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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9156,Rushtons Warehouse,New Market Street,Wigan,Greater Manchester,England,UK,warehouse,historic,commercial,building,red-brick,architecture,heritage,industrial,town-centre,regeneration,brickwork,windows,Victorian,Edwardian,conservation,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKD91A - . Rushton's Warehouse on New Market Street in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK, showing close architectural detail. Photographed on 6 May 2026. The recorded location is New Market Street, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The imposing red-brick commercial building carries historic RUSHTON LIMITED lettering and repeated arched windows, giving it a strong industrial and commercial character. Surviving warehouse buildings such as this are important physical reminders of Wigan's commercial past and contribute significantly to the character of older town-centre streets. The image can illustrate conservation, adaptive reuse, heritage-led regeneration and the challenges of retaining historic buildings as urban centres change around them. Within the history of mechanical engineering, industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology. In relation to historic comparison, historical context shows that town and neighbourhood photographs record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. For the story of high street, it is useful to note that market halls have long concentrated small traders under one roof, combining food, household goods and specialist retail with an important social role
Regenerated markets increasingly mix traditional stalls with cafés, events and independent makers. Against the 2026 backdrop for mechanical engineering, former industrial sites continue to be repurposed for housing, offices and cultural attractions
Historic machinery and surviving fabric therefore illustrate both deindustrialisation and current.
New Market Street, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9157,Rushtons Warehouse,New Market Street,Wigan,Greater Manchester,England,UK,warehouse,historic,commercial,building,red-brick,architecture,heritage,industrial,town-centre,regeneration,brickwork,windows,Victorian,Edwardian,conservation,history,premises,facade,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKNXM4 - Rushton's Warehouse on New Market Street in Wigan town centre, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The imposing red-brick commercial building carries prominent historic lettering reading T. O. & C. RUSHTON LIMITED across its upper facade, above repeated arched windows and decorative brickwork. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Wigan industrial heritage, warehouses, historic commercial buildings, Victorian and Edwardian architecture, red-brick construction, town-centre regeneration, local businesses and Greater Manchester history. Surviving warehouse buildings such as this provide visible evidence of Wigan's commercial and industrial past and contribute strongly to the character of its older streets. The image can illustrate conservation, adaptive reuse, heritage-led regeneration, architectural details, former industrial premises and the challenges of retaining historic buildings while town centres change around them.
New Market Street, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,England,UK,B1,47,West Midlands,B1 1JL,classic,&,and,tiled,tiles,pubs,bars,history,historic,heritage,blue,yellow,building,buildings,CAMRA,listed,mouldings,moulding,Blucher Street,old,1838,classical,Victorian,Aston,M&B,WK-B11-5075
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T20E9K - . Traditional real ale pub, The Craven Arms, 47 Upper Gough St, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B1 1JL. Photographed on 14 October 2023. The Craven Arms is situated on the corner of Blucher Street and Gough Street and retains much of its former splendour. The Craven Arms has maintained its tiled mouldings, blue faience facade and the glazed wall mouldings which remain as rare advertisements for Holder's Ales. Holder's Brewery was based in Aston and was purchased by M&B in 1919. The signage above the Craven Arms on the more recent photograph state that the pub was established in 1838. The background to beer culture is that public houses form a distinctive strand of British social past
Coaching routes, tied brewery estates, Victorian urban growth and twentieth-century leisure each shaped the location and appearance of pubs, many of which later became restaurants, shops, housing or community assets. Within the history of local services, local businesses provide unusually precise social-history evidence because names, branding and uses change more quickly than the buildings they occupy
A shop, café, pub or service company can disappear while the façade survives, leaving photographs as a record of the previous commercial life of the street. Current 2026 context around beer culture is that in England eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief for the 2026/27 billing year, reflecting continuing concern about operating costs, closures and the role of hospitality in town-centre vitality. Against the 2026 backdrop for local services, current interest in community assets and place-making gives photographs of individual businesses added significance when premises close, rebrand or are converted to new uses. Alternative search wording includes licensed premises, alehouse, hostelry, bar trade, cask ale, local pub, historic pub, nightlife, licensed trade, independent brewery, high street, and commercial premises.
47 Upper Gough St, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B1 1JL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,England,UK,B1,47,West Midlands,B1 1JL,classic,&,and,tiled,tiles,pubs,bars,history,historic,heritage,blue,yellow,building,buildings,CAMRA,listed,mouldings,moulding,Blucher Street,old,1838,classical,Victorian,Aston,M&B,WK-B11-5075,Campaign for Real Ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T20E9X - . Traditional real ale pub, The Craven Arms, 47 Upper Gough St, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B1 1JL. Photographed on 14 October 2023. The Craven Arms is situated on the corner of Blucher Street and Gough Street and retains much of its former splendour. The Craven Arms has maintained its tiled mouldings, blue faience facade and the glazed wall mouldings which remain as rare advertisements for Holder's Ales. Holder's Brewery was based in Aston and was purchased by M&B in 1919. The signage above the Craven Arms on the more recent photograph state that the pub was established in 1838. Looking at cask ale, the longer history is that beer culture links agriculture, brewing, distribution and the licensed trade
Cask-conditioned ale, handpumps, brewery branding and pub interiors became especially significant to the real-ale revival from the 1970s onwards, while later craft brewing introduced new styles and independent producers. The background to small business is that commercial premises are part of everyday local history
Even businesses without national fame can become important reference points for residents and researchers once ownership changes or redevelopment alters the street. Within the history of public rally, 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. In 2026, cask ale remains relevant because pub survival remains a live issue as energy, staffing, taxation and changing drinking habits affect the licensed trade
Historic and contemporary pub images therefore have relevance to community assets, nightlife, independent brewing, high-street change and hospitality economics. Current 2026 context around small business is that independent and high-street businesses continue to face pressure from costs, online competition and changing.
47 Upper Gough St, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B1 1JL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,England,UK,B1,47,West Midlands,B1 1JL,classic,&,and,tiled,tiles,pubs,bars,history,historic,heritage,blue,yellow,building,buildings,CAMRA,listed,Blucher St,old,1838,classical,Victorian,Aston,M&B,WK-B11-5075,stained,glass,window,etched,Campaign for Real Ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T20EA1 - . Traditional real ale pub stained glass bar window, The Craven Arms, 47 Upper Gough St, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B1 1JL. Photographed on 14 October 2023. The Craven Arms is situated on the corner of Blucher Street and Gough Street and retains much of its former splendour. The Craven Arms has maintained its tiled mouldings, blue faience facade and the glazed wall mouldings which remain as rare advertisements for Holder's Ales. Holder's Brewery was based in Aston and was purchased by M&B in 1919. The signage above the Craven Arms on the more recent photograph state that the pub was established in 1838. For real ale, the historical context is that british pubs developed from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, music venues and landmarks
Names, brewery signs, etched glass, tiled interiors and evolving fascias can preserve local history even when ownership or use changes. Looking at commercial history, the longer history is that small businesses have long adapted existing premises to changing consumer demand, adding signs, windows and interiors that make each period visually distinct
Their survival is closely tied to footfall, rents, local competition and the wider fortunes of the town centre. The background to faith community is that ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local evidence
Churchyard monuments, carved stone, stained glass and plaques offer material for genealogy, architectural history, religious practice and remembrance. For real ale, the 2026 context is that in England eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief for the 2026/27 billing year, reflecting continuing concern about operating costs, closures and the role of hospitality in town-centre vitality. The scene also brings together high street, commercial premises, independent business, and shopfront.
47 Upper Gough St, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B1 1JL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Yorkshire,history,historic,heritage,facade,façade,English,building,buildings,architecture,ornate,shops,shop,LS1,West Yorkshire,UK,Leeds Corn Exchange,corn,exchange,entrance,signs,in,black,and,gold,up,Victorian,gate,fence,cast iron,metal,castiron,outside,exterior
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T28456 - Taken on 07 Oct 2023, this photograph shows Leeds Corn Exchange balcony entrance sign, in black and gold, Call Ln, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS1 7BR. The location is Call Ln, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS1 7BR. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains readable commercial or civic signage, colour, typography and street context. Leeds Corn Exchange was built in the early 1860s to designs by Cuthbert Brodrick, the architect also associated with Leeds Town Hall, and its circular trading hall later became a distinctive independent shopping destination. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Leeds, Call Lane, LS1 7BR, balcony, balconies, To The Balcony, sign, signage, upstairs, Yorkshire, history, historic, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting.
Call Ln, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS1 7BR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,High Peak,Derbyshire,England,SK17 6BE,the,craft,independent,ale,ales,history,historic,heritage,Victorian,building,buildings,Buxton Brewery Tap House,Pavilion Gardens Buxton,Buxton Derbyshire,craft beer England,British brewery,outdoor drinking,beer garden England,sunny day Britain,Pavilion Building,brewery tap,pub exterior,bar exterior,outdoor seating,people drinking beer,socialising outdoors,summer weather UK,blue sky,leisure time,tourism Derbyshire,local brewery,independent brewery,Campaign for Real Ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJ3YPX - A busy outdoor seating area at the Buxton Brewery Tap House located within the Pavilion Building at Pavilion Gardens in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. Groups of people sit at wooden benches enjoying craft beer and real ale on a warm, sunny day, with blue skies overhead and parasols providing shade. A chalkboard sign in the foreground advertises beers from Buxton Brewery, a well-known independent brewery closely associated with the Peak District and modern British craft-beer culture.
The Pavilion Building forms part of the wider Pavilion Gardens complex, a historic Edwardian leisure and events space near the centre of Buxton, a spa town renowned for its Georgian and Victorian architecture and its role as a gateway to the Peak District National Park. The scene captures contemporary British outdoor drinking culture, combining heritage surroundings with modern hospitality and tourism. The image conveys relaxation, social interaction, and seasonal enjoyment, typical of summer afternoons in English market towns.
St John's Rd, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, SK17 6BE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJMR2C - Buxton Opera House is in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It is a 902-seat opera house that hosts the annual Buxton Festival and the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musicals and other entertainments year-round. Hosting live performances until 1927, the theatre then was used mostly as a cinema until 1976. In 1979, it was refurbished and reopened as a venue for live performance.
The Buxton Opera House was built in 1903 and designed by Frank Matcham, who designed the London Palladium, the London Coliseum and many other theatres throughout the UK. The first production at the theatre was Mrs Willoughby's Kiss. The Opera House ran as a successful theatre, receiving touring companies until 1927, when it was turned into a cinema. Silent films were shown until 1932 when the theatre was wired for sound and could present talkies. The Opera House also became the venue for an annual summer theatre festival from 1936 to 1942, two of them in conjunction with Lilian Baylis and her London-based Old Vic company. People who performed at the opera house include the actor Alec Guinness, the comedians Ken Dodd, Peter Kay, Harry Hill, Sarah Millican and John Bishop, the musical artists Howard Jones, Aled Jones, Leo Sayer and Razorlight, and the ballerina Anna Pavlova.
