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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,green,planted,tree,Warrington,sign,plaque,hundred,memorial,2022,Parish Council,history,heritage,historic,slate,support,sapling,young,trees,village,open,in,May,2123,6th,The Fall,autumn,celebrates,celebrating,leaves,plate
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T3EFT5 - . Autumn in Walton village, Warrington, Parish Council King Charles Coronation time capsule, and tree planted in 2022 open in May 2123. Photographed on 22 October 2023. The recorded location is Old Chester Rd, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6TQ. On the occasion of your Coronation, Walton Parish Council extends congratulations and best wishes to yourself and your family and the hope that your reign will leave an enduring legacy in our nation's history. As part of the commemoration of the Coronation, Walton Parish Council will be planting a tree and also burying a time capsule, to be exposed 100 years from now. The time capsule contents will include items such as: local newspaper front page. news article about the Coronation, photos taken around the parish, food menus from The Walton Arms and Stag pubs, a copy of 'Our Heritage'. the historical guide to our parish. The Parish Council is currently finalising the choice of tree planting locations. In relation to townscape, historical context shows that place-based photography helps document the relationship between named locations and the people or businesses associated with them, especially where formal architectural records are limited. For the story of British royalty, it is useful to note that royal events have long generated souvenir objects ranging from ceramics and tins to biscuits, postcards and textiles
Such products combine monarchy, consumer culture and graphic design, often becoming collectables after the event. The historical setting for horticulture is that plants and seasonal countryside details provide precise markers of the agricultural and botanical year
Flowering, harvest, autumn colour and winter dormancy can all be used to compare changing seasonal patterns over time. As of 2026, the position for townscape is that regeneration, housing growth and evolving high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for.
Old Chester Rd, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6TQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,L1,L1 2TR,Leece St,to,WWII,Merseyside,church,known,by,locals,as,the,venue,bar,Sr,Jr,parish,in,Blitzed,shell,1832,doctors church,ashlar sandstone,Perpendicular style,history,historic,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,tree,trees,architecture,building,Grade II,listed building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJ6EMW - St Luke's Church, more commonly known by locals as the bombed-out church, is a former Anglican parish church in Liverpool, England. It stands on the corner of Berry Street and Leece Street, at the top of Bold Street.
The church was built between 1811 and 1832, and was designed by John Foster, Sr. and John Foster, Jr., father and son who were successive surveyors for the municipal Corporation of Liverpool. In addition to being a parish church, it was also intended to be used as a venue for ceremonial worship by the corporation and as a concert hall.
The church was badly damaged by bombs during the Liverpool Blitz in 1941 and has been a roofless shell ever since, giving rise to its nickname. It now stands as a memorial to those who died in the war, and has also been hired as a venue for exhibitions and events. The church and its surrounding walls, gates, and railings are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II* listed buildings.
Leece St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2TR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJ6ENB - St Luke's Church, more commonly known by locals as the bombed-out church, is a former Anglican parish church in Liverpool, England. It stands on the corner of Berry Street and Leece Street, at the top of Bold Street.
The church was built between 1811 and 1832, and was designed by John Foster, Sr. and John Foster, Jr., father and son who were successive surveyors for the municipal Corporation of Liverpool. In addition to being a parish church, it was also intended to be used as a venue for ceremonial worship by the corporation and as a concert hall.
The church was badly damaged by bombs during the Liverpool Blitz in 1941 and has been a roofless shell ever since, giving rise to its nickname. It now stands as a memorial to those who died in the war, and has also been hired as a venue for exhibitions and events. The church and its surrounding walls, gates, and railings are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II* listed buildings.
Leece St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2TR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 2AF,night,night time,nighttime,decorations,festive,pub,bar,hotel,nightlife,night life,StocktonHeath,Grappenhall road,villages,South Warrington,wet,rain,rainy,tree,trees,December,light,lights,square,Victoria,restaurant,restaurants,pubs,bars,foodie
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M69CG2 - . This dated editorial view of Victoria Square, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The main point of reference is Christmas at The Mulberry Tree pub, Victoria Square, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF, dusk with tree and decorations. The surrounding context encompasses contemporary social history, period detail, licensed trade, historical comparison, traditional ale house, documentary photography, archival record, visitor hospitality, historic hostelry, public-house heritage, local social venue, regional identity, public realm, and night-time economy. Today's relevance is strengthened by hospitality costs, changing drinking habits and the continuing question of how food, drink and heritage combine in destination pubs. As a dated visual record of Victoria Square, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with visual archive, local history, food-and-drink business, licensed hospitality, community drinking venue, changing land use, beer-led hospitality, and traditional pub. Details involving decorations, Stockton, Christmas, Mulberry, and Victoria make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Victoria Square, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is hospitality costs and the survival of local pubs as social meeting places within the specific setting of Victoria Square, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF.
Victoria Square, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 2AF,night,evening,night time,nighttime,decorations,festive,nightlife,night life,Slug and Lettuce,StocktonHeath,Grappenhall road,reflection,reflections,villages,South Warrington,wet,rain,rainy,tree,trees,December,light,lights,square,Victoria,restaurant,restaurants,pubs,bars,foodie
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M69CJ0 - . Recorded at Victoria Square, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. At the centre of the view is Slug & Lettuce, Christmas at Victoria Square, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF, dusk with tree and decorations. The surrounding context encompasses before-and-after reference, social history, visitor hospitality, food-and-drink business, community identity, contemporary social history, everyday life, archival record, beer-led hospitality, public realm, historical comparison, place identity, regional identity, and visual archive. Current relevance extends to changing drinking habits and tourism, particularly through the role of historic venues in tourism and neighbourhood identity. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at Victoria Square, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. A second descriptive layer includes changing land use, traditional pub, local social venue, licensed hospitality, local history, licensed trade, public-house heritage, and traditional ale house. Details involving decorations, Victoria, Lettuce, Stockton, and Christmas make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Victoria Square, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to changing drinking habits and the role of historic venues in tourism and neighbourhood identity within the real-world context of Victoria Square, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF.
Victoria Square, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,wave,dancer,wave-dancer,by,towpath,on,fall,October,November,boats,up,WA4 2SJ,Canal,licenced,unlicensed,legal,legally,moor,mooring,moored,The Fall,tow,path,towpaths,paths,tree,trees,Wave Dancer,union,flag,union jack,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBPY - . Recorded at Bridgewater Canal, Grappenhall , Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. At the centre of the view is Wave-Dancer, cabin cruiser,in autumn, at Bridgewater Canal, Grappenhall , Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ. A broader reading of the photograph includes period detail, local character, navigation engineering, social history, changing land use, everyday life, local history, archival record, blue-green corridor, inland navigation, waterborne transport, working waterway, industrial waterway history, and historical comparison. The wider contemporary story combines navigation, climate adaptation and the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational. The image fixes building condition and alterations within Bridgewater Canal, Grappenhall , Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. The location also brings in community identity, documentary photography, canal infrastructure, towpath landscape, visual archive, contemporary social history, canal heritage, and lock flight. The recorded references to cabin, Wave-Dancer, Grappenhall, Canal, and cruiser preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Bridgewater Canal, Grappenhall , Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects navigation and the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational in a form that can be compared with future views of Bridgewater Canal, Grappenhall , Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ. Image 2M3JBPY also remains a dated record of Bridgewater Canal, Grappenhall , Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ.
Bridgewater Canal, Grappenhall , Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,land,country,rural,farm,for,over,behind,green belt land,Grappenhall,Warrington,trees,field,fields,crop,cropped,developing,dusk,dawn,English,partnerships,Homes England,woodland,wood,forest,sunrise,drama,dramatic,sunshine,sunny,evening,warm,mature,tree
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NKA9 - . Recorded at Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4 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 main point of reference is Sunset over Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4. The wider scene also brings together local history, cereal crop, documentary photography, local character, British agriculture, regional identity, everyday life, grain harvest, arable farming, changing streetscape, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, crop production, and rural economy. The wider contemporary story combines soil health, crop yields and the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs. As a dated visual record of Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include place identity, farm produce, food supply chain, summer fieldwork, visual archive, social history, agricultural landscape, and archival record. The recorded references to Sunset, Brook, Massey, green, and Grappenhall preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is soil health and the relationship between rural landscapes and national food security in a form that can be compared with future views of Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,land,country,rural,farm,for,over,behind,green belt land,Grappenhall,Warrington,trees,field,fields,crop,cropped,developing,dusk,dawn,English,partnerships,Homes England,woodland,wood,forest,sunsets,countryside,farmland,farm land,sun,night,evening,tree
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NKAB - . This authentic period view of Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4 in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The principal subject is Sunset over Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4. Other connected aspects include social history, rural economy, community identity, agricultural landscape, public realm, summer fieldwork, documentary photography, local character, place identity, before-and-after reference, archival record, farm produce, period detail, and changing streetscape. For current editorial use, supply chains and crop yields provide additional context, especially through how hotter and wetter weather affects crop reliability. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4 at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. The surrounding story also includes crop production, regional identity, historical comparison, cereal crop, arable farming, changing land use, food supply chain, and grain harvest. Details involving Massey, Brook, green, Sunset, and Grappenhall make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of supply chains and the relationship between rural landscapes and national food security within the specific setting of Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4. The record includes a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,village,tree,summer,WA4 2SX,purple,rural,plant,plants,shrub,shrubs,blue,sky,Elderflower,trees,bunches,and,fruits,summertime,blue sky,blue skies,sunny,country,countryside,antioxidant,leaf,leaves,ripe,succulent,juicy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTWGJB - Sambucus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Adoxaceae. The various species are commonly referred to as elder, elderflower or elderberry. The genus was formerly placed in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, but was reclassified as Adoxaceae due to genetic and morphological comparisons to plants in the genus Adoxa.
