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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG,Northwich,Memorial,Court,leisure,centre,Brio,swimming,pool,gym,venue,entertainment,theatre,community,Cheshire,public,regeneration,town,editorial,documentary,2026,British,Britain,Europe,travel,local,signage,architecture,streetscape,economy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCG626 - . Northwich Memorial Court is the principal leisure and entertainment complex in the town centre, combining swimming, fitness and community recreation with a large events venue. Operated by Brio, the centre has two swimming pools, a 90-station gym, fitness studios and spa facilities, while its main hall can host live music, comedy, theatre, conventions and community events for audiences of around 500. This mix makes Memorial Court different from a conventional sports centre: it also performs the role of a civic hall and cultural meeting place. The modern building forms part of the wider reshaping of central Northwich alongside Barons Quay, public-realm improvements and heritage projects. In 2026, municipal leisure centres remain important in debates about public health and local-government finance, because swimming pools and gyms can support prevention of ill health yet are expensive buildings to heat, maintain and staff. The photograph therefore represents both a recognisable local facility and broader themes of town-centre investment, exercise, wellbeing, community events and public services. In addition to its immediate descriptive use, the image preserves a small piece of contemporary social and economic history. Relevant search and editorial concepts include Northwich, Mid Cheshire, Cheshire West and Chester, town centre, Witton Street, River Weaver, salt town, regeneration, local history, public realm, high street, community, Cheshire. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes Northwich, Memorial, Court, leisure, centre, Brio, swimming, pool, gym, venue, entertainment, theatre, community, Cheshire, public, regeneration, town. It also provides a dated reference for future comparison, allowing researchers to see whether the premises, branding, public space or surrounding land use changed after August 2026. The image may be useful to picture editors seeking authentic North West or British context for features on community life,
Northwich Memorial Court, Chester Way, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 5QJ, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Birmingham Rep,Repertory,theatre,Centenary Square,Birmingham,city,art,arts,culture,centre,West Midlands
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F58GC6 - . Birmingham Rep Repertory Theatre, Centenary Square, Birmingham city centre, West Midlands. Photographed on 29 July 2026, this summer editorial image shows the principal frontage of The Rep facing Centenary Square beneath a clear blue sky. The modernist theatre building has a broad curved facade with repeated arched window openings, large areas of glazing and prominent black The Rep lettering high above the entrance. Tall white flagpoles rise through the foreground of the square, while pedestrians and visitors sit, stand and walk across the paved public realm, giving scale to the building and showing the cultural venue in everyday city-centre use. The Birmingham Repertory Theatre, commonly known as Birmingham Rep or The Rep, is a major performing arts venue in Birmingham's civic and cultural quarter, beside the Library of Birmingham and close to other Centenary Square landmarks. The photograph is relevant to Birmingham theatre, repertory theatre, performing arts, drama, culture, entertainment, architecture, public buildings, civic space, urban regeneration, tourism and West Midlands city-centre life. Its distinctive frontage, theatre signage and relationship with the open pedestrian square make the image useful for stories about cultural investment, arts funding, live performance, visitor attractions, public realm design and Birmingham's changing cityscape. The scene also records the appearance of Centenary Square and The Rep in summer 2026, creating documentary value for future comparison if signage, entrances, landscaping, neighbouring development or the theatre itself changes. As a clearly identified contemporary view, it is suitable for editorial features on British theatres, regional arts organisations, Birmingham culture, city tourism, architectural design, cultural regeneration and the role of major arts venues in attracting audiences and supporting activity in city centres.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Centerary Square,Birmingham,central,library,and,&,pano,panorama,Rep,The Rep,Theatre,West Midlands,skyline,UK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F7JAKW - . Panoramic view across Centenary Square in Birmingham city centre, West Midlands, England, featuring the Library of Birmingham and Birmingham Repertory Theatre, known as The REP, among the city's major civic and cultural buildings. The Library of Birmingham opened in 2013 and is instantly recognisable for its glass elevations, interlocking circular metal filigree and rooftop golden rotunda. Designed by Dutch architects Mecanoo, it replaced the former Central Library and brought together public library services, archives, special collections and the historic Shakespeare Memorial Room. The neighbouring Birmingham Repertory Theatre has occupied its Centenary Square home since 1971 and is physically linked to the library complex, forming part of a major cultural cluster that also includes Symphony Hall, the International Convention Centre and the nearby Hall of Memory. Centenary Square was extensively redesigned and reopened in 2019 with new paving, trees, seating, water features and improved pedestrian space. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Birmingham architecture, city-centre regeneration, public libraries, theatre, culture, civic investment, urban design, tourism, public realm, West Midlands development and modern British cityscapes. It illustrates the transformation of Birmingham's western city centre from an area dominated by roads and large post-war structures into a pedestrian-focused cultural quarter. The broad panorama is useful for showing the relationship between the Library, The REP and surrounding public space, and provides a contemporary record of one of Birmingham's most photographed urban locations during a period of continuing redevelopment and investment. The image also lends itself to features on Birmingham's visitor economy, conference and cultural tourism, architectural contrasts and the city's efforts to strengthen its identity through high-quality public space and landmark cultural buildings.
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Keywords: evening,nighttime,economy,Gotonysmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,visitors,tourist,production,blue hour,sky,musical,theatre,frontage,Manchester,UK,venue,West End touring production,Richard OBrien musical,Rocky Horror fans,Time Warp,Frank N Furter,live performance advertising,LGBTQ cult classic,night time street photography,illuminated facade,theatre marquee,urban entertainment,arts and culture,British musical theatre,city landmark,show poster display,tickets,ticketed,performance,live,Oxford Street,night
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EW7CCX - Palace Theatre Manchester on Oxford Street at dusk, illuminated with bright pink exterior lighting and advertising for The Rocky Horror Show. The theatre frontage shows large digital and poster displays promoting the production, including visible wording for the Final Tour Stop and the famous Rocky Horror title. The blue evening sky, lit signage, passing cars, pedestrians and nearby traffic signals create a lively city centre theatre scene in Manchester's Oxford Road area.
The image captures the visual energy of a major touring stage musical arriving at one of Manchester's best-known performance venues. The Rocky Horror Show is a long-running cult musical strongly associated with audience participation, flamboyant costumes, gothic comedy, science fiction pastiche and songs such as Time Warp. The production has become a fixture of UK theatre culture, often attracting both regular musical theatre audiences and dedicated fans of the Rocky Horror world. The vivid magenta and purple lighting on the theatre exterior reflects the show's theatrical, camp and late-night identity, making the frontage stand out against the darker blue sky.
The Palace Theatre is one of Manchester's principal theatres and stands on Oxford Street close to Manchester Oxford Road railway station. It opened in 1891 and remains a major receiving house for touring musicals, comedy, ballet, opera and live performance. The building sits beside another notable Manchester landmark, the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel, formerly the Refuge Assurance Building, whose clock tower is visible in the background. This gives the image wider editorial value for themes including Manchester nightlife, UK touring theatre, musical theatre advertising, city centre culture, historic entertainment venues, Oxford Street architecture and evening urban street scenes.
Visible elements include the Palace Theatre name on the facade, Rocky Horror Show posters, theatre canopy signage, pink uplighting, cars, cyclists, pedestrians etc
97 Oxford Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_0418,Fire,eater,blowing,flames,Warrington Pride 2026,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,red-haired,entertainer,rainbow,costume,fire-breathing,Pride,LGBTQ+,festival,live,performer,street,theatre,equality,community,summer,spectacle,action,WA1,WA1 2NT,Time Square,Time Sq,LGBT,LGBTQ
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EPRNM9 - . Fire eater blowing flames during Warrington Pride 2026 in Time Square ,Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. WA1 2NT. Photographed on 13 June 2026. The recorded location is Time Sq, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT. A red-haired entertainer in a rainbow-fringed costume performs a dramatic fire-breathing act at close range, with bright orange flames surrounding the performer's face and hands. The tight composition gives a particularly strong sense of spectacle and danger while the rainbow clothing anchors the image clearly in the Pride festival context. The historical setting for place identity is that town and neighbourhood photographs record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. Seen through city centre, the earlier context is that banners, monuments and temporary installations can transform a formal square into a record of particular events or institutional identity. For textile, the historical context is that clothing and accessories are precise markers of fashion history
Fabric, colour, width, pattern and construction can identify an era even when the wearer is absent, making small objects such as ties useful records of changing male dress. In the 2026 discussion of place identity, regeneration, housing growth and changing high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for local-past comparison. The 2026 relevance of city centre comes from the fact that well-used squares continue to be important to tourism and local identity, while redesign projects often focus on accessibility, shade, planting and flexible event use. Closely related image-search terms include local history, townscape, streetscape, community history, local landmark, urban change, local character, and public realm.
Time Sq, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_0420,Fire,eater,performing,flaming,torches,Warrington Pride 2026,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,red-haired,performer,rainbow,costume,flames,Pride,LGBTQ+,festival,street,theatre,live,entertainment,equality,community,summer,action,stage,WA1,WA1 2NT,Time Sq,Time Square
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EPRNMC - . Fire eater performing with flaming torches at Warrington Pride 2026 in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT. Photographed on 13 June 2026. The recorded location is Time Sq, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT. The red-haired performer wears a bright rainbow costume and handles multiple flames during a live outdoor act, creating a dramatic contrast against the dark stage background. The image combines strong action with recognisable Pride colours and documents the increasingly varied entertainment programmes used to attract broad audiences to modern town-centre Pride events. For the story of local history, it is useful to note 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. The historical setting for themed attraction is that leisure businesses are highly responsive to fashion
Names, signs and interiors can therefore become strong markers of a particular period even when the underlying premises remain in use. Seen through fashion history, the earlier context is that fashion objects combine personal taste with industrial production
Labels, stitching and fabric can reveal country of manufacture, retail positioning and the design language of a particular decade. For present-day local history, 2026 is significant because current place-making policy increasingly emphasises distinctive local identity rather than generic development, so small landmarks and community businesses can become significant parts of how an area is represented. In the 2026 discussion of themed attraction, experience-led leisure such as escape rooms and themed attractions competes alongside streaming and gaming for discretionary spending, making town-centre entertainment an important part of the post-retail economy.
Time Sq, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_0415,Fire,eater,performing,flames,Warrington Pride 2026,Warrington,town,centre,Cheshire,England,UK,entertainer,red,hair,tattoos,rainbow,costume,burning,torches,performance,Pride,LGBTQ+,equality,diversity,community,festival,street,theatre,entertainment,summer,public,LGBT,LGBTQ,gay
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ER9NKB - Fire eater performing with flames at Warrington Pride 2026 in Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, UK. The entertainer has vivid red hair, tattoos and a rainbow-coloured costume and is photographed manipulating burning torches during a live outdoor performance. Warrington Pride 2026 took place on Saturday 13 June, bringing music, performances, community activity and LGBTQ+ visibility into the town centre, with events centred on Time Square, Warrington Market and Golden Square. The image provides a colourful editorial illustration of Pride entertainment, live performance, street theatre and inclusive public celebration. It is suitable for stories about Warrington Pride, LGBTQ+ events, equality, diversity, community festivals, performance art, fire eating, entertainers, rainbow culture, town-centre events, summer festivals, public gatherings and local tourism. Bright flame contrasts strongly with the performer's rainbow costume and the darker stage background, creating a dramatic action photograph which also documents the increasingly varied programme of family-friendly and adult entertainment associated with modern Pride events in British towns and cities.
Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,festivals,city,centre,historic,1981,Edinburgh,vintage,Scottish,Scotland,artwork,comedy,award,theatre,festival,cultural,August,entertainment,memorabilia,graphic,design,advertising,event publicity,alternative comedy,Perrier Award launch,Cambridge Footlights,The Cellar Tapes,Assembly Rooms venue,British comedy heritage,early stand-up,creative industries,visual communication,youth art competition,school poster winner,retro wall art,twentieth-century design,entertainment archive,theatre promotion
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ER9NKP - Historic poster advertising the 1981 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, held from 16 August to 5 September in Scotland's capital city. The bold graphic design places the word EDINBURGH above a colourful grid of stylised images, with FESTIVAL FRINGE 1981 printed prominently below. The artwork combines red, green, black, white and muted earth tones, using fragmented architectural details, theatrical figures, hands, costume, abstract shapes and visual references to performance and the city. It was created by Lorna Hush, then aged 16 and a pupil at Drummond High School in Edinburgh, as a winning entry in the Fringe Society's schools poster competition.
The image documents an important year in the development of the Edinburgh Fringe. In 1981 the Assembly Rooms began operating as a major multi-space Fringe venue under William Burdett-Coutts, helping establish the larger managed venues that later became a defining feature of the festival. The same year also saw the launch of the Perrier Award, later known as the Edinburgh Comedy Award, with the Cambridge Footlights production The Cellar Tapes among the early beneficiaries. Alternative comedy and stand-up were beginning to gain a more prominent place alongside theatre, student revues, music, dance, cabaret and experimental performance.
Founded in 1947 when uninvited theatre companies performed alongside the Edinburgh International Festival, the Fringe developed into an open-access celebration of performing arts. This vintage cultural poster is useful for editorial themes including Scottish arts history, festival design, graphic art, comedy heritage, theatre promotion, youth creativity, education, tourism, cultural marketing and the growth of Edinburgh as a global festival city. Its period typography and hand-drawn imagery evoke early 1980s visual culture while preserving a distinctive piece of Fringe memorabilia and British entertainment history
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society 180 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,The,musical,theatre,advertising,stage,touring,entertainment,exterior,ATG,live theatre,city,centre,cultural venue,tourism,visitor,posters,Mr Miyagi,nightlife,district,UK,West End style,show,screen to stage,adaptation,1980s,film,nostalgia,city break,performing arts,live performance,ticket sales,visitor economy,evening economy,Oxford Road Corridor,Manchester attractions,arts venue,entertainment advertising
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD088 - Palace Theatre Manchester on Oxford Street with large exterior posters and red street-level advertising for The Karate Kid The Musical during its May 2026 run. The photograph captures the theatre's prominent corner frontage, yellow brick exterior, pedestrians crossing the street, traffic signs and the surrounding Oxford Road city-centre setting in bright sunny weather. The Palace Theatre is one of Manchester's best-known live entertainment venues, listed by ATG Tickets at 97 Oxford Street, M1 6FT, and Oxford Road Corridor describes it as the Grand Old Lady of Oxford Street , first opened in 1891. The image is useful for editorial coverage of theatre tourism, musical theatre, touring productions, screen-to-stage adaptations, family entertainment, Manchester nightlife, visitor spending, cultural regeneration, the city's evening economy and the role of major venues in supporting hospitality, hotels, restaurants and public transport use. The Karate Kid The Musical brings the well-known 1984 film story to the stage, using nostalgia, martial arts themes, coming-of-age drama and recognisable pop-culture branding to attract audiences. Its Palace Theatre Manchester dates were advertised by ATG as Tuesday 12 May to Saturday 23 May 2026, placing the photograph in the context of a UK touring theatre season. The venue sits close to Manchester Oxford Road railway station and within walking distance of the university corridor, hotels, bars, restaurants and other cultural venues, making it an important part of the city's integrated leisure and transport geography. The wide exterior composition, show banners and visible street activity make the image suitable for features about live performance, ticket sales, cultural footfall, city breaks, theatre marketing, entertainment advertising, arts funding, heritage theatres, Manchester tourism and the continuing appeal of familiar film properties reworked for contemporary stage audiences
Palace Theatre Manchester, 97 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 6FT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Oxford Street,theatre,production,dusk,nightlife,nighttime,economy,theatregoers,tickets,musicals,stage,classic,80s,1980,advertising,screen to stage,live,arts,Mancunian,frontage,illuminated,city,centre,culture,Greater Manchester,district,corridor,adaptation,nostalgic,entertainment,family musical,canopy,stage show,West End style,night-time economy,cultural,tourism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFHT0M - Evening street photograph of the Palace Theatre on stock-photo/gotonysmith-Oxford.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Oxford Street, Manchester, illuminated in warm red and amber light as posters and digital signage advertise The Karate Kid musical. The image shows the theatre frontage after dusk, with the distinctive Art Deco style façade, pavement activity, bicycles, passing pedestrians and the bright canopy wording promoting The iconic 80s movie, a spectacular new musical . The central vertical poster and repeated pavement posters make the production branding clear, including the title The Karate Kid and the familiar wax on reference associated with the 1984 film. This is a commercially useful editorial image for themes around Manchester theatre, touring musicals, live entertainment, audience culture, city centre nightlife, visitor economy, leisure spending, popular culture nostalgia and screen-to-stage adaptations. The Palace Theatre is one of Manchester's major receiving houses, close to Oxford Road station and the Oxford Road Corridor, an area linked with performance venues, universities, hotels, restaurants and evening footfall. The low light, glowing signage and open foreground give a strong sense of pre-show atmosphere, night-time economy and cultural life in central Manchester. The photograph may also illustrate the appeal of classic 1980s cinema properties being revived for contemporary theatre audiences, alongside broader stories about musical theatre tours, ticketed events, city centre cultural venues and landmark theatres in UK regional arts. The visible Palace Theatre name, Karate Kid posters and bold canopy message provide clear editorial context without needing a crowd scene. The image suits articles, features and stock uses covering Manchester arts, theatre marketing, nostalgic movie brands, Oxford Street nightlife, touring stage productions, theatre-going, urban leisure, live performance, entertainment listings, family shows and cultural tourism in Greater Manchester.
97 Oxford St, Manchester, England M1 6FT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ian McKellen,star,in,Wigan,actor,gay,LGBT,LGBTQ,icon,iconic,national treasure,255A9130,Greater Manchester,England,UK,pavement,theatre,film,British,celebrity,heritage,public,commemoration,performing,arts,culture,local,pride,tourism,biography,Council,blue
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKD8HM - . Ian McKellen actor star in Wigan town centre, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 6 May 2026. The pavement star honours the acclaimed stage and screen actor, with his name and profession set inside a blue star above Wigan Council branding. McKellen has strong connections with the Wigan area and is celebrated locally as one of Britain's most distinguished actors. The close overhead view clearly records the inscription and makes the image useful for entertainment features, biographies, tourism, local history and stories about how towns commemorate notable people with connections to their area. The historical setting for historic comparison is that local place names and small landmarks can be as important to community history as nationally famous buildings
Streets, neighbourhood businesses and informal attractions provide reference points that may vanish during redevelopment or rebranding. Seen through cultural figure, the earlier context is that creative careers often become associated with particular cities, venues or neighbourhoods, giving buildings and public markers significance beyond their architecture. For demonstration, the historical context is that political photographs gain meaning over time as candidates, parties and constitutional debates change
A routine campaign scene can later become evidence of a turning point, an unsuccessful candidacy or a movement that developed further. In the 2026 discussion of historic comparison, regeneration, housing growth and changing high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for local-history comparison. The 2026 relevance of cultural figure comes from the fact that recognition of overlooked local figures also continues to be part of wider debate about representation and whose achievements are commemorated in public space. Useful indexing vocabulary includes place identity, townscape, streetscape, local landmark, and urban change.
Wigan town centre, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Denmark,Danish,København,Kobenhavn,Royal Danish,theatre,arts,cultural,landmark,culture,opera,modern,contemporary,architecture,Henning Larsen,Henning Larsen Architects,Ekvipagemestervej 10,1438,Scandinavian,Nordic,harbour,neo futuristic,glass facade,cantilevered roof,overhanging,venue,performing arts,tourism,travel,building,music,water taxi,view,waterfront,regeneration,skyline,waterfront cityscape
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EBGJFA - Waterfront view of the Copenhagen Opera House, known in Danish as Operaen, on the island of Holmen in Copenhagen, Denmark. The photograph shows the landmark modern opera building beside the harbour, with its vast cantilevered roof, curved glass frontage, pale stone side walls, waterside quays, mooring pontoons and reflections across the dark harbour water. Designed by Danish architect Henning Larsen, the opera house is one of Copenhagen's most recognisable contemporary cultural buildings and forms part of the city's dramatic inner harbour townscape. The Royal Danish Opera House opened in 2005 and stands across the water from the historic centre, on an axis associated with Amalienborg and the Marble Church, giving the building a deliberately prominent civic and ceremonial setting. The image is useful for editorial features on Copenhagen tourism, Danish architecture, Scandinavian design, waterfront regeneration, opera, ballet, theatre, cultural venues, Nordic city breaks, public buildings and modern European landmarks. The wide roof plane, glazed foyer and harbour position make the building highly recognisable, especially from boat tours, harbour buses and waterside walks. The scene also suits articles about Copenhagen's transformation of former harbour and naval areas into public, cultural and residential districts, with Holmen now associated with arts institutions, architecture, creative education and waterside living. The mixed light, blue sky, darker cloud and reflective water create a strong travel and architecture image, balancing clean modern design with a slightly dramatic Nordic atmosphere. The photograph can be used for coverage of Danish cultural life, Copenhagen sightseeing, contemporary opera houses, Henning Larsen architecture, performing arts funding, harbour city planning and the wider appeal of Copenhagen as a compact capital where historic royal vistas and modern waterfront buildings sit close together.
Copenhagen Opera House, Operaen on Holmen, designed by Henning Larsen, seen from the harbour waterfr
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,HotpixUk,5X8A1072,Manchester United Theatre of Dreams - Old Trafford,Old Trafford,Manchester,United,Theatre,Dreams,Old,Trafford,Greater,football,sport,supporters,heritage,club,fans,stadium,memorabilia,transfer window
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EF6BBA - Manchester United Theatre of Dreams - Old stock-photo/gotonysmith-Trafford.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Trafford, photographed at Old Trafford, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of football history, supporter culture, club heritage, sporting memorabilia, major matches, stadium identity and the social history surrounding the game. The image clearly records visible signage, branding, architecture, objects or activity associated with Manchester United Theatre of Dreams - Old Trafford. It provides useful contemporary or historical context for news, feature and documentary use, including stories about local identity, economic change, public services, travel, leisure, community life and the way familiar places and objects are presented in the built environment. The scene is shown as encountered, making it useful as an editorial stock image for illustrating the subject, its location and its wider social or cultural context.
Old Trafford, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,the,prince,theatre,venue,halls,proms,BBC Proms,British,Kensington,SW7 2AP,SW7,in,seat,concerts,Ed Sheeran,seats,investors,icon,iconic,history,historic,heritage,seat-holders,selling,unwanted,tickets,touts,prices,pricing,parliament,bill
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T35C20 - The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272.
Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. It is the venue for the BBC Proms concerts, which have been held there every summer since 1941. It is host to more than 390 shows in the main auditorium annually, including classical, rock and pop concerts, ballet, opera, film screenings with live orchestral accompaniment, sports, awards ceremonies, school and community events, and charity performances and banquets. A further 400 events are held each year in the non-auditorium spaces. Over its 152 year history the hall has hosted people from various fields, including meetings held by suffragettes, speeches from Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein, fights by Lennox Lewis, exhibition bouts by Muhammad Ali, and concerts from regular performers at the venue such as Eric Clapton and Shirley Bassey.
The hall was originally to have been called the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences, but the name was changed to the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences by Queen Victoria upon laying the Hall's foundation stone in 1867, in memory of her husband, Prince Albert, who had died six years earlier. It forms the practical part of a memorial to the Prince Consort
the decorative part is the Albert Memorial directly to the north in Kensington Gardens, now separated from the Hall by Kensington Gore.
The Hall was designed by civil engineers Captain Francis Fowke and Major-General Henry Y. D. Scott of the Royal Engineers and built by Lucas Brothers. The designers were heavily influenced by ancient amphitheatres but had also been exposed to the ideas of Gottfried Semper while he was working at the South Kensington Museum
Kensington Gore, London, England, UK, SW7 2AP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,the,prince,theatre,venue,halls,proms,BBC Proms,British,Kensington,SW7 2AP,SW7,in,seat,concerts,Ed Sheeran,seats,investors,icon,iconic,history,historic,heritage,seat-holders,selling,unwanted,tickets,touts,prices,pricing,parliament,bill
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T35C24 - The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272.
Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. It is the venue for the BBC Proms concerts, which have been held there every summer since 1941. It is host to more than 390 shows in the main auditorium annually, including classical, rock and pop concerts, ballet, opera, film screenings with live orchestral accompaniment, sports, awards ceremonies, school and community events, and charity performances and banquets. A further 400 events are held each year in the non-auditorium spaces. Over its 152 year history the hall has hosted people from various fields, including meetings held by suffragettes, speeches from Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein, fights by Lennox Lewis, exhibition bouts by Muhammad Ali, and concerts from regular performers at the venue such as Eric Clapton and Shirley Bassey.
The hall was originally to have been called the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences, but the name was changed to the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences by Queen Victoria upon laying the Hall's foundation stone in 1867, in memory of her husband, Prince Albert, who had died six years earlier. It forms the practical part of a memorial to the Prince Consort
the decorative part is the Albert Memorial directly to the north in Kensington Gardens, now separated from the Hall by Kensington Gore.
The Hall was designed by civil engineers Captain Francis Fowke and Major-General Henry Y. D. Scott of the Royal Engineers and built by Lucas Brothers. The designers were heavily influenced by ancient amphitheatres but had also been exposed to the ideas of Gottfried Semper while he was working at the South Kensington Museum
Kensington Gore, London, England, UK, SW7 2AP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NW,North West,UK,England,centre,city,the,with,Liverpool,Playhouse,Theatre,tourist,attraction,Merseyside,L1 1EL,L1,square,skyline,cityscape,tour,tours,signage,signs,sign,people,crowd,crowds,shoppers,shopping,sunny,sky,skies,blue
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC6H61 - . The Liverpool Playhouse Theatre with Radio City tower, Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EL. Photographed on 12 July 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 Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EL, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North West, Liverpool, Playhouse, Theatre, tourist, attraction, Merseyside, L1 1EL, square, skyline, cityscape, tour, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. 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.
Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG60X6 - Godalming Borough Hall is a municipal building in Bridge Street in Godalming, England. The building is the meeting place of Godalming Town Council.
Following significant population growth, especially after the London and South Western Railway reached the town in 1849, the area became a municipal borough with the Pepper Pot as its town hall in 1875. In May 1907 tenders were invited from contractors to extend the public hall in Bridge Street to the west to create new municipal buildings for the borough. The extension was built in red brick with stone dressings and the work was completed in 1908. The design of the enlarged structure involved an asymmetrical main frontage with ten bays facing onto Bridge Street
the central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward, featured arcading on the ground floor, three sash windows with stone surrounds on the first floor and a pediment above with an oculus in the tympanum. The left hand section featured, in the central bay, a doorway with a canopy on the ground floor and a panel containing the borough coat of arms on the first floor. The right hand section featured, in the end bay which slightly projected forward, a round headed doorway on the ground floor and a tri-part sash window on the first floor with a pediment above.
The building continued to serve as the meeting place of Godalming Borough Council for much of the 20th century, but ceased to be the local seat of government when Waverley Borough Council was formed with its headquarters in Guildford in 1974. Waverley Council moved to new council offices in The Burys just behind the borough hall in 1980. The borough hall subsequently became the meeting place for Godalming Town Council.
Works of art in the borough hall include a portrait by Godfrey Kneller of the locally-born sailor, Admiral Sir John Balchen, who became governor of the Greenwich Naval Hospital in March 1743
Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG60X8 - Godalming Borough Hall is a municipal building in Bridge Street in Godalming, England. The building is the meeting place of Godalming Town Council.
Following significant population growth, especially after the London and South Western Railway reached the town in 1849, the area became a municipal borough with the Pepper Pot as its town hall in 1875. In May 1907 tenders were invited from contractors to extend the public hall in Bridge Street to the west to create new municipal buildings for the borough. The extension was built in red brick with stone dressings and the work was completed in 1908. The design of the enlarged structure involved an asymmetrical main frontage with ten bays facing onto Bridge Street
the central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward, featured arcading on the ground floor, three sash windows with stone surrounds on the first floor and a pediment above with an oculus in the tympanum. The left hand section featured, in the central bay, a doorway with a canopy on the ground floor and a panel containing the borough coat of arms on the first floor. The right hand section featured, in the end bay which slightly projected forward, a round headed doorway on the ground floor and a tri-part sash window on the first floor with a pediment above.
The building continued to serve as the meeting place of Godalming Borough Council for much of the 20th century, but ceased to be the local seat of government when Waverley Borough Council was formed with its headquarters in Guildford in 1974. Waverley Council moved to new council offices in The Burys just behind the borough hall in 1980. The borough hall subsequently became the meeting place for Godalming Town Council.
Works of art in the borough hall include a portrait by Godfrey Kneller of the locally-born sailor, Admiral Sir John Balchen, who became governor of the Greenwich Naval Hospital in March 1743
Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NCX2EB - . Recorded at Time Square, unit 8, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LH in 2023, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The scene records Evening sunset at Cineworld multiplex cinema complex at Time Square, unit 8, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LH. The broader subject matter reaches into regional identity, film exhibition, everyday life, cinema retail complex, documentary photography, local history, contemporary social history, visitor leisure, before-and-after reference, evening economy, changing streetscape, archival record, historical comparison, and community identity. Current relevance extends to cinema attendance and streaming competition, particularly through how cinema buildings record changing patterns of entertainment. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Time Square, unit 8, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LH may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. A second descriptive layer includes visual archive, screen entertainment, big-screen entertainment, commercial leisure, public realm, place identity, cinema-going culture, and changing land use. The combination of multiplex, complex, Evening, Square, and cinema anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Time Square, unit 8, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LH, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is cinema attendance and how cinemas compete with streaming while retaining the social appeal of the big screen within the specific setting of Time Square, unit 8, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LH. The frame retains period character before later change alters the scene. The scene captures a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Time Square, unit 8, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7BH - . This location-specific image from Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH in 2023 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Poster for George Formby, in Too Young To Marry, 1955, Mon 10th October show. Other connected aspects include period detail, public information notice, street-level trading, customer footfall, independent retail, advertising ephemera, contemporary social history, high-street commerce, changing streetscape, brand display, community identity, local character, street-level marketing, and local enterprise. For current editorial use, branding and commercial competition provide additional context, especially through the historical value of ordinary advertising material. Current relevance extends to footfall and consumer spending, particularly through how physical shops adapt to online competition. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes bricks-and-mortar business, archival record, everyday life, shop display, public realm, commercial streetscape, brand communication, and public-facing notice. Details involving Marry, George, October, Young, and Poster make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects branding and the speed at which branding and promotional styles change within the real-world context of Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH.
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,M2 7DH,M2,city centre Manchester,city,centre,Royal Exchange,theatre,at,night,time,Theater,British,north west,landmark,venue,plays,productions,shopping centre,royal,stonework,commodities,Thomas Harrison,Runcorn Stone,doric,columns,classical,style,Edmund Buckley,Bradshaw Gass & Hope,Cottonopolis,69 Theatre Company,heritage,Theatre of the Year,illuminated,outside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG3TTR - Thomas Harrison designed the new exchange of 1809 at the junction of Market Street and Exchange Street. Harrison designed the exchange in the Classical style. It had two storeys above a basement and was constructed in Runcorn stone. The cost, £20,000, was paid for in advance by 400 members who bought £50 shares and paid £30 each to buy the site. The semi-circular north façade had fluted Doric columns. The exchange room where business was conducted covered 812 square yards. The ground floor also contained the members' library with more than 15,000 books. The basement housed a newsroom lit by a dome and plate-glass windows, its ceiling was supported by a circle of Ionic pillars spaced 15 feet from the walls. The first-floor dining-room was accessed by a geometrical staircase. The exchange opened to celebrate of the birthday of George III in 1809. It also contained other anterooms and offices.
As the cotton trade continued to expand, larger premises were required and its extension was completed in 1849. The Exchange was run by a committee of notable Manchester industrialists. From 1855 to 1860 the committee was chaired by Edmund Buckley.
The second exchange was replaced by a third designed by Mills & Murgatroyd, constructed between 1867 and 1874. It was extended and modified by Bradshaw Gass & Hope between 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading hall in England. The trading hall had three domes and was double the size of the current hall. The colonnade parallel to Cross Street marked its centre. On trading days merchants and brokers struck deals which supported the jobs of tens of thousands of textile workers in Manchester and the surrounding towns. Manchester's cotton dealers and manufacturers trading from the Royal Exchange earned the city the name, Cottonopolis
St Anns Square, city centre Manchester, England, UK, M2 7DH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,M2 7DH,M2,city centre Manchester,city,centre,Royal Exchange,theatre,at,night,time,Theater,British,north west,landmark,venue,plays,productions,shopping centre,royal,stonework,commodities,Thomas Harrison,Runcorn Stone,doric,columns,classical,style,Edmund Buckley,Bradshaw Gass & Hope,Cottonopolis,69 Theatre Company,heritage,Theatre of the Year,illuminated
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG3WHC - Thomas Harrison designed the new exchange of 1809 at the junction of Market Street and Exchange Street. Harrison designed the exchange in the Classical style. It had two storeys above a basement and was constructed in Runcorn stone. The cost, £20,000, was paid for in advance by 400 members who bought £50 shares and paid £30 each to buy the site. The semi-circular north façade had fluted Doric columns. The exchange room where business was conducted covered 812 square yards. The ground floor also contained the members' library with more than 15,000 books. The basement housed a newsroom lit by a dome and plate-glass windows, its ceiling was supported by a circle of Ionic pillars spaced 15 feet from the walls. The first-floor dining-room was accessed by a geometrical staircase. The exchange opened to celebrate of the birthday of George III in 1809. It also contained other anterooms and offices.
