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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0793,Castlefield old and new,architecture,modern,towers,historic,warehouses,Manchester,England,UK,Castlefield,regeneration,skyscrapers,residential,urban,development,cityscape,property,skyline,heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFHRMA - Castlefield old and new architecture with modern towers and historic warehouses in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The cityscape contrasts restored red-brick industrial buildings and traditional street furniture with a cluster of tall contemporary glass residential towers rising behind them under a bright blue sky. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Castlefield, Manchester regeneration, skyscrapers, residential towers, historic warehouses, urban development, city-centre living, architecture and property development. Castlefield is known for canals, railway and industrial heritage while nearby high-rise construction has transformed the surrounding skyline. The image can illustrate stories about urban regeneration, housing development, heritage conservation, city growth, planning, changing skylines and the tension or contrast between historic fabric and modern high-density development.
Castlefield, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9079,Salford,Crescent,towers,traffic,road,regeneration,housing,urban
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E49BGX - . The Crescent in Salford with modern residential towers and traffic. Photographed on 21 March 2026. The recorded location is Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK. In relation to housing supply, historical context shows that images of construction and residential redevelopment can become important evidence of neighbourhood change, particularly where industrial land or older housing is later replaced by higher-density homes. For the story of active travel, it is useful to note that road signs and traffic controls form a visual history of motoring and highway management
Standardised symbols, speed limits, parking restrictions and direction signs developed as vehicle numbers rose and roads became more complex. As of 2026, the position for housing supply is that housing remains one of the UK's most politically significant issues , with sustained pressure to increase social and affordable supply as well as private housebuilding
Images of estates, new-build sites and apartment schemes are directly relevant to affordability, planning and regeneration. For present-day active travel, 2026 is significant because current transport planning gives greater weight to pedestrians, cyclists and public realm alongside traffic flow
Older signage and road layouts can therefore illustrate how priorities have shifted over time. Additional natural-language search terms include residential development, apartments, flats, housing estate, social housing, affordable housing, property, residential architecture, urban housing, traffic management, 20 mph, street furniture, road safety, traffic regulation, and urban transport. Additional subject vocabulary includes pedestrian safety, highway signage, vehicle access, 255A9079, and urban. The background to active travel is that street furniture is often overlooked until it changes
Signs, bollards, crossings and road markings reveal the regulatory framework that organises traffic and pedestrian movement at a particular moment.
Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,skyline,apartment,towers,new-build,housing,affordable,development,dockland,docklands,regeneration,urban,modern,city l,iving,waterside,property,sunset,cityscape,panoramic,former,Manchester Docks,MediaCity,district,brownfield redevelopment,high-density housing,private rental sector,property investment,housing growth,city-centre living,waterfront regeneration,urban planning,residential construction,modern architecture,population growth,regional economy,regeneration investment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM1WJD - Panoramic sunset view across the water at Salford Quays in Salford, Greater Manchester, showing modern apartment towers, waterfront walkways and a red-painted pedestrian bridge within the regenerated former docklands. Brick paving, railings, lamp posts frame the basin, while blue sky, broken cloud and warm evening light reflect across the calm water. The composition records the changing residential skyline of one of northern England's best-known regeneration areas.
Salford Quays was created from the former Manchester Docks, which opened with the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894. The docks declined after the Second World War and closed in 1982, leaving waterside land available for redevelopment. Salford City Council acquired much of the site and promoted a transformation based on housing, offices, leisure, culture, public space and transport. The Lowry opened in 2000, followed by MediaCity in 2011, helping establish the Quays as a centre for broadcasting, digital industries, tourism and apartment living.
New residential development has introduced high-rise and medium-rise blocks around the basins, responding to demand for homes close to Manchester city centre and MediaCity employment. The evolving skyline also illustrates debates about housing density, private renting, affordability, infrastructure, public realm and the creation of sustainable neighbourhoods on former industrial land.
Salford City Council describes the Quays as one of Europe's most successful waterfront regeneration projects. Its adopted MediaCity and Quayside framework includes around 3,000 new homes, commercial space, landscaped neighbourhoods, better waterfront access and new green areas. This photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of new-build apartments, city living, brownfield redevelopment, dockland renewal, property investment, urban planning, construction, housing growth, evening cityscapes and the continuing expansion of Greater Manchester's western waterfront.
The Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, M50
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A2693,Manchester Airport,tram,The Britons Protection,Manchester,city,centre,England,UK,Metrolink,yellow,public,transport,overhead,wires,towers,high-rise,regeneration,urban,infrastructure,commuting,travel,sustainable,tourism,Greater,development,cityscape
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM1WDK - Manchester Airport tram passing The Britons Protection area in Manchester city centre, England, UK, with modern towers behind. The yellow Metrolink tram runs through the dense urban streetscape beneath overhead wires while new high-rise development dominates the skyline. The view illustrates the contrast between Manchester's historic pub and street environment and the rapid residential and commercial growth reshaping the southern edge of the city centre. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Manchester Metrolink, Manchester Airport services, trams, public transport, sustainable travel, city-centre regeneration, high-rise development, urban infrastructure, commuting, tourism and Greater Manchester transport. The tram provides a strong visual symbol of integrated urban transit, while the surrounding towers and older brick structures show the changing scale and character of central Manchester. Bright daylight and a clear view of the transport corridor make this a useful contemporary cityscape and infrastructure image.
Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpicUK,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_4791,Copper,Towers,Vita,Student,development,Warwick,Road,Coventry,CV1,2EZ
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E6T4N7 - . Copper Towers Vita Student development on Warwick Road, Coventry CV1 2EZ, England, UK. Photographed on 4 February 2025. The tall red-toned modern buildings provide purpose-built student accommodation close to Coventry railway station and the city centre. The historical setting for graduates is that school and university imagery documents the social history of education: buildings, uniforms, ceremonies and signs reveal how institutions present identity and how access to learning has changed. Seen through housing estate, the earlier context is that housing photographs document changing ideas about density, tenure, architecture and neighbourhood design
Tower blocks, suburban estates, converted industrial buildings and private apartment schemes each represent different responses to demand for homes in particular periods. In the 2026 discussion of graduates, universities face continuing pressure around funding, international recruitment, student living costs and the value of degrees, while graduation remains an important public ritual marking educational achievement. The 2026 relevance of housing estate comes from the fact that debate about housing focuses not only on numbers but also energy performance, building safety, infrastructure and the balance between social, affordable and market homes
Development photographs can illustrate how those policies translate into physical change. Additional high-relevance terminology includes higher education, students, campus, academic life, college, student experience, research, university building, degree ceremony, education sector, residential development, apartments, flats, social housing, affordable housing, regeneration, and property. Other strongly related concepts include housing supply, residential architecture, urban housing, planning, @HotpicUK, and IMG_4791. A further layer of meaning comes from higher education, students and campus.
Warwick Road, Coventry CV1 2EZ, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,parish,market,town,port,outside,towers,west,front,historic,history,entrance,English medieval architecture,Norfolk visitor attraction,historic place of worship,British ecclesiastical heritage,East Anglian tourism,listed religious building,church exterior photography,historic Norfolk architecture,twin towers against sky,church clock face,heritage travel image,ancient parish landmark,Gothic church windows,traditional limestone masonry,religious tourism UK,church conservation subject,historic townscape feature,architectural photography Britain,sacred building exterior,church entrance perspective,heritage destination Norfolk,medieval worship history,local history Kings Lynn,public,religious,landmark
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F39YY7 - Frontal exterior view of King's Lynn Minster, historically the Priory and Parish Church of St Margaret, photographed through its open wrought-iron entrance gates at Saturday Market Place in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. The composition shows the imposing twin west towers, large central traceried window, pointed Gothic doorway, clock faces, stone pinnacles and weathered limestone walls beneath a bright sky with broken white cloud. A paved churchyard path leads directly from the gateway towards the open west entrance, while a leafy tree and green lawn soften the monumental stone frontage.
The church was founded by Herbert de Losinga, the first Bishop of Norwich, and was consecrated in 1101 as a Benedictine priory church. It later became the principal parish church of King's Lynn and was formally dedicated as King's Lynn Minster in December 2011. Despite its cathedral-like scale and prominent twin-towered facade, it is not a cathedral.
The building has Norman origins and was enlarged and altered over several centuries. Much of the present exterior is medieval, with later rebuilding following storm damage and structural problems. The clock in the south-west tower is particularly distinctive because it indicates the phases of the moon and the state of the tides on the Great Ouse, reflecting the historic importance of King's Lynn as a port and Hanseatic trading town.
The Minster is also associated with Margery Kempe, the fifteenth-century mystic, pilgrim and author of The Book of Margery Kempe. The low, symmetrical viewpoint emphasises the height of the towers and the richly detailed west front. The image is suitable for editorial subjects involving King's Lynn, Norfolk tourism, medieval churches, English ecclesiastical architecture, Christian worship, Benedictine heritage, historic market towns, Hanseatic history, pilgrimage, conservation and notable Grade I listed buildings.
Twin west towers and Gothic entrance of King's Lynn Minster, the historic parish church of St Margar
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,EH6 6BJ,EH6,towers,blocks,block,Edinburgh,Scotland,Hi-rise,flat,flats,home,homes,renter,renters,tenant,Leith Edinburgh,high rise flats,housing estate,public housing Scotland,local authority housing,urban housing,1960s architecture,1970s housing,concrete architecture,British tower blocks,Scotland housing,inner city housing,regeneration debate,deprivation and housing,architectural exterior,residential building,UK social housing,daylight exterior,blue sky clouds,editorial housing,renters rights act
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG8Y9N - Kirkgate House, a high-rise residential tower block located in the Kirkgate area of Leith, Edinburgh. The building is a typical example of post-war British high-rise housing, constructed during a period when local authorities turned to tower blocks as a response to housing shortages, slum clearance, and inner-city overcrowding.