Flowers of European black elder
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The oppositely arranged leaves are pinnate with 59 leaflets (or, rarely, 3 or 11). Each leaf is 530 cm (212 in) long, and the leaflets have serrated margins. They bear large clusters of small white or cream-colored flowers in late spring
these are followed by clusters of small black, blue-black, or red berries (rarely yellow or white).
Color
Structure of anthocyanins, the blue pigments in elderberries
Sambucus fruit is rich in anthocyanidins[3] that combine to give elderberry juice an intense blue-purple coloration that turns reddish on dilution with water. These pigments are used as colorants in various products, and elderberry juice color is listed by the US FDA as allowable in certified organic food products. In Japan, elderberry juice is listed as an approved natural color additive under the Food and Sanitation Law. Fibers can be dyed with elderberry juice (using alum as a mordant) to give a muted purple shade.
Toxicity
Although the cooked berries (pulp and skin) of most species of Sambucus are edible, the uncooked berries and other parts of plants from this genus are poisonous. Leaves, twigs, branches, seeds, roots, flowers, and berries of Sambucus plants produce cyanogenic glycosides, which have toxic properties.[10] Ingesting a sufficient quantity of cyanogenic glycosides from berry juice, flower tea, or beverages made from fresh leaves, branches, and fruit has been shown to cause illness, including nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, and weakness. In August 1983, a group of 25 people in Monterey County, California, became ill after ingesting elderberry juice pressed f
Thelwall, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2HY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,cluster,fresh eco,decay,cycle,nature,recycling,growing,on,recently,woods,chopped,down,tree,Cheshire,England,UK,brown,pattern,group,wood,rot,polypores,circular,fruiting,bodies,conks,conk,nutrient cycling,edible,inedible,medicinal,value,medicine,pathogens
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD3KP - Polypores are a group of fungi that form large fruiting bodies with pores or tubes on the underside (see Delimitation for exceptions). They are a morphological group of basidiomycetes-like gilled mushrooms and hydnoid fungi, and not all polypores are closely related to each other. Polypores are also called bracket fungi or shelf fungi, and they characteristically produce woody, shelf- or bracket-shaped or occasionally circular fruiting bodies that are called conks.
Most polypores inhabit tree trunks or branches consuming the wood, but some soil-inhabiting species form mycorrhiza with trees. Polypores and the related corticioid fungi are the most important agents of wood decay, playing a very significant role in nutrient cycling and aiding carbon dioxide absorption by forest ecosystems.
Over one thousand polypore species have been described to science, but a large part of the diversity is still unknown even in relatively well-studied temperate areas. Polypores are much more diverse in old natural forests with abundant dead wood than in younger managed forests or plantations. Consequently, a number of species have declined drastically and are under threat of extinction due to logging and deforestation.
Polypores are used in traditional medicine, and they are actively studied for their medicinal value and various industrial applications. Several polypore species are serious pathogens of plantation trees and are major causes of timber spoilage.
Conks, the fruiting bodies of polypores, lie in a close planar grouping of separate or interconnected horizontal rows. Brackets can range from only a single row of a few caps, to dozens of rows of caps that can weigh several hundred pounds.
Grappenhall Heys,Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 3DS,WA4,red,apple,on,a,tree,from,the,many,varieties,cultivated,at,south,Warrington,apple tree,tasty,fruit,desert,russet,russets,apple trees,food,fruits,fruittrees,fruit trees,ripe,branch,orchards,orchard,bearing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA3K - . An identifiable period record of Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3DS in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The principal subject is Ripe autumn apples,from the many varieties cultivated,at Grappenhall Heys, walled garden, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3DS. The locality and subject together evoke social history, local history, place-making, adaptive reuse, contemporary social history, local character, urban fabric, built heritage, heritage-led regeneration, changing streetscape, commercial redevelopment, period detail, historic townscape, and public-realm investment. The modern context includes continuing discussion of adaptive reuse, town-centre regeneration and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3DS before conservation work alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with town-centre renewal, mixed-use redevelopment, civic architecture, regional identity, urban regeneration, historical comparison, community identity, and before-and-after reference. The combination of garden, walled, autumn, apples, and varieties anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3DS may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects adaptive reuse and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres in a form that can be compared with future views of Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3DS.
Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3DS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M3,England,UK,1800s,1970s,shopping,retail,religious,building,buildings,and,1700s,the,tree,nature,leaves,in,leaf,Old,contrast,of,modern,medieval,&,new,architecture,Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary,St Denys and St George,Grade I,listed building,history,historic,Old Church Tavern,Mitre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYTBGB - Manchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, in Manchester, England, is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester, seat of the Bishop of Manchester and the city's parish church. It is on Victoria Street in Manchester city centre and is a grade I listed building.
The former parish church was rebuilt in the Perpendicular Gothic style in the years following the foundation of the collegiate body in 1421. Then at the end of the 15th century, James Stanley II (warden 14851506 and later Bishop of Ely 15061515) was responsible for rebuilding the nave and collegiate choir with high clerestory windows
also commissioning the late-medieval wooden internal furnishings, including the pulpitum, choir stalls and the nave roof supported by angels with gilded instruments. The collegiate church became the cathedral of the new Diocese of Manchester in 1847. It was extensively refaced, restored and extended in the Victorian period, and again following bomb damage during World War II. It is one of fifteen Grade I listed buildings in Manchester.
Manchester Arndale (one of a number of shopping centres in the UK by the same developers, also known simply as the Arndale Centre or the Arndale) is a large shopping centre in Manchester, England. It was constructed in phases between 1972 and 1979, at a cost of £100 million. Manchester Arndale is the largest of the chain of Arndale Centres built across the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. It was redeveloped after the 1996 Manchester bombing.
Built in 1815 as the Old Church Tavern the Mitre Hotel clearly derives its name from its neighbour the Manchester Cathedral. The Mitre has survived two potentially disasterous bombings. The first was just before Christmas in 1940 when Manchester suffered its worst blitz of the Second World War.
Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,shops,shopping,centre,shop,store,stores,mall,GS,Cheshire,England,UK,27,tree,door,doors,town centre,empty,space,spaces,welcomes,shoppers,NW,North West,Northwest,Northern Powerhouse,towns,architecture,buildings,business rates,businesses,business,attractive,for,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKMW24 - . This location-specific image from 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The subject captured here is GS, Welcome to Golden Square, 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB. The broader subject matter reaches into retail property, changing land use, local history, everyday life, local trading, customer footfall, archival record, public realm, specialist retailer, shopfront economy, local enterprise, regional identity, high-street commerce, and local character. For current editorial use, independent business and consumer spending provide additional context, especially through how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding. Future viewers can use this scene from 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with independent retail, changing streetscape, social history, contemporary social history, period detail, small business, before-and-after reference, and community identity. The combination of Golden, Welcome, Place, Market, and Square anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes independent business and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets when considered against later change at 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance for future local research. The frame retains period character before later change alters the scene.
27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Little Compton,Warwickshire,England,UK,OX7 5QB,a,at,stones,wish,wishes,decorations,belief,hope,fabric,tape,tapes,ribbon,hangs,hanging,placed,there,tree,trees,woods,forest,wood,woodland,woodlands,left,tied,knotted,attached,added
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP9HYB - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Little Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Ribbons tied to tree at Rollright stones, Little Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB. The broader subject matter reaches into historical comparison, architectural detail, local history, contemporary social history, local character, documentary photography, public realm, cityscape history, archival record, changing land use, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, heritage landmark, and built heritage. Today's relevance is strengthened by embodied carbon, heritage conservation and the continuing question of the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at Little Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The photograph additionally reflects adaptive reuse, period building, place identity, architectural character, historic townscape, period architecture, visual archive, and regional identity. The recorded references to Warwickshire, Ribbons, Rollright, stones, and Compton preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Little Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character in a form that can be compared with future views of Little Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB. The period view preserves period character for future local research.
Little Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,Altrincham,NT,on,the,at,town,for,walk,walking,cycle,cycling,bike,summer,blue sky,skies,route,routes,leisure,day out,trip,trips,short,sunny,blue skies,tree,trees,waterside,waterways,mooring,towpath,tow path,tow paths,towpaths
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH5D39 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The principal subject is Blue sign for the Bridgewater Way, to Dunham Massey NT - on the Canal at Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. The broader subject matter reaches into wayfinding system, local character, conservation architecture, changing streetscape, heritage landmark, before-and-after reference, navigation aid, historic streetscape, regional identity, public realm, operational signage, everyday life, urban fabric, and period building. Today's relevance is strengthened by maintenance, inclusive design and the continuing question of how small pieces of street furniture can become useful historical evidence. From a 2025-onward perspective, embodied carbon and redevelopment pressure are closely linked to this subject, alongside keeping older structures useful without erasing their character. Future viewers can use this scene from Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after redevelopment. The wider setting retains connections with social history, public information signage, historic townscape, orientation signage, archival record, historic frontage, documentary photography, and public-facing notice. The combination of Altrincham, Dunham, Canal, Bridgewater, and Massey anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is maintenance and how small pieces of street furniture can become useful historical evidence when considered against later change at Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. The period view preserves evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JF0T7Y - Bawming the Thorn
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the 19th century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the village hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was revived by the then headmaster, Bob Jones, in 1973. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day.
Bawming the Thorn
Local schoolchildren dance around the tree in the style of a maypole chanting verses to the tune of Bonnie Dundee, with the following repeated chorus:
Up with fresh garlands this midsummer morn,
Up with red ribbons on Appleton Thorn.
Come lasses and lads to the Thorn Tree today
To bawm it and shout as ye bawm it Hurray!
