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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IM347A~1,Warrington,Cheshire,red,brick,civic,building,tower,high,rise,urban,architecture,streetscape,heritage,contrast,old,new,townscape,North,West,regeneration,editorial,documentary,2026,British,Britain,Europe,travel,local,community,signage,economy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCG6FH - . A red-brick historic or civic building is seen in the foreground with a much taller twentieth-century tower rising behind, creating a strong visual contrast between different periods of urban development in the Warrington area. The image is deliberately described conservatively because the surviving filename does not identify the premises and the thumbnail does not provide enough evidence for a reliable building name. What is clear is the layered townscape: decorated brickwork, traditional pitched roofs and older street architecture sit against a high-rise block that represents a later approach to density and redevelopment. Such juxtapositions are common in post-industrial towns of North West England, where Victorian and Edwardian public buildings, pubs, schools or commercial premises often survive alongside 1960s and 1970s towers and more recent apartment schemes. The picture is useful editorially for themes of changing skylines, heritage versus redevelopment, planning, urban character, adaptive reuse and the visual legacy of successive building booms. From a visual-research perspective, the image combines a clearly recognisable subject with the surrounding built environment. Relevant search and editorial concepts include Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, local community, urban fringe, village heritage, transport links, development pressure, public realm, local services. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes Warrington, Cheshire, red, brick, civic, building, tower, high, rise, urban, architecture, streetscape, heritage, contrast, old, new, townscape, North, West, England, regeneration. The photograph is suitable for editorial, documentary, social-history, planning, business and local-news use where an identifiable real-world example is preferable to a generic illustration. It also provides a dated reference for future comparison, allowing researchers to see whether the premises, branding,
Warrington area, Cheshire, North West England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4621,Northwich Library,89 Witton Street,CW9,5DR,heritage,refurbishment,Smith,Cheshire,West,Chester,library,renovation,historic,building,public,Skills,Employment,Hub,conservation,2026,spring,2027,side,rear,elevation,Northwich,construction,barriers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC89MK - . Side and rear elevation of northwich library with construction barriers shows the historic Northwich Library at 89 Witton Street during a major heritage refurbishment in August 2026. Cheshire West and Chester Council confirmed that H.H. Smith & Sons Co. Ltd had been appointed for the final phase, beginning in June 2026, after an extended procurement process for the complex building. The council expects the library to reopen in spring 2027 as an accessible library and learning space, with an accessible first floor, a Skills and Employment Hub and flexible activity and meeting rooms. Restoration work includes roof and façade repairs and the overhaul of original glazing, with leaded glass being reinstated where later modern panes had been inserted. The project is significant because public libraries increasingly function as multi-purpose civic spaces, offering digital access, learning, advice and community activity as well as books. In Northwich the building is also a prominent heritage asset, so the scheme combines conservation with modern accessibility and service design. As a documentary stock image, the scene has value beyond its immediate subject because signs, clothing, street furniture and commercial presentation all date the moment. Future comparisons can show how policy, technology, fashion and the built environment changed after 2026. The subject provides a concrete visual reference for editors needing a real location rather than a generic illustration of library. Because the photograph is tied to a specific date, it can later be compared with subsequent changes in signage, ownership, regulation, public use or the surrounding streetscape. It additionally captures ordinary material culture of 2026, including the graphic design, technology, clothing or infrastructure through which broader trends become visible at street level. Useful for dated UK editorial coverage. Strong archive value for later comparison. A clear record of Britain in the 2020s.
89 Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 5DR, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_3789,Historic,stained-glass,window,detail,West,heritage,history,architecture,monument,tourism,conservation,stained,glass,stained glass,Mainz,Germany,bar,pub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F98AM2 - . Historic stained-glass window detail - Stained Glass Mainz bar - Many a man spends a great deal on hunting, though it brings him little benefit, e. Photographed on 7 August 2026. The recorded location is Mainz city centre, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz stands on the Rhine and has more than two millennia of history, from Roman Mogontiacum through its role as an archiepiscopal city to the birthplace of Johannes Gutenberg. The old town combines reconstructed historic streets, churches, wine culture and post-war urban development, giving street signs and façades strong local-history context. The background to ecclesiastical architecture 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. Within the history of hostelry, beer culture links agriculture, brewing, distribution and the licensed trade
Cask-conditioned ale, handpumps, brewery branding and pub interiors became especially significant to the real-ale revival from the 1970s onwards, while later craft brewing introduced new styles and independent producers. In relation to urban culture, historical context shows that street art and murals are especially valuable as temporary cultural evidence because they may be painted over or lost during redevelopment
Photographs preserve both the artwork and its relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood. Current 2026 context around ecclesiastical architecture 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
Conservation, heating costs and new uses are therefore part of the modern story of these ancient places.
Mainz city centre, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A0273,Library of Birmingham,Library,of,Birmingham,exterior,Centenary Square,Centenary,Square,West Midlands,West,Midlands,England,UK,architecture,modern,contemporary,building,public,civic,culture,cultural,landmark,city,centre,urban,regeneration,tourism,visitor,books,learning,education,research,lattice,facade,gold,rotunda,design,architectural,realm,municipal,service,community,British,Britain,cityscape,iconic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F510YR - Library of Birmingham exterior in Centenary Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. The large contemporary public library is one of the city's most recognisable modern civic buildings, with a distinctive layered form, patterned metal lattice facade and gold-coloured rooftop rotunda. Located in Birmingham's central civic and cultural quarter, the library forms a major part of the regenerated Centenary Square area and provides extensive public facilities for reading, study, research, archives, exhibitions and community activity. The building replaced the former Birmingham Central Library and became a prominent symbol of investment in culture, learning and city-centre regeneration. Its architecture and public spaces attract both local users and visitors, while the surrounding square connects it with other important cultural, conference and entertainment venues. This photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of public libraries, modern architecture, civic investment, education, cultural services, urban regeneration, tourism, public realm, local government facilities and Birmingham's changing cityscape. The clear summer conditions show the patterned facade and unusual rooftop forms particularly well.
Centenary Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_2938,Bar staff,serving,drinks,Whitelocks Ale House,Leeds,city,centre,West,Yorkshire,England,UK,pub,bar,beer,pumps,glassware,hospitality,workers,interior,historic,1715,ale,service,traditional,licensed,tourism,nightlife,employment,tip,tips,tipping,and,your,own,whatever,having
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F2PH3E - . Bar staff serving drinks inside Whitelock's Ale House in Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Photographed on 18 July 2026. The recorded location is Whitelock's Ale House, Turk's Head Yard, Leeds LS1 6HB, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The busy traditional bar is lined with beer pumps, glassware and polished fittings while staff work behind the counter beneath signage referring to the very heart of Leeds. Whitelock's dates from 1715 and is one of the city's best-known historic pubs, noted for its richly preserved interior and long association with drinking and social life in central Leeds. The scene combines people at work with a visually rich heritage interior and active pub atmosphere. In relation to licensed trade, historical context shows that beer culture links agriculture, brewing, distribution and the licensed trade
Cask-conditioned ale, handpumps, brewery branding and pub interiors became especially important to the real-ale revival from the 1970s onwards, while later craft brewing introduced new styles and independent producers. For the story of dock workers, it is useful to note that industrial disputes can leave strong visual culture through badges, T-shirts, placards and campaign material that outlast the immediate strike. As of 2026, the position for licensed trade is that in England eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief for the 2026/27 billing year, reflecting continuing concern about operating costs, closures and the role of hospitality in town-centre vitality. For present-day dock workers, 2026 is significant because automation and logistics continue to reshape port and warehouse work, giving older dockworker campaigns relevance to contemporary debate about secure employment. Further editorial search language includes public house, licensed premises, alehouse, hostelry, bar trade, real ale, cask ale, local pub, nightlife, community asset, independent brewery, trade union, and labour history.
Whitelock's Ale House, Turk's Head Yard, Leeds LS1 6HB, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_2944,West Yorkshire,Traditional,pub,interior,Scarborough,Hotel,Leeds,West,Yorkshire,England,bar,beer,ale,hospitality,drinking,leisure,independent
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F98AJT - . Traditional pub interior at the Scarborough Hotel in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Photographed on 18 July 2026. Within the history of licensed premises, beer culture links agriculture, brewing, distribution and the licensed trade
Cask-conditioned ale, handpumps, brewery branding and pub interiors became especially significant to the real-ale revival from the 1970s onwards, while later craft brewing introduced new styles and independent producers. In relation to streetscape, historical context shows that the built environment is continually reused
Warehouses become apartments, stations become event spaces and commercial premises acquire new occupants, making older photographs particularly useful for tracing regeneration, demolition, conservation and adaptive reuse. For the story of transport gateway, it is useful to note that tourism has long shaped the economy and appearance of destinations, influencing hotels, transport links, waterfronts, attractions and shopping streets
Railway expansion, motoring and later low-cost air travel successively widened access to places once considered remote. Against the 2026 backdrop for licensed premises, pub survival remains a live issue as energy, staffing, taxation and changing drinking habits affect the licensed trade
Historic and contemporary pub images therefore have relevance to community assets, nightlife, independent brewing, high-street change and hospitality economics. As of 2026, the position for streetscape is that reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside embodied carbon, heritage conservation and town-centre regeneration
Photographs of older façades and converted premises can illustrate the practical tension between preservation, energy performance and new development. Useful subject and context terms include public house, alehouse, hostelry, bar trade, real ale, cask ale, local pub, historic pub, independent brewery, architectural detail, historic building, and facade.
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_1318,Building,construction,Alderley Road,North,West,England,UK,scaffolding,blue,site,hoardings,property,development,refurbishment,works,roof,windows,external,residential,commercial,investment,redevelopment,contractor,urban
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ERX6X7 - . Building under construction on Alderley Road in North West England, UK, with scaffolding and blue site hoardings. Photographed on 16 June 2026. The recorded location is Alderley Road, North West England, UK. Building under construction on Alderley Road in North West England, UK, with scaffolding around the upper floors and blue temporary site hoardings enclosing the frontage. The property appears to be undergoing substantial refurbishment or redevelopment, with roof, windows and external elevations all forming part of the works. The grey sky and exposed works give the image a clear documentary character. Seen through industrial heritage, the earlier context is that construction sites became increasingly controlled environments during the twentieth century, with access gates, turnstiles, personal protective equipment and formal safety management replacing more informal working practices. For engineering history, the historical context is that industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology. Looking at housing estate, the longer history is that residential architecture is closely tied to planning and social change
Post-war estates, high-rise blocks, gated developments and city-centre apartments reveal assumptions about land values, transport, security and the relationship between private and public space. The 2026 relevance of industrial heritage comes from the fact that port and construction cranes also illustrate the continuing shift towards larger, more mechanised logistics and building systems, while historic dockside equipment is increasingly preserved as industrial heritage. Additional subject language includes residential, commercial, investment, redevelopment, and contractor.
