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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,Green Party,Vote Green,VOTE GREEN posters,election campaign,parliamentary by-election,UK politics,volunteers,leaflets,banners,campaign banners,canvassing,get out the vote,voter outreach,political campaigning,Manchester,England,electioneering,ground campaign,doorstep politics,campaign logistics,campaign strategy,political communication,voter mobilisation,turnout operation,political realignment,tactical voting,protest vote,local issues,cost of living,housing,public services,community identity,contemporary Britain,Manchester politics,shuttered shop,Zack Polanski
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DX14KY - A wide street level view of a temporary Green Party campaign headquarters in Gorton, Manchester, during the Denton and Gorton parliamentary by election. The shopfront carries a dark green fascia reading GREEN PARTY with the party emblem, and the windows are filled with VOTE GREEN posters and campaign boards ready for canvassing. Small groups of volunteers gather outside, collecting leaflets, poster stakes and banners, checking routes and chatting before heading out to knock doors.
Above the neighbouring units, a large Labour campaign banner is visible with the message VOTE ANGELIKI and FOR UNITY NOT DIVISION, adding political contrast in a single frame. The scene captures the practical mechanics of modern electioneering: a local base used for briefing, distributing literature, coordinating volunteer shifts and running get out the vote activity. It suits editorial coverage of UK politics, grassroots campaigning, constituency work and voter mobilisation, showing the human effort behind street posters, leaflet drops and conversations on the pavement.
This image also works for commentary about changing local loyalties in Greater Manchester. The presence of a prominent Green HQ, busy with volunteers and visible branding, can illustrate a campaign narrative that Labour is struggling to dominate in this patch, with the Greens presenting themselves as the main challenger and attracting tactical and protest votes. On busy streets like this, campaign offices become both a logistics hub and a statement of momentum, signalling to passers by that the contest is real and that the outcome is not predetermined.
Shot in winter light with shuttered shopfronts nearby and everyday clothing, the photograph emphasises place, community and the realities of campaigning in urban Britain. It is useful for news, features and analysis about by elections, local democracy, party organisation and the role of volunteers in building street level visibility.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,Green Party,political campaigning,volunteers,leaflets,canvassing,get out the vote,voter outreach,political activism,UK politics,Gorton,Manchester,England,HQ,electioneering,ground campaign,doorstep politics,campaign logistics,political communication,voter mobilisation,turnout operation,civic participation,local issues,cost of living,housing,public services,transport,community identity,contemporary Britain,Manchester politics,diverse communities,volunteer networks,shopfront,high street unit,campaign office,political office,Zack Polanski
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DX14M0 - A temporary Green Party campaign headquarters in Gorton, Manchester, photographed during the Denton and Gorton by election campaign. The shopfront carries a dark green fascia reading GREEN PARTY with the party emblem, and the windows are lined with VOTE GREEN posters, turning an ordinary high street unit into a highly visible organising base. Outside the entrance, volunteers gather with clipboards and campaign materials, collecting leaflets, poster boards and banners before heading out to canvass nearby streets.
The image captures the practical, street level mechanics of modern electioneering: a local HQ used for briefing, distributing literature, coordinating volunteer shifts and managing get out the vote activity. It suits editorial coverage of UK politics, grassroots campaigning, constituency work, voter outreach and the logistics that sit behind rallies and social media. It also shows how parties use short term premises on busy streets to signal momentum, provide a meeting point, and create a visible presence where every leaflet drop counts.
Campaign hubs like this are where walk routes are planned, canvass returns are gathered and neighbourhood concerns are discussed before volunteers knock on doors. The scene fits coverage of political organising, ground campaign strategy, and the human effort involved in building support beyond online messaging.
