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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Grove,village,area,Flixton,Road,off,Plymouth,1970s,Council,Homes,IMG_8242,Grove Village,Flixton Road,Manchester,housing estate,residential property,urban housing,housing market,council housing porches and gardens,Grove Village houses,Flixton Road Manchester,housing front porch,former council estate,terrace gardens,Manchester housing street,Grove Village housing,Manchester brick housing,two storey terraced houses,residential front gardens
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FX38P3 - Grove Village housing entrance and domestic gardens on Flixton Road Manchester. The photograph shows two-storey brick homes with small porch and contrasting front doors. The closer Grove Village photograph looks towards individual front entrances, porches and small enclosed gardens on Flixton Road. Brick walls, railings and everyday bins make this a domestic street scene. A close view of Grove Village houses shows painted entrance surrounds, small fenced front gardens and brick upper walls. Original council-house status, ownership and refurbishment programmes require sources beyond this architectural evidence. The houses have brick ground floors, light-coloured upper walls, small front porches and narrow gardens facing the street. Their closely spaced front doors illustrate the density and repetition of a planned residential layout. The view looks along Flixton Road in the Grove Village area, recording homes and everyday street furniture at a neighbourhood scale. The different façade treatments are especially useful in comparing how properties within the same estate have been maintained or altered.
Flixton Road, Grove Village, Ardwick, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Grove,village,area,Flixton,Road,off,Plymouth,1970s,Council,Homes,IMG_8243,Grove Village,Flixton Road,Manchester,housing estate,residential property,urban housing,housing market,mid-twentieth-century social housing streets,Grove Village Manchester,Flixton Road houses,former council housing,Manchester terraced homes,red brick housing,social housing history,brick terraced housing,front gardens,social housing architecture,residential street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FX396C - Grove Village former council housing on Flixton Road, Manchester. The photograph shows continuous row of modest two-storey red-brick terraced homes beside paved footpath. A row of modest red-brick two-storey housing is photographed from the street in Manchester's Grove Village. Small fenced front gardens, upstairs windows and the repeated terrace pattern are visible. A run of two-storey red-brick terraced properties has small front gardens and bin storage immediately adjoining the pedestrian route. Repeated windows, doors and rooflines show planned housing of a consistent type. A run of modest two-storey red-brick houses lines a pedestrian path, with small fenced gardens, wheelie bins and individual front entrances. The consistent roof height and repeated window arrangement show the planned nature of the stock-photo/gotonysmith-Estate.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>estate. The image is suited to coverage of housing stock, terraces and estate regeneration.
Flixton Road, Grove Village, Ardwick, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,gay,village,Canal Street,tourist,tourism,queer,as folk,Canal Street Manchester,Manchester Gay Village,rainbow Manchester bee,Canal Street sign,LGBTQ+ street sign,queer quarter,Gay Village sign,Manchester bee symbol,Pride bee,rainbow bee,LGBTQ+ Manchester,Canal Street LGBTQ,LGBTQ+ landmark,public signage,red brick wall,Rochdale Canal,area,Pride,culture,LGBTQIA+,trip,trips,travel,gay friendly,civic,identity,worker,symbolism,safe space,diversity symbol,Grindr
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0G6 - Canal Street street sign fixed to a red brick wall in Manchester's Gay Village, with the city's worker bee emblem redesigned in rainbow Pride colours. The simple sign carries several layers of meaning in one compact urban detail. Canal Street is the best-known street in Manchester's LGBTQ+ quarter, running beside the Rochdale Canal and closely associated with bars, clubs, restaurants, Pride events, queer nightlife and the city's wider reputation for tolerance, performance and self-expression. The rainbow bee links two strong local symbols: the Manchester bee, long used as a shorthand for the city's industrial past, civic solidarity and collective identity, and the rainbow flag, internationally recognised as a sign of LGBTQ+ pride and visibility.
The image works well as a stock photograph because it is not a generic rainbow scene. It fixes LGBTQ+ culture to a named street, a recognisable place and a distinctly Mancunian symbol. The red brick background adds texture and northern urban character, while the black metal bracket and white street-name plate give the picture the feel of a found city detail rather than a staged graphic. No sky or weather is visible, so the season cannot be confirmed, but the even outdoor light and dry wall surface suggest a clear enough daytime view.
The photograph has strong editorial use for stories about Manchester Gay Village, Canal Street tourism, Pride culture, queer heritage, equality and diversity, public signage, place branding, city identity, LGBTQ+ safe spaces, the visitor economy and urban regeneration. It can also support features on how councils, businesses and communities use symbols in the public realm to signal belonging. In a street better known for crowds, bars and nightlife, this quieter close-up gives buyers a clean visual shorthand for Manchester's queer quarter: named location, Pride colours, local identity and civic symbolism in a single sign.
Canal Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M1 3HN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,gay,village,Canal Street,tourist,tourism,city,break,holiday,short,travel,Velvet Bar,bar,bars,outdoor hospitality,hospitality sector,pavement café culture,city break destination,social documentary,travel editorial,equality and diversity,urban placemaking,modern Manchester,waterfront bars,leisure economy,daytime nightlife district,couples,mixed-use,development,city-centre,living,residential,quarter,modern,inclusive,pride,events,festival
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0G8 - Landscape view from the Velvet terrace on Canal Street in Manchester's Gay Village, looking across the Rochdale Canal toward the modern Kampus development. The image brings together two sides of the street: outdoor drinkers and diners in the foreground, seated among planters, black screens and pale café chairs, and the newer residential and leisure quarter across the canal, marked by the large KAMPUS sign. Small rainbow flags line the canal railings, while warm evening light, green trees, light summer clothing and relaxed outdoor seating suggest a late spring or summer city-break atmosphere. The sky is mostly hidden by buildings and foliage, but the stock-photo/gotonysmith-Scene.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>scene has the feel of mild weather and a busy hospitality day.
This is useful editorially because it shows Canal Street as a changing urban place, not just a famous nightlife strip. Velvet represents the established LGBTQ+ hospitality identity of the Gay Village: bars, restaurants, hotel rooms, drinks terraces, Pride culture and queer city tourism. Kampus, built around the former Manchester Metropolitan University campus, represents newer city-centre living, food, drink and regeneration beside the same canal. Together they show how Manchester's queer quarter now sits within wider pressures around development, public realm, residential growth and the visitor economy.
The photograph can illustrate stories on Manchester Pride, LGBTQ+ tourism, inclusive city breaks, outdoor hospitality, canalside regeneration, city-centre apartments, daytime nightlife districts, and the relationship between long-established queer venues and new urban development. The visible mix of customers, passers-by, planters, flags, canal railings, red brick, modern cladding and waterfront seating gives the image strong stock value for travel, planning, lifestyle, equality and Manchester business features. It records a moment where identity, commerce, tourism and regeneration meet in one compact canalside scene.
Canal Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M1 3HE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,club,Grappenhall Youth and Community Association,bar,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4,May 2026,real ale,beers,ale,area,pumps,handpulls,local,community,women,event,guest,ales,cider,perry,live music,charity,village,hall,volunteers,social,drinking,tasting,pub,culture,British,hospitality,leisure,weekend event,indoor bar,scene
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWM98 - Busy indoor bar area at Grappenhall Beer Festival, held at The Bellhouse, home of Grappenhall Youth and Community Association in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire. The image shows a crowded community beer festival interior with drinkers gathered around a temporary bar, casks and handpulls lined up on the right, beer labels visible above the pumps, people holding pint glasses, a beer programme on a table and the warm social atmosphere of a village real ale event. The festival is useful for editorial coverage of British beer culture, real ale, cask ale, local breweries, community fundraising, village events, hospitality, weekend leisure, social drinking, volunteers, beer tasting and the continuing appeal of traditional beer festivals in North West England. The Bellhouse describes itself as a charity-run community hub in the heart of Grappenhall, offering events, room hire, clubs and social spaces, and its events page lists Grappenhall Beer Festival as an annual highlight featuring local and guest ales, food and live entertainment. Ticketing information for 2026 described Grappenhall Beer Festival as Real Ale, Ciders and Live Music , presented by Grappenhall Youth & Community Association, while local coverage said the 2026 event would take place on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 May at Grappenhall Community Centre. The photograph captures the practical working side of the festival, with a busy queue at the bar, beer pumps, casks, volunteers and customers choosing drinks rather than a staged publicity view. Visible details such as the wooden floor, festival signage, beer tokens or programme, pint glasses, casual clothing and crowded bar line make it a strong documentary image for stories about community venues, local fundraising, beer festivals, the real ale movement, pub culture outside pubs, village social life and the wider role of volunteer-run events in keeping community facilities active. The indoor setting suggests a mild spring evening or weekend session
The Bellhouse, Bellhouse Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2SG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Warrington,snowy,village,Church Lane Grappenhall,Cheshire,British pub,English pub,January,festive pub,British culture,pub culture,Christmas season,festive season,winter scene,snow scene,seasonal weather,traditional England,English village life,social history,community hub,local pub,leisure,travel England,heritage hospitality,calm,peaceful,nostalgic,lifestyle editorial,hospitality industry,food and drink,real ale,festive decoration,copy space,historic,welcoming,UK,England
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DGE74K - The Rams Head public house in the village of Grappenhall near Warrington, Cheshire, is shown during a cold winter period in January with light snow covering the ground and a decorated Christmas tree standing outside the pub. The historic building, with its mix of brickwork and traditional architectural features, is set against clear blue skies and low winter sunlight, which highlights the textures of the walls, roof and surrounding outdoor seating areas. Snow settled on benches and pathways reinforces the seasonal setting and the crisp atmosphere of a winter's day in rural England.
Village pubs such as the Rams Head have long played an important role in British social and cultural life, acting as meeting places, landmarks and centres of community activity. During the winter and festive season, pubs often become visual symbols of warmth and tradition, even when photographed without people present. The Christmas tree outside the pub adds a seasonal focal point, linking the image to themes of celebration, tradition and continuity within English village life.