Alderley Road, North West England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_1318,Building,refurbishment,Alderley Road,North,West,England,UK,scaffolding,construction,hoardings,property,redevelopment,works,roof,windows,facade,investment,regeneration,commercial,residential,conversion,site,contractor,urban,development,newbuild,build,eyesore
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ETN5T9 - . Building under refurbishment on Alderley Road in North West England, UK, with scaffolding and blue construction hoardings. Photographed on 16 June 2026. The recorded location is Alderley Road, North West England, UK. Building under refurbishment on Alderley Road in North West England, UK, with scaffolding around the upper floors and blue construction hoardings surrounding the site at street level. The property appears to be undergoing significant external works, with the roof, windows and facade all forming part of the redevelopment. Overcast daylight provides a clear view of the works and the temporary site enclosure. In relation to industrial equipment, historical context shows that cranes and construction access systems are symbols of large-scale building and industrial work
Dockside cranes originally served cargo handling, while building cranes and controlled turnstiles reflect the organisation and safety requirements of modern sites. For the story of heritage conservation, it is useful to note that factories, mills, mines and workshops record the technologies and labour that powered industrial expansion
Machinery, inscriptions and specialist buildings are valuable evidence of engineering practice, working conditions and regional industries. The historical setting for housing is that images of construction and residential redevelopment can become important evidence of neighbourhood change, particularly where industrial land or older housing is later replaced by higher-density homes. As of 2026, the position for industrial equipment is that construction activity is closely tied to housing delivery, infrastructure investment, labour availability and building-safety regulation
Site access and lifting equipment are everyday evidence of that wider development economy. For present-day heritage conservation, 2026 is significant because former industrial sites continue to be repurposed for housing, offices and cultural attractions
Historic machinery.
Alderley Road, North West England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lymm,pano,panaorama,sunny,Cheshire,Warrington,IMG_0711,village,panorama,England,UK,summer,high-street,shops,independent,business,tourism,heritage,streetscape,trees,public,realm,community,North,West,travel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0EX - . Lymm village sunny panorama in Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 25 May 2026. The recorded location is Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The wide view looks along the attractive village centre with traditional brick buildings, independent shops, mature trees, benches and public space beneath a vivid blue summer sky. Lymm is a popular Cheshire village known for its historic centre, waterside walks, pubs and proximity to the Bridgewater Canal. The panoramic composition provides a strong establishing image of the settlement and can illustrate stories about village life, local economies, conservation areas, community identity, tourism and the appeal of traditional small-town centres in North West England. For regeneration, the historical 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. Looking at biodiversity, the longer history is that agricultural landscapes reflect both natural seasonality and deliberate management
Crop varieties, irrigation, field boundaries and farm machinery reveal how food production responds to soil, weather and market demand. The background to holiday travel is that visitor destinations are continually re-presented through signs, viewpoints, museums and events
Photographs can reveal both the enduring attractions of landscape and heritage and the commercial infrastructure built around them. For regeneration, the 2026 context is that regeneration, housing growth and evolving high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for local-history comparison. In 2026, biodiversity remains relevant because seasonal nature photography also has growing relevance to phenology , as researchers and the public pay more attention to changes in flowering, rainfall and the timing of autumn or spring.
Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0142,Leeds Art Gallery,interior,visitors,paintings,sculpture,Leeds,West,Yorkshire,England,UK,gallery,art,museum,exhibition,culture,heritage,tourism,collection,framed,artworks,wooden,floor,ceiling,visual,arts,public,attraction,halfterm,half-term,activity,tourist
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ETN5R3 - . Leeds Art Gallery interior with visitors, paintings and sculpture in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Photographed on 16 May 2026. The recorded location is Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AA, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The gallery room has richly coloured red walls hung with framed artworks, while a freestanding sculpture occupies the polished wooden floor beneath a high glazed ceiling. Visitors move through the exhibition space viewing the collection. The strong architectural detailing and dense salon-style display give the room a distinctive historic gallery character. For the story of place-making, it is useful to note 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 change the meaning of an apparently permanent object. The historical setting for visitor attraction is that public libraries expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as part of civic education, later adding computers, events and digital services while retaining their role as shared community space. For present-day place-making, 2026 is significant because contemporary street art continues to blur the line between unofficial expression, commissioned mural and tourist attraction
Images are therefore relevant to urban culture, creative industries, heritage interpretation and place-making. In the 2026 discussion of visitor attraction, libraries and museums continue to operate as community hubs, visitor attractions and sources of digital access, while funding pressures encourage partnerships, volunteering and new uses for historic buildings. Additional discoverability terms include public art, statue, cultural identity, visual culture, community art, memorial art, public realm, cultural landmark, archive, public library, collections, reading room, local history, heritage attraction, public history, and museum display.
Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AA, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_0085,gigs,flyer,advertising,venues,England,West,Yorkshire,museum,design,creative,tourism,city,centre,in,the,warehouse,venue,gig,flyers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F98AJM - . Live in Leeds music gigs flyer advertising city-centre venues in Leeds, England, UK. Photographed on 16 May 2026. The recorded location is Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. In relation to graduates, historical context shows that school and university imagery documents the social history of education: buildings, uniforms, ceremonies and signs reveal how institutions present identity and how access to learning has changed. For the story of factory, it is useful to note that industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology. The historical setting for museum display is that museums turn objects into interpreted history, while archives preserve documents that may have little value until researchers connect them with people, buildings or events
Interiors therefore record both collections and changing curatorial practice. As of 2026, the position for graduates is that universities face continuing pressure around funding, international recruitment, student living costs and the value of degrees, while graduation remains an important public ritual marking educational achievement. For present-day factory, 2026 is significant because former industrial sites continue to be repurposed for housing, offices and cultural attractions
Historic machinery and surviving fabric therefore illustrate both deindustrialisation and current debates about adaptive reuse, local identity and heritage-led regeneration. Additional natural-language search terms include higher education, students, campus, academic life, college, student experience, university building, degree ceremony, education sector, industrial heritage, engineering history, mill, labour history, working life, and mechanical engineering.
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,signage,sign,rail,city,centre,Bee Network,TfGM,integrtaed,public transport,Whitworth Street,West,spring sunlight,bright,sunshine,urban,commuter,trains,wayfinding,city transport,Castlefield,Bridgewater Canal,regeneration,high rise,buildings,glass,walled,skyscraper,Victorian,history,Knott Mill,suburban,heritage,blue sky,sunny weather,city break,travel guide,image
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFHRJ9 - bright spring photograph shows the red and white Deansgate railway station sign in Manchester city centre, set against a vivid blue sky with fresh green leaves and blossom framing the image. Strong sunlight flares from the glass of a modern tower block behind the sign, giving the scene a sharp urban feel and making it useful for stock themes around rail travel, commuter routes, city transport, Manchester architecture, spring sunshine and public transport wayfinding. The Transport for Greater Manchester mark places it clearly within the city region's transport network, while the close-up composition keeps attention on the station name.
Deansgate station stands on Whitworth Street West, close to Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink stop, Castlefield, the Bridgewater Canal, Manchester Central and the southern edge of the city centre. The station has a long railway history. Historic England records that it opened as Knott Mill in 1849 on the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway, one of the early suburban railways that helped shape commuting around Manchester. The street-level station building was rebuilt in 1896 by Robert Neill and Son, linking the present site to Victorian railway expansion.
Today Deansgate remains a useful city centre rail stop managed by Northern, with National Rail listing the address as Whitworth Street West, Deansgate, Manchester, M3 4LG. It serves local and regional journeys and connects easily with Metrolink, buses, offices, hotels and cultural venues around Deansgate, Castlefield and the Oxford Road corridor. The image could illustrate articles on Manchester public transport, rail infrastructure, station signage, sustainable travel, city centre regeneration, commuting, urban growth, spring city breaks and the contrast between Victorian railway heritage and newer high-rise development. The blossom, clear blue sky and reflective light add seasonal value, suggesting a crisp, sunny spring day in North West England.
Whitworth Street West, Deansgate, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M3 4LG
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,IMG_9961,Cross Country train at Birmingham New Street,West Midlands,Cross,Country,train,Birmingham,New,Street,West,Midlands,England,transport,travel,passengers,public,infrastructure,commuting,mobility,service,urban,St,delay,delays,cancellations,cancelled,electrical,fault,CrossCountry,power cut,powercut,August,2026
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E93485 - Cross Country train at Birmingham New Street, photographed in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of public transport, rail and tram services, passenger journeys, commuting, transport investment, infrastructure, travel technology and everyday mobility. The image clearly records the visible subject, signage, branding, architecture, object or activity associated with Cross Country train at Birmingham New Street. It provides useful documentary context for news, features, travel, social history and contemporary editorial coverage. Details visible in the scene help identify the place or subject and show how it appears in everyday use, making the photograph useful for stories about local identity, economic and social change, public services, transport, leisure, heritage, tourism, community life and the built environment. The photograph can also support retrospective or comparative coverage where the survival, redevelopment, reuse or changing role of the location or object is relevant.
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,and,O2,gig,live,concert,stage,performance,guitar,player,electric guitar,singer,musician,post-punk,new wave,art rock,legacy,alternative,veteran,venue,Whitworth Street,West,editorial,review,music press,touring,musicians,audience,nightlife,city,centre,cultural,event,UK,heritage,history,Brian Eno era,classic album
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EENJGW - Live concert photograph from the Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew Remain in Light tour at O2 Ritz Manchester on 5 June 2025, showing the musician on stage playing a green electric guitar and singing into a microphone under red and purple stage lighting. The image is presented as an editorial music performance photograph and is useful for coverage of Talking Heads, Remain in Light, post-punk, new wave, art rock, funk rock, live music and Manchester gig culture. Jerry Harrison is strongly associated with Talking Heads as a keyboard and guitar player, while Adrian Belew is widely known for his work with King Crimson, David Bowie, Frank Zappa and Talking Heads related projects. The 2025 tour celebrated music from Talking Heads and the landmark Remain in Light period, with the Manchester date listed at O2 Ritz on Whitworth Street West. The venue is one of Manchester's long-established live music rooms, historically known as The Ritz, with a central city location close to Oxford Road and Deansgate-Castlefield. The scene shows a dark concert stage, amplifiers, percussion and microphone stands, with vivid coloured lighting and a focused performance stance typical of an intimate theatre or club gig. This image could suit editorial features on veteran musicians, classic alternative music, Talking Heads legacy, Remain in Light anniversary interest, live touring, Manchester concerts, guitar performance, art-rock audiences, music venues, nightlife, cultural events and the continuing appeal of late twentieth-century new wave and post-punk artists. It also has relevance for stories about heritage touring, older musicians still performing, influential rhythm-driven guitar music, experimental pop and the revival of classic albums in contemporary live sets. The low-light indoor conditions, saturated stage colour and close framing give the photograph strong atmosphere and documentary value for music press, listings, reviews and archive use.
Jerry Harrison performs with Adrian Belew on the Remain in Light tour at O2 Ritz Manchester, 05/06/2
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5300,Northern DMU Manchester Oxford Road at dusk west bound,Northern,DMU,Manchester,Oxford,Road,dusk,west,bound,Greater,local,urban,heritage,tourism,business,community,editorial
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDKYXF - Northern DMU Manchester Oxford Road at dusk west bound, photographed at Manchester, Greater Manchester, stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England, UK. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of local places, businesses, public life, architecture, tourism, social history and the changing character of British and European towns and cities. The image clearly records visible signage, branding, architecture, objects or activity associated with Northern DMU Manchester Oxford Road at dusk west bound. It provides useful contemporary or historical context for news, feature and documentary use, including stories about local identity, economic change, public services, travel, leisure, community life and the way familiar places and objects are presented in the built environment. The scene is shown as encountered, making it useful as an editorial stock image for illustrating the subject, its location and its wider social or cultural context.