As the cotton trade continued to expand, larger premises were required and its extension was completed in 1849. The Exchange was run by a committee of notable Manchester industrialists. From 1855 to 1860 the committee was chaired by Edmund Buckley.
The second exchange was replaced by a third designed by Mills & Murgatroyd, constructed between 1867 and 1874. It was extended and modified by Bradshaw Gass & Hope between 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading hall in England. The trading hall had three domes and was double the size of the current hall. The colonnade parallel to Cross Street marked its centre. On trading days merchants and brokers struck deals which supported the jobs of tens of thousands of textile workers in Manchester and the surrounding towns. Manchester's cotton dealers and manufacturers trading from the Royal Exchange earned the city the name, Cottonopolis
St Anns Square, city centre Manchester, England, UK, M2 7DH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,M2 7DH,M2,city centre Manchester,city,centre,Royal Exchange,theatre,at,night,time,Theater,British,north west,landmark,venue,plays,productions,shopping centre,royal,stonework,commodities,Thomas Harrison,Runcorn Stone,doric,columns,classical,style,Edmund Buckley,Bradshaw Gass & Hope,Cottonopolis,69 Theatre Company,heritage,Theatre of the Year,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG3WX8 - Thomas Harrison designed the new exchange of 1809 at the junction of Market Street and Exchange Street. Harrison designed the exchange in the Classical style. It had two storeys above a basement and was constructed in Runcorn stone. The cost, £20,000, was paid for in advance by 400 members who bought £50 shares and paid £30 each to buy the site. The semi-circular north façade had fluted Doric columns. The exchange room where business was conducted covered 812 square yards. The ground floor also contained the members' library with more than 15,000 books. The basement housed a newsroom lit by a dome and plate-glass windows, its ceiling was supported by a circle of Ionic pillars spaced 15 feet from the walls. The first-floor dining-room was accessed by a geometrical staircase. The exchange opened to celebrate of the birthday of George III in 1809. It also contained other anterooms and offices.
As the cotton trade continued to expand, larger premises were required and its extension was completed in 1849. The Exchange was run by a committee of notable Manchester industrialists. From 1855 to 1860 the committee was chaired by Edmund Buckley.
The second exchange was replaced by a third designed by Mills & Murgatroyd, constructed between 1867 and 1874. It was extended and modified by Bradshaw Gass & Hope between 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading hall in England. The trading hall had three domes and was double the size of the current hall. The colonnade parallel to Cross Street marked its centre. On trading days merchants and brokers struck deals which supported the jobs of tens of thousands of textile workers in Manchester and the surrounding towns. Manchester's cotton dealers and manufacturers trading from the Royal Exchange earned the city the name, Cottonopolis
St Anns Square, city centre Manchester, England, UK, M2 7DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JREBM5 - The Central Picture Theatre opened its doors for the first time on 11th July 1913. It was renamed the King Edward Picture Palace in 1914.
By 1972 it had closed as a cinema and was in use as a bingo hall, a use that continued until March 1984.
After several years laying empty and un-used, it became a nightclub named ˜The Venue' and the facade was restored in recent years. The chequerboard brickwork and Dutch gable enlivens a rather drab part of town. It became an entertainment venue named Family Fun, the went back to night club use, but was closed by 2011.
The King Edward Picture House is a Grade II Listed building
37 Central Drive, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5QE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,England,UK,97,Lancashire,inside,the,Winter,gardens,complex,theatre,ballroom,and,facilities,live shows,cabaret,bar,bars,entrance,hall,ceiling,path,paths,event,people,venue,canopy,roof,conferences,conference,indoor,indoors,interior
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRG8XN - The Winter Gardens is a large entertainment complex in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, which includes a theatre, ballroom and conference facilities. Opened in 1878, it is a Grade II* listed building, operated by Blackpool Entertainment Company Limited on behalf of Blackpool Council, which purchased the property from Leisure Parcs Ltd as part of a £40 million deal in 2010.
The Winter Gardens has hosted the annual Trades Union Congress, the Conservative Party Conference, Labour Party Conference, and the twice-annual Liberal Democrat Conference. The venue's owners claim that every Prime Minister since World War II has addressed an audience at the venue.
It has also hosted the Blackpool Dance Festival since its inception in 1920, and the World Matchplay darts tournament since 1994. The annual dance competitions Miss Dance of Great Britain and Dance Master UK are hosted there annually.
The Winter Gardens is in Blackpool's town centre, about 250 metres from the sea front. The complex occupies most of its block, a roughly square footprint with sides about 200 metres in length. The two north-facing corners of the block are not taken up by the Gardens buildings themselves, however, but by shops and restaurants. The northwest corner is completely separated by a road serving the stage door of the theatres. The west face also accommodates a few small shops with the same architectural styling as the main building. The complex is bounded by roads on all sides “ Church Street, Leopold Grove, Adelaide Street and Coronation Street
97 Church St, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJGB43 - . Recorded at West Street, London, England, UK, WC2H 9NZ in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The subject captured here is St Martins Theatre, the Agatha Christie Mousetrap 70th year, West End theatre, West Street, London, England, UK, WC2H 9NZ. The wider scene also brings together everyday life, queer urban culture, queer social space, inclusive night-time venue, Pride culture, regional identity, everyday street life, inclusive hospitality, LGBTQ nightlife, social landscape, community safe space, gay bar culture, period detail, and social history. Today's relevance is strengthened by gentrification, commercial rents and the continuing question of the loss of queer venues through rising rents and redevelopment. From a 2025-onward perspective, street safety and commercial change are closely linked to this subject, alongside the relationship between public space and local social life. Small period details of local activity and public use at West Street, London, England, UK, WC2H 9NZ may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The surrounding story also includes gay hospitality, queer London, visual archive, changing streetscape, contemporary city life, changing land use, street-level documentary, and local character. Elements such as Theatre, Martins, Agatha, Mousetrap, and Christie add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For West Street, London, England, UK, WC2H 9NZ, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to gentrification and the loss of queer venues through rising rents and redevelopment in a form that can be compared with future views of West Street, London, England, UK, WC2H 9NZ.
West Street, London, England, UK, WC2H 9NZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJYRCM - . This dated documentary view of Cranbourn St, Leicester Square, London, England, UK, WC2H 7JH in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on The London Hippodrome Casino, Cranbourn St, Leicester Square, London, England, UK, WC2H 7JH. Other connected aspects include urban fabric, gay hospitality, inclusive hospitality, community identity, LGBTQ community venue, regional identity, historic frontage, local history, local landmark, historic townscape, conservation architecture, LGBTQ nightlife, everyday life, and visual archive. Current relevance extends to LGBTQ heritage and inclusive spaces, particularly through how Soho remains a symbolic centre of LGBTQ nightlife. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into maintenance and energy retrofit, not least because of how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use. Small period details of materials and architectural details at Cranbourn St, Leicester Square, London, England, UK, WC2H 7JH may become more significant with time, particularly following replacement signage. Other useful contextual ideas include queer social space, contemporary social history, queer urban culture, heritage landmark, nightlife heritage, changing land use, social history, and Soho nightlife. References to Leicester, Cranbourn, Casino, Square, and Hippodrome give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Cranbourn St, Leicester Square, London, England, UK, WC2H 7JH, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is LGBTQ heritage and how Soho remains a symbolic centre of LGBTQ nightlife within the specific setting of Cranbourn St, Leicester Square, London, England, UK, WC2H 7JH.
Cranbourn St, Leicester Square, London, England, UK, WC2H 7JH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJYRE3 - . This scene at Shaftesbury Ave, London, England, UK, W1D 7EZ in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The frame specifically shows The Apollo Theatre Stage Door , Shaftesbury Ave, London, England, UK, W1D 7EZ. The image also relates to visual archive, heritage landmark, documentary photography, historic frontage, social history, contemporary city life, urban social history, place identity, community identity, city-centre activity, traditional structure, archival record, before-and-after reference, and period building. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into energy retrofit and local identity, not least because of the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by community use, transport and the continuing question of how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. For later comparison, the photograph preserves building condition and alterations at Shaftesbury Ave, London, England, UK, W1D 7EZ, details that may look very different after different community use. The wider setting retains connections with community life, architectural character, period streetscape, architectural detailing, historic townscape, built heritage, urban change, and period detail. Elements such as Apollo, Shaftesbury, Theatre, and Stage add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Shaftesbury Ave, London, England, UK, W1D 7EZ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate energy retrofit and the tension between conservation and redevelopment without losing the local specificity of Shaftesbury Ave, London, England, UK, W1D 7EZ.
Shaftesbury Ave, London, England, UK, W1D 7EZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KX3W - The Electric Cinema is a cinema in Notting Hill, London. One of the oldest working film theatres in Britain, it became Britain's first black-owned cinema in 1993, and remained black-owned until it was sold in 2000.
As of 2022, after a couple of changes of hands, the cinema is also known as the Electric Portobello, with a second screen at the old Television Centre at White City called the Electric White City
The Electric Cinema first opened in London's Portobello Road on 24 February 1910. It was one of the first buildings in Britain to be designed specifically for motion picture exhibition, and was one of the first buildings in the vicinity to be supplied with electricity. Its first film was Henry VIII, screened on 23 February 1911.
The venue opened 18 years before talkies became the norm, so had no facilities to broadcast sound. The cinema was soon eclipsed by the huge picture palaces that became fashionable during the 1930s but, despite being shuttered for brief periods, it has remained in almost continual use until the present day.
Designed by architect Gerald Seymour Valentin in the Edwardian Baroque style, it originally opened as the Electric Cinema Theatre, with 600 seats. During World War I an angry mob attacked the Electric, believing that its German-born manager was signalling to Zeppelin raiders from the roof, after nearby Arundel Gardens was hit by a bomb dropped from a Zeppelin
Later, in 1932, the Electric became the Imperial Playhouse cinema, though by this time the Portobello Road area had become run down, along with the rest of Notting Hill. During this time, the venue's nickname among locals was The Bughole.
During WWII the venue was attended by up to 4000 per week, despite the Luftwaffe's night-time bombing raids.[9] During the late 1940s the notorious mass murderer John Christie (1899“1953) of nearby 10 Rillington Place is said to have worked at the Electric as a projectionist
It is a Grade II* Listed building.
191 Portobello Rd, London, England, UK, W11 2ED
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K141E1 - . This authentic period view of Runcorn Old Town, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The location is represented through Runcorn old town centre sign in rainbow colours, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK. Further facets of the scene include summer fieldwork, grain quality, commercial frontage, farm produce, changing streetscape, public realm, British agriculture, consumer retail, customer footfall, barley cultivation, before-and-after reference, local history, place identity, and period detail. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into town-centre regeneration and brand consolidation, not least because of the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. Today's relevance is strengthened by agricultural policy, climate change and the continuing question of the importance of domestic grain to food and brewing supply chains. As a dated visual record of Runcorn Old Town, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are community identity, high-street commerce, field crop, documentary photography, everyday life, destination shopping, regional identity, and bricks-and-mortar retail. The combination of colours, rainbow, Halton, centre, and Runcorn anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Runcorn Old Town, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is town-centre regeneration and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active when considered against later change at Runcorn Old Town, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK.
