions by 2024/25, compared with about 40% five years earlier, while its front-end programme was expected to save around £70 million and had reduced front-end labour costs as productivity increased. The ethical argument is not simply whether machines take jobs , but how the gains are shared. Self-checkouts can shorten queues, offer customer choice and allow staff to be redeployed to replenishment, online fulfilment, security and customer assistance. Critics point out that shoppers perform scanning and payment work once done by paid checkout operators, potentially reducing entry-level and routine retail opportunities, increasing pressure on fewer attendants and creating accessibility problems for customers who need human help. ONS has cited supermarket self-checkouts as an example of automation reducing the need for checkout staff. Sainsbury's nevertheless still recruits colleagues to support staffed checkouts, self-service tills and kiosks, showing a change in retail work rather than its complete disappearance. In 2026 the company is also expanding NCR Voyix next-generation checkout technology, remote approvals and video analytics, making this older terminal a useful record of the move from staffed tills towards automated supermarkets.
Sainsbury's supermarket, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FBX5RY - . A busy bank-holiday scene inside Manchester Airport Terminal 2 shows passengers gathering around airline check-in and bag-drop areas used by major leisure carriers including TUI, easyJet and Jet2.com. Peak weekends place intense pressure on airport infrastructure because large numbers of travellers arrive within similar morning and evening departure waves, particularly during school holidays and popular summer travel periods. Check-in halls concentrate many stages of the journey into one space: document checks, baggage acceptance, self-service kiosks, staffed assistance and the movement of passengers towards security. Manchester Airport is a major leisure gateway for northern England, with a large proportion of traffic linked to European beach destinations, package holidays and city breaks. The crowds and luggage visible here demonstrate how quickly terminal capacity can be tested when demand surges, and why airports invest heavily in queue management, automated bag drop and redesigned passenger flows. Terminal 2 has undergone major redevelopment to increase capacity and modernise facilities. Bank-holiday peaks concentrate leisure passengers into short departure windows, testing airline bag-drop capacity, security flows and the enlarged Terminal 2 infrastructure built to handle Manchester's international demand. Bank-holiday peaks can be sharper than normal weekday demand because leisure passengers often travel in family groups with more checked luggage and arrive around similar charter or low-cost departure waves. For airports, the challenge is not only total annual passenger numbers but having enough desks, security capacity, staff and baggage equipment for short periods of concentrated demand. The visible mix of airline brands also demonstrates how one terminal must support different check-in processes and service models while presenting passengers with a coherent airport environment.
Terminal 2, Manchester Airport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,harm,addiction,risk,of,laundering,all day,law,laws,legislation,Scotland,gaming,UK,age,machine,terminal,how,enforced,bar,environment,are you,over,18,eighteen,only,gambleaware,gamble aware,no,under,slots,game,licensed,premises,danger,scourge,trade,colourful,no under 18s
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAFCP9 - Over-18 gaming machine displayed inside a pub, with prominent age-restriction messaging intended to prevent underage gambling. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of age verification, gambling regulation, pub gaming machines, youth protection and the practical challenge of enforcing restrictions in busy licensed premises. Unlike a dedicated casino or betting shop, a pub is an open social environment in which customers may move freely around the venue, so effective supervision and clear responsibility for preventing underage play are important safeguards. The image can also support stories about staff training, test purchasing, responsible gambling, licensing, consumer protection and the relationship between alcohol and gambling. Electronic machines increasingly use bright screens, familiar game mechanics and multiple payment options, making them visually prominent within hospitality venues. The photograph records the contrast between an entertainment product designed to attract attention and the regulatory message stating that play is restricted to adults. The wider editorial context includes the balance between commercial freedom and consumer protection in leisure venues, particularly where products are designed for quick, impulse purchases or repeated play. Regulators, operators and public-health bodies continue to debate how prominently such products should be promoted, how age and affordability controls should work and what information should be provided about potential harms. The photograph offers a recognisable real-world example of those issues in an ordinary hospitality or travel setting, making it suitable for news, feature and policy coverage rather than purely illustrative advertising use.
Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9135,Oban,ferry,terminal,CalMac,Scotland,Hebrides,transport,travel,passenger,Caledonian,MacBrayne,building,islands,Argyll,gateway,harbour,port,ticket,office,offices
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7XC7 - . Oban ferry terminal building and CalMac passenger facilities. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is CALMAC Ferry Terminal, Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, PA34 4DB, UK. Exterior of Oban Ferry Terminal on the west coast of Scotland, with passenger facilities serving CalMac routes to the Inner Hebrides. The building forms a key part of the town's integrated transport hub, close to the railway station and harbour. This image records contemporary ferry infrastructure and can illustrate Scottish island connectivity, public transport, tourism, Caledonian MacBrayne services and the everyday movement of residents, visitors and freight between mainland Argyll and island communities. Oban grew around a sheltered bay on Scotland's west coast and expanded in the nineteenth century with steamship traffic and the arrival of the railway in 1880. It remains a major gateway to the Inner Hebrides, with CalMac ferries, rail and road connections concentrated around the waterfront. Tourism, seafood, island travel and maritime services all contribute to the town's modern economy. The background to harbour town is that maritime gateways connect island and mainland economies, carrying residents, visitors, freight and vehicles while also supporting fishing, leisure craft and tourism
Older waterfront buildings often survive beside modern ferry infrastructure, making port landscapes unusually layered records of economic change. Current 2026 context around harbour town is that ferry reliability, vessel replacement, accessibility and the resilience of island transport remain prominent issues in Scotland and other coastal regions
Port photographs therefore connect tourism and scenic travel with the practical dependence of communities on dependable maritime links. Closely associated editorial terms include working harbour, maritime transport, lifeline ferry, port infrastructure, quayside, marine travel, coastal transport, passenger ferry, and vehicle ferry.
CALMAC Ferry Terminal, Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, PA34 4DB, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9137,Oban,ferry,terminal,CalMac,passenger,Scotland,Hebrides,transport,travel,islands,Caledonian,MacBrayne,entrance,Argyll,harbour,port,ticket,office,offices
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7XCG - . Oban ferry terminal passenger entrance for CalMac island services. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is CALMAC Ferry Terminal, Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, PA34 4DB, UK. Passenger entrance at Oban Ferry Terminal, operated for Caledonian MacBrayne services linking the mainland with islands of the Inner Hebrides. The modern terminal building and clear passenger signage are shown in daylight. Oban is one of Scotland's busiest west-coast ferry gateways, and this image provides contemporary editorial context for island travel, public transport, CalMac operations, tourism, ferry infrastructure, regional connectivity and passenger journeys in Argyll and Bute. Oban grew around a sheltered bay on Scotland's west coast and expanded in the nineteenth century with steamship traffic and the arrival of the railway in 1880. It remains a major gateway to the Inner Hebrides, with CalMac ferries, rail and road connections concentrated around the waterfront. Tourism, seafood, island travel and maritime services all contribute to the town's modern economy. Looking at coastal transport, the longer history is that harbours and ferry ports have shaped coastal communities for centuries, providing sheltered water for fishing, trade and passenger travel
Quays, piers, slipways and terminal buildings record changing vessel sizes and the transition from cargo handling to modern roll-on roll-off ferry operations. In 2026, coastal transport remains relevant because current 2026 transport policy places increasing emphasis on integrated journeys, active travel and lower-emission fleets, so ferry terminals now sit within wider networks of rail, bus, cycling and electric-vehicle infrastructure rather than functioning as isolated ports. Associated keywords and synonyms include working harbour, maritime transport, island connectivity, lifeline ferry, port infrastructure, quayside, marine travel, harbour town, passenger ferry, vehicle ferry, and maritime heritage.
CALMAC Ferry Terminal, Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, PA34 4DB, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9139,CalMac,Caledonian,MacBrayne,Oban,ferry,terminal,cyclists,cycling,Coll,Tiree,Hebrides,Scotland,travel,transport,islands,boarding,sign,bike,ferries
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7XDY - . CalMac Oban ferry terminal sign directing cyclists to Coll and Tiree ferries. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK. Caledonian MacBrayne ferry-terminal sign in Oban directing cyclists to queue for sailings to the Hebridean islands of Coll and Tiree. The sign sits within the secure vehicle and passenger boarding area at the busy west-coast ferry port. It illustrates cycle tourism, island travel, integrated transport and CalMac operations, with Oban acting as a major mainland departure point for communities and visitors travelling across the Inner Hebrides and west coast of Scotland. Oban grew around a sheltered bay on Scotland's west coast and expanded in the nineteenth century with steamship traffic and the arrival of the railway in 1880. It remains a major gateway to the Inner Hebrides, with CalMac ferries, rail and road connections concentrated around the waterfront. Tourism, seafood, island travel and maritime services all contribute to the town's modern economy. Seen through quayside, the earlier context is that maritime gateways connect island and mainland economies, carrying residents, visitors, freight and vehicles while also supporting fishing, leisure craft and tourism
Older waterfront buildings often survive beside modern ferry infrastructure, making port landscapes unusually layered records of economic change. For information sign, the historical context is that temporary and permanent notices are valuable social-past evidence because they capture the rules and assumptions of a particular moment, from parking and access to opening times, safety and public-service instructions. The 2026 relevance of quayside comes from the fact that current 2026 transport policy places increasing emphasis on integrated journeys, active travel and lower-emission fleets, so ferry terminals now sit within wider networks of rail, bus, cycling and electric-vehicle infrastructure rather than functioning as.
Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_3241,Manchester Airport,Etihad,Airways,Boeing,787,Dreamliner,Manchester,Airport,Terminal,England,Greater,aviation,airline,aircraft,flight,passengers,travel,tourism,2
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F9CW8H - . Etihad Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Manchester Airport Terminal 2, England, UK. Photographed on 1 August 2026. The recorded location is Manchester Airport, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The historical setting for airline operations is that airport infrastructure is highly specialised: aprons, hydrant refuelling, ground vehicles and boarding systems support aircraft turnarounds that passengers rarely see
Photographs of these processes document the industrial side of air travel. In the 2026 discussion of airline operations, aviation remains under pressure to reduce emissions while meeting strong demand for passenger travel
Sustainable aviation fuel, fleet efficiency, airport capacity and the cost of decarbonisation remain prominent policy and industry issues. Closely related image-search terms include commercial aviation, flight, air transport, airport apron, ground handling, mobile boarding pass, aviation industry, travel technology, aviation emissions, IMG_3241, and tourism. Seen through travel technology, the earlier context is that commercial aviation expanded dramatically after the Second World War, turning airports into complex transport systems of terminals, fuel infrastructure, baggage handling and air-traffic operations
Aircraft types and airline branding can date a scene precisely. For aircraft, the historical context is that airport infrastructure is highly specialised: aprons, hydrant refuelling, ground vehicles and boarding systems support aircraft turnarounds that passengers rarely see
Photographs of these processes document the industrial side of air travel. Looking at flight, the longer history is that airline tickets moved from paper documents to barcoded and mobile boarding passes as booking and check-in became digital, illustrating the wider shift towards smartphone-based travel. A further layer of meaning comes from commercial aviation, flight and air transport.
Manchester Airport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9194,Directional,sign,ferry,terminal,buses,taxis,trains,Oban,Scotland,Argyll,Bute,transport,rail,railway,train,station,passengers,travel,infrastructure,UK trains,Scotrail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F9CW4M - . Directional sign for ferry terminal, buses, taxis and trains in Oban, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 17 August 2025. The recorded location is Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK. Oban grew around a sheltered bay on Scotland's west coast and expanded in the nineteenth century with steamship traffic and the arrival of the railway in 1880. It remains a major gateway to the Inner Hebrides, with CalMac ferries, rail and road connections concentrated around the waterfront. Tourism, seafood, island travel and maritime services all contribute to the town's modern economy. Seen through lifeline ferry, the earlier context is that maritime gateways connect island and mainland economies, carrying residents, visitors, freight and vehicles while also supporting fishing, leisure craft and tourism
Older waterfront buildings often survive beside modern ferry stock-photo/gotonysmith-Infrastructure.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>infrastructure, making port landscapes unusually layered records of economic change. For typography, the historical context is that temporary and permanent notices are valuable social-past evidence because they capture the rules and assumptions of a particular moment, from parking and access to opening times, safety and public-service instructions. Looking at commuter travel, the longer history is that railways transformed British towns from the nineteenth century onwards, concentrating passenger movement around stations while creating new suburbs, goods yards and industrial connections
Station buildings, platforms, signals and rolling stock can date a transport scene as clearly as surrounding architecture. The 2026 relevance of lifeline ferry comes from the fact that current 2026 transport policy places increasing emphasis on integrated journeys, active travel and lower-emission fleets, so ferry terminals now sit within wider networks of rail, bus, cycling and electric-vehicle infrastructure rather than functioning as isolated ports.
Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bus station,urban,transport,interchange,National Express,Manchester,Chorlton Street,IMG_0507,Manchester Coach Station,ticket,gates,departures,England,UK,coach,travel,public,passengers,terminal,intercity,bus,barriers,information,screens,facilities,ticketing,city-centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0C3 - . Manchester Coach Station ticket gates and departures area on Chorlton Street, Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 23 May 2026. The recorded location is Manchester Coach Station, Chorlton Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The modern interior shows automated barriers, passenger information screens, seating and the entrance to coach departure bays. The image provides a practical view of how passengers move through a city-centre coach terminal and can illustrate stories about public transport investment, accessibility, ticket barriers, coach fares, domestic tourism, low-cost travel and the role of long-distance buses in connecting Manchester with cities across Britain. In relation to transport interchange, historical context shows that public transport networks continually evolve as operators change, fleets are replaced and routes are reorganised
Buses, trams and local services can become historical subjects surprisingly quickly because liveries, ticketing and vehicle types have short working lives. For the story of rail transport, it is useful to note that rail transport links engineering history with everyday mobility
The network evolved through private railway companies, grouping, nationalisation, British Rail and later privatisation, leaving successive layers of architecture, liveries, ticketing equipment and operating practice. The historical setting for streetscape is that place-based photography helps document the relationship between named locations and the people or businesses associated with them, especially where formal architectural records are limited. As of 2026, the position for transport interchange is that local transport policy increasingly focuses on integrated networks, franchising, accessibility and lower-emission vehicles
Greater Manchester's Bee Network is a prominent example of buses being brought into a coordinated public system alongside trams and active travel.
Manchester Coach Station, Chorlton Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bus station,urban,transport,interchange,National Express,Manchester,Chorlton Street,IMG_0508,Passengers,Manchester Coach Station,ticket,gates,England,UK,coach,travel,public,intercity,bus,barriers,terminal,hub,tourism,ticketing,technology,city-centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0C5 - . Passengers at Manchester stock-photo/gotonysmith-Coach.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Coach Station ticket gates on Chorlton Street, Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 23 May 2026. The recorded location is Manchester Coach Station, Chorlton Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The terminal interior shows travellers moving through automated barriers beneath bay signs and passenger information displays, with seating and waiting areas visible beyond. The everyday scene can illustrate stories about domestic tourism, public transport capacity, ticketing technology, accessibility, coach fares, passenger numbers and the continuing role of long-distance bus services as a relatively affordable alternative to rail and car travel. For the story of commuter travel, it is useful to note that urban buses and local transport connect residential areas with town centres, employment, hospitals and stations
Their routes provide a practical map of how communities function and how transport policy changes over time. The historical setting for passenger railway is that stations are both functional transport interchanges and pieces of civic architecture
Their canopies, footbridges, booking halls, signal boxes and signage reveal how passenger expectations and railway technology changed from steam-era operation to today's increasingly digital network. Seen through community history, the earlier context is that local place names and small landmarks can be as significant to community history as nationally famous buildings
Streets, neighbourhood businesses and informal attractions offer reference points that may vanish during redevelopment or rebranding. For present-day commuter travel, 2026 is significant because bus reliability, affordability and network coverage remain important , particularly for people without cars and for access to employment, education and healthcare. Its associated themes also include rolling stock, train service, rail infrastructure, and station architecture.
Manchester Coach Station, Chorlton Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,HotpixUK,station,exterior,entrance,Princes Street,Scotland,UK,railway,transport,travel,tourism,passenger,services,city-centre,commuting,infrastructure,landmark,urban,rail,terminal,historic,Scottish,trains,public,rear,Calton,Carlton,hill,capacity,investment,passenger demand,constrained station,constrained railway site,city centre,station modernisation,accessibility,Scotlands Railway,British Rail,sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EW7BXB - Dark exterior view of Edinburgh Waverley railway station showing the large station name sign, extensive train-shed roof, historic stone railway architecture and operational areas within the constrained Waverley Valley site in central Edinburgh. Unlike conventional stations presenting a dominant frontage to the street, much of Waverley sits below the surrounding city between Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town, creating an unusual railway landscape shaped by the valley, bridges, streets and historic buildings around it. The station is a major gateway to the Scottish capital and an important interchange for Scottish and long-distance rail services, but its distinctive location also creates challenges for expansion and modernisation. Future planning for Waverley has examined how the historic station can accommodate passenger growth and increased rail demand while improving accessibility, circulation, entrances, wayfinding and passenger facilities. Potential redevelopment therefore has to reconcile modern railway capacity and passenger expectations with architectural heritage and one of Britain's most sensitive historic city-centre environments. The station's future also connects with the wider Princes Street and Waverley Valley strategy, where transport, walking, public realm, tourism, commercial activity and urban regeneration are increasingly considered together. This exterior perspective illustrates why Waverley's physical constraints matter: railway operations occupy a substantial but tightly enclosed site beneath surrounding streets and landmarks, leaving limited conventional space for expansion. Rail remains central to sustainable access to Edinburgh, providing an alternative to car travel for commuters, visitors and long-distance passengers while supporting the city's tourism and visitor economy. Continued investment in station infrastructure, the East Coast Main Line and Scotland's wider railway network adds further significance to Waverley as transport hub
Edinburgh Waverley, Princes Street, Edinburgh EH1 1BB, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,HotpixUK,Edinburgh Waverley,station,platforms,trains,viewed,above,Scotland,UK,passengers,tracks,canopies,transport,rail,travel,public,commuting,tourism,terminal,city-centre,infrastructure,journeys,operations,urban,intercity,historic,Scotrail,owned,ownership,station capacity,station redevelopment,railway investment,rail infrastructure,passenger experience,accessibility,CrossCountry,gateway,masterplan
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EW7BXE - Passengers and trains at platforms 11 and 12 inside Edinburgh Waverley railway station, the major city-centre rail interchange serving Scotland's capital. The elevated viewpoint shows travellers moving through the platforms beneath the station's extensive glazed and steel roof, with modern passenger trains alongside the substantial historic stone architecture that gives Waverley its distinctive character. Located in the Waverley Valley between Edinburgh's Old and New Towns, the station is an important gateway for commuters, business travellers and millions of visitors to the Scottish capital. ScotRail operates extensive Scottish services from Waverley, while long-distance operators connect Edinburgh with destinations across Britain via routes including the East Coast Main Line. The photograph also illustrates the challenge facing one of Britain's busiest historic railway environments: accommodating future passenger growth within a constrained city-centre site while preserving its architectural character and improving the passenger experience. Long-term Waverley masterplan work has examined increased capacity, easier movement through the station, improved entrances, accessibility, wayfinding, passenger facilities and potential changes to the internal layout. These issues connect with wider plans for Princes Street and the Waverley Valley, where transport, walking, public realm and city-centre regeneration increasingly need to be considered together. Rail investment also brings short-term disruption. Engineering work on the East Coast Main Line during September 2026 has affected travel between Edinburgh and Newcastle, with track renewal and other infrastructure work intended to improve future reliability and network resilience. Digital transformation creates another dimension to the passenger experience, from mobile ticketing and journey information to the problems that can accompany the introduction of new railway apps.