After the Second World War, the theatre continued to serve primarily as a cinema. The building was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1970. The Opera House gradually fell into disrepair.
In 1979, the building was restored, and an orchestra pit was added to the original Matcham design. Since then, the Opera House has been a full-time venue for stage productions, presenting approximately 450 performances per year
The Square, Water St, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK17 6XN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,Victorian,building,architecture,Manchester Coffee Tavern Company Limited,Manchester,Co,Ltd,teetotal,tee-total,8,M1 3GF,M1,centre,Fairfield St,rival,alcoholic,pubs,and,gin palaces,history,historic,Victorians,coffee house,scene,coffee,houses,lure,naïve,social workers,drinks,drinking,beverages,beverage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG8YA4 - A rather artificial attempt at the recreation of a lively coffee house scene was made by the temperance movement in the 1880's. Modelled after the spacious, light, mahogany-trimmed taverns being promoted by the beer industry, the late Victorian coffee house was a conscious attempt by naive social workers to lure the working men from their pubs and the perils of demon drink. Coffee taverns, one pamphlet stated, must show there are beverages as comforting as beer, that there are beverages to be bought as cheap as beer. And they must provide advantages not provided by such a formidable enemy and by this manoeuvre make victory certain. Accordingly, working-men were encouraged to bring their own food to be cooked free of charge in the tavern's kitchen. Newspapers and games were laid out - also gratis - and customers were encouraged to remain as long as they wanted. Needless to say, none of these coffee taverns survived long on their own.
8, Fairfield Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3GF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NW,North West,UK,England,centre,city,L1,St Georges Pl,Liverpool,Merseyside,L1 1JJ,at,Music,the,groups,poster,words,2023,building,architecture,history,heritage,listed,grade,Neoclassical,Victorian,Grade I,concert hall,William Brown Street,conservation area,architect,Harvey Lonsdale Elmes,John Weightman,Robert Rawlinson
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC6H5W - . Liverpool Music City at St Georges Hall, St George's Pl, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JJ. Photographed on 12 July 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 St George's Place, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JJ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North West, St Georges Pl, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 1JJ, Music, groups, poster, words, building, architecture, history, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The music context makes the image useful for editorial coverage of performers, venues, concerts, popular culture, local music heritage, audiences, nightlife and the creative industries. Such scenes can become important cultural records as bands, venues, festivals and city music districts change, linking contemporary entertainment with wider stories about tourism, identity and regeneration. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison.
St George's Place, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Cheshire,WA1,94 Bridge St,WA1 2RF,pubs,bars,town,centre,nightlife,hotel,94,Victorian,building,architecture,the,late night,front,exterior,outside,sports bar,cocktails,Gerogian,lodging,lodgings,licensed,premises,premise,brick,facade,façade,Feathers Warrington,refurb,refurbishment,AJP,Pub Group Ltd
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC31AA - . The Feathers public house 1900, 94 Bridge St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2RF. Photographed on 11 July 2023. As background, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. In historical terms, city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban evolution than landmark images alone. Against the 2026 backdrop, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets. During 2026, urban regeneration in England continues to focus on town-centre renewal, housing, public realm and reuse of vacant commercial property
Earlier street scenes provide valuable before-and-after evidence of these changes and of the businesses or structures lost along the way. From a heritage perspective, pub structures and signs provide a useful record of the licensed trade, from traditional alehouses and brewery estates to contemporary hospitality businesses
They are also part of the story of changing high streets, nightlife, real ale, cask beer and the survival or reuse of historic premises. Looking at the subject's development, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and changing names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history.
94 Bridge St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2RF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3A1 - This image shows the Albert Memorial Clock, one of Belfast's most recognisable landmarks, located in Queen's Square in the city centre. The Victorian-era clock tower was erected in the late nineteenth century as a memorial to Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, and is constructed from sandstone with Gothic Revival detailing.
The tower is famously known for its noticeable lean, caused by subsidence due to its foundations being built on reclaimed land close to the River Lagan. This characteristic tilt has become a defining feature of the structure and a point of local pride, often likened humorously to continental leaning towers.
The photograph appears to have been taken in bright summer conditions, with a vivid blue sky and scattered white clouds providing a clean backdrop that emphasises the vertical form of the tower and the ornate stone detailing. Strong sunlight highlights the clock face and sculptural elements set into the lower section of the tower.
Surrounded by modern apartment buildings and urban infrastructure, the Albert Clock stands as a visual link between Belfast's Victorian past and its contemporary cityscape. The image captures both the monument's architectural significance and its continued role as a focal point within the everyday life of the city.
Albert Memorial Clock, Queen's Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, BT1 3FF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHH6FP - YMCA Warrington forced to close ˜with a heavy heart' after more than 160 years in town
16th June 2017 - read more at https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15352788.ymca-warrington-forced-to-close-with-a-heavy-heart-after-more-than-160-years-in-town/
YMCA Warrington has been forced to close its doors after more than 160 years in the town because it has 'no sustainable funding'.
The charity, on Winmarleigh Street, has faced repeated closure threats since financial resources were cut last year.
Generous residents and organisations were hailed after helping the organisation, which opened its doors in the town in 1855, smash its £40,000 fundraising target in 2016.
However, despite the support from across the borough, along with many grant applications, the battle has sadly been lost.
Chairman Cllr Graham Welborn praised centre manager Susan Blyth for her 'inspirational efforts' and said he wants the closure to mark a 'time to look back and celebrate the achievements' of the charity.
He added: YMCA are having to cease their work because we have no sustainable funding.
Therefore, we have had to take the decision to close at the optimum point that it is still possible to settle all our liabilities and responsibilities.
It has been a very hard and difficult decision to make.
It is with a heavy heart that we have come to this decision after reviewing all the options.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank our staff for their dedication and loyal service.
The quality of service and safety of all our users has always been our priority.
Our staff are currently providing day services from Room at the Inn.
They need time and space to do what they do best and to continue to offer care, advice and practical help.
The staff also need time to make their plans for the future and adjust to the situation.
3 Winmarleigh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64KXK - The MV Royal Iris of the Mersey is a Mersey Ferry in operation on the River Mersey, England. From launch in Devon in 1959 until a major refurbishment in 2001, she was named MV Mountwood.
MV Mountwood
The Mountwood was the slightly older sister ship of the MV Woodchurch. Both of the ferries were built for the Corporation of Birkenhead to replace the existing fleet of 1930s steamers. The designs of the two new vessels were loosely based on the ferries Leasowe and Egremont of the Wallasey Corporation
they were designed by the same company, Graham and Woolnough, and were built at the same shipyard, Messrs. Philip and Sons Ltd. of Dartmouth. Mountwood was launched by Mrs Hugh Platt on 6 July 1959 into the River Dart, and after being fitted out was delivered to the Mersey in 1960. She was named after an overspill post-war housing development of Birkenhead.
The Mountwood and her identical sister Woodchurch originally had bright orange funnels with a black base and black soot buffer. On the main deck, there was a forward, heated shelter and also a main saloon, aft of this was the toilets and machine space. Below was a saloon bar. On the top deck was a large open promenade and a forward shelter beneath the bridge, although this shelter was open beneath the bridge so it was often breezy and cold. They had a main central wheelhouse and two side cabs, and power came from two medium speed Crossley 8-cylinder diesel engines.
In 2001, the Mountwood was withdrawn and taken to Birkenhead's former Cammell Laird shipyard (which became owned by A&P), and then to Clarence graving docks, where she was stripped of her fittings and parts of her superstructure were removed and rebuilt. Unfortunately the ferry remained dormant for some time due to problems at the shipyard. She was then re-engined and rebuilt. Noticeable changes were the addition of a new, angle fronted, large wheelhouse and bridge deck, plus her funnel, which was reinstated after the refit, was moved further back
Woodside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH41 6DU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG92T7 - GODALMING HIGH STREET SU 9743 NW (south side) 13/142 No 49 (Lloyds Bank) GV II
Bank. Late C19, altered. Ashlar and yellow brick, Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys with attic
4 x 3-bay front range
large yellow-brick range to rear not of special interest. Plinth. On ground-floor, pilasters to jambs and defining bays, the latter supporting corniced entablature
panelled door and overlight to right bay, otherwise mid-late C20 windows. On 1st floor, sashes in reveals with corniced architraves. Corniced eaves entablature. Balustraded parapet. Steep-sided flat roof with 2 gabled dormers and lateral stack to left. The building is on the site of Mellersh's Bank, which operated from the 1830s
the existing building was there in its present form by 1896 (J Janaway pers comm). Included for group value.
Listing NGR: SU9705143826
49 High Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1AT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF8NX - Gerard Winstanley House which was formerly the towns magistrates court and police station but is now the home of a multi-arts thriving creative community.
It is a Grade II listed building dating back to around 1887 and of course, the first thing that hits you is the brickwork. The official records describe it as red brick in Flemish bond with sandstone dressings and a slate roof.
The buildings stand on Crawford Street opposite the small little garden that belongs to the Parish Church of All Saints and it really does cut a very imposing figure from a seat in that garden.
But the dramatic architecture doesn't stop there - not only do we have the amazing red brickwork and intricate dressings, but we have towers and turrets too! The spiked tower at the bottom end of Crawford Street rises high above the brickwork pointing right up to the often dark skies above.
This is where the main entrance to the courts was, its large welcoming doorway still a big feature of the facade. The symmetry and absolute craftsmanship of the building never fail to impress
These days the courts and police station have long gone, updated and replaced elsewhere in the town and everyone wondered what might happen to this magnificent building.
Would it go to rack and ruin like so many other buildings in the town, or would there be new life breathed into it, would it get a second chance?
The answer was firmly YES as the building was purchased and occupied by The Old Courts who have transformed the place and have refurbished the interior (still an ongoing project) to provide Art Galleries, a Theatre, a Live Music venue, a Cafe, a Record store, Band rehearsal rooms, Conference and Events space and even a bar.
Bailiff Bar is at the very bottom of the building around the corner from Crawford Street and on to King Street West.
The Old Courts, Crawford Street, Wigan, Lancashire, England,UK, WN1 1NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF7FBC - Stonegate is a street in the city centre of York, in England, one of the streets most visited by tourists. Most of the buildings along the street are listed, meaning they are of national importance due to their architecture or history
The street roughly follows the line of the via praetoria of Eboracum, the Roman city, which ran between what are now St Helen's Square and York Minster.
The street appears to have lost importance in the Anglian and Jorvik period. York Minster was rebuilt in the 11th century, and stone for it was brought up the road, from a quay behind what is now York Guildhall. This appears to have brought the street back to prominence, and new building plots were laid adjoining the north-eastern part of the street. This part of the street lay in the Liberty of St Peter's, associated with the Minster, and many of its buildings belonged to the church, the whole area soon becoming built up, mostly with tenements. By 1215, there were houses for the prebends of Ampleforth, Barnby, Bramham and North Newbald
The street was known as Stonegate by 1119, probably named for stone paving, which would have been unique in the city at the time, although an alternative theory links the name to the stone hauled up to the Minster.
