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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,city,centre,bacteria,soft,safety,food,warning,warnings,Under-fives and pregnant women told to avoid runny eggs when,Under-fives,and,pregnant,women,told,to,avoid,historic,history,For a,cracking,meal,meals,eating,out,dangers,health,vulnerable,people,greasy spoon,cafes,warned,not to eat,under,cooked,Food Standards Agency,FSA,takeaway,Hurst Street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F5129R - Large illustrated mural depicting the famous Mr Egg café at 22 Hurst Street in Birmingham city centre, West Midlands, England. The artwork celebrates one of Birmingham's best-known independent late-night cafés, a venue remembered by generations of residents, students, shift workers, taxi drivers, theatre audiences, pub customers and nightclub visitors seeking inexpensive hot food into the early hours. Established during the late twentieth century, Mr Egg became closely associated with Birmingham's nightlife and developed a loyal following for traditional British café favourites including egg dishes, full English breakfasts, bacon, sausage, beans, chips, toast and tea served long after many restaurants had closed. Located on Hurst Street close to the city's entertainment district and Southside, the café occupied a distinctive position within Birmingham's social history, becoming an instantly recognisable landmark for people enjoying evenings out or finishing work after midnight. The mural recreates the familiar frontage with outdoor seating, menu boards and the memorable For a Cracking Meal' slogan, preserving the appearance of a business that became part of the city's cultural identity throughout the 1980s, 1990s and into the twenty-first century. As Birmingham has undergone extensive regeneration, with changing retail patterns, new residential developments and a transformed hospitality sector, surviving memories of long-established independent cafés have become increasingly valued as part of the city's urban heritage. Images of Mr Egg resonate with those interested in local history, nostalgia, British café culture, independent businesses, city centre regeneration, architecture, food history, tourism, documentary photography and the evolution of the UK's night-time economy. The mural serves both as public art and as a reminder of an iconic Birmingham institution that occupies a special place in the memories of countless visitors and local people alike.
Mr Egg, 22 Hurst Street, Birmingham, West Midlands B5 4BN, England
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,poster,for,women,womens,equal,pay,wages,fight,disputes,union,works,rights,1960,1970,1970s,walk,1960s,work,low,unequal,parity,Glasgow,Scotland,Womens,Strike,GMB,action,strike,strikes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BGBM - . Poster for women's union works rights walk, 1960s - Glasgow Women's Strike GMB. Photographed on 25 July 2026, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include poster, women, womens, equal, pay, wages, fight, disputes, union, works, rights, 1970s, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. The political or campaigning content is suitable for neutral editorial coverage of protest, organised labour, elections, public debate, campaigning, civil society and the way political messages are presented in public. Placards, posters, leaflets, slogans and demonstrations are valuable documentary evidence of a particular moment and can support later historical comparison without implying endorsement of the views displayed. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A0039,Stand Together poster,Stand,Together,poster,Newsreel,Collective,film,Grunwick,strike,Peoples History Museum,Peoples,History,Museum,Manchester,England,UK,trade,union,solidarity,workers,labour,industrial,relations,protest,campaigning,political,documentary,1970s,migration,Asian,women
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BGE4 - Stand Together poster for the Newsreel Collective film about the Grunwick strike, displayed at People's History Museum in Manchester, England, UK. The bold red, yellow and green design promotes a film documenting mass trade union solidarity during the long-running Grunwick dispute in north-west London in the 1970s. The strike began among mainly female Asian workers at the Grunwick film-processing business and became a nationally significant confrontation over trade union recognition, workplace conditions, immigration, race, gender and organised labour. Large solidarity pickets brought together trade unionists and supporters from across Britain, making the dispute one of the defining labour conflicts of the decade. This museum poster provides strong editorial imagery for the Grunwick strike, union solidarity, industrial relations, migrant workers, political filmmaking, labour campaigning, protest graphics, 1970s Britain, working-class history and the use of posters and documentary film in political movements.