The photograph reflects wider themes of British pub culture, hospitality, leisure and local identity, as well as seasonal change and winter weather in the United Kingdom. It is suitable for editorial use in travel and lifestyle features, hospitality coverage, festive and winter-themed publications, calendars and broader cultural storytelling focused on traditional England, rural communities and the enduring presence of village pubs within the countryside.
Rams Head, Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, WA4 2SG
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,city,centre,LGBTQ+ rights,LGBTQ+ activism,equality message,street banner,pride messaging,UK,human rights,Canal Street Manchester M1 3WD,Manchester city centre,LGBTQ+ community,inclusive society,anti-discrimination message,public demonstration,social justice,protest banner,contemporary Britain,outdoor signage,editorial image,freedom,rights,out,proud,out and proud,road,Sackville Park,innate identity,gender dysphoria,sex,gender,M1,M1 3WD,trans rights,village,Welsh,Scottish
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DCX6FW - A large street banner carrying the message Trans Is Not A Choice / Transphobia Is displayed in Manchester's Gay Village along Canal Street, photographed at Canal Street, Manchester M1 3WD. The banner is positioned within a public pedestrian area close to historic brick civic buildings, situating the message firmly within the everyday urban environment of Manchester city centre.
Canal Street is internationally recognised as the heart of Manchester's Gay Village and has long been associated with LGBTQ+ visibility, nightlife, activism and community life. Public banners and temporary installations such as this are frequently used in the area to express messages of inclusion, equality and opposition to discrimination.
The wording of the banner reflects contemporary debates around transgender rights and social acceptance in the UK, emphasising that gender identity is inherent while prejudice is a matter of choice. Photographed in daylight, the image documents a moment of public expression within a well-known LGBTQ+ space, providing strong editorial value for themes of human rights, equality, activism and modern urban culture.
Street banner displaying the message ""Trans Is Not A Choice / Transphobia Is"" in Manchester's Gay Vi
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,city,centre,LGBTQ+ bar Manchester,gay bar Manchester,Manchester nightlife,LGBTQ+ venue UK,LGBT,LGBTQ,Pride,23 Sackville Street Manchester,Manchester M1 3NJ,LGBTQ+ culture,inclusive nightlife,urban street scene,British gay village,night-time economy,pub exterior,bar frontage,colourful signage,pride colours,city nightlife,UK LGBTQ history,social spaces,evening lighting,hospitality sector,pub,pubs,bar,bars,sounds like the village,under a car park,Thompsons,outside,exterior,Thompsons Arms,Queer As Folk,village
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DCX6G4 - The exterior of Thompson's Bar, a prominent LGBTQ+ bar situated in Manchester's Gay Village, photographed at 23 Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3NJ. The venue is located close to the Canal Street area, which has been central to Manchester's LGBTQ+ social life for several decades and is internationally recognised as one of the UK's most visible and established gay districts.
The building façade features bold, colourful signage incorporating rainbow imagery, symbolising inclusivity and LGBTQ+ pride. Decorative lighting and hanging baskets contribute to the bar's lively street presence, reflecting the area's role in Manchester's night-time economy and cultural identity.
Manchester's Gay Village has played an important role in the city's social history, activism and visibility for LGBTQ+ communities, particularly from the late twentieth century onwards. Venues such as Thompson's Bar continue to function as social hubs, meeting places and cultural landmarks within the city centre.
Photographed in daylight with urban surroundings visible, the image documents both the physical streetscape of Sackville Street and the wider cultural significance of LGBTQ+ venues within contemporary Manchester.
Exterior of Thompson's Bar, a long-established LGBTQ+ venue in Manchester's Gay Village, located on
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Village,City of York,North Yorkshire,England,YO19 5UF,rail,platform,station,museum,visitor attraction,history,historic,heritage,green,DVLR,York railway heritage,railway architecture,British railway history,preserved railway,countryside railway,station signage,rural railway,historic transport,Edwardian railway,timber framed building,railway preservation,industrial heritage,transport history,countryside England,heritage transport,former railway line,building,original station signage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X2CG2N - This image shows a traditional railway building associated with the Derwent Valley Light Railway, located near York in North Yorkshire, England. The structure features distinctive timber framing, cream infill panels, and green painted detailing, typical of early twentieth-century light railway architecture. Prominently displayed on the building is signage reading Derwent Valley Light Railway, clearly identifying its historical association with the former rural railway line.
The Derwent Valley Light Railway was opened in 1913 to serve the agricultural communities of the Derwent Valley, providing an important transport link for both passengers and freight in a largely rural area to the south-east of York. Designed as a light railway to reduce construction and operating costs, the line played a significant role in supporting local farming and rural industry before declining passenger numbers and changing transport patterns led to its eventual closure in the mid-twentieth century.
Today, surviving buildings and remnants of the railway are valued as part of North Yorkshire's transport and industrial heritage, offering insight into the development of rural railways and their impact on local communities. The image captures the character and craftsmanship of historic railway architecture and is suitable for editorial and commercial use relating to British railway history, heritage transport, rural England, and the preservation of historic infrastructure.
Murton Village, City of York,, North Yorkshire, England, YO19 5UF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X2CG2R - This image shows a green industrial shunting locomotive marked Rowntree Mackintosh Ltd, associated with the historic confectionery manufacturing operations of Rowntree in York, North Yorkshire, England. The locomotive would have been used for internal rail movements within the extensive factory railway system that served the Rowntree works, moving raw materials, packaging, and finished goods around the site and connecting with the wider national rail network.
Rowntree Mackintosh was formed in 1969 following the merger of Rowntree & Company of York and Mackintosh's of Halifax, creating one of Britain's most significant confectionery manufacturers. The company was later acquired by Nestlé in 1988, marking a major shift in the ownership of one of York's most important industrial employers. For much of the twentieth century, the Rowntree factory operated its own internal railway infrastructure, reflecting the scale and logistical complexity of large British manufacturing sites of the period.
Industrial shunting locomotives such as this were a common feature of factories, docks, and warehouses across the UK, allowing efficient on-site rail handling without relying on mainline locomotives. Today, surviving examples are valued as part of Britain's industrial and railway heritage, illustrating the close relationship between rail transport and manufacturing. This image is suitable for editorial and commercial use relating to British industrial history, railway heritage, manufacturing, corporate history, and the social and economic history of York.
Murton Village, City of York,, North Yorkshire, England, YO19 5UF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RY1PX0 - Wirhalh Skip Felagr The Wirral Ship Fellowship, is Merseyside's leading Viking, Saxon and Norman re-enactment group. Wirhalh Skip Felagr focuses primarily upon the Hiberno Norse Vikings who settled the Wirral in 902AD. We also portray other cultures from the beginning of the Viking invasion in 793AD to beyond the Norman Conquest in 1066AD.
Wirhalh Skip Felagr offers the following services:
Early medieval living history - Period crafts and/or combat displays for all types of events.
Costumed historical interpretation - For Museums and the wider heritage industry.
Educational visits - Historical activities for schools, libraries etc.
Talks and lectures - On Viking / Saxon life and history.
Practical demonstrations/workshops - Traditional skills displays and courses.
Costumed performers - Background extras and props for film / TV / publicity / media / news work.
Read more at http://www.wirralvikings.org.uk/
Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,1100,Warrington,village,historic,heritage,WA4 2SU,WA4,viking,History and Heritage Day,years,festival,9-24th,September,Sep,2023,Wirral,renactment,Wirral Ship Fellowship,early,medieval,Living History,group,show,demonstration,demonstrations,costume,costumed,in,shields,shield,two,men,helmet,helmets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RY1R00 - Wirhalh Skip Felagr The Wirral Ship Fellowship, is Merseyside's leading Viking, Saxon and Norman re-enactment group. Wirhalh Skip Felagr focuses primarily upon the Hiberno Norse Vikings who settled the Wirral in 902AD. We also portray other cultures from the beginning of the Viking invasion in 793AD to beyond the Norman Conquest in 1066AD.
Wirhalh Skip Felagr offers the following services:
Early medieval living history - Period crafts and/or combat displays for all types of events.
Costumed historical interpretation - For Museums and the wider heritage industry.
Educational visits - Historical activities for schools, libraries etc.
Talks and lectures - On Viking / Saxon life and history.
Practical demonstrations/workshops - Traditional skills displays and courses.
Costumed performers - Background extras and props for film / TV / publicity / media / news work.
Read more at http://www.wirralvikings.org.uk/
Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,1100,Warrington,village,historic,heritage,WA4 2SU,WA4,viking,History and Heritage Day,years,festival,9-24th,September,Sep,2023,Wirral,renactment,Wirral Ship Fellowship,early,medieval,Living History,group,show,demonstration,demonstrations,costume,costumed,in,shields,shield,two,men,helmet,helmets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RY1R08 - Wirhalh Skip Felagr The Wirral Ship Fellowship, is Merseyside's leading Viking, Saxon and Norman re-enactment group. Wirhalh Skip Felagr focuses primarily upon the Hiberno Norse Vikings who settled the Wirral in 902AD. We also portray other cultures from the beginning of the Viking invasion in 793AD to beyond the Norman Conquest in 1066AD.
Wirhalh Skip Felagr offers the following services:
Early medieval living history - Period crafts and/or combat displays for all types of events.
Costumed historical interpretation - For Museums and the wider heritage industry.
Educational visits - Historical activities for schools, libraries etc.
Talks and lectures - On Viking / Saxon life and history.
Practical demonstrations/workshops - Traditional skills displays and courses.
Costumed performers - Background extras and props for film / TV / publicity / media / news work.
Read more at http://www.wirralvikings.org.uk/
Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,1100,Warrington,village,historic,heritage,WA4 2SU,WA4,vikings,viking,History and Heritage Day,years,festival,9-24th,September,Sep,2023,men,of,the,in,costume,dressed,traditional,show,demonstration,demonstrations,dance,dancers,dancing,day of dance,folk,club
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RY1R1J - Thelwall Morris Men were formed in October 1973, the nucleus of the side being a group of regulars from the Thelwall Folk Club at the Pickering Arms, which was run by Maggie and Rod Goodall.