Because of the location of the street, it has historically been used for civic processions, from the York Guildhall to the Minster. It was also the site where three of the historic York Mystery Plays were performed. In 1570, Guy Fawkes was born at a house on the street.
Nikolaus Pevsner described the street as perhaps the most attractive [street in the city], and one of the busiest. Narrow, quite long, and with a variety of good things. Due to its popularity with tourists, the street was pedestrianised in 1974. It was repaved in York stone in 2020
Most of the buildings along the street are listed. Among the most notable on the north-west side are numbers 54, 56, and 58 Stonegate, 14th-century timber-framed buildings
the 12th-centur
37 Stonegate, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 8AW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6T37J - SO9422SE PROMENADE 630-1/13/765 (South East side) 12/03/55 Queen's Hotel
GV II*
Hotel. 1838. Architects, RW and C Jearrad. Built on the site of the Sherborne Spa at a cost of »47,000. Stucco over brick with slate roof. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, 13 first-floor windows arranged 4:5:4, with 4-storey, 3-window range set back to right. Stucco detailing includes ground-floor horizontal rustication, drawn into voussoirs over window recesses, with crowns and 'VR' to keystones
deep round-arched recesses and panelled reveals to windows and entrance. Ground floor breaks forwards and is surmounted by 3/4 engaged columns with capitals modelled on those of the Temple of Jupiter, Rome, breaking forwards again to centre and with hexastyle pedimented 'portico'. Crowning dentil entablature with modillion cornice. Ground floor has mainly 3/6 windows with radial glazing bars to heads. First and second floors have mainly 6/6 sashes, taller to first floor. Third floor has 3/3 sashes. Central entrance has double, glazed doors and fanlight. INTERIOR: noted as retaining original plasterwork and joinery. A detailed description of the hotel in 1838, and a summary of its significance in an international context, can be found in Pevsner (1976) who described Queen's Hotel and 'one of the finest early Victorian English Hotels'. HISTORICAL NOTE: a notable early example of the larger hotels which were erected in some resorts before the great 'railway hotels'. The Promenade was laid out in 1818 as a tree-lined avenue from the Colonnade in the High Street to the Sherborne Spa (later named the Imperial Spa), on the site of which the Queen's Hotel now stands. By 1826 it was a carriage drive with spacious gravelled walk on either side. Notable guests to the Hotel include Edward VII (when Prince of Wales), Prince Louis Jerome Napoleon, the Rajah of Sarawak, Elgar, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The hotel opened 21 July 1838, its first lessee was Richard Liddell. It had over 120 bedrooms, 25 sitting rooms
The Promenade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 1NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTF4C7 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD17 7EA in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents Salts Mill, art gallery, shopping centre, and restaurant complex, Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD17 7EA. The wider scene also brings together heritage-led regeneration, bricks-and-mortar retail, shopfront economy, destination shopping, social history, place identity, customer footfall, retail property, community identity, historic townscape, local character, urban fabric, mixed-use town centre, and local history. The wider contemporary story combines adaptive reuse, construction costs and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with changing footfall, store closures and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD17 7EA, details that may look very different after new construction. The photograph additionally reflects documentary photography, archival record, visual archive, commercial redevelopment, period detail, place-making, public-realm investment, and town-centre renewal. Details involving Bradford, restaurant, complex, centre, and Yorkshire make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD17 7EA helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image fixes part of the area's social history for later comparison. Image 2JTF4C7 also remains a dated record of Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD17 7EA.
Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK, BD17 7EA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTR45P - Victoria Hall, Saltaire (originally the Saltaire Institute) is a Grade II* listed building in the village of Saltaire, near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, built by architects Lockwood and Mawson.
Saltaire Institute was built by the architectural firm of Lockwood and Mawson between 1867 and 1871 for the industrialist and philanthropist Sir Titus Salt. It cost £25,000. In the original design, the building contained a main hall seating 800, a lecture room, two art rooms, a laboratory, a gymnasium, a library of 8,500 books and a reading room. For use of the building, a quarterly fee was charged. This ranged downwards from 2 shillings for adult males.
Victoria Hall is a T-plan, two-storey building with a basement, constructed in ashlar, with rock-faced stone and a Welsh slate roof.
Exterior to the front, the exterior has a symmetrical, eleven-bay Italianate facade, with vermiculated quoins at ground floor level and pilaster quoins to the first floor. The central bay of the building breaks forward. On top of this bay is an elaborate square tower with pyramidal ashlar roof. Each side of the tower has a modillioned segmental pediment on an enriched entablature, supported by Corinthian columns, framing slender, round-arched windows. The central portal has double, panelled doors, fanlight, and large open segmental pediment supported on large consoles. The tympanum has a cartouche bearing the Salt family coat of arms, flanked by the carved figures of Art and Science by Thomas Milnes.
At basement level, the windows are square-headed, while at ground and first floor level the windows are round-arched and archivolted, the first floor windows being framed by fluted Corinthian colonnettes, and with carved head keystones and blind balustrade with turned balusters. There is a dentilled cornice between the ground and first floors. The modillioned cornice forms the base to a deep, panelled parapet decorated with rosettes and pedimented piers with grotesque winged beasts support
Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNN57F - St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It has been called the Cathedral of South Cheshire and it is considered by some to be one of the finest medieval churches, not only in Cheshire, but in the whole of England. The architectural writer Raymond Richards described it as one of the great architectural treasures of Cheshire, and Alec Clifton-Taylor included it in his list of outstanding English parish churches.
The building dates from the 14th century, although a number of changes have since been made, particularly a substantial 19th-century restoration by Sir George Gilbert Scott. The church and its octagonal tower are built in red sandstone. Features of the church's interior include the lierne-vaulted ceiling of the choir, the carved stone canopies of the sedilia in the chancel, and the intricately carved wooden canopies over the choirstalls together with the 20 misericords at the back of the stalls. The church is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich
Church Lane, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5RQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM9NY6 - . This scene at Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB 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. At the centre of the view is Eastcombe Baptist Church, Dr Crouch's Road Eastcombe Nr, Stroud , Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EA. The setting additionally reflects Christian iconography, community identity, local bus network, roadside transit, local character, ecclesiastical decoration, place identity, contemporary social history, stained-glass craftsmanship, heritage worship space, changing land use, local mobility, surface public transport, and changing streetscape. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with accessibility, cultural heritage and how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs. The modern context includes continuing discussion of passenger information, decarbonisation and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. The location also brings in historic glazing, passenger transport, everyday life, bus infrastructure, public realm, roadside stop, sacred space, and sacred architecture. Details involving Eastcombe, Stroud, Baptist, Crouch's, and Gloucestershire make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. It also preserves a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison for later comparison.
Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AC2 - Alexander Findlay founded his engineering firm in 1888. The site he chose was at Milton to the north of Motherwell, on land conveniently next to the railway.
The location of the Parkneuk Works also made sense because it had plenty of space, which was important because it was normal practice for steel structures to be initially assembled at the factory before being dismantled and transported to the client. People living in the north end of Motherwell would become used to seeing huge steel structures appear in the yards of both Findlay's and the nearby Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company.
An early visitor to the Parkneuk Works was William Ewart Gladstone, former (and future) Prime Minister. - Built by Findlay of Motherwell. Concrete piers with ashlar cutwaters
semi-suspension central span
lattice-work towers and parapets
terracotta piers with cast-iron lamp columns. Erected by public subscription to mark Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Listing NGR: SO5125339423
Mill St, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AC3 - Alexander Findlay founded his engineering firm in 1888. The site he chose was at Milton to the north of Motherwell, on land conveniently next to the railway.
The location of the Parkneuk Works also made sense because it had plenty of space, which was important because it was normal practice for steel structures to be initially assembled at the factory before being dismantled and transported to the client. People living in the north end of Motherwell would become used to seeing huge steel structures appear in the yards of both Findlay's and the nearby Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company.
An early visitor to the Parkneuk Works was William Ewart Gladstone, former (and future) Prime Minister. - Built by Findlay of Motherwell. Concrete piers with ashlar cutwaters
semi-suspension central span
lattice-work towers and parapets
terracotta piers with cast-iron lamp columns. Erected by public subscription to mark Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Listing NGR: SO5125339423
Mill St, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AC4 - Alexander Findlay founded his engineering firm in 1888. The site he chose was at Milton to the north of Motherwell, on land conveniently next to the railway.
The location of the Parkneuk Works also made sense because it had plenty of space, which was important because it was normal practice for steel structures to be initially assembled at the factory before being dismantled and transported to the client. People living in the north end of Motherwell would become used to seeing huge steel structures appear in the yards of both Findlay's and the nearby Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company.
An early visitor to the Parkneuk Works was William Ewart Gladstone, former (and future) Prime Minister. - Built by Findlay of Motherwell. Concrete piers with ashlar cutwaters
semi-suspension central span
lattice-work towers and parapets
terracotta piers with cast-iron lamp columns. Erected by public subscription to mark Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Listing NGR: SO5125339423
Mill St, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJGBK9 - . This scene at 1 Greek Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4NQ 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. At the centre of the view is Soho House of Charity - House of St Barnabas, at 1 Greek Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4NQ. The surrounding context encompasses changing land use, contemporary social history, contemporary city life, historic frontage, local history, historical comparison, architectural detailing, historic townscape, place identity, documentary photography, conservation interest, before-and-after reference, urban fabric, and archival record. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into embodied carbon and energy retrofit, not least because of the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by commercial change, footfall and the continuing question of how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. Future viewers can use this scene from 1 Greek Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4NQ to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after new construction. The wider setting retains connections with city-centre activity, built heritage, everyday street life, urban social history, street-level documentary, period streetscape, changing streetscape, and local character. Details involving Greek, Charity, Barnabas, and House make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at 1 Greek Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4NQ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene captures a trace of local identity for later comparison. Image 2JJGBK9 also remains a dated record of 1 Greek Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4NQ.
1 Greek Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4NQ
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,West End,W1F,the,bar,pubs,bars,Charles James Fox,Samuel House,history,historic,heritage,attraction,attractions,travel,old,building,buildings,pub,eating,drinking,public house,public houses,British,English,city centre,enjoyment,enjoying,capital,Victorian,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJPKRN - The Intrepid Fox was a pub at 97“99 Wardour Street, Soho, London, established in 1784 by the publican Samuel House, who named it after the prominent British Whig statesman Charles James Fox. The pub was located on the corner of Wardour Street and Peter Street.
During the general election of 1784, House provided free drink to the public.
More recently, it was a goth pub which also hosted heavy metal gigs. It closed in 2006, when the owner Mitchells & Butlers sold the building to property developers.
The Wardour Street building it formerly occupied is clad in faience, including a faience relief of Charles James Fox. As of 2017, the premises were in use as a branch of the Byron hamburger chain.