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,battle,of,Cable Street,Tower Hamlets,mural,brown shirts,fascist,fascists,ReformUK,Restore,Nigel farage,Oswald Moseley,Rupert Lowe,far right,far-right,politics,IMG_7766,London,Cable,Street,Shadwell,pub,UK,IMG,7766,232,Meuxs,famous,stout,ales,West
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAFDCD - Historic former public house frontage at 232 Cable Street in Shadwell, East London, with surviving glazed tiles and brewery advertising associated with Meux's stout and ales. The closed or converted premises retain architectural clues to the period when corner pubs were a prominent feature of densely populated working-class neighbourhoods around the London docks. Decorative tiles, timber doors, old lettering and the street-corner form create a strong record of pub heritage even after the original licensed use has changed. The image is suitable for editorial coverage of lost pubs, brewery history, changing drinking habits, heritage conservation, the decline and reuse of licensed premises, gentrification and the changing commercial streetscape of Tower Hamlets. Cable Street has a particularly rich social and political history, while nearby Shadwell was shaped by docks, shipping, migration and industry. The photograph illustrates how historic commercial facades can survive as physical traces of earlier everyday life in the East End. The photograph also provides a contemporary documentary record of surviving East London heritage at a time when property values, development.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>redevelopment and changing commercial uses continue to alter the character of inner-city neighbourhoods. Details in the fabric, signage and surrounding streetscape help locate the subject in its real urban setting rather than presenting it as an isolated landmark. It can therefore support features comparing historic London with twenty-first-century development, tourism and conservation policy, as well as archive-style coverage of places whose appearance may change through restoration, conversion or redevelopment.
232 Cable Street, Shadwell, London E1, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_6998,Bradford,Yorkshire,police,city,centre,UK,IMG,6998,West,headquarters,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAFD6E - View of a major police building in Bradford city centre, West Yorkshire, beneath heavy grey skies. The large institutional structure forms part of the modern civic and public-service landscape of the city and provides a useful editorial image for stories involving policing, crime, public safety, police administration, city-centre services and public-sector estates. Bradford is one of the principal urban centres of West Yorkshire and has undergone substantial regeneration around its transport, retail and civic areas. The photograph can therefore also illustrate wider themes including public investment, city-centre redevelopment, architecture, urban planning and the changing use of large office buildings. The subdued weather and functional architecture give the scene a documentary character rather than a promotional one. Suitable for general editorial use where a recognisable Bradford law-enforcement or civic-building context is required without depicting an active incident. As a documentary street photograph, the scene is also useful for wider coverage of Bradford's changing economy and built environment, where Victorian industrial heritage, post-war redevelopment, modern offices, transport infrastructure and diverse community institutions sit close together. The image records a specific place without staging or advertising treatment and can support comparisons over time as buildings are refurbished, repurposed, demolished or redeveloped. It also offers regional context for stories about investment, employment, public services and the continuing regeneration of major northern English city centres.
Bradford city centre, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Yorkshire,England,UK,town,centre,of,from,the,and,history,historic,flag,flags,people,tourist,tourism,tourists,shop,shopping,vibrant,sunny,summer,tower,clock,minster,Ripon Minster,gothic,west,front,in,Early English,style,Anglican,Christianity
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH8AGP - The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, commonly known as Ripon Cathedral, and until 1836 known as Ripon Minster, is a cathedral in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. Founded as a monastery by monks of the Irish tradition in the 660s, it was refounded as a Benedictine monastery by St Wilfrid in 672. The church became collegiate in the tenth century, and acted as a mother church within the large Diocese of York for the remainder of the Middle Ages. The present church is the fourth, and was built between the 13th and 16th centuries. In 1836 the church became the cathedral for the Diocese of Ripon. In 2014 the Diocese was incorporated into the new Diocese of Leeds, and the church became one of three co-equal cathedrals of the Bishop of Leeds.
The cathedral is notable architecturally for its gothic west front in the Early English style, considered one of the best of its type, as well as the Geometric east window. The seventh-century crypt of Wilfrid's church is a significant example of early Christian architecture in England. The cathedral has Grade I listed building status.
Saint Wilfrid was buried in this church near the high altar. Devastated by the English king Eadred in AD 948 as a warning to the Archbishop of York, only the crypt of Wilfrid's church survived but today this tiny 7th-century chapel rests complete beneath the later grandeur of Archbishop Roger de Pont l'Evêque's 12th century minster. A second minster soon arose at Ripon, but it too perished “ this time in 1069 at the hands of William the Conqueror. Thomas of Bayeux, first Norman Archbishop of York, then instigated the construction of a third church, traces of which were incorporated into the later chapter house of Roger's minster
The minster finally became a cathedral (the church where the Bishop has his cathedra or throne) in 1836, the focal point of the newly created Anglican Diocese of Ripon “ the first to be established since the Reformation
Kirkgate, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, UK, HG4 1PB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,English,WN1,WN1 1BJ,WCML,West Coast,main,line,rail,public,transport,Avanti,Lancs,Greater Manchester,town,centre,north,west,western,platform,BR,front,outside,British Rail,logo,electric,trains,electrified,WGN,electrification,project
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55JM0 - Wigan North Western railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.
It is a moderately-sized station on the West Coast Main Line. It is operated by Avanti West Coast, and is also served by Northern Trains.
Wigan's other station is Wigan Wallgate, which is about 110 yards (100 m) away, on the opposite side of the street named Wallgate, for services to Manchester (Victoria, Deansgate, Oxford Road & Piccadilly), Southport and Kirkby. Both stations are centrally located on the southern fringe of Wigan town centre. The station is named North Western, not because of its location but because it formerly belonged to the London and North Western Railway. The drop in usage figures for Wigan North Western in 2006/07 was due to the adjustment of the allocation between the town's two stations. In 2009 North Western station was identified as one of the ten worst category B interchange stations for mystery shopper assessment of fabric and environment and was set to receive a share of £50m funding for improvements
The station is served currently by Avanti West Coast. There is an hourly service on the West Coast Main Line from London Euston, which continues northwards to Glasgow Central, with additional peak services terminating at Preston, Lancaster and Carlisle. The journey time from London is less than two hours (1 hour and 55 minutes). There is also an hourly service in the opposite direction calling at Warrington Bank Quay and London Euston. It is also served by Avanti West Coast's services from London Euston via Birmingham New Street to Blackpool North, Edinburgh and Glasgow Central (alternate hours). The single London Midland service from Birmingham New Street to Preston that used to call in the evening was withdrawn at the end of the 2007-8 timetable.
With completion of the first stage of the North West electrification programme, most TransPennine Express services between Manchester and Scotland were re-routed
Wigan North Western railway station, Wallgate, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,sunny,bright,Rhien,west,cities,urban,City Centre,at,advert,advertising,time,old,historic,buildings,history,heritage,Mainz Fastnacht,Mainz Carnival,Fastnacht stage Mainz,carnival stage Germany,Mainz carnival venue,Fastnacht celebration,Mainz city carnival,German carnival culture,event stage setup,public festival Germany,Fastnacht banners,carnival decorations,temporary seating,grandstand seating,cultural festival,seasonal event,city celebration,public square event,traditional German festival,urban event space
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RKGH56 - This image shows a central carnival stage and temporary seating installed in Mainz city centre for the annual Fastnacht celebrations. The structure features colourful banners and signage associated with Mainz's long-established carnival traditions, with tiered grandstand seating erected to accommodate spectators. The historic sandstone building behind the stage provides a striking architectural backdrop, emphasising the integration of cultural events within the city's civic spaces.
Fastnacht, also known as Fasching or Karneval in other parts of Germany, is one of Mainz's most important cultural events and a defining feature of the city's identity. Celebrations typically include speeches, satire, music, costumes, and public performances, with events taking place in prominent city locations. Mainz Fastnacht is particularly known for its political humour and televised sessions, drawing large crowds each year.
The image captures themes of tradition, civic celebration, seasonal events, and urban cultural life. It illustrates how public spaces are temporarily transformed to host large-scale festivals and communal gatherings. The photograph is suitable for editorial and commercial use relating to German culture, carnival traditions, public events, festival infrastructure, tourism, and the social life of European cities.
Mainz city centre Fastnacht venue, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Germany,from,village,transit,station,west,Rhine,valley,rails,track,rail,Rhineland-Palatinate,town,German,Bacharch,history,historic,line,lines,churches,church,mainline,transport,tracks,classic,heritage,townscape,skyline,hills,Rhine valley,halt,stop,stations,route
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK3DXT - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Bacherach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany in 2023, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents Looking north from Bacharach transit railway station, west Rhine, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - St. Nikolaus Catholic Church. Another layer of the photograph includes rail modernisation, place identity, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, regional rail, changing land use, local history, rail infrastructure, archival record, rail mobility, urban rail transport, public realm, integrated transport, and historical comparison. The modern context includes continuing discussion of accessibility, reliability and how rail stations anchor city-centre mobility and regeneration. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at Bacherach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. The location also brings in regional identity, station environment, public transport network, commuter travel, changing streetscape, trackside heritage, visual archive, and railway branding. Details involving Germany, Church, Catholic, Bacharach, and transit make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Bacherach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is accessibility and the role of public transport in reducing congestion and emissions as part of the longer story of Bacherach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The scene further reflects rail reform and the role of public transport in reducing congestion and emissions when considered against later change at Bacherach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Bacherach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,looking,west,west of,towards,Fiddlers Ferry power station,Penketh and Widnes,Cheshire,England,UK,over,sky line,Victorian,office,offices,Bridge Street,Bridge St,PJs,wine bar,winebar,town centre,empty,space,spaces,NW,North West,Northwest,Northern Powerhouse,towns,architecture,buildings,business rates,businesses,business,attractive,for,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKMRGM - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Warrington Town Centre looking west towards Fiddlers Ferry, Penketh and Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes local enterprise, town-centre economy, public realm, specialist retailer, community identity, customer footfall, regional identity, changing streetscape, street-level business, historical comparison, high-street commerce, bricks-and-mortar retail, archival record, and shopfront economy. Today's relevance is strengthened by online shopping, town-centre regeneration and the continuing question of the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare lettering, decoration and surface detail with whatever follows after changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include visual archive, local trading, changing land use, retail property, local history, commercial streetscape, before-and-after reference, and independent retail. References to Penketh, towards, looking, Widnes, and Ferry give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is online shopping and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate footfall and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The period view preserves details of everyday use within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,W11,the,romcom,bookshop,in,film,Notting Hill,RBKC,London,England,UK,original,blue plaque,sign,exterior,frontage,attraction,attractions,west,neighbourhood,cute,street,streets,book,books,shop,store,rom-com,scene,director,Richard Curtis,romance,romantic,movie
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0F6M7 - A story of a visit, shared from https://candaceabroad.com/a-visit-to-notting-hill-travel-bookshop-everything-you-need-to-know/
The Notting Hill Travel Bookshop. Hugh Grant's infamous eye-turn and blushed slew of book recommendations. The rom-com that hit London lovers by storm has all the nostalgia of Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts romance tucked into a quaint bookshop, in you guessed it, Notting Hill.
If you're a Notting Hill fan like me and looking to turn your on-screen vicarious romance into real life ” the Notting Hill Travel Bookshop is calling your name. Rom-com lovers have flocked from all parts of London (and abroad) to relive the Notting Hill scene. And if you're reading this, I'm guessing you want to do the same.
