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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,HotpixUk,MUFC,football,soccer,welcome,to,Sir Matt Busby Way,Greater Manchester,the,UK,sport,home ground,Premier League stadium,tourism,visitor,visiting,holiday,sight,attraction,tour,tours,matchday,fixtures,heritage,British,English,branding,business,culture,redevelopment,sports,architecture,landmark,Sir Matt Busby,red devils,global,club shop,Michael Carrick
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EF6BBH - Wide exterior view of Old Trafford, the Manchester United football stadium on Sir Matt Busby Way in Trafford, Greater Manchester, with a large red Welcome to Old Trafford sign across the glass-fronted entrance. The image shows the scale and recognisable architecture of one of the best known football grounds in Britain, with red and white cladding, structural roof supports, broad paved approaches and the stadium facade rising into a bright blue sky. Old Trafford has been Manchester United's home since 1910 and is widely known by the nickname the Theatre of Dreams, making it a strong editorial subject for football, sport, tourism, stadium architecture and Manchester identity. The photograph is useful for stories about Manchester United, Premier League football, matchday crowds, stadium tours, football heritage, sports business, broadcasting, international visitors, fan culture, ticketing, club ownership, redevelopment and the continuing debate over the future of the ground. The absence of crowds gives the scene a clean stadium exterior view suitable for general stock use, while the welcome sign, entrance area and open concourse clearly identify the venue without relying on match action. The weather appears dry and bright, with strong daylight, sharp shadows and a clear sky, suggesting a calm daytime visit rather than a matchday crush. Old Trafford sits in the Old Trafford area of Trafford, close to Salford Quays, Trafford Wharf and the wider Manchester urban area, and the stadium is a major landmark for visitors to the city region. The image can also illustrate wider themes around football tourism, major events, urban regeneration, transport around sports venues, stadium capacity, crowd management, football finance, club branding and the global reach of English football. It is a useful documentary image of Manchester United's home ground, showing the public entrance and welcoming message seen by supporters, tourists and visiting fans.
Welcome to Old Trafford sign outside Manchester United's stadium, Sir Matt Busby Way, Trafford, Grea
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,FC,tour,tourist,attraction,Liverpool football stadium,Premier League,clubs,club,entrance,football,sports,tourism,landmark,Merseyside,Walton Breck Road,L4 0TH,L4,English football heritage,supporter experience,international fan destination,matchday hospitality,club history,trophy exhibition,cultural tourism,sporting pilgrimage,football architecture,professional sport,visitor facilities,leisure attraction,ticket touts,Fenway Sports Group,FSG,1892 Holdings,1892,holdings,Jeff Bezos,Amit Bhatia
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKP0DE - Liverpool FC's visitor entrance and Main Stand at Anfield in Liverpool, photographed in summer daylight beneath a blue sky with light cloud. The glazed frontage carries Liverpool FC branding and provides access for stadium tours, museum visitors, hospitality guests and supporters attending events at one of world football's best-known grounds. The broad canopy, red-brick exterior, open pedestrian space and people approaching the entrance create a clear view of the stadium as a year-round visitor destination and the home of Liverpool Football Club.
Anfield has been Liverpool FC's home since the club was founded in 1892. The stadium developed from a modest late nineteenth-century ground into a major football arena associated with domestic championships, European competition, famous players and generations of supporters. The expanded Main Stand opened in 2016, adding seating, hospitality areas and visitor facilities while retaining the stadium's close relationship with the surrounding Anfield neighbourhood.
The official LFC Stadium Tour gives visitors behind-the-scenes access to areas including the home dressing room, players' tunnel, press conference room, managerial dugout and the celebrated This Is Anfield sign. The LFC Museum presents more than 130 years of club history and displays major trophies, memorabilia and exhibitions covering the team's achievements and cultural impact. Together, the tour and museum make Anfield an important football tourism attraction for visitors.
The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Liverpool FC, Anfield stadium, football tourism, sports museums, stadium tours, visitor attractions, Premier League heritage, supporter culture, urban regeneration, hospitality, Merseyside tourism and the commercial development of major football grounds. It records the contemporary Main Stand entrance as a public-facing gateway connecting club history, matchday identity and Liverpool's visitor economy
Anfield Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, L4 0TH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2REGJ48 - This image shows the exterior of a Barrhead Travel branch located at 31 Leicester Street in Northwich town centre, Cheshire. The travel agency occupies a modern glass-fronted retail unit, with prominent white Barrhead Travel signage mounted across the facade, clearly identifying the business.
The photograph appears to have been taken in late-day or early evening light, with warm reflections visible in the glass frontage and surrounding paving. The clean architectural lines and contemporary materials reflect recent high-street retail design, contrasting with older town-centre buildings visible through reflections.
Barrhead Travel is a major UK travel retailer, offering holiday packages, cruises, flights, and travel services to consumers. Physical branches such as this remain an important part of the travel sector, providing face-to-face advice and booking services alongside online platforms.
The image documents everyday commercial life on a UK high street, capturing the presence of national retail brands within regional town centres and the continuing role of travel agencies in the tourism and leisure economy.
31 Leicester Street, Northwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, CW9 5LD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,signposting,Belfast,directions,direction sign,pedestrian,cycle,walking,tour,tourism,visitor,guide,guides,signage,navigation,waterfront,public,realm,infrastructure,cityscape,orientation,system,visitor navigation,blue sky clouds,summer weather,bright daylight,architecture,docklands redevelopment,travel directions,public transport,link,links
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ39P - This image shows a modern wayfinding signpost in Belfast's Titanic Quarter, providing directional information for key destinations including Titanic Belfast, the Titanic Trail, SS Nomadic, Belfast Metropolitan College and the city centre. The yellow and grey signage incorporates symbols for pedestrians and cyclists, reflecting contemporary urban design focused on walkability and active travel.
Set against a vivid blue sky with scattered clouds, the photograph appears to have been taken in bright summer conditions, with strong daylight enhancing colour contrast and legibility. The surrounding built environment includes modern regeneration architecture associated with the redevelopment of Belfast's former docklands.
The Titanic Quarter is one of Northern Ireland's most significant regeneration projects, closely linked to the city's maritime and industrial heritage, particularly the construction of the RMS Titanic. Clear, multilingual-style visual signage plays an important role in managing tourism flows and connecting cultural attractions with education, transport and the wider city centre.
The image captures how modern urban wayfinding supports tourism, regeneration and everyday navigation, blending practical infrastructure with Belfast's evolving post-industrial identity.
Titanic Quarter, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Birmingham,UK,England,West Midlands,DC,Dublin,Dublin City,B5 6DY,B5,Live on stage Birmingham O2 Academy Institute,Live on stage,live,stage,music,Academy,Institute,Digbeth,25th November,2019,post-punk,punk,performing,performing at,Carlos OConnell,Conor Curley,Conor Deegan,Grian Chatten,Tom Coll,tour,touring,2019 Tour,Fontaines DC Tour 2019,Fontaines D.C. Tour 2019,City,Dogrel,A Heros Death,Skinty Fia
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFP0GA - Fontaines D.C. are a post-punk rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band released their debut studio album, Dogrel, on April 12, 2019. Winners of Album of the Year 2019 from both Rough Trade and BBC 6Music.
Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan, Grian Chatten, and Tom Coll met in Dublin while attending music college at British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Liberties, Dublin. They bonded over a common love of poetry and collectively released two collections of poetry, one called Vroom, inspired by the Beat poets (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg) and another called Winding, inspired by Irish poets (Patrick Kavanagh, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats). None of the published poems were translated into songs, but the track Television Screens off their debut Dogrel started out as a poem and was turned into a song.
Lead singer Grian Chatten is half-British (his mother is English and his father is Irish) and was born in Barrow-in-Furness, England but grew up in the County Dublin town of Skerries, Dublin.[10] Coll, Curley, and Deegan are from Ireland “ Mayo, County Mayo, Emyvale in County Monaghan, and Mayo, County Mayo, respectively, and O'Connell grew up in Madrid, Spain.
The band got their name from a character in the movie The Godfather called Johnny Fontane, a singer and movie star portrayed by Al Martino. Fontane was godson of Vito Corleone. They added the initials D.C. when a band in Los Angeles had the same name. The initials D.C. stand for Dublin City.
Fontaines started out self-releasing singles. In May 2017, Fontaines released the single Liberty Belle followed by the split Hurricane Laughter / Winter In the Sun. Liberty Belle is in homage to the Liberties, a neighborhood in Dublin where many band members lived.
78 Digbeth, Birmingham, England, UK, B5 6DY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0KXC8 - Penny Lane is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in February 1967 as a double A-side single with Strawberry Fields Forever. It was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon“McCartney songwriting partnership. The lyrics refer to Penny Lane, a street in Liverpool, and make mention of the sights and characters that McCartney recalled from his upbringing in the city.
The Beatles began recording Penny Lane in December 1966, intending it as a song for their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Instead, after it was issued as a single to satisfy record company demand for a new release, the band adhered to their policy of omitting previously released singles from their albums. The song features numerous modulations that occur mid-verse and between its choruses. Session musician David Mason played a piccolo trumpet solo for its bridge section
Penny Lane is a road in the south Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill. The name also applies to the area surrounding its junction with Smithdown Road and Allerton Road, and to the roundabout at Smithdown Place that was the location for a major bus terminus, originally an important tram junction of Liverpool Corporation Tramways. The roundabout was a frequent stopping place for John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison during their years as schoolchildren and students. Bus journeys via Penny Lane and the area itself subsequently became familiar elements in the early years of the Lennon“McCartney songwriting partnership. In 2009, McCartney reflected:
Penny Lane was kind of nostalgic, but it was really [about] a place that John and I knew ... I'd get a bus to his house and I'd have to change at Penny Lane, or the same with him to me, so we often hung out at that terminus, like a roundabout. It was a place that we both knew, and so we both knew the things that turned up in the story
Penny Lane Development Trust, 70 Penny Ln, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1BW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,12th,Oct,October,2013,gigs,gig,live,playing,on,stage,and,his,the,of,Manchester Academy 1,England,UK,M13 9PR,tour,guitar,guitarist,Nile Marr,Max James,Jack Mitchell,Sonny Marr,tours,touring,Manc,Mancunian,musician,crowd,crowds,fans,fan
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64K8F - Tracks were :
Upstarts,Panic,The Right Thing Right,Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before,Generate! Generate!,Bigmouth Strikes Again,The Messenger,The Crack Up,Say Demesne,Sun and Moon,How Soon Is Now,Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want,
The It-Switch, I Fought the Law, Getting Away With It, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher, 31 October 1963) is an English musician, songwriter and singer. He first achieved fame as the guitarist and co-songwriter of the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. He has since performed with numerous other bands and embarked on a solo career.