Successor venues
Later in 2006, the former Intrepid Fox management team opened a new venue of the same name, near Centre Point. The Guardian reported the new venue's imminent closure in 2014.
Following the closure of this venue, a third incarnation of the Intrepid Fox was opened at the Archway Tavern later in 2014
Peter Street , 97""“99 ,Wardour Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1F 0UD
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,West End,W1F,the,bar,pubs,bars,Charles James Fox,Samuel House,history,historic,heritage,attraction,attractions,travel,old,building,buildings,pub,eating,drinking,public house,public houses,British,English,city centre,enjoyment,enjoying,capital,Victorian,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJPKRT - The Intrepid Fox was a pub at 97“99 Wardour Street, Soho, London, established in 1784 by the publican Samuel House, who named it after the prominent British Whig statesman Charles James Fox. The pub was located on the corner of Wardour Street and Peter Street.
During the general election of 1784, House provided free drink to the public.
More recently, it was a goth pub which also hosted heavy metal gigs. It closed in 2006, when the owner Mitchells & Butlers sold the building to property developers.
The Wardour Street building it formerly occupied is clad in faience, including a faience relief of Charles James Fox. As of 2017, the premises were in use as a branch of the Byron hamburger chain.
Successor venues
Later in 2006, the former Intrepid Fox management team opened a new venue of the same name, near Centre Point. The Guardian reported the new venue's imminent closure in 2014.
Following the closure of this venue, a third incarnation of the Intrepid Fox was opened at the Archway Tavern later in 2014
Peter Street , 97""“99 ,Wardour Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1F 0UD
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bars,bar,pub. pubs,dusk,night,evening,2,London,England,UK,SW1Y 6JP,the,Mayfair,Public Bar,doors,door,and,public,boozer,CAMRA,interior,interiors,inside,pub,inventory,inventories,listed,building,Victorian,style,ornate,nighttime,pubs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKGJDM - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is The Red Lion Mayfair, Public Bar doors and public bar, 2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP. The setting additionally reflects archival record, local history, adaptive reuse, documentary photography, conservation architecture, place identity, built heritage, local character, public realm, conservation interest, period detail, historical comparison, social history, and community identity. Current relevance extends to redevelopment pressure and adaptive reuse, particularly through the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. As a dated visual record of 2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include heritage asset, architectural character, contemporary social history, urban fabric, regional identity, cityscape history, period architecture, and heritage landmark. Details involving Mayfair, James's, Public, London, and doors make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within 2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate redevelopment pressure and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism within the real-world context of 2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP. The frame retains a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,RBKC,England,UK,Royal Borough,of,Kensington,Chelsea,W11 1LA,W11,store,green historic,history,antique,Victorian,antiques,175 Portobello Road,Portobello Market,Notting Hill,Portobello,Ladbroke Grove,butchers,butcher,old,building,buildings,classic,windows,window,front,outside,frontage,gold,golden,lettering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KX3J - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 175 Portobello Road, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 1LA in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. At the centre of the view is G.Portwine, 175 Portobello Road, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 1LA. The broader subject matter reaches into Westminster landmark, changing land use, public realm, visual archive, London cityscape, local character, city branding, metropolitan identity, capital landmark imagery, period detail, Thames city view, contemporary social history, regional identity, and community identity. The modern context includes continuing discussion of visitor economy, urban mobility and the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism. Future viewers can use this scene from 175 Portobello Road, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 1LA to compare lettering, decoration and surface detail with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes historic London streetscape, before-and-after reference, archival record, documentary photography, changing streetscape, historical comparison, local history, and London visitor economy. The combination of Notting, Portwine, Market, and Portobello anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at 175 Portobello Road, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 1LA matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is visitor economy and the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism within the real-world context of 175 Portobello Road, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 1LA.
175 Portobello Road, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 1LA
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GotonySmith,Manchester,Cottonopolis,history,historic building,Piccadilly and Auburn Street Manchester,J Hoyle & Sons cotton spinners,Contractor Robert Neill and Sons,red faced brick,buff terra cotta,buff terracotta,architects,Messrs,Charles Heathcote,and Sons,cotton manufacturing,industry,cotton,facade,heritage,architecture,textiles,spinning,1904,tourist,tourism,urban,Piccadilly,property,real estate,CRE,Victorian,building,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880DK - WAREHOUSE, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER - This building has been erected for Messrs Joshua Hoyle and Sons, Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers. Including the basement it is seven stories high. The portion of the ground‘floor facing Piccadilly is for shops and a cafe. The warehouse entrance is at the corner, and the loading ways in the side street. The old building formerly on the site was of a height allowing the new lofty one to be erected without infringing any right of light. Internally there are three lifts. An installation of pneumatic letter and parcel tubes between the several departments is expected to save much labour. The heating and ventilation are in combination by means of washed air being driven by electric fans from an air chamber in the basement to the several floors and departments. The erection was at first attended with much difficulty, owing to a canal running across the site, the navigation of which was not interfered with. The main structure is of steel. This system enabled the architects to have the building erected at great speed. As soon as the stanchions and main beams of a floor were in position the Fram fireproof floor arching followed on, thus all waiting for the wall erections was avoided. The first stanchion in the basement was fixed in March, and in October the counters, lifts, electric wiring, etc., were being put in position. We refer to this, as in a building of this class speed, coupled with sound construction, is of great financial value to the proprietors. The exterior is in Burmantofts half‘glaze green terra-cotta to the first‘floor level, and upwards in half-glaze buff terra-cotta and deep red bricks. The roof is covered with green slates and green terra-cotta ridge tiles. The architects are Messrs Charles Heathcote and Sons, of Manchester, and Savoy‘court, London, and the builders are Messrs Robert Neill and Sons, Manchester. [11 November 1904 page 685]
1-3 Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3AQ
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GotonySmith,Manchester,Cottonopolis,history,historic building,Piccadilly and Auburn Street Manchester,J Hoyle & Sons cotton spinners,Contractor Robert Neill and Sons,red faced brick,buff terra cotta,buff terracotta,architects,Messrs,Charles Heathcote,and Sons,cotton manufacturing,industry,cotton,facade,heritage,architecture,textiles,spinning,1904,tourist,tourism,urban,Piccadilly,property,real estate,CRE,Victorian,building,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880DP - WAREHOUSE, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER - This building has been erected for Messrs Joshua Hoyle and Sons, Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers. Including the basement it is seven stories high. The portion of the ground‘floor facing Piccadilly is for shops and a cafe. The warehouse entrance is at the corner, and the loading ways in the side street. The old building formerly on the site was of a height allowing the new lofty one to be erected without infringing any right of light. Internally there are three lifts. An installation of pneumatic letter and parcel tubes between the several departments is expected to save much labour. The heating and ventilation are in combination by means of washed air being driven by electric fans from an air chamber in the basement to the several floors and departments. The erection was at first attended with much difficulty, owing to a canal running across the site, the navigation of which was not interfered with. The main structure is of steel. This system enabled the architects to have the building erected at great speed. As soon as the stanchions and main beams of a floor were in position the Fram fireproof floor arching followed on, thus all waiting for the wall erections was avoided. The first stanchion in the basement was fixed in March, and in October the counters, lifts, electric wiring, etc., were being put in position. We refer to this, as in a building of this class speed, coupled with sound construction, is of great financial value to the proprietors. The exterior is in Burmantofts half‘glaze green terra-cotta to the first‘floor level, and upwards in half-glaze buff terra-cotta and deep red bricks. The roof is covered with green slates and green terra-cotta ridge tiles. The architects are Messrs Charles Heathcote and Sons, of Manchester, and Savoy‘court, London, and the builders are Messrs Robert Neill and Sons, Manchester. [11 November 1904 page 685]
1-3 Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3AQ
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GotonySmith,Manchester,Cottonopolis,history,historic building,Piccadilly and Auburn Street Manchester,J Hoyle & Sons cotton spinners,Contractor Robert Neill and Sons,red faced brick,buff terra cotta,buff terracotta,architects,Messrs,Charles Heathcote,and Sons,cotton manufacturing,industry,cotton,facade,heritage,architecture,textiles,spinning,1904,tourist,tourism,urban,Piccadilly,property,real estate,CRE,Victorian,building,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880DW - WAREHOUSE, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER - This building has been erected for Messrs Joshua Hoyle and Sons, Ltd, cotton spinners and manufacturers. Including the basement it is seven stories high. The portion of the ground‘floor facing Piccadilly is for shops and a cafe. The warehouse entrance is at the corner, and the loading ways in the side street. The old building formerly on the site was of a height allowing the new lofty one to be erected without infringing any right of light. Internally there are three lifts. An installation of pneumatic letter and parcel tubes between the several departments is expected to save much labour. The heating and ventilation are in combination by means of washed air being driven by electric fans from an air chamber in the basement to the several floors and departments. The erection was at first attended with much difficulty, owing to a canal running across the site, the navigation of which was not interfered with. The main structure is of steel. This system enabled the architects to have the building erected at great speed. As soon as the stanchions and main beams of a floor were in position the Fram fireproof floor arching followed on, thus all waiting for the wall erections was avoided. The first stanchion in the basement was fixed in March, and in October the counters, lifts, electric wiring, etc., were being put in position. We refer to this, as in a building of this class speed, coupled with sound construction, is of great financial value to the proprietors. The exterior is in Burmantofts half‘glaze green terra-cotta to the first‘floor level, and upwards in half-glaze buff terra-cotta and deep red bricks. The roof is covered with green slates and green terra-cotta ridge tiles. The architects are Messrs Charles Heathcote and Sons, of Manchester, and Savoy‘court, London, and the builders are Messrs Robert Neill and Sons, Manchester. [11 November 1904 page 685]
1-3 Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3AQ
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GotonySmith,Manchester,Northern Quarter,England,UK,M1,NQ4,casting,Ashton,industry,history,historic,canal carrier,M1 2JQ,transport,canals,city,centre,regeneration,development,redevelopment,fence,barrier,fencing,Victorian,building,buildings,Manchesters,Ancoats,waterway,waterways,water,Rochdale Canal,ornate,brickwork
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880E0 - . An on-location photograph from Ashton Canal Basin, Ducie Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 2JQ in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The image documents Albert Wood (old canal carrier) iron casting, Ashton Canal Basin, Ducie Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 2JQ. The surrounding context encompasses social history, architectural detailing, historic frontage, urban renewal, former industrial land, changing land use, built heritage, post-industrial redevelopment, urban fabric, heritage landmark, adaptive reuse, conservation architecture, urban regeneration, and local landmark. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with public-realm investment, housing pressure and how major transport hubs can drive surrounding development. The modern context includes continuing discussion of planning control, local identity and keeping older structures useful without erasing their character. For later comparison, the photograph preserves public access and movement at Ashton Canal Basin, Ducie Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 2JQ, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. Further associations within the scene are changing streetscape, architectural character, before-and-after reference, period detail, city-centre placemaking, community identity, public realm, and everyday life. The recorded references to Ashton, carrier, canal, Basin, and Ducie preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Ashton Canal Basin, Ducie Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 2JQ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. It also preserves a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
Ashton Canal Basin, Ducie Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 2JQ
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GotonySmith,England,UK,M1,NQ4,47 Ducie St,Manchester M1 2JW,bar,pub,demolition,lost pub,losing,losing our pubs,city centre,city centre pubs,Victorian,building,buildings,public houses,chain,outside,exterior,entrance,entrances,Manchesters,Ancoats,lettering,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,Hydes brewery,brewery,brewing,brewers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880E4 - The Jolly Angler, Ducie Street. Another Manchester pub sold and to close.