Edinburgh Waverley, Princes Street, Edinburgh EH1 1BB, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0741,Euro,pound,US,dollar,currency,symbols,foreign,exchange,counter,Manchester Airport,England,UK,EUR,GBP,USD,travel,money,airport,international,tourism,cash,banking,financial,transactions,rates,terminal,signage,blue,office,poor,consumer,complaints,rate,cash is king,cambio,Euro Sterling,Sterling Dollar,exchange rate airpor
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EY3D37 - . Euro, pound and US dollar currency symbols at a foreign exchange counter in Manchester Airport, England, UK. Photographed on 29 December 2023. The recorded location is Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, UK. The illuminated EUR, GBP and USD icons provide instantly recognisable visual cues for international travel money services inside the terminal. Manchester Airport offers foreign currency services for passengers travelling overseas, including bureaux de change and cash facilities. The strong blue signage and large white currency symbols create a clean graphic image suitable for illustrating stories about money and travel. Within the history of airport apron, airport infrastructure is highly specialised: aprons, hydrant refuelling, ground vehicles and boarding systems support aircraft turnarounds that passengers rarely see
Photographs of these processes document the industrial side of air travel. In relation to savings, historical context shows that bank architecture often projected stability through substantial stone or brick façades, while the objects used inside changed rapidly from ledgers and cheques to cards, cash machines and digital accounts. For the story of graphic communication, it is useful to note that signs are functional pieces of graphic design that organise movement and communicate rules, names or destinations
Lettering, symbols, colours and materials can date public space as clearly as architecture, particularly when organisations rebrand or regulations change. Against the 2026 backdrop for airport apron, air travel is heavily digitised through apps, mobile boarding passes and biometric processes, while the physical airport still depends on extensive ground handling, fuelling and security infrastructure. As of 2026, the position for savings is that cash is used less frequently than in earlier decades but remains important for some consumers and small businesses
UK access-to-cash protections make ATMs, notes and closed.
Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,railway,weekday,afternoon,rail,travel,travellers,crowd,main,interior,platform 13,entrance,with,luggage,city,centre,transport hub,commuter,rail station,people waiting for trains,National Rail,public transport,railway station,modern station,architecture,terminal,urban rail hub,train departure boards,UK rail travel,British public transport,commuter travel England,city transport interchange,railway passenger experience,crowded station scene,weekday commuting,domestic tourism transport,train travel lifestyle,urban mobility Britain
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F39YR2 - Busy weekday afternoon on the main concourse of Manchester Piccadilly railway station in Manchester city centre, Greater Manchester, England. Numerous passengers walk through the terminal, wait near the platform entrances, check mobile phones and departure information, or stand with wheeled suitcases, backpacks and other travel bags. The large platform number 13 is visible on the right, beside glass-fronted platform access and railway signage.
The broad interior is covered by a high glazed and steel roof that allows natural daylight into the concourse. Electronic departure boards can be seen further along the station, providing train times, destinations, platform numbers and service information. Retail units, ticket barriers, signs and passenger facilities line the route towards the platforms. The combination of commuters, leisure travellers, families and people carrying luggage conveys the constant movement found at one of Manchester's principal public transport gateways.
Manchester Piccadilly is the city's main intercity railway terminus and provides regional and long-distance connections across North West England and the wider British rail network. Services link Manchester with destinations including London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, South Wales and Manchester Airport. The station also connects with local buses, taxis and the Metrolink tram network, making the concourse an important interchange for business, leisure and everyday journeys.
The photograph documents contemporary railway travel, passenger behaviour and urban mobility rather than focusing on an individual traveller. People move in different directions, consult screens, meet companions and prepare to board trains, illustrating the complex circulation of a large city-centre terminal. The image is suitable for editorial subjects involving Manchester transport, rail commuting, busy stations, public infrastructure, passenger numbers, sustainable travel, tourism, train
Station Approach, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M60 7RA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,advert,adverts,kiosk,selfservice,ordering,self-order,terminal,touchscreen,fast food,digital,Big Tasty,burgers,chain,franchise,fastfood,junk food,food,takeaway,quick service,BigMac,Big Mac,QSR,contactless,card,Applepay,payment,UK,public,pubic,dirty screens,hand hygiene,shared surfaces,obesity,up selling,burger,food advertising UK,modern fast food,counter
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGG7E7 - Editorial photograph of McDonald's self-service ordering kiosks inside a fast food restaurant, with a large touchscreen promoting a Double Big Tasty meal and a second ordering point visible in the background. The image is useful for stories about stock-photo/gotonysmith-Digital.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>digital ordering, restaurant automation, fast food marketing, upselling, consumer choice, junk food, unhealthy eating, portion size, obesity, public health and the changing experience of buying takeaway meals. The illuminated burger advertising, card payment reader and standing kiosk design show how quick-service restaurants encourage customers to browse, customise and pay without speaking to a cashier, while the bright product photography and menu prompts can steer people toward larger or more indulgent items. The photograph also has strong relevance for hygiene and infection-control debates around public touchscreens, but the specific screen shown should not be described as dirty or contaminated unless separately tested. A 2018 London Metropolitan University test, reported with Metro, found bacteria on self-ordering touchscreens sampled in London and Birmingham restaurants, including gut and faecal bacteria, making the image suitable for wider editorial themes around shared surfaces, hand hygiene and public health. NHS advice says washing hands properly removes dirt, viruses and bacteria and helps stop infections spreading to other people and objects. The indoor setting has artificial restaurant lighting, tiled flooring and visible customers, with no sky, weather or season clues. This is a contemporary stock image for fast food, digital transformation, touchscreen kiosks, card payments, labour-saving technology, queue management, menu psychology, high street food chains, McDonald's branding, value meals, burger promotions, customer self-service, food temptation and the tension between convenience, public health advice and the commercial design of quick-service restaurants.
McDonalds, 33/35 Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England LS1 6HD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,ferry,trawler,fishing,boats,dusk,evening,drama,service,services,Scotland,Scottish,rural,terminal,Argyll and Bute,west,coast,coastal,lifeline,disruption,unreliable,cancellations,disrupted,reliability,unreliability,Mull,Inner Hebrides,maritime,crisis,ageing,fleet,Coll,Tiree,technical faults,breakdowns,Government,renewal,tourism disruption
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EENHYF - MV Clansman, a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, lies in Oban harbour at dusk with a vivid orange, blue and purple sunset reflected on calm water and fishing gear silhouetted in the foreground. The image combines west coast Scottish travel beauty with the harder editorial story of lifeline ferry reliability, ageing vessels, disrupted island services and the dependence of island communities on regular sailings for work, healthcare, school, freight, tourism and everyday life. CalMac's own material describes MV Clansman, Fear-cinnidh in Gaelic, as a major vessel in its fleet, while Oban is one of the key ferry ports for routes to Mull, Coll, Tiree, Colonsay and other Hebridean destinations. Official performance reporting and Scottish transport consultation material recognise reliability and resilience as priority issues because disruption has direct impacts on ferry-dependent communities, businesses and visitors. This photograph is useful for news, travel and policy coverage of CalMac, Caledonian MacBrayne, Oban ferry terminal, Scottish island transport, Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services, lifeline ferries, cancelled sailings, technical faults, vessel breakdowns, timetable disruption, replacement ferries, port infrastructure, public service contracts and Scottish Government ferry policy. The beautiful twilight scene creates a strong contrast with concerns about unreliable services, making the picture suitable for features on island depopulation, tourism uncertainty, supply chains, rural resilience, public transport investment, ferry fleet renewal, harbour capacity, weather disruption and the social cost when ferries fail. With the ferry name visible, the harbour setting, fishing boat rigging, still water and dramatic evening sky give strong search value for Oban, Argyll, west coast Scotland, Hebridean travel, ferry disruption, island life, maritime transport, coastal communities, public infrastructure and Scottish travel journalism and remote island resilience too.
CalMac MV Clansman in Oban harbour at dusk, illustrating ferry disruption and lifeline service relia
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tram,historic,heritage,tourist,transport,museum,tramways,destination,sign,signs,preserved,vintage,restored,board,street,upper,deck,balcony,Wirral Transport Museum,Merseyside Tramway,Preservation Society,charity,terminal,waterfront,ferry,Mersey,river,nostalgia,volunteers,connection,local authority,council,traction,commuter,travel,collection,reopening
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E423DT - A Woodside Ferry stock-photo/gotonysmith-Destination.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>destination sign is shown on the upper deck of a historic electric tram from the Wirral Transport Museum and Heritage Tramway in Birkenhead. The close-up view captures the traditional tram destination box, curved balcony railings, cream and green livery and period styling associated with preserved tramway vehicles. Woodside Ferry is a key Mersey waterfront location in Birkenhead, linked with ferry services across the River Mersey and with the town's transport history. The heritage tramway connected Wirral Transport Museum with Woodside Ferry Terminal, giving visitors a short preserved tram ride between the museum, the waterfront and nearby bus and ferry interchange. The image is commercially useful for stories about tram preservation, electric trams, public transport heritage, Merseyside transport, Wirral tourism, Woodside Ferry, Birkenhead regeneration, local museums and the survival of historic urban transport. It can also illustrate the wider history of electric street tramways in Britain, including the way local authority tram systems once served working towns, ferry terminals, docks, shopping streets and residential districts before buses and private cars changed urban travel. The visible destination sign makes the photograph especially relevant for articles on route displays, tramway design, transport signage, preserved vehicles, museum collections and the nostalgia attached to historic public transport. Care is needed with current wording, as the Wirral Transport Museum and tramway have had periods of closure and uncertainty, with plans and funding discussions around reopening and redevelopment reported in recent years. As a documentary stock image, it records a distinctive detail of Birkenhead's tramway heritage, where the Woodside Ferry name, tram balcony and vintage styling combine to evoke ferry passengers, electric traction, museum volunteers and the wider transport memory of the Wirral waterfront.