Bawming means decorating during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the crucifixion
Lumb Brook Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,waterway,water,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 2YG,at,the,navigation,bank,towpath,canals,North West,English,British,reflection,waterways,history,heritage,historic,canal,reflective,reflections,village,villages,white,home,canalside,tow path,paths,tree,rural,trees,summer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKRH7 - . Photographed at Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2YG in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The scene records Bridgewater Canal reflection at Church Lane, Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2YG. Further facets of the scene include conservation interest, changing land use, before-and-after reference, passenger river service, period building, waterfront cityscape, traditional structure, waterside public realm, historic frontage, heritage landmark, heritage asset, built heritage, period detail, and riverfront regeneration. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with local identity, heritage conservation and how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use. The modern context includes continuing discussion of biodiversity, waterside regeneration and the growing value of rivers and canals as transport, leisure and environmental corridors. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2YG may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The photograph additionally reflects urban fabric, historic townscape, changing streetscape, marine mobility, regional identity, blue-green infrastructure, conservation architecture, and waterside leisure. Details involving Bridgewater, Church, Grappenhall, Canal, and reflection make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2YG matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. It also preserves evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference.
Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2YG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ51X - . Photographed at Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is Appleton Thorn Bawming of the Thorn in the village, next to St Cross parish church. Ribbons tied to the tree & surrounding fence, Warrington, WA4 4RT. The wider scene also brings together period detail, local identity, changing streetscape, public realm, historic townscape, social history, contemporary city life, historical comparison, pedestrian environment, street-level documentary, architectural detailing, visual archive, townscape record, and local character. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into heritage conservation and planning control, not least because of the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by regeneration, commercial change and the continuing question of how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. Further associations within the scene are community life, traditional structure, contemporary social history, urban change, everyday street life, historic frontage, changing land use, and conservation interest. The combination of surrounding, fence, Ribbons, Cross, and village anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2JDJ51X.
Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,Clock Tower,clock,tower,cog,cogs,wood,wooden,tree,next,to,artistic,street,time,Greater Manchester,WA14 1EN,by,2016,local,artist,gateway,train,tunnel,Altrinchams,industrial,heritage,history,industry,carving,carved,Barrington Road,Stamford Street,project,Trafford Partnership Voluntary Sector Grant,Alty
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JBXJJ7 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Stamford New Road, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1EN in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The location is represented through Clock Tower wood sculpture 2016 by Andy Burgess, next to Stamford New Road, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1EN. The wider scene also brings together engineering history, rail mobility, local character, railway heritage, public realm, factory heritage, working-industry history, regional rail, station environment, community identity, regional identity, industrial artefact, rail infrastructure, and historic freight equipment. Current relevance extends to adaptive reuse and industrial conservation, particularly through recording the industries and transport systems that shaped British towns. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into reliability and regional connectivity, not least because of the role of stations and trains in lower-carbon mobility. As a dated visual record of Stamford New Road, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1EN, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include industrial railway heritage, heavy-industry heritage, rail transport, trackside history, train operations, former production site, industrial transport, and transport interchange. Details involving Burgess, Stamford, Altrincham, Tower, and Clock make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Stamford New Road, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1EN, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history.
Stamford New Road, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1EN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,WA4 5BG,tow,path,Stockton Heath,village,water,waterside,barge,mooring,moored,real estate,new,development,modern,home,homes,canalside,cute,tree,trees,nature,centre,tow path,towpath,WA4,three,storey,floor,floors,luxury,access,to,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDNP5 - . Photographed at 163 London Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 5BG in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is Waterbridge Court, Bridgewater Canal, London Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 5BG. The wider scene also brings together pedestrian environment, community identity, canal heritage, waterfront cityscape, contemporary social history, inland navigation, community life, city-centre activity, social history, waterside leisure, waterside public realm, everyday life, local history, and visual archive. For current editorial use, public access and waterway maintenance provide additional context, especially through the growing value of rivers and canals as transport, leisure and environmental corridors. Current relevance extends to commercial change and transport, particularly through how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around 163 London Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 5BG before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include townscape record, regional identity, period detail, changing streetscape, waterborne travel, blue-green infrastructure, place identity, and local character. Details involving Appleton, Bridgewater, Canal, Waterbridge, and Thorn make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 163 London Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 5BG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2JDDNP5.
163 London Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 5BG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2D6CRTN - . An authentic period record of Grappenhall Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 4QX, retaining the practical visual detail that later redevelopment, rebranding or altered use can remove. The photograph centres on Appleton Thorn Village sign, Lumb Brook Road, Grappenhall Lane, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4QX. Further connections within the scene include vernacular roadside furniture, social landscape, place identity, heritage sign furniture, local history, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, everyday Britain, urban change, historical comparison, local road heritage, community identity, local route marker, and historic highways furniture. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes changes in highway signage alongside maintenance of traditional road furniture, with particular attention to preserving distinctive county and parish character. For later comparison, the photograph preserves ownership and occupation at Grappenhall Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 4QX, details that may look very different after altered transport patterns. The wider local story also touches on public realm, village wayfinding, archival record, period detail, countryside navigation aid, local character, traditional directional post, and country-lane navigation. The recorded references to Appleton, Thorn, Village, Grappenhall, and Brook preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. Around Grappenhall Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 4QX, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. Another strand within the photograph is changes in highway signage and recording destinations and road relationships that can change when considered against later change at Grappenhall Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 4QX.
Grappenhall Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 4QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,services,safety of parishioners,stay safe,control the virus,virus,religion,change,changes,New Normal,Please No Singing in our Service sign,Please,singing ban,banned,singing,choral,Covid restrictions,C19,pandemic,no,signs,warning,gatherings,max,too,many,for,restriction,restrictions,do not,sing,nailed,to,a,tree
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE70 - . This scene at Tarvin, Cheshire, England, UK documents an everyday subject with wider connections to local identity, social story.htm Target=_Blank>history and changing patterns of use. At the heart of the image is St Andrews Church Tarvin, Cheshire, England, UK, Please No Singing in our Service sign,Covid19,Coronavirus, precautions. The wider scene also brings together urban change, archival record, public realm, urban fabric, documentary photography, social history, historical comparison, local character, built environment, visual archive, traditional masonry, social landscape, regional identity, and local history. For contemporary context, redevelopment pressure and energy retrofit are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. As a dated visual record of Tarvin, Cheshire, England, UK, the frame retains landscape and surrounding development, making it useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. Other connected aspects are architectural contrast, conservation interest, built heritage, historic townscape, architectural character, conservation architecture, period detail, and place identity. Details involving Tarvin, Please, Church, Andrews, and Service make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. For Tarvin, Cheshire, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes redevelopment pressure and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them as part of the longer story of Tarvin, Cheshire, England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is adaptive reuse and preserving local identity during urban change when considered against later change at Tarvin, Cheshire, England, UK. The image adds a further period reference to the visual history of Tarvin, Cheshire, England, UK.
Tarvin, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,example,tree fungus,trees,tree,fungal,fungi,brown,nature,natural,decay,decaying,wood,woods,bracket,English,British,saprophyte,trunk,polypore,giant,vegetation,mushroom,mushrooms,recycling,growth,damp,dampness,conditions,autumn,vibrant,growing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6JWRF - Bracket fungi, or shelf fungi, are among the many groups of fungi that compose the division Basidiomycota. Characteristically, they produce shelf- or bracket-shaped or occasionally circular fruiting bodies called conks that lie in a close planar grouping of separate or interconnected horizontal rows. Brackets can range from only a single row of a few caps, to dozens of rows of caps that can weigh several hundred pounds. They are mainly found on trees (living and dead) and coarse woody debris, and may resemble mushrooms. Some form annual fruiting bodies while others are perennial and grow larger year after year. Bracket fungi are typically tough and sturdy and produce their spores, called basidiospores, within the pores that typically make up the undersurface.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C5R3AA - Bawming the Thorn' in Appleton Thorn Village
Appleton Thorn village is the only village in England where the 'Bawming the Thorn' ceremony takes place. This ceremony take place on the 3rd Saturday of June every year. The thorn tree, which stands beside the church, is believed to be an offshoot of the Glastonbury thorn, which grew from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea. Adam de Dutton, a knight of the Crusades and local landowner, brought it to Appleton. Bawming, which means, decorating the the tree with flowers and ribbons, takes place whilst local children (our 6 class) dance and sing the Bawming song.
The Bawming Committee are always looking for new members to get involved to help maintain this unique celebration. If you would like to help in any way, please contact the Committee at: bawming@appletonthorn.org.uk
Grappenhall Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 4QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Recovering,recover,cabin cruiser,boat,pleasure,from,Bridgewater Canal,Thelwall Village,Warrington,Cheshire,improving a boat,a boat,WA4,MSCC,in autumn,Bridgewater,between,In the the fall,reflections,Thelwall village,leaves,leaf,leafs,Thelwall,scene,villages,waterway,linear,tree,tow path,trees,waterways,moored,mooring,autumn
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE3F8 - . Photographed at Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The subject recorded here is Recovering a cabin cruiser,from Bridgewater Canal,Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4. The image connects the immediate subject with towpath landscape, canal heritage, river transport, period detail, navigation engineering, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, regional identity, waterside infrastructure, changing streetscape, working waterway, archival record, historic context, public realm, and blue-green infrastructure. The present-day relevance extends to ageing locks and bridges and towpath access, while a wider concern is balancing leisure, ecology and engineering needs. For local-history research, the image captures the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change in this part of Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4. The surrounding context also covers historical comparison, social history, place identity, contemporary social history, managed navigation, local character, lock-side environment, and boating network. The combination of cabin, Bridgewater, cruiser, Warrington, and Canal anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to ageing locks and bridges and the value of waterways as blue-green corridors as part of the longer story of Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4. The location additionally provides evidence of heritage conservation and keeping historic infrastructure safe and operational when considered against later change at Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,The Fall,Fall,water,linear,waterway,towpath,tow path,tree,trees,brown,leaves,leaf,leafs,villages,Thelwall village,Thelwall,scene,in autumn,Bridgewater,between,Warrington,England,UK,MSCC,reflections,In the the fall,cabin cruiser,pleasure,Bridgewater Canal,Thelwall Village,from,Cheshire,a boat,waterways,moored,mooring,autumn
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE3GM - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The principal point of reference is Massey Brook in autumn,Bridgewater canal towpath,between Thelwall and Lymm villages,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. Further facets of the subject include social history, visual archive, lock-side environment, First World War remembrance, managed navigation, wartime sacrifice, community identity, poppy symbolism, inland navigation, archival record, memorial inscription, everyday life, memorial culture, and war dead. For contemporary context, heritage conservation and towpath access are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes keeping historic infrastructure safe and operational. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about memorial conservation, local history and the continuing role of Remembrance events in public life. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the view documents period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment within Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4. The photograph additionally reflects Armistice heritage, public realm, blue-green infrastructure, navigation engineering, boating network, contemporary social history, collective memory, and military commemoration. References to Massey, Brook, Thelwall, Warrington, and canal help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. By fixing the subject within Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is heritage conservation and the value of waterways as blue-green corridors in a form that can be compared with future views of Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4.
Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,English,apples,apple trees,red,apple,garden,25 Albert Rd,Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,WA4 2PF,WA4,Albert Road,John Ashby,Apple Tree,Sunrise,John,Ashby,tree,trees,orchard,in,memory,memorial,memoriam,library garden,gardens,community,library,plant,planted
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGDY - . Photographed at 25 Albert Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2PF in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The defining feature is John Ashby Apple Tree,Sunrise,Grappenhall Community Library,25 Albert Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2PF. The photograph also reflects wartime sacrifice, collective memory, road engineering, urban mobility, road connectivity, public realm, traffic management, transport corridor, local history, before-and-after reference, roadside environment, community remembrance, motorway travel, and changing land use. The present-day relevance extends to local history and remembrance culture, while a wider concern is how local communities preserve the names and memory of the dead. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes maintenance alongside active travel, with particular attention to balancing vehicle movement with safer streets. With the passage of time, the scene fixes evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life within the setting of 25 Albert Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2PF. The wider local story also touches on contemporary social history, military commemoration, Armistice heritage, industrial-community remembrance, visual archive, changing streetscape, everyday life, and archival record. Elements such as Apple, Library, Albert, Sunrise, and Community add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The surrounding context at 25 Albert Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2PF matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to local history and how local communities preserve the names and memory of the dead within the specific setting of 25 Albert Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2PF.
25 Albert Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2PF
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,Glasgow,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Xmas,Christmas,Xmas lights,decorations,street lights,Christmas Markets,Festive,street,streets,Glasgow Christmas Festive Lights,G2,G2 1DU,Glasgow Christmas,tree,Christmas Tree,hall,at,dusk,night,evening,in,illuminations,chambers,fairground,twilight,skyline,buildings,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEHX0 - . This documentary view of Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU, in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The main subject is Glasgow Christmas Festive Lights at dusk, George Square, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G2 1AL. A broader reading of the scene brings in historic commercial architecture, community identity, place identity, heritage landmark, regional identity, traditional masonry, conservation architecture, urban fabric, architectural character, adaptive reuse, period streetscape, documentary photography, period building, and cityscape history. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with energy retrofit, planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. As a documentary source, the image captures the combination of built form, activity and local identity within the setting of Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU,. The photograph additionally reflects social history, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, public realm, changing streetscape, heritage asset, historic townscape, and local character. References to Christmas, Square, Glasgow, Lights, and Festive help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The surrounding context at Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU, matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character in a form that can be compared with future views of Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU,. The scene further reflects heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the real-world context of Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU,.
Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEJ10 - The City Chambers or Municipal Buildings in Glasgow, Scotland, has functioned as the headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, and of preceding forms of municipal government in the city since 1889, located on the eastern side of the city's George Square. An eminent example of Victorian civic architecture, the building was constructed between 1882 and 1888 to a competition winning design by Scottish architect William Young. a native of Paisley.
The entrance hall of the Chambers displays a mosaic of the city's coat of arms on the floor. The arms reflect legends about Glasgow's patron saint, Saint Mungo, and include four emblems the bird, tree, bell, and fish as remembered in the following verse:
Here's the Bird that never flew
Here's the Tree that never grew
Here's the Bell that never rang
Here's the Fish that never swam
Inaugurated in August 1888 by Queen Victoria, the first council meeting was held within the chambers in October 1889. The building originally had an area of 5,016 m2 (53,990 sq ft). In 1923, an extension to the east side of the building in John Street was opened and in 1984 Exchange House in George Street was completed, increasing the size of the City Chambers complex to some 14,000 m2
Need for a new city chambers had been apparent since the 18th century, with the old Tolbooth at Glasgow Cross becoming insufficient for the purposes of civic government in a growing town with greater political responsibilities. In 1814, the Tolbooth was sold with the exception of the steeple, which still remains and the council chambers moved to Jail Square in the Saltmarket, near Glasgow Green.
82 George Square, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G2 1DU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEJ16 - . An authentic period view of Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU, in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The photograph records Glasgow Christmas Festive Lights at dusk, People Make Glasgow, George Square, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G2 1AL. The surrounding context brings together period detail, contemporary social history, traditional masonry, social history, regional identity, documentary photography, changing land use, community identity, urban fabric, historic frontage, visual archive, historic townscape, everyday life, and period building. The subject remains useful for current coverage of historic townscape and adaptive reuse, not least because of the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. For place-based research, the view leaves evidence of a particular stage in the life of the location at Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU,. The subject sits alongside public realm, cityscape history, conservation interest, heritage asset, archival record, local character, before-and-after reference, and historic context. References to People, Square, Scotland, Festive, and Christmas help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The period setting at Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU, 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 historic townscape and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment as part of the longer story of Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU,. The image also provides a reference for adaptive reuse and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity when considered against later change at Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU,. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2AAEJ16.
Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU,
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Cheshire,England,Warrington,UK,Fern,WA4,Autumn Leaves,Sycamore Leaf,leaves on leaves,Sycamore Leaves,fall,wet,damp,browns,autumnal,brown,yellow,a,the,leaf,leaves,single,trees,tree,November,Nov,ground,cover,covered,feeling,feel,nights drawing in,colors,colours,red,reds
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A989YD - A fern is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissues that conduct water and nutrients and in having life cycles in which the sporophyte is the dominant phase. Ferns have complex leaves called megaphylls, that are more complex than the microphylls of clubmosses. Most ferns are leptosporangiate ferns, sometimes referred to as true ferns. They produce coiled fiddleheads that uncoil and expand into fronds. The group includes about 10,560 known extant species.
Ferns are defined here in the broad sense, being all of the Polypodiopsida, comprising both the leptosporangiate (Polypodiidae) and eusporangiate ferns, the latter itself comprising ferns other than those denominated true ferns, including horsetails or scouring rushes, whisk ferns, marattioid ferns, and ophioglossoid ferns.
Ferns first appear in the fossil record about 360 million years ago in the late Devonian period, but many of the current families and species did not appear until roughly 145 million years ago in the early Cretaceous, after flowering plants came to dominate many environments. The fern Osmunda claytoniana is a paramount example of evolutionary stasis
paleontological evidence indicates it has remained unchanged, even at the level of fossilized nuclei and chromosomes, for at least 180 million years.
Ferns are not of major economic importance, but some are used for food, medicine, as biofertilizer, as ornamental plants and for remediating contaminated soil. They have been the subject of research for their ability to remove some chemical pollutants from the atmosphere. Some fern species, such as bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) and water fern (Azolla filiculoides) are significant weeds world wide. Some fern genera, such as Azolla can fix nitrogen and make a significant input to the nitrogen nutrition of rice paddies. They also play certa
Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,of,Paddys Wigwam,Mersey Funnel,archbishop,Grade II*,listed,building,architect,Taylor Woodrow,religion,brutal,L3,Cathedral House,Mount Pleasant,Liverpool,L3 5TQ,Hope Street,landmark,landmarks skyline,spring,tree,trees,leaves,leaf,green,vegetation,RC,Roman Catholic,concrete,brutalist
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475J9 - Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, officially known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King[2] and locally nicknamed Paddy's Wigwam, is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and was completed in 1967. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1933 and 1953, but none were completed.
The competition to design the cathedral was held in 1959. The requirement was first, for a congregation of 3,000 (which was later reduced to 2,000) to be able to see the altar, in order that they could be more involved in the celebration of the Mass, and second, for the Lutyens crypt to be incorporated in the structure. Gibberd achieved these requirements by designing a circular building with the altar at its centre, and by transforming the roof of the crypt into an elevated platform, with the cathedral standing at one end. The construction contract was let to Taylor Woodrow
The cathedral is built in concrete with a Portland stone cladding and an aluminium covering to the roof. Its plan is circular, having a diameter of 195 feet (59 m), with 13 chapels around its perimeter. The shape of the cathedral is conical, and it is surmounted by a tower in the shape of a truncated cone. The building is supported by 16 boomerang-shaped concrete trusses which are held together by two ring beams, one at the bends of the trusses and the other at their tops. Flying buttresses are attached to the trusses, giving the cathedral its tent-like appearance. Rising from the upper ring beam is a lantern tower, containing windows of stained glass, and at its peak is a crown of pinnacles.
The entrance is at the top of a wide flight of steps leading up from Hope Street.
Cathedral House, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,of,Paddys Wigwam,Mersey Funnel,archbishop,Grade II*,listed,building,architect,Taylor Woodrow,religion,brutal,L3,Cathedral House,Mount Pleasant,Liverpool,L3 5TQ,Hope Street,landmark,landmarks skyline,spring,tree,trees,leaves,leaf,green,vegetation,RC,Roman Catholic,concrete,brutalist,architecture,Paddies Wigwam
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475MR - Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, officially known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King[2] and locally nicknamed Paddy's Wigwam, is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and was completed in 1967. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1933 and 1953, but none were completed.