But with a bit of effort, could this classic old pub be still saved?
The Jolly Angler is to close after Christmas 2020. This place defined the hidden away pub, lost in the streets between Piccadilly Station and Great Ancoats Street. Now it's been sold.
It's a proper old Ancoats pub that would have, once upon a time, been on a street of terraced houses amidst workshops. It's a cute place, just a couple of rooms, with a bit of architectural fancy in its Ducie Street lower façade. The opening times have been as hidden away as its location, lost somewhere between Monday and Saturday. It often seemed potluck to find it open.
It's right to be sentimental about the loss of old pubs
Yet when it has been open, it's been a great experience
friendly, a laugh and with a real fire too. There have been occasional folk nights - often with a definite Irish accent. It's always very jolly although I can't remember many anglers being in, not that I asked.
The owners were one of the big Greater Manchester four trad brewers, Hydes (with the others being Robinsons, Holt and the oldest of all, Lees.) We've asked Hydes for an interview and are awaiting a response but this site and the older, often it must be said, hideous surrounding buildings, have been surrounded by Manchester city centre's expansion.
This area is ripe for development and thus the site of the Jolly Angler and those around have been plucked. Whether this is Hydes cashing in we'll have to wait and see when they come back to us. Maybe it's anything but, but we'd like to know.
More at https://confidentials.com/manchester/the-jolly-angler-manchester-pub-to-close
47 Ducie St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 2JW
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GotonySmith,England,UK,M1,NQ4,47 Ducie St,Manchester M1 2JW,bar,pub,demolition,lost pub,losing,losing our pubs,city centre,city centre pubs,closed,pubs,bars,the,Jolly,Angler,derelict,forgotten,lost,Victorian,building,buildings,public houses,chain,outside,exterior,entrance,entrances,Manchesters,Ancoats,lettering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880E8 - The Jolly Angler, Ducie Street. Another Manchester pub sold and to close.
But with a bit of effort, could this classic old pub be still saved?
The Jolly Angler is to close after Christmas 2020. This place defined the hidden away pub, lost in the streets between Piccadilly Station and Great Ancoats Street. Now it's been sold.
It's a proper old Ancoats pub that would have, once upon a time, been on a street of terraced houses amidst workshops. It's a cute place, just a couple of rooms, with a bit of architectural fancy in its Ducie Street lower façade. The opening times have been as hidden away as its location, lost somewhere between Monday and Saturday. It often seemed potluck to find it open.
It's right to be sentimental about the loss of old pubs
Yet when it has been open, it's been a great experience
friendly, a laugh and with a real fire too. There have been occasional folk nights - often with a definite Irish accent. It's always very jolly although I can't remember many anglers being in, not that I asked.
The owners were one of the big Greater Manchester four trad brewers, Hydes (with the others being Robinsons, Holt and the oldest of all, Lees.) We've asked Hydes for an interview and are awaiting a response but this site and the older, often it must be said, hideous surrounding buildings, have been surrounded by Manchester city centre's expansion.
This area is ripe for development and thus the site of the Jolly Angler and those around have been plucked. Whether this is Hydes cashing in we'll have to wait and see when they come back to us. Maybe it's anything but, but we'd like to know.
More at https://confidentials.com/manchester/the-jolly-angler-manchester-pub-to-close
47 Ducie St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 2JW
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GotonySmith,beer,public house,Chester,brewery,Manchester,NQ4,Northern Quarter,tiled,sign,signage,historic,M1,front,Staffordshire,tiles,tiling,ceramic,blue,gold,Chesters,ales,ale,Victorian,building,buildings,public houses,chain,outside,exterior,entrance,entrances,Manchesters,Ancoats,lettering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880ET - Chesters Brewery Co. Ltd, Ardwick Brewery, Princess Street, Manchester, Ardwick, Greater Manchester.
Founded before 1830 at the Victoria Brewery, Hyde Street and became Collins and Chesters 1842. Ardwick Brewery opened 1852.
Registered April 1888.
Merged with Threlfall & Co Ltd. 1961 to form Threlfall Chesters Ltd.
Brewery closed 1966 and demolished 1967.
41 Hilton Street, Manchester, England, UK , M1 2EE
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Keywords: 1827,Bible,passage,Chapel,Inscription,history,historic,chapel,building,listed building,@Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,heritage,brick,buildings,architecture,Victorian,old,religion,chapels,tablet,tablets,ornate,John,1-17,Jesus Christ,but,grace,and,&,truth,came,by,Moses,prophet,white,marble
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J843MR - . An identifiable period record of Stockton Heath, Warrington , Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6HN in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is Chapel Inscription Stockton Heath 1827, Warrington, Cheshire, England,WA4 - The Law Was Given By Moses. Another layer of the photograph includes urban change, contemporary city life, everyday street life, social landscape, social history, urban fabric, heritage asset, period building, period streetscape, period detail, conservation interest, street-level documentary, changing land use, and conservation architecture. The modern context includes continuing discussion of adaptive reuse, planning control and how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use. For current editorial use, transport and commercial change provide additional context, especially through how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. Future viewers can use this scene from Stockton Heath, Warrington , Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6HN to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after redevelopment. Other useful contextual ideas include city-centre activity, historic frontage, built heritage, heritage landmark, before-and-after reference, regional identity, historic streetscape, and contemporary social history. Details involving Inscription, Stockton, Given, Moses, and Chapel make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Stockton Heath, Warrington , Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6HN may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history for later comparison. Image 2J843MR also remains a dated record of Stockton Heath, Warrington , Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6HN.
Stockton Heath, Warrington , Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6HN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,main building,Joe Soaps,Cheshire,&,name,Victorian,building,architecture,column,at,front,of,head,office,Unilever,Crossfields,Persil,factory,Bank Quay,4 Liverpool Road,Warrington,WA5 1AB,WA5,sunny,sun,blue sky,blue skies,Great Sankey,Liverpool Rd,employer,employment,closed,shut,soap,chemical manufacturing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ43F - Joseph Crosfield (5 October 1792 “ 16 February 1844) was a businessman who established a soap and chemical manufacturing business in Warrington, which was in the historic county of Lancashire and is now in the ceremonial county of Cheshire. This business was to become the firm of Joseph Crosfield and Sons.
Early life
Joseph Crosfield was born in Warrington, the fourth son of George Crosfield and his wife Ann née Key. The Crosfield family had been Quakers since the time of George Fox and this tradition was maintained by George and subsequently by Joseph. George Crosfield was a wholesale grocer in Warrington who also had interests in a sugar-refining business in Liverpool. The family moved to Lancaster in 1799 for George to develop a sugar-refining business there, while still keeping an interest in his grocery business in Warrington under the care of his assistant, Joseph Fell. Nothing is known of Joseph's early life in Lancaster. From September 1807, a time close to his 15th birthday, he was apprenticed for 6 years to Anthony Clapham, a druggist and chemist in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. By 1811 Anthony Clapham was also a soap manufacturer.
In 1814, Joseph's apprenticeship having finished, at the age of 21 he decided to establish his own soap making business in Warrington. At this time soap manufacturing was growing rapidly in the Mersey bad recently developed canals and river navigations in the area which allowed for easier transport of the raw materials into the factories and for the distribution of the finished products. A number of new large soaperies had recently been established in the nearby towns of St Helens, Runcorn and Liverpool.
Joseph Crosfield's soapery was established on the north bank of a loop of the river Mersey in an area known as Bank Quay, near to urban Warrington but at that time separated from it by a stretch of fields. Other industrial premises were nearby. The premises occupied that of a failed wire mill were sourced
Bank Quay, 4 Liverpool Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1AB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,UK,iconic,real,ale,house,classic,boozer,traditional,CAMRA,M1,M1 5JQ,Wilsons,the,green,tiles,tiled,Of,The,Peak,yellow,icon,Pev,spirits,ales,stouts,door,entrance,A-Board,outside,exterior,listed,building,architecture,inn,facade,façade,Victorian
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MN7P7E - Sitting on an island of land between Chepstow Street and Bridgewater Street this tile clad Victorian pub certainly stands out from its surroundings. The building dates back to the early 19th Century but the cladding was added in 1900. The name is said to commemorate a horse-drawn stagecoach that ran between Manchester and London. Ironically though, the pub, by the same name in Derbyshire, claims that its name came from a book of the same name by Sir. Walter Scott that references Peveril Castle near Castleton in Derbyshire.
127 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 5JQ
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,guerilla,art,artist,off Brick lane,protest,activism,pub,street art,streetart,painted,paintings,can,old,derelict dereliction,abandoned,plastered,covered,completely,paste up,pasteup,pasteups,Victorian,buildings,building,culture,derelict,dereliction,spray,E1 6QL,E1,yard,yards
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02DB - . An authentic period view of Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The defining feature is Graffiti and posters, stencil art,off Brick lane,East End, London,England,UK, E1 6QL. The wider subject matter also includes social drinking culture, cask-beer tradition, traditional building materials, beer festival scene, changing land use, manufacturing heritage, place identity, industrial archaeology, drinks hospitality, historic context, historical comparison, pub trade, engineering heritage, and before-and-after reference. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with beer duty, staffing pressure and the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues. In the mid-2020s, labour history and embodied carbon keep the subject current, particularly through the historical importance of everyday manufactured objects and materials. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the view documents the relationship between the subject and its surroundings within the setting of Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL. Further connections include industrial supply chain, documentary photography, beer tourism, local character, hand-pulled beer, licensed hospitality, brewing heritage, and independent brewing. Elements such as posters, Graffiti, London, Brick, and stencil add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is beer duty and the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues as part of the longer story of Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL. The frame retains details of everyday use as a date-specific reference.
Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,The Buxton pub and hotel,Brick Lane,42 Osborn Street,Buxton,building,outside,external,on,history,historic,brewer,brewery,breweries,Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton,a,19th-century,MP,Thomas Fowell Buxton,Thomas Buxton,Victorian,architecture,traditional East End,east-End,night,evening,dusk,Truman Brewery,The Buxton,brick,red brick,rooms
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02DF - In London's East End, this former Victorian pub brings an airy escape to the streets of Spitalfields. Ideal for staycationers, solo travellers and loved-up duos alike, The Buxton hotel invites you to explore the streets of Shoreditch before heading to its panoramic rooftop for sundown cocktails.
