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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJ11R9 - Rembrandt, also known as Rem Bar, on the corner of Canal Street and Sackville Street in Manchester's Gay Village, photographed during warm summer weather with busy pavement seating, people queuing at the entrance, rainbow flags, bunting and relaxed outdoor hospitality. The scene captures one of the long-established venues in the city's queer quarter, with the pub and hotel overlooking the lively streets around Sackville Gardens. The Rembrandt's own website gives its location as 33 Sackville Street, M1 3LZ, and describes it as a community pub in the heart of the Gay Village, while Visit Manchester and other listings also place it at the same address. The image is useful for editorial coverage of LGBTQ+ tourism, Pride weekends, inclusive travel, European short breaks, hospitality spending, nightlife, pub culture, city-centre regeneration, visitor economy and the commercial importance sometimes described as the pink pound . The wide crop shows the relationship between the bar frontage, public street, outdoor tables, passing pedestrians, nearby trees and surrounding red-brick city architecture, making it suitable for features on Manchester as a destination for gay, queer and LGBTQ+ travellers as well as friends, couples, locals and tourists enjoying a weekend city break. Manchester's Gay Village has major cultural significance in UK LGBTQ+ history, with venues such as the Rembrandt, New Union and Canal Street bars providing social spaces, entertainment and visibility over many decades. The photograph appears to have been taken in bright daylight under blue sky, with summer clothing, leafy trees and busy open-air seating suggesting warm-weather leisure. It can illustrate Pride season, inclusive nightlife, urban tourism, bar terraces, drag and cabaret culture, safe social spaces, hospitality recovery, tourism marketing, city branding and the continuing draw of Canal Street as one of Britain's best-known queer districts
Rem Bar, 33 Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3LZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0G3 - . The Church pub Lily Savage artwork in Manchester Gay Village, Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 23 May 2026. The recorded location is The Church, Manchester Gay Village, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. A vivid mural on the exterior of the venue depicts the flamboyant drag persona created by entertainer Paul O'Grady, placing a familiar figure from British television and cabaret culture in the heart of the Canal Street nightlife district. The expressive portrait and bright colours reflect the theatrical character of the Gay Village and provide a strong image for stories about drag entertainment, British popular culture, queer nightlife, memorial and tribute artwork, independent pubs and the cultural identity of Canal Street. For ecclesiastical architecture, the historical context is that churches combine worship with architecture, local memory and centuries of community history
Stonework, stained glass, memorials, furnishings and churchyards often record successive periods of rebuilding, Victorian restoration, local benefactors and family history. Looking at streetscape, the longer history is that town and neighbourhood images record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. The background to real ale is that public houses form a distinctive strand of British social past
Coaching routes, tied brewery estates, Victorian urban growth and twentieth-century leisure each shaped the location and appearance of pubs, many of which later became restaurants, shops, housing or community assets. For ecclesiastical architecture, the 2026 context is that many historic churches face the practical challenge of maintaining listed fabric while remaining active community buildings, visitor attractions and venues for worship, music and local events.
The Church, Manchester Gay Village, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0G5 - . The Vivienne drag performer artwork in Manchester Gay Village, Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 23 May 2026. The recorded location is Manchester Gay Village, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The colourful exterior artwork depicts the Liverpool-born entertainer and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, shown in a dramatic black costume beside a doorway in the Canal Street area. The vivid figure and urban setting provide a strong record of how performers and cultural personalities are represented within the Gay Village. The historical setting for public realm is that monuments and civic artworks are part of the visual history of place
Their subjects reveal whom a community chose to celebrate, while later reinterpretation or controversy can evolution the meaning of an apparently permanent object. Seen through place identity, 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 navigation, the historical context is that britain's canals were built principally in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to move coal, raw materials and manufactured goods cheaply between industrial districts, ports and growing towns
Locks, basins, bridges and towpaths survive as engineering heritage. In the 2026 discussion of public realm, public art is closely connected with regeneration, tourism, identity and debate about representation
Murals and sculptures can become visitor landmarks while also prompting discussion about whose history is visible in public space. The 2026 relevance of place identity comes from the fact that current place-making policy increasingly emphasises distinctive local identity rather than generic development, so small landmarks and community businesses can become important parts of how an area is represented.