Leith, historically a separate burgh and port before its incorporation into Edinburgh, contains a significant stock of twentieth-century public housing alongside older tenement streets and more recent regeneration developments. Tower blocks such as Kirkgate House reflect the social and planning priorities of the mid-to-late twentieth century, emphasising density, modernity, and the separation of housing from traditional street patterns.
Architecturally, the building is characterised by repetitive window patterns, plain concrete and brick finishes, and a strong vertical emphasis, typical of municipal housing schemes of the era. Over time, such tower blocks have become a focal point for debate around housing quality, community identity, maintenance, and long-term regeneration in Scottish cities.
Photographed from a low angle in daylight under a partly cloudy sky, the image documents the scale and presence of high-rise social housing in Leith and forms part of the wider visual record of Britain's post-war housing legacy.
Kirkgate House tower block, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 6BJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3A1 - This image shows the Albert Memorial Clock, one of Belfast's most recognisable landmarks, located in Queen's Square in the city centre. The Victorian-era clock tower was erected in the late nineteenth century as a memorial to Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, and is constructed from sandstone with Gothic Revival detailing.
The tower is famously known for its noticeable lean, caused by subsidence due to its foundations being built on reclaimed land close to the River Lagan. This characteristic tilt has become a defining feature of the structure and a point of local pride, often likened humorously to continental leaning towers.
The photograph appears to have been taken in bright summer conditions, with a vivid blue sky and scattered white clouds providing a clean backdrop that emphasises the vertical form of the tower and the ornate stone detailing. Strong sunlight highlights the clock face and sculptural elements set into the lower section of the tower.
Surrounded by modern apartment buildings and urban infrastructure, the Albert Clock stands as a visual link between Belfast's Victorian past and its contemporary cityscape. The image captures both the monument's architectural significance and its continued role as a focal point within the everyday life of the city.
Albert Memorial Clock, Queen's Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, BT1 3FF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T0DAEC - Rochdale Town Hall is a Victorian-era municipal building in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is widely recognised as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
The Town Hall functions as the ceremonial headquarters of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and houses local government departments, including the borough's civil registration office.
Built in the Gothic Revival style at a cost of £160,000 (£15.9 million in 2023), it was inaugurated for the governance of the Municipal Borough of Rochdale on 27 September 1871.
The architect, William Henry Crossland, was the winner of a competition held in 1864 to design a new Town Hall. It had a 240-foot (73 m) clock tower topped by a wooden spire with a gilded statue of Saint George and the Dragon, both of which were destroyed by fire on 10 April 1883, leaving the building without a spire for four years.
A new 190-foot (58 m) stone clock tower and spire in the style of Manchester Town Hall was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, and erected in 1887.
Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described the building as possessing a rare picturesque beauty. Its stained-glass windows are credited as the finest modern examples of their kind.
The building came to the attention of Adolf Hitler, who was said to have admired it so much that he wished to ship the building, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the United Kingdom been defeated in the Second World War
The Town Hall was one of several built in the textile towns of North West England following the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, but is one of only two in Greater Manchester built in the Gothic style. Between the setting of the foundation stone and the building's completion, revisions and additions were made to the original design. Money was lavished upon the decor and inventory, and the extra expenditure did not escape the ire of its critic
The Esplanade, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, OL16 1AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T0DAER - Rochdale Town Hall is a Victorian-era municipal building in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is widely recognised as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
The Town Hall functions as the ceremonial headquarters of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and houses local government departments, including the borough's civil registration office.
Built in the Gothic Revival style at a cost of £160,000 (£15.9 million in 2023), it was inaugurated for the governance of the Municipal Borough of Rochdale on 27 September 1871.
The architect, William Henry Crossland, was the winner of a competition held in 1864 to design a new Town Hall. It had a 240-foot (73 m) clock tower topped by a wooden spire with a gilded statue of Saint George and the Dragon, both of which were destroyed by fire on 10 April 1883, leaving the building without a spire for four years.
A new 190-foot (58 m) stone clock tower and spire in the style of Manchester Town Hall was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, and erected in 1887.
Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described the building as possessing a rare picturesque beauty. Its stained-glass windows are credited as the finest modern examples of their kind.
The building came to the attention of Adolf Hitler, who was said to have admired it so much that he wished to ship the building, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the United Kingdom been defeated in the Second World War
The Town Hall was one of several built in the textile towns of North West England following the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, but is one of only two in Greater Manchester built in the Gothic style. Between the setting of the foundation stone and the building's completion, revisions and additions were made to the original design. Money was lavished upon the decor and inventory, and the extra expenditure did not escape the ire of its critic
The Esplanade, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, OL16 1AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T0DAEX - Rochdale Town Hall is a Victorian-era municipal building in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is widely recognised as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
The Town Hall functions as the ceremonial headquarters of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and houses local government departments, including the borough's civil registration office.
Built in the Gothic Revival style at a cost of £160,000 (£15.9 million in 2023), it was inaugurated for the governance of the Municipal Borough of Rochdale on 27 September 1871.
The architect, William Henry Crossland, was the winner of a competition held in 1864 to design a new Town Hall. It had a 240-foot (73 m) clock tower topped by a wooden spire with a gilded statue of Saint George and the Dragon, both of which were destroyed by fire on 10 April 1883, leaving the building without a spire for four years.
A new 190-foot (58 m) stone clock tower and spire in the style of Manchester Town Hall was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, and erected in 1887.
Architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described the building as possessing a rare picturesque beauty. Its stained-glass windows are credited as the finest modern examples of their kind.
The building came to the attention of Adolf Hitler, who was said to have admired it so much that he wished to ship the building, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the United Kingdom been defeated in the Second World War
The Town Hall was one of several built in the textile towns of North West England following the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, but is one of only two in Greater Manchester built in the Gothic style. Between the setting of the foundation stone and the building's completion, revisions and additions were made to the original design. Money was lavished upon the decor and inventory, and the extra expenditure did not escape the ire of its critic
The Esplanade, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, OL16 1AZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,apartment,building,south,bank,glass,towers,apartments,property,properties,at,behine,the,rear,buildings,developments,scheme,development,opportunity,front,fronted,architecture,modern,city,centre,living,accommodation,Arbor 255,offices,office,commercial,real estate,riverside,Barge House St
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R4WDT7 - . The OXO tower building, seen from the river Thames, with One Blackfriars apartment building at the rear & Arbor 255. Photographed on 20 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Barge House St, London, England, UK, SE1 9PH, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include apartment, building, south, bank, glass, towers, apartments, property, properties, behine, rear, buildings, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The housing context makes the image suitable for coverage of homes, neighbourhoods, residential estates, social and affordable housing, landlord investment, repairs, regeneration, planning and the lived environment. It can support reporting on housing condition, estate renewal, energy efficiency, building safety, development, tenure and the long-term transformation of residential areas. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Barge House St, London, England, UK, SE1 9PH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RA23AK - This image shows a tall steel lattice telecommunications tower supporting multiple antennas and microwave dishes, commonly used as part of the UK's mobile phone and wireless communications network. The self-supporting lattice structure allows for significant height and load-bearing capacity, making it suitable for hosting equipment from multiple operators and technologies.
Panel antennas mounted at various levels are used to provide mobile phone coverage, typically supporting a combination of 2G, 3G, 4G, and increasingly 5G services. The presence of circular microwave dish antennas indicates point-to-point radio links, which are used to transmit large volumes of data between sites, particularly in rural or semi-rural locations where fibre-optic connections may be limited or used as backup resilience.
Lattice masts of this type are a common feature of national telecommunications infrastructure and are often upgraded repeatedly over time as mobile technology evolves. Their open steel framework design offers durability, ease of maintenance, and flexibility for adding new equipment as network demand increases.
Photographed from ground level against a partly cloudy blue sky, the image emphasises the height, complexity, and industrial character of modern communications infrastructure. It is well suited for editorial use illustrating mobile network expansion, digital connectivity, telecommunications engineering, rural broadband provision, and the physical structures that underpin everyday wireless communication in the UK.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJ2A1C - Bacharach (pronunciation (help·info), 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 2RH9DGK - . Cold Town House, 4 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JU. Photographed on 26 November 2022, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 4 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Scotland, EH1 2JU, EH1, restaurant, Scottish, old town, stone, cafe, bar, bars, pub, pubs, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include castle, tourist, tourism, attraction, attractions, history, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
4 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF7FCP - The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England (after the monarch as Supreme Governor and the Archbishop of Canterbury), and is the mother church for the Diocese of York and the Province of York. It is run by a dean and chapter, under the Dean of York. The title minster is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title
the word Metropolitical in the formal name refers to the Archbishop of York's role as the Metropolitan bishop of the Province of York. Services in the minster are sometimes regarded as on the High Church or Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.
The minster was completed in 1472 after several centuries of building. It is devoted to Saint Peter, and has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothic quire and east end and Early English North and South transepts. The nave contains the West Window, constructed in 1338, and over the Lady Chapel in the east end is the Great East Window (finished in 1408), the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. In the north transept is the Five Sisters window, each lancet being over 53 feet (16.3 m) high. The south transept contains a rose window, while the West Window contains a heart-shaped design colloquially known as The Heart of Yorkshire.