The competition to design the cathedral was held in 1959. The requirement was first, for a congregation of 3,000 (which was later reduced to 2,000) to be able to see the altar, in order that they could be more involved in the celebration of the Mass, and second, for the Lutyens crypt to be incorporated in the structure. Gibberd achieved these requirements by designing a circular building with the altar at its centre, and by transforming the roof of the crypt into an elevated platform, with the cathedral standing at one end. The construction contract was let to Taylor Woodrow
The cathedral is built in concrete with a Portland stone cladding and an aluminium covering to the roof. Its plan is circular, having a diameter of 195 feet (59 m), with 13 chapels around its perimeter. The shape of the cathedral is conical, and it is surmounted by a tower in the shape of a truncated cone. The building is supported by 16 boomerang-shaped concrete trusses which are held together by two ring beams, one at the bends of the trusses and the other at their tops. Flying buttresses are attached to the trusses, giving the cathedral its tent-like appearance. Rising from the upper ring beam is a lantern tower, containing windows of stained glass, and at its peak is a crown of pinnacles.
The entrance is at the top of a wide flight of steps leading up from Hope Street.
Cathedral House, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WBC,Cheshire,North West England,UK,tree,shrub,white,pink,flower,flowers,branch,branches,sunny,sunny day,Hatton,Norcott Brook,blue sky,Springtime,cherryblossom,artistic,closeup,natural,nature,outdoor,outside,garden,park,Cherry tree in full blossom,Cherry tree,full blossom,healthy,genus Prunus,flowering cherries,flowering cherry,springtime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy T3RF5B - A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).
The cherry fruits of commerce usually are obtained from cultivars of a limited number of species such as the sweet cherry (Prunus avium) and the sour cherry (Prunus cerasus). The name 'cherry' also refers to the cherry tree and its wood, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus Prunus, as in ornamental cherry or cherry blossom. Wild cherry may refer to any of the cherry species growing outside cultivation, although Prunus avium is often referred to specifically by the name wild cherry in the British Isles.
The English word cherry derives from Old Northern French or Norman cherise from the Latin cerasum, referring to an ancient Greek region, Kerasous (Κερασοῦς) near Giresun, Turkey, from which cherries were first thought to be exported to Europe. The indigenous range of the sweet cherry extends through most of Europe, western Asia, and parts of northern Africa, and the fruit has been consumed throughout its range since prehistoric times. A cultivated cherry is recorded as having been brought to Rome by Lucius Licinius Lucullus from northeastern Anatolia, also known as the Pontus region, in 72 BC.
Cherries were introduced into England at Teynham, near Sittingbourne in Kent, by order of Henry VIII, who had tasted them in Flanders.
Norcott Brook, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WBC,Cheshire,North West England,UK,tree,shrub,white,pink,flower,flowers,branch,branches,sunny,sunny day,Hatton,Norcott Brook,blue sky,Springtime,cherryblossom,artistic,closeup,natural,nature,outdoor,outside,garden,park,Cherry tree in full blossom,Cherry tree,full blossom,healthy,genus Prunus,flowering cherries,flowering cherry,springtime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy T3RF5G - A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).
The cherry fruits of commerce usually are obtained from cultivars of a limited number of species such as the sweet cherry (Prunus avium) and the sour cherry (Prunus cerasus). The name 'cherry' also refers to the cherry tree and its wood, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus Prunus, as in ornamental cherry or cherry blossom. Wild cherry may refer to any of the cherry species growing outside cultivation, although Prunus avium is often referred to specifically by the name wild cherry in the British Isles.
The English word cherry derives from Old Northern French or Norman cherise from the Latin cerasum, referring to an ancient Greek region, Kerasous (Κερασοῦς) near Giresun, Turkey, from which cherries were first thought to be exported to Europe. The indigenous range of the sweet cherry extends through most of Europe, western Asia, and parts of northern Africa, and the fruit has been consumed throughout its range since prehistoric times. A cultivated cherry is recorded as having been brought to Rome by Lucius Licinius Lucullus from northeastern Anatolia, also known as the Pontus region, in 72 BC.
Cherries were introduced into England at Teynham, near Sittingbourne in Kent, by order of Henry VIII, who had tasted them in Flanders.
Norcott Brook, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WBC,Cheshire,North West England,UK,tree,shrub,white,pink,flower,flowers,branch,branches,sunny,sunny day,Hatton,Norcott Brook,blue sky,Springtime,cherryblossom,artistic,closeup,natural,nature,outdoor,outside,garden,park,Cherry tree in full blossom,Cherry tree,full blossom,healthy,genus Prunus,flowering cherries,flowering cherry,springtime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy T3RF5K - A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).
The cherry fruits of commerce usually are obtained from cultivars of a limited number of species such as the sweet cherry (Prunus avium) and the sour cherry (Prunus cerasus). The name 'cherry' also refers to the cherry tree and its wood, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus Prunus, as in ornamental cherry or cherry blossom. Wild cherry may refer to any of the cherry species growing outside cultivation, although Prunus avium is often referred to specifically by the name wild cherry in the British Isles.
The English word cherry derives from Old Northern French or Norman cherise from the Latin cerasum, referring to an ancient Greek region, Kerasous (Κερασοῦς) near Giresun, Turkey, from which cherries were first thought to be exported to Europe. The indigenous range of the sweet cherry extends through most of Europe, western Asia, and parts of northern Africa, and the fruit has been consumed throughout its range since prehistoric times. A cultivated cherry is recorded as having been brought to Rome by Lucius Licinius Lucullus from northeastern Anatolia, also known as the Pontus region, in 72 BC.
Cherries were introduced into England at Teynham, near Sittingbourne in Kent, by order of Henry VIII, who had tasted them in Flanders.
Norcott Brook, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: SpreadEagel,Spread Eagle,pub,bar,Lymm,Eagle Brow,Cheshire,WBC,Warrington,England,UK,fog,foggy,weather,winter,real ale,village,boozer,sepia,brown,wet,dull,rain,rainy,trees,tree
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4596979965 - 'While high pressure systems bring lovely clear blue skies &
sunny days, in winter they can also bring cold grey fog, for days on end.
If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
Checkout the rest of this 365 set at www.flickr.com/photos/167831053@N02/albums/72157703214420874
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Grappenhall,Christmas,Tree,Trees,Christmas Trees,Grappenhall Christmas Tree Farm,Farm,Cheshire,Warrington,UK
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3153950175 - 'A big shout out to my local Christmas Tree farm in Grappenhall. I hope you had a busy December.
If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
Checkout the rest of this 365 set at www.flickr.com/photos/167831053@N02/albums/72157703214420874
All images (c) Tony Smith - @HotpixUK - No images to be used without express permission',
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365,one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,autumn,tree,leaves,leaf,brown,sunset,country lane,Cheshire,England,UK
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4558226709 - 'If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
All images (c) Tony Smith - @HotpixUK - No images to be used without express permission',
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Bluebell,Bluebells,wood,wooded,Cheshire,England,spring,Hyacinthoides,flowers,blue flowers,tree,trees,forest,forest bluebells,floor,wood floor,forest floor,beautiful bluebells,carpet,bluebell carpet,ancient woodland,ancient forest,path,forest path,forest paths,bluebell woods,deadwood,dead wood,spring bluebells,bulb,bulbs,bluebell bulbs,British Isles,British bluebells,English Bluebells,fallen logs,logs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P110KJ - Hyacinthoides non-scripta (formerly Endymion non-scriptus or Scilla non-scripta) is a bulbous perennial plant, found in Atlantic areas from north-western Spain to the British Isles, and also frequently used as a garden plant. It is known in English as the common bluebell or simply bluebell, a name which is used in Scotland to refer to the harebell, Campanula rotundifolia. In spring, H. non-scripta produces a nodding, one-sided inflorescence of 512 tubular, sweet-scented violetblue flowers, with strongly recurved tepals, and 36 long, linear, basal leaves.
H. non-scripta is particularly associated with ancient woodland where it may dominate the understorey to produce carpets of violetblue flowers in bluebell woods, but also occurs in more open habitats in western regions. It is protected under UK law, and in some other parts of its range. A related species, H. hispanica has also been introduced to the British Isles and hybridises with H. non-scripta to produce intermediates known as H. × massartiana.
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Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,sky,orange sky,red sky,dramatic,winter sunset,sunset,tree,trees,bare trees,leafless tree,with trees,Cheshire,England,UK,field,fields,Countryside,country,sunrise,book cover,painting,sunset painting,sunrise painting,drama,sunrise drama,sunset drama,Sunset with leafless trees,red,pink,blue,yellow,oak tree,oak,oaks,larch,branch,branches
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM99WJ - . Made at the recorded location in 2017, 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 location is represented through Dramatic winter sunsets with trees, Cheshire, England, UK. The broader subject matter reaches into visual archive, documentary photography, period building, conservation interest, local history, architectural detail, heritage landmark, public realm, contemporary social history, period detail, everyday life, place identity, changing land use, and cityscape history. Today's relevance is strengthened by redevelopment pressure, tourism and the continuing question of the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after refurbishment. The location also brings in architectural character, adaptive reuse, heritage asset, changing streetscape, historic townscape, historical comparison, built heritage, and conservation architecture. The combination of Dramatic, sunsets, trees, and winter anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The wider significance includes redevelopment pressure and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is energy retrofit and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the real-world context of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,South East England,England,seaside,English,UK,GB,coast,coastal,town,summer,seaside resort,resort,Brighton and Hove,council,Sussex,tourists,travel,tourism,popular seaside destination,LGBT,LGBTQ,community,lesbian,gay,bisexual,homosexual,same sex households,George,Prince of Wales,building,grade I,shaded,by trees,tree,BN1 1EE,BN1,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RKMM91 - The Royal Pavilion, also known as the Brighton Pavilion, is a Grade I listed former royal residence located in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century. The current appearance of the Pavilion, with its domes and minarets, is the work of architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815.