Shot in natural winter light with grey sky reflections in the glass, the moment feels everyday, with coats, backpacks and practical footwear rather than staged photo opportunities. Brick buildings and shuttered neighbouring units add context about local high street pressures, while the group at the doorway suggests conversation, coordination and community involvement. With readable text and strong branding, the photograph is useful for news, features and commentary about campaigning, turnout operations, and local democracy in the M18 Gorton area of Greater Manchester.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,do,not,this,area,is,regularly,from,your,network,Litternetworks,borough,council,Cheshire,WA4,Stockton Heath,Latchford,non-profit,organisation,run,by,community,voluntary,volunteers,reduce,reduced,litter,pollution,reduce litter,do not,thanks,thank you,help,helping,LoveWarrington
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JK75 -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,London,England,UK,SE1 3FT,the,National,Wall,red heart,red,heart,hearts,lost,friends,lockdown,virus,variant,people,who,died,public,mural,by,volunteers,covid-19,South Bank,of,River Thames,Thames,opposite,Westminster,Bereaved Families for Justice,Led By Donkeys,plaque,in loving memory,yellow Heart,enquiry,Hallett,partygate
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBHY - The National Covid Memorial Wall in London is a public mural painted by volunteers to commemorate victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Started in March 2021 and stretching more than one-third mile (five hundred metres) along the South Bank of the River Thames, opposite the Palace of Westminster, the mural consists of approximately 150,000 red and pink hearts, intending to have one for each of the casualties of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom at the time of the mural's commencement. The intent was for each heart to be individually hand-painted
utterly unique, just like the loved ones we've lost
The mural was organized by campaign group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, with the help of the campaign group Led By Donkeys. Volunteers cleaned the wall and removed graffiti before hand-painting approximately 150,000 red hearts over 10 days from 29 March 2021. Bereaved families filled these hearts with names of lost loved ones and messages, with more continued to be added over the subsequent months. Through the project was started without council permission, it gained widespread support and public recognition so has not yet been removed by authorities. As the text faded, volunteers have also traced over writing with permanent black marker pen to ensure their longevity.
The mural stretches more than one-third mile (five hundred metres) along the South Bank of the River Thames from Westminster Bridge to Lambeth Bridge, opposite the Palace of Westminster. Being outside of St Thomas' Hospital, it also encompasses an older plaque dedicated to the 1994-6 human BSE outbreak.
On 29 March 2021, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer visited the mural, which he described as a remarkable memorial, before calling on Boris Johnson to visit the mural personally and engage with the families of the deceased. Johnson later visited the wall for quiet reflection and was criticised by the co-founder of the group, who said that the visit, was a sham
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,Filey,coast,coastal,the,hut,station,club,building,YO14 9BB,YO14,popular,social,organisation,clubs,outside,exterior,sunny,seacadets,seacadet,sea cadet,adventure,young people,confidence,problem,with,volunteer,volunteers,girls,boys
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD23RJ - Filey is a seaside town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located between Scarborough and Bridlington on Filey Bay. Although it was a fishing village, it has a large beach and became a popular tourist resort. According to the 2011 UK census, Filey parish had a population of 6,981, in comparison to the 2001 UK census population figure of 6,819, and a population of 6,870 in 1991.
Filey was historically mainly within the East Riding of Yorkshire, although until 1888 a small part of the town, including its parish church, was in the North Riding of Yorkshire. In 1974 the town was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire.
Filey is at the eastern end of the Cleveland Way, a long-distance footpath
it starts at Helmsley and skirts the North York Moors. It was the second National Trail to be opened (1969). The town is at the northern end of the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail which starts at Hessle and crosses the Yorkshire Wolds. Filey is the finishing point for Great Yorkshire Bike Ride. The 70-mile (110 km) ride begins at Wetherby Racecourse.
Filey has a railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line. A second station at Filey Holiday Camp railway station to the south of the town served the former Butlins holiday camp. The camp has since been re-developed into a 600-home holiday housing development, The Bay Filey. It is one of the largest coastal developments of this kind in the UK and the first homes were completed in 2007.
In July 2007 Filey was hit by flash floods which caused major problems
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,2013,Scouts,UK,prize,cub,be prepared,young,child,children,scouts,pack,activity,activities,things,being,a,staged,volunteer,volunteers,Scouts be prepared,winner,winners,shield,tam,won,England,english,boys,male,the,association,promise,law,programme,skills for life
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP8TA2 - Cub Scouts, often shortened to Cubs, are a section of Scouting operated by The Scout Association with a core age of eight to ten and a half years of age. This section follows on from the Beaver Scouts (6-8 year olds) and precedes the Scout section (10½-14 year olds).
Originally beginning in 1916 as Wolf Cubs, the section gained its current name in 1966 as a result of the Advance Party Report. Because of this early name, the section has themed links to wolves and the novel The Jungle Book with the section being called a Cub Pack and the volunteer leaders taking their names from this story.