Woodside Ferry destination sign on a historic electric tram from Wirral Transport Museum and Heritag
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tourist,tramways,signs,restored,deck,volunteers,Mersey,charity,Merseyside Tramway,river,terminal,nostalgia,waterfront,ferry,Preservation Society,vintage,sign,museum,historic,heritage,tram,transport,destination,preserved,connection,local authority,traction,commuter,collection,reopening,electric tram,historic tram,travel,New Brighton,Seacombe,Warren Drive,green
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E423NX - Wallasey Corporation Tramways No. 78 stands at Woodside in Birkenhead, displaying stock-photo/gotonysmith-Destination.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>destination blinds for Seacombe, Warren Drive and New Brighton on a preserved heritage electric tram. The cream and green double deck tram, with open balcony and period livery, is one of the best-known vehicles associated with the Wirral Transport Museum and Heritage Tramway. The Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society says car 78 was built as late as 1920 by Brush, but in an old-fashioned design with open upper-deck balconies, and that it was the final tram to survive from Wallasey Corporation Tramways after withdrawal in 1933. Visit Wirral lists the Wirral Tramway and Wirral Transport Museum at 1 Taylor Street, Birkenhead, CH41 1BG, where heritage trams operated to Woodside Ferry. The image is commercially useful for stories about preserved trams, electric tramway heritage, Birkenhead transport history, Wirral tourism, museum volunteers, public transport nostalgia, Woodside Ferry and the wider history of urban transit on Merseyside. It can also illustrate the once-important links between ferry terminals, coastal suburbs and local authority tram systems, with New Brighton, Seacombe and Woodside all part of the historic transport geography of the Wirral. The distinctive destination blinds, polished paintwork, open platform and classic Edwardian-style design make the photograph especially strong for transport, heritage and leisure features. It is also useful for coverage of transport museums, family attractions, volunteer restoration work, route branding, destination displays and the visual appeal of traditional tram design. As a documentary stock image, it records a much-loved preserved tram at Woodside, evoking the era when trams carried passengers between Birkenhead, Wallasey and the seaside at New Brighton, and highlighting the role of preservation groups in keeping that history visible.
Wallasey Corporation Tramways No. 78 at Woodside, Birkenhead, showing New Brighton destination blind
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Great Britain,British,Terminal3,airports,I,heart,Mcr,love,car,cars,charge,dropoff,fee,drop,off,terminal,three,England,welcome,to,norther,powerhouse,links,transport,M90 1QX,M90,IATA,MAN,ICAO,EGCC,passengers,MAG,holdings,HS2,city,data breach
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM6538 - Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England, 7.5 nautical miles (13.9 km
8.6 mi) south-west of Manchester city centre. In 2019, it was the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passenger numbers and the busiest of those not serving London. The airport comprises three passenger terminals and a cargo terminal, and is the only airport in the UK other than Heathrow Airport to operate two runways over 3,280 yd (2,999 m) in length. Manchester Airport covers an area of 560 hectares (1,400 acres) and has flights to 199 destinations, placing the airport thirteenth globally for total destinations served.
Officially opened on 25 June 1938, it was initially known as Ringway Airport, a name still in local use. In World War II, as RAF Ringway, it was a base for the Royal Air Force. The airport is owned and managed by the Manchester Airport Holdings (trading as MAG), a holding company owned by the Australian finance house IFM Investors and the ten metropolitan borough councils of Greater Manchester, with Manchester City Council owning the largest stake. Ringway, after which the airport was named, is a village with a few buildings and a church at the western edge of the airport.
Future developments include the £800 million Airport City Manchester logistics, manufacturing, office and hotel space next to the airport. Ongoing and future transport improvements include the £290 million Eastern Link relief road, which opened in October 2018. A High Speed 2 station known as Manchester Airport High Speed station, earmarked for opening in 2033, will create a regular sub-ten-minute shuttle service for connecting rail passengers between central Manchester and the Airport while relieving stress on the Styal Line to the Airport from Manchester which has become one of the most congested routes on the National Rail network
Manchester International Airport, Terminal 3, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,trains,SE1,Waterloo station,London,SE1 8SW,at,SWR,platforms,travellers,terminus,South,Western,rail,train,platform,service,services,public,transport,infrastructure,electrified,modern,carriages,carriage,terminal,Portsmouth Direct Line,busiest,interchange,WAT,south west,main line,mainline,UK trains
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RBXAPE - Waterloo station also known as London Waterloo, is a central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is connected to a London Underground station of the same name and is adjacent to Waterloo East station on the South Eastern Main Line. The station is the terminus of the South West Main Line to Weymouth via Southampton, the West of England main line to Exeter via Salisbury, the Portsmouth Direct line to Portsmouth Harbour which connects with ferry services to the Isle of Wight, and several commuter services around west and south-west London, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire.
The station was opened in 1848 by the London and South Western Railway, and it replaced the earlier Nine Elms as it was closer to the West End. It was never designed to be a terminus, as the original intention was to continue the line towards the City of London, and consequently the station developed in a haphazard fashion, leading to difficulty finding the correct platform. The station was rebuilt in the early 20th century, opening in 1922, and included the Victory Arch over the main entrance, which commemorated World War I. Waterloo was the last London terminus to provide steam-powered services, which ended in 1967. The station was the London terminus for Eurostar international trains from 1994 until 2007, when they were transferred to St. Pancras.
Waterloo is the busiest railway station in the UK, handling 41 million passengers in the year to March 2022. It is also the UK's largest station in terms of floor space and has the greatest number of platforms.
Waterloo station, London, England, UK, SE1 8SW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RBXAPN - Waterloo station also known as London Waterloo, is a central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is connected to a London Underground station of the same name and is adjacent to Waterloo East station on the South Eastern Main Line. The station is the terminus of the South West Main Line to Weymouth via Southampton, the West of England main line to Exeter via Salisbury, the Portsmouth Direct line to Portsmouth Harbour which connects with ferry services to the Isle of Wight, and several commuter services around west and south-west London, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire.
The station was opened in 1848 by the London and South Western Railway, and it replaced the earlier Nine Elms as it was closer to the West End. It was never designed to be a terminus, as the original intention was to continue the line towards the City of London, and consequently the station developed in a haphazard fashion, leading to difficulty finding the correct platform. The station was rebuilt in the early 20th century, opening in 1922, and included the Victory Arch over the main entrance, which commemorated World War I. Waterloo was the last London terminus to provide steam-powered services, which ended in 1967. The station was the London terminus for Eurostar international trains from 1994 until 2007, when they were transferred to St. Pancras.
Waterloo is the busiest railway station in the UK, handling 41 million passengers in the year to March 2022. It is also the UK's largest station in terms of floor space and has the greatest number of platforms.
Waterloo station, London, England, UK, SE1 8SW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Frankfurt,airport,Germany,inside,interior,terminal,building,traditional,60547,aviation,departures,delay,delays,boarding,terminals,destinations,time,due,flights,display,world,connections,air,travel,cost,costs,frequent,flyer,Tokio,Japan,Delhi,Peking,travel industry,jet fuel shortage,travel insurance,claim,claims
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RKGHK0 - Frankfurt Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF also known as Rhein-Main-Flughafen) is Germany's main international airport by passenger numbers and is located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres. It is operated by Fraport and serves as the main hub for Lufthansa, including Lufthansa CityLine and Lufthansa Cargo as well as Condor and AeroLogic. The airport covers an area of 2,300 hectares (5,683 acres) of land and features two passenger terminals with capacity for approximately 65 million passengers per year
four runways
and extensive logistics and maintenance facilities.
Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany as well as the 6th busiest in Europe after Istanbul Airport, LondonHeathrow, ParisCharles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Adolfo Suárez MadridBarajas Airport. The airport is also the 13th busiest worldwide by total number of passengers in 2016, with 60.786 million passengers using the airport in 2016. In 2017, Frankfurt Airport handled 64.5 million passengers and nearly 70 million in 2018. It also had a freight throughput of 2.076 million metric tonnes in 2015 and is the busiest airport in Europe by cargo traffic. As of 2022, Frankfurt Airport serves 330 destinations in 5 continents, making it the airport with the most direct routes in the world
60547 Frankfurt, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RKGHK3 - Lufthansa operate up to four return flights daily between Manchester and Franfurt
Deutsche Lufthansa AG commonly shortened to Lufthansa, serves as the flag carrier of Germany. When combined with its subsidiaries, it stands as the second-largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried, after the ultra low-cost carrier Ryanair. Lufthansa is also one of the five founding members of Star Alliance, which is the world's largest airline alliance, formed in 1997.
Besides its own services, and owning subsidiary passenger airlines Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings (referred to in English by Lufthansa as its Passenger Airline Group), Deutsche Lufthansa AG owns several aviation-related companies, such as Lufthansa Technik and LSG Sky Chefs, as part of the Lufthansa Group. In total, the group has over 700 aircraft, making it one of the largest airline fleets in the world.
Lufthansa's registered office and corporate headquarters are in Cologne. The main operations base, called Lufthansa Aviation Center, is at Lufthansa's primary hub at Frankfurt Airport, and its secondary hub is at Munich Airport where a secondary Flight Operations Centre is maintained.