Runcorn Old Town, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG5JM1 - . This dated documentary view of Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is Palace Theatre, Kimpton (Refuge Insurance Building) Oxford Road Manchester , at night, England, UK,. Other connected aspects include conservation architecture, public realm, conservation interest, architectural character, local landmark, place identity, built heritage, restaurant culture, destination dining, contemporary social history, period streetscape, local character, regional identity, and food-and-drink business. Today's relevance is strengthened by redevelopment pressure, maintenance and the continuing question of how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use. From a 2025-onward perspective, changing dining habits and consumer spending are closely linked to this subject, alongside the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU before redevelopment alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with changing streetscape, local history, independent food retail, historic townscape, heritage asset, local dining scene, historic frontage, and licensed hospitality. Details involving night, Theatre, Palace, Kimpton, and Manchester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is redevelopment pressure and how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use in a form that can be compared with future views of Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU.
Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DCE9JH - The Lowry is a theatre and gallery complex at Salford Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is named after the early 20th-century painter L. S. Lowry, known for his paintings of industrial scenes in North West England. The complex opened on 28 April 2000 and was officially opened on 12 October 2000 by Queen Elizabeth II
Between 1990 and 1991 a competition was launched and architects James Stirling Michael Wilford Associates was selected. After the death of James Stirling in June 1992 Michael Wilford continued the project. The city council bid for Millennium and other British and European funds and private sector finance to progress the project. Funding was secured in 1996 and The Lowry Trust became responsible for the project which comprised The Lowry Centre, the plaza, a footbridge, a retail outlet shopping mall and Digital World Centre.
The complex was designed by Michael Wilford with structural engineer Buro Happold and constructed by Bovis Construction.
Salford Quays, Pier, 8 The Quays, Salford,England,UK, M50 3AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR6YJE - The Greenock Arts Guild's Beacon Arts Centre (replacing the former Arts Guild Theatre) opened in 2013 in a new building at Greenock's Custom House Quay. It provides a 500 seat theatre that hosts a regular programme of plays, concerts, musical events, comedians and other events and a Studio Theatre, as well as a multifunction Gallery Suite providing rehearsal and meeting rooms which combine for event or performance space, and a café / bistro, both with views over the Clyde.
Greenock hosted the National Mòd in 1904 and 1925
Custom House Quay, Greenock, Inverclyde,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR6YJN - The Greenock Arts Guild's Beacon Arts Centre (replacing the former Arts Guild Theatre) opened in 2013 in a new building at Greenock's Custom House Quay. It provides a 500 seat theatre that hosts a regular programme of plays, concerts, musical events, comedians and other events and a Studio Theatre, as well as a multifunction Gallery Suite providing rehearsal and meeting rooms which combine for event or performance space, and a café / bistro, both with views over the Clyde.
Greenock hosted the National Mòd in 1904 and 1925
Custom House Quay, Greenock, Inverclyde,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2D5 - The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed building in Manchester, England. It is located in the city centre on the land bounded by St Ann's Square, Exchange Street, Market Street, Cross Street and Old Bank Street. The complex includes the Royal Exchange Theatre and the Royal Exchange Shopping Centre.
The Royal Exchange was heavily damaged in the Manchester Blitz and in the 1996 Manchester bombing. The current building is the last of several buildings on the site used for commodities exchange, primarily but not exclusively of cotton and textiles.
Thomas Harrison designed the new exchange of 1809 at the junction of Market Street and Exchange Street. Harrison designed the exchange in the Classical style. It had two storeys above a basement and was constructed in Runcorn stone
The building remained empty until 1973 when it was used to house a theatre company (69 Theatre Company)
the company performed in a temporary theatre but there were plans for a permanent theatre whose cost was then estimated at £400,000. The Royal Exchange Theatre was founded in 1976 by five artistic directors: Michael Elliott, Caspar Wrede, Richard Negri, James Maxwell and Braham Murray. It was opened by Laurence Olivier on 15 September 1976
The building was damaged on 15 June 1996 when an IRA bomb exploded in Corporation Street less than 50 yards away. The refurbished theatre re-opened on 30 November 1998 by Prince Edward. The opening production, Stanley Houghton's Hindle Wakes was the play that should have opened the day the bomb was exploded
St Ann's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 7DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGJ3 - The Plaza Super Cinema and Variety Theatre cinema in Stockport, England (grid reference SJ895905) opened in 1932 and is now a Grade II* listed building. After being a bingo hall for many years, it has now been restored as a cinema and theatre, showing classic films and staging live shows
The building is in the Art Deco style, it was constructed in 1932 to a design by William Thornley. It opened as a cine-variety venue. It had an original seating capacity of 1878 (other sources say 1848)- and in its restored state has 614 seats in the stalls, 318 in the front circle and 254 in the rear circle (the balcony). The site involved cutting into the rock.
Compton Theatre Organ
To possess an original Compton Organ is rare, but the Plaza organ is notable in its own right. It was the first Compton Theatre Organ to be built with sunburst decorative glass panels. These can be illuminated in a range of colours.
The Compton organ is a three manual instrument with a unique 150 stop tab layout which was designed for the Plaza and her sister cinema by Norman Cocker the resident organist from Manchester Cathedral and Arthur Ward one of the original Directors of the Stockport Plaza. It has in addition 42 toe and thumb pistons. There are 11 ranks of pipes situated in 2 chambers, one over the other to the right of the stage. These are concealed behind the decorative grill in the wall. There is no electric amplification, as the sound is produced acoustically straight from the organ pipes. The console is on a lift so that it can rise out of the floor, adding to the theatrical effect. As there is no amplification the organist controls the volume using swell pedals that operate shutters in the grill. It was played before shows, and during silent movies, variety acts and musical interludes between films. The organ can supply a large range of effects from sleigh bells to aircraft and sea sounds
Mersey Square, Stockport,greater Manchester, England, UK, SK1 1SP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGPH - The Plaza Super Cinema and Variety Theatre cinema in Stockport, England (grid reference SJ895905) opened in 1932 and is now a Grade II* listed building. After being a bingo hall for many years, it has now been restored as a cinema and theatre, showing classic films and staging live shows
The building is in the Art Deco style, it was constructed in 1932 to a design by William Thornley. It opened as a cine-variety venue. It had an original seating capacity of 1878 (other sources say 1848)- and in its restored state has 614 seats in the stalls, 318 in the front circle and 254 in the rear circle (the balcony). The site involved cutting into the rock.
Compton Theatre Organ
To possess an original Compton Organ is rare, but the Plaza organ is notable in its own right. It was the first Compton Theatre Organ to be built with sunburst decorative glass panels. These can be illuminated in a range of colours.
The Compton organ is a three manual instrument with a unique 150 stop tab layout which was designed for the Plaza and her sister cinema by Norman Cocker the resident organist from Manchester Cathedral and Arthur Ward one of the original Directors of the Stockport Plaza. It has in addition 42 toe and thumb pistons. There are 11 ranks of pipes situated in 2 chambers, one over the other to the right of the stage. These are concealed behind the decorative grill in the wall. There is no electric amplification, as the sound is produced acoustically straight from the organ pipes. The console is on a lift so that it can rise out of the floor, adding to the theatrical effect. As there is no amplification the organist controls the volume using swell pedals that operate shutters in the grill. It was played before shows, and during silent movies, variety acts and musical interludes between films. The organ can supply a large range of effects from sleigh bells to aircraft and sea sounds
Mersey Square, Stockport,greater Manchester, England, UK, SK1 1SP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGPM - The Plaza Super Cinema and Variety Theatre cinema in Stockport, England (grid reference SJ895905) opened in 1932 and is now a Grade II* listed building. After being a bingo hall for many years, it has now been restored as a cinema and theatre, showing classic films and staging live shows
The building is in the Art Deco style, it was constructed in 1932 to a design by William Thornley. It opened as a cine-variety venue. It had an original seating capacity of 1878 (other sources say 1848)- and in its restored state has 614 seats in the stalls, 318 in the front circle and 254 in the rear circle (the balcony). The site involved cutting into the rock.
Compton Theatre Organ
To possess an original Compton Organ is rare, but the Plaza organ is notable in its own right. It was the first Compton Theatre Organ to be built with sunburst decorative glass panels. These can be illuminated in a range of colours.
The Compton organ is a three manual instrument with a unique 150 stop tab layout which was designed for the Plaza and her sister cinema by Norman Cocker the resident organist from Manchester Cathedral and Arthur Ward one of the original Directors of the Stockport Plaza. It has in addition 42 toe and thumb pistons. There are 11 ranks of pipes situated in 2 chambers, one over the other to the right of the stage. These are concealed behind the decorative grill in the wall. There is no electric amplification, as the sound is produced acoustically straight from the organ pipes. The console is on a lift so that it can rise out of the floor, adding to the theatrical effect. As there is no amplification the organist controls the volume using swell pedals that operate shutters in the grill. It was played before shows, and during silent movies, variety acts and musical interludes between films. The organ can supply a large range of effects from sleigh bells to aircraft and sea sounds
Mersey Square, Stockport,greater Manchester, England, UK, SK1 1SP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGECA - Thomas Harrison designed the new exchange of 1809 at the junction of Market Street and Exchange Street. Harrison designed the exchange in the Classical style. It had two storeys above a basement and was constructed in Runcorn stone. The cost, £20,000, was paid for in advance by 400 members who bought £50 shares and paid £30 each to buy the site. The semi-circular north façade had fluted Doric columns. The exchange room where business was conducted covered 812 square yards. The ground floor also contained the members' library with more than 15,000 books. The basement housed a newsroom lit by a dome and plate-glass windows, its ceiling was supported by a circle of Ionic pillars spaced 15 feet from the walls. The first-floor dining-room was accessed by a geometrical staircase. The exchange opened to celebrate of the birthday of George III in 1809. It also contained other anterooms and offices.
As the cotton trade continued to expand, larger premises were required and its extension was completed in 1849. The Exchange was run by a committee of notable Manchester industrialists. From 1855 to 1860 the committee was chaired by Edmund Buckley.
The second exchange was replaced by a third designed by Mills & Murgatroyd, constructed between 1867 and 1874. It was extended and modified by Bradshaw Gass & Hope between 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading hall in England. The trading hall had three domes and was double the size of the current hall. The colonnade parallel to Cross Street marked its centre. On trading days merchants and brokers struck deals which supported the jobs of tens of thousands of textile workers in Manchester and the surrounding towns. Manchester's cotton dealers and manufacturers trading from the Royal Exchange earned the city the name, Cottonopolis
St Anns Square, city centre Manchester, England, UK, M2 7DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGECF - Thomas Harrison designed the new exchange of 1809 at the junction of Market Street and Exchange Street. Harrison designed the exchange in the Classical style. It had two storeys above a basement and was constructed in Runcorn stone. The cost, £20,000, was paid for in advance by 400 members who bought £50 shares and paid £30 each to buy the site. The semi-circular north façade had fluted Doric columns. The exchange room where business was conducted covered 812 square yards. The ground floor also contained the members' library with more than 15,000 books. The basement housed a newsroom lit by a dome and plate-glass windows, its ceiling was supported by a circle of Ionic pillars spaced 15 feet from the walls. The first-floor dining-room was accessed by a geometrical staircase. The exchange opened to celebrate of the birthday of George III in 1809. It also contained other anterooms and offices.
As the cotton trade continued to expand, larger premises were required and its extension was completed in 1849. The Exchange was run by a committee of notable Manchester industrialists. From 1855 to 1860 the committee was chaired by Edmund Buckley.