The travel bookshop sits pretty right off of Portobello Road at 13 Blenheim Crescent, London W11 2EE. The exteriors are hard to miss, with bright blue exteriors that match Hugh Grant's infamous blue door (located at 280 Westbourne Park Road).
The Travel bookshop in Notting Hill is around a 10-minute walk from Notting Hill Gate station.
Before the bookshops claim to fame the Notting Hill Travel Bookshop was just a charming local bookshop on the streets of West London. The director Richard Curtis used to pass the bookshop all the time, promptly inspiring him for the set of the film. But when asked to use it as the filming location for Notting Hill¦they refused. So he ended up recreating the bookshop on set, and the rest is history
My rom-com heart melted when I found out just how many proposals take place in the bookshop! The owners told press that many couples come to drop on one knee and they even help with the planning process sometimes to make it extra special (definitely not giving you ideas).
But if you can believe it ” people really do come from as far as America (hey!) to Asia and Australia to make their Notting Hill I do's.
13 Blenheim Cres, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W11 2EE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,WA2,WA2 8SZ,spired,West,with,St Oswalds,Oswald,Architect,Henry Paley,architects,Golborne Road,Winwick,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,door,entrance,Anglican,protestant,Grade I,listed,building,sandstone,architecture,Gothic,Revival,diocese of Liverpool,archdeaconry of Warrington,deanery,of,Revd H.Greenhalgh,clocks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC61R9 - St Oswald's Church, is in the village of Winwick, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the deanery of Winwick.
History
A church at Winwick is recorded in the Domesday Book. The earliest parts of the present church are the bases of the north arcade which date from the early 13th century, and the walls of the Legh Chapel and the organ chamber which are dated 1330. The west tower was built in 1358, and the walls and north arcade of the nave (except for the Legh Chapel and the organ chamber) date from 1580. Much damage was done to the church in 1648 when Oliver Cromwell stationed his troops in the church after the Battle of Red Bank. The south porch was added in 1720, and the south arcade of the nave was rebuilt in 1836 reusing earlier stones. The chancel, sanctuary and vestry were rebuilt by Pugin in 1847“49 for the 13th Earl of Derby. The spire was rebuilt and the church was restored in 1869 by the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin. On Thursday 13 January 1887, Titanic Captain Edward Smith married Sarah Eleanor Pennington in the church. In 1931“32 Henry Paley successor in the Lancaster architectural practice, now known as Austin and Paley, restored the tower at a cost of £463, and in 1934 he added a new vestry, porch and entrance at a cost of £232
The church is built of sandstone with a metal, stainless steel, roof. Its plan consists of a west tower, a nave of six bays with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chapel in the east bay of each aisle, a chancel and sanctuary of three bays, and a north vestry. The south chapel is the Legh Chapel and the north chapel belonged to the Gerard family. The tower is in three stages and has a recessed spire. On the west face is a door above which is a three-light window.
Golborne Rd, Winwick , Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8SZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG40X3 - . This dated editorial view of Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP in 2019 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents Historic dockside 19th century crane on the river Parrett, Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP. The broader subject matter reaches into contemporary social history, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, regional identity, social history, documentary photography, built heritage, period detail, period architecture, local history, architectural character, urban fabric, heritage landmark, and heritage asset. Today's relevance is strengthened by planning control, maintenance and the continuing question of the value of architectural landmarks to local identity. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP before new ownership alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes visual archive, everyday life, traditional materials, archival record, historic townscape, period building, historic streetscape, and adaptive reuse. The recorded references to Bridgwater, dockside, century, crane, and Parrett preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate planning control and the balance between conservation and modern commercial use in a form that can be compared with future views of Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP. The period view preserves details of everyday use for later comparison.
Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG4124 - . Photographed at Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP in 2019, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The defining feature is Historic dockside 19th century crane on the river Parrett, Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP. The subject also carries associations with documentary photography, historic streetscape, archival record, built heritage, heritage landmark, heritage asset, social history, period building, before-and-after reference, architectural character, visual archive, historic townscape, architectural detailing, and local character. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with embodied carbon, planning control and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity. As a dated visual record of Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are conservation interest, public realm, contemporary social history, changing land use, changing streetscape, place identity, period detail, and everyday life. Details involving Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, crane, Somerset, and century make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for embodied carbon and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition within the specific setting of Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP.
Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,wall,Berlin Tempelhof,West Germany,Europe,west,yellow,USAF,Berlin,US,airforce,air force,RAF,Platz d. Luftbrücke 5,12101 Berlin,Germany,sign,airlift,city,coldwar,cold war,times,history,historic,12101,pre-World War II,airports,Tempelhofer Feld,Tempelhofer,Feld,Tempelhof Airport,Operation Vittles,1948,operation,air,transport,air lift
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNK8 - Berlin Tempelhof Airport (German: Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof) (formerly IATA: THF, ICAO: EDDI) was one of the first airports in Berlin, Germany. Situated in the south-central Berlin borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, the airport ceased operating in 2008 amid controversy, leaving Tegel and Schönefeld as the two main airports serving the city for another twelve years until both were replaced by Berlin Brandenburg Airport in 2020.
Tempelhof was designated as an airport by the Reich Ministry of Transport on 8 October 1923. The old terminal was originally constructed in 1927. In anticipation of increasing air traffic, the Nazi government began an enormous reconstruction in the mid-1930s. While it was occasionally cited as the world's oldest operating commercial airport, the title was disputed by several other airports, and is no longer an issue since its closure.
Tempelhof was one of Europe's three iconic pre-World War II airports, the others being London's now defunct Croydon Airport and the old Paris“Le Bourget Airport. It acquired a further iconic status as the centre of the Berlin Airlift of 1948“49. One of the airport's most distinctive features is its huge, canopy-style roof extending over the apron, able to accommodate most contemporary airliners in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, protecting passengers from the elements. Tempelhof Airport's main building was once among the twenty largest buildings on earth, but it also formerly contained the world's smallest duty-free shop.
Tempelhof Airport closed all operations on 30 October 2008, despite the efforts of some protesters to prevent the closure. A non-binding referendum was held on 27 April 2008 against the impending closure but failed due to low voter turnout. The former airfield has subsequently been used as a recreational space known as Tempelhofer Feld. In September 2015, it was announced that Tempelhof would also become an emergency refugee camp.
Platz d. Luftbrücke 5, 12101 Berlin, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6BJ - . Recorded at 202 W 49th St. New York, NY 10019, USA in 2018, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. The defining feature is New York American, Irish bar and Grill, playwright bar grill new york,neon sign at dusk, 202 W 49th St. New York, NY 10019, USA. A broader reading of the scene brings in access-control notice, behavioural signage, historical comparison, changing streetscape, licensed trade, British brewing tradition, beer appreciation, place identity, site information, changing land use, community drinking venue, historic context, beer festival scene, and everyday life. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes independent brewing alongside beer duty, with particular attention to the tension between heritage drinking culture and changing consumer habits. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with customer management, clear communication and how public spaces communicate rules quickly and visibly. For future researchers, the image captures the visual character of the locality at the time within the setting of 202 W 49th St. New York, NY 10019, USA. The setting also brings in pub trade, customer guidance, documentary photography, beer judging, local history, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, and brewing heritage. Details involving Irish, American, playwright, Grill, and 10019 give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. For 202 W 49th St. New York, NY 10019, USA, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene further reflects independent brewing and the tension between heritage drinking culture and changing consumer habits within the specific setting of 202 W 49th St. New York, NY 10019, USA.
202 W 49th St. New York, NY 10019, USA
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,being loaded,North West England,Jet2,holidays,holiday,charter,flight,being,loaded,loading,North,west,England,GB,UK,United Kingdom,vacation,apron,load,catering luggage,Manchester International Airport,International,Airport,Boeing,737,goat,class,goat class,prepare,preparing,low,cost airline,Charter,Charters,ABTA,hub,hubs,travel industry,jet fuel shortages
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MHM66K - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, M90 1QX in 2018, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Jet2 holiday charter Flight, Manchester Airport, being loaded, North West England. The broader subject matter reaches into before-and-after reference, historical comparison, archival record, documentary photography, contemporary social history, conservation interest, everyday life, urban fabric, heritage asset, changing streetscape, architectural character, local history, visual archive, and historic streetscape. Today's relevance is strengthened by energy retrofit, embodied carbon and the continuing question of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. The image fixes signage and branding within Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, M90 1QX at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. A second descriptive layer includes heritage landmark, historic townscape, period building, community identity, built heritage, adaptive reuse, period detail, and place identity. Elements such as Flight, Airport, being, Manchester, and loaded add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, M90 1QX, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the real-world context of Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, M90 1QX. The scene further reflects adaptive reuse and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change within the specific setting of Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, M90 1QX.
Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, M90 1QX
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Keywords: Runcorn-Widnes Bridge or Runcorn Bridge,Runcorn,gotonysmith,Runcorn Gap,travel,transport,England,Cheshire,Halton,2017,2018,for,repair,Grade2,Grade II,listed,Toll,Mott,Hay,Anderson,Toll Bridge,Steel,arch,reopening,reopen,Closed To Cars,closed,to,cars,traffic,maintenance,West,Western,From Liverpool
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy KDTFYT - . This dated editorial view of Runcorn in 2017 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Silver Jubilee Bridge, Runcorn-Widnes Bridge or Runcorn Bridge From West. The image also relates to contemporary social history, architectural detail, local character, historic townscape, heritage asset, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, community identity, visual archive, historic streetscape, conservation interest, period detail, public realm, and adaptive reuse. The wider contemporary story combines tourism, redevelopment pressure and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Runcorn before changed technology alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects regional identity, changing land use, architectural character, heritage landmark, conservation architecture, local history, place identity, and period building. Elements such as Silver, Runcorn-Widnes, Runcorn, Bridge, and Jubilee add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Runcorn matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes tourism and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility when considered against later change at Runcorn. Another strand within the photograph is maintenance and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism without losing the local specificity of Runcorn. The setting also helps illustrate adaptive reuse and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility in a form that can be compared with future views of Runcorn. The image fixes a local visual benchmark as part of Runcorn's history.
Runcorn
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H9PM20 - Bridgwater is a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 35,886.
Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country
to the north are the Mendips and to the west the Quantock hills. The town lies along both sides of the River Parrett, 10 miles (16 km) from its mouth, has been a major port and trading centre and maintains a large industrial base. It is linked to Taunton by the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal. Bridgwater is between two junctions of the M5 motorway and Bridgwater railway station is on the main railway line between Bristol and Taunton.
Historically, the town had a politically radical tendency. The Battle of Sedgemoor, where the Monmouth Rebellion was finally crushed in 1685, was fought nearby. Notable buildings include the Church of St Mary and the house in Blake Street, largely restored, which was the birthplace of Admiral Blake in 1598, and is now the Blake Museum. The town has an arts centre and plays host to the annual Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival.
Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYNC - Since the onset of the Troubles in 1971, Nationalist and Loyalist communities throughout Northern Ireland have been divided by Peace Walls. These large stone and steel constructions were designed to protect neighbourhoods from sporadic attacks and retain a sense of peace and protection.
Of the city's 17 walls, West Belfast's sections are the most visited. Once in the area it's easy to determine which side of the divide you're on: red, white and blue kerbstones, Loyalist murals and Union Jacks indicate you're on the Shankill. If the kerbs are green, white and gold, the flag is Irish and the murals are Republican, you're on the Falls.