People's History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3ER, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,dispute,Defend,the,1976,strikes,1978,trade union,TGWU support,trade unions,industrial dispute,Britain,recognition,workers,rights,protest,South Asian,women,Willesden London,Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories,British labour history,1970s industrial relations,mass picketing Grunwick,working class solidarity,strike committee artwork,historic protest banner,labour movement memorabilia,right to strike campaign,union solidarity,factory workers strike,migrant workers Britain,political textile,protest art,workers dignity,industrial action history,London,Brent Trades Council,protest heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BGE5 - Historic Grunwick Strike Committee banner carrying the slogan Defend the Right to Strike, produced during the landmark Grunwick industrial dispute of 1976 to 1978. The bold red, black and white geometric design includes the names APEX and TGWU, linking the banner with organised trade union support for workers at Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories in Willesden, north west London. The dispute began in August 1976 when a small group of workers led by Jayaben Desai walked out after disputes over management treatment, compulsory overtime and dismissals. The action rapidly developed into a major campaign for trade union recognition, workplace dignity and employment rights. Many of the strikers were South Asian women and migrant workers, and their campaign became a powerful symbol of black and white working-class solidarity in 1970s Britain. APEX, the Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff, made the strike official, while support spread across the wider labour movement, including postal workers, miners, trades councils and other unions. Mass pickets at Grunwick attracted thousands of supporters and brought nationally televised confrontations with police, making the dispute one of the defining industrial conflicts of the decade. The banner is now held by the People's History Museum in Manchester, whose collection documents political, trade union and working-class history. Conservation research identifies the fabric as sturdy cotton, with plastic-coated textile used for lettering and parts of the upper motif, creating unusual preservation challenges. The striking modernist design, angular forms and forceful typography turn a practical demonstration banner into an important piece of British protest art. It remains a vivid artefact of debates over union recognition, migration, race, women's activism, industrial relations and the right to organise. No sky or seasonal detail is visible because the photograph records the banner indoors.
Willesden, north west London, England
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,female,women,choir,performance,community,singers,singing,Scotland,concert,conductor,live,music,Saturday,27/06/2026,Scottish,event,group,members,cultural,activity,blonde musical,director,mass participation arts,contemporary vocal ensemble,amateur singing movement,inclusive music organisation,public plaza entertainment,iconic equine sculptures,Andy Scott artwork,Scottish visitor attraction,Forth and Clyde Canal heritage,intergenerational performers,wellbeing through song,organised leisure activity,tourism event photography,open-air musical gathering,yellow star logo
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EX1RCC - Members of Rock Choir perform outdoors beneath The Kelpies at Helix Park in Falkirk, Scotland, on Saturday 27 June 2026. A blonde female choir leader stands in the foreground with one arm raised, conducting the large mixed group of singers arranged in rows across the paved plaza. The performers wear matching black T-shirts carrying Rock Choir's yellow star emblem, creating a strong visual contrast against the pale paving, green landscape and dramatic grey sky.
Behind the choir rise the two monumental steel horse heads known as The Kelpies. Designed by Scottish sculptor Andy Scott, the 30-metre-high structures were completed in 2014 and celebrate Scotland's horse-powered industrial and agricultural heritage, particularly the heavy working horses associated with canals, haulage and industry. The sculptures stand beside the Forth and Clyde Canal within The Helix, a large public park linking communities between Falkirk and Grangemouth.
The performance brings together community singing, public art and an internationally recognised Scottish landmark. Rock Choir is known for large, accessible contemporary choirs whose members perform popular songs without the need for formal auditions or musical notation. The image captures the energy and inclusiveness of group singing, with participants of different ages taking part in a public outdoor performance.