Manchester Gay Village, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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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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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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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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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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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T3EFT5 - . Autumn in Walton village, Warrington, Parish Council King Charles Coronation time capsule, and tree planted in 2022 open in May 2123. Photographed on 22 October 2023. The recorded location is Old Chester Rd, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6TQ. On the occasion of your Coronation, Walton Parish Council extends congratulations and best wishes to yourself and your family and the hope that your reign will leave an enduring legacy in our nation's history. As part of the commemoration of the Coronation, Walton Parish Council will be planting a tree and also burying a time capsule, to be exposed 100 years from now. The time capsule contents will include items such as: local newspaper front page. news article about the Coronation, photos taken around the parish, food menus from The Walton Arms and Stag pubs, a copy of 'Our Heritage'. the historical guide to our parish. The Parish Council is currently finalising the choice of tree planting locations. In relation to townscape, historical context shows that place-based photography helps document the relationship between named locations and the people or businesses associated with them, especially where formal architectural records are limited. For the story of British royalty, it is useful to note that royal events have long generated souvenir objects ranging from ceramics and tins to biscuits, postcards and textiles
Such products combine monarchy, consumer culture and graphic design, often becoming collectables after the event. The historical setting for horticulture is that plants and seasonal countryside details provide precise markers of the agricultural and botanical year
Flowering, harvest, autumn colour and winter dormancy can all be used to compare changing seasonal patterns over time. As of 2026, the position for townscape is that regeneration, housing growth and evolving high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for.
Old Chester Rd, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6TQ
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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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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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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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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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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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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG1W5W - Heptonstall is a small village and civil parish within the Calderdale borough of West Yorkshire, England, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The population of Heptonstall, including the hamlets of Colden and Slack Top, is 1,448, increasing to 1,470 at the 2011 Census. The town of Hebden Bridge lies directly to the south-east. Although Heptonstall is part of Hebden Bridge as a post town, it is not within the Hebden Royd town boundaries.
The village is on the route of the Calderdale Way, a 50-mile (80 km) circular walk around the hills and valleys of Calderdale
The place-name 'Heptonstall' is first recorded as Heptonstall in the 1274 Wakefield Court Rolls, and in 1316 in the Feudal Aids. The name means the stall or stable in Hebden. The name 'Hebden' means rose-hip dene or valley
Heptonstall was the site of a battle during the early part of the English Civil War in 1643.
Historically a centre for hand-loom weaving, Heptonstall's cottages and terraced houses are characterised by large first-floor windows to maximise the light for weaving
In the mid-1980s the paving on a road through Heptonstall was removed, revealing the original stone setts. Although there was a plan to remove the setts, local protests convinced the council to restore them. At the same time the existing concrete street lights were replaced with late 19th-century cast-iron gas lamps. Both developments acted as a traffic calming measure.
The Workshop, 34 Town Gate, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK, HX7
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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
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,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,UK,SK14 6JL,village,house,Manchester,Hyde,schoolhouse,caption,stone,of,motto,over,education,old,manners,Longdendale,foundation,engraving,stonework,Come Ye Children,i will teach you,wisdom,bring them,children,in the nurture,and,admonition of the lord,anno domini MDCCCLXII,1862,Victorian,village school,original,strict
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NK5A - . A grounded documentary photograph made at village of Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The frame specifically shows School house Come Ye Children 1862 - village of Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL. The image also relates to public realm, urban regeneration, historic townscape, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, period architecture, community identity, changing land use, local history, period detail, place identity, everyday life, urban fabric, and regional identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by town-centre regeneration, adaptive reuse and the continuing question of the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. As a dated visual record of village of Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL, the frame retains commercial use and occupation, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include contemporary social history, town-centre renewal, heritage-led regeneration, visual archive, commercial redevelopment, social history, mixed-use redevelopment, and public-realm investment. Details involving house, Children, village, Manchester, and Mottram make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For village of Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The period view preserves period character as part of village of Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL's history. The view records a trace of local identity for future local research.