You can cross from one side to the other via access roads at Lanark Way and Northumberland Street. These roads close in times of heightened tension, which may well be the case during the marching season (see The Twelfth).
Cupar Way,West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HKRP - . This scene at 49 Lower Forster St, Walsall, England, UK WS1 1XB in 2016 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The image documents Highgate & Walsall Brewing Co Ltd,Celebrated Ales,West Midlands,England,UK. Another layer of the photograph includes documentary photography, archival record, beverage production, historic beverage advertising, changing land use, cider brand history, local character, bottle-filling machinery, bottling technology, industrial beverage equipment, orchard-to-bottle industry, local history, social history, and everyday life. For current editorial use, responsible drinking and manufacturing automation provide additional context, especially through how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around 49 Lower Forster St, Walsall, England, UK WS1 1XB before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with place identity, cider-making heritage, before-and-after reference, visual archive, drinks manufacturing, contemporary social history, public realm, and fermented drink production. The combination of Midlands, Celebrated, Walsall, Brewing, and Highgate anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of 49 Lower Forster St, Walsall, England, UK WS1 1XB may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects responsible drinking and how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage without losing the local specificity of 49 Lower Forster St, Walsall, England, UK WS1 1XB. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance for future local research.
49 Lower Forster St, Walsall, England, UK WS1 1XB
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Keywords: West,coast,main,line,mainline,BR,privitised,rail,rails,track,tracks,Northbound,dusk,at,night,evening,franchise,lighting,Lever,plant,factory,WBQ,profit,profits,expensive,increase,overhead,cable,cables,problem,delay,delays,Virgin Pendolino,electric train,Warrington Bank Quay,railway station,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,delay,delays,delayed.late,later,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H19DHJ - . An on-location photograph from Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, 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 defining feature is WCML Virgin Pendolino electric train,at Warrington bank Quay railway station, Northbound, Cheshire, England, UK at dusk. The frame also records themes of railway heritage, industrial railway, archival record, regional identity, rail operations, trackside history, rail transport history, public realm, before-and-after reference, working railway heritage, place identity, contemporary social history, local character, and visual archive. From a 2025-onward perspective, signalling technology and decarbonisation are closely linked to this subject, alongside how Crewe's identity remains tied to railway engineering and operations. The image fixes signage and branding within Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against later reinterpretation. Further associations within the scene are station environment, changing streetscape, rail corridor, period detail, historic rolling stock, changing land use, community identity, and signal-box architecture. References to Pendolino, electric, station, Virgin, and train give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of signalling technology and how Crewe's identity remains tied to railway engineering and operations when considered against later change at Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK. The view records part of the area's social history as part of Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK's history.
Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Cross,Bones,face,parrot,evil,Cornwall,Cornish,man,Cornishman,England,South,West,smuggler,Toby,Jug,ornament,art,UK,United,Kingdom,GB,vintage,classic,face,novelty,character,collector,Kernow,decorative,earthenware,figure,figurine,glazedTobyJug,jugs,novelty,old,Cross Bones,SouthWest,South West,GoTonySmith,Great,Britain,British,English,ceramics,character,glaze,antique,pirates,Fillpot,Philpot,of,the,Caribbean,Jack,Sparrow,Disney,spooky,folklore,tales,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Pirates of the Caribbean,Pirates of the Caribean,Jack Sparrow,pirate legends
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DC5C - A Toby Jug - also sometimes known as a Fillpot (or Philpot) - is a pottery jug in the form of a seated person, or the head of a recognizable person (often an English king). Typically the seated figure is a heavy-set, jovial man holding a mug of beer in one hand and a pipe of tobacco in the other and wearing 18th century attire: a long coat and a tricorn hat. The tricorn hat forms a pouring spout, often with a removable lid, and a handle is attached at the rear. Jugs depicting just the head and shoulders of a figure are also referred to as Toby Jugs, although these should strictly be called Character Jugs
Cornwall, England, UK
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Keywords: market,place,shops,stall,stalls,pop,up,food,townhall,west,London,southwest,markets,Kingston,on,Thames,sunny,blue,sky,skies,Surry,Surrey,borough,britain,British,building,centre,cityscape,people,crowds,daytime,summer,spring,autumn,English,GoTonySmith,street,food,streetfood,hawker,hawkers,retail,retailers,royal,shop,KT,KT1,trade,RoyalBorough,KingstononThames,ancient,buildings,and,street,marketeers,Saxon,crown,crowned,ruins,farmers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,farmers market
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DE19 - . Photographed at Market square, Kingston upon Thames, London, Surrey, England, UK in 2015, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The scene records Kingston-on-Thames marketplace,West London,Surrey, England,UK. The frame also records themes of place identity, capital-city heritage, documentary photography, capital landmark imagery, local history, London visitor economy, community identity, archival record, social history, public realm, visual archive, changing land use, Westminster landmark, and everyday life. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into public transport and air quality, not least because of the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at Market square, Kingston upon Thames, London, Surrey, England, UK, details that may look very different after redevelopment. The wider setting retains connections with historical comparison, regional identity, historic London streetscape, local character, period detail, metropolitan identity, urban tourism, and contemporary social history. Elements such as marketplace, Surrey, and Kingston-on-Thames add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Market square, Kingston upon Thames, London, Surrey, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to public transport and how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity within the real-world context of Market square, Kingston upon Thames, London, Surrey, England, UK. The scene captures details of everyday use for future local research. The period view preserves evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
Market square, Kingston upon Thames, London, Surrey, England, UK
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Keywords: Pano,wide,shot,wideshot,West,Yorkshire,stone,tower,towering,centre,proud,Eastgate,quarters,shop,shopping,retail,LS,largest,market,in,Europe,meat,fish,entrance.indoor,exterior,sign,horizontal,landscape,stall,urban,cupola,roof,detail,Edwardian,Vicar Lane,GoTonySmith,England,UK,GB,Great Britain,United,Kingdom,stalls,creative,different,architecture,attraction,marketplace,quirky,retail,shopping,shops,stylish,tourist,traders,unique,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY7XE1 - Leeds Kirkgate Market (pronounced /ˈkɜrɡət/) is a market in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England located on Vicar Lane. It is the largest covered market in Europe. There are currently 800 stalls which attract over 100,000 visitors a week
The markets are situated with their front facing onto Vicar Lane and the southern face onto Kirkgate. To the east is Leeds City bus station, while to the north is an open car park, which will become part of the Eastgate Quarters, should that development take place. To the south of the open market is the markets multi-storey car park operated by National Car Parks (NCP). From across Vicar Lane, the markets are connected to Briggate via the Victoria Quarter.
Vicar lane, Leeds,West Yorkshire,England, UK
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Keywords: Pano,wide,shot,wideshot,West,Yorkshire,stone,tower,towering,centre,proud,quarters,shop,shopping,retail,LS,largest,market,in,Europe,meat,fish,entrance.indoor,exterior,outside,sign,horizontal,landscape,stall,urban,cupola,roof,detail,Edwardian,Vicar Lane,GoTonySmith,England,UK,GB,Great Britain,United,Kingdom,stalls,creative,different,architecture,attraction,marketplace,quirky,retail,shopping,shops,stylish,tourist,traders,unique,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY7XE4 - Leeds Kirkgate Market (pronounced /ˈkɜrɡət/) is a market in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England located on Vicar Lane. It is the largest covered market in Europe. There are currently 800 stalls which attract over 100,000 visitors a week
The markets are situated with their front facing onto Vicar Lane and the southern face onto Kirkgate. To the east is Leeds City bus station, while to the north is an open car park, which will become part of the Eastgate Quarters, should that development take place. To the south of the open market is the markets multi-storey car park operated by National Car Parks (NCP). From across Vicar Lane, the markets are connected to Briggate via the Victoria Quarter.
Vicar lane, Leeds,West Yorkshire,England, UK
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Keywords: Huddersfield,England,UK,west,Yorkshire,Metro,Northern,Rail,BR,British,Rail,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,platform,ale,train,aletrain,West Yorkshire,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,ale trail,popular,TPE,transpennine express,West Yorks,Yorks,town,centre,line,service,services
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KCP - . Dewsbury Railway Station Sign, Kirklees, Huddersfield,West Yorkshire,stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England,UK. Photographed at Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 18 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. 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 Dewsbury, Railway, Station, Sign, Kirklees, Huddersfiel, trail, aletrail, Huddersfield and Yorkshire, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene has strong relevance to railway travel, public transport, passenger infrastructure and the everyday operation of Britain's rail network. It can illustrate editorial stories about stations, train journeys, commuting, regional connectivity, rail investment, rolling stock, freight, signals, platforms, accessibility and the relationship between railways and the places they serve. Visible railway furniture, signs, tracks, platforms, trains, signals or station buildings help place the photograph firmly in the practical environment experienced by passengers and railway staff. As a dated documentary image it also offers a useful record of transport infrastructure, branding and passenger facilities at the time the photograph was made. Search themes include British rail travel, railway stations, passenger journeys, tracks, platforms, signals, rolling stock, freight, regional connectivity and transport infrastructure. The scene is particularly useful for illustrating how railway facilities, signs and operational surroundings looked at a known point in time. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Labour,politician,Huddersfield,statue,Prime Minister,inscription,statue,stone,inscription,West Yorks,England,UK,bronze,inscription,Huddersfield,West Yorks,England,UK,West,Yorks,Yorkshire,Lord,Rievaulx,Abbey,leader,PM,British,English,4,Warneford Road,GoTonySmith,United Kingdom,4 Warneford Road,4 Warneford Rd,Warneford Rd,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KD9 - James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx KG OBE PC FRS (11 March 1916 “ 24 May 1995) was a British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976. He won four general elections.
First entering Parliament in 1945, Wilson was immediately appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and rose quickly through the ministerial ranks, becoming the Secretary for Overseas Trade in 1947 and being appointed to the Cabinet just months later as the President of the Board of Trade. Later, in the Labour Shadow Cabinet, he served first as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1955 to 1961 and then as the Shadow Foreign Secretary from 1961 to 1963, when he was elected Leader of the Labour Party after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell. Wilson narrowly won the 1964 election, going on to win a much increased majority in a snap 1966 election.
Wilson's first period as Prime Minister coincided with a period of low unemployment and relative economic prosperity, though also of significant problems with Britain's external balance of payments. In 1969 Wilson sent British troops to Northern Ireland. After losing the 1970 general election to Edward Heath, he spent four years as Leader of the Opposition before the February 1974 general election resulted in a hung parliament. After Heath's talks with the Liberals broke down, Wilson returned to power as leader of a minority government until there was a second general election in the autumn, which resulted in a narrow Labour victory. A period of economic crisis was now beginning to hit most Western countries, and in 1976 Wilson suddenly announced his resignation as Prime Minister.
Wilson was born at 4 Warneford Road, Huddersfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on 11 March 1916. He came from a political family: his father James Herbert Wilson (December 1882 “ 1971) was a works chemist who had been active in the Liberal Party.
