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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,campaigning,red wall,Labour Party,Andy For Us,Burnham,Labour,red,redwall,NW,North West,campaign,Ashton in Makerfield,Wigan,Greater Manchester,England,UK politics,political,posters,poster,election,Westminster,PM,prime minister,socialist,socialism,politics,elect,current metro mayor for Manchester City Region,advertising,slogan,voter,appeal,campaign trail,political change,Leftwing,Left wing,red political
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EME6NC - A giant red Vote Andy For Us political campaign banner fixed to the gable end of a residential building off Atherton Road in Hindley Green, Wigan, Greater Manchester, during the Makerfield by-election campaign. The large vertical banner dominates the pebble-dashed wall, using bold white and yellow capital letters and a stylised cartoon portrait to create a highly visible piece of election publicity. The surrounding details, including the small upper window, satellite dish, chimney stacks, TV aerial and plain side wall, place the campaign material in an ordinary northern residential setting rather than a formal political event. The image is useful for editorial coverage of local election campaigning, political advertising, public displays of support, candidate branding, neighbourhood democracy, street-level politics and the visual language of by-election campaigns. The strong red colour of the banner contrasts with the muted wall and pale sky, making the campaign message the clear focus of the frame. It could support articles about the Makerfield by-election, Andy Burnham's campaign presence, Labour-style campaign graphics, political messaging in working-class neighbourhoods, and how houses, walls and everyday streets become part of the wider campaign environment. The image also has value for broader stories about British democracy, voter identity, constituency politics, northern England, Wigan borough, residential campaign signs, public opinion and the use of simple, bold visual design to communicate political support in local communities.
Atherton Road, Hindley, Makerfield constituancy, Greater Manchester
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,campaigning,red wall,Labour Party,Andy For Us,Burnham,Labour,red,redwall,NW,North West,campaign,Ashton in Makerfield,Wigan,Greater Manchester,England,UK politics,political,posters,poster,election,Westminster,PM,prime minister,reset,of,socialist,socialism,politics,elect,current metro mayor for Manchester City Region,advertising,slogan,voter,appeal,campaign trail,political change,Large red Vote Andy For Us signs line a residential
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EME6NG - Vote Andy For Us campaign placards on Atherton Road in Hindley Green during the Makerfield by-election campaign. The nearest sign dominates the right side of the frame, fixed high above a dense green hedge beside a residential property, with another matching poster visible further along the pavement. The design uses bold white and yellow capital lettering and a stylised cartoon portrait, creating a simple, high-impact campaign message that can be read clearly from the road and footpath. The scene includes a typical local street setting with terraced and semi-detached homes, front garden walls, hedges, a lamppost, overhead wires, parked vehicles, a wheeled bin, a pedestrian walking a small dog and a pale cloudy sky. The image is useful for editorial coverage of constituency campaigning, neighbourhood politics, public election displays, campaign graphics, doorstep democracy, voter identity, local political mood and the visual language of British by-elections. The repeated posters show how campaign material can form a visible trail through an ordinary residential area, turning gardens, boundary walls and pavements into part of the political landscape. The picture has strong stock-photo value for stories about the Makerfield by-election, Andy Burnham campaign publicity, Labour-style red campaign branding, political support in northern communities, Wigan borough street scenes, Greater Manchester politics, local democracy, household political expression and the use of bold graphic design to attract attention in everyday places. The hedge, brick garden walls and receding street add useful context, showing the posters not as isolated objects but as part of a lived-in neighbourhood where election messages sit alongside normal daily routines.
Atherton Rd,Hindley, Makerfield constituancy, Greater Manchester
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EME6P3 - Vote Andy For Us placard stock-photo/gotonysmith-Posters.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>posters on Atherton Road, Hindley, during the Makerfield June 2026 by-election campaign. Clutch of red Vote Andy For Us placard posters on Atherton Road in Hindley, in the Makerfield area, during the June 2026 by-election campaign. Two matching signs are visible, each mounted on timber posts and featuring a cartoon-style portrait of Andy Burnham with bold white and yellow capital lettering on a bright red background. The nearest placard dominates the right side of the frame, while a second sign further down the pavement helps create a repeated campaign trail through the street. The image is set in an everyday residential environment with hedges, brick houses, a pavement, a lamppost, overhead wires and a cloudy sky, giving it a strong sense of neighbourhood politics and street-level campaigning rather than a stage-managed rally or formal political event. The supplied wording identifies the scene as being on Atherton Road, Hindley, in the Makerfield ward, and describes the June 2026 by-election as having been caused by Josh Simmons resigning his seat to give Andy Burnham a shot at Prime Minister Keir Starmer's job. As a stock image, this photograph is useful for editorial themes including local democracy, constituency campaigning, public political display, campaign branding, neighbourhood voter appeal, British election imagery, repeated roadside posters, northern England political street scenes and the visual language of by-election messaging. The simple slogan Vote Andy For Us is central to the image, presenting a direct call to voters in a highly visible and easy-to-read format. The repeated boards, ordinary homes and street setting give the picture added value for stories about how political messaging is embedded in everyday communities and how pavements, hedges and frontages become part of the campaign
Hindley, Makerfield constituancy, Greater Manchester
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Great Yarmouth,Rupert,RestoreBritain,post-Brexit,Britain,British,Restore Britain,party,Wigan,Greater Manchester,far-right,politics,election,placard,Hindley,working class,estate,voter protest,right-wing,alternative,populist,nationalist politics,hard right campaign,Reform UK,rival,Labour,rivals,heartland,northern,England,political,fragmentation,protest vote,campaigning,branding,patriotic,Union flag
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EMY4D8 - We're voting Restore Britain election placard fixed to a red wooden stake outside a brick-built working-class home in Hindley Green, Wigan, Greater Manchester, during the Makerfield by-election campaign of June 2026. The sign uses red, white and blue Union flag-style colours and bold capital lettering, with the Restore Britain name and map logo beneath, presenting a direct doorstep declaration of support in a residential estate setting. The image is useful for editorial coverage of Restore Britain, right-wing and far-right politics in the UK, populist campaigning, anti-establishment messaging, voter discontent, working-class electoral realignment, national identity politics and political competition on the right during the 2026 Makerfield by-election. The plain domestic background, brick wall, visible house entrance and garden setting give the photograph a local, street-level quality, showing how national political brands appear in ordinary neighbourhoods rather than on rally stages or broadcast studios. Restore Britain, led by Rupert Lowe, emerged as a rival to Reform UK and attracted coverage because it appeared to compete for similar hard-right and anti-establishment voters. Media coverage of the Makerfield contest discussed whether Restore Britain might split the right-wing vote and affect the balance between Labour, Reform UK and newer nationalist alternatives. The photograph can support stories about political fragmentation, the visual language of patriotic campaign branding, the appeal of simple household placards, and the way estates and suburban streets become visible battlegrounds during by-elections. It may also suit features on the mood in former Labour heartlands, the pressures on mainstream parties, the rise of smaller political movements, and the way voters use garden signs to make public statements about identity, frustration and political direction.The image should be framed neutrally as an observed campaign scene,while noting that Restore Britain
Hindley estate, Makerfield, Greater Manchester
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,culture war Britain,Im voting Rob Kenyon,poor,bad,polling,betting,odds,storm,stormy,working class voters,right-wing,Nigel Farage,party,populist,populism,politics,Labour Reform contest,Wigan,battleground,northern,Andy Burnham,plumber,local,protest vote,anti-establishment,messaging,small business,appeal,tradesman,street-level,campaigning,electoral discontent,national political pressure,right arrow,symbolism,cloudy,turnout
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EMY4DF - High roadside Reform UK arrow sign above a Rob Kenyon campaign placard in the Makerfield constituency, Wigan, Greater Manchester, during the 18 June 2026 by-election campaign. The turquoise Reform UK branding, right-pointing arrow and candidate portrait stand out against a grey, stormy sky, overhead wires, parked cars and suburban housing, giving the image a strong visual metaphor for political direction, voter choice and unsettled public mood. The poster reads I'm voting Rob Kenyon and links the candidate to Reform UK's wider pitch to working-class and small business voters in a former Labour heartland. Kenyon, also reported as Robert Kenyon, was Reform UK's candidate against Labour's Andy Burnham, with coverage describing him as a self-employed plumber and army reservist. The image is useful for editorial stories about Reform UK, Nigel Farage's party, right-wing populism, Labour versus Reform contests, protest voting, by-election battlegrounds, northern England politics, working-class electoral appeal, street-level campaigning, political advertising and the use of simple candidate branding in local democracy. The high arrow sign, placed above the poster and slightly out of reach, can also support more interpretive features about political messaging, direction of travel, voter frustration and attempts by Reform UK to mobilise people who feel ignored by Westminster. The stormy weather and cloudy sky add a visual sense of turbulence to a contest that drew national attention because Burnham's attempt to return to Parliament was seen as politically significant beyond Makerfield. Media coverage also brought scrutiny to Kenyon's background, past comments and policy readiness, while Reform presented him as a local working tradesman. As a stock image it has strong use for articles on British elections, populist campaigns, voter realignment, northern political identity, disillusionment with mainstream parties and the visual language of UK by-election campaigning in 2026.