The second exchange was replaced by a third designed by Mills & Murgatroyd, constructed between 1867 and 1874. It was extended and modified by Bradshaw Gass & Hope between 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading hall in England. The trading hall had three domes and was double the size of the current hall. The colonnade parallel to Cross Street marked its centre. On trading days merchants and brokers struck deals which supported the jobs of tens of thousands of textile workers in Manchester and the surrounding towns. Manchester's cotton dealers and manufacturers trading from the Royal Exchange earned the city the name, Cottonopolis
St Anns Square, city centre Manchester, England, UK, M2 7DH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Taunton,England,art,artwork,and,work,2017,mural,Theatre,venue,40th,birthday,film and theatre,film,skull,from,Hamlet,Tommy Cooper,fez,a,conductor,singers,Charlie Chaplin,artist,artists,artscene,scene,South West,Tom,Jack,painting,theatre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN90 - Read more at https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/15432401.the-paint-has-dried-on-a-mural-entitled-perchance-to-dream-to-celebrate-the-brewhouse-theatres-40th-birthday/
The paint has dried on a mural entitled Perchance to Dream to celebrate the Brewhouse Theatre's 40th birthday
After one week the specially commissioned mural on the side of the Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre finishes today, Tuesday, July 25.
The curtain will come down on Tom Sledmore and Jack Tierney's work as they have completed the brief given to them by the theatre.
The mural has been painted as part of the Brewhouse's 40th birthday and it shows all the different aspects of theatre and theatre at the Brewhouse.
The mural depicts different elements of film and theatre such as the skull from Hamlet, Tommy Cooper's fez, a conductor, singers, Charlie Chaplin, a child watching a performance and even an astronaut who comes from the film Space Odessy 2001.
For both Tom and Jack this has been one of their biggest jobs and one of the most interesting.
Coal Orchard, Taunton, Somerset, England ,TA1 1JL
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3260514756 - 'Everyone in Taunton, Somerset should Perchance To Dream, in my book.
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Checkout the rest of this 365 set at www.flickr.com/photos/167831053@N02/albums/72157703214420874
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3B9 - Windmill International was the first London theatre to feature fully nude dancers and stage performances, and since then it has become a UK landmark and one of the world's most exciting gentlemen's clubs.
The Windmill takes pride in astounding its visitors and keeping them entertained all night long. A night at The Windmill would be nothing without our mesmerising dancers (the Windmill girls), and watching them perform in the most enticing and alluring shows in the whole of London. Our Windmill girls are world famous for being the most stunning dancers and showgirls, and they come to entertain you here from across the globe “ from Brazil, to Europe, to Asia, and now to London.
Our dance shows will have you on the edge of your seat
Relaxing in our iconic theatre with a drink in hand and taking in one of our breath-taking shows is the perfect way to spend an evening
and an even better way to celebrate a special occasion! Make your birthday party, stag party or a corporate event more memorable and special by joining us here at Windmill International. It's bound to be one event you'll never forget¦
With seductive performances, private booths, non-stop stage shows, the most beautiful girls in the city and a mouth-watering food and drink menu, a night at Windmill International is like nothing you've ever experienced before¦
If you're coming to visit us for a night at The Windmill soon, read our FAQs to find out what you can expect or read our brochure for lots more information about the events you can experience at London's oldest and most iconic gentlemen's club.
17-19 Great Windmill St, Soho, London, UK, W1D 7JZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6NM - Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Nicknamed the Showplace of the Nation, it is the headquarters for the Rockettes, the precision dance company.
Radio City Music Hall was built on a plot of land that was originally intended for a Metropolitan Opera House. The opera house plans were canceled in 1929, leading to the construction of Rockefeller Center.
Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style. One of the more notable parts of the Music Hall is its large auditorium, which was the world's largest when the Hall first opened. The new complex included two theaters, the International Music Hall and the Center Theatre, as part of the Radio City portion of Rockefeller Center. The 5,960-seat Music Hall was the larger of the two venues. It was largely successful until the 1970s, when declining patronage nearly drove the Music Hall to bankruptcy. Radio City Music Hall was designated a New York City Landmark in May 1978, and the Music Hall was restored and allowed to remain open. The hall was extensively renovated in 1999.
The Music Hall also contains a variety of art. Although Radio City Music Hall was initially intended to host stage shows, it hosted performances in a film-and-stage-spectacle format through the 1970s, and was the site of several movie premieres. It now primarily hosts concerts, including by leading pop and rock musicians, and live stage shows such as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The Music Hall has also hosted televised events including the Grammy Awards, the Tony Awards, the Daytime Emmy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, and the NFL Draft.
1260 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6NP - Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Nicknamed the Showplace of the Nation, it is the headquarters for the Rockettes, the precision dance company.
Radio City Music Hall was built on a plot of land that was originally intended for a Metropolitan Opera House. The opera house plans were canceled in 1929, leading to the construction of Rockefeller Center.
Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style. One of the more notable parts of the Music Hall is its large auditorium, which was the world's largest when the Hall first opened. The new complex included two theaters, the International Music Hall and the Center Theatre, as part of the Radio City portion of Rockefeller Center. The 5,960-seat Music Hall was the larger of the two venues. It was largely successful until the 1970s, when declining patronage nearly drove the Music Hall to bankruptcy. Radio City Music Hall was designated a New York City Landmark in May 1978, and the Music Hall was restored and allowed to remain open. The hall was extensively renovated in 1999.
The Music Hall also contains a variety of art. Although Radio City Music Hall was initially intended to host stage shows, it hosted performances in a film-and-stage-spectacle format through the 1970s, and was the site of several movie premieres. It now primarily hosts concerts, including by leading pop and rock musicians, and live stage shows such as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The Music Hall has also hosted televised events including the Grammy Awards, the Tony Awards, the Daytime Emmy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, and the NFL Draft.
1260 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6NY - Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Nicknamed the Showplace of the Nation, it is the headquarters for the Rockettes, the precision dance company.
Radio City Music Hall was built on a plot of land that was originally intended for a Metropolitan Opera House. The opera house plans were canceled in 1929, leading to the construction of Rockefeller Center.
Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style. One of the more notable parts of the Music Hall is its large auditorium, which was the world's largest when the Hall first opened. The new complex included two theaters, the International Music Hall and the Center Theatre, as part of the Radio City portion of Rockefeller Center. The 5,960-seat Music Hall was the larger of the two venues. It was largely successful until the 1970s, when declining patronage nearly drove the Music Hall to bankruptcy. Radio City Music Hall was designated a New York City Landmark in May 1978, and the Music Hall was restored and allowed to remain open. The hall was extensively renovated in 1999.
The Music Hall also contains a variety of art. Although Radio City Music Hall was initially intended to host stage shows, it hosted performances in a film-and-stage-spectacle format through the 1970s, and was the site of several movie premieres. It now primarily hosts concerts, including by leading pop and rock musicians, and live stage shows such as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The Music Hall has also hosted televised events including the Grammy Awards, the Tony Awards, the Daytime Emmy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, and the NFL Draft.
1260 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6XE - The Young Vic Theatre is a performing arts venue located on The Cut, near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth.
The Young Vic was established by Frank Dunlop in 1970. Kwame Kwei-Armah has been Artistic Director since February 2018, succeeding David Lan.
History
In the period after World War II, a Young Vic Company was formed in 1946 by director George Devine as an offshoot of the Old Vic Theatre School for the purpose of performing classic plays for audiences aged nine to fifteen.
This was discontinued in 1948 when Devine and the entire faculty resigned from the Old Vic, but in 1969 Frank Dunlop became founder-director of The Young Vic theatre with Scapino, his free adaptation of Molière's The Cheats of Scapin, presented at the new venue as a National Theatre production, opening on 11 September 1970 and starring Jim Dale in the title role with designs by Carl Toms (decor) and Maria Björnson (costumes).
Initially part of the National Theatre, the Young Vic Theatre became an independent body in 1974.
In the words of Laurence Olivier, then director of the National Theatre: Here we think to develop plays for young audiences, an experimental workshop for authors, actors and producers. The aim was to create an accessible theatre which offered high quality at low cost in an informal environment. The aim was to appeal to young audiences, but this time not specifically to children.
66, The Cut, Southwark, London, England, UK, SE1 8LZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MHM662 - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2017 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on The Parr Hall Warrington, Plaque, North West England, UK. The image also relates to regional identity, conservation interest, architectural detail, adaptive reuse, urban fabric, period detail, contemporary social history, local character, public realm, commemorative plaque, everyday life, heritage asset, social-history object, and before-and-after reference. Current relevance extends to local history and provenance, particularly through how everyday objects can survive as evidence of earlier work and domestic life. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into adaptive reuse and tourism, not least because of how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. The image fixes commercial use and occupation within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. A second descriptive layer includes museum object, period architecture, antique object, historical comparison, archival record, visual archive, historic inscription, and local-history evidence. References to Plaque give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is local history and how museums turn individual objects into wider stories about place and people within the real-world context of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate adaptive reuse and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change within the specific setting of the recorded location. The frame retains details of everyday use for later comparison. Image MHM662 also remains a dated record of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY7XPX - . Scarbrough Hotel, Bishopsgate Street, Leeds, Yorks, Classic Pub, LS1 5DY. Photographed at Bishopsgate Street,Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS1 5DY. The photograph was taken on 22 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Scarbrough Hotel, Bishopsgate Street, Leeds, Yorks, face, sad, happy, chain, heritage and faces, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference EY7XPX, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Bishopsgate Street,Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS1 5DY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RMX - . Marsden Mechanics Institute building, Kirklees, West Yorkshire,England,Uk. Photographed at Peel St, Huddersfield, Yorkshire HD7 6BW. The photograph was taken on 18 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Marsden, Mechanics, Institute, Kirklees, 16 Peel St, venue, Aletrail, restored, theatre and borough, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Peel St, Huddersfield, Yorkshire HD7 6BW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AWW - This documentary stock photograph shows Olympia, Southend, Sunspot,beachfront,arcades, Amusements, Bowling, Essex, England, UK. The scene belongs to the Southend-on-Sea seafront and beachfront leisure strip, a classic Essex seaside setting where amusement arcades, fish and chip shops, pubs, bowling, family attractions and day-trip promenades sit close together. The image is especially useful because it records readable signage, not a generic tourist board view, so it can illustrate real trading frontage, local colour, shop signs, coastal leisure and the everyday economy of a British resort town. Southend has long depended on visitors arriving for the pier, beach, amusements and evening hospitality, and images like this help explain how traditional seaside places continue to balance nostalgia with modern retail, food, drink and entertainment uses. Editorial buyers could use it for stories about coastal regeneration, seaside tourism, amusement arcades, family holidays, local business survival, seasonal employment, consumer spending, waterfront redevelopment, heritage leisure and the social history of British day trips. It also works for commentary on how resort towns present themselves visually, with bright signs, familiar names, glass-fronted arcades, food offers and a dense mixture of leisure uses competing for passing footfall. For SEO and stock search, relevant composite terms include Southend seafront amusement arcade, Essex seaside tourism, British beachfront entertainment, family coastal day out, traditional seaside economy, high street leisure frontage and UK resort town regeneration. The value is in the combination of place-specific caption wording, visible subject matter and practical editorial usefulness. It could support news, magazine, web, travel, council, planning, business, heritage, nostalgia, tourism, consumer affairs and local economy content where a real coastal street scene is needed rather than a polished stock illustration.
