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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,regional train,railway,passenger train,rail transport,purple livery,station,British railway,regional rail,public transport,rolling stock,carriage,safety,RMT,strike,rail,strikes,sector,industrial,action,August 2026,September,2026,trade union,unions,workers,transport,service,UK,British,ASOS,reduced,timetable,cancellations,short notice,passenger disruption,labour,drivers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FBX6F6 - An East Midlands Railway regional passenger train in distinctive purple EMR livery stands at a station platform, illustrating rail travel and industrial relations during a period of RMT action in August and September 2026. The dispute centres on EMR's new Class 810 Aurora Intercity fleet, with the RMT raising safety and reliability concerns, while East Midlands Railway says the trains meet required safety standards and it is working with Hitachi Rail to address faults. RMT members took strike action on 1, 8 and 15 August, followed by further strikes announced for Sunday 30 and Monday 31 August and Wednesday 16 to Thursday 17 September 2026. Action short of strike also continued from 16 August until further notice, creating the risk of short-notice alterations and cancellations. Importantly, EMR stated that its Regional services were not affected by the strike action, while Intercity and Connect routes faced significantly reduced timetables. The photograph therefore provides a useful editorial contrast between a normal-looking regional train and wider disruption across the operator's network. EMR Regional services link towns and cities across the East Midlands and beyond, including routes towards Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Norwich and other regional centres. The image is relevant to searches for East Midlands Railway, EMR Regional, RMT strike, rail strike, railway industrial action, train disruption, trade union dispute, passenger railway, British rail travel, UK public transport, purple train livery, regional train service, station platform, rail unions, transport workers, Class 810 dispute, Aurora trains, Hitachi Rail, railway safety, train reliability, August 2026 strikes, September 2026 strikes, Bank Holiday rail disruption, reduced timetable, commuter travel and rail passenger information. It also documents everyday rail operations at Warrington Central, on the Liverpool to Norwich regional corridor today.
Warrington Central railway station, Winwick Street, Warrington ,Cheshire, WA2 7TT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9998,Union and Victory,union,victory,banner,textile,sign,trade,labour,workers,Britain,UK,politics,history,heritage,movement,campaign,solidarity,protest,fabric,typography,graphic,slogan,organisation,social,working,class,activism,display,museum,historic,unions,socialism,fair,pay,for,a,days,work,vintage,banners
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BFXB - . Union and Victory banner or textile sign photographed in Britain. Photographed on 25 July 2026. The recorded location is Britain, UK. The large typographic design carries the words Union and Victory and is suitable for editorial use on trade union history, labour movement heritage, political banners, workers' organisations, protest culture and British social history. The aged fabric texture and simple bold lettering make it a strong illustrative image for union and labour themes. For the story of street sign, it is useful to note that wayfinding developed from painted names and fingerposts into standardised road, rail and public-information systems
Local signs still retain distinctive typography or bilingual wording even within increasingly consistent national standards. The historical setting for employment is that industrial disputes can leave strong visual culture through badges, T-shirts, placards and campaign material that outlast the immediate strike. Seen through party politics, the earlier context is that election material, protest signs and campaign imagery preserve the language of politics as it was presented to voters at the time
Posters, slogans and public meetings can reveal local issues and political identities more directly than later summaries. For present-day street sign, 2026 is significant because current public-realm design increasingly expects signs to be legible, inclusive and consistent, while bilingual and accessibility information reflects wider policy around language and equal access. In the 2026 discussion of employment, trade unions remain significant actors in disputes over pay, restructuring and employment rights, while historic campaigns are revisited as part of local and labour history. Additional discoverability terms include signage, public information, direction sign, notice, public realm, visitor guidance, information sign, bilingual signage, accessibility sign, graphic communication, and street furniture.
Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,worker,heritage,unions,Victorian,unionism,emblem,artwork,Manchester,museum,British,labour,construction,building,builders,trades,historic,banner,trade union,art,movement,workers rights,nineteenth century,Britain,Industry is the Source of Prosperity,Unity is Strength,In All Labour There is Profit,membership,employee representation,collective organisation,construction industry history,skilled craftsmen,mutual support,friendly society tradition,workplace welfare,worker compensation,industrial relations,iconography
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BGGJ - Richly decorated 1869 emblem of the Operative Bricklayers' Society, a historic British trade union representing skilled bricklayers, displayed at the People's History Museum in Manchester. Painted by A. J. Arthur Waudby, the elaborate Victorian composition combines depictions of the bricklaying trade with allegorical female figures representing truth, architecture and science. A wooden scaffold and bricklayers' workshop occupy the central section, while smaller scenes refer to workplace injury and the financial support or compensation provided through organised labour. Prominent slogans include By Industry We Flourish, In All Labour There Is Profit, Unity Is Strength and Industry Is the Source of Prosperity, reflecting Victorian ideas of work, solidarity, mutual assistance and collective advancement. The provenance on the emblem records London 1869. The Operative Bricklayers' Society traced its origins to the London Bricklayers' Society founded in 1818 and developed into an important national craft union during the nineteenth century. It became involved in campaigns over wages and working hours and formed part of the growth of organised building-trade labour in Victorian Britain. In 1921 it merged with other building unions to form the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers. The original emblem was historically displayed at the Bricklayers' head office in London and is now held within the collections of the People's History Museum. The ornate painted imagery, industrial scenes, union mottos and classical symbolism make the object an important surviving example of the visual culture created by early British trade unions. Photographed indoors, the framed artwork provides a striking record of working-class organisation, craft identity, workplace welfare, labour solidarity and the history of organised construction workers in Britain.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A0082,GCHQ banner,GCHQ,banner,trade union,trade,union,members,dismissed,Peoples History Museum,Peoples,History,Museum,Manchester,England,UK,Sean,Cusack,1992,unions,Sacked,workers,government,Conservative,Thatcher,employment,rights,industrial,relations,protest,campaign,civil,sacked,sackings,dismissal
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BGGN - GCHQ banner commemorating trade union members dismissed after the union ban, displayed at People's History Museum in Manchester, England, UK. Designed and made by Sean Cusack in 1992, the black banner carries large GCHQ lettering, the words Trade Unions and Sacked, and a central design naming workers affected by the dispute. In 1984 the Conservative government prohibited trade union membership at Government Communications Headquarters on national-security grounds. Some employees refused to surrender their union membership and fourteen workers were eventually dismissed during the long-running dispute. The ban was later removed in 1997. The banner was used as part of the campaign and survives as an important object of modern British labour history. This photograph can illustrate trade union rights, industrial relations, civil service employment, government policy, workplace protest, Thatcher-era politics, GCHQ, political banners, museum collections and campaigns over freedom of association.
People's History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3ER, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Operatives,mills,manufacturing,mill workers,1885,unions,worker,union,labour,heritage,history,mill operatives,operatives,Victorian,working-class,organisation,workers,flax,Verdant Works,Scotland,Dundee textile industry,collective organisation,workers solidarity,industrial relations,collective bargaining,wage dispute,workers rights,female factory workers,women trade unionists,Victorian working conditions,labour activism,union membership,employee representation,social reform,industrial protest,low wages,Organised 9th September 1885
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENF239 - A historic textile trade-union banner for the Dundee & District Mill & Factory Operatives Union is displayed at Verdant Works Museum in Dundee, Scotland. The richly coloured banner carries the union's name across the top, the date Organised 9th September 1885 in its centre and the motto United to Support Not Combined to Injure along the lower edge. Decorative flourishes, a red central panel, blue border and hanging fringe give the object the ceremonial appearance associated with late Victorian labour organisations.
The union was founded in 1885 during a dispute over a proposed five per cent reduction in wages in Dundee's mills. It represented workers in an industry dominated by jute and flax production, where long hours, low pay, dangerous machinery, dust and poor ventilation were familiar features of working life. Dundee Heritage Trust records that by 1891 the organisation had 5,945 women members and 600 men, reflecting the unusually large female workforce in the city's textile sector. Women outnumbered men by about three to one in Dundee mills, contributing to the city's historical nickname She Town .