Hindley Green, in Makerfield, Greater Manchester, WN2 4TA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EMY4DW - Moody black and white photograph shows Labour campaign garden placards reading Vote Andy For Us outside terraced homes in the Hindley area of the Makerfield constituency, Wigan, Greater Manchester, during the June 2026 by-election campaign. The low viewpoint, grey sky, overhead wires, front gardens and repeated poster design give the image a strong documentary feel, capturing how national political drama is translated into ordinary residential streets. The placards feature a stylised portrait of Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester and Labour candidate for Makerfield, with the slogan presented in bold block lettering. The image is useful for editorial coverage of parliamentary by-elections, Labour Party campaigning, Greater Manchester politics, northern England, working-class communities, voter mood, doorstep politics, garden poster displays, election branding and the relationship between local identity and national leadership speculation. Makerfield, which includes Wigan, Ashton-in-Makerfield and surrounding communities, was scheduled to vote on Thursday 18 June 2026 after the resignation of the previous Labour MP. The contest drew wider attention because Burnham's attempt to return to Westminster raised questions about the mayoralty, Labour's national direction and the political pressure from Reform UK in former Labour heartlands. The monochrome treatment emphasises uncertainty, cloudy weather and a tense campaign atmosphere rather than the bright colours normally associated with political advertising. It could illustrate stories about Labour in the North West, Andy Burnham's public profile, by-election strategy, grassroots campaigning, street-level political expression, the future of devolution in Greater Manchester, public trust in politics, voter fatigue, and the changing electoral map in post-industrial towns around Wigan
Makerfield constituancy, Hindley Green, Wigan WN2 4TA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Hindley,Market Street,Wigan,Greater Manchester,WN2 3AN,WN2,gambling,encouraging,high street,Bet £10,bets,bet,Get £10,offer,free bet,promotions,promotion,payday,harm,harms,addiction,gambling addiction,poor communities,deprived communities,betting advertising,bookmakers,gambling-related,poverty,debt,debts,thrill,dopamine,gambling regulation,safer gambling,Take Time To Think,consumer protection,vulnerable customers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EMY4WC - Brightly lit Coral betting shop advert in Hindley town centre, Wigan, Greater Manchester, promoting an Every Friday Bet £10 Get £10 offer. The blue shop-window display uses large white and yellow lettering, a gambling reel graphic and a smaller Take time to think safer-gambling message at the bottom, creating a strong contrast between promotional betting language and responsible gambling warning text. The user-supplied description identifies the scene as a high street gambling advert in Hindley, with the Friday offer presented as a special free-bet promotion, potentially relevant to pay-day gambling habits. The image is useful for editorial coverage of betting shops, high street gambling, free bet stock-photo/gotonysmith-Advertising.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>advertising, sports betting promotions, gambling regulation, gambling harms, addiction risk, consumer protection, debt, financial stress, public health, poverty, town centre decline and the concentration of gambling opportunities in lower-income communities. It can support stories about how gambling marketing appears in everyday shopping streets, how promotional offers may normalise betting as a routine weekly activity, and how bright point-of-sale advertising can sit alongside small safer-gambling messages. Gambling-related harms are recognised as affecting not only individual gamblers but also families, close associates and wider society. Public health evidence links harmful gambling with unemployment and more deprived areas, making this advert especially relevant for features on inequality, poorer communities, vulnerable consumers, household budgets, cost of living pressures and the social impact of betting shop clusters. The photograph has strong stock value for news, public health, local government, consumer affairs, social policy, planning, licensing, debt advice, financial inclusion, addiction support, mental health, welfare and campaigns calling for tighter control of gambling advertising in UK town centres.
Coral Racing Limited, 64 Market Street, Hindley, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN2 3AN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Rob Kenyon,Robert Kenyon,window,leaflet,poster,political,politics,racist,terraced,home,cuts,benefits,house,grab,rail,older,old,residents,resident,voter,doorstep,Wigan,Greater Manchester,North West England,Reform,Party,right-wing,populism,populist politics,far-right politics,anti-immigration politics,stop the boats,Andy Burnham,pensioner,vote,working class,red wall
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKDAJ6 - This documentary street photograph shows the front of an older red-brick terraced house in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, with a white mobility grab rail beside the door and a blue Reform UK poster displayed in the lace-curtained front window. The readable slogan, Makerfield needs Reform , makes the image useful for editorial stories about local politics, older homeowners, ageing housing stock, doorstep campaigning, populist messaging and the continuing volatility of former Labour strongholds in the North West of England. Ashton-in-Makerfield is within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and forms part of the Makerfield parliamentary constituency, an area historically associated with Labour voting, working-class communities, home ownership, terraced streets and post-industrial Lancashire identity. The photograph is tightly framed around domestic details: stained-glass panels, brickwork, a house number, net curtains, the low window opening, the door handle and the grab rail, giving it strong relevance for stories linking housing, disability adaptations, social care, ageing in place, pensioner voters, local identity and the politics of everyday streets. Reform UK is widely described as a right-wing populist party, with immigration, border control and stop the boats themes central to its political offer, so the window poster also gives the picture wider use for coverage of anti-immigration campaigning, protest voting, political disaffection, culture-war politics, electoral realignment and far-right or hard-right influence in British public debate. The overcast daylight and close residential composition give the image a plain, unsentimental news-documentary feel, suitable for articles on the cost of living, NHS pressure, local council services, housing conditions, mobility aids, voter anger, social division, doorstep politics and the way national political arguments appear in ordinary neighbourhood windows.
Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. WN4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,A58,B5207,Wigan,Greater Manchester,North West England,road signage,traffic sign,local directions,highway sign,brown tourist sign,local roads,urban road,suburban road,pavement,street scene,transport infrastructure,road network,Wigan borough roads,Greater Manchester transport,local wayfinding,northern town roads,public realm,commuter route,visitor direction sign,town centre access,road safety,traffic management,street furniture,UK road signs,British road signage,local geography,route planning,everyday transport,suburban commuting,active travel,bus stop,Three Sisters Recreation Area
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKDAK1 - Roadside direction sign on Bolton Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, looking along the A58 corridor towards the town centre, Billinge, Three Sisters and Golborne. The sign combines everyday transport wayfinding with local place identity, pointing drivers and pedestrians to the B5207, the Three Sisters visitor attraction area and the wider Makerfield road network. It is a useful stock image for editorial features about Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan borough, local transport, town-centre access, northern road infrastructure, suburban commuting, Greater Manchester wayfinding, local geography and the way smaller towns are connected by ordinary A roads and B roads rather than headline transport projects. The brown tourist-style panel for Three Sisters gives the image wider value beyond a standard road sign, linking the scene to the Three Sisters Recreation Area, a wildlife wetland reserve and public open space, and to the nearby Three Sisters Circuit, a long-established motorsport venue on Three Sisters Road. Wigan Council describes Three Sisters as a wildlife wetland reserve and a gateway into the wider Wigan Flashes nature reserve, while the circuit gives its address as Three Sisters Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 8DD. The visible street, pavement, boundary walls, lamp columns, bus stop and distant traffic create a plain roadside view of a working northern town rather than a polished tourist scene. The overcast sky and slightly elevated road perspective make the image suitable for stories on local services, public realm, traffic flow, active travel, bus routes, town planning, visitor directions, commuter roads, junction signage, road safety, regeneration, local identity, leisure destinations, sat-nav alternatives, brown signs and everyday navigation around Makerfield, Billinge, Golborne and the Wigan area.