Southend
![iPod Shuffle2 - Back On The London Stage [London The Old Vic Southwark] 6655242403 old,vic,london,theatre,UK,England,capital,tony,smith,hotpix,tonysmith,tonysmithhotpix,dusk,blue,hour,night,shot,waterloo,southwark,mixed,lighting,hotpixuk](https://live.staticflickr.com/7165/6655242403_3c0c6ab30d_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6655242403 - 'Pink Military - 'Back On The London Stage' - Play this track here.
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Pink Military (originally Pink Military Stand Alone) were a post-punk band from Liverpool. Led by former Big in Japan singer Jayne Casey, other band members included former Deaf School drummer Tim Whitaker, guitarist Martin Dempsey who also played in Yachts and It's Immaterial and drummers Chris Joyce (who also played in The Durutti Column and Simply Red) and Budgie (who went on to The Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees).
John Peel gave the band his support and they recorded two sessions for his BBC Radio 1 show, the first in November 1979, featuring Budgie on drums, the second in May 1980. The band's only album, Do Animals Believe In God? was released in June 1980, with the band having signed a deal with Virgin Records who acted as distributors.
A further single was released the next month, and proved to be the final release before the band split up in 1981. Casey went on to form Pink Industry, while Dempsey joined It's Immaterial and later the Mel-o-Tones. Joyce joined The Durutti Column and later played in Simply Red.
The Old Vic is a theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road. Established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, it was taken over by Emma Cons in 1880 when it was known formally as the Royal Victoria Hall. In 1898, a niece of Cons, Lilian Baylis assumed management and began a series of Shakespeare productions in 1914. The building was damaged in 1940 during air raids and it became a Grade II* listed building in 1951 after it reopened.
It was also the name of a repertory company that was based at the theatre. The company formed the core of the National Theatre of Great Britain on its formation in 1963, under Laurence Olivier. The National Theatre remained at the Old Vic until new premises were constructed on the South Bank, opening in 1976. It underwent complete refurbishment in 1985 and in 2003, American actor Kevin Spacey was appointed as new artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre Company which received considerable media attention.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5903757821 - 'The timeless Johnny Clark ('the name behind the Hairstyle'), the Bard of Salford with his ring bound scribblings, on stage at the Stanley Theatre. He was on a bill with 'The Temps' and Mark E Smiths 'The Fall'.
He had changed little since I first saw him at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1978, although he is now pushing 62.
His early work, including the essential 'Disguise In Love' used backing from 'The Invisible Girls', which featured Martin Hannett, the producer. Clarke was born in Salford, Lancashire in 1949. His first job was a laboratory technician at the University of Salford. He began his performance career in Manchester folk clubs, where he began working with Rick Goldstraw and his band The Ferrets. His first releases were on the independent label Rabid, starting with the EP Innocents in October 1977. He toured with Bill Nelson's band Be-Bop Deluxe in 1978 and was signed by Epic Records, who issued the Nelson-produced debut album Disguise In Love in 1978.
Sadly, he spent much of the 1980s addicted to heroin, living in a 'domestic partnership' with singer and fellow addict Nico (of the Velvet Underground). He made an appearance in two UK adverts for Sugar Puffs in 1988, taking second billing to the Honey Monster. Quite often these days he takes second billing from MES and The Fall.
His set included Beasley St, the updated Beasley Boulavard (now the poem has had some investment from Urban Splash), Chicken Town, Hire Car and the brilliant 'Bongos Trousers'. This is a satirical take on the effects of U2's Bono struggling to save the world and have an audience with the pope minus his kecks.
Brilliant Stuff! - Listen to it here, live from the gig (Adults Only).
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59XAE - Salford Quays is an area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, near the end of the Manchester Ship Canal. Previously the site of Manchester Docks, it faces Trafford across the canal.
History
Aerial photograph showing Salford Quays with Manchester (top) and Trafford (bottom)
Built by the Manchester Ship Canal Company, Salford Docks was the larger of two that made up Manchester Docks, the other being Pomona Docks to the east, which opened in 1903.[1] They were opened in 1894 by Queen Victoria and spanned 120 acres (49 ha) of water and 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land. At their height, the Manchester Docks was the third-busiest port in Britain, but after containerisation and the limit placed on vessel size on the Manchester Ship Canal, the docks declined in the 1970s. They closed in 1982, resulting in the loss of 3,000 jobs.
In 1983, Salford City Council acquired parts of the docks covering 220 acres (90 ha) from the Manchester Ship Canal Company with the aid of a derelict land grant. The area was rebranded as Salford Quays and redevelopment by Urban Waterside began in 1985 under the Salford Quays Development Plan.
Early in the planning stages for redevelopment of Salford Quays in 1988, potential was recognised for a landmark arts venue, the Salford Quays Centre for the Performing Arts, which became known as the Lowry Project in 1994. It had secured £64 million in funding by 22 February 1996.
The Lowry stands at the end of Pier 8, largely surrounded by the waters of the Manchester Ship Canal. Designed by James Stirling and Michael Wilford, it opened on 28 April 2000 and houses the 1,730 seat Lyric theatre, the 466 seat Quays theatre, studio spaces and 17,330 sq ft (1,610 m2) of gallery space. There are cafes, bars and a restaurant at the south-western end of the building. The centre is associated with L. S. Lowry, and houses a collection of his work
Salford Quays ,Manchester, England, UK, M50 3UB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCYE - The Guildhall and jail on St Peter's Hill in Grantham was commissioned in 1866 by Mayor Thomas Winter after criminal Jesse Dale, who was serving 15 years for stealing, twice walked out of the town's original jail in 1864.
This original Guildhall and jail building stood on the corner of Guildhall Street and High Street and dated from 1787. After Jesse's second escape, the governor at the time William Mayer was sacked and a government inspector condemned the building. The inmates had to be sent to Lincoln. The site of the demolished Guildhall was bought by the Stamford, Boston and Spalding Bank (later Barclays) and is now home to the Goose at the Bank pub.
On the current Guildhall site was an old school “ The Firs “ housed in a former town house. This and the adjoining land were bought for £2,100. Lincoln architect William Watkins drew up the design for the new building and the work was carried out Mr Wartnaby, of Little Gonerby, for £7,260.
St Peter's Hill, Grantham, England, UK, NG31 6PZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4467466811 - 'This brilliant statue of horses in a fountain, from 1992 can be found just along from Piccadilly Circus heading towards Trafalgar Square at Haymarket. Another one of those things that I have passed many times and never got around to taking a snap. Anyway, I did manage to this evening. Rudy Weller's 'Horses of Helios'. Two are depicted, randomly choose from Pyrois, Eos, Aethon, and Phleyon, named in the legend. If you know which two they are, please leave a comment.
Helios was of course the Greek god of the sun and the four horses were his mythical transport.
In this shot I am looking back towards Piccadilly Circus and Ripleys 'Believe it or not'. Still very busy with rush hour office workers and Italian tourists making the most of the strong Euro.
(2010 week 11)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4357789604 - 'How many people remember those childhood visits to the cinema. Sometimes the local fleapit with velvet seats, ads by Pearl and Dean. A bit better than those big multi-screen boxes we suffer today.
The seats were graded by stalls, circle, upper circle and some could achieve a pass out. These tickets are a frozen moment of those days. A 9d (or 4.5p) saturday morning showing for kids, or a 1/9 stalls or a 2/- two shilling circle. Your choice. 2/- was two shilling, when there was twelve old english pence or d ie like 2d = two pence to a shilling. Also twenty shillings to a british pound.
Taken with 28-200mm macro lens.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEXEGY - The Lowry is a theatre and gallery complex situated on Pier 8 at Salford Quays, in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is named after the early 20th-century painter, L. S. Lowry, known for his paintings of industrial scenes in North West England. The complex was officially opened on 12 October 2000 by Queen Elizabeth II
To redevelop the derelict Manchester Docks, Salford City Council developed a regeneration plan in 1988 for the brownfield site highlighting the leisure, cultural and tourism potential of the area, and included a flagship development that would involve the creation of a performing arts centre. The initial proposals were for two theatres and an art gallery on a prominent site on Pier 8.
Between 1990 and 1991 a competition was launched and architects James Stirling Michael Wilford Associates was selected. After the death of James Stirling in June 1992 Michael Wilford continued the project.
The city council bid for Millennium and other British and European funds and private sector finance to progress the project. Funding was secured in 1996 and The Lowry Trust became responsible for the project which comprised The Lowry Centre, the plaza, a footbridge, a retail outlet shopping mall and Digital World Centre. The National Lottery provided over £21 million of funding towards its construction. The project was completed in 1999 at a cost of £106 million. The Lowry name was adopted in honour of the local artist, L. S. Lowry.
The complex is close to the Imperial War Museum North and the Old Trafford football stadium. It is served by the MediaCityUK stop on the Metrolink tram network. In 2010 and 2011 it was Greater Manchester's most visited tourist attraction.[5] A sting operation by the Salford Star in 2006 attempted to demonstrate intolerance towards unaccompanied teenagers in hoodies entering the complex
Salford Quays Lowry Centre, Pier 8 Salford Quays, Manchester, United Kingdom M50 3AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3813064130 - 'R72 filter used here. with a tripod.
Empire Theatre and fountains looking down towards Liverpool Lime street railway station, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4631607472 - 'When I am in Manchester, I usually take a short cut through this fabulous place, which you can do unless a performance is in progress. Many moons ago I used to go to meetings of the junior chamber of commerce here, in one of the side rooms. On this day it was spookily deserted. I stopped to check a text message while my camera with on my shoulder and below me a solitary man, dressed in black crossed the room without sound.
It has a great feeling of history (the last trading values still remain on the trading board for cotton etc) from 1968 and is very modern with its central circular 'pod' of a theatre at its heart. Its great to see events here and I have seen Shakespeare plays as well as the veritable John Shuttleworth (AKA Jilted John).
The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed Victorian building bounded by St Ann\u2019s Square, Market Street and Cross Street. The complex includes the Royal Exchange Theatre, and the Royal Exchange shopping centre.
The current building is the last of several buildings on the site used for commodities exchange, primarily but not exclusively of cotton and textiles.
The first exchange was built near to the present site in 1792. The first exchange was replaced by a second, larger, exchange that was constructed between 1806 and 1809. The second exchange was enlarged between 1847 and 1849. The second exchange was in turn replaced, by a third exchange by 'Mills &
Murgatroyd', constructed between 1867 and 1874. The building was then extended and modified by 'Bradshaw Gass &
Hope' between 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading room in England. Thus was the importance of Manchester at this time.
The theatre's unique design was conceived by Richard Negri of Wimbledon School of Art, and was intended to create an unusually vivid and immediate relationship between actors and audiences. As the floor of the Exchange would not be able to take the great weight of the theatre and its audience, the module is suspended from four columns that also carry the hall's central dome. Only the stage area and ground-level seating rest on the floor of the hall itself.
The theatre can seat up to 700 people on three levels, making it the largest theatre in the round in Britain. There are 400 seats at ground level in a raked configuration, above which lie two galleries, each with 150 seats set in two rows. Every seat has a clear view of the stage.
Repairs after the IRA bombing adjacent in Corporation Street took over two years to complete and cost \u00a332 million, a sum provided by the National Lottery.
The Royal Exchange building and the theatre itself are reputed to be haunted. One of the ghosts is reputed to be that of the actor and founding artistic director, James Maxwell. Another is that of a maternal Victorian lady, well dressed and with 'a passion for drink'.