The broad plaza provides space for the singers, conductor and portable music equipment, while visitors and surrounding parkland remain visible around the group. Heavy cloud overhead adds drama to the scene and emphasises the scale of the metal sculptures. The photograph is relevant to editorial themes including community arts, amateur singing, live music, cultural participation, public performance, Scottish tourism, landmark architecture and events at The Kelpies
The Kelpies, The Helix, Falkirk, Scotland, FK2 7ZT, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_1113,Mary Mitchell Slessor,memorial,St Marys Tower,Dundee,Scotland,UK,portrait,stone,missionary,Scottish,church,heritage,women,history,Christianity,social,reform,Nigeria,jute,worker,Presbyterian,humanitarian,monument,plaque,historic,community,religion,woman,tourist,attraction,tourism,Christian
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENMR5F - Mary Mitchell Slessor memorial at St Mary's Tower and church complex in Dundee, Scotland, UK. The portrait medallion of the celebrated Scottish missionary is set into a large natural stone with an explanatory plaque below, standing in landscaped grounds with historic church architecture behind. Mary Slessor grew up in Dundee and worked in the city's jute industry before becoming a Presbyterian missionary in what is now Nigeria, where she became known for her work with local communities, women's rights and opposition to the killing of twins. Her story has a particularly strong association with Dundee's social and industrial history because her early life was shaped by the city's nineteenth-century mill economy. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Mary Slessor, Scottish missionaries, Dundee heritage, women's history, Christianity, social reform, Nigerian history, memorials, public sculpture, church grounds, jute workers and notable Scottish women. The stone monument, portrait and church backdrop provide a clear visual link between Slessor's local Dundee roots and the international humanitarian reputation she later developed.
St Mary's Tower, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,EFC,Everton,FC,football,club,blue,bues,255A9810,Home of Everton Women,Walton Hall Park,Liverpool,England,UK,Women,signage,stadium,sport,female,athletes,equality,development,ground,facilities,team,investment,elite
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKNYPB - . Home of Everton Women signage at Walton Hall Park in Liverpool, England, UK. Photographed on 30 May 2026. The recorded location is Walton Hall Park, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. The large blue facade carries HOME OF EVERTON WOMEN lettering across the sports venue, identifying the ground used by Everton FC's women's team. The strong blue club branding and straightforward architectural view make this a useful establishing image for stories about Everton's women's team, the growth of the women's game, attendances, investment and the facilities supporting elite female football. Within the history of signage, signs are functional pieces of graphic design that organise movement and communicate rules, names or destinations
Lettering, symbols, colours and materials can date public space as clearly as architecture, particularly when organisations rebrand or regulations change. In relation to fan culture, historical context shows that football and major sporting events leave a rich material record through flags, tickets, souvenirs, programmes and venue signage
International tournaments in particular can turn everyday objects into historical evidence of national sporting culture. For the story of social housing, it is useful to note that images of construction and residential redevelopment can become important evidence of neighbourhood change, particularly where industrial land or earlier housing is later replaced by higher-density homes. Against the 2026 backdrop for signage, current public-realm design increasingly expects signs to be legible, inclusive and consistent, while bilingual and accessibility information reflects wider policy around language and equal access. As of 2026, the position for fan culture is that professional sport remains closely tied to broadcast rights, tourism, sponsorship and stadium redevelopment, while supporter experience, policing, ticket prices and transport continue to shape matchday debate.
Walton Hall Park, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_9935,Women at beer festival,Women,beer,festival,ale,pub,brewery,hospitality,drinking,local,culture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EENJA9 - . Women at beer festival, England, UK. Photographed on 9 May 2026. The historical setting for cask ale is 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. Seen through event infrastructure, the earlier context is that public festivals create a distinctive form of social history because the event may last only days while drawing together community groups, businesses and visitors from a much wider area. For regional tourism, the historical context is 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. In the 2026 discussion of cask ale, 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. The 2026 relevance of event infrastructure comes from the fact that events remain important to local visitor economies , but organisers face higher costs and expectations around safeguarding, sustainability and inclusive access. Closely related image-search terms include public house, licensed premises, alehouse, hostelry, bar trade, real ale, local pub, historic pub, nightlife, community asset, independent brewery, public event, crowd, celebration, event management, visitor economy, community festival, and cultural event. Associated keywords and synonyms include street festival, crowd safety, live entertainment, tourism event, annual festival, public celebration, visitor destination, sightseeing, and heritage tourism.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Dr,Katherine Fussell,star,Wigan,1st female,surgeon,255A9128,Dr Katharine Fussell,Wigans first female surgeon,Greater Manchester,England,UK,female,medicine,healthcare,women,history,pioneer,public,commemoration,heritage,pavement,medical,local,Council,achievement
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKD8GK - . Dr Katharine Fussell Wigan's first female surgeon star in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 6 May 2026. The recorded location is Wigan town centre, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The pavement memorial uses a blue star design with Wigan Council branding and identifies Fussell as an important figure in local medical history. The close-up format clearly records the inscription and offers a useful visual for stories about women's professional achievements, the history of surgery and healthcare, local role models and the recognition of notable people associated with Wigan. Seen through town centre, the earlier context is that town and neighbourhood images record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. For biography, the historical context is that biographical landmarks are especially valuable where the original person or activity is no longer present, preserving a geographic connection between cultural history and place. Looking at MRI, the longer history is that the National Health Service, founded in 1948, created a universal healthcare system whose hospitals, ambulances, clinics and public-information campaigns became familiar features of British life
Medical technology has continually changed the appearance of those services. The 2026 relevance of town centre comes from the fact that current place-making policy increasingly emphasises distinctive local identity rather than generic development, so small landmarks and community businesses can become important parts of how an area is represented. For biography, the 2026 context is that cultural tourism increasingly uses plaques, trails, murals and public art to connect visitors with writers, actors and musicians associated with a place.