We love a rags-to-riches story, so this Eliza Doolittle-esque tale of an East End boozer given a modern East London makeover warms our Cockney cockles. Housed in a former Victorian pub, The Buxton is a big-hearted homage to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, a 19th-century MP and previously the owner of the nearby Truman Brewery (itself now a hub for creative businesses and a weekly street-food market). In his day Sir Thomas was committed to abolishing slavery, founding the RSPCA and raising money for the local weaving community - acts of generosity that The Buxton nods to through its work with neighbourhood charity Cardboard Citizens, which uses theatre to tackle the issue of homelessness. Its present incarnation is the work of the team behind nearby Spitalfields gastropub The Culpeper, of gigantic rooftop-gherkin fame. Architect Gareth Roberts and business partner Nico Treguer have revamped the building by adding two extra floors, a rooftop terrace and a stonking street-level restaurant/bar, a much-needed addition to the kebab shops that more commonly characterise this end of Brick Lane.
Interiors avoid the traps of steampunk junk and Edison bulb-lit bareness, instead balancing whitewashed walls and potted plants with cleverly sourced vintage elements such as a Rosso Levanto marble counter, sapphire velvet chairs in the hallways and a 50s terrazzo-patterned floor. While the rooms are compact to say the least, for a flat rate of £100 (including a welcome drink and breakfast) it's a seductive option for staycationers, solo travellers and loved-up duos who fancy travelling no further than a few flights of stairs when going from dinner to duvet.
42 Osborn Street, London,England,UK, E1 6TD
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,art,graffiti,junction,of,create or die,urban,decay,east end,eastend,street,lane,street art,streetart,painted,paintings,spay,can,old,derelict dereliction,abandoned,plastered,covered,completely,paste up,pasteup,pasteups,Victorian,buildings,building,culture,cobbled,flats,apartments,Create or Die,high streets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02EE - . A grounded stock-photo/gotonysmith-Documentary.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>documentary photograph made at Junction of Grimsby Street and Brick Lane,East London, England,UK in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The subject recorded here is Street art at the Junction of Grimsby Street and Brick Lane,East London, England,UK. Further facets of the subject include building-material production, local history, housing affordability, community housing, production works, public realm, affordable homes, industrial supply chain, historic manufacturing, community identity, social history, place identity, visual archive, and changing streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with industrial conservation, labour history and the reuse or loss of former production sites. In the mid-2020s, planning and repairs keep the subject current, particularly through the balance between new supply and local infrastructure. For local-history research, the photograph preserves small features of identity that written records may overlook in the immediate surroundings of Junction of Grimsby Street and Brick Lane,East London, England,UK. A second layer of the scene includes archival record, residential environment, period detail, housing stock, local character, housing provision, industrial archaeology, and historical comparison. The combination of London, Brick, Junction, and Grimsby anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Junction of Grimsby Street and Brick Lane,East London, England,UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is industrial conservation and the reuse or loss of former production sites as part of the longer story of Junction of Grimsby Street and Brick Lane,East London, England,UK. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2AE02EE.
Junction of Grimsby Street and Brick Lane,East London, England,UK
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Keywords: Republic of Ireland,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,CHI at Temple Street,Temple Street,Temple street,Childrens,University,Temple St,Rotunda,Dublin 1,D01 XD99,teaching hospital of University College Dublin and Trinity College,student,Childrens Health Ireland,building,Victorian,history,historic,architecture,1872,acute paediatric,foundation,system,health,healthcare,Sláinte Leanaà Éireann,ED,Emergency Department,NCIMD,Sarah Atkinson,Ellen Woodlock,Earls of Bellomont,at,15 Temple Street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84JCC - Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street (Irish: Sláinte Leanaà Éireann ag Sráid an Teampaill) is a children's hospital located on Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland. It is a teaching hospital of University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin
The hospital was founded by Mrs. Ellen Woodlock and her close friend Sarah Atkinson at 9 Upper Buckingham Street in 1872. It had just 8 beds when it opened. In 1876, the growing success of the hospital prompted the governing committee to invite the Religious Sisters of Charity to take over the running of the hospital.
In May 1879 the lease at 9 Upper Buckingham Street expired and, with the help of a bequest, the sisters purchased the former home of the Earls of Bellomont at 15 Temple Street. Over the following years adjoining houses were purchased such as the residence of the Parnell family, number 14. The hospital expanded in the 1930s with help from the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake.
A new nurses' home and a new x-ray department was officially opened by Minister of Lands, Seán Flanagan, in the presence of the President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera, in 1972.
In line with other teaching hospitals, the facility changed its name from the Children's Hospital, Temple Street to the Children's University Hospital, Temple Street in the late 1990s and changed its name again to the Temple Street Children's University Hospital in 2012
The hospital changed its name from Temple Street Children's University Hospital to Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street as part of the rebranding of three hospitals under the Children's Health Ireland banner on 1 January 2019
Temple St, Rotunda, Dublin 1, D01 XD99, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,Irish,inscription,blue,white,Victorian,building,architecture,style,10,Anglesea St,offices,office,relief carving,dragon,Let us be judged by our deeds,Royal Dragoons,1st Dragoons,Dublins,bars,pubs,ornate,watering holes,boozer,boozers,attraction,attractions,tourism,problem,problems,ASB,antisocial behaviour,trouble
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8BNT8 - This decorative building that is painted predominantly white with light blue detailing was built in 1898 in Queen Anne revival style. Around the year there is relief carving with a dragon(?) separting the 18 from 98. Beneath the year and the dragon is the motto spectemur agendo.
The house may have been built as a residence with the ground floor serving as a shop or business premises. Today, the building appears to be offices.
10 Anglesea Street - Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Eire,Ireland,24 - 25,Auld,Dubliner,tourist,tourism,boozer,entrance,door,step,historic,history,doorway,St Patricks Day,classic,traditional,pubs,bars,bar,Victorian,old,building,pub crawl,crawl,traditional pub,the,auld,sign,signs,threshold
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGB1X - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 24 - 25 Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland in 2019, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The location is represented through The Auld Dubliner traditional pub, 24 - 25 Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland. Other connected aspects include hospitality economy, licensed trade, changing land use, changing streetscape, period building, community drinking venue, local social venue, pub interior heritage, visitor hospitality, public realm, architectural character, historic streetscape, heritage asset, and traditional materials. Current relevance extends to energy retrofit and planning control, particularly through the value of architectural landmarks to local identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into tourism and food inflation, not least because of the survival of local pubs as social meeting places. As a dated visual record of 24 - 25 Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in traditional ale house, adaptive reuse, contemporary social history, urban fabric, conservation interest, regional identity, local history, and food-and-drink business. Details involving traditional, Ireland, Temple, Dublin, and Dubliner make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around 24 - 25 Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Its period value extends to energy retrofit and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition as part of the longer story of 24 - 25 Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland. The frame retains a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
24 - 25 Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Somerset,SDC,Sedgemoor,South West England,England,UK,South West,town,TA6,night time,evening,statue,history,TA6 3BU,market,hall,nightlife,life,Prezzo,Italian Restaurant,evenings,old,building,Victorian,restaurant,restaurants,Prezzo restaurant,pizzeria,light,lighting,sign,centre,heritage,tourist,attraction,illuminated
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMKCP - . Made at Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. At the centre of the frame is Dusk in Bridgwater,Somerset, town centre, old market hall,Cornhill,South West England, UK,TA6 3BU. The frame also contains themes of traditional masonry, historic townscape, historic frontage, architectural detailing, national food identity, cultural gastronomy, culinary tradition, heritage landmark, seasonal celebration, heritage asset, everyday life, adaptive reuse, regional food culture, and public realm. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes redevelopment pressure alongside embodied carbon, with particular attention to the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with consumer spending, regional tourism and how food traditions survive alongside changing diets and lifestyles. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the frame records signage, materials, design and everyday use at the recorded site in Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU. The photograph additionally reflects conservation interest, comfort food, regional speciality, regional identity, historic context, food-and-drink tradition, visual archive, and historical comparison. Elements such as Bridgwater, Somerset, centre, market, and Cornhill add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The surrounding context at Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects redevelopment pressure and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity in a form that can be compared with future views of Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU.
Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Bridgwater,Somerset,SDC,Sedgemoor,Sedgemoor District Council,South West England,England,UK,South West,town,TA6,dusk,night,night time,Prezzo,neon,illuminated,Restaurant,pink neon,pink,eating out,dining out,chain restaurant,Cornhill,Italian chain restaurant,Italian,Italian food,in Bridgwater,evenings,old,building,Victorian,restaurant,restaurants
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMKCA - . This location-based editorial photograph from the recorded location in 2019 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The view centres on Pasta Pizza Vino, Prezzo Bridgwater, in old market place,Cornhill, at dusk,Somerset, South West England, UK. The photograph also reflects shopfront economy, local trading, historical comparison, public realm, comfort food, customer footfall, festive eating, urban commerce, documentary photography, changing land use, social history, community identity, culinary tradition, and before-and-after reference. Today's wider story includes hospitality costs, cultural identity and the practical question of the role of ceremonial food in annual celebrations. For contemporary context, vacant units and hybrid working are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the photograph anchors small features of identity that written records may overlook around the recorded location. The subject sits alongside high-street commerce, consumer retail, period detail, commercial frontage, changing streetscape, bricks-and-mortar retail, retail vacancy, and regional identity. The combination of Somerset, Cornhill, place, Pasta, and Bridgwater anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes hospitality costs and the role of ceremonial food in annual celebrations within the specific setting of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is commercial rents and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres as part of the longer story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK,terrace,L3 5TB,building,outside,entrance,merchant,merchants,houses,home,homes,urban,Victorian,history,historic,sub-district,district,Rodney,and,Abercromby,wards,ward,sign,brick,terraced,blue door,sunny,red brick,door,front
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475J2 - MOUNT-PLEASANT, a sub-district in the town and district of Liverpool
comprising Rodney and Abercromby wards of Liverpool borough. Pop. in 1851, 41, 997
in 1861, 47, 410. Houses, 6, 901. The Liverpool work-house, the Royal infirmary, the Ashton-street lunatic asylum, the Ashton-street lock hospital, the Hardman-street asylum for the blind, the Hope-street infirmary for children, the Myrtle-street boys' orphan asylum, the Myrtle-street girls' orphan asylum, the Melville-place infants' orphan asylum, the Falkner-street girls' Catholic asylum, the Falkner-street female penitentiary, the Oxford-street asylum for the deaf and dumb, and the Roman Catholic training college are here
and, at the census of 1861, had respectively 2, 426, 201, 85, 52, 85, 16, 117, 136, 60, 68, 78, 78, and 146 inmates.