Born in Manchester, to Irish parents, Marr formed his first band at the age of 13. He was part of several bands with Andy Rourke before forming the Smiths with Morrissey in 1982. The Smiths attained commercial success and were critically acclaimed, with Marr's jangle pop guitar style becoming a distinctive part of the band's sound, but separated in 1987 due to personal differences between Marr and Morrissey. Since then, Marr has been a member of the Pretenders, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, and the Cribs, and he has become a prolific session musician, working with names such as Pet Shop Boys, Talking Heads, Bryan Ferry and Hans Zimmer.
Having released an album titled Boomslang in 2003 under the name Johnny Marr and the Healers, Marr released his first solo album, The Messenger, in 2013. His second solo album, Playland, was released in 2014, followed by a third, Call the Comet, in 2018. Marr's autobiography, Set the Boy Free, was published in 2016
Manchester Academy 1, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, England , UK, M13 9PR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64P9R - . Gary Numan, Splinter Tour UK Leg gig, performing at the Manchester Academy 20131114, Oxford Road, England, UK, M13 9PR. Photographed on 14 November 2013. The recorded location is Manchester Academy 1, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, England , UK, M13 9PR. Lost. When the Sky Bleeds, He Will Come. We're the Unforgiven. Love Hurt Bleed. Looking at popular music, the longer history is that live-music photographs preserve performances that are otherwise transient, recording musicians, venues, stage lighting and audiences at a particular point in a career
Tickets, posters and venue exteriors add another layer of music-industry history. In 2026, popular music remains relevant because streaming dominates recorded music , increasing the importance of touring, merchandise and live events to many artists
Historical concert images therefore connect fan culture with the changing economics of the music business. Associated keywords and synonyms include live music, music venue, performer, band, music history, live entertainment, music heritage, concert photography, 14/11/2013, 14th, poses, posed, pose, set, album, smoke, and show. The background to live music is that live-music photographs preserve performances that are otherwise transient, recording musicians, venues, stage lighting and audiences at a particular point in a career
Tickets, posters and venue exteriors add another layer of music-industry past. Within the history of music venue, british popular music has been closely tied to particular cities, independent labels and venues
Manchester and Liverpool in particular developed internationally recognised scenes whose clubs, rehearsal rooms and concert halls became cultural landmarks. Its wider context brings together live music, music venue and performer. A further layer of meaning comes from music venue, performer and band. The image also relates directly to performer, band and music history.
Manchester Academy 1, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, England , UK, M13 9PR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64PGA - . Gary Numan, Splinter Tour UK Leg gig, performing at the Manchester Academy 20131114, Oxford Road, England, UK, M13 9PR. Photographed on 14 November 2013. The recorded location is Manchester Academy 1, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, England , UK, M13 9PR. The Calling. Down in the Park. Pure. Lost. For live entertainment, the historical context is that concert culture changed with amplification, arena touring, festivals and digital promotion, yet the basic relationship between performer, venue and audience remains central
Older gig photographs can gain significance as bands, buildings and local scenes evolution. For live entertainment, the 2026 context is that live music remains culturally important but venues face pressure from operating costs, redevelopment and evolving audience habits
England's dedicated 15% business-rates relief for eligible live-music venues during 2026/27 reflects concern about their economic sustainability. Useful related concepts include musician, stage, music history, fan culture, popular music, music heritage, concert photography, 14/11/2013, 14th, poses, posed, pose, set, album, lighting, smoke, and show. Looking at concert photography, the longer history is that live-music photographs preserve performances that are otherwise transient, recording musicians, venues, stage lighting and audiences at a particular point in a career
Tickets, posters and venue exteriors add another layer of music-industry history. The background to gig is that british popular music has been closely tied to particular cities, independent labels and venues
Manchester and Liverpool in particular developed internationally recognised scenes whose clubs, rehearsal rooms and concert halls became cultural landmarks. The subject also connects musician, stage and music history within the same editorial theme. Its wider context brings together stage, music history and fan culture.
Manchester Academy 1, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, England , UK, M13 9PR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JD0MEA - The Queensway tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. Locally, it is often referred to as the Birkenhead tunnel or old tunnel, to distinguish it from the newer Kingsway tunnel (1971), which serves Wallasey and the M53 motorway traffic. At 3.24 kilometres (2.01 mi) in length, it is the longest road tunnel in the UK.
Tolls have been a feature of tunnel use since the Queensway Tunnel opened in 1934. Although residents were originally told tolls would be removed when debts were repaid, this position was dropped long ago. Debts and tolls were increased when the Kingsway Tunnel was built in 1971 to relieve congestion in the first tunnel. The County of Merseyside Act 1980 enshrined in law the right to continue collecting tolls once the debts were repaid. The later 2004 Act created a legal position where tolls charged must rise in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) as published in November.
Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JD0MEB - The Queensway tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. Locally, it is often referred to as the Birkenhead tunnel or old tunnel, to distinguish it from the newer Kingsway tunnel (1971), which serves Wallasey and the M53 motorway traffic. At 3.24 kilometres (2.01 mi) in length, it is the longest road tunnel in the UK.
Tolls have been a feature of tunnel use since the Queensway Tunnel opened in 1934. Although residents were originally told tolls would be removed when debts were repaid, this position was dropped long ago. Debts and tolls were increased when the Kingsway Tunnel was built in 1971 to relieve congestion in the first tunnel. The County of Merseyside Act 1980 enshrined in law the right to continue collecting tolls once the debts were repaid. The later 2004 Act created a legal position where tolls charged must rise in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) as published in November.
Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city centre,Merseyside,L3 1HN,L3,was,green,artdeco,art-deco,art,deco,would,be,used,for,collecting,toll,tools,charges,England,UK,tunnels,tunnel,charge,historic,history,tour,tourist,attraction,office,ticket,preserved,heritage,old,olden,days,buildings,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JD0MEC - The Queensway tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. Locally, it is often referred to as the Birkenhead tunnel or old tunnel, to distinguish it from the newer Kingsway tunnel (1971), which serves Wallasey and the M53 motorway traffic. At 3.24 kilometres (2.01 mi) in length, it is the longest road tunnel in the UK.
Tolls have been a feature of tunnel use since the Queensway Tunnel opened in 1934. Although residents were originally told tolls would be removed when debts were repaid, this position was dropped long ago. Debts and tolls were increased when the Kingsway Tunnel was built in 1971 to relieve congestion in the first tunnel. The County of Merseyside Act 1980 enshrined in law the right to continue collecting tolls once the debts were repaid. The later 2004 Act created a legal position where tolls charged must rise in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) as published in November.
Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R0X33R - . Deep Purple on tour poster, 16 July 2023, Laszlo Papp Arena, Budapest, Hungary. Photographed on 28 April 2023. Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, but their musical approach has changed over the years. Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. Deep Purple (together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath) have been referred to as the unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies. They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as the globe's loudest band for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide. Current line up:. Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan. Don Airey, Simon McBride. For band, the historical context is that concert culture changed with amplification, arena touring, festivals and digital promotion, yet the basic relationship between performer, venue and audience remains central
Older gig photographs can gain significance as bands, buildings and local scenes evolution. Looking at consumer culture, the longer history is that printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, stamps, posters, comics, manuals and vouchers combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use. For band, the 2026 context is that live music remains culturally important but venues face pressure from operating costs, redevelopment and evolving audience habits
England's dedicated 15% business-rates relief for eligible live-music venues during 2026/27 reflects concern about their economic sustainability. In 2026, consumer culture remains relevant because physical comics, manuals and vouchers now coexist with apps, e-books and online instructions
Their material form has growing relevance to collectors.
Laszlo Papp Arena, Budapest, Hungary
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHBJTN - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.
History
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 1873“74 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 1873“74 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
The church is built in red sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a west tower, a continuous nave and chancel of seven bays with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chapel at the east end of the south aisle, a vestry and a south porch. The tower is in three stages, with a Tudor west door, and a four-light west window. It has diagonal west buttresses and square east buttresses. In the middle stage are small windows, above which are clock faces and bell openings. On the summit is a crenellated parapet. The tower is about 76 feet (23 m) high
Church Lane, Grappenhall. Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,River Thames looking east from Waterloo Bridge,central London,England,UK,River Thames,river,Thames,looking,east from Waterloo Bridge,central,centre,of,craft,pleasure,south,Southwark,sunny,blue,sky,skies,boat,boats,traffic,barge,barges,passenger,charter,trips,tourist,tourism,attraction,famous,WC2R 2PP,WC2R,tour
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6TT - . An identifiable period record of Waterloo Bridge, central London, England, UK, WC2R 2PP in 2018, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The photograph centres on River Thames looking east from Waterloo Bridge, central London, England, UK , WC2R 2PP. Other connected aspects include blue-green infrastructure, contemporary city life, waterside public realm, inland navigation, riverfront regeneration, community life, changing land use, before-and-after reference, local character, river transport, everyday street life, river crossing, city-centre activity, and local identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by river transport, water quality and the continuing question of how waterfronts are increasingly used as public spaces and regeneration anchors. From a 2025-onward perspective, local identity and street safety are closely linked to this subject, alongside the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. The image fixes commercial use and occupation within Waterloo Bridge, central London, England, UK, WC2R 2PP at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The wider setting retains connections with documentary photography, community identity, waterside leisure, marine mobility, everyday life, local history, contemporary social history, and visual archive. The recorded references to looking, central, Bridge, Thames, and Waterloo preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Waterloo Bridge, central London, England, UK, WC2R 2PP may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to river transport and the role of passenger boats in broadening urban transport choices when considered against later change at Waterloo Bridge, central London, England, UK, WC2R 2PP.
Waterloo Bridge, central London, England, UK, WC2R 2PP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNM0XD - St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It has been called the Cathedral of South Cheshire and it is considered by some to be one of the finest medieval churches, not only in Cheshire, but in the whole of England. The architectural writer Raymond Richards described it as one of the great architectural treasures of Cheshire, and Alec Clifton-Taylor included it in his list of outstanding English parish churches.
The building dates from the 14th century, although a number of changes have since been made, particularly a substantial 19th-century restoration by Sir George Gilbert Scott. The church and its octagonal tower are built in red sandstone. Features of the church's interior include the lierne-vaulted ceiling of the choir, the carved stone canopies of the sedilia in the chancel, and the intricately carved wooden canopies over the choirstalls together with the 20 misericords at the back of the stalls. The church is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich
The last major work to be carried out on the church was in 1878, under the direction of local architect Thomas Bower, when the south porch was restored at a cost of £900.
The church is built in red sandstone and is cruciform in shape. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with north and south aisles, a south porch with two storeys, a central tower, north and south transepts, and a three-bay chancel, to the north of which is a two-storey treasury. The tower is square below and octagonal above. Both transepts are of three bays and the northernmost bay of the north transept was formerly a Lady chapel. The other two bays were dedicated to Saint George. The south transept was known as the Kingsley Chapel
Church Lane, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5RQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJ2A1A - Bacharach, also known as Bacharach am Rhein) is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds.