Wigan town centre, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Notting,Hill,Carnival,London,Caribbean,culture,people,festival,street,celebration,crowd,summer,WestLondon,community,multicultural,heritage,colourful,event,UK,Notting Hill,2026,60th,anniversary,flag,participants,girls,women,costume,spirit,of,North Kensington,black,BME,communities,legacy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E302TH - . Notting Hill Carnival participants carrying Suriname flags during the London parade. Photographed on 25 August 2025. The recorded location is Notting Hill, London, England, UK. The busy scene captures the international and multicultural character of the carnival, with performers and visitors celebrating Caribbean and wider diaspora cultures in west London. Bright clothing, national flags and the crowded street environment provide a strong documentary record of one of London's best-known annual cultural events. Notting Hill Carnival developed from Caribbean community celebrations in west London during the 1960s and has become one of Europe's largest street festivals. In 2026 the event marks its 60th anniversary, giving imagery of costumes, flags, stewards, route signs and crowds additional historical relevance. For event management, the historical context is that carnivals, beer festivals and civic celebrations preserve traditions while continually adapting to new audiences
Signs, temporary stages, costumes and crowd-management measures document how organisers transform ordinary streets and venues. For event management, the 2026 context is that major festivals are increasingly planned around crowd safety, accessibility, transport, security and environmental impact as well as entertainment
Images can therefore illustrate the operational infrastructure behind apparently spontaneous celebration. Further relevant search phrases include public event, visitor economy, community festival, event infrastructure, live entertainment, tourism event, annual festival, public celebration, 255A0229, people, dance, summer, WestLondon, heritage, and colourful. Looking at cultural event, the longer history is that festivals turn public space into temporary cultural infrastructure, bringing together performance, food, drink, costumes and crowds
Repeated annual events can become important parts of local identity and tourism.
Notting Hill, London, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,service,double,green,decker,First Leeds,evening,city,centre,at,public transport,night,safe,travel,The Headrow,bus stop,West Yorkshire,double decker,transport,night-time,passenger,safety,bus shelter,network,without a tram,journeys,after,dark,women,travelling at night,sustainable,mobility,reducing drink driving,alternative to night-time taxis,bus,capped,fare,£2 fare
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F2PH2P - Green LeedsCity double-decker bus operating the First Leeds number 50A service stops to collect passengers on The Headrow in Leeds city centre. Its illuminated destination display reads Asket Drive , while the registration SL67 VKF is visible beneath the windscreen. The photograph was taken during the blue hour at dusk, when streetlights, shop windows, vehicle lights and the illuminated bus shelter contrast against the deep blue evening sky.
Several pedestrians are using or passing the stop, illustrating the importance of visible, accessible public transport during the evening. The well-lit shelter, active street frontage and waiting bus create a sense of movement and relative security in the city centre after dark. Public buses can provide an important alternative to driving, taxis or walking alone, particularly for people travelling home from work, shopping, hospitality venues or evening entertainment.
The image is relevant to wider discussion about safe journeys at night, women's safety in city centres, passenger security at bus stops and the design of welcoming public spaces. Lighting, natural surveillance, reliable services, clear destination information and other people being present can all influence whether passengers feel comfortable using public transport after dark.