The banner is evidence of working-class organisation, mutual support and collective bargaining during the growth of the modern labour movement. Its language stresses solidarity and protection rather than aggression. Although trade unionism overlapped with socialist and labour politics, the banner alone does not establish a specific party or ideological affiliation, so it is more accurately described as a workers' union and labour-history object.
Verdant Works occupies a restored nineteenth-century jute mill. The museum preserves machinery, archives, photographs and histories linked to the trade that made Dundee known as Juteopolis. This image is suitable for editorial coverage of trade unions, industrial relations, women workers, labour history, collective action, Victorian textiles, working-class politics, wage disputes and social reform
West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 5BT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9195,Leeds socialist political protest banner,Leeds,England,UK,socialist,political,protest,banner,labour,history,trade,unions,working-class,heritage,movement,museum,solidarity,campaigning,textile
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWJJB - . Leeds socialist political protest banner from the Leeds Museums and Galleries collection, England, UK. Photographed on 16 May 2026. The recorded location is Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The historic textile uses illustrated figures, embroidered lettering and symbolic imagery associated with organised labour and political campaigning. Banners were an important visual feature of marches, demonstrations, union gatherings and political meetings, communicating messages of solidarity and collective identity. The preserved textile can illustrate stories about labour organisation, socialist movements, industrial communities, political campaigning, museum conservation and the material culture of protest in northern England. Looking at visitor attraction, the longer history is that museums turn objects into interpreted past, while archives preserve documents that may have little value until researchers connect them with people, buildings or events
Interiors therefore record both collections and changing curatorial practice. The background to election is that political photographs gain meaning over time as candidates, parties and constitutional debates change
A routine campaign scene can later become evidence of a turning point, an unsuccessful candidacy or a movement that developed further. In 2026, visitor attraction remains relevant because digitisation has changed research but has not removed the need for physical archives and collections. institutions increasingly combine online access with conservation of original material and renewed interest in local past. Current 2026 context around election is that uK politics continues to be shaped by debates about public services, housing, local government, devolution and constitutional identity
Historical campaign images provide comparison with present-day political language and changing party fortunes. Other strongly related concepts include public library, reading room, and local history.
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Yorkshire,England,UK,town,centre,tickets,offices,closure,RMT,union,consultation,2023,cuts,staff,Northern,Rail,broken,not,working,printing,useless,North Yorkshire,Knaresborough,railway station,HG5 9AA,platform,platforms,self-service,selfservice,out of service,not working,unmanned,British Rail,unions,fare
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH8AF6 - . Northern Rail ticket machine out of order, on Knaresborough railway station platform, North Yorkshire, England, UK, HG5 9AA. Photographed on 12 August 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Station Rd, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England, UK, HG5 9AA, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Yorkshire, tickets, offices, closure, RMT, union, consultation, cuts, staff, Northern, Rail, broken, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Transport context makes the photograph useful for stories about rail travel, passenger journeys, stations and interchanges, public transport investment, regional connectivity and the everyday experience of moving through the UK rail network. Railway architecture, passenger facilities, route identity, signage and operational infrastructure are important documentary themes, particularly as stations and services are modernised or altered over time. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. Industrial subject matter gives the image strong relevance to manufacturing, engineering, energy, utilities, machinery, skilled work and Britain's industrial heritage. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature.
Station Rd, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England, UK, HG5 9AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,English,industrial poster,textile mill,Lancashire cotton industry,mill regulations,19th century labour,historic notice,mill workers,Haslingden,Rossendale,Lancashire mills,cotton spinning,industrial revolution,child labour,factory discipline poster,workplace control,fines and punishments,timekeeping rules,employer authority,Victorian typography,black and white document,social history,labour history,working class life,documentary photography,editorial image,UK heritage,cotton,factories,trade union,trade,unions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55JD7 - This image shows a Victorian industrial poster headed Rules to be Observed in This Mill , issued in Haslingden, Lancashire, during the mid-19th century. The document sets out a detailed list of rules governing the behaviour, timekeeping, and conduct of workers employed in a textile mill, reflecting the highly disciplined nature of factory life during Britain's Industrial Revolution.