Deangate, York, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 7HH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Uk,British,government,at,in,towers,BigBen,clockface,face,Lords,MPs,seat of,time,Prime Minister,UK,tourism,attraction,night,evening,seat,of,architecture,building,capital,city,monument,skyline,moody,sky,silhouette,sombre,dark,Keir Starmer,Kemi Badenoch,Kier Starmer,Andy Burnham,freebies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBJ7 - Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the striking clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England, and the name is frequently extended to refer also to the clock and the clock tower. The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the Clock Tower, but it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
The tower was designed by Augustus Pugin in a neo-Gothic style. When completed in 1859, its clock was the largest and most accurate four-faced striking and chiming clock in the world. The tower stands 316 feet (96 m) tall, and the climb from ground level to the belfry is 334 steps. Its base is square, measuring 40 feet (12 m) on each side. Dials of the clock are 22.5 feet (6.9 m) in diameter. All four nations of the UK are represented on the tower on shields featuring a rose for England, thistle for Scotland, shamrock for Ireland, and leek for Wales. On 31 May 2009, celebrations were held to mark the tower's 150th anniversary.
Big Ben is the largest of the tower's five bells and weighs 13.5 long tons (13.7 tonnes
15.1 short tons). It was the largest bell in the United Kingdom for 23 years. The origin of the bell's nickname is open to question
it may be named after Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw its installation, or heavyweight boxing champion Benjamin Caunt. Four quarter bells chime at 15, 30 and 45 minutes past the hour and just before Big Ben tolls on the hour. The clock uses its original Victorian mechanism, but an electric motor can be used as a backup.
The tower is a British cultural icon recognised all over the world. It is one of the most prominent symbols of the United Kingdom and parliamentary democracy, and it is often used in the establishing shot of films set in London. The clock tower has been part of a Grade I listed building since 1970 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
On 21 August 2017, a four-year schedule of renovation works began on the tower
Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1A 0AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,parish,overlooking,the,village,of,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,UK,SK14 6JL,St Michael,and,All Angels,Church,history,historic,Greater Manchester,warhill,Grade II listed building,step,stairs,clock,face,BW,Black and White,Black & White,tower,clock tower,towers,heritage,Mottram,in,Longdendale,Mottrams
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK7C - St Michael and All Angels Church stands on Warhill overlooking the village of Mottram in Longdendale, Greater Manchester, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Mottram
The earliest evidence of a church on the site is in 1225 when clergy attached to the church were witnesses to local documents. There is a further reference to the church in a taxation document dated 1291. The present church dates from the end of the 15th century. A major restoration took place in 1854“55 by E. H. Shellard, during which the nave roof was raised
The church is built from local stone quarried from Tinsell-Norr in Perpendicular style. The plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a two-bay chancel and a south porch. At the east end of each aisle is a chapel. The north chapel is known as the Hollingworth Chapel and the south chapel is the Staley Chapel. The tower is in four stages with angled buttresses, a three-light west window above which is a clock face and two-light belfry openings. In one corner is a stair turret. At the top is a castellated parapet with crocketed corner finials.
In the churchyard is a sundial with a dial dated 1811. It consists of a stone shaft with a copper dial and a gnomon. It is listed at Grade II. Also listed at Grade II are the gatepiers, railings, steps and walls of the churchyard. Near the church is a medieval cross which was restored in 1760 and again in 1897, the latter restoration being to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. The octagonal shaft stands on a stepped circular ashlar plinth. On its top is a cubical sundial with three copper faces. It is listed at Grade II*
Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,parish,overlooking,the,village,of,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,UK,SK14 6JL,St Michael,and,All Angels,Church,history,historic,Greater Manchester,warhill,Grade II listed building,step,stairs,clock,face,tower,clock tower,towers,heritage,Mottram,in,Longdendale,Mottrams,colour
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK7D - St Michael and All Angels Church stands on Warhill overlooking the village of Mottram in Longdendale, Greater Manchester, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Mottram
The earliest evidence of a church on the site is in 1225 when clergy attached to the church were witnesses to local documents. There is a further reference to the church in a taxation document dated 1291. The present church dates from the end of the 15th century. A major restoration took place in 1854“55 by E. H. Shellard, during which the nave roof was raised
The church is built from local stone quarried from Tinsell-Norr in Perpendicular style. The plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a two-bay chancel and a south porch. At the east end of each aisle is a chapel. The north chapel is known as the Hollingworth Chapel and the south chapel is the Staley Chapel. The tower is in four stages with angled buttresses, a three-light west window above which is a clock face and two-light belfry openings. In one corner is a stair turret. At the top is a castellated parapet with crocketed corner finials.
In the churchyard is a sundial with a dial dated 1811. It consists of a stone shaft with a copper dial and a gnomon. It is listed at Grade II. Also listed at Grade II are the gatepiers, railings, steps and walls of the churchyard. Near the church is a medieval cross which was restored in 1760 and again in 1897, the latter restoration being to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. The octagonal shaft stands on a stepped circular ashlar plinth. On its top is a cubical sundial with three copper faces. It is listed at Grade II*
Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,bar,The Dovey,community,Ibex,Ken Testi,flat,60 Penny Lane,Liverpool,Merseyside,L18 1DG,Dovedale Towers,pub,The Beatles,Beatles,Fab Four,buildings,history,heritage,historic,area,district,ward,Penny,Lane,feature,Street,outside,exterior,roads,the,tower,towers,Dovedale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0PRY4 - Standing proudly on Penny Lane, the Dovedale Towers has been a part of Liverpool for centuries.
The pub has a colourful past, with links to The Beatles and Queen, making it part of rock and roll history. Affectionately known as the Dovey.
Built in the 1800s, the pub was originally known as Grove House, before being taken over by Andrew Kurtz, a renowned patron of the arts in Liverpool and a talented pianist.
After Mr Kurtz died Grove House became an orphanage named The Home for Incurable Children. Back in 2019, Jonathan Maguire, operations manager for Old Ropewalks Ltd, who own The Dovedale Towers, said: The Home became the parochial hall for St Barnabas' Church in 1914 and became a vital part of the local community, providing the area with a community hub during the difficult times that spanned two World Wars.
During the Second World War, the venue became known as Barney's and hosted dances and balls for locals and visiting troops as St Barnabas' Church Hall. John Lennon and Paul McCartney played the venue several times with The Quarrymen in 1957
Paul even sang in the St Barnabas' Church choir, which he revealed during his Carpool Karaoke with James Corden in 2018.
But the Dovedale Towers doesn't just have links to The Beatles, but Queen too. Ken Testi, a music promoter and the manager of a band call Ibex in 1969, spoke to the ECHO in 1991 about his experiences with Freddie Mercury and recounted the first time the future Queen frontman met Ibex.
He added: Freddie used to doss in Beechwood Avenue, Halewood, a few doors from my house, with Mike Bersin. Mike's mum often told the story of her coming downstairs to find Mike and pals all lying on the floor, crashed out after travelling from London or a gig, which included Freddie.
While living in the city, Freddie found a temporary home in the flat above Dovedale Towers. At the time, the tavern was run by the parents of Ibex roadie Geoff Higgins who offered the apartment to Freddie while he stayed north
60 Penny Lane, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DG
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Keywords: Salt,Titus,village,West,Yorkshire,England,UK,buildings,listed,world,heritage,site,salts,mill,Bradford,BD18,Shipley,West Yorkshire,BD18 3LA,river,Titus Salt,Saltaire,history,historic,architecture,town,cities,statue,statues,cat,cats,towers,impressive,stone,brick,stonework,brickwork
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD319 - . Photographed at Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Stone Lion outside Victoria Hall Saltaire, world heritage village site, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA. The frame also records themes of civic architecture, local history, adaptive reuse, changing streetscape, historical comparison, community identity, changing land use, place identity, urban regeneration, period architecture, local character, public realm, social history, and documentary photography. For current editorial use, housing pressure and public-realm investment provide additional context, especially through how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. As a dated visual record of Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside town-centre renewal, contemporary social history, mixed-use redevelopment, architectural character, place-making, historic townscape, before-and-after reference, and everyday life. Elements such as Bradford, outside, Yorkshire, Saltaire, and Shipley add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects housing pressure and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres within the specific setting of Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA.
Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA
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Keywords: Manchester,city,centre,Greater,England,UK,tower,offices,office,block,building,solar,panel,clad,service,skyscraper,on,Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) by architects Gordon Tait and G.,architect,architects,Co-operative Wholesale Society,CWS,coop,M60,M60 0AL,history,historic,architecture,town,cities,towers,impressive,skyline,cityscape,sky line,towering,PV,panels
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD30P - The CIS Tower is an office skyscraper on Miller Street in Manchester, England. Designed for the Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) by architects Gordon Tait and G. S. Hay, the building was completed in 1962 and rises to 118 m (387 feet) in height. As of 2022, the Grade II listed building is Manchester's 10th-tallest building and the second-tallest office building in the United Kingdom outside London after City Tower. The tower remained as built for over 40 years, until maintenance issues on the service tower required an extensive renovation, which included covering its façade in photovoltaic panels.
The tower is situated on Miller Street, which forms the Manchester Inner Ring Road, and stands adjacent to New Century House, a high-rise office building also designed by Gordon Tait and G. S. Hay and constructed concurrently for the CIS's parent company, the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS)
The office tower building rises above a five-storey podium block. Each of the podium floors is 75 m × 55 m (246 ft × 180 ft), providing 4,125 m2 (44,400 sq ft) floor space per storey. Each office floor in the tower is 18 m × 44 m (59 ft × 144 ft), creating 727 m2 (7,830 sq ft) floor space per storey. The tower element consists of the steel-framed main office building and a windowless reinforced concrete service tower. The service tower rises higher than the main office block and houses lifts and stairwells.
The building has a symmetrical plan, with the main tower rising up from the north-eastern end of the podium block and projecting at the front over the first two floors and the main entrance. The service tower is attached to the centre of the main tower's south-west side, forming a squat T-shape. In total, the building has 388,000 sq ft (36,000 m2) of floor area, with clear open spaces on the office floors.