The company was founded as Luftag in 1953 by staff of the former Deutsche Luft Hansa that had been politically connected to the government of Nazi Germany and dissolved after World War II. Luftag continued the traditional branding of the German flag carrier by acquiring the Luft Hansa name and logo.
Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Scotland,Edinburgh,port,office,building,100 Ocean Drive,Leith,UK,EH6 6JJ,EH6,Ocean Drive,ports,terminal,cruise liner,Forth Ports,London,offices,boarding,sail,sailing,capital,line,liner,lines,passenger,tourists,visitors,landing,signage,signs,operating,company,operator,operators,estuary,river Forth,passengers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RE0X8C - . Port of Leith, Cruise Liner Terminal, Forth Ports, Capital Cruising - Edinburgh - London, Cruise Line Terminal, 100 Ocean Dr, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6JJ. Photographed on 22 July 2023. The recorded location is Cruise Line Terminal, 100 Ocean Drive, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 6JJ. Forth Ports Leith is Scotland's largest enclosed deep-water port with the capability of handling vessels up to 50,000 deadweight tonnes. Located to the north east of Edinburgh, less than 3 miles from the city centre, the port has access to Scotland's road and rail networks and is well positioned for all North Sea shipping activities. Focussing on a range of cargo types, Leith has forged long-term relationships with customers ensuring that their needs are met for the reception and onward delivery of cargoes such as grain, animal feed, steel pipes and recycled products, ensuring that industries such as food production, oil and gas, and agriculture continue to operate and thrive. Seen through ferry terminal, the earlier context is that maritime gateways connect island and mainland economies, carrying residents, visitors, freight and vehicles while also supporting fishing, leisure craft and tourism
Older waterfront buildings often survive beside modern ferry infrastructure, making port landscapes unusually layered records of economic change. For street sign, the historical context is that temporary and permanent notices are valuable social-past evidence because they capture the rules and assumptions of a particular moment, from parking and access to opening times, safety and public-service instructions. The 2026 relevance of ferry terminal comes from the fact that current 2026 transport policy places increasing emphasis on integrated journeys, active travel and lower-emission fleets, so ferry terminals now sit within wider networks of rail, bus, cycling and electric-vehicle infrastructure rather than functioning as isolated ports.
Cruise Line Terminal, 100 Ocean Drive, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 6JJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Scotland,Edinburgh,port,office,building,100 Ocean Drive,Leith,UK,EH6 6JJ,EH6,Ocean Drive,ports,terminal,cruise liner,Forth Ports,London,offices,boarding,sail,sailing,capital,line,liner,lines,passenger,tourists,visitors,landing,signage,signs,operating,company,operator,operators,estuary,river Forth,passengers,Leithers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RE0X9W - . Port of Leith, Cruise Liner Terminal, Forth Ports, Capital Cruising - Edinburgh - London, Cruise Line Terminal, 100 Ocean Dr, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6JJ. Photographed on 22 July 2023. The recorded location is Cruise Line Terminal, 100 Ocean Drive, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 6JJ. Forth Ports Leith is Scotland's largest enclosed deep-water port with the capability of handling vessels up to 50,000 deadweight tonnes. Located to the north east of Edinburgh, less than 3 miles from the city centre, the port has access to Scotland's road and rail networks and is well positioned for all North Sea shipping activities. Focussing on a range of cargo types, Leith has forged long-term relationships with customers ensuring that their needs are met for the reception and onward delivery of cargoes such as grain, animal feed, steel pipes and recycled products, ensuring that industries such as food production, oil and gas, and agriculture continue to operate and thrive. For the story of coastal economy, it is useful to note that working harbours combine civil engineering with everyday transport
Their breakwaters, piers, navigation lights and boarding areas reflect successive generations of investment as traditional fishing and coastal shipping have been joined by tourism, cruise traffic and lifeline ferry services. The historical setting for wayfinding is that signs are functional pieces of graphic design that organise movement and communicate rules, names or destinations
Lettering, symbols, colours and materials can date public space as clearly as architecture, particularly when organisations rebrand or regulations evolution. For present-day coastal economy, 2026 is significant because current 2026 transport policy places increasing emphasis on integrated journeys, active travel and lower-emission fleets, so ferry terminals now sit within wider networks of rail, bus, cycling and electric-vehicle infrastructure rather than functioning as isolated ports.
Cruise Line Terminal, 100 Ocean Drive, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 6JJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Lancashire,England,Uk,cashless,cash-less,society,discrimination,against,older,people,filling,station,petrol,diesel,pumps,pump,LA1,UK,LA1 5JR,this,sale,litres,terminal,only,display,keypad,prices,gasoline,forecourt,difficult,to use,difficulty,drivers,petrol pump UK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64TMB - . Asda supermarket, pay at the pump only, its easy, card payments only, Gilbarco Veeder-Root, at Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK,. Photographed on 3 June 2023, this summer 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 Asda Lancaster Superstore, Ovangle Rd, Lancaster , Lancashire, England, UK, LA1 5JR, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Lancashire, cashless, cash-less, society, discrimination, against, older, people, filling, station, petrol, diesel, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. Food and drink content broadens the image's relevance to eating out, grocery retail, hospitality, pricing, consumer choice, local food culture and the commercial presentation of meals, ingredients or products. It can illustrate changing tastes, inflation and cost-of-living pressures, food retail competition, traditional businesses and the everyday economics of buying food and drink where those themes are relevant. 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. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Asda Lancaster Superstore, Ovangle Rd, Lancaster , Lancashire, England, UK, LA1 5JR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Britain,Contactless,accepted,Gpay,ApplePay,insert any of the,below cards here,Credit Card Terminal,Credit Card,Terminal,card,terminal,Contactless payment Axept - Optomany - PAX S300 EMV Ready,Optomany,PAX,EMV,Ready,tap and go,tap,and,go,cashless,wall mounted,fixed,Visa,Mastercard,contactless,GPay,screen,buttons,insert,slot,any card,debit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R15NE7 - . Contactless payment Axept - Optomany - PAX S300 EMV Ready Credit Card Terminal. Photographed on 15 January 2023, this winter image stock-photo/gotonysmith-Record.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Contactless, accepted, Gpay, ApplePay, insert any of the, below cards here, Credit Card Terminal, Credit Card, Terminal, card, Contactless payment Axept - Optomany - PAX S300 EMV Ready, Optomany, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include PAX, EMV, Ready, tap and go, tap, cashless, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,terminal,England,UK,airport,transport,M90 1QX,infrastructure,staff,at,checking,in,bag,drop,terminal2,2,uniform,uniforms,desk,desks,waiting,airports,employee,Jet2 staff,Jet2 employees,red,fleece,fleeces,check-in,check in,counter,Manchester Airport,terminal two,terminal 2,customer service,customer services
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH4T - Jet2 plc (formerly Dart Group plc) is a British multinational airline company based in Leeds, England.
Its head office is located in the Low Fare Finder House on the grounds of Leeds Bradford Airport, England. Subsidiary Jet2.com has its head office in the same building.
The company's name for most of its existence was derived from the type of aircraft that it first flew, the Handley Page Dart Herald. After selling off other units, the company rebranded as Jet2 in 2020. The stock ticker symbol also changed to Jet2 to reflect the name change
In 2002, four Boeing 737 aircraft were purchased with two becoming 737 QC (Quick change) aircraft and two as passenger aircraft. From February 2003, the Jet2 low-cost airline began flying from Leeds Bradford Airport to mainland Europe destinations. Fowler-Welch and Coolchain merged to become Fowler-Welch Coolchain Ltd in 2003. Eight Boeing 737-300 aircraft (of which five were passenger aircraft) were purchased in 2003 to bring the total to 12. In 2004, six more Boeing 737-300 passenger aircraft were purchased, and routes from Belfast International Airport started in April and from Manchester Airport in December. In 2005, routes began from Newcastle Airport in October and two Boeing 757-200 aircraft were purchased. In 2006, six more Boeing 757-200 passenger aircraft were bought and the Channel Express Portsmouth distribution base was sold to Ferryspeed C.I. Ltd in June. A package holiday company, Jet2holidays, was formed in January 2007.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH51 - Jet2 plc (formerly Dart Group plc) is a British multinational airline company based in Leeds, England.
Its head office is located in the Low Fare Finder House on the grounds of Leeds Bradford Airport, England. Subsidiary Jet2.com has its head office in the same building.