The purchase of the Royal Pavilion from Queen Victoria, by Brighton, marked the beginnings of the site's attraction as a tourist destination. The Royal Pavilion has been changed from a private residence to a public attraction under civic ownership. Today, around 400,000 people visit the Royal Pavilion annually. General filming and photography is not permitted inside the Royal Pavilion. Many of the items in the palace are on loan, in particular from HM The Queen, and one condition of the loans is that the items cannot be photographed or reproduced without prior written permission.
The Royal Pavilion is licensed as a venue for weddings. On 29 March 2014, the Royal Pavilion was host to one of a number of the first legal same-sex marriages to take place in the United Kingdom following the passage of the 2013 Same Sex Couples Act.
4/5 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton, England, UK, BN1 1EE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,South East England,England,seaside,English,UK,GB,coast,coastal,town,summer,seaside resort,resort,Brighton and Hove,council,Sussex,tourists,travel,tourism,popular seaside destination,LGBT,LGBTQ,community,lesbian,gay,bisexual,homosexual,same sex households,George,Prince of Wales,building,grade I,shaded,by trees,tree,BN1 1EE,BN1
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RKMM92 - The Royal Pavilion, also known as the Brighton Pavilion, is a Grade I listed former royal residence located in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century. The current appearance of the Pavilion, with its domes and minarets, is the work of architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815.
The purchase of the Royal Pavilion from Queen Victoria, by Brighton, marked the beginnings of the site's attraction as a tourist destination. The Royal Pavilion has been changed from a private residence to a public attraction under civic ownership. Today, around 400,000 people visit the Royal Pavilion annually. General filming and photography is not permitted inside the Royal Pavilion. Many of the items in the palace are on loan, in particular from HM The Queen, and one condition of the loans is that the items cannot be photographed or reproduced without prior written permission.
The Royal Pavilion is licensed as a venue for weddings. On 29 March 2014, the Royal Pavilion was host to one of a number of the first legal same-sex marriages to take place in the United Kingdom following the passage of the 2013 Same Sex Couples Act.
4/5 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton, England, UK, BN1 1EE
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Keywords: High,level,summer,spring,metal,steel,iron,frame,framework,Ackers,ln,lane,rd,road,park,MSCC,repairs,maintenance,High level Bridge,Ackers Road,Ackers Rd,Cantilever Park,Cantilever Bridge,Cantilever Bridges,Manchester Ship Canal,Peel Ports,Trans Pennine Trail,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,cycle,route,tree,trees,path,foliage,ferns,wide,across,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Buy photo of,Transpennine Trail,Trans-pennine Trail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FKWX - . This authentic period view of Ackers Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK in 2016 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The defining feature is Cantilever Bridge,Manchester Ship Canal Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes regional identity, heritage asset, period detail, place identity, built heritage, cityscape history, visual archive, contemporary social history, surface public transport, period building, local history, public realm, urban fabric, and changing streetscape. For current editorial use, bus service funding and local connectivity provide additional context, especially through how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. Current relevance extends to embodied carbon and heritage conservation, particularly through the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. Small period details of materials and architectural details at Ackers Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The location also brings in local mobility, historic streetscape, public transport stop, everyday life, transport accessibility, conservation architecture, heritage landmark, and period architecture. References to Cantilever, Canal, Manchester, Latchford, and Bridge give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Ackers Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes bus service funding and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare within the real-world context of Ackers Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK.
Ackers Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: October,Autumn,tourist,tourists,in,Munchen,bier,Garten,bright,sunny,happy,tree,trees,table,tables,fun,enjoyment,tourism,ticket,tickets,Ammer,traditional,tradition,Munich Octoberfest,Munich Oktoberfest,GoTonySmith,Munich,Oktoberfest,in,Germany,Volksfest,beer,festival,and,travelling,funfair,Bavaria,event,Wiesn,October,Autumn,Theresienwiese,field,or,meadow,of,Therese,centre,beer,center,bier,roast,pork,chicken,building,buildings,Brezen,pretzels,Knödel,potato,bread,dumplings,Käsespätzle,Reiberdatschi,pancake,Sauerkraut,or,Rotkohl,Blaukraut,ale,Dirndl,Lederhosen,Sennerhut,tent,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Unity Day,Oktoberfest beer,Beer festival
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7N9TP - Munich Oktoberfest
Only beer conforming to the Reinheitsgebot, and brewed within the city limits of Munich, can be served at the Munich Oktoberfest. Beers meeting these criteria are designated Oktoberfest Beer. Veteran bartenders take a mere 1.5 seconds to fill up a litre stein.
Theresienwiese, Theresienhöhe, 80339 München, Germany
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Keywords: October,Autumn,tourist,tourists,in,Munchen,bier,Garten,bright,sunny,happy,tree,trees,table,tables,fun,tourism,ticket,Ammer,traditional,Beer garden,Munich Octoberfest,Munich Oktoberfest,GoTonySmith,Munich,Oktoberfest,in,Germany,Volksfest,beer,festival,and,travelling,funfair,Bavaria,event,Wiesn,fairgrounds,Octoberfest,October,Autumn,Theresienwiese,field,or,meadow,of,Therese,centre,beer,center,bier,roast,pork,chicken,building,buildings,Brezen,pretzels,Knödel,potato,bread,dumplings,Käsespätzle,Reiberdatschi,pancake,Sauerkraut,or,Rotkohl,Blaukraut,ale,Dirndl,Lederhosen,Sennerhut,tent,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Unity Day,Oktoberfest beer,Beer festival
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7NB2H - Munich Oktoberfest
Only beer conforming to the Reinheitsgebot, and brewed within the city limits of Munich, can be served at the Munich Oktoberfest. Beers meeting these criteria are designated Oktoberfest Beer. Veteran bartenders take a mere 1.5 seconds to fill up a litre stein.
Theresienwiese, Theresienhöhe, 80339 München, Germany
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Keywords: October,Autumn,tourist,tourists,in,Munchen,bier,Garten,bright,sunny,happy,tree,trees,table,tables,fun,enjoyment,tourism,ticket,tickets,Ammer,traditional,tradition,Beer garden,Munich Octoberfest,Munich Oktoberfest,GoTonySmith,Munich,Oktoberfest,in,Germany,Volksfest,beer,festival,and,travelling,funfair,Bavaria,event,Wiesn,fairgrounds,Octoberfest,October,Autumn,Theresienwiese,field,or,meadow,of,Therese,centre,beer,center,bier,roast,pork,chicken,building,buildings,Brezen,pretzels,Knödel,potato,bread,dumplings,Käsespätzle,Reiberdatschi,pancake,Sauerkraut,or,Rotkohl,Blaukraut,ale,Dirndl,Lederhosen,Sennerhut,tent,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Unity Day,Oktoberfest beer,Beer festival
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7NBBM - Munich Oktoberfest
Only beer conforming to the Reinheitsgebot, and brewed within the city limits of Munich, can be served at the Munich Oktoberfest. Beers meeting these criteria are designated Oktoberfest Beer. Veteran bartenders take a mere 1.5 seconds to fill up a litre stein.
Theresienwiese, Theresienhöhe, 80339 München, Germany
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Keywords: Xmas glitter white red rose wine at Christmas,in,front,of,tree,of,decorations,alcohol,booze,boozing,dangerous,sclerosis,of,liver,cancer,anti-drink,driving,campaign,police,dont,drink,and,drive,get,behind,wheel,of,a,car,vehicle,glitter,offence,horrible,hangover,hangovers,health,hazards,Gotonysmith,dont,empty,wine,half full,half empty
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MNW - . Dangers of festive drinking, one more glass of rose wine, at Christmas, in front of tree of decorations - half glass. The photograph was taken on 25 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Dangers of festive drinking, one more glass of, rose, fizz, halfempty, halffull, half, Xmas glitter white red rose wine at Christmas, front and tree, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject has clear editorial relevance to alcohol consumption, drinking culture, health messaging, festive behaviour and the social settings in which alcoholic drinks are consumed. It can support features about responsible drinking, alcohol-related health risks, Christmas and holiday consumption, wine, beer or spirits, licensing, hospitality and public-health campaigns. Glasses, bottles, decorations, bar or domestic surroundings and other contextual details can help editors illustrate drinking as an everyday social behaviour rather than an abstract medical concept. The documentary treatment is useful for news, health, lifestyle and social-history coverage, particularly where the image connects alcohol with celebration, excess or changing attitudes to consumption. Search themes include alcohol, drinking, wine, beer, festive consumption, responsible drinking, public health, alcohol harm, hospitality and lifestyle. The image can support both consumer and health-related editorial coverage, particularly where the visual context suggests celebration, temptation or excess. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
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Keywords: Saint,Annes,Saint Annes Square,St Annes Square,crowd women,ladies,charity,fund raising,fundraising,Xmas,Christmas,NW,North west,City,cold,December,winter,collecting,tin,collecting tin,England,UK,bucket,dusk,night,nighttime,public,shopping,shoppers,Britain,capital,carol,choir,GoTonySmith,Great Britain,festive,traditional,tree,trees,christian,cold,girls,girl,in the cold,music,people,performance,religious,season,seasons,show,leader,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DME - . Traditional Carol Singers Manchester St Annes Sq, England, UK at night. The photograph was taken on 06 December 2014. 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 Carol, Singers, Manchester, Annes, Saint, Saint Annes Square, St Annes Square, crowd women, ladies and charity, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYCBM - . This scene at the recorded location in 2013 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The defining feature is Pears on tree, autumn, ready for harvest, England, UK. Other connected aspects include specialist shop, place identity, public realm, local character, regional identity, street-level business, visual archive, independent retail, before-and-after reference, community identity, period detail, contemporary social history, documentary photography, and retail property. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial rents and online shopping, not least because of the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around the recorded location before changed technology alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects local enterprise, specialist retailer, everyday life, archival record, historical comparison, small business, town-centre trading, and local history. References to ready, Pears, autumn, and harvest give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The dated record from the recorded location makes the broader context more tangible. A further contemporary connection is commercial rents and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy when considered against later change at the recorded location. The wider significance includes business rates and how commercial property costs affect small retailers without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is consumer spending and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Image DCYCBM also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Keywords: Old fashioned black on white cast iron signposts to Stretton,Runcord,and,Warrington,at,Appleton,Thorn,Cheshire,WA4,England,northern,UK,GB,Great,Britain,gotonysmith,road,side,roadside,B5356,near,junction,Green,Ln,Lane,WA4,5NS,WA45NS,village,villages,tradition,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Near,bush,thorn,tree
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D96MXH - . Old fashioned black on white cast iron signposts to Stretton , Runcorn and Warrington at Appleton Thorn Cheshire WA4. Photographed on 11 June 2013. The recorded location is Green Lane, Appleton Thorn, South Warrington, England, UK WA4 5NS. As background, clothing details record both craftsmanship and changing taste
Tailoring, buttons, fabrics and formal dress can reveal manufacturing quality, social conventions and fashion cycles that move between bespoke production and mass-market clothing. Historically, heritage photography is particularly useful where buildings or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. The historical context is that allotments and farms link household self-sufficiency with the commercial food system
Seed varieties, hand cultivation and large-scale mechanised farming provide a visual history of how people grow food and how agricultural practice changes. Against the 2026 backdrop, current discussion of clothing often contrasts disposable fast fashion with quality, longevity and skilled manufacture
Tailoring details can therefore support stories about craftsmanship, sustainability and consumer choice. In 2026, conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change. From a heritage perspective, fashion is often best understood through small details such as buttons, cuts, textiles and finishes
These elements show how garments are constructed and can distinguish bespoke tailoring, formalwear, uniforms or the distinctive styles of a particular decade. Closely connected keywords include menswear, fashion history, sartorial, garment construction, and quality clothing.