Miller St, Manchester, England, UK, M60 0AL
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Keywords: city,centre,Greater,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cateaton Street,Manchester,Lancs,Lancashire,Minshulls,House,Street,history,historic,architecture,town,cities,towers,impressive,stone,brick,stonework,brickwork,Mynshulls House,Mynshulls,Mynshull,levels,built,rebuilt,sunny,skyline,cityscape,sky line,towering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD313 - Minshulls House, Cateaton Street, Manchester (listed building)
SJ8398NE CATEATON STREET
698-1/26/40 (North side)
20/06/88 No.14
Mynshull's House
GV II
Offices over shop. Dated 1890
by William Ball and Thomas
Brookes Elce, with carvings by J.Jarvis Millson
altered
slightly at ground floor. Red sandstone with some moulded
terracotta in matching colour
roof concealed. Narrow
rectangular plan at right-angles to street, occupying part of
island site with one side to passage known as Hanging Bridge.
Jacobean style. Three low storeys and one bay
carved consoles
to moulded frieze over ground floor
central segmental bow
above this with 6-light mullioned windows flanked by pairs of
small Ionic pilasters, a wide lettered cartouche on the bowed
panel between the windows, cornices over both floors, and a
large bowed upstand with terracotta foliation, frieze lettered
MYNSHULL'S HOUSE and Jacobean-style strap-work cresting with
obelisk finials, flanked by lions with shields on lettered
pedestals. Return side similar but simpler.
Listing NGR: SJ8385098688
Cateaton Street, Manchester (listed building), England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,icon,iconic,Blackpool Tower,Hot Dogs,hotdog,burger,takeaway,carryout,carry out,on,the,Central,pier,Blackpool,typical,popular,seaside,fast,food,fastfood,snacks,snack,holiday,old-fashioned,old,fashioned,traditional,towers,attraction,sunny,piers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRJ9P1 - . Recorded at Central pier, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The photograph centres on Blackpool Tower, Hot Dogs, Burgers , Cheeseburgers on the Central pier, Blackpool - typical seaside fast food, snacks, Lancashire, England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes mixed-use redevelopment, changing streetscape, commercial redevelopment, urban regeneration, visual archive, social history, place-making, contemporary social history, built heritage, local character, before-and-after reference, place identity, changing land use, and architectural character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of commercial viability, construction costs and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. Small period details of signage and branding at Central pier, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. Further associations within the scene are historic townscape, community identity, public-realm investment, local history, public realm, documentary photography, historical comparison, and archival record. References to Lancashire, seaside, Blackpool, Central, and Cheeseburgers give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Central pier, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to commercial viability and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition as part of the longer story of Central pier, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK. The photograph keeps a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference. The record includes a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
Central pier, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,icon,iconic,sealife,sand,beaches,golden,of,tourist,tourists,the,perfect,British,holidays,holiday,English,seaside,view,centre,having,fun,towers,attraction,sunny,piers,evening,postcard,views,over,holidaymakers,holidaying,skyline,townscape,famous,mile
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRJ9P6 - . This location-specific image from Central Pier boadwalk, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BB in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Summer english seaside view of Blackpool promenade, tower, sea life centre, Coral Island, beach of tourists, the perfect British holiday. The setting additionally reflects historic townscape, community identity, food supply chain, farm produce, crop production, British agriculture, before-and-after reference, town-centre renewal, visual archive, agricultural landscape, social history, contemporary social history, barley cultivation, and documentary photography. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into farm costs and agricultural policy, not least because of how hotter and wetter weather affects crop reliability. Today's relevance is strengthened by public-realm investment, planning and the continuing question of how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around Central Pier boadwalk, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BB before different community use alters the character of the place. The location also brings in built heritage, regional identity, urban fabric, archival record, heritage-led regeneration, local character, period detail, and architectural character. References to Coral, seaside, Blackpool, beach, and tower give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Central Pier boadwalk, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BB, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene captures details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
Central Pier boadwalk, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Borough Council,clock,clocktower,tower,original,Friends of Walton Estate,Corporation,Walton estate,architects,Baronet,1st Baronet,brewer,Grade II listed,Cheshire,England,UK,WBC,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,summer,bright,stately home,Greenalls,brewing,architect,hall,historic,old,council,park,clocks,towers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN6B5D - . This dated editorial view of Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The principal subject is Clocktower at Walton Hall,country house in Walton Gardens park, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK. The locality and subject together evoke regional identity, cityscape history, watchmaking heritage, analogue timekeeping, architectural character, archival record, watch dial typography, architectural detail, historic streetscape, vintage timepiece, horological history, everyday life, before-and-after reference, and changing land use. The wider contemporary story combines repairability, vintage design and the renewed interest in repairable mechanical watches amid disposable electronics. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with tourism, embodied carbon and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. Future viewers can use this scene from Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK to compare lettering, decoration and surface detail with whatever follows after replacement signage. Further associations within the scene are changing streetscape, contemporary social history, wristwatch design, heritage asset, public realm, social history, mechanical watchmaking, and timekeeping technology. The combination of Clocktower, country, house, Gardens, and Walton anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is repairability and the contrast between mechanical timekeeping and modern connected wearables as part of the longer story of Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK.
Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 6SN,garden,history,historic,buildings,village,Walton Hall,Walton Village,council ward of Hatton Stretton and Walton,park,zoo,municipal golf course,Wealas,grade II,listed,building,ex,ex-Stately Home,Stately Home,the,family,Greenall,Gilbert,towers,Edmund Sharpe,brown brick,morning,formal,gardens
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN6B5J - . Recorded at Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SN in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The scene records Walton Hall / Village,Higher Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SN. The setting additionally reflects period detail, public realm, regional identity, local character, heritage landmark, documentary photography, period architecture, historic streetscape, architectural character, heritage asset, historic townscape, cityscape history, architectural detail, and everyday life. The modern context includes continuing discussion of tourism, redevelopment pressure and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SN before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes conservation architecture, adaptive reuse, local history, changing land use, community identity, conservation interest, place identity, and visual archive. The combination of Village, Higher, and Walton anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SN, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to tourism and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character in a form that can be compared with future views of Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SN. The location additionally provides evidence of embodied carbon and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility within the real-world context of Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SN.
Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,country,in,Cheshire,England,UK,WBC,Borough Council,service,Grade II listed,park,1st Baronet,brewer,Baronet,brewing,Greenalls,architect,architects,and,council,Corporation,Walton estate,Greenall Whitley,Friends of Walton Estate,ex,ex-Stately Home,Stately Home,the,family,Greenall,Gilbert,towers,Edmund Sharpe,brown brick,morning
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN6B5N - . This dated editorial view of Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The frame specifically shows Walton Hall,country house in Walton Gardens park, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK. The surrounding context encompasses changing streetscape, contemporary social history, conservation interest, local history, documentary photography, period architecture, urban fabric, cityscape history, conservation architecture, everyday life, historic townscape, heritage asset, adaptive reuse, and built heritage. The wider contemporary story combines maintenance, adaptive reuse and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism. As a dated visual record of Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside architectural character, historical comparison, community identity, place identity, architectural detail, archival record, changing land use, and visual archive. The recorded references to house, Walton, Gardens, and country preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is maintenance and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism within the real-world context of Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance as part of Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK's history.
Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,country,in,Cheshire,England,UK,WBC,Borough Council,service,Grade II listed,park,1st Baronet,brewer,Baronet,brewing,Greenalls,architect,architects,and,council,Corporation,Walton estate,Greenall Whitley,Friends of Walton Estate,ex,ex-Stately Home,Stately Home,the,family,Greenall,Gilbert,towers,Edmund Sharpe,brown brick,morning
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN6B5T - . This dated editorial view of Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Walton Hall,country house in Walton Gardens park, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK. The subject also carries associations with community identity, before-and-after reference, everyday life, period detail, changing land use, local character, documentary photography, conservation interest, built heritage, period architecture, architectural detail, social history, architectural character, and regional identity. Current relevance extends to redevelopment pressure and energy retrofit, particularly through how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The surrounding story also includes historic townscape, historic streetscape, heritage asset, historical comparison, cityscape history, urban fabric, local history, and place identity. The recorded references to house, Gardens, Walton, and country preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes redevelopment pressure and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility when considered against later change at Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The frame retains evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference. The scene captures evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,country,in,Cheshire,England,UK,WBC,Borough Council,service,Grade II listed,park,1st Baronet,brewer,Baronet,brewing,Greenalls,architect,architects,and,council,Corporation,Walton estate,Greenall Whitley,Friends of Walton Estate,ex,ex-Stately Home,Stately Home,the,family,Greenall,Gilbert,towers,Edmund Sharpe,brown brick,morning
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN6B5X - . This dated editorial view of Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The main point of reference is Walton Hall,country house in Walton Gardens park, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK. The subject also carries associations with archival record, local history, historic townscape, visual archive, contemporary social history, conservation architecture, period detail, changing streetscape, adaptive reuse, architectural detail, public realm, cityscape history, local character, and architectural character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of energy retrofit, embodied carbon and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism. Future viewers can use this scene from Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after redevelopment. A second descriptive layer includes historic streetscape, everyday life, historical comparison, regional identity, heritage asset, conservation interest, built heritage, and before-and-after reference. References to Gardens, house, Walton, and country give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate energy retrofit and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism as part of the longer story of Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The image also provides a reference for adaptive reuse and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change when considered against later change at Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK.