The original name Baccaracus suggests a Celtic origin. Above the town stands Stahleck Castle (Burg Stahleck), now a youth hostel.
Geography
Location
The town lies in the Rhine Gorge, 48 km south of Koblenz.
Constituent communities
Bacharach is divided into several Ortsteile. The outlying centre of Steeg lies in the Steeg Valley (Steeger Tal) off to the side, away from the Rhine. This glen lies between Medenscheid and Neurath to the south and Henschhausen to the north on the heights.
History
In the early 11th century, Bacharach had its first documentary mention. It may have been that as early as the 7th century, the kingly domain passed into Archbishop of Cologne Kunibert's ownership
pointing to this is a Kunibertskapelle (chapel) on the spot where now stands the Wernerkapelle. The Vögte of the Cologne estate were the Elector of the Palatinate, who over time pushed back Cologne's influence.
Caring for and maintaining Bacharach's building monuments, spurred on in the early 20th century by the Rhenish Association for Monument Care and Landscape Preservation (Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz) which took on the then highly endangered town wall and Stahleck Castle ruin jobs, and the great dedication of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate to the Wernerkapelle have seen to it that Bacharach is still a jewel of the Rheinromantik and a multifaceted documentary site of mediaeval architecture on the Middle Rhine. The Wernerkapelle ruin is under monumental protection and before it a plaque has been placed recalling the inhuman crimes against Jewish residents and also containing a quotation from a prayer by Pope John XXIII for a change in Christians' thinking in their relationship
Bacharach, Bacharach am Rhein,, Mainz-Bingen district, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHNGM2 - Bacharach (also known as Bacharach am Rhein) is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds.
The original name Baccaracus suggests a Celtic origin. Above the town stands Stahleck Castle (Burg Stahleck), now a youth hostel
The town lies in the Rhine Gorge, 48 km south of Koblenz.
Bacharach is divided into several Ortsteile. The outlying centre of Steeg lies in the Steeg Valley (Steeger Tal) off to the side, away from the Rhine. This glen lies between Medenscheid and Neurath to the south and Henschhausen to the north on the heights
In the early 11th century, Bacharach had its first documentary mention. It may have been that as early as the 7th century, the kingly domain passed into Archbishop of Cologne Kunibert's ownership
pointing to this is a Kunibertskapelle (chapel) on the spot where now stands the Wernerkapelle.
Today Bacharach thrives on tourism and wine from Bacharach is still enjoying international popularity. Not to be overlooked, however, are problems arising from a shrinking population, itself brought about by a lack of prospects.
Bacharach, Bacharach am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen region, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 55422
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,UK,England,GU7,Bridge St,Waverley,GU7 1HY,hall,theatre,hiring,multi,use,gig,tour,tours,and,nights,concert,concerts,film,society,municipal,building,dusk,night,evening,Borough,Council,venues,entertainment,halls,stage,hires,ticket,tickets
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 DJ7B92 - . Tom Verlaine in concert at the Manchester Academy, 17/11/2013 England tour , UK with seminal band Television. Photographed at Manchester Academy, Oxford Rd, Manchester , England UK, M13 9PR. The photograph was taken on 17 November 2013. The image metadata records 2 people in the frame. 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 Tom, Verlaine, concert, Manchester, Academy, 17/11, Marque Moon, album, Television and gig, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. 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.
Manchester Academy, Oxford Rd, Manchester , England UK, M13 9PR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JY0M - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2023, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. At the centre of the view is The Liverpool Playhouse Theatre with Radio City tower, at dusk, Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EL. The surrounding context encompasses changing land use, local character, retail property, specialist retailer, public realm, social history, street-level business, local enterprise, independent retail, local history, historical comparison, regional identity, visual archive, and archival record. Current relevance extends to town-centre regeneration and independent business, particularly through the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. Small period details of public access and movement at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with small business, customer footfall, bricks-and-mortar retail, changing streetscape, place identity, commercial frontage, specialist shop, and before-and-after reference. The recorded references to Playhouse, Square, Theatre, Merseyside, and Williamson preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to town-centre regeneration and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of business rates and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the specific setting of the recorded location. The frame retains period character within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0KDNA - Penny Lane is a road in the south Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill. The name also applies to the area surrounding its junction with Smithdown Road and Allerton Road, and to the roundabout at Smithdown Place that was the location for a major bus terminus, originally an important tram junction of Liverpool Corporation Tramways. The roundabout was a frequent stopping place for John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison during their years as schoolchildren and students. Bus journeys via Penny Lane and the area itself subsequently became familiar elements in the early years of the Lennon“McCartney songwriting partnership. In 2009, McCartney reflected:
Penny Lane was kind of nostalgic, but it was really [about] a place that John and I knew ... I'd get a bus to his house and I'd have to change at Penny Lane, or the same with him to me, so we often hung out at that terminus, like a roundabout. It was a place that we both knew, and so we both knew the things that turned up in the story.
Lennon's original lyrics for In My Life had included a reference to Penny Lane. Soon after the Beatles recorded In My Life in October 1965, McCartney mentioned to an interviewer that he wanted to write a song about Penny Lane. A year later, he was spurred to write the song once presented with Lennon's Strawberry Fields Forever. McCartney also cited Dylan Thomas's nostalgic poem Fern Hill as an inspiration for Penny Lane. Lennon co-wrote the lyrics with McCartney. He recalled in a 1970 interview: The bank was there, and that was where the trams sheds were and people waiting and the inspector stood there, the fire engines were down there. It was reliving childhood
Penny Lane, Moseley Hill, South Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0KDNF - . This dated editorial view of 20 Smithdown Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L15 5AJ in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The defining feature is Old 'Penny Lane' 1930 Trustee savings bank entrance and clock, Heathfield Branch, 20 Smithdown Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L15 5AJ. The wider scene also brings together mid-century timepiece, collectable wristwatch, watch dial typography, town-centre renewal, regional identity, vintage timepiece, civic architecture, period architecture, changing land use, urban fabric, community identity, built heritage, period watch design, and local history. The wider contemporary story combines mechanical craftsmanship, manufacturing heritage and the renewed appeal of repairable mechanical watches. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with housing pressure, planning and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. For later comparison, the photograph preserves public access and movement at 20 Smithdown Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L15 5AJ, details that may look very different after different community use. The surrounding story also includes architectural character, watchmaking heritage, adaptive reuse, historic townscape, local character, Swiss horology, historical comparison, and horological collecting. Details involving Trustee, clock, entrance, Lane', and Heathfield make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within 20 Smithdown Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L15 5AJ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is mechanical craftsmanship and the renewed appeal of repairable mechanical watches as part of the longer story of 20 Smithdown Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L15 5AJ.
20 Smithdown Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L15 5AJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0KDNM - . This authentic period view of 76 Queen Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HL 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 Integrated transport, trains, rail and buses, Lime Street station and Arriva buses, Queen Square. The image also relates to heritage-led regeneration, changing land use, historic townscape, trackside history, local history, historic rolling stock, period architecture, period detail, public realm, contemporary social history, public-realm investment, historical comparison, civic architecture, and urban regeneration. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with railway preservation, decarbonisation and how Crewe's identity remains tied to railway engineering and operations. The modern context includes continuing discussion of town-centre regeneration, adaptive reuse and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The image fixes local activity and public use within 76 Queen Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HL at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The photograph additionally reflects documentary photography, rail infrastructure, place-making, architectural character, regional identity, mixed-use redevelopment, community identity, and visual archive. Details involving Arriva, transport, Queen, station, and Integrated make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 76 Queen Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HL helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. It also preserves a local visual benchmark within the wider story of 76 Queen Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HL.
76 Queen Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0KPKW - Penny Lane is a road in the south Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill. The name also applies to the area surrounding its junction with Smithdown Road and Allerton Road, and to the roundabout at Smithdown Place that was the location for a major bus terminus, originally an important tram junction of Liverpool Corporation Tramways. The roundabout was a frequent stopping place for John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison during their years as schoolchildren and students. Bus journeys via Penny Lane and the area itself subsequently became familiar elements in the early years of the Lennon“McCartney songwriting partnership. In 2009, McCartney reflected:
Penny Lane was kind of nostalgic, but it was really [about] a place that John and I knew ... I'd get a bus to his house and I'd have to change at Penny Lane, or the same with him to me, so we often hung out at that terminus, like a roundabout. It was a place that we both knew, and so we both knew the things that turned up in the story.
Lennon's original lyrics for In My Life had included a reference to Penny Lane. Soon after the Beatles recorded In My Life in October 1965, McCartney mentioned to an interviewer that he wanted to write a song about Penny Lane. A year later, he was spurred to write the song once presented with Lennon's Strawberry Fields Forever. McCartney also cited Dylan Thomas's nostalgic poem Fern Hill as an inspiration for Penny Lane. Lennon co-wrote the lyrics with McCartney. He recalled in a 1970 interview: The bank was there, and that was where the trams sheds were and people waiting and the inspector stood there, the fire engines were down there. It was reliving childhood
Penny Lane, Moseley Hill, South Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ringway,international,terminal,one,1,airport,packages,holiday,you,Jet2holidays,4070E1,B738,Jet2.com,operator,cheap,flights,route,routes,British,tour,all inclusive,ATOL,licenses,licence,Dart Group,PLC,ABTA,protected,airline,M90,airplane,accident,incident,shortage,risk,cancellations,Iran war
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK28M5 - A Jet2holidays aircraft is pictured at Manchester Airport, Ringway, with the airport control tower rising behind it on the apron in daylight. The image works well as an editorial illustration of UK and EU aviation fuel supply risk, rising jet fuel prices and the possibility of higher air fares if Middle East conflict continues to disrupt oil and refined-product markets. It is especially relevant to coverage of the continuing conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel, and the wider threat to tanker traffic and petroleum flows through the Strait of Hormuz. The International Energy Agency said in April 2026 that attacks on energy infrastructure in the Middle East and restrictions to tanker movements through Hormuz had led to the largest oil supply disruption in history, tightening product markets and pushing prices sharply higher. IATA's Jet Fuel Price Monitor says the global average jet fuel price rose to 181.22 US dollars per barrel last week, while IATA also notes that fuel is one of the largest airline operating costs, commonly accounting for around 25 to 30 per cent of total operating expenses. That makes the photograph commercially useful for stories about aviation energy security, airline resilience, fuel hedging, higher holiday prices, package holidays, flight disruption risk, possible route cuts and the vulnerability of European leisure travel to external energy shocks. Jet2.com says it is the UK's third largest airline, adding extra relevance for mainstream consumer travel coverage. Care is needed not to imply that this specific aircraft was delayed, cancelled or affected by a local shortage, because the image simply shows a normal airport operating scene. Even so, it is a strong documentary image of the environment in which global energy-market pressure can feed through into airline economics, summer ticket prices, airport operations and the wider travel industry.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,midlands,England,UK,DY1,Black Country,West Midlands,enters,entering,mouth,of,Birmingham New Road,entry,tourism,tour,experience,the,Portal,Building,canals,tunnels,waterway,waterways,caverns,and,entrance,to,start,attraction,history,historic,infrastructure,navigation,green boats,barge
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWFTM - . An on-location photograph from The Portal Building, Birmingham New Rd, Dudley, Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK, DY1 4SB in 2023, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is Dudley Tunnel mouth, tour entering, The Portal Building, Birmingham New Rd, Dudley, Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK, DY1 4SB. A broader reading of the photograph includes built heritage, working boat tradition, urban fabric, towpath landscape, everyday life, architectural detailing, archival record, historical comparison, local character, regional identity, navigation engineering, visual archive, historic townscape, and canal freight heritage. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with public access, heritage conservation and the transition from freight carrying to leisure and heritage use. The modern context includes continuing discussion of adaptive reuse, redevelopment pressure and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition. As a dated visual record of The Portal Building, Birmingham New Rd, Dudley, Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK, DY1 4SB, the frame retains lettering, decoration and surface detail, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside community identity, waterway conservation, social history, heritage asset, period detail, canal carrying trade, period building, and inland transport history. The recorded references to Tunnel, Country, Building, Midlands, and Black preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at The Portal Building, Birmingham New Rd, Dudley, Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK, DY1 4SB helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object.