The company's name for most of its existence was derived from the type of aircraft that it first flew, the Handley Page Dart Herald. After selling off other units, the company rebranded as Jet2 in 2020. The stock ticker symbol also changed to Jet2 to reflect the name change
In 2002, four Boeing 737 aircraft were purchased with two becoming 737 QC (Quick change) aircraft and two as passenger aircraft. From February 2003, the Jet2 low-cost airline began flying from Leeds Bradford Airport to mainland Europe destinations. Fowler-Welch and Coolchain merged to become Fowler-Welch Coolchain Ltd in 2003. Eight Boeing 737-300 aircraft (of which five were passenger aircraft) were purchased in 2003 to bring the total to 12. In 2004, six more Boeing 737-300 passenger aircraft were purchased, and routes from Belfast International Airport started in April and from Manchester Airport in December. In 2005, routes began from Newcastle Airport in October and two Boeing 757-200 aircraft were purchased. In 2006, six more Boeing 757-200 passenger aircraft were bought and the Channel Express Portsmouth distribution base was sold to Ferryspeed C.I. Ltd in June. A package holiday company, Jet2holidays, was formed in January 2007.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,UK,airport,transport,M90 1QX,infrastructure,2,machine,machines,Procon Checkin reader,Procon,Checkin,reader,check-in,check in,Checkin machines,Check in,hall,airports,Aer LIngus,readers,automatic,automation,Manchester Airport Departures,Manchester,Airport Departures,MAG,terminal,terminals,passport,document,please select your airline,please,select your airline,travel insurance,claim,claims,data hack cyber incident
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH59 - . Checkin machines, Aer LIngus Departures at Manchester International Airport, terminal 2, England, UK, M90 1QX. Photographed on 27 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include airport, transport, M90 1QX, infrastructure, machine, machines, Procon Checkin reader, Procon, Checkin, reader, check-in, check in, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH6K - . A Royal Celebration shortbread 150g at £11.99, Manchester International Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX. Photographed on 27 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include terminal, airport, transport, M90 1QX, infrastructure, airports, Royal, Celebration, coronation, 150g, £11.99, shop, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKMPGH - . An identifiable period record of St Pancras International Station Euston Road London, England, UK, N1C 4QP in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The image documents The Meeting place, by Paul Day, statue at St Pancras International Station ,Euston Road ,London, England, UK, N1C 4QP. The frame also records themes of local character, documentary photography, contemporary social history, historical comparison, transport accessibility, local mobility, community identity, period detail, local bus network, roadside stop, bus infrastructure, passenger transport, social history, and surface public transport. Today's relevance is strengthened by decarbonisation, passenger information and the continuing question of the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around St Pancras International Station Euston Road London, England, UK, N1C 4QP before changed technology alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with roadside transit, visual archive, street-side transport, public realm, place identity, everyday life, changing land use, and regional identity. The combination of place, Meeting, International, Pancras, and Euston anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around St Pancras International Station Euston Road London, England, UK, N1C 4QP, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes decarbonisation and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing within the specific setting of St Pancras International Station Euston Road London, England, UK, N1C 4QP. The period view preserves details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
St Pancras International Station Euston Road London, England, UK, N1C 4QP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDM1J3 - Manchester, England, has been served since 1911 by the following airfields:
Trafford Park Aerodrome, in operation 1911-18, owned by a company. Now built-over.
Alexandra Park Aerodrome, in operation 1918-24, built on land owned by the Egerton Estate between Didsbury and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Now playing fields and built-over.
Woodford Aerodrome, owned by A.V.Roe in NE Cheshire, from 1924.
Wythenshawe Aerodrome, the first municipally-owned airport at Manchester, 1929-1930. Now built-over.
City Airport Manchester originally and still known as Barton Aerodrome, from January 1930.
Manchester Airport, formerly known as Ringway
From 1958 to late 1962, Terminal 1 was built: this was the first of the airport's modern large terminals and the first major public building north of Yewtree Lane.
Ringway, Manchester, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK2804 - Pret A Manger /ˈprɛt ə ˈmɒ̃ʒeɪ/ (prêt à manger is French for ready to eat) is an international sandwich shop franchise chain based in the United Kingdom, popularly referred to as Pret, founded in 1983. As of December 2022, Pret had 434 shops in the UK, including 273 in London, plus three Veggie Prets, which focus exclusively on vegetarian and vegan options. It also has shops in France, the US, Hong Kong and several other countries. Around 90% of all Pret shops worldwide donate their unsold fresh food to local charities, giving more than 16,000 sandwiches, wraps, salads and baguettes every day to homeless shelters and charities.
Two university friends, Sinclair Beecham and Julian Metcalfe, purchased the original Pret after bancrupcy.
In 1995, Metcalfe and Beecham set up The Pret Foundation, to help alleviate poverty in the UK. The Pret Foundation received donations from collection boxes in shops, funding a fleet of electric vans that deliver unsold food to homeless shelters at the end of each day, including FareShare, The Felix Project and City Harvest. The Pret Foundation has awarded over £7 million to over 100 charities across the UK, tackling homelessness, hunger and poverty.
The first shop outside London was opened on Broad Street, New York, in 2000, and by 2016, there were 74 Pret shops across the United States. In 2001, McDonald's bought a 33% non-controlling stake in the company, which they sold in 2008 to the private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital.
Pret a Manger Staff Union
In response to labour issues within the company, the Pret a Manger Staff Union was established in 2012 as an independent union with its principal demand being made around calls for a Living Wage. Andrej Stopa, the founder of the union, was later sacked from his Pret branch.
Failure to list ingredients on packaging
In late 2015, a 17-year-old girl collapsed and needed emergency medical care after a life-threatening reaction to sesame, which was present in a Pret product
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK282M - Sixt has installed a life-sized replica of a Mercedes Benz and 4 3D puppets as part of a new marketing campaign in Manchester.
The Mission Impossible-influenced installation targets the 11m passengers who go through Terminal One every year, with the tagline: It's a deal. It's a steal.
Spanning 42 metres and almost 5 metres high, the permanent advertising display took 5 nights to hang from the airport's rotunda.
The car itself is a 162kg aluminium replica, with 3D printed wheels.
Per Vögerl, Managing Director of SIXT UK: We chose Manchester for our latest permanent installation because it's a vibrant and cosmopolitan city.
At SIXT we stand for creative and exceptional airport advertising. We try to stick in people's minds by advertising at extraordinary locations at airports, said Per Vögerl, Managing Director of SIXT UK.
We chose Manchester for our latest permanent installation because it's a vibrant and cosmopolitan city which is full of cultural, social and economic potential.
The idea for the display came from its lead creative agency Jung von Matt/SPREE.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK2879 - Sixt has installed a life-sized replica of a Mercedes Benz and 4 3D puppets as part of a new marketing campaign in Manchester.
The Mission Impossible-influenced installation targets the 11m passengers who go through Terminal One every year, with the tagline: It's a deal. It's a steal.
Spanning 42 metres and almost 5 metres high, the permanent advertising display took 5 nights to hang from the airport's rotunda.
The car itself is a 162kg aluminium replica, with 3D printed wheels.
Per Vögerl, Managing Director of SIXT UK: We chose Manchester for our latest permanent installation because it's a vibrant and cosmopolitan city.
At SIXT we stand for creative and exceptional airport advertising. We try to stick in people's minds by advertising at extraordinary locations at airports, said Per Vögerl, Managing Director of SIXT UK.
We chose Manchester for our latest permanent installation because it's a vibrant and cosmopolitan city which is full of cultural, social and economic potential.
The idea for the display came from its lead creative agency Jung von Matt/SPREE.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK28BC - . Photographed at Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX in 2023, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The frame specifically shows Lufthansa Star Alliance airline - LH941 flight to Frankfurt, Please wait at Gate 23. The broader subject matter reaches into historical comparison, period detail, visual archive, community identity, street-level business, social history, local enterprise, small business, bricks-and-mortar retail, changing land use, shopfront economy, local character, local history, and specialist retailer. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial rents and business rates, not least because of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. For later comparison, the photograph preserves building condition and alterations at Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX, details that may look very different after conservation work. The surrounding story also includes customer footfall, high-street commerce, archival record, specialist shop, town-centre trading, changing streetscape, independent retail, and before-and-after reference. Details involving Alliance, Lufthansa, Please, Frankfurt, and LH941 make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets as part of the longer story of Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX. The scene further reflects online shopping and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy when considered against later change at Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX. The scene captures a trace of local identity for later comparison.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK28BJ - Emirates (Arabic: طَيَران الإمارات DMG: Ṭayarān Al-Imārāt) is one of two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates (the other being Etihad). Based in Garhoud, Dubai, the airline is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, which is owned by the government of Dubai's Investment Corporation of Dubai. As of 2019, it was also the largest airline in the Middle East, operating over 3,600 flights per week from its hub at Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport. It operates to more than 150 cities in 80 countries across all continents (except Antarctica) through its fleet of nearly 300 aircraft. Cargo activities are undertaken by Emirates SkyCargo.
Emirates is the world's fourth-largest airline by scheduled revenue passenger-kilometers flown, and the second-largest in terms of freight tonne-kilometers flown.
During the mid-1980s, Gulf Air began to cut back its services to Dubai. As a result, Emirates was conceived on 15 March 1985, with backing from Dubai's royal family, with Pakistan International Airlines giving two of the airline's first aircraft. With $10 million in start-up capital, it was required to operate independently of government subsidy. Pakistan International Airlines provided free training facilities to Emirates' cabin crew at Karachi airport. The airline was headed by Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the airline's present chairman. In the years following its founding, the airline expanded both its fleet and its destinations. In October 2008, Emirates moved all operations at Dubai International Airport to Terminal 3.
Emirates operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft, and is one of the few airlines to operate an all-wide-body aircraft fleet (excluding Emirates Executive). As of December 2021, Emirates is the largest Airbus A380 operator with 119 aircraft in service, and with one aircraft having been retired. Since its introduction, the Airbus A380 has become an integral part of the Emirates fleet, especially on long-haul, high-density routes
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ringway,international,terminal,one,1,air,airport,Manchester international airport,North West England,UK,M90 1QX,M90,214,British,cheap,flight,no-frills,carrier,profit,low-cost,airline,group,Easygroup,travel,EasyJet Europe,Stephen Hester,Johan Lundgren,airplane,accident,incident,travel insurance,claim,castlelake,takeover,flight cancellation,flight cancellations,NATS
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK28EP - An easyJet Airbus A320 passenger aircraft stands on a wet airport apron beside a terminal building, with boarding stairs, baggage equipment, service vehicles and ground-handling machinery positioned around the airliner. The company's distinctive orange-and-white branding is prominent across the fuselage, engine and upright tail fin. Tall airport floodlights and a softly coloured pink and grey winter sky form the background of this busy operational aviation scene.
The photograph became particularly topical in July 2026 after the board of easyJet indicated that it was minded to recommend the financial terms of a possible £5.7 billion cash takeover proposal from Apollo Global Management. The US private equity firm's proposed £7.15-per-share offer exceeded a rival £6.90-per-share approach from Castlelake, creating a bidding contest for one of Britain's best-known low-cost airlines.