village of Mottram in Longdendale,Hyde,Tameside,Manchester,England,UK, SK14 6JL
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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,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,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,Gloucestershire,village,Cotswold,Cotswolds,England,UK,4,star,gauge,green,gallons,GL6 7EB,GL6,4star,history,historic,imperial,measures,pump,pumps,pumping,gas,emerald,colour,garage,forecourt,pointer,hand,indicator,gasoline,fuel,dispensing,dispenser
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM9NX9 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The frame specifically shows 4 Star, green Avery Hardoll four star petrol pump, gallons, Eastcombe, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB. The subject also carries associations with historic inscription, historic artefact, museum object, local history, social-history object, local character, commemorative object, period craftsmanship, before-and-after reference, commemorative plaque, period detail, material culture, social history, and community identity. Current relevance extends to heritage interpretation and provenance, particularly through how museums turn individual objects into wider stories about place and people. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB before changed technology alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are changing land use, local-history evidence, visual archive, historical comparison, collectable heritage item, archival record, changing streetscape, and decorative metalwork. References to gallons, Gloucestershire, Avery, Eastcombe, and green give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is heritage interpretation and how museums turn individual objects into wider stories about place and people without losing the local specificity of Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB.
Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,WA13 0AG,WBC,Borough Council,ward,constituency,Tatton Ward,Limme,Lymm South ward,Lymm North and Thelwall ward,twinned with,Meung-sur-Loire,centre,Candy Cabs,National Heritage List for England,grade I,pedimented,gable,ball finials,stone,ball,We are a Shadow,Save Time,Think of the Last,village,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractive,English,British,festivals,event,events
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHPYE0 - Lymm Cross is in the village of Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
The cross dates from the early to mid-17th century and was restored in 1897. It is constructed of sandstone and stands on an artificially stepped natural outcrop of red sandstone. Its shaft stands in a square pavilion of red sandstone with square corner pillars. It has a stone roof with a pedimented gable to each face and ball finials. Above the cross is an extension which carries a stone ball and an ornate weather vane. On the east, south and west gables are bronze sundials of 1897 carrying the inscriptions We are a Shadow, Save Time and Think of the Last.
The adjacent stocks are separately Grade II listed.
Lymm village centre,South Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA13
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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,England,UK,hand,pull,pulled,pump,CAMRA,realale,dark,porter,stout,with,Onyx Stout,5%,stouts,sample,colour,black,coloured,English,boozer,slate,beer,clip,beerclip,style,brew,at,Appleton Thorn,Village,hall,drink,local,community,guest,ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ52B - . Photographed at Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The image documents Traditional country brewery real ale, handpump with Mobberley Brewery, Onyx Stout 5%, dark porter style brew, at Appleton Thorn village hall,Cheshire. The broader subject matter reaches into public realm, local history, food tourism, hospitality trade, before-and-after reference, changing land use, historical comparison, licensed hospitality, urban social history, night-time economy, independent food retail, pedestrian environment, visual archive, and customer-facing service. From a 2025-onward perspective, staffing pressure and business rates are closely linked to this subject, alongside the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. The wider contemporary story combines local identity, street safety and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. As a dated visual record of Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects townscape record, food-and-drink business, place identity, street-level documentary, visitor economy, local character, urban change, and restaurant culture. Details involving Appleton, Thorn, porter, brewery, and Stout make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The view records period character before later change alters the scene.