The Portal Building, Birmingham New Rd, Dudley, Black Country, West Midlands, England, UK, DY1 4SB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,FY1 5DD,Rigby Road,Tramtown depot,depot,tour,tours,history,historic,gate,to,heritage,Fylde,Transport Trust,transport,home,of,mixed,fleet,restored,vehicles,electric,tramways,tramway,traditional,operations,HQ,headquarters,resort,vacation,vacations,Blackpool trans
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM39K - Blackpool Heritage Trams are a mixed fleet of restored vehicles that run on the Blackpool Tramway, which runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world.[1] It is operated by Blackpool Transport (BT) and is the last surviving first-generation tramway in the United Kingdom. Excluding museums, it is one of only a few tramways in the world to still use double-decker trams.
Most services on the line are now operated by a fleet of modern Bombardier Flexity 2 trams, but a Heritage Tram service using the traditional trams operates on Bank Holidays, select weekdays and weekends from January to December, as well as during the Blackpool Illuminations.
The Heritage fleet is a large fleet of vehicles that were mainly retained from previous generations of the town's tramway operations, as well as some from other locations. They are now operated by Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours between Pleasure Beach and North Pier as standard and can be caught at the 'Heritage Tram Tours' stops, identifiable by a green circular sign.
Rigby Road, Tramtown depot ,Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108BJ - Erected to commemorate Christ's Hospital School's 350 year presence in the City of London, from 1552 to 1902. The sculpture is designed to curve gently, reflecting the care and support provided to children, who flow from the youngest entering the school to confident adolescents marching boldly into their futures. The back of the sculpture features a verse written about Christ's Hospital by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who was a pupil from 1781 to 1791, along with a copper plate drawing of the Priory buildings at the time the school first occupied the site in 1552. The sculpture gives life to the essence of the school and its charitable mission to educate children in particular need, regardless of means. The famous Tudor uniform and marching depicted in the piece are synonymous with Christ's Hospital today.
Christchurch, Newgate Street, London, England, UK, EC1A 7AJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GGWHBR - Liverpool Town Hall stands in High Street at its junction with Dale Street, Castle Street, and Water Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and described in the list as one of the finest surviving 18th-century town halls. The authors of the Buildings of England series refer to its magnificent scale, and consider it to be probably the grandest ...suite of civic rooms in the country, and an outstanding and complete example of late Georgian decoration.
It is not an administrative building but a civic suite, Lord Mayor's parlour and Council chamber
local government administration is centred at the nearby Municipal Buildings. The town hall was built between 1749 and 1754 to a design by John Wood the Elder replacing an earlier town hall nearby. An extension to the north designed by James Wyatt was added in 1785. Following a fire in 1795 the hall was largely rebuilt and a dome designed by Wyatt was built. Minor alterations have subsequently been made. The streets surrounding its site have altered since its initiation, notably when viewed from Castle Street, the south-side, it appears as off-centre. This is because Water Street which ran to the junction with Dale Street, the west-east axis, was continuous and built up across the junction so that the Town Hall was not visible originally from that aspect. The structures were removed 150 years after this to expose the building from this position.
High St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L2 3SW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DD8H58 - The Smallest House in Great Britain (Welsh: Y TÅ· Lleiaf ym Mhrydain Fawr), also known as the Quay House, is a tourist attraction on the quay in Conwy, Wales. It is reputed to be smallest house in the United Kingdom.
The minuscule home was created in the 16th century and remained in use until 1900, when the tenant was a 6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m) fisherman named Robert Jones. The rooms were too small for him to stand up in fully and he was eventually forced to move out when the council declared the house unfit for human habitation, along with a number of properties. The house is still owned by his descendants, having been passed to female relatives since Robert's sons showed a lack of interest in the business.
After some persuasion by the then editor of the North Wales Weekly News, Roger Dawson (the owner) and the editor toured the United Kingdom in order to declare the house The Smallest House in Great Britain, a status that was later confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records.
The house has a floor area of 3.05 by 1.8 metres (10.0 by 5.9 ft) and is painted red. It stands near the Conwy Castle walls. The ground floor is devoted to the living area with room for coal and an open fire, and a water tap tucked behind the stairs. The upstairs holds the cramped bedroom, which also comes with a small niche for storage.
10 Lower Gate St, Conwy,Wales,UK, LL32 8BE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,German Markets,at,Manchester,market,Christmas markets,celebrations,in the,city centre,Xmas,Christmas,December,winter,market stall,trader,traders,festive cheer,Germany,wooden,chalet,sheds,shed,huts,sausages,cooking,cooked,hut,wurst,presents,buying,tourism,Gotonysmith,Lancashire,tour,tourist,Lancs,fun,festive
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2D3 - If you're looking for some festive cheer, Manchester plays host to one of the biggest and best Christmas Sehenswürdigkeiten outside of Germany, with more than 300 wooden chalets spread across 10 different locations throughout the city.
Originally introduced to the city in 1999, the Christmas markets have grown bigger and better each year, attracting Europe's finest street food vendors and crafters. It's a great place to buy Yuletide gifts, such as fine jewellery, handcrafted leather bags and artisan soaps. Your taste buds will also be tantalised with so many wide ranging food options on offer, including things like German bratwurst, hog roast, Spanish paella and Dutch pancakes. Yum!
Thought Christmas markets were just for December? This year the Christmas Markets will open in November in Manchester city centre, so there's plenty of time to don your best Christmas jumper, drink mulled wine and chow down on pretzels.
St Ann's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 7DH
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,yellow vest,vest,Hidden,London,by The London Transport Museum,on a tour,Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End,member,underground,museum,museums,service,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,capital,city,centre,Hidden London,guides,staff,experience,experiences,sights,sightseeing,in,the,tour,tours
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02EH - . This period scene at Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The view centres on Hidden London Guide,by The London Transport Museum, on a tour, Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK. The scene additionally carries associations with social history, trackside infrastructure, changing land use, public realm, changing streetscape, railway heritage, rail mobility, railway branding, rail corridor, archival record, passenger railway, local history, local character, and public transport network. Today's wider story includes integrated transport, decarbonisation and the practical question of making rail simpler and more dependable. From an archival perspective, the scene fixes small features of identity that written records may overlook in the immediate surroundings of Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK. The wider local story also touches on rail modernisation, documentary photography, station environment, transport interchange, visual archive, historic context, community identity, and everyday life. The recorded references to Hidden, Transport, Museum, Piccadilly, and Guide preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes integrated transport and making rail simpler and more dependable when considered against later change at Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK. Another strand within the photograph is rail reform and preserving railway heritage while modernising the network without losing the local specificity of Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK.
Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERPFP - Tawny Gray
Toin Adams, born in Kitwe, Zambia, is a sculptor working in steel, acrylic, fibreglass and other media. She spent her early childhood in eastern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and late teen years, in South Africa, where she attended the National School of the Arts, Johannesburg. In the late 80's she moved to England, where she began her career in sculpting.
Her two most well known works to date are Birmingham's largest sculpture: the 12 m high, The Green Man 2002 and the 10m high hanging sculpture The Deluge 2010 at Zellig, a 10 metres (33 ft) high hanging sculpture of falling bodies, both commissioned by the Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham. I like making large scale sculpture, playing with diverse materials and figuring out how to make them...not fall over...
Adams is part of The Imaginary Beings Art Collective, a group of artists that work together to create collaborative art projects. Through this collective she has put together several art events around the world including The End of a World and Transcendence and Transformation
Devonshire House,Custard factory,Digbeth,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B9 4AT
Description
Keywords: @HotpixUK,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,B5,Graffiti urban street art,in Floodgate St,Bordesley & Highgate,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B5 5ST,Floodgate St,Graffiti,street,artist,tag,tagged,Deritend,painted,street art,streetart,artists,Brum,murals,faces,urban,innercity,inner city,spray paint,spray painted,trail,walking,tour,arches,arch,walls
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERPMD - . Made at Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The location is represented through Vik Void,Graffiti urban street art,in Floodgate St,Digbeth,Bordesley & Highgate,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B5 5ST. The image connects the immediate subject with conservation architecture, contemporary social history, archival record, conservation interest, period building, documentary photography, heritage landmark, historic context, architectural detailing, historic frontage, public realm, historic townscape, changing streetscape, and urban fabric. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about heritage conservation, planning control and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. For later comparison, the photograph anchors a particular stage in the life of the location at the recorded site in Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST. A second layer of the scene includes visual archive, changing land use, architectural character, community identity, cityscape history, period detail, adaptive reuse, and regional identity. The recorded references to Digbeth, Highgate, Midlands, Bordesley, and urban preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The surrounding context at Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of heritage conservation and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment within the specific setting of Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST. The scene captures a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST
Description
Keywords: @HotpixUK,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,B5,Graffiti urban street art,in Floodgate St,Bordesley & Highgate,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B5 5ST,Floodgate St,Graffiti,street,artist,tag,tagged,Deritend,painted,viaduct,street art,streetart,artists,Brum,murals,faces,urban,innercity,inner city,spray paint,spray painted,trail,walking,tour,arches,arch,walls,Hip-Hop,HipHop
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERPMK - . An on-location image from Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The principal point of reference is Graffiti urban street art,in Floodgate St arches,Digbeth,Bordesley & Highgate,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B5 5ST. Further facets of the subject include local history, local character, regional identity, contemporary social history, rail modernisation, period building, architectural character, conservation architecture, railway branding, cityscape history, visual archive, documentary photography, trackside infrastructure, and conservation interest. For contemporary context, reliability and station investment are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes linking trains more effectively with other transport. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about energy retrofit, historic townscape and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. As a dated visual record, the image captures period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment within the setting of Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST. The photograph additionally reflects rail transport, changing land use, transport interchange, community identity, traditional masonry, heritage asset, historic commercial architecture, and regional rail. Details involving Graffiti, Midlands, Highgate, Floodgate, and urban give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. For Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image fixes period character as part of Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST's history.
Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST
Description
Keywords: @HotpixUK,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,B5,Graffiti urban street art,in Floodgate St,Bordesley & Highgate,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B5 5ST,Floodgate St,Graffiti,street,artist,tag,tagged,Deritend,painted,arches,rail,railway arch,viaduct,street art,streetart,artists,Brum,murals,faces,urban,innercity,inner city,spray paint,spray painted,trail,walking,tour
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERPMX - . Photographed at Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The photograph records Face Graffiti urban street art,in Floodgate St,Digbeth,Bordesley & Highgate,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B5 5ST. A broader reading of the scene brings in transport interchange, commuter travel, social history, regional identity, railway branding, community identity, period building, local history, conservation interest, everyday life, rail mobility, heritage asset, public transport network, and historical comparison. The subject remains useful for current coverage of rail reform and fares, not least because of making rail simpler and more dependable. Today's wider story includes adaptive reuse, planning control and the practical question of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. For local-history research, the photograph anchors the combination of built form, activity and local identity in this part of Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST. Other useful associations include visual archive, local character, historic commercial architecture, trackside infrastructure, station environment, passenger railway, cityscape history, and place identity. References to Bordesley, Graffiti, urban, Digbeth, and Highgate help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The period setting at Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is rail reform and preserving railway heritage while modernising the network within the specific setting of Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST.
Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,Lanzarote,Spain,aircraft,plane,TUI,company,tour,runway,holiday,charter,travel industry,blue,white,Thompson Fly G-0BYE,TUi,jet,jets,travel,climate change,carbon footprint,apron,checks,checking,Canaries,Canary Islands,thomson,disruption,strike,family holidays,planes,TUI Plane,TUIFly,TUI AG,HotpixUK.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BJ1WA3 - . Recorded at Lanzarote , Spain, Europe, this image forms part of the visual history of the locality and the activity, building, object or service shown. The principal subject is Thomson Fly G-0BYE, Tenerife , Canaries , Spain. The setting additionally reflects visual archive, everyday life, conservation architecture, conservation interest, period detail, documentary photography, historic streetscape, place identity, contemporary history, social history, heritage landmark, regional identity, archival record, and architectural contrast. The subject remains useful for current coverage of energy retrofit and heritage conservation, not least because of using existing buildings rather than demolishing them. As a dated visual record of Lanzarote , Spain, Europe, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it useful if later redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. Further associations include heritage asset, traditional masonry, changing streetscape, urban fabric, community identity, built heritage, local history, and architectural character. References to Tenerife, G-0BYE, Canaries, Thomson, and Spain give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. Around Lanzarote , Spain, Europe, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. A further contemporary connection is energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the real-world context of Lanzarote , Spain, Europe. The image also provides a reference for maintenance and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them within the specific setting of Lanzarote , Spain, Europe. The wider significance includes planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character as part of the longer story of Lanzarote , Spain, Europe.
Lanzarote , Spain, Europe
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Keywords: HotpixUK,Birmingham,West Midlands,UK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,DC,Dublin,Dublin City,B5 6DY,B5,Live on stage Birmingham O2 Academy Institute,Live on stage,live,stage,music,Academy,Institute,Digbeth,25th November,2019,post-punk,punk,performing,performing at,Carlos OConnell,Conor Curley,Conor Deegan,Grian Chatten,Tom Coll,tour,touring,2019 Tour,Fontaines DC Tour 2019,Fontaines D.C. Tour 2019
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFP0GF - Fontaines D.C. are a post-punk rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band released their debut studio album, Dogrel, on April 12, 2019. Winners of Album of the Year 2019 from both Rough Trade and BBC 6Music.
Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan, Grian Chatten, and Tom Coll met in Dublin while attending music college at British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Liberties, Dublin. They bonded over a common love of poetry and collectively released two collections of poetry, one called Vroom, inspired by the Beat poets (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg) and another called Winding, inspired by Irish poets (Patrick Kavanagh, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats). None of the published poems were translated into songs, but the track Television Screens off their debut Dogrel started out as a poem and was turned into a song.
Lead singer Grian Chatten is half-British (his mother is English and his father is Irish) and was born in Barrow-in-Furness, England but grew up in the County Dublin town of Skerries, Dublin.[10] Coll, Curley, and Deegan are from Ireland “ Mayo, County Mayo, Emyvale in County Monaghan, and Mayo, County Mayo, respectively, and O'Connell grew up in Madrid, Spain.
The band got their name from a character in the movie The Godfather called Johnny Fontane, a singer and movie star portrayed by Al Martino. Fontane was godson of Vito Corleone. They added the initials D.C. when a band in Los Angeles had the same name. The initials D.C. stand for Dublin City.
Fontaines started out self-releasing singles. In May 2017, Fontaines released the single Liberty Belle followed by the split Hurricane Laughter / Winter In the Sun. Liberty Belle is in homage to the Liberties, a neighborhood in Dublin where many band members lived.
78 Digbeth, Birmingham, England, UK, B5 6DY
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,Glasgow,Scotland,G2 1AL,city centre,columns,marble,building,architecture,dome,domes,curve,curves,flavour of Italy,alabaster,Victorian architecture,stone,opulent,opulence,ornate,mosaic,column,inside,interior,tour,tourist,lighting,lantern,lanterns,alcove,alcoves
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2T3 - The City Chambers or Municipal Buildings in Glasgow, Scotland, has functioned as the headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, and of preceding forms of municipal government in the city since 1889, located on the eastern side of the city's George Square. An eminent example of Victorian civic architecture, the building was constructed between 1882 and 1888 to a competition winning design by Scottish architect William Young. a native of Paisley.
Inaugurated in August 1888 by Queen Victoria, the first council meeting was held within the chambers in October 1889. The building originally had an area of 5,016 m2 (53,990 sq ft). In 1923, an extension to the east side of the building in John Street was opened and in 1984 Exchange House in George Street was completed, increasing the size of the City Chambers complex to some 14,000 m2
George Square, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G2 1AL
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Keywords: Manchester Cathedral,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,gig,live,tour,2014,on stage,Daren Garratt,Dave Spurr,bass,Elena Poulou,Pete Greenway,guitar,TheFallMancCath15-05-2014,Simon Archer,Mark E Smith and The Fall perform live,Mark E Smith and The Fall,perform,performing,ticket,Alt-Tickets,AltTicket,standing,Thursday 15 May 2014,Thursday 15 May 14,physical,pricing,over,18s,only,card,posted,agency,fee,fees,inflation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGA1AW - The Fall Set List Manchester Cathedral 15-05-2014
The Remainderer
Cowboy George
Auto Chip 2014“2016
Bury Pts. 1 + 3
White Lightning
Pledge
Sir William Wray
Happi Song
Mister Rode
Amorator!
Facebook Troll
Strychnine
Wolf Kidult Man
Hittite Man
Encore:
Blindness
Encore 2:
Aborted Reformation
Mr. Pharmacist
Manchester evg News Review - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/gig-review-fall--manchester-7129956
I've seen Mark E Smith at a range of venues, from sweaty club gigs to confusing 100,000 Gorillaz fans at Glastonbury's main stage, but to see Manchester's most dissident music icon at the city's cathedral felt like it would be a surreal experience.
When the man himself strode past paying customers into the main nave of the grand old building, with the assurance of a man who very much owned the place, it was a double-take moment which seemed fitting of the whole event.
The Fall have been an unusually settled outfit in recent years, now on their fourth consecutive studio album with the same line-up.
For a band which has clocked up almost 70 members “ one of whom was reportedly fired by its iconic frontman and dictator-in-chief for ordering a salad “ it's been a period of relative calm which could have brought accusations of sterility.
The rousing opener ˜Your Future, Our Clutter' quickly dispels any fears of the serene venue taking away any of The Fall's traditional sting, if anything the acoustics of the cathedral add another layer to Smith's barking, hectoring vocals.
The follow-up number ˜I'm not from Bury' seems appropriate as the Prestwich rock deity holds his hometown crowd in the palm of his hand, especially the ones craning their necks around the cathedral's dramatic pillars as he prowls around the stage like an overlord searching for something that needs correcting.
In nearing 40 years as The Fall's supreme leader Smith has exhibited a fondness for ˜live-mixing' during sets “ a tweak of an amp here etc
Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Manchester Cathedral,gig,live,tour,2014,on stage,Daren Garratt,Dave Spurr,bass,Elena Poulou,Pete Greenway,guitar,Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary,St Denys and St George,TheFallMancCath15-05-2014,Mark E Smith and The Fall perform live,Mark E Smith and The Fall,perform,performing,15th May 2014,The Fall 2014,MarkESmith,Mark.E.Smith,post-punk,band,group,Prestwich,cult,Mark E Smith of The Fall,Manchester Legend,1957-2018,Manchester artist,Manchester musician,Mark E Smith,MES,ME Smith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGA1GK - The Fall Set List Manchester Cathedral 15-05-2014
The Remainderer
Cowboy George
Auto Chip 2014“2016
Bury Pts. 1 + 3
White Lightning
Pledge
Sir William Wray
Happi Song
Mister Rode
Amorator!
Facebook Troll
Strychnine
Wolf Kidult Man
Hittite Man
Encore:
Blindness
Encore 2:
Aborted Reformation
Mr. Pharmacist
Manchester evg News Review - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/gig-review-fall--manchester-7129956
I've seen Mark E Smith at a range of venues, from sweaty club gigs to confusing 100,000 Gorillaz fans at Glastonbury's main stage, but to see Manchester's most dissident music icon at the city's cathedral felt like it would be a surreal experience.
When the man himself strode past paying customers into the main nave of the grand old building, with the assurance of a man who very much owned the place, it was a double-take moment which seemed fitting of the whole event.
The Fall have been an unusually settled outfit in recent years, now on their fourth consecutive studio album with the same line-up.
For a band which has clocked up almost 70 members “ one of whom was reportedly fired by its iconic frontman and dictator-in-chief for ordering a salad “ it's been a period of relative calm which could have brought accusations of sterility.
The rousing opener ˜Your Future, Our Clutter' quickly dispels any fears of the serene venue taking away any of The Fall's traditional sting, if anything the acoustics of the cathedral add another layer to Smith's barking, hectoring vocals.
The follow-up number ˜I'm not from Bury' seems appropriate as the Prestwich rock deity holds his hometown crowd in the palm of his hand, especially the ones craning their necks around the cathedral's dramatic pillars as he prowls around the stage like an overlord searching for something that needs correcting.