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Keywords: Street,Scottish,building,Street,with,historic,architecture,elegant,curve,colourful,shop,fronts,is,one,of,the,city's,most,picturesque,location,old,West,Bow,Grassmarket,to,Castlehill,Lothian,Scotland,UK,Edinburgh,tourist,trail,track,tourism,night,dusk,shiny,cobbles,cobbled,road,lane,gotonysmith buildings tourists history,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MPJ - . Looking up Edinburgh's Historic Victoria St, City Centre, Lothian, Scotland, UK at night. Photographed on 26 December 2014. The recorded location is Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Victoria Street with its historic architecture, elegant curve and colourful shop fronts is one of the city's most picturesque locations. It links Grassmarket to Castlehill. As background, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. Historically, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. In the longer view, city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban change than landmark images alone. Against the 2026 backdrop, conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change. In 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. As of 2026, conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it offers about materials, local identity and how places change.
Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Christmas in Birmingham,shoppers,among,many,people,shopping,retail,busy,spend,spending,lane,st,Christmas,night,dusk,winter,festival,light,decorations,in,Birmingham,West,Midlands,England,UK,United Kingdom,GB,multiracial,city,town,cities,gotonysmith,German market,German market,Frankfurt,centre,city centre,night,dusk,nighttime
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW4EM - . Christmas Lights In Birmingham, West Midlands, England,UK. Photographed at New Street, Birmingham,West Midlands, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 16 December 2014. 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Christmas Lights In Birmingham, West Midlands, Piccadilly Arcade, Xmas, Brirmingham, shopper, street, New Street, New St and Lights, 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
New Street, Birmingham,West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: Christmas in Birmingham,shoppers,among,many,people,shopping,retail,busy,spend,spending,lane,st,Christmas,night,dusk,winter,festival,light,decorations,in,Birmingham,West,Midlands,England,UK,United Kingdom,GB,city,town,cities,gotonysmith,German market,German market,centre,city centre,night,dusk,nighttime,council,bankrupt
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW4EP - . Christmas Lights In Birmingham, West Midlands, England,UK. Photographed at New Street, Birmingham,West Midlands, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 16 December 2014. 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Christmas Lights In Birmingham, West Midlands, Piccadilly Arcade, Xmas, Brirmingham, shopper, street, New Street, New St and Lights, 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
New Street, Birmingham,West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: Christmas traditional CAMRA listed pub bar dark winter ale Birmingham,England,UK,British,Great,Britain,WM,West,dark,Santa,drink,drinks,drinking,booze,beer,boozer,bitter,traditional,Campaign,for,real,47,Upper,Gough,Street,Birmingham,England,UK B1 1JL B11JL,GoTonySmith,the,Brum,ales,described,with,review,classic,Campaign for Real Ale,CAMRA
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW52J - . Three Xmas British real Ales, on a bar, CAMRA listed Craven Arms, Birmingham, England, UK. Photographed at 47 Upper Gough Street, Birmingham, England, UK B1 1JL. The photograph was taken on 16 December 2014. The image metadata records 1 person in the frame. 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 Three Xmas British Ales on a bar, craven Arms Brum, Craven Arms, Xmas, Christmas, tasting, notes, winter, reviewed and Midlands, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject has clear editorial relevance to alcohol consumption, drinking culture, health messaging, festive behaviour and the social settings in which alcoholic drinks are consumed. It can support features about responsible drinking, alcohol-related health risks, Christmas and holiday consumption, wine, beer or spirits, licensing, hospitality and public-health campaigns. Glasses, bottles, decorations, bar or domestic surroundings and other contextual details can help editors illustrate drinking as an everyday social behaviour rather than an abstract medical concept. The documentary treatment is useful for news, health, lifestyle and social-history coverage, particularly where the image connects alcohol with celebration, excess or changing attitudes to consumption. Search themes include alcohol, drinking, wine, beer, festive consumption, responsible drinking, public health, alcohol harm, hospitality and lifestyle. The image can support both consumer and health-related editorial coverage, particularly where the visual context suggests celebration, temptation or excess. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
47 Upper Gough Street, Birmingham, England, UK B1 1JL
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Keywords: dusk,historic,is,situated,in,It,is,the,only,English,cathedral,with,three,spires.,The,Diocese,of,covers,all,of,much,of,Shropshire,and,part,of,the,Black,Country,and,West,Midlands,Gotonysmith,historic,England,architecture,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9D5F - Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires. The Diocese of Lichfield covers all of Staffordshire, much of Shropshire and part of the Black Country and West Midlands. The present bishop is the Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill, the 98th Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
The cathedral is dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary. Its internal length is 113 metres (370 feet), and the breadth of the nave is 21m (68'). The central spire is 77m (252') high and the western spires are about 58m (190').
The stone is sandstone and came from a quarry on the south side of Lichfield. The walls of the nave lean outwards slightly, due to the weight of stone used in the ceiling vaulting
some 200“300 tons of which was removed during renovation work to prevent the walls leaning further.
Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK
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Keywords: dusk,historic,is,situated,in,It,is,the,only,English,cathedral,with,three,spires.,The,Diocese,of,covers,all,of,much,of,Shropshire,and,part,of,the,Black,Country,and,West,Midlands,Gotonysmith,historic,England,architecture,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9D5P - Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires. The Diocese of Lichfield covers all of Staffordshire, much of Shropshire and part of the Black Country and West Midlands. The present bishop is the Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill, the 98th Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
The cathedral is dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary. Its internal length is 113 metres (370 feet), and the breadth of the nave is 21m (68'). The central spire is 77m (252') high and the western spires are about 58m (190').
The stone is sandstone and came from a quarry on the south side of Lichfield. The walls of the nave lean outwards slightly, due to the weight of stone used in the ceiling vaulting
some 200“300 tons of which was removed during renovation work to prevent the walls leaning further.
Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Roman,Christ,The,King,throne,four,beasts,apostles,Matthew,Mark,Luke,John,symbolic,artist,artistic,tourist,tourism,building,architecture,listed,work,St,Merseyside,England,UK,Mt,Pleasant,Liverpool,L3,5TQ,west,door,L35TQ,mount,Paddys,Wigwam,Mersey,Funnel,paddys,Gotonysmith works reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7TN - Frederick Gibberd was the architect who won the competition for the design of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Liverpool. As I understand, he queried why so many of his staff were not staying on as they usually did in the evening - he was told because of the competition. When told about the work, he decided there and then to enter - the rest is history.
Door art are reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell
Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, England UK L3 5TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7WC - Frederick Gibberd was the architect who won the competition for the design of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Liverpool. As I understand, he queried why so many of his staff were not staying on as they usually did in the evening - he was told because of the competition. When told about the work, he decided there and then to enter - the rest is history.
Door art are reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell
Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, England UK L3 5TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7WJ - Frederick Gibberd was the architect who won the competition for the design of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Liverpool. As I understand, he queried why so many of his staff were not staying on as they usually did in the evening - he was told because of the competition. When told about the work, he decided there and then to enter - the rest is history.
Door art are reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell
Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, England UK L3 5TQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Haçienda Apartments,The,night club,West,flats,Greater Manchester,England,UK,city,centre,Deansgate,Castlefield,red brick,apartment,building,residential,development,urban,regeneration,construction,cranes,tower,new,skyline,property,former nightclub site,music heritage,Factory Records,Madchester,acid house,rave culture,dance music history,rave scene,post-industrial,1980s,1990s,clubbing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6N4T - Exterior view of The Haçienda Apartments on Whitworth Street West in Manchester, showing the distinctive red brick residential development built on the site of the legendary FAC51 Haçienda nightclub, with construction cranes and new tower building work rising behind it. The image connects two major Manchester themes in one frame: the city's internationally known music and club culture heritage, and the continuing wave of high-rise residential development reshaping the Deansgate, Castlefield and Oxford Road edges of the city centre. The Haçienda name is inseparable from Factory Records, Tony Wilson, New Order, acid house, rave culture, Madchester, dance music and late twentieth-century Manchester nightlife. The original club opened in 1982, closed in 1997 and was later demolished, with apartments replacing the famous venue while retaining the Haçienda name. The visible cranes add strong editorial value for stories about regeneration, urban densification, housing, property investment, city living, gentrification and the transformation of former cultural and industrial sites into apartments. The photograph is especially useful for features about Manchester's changing skyline, music tourism, cultural memory, heritage loss, apartment-led redevelopment, city centre living, post-industrial regeneration and the commercial afterlife of iconic places. The scene appears to be taken in daylight with clear visibility, allowing the modern apartment façade, street frontage and construction machinery to read clearly. It has broad stock relevance for Manchester property, northern regeneration, crane skylines, the Southern Gateway, Whitworth Street West, former nightclub sites, Factory Records legacy, urban renewal, student and professional accommodation markets, and debates over how much of a city's cultural history survives when landmark venues are replaced by residential blocks.
Haçienda Apartments, 11-15 Whitworth Street West, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1 5DB.
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Keywords: Scotland,Scottish,stack,staked,up,piled,store,supermarket,foods,tradition,dish,dishes,Robert,poem,Address,to,a,verse,cookbook,Liber,Cure,Cocorum,dating,from,around,1430,in,Lancashire,North,West,England,UK,haggeis,supper,January,expatriate,Scots,gotonysmith,Haggis,is,a,savoury,pudding,containing,sheeps,pluck,minced,with,onion,oatmeal,suet,spices,and,salt,mixed,with,stock,and,traditionally,encased,in,the,animals,stomach,and,simmered,for,approximately,three,hours,hurling,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED4F2 - Haggis is a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck
minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal's stomach and simmered for approximately three hours.
Sometimes haggis is sold in tins (as in here), or a container which can simply be microwaved or oven-baked. Some supermarket haggis is largely made from pig, rather than sheep, offal.
Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Merseyside,city,merchant,Nw,north,west,England,GB,Great,Britain,cool,no78,number,numbers,integers,bar,restaurant,of,culture,European,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,No78,No 78,door,doorway,entrance,outside,wood,wooden,L1 4BH,L1
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB6PET - . BrooklynMixer SeventyEight, 78, a doorway in Seel Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BH. Photographed on 23 July 2013. Historically, town and city centres are continually rewritten by new buildings, transport schemes and changing commercial uses
Photographs preserve the everyday fabric between major landmarks, including underpasses, arcades, back streets and small businesses that may disappear during redevelopment. Historically, historic and contemporary architecture can be read as a record of investment, planning and changing urban functions
Civic, commercial, industrial and residential buildings each contribute to the character of a townscape, particularly where older structures are adapted rather than demolished. In 2026, current regeneration programmes make older urban photographs particularly useful
They allow comparison of high streets, underpasses, shopping areas and public spaces before redevelopment, while also documenting local identity that may not survive physical change. In 2026, the reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside conservation, embodied carbon and town-centre regeneration
Images of older façades and converted premises can therefore illustrate both architectural heritage and the practical pressures of adapting buildings for new uses. The historical context is that city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban change than landmark images alone. In the longer view, urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration.
Seel Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BH
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Keywords: Dewsbury,sign,Station,West,Yorkshire,England,UK,Yorks,CAMRA,on,platform,inside,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,WF13 1HF,WF13,Campaign for Real Ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJPM6 - . Respect the Real Ale Trail, sign West Riding refreshment rooms Dewsbury sign, Station, Wellington Rd, West Yorkshire, stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England UK. Photographed at Wellington Rd, West Yorkshire, England, UK, WF13 1HF. The photograph was taken on 13 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 interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. 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 Ale, Trail, sign, Riding, refreshment, rooms, Respect the Real Ale Trail, respect, Dewsbury and Station, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene has strong relevance to railway travel, public transport, passenger infrastructure and the everyday operation of Britain's rail network. It can illustrate editorial stories about stations, train journeys, commuting, regional connectivity, rail investment, rolling stock, freight, signals, platforms, accessibility and the relationship between railways and the places they serve. Visible railway furniture, signs, tracks, platforms, trains, signals or station buildings help place the photograph firmly in the practical environment experienced by passengers and railway staff. As a dated documentary image it also offers a useful record of transport infrastructure, branding and passenger facilities at the time the photograph was made. Search themes include British rail travel, railway stations, passenger journeys, tracks, platforms, signals, rolling stock, freight, regional connectivity and transport infrastructure.