79 Mount Pleasant ,Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TB
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,Greater Manchester,Manchester,Cheshire,England,UK,town,history,historic,architecture,building,affiliated bank,door,doorway,exterior,small,vulnerable,British,banking,bank,Silicon Valley,banks,Victorian,1800s,outside,doors,stone,stonework,ornate,preserved,SK1,15-17,Bridge Street,SK1 1XR,buildings,cash
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTH2H - Union Bank Of Manchester
The Union Bank was an early joint stock bank in the industrial heartland of Lancashire, established in 1836 with a capital of £6 million divided into 24,000 shares of £25 each. Although the original intention of the Union Bank was to confine itself to Manchester, after twenty years this policy was changed, and its first branch opened at Knutsford in 1856. The bank flourished with the growth of industry and acquired several smaller banks in Lancashire, Cheshire and Yorkshire. It became an affiliated bank within the Barclays Group in 1919, when 99% of its capital was acquired under an arrangement whereby Union Bank shareholders were given shares in Barclays to replace their Union Bank shares. This was Barclays' last major acquisition before the Treasury put a block on major banking mergers in 1920. The Union Bank continued to be managed and marketed separately until 1940 when it was fully absorbed into Barclays
15-17 Bridge St, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK1 1XR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,Mosley St,City Centre,M2 3JL,Lancs,English,United Kingdom,M2,tourist,tourism,Victorian,gothic,classic classical,style,building,architecture,city,centre,art,public,publically,owned,paintings,and,collection,collections,exhibition,exhibitions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEF2 - Manchester Art Gallery, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre. The main gallery premises were built for a learned society in 1823 and today its collection occupies three connected buildings, two of which were designed by Sir Charles Barry. Both Barry's buildings are listed. The building that links them was designed by Hopkins Architects following an architectural design competition managed by RIBA Competitions. It opened in 2002 following a major renovation and expansion project undertaken by the art gallery.
Manchester Art Gallery is free to enter and open seven days a week. It houses many works of local and international significance and has a collection of more than 25,000 objects. More than half a million people visited the museum in the period of a year, according to figures released in April 2014. Manchester Art Gallery is housed in three connected buildings. The City Art Gallery building, which faces onto Mosley Street, was designed and constructed between 1824“35. It originally housed the Royal Manchester Institution. Designed by architect Sir Charles Barry in the Greek Ionic style, the building is now Grade I listed. The two-storey gallery is built in rusticated ashlar to a rectangular plan on a raised plinth. The roof is hidden by a continuous dentilled cornice and plain parapet. Its eleven-bay facade has two three-bay side ranges and a central five-bay pedimented projecting portico with six Ionic columns. Set back behind the parapet is an attic with small windows that forms a lantern above the entrance hall
Mosley Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M2 3JL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X77 - Salford Lads' Club is a recreational club in the Ordsall area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The club, on the corner of St. Ignatius Walk and Coronation Street, was established in 1903 as a boys' club but today welcomes people of any gender and organises activities including sports and exhibitions.
The club was opened on 30 January 1904 by Robert Baden-Powell, who later founded the Scout movement. Former members include actor Albert Finney, footballers Albert McPherson, Steve Fleet, Eddie Colman and Brian Doyle, Allan Clarke, lead singer of 1960s pop group The Hollies, and Graham Nash, guitarist, songwriter and singer with The Hollies who went on to form Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
The building gained listed status in 2003 as its tiled interior is virtually unchanged with original fittings and includes a boxing ring, snooker rooms and a gym with a viewing balcony. English Heritage said: The building is thought to be the most complete example of this rare form of social provision to survive in England. In 2007, the Manchester Evening News reported that the building, which was used for the sleeve of The Smiths album The Queen Is Dead, came third in a nationwide hunt to find the most iconic buildings in the country
Saint Ignatius Walk, Salford, Lancashire, North West England, UK,M5 3RX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTAC6 - . A detailed visual record records the everyday reality of 25 Ranelagh St, Liverpool, UK, L1 1JP, in a time-specific record from 2018. The documentary focus is Midland Hotel Luncheons pub, 25 Ranelagh St, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West England, UK, L1 1JP. Further features of the subject include catering trade, architectural heritage, tourism economy, local dining, conservation architecture, night-time economy, food-and-drink business, historic built environment, visitor economy, leisure hospitality, food culture, and hospitality trade. For present-day editorial use, community pubs can also illustrate debates about operating costs and staff recruitment, particularly where these affect protecting valued local meeting places. Modern coverage of architectural conservation frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of redevelopment pressure, planning control and lower-carbon reuse rather than demolition. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, food service also connects with delivery-platform competition, changing visitor patterns and efforts aimed at stronger town-centre leisure economies. Over time, this view of 25 Ranelagh St, Liverpool, UK, L1 1JP can support local-history and planning research by preserving details of appearance, occupation, signage, public access and everyday use that written records may omit. Beyond the immediate subject, the setting involves food service, adaptive reuse, beer retail, traditional hostelry, heritage asset, historic fabric. Associated details include Midland Pub Liverpool, Midland Hotel Liverpool, bar, traditional Liverpool bar. Other relevant facets include public house culture, architectural detail, community drinking place, local tourism, service economy, heritage streetscape, leisure economy, townscape identity, hospitality premises, and hospitality economy. The scene keeps a record of a moment in the site's history as part of the area's social history.
25 Ranelagh St, Liverpool, UK, L1 1JP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P69RJC - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE in 2018, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The main point of reference is Station Hotel, 1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE. Another layer of the photograph includes period detail, place identity, documentary photography, care-home development, elderly care, residential care, social-care infrastructure, archival record, contemporary social history, everyday life, social history, visual archive, care workforce, and local history. Current relevance extends to funding and housing with support, particularly through how new care facilities affect local health and housing systems. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at 1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. Other useful contextual ideas include care capacity, care-sector provision, community identity, regional identity, historical comparison, later-life housing, adult social care, and changing streetscape. The recorded references to Perth, Scotland, Leonard, Station, and Hotel preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around 1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is funding and how new care facilities affect local health and housing systems as part of the longer story of 1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE. The wider significance includes housing with support and the growing demand for care services as the population ages when considered against later change at 1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE. The frame retains details of everyday use for future local research.
1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P69RJF - . Recorded at 1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE in 2018, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The defining feature is Station Hotel, 1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE. The broader subject matter reaches into residential care, social history, changing land use, everyday life, elderly care, community identity, care-home development, care capacity, regional identity, contemporary social history, historical comparison, place identity, care workforce, and adult social care. Today's relevance is strengthened by ageing population, local provision and the continuing question of the long-running pressure on staffing and funding in adult social care. As a dated visual record of 1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include local history, archival record, local character, visual archive, later-life housing, social-care infrastructure, public realm, and before-and-after reference. The combination of Leonard, Hotel, Station, Scotland, and Perth anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For 1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE, 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 ageing population and the long-running pressure on staffing and funding in adult social care when considered against later change at 1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE. The scene further reflects staffing and the importance of designing care settings around dignity and independence without losing the local specificity of 1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE. The period view preserves part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference.
1 Leonard St, Perth, Scotland, UK, PH2 8HE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,14 James St,England,UK,WC2E 8BU,history,historic,building,lamp,Victorian,fruit,veg,vegetables,tourist,attraction,attractions,tourism,tourists,lighting,lantern,lanterns,arch,arched,dont,be,ordinary,the,Covern,in,upper,hanging,detail,lamps,sign over archway,trader,traders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6TH - . Recorded at 14 James St, London , England, UK, WC2E 8BU in 2018, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The scene records Covent Garden Market building, Regal House, 14 James St, London , England, UK, WC2E 8BU. The frame also records themes of architectural detailing, heritage asset, townscape record, period streetscape, place identity, historic streetscape, period detail, contemporary city life, architectural character, historical comparison, visual archive, urban change, changing land use, and local identity. Current relevance extends to maintenance and planning control, particularly through keeping older structures useful without erasing their character. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into footfall and street safety, not least because of how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around 14 James St, London , England, UK, WC2E 8BU before new construction alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include community identity, historic frontage, community life, social history, everyday street life, conservation architecture, contemporary social history, and archival record. The combination of James, Covent, building, Regal, and Market anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around 14 James St, London , England, UK, WC2E 8BU, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects maintenance and keeping older structures useful without erasing their character when considered against later change at 14 James St, London , England, UK, WC2E 8BU. The frame retains a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
14 James St, London , England, UK, WC2E 8BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM9A08 - . This scene at the recorded location in 2018 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 scene records Citte Of Yorke Pub, Chancelry Lane, Holborn, London, England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes cider brand history, drinks packaging, changing land use, before-and-after reference, drinks manufacturing, documentary photography, local history, factory bottling line, social history, regional drinks industry, community identity, changing streetscape, period detail, and archival record. From a 2025-onward perspective, regional food heritage and brand heritage are closely linked to this subject, alongside Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production. Small period details of building condition and alterations at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. Further associations within the scene are everyday life, fermented drink production, public realm, visual archive, bottle-filling machinery, historical comparison, historic beverage advertising, and bottling technology. Elements such as London, Yorke, Chancelry, Citte, and Holborn add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Even without a fuller street location, image MM9A08 preserves the period presentation of Citte Of Yorke Pub, Chancelry Lane, Holborn, London, England, UK, giving later viewers a fixed documentary point for comparison. Its period value extends to regional food heritage and the relationship between orchard agriculture, regional identity and branded cider without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of responsible drinking and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location.