All of these men were absolute beginners. Some had seen morris dancing at Keele University Folk Festival earlier in the year and fancied trying it. The only trouble was how to get started?
The answer proved to be a small ad in Folk Review magazine, asking for someone to come and teach the dance. Around this time, Chris Maple, who became the side's first squire and foreman had arrived in the North West to take up a job in Liverpool. Chris proved well equal to the task of getting his raw recruits off on the right foot (or in our case, the left).
The side's first musician was Fred Horrobin (Maggie's dad) who busked on accordion for a couple of weeks until someone unearthed the exceptionally talented Steve Burgess from downtown Stockton Heath. Under Chris's tuition, the side learned an assortment of Cotswold dances, mainly Bampton and Adderbury to begin with. The first public performance took place, without baldricks and badges, at the Pickering Arms in August 1974 before a sceptical audience of wives and girlfriends and members of the folk club.
By 1975 the side had acquired it's kit. Black breeches and shoes, white shirt and socks, with baldricks of pale blue and claret surmounted by a distinctive badge representing the wall of Thells or stakes from which Thelwall, England's smallest city, derived its name in Anglo-Saxon times.
The side's first invitation to a day of dance was from Southport Swords in May 1975, and the inexperienced side made a favourable impression. The following year they attended their first Ring Meeting at Thaxted and have attended a Ring Meeting almost every year since then.
In 1977, the side visited Ireland for the Cobh festival, quickly followed, in 1979, by an invitation to Mallow, Ireland
Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,changed,funny,village,entry,SK17,Buxton Road,Dove Holes,Buxton,High Peak,England,UK,SK17 8DW,drive,carefully,humorous,villages,A6,road,ugliest,in,Britain,British,English,orifices,orifice,30,thirty,MPH,miles per hour,slow down,drivers,valentines,day,romance,passion,passionate,most
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJ3YRP - Dove Holes is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. It has a population of about 1,200 (2001), shown in the 2011 Census as being included in the population of Chapel-en-le-Frith. It straddles the A6 road approximately three miles north of Buxton and three miles south of Chapel-en-le-Frith. Trains run from Dove Holes railway station into Manchester.
Residents of the village live either in the village or on outlying farms. There are around six farms in the village and many more within the boundaries of the parish. There are also large limestone quarries that, over the years, have made an important contribution to the development and economy of the village. Additionally, there are several businesses. There are two public houses, one of which offers accommodation. There is a daily milk delivery service and a mobile library every fortnight. There is a church, Methodist chapel and a community centre. The village lies on the fringe of the Peak District National Park.
In 1650, a General Survey of the Manor of High Peak was made to assess the property of the late King Charles. This recorded that people were burning limestone around the village and that there were 14 kilns thereabouts, the burnt lime (quicklime) being slaked and used by farmers to condition the soil in their fields. At that time, lime kilns could be built and demolished without authority.
With the coming of the Industrial Revolution, and the opening of the Peak Forest Tramway in 1796, the limestone quarries were commercialised. The first of these was at nearby Loads Knowl and others quickly followed along Dove Holes Dale. Undoubtedly, the opening of the Peak Forest Tramway and the consequent expansion of commercial limestone quarries contributed greatly to the expansion of the village. For the first time, there was an outlet for limestone in Manchester via the Peak Forest Tramway, Bugsworth Basin, the Peak Forest Canal and the Ashton Canal.
Buxton Rd, Dove Holes, Buxton, High Peak, England, UK, SK17 8DW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG8YRF - Hale is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England with a population of 1,800. The village is north of the River Mersey, and just to the east of the boundary with Merseyside. It is 2+1⁄2 miles east of Speke in Liverpool, and 4 miles south-west of Widnes. The nearby village of Halebank is to the north-east.
Historically part of Lancashire, until 1 April 1974 the area formed part of the Whiston Rural District.
The population of the parish is stable with a population of 1,898 (2001 census), 1,841 (2011 census) and 1,800 (2021 census).
John Middleton (15781623), the Childe of Hale, was reputed to be nine feet, three inches tall, or 2.8 m. His cottage and grave are located in the village. Just outside St Mary's Church was a wooden carving of the Childe Of Hale that is said to have been life-sized. It was replaced in 2013 by a 3-metre bronze statue by sculptor Diane Gorvin
Middleton was born in the village of Hale, near Liverpool. According to contemporary accounts and his epitaph, he grew to the height of 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) and slept with his feet hanging out the window of his house.
Because of his size the landlord and sheriff of Lancashire, Gilbert Ireland, hired him as a bodyguard. When King James I stopped by in 1617 to knight Ireland he heard about Middleton and invited both of them to the court, which they accepted in 1620. Middleton beat the King's champion in wrestling and in doing so broke the man's thumb. He received £20, a large amount of money in those times. Jealous of his wealth, Middleton's companions mugged him or swindled him out of his money while he was returning to Hale. Middleton died impoverished in 1623. He was buried in the cemetery of St Mary's Church in Hale. The epitaph reads, Here lyeth the bodie of John Middleton the Childe of Hale. Nine feet three. Borne 1578 Dyede 1623. He is likely one of the tallest people in history. If these height markings are accurate, he would surpass Robert Wadlow's stature
6 Church End, Hale, Cheshire, England, UK, L24 4AX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Manchester,city,centre,August,Bank Holiday,parades,float,visitors,crowd,busy,2018,tourist,tourism,community,Greater Manchester,Canal Street,charity,sponsor,sponsors,participants,M1 3NR,M1,Whitworth Street,rainbows,colourful,supporters,march,marching,placards,messages,Your identity is valid,village
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDAWEN - Manchester Pride is a charity that campaigns for LGBTQ+ equality across the United Kingdom, predominantly in Greater Manchester. The Charity offers dialogue, training, research and policy analysis, advocacy and outreach activities focusing on LGBTQ+ rights.
The Manchester Pride Festival is an annual event held on the August bank holiday weekend. It takes place in the Canal Street area, the city's gay village, and fringe locations around the city, while the parade occurs through Manchester city centre. Events have included MCR Pride Live, the Superbia Weekend, the Gay Village Party, Manchester Pride Parade, Youth Pride MCR, Family Pride, The Human Rights Forum, and the Candlelit Vigil. The parade features various supporting organisations and charities and representative floats from the ten metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester.
Manchester Pride's headquarters are in Piccadilly, Manchester City Centre. Manchester Pride had a total income of £3,238,817 in the financial year ending 31 December 2021, had 10 employees, and used the services of 242 volunteers. Manchester Pride is regarded as one of the leading pride movement's worldwide, often trialling new innovative initiatives. Thus, it has sponsorships with some of the largest corporations worldwide, such as Virgin Atlantic, TikTok, Starbucks, Marc Jacobs and L'Oreal.
The organisation is managed by a Board of Trustees who are, in turn, Directors of the subsidiary companies Manchester Pride Limited and Manchester Pride Events Limited. The Board of Directors delegate operational functions to a paid Chief Executive Officer who is directly accountable to the board for corporate performance.
36-38 Whitworth Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3NR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,London,city,centre,central,graveyard,of,the,church,with,stone,casket,grave,27-05-1819,feet,yard,distinctive,unique,27th,may,village,8,Church End,Walthamstow,UK,E17 9RJ,cat,cats,Georgian,listed,tomb,tombs,1702,cemetery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3Y9N6 - . Graveyard of St Marys Church, Isaac Solly, stone casket grave, 27-05-1819, with sad lions. Photographed on 21 May 2023. The recorded location is St Mary's Church Walthamstow village , 8 Church End, Walthamstow, London, England, UK, E17 9RJ. The tomb of Isaac Solly, St Mary's Churchyard. St Mary's Church is very much at the centre of Walthamstow Village - an Essex village which has been engulfed in the London sprawl. The west tower, aisles and chancel chapels were built during the reign of Henry VIIIth. The church was altered and enlarged in 1818 and again in 1843. On 6th April 1673 Richard Penn and on 4th March 1681 Lady Penn were buried. They were the brother and mother of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. Isaac Solly died on February 4th 1802 aged 77 and he certainly has a very distinctive tomb with the sad lions and the tomb resting on lions' feet. This tomb is in the western half of the churchyard, beyond the path which separates it from the church. The historical setting for architectural conservation is that parish churches and cathedrals are among Britain's richest sources of architectural and social history
Medieval fabric, later chapels, organs, altars, monuments and inscriptions can coexist within a single building, revealing generations of craftsmanship and changing liturgy. Seen through town centre, the earlier context is that place-based photography helps document the relationship between named locations and the people or businesses associated with them, especially where formal architectural records are limited. For monument, the historical context is that memorials and plaques turn personal or collective memory into physical objects
Names, dates and inscriptions can preserve information about war service, civic achievement, local tragedy or family history that may otherwise survive only in archives. The wider story encompasses central, graveyard, church, stone, casket, grave, 27-05-1819, and feet.
St Mary's Church Walthamstow village , 8 Church End, Walthamstow, London, England, UK, E17 9RJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,GB,Great Britain,Merseyside,2023,city,L1,welcome,to,fan,zone,village,fans,host,the,L3,L3 1HN,Mann island,Eurovision2023,Visit Liverpool,visitliverpool,Liverpool.Com,branding,branded,promotions,promoted,promo,publicity,signposts,signposting,visitor,guide
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R1MF4H - . Queues to enter fanzone, Eurovision song contest, Pierhead, city centre Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN. Photographed on 12 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, welcome, fan, zone, village, fans, host, L3 1HN, Mann island, Eurovision2023, Visit Liverpool, visitliverpool, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN
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Keywords: grave,church,graveyard,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,America,USA,Even,amidst,the,can be planted,last,resting,place,of,wife,Ted Hughes,village,Calderdale,novelist,writer,Yorkshire,England,UK,St Thomas The Apostle,12,Becketts Close,Hebden Bridge,West Yorkshire,HX7 7LJ,HX6,The Colossus and Other Poems,suicide,death,Ariel,depression,depressed,poetry,dramatic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHGEEP - Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960) and Ariel (1965), as well as The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her suicide in 1963. The Collected Poems was published in 1981, which included previously unpublished works. For this collection Plath was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1982, making her the fourth to receive this honour posthumously.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Plath graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts and the University of Cambridge, England, where she was a student at Newnham College. She married fellow poet Ted Hughes in 1956, and they lived together in the United States and then in England. Their relationship was tumultuous and, in her letters, Plath alleges abuse at his hands. They had two children before separating in 1962.
