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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,English,manual,machine,Underwood typewriter,vintage typewriter,antique typewriter,manual typewriter,mechanical typewriter,writing machine,office equipment,black typewriter,metal typewriter,keys,typewriter keys,QWERTY keyboard,ink ribbon,paper roller,platen,mechanical engineering,early 20th century,journalism,authorship,writing history,retro technology,craftsmanship,analogue technology,communication history,typing,types,paper
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55JCP - This photograph shows an Underwood Standard manual typewriter, a landmark design in the history of writing and office technology. Finished in black metal with exposed mechanical components, the machine features a full QWERTY keyboard, circular glass-topped keys, ribbon spools, and a paper roller platen, all characteristic of early twentieth-century typewriter engineering.
The Underwood Standard series, produced from the late nineteenth century onwards, was among the first typewriters to achieve widespread commercial success. Its open-frame design allowed typists to see the text as it was being typed, a significant innovation at the time that helped establish Underwood as a dominant name in offices, newsrooms, and government departments around the world.
The image highlights the tactile, mechanical nature of analogue writing technology, with visible levers, springs, and typebars arranged in a semi-circular basket beneath the carriage. The worn surfaces and patina suggest long-term use, reinforcing the sense of durability and craftsmanship associated with these machines.
Typewriters such as this played a central role in the development of modern administration, journalism, and literature, shaping how documents were produced long before the arrival of computers and word processors. Images like this are commonly used to illustrate themes of writing history, vintage office culture, industrial design, mechanical craftsmanship, and the evolution of communication technology.
Indoor setting, location unspecified
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,English,manual,machine,Underwood typewriter,vintage typewriter,antique typewriter,manual typewriter,mechanical typewriter,writing machine,office equipment,black typewriter,metal typewriter,keys,typewriter keys,QWERTY keyboard,ink ribbon,paper roller,platen,mechanical engineering,early 20th century,journalism,authorship,writing history,retro technology,craftsmanship,analogue technology,communication history,typing,types,paper
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55JD0 - This photograph shows an Underwood Standard manual typewriter, a landmark design in the history of writing and office technology. Finished in black metal with exposed mechanical components, the machine features a full QWERTY keyboard, circular glass-topped keys, ribbon spools, and a paper roller platen, all characteristic of early twentieth-century typewriter engineering.
The Underwood Standard series, produced from the late nineteenth century onwards, was among the first typewriters to achieve widespread commercial success. Its open-frame design allowed typists to see the text as it was being typed, a significant innovation at the time that helped establish Underwood as a dominant name in offices, newsrooms, and government departments around the world.
The image highlights the tactile, mechanical nature of analogue writing technology, with visible levers, springs, and typebars arranged in a semi-circular basket beneath the carriage. The worn surfaces and patina suggest long-term use, reinforcing the sense of durability and craftsmanship associated with these machines.
Typewriters such as this played a central role in the development of modern administration, journalism, and literature, shaping how documents were produced long before the arrival of computers and word processors. Images like this are commonly used to illustrate themes of writing history, vintage office culture, industrial design, mechanical craftsmanship, and the evolution of communication technology.
Indoor setting, location unspecified
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Surrey,SE,South East,town,centre,pub,bar,GU7,17,Waverley,GU7 1EL,a,with,of,pint,real,listed,ale,bers,at,traditional,local,community,third,Porter,stout,bitter,golden,IPA,ales,beers,types,different,selection,tavern
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PFAANW - A tavern has stood on the site of The Star since 1832. The present building dates from the 1700's and remains largely unaltered with all its 'Olde Worlde' character and charm. Built on the cornerstones of providing great food and great beer & cider to great people our folk music nights, live music events, beer & cider festivals and ever changing selection of real ales and ciders are continuing that tradition to this day!
If that's not your thing, we also offer wide range of craft beers, an extensive wine list and a selection of locally produced gin from right here in Surrey. The stable bar in our garden lounge is dedicated to real cider and exotic rum!
If you haven't checked out our newly renovated garden you really must! Why not enjoy some of our tasty home cooked food in the comfort of our all seasons sun trap!
Our Garden Lounge is also available to hire for private events as is our walled courtyard garden with capacity for 40 seated guests.
17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPH6R4 - Gwatkins Cidery and cider maker Denis Gwatkin from Herefordshire UK. Cider has a lengthy history in the UK dating back to around the 12th Century and possibly even earlier. In terms of Gwatkin Cidery's history, Denis says our orchards are first marked on our 1830 map, so cider making has a long tradition on our farm, which started out as a grange for the nearby abbey in 1147.
Gwatkin Cidery is a uniquely family-owned and operated farm, business, and home. We are one of the largest if not the largest traditional cider makers in Britain. By traditional we mean that we only allow natural fermentation to occur, we don't use sulphites to kill off the natural yeast and substitute them with a wine yeast, says Denis. They make and sell about 35 ciders and perrys (fermented pear) including seasonal rotations and a few local beer selections.
All of the cider produced at Gwatkin is packaged and sold in bottles as most traditional-style cideries do. While there is no inherent difference to taste of ciders sold in cans versus bottles, caning and caning lines are a rather modern technology. A few of the ciders Gwatkin Cidery makes include Kingstone Black, Golden Valley Scrumpy, award winning Yarlington Mill Cider, and Stoke Red Cider.
For Denis, his favorite thing about cider making is tasting the end product after months of slow fermentation in our wooden barrels. He emphasized that cider is naturally fermented by wild yeasts, a taste of the past before Louis Pasteur started advising other cider makers in the late nineteenth century.
Market Hall, High Town, Hereford , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0JXN - An old red British Telephone box turned into a village lending library, next to an old pillarbox (still emptied)
The kiosk in the centre of Great Budworth is now being stocked up with books after the parish council bought it from British Telecom for £1.
We are going to use it as a book exchange and are hoping people drop off books.
Children in the village are among those involved in the project.
A three month trial period is under way to see how well the scheme works.
If it is deemed a success then it will become permanent.
High st, Great Budworth, Cheshire East, England CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTE3 - Electric Vehicle recharging point only, Eskbank Railway station, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK has the strength of a real-world scene: ordinary enough to be believable, but specific enough to support precise editorial use. Railway carriages, platforms and station approaches are everyday public spaces where national transport policy becomes visible in delays, rolling stock, staffing, safety, accessibility and passenger comfort. The scene suits transport features on regional connectivity, rail investment, commuting, city-region economies and the difference between headline infrastructure schemes and ordinary journeys. The location detail, Dalkeith, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include Victorian bank, financial architecture, adaptive reuse, historic pub, railway station, passenger rail, train travel and public transport, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. It can work both as a straightforward location record and as a wider editorial illustration of the habits, services, buildings, symbols and small commercial details that shape everyday life.
Eskbank Railway station, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK, EH22 3NX