The easyJet board described Apollo's proposal as offering a superior cash value and an attractive combination of shareholder value, strategic alignment and long-term stewardship. However, the announcement concerned a possible offer rather than a completed acquisition or unconditional agreement. Apollo remained subject to due diligence, definitive transaction documentation, regulatory considerations and the requirements of the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.
The prospective takeover also attracted attention because of European Union rules governing the ownership and effective control of airlines operating within the European aviation market. The image illustrates commercial aviation, corporate consolidation, foreign private equity investment, airport employment, international tourism and the changing ownership landscape affecting major British travel businesses.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ringway,international,terminal,one,1,airport,packages,holiday,you,Jet2holidays,4070E1,B738,Jet2.com,operator,cheap,flights,route,routes,British,tour,all inclusive,ATOL,licenses,licence,Dart Group,PLC,ABTA,protected,airline,M90,airplane,accident,incident,shortage,risk,cancellations,Iran war
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK28M5 - A Jet2holidays aircraft is pictured at Manchester Airport, Ringway, with the airport control tower rising behind it on the apron in daylight. The image works well as an editorial illustration of UK and EU aviation fuel supply risk, rising jet fuel prices and the possibility of higher air fares if Middle East conflict continues to disrupt oil and refined-product markets. It is especially relevant to coverage of the continuing conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel, and the wider threat to tanker traffic and petroleum flows through the Strait of Hormuz. The International Energy Agency said in April 2026 that attacks on energy infrastructure in the Middle East and restrictions to tanker movements through Hormuz had led to the largest oil supply disruption in history, tightening product markets and pushing prices sharply higher. IATA's Jet Fuel Price Monitor says the global average jet fuel price rose to 181.22 US dollars per barrel last week, while IATA also notes that fuel is one of the largest airline operating costs, commonly accounting for around 25 to 30 per cent of total operating expenses. That makes the photograph commercially useful for stories about aviation energy security, airline resilience, fuel hedging, higher holiday prices, package holidays, flight disruption risk, possible route cuts and the vulnerability of European leisure travel to external energy shocks. Jet2.com says it is the UK's third largest airline, adding extra relevance for mainstream consumer travel coverage. Care is needed not to imply that this specific aircraft was delayed, cancelled or affected by a local shortage, because the image simply shows a normal airport operating scene. Even so, it is a strong documentary image of the environment in which global energy-market pressure can feed through into airline economics, summer ticket prices, airport operations and the wider travel industry.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK28P0 - Ethiopian Airlines (commonly referred to as Ethiopian), formerly Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL), is the flag carrier of Ethiopia, and is wholly owned by the country's government. EAL was founded on 21 December 1945 and commenced operations on 8 April 1946, expanding to international flights in 1951. The firm became a share company in 1965 and changed its name from Ethiopian Air Lines to Ethiopian Airlines.
The airline has been a member of the International Air Transport Association since 1959 and of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) since 1968. Ethiopian is a Star Alliance member, having joined in December 2011. The company slogan is The New Spirit of Africa. Ethiopian's hub and headquarters are at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, from where it serves a network of 125 passenger destinations20 of them domesticand 44 freighter destinations. The airline has secondary hubs in Togo and Malawi. Ethiopian is Africa's largest airline in terms of passengers carried, destinations served, fleet size, and revenue. Ethiopian is also the world's fourth-largest airline by the number of countries served.
A CNN investigation alleged that Ethiopian Airlines Cargo airplanes transported weapons to airports in Eritrea during the Tigray War. The airline billed Ethiopia's Ministry of Defence at least six times in November 2020. The article's reporter claimed that using civil aircraft to smuggle military weapons violates international aviation law
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Blackpool,Lancs,Lancashire,FY1 5AA,building,Las Vegas,architecture,Prom,slots,machines,horses,drawn,horse,carriage,pink,pink carriage on The Promenade,on,the,carriages,transport,arcade,arcades,gateway to,gamble,gambling,FOBTs,Fixed Odds,betting,terminal,terminals,one armed,bandits,penny falls,pennyfalls,games,gaming,electronic,English Las Vegas
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRJ9TY - . An on-location photograph from The Golden Mile, The Promenade, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4BJ in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is Golden Mile , Amusements , Family Entertainment, slots, machines, horse drawn carriages, on The Promenade , Blackpool, Lancashire, England,UK, FY1 5AA. The locality and subject together evoke period architecture, bus route infrastructure, local bus network, heritage-led regeneration, public transport stop, urban regeneration, archival record, public realm, period detail, commercial redevelopment, visual archive, built heritage, documentary photography, and social history. For current editorial use, heritage conservation and town-centre regeneration provide additional context, especially through the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. Current relevance extends to decarbonisation and bus funding, particularly through the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense urban centres. The image fixes local activity and public use within The Golden Mile, The Promenade, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4BJ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. The wider setting retains connections with contemporary social history, roadside transit, adaptive reuse, regional identity, mixed-use redevelopment, town-centre renewal, local character, and everyday life. Details involving Entertainment, carriages, slots, Blackpool, and machines make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within The Golden Mile, The Promenade, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4BJ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history.
The Golden Mile, The Promenade, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4BJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,print,framed,in a,London,2nd class,2nd,second class,flights,LHR,LGW,TW6 1EW,TW6,the,capital,city,Londinium,fly,flying,code,coded,Lon,destinations,destination,Heathrow,airports,airport,Gatwick,city airport,Stanstead,Luton,terminal,terminals,ticket,label,gate,gates,flight
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0F6JJ - . This authentic period view of Heathrow, London, England, UK, TW6 1EW in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Framed London Heathrow, 2nd class luggage tag, 157-089, destination LON. The subject also carries associations with period detail, before-and-after reference, changing land use, heritage tourism, public information notice, Westminster landmark, changing streetscape, commercial ephemera, Thames city view, printed message, capital-city heritage, historical comparison, visual archive, and historic sign. For current editorial use, housing pressure and public transport provide additional context, especially through the pressure of visitor economies and housing costs on central neighbourhoods. Current relevance extends to advertising change and street design, particularly through how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. The image fixes materials and architectural details within Heathrow, London, England, UK, TW6 1EW at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. A second descriptive layer includes wayfinding detail, social history, graphic street detail, archival record, London visitor economy, street-level message, place identity, and historic London streetscape. References to destination, Framed, class, Heathrow, and 157-089 give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Heathrow, London, England, UK, TW6 1EW, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another strand within the photograph is housing pressure and the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism within the real-world context of Heathrow, London, England, UK, TW6 1EW. The record includes a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
Heathrow, London, England, UK, TW6 1EW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02F1 - . This period scene at Euston Rd, Kings Cross, London, England, UK, N1 9AL in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The location is represented through Kings Cross,St Pancras Tube Station, Euston Road, Camden, North London, England,UK. Further facets of the subject include contemporary social history, historic context, place identity, trackside infrastructure, traditional masonry, cityscape history, built heritage, everyday life, local character, conservation interest, railway heritage, rail modernisation, archival record, and social history. Today's wider story includes decarbonisation, station investment and the practical question of making rail simpler and more dependable. For contemporary context, heritage conservation and historic townscape are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the role of distinctive architecture in local identity. For local-history research, the photograph preserves local appearance, occupation, access and public activity in the immediate surroundings of Euston Rd, Kings Cross, London, England, UK, N1 9AL. A second layer of the scene includes urban fabric, period detail, commuter travel, conservation architecture, public realm, architectural detailing, heritage landmark, and rail mobility. References to Kings, London, Camden, Cross, and Euston help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The period setting at Euston Rd, Kings Cross, London, England, UK, N1 9AL helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The wider significance includes decarbonisation and reducing congestion and car dependency within the specific setting of Euston Rd, Kings Cross, London, England, UK, N1 9AL. The record includes a point of historical comparison for future local research.
Euston Rd, Kings Cross, London, England, UK, N1 9AL
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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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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RGKEYR - Frankfurt am Main Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF) (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main, also known as Rhein-Main-Flughafen) is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres. It is operated by Fraport and serves as the main hub for Lufthansa including Lufthansa CityLine and Lufthansa Cargo as well as Condor and AeroLogic. The airport covers an area of 2,300 hectares (5,683 acres) of land and features two passenger terminals with a capacity of approximately 65 million passengers per year, four runways and extensive logistics and maintenance facilities.
Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany as well as the 4th busiest in Europe after London Heathrow Airport, ParisCharles de Gaulle Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The airport is also the 13th busiest worldwide by total number of passengers in 2016,[6] with 60.786 million passengers using the airport in 2016. In 2017 Frankfurt Airport handled 64.500 million passengers and in 2018 nearly 70 million. It also had a freight throughput of 2.076 million metric tonnes in 2015 and is the busiest airport in Europe by cargo traffic. As of summer 2017, Frankfurt Airport serves more than 300 destinations in 5 continents, making it the airport with the most direct routes in the world.
The southern side of the airport ground was home to the Rhein-Main Air Base, which was a major air base for the United States from 1947 until 2005, when the air base was closed and the property was acquired by Fraport. In 2017, passengers at the airport increased by 6.1% to 64,500,386 compared to 2016. The airport celebrated its 80th anniversary in July 2016
Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1HK - Flybe is the largest independent regional airline in Europe, based in Exeter, operating more UK domestic flights than any other airline. It flies 7 million passengers a year on 149 routes, from 62 destinations in 9 countries, connecting to long-haul hubs in Manchester, Birmingham, Paris, Dublin and Amsterdam. It is a member of the European Regions Airline Association. Flybe's parent company Flybe Group PLC (formerly known as Walker Aviation Limited) is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The airline launched in 1979 as Jersey European Airways following the merger of Intra Airways and Express Air Services. In 1983 the airline was sold to Walker Steel Group, which also owned Spacegrand Aviation, and the two airlines were merged under the Jersey European name in 1985. Jersey European was renamed British European in 2000 (shortened to BE), and received its current name in 2002.