Plath was clinically depressed for most of her adult life, and was treated multiple times with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She killed herself in 1963, 11/02/1963
12,Becketts Close, Heptonstall village, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England, UK, HX7 7LJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,poet,American,grave,village,Calderdale,St Thomas The Apostle,Becketts Close,Hebden Bridge,England,UK,Yorkshire,churchyard,yard,gravestone,buried,burial,1963,the,Bell Jar,female,woman,Smith College Massachusetts,wife,abuse,resting,place,of,marital,abused,electroconvulsive therapy,ECT,Plath,Hughes,poets,St Thomas the Apostle,depression
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHGEEW - Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960) and Ariel (1965), as well as The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her suicide in 1963. The Collected Poems was published in 1981, which included previously unpublished works. For this collection Plath was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1982, making her the fourth to receive this honour posthumously.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Plath graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts and the University of Cambridge, England, where she was a student at Newnham College. She married fellow poet Ted Hughes in 1956, and they lived together in the United States and then in England. Their relationship was tumultuous and, in her letters, Plath alleges abuse at his hands. They had two children before separating in 1962.
Plath was clinically depressed for most of her adult life, and was treated multiple times with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She killed herself in 1963, 11/02/1963
12,Becketts Close, Heptonstall village, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England, UK, HX7 7LJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,south,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,community,WA4 2SG,new,at,the,Brenda,dedicated,to,memory,of,HM,II,1926,2022,Bell House,Bellhouse,lane,ln,tribute,memorial,jubilee,year,time,traditional,villages,village,The Bellhouse,centre,space,hotpix.org.uk,old,clock face
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PBE664 - . An on-location photograph from Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG in 2023, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows New blue clock at the GYCA, Grappenhall Youth and Community Association, The Bellhouse, Bellhouse lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA4 2SG. The locality and subject together evoke local history, industrial waterway history, archival record, heritage boating, lock flight, local character, social history, working waterway, documentary photography, public realm, canal heritage, blue-green corridor, changing land use, and managed navigation. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with volunteering, public access and the role of canals as blue-green corridors for people and wildlife. As a dated visual record of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in canal infrastructure, changing streetscape, visual archive, towpath landscape, inland navigation, regional identity, everyday life, and historical comparison. The combination of Community, Youth, Bellhouse, Grappenhall, and clock anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of volunteering and the role of canals as blue-green corridors for people and wildlife within the specific setting of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG. It also preserves a local visual benchmark within the wider story of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,harvesters,green,new,yellow,blue,sky,skies,summer,farm,field,barley,crops,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,village,farming,land,bringing,in,the,countryside,country,rural farm,farmed,609H003D,agricultural,agriculture,subsidy,subsidies,NFU,DEFRA
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NWJYRJ - . This dated editorial view of Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 in 2018 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The scene records John Deer C671i, Combine harvester, working on arable crop, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The surrounding context encompasses local enterprise, specialist retailer, period detail, everyday life, archival record, high-street commerce, social history, community identity, public realm, independent retail, town-centre trading, before-and-after reference, street-level business, and changing land use. Current relevance extends to business rates and commercial rents, particularly through the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. The location also brings in shopfront economy, changing streetscape, regional identity, historical comparison, local character, place identity, contemporary social history, and customer footfall. The recorded references to working, harvester, Combine, C671i, and Appleton preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to business rates and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses when considered against later change at Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The location additionally provides evidence of consumer spending and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4.
Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,traffic,sign,signs,RCS,vehicle,jam,jams,delay,lane,lanes,AA,temp,to,prevent,snarled,event,events,annual,summer,royal,heavy,hotspots,Tabley,showground,showgrounds,crowds,drive,driving,cars,Pickmere,village,villages,WA16 0JR,countryside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDRMY5 - . An identifiable period record of Pickmere village, Cheshire, England, UK, WA16 0JR in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Royal Cheshire Show, yellow traffic management signs in rural lanes, to prevent jams and delays, Pickmere, Cheshire, England, UK. Other connected aspects include open-air leisure, urban leisure, changing streetscape, navigation aid, street furniture, visitor guidance, summer city life, social history, instructional sign, city-centre public space, changing land use, public realm, before-and-after reference, and family recreation. The modern context includes continuing discussion of climate resilience, maintenance and the growing need for shade, water and cooling during hotter summers. For current editorial use, local identity and public safety provide additional context, especially through how clear signs help people navigate complex public places. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around Pickmere village, Cheshire, England, UK, WA16 0JR before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with operational signage, interactive public realm, community noticeboard, place identity, informal play space, orientation signage, documentary photography, and seasonal outdoor activity. Elements such as Pickmere, Royal, rural, traffic, and management add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Pickmere village, Cheshire, England, UK, WA16 0JR matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history as part of Pickmere village, Cheshire, England, UK, WA16 0JR's history.
Pickmere village, Cheshire, England, UK, WA16 0JR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,WA4 2SU,south,signs,signage,parcel,savings,annuity,bond,bonds,savings bank,postal order,GPO,insurance,and,business,architecture,village,Bell Lane,Thelwall,South Warrington,red,telephone,box,GB,Great Britain,British,old,the,shop,store,PL Greenway,grocer and provision dealer,Greenway,K6
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M9F1DD - The post office and the village shop were at the heart of Thelwall life in the mid 1950s. The public telephone box outside the post office reflects an era before mobile phones became commonplace, The right-hand shop window would have been from P L Greenway, 'grocer and provision dealer', thi swould have been typical of the small general store which proceeded the supermarket age.
Childhood memory from Richard Oxley: The post office door had an actual brass bell fitted to it, on entering if the post master was in the back their parrot used to scream 'Wipe your feet' followed by 'No stamps today'
Adjacent Telephone kiosk. Type K6. Designed 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Made
by various contractors. Cast iron. Square kiosk with domed roof. Unperforated
crowns to top panels and margin glazing to windows and door.
Listing NGR: SJ6519087551
Bell Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,WA4 2SU,south,signs,signage,parcel,savings,annuity,bond,bonds,savings bank,postal order,GPO,insurance,and,business,architecture,village,Bell Lane,Thelwall,South Warrington,red,telephone,box,GB,Great Britain,British,old,the,shop,store,PL Greenway,grocer and provision dealer,Greenway,K6
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M9F1DX - The post office and the village shop were at the heart of Thelwall life in the mid 1950s. The public telephone box outside the post office reflects an era before mobile phones became commonplace, The right-hand shop window would have been from P L Greenway, 'grocer and provision dealer', thi swould have been typical of the small general store which proceeded the supermarket age.
Childhood memory from Richard Oxley: The post office door had an actual brass bell fitted to it, on entering if the post master was in the back their parrot used to scream 'Wipe your feet' followed by 'No stamps today'
Adjacent Telephone kiosk. Type K6. Designed 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Made
by various contractors. Cast iron. Square kiosk with domed roof. Unperforated
crowns to top panels and margin glazing to windows and door.
Listing NGR: SJ6519087551
Bell Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WA4,Cheshire,England,UK,Lower Walton,WA4 6EG,white,cross,parish,of,Walton,1914-1919,1919,memory,WWI,dead,conscripts,conscript,name,names,the,fallen,we will,remember,them,village,men,great war,1914-1918,parishes,South Warrington,plaque,plaques
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3J78R - This war memorial photograph was taken on 23 Sep 2022 and shows Parish of Lower Walton, war memorial ,1914 WWI, Ellesmere Road, Lower Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6EG. The thumbnail shows a memorial structure, inscriptions, wreaths or surrounding greenery, so the emphasis is remembrance, civic memory, parish identity and the way public memorials remain visible in ordinary streets. The First World War changed even small communities, and memorials later adapted with Second World War names have become everyday civic landmarks as well as places of formal remembrance. For stock photography use, the value is in the precise subject: Parish of Lower Walton, war memorial ,1914 WWI, Ellesmere Road, Lower Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6EG. It can support articles and publications about First World War remembrance, Second World War memory, civic identity, Remembrance Sunday, local casualties, parish heritage, public memorial, military history, community memory, veterans stories, as well as more specific searches using Stockton Heath, lest we forget, remembrance, Ellesmere Road, war memorial, parish of Lower Walton, 1914, WWI, parish of Walton, in proud memory, Warrington, WA4, Cheshire, Lower Walton, WA4 6EG, white, cross, parish. The composition also gives space for tighter crops, captions, web thumbnails, report illustrations and social media use, while the Alamy reference 2K3J78R and the row caption help connect the image to a real place rather than a vague concept. The picture can be used by writers covering heritage, conservation, planning, tourism, retail, transport, public services, nostalgia, local identity, architectural survival, industrial change and the way familiar objects or buildings continue to carry meaning in modern Britain. The memorial form, inscriptions and setting allow the image to support both national remembrance themes
Ellesmere Road, Lower Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6EG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,SED ltd,Yorkshire,West Yorkshire,UK,United Kingdom,English,village,manhole,named,cast,rust,rusty,metal,services,sewage,drainage,maintenance,urban,man-hole,cables,covered,electric,cover,steel,live,rusted,cable,grid,caution,H&S,health,and,&,safety
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRHK - . Photographed at United Kingdom in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Iron grid, Danger Electricity, SED ltd , Holmfirth, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes social history, regional identity, changing land use, architectural character, historical comparison, place-making, place identity, everyday life, contemporary social history, mixed-use redevelopment, local history, heritage-led regeneration, adaptive reuse, and historic townscape. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into adaptive reuse and heritage conservation, not least because of the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around United Kingdom before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside community identity, public-realm investment, built heritage, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, urban fabric, local character, and urban regeneration. Details involving Danger, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, and Electricity make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within United Kingdom, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another strand within the photograph is adaptive reuse and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity within the specific setting of United Kingdom. The setting also helps illustrate heritage conservation and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition as part of the longer story of United Kingdom. The scene captures details of everyday use as a date-specific reference.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,named,cast,rust,rusty,metal,services,sewage,drainage,maintenance,urban,man-hole,covered,English,SED ltd,West Yorkshire,UK,village,electric,cover,steel,live,manhole,Yorkshire,rusted,cable,grid,caution,H&S,health,and,&,safety,infrastructure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRHN - . Photographed at United Kingdom in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. At the centre of the view is Iron grid, Danger Electricity. The wider scene also brings together community identity, civic architecture, urban fabric, documentary photography, architectural character, everyday life, local character, commercial redevelopment, heritage-led regeneration, historic townscape, town-centre renewal, changing land use, public-realm investment, and visual archive. From a 2025-onward perspective, construction costs and town-centre regeneration are closely linked to this subject, alongside the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. Future viewers can use this scene from United Kingdom to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after conservation work. A second descriptive layer includes mixed-use redevelopment, public realm, place-making, changing streetscape, archival record, urban regeneration, period detail, and local history. References to Electricity and Danger give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at United Kingdom matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is construction costs and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres in a form that can be compared with future views of United Kingdom. The wider significance includes town-centre regeneration and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres within the real-world context of United Kingdom. Another strand within the photograph is adaptive reuse and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity within the specific setting of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Market Street,Greater Manchester,UK,SK14 6AX,SK14,rail,public,transport,village,Glossop line,2008,friends,friend,for trains,to,building,station,stations,TfGM,route,routes,service,services,disruption,delay,upgrade,upgraded,electric,electrified,electrification,info,art,information
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRJY - . Recorded at Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The scene records Platform FOBS 2008 art., Broadbottom railway station,Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX. Other connected aspects include industrial railway, changing streetscape, public-transport wayfinding, passenger transport, bus route infrastructure, local bus network, historic rolling stock, surface public transport, local history, street-side transport, transport accessibility, documentary photography, working railway heritage, and local character. Current relevance extends to network modernisation and station investment, particularly through how Crewe's identity remains tied to railway engineering and operations. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into bus funding and passenger information, not least because of the importance of bus stops as the physical interface with public transport. The image fixes public access and movement within Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. The photograph additionally reflects regional identity, rail transport history, contemporary social history, trackside history, rail corridor, visual archive, local mobility, and place identity. Elements such as Market, Broadbottom, station, Greater, and Platform add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The frame retains period character as part of Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX's history.
Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Market Street,Greater Manchester,UK,SK14 6AX,rail,public,transport,village,Glossop line,rolling,stock,BR,overhead,lines,stations,platform,platforms,commuter,line,TfGM,route,routes,service,services,disruption,delay,upgrade,upgraded,electric,electrified,electrification,heritage,zone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRK4 - . An on-location photograph from Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England, UK, SK14 6AX in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is EMU 323230 at Broadbottom railway station,Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX. The wider scene also brings together surface public transport, local mobility, everyday life, archival record, visual archive, roadside transit, regional identity, bus infrastructure, public realm, industrial railway, social history, passenger information, mechanical signalling, and freight wagon. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heritage conservation, rail reform and how Crewe's identity remains tied to railway engineering and operations. The modern context includes continuing discussion of reliability, integrated transport and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense urban centres. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. The wider setting retains connections with trackside history, transport accessibility, contemporary social history, historic rolling stock, passenger transport, working railway heritage, local history, and street-side transport. The combination of Broadbottom, Market, railway, station, and Manchester anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. It also preserves period character as part of Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX's history.
Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Market Street,Greater Manchester,UK,SK14 6AX,SK14,rail,public,transport,village,Glossop line,at,parcels,embrace,them,screen,Britain,GB,Great Britain,collect,collecting,return,send convenience,convenient,efficient,way,to,secure,click and collect,service,services,24/7,online shopping
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRM0 - . An identifiable period record of Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The location is represented through InPost 24/7 parcel locker, Broadbottom railway station,Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX. A broader reading of the photograph includes regional identity, public transport stop, freight wagon, local bus network, documentary photography, community identity, public-transport wayfinding, social history, rail infrastructure, historic rolling stock, passenger transport, bus infrastructure, historical comparison, and local character. Today's relevance is strengthened by station investment, signalling technology and the continuing question of the role of rail in lower-carbon regional transport. From a 2025-onward perspective, passenger information and service frequency are closely linked to this subject, alongside the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense urban centres. As a dated visual record of Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes rail transport history, bus route infrastructure, signal-box architecture, working railway heritage, trackside history, station environment, surface public transport, and local mobility. The combination of parcel, Greater, InPost, Broadbottom, and station anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object.
Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Market Street,Greater Manchester,UK,SK14 6AX,SK14,rail,public,transport,village,Glossop line,Etherow,Centre,historic,former,building,Tameside,volunteers,volunteering,disabled riders,disabled,riding,stations,heritage,zone,warehouse,history,preserved,developed,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,rural
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRM2 - The etherow centre (broadbottom station) venue information
The Centre in its current form dates back to the early 1980s. The Community Centre Association, led by the late Betty Cohen, was very worried about the condition of the railway warehouse. They felt that so important a building in the history of Broadbottom should not be allowed to just rot away. With the help of Greater Manchester Council and Tameside Council who provided the necessary mortgage, the building was bought and converted into the centre for disabled riders which it has remained ever since alongside Tameside School of Gymnastics.
The Etherow Centre Charitable Trust currently maintains this historic building enabling many able bodied and disabled users to participate in the various activities offered.
Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Moore nature reserve,Moore,nature reserve,wood,fingerpost,village,Warrington,Cheshire,Raptor,Watch,signs,WA4,WA4 6XE,Lapwing Ln,Penketh,England,UK,scenic viewpoint,scenic,viewpoint,nature,walk,walks,around,reserve,reserves,natural,trail,trails,wild,life,wildlife,observation,point,points
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB54G - . This scene at Lapwing Ln, Penketh, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6XE in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The principal subject is Moore nature reserve , Raptor Watch View Point sign, Lapwing Ln, Penketh, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6XE. A broader reading of the photograph includes historical comparison, community identity, period watch design, mid-century timepiece, vintage wristwear, Swiss horology, regional identity, period detail, horological collecting, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, watch dial typography, archival record, and watchmaking heritage. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into mechanical craftsmanship and second-hand markets, not least because of the collector interest created by original boxes, dials and period movements. As a dated visual record of Lapwing Ln, Penketh, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6XE, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects collectable wristwatch, local history, social history, manual-wind movement, visual archive, public realm, everyday life, and mechanical movement. Details involving Lapwing, Raptor, Point, Moore, and Penketh make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Lapwing Ln, Penketh, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6XE helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene captures a local visual benchmark for later comparison. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison within the wider story of Lapwing Ln, Penketh, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6XE.
Lapwing Ln, Penketh, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6XE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,also known as,the,CH8 9RD,Wales,Talacre Village,paranormal,activity,owner,James McAllister,Trust of the Major,private,property,home,Dee,and the,Mersey,Estuary,dusk,evening,sunset,Welsh,lighthouses,light,beacon,Talacre bay,bay,North West Coast,coastal,UK,history,historic,ladder,village,seashore,shoreline,1880s,1800s
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43PXA - The Point of Ayr Lighthouse, also known as the Talacre Lighthouse, is a Grade II listed building situated on the north coast of Wales, on the Point of Ayr, near the village of Talacre.
It was built in 1776 by a Trust of the Major, Recorder and Aldermen of Chester to warn ships entering between the Dee and the Mersey Estuary. It was replaced by a pile light and was decommissioned in 1844. It is now a privately owned property.
The lighthouse was listed on the property market in November 2011 by then owner James McAllister, along with two acres of land, for £100,000. It was eventually sold in April 2012 for £90,000 to a private couple who continue to own the property.
Paranormal activity - Two alleged incidents have been reported by Wales Online
Talacre , north coast of Wales, UK, CH8 9RD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,sign,signs,pointer,pointing,signpost,post,posts,for,and,village,villages,comedy,funny,bus stop,Hayfield,fat,overweight,obese,fatty,fatties,this,way,direction,WC,WCs,history,historic,fun,humour,joke,jokey,bottom,bottoms
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRHD - . An on-location photograph from 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ 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 Charlesworth fingerpost sign posts for Broadbottom and Public Conveniences, 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop SK13 5EZ. The wider scene also brings together public realm, regional identity, historic townscape, changing streetscape, town-centre renewal, place identity, changing land use, public transport stop, public-transport wayfinding, local character, period detail, everyday life, surface public transport, and passenger transport. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with accessibility, bus funding and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. The modern context includes continuing discussion of commercial viability, construction costs and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The wider setting retains connections with adaptive reuse, local mobility, urban fabric, community identity, contemporary social history, commercial redevelopment, local bus network, and social history. Elements such as Public, Conveniences, fingerpost, Broadbottom, and Glossop add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. It also preserves details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,sign,signs,pointer,pointing,signpost,post,posts,for,and,village,villages,comedy,funny,Hayfield,bus stop,fat,overweight,obese,fatty,fatties,this,way,direction,WC,WCs,history,historic,fun,humour,joke,jokey,bottom,bottoms
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRHE - . Made at 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The frame specifically shows Charlesworth fingerpost sign posts for Broadbottom and Public Conveniences, 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop SK13 5EZ. Other connected aspects include public-transport wayfinding, community identity, archival record, local character, civic architecture, mixed-use redevelopment, roadside transit, adaptive reuse, everyday life, local history, public-realm investment, period architecture, urban regeneration, and town-centre renewal. Today's relevance is strengthened by passenger information, reliability and the continuing question of the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. From a 2025-onward perspective, planning and town-centre regeneration are closely linked to this subject, alongside how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Future viewers can use this scene from 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after refurbishment. The surrounding story also includes urban fabric, place-making, surface public transport, historic townscape, passenger transport, built heritage, local mobility, and period detail. References to Charlesworth, Conveniences, Public, fingerpost, and posts give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Image 2K1NRHE also remains a dated record of 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ.