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Keywords: Office,space,history,historic,architecture,building,city,centre,ave,L2,grade,listed,II,building,Grayson,Ould,granite,brick,stone,arched,entrance,Corinthian,pilasters,Ionic,Queen Insurance,Queen Insurance Buildings,Queen Avenue,Castle st,Grade II,Grayson and Ould,Grayson & Ould,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Ionic,half-columns,half,columns,lamp,lamps,Victorian,gaslamp,gas,path,pathway,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM63 - An office building designed by Grayson and Ould. It is in brick with stone dressings, a granite ground floor, and a slate Mansard roof. The building has four storeys, and is five bays wide. In the ground floor, two of the bays form an arched entrance to Queen Avenue. In the first floor, between the windows, are Corinthian pilasters, and between the windows in the second floor are Ionic half-columns. On the front of the building are friezes, and at the top are dormers
Queen Insurance Buildings, Queen Avenue, Liverpool L2 4TZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FK27 - . The Mersey Hotel, Widnes West Bank, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 17 September 2016. West Bank Dock was situated on the River Mersey at Widnes. It was built in 1864 to cater for the growing chemical industry. It took over some of the traffic of the Widnes Dock. The dock closed in the 1970. In the longer view, financial objects and premises connect economic history with daily life
Banknotes, coins, savings products, cheques, branch buildings and ATMs show how people stored and accessed money before digital banking reduced the visibility of many traditional banking services. In historical terms, 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. From a heritage perspective, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and changing names often preserve layers of community commercial and social history. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that access to cash remains a live issue despite the growth of cards and mobile payments
FCA rules now require major banks and building societies to protect reasonable local access to cash, so images of cashpoints, banknotes and closed branches can illustrate the tension between digital banking and physical financial services. During 2026, food security, soil health, biodiversity and climate resilience are increasingly central to UK farming and gardening
Images of crops, allotments and field work can support coverage of domestic food production, sustainable agriculture and adaptation to more variable weather. Other closely matched search terms include currency, sterling, personal finance, and financial inclusion.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FK59 - . The Mersey Hotel, Widnes West Bank, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 17 September 2016. West Bank Dock was situated on the River Mersey at Widnes. It was built in 1864 to cater for the growing chemical industry. It took over some of the traffic of the Widnes Dock. The dock closed in the 1970. From a heritage perspective, financial objects and premises connect economic history with daily life
Banknotes, coins, savings products, cheques, branch buildings and ATMs show how people stored and accessed money before digital banking reduced the visibility of many traditional banking services. As background, 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. The wider historical story is that british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and changing names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history. As of 2026, cash is used less often than in earlier decades but remains significant, particularly for vulnerable consumers and some small businesses
FCA access-to-cash rules require designated banks and building societies to assess local provision and address significant gaps, making images of ATMs, notes and former branches relevant to financial inclusion. Against the 2026 backdrop, current agricultural debate combines food production with environmental land management, biodiversity and climate adaptation
Photographs of crops and cultivation therefore have both traditional rural and contemporary sustainability relevance. Additional high-relevance terminology includes currency, sterling, personal finance, cashpoint, payment methods, and bank branch.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBPD5 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 26 Church St, Manchester , England, UK, M4 1PW, UK in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The subject captured here is The Unicorn Hotel, dwarfed by apartments, 26 Church Street, Manchester, North West England,M4 1PW. The setting additionally reflects sacred architecture, historical comparison, social history, licensed hospitality, visitor hospitality, local character, religious landmark, traditional pub, historic hostelry, parish history, church interior, cask-beer tradition, before-and-after reference, and ecclesiastical art. The modern context includes continuing discussion of tourism, historic fabric and how churches combine active worship with heritage and community roles. For current editorial use, staffing pressure and tourism provide additional context, especially through the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing. Future viewers can use this scene from 26 Church St, Manchester , England, UK, M4 1PW, UK to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after replacement signage. The wider setting retains connections with local history, night-time economy, hospitality economy, archival record, place identity, regional identity, changing streetscape, and faith community. Details involving Unicorn, apartments, Manchester, dwarfed, and Church make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For 26 Church St, Manchester , England, UK, M4 1PW, 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 tourism and how churches combine active worship with heritage and community roles within the real-world context of 26 Church St, Manchester , England, UK, M4 1PW, UK.
26 Church St, Manchester , England, UK, M4 1PW, UK
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Keywords: UK,platform,building,brickwork,line,rails,empty,lonely,cold,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,no,train,trains,strike,strikes,main,Carlisle,Citadel,city,Railway,BR,railways,infrastructure,Cumbria,bridge,Victorian,platforms,mainline,WCML,NetworkRail,Network Rail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RJJ - . Carlisle Citadel Railway Station, Cumbria, stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England, UK. Photographed at Carlisle railway station, or Carlisle Citadel, Court Square, Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK CA1 1QZ. The photograph was taken on 06 July 2015. 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 Carlisle Citadel Railway Station, Cumbria, WCML, Avanti, Station, bridge, platfoems, Victorian, deserted and platform, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene has strong relevance to railway travel, public transport, passenger infrastructure and the everyday operation of Britain's rail network. It can illustrate editorial stories about stations, train journeys, commuting, regional connectivity, rail investment, rolling stock, freight, signals, platforms, accessibility and the relationship between railways and the places they serve. Visible railway furniture, signs, tracks, platforms, trains, signals or station buildings help place the photograph firmly in the practical environment experienced by passengers and railway staff. As a dated documentary image it also offers a useful record of transport infrastructure, branding and passenger facilities at the time the photograph was made. Search themes include British rail travel, railway stations, passenger journeys, tracks, platforms, signals, rolling stock, freight, regional connectivity and transport infrastructure. The scene is particularly useful for illustrating how railway facilities, signs and operational surroundings looked at a known point in time. 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.
Carlisle railway station, or Carlisle Citadel, Court Square, Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK CA1 1QZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DA8AT5 - Dorchester Abbey is a Church of England parish church in Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Oxford. It was formerly a Norman abbey church and was built on the site of a Saxon cathedral.
It has many classic features, tiles and carvings. These are medieval designs
High St, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxen, England UK OX11
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N0W - . St Wilfrids Catholic Church Panorama Northwich showing wooden roof. Photographed on 22 December 2009. The recorded location is Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK. In the longer view, churches combine worship with architecture, local memory and centuries of community history
Their stonework, stained glass, memorials, furnishings and churchyards often record successive periods of rebuilding, evolving liturgy, local benefactors, war remembrance and family history. In historical terms, 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 offer clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for conservation, tourism, music, community use and local identity
Their maintenance illustrates the continuing challenge of caring for ageing heritage buildings while keeping them accessible and relevant. During 2026, 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. In historical terms, parish churches and cathedrals are among Britain's richest sources of architectural and social history
Medieval fabric, Victorian restoration, monuments, stained glass, organs, altars and inscriptions can coexist in a single building, reflecting generations of worship and local patronage. From a heritage perspective, ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local history
Architectural details, memorials and churchyard monuments provide evidence for religious practice, craftsmanship, community identity, genealogy and the changing use of sacred space.
Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N14 - St Wilfrid's Church is in the village of Davenham, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich.
History
A church on the site was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. A later church was built in the 14th century and its chancel was rebuilt in 1680 and again in 1795.[3] The present church dates from 1842 to 1844 when the body of the church was replaced, and the tower and spire were repaired, the architect being Edmund Sharpe of Lancaster. The nave was lengthened by one bay, heightened and widened, and galleries were inserted on three sides. The tower was damaged when it was struck by lightning on 16 July 1850.[3] A new tower was designed by Sharpe and his partner at the time, E. G. Paley. The chancel and transepts date from 1870 by the later partners in the practice, Paley and Austin.
Architecture
Exterior
The church is built in red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chancel with a north vestry and a south chantry chapel, and a southwest porch. The tower has an octagonal spire with three tiers of lucarnes.
Interior
In the chancel is a two-arched sedilia. The reredos contains an alabaster relief depicting The Last Supper. The monuments in the church include ones to William Tomkinson who died in 1770 by Benjamin Bromfield, to Mrs France who died in 1814 by S. and F. Franceys of Liverpool, to Mrs Harper dated 1833 by Francesco Pozzi of Florence with a relief of a mother and child, and to Frederick and Cecil France-Hayhurst who died in 1915, by Underwood. In the south aisle is a war memorial chapel designed by Sir Robert Lorimer. It contains a reredos with carvings of personifications of virtues, framed by carved friezes, and posts surmounted by angels
57 Church St, Davenham, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 8NF
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4318118139 - 'One of my favourite Manchester watering holes, Sams Chop House pub at Back Pool Fold, Chapel Walks, off Cross Street.
This is a B/W sepia image of the etched window at the rear.
Some sepia with selective colour here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4327803699/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC ',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X73 - Salford Lads Club stock-photo/gotonysmith-Doorway.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>doorway on St Ignatius Walk in Ordsall, Salford, photographed with its red brick frontage, arched entrance, green doors, carved brick detail and distinctive green and gold sign. The building is one of Greater Manchester's best known music pilgrimage locations because The Smiths were photographed outside it by Stephen Wright in 1985, with the image later appearing inside the gatefold sleeve of the band's third studio album, The Queen Is Dead. The doorway has become a landmark for Smiths fans, indie music followers, Manchester music tourists and visitors recreating the famous band photograph. The club is also far more than a pop culture backdrop. It is a historic youth and community institution, opened in the early twentieth century and long associated with youth work, boxing, sport, local social provision, working class life and voluntary action in Ordsall. This red brick street corner scene has strong editorial and commercial search value for The Smiths, Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce, Salford music heritage, Manchester music history, British indie rock, post-punk, alternative music, album sleeve locations, fan culture, pop culture tourism, youth clubs, community buildings, Edwardian architecture, heritage preservation and northern working class history. The wet pavement, overcast daylight, arched windows and bold green doors give the photograph a clear documentary feel, suitable for features on cultural landmarks, music trails, Salford regeneration, local identity, community fundraising and the survival of historic voluntary sector venues. Recent reporting has highlighted financial pressure and campaigns to protect the club, giving the image added relevance as a symbol of both international music memory and everyday community resilience. With no people visible, it remains flexible for news, travel, arts, culture, social history, heritage, tourism, music journalism, educational publishing, stock photo buyer and blog use.
Salford Lads Club doorway on St Ignatius Walk, made famous by The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead album sl
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC6H5Y - . Liverpool Music City at St Georges Hall, St George's Pl, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JJ. Photographed on 12 July 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 St George's Place, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JJ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include North West, St Georges Pl, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 1JJ, Music, groups, poster, words, building, architecture, history, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The music context makes the image useful for editorial coverage of performers, venues, concerts, popular culture, local music heritage, audiences, nightlife and the creative industries. Such scenes can become important cultural records as bands, venues, festivals and city music districts change, linking contemporary entertainment with wider stories about tourism, identity and regeneration. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison.
St George's Place, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X74 - Salford Lads' Club is a recreational club in the Ordsall area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The club, on the corner of St. Ignatius Walk and Coronation Street, was established in 1903 as a boys' club but today welcomes people of any gender and organises activities including sports and exhibitions.
The club was opened on 30 January 1904 by Robert Baden-Powell, who later founded the Scout movement. Former members include actor Albert Finney, footballers Albert McPherson, Steve Fleet, Eddie Colman and Brian Doyle, Allan Clarke, lead singer of 1960s pop group The Hollies, and Graham Nash, guitarist, songwriter and singer with The Hollies who went on to form Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
The building gained listed status in 2003 as its tiled interior is virtually unchanged with original fittings and includes a boxing ring, snooker rooms and a gym with a viewing balcony. English Heritage said: The building is thought to be the most complete example of this rare form of social provision to survive in England. In 2007, the Manchester Evening News reported that the building, which was used for the sleeve of The Smiths album The Queen Is Dead, came third in a nationwide hunt to find the most iconic buildings in the country
Saint Ignatius Walk, Salford, Lancashire, North West England, UK,M5 3RX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG988W - Maccy Mayor is a 1858 Grade II listed market building, on the edge of Manchester's Northern Quarter. Reimagined by all the people involved in Alty Market and Market House. Includes the following vendors:
Honest Crust Pizza | Fin Fish Bar | Wolf House Coffee | Nationale 7 | Tender Cow | Baohouse | Little Window | J.Atkinsons & Co | Jack In The Box | Reserve Wines
For more info, visit http://www.mackiemayor.co.uk/
Eagle Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, M4 5BU