The rules include fines for lateness, talking, leaving machinery unattended, damaging equipment, or disobeying overseers, illustrating the rigid control exercised by mill owners over their workforce. Such notices were commonly displayed in cotton mills across Lancashire, where large numbers of men, women, and children were employed in spinning and weaving under demanding conditions.
The dense typography, formal language, and hierarchical tone of the poster convey the power imbalance between employers and workers in Victorian industrial society. References to overseers, deductions from wages, and dismissal for misconduct provide valuable insight into the everyday realities of 19th-century labour relations before the introduction of modern employment rights and health and safety protections.
Haslingden, located in the Rossendale Valley, was an important centre of the Lancashire cotton industry, and documents like this form a key part of the region's industrial heritage. Today, such posters are studied as primary sources for understanding social history, labour reform, and the lived experience of factory workers during Britain's transformation into an industrial nation.
This image is well suited to editorial use covering the Industrial Revolution, labour history, Victorian Britain, social inequality, textile manufacturing, and the historical development of workplace regulation in the UK.
Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 4NP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,We all need a pay rise,make the bosses pay,Maggie,British Rail,strikes,socailism,militant,militancy,2022,2023,Victoria Station,Manchester,rail,railway,posters,support the rail workers strike,unionisation,broken,Britain,England,UK,Victoria,M3 1WY,M3,workers,RMT,union,unions,ASLEF,strike,closing,ticket offices,ticket office,closure,closures,stations,station
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K11NXE - . An on-location photograph from Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The scene records Victoria Station,Manchester, posters, Support The rail Workers Strike, How we turned the tide against, Thatcher, M3 1WY. The setting additionally reflects rail corridor, rail infrastructure, visual archive, rail transport history, everyday life, community identity, signal-box architecture, working railway heritage, contemporary social history, industrial railway, mechanical signalling, station environment, local history, and changing land use. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into railway preservation and decarbonisation, not least because of the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY, details that may look very different after replacement signage. The photograph additionally reflects changing streetscape, regional identity, trackside history, rail operations, freight wagon, before-and-after reference, archival record, and place identity. References to Station, Manchester, Victoria, Support, and posters give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY, 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 railway preservation and the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling within the real-world context of Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY. The scene captures details of everyday use for future local research.
Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,evening,night,time,nighttime,Oxford Rd,Manchester,England,UK,M1 6FU,train,trains,rail,railway,BR,platforms,at,in,the,M1,station,service,services,electric,electrification,driver,drivers,shortage,industrial,action,RMT,union,unions,dispute,disputes,English,Northern Powerhouse,main
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG5JMB - . Made at Station Approach, stock-photo/gotonysmith-Oxford.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU in 2022, 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 photograph centres on Northern railway EMU train, at Oxford Road railway station, Manchester, Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU. The setting additionally reflects industrial railway heritage, place identity, local history, station environment, working-industry history, trackside history, industrial material culture, archival record, manufacturing heritage, documentary photography, local character, factory heritage, everyday life, and former production site. Current relevance extends to rail reform and public ownership, particularly through the balance between railway heritage and network modernisation. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into manufacturing decline and industrial tourism, not least because of how surviving industrial objects become evidence of vanished working practices. As a dated visual record of Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes visual archive, historical comparison, heavy-industry heritage, regional identity, changing land use, rolling stock, public transport network, and community identity. Elements such as Approach, railway, Oxford, station, and Manchester add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The frame retains evidence of changing use for later comparison.
Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,evening,night,time,nighttime,Oxford Rd,Manchester,England,UK,M1 6FU,train,trains,rail,railway,BR,platforms,at,in,the,M1,station,service,services,electric,electrification,driver,drivers,shortage,industrial,action,RMT,union,unions,dispute,disputes,English,Northern Powerhouse,main
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG5JMD - . An identifiable period record of Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The scene records Northern railway EMU train, at Oxford Road railway station, Manchester, Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU. Further facets of the scene include manufacturing landscape, before-and-after reference, passenger railway, regional identity, manufacturing heritage, local character, former production site, public realm, regional rail, station environment, visual archive, archival record, changing land use, and railway heritage. The wider contemporary story combines public ownership, station investment and the balance between railway heritage and network modernisation. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with manufacturing decline, industrial conservation and the growing value of industrial heritage for tourism and local identity. Future viewers can use this scene from Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after replacement signage. Other useful contextual ideas include transport interchange, industrial artefact, production infrastructure, labour history, changing streetscape, rail infrastructure, public transport network, and everyday life. The combination of Approach, Manchester, station, Oxford, and train anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The wider significance includes public ownership and the role of stations and trains in lower-carbon mobility as part of the longer story of Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU.
Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,evening,night,time,nighttime,Oxford Rd,Manchester,England,UK,M1 6FU,train,trains,rail,railway,BR,platforms,at,in,the,M1,station,service,services,electric,electrification,driver,drivers,shortage,industrial,action,RMT,union,unions,dispute,disputes,English,Northern Powerhouse,main
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG5JMK - . This authentic period view of Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The frame specifically shows Northern railway EMU train, at Oxford Road railway station, Manchester, Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU. The wider scene also brings together visual archive, rail mobility, transport interchange, rail corridor, period detail, local history, heavy-industry heritage, working-industry history, place identity, rail infrastructure, changing land use, manufacturing landscape, former production site, and local character. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with fares, decarbonisation and the balance between railway heritage and network modernisation. The modern context includes continuing discussion of industrial conservation, manufacturing decline and the growing value of industrial heritage for tourism and local identity. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU before refurbishment alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside regional rail, public transport network, industrial artefact, manufacturing heritage, labour history, historic freight equipment, factory heritage, and everyday life. The combination of Approach, Northern, station, Manchester, and train anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes fares and the balance between railway heritage and network modernisation within the real-world context of Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU.
Station Approach, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AYHJ4Y - Ada Salter (née Brown
1866“1942) was an English social reformer, environmentalist, pacifist and Quaker, President of the Women's Labour League and President of the National Gardens Guild. She was one of the first women councillors in London, the first woman mayor in London and the first Labour woman mayor in the British Isles.
Born on 20 July 1866 in Raunds, Northamptonshire, Ada Brown was active in the Methodist church and on the radical wing of the Liberal Party before she joined the West London Mission in Bloomsbury to work as a Sister of the People in the slums of St Pancras. The Sisters were run by Katherine Hughes, an inspirational Christian socialist, but in 1897 Ada transferred to the Bermondsey Settlement. There she met Alfred Salter, agnostic and socialist, a resident engaged in medical research into infectious diseases on a farm in Sudbury (now Wembley), Middlesex. Under her influence Alfred converted to Christianity and joined the Liberal Party. They both committed to the Society of Friends (Quakers) and started to attend the Deptford Meeting. They were married in Raunds on 22 August 1900.
Ada was President of the Women's Liberal Party in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe but in 1906 she left the Liberal Party when it failed to honour its promise of granting the vote to women and soon joined the ILP (Independent Labour Party). The ILP was the political party most favourable to the rights of women and wanted to stand women candidates, including Ada, at the next council elections.