Stretton Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RT
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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,England,@Hotpixuk,UK,GB,Great Britain,GoTonySmith,Cheshire,Historic lamp at 1A and 3 Lymm Bridge,Bridgewater Canal,Lymm,Warrington,WA13,cottage,light,listed building,historic,1A and 3 Lymm Bridge,1A Lymm bridge,3 Lymm Bridge,bridge cottage,bridge cottages,1733,heritage,1227226,history,the,Lymm village,village,villages,south Warrington,tourist,attraction,attractions,old,ancient,evening
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DCE9WC - SJ 68 NE LYMM C.P. LYMM BRIDGE
2/58 Nos. lA and 3
GV II
2 houses (originally 1) 1733, altered. Brick with stone dressings
grey slate roof, 2 storeys, 3 windows, originally symmetrical. Flush stone plinth. Boarded door in moulded stone case with keystone inscribed JHG 1733 in projecting letters. Projecting stone band at 1st floor, 2-light casements in projecting moulded stone architraves. Middle upper window bricked up with architraves, cill and mullion retained. Ridge chimney and flush gable chimney. Doorway to No.lA inserted immediately left of door to No.3. Left lower window (now to No.lA) replaced by late C20 bow window of similar size. Attached to No.1 Lymm Bridge. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SJ6832787340
Lymm Bridge cottages, Bridgewater Canal, Lymm,Warrington,Cheshire, England,UK,WA13
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,historic,history,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK,number50,timber,building,brick,mix,wooden door,old,50 Church street,tudor,frame,framed,style,CW9,rural,farming,village,villages,tourist,tourism,attraction,agriculture,near,timberframe,timber-framed,wood,cottages,doorway
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DD8JBA - . This authentic period view of High St, Great Budworth, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, CW9 6HF in 2020 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The scene records Number 50,Church Street,Great Budworth,traditional timber framed house,Gt Budworth,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK,. The subject also carries associations with public realm, everyday life, local character, urban social history, community life, period detail, pedestrian environment, social history, changing streetscape, historic streetscape, local history, regional identity, heritage asset, and archival record. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into redevelopment pressure and heritage conservation, not least because of the tension between conservation and redevelopment. Today's relevance is strengthened by street safety, commercial change and the continuing question of the relationship between public space and local social life. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at High St, Great Budworth, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, CW9 6HF, details that may look very different after new ownership. The location also brings in period streetscape, heritage landmark, visual archive, conservation interest, local landmark, urban fabric, street-level documentary, and historical comparison. Details involving timber, traditional, Budworth, Northwich, and Number make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at High St, Great Budworth, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, CW9 6HF matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene captures a point of historical comparison for later comparison. Image 2DD8JBA also remains a dated record of High St, Great Budworth, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, CW9 6HF.
High St, Great Budworth, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, CW9 6HF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,farm,country,countryside,autumn,crop,wheat,corn,barley,working in a field,Pickmere,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK,field,Pickmere Northwich,GB,harvesting,hopper,tractor,NFU,National Union of Farmers,reduced,yields,food,insecurity,security,rural,farming,village,villages,tourist,tourism,attraction,agriculture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DD8JBG - . Photographed at Pickmere,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK in 2020, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is SK Contracting New Holland TX36, working in a field, Pickmere,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK. The broader subject matter reaches into local character, historical comparison, public realm, leisure spending, place identity, local history, food-and-drink business, hospitality venue, visual archive, changing land use, changing streetscape, casual dining, community identity, and restaurant culture. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into staffing pressure and consumer spending, not least because of the role of restaurants and bars in visitor-led regeneration. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within Pickmere,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. A second descriptive layer includes visitor economy, period detail, contemporary social history, everyday life, customer-facing service, hospitality trade, before-and-after reference, and night-time economy. The combination of Northwich, Pickmere, field, Holland, and Contracting anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Pickmere,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects staffing pressure and the role of restaurants and bars in visitor-led regeneration within the real-world context of Pickmere,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK. Its period value extends to staffing pressure and how changing discretionary spending affects hospitality venues within the specific setting of Pickmere,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK. The scene captures part of the area's social history for later comparison.
Pickmere,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK
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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,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,story of the bawning of the Thorn,village,of the,Thorn,bawning,of,the,story,WA4 4QX,brass,plate,description,tale,legend,local,odd,oddity,festival,event,thorn,tree,Glasto,Glastonbury,Somerset,RE,Egerton,R.E.,1973,2011,parish council,Appleton,Midsummer's,ribbons
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C5R3AA - Bawming the Thorn' in Appleton Thorn Village
Appleton Thorn village is the only village in England where the 'Bawming the Thorn' ceremony takes place. This ceremony take place on the 3rd Saturday of June every year. The thorn tree, which stands beside the church, is believed to be an offshoot of the Glastonbury thorn, which grew from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea. Adam de Dutton, a knight of the Crusades and local landowner, brought it to Appleton. Bawming, which means, decorating the the tree with flowers and ribbons, takes place whilst local children (our 6 class) dance and sing the Bawming song.