In 2006, the building was the subject of a paranormal investigation by the Most Haunted programme on Living TV.
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Keywords: movie,theatre,cafe,bar,theater,greater,manchester,out,in,town,bars,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,gotonysmith tony smith The Printworks is an entertainment venue,located on Withy Grove in Manchester city centre,England.,It,opened,in,2000,and,was,launched,with,fireworks,and,a,radio,roadshow,featuring,many,local,and,international,acts,headlined by Lionel Richie. It contains mostly bars and clubs,including,a,Hard,Rock,Cafe,as,well,as,a,leisure,centre,and,a,23-screen,Odeon,cinema,(formerly the Filmworks),incorporating,an,IMAX,3D,screen.,The,Printworks,was,also,home,to,the,Hard,Rock,Casino,in,Manchester,until,it,closed,in,2006.,Until,1986,the,Printworks,was,home,to,a,printing,press,owned,at,the,time,of,its,demise,by,Robert,Maxwell.,The,site,stood,derelict,until,1998,when work commenced on the new venue.
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX92 - Interior of the Manchester City Printworks Entertainment complex, early afternoon, England UK.
The Printworks is an entertainment venue, located on Withy Grove in Manchester city centre, England. It opened in 2000 and was launched with fireworks and a radio roadshow featuring many local and international acts, headlined by Lionel Richie.
It contains mostly bars and clubs, including a Hard Rock Cafe as well as a leisure centre and a 23-screen Odeon cinema, (formerly the Filmworks), incorporating an IMAX 3D screen. The Printworks was also home to the Hard Rock Casino in Manchester until it closed in 2006.
Until 1986 the Printworks was home to a printing press, owned at the time of its demise by Robert Maxwell. The site stood derelict until 1998, when work commenced on the new venue.
City centre, Manchester, Lancashire, North west England, United Kingdom, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY8W6 - Manchester Central Library is a circular library south of the Town Hall Extension in Manchester, England. It is the headquarters of the Manchester Library & Information Service, which also consists of 22 other community libraries.
To the left is the Manchester Town Hall extension, to the left the central library. This walkway connects St Peters Square and Mount St A6042
Central library, Mount St, Manchester, England, UK M2 5DB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJYRE2 - . This dated documentary view of Shaftesbury Ave, London, England, UK, W1D 7EZ in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The scene records The Apollo Theatre Stage Door , Shaftesbury Ave, London, England, UK, W1D 7EZ. The subject also carries associations with townscape record, urban fabric, urban change, documentary photography, everyday life, historical comparison, pedestrian environment, conservation architecture, traditional structure, contemporary social history, local character, historic townscape, public realm, and period detail. The wider contemporary story combines heritage conservation, adaptive reuse and the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with community use, street safety and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Shaftesbury Ave, London, England, UK, W1D 7EZ before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside changing streetscape, historic frontage, changing land use, built heritage, before-and-after reference, contemporary city life, architectural detailing, and street-level documentary. Elements such as Shaftesbury, Apollo, Theatre, and Stage add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Shaftesbury Ave, London, England, UK, W1D 7EZ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate heritage conservation and the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity when considered against later change at Shaftesbury Ave, London, England, UK, W1D 7EZ.
Shaftesbury Ave, London, England, UK, W1D 7EZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JREBMB - The Central Picture Theatre opened its doors for the first time on 11th July 1913. It was renamed the King Edward Picture Palace in 1914.
By 1972 it had closed as a cinema and was in use as a bingo hall, a use that continued until March 1984.
After several years laying empty and un-used, it became a nightclub named ˜The Venue' and the facade was restored in recent years. The chequerboard brickwork and Dutch gable enlivens a rather drab part of town. It became an entertainment venue named Family Fun, the went back to night club use, but was closed by 2011.
The King Edward Picture House is a Grade II Listed building
37 Central Drive, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5QE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Royal Exchange Manchester,Manchester city centre,theatre interior,glass dome ceiling,UK theatre,city culture,whats on,gig guide,arts,theatre,performing arts,architecture,heritage,urban life,British cities,public spaces,editorial travel,cultural tourism,interior photography,atmospheric interior,civic buildings,regeneration,Northern England,Manchester,neoclassical interior,Victorian architecture,glass dome,interior architecture,arts venue,cultural heritage,public building,warm lighting,evening interior,urban culture,lone person,man in black coat,scale and space
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMXAF - An atmospheric interior view of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester city centre, photographed inside the grand former Royal Exchange building at St Ann's Square. The scene is dominated by the vast glazed dome overhead, tinted with cool violet-blue light, while the lower hall is washed in warm amber illumination that gives the space a theatrical, almost cathedral-like mood. At the heart of the building sits the distinctive theatre-in-the-round structure, a modern suspended performance pod framed by stairways, platforms and rigging, contrasting sharply with the historic architecture that surrounds it.
A lone man in a dark coat crosses the floor, small against the scale of the hall, adding a strong sense of proportion and human narrative. The motion blur suggests steady movement through a public cultural space, as if arriving early, leaving late, or simply drifting through the building's calm between performances. The surrounding walls and balconies hint at the venue's layered history, from civic monument to working exchange and now one of the most recognisable theatres in the UK.
The Royal Exchange building was originally a Victorian trading hall closely associated with Manchester's mercantile and cotton-era identity. Today, the same volume of space has been repurposed for arts and performance, a visual shorthand for Manchester's wider story of reinvention: commerce becoming culture, industry becoming experience. The lighting, architecture and solitary figure combine to evoke themes of urban identity, heritage, regeneration, culture, and the lived atmosphere of a Northern English city.
This image is suitable for editorial and commercial use illustrating theatre and performing arts, Manchester landmarks, British architecture, historic interiors, cultural tourism, city life, public spaces, and the transformation of heritage buildings into modern civic venues.
Interior of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester city centre, showing the theatre-in-the-round s
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WBC,Warrington Borough Council,North West,Cheshire,England,UK,new,redevelopment shopping,retail,office,entertainment,Town centre,social,square,events,area,market,evening,night,night time,building,modern,movie,theatre,multi-screen,redevelopment,revitalised,expensive,costly,white elephant,council,mismanagement,debt,deficient,accounts,bankruptcy,Hollywood Strikes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2G0 - An eagerly awaited renaissance for Warrington's leisure scene, Time Square is creating history as Warrington's signature family-friendly shopping, restaurant and leisure hub.
The beginning of a new chapter for Cheshire's largest town, Time Square is creating a destination for fun-loving, metropolitan Warrington locals and North West's visitors alike to experience. The £142 million mixed use development will see completion in 2019, having created up to 400 construction jobs and 400 permanent jobs in the leisure, retail and restaurant sector.
Time Square Unit 8, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2LH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYPFFD - Cameo Cinema Club, Tollcross, Edinburgh,Scotland has the strength of a real-world scene: ordinary enough to be believable, but specific enough to support precise editorial use. The Cameo in Tollcross is one of Edinburgh's best-known independent cinemas, a picture-house setting tied to film culture, student audiences, festivals and the survival of non-multiplex screening. The subject can illustrate independent cinema, arts venues, night-time leisure, cultural heritage, streaming pressures and the importance of distinctive local venues within city neighbourhoods. The location detail, Edinburgh, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include independent cinema, film culture, picture house and Tollcross, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. It can work both as a straightforward location record and as a wider editorial illustration of the habits, services, buildings, symbols and small commercial details that shape everyday life.
38 Home St, Edinburgh,Scotland, UK, EH3 9LZ
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Keywords: Institute,building,Kirklees,borough,Council,aletrain,England,UK,hall,Marsden Mechanics,West Yorkshire,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,The Mechanics Institute,village,Marsden,Huddersfield,HD7 6BW,HD7,Yorkshire,west,architecture,arts,community,owned,hub,Aletrail,mechanics,venue,theatre,tower,clock,listed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RMW - Photo shows Marsden village, The Mechanics Institute building, arts venue & community hub, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The photograph has value for architecture, heritage, conservation, civic identity and place-based editorial use. Named buildings, churches, libraries, hotels, institutes and historic interiors can illustrate how the built environment shapes local memory, tourism, regeneration and public realm debates. Architectural details, entrances, façades, staircases and interiors also work well for features on design history and town centre character. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Marsden, England, UK, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Sky, light and season should be checked visually
the subject is useful for architecture, heritage and place-based editorial use. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture.
Peel St, Huddersfield, Yorkshire HD7 6BW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWGM - An evening exterior view of Buxton Opera House, a landmark Victorian theatre located in the centre of Buxton, Derbyshire, photographed at dusk under a deep blue twilight sky. The ornate stone facade of the opera house is warmly illuminated, highlighting its domed roof, classical detailing and grand entrance, while the surrounding town square and adjacent historic buildings frame the scene. The contrast between the glowing interior lights and the darkening sky creates a strong sense of atmosphere associated with the transition from day to night in a historic English spa town.
Designed by renowned theatre architect Frank Matcham and opened in the early twentieth century, Buxton Opera House is one of the finest surviving examples of Edwardian theatre architecture in the United Kingdom. It remains a central part of the town's cultural life, hosting theatre, opera, music and touring productions, and continues Buxton's long association with arts, leisure and tourism linked to its spa heritage and proximity to the Peak District.
The image captures the opera house as both an architectural statement and a living civic space, conveying themes of culture, heritage, and evening urban life in a provincial British town. Street lighting, reflections on paving, and subtle movement around the entrance suggest activity without overwhelming the calm dignity of the building itself. The scene reflects the enduring role of historic theatres as focal points of community and cultural identity outside major cities.
This photograph is well suited for editorial use covering theatre, arts and culture, historic architecture, British towns, travel and tourism in Derbyshire and the East Midlands, as well as commercial applications requiring a recognisable and atmospheric image of a UK cultural landmark at dusk.
Buxton Opera House illuminated at dusk in the town centre of Buxton, Derbyshire, England, Buxton Ope
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6N7R - A wide interior view of the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, photographed beneath the vast glazed dome of the former Royal Exchange building in the heart of Manchester city centre. The image captures the dramatic scale of the space, with sweeping arches, ornate columns and richly coloured architectural detailing framing the suspended theatre-in-the-round structure at its centre. Natural daylight filters through the patterned glass roof, blending with warm interior lighting to create a vivid contrast of colour and atmosphere across the hall.
Originally built as a nineteenth-century trading hall for the cotton industry, the Royal Exchange building once symbolised Manchester's role as a global centre of commerce. Its later transformation into a theatre represents one of the city's most successful examples of adaptive reuse, where industrial and mercantile heritage has been repurposed to serve contemporary cultural life. The modern theatre structure, supported by walkways and staircases, sits lightly within the historic shell, creating a striking dialogue between old and new.
People seated at tables within the space provide scale and reinforce the building's role as a living public environment rather than a static monument. The openness of the interior, combined with its decorative grandeur, conveys themes of accessibility, civic pride and cultural continuity. The architectural details, from the coloured glass domes to the carved stonework and painted surfaces, reflect the confidence and ambition of Victorian and Edwardian Manchester.
This image is well suited for editorial use covering theatre, arts and culture, architecture, historic interiors and urban regeneration, as well as commercial applications relating to cultural tourism, interior design, heritage buildings and representations of Manchester as a city that has reinvented itself through culture and creativity.
Interior view of the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre beneath the historic glass dome of the former