1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,Cheshire,England,UK,Anglican,church,graveyard,graves,grave,yard,listed,grade II,village,villages,Greenall,family,sandstone,religion,christian,WA4,London Road,history,heritage,architecture,religious,Anglicans,tower,towers,monument,monuments,stone,stonework,clock,clocktowers,clocktower
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKR44 - St Thomas' Church is in Stockton Heath, to the south of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The present church was built in 1868 on the site of a former church that had been erected in 1838. It was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley, the main benefactor being Sir Gilbert Greenall
It is constructed in pinkish-red sandstone with Westmorland slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with a south aisle under a parallel ridged roof, a south porch, a north transept, a north vestry, a two-bay chancel and a west tower. The tower is in four stages with an octagonal southeast turret and an embattled parapet.
The chancel is decorated with richly coloured patterned tilework and the reredos is of marble and embossed patterned tiles. The organ was built around 1880 by Young and Sons and rebuilt in 1963 by Rushworth and Dreaper of Liverpool
London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 6HJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,rust,decay,poorly,Peelports,Knutsford road,Swingbridge,maintained,closed,lack of,Latchford,Manchester Ship canal,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,WA4,WBC,road network,crossings,bridges,A50,Rusty swing bridge,rusty,oxidised metal struts,oxidisation,struts,metal gantries,major overhaul,repainting,refurbishment,Planned Maintenance,rusting,swing,swinging,village
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDPC5 - . This location-specific image from Knutsford Road, Latchford, Manchester Ship canal, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4 in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Rusting decrepit Victorian Swingbridge at Knutsford Road, Latchford, Manchester Ship canal, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4. The subject also carries associations with architectural detailing, period streetscape, street-level documentary, urban change, everyday street life, visual archive, before-and-after reference, community life, conservation architecture, historical comparison, urban fabric, regional identity, local landmark, and changing streetscape. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into adaptive reuse and energy retrofit, not least because of keeping older structures useful without erasing their character. Today's relevance is strengthened by public-realm change, community use and the continuing question of the relationship between public space and local social life. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at Knutsford Road, Latchford, Manchester Ship canal, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with documentary photography, local character, architectural character, city-centre activity, heritage landmark, built heritage, pedestrian environment, and traditional structure. References to Knutsford, Latchford, decrepit, Rusting, and canal give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Knutsford Road, Latchford, Manchester Ship canal, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene captures evidence of changing use for future local research.
Knutsford Road, Latchford, Manchester Ship canal, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Miami FL,America,sign,lights,in lights,United States of America,Harry Sharland,Childrens,Children,Blakemere,Village,CW8,ride,rides,amusements,fairs,light,FL,FLA,Florida,in,the,Sharlands,name,state,county,children,kids,family,retail,cash,travelling,Chester Road
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J92PGG - . This location-specific image from Blakemere Village, Chester Rd, Northwich, Cheshire,England, UK, CW8 2EB in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The subject captured here is Miami Ride Sign, Harry Sharlands Fun Fair, Blakemere Village, Chester Rd, Northwich, Cheshire,England, UK, CW8 2EB. The image also relates to commercial frontage, period detail, high-street commerce, informal play space, interactive public realm, family recreation, destination retail, customer footfall, open-air leisure, community recreation, city-centre public space, shopfront economy, retail chain, and pedestrian square. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heatwaves, inclusive design and the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors. The modern context includes continuing discussion of commercial rents, town-centre regeneration and the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at Blakemere Village, Chester Rd, Northwich, Cheshire,England, UK, CW8 2EB, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. Other useful contextual ideas include summer city life, local character, commercial streetscape, brand-led retail, consumer retail, physical store, town-centre economy, and public-realm activation. Details involving Harry, Northwich, Sharlands, Village, and Chester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Blakemere Village, Chester Rd, Northwich, Cheshire,England, UK, CW8 2EB, 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 details of everyday use within the wider story of Blakemere Village, Chester Rd, Northwich, Cheshire,England, UK, CW8 2EB.
Blakemere Village, Chester Rd, Northwich, Cheshire,England, UK, CW8 2EB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,village,Church,bell ringing,ringers,parish,bells,old,historic,history,clock,Thomas Leyland Prescot,Thomas Leyland,Prescot,maker,works,clockworks,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 2SJ,time,timekeeper,clockmakers,clocks,mechanism,mechanics,workings,working,mainspring,1855,Victorian,Gropenhale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHBJTE - . Made at Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP in 2018, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The defining feature is St Wilfrids Church Belltower clock mechanism, prior to 2019, Grappenhall Village, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2SJ. The surrounding context encompasses documentary photography, changing streetscape, historic streetscape, community identity, conservation interest, historic freight equipment, labour history, heavy-industry heritage, local character, social history, period detail, traditional structure, manufacturing landscape, and period streetscape. The modern context includes continuing discussion of maintenance, heritage conservation and the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. For current editorial use, industrial conservation and adaptive reuse provide additional context, especially through recording the industries and transport systems that shaped British towns. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. The subject also sits alongside industrial artefact, visual archive, regional identity, built heritage, industrial transport, conservation architecture, public realm, and period building. The combination of Belltower, Grappenhall, mechanism, Church, and prior anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Image 2JHBJTE also remains a dated record of Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP.
Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,village,Church,bell ringing,ringers,parish,bells,old,historic,history,clock,mechanism,Gropenhale,main,bell,cast,Victorian,antique,and,wheel,Tolling,Hammer,tower,internal,clapper,striker,chime,toll,tolls,tolling,chiming,pivoted clapper,big
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHBJW3 - . Recorded at Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP 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 main point of reference is St Wilfrids Church Belltower main bell, prior to 2019, Grappenhall Village, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 2SJ. The wider scene also brings together period streetscape, local history, local landmark, everyday street life, local character, townscape record, social landscape, architectural detailing, heritage asset, place identity, contemporary city life, historical comparison, changing land use, and everyday life. Today's relevance is strengthened by heritage conservation, local identity and the continuing question of the tension between conservation and redevelopment. From a 2025-onward perspective, regeneration and community use are closely linked to this subject, alongside how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. Future viewers can use this scene from Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after refurbishment. A second descriptive layer includes urban change, street-level documentary, heritage landmark, period building, city-centre activity, pedestrian environment, traditional structure, and before-and-after reference. Elements such as Church, Belltower, prior, Grappenhall, and Village add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene. The view records part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference.
Grappenhall Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,Cheshire,England,UK,panel,sign,field,picnic area,map,guide,to,bird life,birdlife,info,information,waterlake,water lake,lake,welcome,Pickmere,Pick Mere,village,landmark,landmarks,Mere Ln,Mere Lane,WA16 0LB,WA16,wooden,council,noticeboard,notice board,board,swimming,wild
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DD8JBR - Pickmere is a village and civil parish near Knutsford in the Borough of Cheshire East. It has a population of 541 (2001 Census). Landmarks in and around the village include a lake, Pick Mere, at grid reference SJ682770.
Pickmere is home to one of the radio telescopes that make up the Jodrell Bank MERLIN (Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network) radio telescope array linking six observing stations that together form a powerful telescope with an effective aperture of over 217 kilometres.
Pick Mere, Mere Ln, country park, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, WA16 0LB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,SY13,Wirswell Road,Gothic Revival architecture,English Gothic architecture,grade II listed,religion,Anglican,St Michael and All Angels,St Michael & All Angels,parish church,Marbury Parish Church,history,historic,heritage,tourist,attarction,village,villages,23 Wirswall Rd,Marbury,Whitchurch,SY13 4LL,buildings,building,classic,local,graves,graveyard,churches,churchyard,rural,sunny,blue sky
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C3K5FW - St Michael's Church, also known as St Michael and All Angels, stands on a small rise overlooking Big Mere in the village of Marbury, 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 Malpas. Its benefice is combined with those of St Chad, Tushingham, and St Mary, Whitewell
Current church dates from the 15th century, the first incumbent being registered in 1530. The church was a parochial chapel annexed to Whitchurch until 1870, when it became a perpetual curacy. The chancel added in 1822 by Sir Jeffry Wyatville. In 189192, the church was restored by Douglas and Fordham, the organ chamber was added, the plaster roof was replaced with carved oak panelling, and oak furnishings were added. To celebrate the 2000 Millennium a new sundial was added to the south wall of the church
The church is built in red sandstone with a slate roof. The church is built in red sandstone with a slate roof.
23 Wirswall Rd, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4LL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,Stockon Heath,Cheshire,UK,mile,post,1806,way marker,WA4,Warrington,waymarker,London Road,England,Stretton,white,WA4 6SG,Stockton Heath,1896,village,villages,town,signs,posts,signpost,signposts,direction,directions,distance,distances,triangle triangles,miles,to,place,places
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM725F - . This period photograph records London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG as an identifiable real-world setting rather than a generic illustration. The photograph centres on Rusted mile post to Warrington, Stretton etc, in London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG - 1896. The setting additionally reflects local history, heritage landmark, architectural contrast, built heritage, historic townscape, local character, conservation interest, archival record, place identity, regional identity, historic streetscape, documentary photography, contemporary history, and urban fabric. The present-day relevance extends to energy retrofit and embodied carbon, while a wider concern is using existing buildings rather than demolishing them. Future viewers can use this scene from London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after changed technology. Other connected aspects are historical comparison, architectural character, conservation architecture, period building, urban change, heritage asset, before-and-after reference, and built environment. References to Stockton, London, Heath, Stretton, and Rusted give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. For London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is energy retrofit and preserving local identity during urban change when considered against later change at London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG. The scene further reflects heritage conservation and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development without losing the local specificity of London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG.