Green Lane, Appleton Thorn, South Warrington, England, UK WA4 5NS
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Keywords: Preparing the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village,South Warrington,England for the annual June,Bawning,ceremony,lady,ladies,decorating,red,ribbon,ribbons,gotonysmith,walking,day,party,eccentric,eccentricities,Appletonthorn,up,a,ladder,top,Bawning,history,Bawming the Thorn,Midsummer's,Day,Local,schoolchildren,dance,around,the,tree,bush,Cheshire,Glastonbury,staff,of,Joseph,of,Arimathea,the man who arranged for Jesuss burial after the Crucifixion.,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D96N1A - Preparing the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village, South Warrington, England for the annual June Bawming the Thorn
Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the Nineteenth century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the Village Hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was later revived by the then headmaster, Mr. Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day. Local schoolchildren dance around the tree.
Bawming means decorating - during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the Crucifixion.
Green Lane, Appleton Thorn, South Warrington, England, UK WA4 5NS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D96N1P - Preparing the famous Thorn tree at Appleton Thorn village, South Warrington, England for the annual June Bawming the Thorn
Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the Nineteenth century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the Village Hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was later revived by the then headmaster, Mr. Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day. Local schoolchildren dance around the tree.
Bawming means decorating - during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the Crucifixion.
Green Lane, Appleton Thorn, South Warrington, England, UK WA4 5NS
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Keywords: Spring,flower,cherry,blossom,bloom,new,life,tree,cheshire,england,uk,white,pink,petals,tonysmith,hotpix,tonysmiththat,tonysmiththathousing
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8464498157 - 'The Cult - 'Wild Flower' - Play this track here.
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This is one of the best tracks from 'Electric' the pivotal third album by The Cult. Released in 1987, the album marked a deliberate stylistic change in the band from a Gothic rock to a hard rock band. Rick Rubin, the producer on Electric, had been specifically hired to remake the band's sound in an effort to capitalize on the popularity of hard rock and heavy metal in the 1980s.
After the breakthrough success of their second album, Love, the Cult began working on a follow-up with producer Steve Brown. In the summer of 1986, they recorded twelve tracks at the Manor Studio in Oxfordshire. These recordings, which came to be known as the Manor Sessions, were to make up a new album, tentatively entitled Peace. However, upon completion of the recording sessions, the band decided that they were unhappy with the sound, and began to look for a new producer.
The band went on to choose Rick Rubin, who was known for producing albums for hip hop artists and thrash metal band Slayer. These new recordings, with a slightly different track-list and running order, became the album that was released.
Although all twelve of the Manor Sessions tracks were initially scrapped, four of them would turn up as B-sides to singles from Electric. A further five of them appeared on a limited edition EP, and with the release of Rare Cult in 2000, the rest of the unreleased Steve Brown-produced tracks were made available.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5207618142 - 'A Forest - 'The Cure' - Play this track here.
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This is vague story about a man looking for a girl in a forest. He hears her calling for him, and as he chases her, he suddenly stops and realizes that he is lost and that the girl is not there. Its easy to feel like that in a dense area of woodland, easy to be disorientated, lose yourself.
Often its regarded as 'The Cure's sound and is one of the most memorable tracks. It was the bands first 12' single release from 1980. I must admit not to be an ardent Cure fan, but have some definite favourites.
At the Werchter Festival in Belgium, July 5, 1981 according to bootleg legend, a notorious 'Robert Palmer' version of the track was performed. Everything was late at the festival, and the crowd was mostly there to see artists that were at the time bigger than The Cure, like Dire Straits and Robert Palmer, of whom the latter happened to be the next on stage after The Cure.
After twelve songs, Palmer's roadies said that if The Cure didn't stop playing soon, they would pull the plug. They reached a compromise that they would play one song before they left, opting for 'A Forest', which they decided to play a lot longer than what was normal at the time (almost ten minutes).
Robert Smith added some lyrics improvised on the spot (including the words: 'Such a long end' repeated several times). When the band finally finished, bass player Simon Gallup yelled into the microphone: 'F**k Robert Palmer, and f**k rock 'n' roll!'. It is not possible on the bootleg to hear Robert Palmer's roadies throwing The Cure's gear off the back of the stage afterwards.
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Deciduous plants, including trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials, are those that 'decide' to lose all of their leaves for part of the year. This process is called abscission. In some cases leaf loss coincides with winter - namely in temperate or polar climates. While in other areas of the world, including tropical, subtropical and arid regions of the world, plants lose their leaves during the dry season or during other seasons depending on variations in rainfall.
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Keywords: apple,tree,shrub,blossom,flower,sakura,white,blue,sky,poloriser,polariser,spring,bright,fresh,new,cheshire,rudheath,northwich,uk,united,kingdom,england,britain,nature,HDR,photomatix,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4615776482 - 'Here is a great ceiling of white blossom, some kind of apple I think. We seem to be awash with blossom at the moment. I dont know if its better than usual near me or just a bit better this year after the particularly harsh winter.
Thinking about that theme, the National Trust (NT) have launched a light-hearted competition asking for contributions towards a Japanese-style 'renga' poem on teh subject of the spring blossom.
Renga is an art form going back centuries, where one poet writes a verse before passing their contribution on to another. Blossom, a popular obsession in Japan is a traditional subject matter.
The National Trust's 36 verse poem will plan to track the country's orchards as they blossom from south to north in the coming weeks. The first 12 started at the Mother Orchard on the Cotehole Estate near Saltash in Cornwall, an eight-acre orchard filled with 120 apple tree varieties as well as cherries, pears and plums.
The middle 12 will be composed with the help of the public over the following 14 days, as the trees blossom across the country.
Aspiring renga poets can submit their verses for consideration online at a special website, www.orchardnetwork.org.uk . The best will be picked for inclusion in the final poem bythe Trust's poetry experts. The final 12 verses will be written at Acorn Bank in Cumbria, mid May.
Good for families the events at Cotehele and Acorn Bank will include picnics under the trees, bug hunts, blossom walks and wildlife displays. A great many of Englands orchards have been lost over the last 50 years and hopefully, this will help revive interest in Adams Pearmain, Ashmead's Kernel, Beauty of Bath, Egremont Russet and Sufolks Sturmer Pippin.
Lets see!
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,tree,woods,in Spring,furry catkins,Dalkeith,Scotland,Flowering shoots,Spring,smaller species,sallows,furry,an early sign of spring,spring on its way,flowering shoots,nature,forest,natural,beautiful,spring,Palm Sunday,against blue sky,Polish Dyngus Day observances,Easter Monday,flower,shoot,classic,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,morning,low sun,early sign,of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9GHXJ - Pussy willow is a name given to many of the smaller species of the genus Salix (willows and sallows) when their furry catkins are young in early spring. These species include (among many others):
Goat willow or goat sallow (Salix caprea), a small tree native to northern Europe and northwest Asia.
Grey willow or grey sallow (Salix cinerea), a small tree native to northern Europe.
American pussy willow (Salix discolor), native to northern North America.
Before the male catkins of these species come into full flower they are covered in fine, greyish fur, leading to a fancied likeness to tiny cats, also known as pussies . The catkins appear long before the leaves, and are one of the earliest signs of spring. At other times of year trees of most of these species are usually known by their ordinary names.
The flowering shoots of pussy willow are used both in Europe and America for spring religious decoration on Palm Sunday, as a replacement for palm branches, which do not grow that far north.
Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox
Ruthenian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Bavarian, and Austrian Roman Catholics
Finnish and Baltic Lutherans and Orthodox
and various other Eastern European peoples carry pussy willows on Palm Sunday instead of palm branches. This custom has continued to this day among Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Ruthenian Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, Kashubian Catholic and Polish Catholic émigrés to North America. Sometimes, on Palm Sunday they will bless both palms and pussy willows in church. The branches will often be preserved throughout the year in the family's icon corner.
Pussy willow also plays a prominent role in Polish Dyngus Day (Easter Monday) observances, continued also among Polish-Americans,especially in the Buffalo, New York, area.