Bolton Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 8AD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wigan,Makerfield,Labour campaign,by-election campaign,political placard,campaign poster,election publicity,candidate branding,Greater Manchester,June 2026,UK politics,doorstep democracy,street-level campaigning,public political display,voter identity,local election mood,constituency politics,northern England politics,political messaging,campaign graphics,repeated placards,public opinion,Labour candidate,Greater Manchester mayor,parliamentary return,democratic participation,local voters,political communication,Andy poster,red poster,yellow lettering,white lettering,timber post,hedge,Westminster,prime minister,number ten
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM1WHW - Red Vote Andy For Us stock-photo/gotonysmith-Campaign.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>campaign placards on a residential street in the Wigan Makerfield constituency during the June 2026 by-election campaign. The nearest sign fills the left side of the frame, mounted on a wooden stake above a dense green hedge, while a second matching poster appears further down the pavement beside houses, a telegraph pole, overhead wires and a partly cloudy sky. The bold white and yellow lettering, red background and cartoon-style portrait of Andy Burnham create a clear and instantly readable local campaign message. The user-supplied wording identifies the political context as the Makerfield by-election after Josh Simons resigned his seat. The image has strong editorial value for stories about by-elections, candidate branding, Labour campaigning, public political display, doorstep democracy, voter identity, residential campaign signs and the way election messages become part of ordinary neighbourhood life. It can also illustrate coverage of Burnham's attempted return to Parliament, the political pressure around Keir Starmer's leadership, the unusual attention on a local constituency contest, and the role of simple repeated placards in building visibility along local streets. The photograph is useful for stock buyers needing images on British democracy, Greater Manchester politics, northern England, constituency campaigning, street-level electioneering, political communication, public opinion and campaign graphics. The everyday setting, with hedges, homes, pavement, road traffic and utility poles, makes the scene feel rooted in lived-in local streets rather than a formal rally or press event, giving the image a strong sense of place and campaign atmosphere.
Ashton-In-Makerfield, Wigan
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EME6JP - Bright red Count Binface campaign placard displayed in public gardens during the Makerfield by-election in Greater Manchester, England. The poster reads Vote Binface For Us and Wigan Kebabs capped at £2 , with a cartoon-style image of Count Binface beside the slogan. A Galloways Bakers shop is visible in the background, adding strong local context because Wigan and the wider borough are closely associated with pies, pasties, bread rolls and northern bakery culture. The joke refers to the Wigan kebab, a local food nickname commonly understood as a pie served on a barm, roll or bread cake, and turns that regional humour into a mock election promise. The image is useful for editorial coverage of Count Binface, satirical candidates, protest politics, comedy campaigning, local by-elections, voter disillusionment and the more eccentric side of British democracy. It also works for stories about political branding, election posters, street campaigning, humour in public life and the way candidates use recognisable local food references to connect with voters. The setting gives the image extra value: rather than a generic campaign portrait, it places the joke poster in a visible town-centre or neighbourhood garden scene, with shops, greenery and a bakery frontage behind it. For picture buyers, the combination of readable slogan, strong red colour, named candidate, local bakery background and specific Makerfield by-election context makes the image suitable for news, features, opinion pieces and light-hearted political analysis. It can illustrate how fringe and satirical candidates use absurd pledges to cut through a crowded election campaign, while still pointing to themes such as the cost of living, food prices, local identity and distrust of mainstream politics. Count Binface's £2 Wigan kebab pledge was reported as part of his Makerfield campaign, giving the image a topical hook as well as comic regional appeal.
Hindley, Makerfield constituancy, Greater Manchester
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EF6C0W - A close documentary view of the Mayor's Chambers sign on the red brick exterior of Wigan Town Hall in Greater Manchester, England. The image focuses on civic identity, local democracy and municipal government, with the plain grey sign and white lettering set against warm red masonry. Wigan Town Hall is the administrative centre for Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, with official meeting listings giving the address as Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1YN. The photograph is useful for editorial stories about local councils, mayoralty, town halls, borough governance, public service leadership, ceremonial office, civic buildings and the continuing role of elected local government in English stock-photo/gotonysmith-Towns.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>towns. The wording Mayor's Chambers connects the image with the civic mayor of Wigan, mayoral duties, official receptions, community events, council ceremonies and the symbolic side of municipal life. It can also work more broadly for themes around Greater Manchester politics, devolution, civic leadership and public administration, including wider references to the high profile Greater Manchester mayoralty associated with Andy Burnham, although this specific sign relates to Wigan's local civic mayor and town hall setting rather than the devolved regional mayor's office. The tight composition, limited palette and visible brickwork make the image suitable for news, politics, local authority, public sector, heritage and urban documentary uses. The scene appears to be taken in low or subdued light, with no visible sky and a dry building frontage, giving it a serious civic mood. Wigan's town hall and council chamber setting is part of the borough's democratic infrastructure, used for meetings, decisions, civic events and official business, making this a useful stock image for coverage of council accountability, public sector budgets, local elections, mayoral symbolism, regional identity, northern towns and Greater Manchester governance.
Mayor's Chambers sign at rear of Wigan Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK - Li
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RXX27J - Taken on 25 Sep 2023, this photograph shows Victorian Manchester railways map, Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY. The location is Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains platform, concourse or service signage details that place the railway scene in a real working transport environment. Manchester Victoria has long been part of the city's railway geography, with historic route maps and ticket-window details showing how rail travel has shaped Greater Manchester and the wider north west. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Manchester, city, centre, railway, Victoria, station, Lancashire and Yorkshire, diagram, maps, map, history, historic, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. Because the subject is clearly labelled or visually distinctive, it can also work well in search-led usage where the buyer needs immediate recognition at small web-preview size. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, Britis.
Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA10,Merseyside,England,UK,WA10 1DH,Bickerstaffe St,interchange,route,service,Merseytravel,centre,centres,stop,stops,stand,stands,travel,travellers,commuting,commuter,commuters,Arriva,Wigan,352,connectivity,region,regional,getting,around,town,Merseyside bus services,tourist,attraction,attractions,Metropolitan Borough,of,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP3AM - St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of St Helens which covers a larger area around the town.
The town had a population of 102,629 at the 2011 Census, the wider borough around 183,200 at the 2021 Census.
It is 6 miles (10 kilometres) north of the River Mersey, in the south-west part of historic Lancashire. The town was formerly within the historic county's ancient hundred of West Derby as a small settlement in the township of Windle. By the mid 1700s, it had become larger than Windle and (by 1838) it was formally made responsible for the administration of Windle and the three other townships of Eccleston, Parr and Sutton. In 1868, it was incorporated as a town with a municipal borough. The borough later became a county borough in 1887 and replaced by a metropolitan borough with an expanded administrative responsibility for nearby towns and villages in 1974.
Coal mining and glassmaking were the significant sectors that caused growth into a town during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. Glass producer Pilkington is the town's only remaining large industrial employer
previously, it was home to Beechams, the Gamble Alkali Works, Ravenhead glass. United Glass Bottles, Triplex, Daglish Foundry They were also other sectors: sail making and other cotton and linen work which lasted until the mid-19th century
brewing (Greenall's brewery)
copper smelting as well as pits for salt, lime and alkali extraction
Bickerstaffe Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, WA10 1DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP3AW - St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of St Helens which covers a larger area around the town.