Walton gardens, Walton village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Thomas Greenall,Greenalls,fine,hall,garden,with,original,tower,Cheshire,England,United Kingdom,country,house,stately,pile,home,clocktower,architecture,architectural,buildings,building,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,ex,ex-Stately Home,Stately Home,the,family,Greenall,Gilbert,towers,Edmund Sharpe,brown brick
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN828A - Thomas Greenall established what was to be the family business, Wilderspool brewery in 1762. It was a highly successful venture. So successful that Thomas' son, Edward was able to purchase Walton Estate in 1814. And by the 1830s, Edward had succeeded in building Walton Hall. However, it wasn't until 1910 and 1930 that Lord and Lady Daresbury opened the estate to the public. By that time Walton's spectacular gardens were the main attraction on open days.
Unfortunately, Edward didn't have long to enjoy the estate before his death in 1835. It was his son Gilbert who made Walton the Greenall family home and country estate. As well as controlling the family brewing business, Gilbert also held political and social aspirations. By the time of his retirement, Gilbert had served Warrington as Conservative Member of Parliament for over 30 years!
Such was his influence and standing in the local community that Gilbert was granted a peerage in 1927. ˜Sir' Gilbert spent his life establishing Walton Estate, including the extension of the hall in the 1870s. It was during this renovation that the now-iconic clock tower was built.
However, it was Sir Gilbert's son (also Gilbert), who transformed the estate. More commonly known as Lord Daresbury, he made the estate into a model of agricultural excellence. Such was his success that the gardens would attract up to 45,000 people during open days and in particular for The Walton Show.
At the height of Lord Daresbury's wealth, he had bought up to 7,000 acres of land around Walton Hall, and financed local buildings such as St John the Evangelist Church in Walton Village
Walton Hall, Walton Gardens Warrington, with original clock tower, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5KP - . This location-specific image from Avocet industrial estate, at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The photograph centres on Clock tower, factory buildings and Avocet industrial estate, at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5. The frame also records themes of changing land use, mechanical watchmaking, local character, mechanical movement, collectable watch, watch collector interest, watchmaking heritage, changing streetscape, period watch dial, social history, archival record, vintage timepiece, everyday life, and documentary photography. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with mechanical craftsmanship, second-hand markets and the growth of collecting around distinctive period dials and movements. The image fixes commercial use and occupation within Avocet industrial estate, at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include timekeeping technology, Soviet horology, horological history, community identity, visual archive, place identity, vintage wristwear, and contemporary social history. Elements such as factory, Stroud, Gloucestershire, Clock, and industrial add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Avocet industrial estate, at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is mechanical craftsmanship and the growth of collecting around distinctive period dials and movements as part of the longer story of Avocet industrial estate, at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
Avocet industrial estate, at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5KW - . This authentic period view of Avocet industrial estate, at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The photograph centres on Clock tower, factory buildings and Avocet industrial estate, at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5. A broader reading of the photograph includes local history, vintage timepiece, watch collector interest, archival record, Soviet horology, watch dial typography, historical comparison, documentary photography, regional identity, everyday life, vintage wristwear, visual archive, social history, and before-and-after reference. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with collectable watches, mechanical craftsmanship and how watches preserve industrial design and national manufacturing history. As a dated visual record of Avocet industrial estate, at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in wristwatch design, period detail, period watch dial, changing land use, community identity, mechanical movement, mechanical watchmaking, and changing streetscape. The combination of factory, estate, buildings, Stroud, and Gloucestershire anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Avocet industrial estate, at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another strand within the photograph is collectable watches and how watches preserve industrial design and national manufacturing history as part of the longer story of Avocet industrial estate, at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
Avocet industrial estate, at Dudbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJM7EK - Warrington Hospital is a health facility at Warrington in Cheshire, England. It is managed by Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital has its origins an isolation hospital which was constructed on the site in 1893. The Warrington Union Workhouse Infirmary was built on the same site and opened in 1898. The site was occupied by the Whitecross Military Hospital during the First World War. The infirmary became the Warrington Borough General Hospital in 1930 and it joined the National Health Service in 1948. Meanwhile the isolation hospital became known as the Aiken Street Hospital.
The Aiken Street Hospital was demolished in 1973 and the site was redeveloped in stages to facilitate the creation of the Appleton Wing in 1980, the Burtonwood Wing in 1988, the Croft Wing in 1994 and the Daresbury Wing in 1998.
Management of the hospital passed to the Warrington General Hospital NHS Trust in 1993. A new £6.25 million intensive care unit opened in February 2009
Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1QG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJM7ER - Warrington Hospital is a health facility at Warrington in Cheshire, England. It is managed by Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital has its origins an isolation hospital which was constructed on the site in 1893. The Warrington Union Workhouse Infirmary was built on the same site and opened in 1898. The site was occupied by the Whitecross Military Hospital during the First World War. The infirmary became the Warrington Borough General Hospital in 1930 and it joined the National Health Service in 1948. Meanwhile the isolation hospital became known as the Aiken Street Hospital.
The Aiken Street Hospital was demolished in 1973 and the site was redeveloped in stages to facilitate the creation of the Appleton Wing in 1980, the Burtonwood Wing in 1988, the Croft Wing in 1994 and the Daresbury Wing in 1998.
Management of the hospital passed to the Warrington General Hospital NHS Trust in 1993. A new £6.25 million intensive care unit opened in February 2009
Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1QG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKR44 - St Thomas' Church is in Stockton Heath, to the south of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The present church was built in 1868 on the site of a former church that had been erected in 1838. It was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley, the main benefactor being Sir Gilbert Greenall
It is constructed in pinkish-red sandstone with Westmorland slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with a south aisle under a parallel ridged roof, a south porch, a north transept, a north vestry, a two-bay chancel and a west tower. The tower is in four stages with an octagonal southeast turret and an embattled parapet.
The chancel is decorated with richly coloured patterned tilework and the reredos is of marble and embossed patterned tiles. The organ was built around 1880 by Young and Sons and rebuilt in 1963 by Rushworth and Dreaper of Liverpool
London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 6HJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKR7E - St Thomas' Church is in Stockton Heath, to the south of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The present church was built in 1868 on the site of a former church that had been erected in 1838. It was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley, the main benefactor being Sir Gilbert Greenall
It is constructed in pinkish-red sandstone with Westmorland slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with a south aisle under a parallel ridged roof, a south porch, a north transept, a north vestry, a two-bay chancel and a west tower. The tower is in four stages with an octagonal southeast turret and an embattled parapet.
The chancel is decorated with richly coloured patterned tilework and the reredos is of marble and embossed patterned tiles. The organ was built around 1880 by Young and Sons and rebuilt in 1963 by Rushworth and Dreaper of Liverpool
London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 6HJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKR8H - St Thomas' Church is in Stockton Heath, to the south of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The present church was built in 1868 on the site of a former church that had been erected in 1838. It was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley, the main benefactor being Sir Gilbert Greenall
It is constructed in pinkish-red sandstone with Westmorland slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with a south aisle under a parallel ridged roof, a south porch, a north transept, a north vestry, a two-bay chancel and a west tower. The tower is in four stages with an octagonal southeast turret and an embattled parapet.
The chancel is decorated with richly coloured patterned tilework and the reredos is of marble and embossed patterned tiles. The organ was built around 1880 by Young and Sons and rebuilt in 1963 by Rushworth and Dreaper of Liverpool
London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 6HJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE7D - St Andrew's Church is in the village of Tarvin, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester. Its benefice is united with that of St Peter, Duddon
The church is built in red sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. Entry is through the west wall of the west tower. The plan consists of a five-bay nave and a two-bay chancel, a north aisle with a chapel (the Bruen chapel) at its east end, and a south aisle with a south porch. The doorway to the tower is Tudor in style, the second storey has deeply recessed quatrefoil windows and a clock on all four sides. The top is embattled, and the remains of former pinnacles are at the corners
In the churchyard are six structures that are listed at Grade II. These are the gates and gate piers to the churchyard, a sandstone sundial dating from the mid-18th century, the tombchests of John Minshull and his daughter, William and Elizabeth Hilton, William Sandbach and others, and the tombstone of Beatrix Hollinsworth. The churchyard also contains the war graves of three British soldiers and a Canadian Army soldier of World War I
Church St, Tarvin, Chester, England,UK, CH3 8EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2B1YFYE - The very distinctive West Country Ales ceramic plaques located on many Pubs around Hereford.West Country Ales were established in 1958 when the Stroud and Cheltenham breweries merged.Strange as it was both breweries started brewing in 1760 hence the date on the plaques.These plaques can be seen in Herefordshire,Gloucestershire,Worcestershire,Oxfordshire,Wiltshire and even some parts of Wales.
The distingtive castle or tower design was first used by the Cheltenham Brewery. After the Second World War it acquired the Hereford and Tredegarbreweries becoming the Cheltenham and Herefordbrewery.The original design read Cheltenham & Hereford where it now reads West Country Ales.
Tetbury, Cotswold District, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGAN0 - . This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2019 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Dublin city crest, towers, castle, on a silver lamp post, Eire, Ireland - Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas. The subject also carries associations with visual archive, period detail, everyday life, local history, local character, before-and-after reference, historic townscape, adaptive reuse, documentary photography, heritage landmark, built heritage, regional identity, traditional materials, and public realm. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into adaptive reuse and maintenance, not least because of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. The photograph additionally reflects archival record, architectural character, place identity, community identity, period building, architectural detailing, contemporary social history, and conservation architecture. References to towers, Ireland, Civium, castle, and silver give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of adaptive reuse and the balance between conservation and modern commercial use within the specific setting of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is maintenance and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The scene captures a point of historical comparison for future local research.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84KK8 - . Made at Thames Tower, Station Road, Reading, England, UK, RG1 1LX. in 2019, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is Thames Tower office block, Station Rd, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK, RG1 1LX. Further facets of the scene include heritage asset, everyday life, Thames city view, local character, before-and-after reference, British landmark imagery, traditional materials, historical comparison, conservation interest, changing streetscape, period architecture, historic streetscape, Westminster skyline, and visual archive. Today's relevance is strengthened by parliamentary life, urban mobility and the continuing question of how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain. From a 2025-onward perspective, redevelopment pressure and planning control are closely linked to this subject, alongside the balance between conservation and modern commercial use. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Thames Tower, Station Road, Reading, England, UK, RG1 1LX. before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. The location also brings in archival record, regional identity, urban fabric, architectural character, period building, Parliament Square context, London cityscape, and contemporary social history. Elements such as Tower, Berkshire, Thames, Station, and block add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Thames Tower, Station Road, Reading, England, UK, RG1 1LX., the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The period view preserves details of everyday use as part of Thames Tower, Station Road, Reading, England, UK, RG1 1LX.'s history.