The Bawming Committee are always looking for new members to get involved to help maintain this unique celebration. If you would like to help in any way, please contact the Committee at: bawming@appletonthorn.org.uk
Grappenhall Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 4QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,SY13,10,Cottage,Shropshire Union,summer,transport,waterway,canal,canals,waterways,Wrenbury,canal cottage,history,historic,heritage,gate,gates,lock gates,lockgate,lockgates,village,water,navigation,network,transportation,height,uphill,rise,fall,rising,falling,manual,keeper,lockkeeper
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C3K5G5 - . A location-based documentary photograph from School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. The scene records Marbury Lock No 10, Lock-keeper's Cottage, School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS. Its broader subject matter includes public realm, industrial waterway history, towpath landscape, working waterway, riparian setting, everyday Britain, visual archive, period detail, local character, local history, contemporary history, social history, waterside infrastructure, and inland navigation. In the mid-2020s, towpath access and heritage conservation keep this subject current, particularly through the value of canals and rivers as blue-green corridors. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and public activity at School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. A second layer of the scene includes documentary photography, urban change, river transport, boating network, changing streetscape, community identity, navigation engineering, and managed navigation. Details involving Whitchurch, Marbury, Lock-keeper's, Cottage, and School make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. Around School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. The location additionally provides evidence for towpath access and balancing leisure use with engineering and environmental needs within the real-world context of School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS. The image adds a further period reference to the visual history of School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS.
School Lane, Marbury, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England, UK, SY13 4HS
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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
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,British ales,brewing,range of ales,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 2AAT2GG - 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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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA1,old,red,history,historic,sign,the,club,centre,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 1NB,cafe,café,community,signs,classic,heritage,village,people,LGBT,LGBTQ,LGBTQ+,song,track,disco,hit,funding,funded,Grant,grants,withdrawn
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43P0T - . This location-specific image from 3 Winmarleigh Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1NB in 2019 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The defining feature is Old red historic YMCA sign - The Young Mans Christian Association , 3 Winmarleigh Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1NB. The broader subject matter reaches into printed message, before-and-after reference, graphic street detail, local history, visual communication, public realm, contemporary social history, public information notice, place identity, period detail, commercial ephemera, social history, urban typography, and historical comparison. For current editorial use, visual identity and street design provide additional context, especially through how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at 3 Winmarleigh Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1NB may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. Other useful contextual ideas include instructional wording, archival record, wayfinding detail, documentary photography, community identity, changing land use, material sign design, and period lettering. References to Christian, historic, Association, Winmarleigh, and Young give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of 3 Winmarleigh Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1NB may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate visual identity and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change as part of the longer story of 3 Winmarleigh Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1NB. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2K43P0T.
3 Winmarleigh Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1NB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,North West England,on,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4 4QX,Bloor,build,builders,Homes,houses,properties,Stretton,green belt,development,NIMBY,NIMBYs,plant,Hawthorn Grove,construction,Planning Application Details,2017/31848,WBC,Warrington Borough Council,village,Margaret Hannah Bailey and George Victor and Bloor Homes Limited,being built,fence,fencing,construction in progress,Appleton Thorn Bloor Homes,lengthy,planning battle,lengthy planning battle,Appleton Thorn site,dispute
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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Keywords: SpreadEagel,Spread Eagle,pub,bar,Lymm,Eagle Brow,Cheshire,WBC,Warrington,England,UK,fog,foggy,weather,winter,real ale,village,boozer,sepia,brown,wet,dull,rain,rainy,trees,tree
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4596979965 - 'While high pressure systems bring lovely clear blue skies &
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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,Divercity,at,woman,walker,village
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDAWH3 - 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,UK,Manchester,city,centre,August,Bank Holiday,parades,float,crowd,busy,2018,tourist,tourism,community,Greater Manchester,Canal Street,charity,sponsor,sponsors,participants,M1 3NR,M1,Whitworth Street,rainbows,colourful,supporters,march,placards,messages,Leather boys,&,drag queen,at,bondage,men,village
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDAWMD - 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: @Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,female,woman,vicar,Rev,Bev,Beverley,Jameson,village,Warrington,Cheshire,WA13,Church Road,WA13 0QS,Christian,Church Of England,speaking,at a,microphone,in church,Vicar,Vicar of Dibley,St Marys,St Marys Church,speaks,clergy,equal opportunities,lady,Lymm,England,UK,WA13 0AL,talking,preach,preaching,in,a,church,parish