London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,Stockon Heath,mile,1806,post,Cheshire,UK,London Road,Stockton Heath,Warrington,England,WA4 6SG,WA4,Stretton,1896,white,waymarker,way marker,village,villages,town,signs,posts,signpost,signposts,direction,directions,distance,distances,triangle triangles,miles,to,place,places
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM725N - . A location-based documentary photograph from London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. The photograph centres on Rusted mile post to Warrington, Stretton etc, in London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG - 1896. The scene can also be read in terms of before-and-after reference, conservation interest, urban change, documentary photography, social history, cityscape history, built environment, regional identity, contemporary history, everyday Britain, architectural contrast, place identity, heritage asset, and local character. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes maintenance alongside heritage conservation, with particular attention to the contrast between historic fabric and modern development. Small period details of signage and branding at London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG may become more significant with time, especially following different community use. Other connected aspects are historic townscape, social landscape, historic streetscape, heritage landmark, public realm, built heritage, period building, and visual archive. References to London, Stockton, Stretton, Rusted, and Heath give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. By fixing the subject within London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence for maintenance and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character without losing the local specificity of London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG. The scene remains tied to London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG, image reference 2BM725N.
London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6SG
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,Cheshire,A50,Warrington,Grappenhall,Village,Villages,fast roads,cars,vehicles,MPH,CSW,course,exceeding,speed limits,dangerous driving,undue care and attention,keeping to,Speed Indicator Device,SID,Your Speed,speed guns,mobile speed enforcement,cameras,Police Mobile Radar Speed Sign,Speed awareness,equipment,in operation,speed trap,30mph zone,trail,van,vehicle,night,evening,20 Mph,speeding
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGE7 - Community Speed Management
Road Safe
A community-based pledge' that seeks to inform residents about inappropriate driving behaviour and invites them to sign up to a pledge not to exceed speed limits.
Speed Indicator Device (SID) deployment
An informal speed management device operated by volunteers and initiated by an identified community group.
Community Speed Watch
An informal speed management process involving the use of speed guns at the roadside. Volunteers are trained and supported by either the Police, PCSOs or Safety Wardens. Vehicle details of those exceeding the relevant speed limit are recorded with drivers receiving warning letters.
The following options will not normally be carried out unless steps two and three have been carried out by community groups. Options four and five are subject to agreement with Cheshire Police.
Mobile Enforcement
The deployment of mobile speed enforcement cameras
speeding drivers will face prosecution.
Driver Engagement Day
Co-ordinated by the Fire and Rescue Service with Cheshire Police and council staff. Stopped drivers are given an option to participate in education or receive a Fixed Penalty Notice.
Local Highway Scheme
Evidence gathered through this process or evidence of high collision or injury rates may result in development of a local highway scheme to address any issues identified.
Knutsford Road,Grappenhall / Massey Brook, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Blue Hour,Village,night,nighttime,night time,England,UK,North West England,WA4 4NW,farmers,diversifying,NFU,Adventure Farm,Spooky World Apple Jacks Farm,Tourist Attraction,Stretton Road,sign,kids day out,Apple Jacks Adventure Farm,The More the Merrier,tickets,play areas,heating,Jacks ball blast,Farm Fun Ltd,Spooky-at-Night,maze,mazes,Cheshire Tourist Attractions,ghost,ghostly,evening,spook,world
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9D89Y - Take part in a Scary-at-Night adult scare experience strictly for adults or children aged 14 or over. During the 2019 event we introduced another scare to the attraction. That new attraction will be massively improved for the 2020 Halloween event making it a total of SIX scares all included on the standard entrance ticket. Other changes include one of our visitors' favourite scare attractions being DOUBLED in size since the 2018 event, and much enjoyed during the 2019 event.
We will again be offering some toned-down nights (Spooky-at-Night) for kids under 14 (accompanied) and for anyone who is not willing to risk the main nights. There is also a taster ticket for those not yet brave enough to take on the whole experience.
Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, England, UK, WA4 4NW
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,Appleton,CAMRA National Club of the Year 2019,National Club of the Year,2019,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4 4RT,local beer festival,village beer festival,awarded,awards,real ale,bitters,IPA,range of ales,British ales,brewing,Great British Beer Festival,campaign for real ale,CAMRA,beer,festivals,ATVH,club,of,the,year,village,bar,bars,pubs,pub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2GJ - The hub of the community, the Village Hall, CAMRA National Club of the Year 2019 and multi local CAMRA award winner, has a comfortable lounge and a larger bar/function room served from a central bar. The function room hosts quizzes, live music and the annual beer festival in October. On the bar are up to seven beers from regional and microbreweries, plus up to five ciders/perries. Light lunches are served on Sunday 1-3pm. Non-members pay a minimal fee for admission.
Stretton Road, Appleton Thorn,Warrington,Cheshire, England, WA4 4RT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYMN6 - . Charles Awdry,Wood Panels,Lacock Abbey,Lacock,Wiltshire, England, SN15. Photographed at Lacock, Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG. The photograph was taken on 07 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with lacock abbey wood panel, wood panel, wood panels, Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Lacock Village, Charles Awdry, Helen Lambeth, abbey and national Trust, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Lacock, Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYP9R - . Justice stained glass window,Lacock Abbey,Lacock,Wiltshire, England, SN15. Photographed at Lacock, Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG. The photograph was taken on 07 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Lacock Village, Justice stained glass window, window, stained glass, Justice, crosses, cross and ECHR, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Lacock, Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYR05 - . Mercy, stained glass window, Lacock Abbey, Lacock village, ,Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG. Photographed at Lacock, Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG. The photograph was taken on 07 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Lacock Village, Mercy stained glass window, Mercy, stained glass, crosses, cross, window and have mercy, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. 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.
Lacock, Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYEHJ - Brympton d'Evercy (alternatively Brympton House), a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England, has been called the most beautiful in England. In 1927 the British magazine Country Life published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described it as the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities. His articles remain the only detailed account of the house, which in its long history has belonged to six families: the D'Evercys, the Stourtons, the Sydenhams, the Fanes, the Weeks (19922008), and the Glossop family in 2008.
The house is part of a complex consisting of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House. Little remains of the original D'Evercy manor built between 1220 and 1325, as the present house has evolved on the same site.
Brympton d'Evercy, Yeovil, South West England,UK, BA22 8TD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HRHK - Humbie is a hamlet and rural parish in East Lothian, Scotland lying in south-east of the county, approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Haddington and 15 miles (24 km) south-east of Edinburgh. Humbie as it is known today was formed as the result of the union between Keith Marischal and Keith Hundeby in 1618.
Originally, Humbie formed part of the Barony of Keith, and was anciently known as Keith Hundeby. The lands were held by Simon Fraser of Keith in the reign of David I. A charter signed by Fraser in 1191 is said to be the first mention of the Anglo-Norman Frasers and the Barony in extant records. Keith Marischal House stands a mile to the NNW of Humbie, and was the caput of the ancient barony. It is a long house with a vaulted ground floor, built in 1589 by the Keiths, who were then Grand Marischals of Scotland. The north front was baronialized in 1889 by Kinnear & Peddie. Interior decorations and fireplaces were done circa 1740, 1800, 1820, and 1869.
Later proprietors
Possibly the most prominent proprietors of Humbie proper were a cadet branch of the Hepburn of Waughton & Luffness family, the Hepburns of Kirklandhill. Alexander Nisbet incorrectly states that Adam Hepburn of Kirklandhill purchased Humbie and Hartside from James Lawson of Humbie in 1586. They were, in fact, disponed by John Lawson of Humbie to Hepburn by resignation dated 25 May 1637 Mr Adam Hepburn married Agnes, daughter to Henry Foulis of Colinton and his wife Margaret, daughter of James Haldane of Gleneagles. His son and successor was Sir Adam Hepburn, Lord Humbie, a Senator of the College of Justice, who married on 30 December 1629 Agnes, daughter to George Foulis of Ravelston, Master of the Mint. Their daughter Jean married John Cockburn of Ormiston, and they were parents of Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk. Humbie was retained by the Hepburns until the death without issue of James Hepburn of Humbie on 2 December 1820.
Humbie, Lothians,Scotland, UK, EH36 5PX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AA0RW5 - . Photographed at Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP in 2010, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. At the centre of the frame is Grave, Leslie John Forster MBE Priest,1917-1991, Rector of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SJ. A broader reading of the scene brings in historic frontage, urban fabric, period streetscape, changing streetscape, heritage asset, before-and-after reference, conservation interest, historic commercial architecture, cityscape history, contemporary social history, local character, historic townscape, social history, and documentary photography. The subject remains useful for current coverage of embodied carbon and historic townscape, not least because of the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. For local-history research, the photograph preserves small features of identity that written records may overlook in the immediate surroundings of Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP. Further connections include historic context, public realm, architectural detailing, built heritage, conservation architecture, changing land use, everyday life, and place identity. The recorded references to Leslie, Grave, Priest, 1917-1991, and Forster preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is embodied carbon and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity without losing the local specificity of Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X6N - http://planning.warrington.gov.uk/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=2017/31848
Application Number:
2017/31848
Application Date:
21-Dec-2017
Registration Date:
02-Jan-2018
Decision Date:
24-Oct-2018
Application Type:
Full Planning (Major)
Parish:
APPLETON
Ward:
Grappenhall
Main Location: Land to the East of Stretton Road, North of Pepper Street, Appleton Thorn
Proposal: Full Planning (Major) - Proposed Erection of 71 dwellings, public open space, landscape and associated infrastructure.
Following pressure from campaigners, the scheme was reduced again.
The revised proposal for 71 properties to make way for more green space on the site was approved by the committee on Wednesday.
It will feature 22 affordable homes and eight bungalows.
It brings an end to a long planning battle, with residents campaigning against the proposals since the developer held public consultations in 2014.
Kevin McAloon, representing the Campaign Against Ruining our Environment and Neighbourhood Development Plan groups, said residents felt a 'more acceptable' amount of green space has been provided following positive talks with Bloor.
Grappenhall Ln, Appleton, Warrington WA4 4QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF5FX - The Beacon of Hope can be found in Sackville Gardens, a five minute walk from Piccadilly Station and Piccadilly Gardens, in the heart of Manchester's city centre. The park is bounded by Manchester's Gay Village, universities, and residential areas.