The town had a population of 102,629 at the 2011 Census, the wider borough around 183,200 at the 2021 Census.
It is 6 miles (10 kilometres) north of the River Mersey, in the south-west part of historic Lancashire. The town was formerly within the historic county's ancient hundred of West Derby as a small settlement in the township of Windle. By the mid 1700s, it had become larger than Windle and (by 1838) it was formally made responsible for the administration of Windle and the three other townships of Eccleston, Parr and Sutton. In 1868, it was incorporated as a town with a municipal borough. The borough later became a county borough in 1887 and replaced by a metropolitan borough with an expanded administrative responsibility for nearby towns and villages in 1974.
Coal mining and glassmaking were the significant sectors that caused growth into a town during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. Glass producer Pilkington is the town's only remaining large industrial employer
previously, it was home to Beechams, the Gamble Alkali Works, Ravenhead glass. United Glass Bottles, Triplex, Daglish Foundry They were also other sectors: sail making and other cotton and linen work which lasted until the mid-19th century
brewing (Greenall's brewery)
copper smelting as well as pits for salt, lime and alkali extraction
Bickerstaffe Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK, WA10 1DH
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Park Ln, Leigh, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 2LB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R8T9JC - Leigh Spinners or Leigh Mill is an Art's and Heritage Centre consisting of over 60 independent businesses within the complex. https://www.leighspinnersmill.co.uk/
This includes Leigh Film Factory an independent cinema run by volunteers from Leigh Film Society. The building is Grade II* listed It is a former double cotton spinning mill and is located in Bedford, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England.
Businesses
-Leigh Film Factory To provide an affordable, accessible and welcoming space where everyone can enjoy quality cinema experiences, whether for education, business or pleasure.
https://www.leighfilmfactory.com/
History
A product of the last generation of cotton mill building, Leigh Spinners was designed by Bolton architects Bradshaw, Gass & Hope for the Horrocks Company, and built in two phases. The east section comprising the six-storey mill, boiler house and chimney stack was built in 1913 and the matching west section was completed ten years later. One of the few double mills to be completed, it is one of the most complete still standing in Greater Manchester. Part of the factory is occupied by Leigh Spinners Ltd who have manufactured carpets since 1969 and since 2012, synthetic turf products for landscaping and sport.
The building is in poor condition and considered to be at risk by Historic England. A charity, the Leigh Building Preservation Trust was formed to restore the steam engine and engine house. In September 2013 the charity was awarded a £75,000 grant to restore the steam engine and repair the engine house by Waste Recycling Environmental Limited, a heritage fund that protects buildings of historical importance. The charity was able to turn the engine in 2018 for the first time in many years.
As at January 2019, the younger of the two mill buildings has had extensive roof repairs, allowing the Charity to advance the restoration of several floors. Sport England funding enabled the conversion of one floor to accommodate a Table Tennis Club,
Park Ln, Leigh, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 2LB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PCB4B7 - Warrington Makers Market
Join us on the second Sunday of every month for an abundance of the North West's finest makers, bakers and creators.
Expect an an array of art, craft, food, drink, coffee, music and street food
Where to find us?
Find us at:
Time Square, Warrington
WA1 2NT
11am “ 4pm
Keep up to date!
Follow @Warrington Makers Market on Facebook to keep up to date on all the news regarding the Warrington Makers Market.
2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NT
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Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7BJ - The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it became known as a primary venue for Northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), the Catacombs (Wolverhampton) and the Golden Torch (Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent). It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England. In 1978, allegedly the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino The Best Disco in the World, ahead of New York City's Studio 54. Although there is no tangible evidence of this award ever being publicised.
This England, a TV documentary about the Wigan Casino, was filmed in 1977. Russ Winstanley and Dave Nowell wrote a history of the club, Soul Survivors, The Wigan Casino Story, which was published in 1996.
Wigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress. Local DJs Brian Rigby and Alan Cain approached lease owner Gerry Marshall to run all-nighters. Venue manager Mike Walker brought in Russ Winstanley, who had a DJ set at the local rugby club, to the Casino. At 2 am on Sunday 23 September 1973, Wigan Casino started its first-ever Northern soul all-nighter, with Winstanley as the DJ. After Winstanley and his helper Ian Fishwick, Kev Roberts was the third DJ at Casino all-nighters, who was quickly joined by Richard Searling Soul performers that performed there include Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker.
Young people from all over the UK regularly attended Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. There were long queues to get in. The second dance floor, Mr M's, stayed open until 6 am and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs including Dave Evison and Steve Whittle. All-nighters generally ended with three songs that became known as the '3 before 8': Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend, Long After Tonight Is All Over by Jimmy Radcliffe, and I'm on My Way by Dean Parrish.
Station Road, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK ,WN1 0SD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7EC - Tobi Lark (born Bessie Grace Gupton
1941) is an American-born Canadian soul and gospel singer, who also recorded under the names Bessie Watson and Tobi Legend. She had a top 40 hit in 1970 in Canada with We're All in This Together. Elsewhere her best known record is Time Will Pass You By, regarded as a classic of Northern soul, which she recorded in 1968 believing it was just a demo
it was released under the name of Tobi Legend without her approval.
Life and career
She was born Bessie Grace Gupton in Alabama, the daughter of gospel singer Emma Washington. She grew up in Detroit and first performed in her mother's choir, the Emma Washington Gospel Singers. She toured with the group for ten years, from the age of nine, before securing her first professional job, as a backing singer for B. B. King. As Bessie Watson, she first recorded in 1963, releasing the single 'Deed I Do backed by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, on the Riverside label, and then two singles, I'm in Your Corner and Wake Up Crying on the Jay Pee label. As Tobi Lark, she then recorded several singles for the Palmer, Topper, and U.S.D. labels, but none achieved much commercial success. She also performed with the Impressions, the Four Tops, Ben E. King, Wilson Pickett, King Curtis, and Duke Ellington, among others
In 1968, in Detroit, she recorded Time Will Pass You By, a song written by English-born songwriter and record producer John Rhys Eddins with Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris. The record was released on the Mala label under the name Tobi Legend, but it was unsuccessful until it was picked up in the early 1970s by followers of the Northern soul scene in the UK. The song became known as one of the Three Before Eight, played at the conclusion of every all-nighter at the Wigan Casino club, and has since featured on several anthologies of Northern soul music including The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter ... Ever!, The Northern Soul Story, and The Wigan Casino Story
Station Road, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK ,WN1 0SD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7H1 - The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it became known as a primary venue for Northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), the Catacombs (Wolverhampton) and the Golden Torch (Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent). It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England. In 1978, allegedly the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino The Best Disco in the World, ahead of New York City's Studio 54. Although there is no tangible evidence of this award ever being publicised.
This England, a TV documentary about the Wigan Casino, was filmed in 1977. Russ Winstanley and Dave Nowell wrote a history of the club, Soul Survivors, The Wigan Casino Story, which was published in 1996.
Wigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress. Local DJs Brian Rigby and Alan Cain approached lease owner Gerry Marshall to run all-nighters. Venue manager Mike Walker brought in Russ Winstanley, who had a DJ set at the local rugby club, to the Casino. At 2 am on Sunday 23 September 1973, Wigan Casino started its first-ever Northern soul all-nighter, with Winstanley as the DJ. After Winstanley and his helper Ian Fishwick, Kev Roberts was the third DJ at Casino all-nighters, who was quickly joined by Richard Searling Soul performers that performed there include Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker.
Young people from all over the UK regularly attended Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. There were long queues to get in. The second dance floor, Mr M's, stayed open until 6 am and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs including Dave Evison and Steve Whittle. All-nighters generally ended with three songs that became known as the '3 before 8': Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend, Long After Tonight Is All Over by Jimmy Radcliffe, and I'm on My Way by Dean Parrish.