A digital advertising panel beside the bus carries the wording Can you speak to the manager? Yes. The Light retail and leisure complex is visible on the right, helping to identify the location as The Headrow in central Leeds. The surrounding area includes shops, restaurants, entertainment venues, hotels and busy pedestrian routes.
The 50A service links Leeds city centre with communities including Asket Drive and Seacroft, while also running west towards Horsforth. The scene combines sustainable urban mobility, evening city life, illuminated transport infrastructure and the practical role of buses in supporting safer, lower-carbon journeys through a major northern English city.
Bus stop H2, The Headrow, outside The Light, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, LS1 8TL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,estate,estates,East London,at,evening,night,women,female,urban,residential,map,sign,dusk,street scene,after dark,security,personal,concerns,inner city,living,wayfinding,board,public realm,ASB,violence against women,walking home alone,urban design and safety,estate lighting,community safety,social,crime,prevention,management,residential environment,safer public spaces,metropolitan,vulnerability
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3F0Y0 - Hackney Housing sign for Goldsmiths Square Estate stands on a grassed area at dusk in East London, with brick residential blocks, lit windows and parked scooters visible behind it. The noticeboard includes a simple estate plan and block list, making it a useful visual shorthand for council or social housing environments in inner London. The fading light, shadowed surroundings and quiet estate setting give the image a stronger editorial meaning than a straightforward wayfinding photograph.
This picture lends itself to wider debate about safety after dark on urban estates, especially for women and lone walkers. Concerns about walking home alone, poorly overlooked routes, hidden corners, weak lighting, inactive frontages and fear of crime remain important issues in many cities. The image does not in itself prove that Goldsmiths Square is unsafe, but it works well as a representation of the anxieties many residents and visitors may feel when moving through inner city residential areas at night.
It also connects to broader housing management themes. Landlords and estate managers are often expected to think beyond bricks and mortar, looking at lighting, visibility, grounds maintenance, signage, access control, responsive repairs, antisocial behaviour, community reassurance and the overall feel of a place after dark. In policy and media terms, photographs like this can illustrate discussion about violence against women, pedestrian vulnerability, safer streets, neighbourhood design, public realm management and the balance between secure living environments and everyday freedom of movement.
Visually, the image combines estate identity, local authority housing, evening ambience and urban context. It is suitable for editorial use on themes including personal safety, women's safety, fear of crime, London estates, inner city housing, community wellbeing, residential design, social landlord responsibilities and the lived experience of walking through city estates after dark.
Goldsmiths Square Estate, Hackney, East London, England, UK, E2 8QR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,1100,Warrington,village,historic,heritage,WA4 2SU,WA4,viking,History and Heritage Day,years,festival,9-24th,September,Sep,2023,Wirral,renactment,Wirral Ship Fellowship,early,medieval,Living History,group,women,ladies,lady,show,demonstration,demonstrations,females,costume,costumed,in
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RY1R0K - Wirhalh Skip Felagr The Wirral Ship Fellowship, is Merseyside's leading Viking, Saxon and Norman re-enactment group. Wirhalh Skip Felagr focuses primarily upon the Hiberno Norse Vikings who settled the Wirral in 902AD. We also portray other cultures from the beginning of the Viking invasion in 793AD to beyond the Norman Conquest in 1066AD.
Wirhalh Skip Felagr offers the following services:
Early medieval living history - Period crafts and/or combat displays for all types of events.
Costumed historical interpretation - For Museums and the wider heritage industry.
Educational visits - Historical activities for schools, libraries etc.
Talks and lectures - On Viking / Saxon life and history.
Practical demonstrations/workshops - Traditional skills displays and courses.
Costumed performers - Background extras and props for film / TV / publicity / media / news work.
Read more at http://www.wirralvikings.org.uk/
Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,London,South East,English,British,night,dusk,evening,outside,exterior,outdoor,outdoors,red,show,shows,world,famous,fabulous,red light,district,striptease,erotic,exotic,dances,dancers,the,nightclub,night club,W1D,17-19,Great Windmill Street,W1D 7JZ,tableaux vivants,girls,women,clubbing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWMENY - The Windmill Theatre in Great Windmill Street, London, was a variety and revue theatre best known for its nude tableaux vivants, which began in 1932 and lasted until its reversion to a cinema in 1964. Many prominent British comedians of the post-war years started their careers at the theatre.