Thames Tower, Station Road, Reading, England, UK, RG1 1LX.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G4P - Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360 as of 2014, the second most populous city in the United Kingdom. It is the main centre of the West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populated urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population in 2011 of 2,440,986. The wider Birmingham metropolitan area is the second largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 3.7 million. Birmingham is frequently referred to as the second city of England.
A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham
Alcester St, Birmingham B12 0PJ
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Panoramic,Skyline,England,UK,Midlands,pano,Bullring,commerce,commercial,retail,second,city,GB,great Britain,buildings,towers,offices,City Centre Birmingham,architecture,busy,landmarks,blocks,wide,angle,wide angle,business,business centre,Rotunda,Bull Ring,BT,BT Tower,central,Midland,urban,sky,line,council,bankrupt
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G4T - Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360 as of 2014, the second most populous city in the United Kingdom. It is the main centre of the West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populated urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population in 2011 of 2,440,986. The wider Birmingham metropolitan area is the second largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 3.7 million. Birmingham is frequently referred to as the second city of England.
A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham
Alcester St, Birmingham B12 0PJ
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Panoramic,Skyline,England,UK,Midlands,pano,Bullring,Selfridges,commerce,commercial,retail,second,city,second city,GB,great Britain,buildings,towers,offices,City Centre Birmingham,architecture,landmarks,blocks,wide,wide angle,business,business centre,Rotunda,Bull Ring,BT,BT Tower,central,Midland,urban,sky,line,council,bankrupt
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G4X - Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360 as of 2014, the second most populous city in the United Kingdom. It is the main centre of the West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populated urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population in 2011 of 2,440,986. The wider Birmingham metropolitan area is the second largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 3.7 million. Birmingham is frequently referred to as the second city of England.
A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham
Alcester St, Birmingham B12 0PJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G51 - Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360 as of 2014, the second most populous city in the United Kingdom. It is the main centre of the West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populated urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population in 2011 of 2,440,986. The wider Birmingham metropolitan area is the second largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 3.7 million. Birmingham is frequently referred to as the second city of England.
A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham
Alcester St, Birmingham B12 0PJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6YE - . Recorded at Southwark, London, England, UK in 2018, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The image documents Tower Bridge on the river Thames at sunset, from Southwark, London, England, UK, SE1. Another layer of the photograph includes social landscape, changing streetscape, townscape record, everyday street life, documentary photography, waterside leisure, marine mobility, city-centre activity, changing land use, navigation corridor, passenger river service, period detail, urban waterway, and river transport. Current relevance extends to waterway maintenance and flood resilience, particularly through the need to balance navigation, ecology and flood resilience. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into footfall and commercial change, not least because of how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. Future viewers can use this scene from Southwark, London, England, UK to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after redevelopment. Further associations within the scene are contemporary social history, local identity, waterfront cityscape, public realm, contemporary city life, waterborne travel, before-and-after reference, and street-level documentary. References to Tower, river, Thames, sunset, and Bridge give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Southwark, London, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is waterway maintenance and how waterfronts are increasingly used as public spaces and regeneration anchors within the specific setting of Southwark, London, England, UK. The frame retains a local visual benchmark for future local research.
Southwark, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18C6 - The Albert Memorial Clock (more commonly referred to as the Albert Clock) is a clock tower situated at Queen's Square in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was completed in 1869 and is one of the best known landmarks of Belfast.
In 1865 a competition for the design of a memorial to Queen Victoria's late Prince Consort, Prince Albert, was won by W. J. Barre, who had earlier designed Belfast's Ulster Hall. Initially Barre was not awarded his prize and the contract was secretly given to Lanyon, Lynn, and Lanyon, who had come second. Following public outcry the contract was eventually awarded to Barre. The construction cost of £2,500 (2011: £196,000) was raised by public subscription.
The sandstone memorial was constructed between 1865 and 1869 by Fitzpatrick Brothers builders and stands 113 feet tall in a mix of French and Italian Gothic styles. The base of the tower features flying buttresses with heraldic lions. A statue of the Prince in the robes of a Knight of the Garter stands on the western side of the tower and was sculpted by SF Lynn. A two tonne bell is housed in the tower and the clock was made by Francis Moore of High Street, Belfast.[3][4]
As a result of being built on wooden piles on marshy, reclaimed land around the River Farset, the top of the tower leans four feet off the perpendicular. Due to this movement, some ornamental work on the belfry was removed in 1924 along with a stone canopy over the statue of the Prince.
Being situated close to the docks, the tower was once infamous for being frequented by prostitutes plying their trade with visiting sailors. However, in recent years regeneration has turned the surrounding Queen's Square and Custom's House Square into attractive, modern public spaces with trees, fountains and sculptures.
In 1947, the film Odd Man Out was filmed partly in Belfast, with the Albert Clock as a central location, although neither the town nor the clock is explicitly identified.
Queens Square,Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FK7G - The Mersey Gateway is a new road bridge across the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal in north-west England, which began construction in May 2014. The bridge will be located approximately 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to the east of the existing Silver Jubilee Bridge that connects the towns of Widnes and Runcorn. It will connect the Central Expressway in Runcorn with the Eastern Bypass and Speke Road in Widnes.
It is envisaged that the new bridge will be a toll bridge, with three lanes in each direction. The Halton Borough Council has also stated that the current bridge will also become a toll bridge, making Halton the only borough in England separated by only toll bridges, although Halton residents will be exempt from charges. It was also put forward that the current bridge may be reduced to one lane in each direction for vehicles, with the other two lanes being converted into cycle lanes and/or pedestrian lanes.
The draft design is for a cable-stayed bridge with three towers across the river, and a second bridge across the canal. The total length of the crossing will be 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
The scheme was put on hold in June 2010 awaiting the outcome of the Treasury's Spending Review, but on 17 October 2010 it was confirmed by Chancellor George Osborne that the £431m plan would go ahead. During the 2014 Budget, Osborne announced a £270m guarantee for the project.
After extensive site preparation, construction work began on 7 May 2014, with the bridge due to be finished by late 2017.
In addition to their role as designer, Knight Architects led the design through CABE Design Review, prior to successfully achieving planning consent, and later coordinated the production of a detailed guide governing visual and landscape aspects of the entire 9km corridor. The practice is part of the Client Procurement Team
River Mersey, Widnes,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FKAJ - The Mersey Gateway is a new road bridge across the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal in north-west England, which began construction in May 2014. The bridge will be located approximately 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to the east of the existing Silver Jubilee Bridge that connects the towns of Widnes and Runcorn. It will connect the Central Expressway in Runcorn with the Eastern Bypass and Speke Road in Widnes.
It is envisaged that the new bridge will be a toll bridge, with three lanes in each direction. The Halton Borough Council has also stated that the current bridge will also become a toll bridge, making Halton the only borough in England separated by only toll bridges, although Halton residents will be exempt from charges. It was also put forward that the current bridge may be reduced to one lane in each direction for vehicles, with the other two lanes being converted into cycle lanes and/or pedestrian lanes.
The draft design is for a cable-stayed bridge with three towers across the river, and a second bridge across the canal. The total length of the crossing will be 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
The scheme was put on hold in June 2010 awaiting the outcome of the Treasury's Spending Review, but on 17 October 2010 it was confirmed by Chancellor George Osborne that the £431m plan would go ahead. During the 2014 Budget, Osborne announced a £270m guarantee for the project.
After extensive site preparation, construction work began on 7 May 2014, with the bridge due to be finished by late 2017.
In addition to their role as designer, Knight Architects led the design through CABE Design Review, prior to successfully achieving planning consent, and later coordinated the production of a detailed guide governing visual and landscape aspects of the entire 9km corridor. The practice is part of the Client Procurement Team
River Mersey, Widnes,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: pano,water,reflect,building,toll,expensive,unaffordable,ripoff,capital,infrastructure,2nd,2nd Mersey Bridge,Widnes,investment,borough,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,MSCC,pylons,tower,towers,guarantee,guaranteed,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Buy photo of,Panorama of new Mersey gateway bridge,Panorama of Mersey gateway bridge,New Road Bridge,New infrastructure,Manchester Ship Canal,Treasury Spending Review,George Osborne
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FKB8 - The Mersey Gateway is a new road bridge across the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal in north-west England, which began construction in May 2014. The bridge will be located approximately 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to the east of the existing Silver Jubilee Bridge that connects the towns of Widnes and Runcorn. It will connect the Central Expressway in Runcorn with the Eastern Bypass and Speke Road in Widnes.
It is envisaged that the new bridge will be a toll bridge, with three lanes in each direction. The Halton Borough Council has also stated that the current bridge will also become a toll bridge, making Halton the only borough in England separated by only toll bridges, although Halton residents will be exempt from charges. It was also put forward that the current bridge may be reduced to one lane in each direction for vehicles, with the other two lanes being converted into cycle lanes and/or pedestrian lanes.