The Beacon is sited in a prominent position overlooking the cafe bar society of the world famous Canal Street, and is regularly used by people as a place to chat, have a drink, or remember loved ones.
Sackville Gardens is one of the few green spaces left in the centre of the City and is a peaceful oasis in Manchester's hustle and bustle. As well as the Beacon of Hope memorial, the gardens is also the site of the Tree of Life, the Alan Turing memorial and the National Transgender Remembrance Memorial.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF5FY - The Beacon of Hope can be found in Sackville Gardens, a five minute walk from Piccadilly Station and Piccadilly Gardens, in the heart of Manchester's city centre. The park is bounded by Manchester's Gay Village, universities, and residential areas.
The Beacon is sited in a prominent position overlooking the cafe bar society of the world famous Canal Street, and is regularly used by people as a place to chat, have a drink, or remember loved ones.
Sackville Gardens is one of the few green spaces left in the centre of the City and is a peaceful oasis in Manchester's hustle and bustle. As well as the Beacon of Hope memorial, the gardens is also the site of the Tree of Life, the Alan Turing memorial and the National Transgender Remembrance Memorial.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF5NT - Canal Street, the centre of the Manchester Gay Village, is a street in Manchester city centre in North West England. The pedestrianised street, which runs along the west side of the Rochdale Canal, is lined with gay bars and restaurants. At night time, and in daytime in the warmer months, the street is filled with visitors, often including gay and lesbian tourists from all over the world. The northern end of the street meets Minshull Street and the southern meets Princess Street
part of the street looks across the Rochdale Canal into Sackville Park.
90's Focus led to several of the pubs on or near Canal Street acquiring a predominantly gay clientele. In 1991, Manto (Manchester Tomorrow) bar opened at no. 46. It was built in 1989 by Benedict Smith Architects. Unlike the other gay bars at that time, Manto had large glass windows, allowing the casual passer-by to view what was going on inside. Previously, many establishments catering for the gay community were often keen to conceal activities from the general public, but the architectural design of Manto was seen as a queer visual statement of we're here, we're queer get used to it, and a brick-and-mortar refusal to hide any more, or to remain underground and invisible.
Over the next decade, more numerous and larger bars opened along the canal side, turning Canal Street into the centre of the most successful gay village in Europe. Because of this, the Canal Street street signs are regularly defaced to read Anal Treet or Anal Street. The success was further enhanced by the use of Canal Street and its bars in several television series, including Bob and Rose and Queer as Folk, both written by Russell T Davies. See https://beeinthecitymcr.co.uk/
Sackville Gardens, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3HB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF5NY - Canal Street, the centre of the Manchester Gay Village, is a street in Manchester city centre in North West England. The pedestrianised street, which runs along the west side of the Rochdale Canal, is lined with gay bars and restaurants. At night time, and in daytime in the warmer months, the street is filled with visitors, often including gay and lesbian tourists from all over the world. The northern end of the street meets Minshull Street and the southern meets Princess Street
part of the street looks across the Rochdale Canal into Sackville Park.
90's Focus led to several of the pubs on or near Canal Street acquiring a predominantly gay clientele. In 1991, Manto (Manchester Tomorrow) bar opened at no. 46. It was built in 1989 by Benedict Smith Architects. Unlike the other gay bars at that time, Manto had large glass windows, allowing the casual passer-by to view what was going on inside. Previously, many establishments catering for the gay community were often keen to conceal activities from the general public, but the architectural design of Manto was seen as a queer visual statement of we're here, we're queer get used to it, and a brick-and-mortar refusal to hide any more, or to remain underground and invisible.
Over the next decade, more numerous and larger bars opened along the canal side, turning Canal Street into the centre of the most successful gay village in Europe. Because of this, the Canal Street street signs are regularly defaced to read Anal Treet or Anal Street. The success was further enhanced by the use of Canal Street and its bars in several television series, including Bob and Rose and Queer as Folk, both written by Russell T Davies. See https://beeinthecitymcr.co.uk/
Sackville Gardens, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3HB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY00RP - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse.[3] The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.[4]
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel.
The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY01PN - St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse.[3] The foundations of this church were discovered during the 187374 restoration.[4]
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel.
The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 187374 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH898 - . Sign outside Grappenhall Cricket Club, founded 1881, Broad Lane, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed at Broad lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 13 October 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Sign, outside, Grappenhall, Cricket, Club, founded, 1881, Broad Lane, Grappers and Broad Ln, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to sport, supporters, venues, clubs, competition and the strong connection between sporting institutions and local identity. It can support editorial features about football, rugby or other spectator sports, stadiums, club heritage, matchday culture, investment, redevelopment, fans, sponsorship and the commercial side of professional sport. Signs, colours, banners, buildings, entrances and surrounding streets can help establish a recognisable sporting context without relying on a posed action image. The dated scene also has archive value as clubs, grounds, branding and neighbourhoods evolve over time. Search themes include sport, clubs, stadiums, supporters, venues, matchday culture, sponsorship, sporting heritage, redevelopment and local identity. A dated view is valuable where club branding, grounds, surrounding streets or the commercial presentation of a venue subsequently changes. 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.
Broad lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD57E0 - St Peter's Church in Winchcombe is one of the great wool churches in the Cotswolds, an area blessed with similar reminders of the wealth of local medieval wool merchants.
The exterior is dominated by a striking west tower, 90 feet high, with 8 pinnacles. Atop the tower is a gilded weathercock, brought here in 1874 from the historic church of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol. But it is not the weathercock that most people come to Winchcombe to see, but the grotesque carvings that embellish the battlemented roofline of the exterior. (Often called gargoyles, they are technically grotesques, for they do not have water spouts passing through them as a true gargoyle does).
There are 40 of these carvings
about 20 depict demonic creatures, and the remainder appear to be caricatures of locally important people, both civic figures and Abbey officials. To the left (west) of the south porch is a grinning figure of Sir Ralph Boteler of Sudeley, who gave money to complete the church. More famous, and beloved of postcard photographers, is a figure to the east of the porch, a grimacing human figure with a squat hat. This figure is said to be the model for the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland story.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Altar frontal made of 14th century vestments, stitched by Catherine of Aragon
Saxon coffins of King Kenwulph and his son, St Kenelm
Amusing gargoyles including the possible model for the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland
The first written record of a church dedicated to St Peter in Winchcombe comes from 1175, when a church associated with the Benedictine Abbey here is mentioned. It seems very likely that there was a much earlier Saxon church, dedicated to St Nicholas.
That Norman church gradually fell into disrepair, and in 1458 Abbot William began building a new church. The lord of Sudeley Castle, Lord Ralph Boteler, granted money to help finish the construction, and the new church was completed in just 10 years.
Gloucester St, Winchcombe, Cheltenham GL54 5LU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNY4 - . Summer Scarecrow on a bench, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 07 July 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Scarecrow, on a, bench, Summer, Englsh, village scarecrows, Scarecrow spotting, Scatter a Scarecrow Week, annual festival and scarecrow festival, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DA8A5F - . This scene at 10 Manor Farm Rd, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HZ in 2013 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The image documents Altar art detail from lady chapel of St Peter & St Paul, parish church, Dorchester on Thames, England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes documentary photography, changing streetscape, parish history, historic church fabric, sacred space, local character, everyday life, religious heritage, contemporary social history, Christian heritage, local history, faith community, social history, and ecclesiastical architecture. From a 2025-onward perspective, community use and faith communities are closely linked to this subject, alongside the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within 10 Manor Farm Rd, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HZ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. The photograph additionally reflects community identity, public realm, before-and-after reference, changing land use, regional identity, religious landmark, ecclesiastical art, and period detail. References to Thames, parish, detail, Altar, and Peter give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For 10 Manor Farm Rd, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HZ, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate community use and the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity when considered against later change at 10 Manor Farm Rd, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HZ. The view records evidence of changing use as part of 10 Manor Farm Rd, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HZ's history.
10 Manor Farm Rd, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DA8A5T - . Made at 10 Manor Farm Rd, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HZ in 2013, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is Altar art detail from lady chapel of St Peter & St Paul, parish church, Dorchester on Thames, England, UK. Other connected aspects include local character, contemporary social history, sacred space, parish history, changing land use, visual archive, regional identity, religious heritage, public realm, before-and-after reference, period detail, Christian heritage, local history, and heritage worship space. The modern context includes continuing discussion of accessibility, faith communities and the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within 10 Manor Farm Rd, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HZ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The photograph additionally reflects ecclesiastical architecture, archival record, changing streetscape, documentary photography, sacred architecture, everyday life, historic church fabric, and religious landmark. Elements such as church, detail, Peter, Dorchester, and parish add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 10 Manor Farm Rd, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HZ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes accessibility and the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity when considered against later change at 10 Manor Farm Rd, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HZ. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
10 Manor Farm Rd, Dorchester, Wallingford OX10 7HZ
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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 5843068423 - 'The Kinks 'The Village green Preservation society' - Play this track here.
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'The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society' is the brilliant sixth studio album by the English rock group The Kinks, released in November 1968. It was the last album by the original quartet, as bassist Pete Quaife left the group in early 1969. A collection of thematic vignettes of English town and hamlet life, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society was assembled from songs written and recorded over the previous two years. Allmusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine described Village Green as a 'concept album lamenting the passing of old-fashioned English traditions.'
The record is widely considered one of the most influential and important works by The Kinks, and of the period as a whole. Although it failed to chart upon release, with estimated worldwide sales at 100,000 copies, The Village Green Preservation Society has become one of the band's best selling and most popular records. In 2003, the album was ranked number 255 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
This in my opinion is one of the all time classic English villages. Its got a village green, a village cross etc. If you know or can guess where this place is, please comment and let me know. If you can guess correctly within the first 30 comments left I will send you a small prize. Come on, bring it on!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3837494889 - 'Right hand stained glass detail.
The church dominates the village of Budworth which stands on a hill overlooking Northwich.
Another Cheshire sight from Marston www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3538129767/
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