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9GHXN - Pussy willow is a name given to many of the smaller species of the genus Salix (willows and sallows) when their furry catkins are young in early spring. These species include (among many others):
Goat willow or goat sallow (Salix caprea), a small tree native to northern Europe and northwest Asia.
Grey willow or grey sallow (Salix cinerea), a small tree native to northern Europe.
American pussy willow (Salix discolor), native to northern North America.
Before the male catkins of these species come into full flower they are covered in fine, greyish fur, leading to a fancied likeness to tiny cats, also known as pussies . The catkins appear long before the leaves, and are one of the earliest signs of spring. At other times of year trees of most of these species are usually known by their ordinary names.
The flowering shoots of pussy willow are used both in Europe and America for spring religious decoration on Palm Sunday, as a replacement for palm branches, which do not grow that far north.
Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox
Ruthenian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Bavarian, and Austrian Roman Catholics
Finnish and Baltic Lutherans and Orthodox
and various other Eastern European peoples carry pussy willows on Palm Sunday instead of palm branches. This custom has continued to this day among Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Ruthenian Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, Kashubian Catholic and Polish Catholic émigrés to North America. Sometimes, on Palm Sunday they will bless both palms and pussy willows in church. The branches will often be preserved throughout the year in the family's icon corner.
Pussy willow also plays a prominent role in Polish Dyngus Day (Easter Monday) observances, continued also among Polish-Americans,especially in the Buffalo, New York, area.
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Chris,Shaw,operations,manager,northwich,town,council,church,cemetary,cematary,road,cheshire,death,dead,buried,burial,ledger,books,family,tree,365project,project365,office,work,working,register,1893,writing,written,dark,disturbia,HDR,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,narrative,sex,sexy,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4503896012 - 'Chris is the operations manager (M.Inst.ICCM to give him his proper title) at Northwich Town Council for cemetaries. He looks after the allocation of burial and cremation plots at Northwich and Rudheath in Cheshire. He is a great chap and I was inspired to have a little window into his job.
It is his job to catalog each interment and here he is looking at a ledger of burials from 1893 onwards. Documentation becomes sparse much before this. All of the records in Northwich are in fact paper records in ledgers like this, they have not yet been computerised or fully digitised. Often a usual day at his office is taken up at least in part by family tree enquiries and manual searches of the books of carefully hand written entries. The books are now getting quite worn and tired, some flaking and coming apart unfortunately.
I had quite a long interesting chat with Chris, who as you might expect had quite an enlightened view of death and burial. The British and indeed largly northern European view of it tend to keep it hidden. However it is the only one of two things we will all encounter in life, the second being tax.
Human burial practices are generally bourne from the human desire to demonstrate 'respect for the dead'. Also to prevent the possibilities of revenants harming the living.
Here are the main reasons for this-
Respect for the physical remains. If left lying on top of the ground, scavengers may eat the corpse, considered disrespectful to the deceased in many (but not all) cultures. In Tibet, Sky burials return the remains to the cycle of life and acknowledge the body as 'food,' a core tenet of some Buddhist practices. Parsi's in India expose the body to the air, birds, insects etc to be picked clean. This last one is not so far away from what ancient britons did when bones were picked clean then stored in communal chambers, as have been found in the Scotish hebrides and particularly on Mull.
Burial can be seen as an attempt to bring closure to the deceased's family and friends. Psychologists in some Western Judeo-Christian quarters, as well as the US funeral industry, claim that by interring a body away from plain view, the pain of losing a loved one can be lessened.
Many cultures believe in an afterlife. Burial is sometimes believed to be a necessary step for an individual to reach the afterlife.
Many religions prescribe a particular way to live, which includes customs relating to disposal of the dead.
He is seeing a rise in green / natural funerals. Bodies buried five to ten feet down in a wicker or biodegradable container, sometimes not even in a traditional cemetary setting. Cremation is becoming ever more popular too. Suffice to say, Chris and the job he does should be safe for sometime to come.
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Keywords: winter,ice,icicles,snow,scotland,a702,a7,tree,iced,cold,colder,coldest,nature,cool,cooling,white,blue,splash,low,temperatures,lamington,culter,abington,abingdon,M74,highway,road,edinbrugh,hotpix!,Edinburg,edimburgh
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4396841970 - 'While snowdrops and other crocus are starting to appear, there is still lots of winter around in Scotland and England, Here splashes of water from the A702 have petrified a tree in ice. A natural phenomenia.
the A702 is the road up to Edinburgh. Here is a shot from my favourite bars there www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4231716225/
Some industrial icicles www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4278206361/
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Keywords: Snowy,winter,Cheshire,power,lines,Sunset,winter,cold,very,icy,ice,sunrise,gotonysmith,receeding,sun,in,sky,tree,december,november,january,high,voltage,power,lines,powerlines,orange,red,horizon,best,interesting,Snowy winter Cheshire power lines Sunset,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,supply,fuel,generation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF223B - . Snowy winter Cheshire power lines at sunset. Photographed on 9 January 2010. The recorded location is Antrobus / Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. Snowy winter Cheshire power lines Sunset . A snowy winter sunset / sunrise behind receding electrical high voltage power lines in North West England , United Kingdom UK. Looking at the subject's development, landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a specific moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. For the 2026 context, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. The wider historical story is that panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. Historically, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. In historical terms, landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. In 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent.
Antrobus / Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4182533330 - 'A shot taken from the old canal bridge crossing the trent and mersey canal to Orchard boatyard south of Lostock.
It was cold and misty all day and gave a really delicate feel.
Another toned image here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3813002518/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4163601799 - 'Shot on a wet rainy overcast day in a church yard. This has brought out the strong autumn orange colours.
Another autumn shot here : www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3828201350/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4084252638 - 'Autumn in the graveyard at St Johns.
Nice browns and oranges in the trees.
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Keywords: Knutsford,Church,Graveyard,red,leaves,tree,shrub,celtic,cross,celticcross,cheshire,UK,Great,Britain,stone,work,stonework,Mobberley,road,hotpixuk,hotpix,tony,tdk,tdktony,grey,metalic,metal,gray,365days
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3998614063 - 'Cross by autumnal tree at St Cross Church of England Church
Some autumn fungi here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4023484541/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3809617912 - 'Holga CFN 35mm Film
Also from Northwich www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3805820568/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH5D37 - . This scene at Broadheath, Altrincham , Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 5GJ in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The main point of reference is Urban Splash Budenberg canalside property development at Broadheath, Altrincham , Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 5GJ. The setting additionally reflects riverfront regeneration, everyday life, local character, community identity, waterborne travel, before-and-after reference, archival record, historical comparison, local history, site transformation, new-build scheme, river transport, period detail, and development pipeline. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with biodiversity, river transport and the growing value of rivers and canals as transport, leisure and environmental corridors. The modern context includes continuing discussion of labour shortages, materials and the pressure to deliver new facilities while controlling construction cost and quality. As a dated visual record of Broadheath, Altrincham , Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 5GJ, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects changing land use, blue-green infrastructure, documentary photography, building programme, navigation corridor, development site, waterside leisure, and commercial construction. References to Broadheath, development, Altrincham, canalside, and Budenberg give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Broadheath, Altrincham , Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 5GJ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. It also preserves period character within the wider story of Broadheath, Altrincham , Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 5GJ.
Broadheath, Altrincham , Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 5GJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HRDJ - . Autumn forest scene at Humbie Woods , East Lothian, Scotland UK. Photographed on 21 October 2012. The recorded location is Humbie, East Lothian , Edinburgh, Scotland , UK. Showing bright red fall leaves and the natural forest, a short drive from Edinburgh. Historically, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. As background, rural and botanical images document the seasonal cycles of the British landscape, from spring flowers and nesting wildlife to summer crops, autumn foliage and winter frost
They can also record changing land management, farming practice and the relationship between cultivated and wild species. In 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. Against the 2026 backdrop, biodiversity recovery, climate resilience and land management remain major UK environmental themes
Photographs of crops, wildflowers, insects and seasonal vegetation can therefore support coverage of pollinators, farming, habitat restoration and the effects of increasingly variable weather. The historical context is that landscape photographs record more than scenery: structures, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. The subject remains topical in 2026 because landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period.
Humbie, East Lothian , Edinburgh, Scotland , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RJW - East Ilsley
Sheltered in a dip in the downs just off the A34 Southampton to Oxford and the Midlands trunk road is the ancient village of East Ilsley. The A34, once an important coaching route, originally passed right through the village and just to the north of the village is the ancient Ridgeway. So East Ilsley, once also known as Market Ilsley or Chipping Ilsley, had a prominent and important position.
The origin of the name is unclear. Originally Hildeslei , It could mean place of conflict or battle field and it is known that Alfred defeated the Danes in the Battle of Ashdown which took place nearby. Alternatively it could mean a woodland clearing of a man called Hild, and this meaning is supported by at least two sources. The nearby village of West Ilsley was originally a hamlet within the parish of East Ilsley.
East Ilsley once held an important weekly sheep market and had claims on the title of sheep farming capital of England. In the 19th century the sheep market was second in size only to Smithfield market in London. The origins of the then small East Ilsley sheep fair can be traced back to the 13th century, but from from the 17th century a weekly sheep market was held throughout spring and summer. As many as eighty thousand sheep could be auctioned in a single day which demonstrates the importance of the fair. The last fair was held in 1934 and a plaque in the centre of the village records this event.
Not surprisingly East Ilsley has had many inns and pubs. In the 19th century twelve were known to exist serving the coaching route from Oxford to Newbury and the sheep fairs, and at the beginning of the last century there were still eight. More surprisingly perhaps, when many villages have lost their village pubs, there are still two public houses in the centre of the village.
Standing prominently on a hill away from the centre of the village is the village church, St. Mary's, parts of which date from the 12th century.
Church Hill,East Ilsley, Newbury, Berkshire,England,UK