Station Road, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK ,WN1 0SD
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Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Crompton St, Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1YP
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6 Crompton St, Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1YP
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The Wiend, Wigan town centre, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF8XC - Read more at http://staticrecordswigan.co.uk/ Tel: 07913 061976, Paulstatic@hotmail.com
Record Store Day is an annual event inaugurated in 2007 and held on one Saturday (typically the third) every April and every Black Friday in November to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store. The day brings together fans, artists, and thousands of independent record stores around the world. A number of records are pressed specifically for Record Store Day, with a list of releases for each country, and are only distributed to shops participating in the event.
Originally pitched as an idea to create an event similar to Free Comic Book Day by Bull Moose Music's Chris Brown and Criminal Record's Eric Levin, the concept for Record Store Day was created during a brainstorming session at a meeting of independent record store owners in Baltimore, Maryland
Record Store Day 2022 announced Taylor Swift as its first-ever global ambassador, for its 15th anniversary celebrations, and took place on April 23, 2022. An RSD Drops date also took place on June 18, 2022 to release items that were either delayed in production or could not be made in time for Record Store Day in April.
Record Store Day 2018 took place on Saturday, April 21, 2018. To celebrate, The Alarm visited stores in London, New York, and Los Angeles throughout the day. Special releases included albums by Prince, Ella Fitzgerald, and Bruce Springsteen, among others. The BBC released two full-cast television soundtracks of the Doctor Who serials The Tomb of the Cybermen and City of Death with newly commissioned gatefold artwork. The ambassadors for the event were Run The Jewels.
The Old Courts, Crawford Street, Wigan, Lancashire, England,UK, WN1 1NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH9WHA - Closed lock gates near the Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan, WN3 5BA on the Leeds Liverpool canal. Modern office building
Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan, WN3 5BA
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Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancs, England, UK, WN1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH9X3J - Taken on 27 Jan 2023, this photograph shows Yellow door at Wigan Arts Festival - WiganArts at the old court building. The location is Gerrard Winstanley House, Crawford St, Wigan, WN1 1NA. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Wigan, town, centre, art, arts, WiganArts, music, theatre, workshops, yellow, Lancs, Lancashire, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure, consumer behaviour, community identity and documentary evidence for newsletters, blogs, policy papers and web features.
Gerrard Winstanley House, Crawford St, Wigan, WN1 1NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH9XEF - Taken on 27 Jan 2023, this photograph shows Wigan bus station, Market St, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1HX. The location is Market St, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1HX. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains platform, concourse or service signage details that place the railway scene in a real working transport environment. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Wigan, town, centre, Wigan bus station, Market Street, Market St, WN1, stands, stand, Bee Network, Lancs, Lancashire, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It has value for both local and national stories, especially where writers need to connect a named place or object with wider economic, social, environmental or cultural change. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure, consumer behaviour, community identity and documentary evidence for newsletters, blogs, policy papers and web features.
Market St, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1HX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7XFE1 - A traditional British pie is served on a white plate beside a pint of real ale in a pub, with low sunlight shining through the amber beer and across the polished wooden table. The image captures a classic pub moment, combining savoury comfort food, cask ale culture, beer drinking, lunch, leisure and the social atmosphere of a traditional British public house. It is a useful editorial stock photograph for stories about CAMRA, real ale, pub food, independent breweries, beer festivals, British cuisine, hospitality, town pubs, country pubs and the continuing cultural importance of the local. The pie's glossy crust, the deep colour of the ale, the coaster, dark pub interior and warm evening light create a nostalgic and appetising scene without needing visible customers or staff. The photograph can illustrate debates about the survival of pubs, rising hospitality costs, beer duty, food inflation, changing drinking habits, cask ale sales, brewery closures and the pressure on community pubs. It also works well for lighter features on pie and pint offers, pub lunches, traditional snacks, regional food, tourism, weekend breaks, walking routes, real ale trails and the simple pleasure of stopping for food and a proper beer. The CAMRA reference gives the image extra relevance for buyers looking for authentic British beer culture rather than generic bar imagery, especially where cask-conditioned ale, hand-pulled beer, pub heritage and consumer choice are part of the story. The strong sunburst through the pint gives visual drama, while the food and drink remain clearly identifiable. As a documentary lifestyle image, it records an everyday but culturally loaded British pub scene, where beer, food, friendship, local identity and licensed premises all meet around a small table.
United Kingdom
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Salford, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJM7B3 - More at https://www.primecareambulanceservice.co.uk/main/about-us/
PrimeCare Ambulance Service was established in 1998 in Wigan, in the North West of England. In these years of service PCAS has been meeting the diverse needs of an ever-expanding national client base. PCAS provide a high quality medical cover service and support for events, at competitive rates.
Our motivated and diligent staff are trained to the highest standard and receive continuous professional development, to ensure that our team are always up to date with the latest medical techniques and legislation information.
A key part of our training is promoting effective communication skills. Ensuring everyone (patient or otherwise) who should come in contact with our team, is treated in a calm and dignified manner, and given the utmost respect they deserve.
This is one of our main principles and we stand by our motto Offering PrimeCare to all
Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1QG
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Butts St, Leigh, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 3AE
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Butts St, Leigh, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 3AE
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Leigh Bus Station, King Street, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WN7 4LP
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Leigh Bus Station, King Street, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WN7 4LP
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Leigh Bus Station, King Street, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WN7 4LP
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Leigh Bus Station, King Street, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WN7 4LP
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Leigh town centre, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH0714 - James Nelson Grundy (born 8 December 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh since 2019.
Early life
Grundy was born in Warrington, and raised on the family farm in Lowton, where he still resides. Grundy was also educated locally, having attended both Lowton St Mary's Primary School and Lowton High School.
Political career
Grundy was elected to represent the Lowton East ward on Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council as a councillor in the 2008 local elections. He was elected to Parliament at the 2019 general election, taking the seat from Labour's Jo Platt. This made Grundy the first ever Conservative MP to represent the Leigh constituency since its creation.
Grundy's general election campaign pledges included respecting Leigh's vote to leave the EU in 2016
fighting for vital local transport infrastructure, such as the completion of the Atherleigh Way Bypass, and the re-opening of Golborne and Kenyon Junction stations
and securing investment for Leigh's town centres.
In 2020, Grundy put forward two bids to the Government's Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund, progressing his pledge to get Kenyon Junction and Golborne Station reopened, following their closure after the Beeching Report. The outcome of these bids was due to be announced in autumn 2020.
37-39 Lord Street, Leigh, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 1BY.
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15 Lord St, Leigh, Wigan, Lancs, England, UK, WN7 1AB
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Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 3AE
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Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 3AE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH071F -
Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 3AE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,grade II listed,buildings,the,pubs,WN7,2,Leigh,Wigan,England,UK,WN7 1EG,pig,pigs,gems,classic,English,town,centre,architecture,summer,blue,sky,Flitch and Firkin,boozer,Atherton,old,brewery head office,history,historic,tourism,tourist,attraction,sunny,blue sky,blue skies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHPHP9 - Entry Name: Boar's Head Public House, more at https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101163139-boars-head-public-house-leigh-east-ward#.ZFwQAHbMJPY
Listing Date: 9 July 1975
Last Amended: 27 July 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1163139
English Heritage Legacy ID: 213503
Public house. Rebuilt 1900 AD on decorative cartouche. Red
brick with terracotta dressings and green slate roof. 4 x 5
bays with 2 storeys. Eclectic Baroque. Projecting plinth,
first and second floor bands separated by Ionic columns and
a coped parapet. Semi-circular-arched ground floor windows
with keystones archivolts and casements with etched glass.
Panelled doors in bay 3 with fanlight, columns and flat
pilasters which enclose arabesque-enriched spandrel panels.
Canted and bow oriel windows on the first floor with
terracotta mullions and transoms. The left corner is
articulated by an octagonal lead-covered cupola on columns
and scrolls. It is balanced by a gable to the right with
ball finials and a keyed oculus. The side elevations are
treated in a similar manner. The Church Street elevation
bears a boar's head peering through an arabesque surround in
the central gable. Tall clustered chimney stacks. The
building originally housed the brewery head offices. The
interior is remarkably complete and retains many original
features. Staircase with turned balusters and pulvinated
frieze to closed string. Original timber and cast-iron
fireplaces. Art Nouveau tiles. Plaster cornices. Original
bar fittings.