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P6NC52 - . This dated editorial view of St Mary's Church, Church Road, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AL in 2018 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The frame specifically shows Rev Beverley Jameson, St Marys , Church of England Vicar,Lymm,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. Other connected aspects include medieval church setting, historical comparison, documentary photography, church conservation, place identity, changing land use, ecclesiastical decoration, historic glazing, roadside transit, bus infrastructure, Christian iconography, faith heritage, passenger transport, and local mobility. Today's relevance is strengthened by heritage conservation, energy costs and the continuing question of how places of worship combine active religious use with tourism and heritage. From a 2025-onward perspective, passenger information and accessibility are closely linked to this subject, alongside the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. The image fixes materials and architectural details within St Mary's Church, Church Road, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AL at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. A second descriptive layer includes everyday life, public realm, sacred architecture, social history, street-side transport, contemporary social history, religious artwork, and bus route infrastructure. Elements such as Marys, Jameson, Church, Vicar, and Beverley add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of St Mary's Church, Church Road, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AL may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The period view preserves details of everyday use for future local research. The view records evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
St Mary's Church, Church Road, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AL
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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: churchyard,Village,Warrington,Cheshire grave,graves,wall,brick,building,architecture,Norman,Anglican,parish,Christian,black,white,mono,monochrome,St Wilfrids,Saint Wilfrids,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
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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Keywords: Outside,churchyard,Village,Warrington,Cheshire grave,wall,brick,building,architecture,Anglican,parish,Christian,St Wilfrids,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,trimmed,manicured,tidy,neat,burial,burials
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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Keywords: Outside,churchyard,Village,Warrington,Cheshire grave,wall,brick,building,architecture,Anglican,parish,Christian,St Wilfrids,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,neat,burial,burials,tidy,manicured,trimmed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY02DY - 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 GJ797A - . Made at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK in 2016, 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 Cafe at Manchester Craft and Design Centre, 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK M4 5JD. The surrounding context encompasses regional food culture, material sign design, public information notice, street food culture, contemporary social history, popular cuisine, regional identity, wayfinding detail, period detail, graphic street detail, local character, changing streetscape, visual communication, and historic sign. Current relevance extends to local business and consumer spending, particularly through how food signs and shopfronts become part of urban cultural identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into digital substitution and street design, not least because of how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. Small period details of public access and movement at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. Further associations within the scene are street-level message, comfort food, British food tradition, public realm, classic British meal, period lettering, changing land use, and place identity. The recorded references to Manchester, Centre, Design, and Craft preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is local business and the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals in a form that can be compared with future views of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. The frame retains details of everyday use for later comparison.
17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ797E - . An on-location photograph from 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK in 2016, 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 Manchester Craft and Design Centre, 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK M4 5JD. Further facets of the scene include changing streetscape, wayfinding detail, urban typography, historic sign, street-level message, printed message, public information notice, material sign design, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, regional identity, place identity, everyday life, and contemporary social history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with accessibility, public communication and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design. Future viewers can use this scene from 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after redevelopment. Further associations within the scene are visual communication, visual archive, historical comparison, changing land use, local character, public realm, commercial ephemera, and everyday visual culture. References to Centre, Design, Craft, and Manchester give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate accessibility and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity in a form that can be compared with future views of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. The image also provides a reference for visual identity and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change within the real-world context of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. It also preserves details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ797R - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The principal subject is Manchester Craft and Design Centre, 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK M4 5JD. The wider scene also brings together local character, public realm, urban typography, visual archive, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, regional identity, everyday life, material sign design, public-facing signage, period detail, period lettering, changing land use, and instructional wording. Today's relevance is strengthened by public communication, digital substitution and the continuing question of how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. The location also brings in social history, everyday visual culture, local history, archival record, wayfinding detail, place identity, changing streetscape, and community identity. The recorded references to Craft, Centre, Manchester, and Design preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects public communication and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity within the specific setting of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. Its period value extends to digital substitution and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change as part of the longer story of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of 17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, UK.