The draft design is for a cable-stayed bridge with three towers across the river, and a second bridge across the canal. The total length of the crossing will be 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
The scheme was put on hold in June 2010 awaiting the outcome of the Treasury's Spending Review, but on 17 October 2010 it was confirmed by Chancellor George Osborne that the £431m plan would go ahead. During the 2014 Budget, Osborne announced a £270m guarantee for the project.
After extensive site preparation, construction work began on 7 May 2014, with the bridge due to be finished by late 2017.
In addition to their role as designer, Knight Architects led the design through CABE Design Review, prior to successfully achieving planning consent, and later coordinated the production of a detailed guide governing visual and landscape aspects of the entire 9km corridor. The practice is part of the Client Procurement Team
River Mersey, Widnes,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: pano,water,reflect,building,toll,expensive,unaffordable,ripoff,capital,infrastructure,2nd,2nd Mersey Bridge,Widnes,investment,borough,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,MSCC,pylons,tower,towers,guarantee,guaranteed,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Buy photo of,Panorama of new Mersey gateway bridge,Panorama of Mersey gateway bridge,New Road Bridge,New infrastructure,Manchester Ship Canal,Treasury Spending Review,George Osborne
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FKCB - The Mersey Gateway is a new road bridge across the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal in north-west England, which began construction in May 2014. The bridge will be located approximately 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to the east of the existing Silver Jubilee Bridge that connects the towns of Widnes and Runcorn. It will connect the Central Expressway in Runcorn with the Eastern Bypass and Speke Road in Widnes.
It is envisaged that the new bridge will be a toll bridge, with three lanes in each direction. The Halton Borough Council has also stated that the current bridge will also become a toll bridge, making Halton the only borough in England separated by only toll bridges, although Halton residents will be exempt from charges. It was also put forward that the current bridge may be reduced to one lane in each direction for vehicles, with the other two lanes being converted into cycle lanes and/or pedestrian lanes.
The draft design is for a cable-stayed bridge with three towers across the river, and a second bridge across the canal. The total length of the crossing will be 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
The scheme was put on hold in June 2010 awaiting the outcome of the Treasury's Spending Review, but on 17 October 2010 it was confirmed by Chancellor George Osborne that the £431m plan would go ahead. During the 2014 Budget, Osborne announced a £270m guarantee for the project.
After extensive site preparation, construction work began on 7 May 2014, with the bridge due to be finished by late 2017.
In addition to their role as designer, Knight Architects led the design through CABE Design Review, prior to successfully achieving planning consent, and later coordinated the production of a detailed guide governing visual and landscape aspects of the entire 9km corridor. The practice is part of the Client Procurement Team
River Mersey, Widnes,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EBFWG0 - Tower Bridge is a bridge in London. It crosses the River Thames near the Tower of London. The north side of the bridge is Tower Hill, and the south side of the bridge comes down into Bermondsey, robbie, an area in Southwark. It is far more visible than London Bridge, which people often mistake it for. If large boats need to sail under Tower Bridge, the two halves of the bridge lift up to let it under. Many tourists go to London to see the Tower Bridge.
When it was first built, Tower Bridge was the bridge. Bascule is the French word for a see-saw. The bascules are the surfaces raised to allow tall ships to pass through: this happens about 900 times per year. The bridge's deck can be raised to 83deg from the horizontal. Tower Bridge is one of London's most famous sights.
The City of London Corporation held a competition for the design in 1876. Over 50 designs were entered, and in 1884 Horace Jones and John Wolfe Barry's design was chosen.
Workers began to build the Tower Bridge in April 1886 and the bridge was opened in 30 June 1894.
In June 2012, the bridge was highlighted on the route of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the Thames
Thames at St Catherines Dock, Tower Bridge, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED03P - . Moody view of Edinburgh castle, from low in the Grassmarket, at sunset, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with View, Edinburgh, castle, low, Grassmarket, buildings, View of Edinburgh castle from low in the Grassmarket, sunset, gothic and romantic, 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DED03P, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD4HWY - Tower Bridge (built 1886“1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London which crosses the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name, and has become an iconic symbol of London.
The bridge consists of two towers tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways, designed to withstand the horizontal forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers. The vertical component of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers.
The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower. The bridge's present colour scheme dates from 1977, when it was painted red, white and blue for Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee. Originally it was painted a mid greenish-blue colour
1, More London Place, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD4T79 - Tower Bridge (built 1886“1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London which crosses the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name, and has become an iconic symbol of London.
The bridge consists of two towers tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways, designed to withstand the horizontal forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers. The vertical component of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers.
The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower. The bridge's present colour scheme dates from 1977, when it was painted red, white and blue for Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee. Originally it was painted a mid greenish-blue colour
1, More London Place, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BPCNPH - St Mary's Church is in Church End in the village of Hale, Halton, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Widnes, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool.
History
The tower dates from the 14th century and the rest of the church from 1758“59, replacing an earlier church on the site. Restorations were carried out in 1874, when a northwest vestry was added, and 1903. In October 1977, the church was the victim of an arson attack, leaving only the walls and the tower still standing. As a result of the fire there is nothing remaining of the restorations other than the vestry walls. Following the fire, the foundations of a narrower, timber-framed church were discovered. The roof and interior of the church were replaced by the architects Buxeby and Evans in 1979“80.
St Mary's is built in red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. Its plan is a rectangle in five bays with a west tower, a northwest vestry, a northeast gabled projecting chapel, and a south porch. The tower is square with corner buttresses and a crenellated parapet. It has a west door with a window above it. At the bell stage are two-light louvred belfry windows on all sides. The windows on each side of the body of the church are round-headed. The east window is Venetian in style, glazed in large squares, with a cherub carved in the keystone.
The roof, dating from 1979“80, is in varnished chestnut. It is panelled in five compartments, and heavily
moulded. The west organ gallery, standing on Tuscan columns, is a replica of that destroyed in the fire. The furniture has been acquired from a variety of sources. The font, which consists of a bowl carved with cherubs, dates from the 18th century and spent a century in a garden. The oak pulpit dating from the 17th century stands on Tuscan columns
it came from York Minster. The pews came from the demolished churc
Church Rd, Hale, Liverpool, England, L24 4AX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BPCNPT - . A grounded editorial photograph of Oxford Road, Manchester, Lancashire, England,UK, M60 7HA, capturing details that may acquire greater historical value as the location and its use change. The defining feature is The Palace Hotel, ex-Refuge Insurance building, Oxford Road, Manchester, Lancashire, England,UK, M60 7HA. The setting additionally reflects leisure venue, archival record, place identity, town-centre leisure, social landscape, before-and-after reference, social history, beer-led venue, built environment, contemporary history, neighbourhood pub, food-and-drink business, period detail, and regional identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about independent hospitality, pub closures and changes in food, drink and leisure spending. The photograph fixes public access and movement within Oxford Road, Manchester, Lancashire, England,UK, M60 7HA at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against later redevelopment. Further associations include social meeting place, everyday Britain, night-time economy, hospitality venue, documentary photography, public realm, licensed premises, and local history. References to Oxford, Palace, Insurance, ex-Refuge, and Manchester give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. By fixing the subject within Oxford Road, Manchester, Lancashire, England,UK, M60 7HA, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for independent hospitality and the survival of community meeting places without losing the local specificity of Oxford Road, Manchester, Lancashire, England,UK, M60 7HA. The wider significance includes changing drinking habits and whether local venues can remain commercially viable in a form that can be compared with future views of Oxford Road, Manchester, Lancashire, England,UK, M60 7HA.
Oxford Road, Manchester, Lancashire, England,UK, M60 7HA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BFBCD4 - The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, formerly the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, is an airport hotel near to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, serving the English city of Liverpool. Today a member of the Crowne Plaza chain owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group, the Grade II* listed Art Deco hotel building has an unusual history.
The building was constructed in the 1930s, as the terminal building for the airport, then known as Speke Aerodrome. It is still sometimes seen on early television news footage, with its terraces packed with fans waiting to greet the Beatles on their return from tour. The airport terminal was moved to a more modern building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 1986, and the original building was left derelict for over a decade. During this time, the building was featured on the cover art of the single Don't Go Away, by Oasis. However it has since been renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opening for business in 2001. The adaption involved adding two new bedroom wings on the frontage of the hotel, but the airside aspect has been preserved intact.
The former apron of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 G-BEJD, Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF and Percival Prince G-AMLZ, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group. Additionally, the group looks after a replica de Havilland Dragon Rapide that is displayed in front of the hotel entrance
Liverpool Airport Speke Aerodrome, Liverpool,Merseyside, England, UK, L24 8QD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BFBCD8 - The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, formerly the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, is an airport hotel near to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, serving the English city of Liverpool. Today a member of the Crowne Plaza chain owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group, the Grade II* listed Art Deco hotel building has an unusual history.
The building was constructed in the 1930s, as the terminal building for the airport, then known as Speke Aerodrome. It is still sometimes seen on early television news footage, with its terraces packed with fans waiting to greet the Beatles on their return from tour. The airport terminal was moved to a more modern building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 1986, and the original building was left derelict for over a decade. During this time, the building was featured on the cover art of the single Don't Go Away, by Oasis. However it has since been renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opening for business in 2001. The adaption involved adding two new bedroom wings on the frontage of the hotel, but the airside aspect has been preserved intact.
The former apron of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 G-BEJD, Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF and Percival Prince G-AMLZ, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group. Additionally, the group looks after a replica de Havilland Dragon Rapide that is displayed in front of the hotel entrance
Liverpool Airport Speke Aerodrome, Liverpool,Merseyside, England, UK, L24 8QD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BFBCET - The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, formerly the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, is an airport hotel near to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, serving the English city of Liverpool. Today a member of the Crowne Plaza chain owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group, the Grade II* listed Art Deco hotel building has an unusual history.