2 Market Place, Leigh, Wigan, England, UK, WN7 1EG
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,The Berkeley Pub Wigan,The Berkeley Pub,bar,drinking place,WN1,Lancs,Lancashire,Wigan Town centre,Wigan,dusk,evening,The Berkeley Pub Wigan at Night,Wallgate,27-29 Wallgate,England,UK,WN1 1LD,town centre,nighttime,night time,economy,classic,iconic,history,historic,popular,busy,town,centre,Berkeley,pub,pubs,bars
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27-29 Wallgate, Wigan,Lancs,England, UK, WN1 1LD
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3991987026 - 'The Face of Wigan, located in the town centre since 2008, is a stainless steel sculpture of a face. Created by sculptor Rick Kirby, The Face stands at 18-foot-tall (5.5 m) and cost \u00a380,000.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG982H - Face of Wigan sculpture, Wigan
The Face of Wigan is a dramatic 5.5m high stainless steel sculpture of a face, which is destined to become another iconic image of the borough.
The piece is a new take on an old favourite as its creator, acclaimed English sculptor Rick Kirby explains: The face is a play on the many portraits and busts of the ˜good and glorious' that adorn the parks and centres of every town and city throughout Britain.
The sculptured portrait is intended to represent not a single celebrity, but all of the inhabitants of the area, the very people of Wigan. These are the people who make the place what it is today, and indeed have the power to determine what will be the future.
The rear of the piece is a highly reflective surface set at different angles which will mirror fragments of people passing as well as the surrounding landscape.
Mr Kirby is known for a vast collection of striking public art works including ˜Continuum' at Alexandra Park Lake in Hastings and ˜Cross the divide' at the South Bank in London.
Funding for the project totalling almost £80,000 was provided by Modus Properties, developers of Wigan's Grand Arcade shopping centre as part of an agreement with Wigan Council to provide a major piece of public art in the town centre.
Louise Pearson, Development Manager for Modus says: We are delighted to have assisted in the delivery of this important piece of public art. Plus, we're happy to see that it is in a prime location to oversee the next phase of regeneration in the town centre.
Consultation about the piece took place with shoppers and visitors to the town centre over the summer of 2007, with people giving their thoughts and suggestions on a number of designs. At the end of the process, The Face of Wigan was the clear winner.
The Face came to its new home at The Wiend in Wigan town centre on Tuesday (December 9).
It will spend up to 18 months in this location before embarking on a tour of different locations in the borough ov
Wigan, England, UK, WN1 1YB
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Wigan,Santos,Uncle Joes Mint Balls,Mint Balls,Uncle Joes
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3139101335 - 'Wigan, the home of Uncle Joes Mint Balls.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTE0 - Uncle Joe's Mint Balls are mints produced by Wm Santus & Co. Ltd. in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England since 1898. Despite their name, the mints are not truly spherical but oblate spheroids. The ingredients of Uncle Joe's Mint Balls are: pure cane sugar, oil of peppermint and cream of tartar and are described on the tin as suitable for vegans. The words Gluten Free are also on the tin lid.
The early mint balls were made by William Santus' wife, Ellen, before production moved to a factory near Wigan Wallgate railway station in 1919.
The packaging, usually a sealed can, describes its contents as pure and good, and They keep you all aglow and carries a picture of the mascot, a smiling man in a top hat.
British singer/songwriter and humorist Mike Harding has a song called Uncle Joe's Mint Balls on his 1975 album Mrs. 'Ardin's Kid. It also appeared as the B side to his 1975 single My Brother Sylveste. Wigan Warriors have a version of the song celebrating some of its legendary rugby players of the 1950s and 60s such as Billy Boston, Brian McTigue and Eric Ashton that plays before some of its home games at the DW Stadium
On 16 February 2011, Wm Santus' Dorning Street factory produced the two-billionth Uncle Joe's Mint Ball, which was encased in resin and placed on display at the Museum of Wigan Life until 17 March.
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Keywords: Warrington,Wigan,WCML,West,Coast,seat,reservation,Ticket,privatisation,Orange,railway,station,GB,UK,United,Kingdom,Great,britain,British,travel,transport,public,mass,transit,Seat Reservation,Rail Tickets,British Rail Tickets on a timetable,Public transport,mass transit,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,unique,images,special,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,multiple
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy FDNNXP -
Wigan,Lancs,England,UK
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Keywords: 57,fiftyseven,fifty,seven,vararities,integer,number,numbers,square,hipstamatic,baked,beans,factory,wigan,England,lancs,UK,GB
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 1268406171 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Fifty-seven is the sixteenth discrete semiprime and the sixth in the (3.q) family. With 58 it forms the fourth discrete bi-prime pair. 57 has an aliquot sum of 23 and is the first composite member of the 23-aliquot tree.
As a semiprime, 57 is a Blum integer since its two prime factors are both Gaussian primes.
In the first storyboard draft for Pixar's film Cars, the main character, a race car named Lightning McQueen was going to have number 57 as his racing number, in reference to director John Lasseter's birthdate, January 12, 1957. But in the final cut, Lightning's racing number changed to 95.
The climax of the movie Eraser occurs on Pier 57
Heinz 57, a brand of sauce, and the number of varieties of foods claimed to be produced by the H.J. Heinz Company. Pictured here is the sign from the UK's largest baked bean factory near Wigan, Lancs.
Henry J. Heinz introduced the marketing slogan '57 Varieties' in 1896. He later claimed he was inspired by an advertisement he saw while riding an elevated train in New York City (a shoe store boasting '21 styles'). The reason for '57' is unclear. Heinz said he chose '5' because it was his lucky number and the number '7' was his wife's lucky number. However Heinz also said the number '7' was selected specifically because of the 'psychological influence of that figure and of its enduring significance to people of all ages'. Whatever the reasons, Heinz wanted the company to advertise the greatest number of choices of canned and bottled foods for sale. In fact by 1892, four years before the slogan was created, the Heinz company was already selling more than 60 products.
Animals, especially dogs which are a mixture of multiple breeds, can be referred to as 'Heinz 57'. In bingo in the United Kingdom, a commonly used call for '57' is 'Heinz variety'.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8DYDY - Miners black Safety Telephone AT&E Wigan, Certified for GB National Coal board use
Astley Green, Tyldesley, Manchester, Lancashire, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6175766143 - 'Mylo - Muscle Cars - Play this track here.
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Myles MacInnes (born 10 May 1978, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Scotland), is better known by the stage name Mylo, is a Scottish electronic musician and record producer.
He has provided remixes for Scissor Sisters ('Mary'), Amy Winehouse ('Fuck Me Pumps'), The Knife ('You Take My Breath Away') and The Killers ('Somebody Told Me'). One of his works was a 2004 remix of Kylie Minogue's no 2 UK hit, 'I Believe in You', which appeared on the single that peaked at no 3 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. His biggest chart success to date came in the autumn of 2005. This was when the single 'Doctor Pressure', a mash-up of his own song 'Drop The Pressure' and Miami Sound Machine's 'Dr. Beat', peaked at no 3 on the UK Singles Chart. The single performed well in the U.S., especially on the Hot Dance Airplay and Hot Dance Club Play charts, where it jointly made the Top 10.
'Muscle Car', the follow-up single to 'Doctor Pressure', was a hit in the UK and European dance charts, reaching no 1 on the UK Club Chart in November 2005, and no 38 in the UK Singles Chart. The video that accompanied the single courted controversy as it featured two supposed Chinese spies - actually played by British actors Bruce Wang and Alex Liang - inventing an electronic fly to spy on the American president, George W. Bush. Mylo did not appear in the video.
This is a green '57 Buick automobile and owner Dave Weatherby.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5076530742 - 'A Northern Soul - 'The Verve' - Play this track here.