17 Oak St, Manchester M4 5JD, 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.
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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 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 DCYNG5 - . Stone carving, statues,Lacock Abbey, Lacock village ,Wiltshire, 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, religious art, Stone carving, carving, statues, art, coat of arms and crest, 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 DDD757 - . The Lacock Bakery delivery bike, Lacock village, Wiltshire, England, UK. Photographed at Lacock, Wiltshire, England, UK. 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 cycle, basket, Lacock, The Lacock Bakery, delivery, bike, bakery, local, past and Tony, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is useful for editorial coverage of eating out, restaurant culture, food presentation, hospitality and the way international cuisine has become part of everyday dining in British cities. Food, crockery, tableware, menus, serving dishes and restaurant surroundings can provide strong visual cues for features about cuisine, ingredients, dining habits, tourism, leisure spending and the hospitality economy. The image is documentary rather than studio food photography, giving it relevance to real-world restaurant reviews, travel features, local food guides and stories about consumer choice. It also records the appearance and presentation of a meal at a particular time and place, useful for archive, lifestyle and social-history contexts. Search themes include restaurant dining, cuisine, food presentation, hospitality, eating out, table settings, tourism, consumer lifestyle and the local food economy. Because this is a real meal in a real venue rather than a studio arrangement, it has particular value for travel, dining and social-history features. 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, Wiltshire, England, UK
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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 DCYERT - . An identifiable period record of High St, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 6HF in 2013, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The defining feature is George and Dragon Pub, Great Budworth Village, Cheshire,. The surrounding context encompasses community drinking venue, licensed trade, place identity, beer-led hospitality, contemporary social history, visitor hospitality, local character, everyday life, traditional ale house, community identity, documentary photography, cask-beer tradition, licensed hospitality, and period detail. The wider contemporary story combines changing drinking habits, beer duty and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. Future viewers can use this scene from High St, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 6HF to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after new ownership. Other useful contextual ideas include changing streetscape, visual archive, before-and-after reference, public realm, night-time economy, hospitality economy, changing land use, and real-ale culture. The recorded references to Budworth, Dragon, George, and Village preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around High St, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 6HF, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of changing drinking habits and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces as part of the longer story of High St, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 6HF. The image fixes a trace of local identity for future local research. It also preserves a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
High St, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 6HF
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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 Flickr 5672847773 - 'Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics is the astronomical research centre of the University of Manchester and operates MERLIN, the UK's national radio astronomy facility.
Jodrell Bank is a world leader in radio astronomy-related research and technology development but also carries out research across the electromagnetic spectrum and in theoretical topics. It was first in the west to track the Russian USSR Luna 1 probe.
While the early warning radars at Fylingdales Moor were being constructed Jodrell Bank was held in a sort of readiness to track Soviet ICBM:s by using the big antenna as a radar. The radar tracking of the Sputnik rocket bodies (and later Sputnik 3 itself) demonstrated that the telescope had the capability to detect missiles at great range and the telescope was given an interim ballistic missile early warning role. Presumably also this effort provided some much needed funding for the telescope.
The Centre occupies three main locations: the world-famous Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire (shown here in panorama form, original dimensions 7332x3666pixels), and the Alan Turing and Sackville St Buildings in central Manchester.
The Lovell Telescope has stood proudly over the Cheshire Plain since its completion in 1957 and is the flagship of the Jodrell Bank Observatory. The observatory is a place of learning, teaching and research for the many engineers, astronomers and students who develop and use the radio telescopes here.
This is an infrared shot taken with a 720nm adapted SLR. It is more convenient to use than using a Hoya R72 for IR. This spring day was good for infrared.
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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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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4704019146 - 'The Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England was started in 1903. It is situated on the Bristol Channel approximately 18 miles south west of Bristol in the seaside town.
It is supported in true victorian fashion by 600 iron piles, and is 400 metres long. Unfortunatly it has form where fire is concerned. It has been damaged by fire on two occasions in 1930 and 2008.