In nearing 40 years as The Fall's supreme leader Smith has exhibited a fondness for ˜live-mixing' during sets “ a tweak of an amp here etc
Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Manchester Cathedral,gig,live,tour,2014,on stage,Daren Garratt,Dave Spurr,bass,Elena Poulou,Pete Greenway,guitar,Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary,St Denys and St George,TheFallMancCath15-05-2014,Mark E Smith and The Fall perform live,Mark E Smith and The Fall,perform,performing,15th May 2014,The Fall 2014,MarkESmith,Mark.E.Smith,post-punk,band,group,Prestwich,cult,Mark E Smith of The Fall,Manchester Legend,1957-2018,Manchester artist,Manchester musician
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGA1GT - The Fall Set List Manchester Cathedral 15-05-2014
The Remainderer
Cowboy George
Auto Chip 2014“2016
Bury Pts. 1 + 3
White Lightning
Pledge
Sir William Wray
Happi Song
Mister Rode
Amorator!
Facebook Troll
Strychnine
Wolf Kidult Man
Hittite Man
Encore:
Blindness
Encore 2:
Aborted Reformation
Mr. Pharmacist
Manchester evg News Review - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/gig-review-fall--manchester-7129956
I've seen Mark E Smith at a range of venues, from sweaty club gigs to confusing 100,000 Gorillaz fans at Glastonbury's main stage, but to see Manchester's most dissident music icon at the city's cathedral felt like it would be a surreal experience.
When the man himself strode past paying customers into the main nave of the grand old building, with the assurance of a man who very much owned the place, it was a double-take moment which seemed fitting of the whole event.
The Fall have been an unusually settled outfit in recent years, now on their fourth consecutive studio album with the same line-up.
For a band which has clocked up almost 70 members “ one of whom was reportedly fired by its iconic frontman and dictator-in-chief for ordering a salad “ it's been a period of relative calm which could have brought accusations of sterility.
The rousing opener ˜Your Future, Our Clutter' quickly dispels any fears of the serene venue taking away any of The Fall's traditional sting, if anything the acoustics of the cathedral add another layer to Smith's barking, hectoring vocals.
The follow-up number ˜I'm not from Bury' seems appropriate as the Prestwich rock deity holds his hometown crowd in the palm of his hand, especially the ones craning their necks around the cathedral's dramatic pillars as he prowls around the stage like an overlord searching for something that needs correcting.
In nearing 40 years as The Fall's supreme leader Smith has exhibited a fondness for ˜live-mixing' during sets “ a tweak of an amp here etc
Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX
Description
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGA1H1 - The Fall Set List Manchester Cathedral 15-05-2014
The Remainderer
Cowboy George
Auto Chip 2014“2016
Bury Pts. 1 + 3
White Lightning
Pledge
Sir William Wray
Happi Song
Mister Rode
Amorator!
Facebook Troll
Strychnine
Wolf Kidult Man
Hittite Man
Encore:
Blindness
Encore 2:
Aborted Reformation
Mr. Pharmacist
Manchester evg News Review - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/gig-review-fall--manchester-7129956
I've seen Mark E Smith at a range of venues, from sweaty club gigs to confusing 100,000 Gorillaz fans at Glastonbury's main stage, but to see Manchester's most dissident music icon at the city's cathedral felt like it would be a surreal experience.
When the man himself strode past paying customers into the main nave of the grand old building, with the assurance of a man who very much owned the place, it was a double-take moment which seemed fitting of the whole event.
The Fall have been an unusually settled outfit in recent years, now on their fourth consecutive studio album with the same line-up.
For a band which has clocked up almost 70 members “ one of whom was reportedly fired by its iconic frontman and dictator-in-chief for ordering a salad “ it's been a period of relative calm which could have brought accusations of sterility.
The rousing opener ˜Your Future, Our Clutter' quickly dispels any fears of the serene venue taking away any of The Fall's traditional sting, if anything the acoustics of the cathedral add another layer to Smith's barking, hectoring vocals.
The follow-up number ˜I'm not from Bury' seems appropriate as the Prestwich rock deity holds his hometown crowd in the palm of his hand, especially the ones craning their necks around the cathedral's dramatic pillars as he prowls around the stage like an overlord searching for something that needs correcting.
In nearing 40 years as The Fall's supreme leader Smith has exhibited a fondness for ˜live-mixing' during sets “ a tweak of an amp here etc
Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Manchester Cathedral,gig,live,tour,2014,on stage,Daren Garratt,Dave Spurr,bass,Elena Poulou,Pete Greenway,guitar,Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary,St Denys and St George,MES on vocals with microphone,MES vocals,Mark E Smith on stage,TheFallMancCath15-05-2014,Mark E Smith and The Fall perform live,Mark E Smith and The Fall,perform,performing,15th May 2014,The Fall 2014,MarkESmith,Mark.E.Smith,post-punk,band,group,Prestwich,cult,Mark E Smith of The Fall,Manchester Legend,1957-2018,Manchester artist,Manchester musician,concert
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGA1H3 - The Fall Set List Manchester Cathedral 15-05-2014
The Remainderer
Cowboy George
Auto Chip 2014“2016
Bury Pts. 1 + 3
White Lightning
Pledge
Sir William Wray
Happi Song
Mister Rode
Amorator!
Facebook Troll
Strychnine
Wolf Kidult Man
Hittite Man
Encore:
Blindness
Encore 2:
Aborted Reformation
Mr. Pharmacist
Manchester evg News Review - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/gig-review-fall--manchester-7129956
I've seen Mark E Smith at a range of venues, from sweaty club gigs to confusing 100,000 Gorillaz fans at Glastonbury's main stage, but to see Manchester's most dissident music icon at the city's cathedral felt like it would be a surreal experience.
When the man himself strode past paying customers into the main nave of the grand old building, with the assurance of a man who very much owned the place, it was a double-take moment which seemed fitting of the whole event.
The Fall have been an unusually settled outfit in recent years, now on their fourth consecutive studio album with the same line-up.
For a band which has clocked up almost 70 members “ one of whom was reportedly fired by its iconic frontman and dictator-in-chief for ordering a salad “ it's been a period of relative calm which could have brought accusations of sterility.
The rousing opener ˜Your Future, Our Clutter' quickly dispels any fears of the serene venue taking away any of The Fall's traditional sting, if anything the acoustics of the cathedral add another layer to Smith's barking, hectoring vocals.
The follow-up number ˜I'm not from Bury' seems appropriate as the Prestwich rock deity holds his hometown crowd in the palm of his hand, especially the ones craning their necks around the cathedral's dramatic pillars as he prowls around the stage like an overlord searching for something that needs correcting.
In nearing 40 years as The Fall's supreme leader Smith has exhibited a fondness for ˜live-mixing' during sets “ a tweak of an amp here etc
Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGA1H9 - The Fall Set List Manchester Cathedral 15-05-2014
The Remainderer
Cowboy George
Auto Chip 2014“2016
Bury Pts. 1 + 3
White Lightning
Pledge
Sir William Wray
Happi Song
Mister Rode
Amorator!
Facebook Troll
Strychnine
Wolf Kidult Man
Hittite Man
Encore:
Blindness
Encore 2:
Aborted Reformation
Mr. Pharmacist
Manchester evg News Review - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/gig-review-fall--manchester-7129956
I've seen Mark E Smith at a range of venues, from sweaty club gigs to confusing 100,000 Gorillaz fans at Glastonbury's main stage, but to see Manchester's most dissident music icon at the city's cathedral felt like it would be a surreal experience.
When the man himself strode past paying customers into the main nave of the grand old building, with the assurance of a man who very much owned the place, it was a double-take moment which seemed fitting of the whole event.
The Fall have been an unusually settled outfit in recent years, now on their fourth consecutive studio album with the same line-up.
For a band which has clocked up almost 70 members “ one of whom was reportedly fired by its iconic frontman and dictator-in-chief for ordering a salad “ it's been a period of relative calm which could have brought accusations of sterility.
The rousing opener ˜Your Future, Our Clutter' quickly dispels any fears of the serene venue taking away any of The Fall's traditional sting, if anything the acoustics of the cathedral add another layer to Smith's barking, hectoring vocals.
The follow-up number ˜I'm not from Bury' seems appropriate as the Prestwich rock deity holds his hometown crowd in the palm of his hand, especially the ones craning their necks around the cathedral's dramatic pillars as he prowls around the stage like an overlord searching for something that needs correcting.
In nearing 40 years as The Fall's supreme leader Smith has exhibited a fondness for ˜live-mixing' during sets “ a tweak of an amp here etc
Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJT0 - . This location-specific image from 14A St. Leonards Bridge, Perth PH2 0DR, UK in 2018 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The subject captured here is Royal Scot Engine 66746 at Perth Station. The wider scene also brings together regional identity, before-and-after reference, heritage asset, visual archive, documentary photography, local history, historic townscape, cityscape history, historical comparison, period architecture, heritage landmark, archival record, period detail, and built heritage. For current editorial use, embodied carbon and tourism provide additional context, especially through the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. The image fixes signage and branding within 14A St. Leonards Bridge, Perth PH2 0DR, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. The subject also sits alongside conservation architecture, urban fabric, historic streetscape, changing land use, social history, conservation interest, changing streetscape, and local character. Elements such as Perth, Royal, Engine, 66746, and Station add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 14A St. Leonards Bridge, Perth PH2 0DR, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes embodied carbon and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility within the real-world context of 14A St. Leonards Bridge, Perth PH2 0DR, UK. Another strand within the photograph is embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the specific setting of 14A St. Leonards Bridge, Perth PH2 0DR, UK. The record includes a trace of local identity for later comparison.
14A St. Leonards Bridge, Perth PH2 0DR, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6RF - . Made at Blackfriars, London, England, UK in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The image documents Blackfriars Tube Station, London City Centre,England,UK. Further facets of the scene include social history, community identity, archival record, local character, documentary photography, bus route infrastructure, public transport stop, everyday life, street-side transport, surface public transport, bus infrastructure, before-and-after reference, period detail, and contemporary social history. Current relevance extends to accessibility and local connectivity, particularly through the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at Blackfriars, London, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. The photograph additionally reflects transport accessibility, public transport information, visual archive, public realm, changing land use, local mobility, passenger transport, and regional identity. Details involving Blackfriars, Centre, London, and Station make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Blackfriars, London, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes accessibility and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport as part of the longer story of Blackfriars, London, England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is local connectivity and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare when considered against later change at Blackfriars, London, England, UK.
Blackfriars, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ709 - London train stations have been given a festive makeover with a series of Christmas puns.
South West Trains made the change to celebrate the coming of the Christmas holidays and provide some much-needed cheer to long-suffering London commuters.
Delighted passengers have been sharing pictures and video of the new names, which include London Winterloo and Deck the Vauxhall.