Amrit Walia, the co-founder, said: In the 1930's Laura Henderson famously broke conventions and challenged norms to create the famous institution known as the Windmill Theatre
A breakthrough came when Van Damm began to incorporate glamorous nude females on stage, inspired by the Folies Bergère and Moulin Rouge in Paris. This coup was made possible by convincing Lord Cromer, then Lord Chamberlain, in his position as the censor for all theatrical performances in London, that the display of nudity in theatres was not obscene: since the authorities could not credibly hold nude statues to be morally objectionable, the theatre presented its nudes the legendary Windmill Girls in motionless poses as living statues or tableaux vivants. The ruling: 'If you move, it's rude.'
The cinema's lease was bought in February 1974 by nightclub and erotica entrepreneur Paul Raymond. Raymond returned it to a venue for nude shows à la Revuedeville but without the comic element. The first production at the now renamed Windmill Theatre was a play called Let's Get Laid, which opened on 2 September 1974. and starred Fiona Richmond and John Inman. A nude dance show called Rip-Off was the next production at the theatre
this show commenced on 10 May 1976. Paul Raymond re-introduced burlesque when he renamed the Windmill La Vie en Rose Show Bar and opened the venue as a supper club with a laser disco on 16 November 1982.
In May 2021, it was announced that the Windmill would reopen as a 350-seat restaurant and bar, with a cabaret
17-19 Great Windmill St, London, England, UK, W1D 7JZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC95RJ - Tea One The Baum / Yorkshire Street
Combining elements of classical painting with inspirations from the world of graffiti Tea One is influenced by the post industrial landscape of Northern Britain. Particularly he draws from those remnants left over from the areas once abundant past. Painting on the alley known as the Baum he has weaved seven stories together from seven different women. Calling the piece the Seven Sisters' he is of course also referencing the famous apartment blocks through placing real life stories into that context.
His stories are those which many of us would have experienced. Each of the women in the mural have their own tale to tell but they are tales that all of us could associate with. From left to right the first woman holds something up to a light. It's unknown what it is but it could be an opportunity or it could be a burden. She doesn't know it yet but her life might be about to change either way. Next to her a woman sits in a boat rowing with her back to her destination. She isn't sure what lies ahead yet she still travels into the unknown, she is on her own personal odyssey.
The third woman is wearing a mask. She is struggling with her own identity. Perhaps living a charade or just not sure what journey she is on or whether it is indeed the right one. The silhouetted figure next to her represents travel. Either leaving or arriving she could be about to go on a journey or may be coming home after a voyage. The fifth woman represents rebirth, pregnant she is about to bring new life into the world. Next to her meanwhile a tear falls down the face of the sixth woman. She is experiencing her own private tragedy. Though we don't know what it is we will have all had similar emotions from time to time.
The mural from Teaone' is called the Seven Sisters
The final woman as part of this mural is deeply personal to the artist. Showing a woman undergoing treatment for breast cancer. He calls this overcoming the monster
55 Yorkshire St, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK, OL16 1BT
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Keywords: Greater Manchester,centre,England,UK,NW,North West,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,OL16,55 Yorkshire St,Rochdale,OL16 1BT,Seven Sisters,mural,art,streetart,in,the,women,female,females,breast,cancer,treatment,town,casino lounge,44,from,2019,uprising festival,graffiti,tale,tales,personal,odyssey,voyage,Hip-Hop,HipHop
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC95RN - Tea One The Baum / Yorkshire Street
Combining elements of classical painting with inspirations from the world of graffiti Tea One is influenced by the post industrial landscape of Northern Britain. Particularly he draws from those remnants left over from the areas once abundant past. Painting on the alley known as the Baum he has weaved seven stories together from seven different women. Calling the piece the Seven Sisters' he is of course also referencing the famous apartment blocks through placing real life stories into that context.