Wellington Rd, West Yorkshire, England, UK, WF13 1HF
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Keywords: TheCubical,The,Cubical,band,St,Helens,StHelens,Liverpool,North,West,NorthWest,England,UK,united,Kingdom,GB,music,musician,musicians,stage,gig,shot,blues,rnB,Myspace,bands,DR,livegig,live
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8542434445 - 'The Cubical, a cracking band introduced to me by www.flickr.com/photos/87645524@N04/ Lynne Gavaghan. I Know Lynne through a talk I did at St Helens camera camera club and I am very proud of what she has achieved with her 365 photo project. I have been there myself, I know how hard it is.
This was a cracking gig at MelloMello in Slater St in Liverpool, top respect to them for adding me on the guest list. Some cracking beers on down there and I will be back for the vegan grub.
The band were like a road crash between blues and rock and roll, make sure you catch them if you are local. Track down their Myspace at www.myspace.com/thecubicalthecubical
I will be back at Mello Mello ( catch them on Twitter at @MelloMelloCafe ) for some of those great cakes....',
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Keywords: 11,eleven,no11,number11,numbereleven,bus,station,busstation,terminus,Warrington,Cheshire,NW,Northwest,north,west,england,UK,door,number,interchange,transport,square,hipstamatic,series,iphone,cellphone,cell,phone,frame,set
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7281430938 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Eleven is the first number which cannot be counted with a human's ten fingers. In English, it is the smallest positive integer requiring three syllables and the largest prime number with a single-morpheme name. Its etymology originates from a Germanic compound ainlif meaning 'one left'.
If a number is divisible by 11, reversing its digits will result in another multiple of 11. As long as no two adjacent digits of a number added together exceed 9, then multiplying the number by 11, reversing the digits of the product, and dividing that new number by 11, will yield a number that is the reverse of the original number. (For example: 142,312 x 11 = 1,565,432. 2,345,651 / 11 = 213,241.)
Because it has a reciprocal of unique period length among primes, 11 is the second unique prime. 11 goes into 99 exactly 9 times, so vulgar fractions with 11 in the denominator have two digit repeating sequences in their decimal expansions. Multiples of eleven by one-digit numbers all have matching double digits: 00 (=0), 11, 22, 33, 44, etc. Bob Dorough, in his Schoolhouse Rock song 'The Good Eleven', called them 'Double-digit doogies' (soft g). Eleven is the Aliquot sum of one number, the discrete semiprime 21 and is the base of the 11-aliquot tree.
Eleven is the atomic number of sodium. After Judas Iscariot was disgraced, the remaining apostles of Jesus were sometimes described as 'the Eleven'
this occurred even after Matthias was added to bring the number to twelve, as in Acts 2:14.
Computers of the PDP-11 series from Digital Equipment Corporation were informally referred to as 'elevens'. The number 11 bus is a low-cost way of sightseeing in London. It goes from Liverpool St to Fulham Broadway via the West End.
Checkout Eleven O Clock Tick Tock here.
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Keywords: Chester,cheshire,cheshit,west,uk,england,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,church,garden,cathedral,cathedrals,infra,red,infrared,IR,720nm,72R,R72,Hoya,false,color,colour,falsecolour,falsecolor,Europe,lover,lovers,kiss,kissing,couple,secret,picnic,graveyard
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5769478304 - 'A tender moment, a picnic, a kiss, where might that lead later.....
Chester Cathedral is the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Chester, and is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. The cathedral, formerly St Werburgh's abbey church of a Benedictine monastery, is dedicated to Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Since 1541 it has been the centre of worship, administration, ceremony and music for the city and diocese.
The cathedral is a Grade I listed building, and the heritage site, including the former monastic buildings, lying to the north of the cathedral is also listed Grade I. The cathedral, typical of English cathedrals in having been modified many times, dates from between 1093 and the early 16th century, although the site itself may have been used for Christian worship since Roman times. All the major styles of English medieval architecture, from Norman to Perpendicular are represented in the present building.
There are expansive gardens at the rear. These are locked at night, but its an easy matter to sneak in, at a number of points around it.
IR image taken with an adapted 720nm sensor.
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Keywords: helston,rail,way,closed,Diesel,multiple,unit,old,rolling,stock,historic,railways,BR,british,great,western,railway,sepia,b/w,black,white,st.,ives,lizard,sout,west,england,britain,travarno,garden,gardens,treverno,trevarno,hotpix!,#tonysmith,#tonysmithhotpix,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4733688312 - 'The 'Beeching Axe' is an informal name for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the UK. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard Beeching.
Although this report also proposed new modes of freight service and the modernisation of trunk passenger routes, it is remembered for recommending wholesale closure of what it considered little-used and unprofitable railway lines, the removal of stopping passenger trains and closure of local stations on other lines which remained open. The Helston line was one such example.
Helston railway station was the terminus of the Helston Railway in Cornwall, in England (United Kingdom). It was later operated by the Great Western Railway (some called it Gods Wonderful Railway) but has since been closed.
Helston secured its place in history when it became the first place in the country with a railway-operated bus service. These GWR road motor services met trains at the station and carried passengers on towards The Lizard.
The Beeching report was a reaction to significant losses which had begun in the 1950s as the expansion in road transport began to attract passengers and goods from the railways
losses which continued to bedevil British Railways despite the introduction of the railway Modernisation Plan of 1955. Beeching proposed that only drastic action would save the railways from increasing losses in the future.
Successive governments were more keen on the cost-saving elements of the report rather than those requiring investment. More than 4,000 miles of railway and 3,000 stations closed in the decade following the report, a reduction of 25 per cent of route miles and 50 per cent of stations.
To this day Beeching's name is synonymous, in an unfavourable way with mass closure of railways and loss of many local services. This is particularly so in parts of the country which suffered most from cuts.
Many old lines are being resurected by volunteers and enthusiasts such as this one. The Helston Railway Preservation Society are working on the Trevarno branch line and hope one day to run a short service.
Their sister organisation, the Helston Diesel Group, has acquired a two car Park Royal Diesel Multiple Unit (shown here), and two Ruston &
Hornsby shunters, all now based at Trevarno. One of the shunters has been restored to use.
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Keywords: manchester,municipal,building,buildings,albert,square,city,towm manchester,towm,lancs,lancashire,north,west,england,britain,GB,UK,mancunia,mancunian,mancunians,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix,hotpixuk,sepia,joiner,panorama,pano,stitched,autostitch,hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pix,pics,join,joined,images,widescreen,wide,\u043f\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0430,\u30d1\u30ce\u30e9\u30de,\u5168\u666f,\ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4653781013 - 'Albert Square is a public square in the centre of Manchester, England. It is dominated by its largest building, Manchester Town Hall Grade I, a Victorian Gothic building by Alfred Waterhouse and previously in the opposite corner by the Square Albert, a Tetleys pub.
Albert Memorial, a monument to Prince Albert, Prince consort of Queen Victoria is in the square. The square, also named after the Prince, was originally laid out to provide a space for this memorial in 1863\u201367. Work on the new town hall began in 1868 and was completed in 1877. On the top of the clock tower is a golden cotton seed, the symbol of teh source of Manchester City and its cottonopolis prosperity.
The creation of the square arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had unexpectedly died of typhoid in 1861. After some initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in Piccadilly Gardens, but it was felt that its ornate design was not in keeping with the surrounding buildings. In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space.
The project won much public support
the Manchester Bricklayers' Protection Society donated 50,000 bricks towards the construction of the monument, 'as an expression of sympathy towards our beloved Queen'. When construction problems arose (the site was found to be riddled with drains and culverts) and these bricks were used up on the foundations alone, a further public subscription was launched in 1865 and a further \u00a36,249 was raised, in spite of the hardships of the Cotton Famine.
The Memorial is topped with an ornate spire, and on each side a crocketed gable with canopied pinnacles on colonettes. Within the canopies stand symbolic figures representing art, commerce, science and agriculture. Below these stand secondary figures representing particular disciplines
The Four Arts: painting, architecture, music, sculpture
Commerce: the Four Continents
The Four Sciences: chemistry, astronomy, mechanics, mathematics
Agriculture: the Four Seasons.
In the town hall, despite its medieval styling, the building was designed to support the practical technologies of the 19th century. These included gas lighting, and a warm-air heating system, which provided fresh air drawn through ornamental stone air inlets placed below the windows and admitted behind the hot water pipes and 'coils' of rooms. Warmed, fresh air was also fed into the stairwells and through hollow shafts within the spiral staircases in order to ventilate the corridors. The pipes that supplied the gas for the lighting were ingeniously concealed underneath the banister rails of the spiral staircases.
While not quite as grand as the hotel de ville in Brussels or similar buildings in Europe, the town hall in Manchester proclaimed that the city had 'arrived'. A saying capturing this sense of innovation survives today: 'What Manchester does today, the rest of the world does tomorrow. Although I do not think they were in fact refering to Bez of the Happy Mondays when they coined that :-)
(2010 week 19)
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,PA75 6AB,Copper Still and tubes,West of Scotland,Mull,Tobermory Mull,Copper Still,tubes,Whisky Distillery,Isle of Mull,West,Scotland,non-peated Tobermory,smoky Ledaig,Ledaig,inside,interior,Hebridean Island,Hebridean,Island,distillery and visitor centre,distillery,visitor centre,art of distillation,distillation,distilling,fine,whisky,whiskies,art,blend,blending,malt,malts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9GHW1 - . A close documentary record shows the everyday reality of Tobermory ,Isle of Mull, West of Scotland, UK, PA75 6AB, in documentary coverage dating from 2010. The principal recorded subject is Copper Still and tubes, Tobermory Whisky Distillery,Isle of Mull, West of Scotland, UK, PA75 6AB. Related ideas embodied by the location include spirit production, Hebridean whisky, spirits manufacturing, whisky tourism, copperwork, maturation tradition, craft distilling, visitor distillery, spirit still, Scotch whisky industry, whisky heritage, and distilling heritage. In the mid-2020s, ordinary infrastructure is increasingly discussed through the passage of time and changing use, with attention turning to a clearer record of local change. Over time, this view of Tobermory ,Isle of Mull, West of Scotland, UK, PA75 6AB can support local-history and planning research by preserving details of appearance, occupation, signage, public access and everyday use that written records may omit. The resulting scene connects with distillation equipment, wash still, production plant, malt spirit, fermentation and distillation, copper pot still. The record also refers to Tobermory Malt, Tobermory Single Malt, Single Malt, Scotch Whisky, Scottish Whisky, Mull Whisky. Other relevant facets include malt whisky making, and distillery engineering. Current debate around the public realm often combines redevelopment, shifts in local identity and the practical challenge of future historical research. For future comparison, the scene preserves local business activity, the condition of buildings, patterns of everyday use, public-realm details, and regional identity as part of the area's longer social history. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal local character, period design, public activity, changes of use, and the appearance of the built environment without relying on a generic or reconstructed view.