Other highlights included Three Kingston, New Mald-wine and Raynesdeer Park
Surbiton,Greater London,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ718 - . This location-specific image from Waterloo,London,England,UK in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The principal subject is South West train, ready to depart at dusk, London, England,UK. The image also relates to historical comparison, changing streetscape, documentary photography, public transport information, public realm, bus infrastructure, visual archive, bus route infrastructure, changing land use, roadside stop, period detail, community identity, roadside transit, and public transport stop. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into decarbonisation and accessibility, not least because of the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. Future viewers can use this scene from Waterloo,London,England,UK to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after new ownership. A second descriptive layer includes transport accessibility, surface public transport, archival record, local character, local mobility, place identity, local bus network, and regional identity. References to London, ready, depart, and train give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Waterloo,London,England,UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate decarbonisation and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare within the specific setting of Waterloo,London,England,UK. The image also provides a reference for accessibility and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing as part of the longer story of Waterloo,London,England,UK. Another useful connection is accessibility and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres when considered against later change at Waterloo,London,England,UK.
Waterloo,London,England,UK
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Keywords: SNP,Hollyrood,back,into,state,ownership,after,poor,service,renationalise,nationalised,TOC,national,late,overcrowded,trains,fines,fine,penalty,penalties,transport,travel,infrastructure,slow,packed,Dutch,operator,devolved,powers,Scottish National Party,train operating company,Scotrail Franchise,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scots,Scottish,British,Scotland,Glasgow,Greater,problem,with,problem with,issue with,City,Centre,cities,Urban,Urbanist,town,infrastructure,transport,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,attraction,attractions,livery,Alba,delay,delays,delayed.late,later,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,Greater Glasgow,British Isles,Glasgow City Centre,City Centre,Scotrail problems,Scotrail delays,Scot Rail problems,Scot rail delays,Reile na h-Alba
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6AA - Thousands sign petition calling for Dutch firm Abellio to be stripped of ScotRail contract
THE Dutch firm running ScotRail have come under constant criticism due to the poor performances. NEARLY 14,000 people have called for the controversial Dutch firm in charge of ÂScotland's train Âservice to be stripped of their contract unless ScotRail improves.
The online petition urges the Scottish ÂGovernment to take action against ÂAbellio over the delays and cancellations suffered by commuters using ScotRail. The firm have already been hit with £1.5million in fines for poor service.
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6AK - Thousands sign petition calling for Dutch firm Abellio to be stripped of ScotRail contract
THE Dutch firm running ScotRail have come under constant criticism due to the poor performances. NEARLY 14,000 people have called for the controversial Dutch firm in charge of ÂScotland's train Âservice to be stripped of their contract unless ScotRail improves.
The online petition urges the Scottish ÂGovernment to take action against ÂAbellio over the delays and cancellations suffered by commuters using ScotRail. The firm have already been hit with £1.5million in fines for poor service.
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6B0 - Thousands sign petition calling for Dutch firm Abellio to be stripped of ScotRail contract
THE Dutch firm running ScotRail have come under constant criticism due to the poor performances. NEARLY 14,000 people have called for the controversial Dutch firm in charge of ÂScotland's train Âservice to be stripped of their contract unless ScotRail improves.
The online petition urges the Scottish ÂGovernment to take action against ÂAbellio over the delays and cancellations suffered by commuters using ScotRail. The firm have already been hit with £1.5million in fines for poor service.
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ623 - Motherwell railway station serves Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on the West Coast Main Line (WCML), and is served also by Argyle Line trains of the Glasgow suburban railway network. It is the penultimate stop on the northbound WCML before Glasgow. There are four platforms of various length in use at Motherwell. The station is located next to the town's main shopping arcade, Motherwell Shopping Centre.
The current Motherwell station was built to replace an earlier station which was opened by the Caledonian Railway at nearby Orbiston. As Orbiston station was quite some distance from the rapidly expanding Motherwell town centre, the decision was taken to build a station at 'Lesmahagow Junction', the point where the Motherwell Deviation branch of the Caledonian Railway Main Line met the lines to Mossend, Hamilton and Lesmahagow. This new site was conveniently in the heart of the town.
The current station was built by British Rail during the 1970s on the site of the original to coincide with the electrification of the West Coast Main Line. It has four through platforms, crossed by two overbridges with the main buildings being above the level of the line between Platforms 2 and 3. At platform level between Platforms 2 and 3 there is also a Abellio ScotRail traincrew depot, staff car park and an office of the British Transport Police. These are accessible via a gated rampway leading to street level.
Beyond Platform 4 are some electrified sidings used for the stabling of trains overnight. Diagrams are nominally worked so that these units will only stay at Motherwell for one night before returning to their allocated depot.
Muir St, Motherwell, Scotland, UK ML1 1BN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GGWHBK - Liverpool Town Hall stands in High Street at its junction with Dale Street, Castle Street, and Water Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and described in the list as one of the finest surviving 18th-century town halls. The authors of the Buildings of England series refer to its magnificent scale, and consider it to be probably the grandest ...suite of civic rooms in the country, and an outstanding and complete example of late Georgian decoration.
It is not an administrative building but a civic suite, Lord Mayor's parlour and Council chamber
local government administration is centred at the nearby Municipal Buildings. The town hall was built between 1749 and 1754 to a design by John Wood the Elder replacing an earlier town hall nearby. An extension to the north designed by James Wyatt was added in 1785. Following a fire in 1795 the hall was largely rebuilt and a dome designed by Wyatt was built. Minor alterations have subsequently been made. The streets surrounding its site have altered since its initiation, notably when viewed from Castle Street, the south-side, it appears as off-centre. This is because Water Street which ran to the junction with Dale Street, the west-east axis, was continuous and built up across the junction so that the Town Hall was not visible originally from that aspect. The structures were removed 150 years after this to expose the building from this position.
High St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L2 3SW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6HY55 - Misty Miller (born May 10, 1994) is a musician from Wimbledon, England. The young songstress has grown enormously since emerging as a sweet-singing ukulele player when her debut album was released in 2011. But having left college and discovered her own path, Misty has now returned with her own band (guitarist Jak Payne, drummer Dan Lyons and bassist Jack Everett) and two EPs released in 2013 - Next to You and Girlfriend. Her third EP, Sweet Nothing was released through Relentless/Sony in March 2015.
Influenced by the local South London music scene in Brixton, she has matured her sound into something she is far more comfortable in. A strong 60s influence is also evident in the raw vocals, edgy guitar licks and varied verse progressions. Citing the likes of Patti Smith, The Stooges and The Velvet Underground in her ˜eclectic' music taste, this girl goes a long way in capturing the essence of an era of music she adores so much. And, with her debut album set for a July 2015 release, she is just getting started.
Manchester Academy, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH82B - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually known as Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool.The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings. It is sometimes known locally as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel, especially for tourists, but these are less common terms locally within the City.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and took five years. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1853, 1933, and 1953, but none was completed.
During the Great Irish Famine (1845“1852) the Catholic population of Liverpool increased dramatically. About half a million Irish, who were predominantly Catholic, fled to England to escape the famine
many embarked from Liverpool to travel to North America while others remained in city.[5] Because of the increase in the Catholic population, the co-adjutor Bishop of Liverpool, Alexander Goss (1814“1872), saw the need for a cathedral. The location he chose was the grounds of St. Edward's College on St. Domingo Road, Everton.[6]
In 1853 Goss, then bishop, awarded the commission for the building of the new cathedral to Edward Welby Pugin (1833“1875). By 1856 the Lady Chapel of the new cathedral had been completed. Due to financial resources being diverted to the education of Catholic children, work on the building ceased at this point and the Lady Chapel “ now named Our Lady Immaculate “ served as parish church to the local Catholic population until its demolition in the 1980s.
Mount Pleasant, student areas, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH872 - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually known as Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool.The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings. It is sometimes known locally as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel, especially for tourists, but these are less common terms locally within the City.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and took five years. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1853, 1933, and 1953, but none was completed.
During the Great Irish Famine (1845“1852) the Catholic population of Liverpool increased dramatically. About half a million Irish, who were predominantly Catholic, fled to England to escape the famine
many embarked from Liverpool to travel to North America while others remained in city.[5] Because of the increase in the Catholic population, the co-adjutor Bishop of Liverpool, Alexander Goss (1814“1872), saw the need for a cathedral. The location he chose was the grounds of St. Edward's College on St. Domingo Road, Everton.[6]
In 1853 Goss, then bishop, awarded the commission for the building of the new cathedral to Edward Welby Pugin (1833“1875). By 1856 the Lady Chapel of the new cathedral had been completed. Due to financial resources being diverted to the education of Catholic children, work on the building ceased at this point and the Lady Chapel “ now named Our Lady Immaculate “ served as parish church to the local Catholic population until its demolition in the 1980s.
Mount Pleasant, student areas, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG389G - George Heriot's School is an independent primary and secondary school on Lauriston Place in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, with around 1600 pupils, 155 teaching staff and 80 non-teaching staff. It was established in 1628 as George Heriot's Hospital, by bequest of the royal goldsmith George Heriot, and opened in 1659.
Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH3 9EQ
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Keywords: Festival puppet entertainer,August High street,Edinburgh Old Town,Lothian,Scotland,UK,large,head,cuckoo,taking,a,brochure,fun,Fringe,tours,tour,kiss,kissing,fringefestival,EH11QS,EH1,1QS,Gotonysmith,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,attraction,attractions,Festival puppet entertainer with a severed head,Scotland UK August High street,holding,actor,people,kissers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HWPH - . Edinburgh Festival puppet entertainer, August High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK. Photographed on 23 August 2012. The recorded location is High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QS. The wider historical story is that street and community performance has a long tradition of combining skill, humour and direct audience contact outside formal theatres
Juggling, puppetry and circus acts are especially associated with fairs, festivals and public celebrations. In historical terms, popular destinations are shaped by repeated waves of visitors, transport investment and changing ideas of leisure
Beaches, resorts, historic streets and attractions can therefore be read as both travel imagery and social history. Looking at the subject's development, older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. In the present 2026 context, community arts and street performance remain visible through festivals, cultural programmes and family events, giving older performance images value as records of local creative activity. During 2026, tourism remains a major part of the UK and European service economy, but destinations continue to balance visitor numbers with resident needs, transport capacity, climate pressures and the maintenance of historic places. Looking at the subject's development, community circus and street entertainment sit between amateur participation and professional performance, using portable skills such as juggling and puppetry that can be staged in parks, streets or festivals with minimal infrastructure. In 2026, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse.