The building was constructed in the 1930s, as the terminal building for the airport, then known as Speke Aerodrome. It is still sometimes seen on early television news footage, with its terraces packed with fans waiting to greet the Beatles on their return from tour. The airport terminal was moved to a more modern building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 1986, and the original building was left derelict for over a decade. During this time, the building was featured on the cover art of the single Don't Go Away, by Oasis. However it has since been renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opening for business in 2001. The adaption involved adding two new bedroom wings on the frontage of the hotel, but the airside aspect has been preserved intact.
The former apron of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 G-BEJD, Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF and Percival Prince G-AMLZ, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group. Additionally, the group looks after a replica de Havilland Dragon Rapide that is displayed in front of the hotel entrance
Liverpool Airport Speke Aerodrome, Liverpool,Merseyside, England, UK, L24 8QD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X9T - Runcorn's chemical industry was dominated for many years by ICI's Chlor Chemical division. But since 2001, Inovyn (a wholly owned subsidiary of Ineos) has operated the extensive chemical works in the west of the town, employing 750 people in 2020. In Runcorn, Invoyn manufactures chlorine, caustic soda and chlorinated derivatives. It also produces salt, made from brine transported by pipeline from the saltfields of central Cheshire, and sulphuric acid. Several other chemical manufacturers also have a presence at the site, including Koura (formerly Mexichem Fluor), Industrial Chemicals, Packed Chlorine Limited, VYNOVA and Runcorn MCP Ltd (a joint venture between INOVYN and VYNOVA). The site is considered to be of strategic national importance to the UK. The site includes two independently owned power stations
the 810 MW natural gas fired Rocksavage Power Station and the Runcorn Energy Recovery Facility operated by Viridor which also supplies heat to the Inovyn facility. ICI's other former site in Runcorn comprising offices and laboratories is now the Heath Business and Technical Park, which provides office, laboratory, conference, and leisure facilities
Western Point, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 4JE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59XA2 - Runcorn's chemical industry was dominated for many years by ICI's Chlor Chemical division. But since 2001, Inovyn (a wholly owned subsidiary of Ineos) has operated the extensive chemical works in the west of the town, employing 750 people in 2020. In Runcorn, Invoyn manufactures chlorine, caustic soda and chlorinated derivatives. It also produces salt, made from brine transported by pipeline from the saltfields of central Cheshire, and sulphuric acid. Several other chemical manufacturers also have a presence at the site, including Koura (formerly Mexichem Fluor), Industrial Chemicals, Packed Chlorine Limited, VYNOVA and Runcorn MCP Ltd (a joint venture between INOVYN and VYNOVA). The site is considered to be of strategic national importance to the UK. The site includes two independently owned power stations
the 810 MW natural gas fired Rocksavage Power Station and the Runcorn Energy Recovery Facility operated by Viridor which also supplies heat to the Inovyn facility. ICI's other former site in Runcorn comprising offices and laboratories is now the Heath Business and Technical Park, which provides office, laboratory, conference, and leisure facilities
Western Point, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 4JE
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4469547119 - 'Fiddlers Ferry has been a landmark visable from Runcorn, Warrington and Widnes since the early 1970's. Its a coal fired power station on the banks of the Mersey River, which supplies all its cooling water. In recent years it has been adapted to also burn bio-mass. It can generate nearly 2,000 Megawatts.
Living in Glossop I remember massive freight trains of coal trucks coming over Woodhead and the Dinting viaduct headed for Fiddlers Ferry. Many trains overnighted at the sidings at Gamesley. Fuel for it these days comes mainly from Liverpool docks. Sulphur emissions are reduced by a new FGD plant installed in 2008. Carbon Dioxide is still pumped out of the chimneys as before though to be added to our delicate climate.
Its eight towers can be seen from various high points, including here at the cemetary at Pewtersspear, above Stockton Heath. A modern pub called the Eight Towers (not one of my usual haunts), is located only a short distance away.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY8WK - The CIS Tower is an office skyscraper on Miller Street in Manchester, England. It was completed in 1962 and rises to 387 feet (118 m) in height.
The Grade II listed building, which houses the Co-operative Banking Group, is Manchester's second-tallest building and the tallest office building outside London. The tower remained as built for over 40 years until maintenance issues on the service tower required an extensive renovation which included covering its facade in photovoltaic panels.
The tower's design was influenced by Skidmore Owings & Merrill's Inland Steel Building in Chicago after a visit by the architects in 1958. Interiors were designed by Misha Black of the Design Research Unit.
Renovation
Within six months of construction some of the mosaic tiles on the service tower became detached owing to cement failure and lack of expansion joints in the concrete. Although the tower was granted listed building status in 1995, falling tiles were an ongoing problem. English Heritage had to be consulted as alterations could change the building's appearance.
In 2004 CIS consulted Solarcentury with a view to replacing the deteriorating mosaic with 575.5kW of blue building-integrated photovoltaic (PV) cells which would provide a permanent green energy solution, generating approximately 180,000 kWh of electricity per year. The work was completed by Arup and at that time was the largest commercial solar façade in Europe.
The PV cells made by Sharp Electronics began feeding electricity to the National Grid in November 2005. The project, which cost £5.5 million, was partly funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency which granted £885,000 and the Energy Savings Trust at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) contributed £175,000.
The solar power project was chosen by the DTI as one of the 10 best green energy projects of 2005. Out of sight on the roof are 24 wind turbines generating 10% of the tower's electricity
CIS Tower, Miller Street, Manchester , Lancashire, England UK M60 0AL
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6133790374 - 'Suzanne Vega - Anniversary - Play this track here.
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This image is taken from a large joiner I took on May 10th 1994 from Liberty Island in New York harbour. An hour before I had witnessed a solar eclipse. To one side was the statue of liberty and the other, the New York Manhatten Skyline, crowned by the Twin Towers of The World Trade Centre and the wall Street financial district. The day before I had visited the observation deck of the south tower.
A bombing had been attempted the previous year on the 26th February
The joiner has been on my wall, appropriately mounted on black card for many years.
Too many innocents died that day, a result of a twisted idealogy that resulted in 767 aircraft being used as weapons and decades of failure of the west in bringing peace and lasting compromise to many poorer nations or ones where there is a financial interest.
The framing of the response as a 'war on terror' or a 'crusade' has been less than helpful from Mr Bush and Blair. Both of which have moved on to profit from their memoirs and speaking tours. Blair in his 'Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East' role in the first nine days of the 2008\u20132009 Israel-Gaza conflict, was allegedly spotted at the opening of the Armani store at Knightsbridge, London. Aides said he had been in phone contact with other world leaders since the fighting began. Yeah right.
A decade on, have we done everything to make this a safer, fairer world?
It's my hunch the faster we do, the easier it will be to tackle some of the roots what causes radicalism across the world, whatever your religious beliefs may be or whoever you believed your prophet to be (or maybe he/she has not arrived yet).
\u00bfWhats this iPod Shuffle set all about? Read about it here
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R4WDNK - Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned Grade II* listed coal-fired power station, located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) to the design of Leonard Pearce, Engineer in Chief to the LPC, and CS Allott & Son Engineers. The architects were J. Theo Halliday and Giles Gilbert Scott. The station is one of the world's largest brick buildings and notable for its original, Art Deco interior fittings and decor.
The building comprises two power stations, built in two stages, in a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built between 1929 and 1935 and Battersea B Power Station, to its east, between 1937 and 1941, when construction was paused owing to the worsening effects of the Second World War. The building was completed in 1955. Battersea B was built to a design nearly identical to that of Battersea A, creating the iconic four-chimney structure.
Battersea A was decommissioned in 1975. In 1980 the whole structure was given Grade II listed status
Battersea B shut three years later. In 2007 its listed status was upgraded to Grade II*. The building remained empty until 2014, during which time it fell into near ruin. Various plans were made to make use of the building, but none were successful. In 2012, administrators Ernst & Young entered into an exclusivity agreement with Malaysia's S P Setia and Sime Darby to develop the site to include 253 residential units, bars, restaurants, office space (occupied by Apple and No. 18 business members club), shops and entertainment spaces. The plans were approved and redevelopment commenced a few years later. As of 2021, the building and the overall 42-acre (17 ha) site development is owned by a consortium of Malaysian investors.
44 Electric Boulevard, Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms, Wandsworth, London, England, UK, SW11 8BJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF8BN7 - Fiddlers Ferry Power station shown at sunset from Warrington and the village of Stockton Heath.
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a coal fired power station located in Cheshire in North West England, which is capable of co-firing biomass. It is situated on the north bank of the River Mersey between the towns of Widnes and Warrington.
Opened in 1971, the station has a generating capacity of 1,989 megawatts (MW). Since the privatisation of the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1990, the station has been operated by various companies. Since 2004, Scottish and Southern Energy PLC have operated the station.
Stockton Heath Cemetery, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G4Y - Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360 as of 2014, the second most populous city in the United Kingdom. It is the main centre of the West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populated urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population in 2011 of 2,440,986. The wider Birmingham metropolitan area is the second largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 3.7 million. Birmingham is frequently referred to as the second city of England.
A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham
Alcester St, Birmingham B12 0PJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G4W - Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360 as of 2014, the second most populous city in the United Kingdom. It is the main centre of the West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populated urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population in 2011 of 2,440,986. The wider Birmingham metropolitan area is the second largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 3.7 million. Birmingham is frequently referred to as the second city of England.
A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham
Alcester St, Birmingham B12 0PJ