Cub Scouts has been open to both boys and girls since 1991 as well as those of different faiths and none. Cub Scouts wear a green sweatshirt for their uniform and earn badges for skills learned and challenges overcome
In 2014, the Scouting for All strategic plan for the next four years was launched that included an increased focus of community impact, youth voice and inclusion in the programme and which emerged from youth feedback. Off the back of this, a refresh of the programme was scheduled for 2015 and in April 2014, the Scout Association released four new activity badges and one new staged activity badge which were to be added as part of the refresh
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,railway station,Preston,Lancashire,England,UK,PR1 5AB,lancs,commemoration,soldiers,Lancs regiment,Great War,1914-1918 plaque,Great War 1914-1918 plaque,WWI,WW1,World war One,teenagers,teenage soldiers,sacrifice,gave their lives,army,volunteers,Battle of the Somme,Somme,Battle of Loos,Memorial to the Preston Pals,platform 3,platform 4,platforms 3 & 4,Andrew Mather,honour,the men,August 1914
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR6MY2 - The Preston Pals War Memorial was installed on Preston Railway Station in July 2012. Situated between platforms 3 & 4, it honours the men who volunteered to fight in World War One within 7th Battalion, the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (now part of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment).
Until the plaque was put in place there was no official Memorial to the Preston Pals, so a board of trustees was created by Andrew Mather to honour the men who left from Preston Railway Station on their fateful journeys
Soon after the outbreak of war between Great Britain and Germany on 4 August 1914, Earl Kitchener, the War Minister, laid plans to raise a New Army of volunteer recruits. To aid this scheme, he encouraged local councils to establish what became known as Pals battalions, made up of groups of friends and neighbours who were keen to fight alongside each other, rather than being individually assigned to regular army regiments.
The raising of the Preston Pals was first proposed by Mr Cyril Cartmell, son of the Mayor of Preston, Councillor (later Sir) Harry Cartmell. On 31 August 1914, Cyril Cartmell placed the following advertisement in The Lancashire Daily Post:
It is proposed to form a Company of young businessmen, clerks, etc, to be drawn from Preston and the surrounding districts, and be attached, if practicable, to a battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Will those who would like to join apply here any afternoon or evening this week the earlier the better.
Within two days, 250 local men had volunteered for service, and the Preston Businessmen and Clerks' Company officially 'D' Company, 7th (Service) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment , was formed. Three other companies making up the 7th (Service) Battalion were filled by Pals from Blackpool, Kirkham, and Chorley. The men were medically examined at the Public Hall, and on 7 Sep 1914, the Pals paraded before an enthusiastic and patriotic crowd before boarding trains
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Great Britain,Bridgwater,Somerset,South West England,South West,building,Bridgwater Somerset,history,historic,health,heritage,Bridgwater Old Hospital,Old Hospital,disused,derelict,hospitals,NHS,property,properties,Bridgwater Infirmary,boarded,up,healthcare,supported,by,voluntary,volunteers,contribution,contributions,outside,entrance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2R3 - Hospital. 1813, refronted 1876. Flemish-bond brick with stone parapet, cornices, quoins, architraves, porch and plinth. Rectangular plan with later additions. 3 storeys
6-window range. Horned 2/2-pane sash windows. A central block with cornice has BRIDGWATER INFIRMARY in raised letters flanked by a parapet balustrade of open circles
the dentilled cornice below it is returned to the sides
windows to the second floor are set in eared and shouldered architraves above a cill block with SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS below the central 4 windows and continued as a cill band returned at the quoins. The first floor has moulded cornices to shouldered architraves
the ground floor has segmental arches and moulded keystones to eared and shouldered architraves which reach the plinth and have aprons with recessed panels between cill and plinth. To right of centre is a Doric porch with triglyph frieze, paired columns to the front and pilasters to the rear
the cornice is continued as a moulded string course returned at the quoins. Above the porch is a single-storey glazed room, probably c1920, with a pediment to the gable which cuts into a former architrave. To the inside left is a late C19 canted bay with a dentilled cornice and to far left is an architrave to a former door, now a C20 window. INTERIOR: the entrance hall has a fine c1876 staircase, open-well, open string with a swept rail and cast-iron balusters. Some semicircular arches, moulded architraves to doors, parts of a cornice, one window to the rear with panelled shutters to a splayed architrave and a 6-panel door remain. History: In 1813 a public meeting decided that a medical institution be established for the relief of the labouring poor requiring medical and surgical assistance. In 1820 it was agreed to purchase a spacious house and garden in Salmon Lane for »700. The infirmary was then supported by voluntary contributions. Alterations and additions were made in 1862.