High street, Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland UK EH1 1QS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDGY - . Salisbury Cathedral at dusk in the winter. Photographed on 8 December 2010. The recorded location is 6 The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England UK SP1 2EJ. Historically, churches combine worship with architecture, local memory and centuries of community history
Their stonework, stained glass, memorials, furnishings and churchyards often record successive periods of rebuilding, changing liturgy, local benefactors, war remembrance and family history. The historical context is that panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. In 2026, many historic churches face the practical challenge of maintaining listed fabric while remaining active community buildings, visitor attractions and venues for worship, music and local events
Images of their interiors and memorials therefore serve architectural, heritage and social-history uses. The subject remains topical in 2026 because current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. The historical context is that parish churches and cathedrals are among Britain's richest sources of architectural and social history
Medieval fabric, Victorian restoration, monuments, stained glass, organs, altars and inscriptions can coexist in a single building, reflecting generations of worship and local patronage. In the longer view, ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local history
Architectural details, memorials and churchyard monuments provide evidence for religious practice, craftsmanship, community identity, genealogy and the evolving use of sacred space. Useful indexing vocabulary includes ecclesiastical architecture and Christian heritage.
6 The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England UK SP1 2EJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF23NK - Eastgate, shown here and Eastgate Clock in Chester, Cheshire, England, stand on the site of the original entrance to the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix. The clock is a prominent landmark in the city of Chester and is said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben.
The original gate was guarded by a timber tower which was replaced by a stone tower in the 2nd century, and this in turn was replaced probably in the 14th century. The present gateway dates from 1768 and is a three-arched sandstone structure which carries the walkway forming part of Chester city walls. In 1899 a clock was added to the top of the gateway to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria two years earlier. It is carried on openwork iron pylons, has a clock face on all four sides, and a copper ogee cupola. The clock was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. The whole structure, gateway and clock, was listed by English Heritage on 28 July 1955 as a Grade I listed building. You know you have been on a visit to Chester when you have an image of this clock in your memory card. To avoid this failure of imagination, this photograph was taken from under the clock mechanism.
Eastgate was originally defended by a timber tower. The road running through the gate led to Manchester, then across the Pennines to York. By the 18th century the city walls were no longer needed for defensive purposes and so, rather than being pulled down, they were converted into walkways. The medieval gateways were obstructing the traffic into the city and were replaced by wider arched gateways with balustraded parapets. The first gateway to be replaced was Eastgate in 1768 which was rebuilt as an elegant arch. It was built at the expense of Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor, and designed by Mr Hayden (or Heyden), the earl's surveyor of buildings.
Eastgate today is a clutch of upmarket shops, Browns Jewellers, banks and the Chester Grosvenor Five Star Hotel.
41-45 Eastgate St, Chester, CH1 1LE
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7478907948 - 'A shot from an excellent night at Warringtons Parr Hall (I am glad to say my local venue is upping its game) with Robert Cray and his band. I must say I had pretty much the worst seat in the place and only by blagging an empty seat in the row behind, managed to get a decent view.
The brilliant set played on the night which is apparently not aranged in advance with the band included: I shiver, Worry, The Things You Do To Me, Bad Influence, Dont You Even Care, It Doesn't Show, On The Road Down, I'll always Remember You, Phone Booth, Poor Johnny, I Can't Fail, Smoking Gun, Chicken In The Kitchen and Still A Man.
The Robert Cray UK June Tour takes in The London BluesFest 2012 at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, The Glasgow O2 ABC, Birmingham Town Hall, The Holmfirth Picturedrome, Reading Sub89 and The Brighton Concorde2 (July 2012).
Robert Cray (born August 1, 1953, Columbus, Georgia, United States) is an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band, as well as an acclaimed solo career.
Cray was signed to Mercury Records in 1982. His third album release, Strong Persuader, produced by Dennis Walker, received a Grammy Award, while the crossover single 'Smokin' Gun' gave him wider appeal and name recognition.
By now, Cray was an opening act for such major stars as Eric Clapton (who remains a friend to this day), and sold out larger venues as a solo artist. Cray has generally played Fender guitars (Telecasters and Stratocasters) and there are two signature Robert Cray Stratocasters models available from Fender. The Robert Cray Custom Shop Stratocaster is made in the United States in the Fender custom shop and is identical to the guitars that Cray currently plays, while the Robert Cray Standard Stratocaster is a less-expensive model made in Fender's Ensenada, Mexico plant.
Cray had the opportunity to play alongside John Lee Hooker on his album Boom Boom, playing the guitar solo in the song 'Same Old Blues Again'. He is also featured on the Hooker album, The Healer
he plays a guitar solo on the song 'Baby Lee'. The entire Robert Cray Band backs Hooker on the title track of Hooker's 1992 album 'Mr. Lucky', where Cray plays lead guitar, sings, and banters with Hooker throughout the song.
Cray was invited to play at the 'Guitar Legends' concerts in Seville, Spain at the 1992 Expo, where he played a signature track, 'Phone Booth'. Albert Collins was also on the bill on this blues night of the 'Legends' gigs.
Cray continues to record and tour. He appeared at the Crossroads Guitar Festival, and supported Eric Clapton on his 2006-2007 world tour. In Fargo, North Dakota, he joined Clapton on backup guitar for the Cream song 'Crossroads'. In 2011, Cray was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6797306643 - 'Babybird are a British indie band formed in 1995. The band is fronted by Stephen Jones, who has also released records as a solo artist, using his own name.
Jones had begun writing songs and recording home demos as part of an experimental theatre group in Sheffield. A collection of these demos, I Was Born a Man, was released in July 1995, under the name Babybird. He recruited a band made up of Huw Chadbourn (keyboards), Robert Gregory (drums), John Pedder (bass) and Luke Scott (guitar), in order to tour and promote his work.
During 1995, two further albums of demo recordings were released under the name Babybird (Bad Shave and Fatherhood) and two in 1996 (The Happiest Man Alive and Dying Happy). Babybird were signed to Echo Records (a division of the Chrysalis Group), and the first authentic single, a full-band recording of 'Goodnight', which had appeared in demo form on Fatherhood, was released in July 1996, becoming a minor hit in the UK Singles Chart. The group's second single, 'You're Gorgeous', reached number 3 in the UK in October 1996, and was one of the biggest selling singles of the year, going on to chart around the world.
Stephen can laugh about it on tour, but 'You're Gorgeous' set a difficult precident to follow. It hurts so much that it rarely gets played nowadays, more a millstone around his and Babybirds neck. Arguably, the commercial sound and success of 'You're Gorgeous', which received massive exposure by comparison, made it hard for many to take Jones seriously as an indie artist. Essentially, what he was best at was no longer what he was best known for, after it.
Stephen Jones has produced two works of fiction, The Bad Book in 2000 and Harry and Ida Swop Teeth (also the title of a Babybird b-side) in 2003. He also collaborated with DED Associates, who have designed many of his CD covers, on a 2000 art book Travel Sickness.
The tracks on the set list to play on the night were as follows:
Black Flowers
The Life
Can't Love You Anymore
Like Them
FSC
www . song
Out of sight
Cornershop
Goodnight
Drugtime
I live her
Back Together
The way You Are
Not Love
Unloveable
Bad Old Man
Encore:
Send me back my dreams
If You'll be mine
Take me back
Extra's
Goodnight
Gorgeous
All men are evil
dead bird sings
Stephen chatted so much he only got about 3/4's the way through it, and through a couple of brandies, without the coke!
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![iPod Shuffle2 - The Last Ride [ Carousel between Trocadero and Tour Eiffel, Paris France] 8414601183 Paris,Carousel,Champ,de,Mars,5 Avenue Anatole France,75007,France,Sepia,selective,colour,tour,city,dusk,evening,tonysmith,Europe](https://live.staticflickr.com/8514/8414601183_2b06c8319a_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8414601183 - 'Johnny Marr &
The Healers - 'The Last Ride' - Play this track here.
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Johnny Marr should need no introduction being one half the team that founded 'The Smiths' and on break up entered years of legal battles with the rest of the band members.
This track is from Boomslang, the first, and to date only album by Johnny Marr + the Healers. It was released in 2003 through Artistdirect and iMusic. The band consisted of drummer Zak Starkey and former Kula Shaker bassist Alonza Bevan with Marr handling guitars and lead vocals.
Boomslang received a mixed critical reaction. Uncut, Billboard and PopMatters gave the album positive reviews, while Q and Mojo published more lukewarm reactions.
In Rolling Stone, Pat Blashill wrote that the album 'shimmers with elements of T. Rex and traces of the Stone Roses \u2013 it's got all the atmosphere of a great rock record, but not the guts of one'
Sadly, Marr and his immense talent seems eclipsed by his nemesis Steven Patrick Morrissey.
This shot was taken at dusk in a warm, sweaty Paris evening, after a meal of Steak Tartare and a calvados and apple tart.I thanked my lucky stars I was not queuing for the Eiffel tower, I would have needed my supper before I got to the top.
The restaurant up there is horrendously expensive. There is a story about a man who once a week always took coffee up there. He was asked why with it being so expensive. He replied it was the only place in Paris he was sure he could take his coffee, look out of the window, and NOT see the Eiffel tower!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4566778766 - 'Shaun here on vocals from Crewe, Cheshire based metal influenced band Title of Injustice.
The band who have been together since 2008, are Shaun on Vox, Scott on Lead guitar &
Vocals, Roca on lead guitar, Welch on Bass &
Vocals and Drums with Mat
Prism studios in Stoke-on-Trent have hosted the first recorded songs from the band and you can check them out on their website.
The gig at Winnington was pretty exciting, the band are very animated getting audience engaged and are worth a look if gigging in your town. Solid rock and metal.
On the night, tracks played included:
Honours
Bullet
L.F.D.
1632
Each To Their Own
ARPS
Scared
(2010 week 15)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3077807567 - 'Goldfrapp live at the Mountford Hall, Liverpool 31/10/2008 Halloween
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3078664938 - 'Nitin Sawhney at the Manchester Academy2 27th Oct 2008.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3077779605 - 'The Datsuns, setlist from live gig at the Night and Day, Manchester 26/10/2008
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH82P - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually known as Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool.The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings. It is sometimes known locally as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel, especially for tourists, but these are less common terms locally within the City.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and took five years. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1853, 1933, and 1953, but none was completed.
During the Great Irish Famine (1845“1852) the Catholic population of Liverpool increased dramatically. About half a million Irish, who were predominantly Catholic, fled to England to escape the famine
many embarked from Liverpool to travel to North America while others remained in city.[5] Because of the increase in the Catholic population, the co-adjutor Bishop of Liverpool, Alexander Goss (1814“1872), saw the need for a cathedral. The location he chose was the grounds of St. Edward's College on St. Domingo Road, Everton.[6]
In 1853 Goss, then bishop, awarded the commission for the building of the new cathedral to Edward Welby Pugin (1833“1875). By 1856 the Lady Chapel of the new cathedral had been completed. Due to financial resources being diverted to the education of Catholic children, work on the building ceased at this point and the Lady Chapel “ now named Our Lady Immaculate “ served as parish church to the local Catholic population until its demolition in the 1980s.
Mount Pleasant, student areas, England, UK