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Released June 1995, A Northern Soul is the second studio album by English rock band The Verve. The title is a reference to Northern Soul, a popular soul movement in Britain during the 1960s at which Wigan (The Wigan casino) was near its epicentre.
The Verve formed in 1990 in Wigan with Richard Ashcroft on vox, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space rock, by the mid-1990s the band had released several EPs and three albums.
I had first heard a track from their first album on a magazine compilation and was then hooked.
For this 2nd album the band de-camped to their Wigan-based practice room to begin writing and recording songs for their second studio album. Commenting on the effect that working in the 'dank rehearsal room' had on the band's songwriting process, frontman Richard Ashcroft stated:
'Practising in a dungeon in Wigan for this record, you're devoid of any kind of fashion, or thought of 'This is what we should be doing'. Like a band that goes into the studio and plays the music they hear in their heads rather than what they read in magazines'.
Critical acclaim was heaped upon the album (justifyably). Guitar Magazine writer Dan Eccleston claimed 'the band retreated to their Wigan rehearsal room and plugged in, tuned up and flipped out into that parallel universe wherein the Verve song resides. And the result is A Northern Soul - a record whose deep, dark funky rock makes their actually rather lovely '93 debut A Storm in Heaven sound almost limp. The Verve essence remains - swirling guitar arpeggios, grand rock themes, sprawling structures - but it's warmer, denser and more powerful in every way.'
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Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional football (Soccer ! ) team based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. They compete in the Premier League, in which they have been playing since their promotion from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.
They have played at the DW Stadium since 1999, which they now own, sharing the stadium with rugby league club Wigan Warriors. They previously played at Springfield Park for 67 years.
As of the 2009\u201310 season, Wigan Athletic are the youngest club in the Premier League, having only been formed in 1932. Sporting goods retailer JJB Sports\u2014whose former chairman Dave Whelan owns Wigan Athletic and his company DW Sports Fitness is currently the stadium's main sponsor.
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Keywords: NHS,van,ashton,wigan,lancs,lancashire,north,west,england,britain,red,blue,wnow,ice,winter,cold,vehicle,grappenhall,weaste,lane,ln,cheshire,warrington,UK,january,2010,big,freeze,britains,Yikker,HDR,high dynamic range,rot-rosso-rouge-rood,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,highway,road,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4294320497 - 'NHS Ashton, Leigh, Wigan Van parked (or abandoned) in Weaste Lane, Grappenhall, just off the iced up A50 (Knutsford Road). leading up to the M6 motorway junction 20.
The trust are responsible for hospitals, clinics and doctor surgeries across this Lancashire region.
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Keywords: Wigan Moco Wigan band Moco at the Palace venue Levenshulme,Manchester,wigan,moco,band,palace,Levenshulme,wild,blood,stage,live,24Live,music,bands,gigs,gig,musician,performer,unsigned,rock,indie,player,tony,smith,hennigan,stockport,road,A6,corridoor,venue,city,cool,person,people,portrait,image,moko,tonysmith,hot pix,hotpicks,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3828200368 - 'Dripping in blood after a violent set and argument with some amps. Moco front man Steve Jones. Learn more at www.myspace.com/moco
This band are so relaxed when you chat with them at the bar. As soon as the gig starts, Steve is on top of the amps, climbing on everything and hurting himself with stands and amps, everything is a weapon. Here there is no 'stop-word'.
Taken at one of the Levenshulme Palace music venue 24rockfest events.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3711866853 - 'Roxy, Bowie, Kiss, Slade, you get the idea. Shoot for a poster / flyer
St Helens and Wigan based.
A female vocalist here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3827402423/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4327803699 - 'Always good to hear a bit of retro rock and roll.
Most often you might hear it in (what my old dad might have called) a WM (Working Mens) Social Club. It might be after some bingo (a la Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights).
At this social club bar on the edge of St Helens the Wigan Wildkats were too loud and the MC (Compaire) had them turn the amplifiers down a couple of times.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Andy For Us,Burnham,Labour,red,redwall,NW,North West,campaign,Wigan,Greater Manchester,England,UK politics,political,posters,poster,election,new,Westminster,PM,prime minister,Manchesterism,reset,of,socialist,socialism,politics,current metro mayor for Manchester City Region,Andrew Murray Burnham,roadside,advertising,slogan,voter,political change,King of The North,number 10,give them hope back,Kier Starmer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKP05W - Street photograph shows a bright red Vote Andy For Us campaign poster fixed to a wooden stake beside a hedge on a roadside in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester. The image records a moment in the Makerfield by-election campaign, with the slogan, portrait-style graphic and repeated poster in the background creating a strong visual shorthand for Labour politics, local campaigning, mayoral profile and speculation about national leadership. Andy Burnham is presented here through a simplified illustrated face rather than a conventional candidate photograph, giving the poster the feel of modern political branding, social media graphics and northern civic identity. The roadside setting, parked cars, telegraph poles, suburban shops and passing traffic place the message in an ordinary town-centre environment rather than a staged press event. It could illustrate features on parliamentary by-elections, Labour Party renewal, Greater Manchester devolution, metro mayors, the politics of the North West, voter mood, campaign messaging, political posters, street-level democracy and the way local elections can become a proxy for national debate. The wording Andy For Us also carries a distinctly personal and regional appeal, suggesting representation, local loyalty and the idea of a politician rooted in Greater Manchester rather than Westminster. The sky is partly cloudy with evening or late afternoon light, and the shallow depth of field draws attention to the poster while keeping the wider road visible as context. For editors, the picture has value as a recognisable record of a politically charged campaign in a former Lancashire industrial area now within the Wigan borough and the Greater Manchester political landscape. It can support news, opinion, local democracy, social history, electoral analysis, Labour leadership, northern identity, public trust, political communication and UK constitutional devolution themes.
Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, WN4 8UA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EME6NA - Giant red Vote Andy For Us Andy Burnham campaign banner fixed to the gable end of a traditional northern terrace house in the Makerfield constituency, Wigan, Greater Manchester, during the June 2026 by-election campaign. A white van is parked in the foreground, adding a strong white van voter and working-class street politics element to the image, while the rough ground, plain gable wall, small window, satellite dish, chimney stacks and domestic setting root the picture firmly in an ordinary residential neighbourhood. The large banner uses bold white and yellow block lettering with a stylised cartoon portrait of Burnham, making the house itself part of the campaign landscape. The image is useful for editorial coverage of Labour campaigning, Andy Burnham's attempted return to Westminster, northern England politics, by-election strategy, working-class voters, Greater Manchester devolution, political branding, candidate publicity and the changing electoral map in former Labour heartlands. Makerfield attracted national attention because Burnham, then Mayor of Greater Manchester, was standing for Labour in a seat where Reform UK had become a serious challenger. The House of Commons Library noted that Burnham could stand while serving as mayor, but would be disqualified from the mayoralty if elected as an MP, giving the contest wider constitutional and political significance. The presence of the white van, the oversized gable-end poster and the modest housing backdrop make the photograph especially relevant for stories about Labour trying to reconnect with working-class communities, voter identity, public displays of party support, doorstep democracy and the visual language of UK by-elections. The image could also support features on campaign communication, northern town politics, populist pressure on Labour, Wigan borough communities and the use of homes, gardens and street furniture as informal election advertising space.
Hindley, Makerfield constituancy, Greater Manchester
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF764 - Black and white Wigan Casino All-Nighter poster advertising Visit the Heart of Soul sessions running from 12.30 a.m. to 8 a.m. at the famous Station Road venue in Wigan, Lancashire. The poster names leading Northern Soul DJs Russ Winstanley and Richard Searling, with references to Soul Spinners, regular Saturday all-nighters, Friday oldies nights, membership cards, badges, car stickers and posters. It is a strong editorial image for illustrating British youth culture, rare soul collecting, club flyers, music promotion, regional nightlife, dance heritage and the lasting mythology of the Northern Soul scene.