Manchester Airport, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EC2T2J - Arpley Junction is adjacent to Warrington Bank Quay Station, but is located on the goods line that passes beneath. The line used to continue to Manchester but due to structural damage on a bridge over the Ship Canal, it was truncated at Latchford Sidings in the 1980s, just past Arpley Junction to the east.
The main freight passing beneath Warrington station are coal trains to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station. These follow a complex route from Liverpool Docks. Most workings reverse at Edge Hill, before proceeding via Rainhill and Earlestown and through Bank Quay station. They then run round in Arpley Yards, before passing Arpley Junction to Latchford Sidings. They then run round again to pass Arpley once more to head to Fiddlers Ferry. Occasionally they can be routed via Widnes to Liverpool instead of via the reverse of the above route, which will entail them exiting Fiddlers Ferry, passing Arpley Junction to Latchford, running round and heading back past Arpley and Fiddlers Ferry to Speke. Generally a train will take 30-40 minutes between passing through Bank Quay on the main line to heading under the station to Fiddlers Ferry. They will take about 90-120 minutes then to return. There are usually about 3 trains operating this circuit, but are dependant on a ship arriving at Liverpool Bulk Terminal.
Other freight trains also use Latchford Sidings to reverse when Arpley Yard is busy.
Arpley, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B73 - . St Pancras Station interior Camden London stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England UK clock and Sir John Beteman statue, looking up. Photographed at St Pancras station, Euston road, Camden, London, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 20 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 interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. The upward-looking viewpoint gives extra emphasis to height, upper-storey detail and architectural features that are less prominent from a conventional eye-level view. The scene is closely associated with Pancras, Station, interior, Camden, London, John Betjeman statue, John Betjeman, Sir, John and Betjeman, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene has strong relevance to railway travel, public transport, passenger infrastructure and the everyday operation of Britain's rail network. It can illustrate editorial stories about stations, train journeys, commuting, regional connectivity, rail investment, rolling stock, freight, signals, platforms, accessibility and the relationship between railways and the places they serve. Visible railway furniture, signs, tracks, platforms, trains, signals or station buildings help place the photograph firmly in the practical environment experienced by passengers and railway staff. As a dated documentary image it also offers a useful record of transport infrastructure, branding and passenger facilities at the time the photograph was made. Search themes include British rail travel, railway stations, passenger journeys, tracks, platforms, signals, rolling stock, freight, regional connectivity and transport infrastructure.
St Pancras station, Euston road, Camden, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B7T - St Pancras railway station, also known as London St Pancras and since 2007 as St Pancras International,[8][9][10] is a central London railway terminus and Grade I listed building located on Euston Road in the St Pancras area of the London Borough of Camden.
It stands between the British Library, King's Cross station and the Regent's Canal and is a structure widely known for its Victorian architecture. It was opened in 1868 by the Midland Railway as the southern terminus of its mainline which connected London with the East Midlands and Yorkshire. When it opened, the arched Barlow train shed was the largest single-span roof in the world.
Euston road, Camden London , England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR20 - . Ripe green English plums. Photographed on 26 July 2013. The recorded location is Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA4. Historically, rural and botanical photographs document the seasonal cycles of the British landscape, from spring flowers and nesting wildlife to summer crops, autumn foliage and winter frost
They can also record changing land management, farming practice and the relationship between cultivated and wild species. The historical context is that panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. In 2026, biodiversity recovery, climate resilience and land management remain major UK environmental themes
Photographs of crops, wildflowers, insects and seasonal vegetation can therefore support coverage of pollinators, farming, habitat restoration and the effects of increasingly variable weather. The subject remains topical in 2026 because current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. The historical context is that fields, flowers, trees and wildlife provide a visual record of season, habitat and countryside management
Agricultural crops sit alongside wild plants, insects and birds, illustrating the overlap between food production, biodiversity and recreation. In the longer view, nature photography can serve both aesthetic and documentary purposes, preserving details of species, flowering seasons, weather and land use
Repeated images of the same places also become useful evidence of environmental change over time. Useful indexing vocabulary includes British countryside, seasonal landscape, flora, agriculture, rural environment, plant life, panorama, scenic view, and dusk.
Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA4
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9APB - . Coastal Deniz at Latchford Locks, MSCC, Warrington, England, UK, WA4 1GN. Photographed at Latchford Lock, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 23 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 Coastal Deniz, Latchford Locks, MSCC, Warrington, boat, cargo, vessel, tanker, Manchester Ship Canal and Manchester ship canal company, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DE9APB, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Latchford Lock, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Manchester ship canal company,Manchester,ship,canal,co,company,ship.boat,lock,Coastal Deniz at Latchford,Locks,MSCC,Warrington,England,UK,containers,container,goods,MV,MV Coastal Deniz,Liverpool,Seaforth,terminal,goods,gotonysmith,Warringtonians,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,WA4 1GN,WA4,Coastal Deniz,at,Latchford,MSC,boat,ships,boats
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9APP - . Coastal Deniz at Latchford Locks, MSCC, Warrington, England, UK, WA4 1GN. Photographed at Latchford Lock, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 23 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 Coastal Deniz, Latchford Locks, MSCC, Warrington, boat, cargo, vessel, tanker, Manchester Ship Canal and Manchester ship canal company, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DE9APP, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Latchford Lock, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
![iPod Shuffle2 - Station To Station [ Liverpool, UK Lime St Station at Dusk ] 6396301787 dusk,Liverpool,scouse,scouser,city,station,railway,rail,terminal,roof,platform,platforms,pano,panorama,night,evening,UK,beatles,passengers,passenger,virgin,west,coast,mainline,main,line,tickets,journey,London,England,joiner,train,trains,pictures,photos,photographs,images](https://live.staticflickr.com/6100/6396301787_48d0d7565b_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6396301787 - 'David Bowie - 'Station To Station' - Play this track here.
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Station to Station is the tenth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1976. Commonly regarded as one of his most significant works, Station to Station is also notable as the vehicle for Bowie's last great 'character', The Thin White Duke.
The album was recorded after he completed shooting Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth, and the cover featured a still from the movie. During the sessions Bowie was heavily dependent on drugs, especially cocaine, and recalls almost nothing of the production.
Musically, Station to Station was a transitional album for Bowie, developing the funk and soul music of his previous release, Young Americans, while presenting a new direction towards synthesisers and motorik rhythms that was influenced by German electronic bands such as Kraftwerk and Neu!.
This trend would culminate in some of his most acclaimed work, the so-called Berlin Trilogy, recorded with Brian Eno in 1977\u201379. Bowie himself has said that Station to Station was 'a plea to come back to Europe for me'. The album\u2019s lyrics, meanwhile, reflected his preoccupations with Nietzsche, Aleister Crowley, mythology and religion.
With its blend of funk and Krautrock, romantic balladry and occultism, Station to Station has been described as 'simultaneously one of Bowie's most accessible albums and his most impenetrable'. Featuring the single 'Golden Years', it made the Top 5 in both the UK and US charts. In 2003, the album was ranked number 323 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
In the early days of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&
MR), the Liverpool terminus was located at Crown Street, in Edge Hill, officially opened in 1830. Construction of a purpose-built station began in October 1833, the land being purchased from Liverpool Corporation for \u00a39000. A tunnel was constructed between Edge Hill and the new station (starting in 1832, prior to station construction), and the station was opened to the public in August 1836, although construction was not completed until the following year.
Because of the steep incline between Lime Street and Edge Hill, trains were stopped at Edge Hill, their locomotives removed, and the passenger carriages taken down by gravity, descent controlled by brakemen. The return journey was achieved by using a stationary engine to haul the carriages up with rope.
Within six years, the rapid growth of the railways meant that the original station needed to be extended, and a plan was made to erect an iron roof similar to that found at Euston station in London, ridge roofs supported by iron columns
however, Richard Turner and William Fairburn submitted a design for a single curved roof, which won the approval of the station committee. The work cost \u00a315,000, and was completed in 1849. A second roof was added in the 1880s.
In 1845 the L&
MR was absorbed by its principal business partner, the Grand Junction Railway (GJR)
the following year the GJR formed part of the London and North Western Railway. The station was one of the first to send mail by train. The North Western Hotel designed by Alfred Waterhouse, was built in front of the station - this still stands, having been converted to accommodation for students of Liverpool John Moores University. At 'the grouping' in 1923, the station passed to the ownership of the London, Midland and Scottish (LMS) railway, and, in 1948, the London Midland Region of British Railways.
Lime Street was part of the first stage of electrification of the West Coast Main Line in 1959. In 1966, the station saw the launch of the first InterCity service.
Lime Street was voted the equal worst of the 20 busiest UK railway stations in a 2007 poll but was voted 'Station of the Year 2010' at the National Rail Awards thanks in part to a recent reburbishment
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3871490136 - 'Night shot, just off the harbour.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3782852516 - 'We have all been there.
Wheres my bag, will it be the last one or is it still back at East Midlands Airport?
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1HN - Flybe is the largest independent regional airline in Europe, based in Exeter, operating more UK domestic flights than any other airline. It flies 7 million passengers a year on 149 routes, from 62 destinations in 9 countries, connecting to long-haul hubs in Manchester, Birmingham, Paris, Dublin and Amsterdam. It is a member of the European Regions Airline Association. Flybe's parent company Flybe Group PLC (formerly known as Walker Aviation Limited) is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The airline launched in 1979 as Jersey European Airways following the merger of Intra Airways and Express Air Services. In 1983 the airline was sold to Walker Steel Group, which also owned Spacegrand Aviation, and the two airlines were merged under the Jersey European name in 1985. Jersey European was renamed British European in 2000 (shortened to BE), and received its current name in 2002.
Manchester Airport, England, UK