At 01:35 on the 28 July 2008, a fire at the foot of the north tower on the shoreward (eastern) end of the pavilion triggered the privately monitored fire alarm. The Essex-based alarm monitoring company were unable to contact the key-holder by mobile phone and no further action was taken.
It was not until 06:46 that the Avon Fire and Rescue Service (AFRS) was notified, by this time a hefty blaze was under way. It deployed 13 fire engines, special appliances, and more than 85 firefighters to tackle the blaze, but the building was soon destroyed.
Robert Tinker, a Grand Pier employee, was later praised by the fire service as he braved the extreme intensity of the heat from the flames to rush around the side of the building to remove several gas canisters which had been stored within the premises, had these not been removed the AFRS claim that the fire could have been much worse and with the possibility of needing evacuation of local residents and traders.
Preliminary investigations suggested that the fire started due to a number of deep fat fryers which had been located within the area pavilion, however after further investigation this was later ruled out, as was arson. On 22 October a news conference was held by AFRS who announced that despite their efforts the cause of the fire would be recorded as unknown, but that the most likely cause was an electrical fire.
Workmen began dismantling the wreckage on 12th September and a design competition for the new pavilion was won by the Bristol-based Angus Meek Architects' on 15th October. On 7th December it was announced that a slowly rotating 91 metres (299 ft) tall observation tower was proposed along with the new building.
On 12 March 2009, North Somerset Council approved the plans, which are to cost \u00a334 million. The new pavilion is expected to open in the summer of 2010. On 5 August 2009 it was announced that contractors John Sisk &
Son Ltd had been selected to construct the new pavilion and it was hoped that it would be completed by July 2010. These lads are working on the project. Jeff Bonvallet is at the far right.
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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 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 3834521347 - 'He bowls, he bats, its a six.
Summer cricket in an english village green. Grappenhall, Warrington Cheshire, England, UK.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N14 - St Wilfrid's Church is in the village of Davenham, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich.
History
A church on the site was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. A later church was built in the 14th century and its chancel was rebuilt in 1680 and again in 1795.[3] The present church dates from 1842 to 1844 when the body of the church was replaced, and the tower and spire were repaired, the architect being Edmund Sharpe of Lancaster. The nave was lengthened by one bay, heightened and widened, and galleries were inserted on three sides. The tower was damaged when it was struck by lightning on 16 July 1850.[3] A new tower was designed by Sharpe and his partner at the time, E. G. Paley. The chancel and transepts date from 1870 by the later partners in the practice, Paley and Austin.
Architecture
Exterior
The church is built in red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chancel with a north vestry and a south chantry chapel, and a southwest porch. The tower has an octagonal spire with three tiers of lucarnes.
Interior
In the chancel is a two-arched sedilia. The reredos contains an alabaster relief depicting The Last Supper. The monuments in the church include ones to William Tomkinson who died in 1770 by Benjamin Bromfield, to Mrs France who died in 1814 by S. and F. Franceys of Liverpool, to Mrs Harper dated 1833 by Francesco Pozzi of Florence with a relief of a mother and child, and to Frederick and Cecil France-Hayhurst who died in 1915, by Underwood. In the south aisle is a war memorial chapel designed by Sir Robert Lorimer. It contains a reredos with carvings of personifications of virtues, framed by carved friezes, and posts surmounted by angels
57 Church St, Davenham, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 8NF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM99XJ - Bulls Head pub at night, 19 St Mary's Row, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8HW, UK works as a grounded stock photograph because the subject is specific, legible and connected to wider social, economic or cultural themes. The scene records a specific piece of everyday place-based detail, the sort of subject that often says more about local identity, work, leisure, transport or consumption than a polished landmark view would. Its value is in the recognisable setting, readable clues and documentary directness, making it useful for editorial coverage of changing streets, public services, heritage, retail habits and ordinary life in Britain and beyond. Low light, dusk or night conditions add atmosphere and make the subject useful for evening economy, safety and seasonal weather contexts. The location detail, Birmingham, Moseley, B13 8HW, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include traditional pub, public house, beer culture and real ale, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. The scene has practical value for features needing authentic British or international street-level evidence, especially where policy, culture, business, tourism or social change is easier to explain through one clear example.
19 St Mary's Row, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8HW, UK