Re-elected to Bermondsey Council in 1919, Ada was appointed Mayor of Bermondsey in 1922, making her the first woman mayor in London and first Labour woman mayor in Britain. She had launched in 1920 her famous Beautification Committee and now she launched her housing campaign, demolishing the slums that could be demolished and beautifying the slums that could not. By the 1930s she had planted 7000 trees, decorated buildings with window-boxes,and filled all open spaces with flowers
101 Bermondsey Wall East, Rotherhithe, London, England,UK, SE16 4NB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@Hotpixuk,Sutton Coldfield Station,Sutton Coldfield railway Station,Sutton Coldfield,railway Station,Royal Town Of Sutton Coldfield,Royal,town,West Midlands,England,Midlands,West Midlands Railway,train,trains,public transport,station,rail,railway,B74,dusk,night,nighttime,night time,Platform ticket machine,platform,fare,evasion,free travel,dodging,dodger,fare dodger,ticket inspection,inconvenient,ticket offices,union,unions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AND2WT - . This documentary view of Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ in 2020 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. At the centre of the frame is Platform ticket machine, Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ. Further facets of the subject include public realm, transport corridor, railway heritage, surface transport, local transport, documentary photography, rail corridor, visual archive, local character, commuter travel, historic context, local history, roadside environment, and motor traffic. The subject remains useful for current coverage of public ownership and decarbonisation, not least because of making rail simpler and more dependable. Today's wider story includes decarbonisation, active travel and the practical question of how road layouts influence local access and development. With the passage of time, the frame preserves period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment as seen at Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ. Other useful associations include motorway travel, social history, road engineering, archival record, community identity, transport interchange, rail modernisation, and changing land use. The recorded references to Midlands, ticket, machine, Station, and Coldfield preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is public ownership and making rail simpler and more dependable without losing the local specificity of Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ.
Station Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK, B73 6AQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,AB11,red,TOC,public,transport,ownership,east coast,mainline,main line,commuters,strike,RMT,union,unions,walks,walking,past,a,train,cab,43311,class 43,HST,diesel,service,Scottish,services,Guild St,Scotland,UK,AB11 6LX,railway,station,London and North Eastern Railway,owned
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43P0X - The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the Big Four railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At that time, it was divided into the new British Railways' Eastern Region, North Eastern Region, and partially the Scottish Region.
It covered the area north and east of London. It included the East Coast Main Line from London to Edinburgh via York and Newcastle upon Tyne and the routes from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and Inverness. Most of the country east of the Pennines was within its purview, including East Anglia. The main workshops were in Doncaster, with others at Darlington, Inverurie and Stratford, London
On the privatisation of British Rail in 1996, the franchise to run long distance express trains on the East Coast Main Line was won by Sea Containers Ltd, who named the new operating company Great North Eastern Railway (GNER), a name and initials deliberately chosen to echo the LNER.
Following the collapse of Virgin Trains East Coast in May 2018, the newly-nationalised operator of the East Coast Main Line was named London North Eastern Railway to evoke the earlier company
Aberdeen railway station, Guild St, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, AB11 6LX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P69RFP - A traditional Mothers' Union banner hangs inside St Mary's Church in the Cheshire village of Lymm. The tall blue and gold textile features a central devotional image of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus, framed by patterned embroidery and floral detail. The words Saint Mary's appear across the upper panel, while Lymm and the Mothers' Union initials are worked into the lower section. Gold fringe, tassels, braided edging and a decorative hanging pole give the piece the appearance of a ceremonial church standard intended for display during worship, parish gatherings or processions.
The banner reflects the long association between Anglican parish life, women's fellowship and practical support for families. Mothers' Union was founded by Mary Sumner in 1876 and developed into an international Christian movement combining prayer, community service and campaigning. The St Mary's Lymm branch was formed in 1908, placing this local banner within more than a century of parish activity. Traditional branch banners often served as visible symbols of identity and were carried at diocesan services, festivals and other church occasions.
St Mary's is the Church of England parish church for Lymm, a historic village in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, North West England. The church stands on Church Road between Lymm Dam and the village centre. The postal and administrative address associated with the rectory and Parochial Church Council is 46 Rectory Lane, Lymm, WA13 0AL, while the church's published location postcode is WA13 0QS. This interior photograph records an example of British ecclesiastical embroidery, Marian devotional imagery and local religious heritage. The subdued indoor light, carved dark wood and carefully suspended textile emphasise the craftsmanship and ceremonial character of the banner.
46 Rectory Ln, Lymm WA13 0AL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H552C1 - Mothers' Union is an international Christian charity that seeks to support families worldwide. Its members are not all mothers or even all women, as there are many parents, men, widows, singles and grandparents involved in its work. Its main aim is to support monogamous marriage and family life, especially through times of adversity.
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