Wigan Casino became one of the defining venues of Northern Soul, the fast-moving dance culture built around rare American soul singles, acrobatic dancing, specialist DJs and overnight travel from towns and cities across the UK. The poster captures the practical language of that era: admission times, DJ names, oldies sessions, membership, badges and record-scene slogans such as Keep the faith . It records how the scene was organised before social media, when printed flyers, word of mouth, fan clubs, record bars and coach trips helped build a national underground network.
The image has value for features on 1970s and early 1980s music history, Wigan civic identity, working-class leisure, analogue design, typography, collectors' memorabilia and the survival of subcultures through archive objects. The worn print, bold block lettering and crowded layout add authenticity, while the visible words Wigan Casino All-Nighter , Heart of Soul , Russ Winstanley and Richard Searling give clear search relevance. It could also support stories about lost venues, night-time economies, northern towns, dance communities, nostalgia, music tourism and the way a demolished building can remain central to a place's cultural memory decades after the last record was played.
Station Road, Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1YQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF859 - Gerrard Winstanley (19 October 1609 “ 10 September 1676) was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and one of the founders of the English group known as the True Levellers or Diggers. The group occupied formerly common land that had been privatised by enclosures and dug them over, pulling down hedges and filling in ditches, to plant crops. True Levellers was the name they used to describe themselves, whereas the term Diggers was coined by contemporaries.
Early life
Gerrard Winstanley was born on 19 October 1609, the son of Edward Winstanley, mercer, and was baptised in the parish of Wigan, then part of the West Derby hundred of Lancashire. His mother's identity remains unknown and he could have been born anywhere in the parish of Wigan. The parish of Wigan contained the townships of Abram, Aspull, Billinge-and-Winstanley, Dalton, Haigh, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Orrell, Pemberton, and Upholland, as well as Wigan itself.
In 1630, Winstanley migrated to the City of London, where he became an apprentice to a Merchant Tailor. In 1638, he was admitted as a freeman of the Merchant Tailors' Company, a trade guild. In 1639, he married Susan King, the daughter of William King, a London surgeon.
English Civil Wars
The First English Civil War disrupted Winstanley's business, and in 1643 he was made bankrupt. His father-in-law helped him to move to Cobham, Surrey, where he initially worked as a cowherd
Winstanley published a pamphlet called The New Law of Righteousness. The basis of this work came from the Book of Acts, chapter two, verses 44 and 45: And all that believed were together, and had all things common
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R8T9K2 - Leigh Spinners or Leigh Mill is an Art's and Heritage Centre consisting of over 60 independent businesses within the complex. https://www.leighspinnersmill.co.uk/
This includes Leigh Film Factory an independent cinema run by volunteers from Leigh Film Society. The building is Grade II* listed It is a former double cotton spinning mill and is located in Bedford, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England.
Businesses
-Leigh Film Factory To provide an affordable, accessible and welcoming space where everyone can enjoy quality cinema experiences, whether for education, business or pleasure.
https://www.leighfilmfactory.com/
History
A product of the last generation of cotton mill building, Leigh Spinners was designed by Bolton architects Bradshaw, Gass & Hope for the Horrocks Company, and built in two phases. The east section comprising the six-storey mill, boiler house and chimney stack was built in 1913 and the matching west section was completed ten years later. One of the few double mills to be completed, it is one of the most complete still standing in Greater Manchester. Part of the factory is occupied by Leigh Spinners Ltd who have manufactured carpets since 1969 and since 2012, synthetic turf products for landscaping and sport.
The building is in poor condition and considered to be at risk by Historic England. A charity, the Leigh Building Preservation Trust was formed to restore the steam engine and engine house. In September 2013 the charity was awarded a £75,000 grant to restore the steam engine and repair the engine house by Waste Recycling Environmental Limited, a heritage fund that protects buildings of historical importance. The charity was able to turn the engine in 2018 for the first time in many years.
As at January 2019, the younger of the two mill buildings has had extensive roof repairs, allowing the Charity to advance the restoration of several floors. Sport England funding enabled the conversion of one floor to accommodate a Table Tennis Club,
Park Ln, Leigh, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN7 2LB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wigan,Greater Manchester,Lancashire,England,UK,WN1 1BH,town,centre,all-nighter,candle,flame,keep the flame burning,Keep on Burning,keep the fire burning,hands,white,black,hand,shaking,KTF,keep the faith,soul,music,world,famous,WCSC,green,red,keep,the,faith,handshake,round,patch,patches
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7H2 - The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it became known as a primary venue for Northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), the Catacombs (Wolverhampton) and the Golden Torch (Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent). It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England. In 1978, allegedly the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino The Best Disco in the World, ahead of New York City's Studio 54. Although there is no tangible evidence of this award ever being publicised.
This England, a TV documentary about the Wigan Casino, was filmed in 1977. Russ Winstanley and Dave Nowell wrote a history of the club, Soul Survivors, The Wigan Casino Story, which was published in 1996.
Wigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress. Local DJs Brian Rigby and Alan Cain approached lease owner Gerry Marshall to run all-nighters. Venue manager Mike Walker brought in Russ Winstanley, who had a DJ set at the local rugby club, to the Casino. At 2 am on Sunday 23 September 1973, Wigan Casino started its first-ever Northern soul all-nighter, with Winstanley as the DJ. After Winstanley and his helper Ian Fishwick, Kev Roberts was the third DJ at Casino all-nighters, who was quickly joined by Richard Searling Soul performers that performed there include Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker.
Young people from all over the UK regularly attended Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. There were long queues to get in. The second dance floor, Mr M's, stayed open until 6 am and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs including Dave Evison and Steve Whittle. All-nighters generally ended with three songs that became known as the '3 before 8': Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend, Long After Tonight Is All Over by Jimmy Radcliffe, and I'm on My Way by Dean Parrish.
Station Road, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK ,WN1 0SD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF77W - The Verve was an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in August 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboard player Simon Tong later became a member in their first reunion only.
Beginning with a psychedelic sound with their debut LP A Storm in Heaven, by the mid-1990s the band had released several EPs and four albums. They also endured name and line-up changes, break-ups, health problems, drug abuse and various lawsuits. The band's commercial breakthrough was the 1997 album Urban Hymns, one of the best-selling albums in UK history. It features the hit singles Bitter Sweet Symphony, The Drugs Don't Work, Sonnet and Lucky Man. In 1998, the band won two Brit Awards, winning Best British Group, appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in March, and in February 1999, Bitter Sweet Symphony was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.
Soon after their commercial peak, The Verve disbanded in April 1999, citing internal conflicts. According to Billboard magazine.
On 24 May 1998, The Verve played a homecoming concert in front of 33,000 fans in the grounds of Haigh Hall & Country Park, Aspull, supported by Beck and John Martyn. The band then played gigs in mainland Europe, but, on 7 June, a post-show fight at Düsseldorf-Philipshalle left McCabe with a broken hand and Ashcroft with a sore jaw. After this, McCabe decided he could not tolerate the pressures of life on the road any longer and pulled out of the tour, leaving the band's future in jeopardy, with rumours of a split circulating in the press. The band continued with session musician B. J. Cole replacing McCabe, whose guitar work was also sampled and triggered on stage.
Haigh Hall , Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK, WN2 1PE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF79K - Buzzcocks is an English punk rock band formed in Bolton, England in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto. They are regarded as a seminal influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, and pop punk. They achieved commercial success with singles that fused pop craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy. These singles were collected on Singles Going Steady, an acclaimed compilation album described by music journalist and critic, Ned Raggett, as a punk masterpiece.
Devoto left the band in 1977, after which Pete Shelley became the principal singer-songwriter. After releasing three albums, as well as Singles Going Steady, the band broke up in 1981 following a dispute with their then-record label, but reunited in 1989 and released six more albums before Shelley's death in 2018, but the band has remained active. Steve Diggle, the guitarist and co-founder of the band, is now singer. They added a new guitarist Mani Perazzoli. They are still touring and released their tenth album in 2022
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