Tobermory ,Isle of Mull, West of Scotland, UK, PA75 6AB
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Keywords: patch,panel,wolverhampton,england,computer,room,IT,PC,server,wire,cable,blue,cabinet,cool,refridgeration,cooling,rack,rackmounted,hardware,citrix,san,virtualised,virtualized,nerdy,west,midlands,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4438862036 - 'This is by far the neatest patch panel I have ever seen and encompasses over 312 individual cables. Anyone who know what I am talking about will probably have experience of twisted pair spaghetti, as does occur as a computer or equipment room matures.
If you are not a techie you may want to have a look at this instead www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3804831303/ . If you have patch panel envy, read on....
This patch bay was designed and built by Martin Donnison of fordway.com. It supports over five sites and upwards of 1,000 users.
Rackmounted panels, house cable connections. One short patch cable generally plugs into the front side, whereas the back holds the connection of a much longer and more permanent cable. Hardware assemblies are arranged so that a number of circuits or network connections can be supported. They were invented or evolved for early telephone exchanges.
Tidyness is next to god-lyness I guess and can save you money. See tonysmiththathousingitguy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/brass-in... from my alta-ego tonysmiththathousingitguy
Here, this is all housed in a neat wiring closet adjacent to a SAN and a number of virtualized servers.
More things to do with computers www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4206625887/
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Keywords: early,morning,slow,traffic,car,A,road,ARoad,highway,freeway,UK,West,London,A4,hammersmith,England,heathrow,gridlock,cars,automobile,automobiles,jam,365days,this photo rocks,auto,autos,vehicle,vehicles,movement,blurry,abstract,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4125433291 - 'Slow!
Luckily for once I am watching it, eating a croissant (result!), not sitting in it.
Lots of morning blurred cars and car trails.
More traffic here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4009267682/ and a RTA here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3827213037/
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Keywords: Aston,Villa,FC,football,club,ground,dusk,night,shot,nightshot,Birmingham,soccer,UK,England,park,villapark,tripod,tripod shot,long,exposure,long exposure,AVFC,footballer,footballers,car,carpark,365days,west,midlands,britain,GB,europe,english,tonysmith,tony,smith,building,buildings,built,architecture,noche,nuit,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4050517963 - 'Aston Villa Football Club, Birmingham, West Midlands car park at dusk.
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Keywords: Purple,shoes,blue,nails,foot,footwear,leg,buckle,painted,toe,toes,toenail,toenails,365days,west,midlands,england,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,angela,feet,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3916728564 - 'Another take on fashion here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3809053351/
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,problem,with,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,North Devon,poster,Beeching,Dr,Dr Beeching,759,South,western,heritage,railway,West,EX31 4RA,Southern,narrow gauge,cap,uniform,smile,history,historic,steam,railways
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGC823 - . An on-location photograph from Woody Bay Station, North Devon, South West England, UK, EX31 4RA in 2009, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The defining feature is Southern Railway Guard, North Devon, UK, EX31 4RA Woody Bay Station, on the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. Other connected aspects include community identity, museum object, everyday life, archival record, historical comparison, social-history object, visual archive, commemorative plaque, public realm, antique object, place identity, regional identity, social history, and local history. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into public history and museum conservation, not least because of how museums turn individual objects into wider stories about place and people. As a dated visual record of Woody Bay Station, North Devon, South West England, UK, EX31 4RA, the frame retains lettering, decoration and surface detail, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects changing streetscape, historic artefact, before-and-after reference, local-history evidence, historic inscription, contemporary social history, collectable heritage item, and historic material culture. The recorded references to Lynton, Barnstaple, Station, Railway, and Southern preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Woody Bay Station, North Devon, South West England, UK, EX31 4RA, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of public history and how everyday objects can survive as evidence of earlier work and domestic life without losing the local specificity of Woody Bay Station, North Devon, South West England, UK, EX31 4RA.
Woody Bay Station, North Devon, South West England, UK, EX31 4RA
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Keywords: Moseley,The,Fighting,Cocks,Pub,Birmingham,50,bus,route,Alcester,Road,Prince,Wales,real,ale,365days,west,midlands,england,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,favourite,pubs,public,houses,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3805649308 - 'A day trip on beardies excellent railway today down to the smoke. I managed to photograph a place I have passed dozens of times, but could not decide which shot to upload, so all four were merged into one postcard.
Moseley was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Museleie, although the number 50 bus did not head out to Druids Heath as early as that.
The barometer and tower of The Fighting Cocks pub is shown with the interior and that of the Prince of Wales a little down Alcester Road towards Birmingham. At the latter you get a deer on the wall and a wide selection of real ales, that makes it my favourite choice.
An alternative view of Birmingham here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4021459973/
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Keywords: Church,Cheshire,England,UK,gotonysmith,blue,sky,saint,john,johns,the,evangelists,English,Heritage,Grade,II,listed,building,gradeii,grade2,two,private,estate,anglican,tower,spire,diocese,of,Liverpool,Sir,Gilbert,Greenall,Paley,and,Austin,Greenalls,Greenall,family,brewers,and,distillers,sandstone,octagonal,north,west,stair,turret,stained,glass,window,south,transept,dated,1929,by,Morris,and,Co,Shrigley,and,Hunt,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NMT - St John the Evangelist's Church, Warrington is in Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.
It was built as a private estate church towards the end of the 19th century but is now an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.
The church was built in 1885 to serve the Walton Hall estate of the Greenall family, brewers and distillers. It was built at the expense of Sir Gilbert Greenall and designed by Paley and Austin.
The stained glass includes a window in the south transept dated 1929 by Morris and Co. and elsewhere by Shrigley and Hunt.
St Johns Church, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: St,Anns,Church,Manchester,Altar,View,Central,Manchester,Saint,Anns,Impressive,North,West,NW,Inside,a,Gotonysmith,St Annes Square,Manchester,was consecrated in 1712. Although named after St Anne,it also pays tribute to the patron of the church,Ann,Lady,Bland.,St,Anns,Church,is,a,Grade,I,listed,building,Windows,William,Peckitt,of,York,renovation,gotonysmith,Mancester,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0MGE - St Ann's Church, the interior of which is shown here, Manchester, was consecrated in 1712. Although named after St Anne, it also pays tribute to the patron of the church, Ann, Lady Bland. St Ann's Church is a Grade I listed building.
A large cornfield named Acres Field, which is now St Ann's Square, became the site for St Ann's Church. The church was an impressive building and although it stood between the market and the collegiate church, both towers could be seen from all directions. It is a neo-classical building, originally constructed from locally quarried, red Collyhurst sandstone. Windows were made by William Peckitt of York.
This is an interior view looking towards the East Altar
St Anns Square, Central Manchester, Lancashire, NW England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,W11,the,romcom,bookshop,in,film,Notting Hill,RBKC,London,England,UK,original,blue plaque,tourists,photos,photograph,photographs,selfie,sign,exterior,frontage,attraction,attractions,west,neighbourhood,cute,street,streets,book,books,shop,store,rom-com,scene,Julia Roberts,Hugh Grant
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0F6M4 - A group of tourists pose for a photo outside the Notting Hill Bookshop on Blenheim Crescent in West London. The shopfront sign reading NOTTING HILL BOOKSHOP dominates the top of the frame, making the location instantly recognisable. Several people stand together on the pavement in front of the entrance, smiling and facing the camera while another visitor holds up a smartphone to take the picture. The scene captures a familiar moment of modern city tourism: a well known, highly photographed spot where visitors queue, gather, and take turns to get the classic souvenir image.
The bookshop is widely associated with film tourism in Notting Hill, drawing fans who want to visit a place linked to the area's romantic-comedy screen image. Even when people are not shopping, the frontage functions as a landmark backdrop for holiday photos and social media, and the street-level setting makes it easy for passing visitors to stop briefly, pose, and move on. The image works well for editorial themes including London tourism, screen tourism, popular filming locations, and the way small independent shops can become global attractions through cinema and television.
Clothing and body language suggest a relaxed leisure visit, likely in warmer months, with short sleeves and light outfits typical of spring or summer travel. The light is diffuse daylight rather than harsh sun, and there is no obvious wet sheen on the pavement, so conditions look dry. The composition also shows the everyday reality of busy visitor spots: a crowd forming and dispersing, with people chatting, waiting, and taking photographs in quick succession.
For commercial use this picture illustrates travel behaviour, group tourism, city break culture, and the continuing appeal of Notting Hill as a destination. It is especially suitable for articles about London's most photographed places, film-linked attractions, independent retail as a tourism draw, and the experience economy where being there and capturing proof
Tourists pose for a photo outside the Notting Hill Bookshop, a famous London film location, at 13 Bl
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy KDTFYN - . Made at Runcorn in 2017, 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 subject captured here is Silver Jubilee Bridge, Runcorn-Widnes Bridge or Runcorn Bridge. The image also relates to community identity, period building, regional identity, local character, historic streetscape, period architecture, contemporary social history, social history, everyday life, architectural character, conservation architecture, historic townscape, visual archive, and period detail. Today's relevance is strengthened by heritage conservation, embodied carbon and the continuing question of the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. Future viewers can use this scene from Runcorn to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The photograph additionally reflects place identity, local history, changing streetscape, cityscape history, public realm, conservation interest, urban fabric, and built heritage. Details involving Jubilee, Bridge, Runcorn-Widnes, Silver, and Runcorn make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Runcorn, 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 heritage conservation and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility as part of the longer story of Runcorn. A further contemporary connection is heritage conservation and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism when considered against later change at Runcorn. The wider significance includes energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character without losing the local specificity of Runcorn.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY3RJW - East Ilsley
Sheltered in a dip in the downs just off the A34 Southampton to Oxford and the Midlands trunk road is the ancient village of East Ilsley. The A34, once an important coaching route, originally passed right through the village and just to the north of the village is the ancient Ridgeway. So East Ilsley, once also known as Market Ilsley or Chipping Ilsley, had a prominent and important position.
The origin of the name is unclear. Originally Hildeslei , It could mean place of conflict or battle field and it is known that Alfred defeated the Danes in the Battle of Ashdown which took place nearby. Alternatively it could mean a woodland clearing of a man called Hild, and this meaning is supported by at least two sources. The nearby village of West Ilsley was originally a hamlet within the parish of East Ilsley.
East Ilsley once held an important weekly sheep market and had claims on the title of sheep farming capital of England. In the 19th century the sheep market was second in size only to Smithfield market in London. The origins of the then small East Ilsley sheep fair can be traced back to the 13th century, but from from the 17th century a weekly sheep market was held throughout spring and summer. As many as eighty thousand sheep could be auctioned in a single day which demonstrates the importance of the fair. The last fair was held in 1934 and a plaque in the centre of the village records this event.
Not surprisingly East Ilsley has had many inns and pubs. In the 19th century twelve were known to exist serving the coaching route from Oxford to Newbury and the sheep fairs, and at the beginning of the last century there were still eight. More surprisingly perhaps, when many villages have lost their village pubs, there are still two public houses in the centre of the village.
Standing prominently on a hill away from the centre of the village is the village church, St. Mary's, parts of which date from the 12th century.
Church Hill,East Ilsley, Newbury, Berkshire,England,UK