His stories are those which many of us would have experienced. Each of the women in the mural have their own tale to tell but they are tales that all of us could associate with. From left to right the first woman holds something up to a light. It's unknown what it is but it could be an opportunity or it could be a burden. She doesn't know it yet but her life might be about to change either way. Next to her a woman sits in a boat rowing with her back to her destination. She isn't sure what lies ahead yet she still travels into the unknown, she is on her own personal odyssey.
The third woman is wearing a mask. She is struggling with her own identity. Perhaps living a charade or just not sure what journey she is on or whether it is indeed the right one. The silhouetted figure next to her represents travel. Either leaving or arriving she could be about to go on a journey or may be coming home after a voyage. The fifth woman represents rebirth, pregnant she is about to bring new life into the world. Next to her meanwhile a tear falls down the face of the sixth woman. She is experiencing her own private tragedy. Though we don't know what it is we will have all had similar emotions from time to time.
The mural from Teaone' is called the Seven Sisters
The final woman as part of this mural is deeply personal to the artist. Showing a woman undergoing treatment for breast cancer. He calls this overcoming the monster
55 Yorkshire St, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK, OL16 1BT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the,Rings Of Power,advert,ad,ads,adverts,on,London underground,tube,advertisement,advertisements,poster,promotion,promoting,women,female,females,at,in,entertainment,media,film,films,platforms,stream,internet,web,station,a,season,subway,TV,show,shows,Hollywood,strike,strikes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R8T9GA - . Amazon Prime Endless Entertainment advert on the London underground tube, at Euston station.- The Power, No Time To Die, Lord of the rings. Photographed on 19 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Euston station, Camden ,London, UK, NW1 2RT, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Rings Of Power, advert, ads, adverts, London underground, tube, advertisement, advertisements, poster, promotion, promoting, women, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Transport context makes the photograph useful for stories about rail travel, passenger journeys, stations and interchanges, public transport investment, regional connectivity and the everyday experience of moving through the UK rail network. Railway architecture, passenger facilities, route identity, signage and operational infrastructure are important documentary themes, particularly as stations and services are modernised or altered over time. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Euston station, Camden ,London, UK, NW1 2RT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,English,England,Merseyside,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,UK,L1 7AZ,L1,CofE,architecture,history,historic,religious,religion,interior,inside,embellishment,Giles Gilbert Scott,of,women,womens,window,windows,lady,chapel,portrait,portraits,Elizabeth Barrett Browning,Kitty Wilkinson,Agnes Jones,Elizabeth Fry,Grace Darling
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PK2AHD - The portrait windows of noble women on the west wall of the Chapel are famous. Restored after the Second World War, they show women from different areas of life, including local heroes like Kitty Wilkinson, helper of the poor and Agnes Jones, a devoted nurse as well as nationally known figures such as Grace Darling, Elizabeth Fry and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
St James' Mount, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,English,England,Merseyside,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,UK,L1 7AZ,L1,CofE,architecture,history,historic,religious,religion,interior,inside,embellishment,Giles Gilbert Scott,of,women,womens,window,windows,lady,chapel,portrait,portraits,Elizabeth Barrett Browning,Kitty Wilkinson,Agnes Jones,Elizabeth Fry,Grace Darling,protestant
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PK2AHJ - The portrait windows of noble women on the west wall of the Chapel are famous. Restored after the Second World War, they show women from different areas of life, including local heroes like Kitty Wilkinson, helper of the poor and Agnes Jones, a devoted nurse as well as nationally known figures such as Grace Darling, Elizabeth Fry and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
St James' Mount, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,English,England,Merseyside,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,UK,L1 7AZ,L1,CofE,architecture,history,historic,religious,religion,interior,inside,embellishment,Giles Gilbert Scott,of,women,womens,window,windows,lady,chapel,portrait,portraits,Elizabeth Barrett Browning,Kitty Wilkinson,Agnes Jones,Elizabeth Fry,Grace Darling,protestant,feminism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PK2AHP - . Gift of girls friendly society stained glass windows lady chapel, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral,St James' Mount, Liverpool,Merseyside, England, UK, L1. Photographed on 1 April 2023. The recorded location is St James' Mount, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ. The portrait windows of noble women on the west wall of the Chapel are famous. Restored after the Second World War, they show women from different areas of life, including local heroes like Kitty Wilkinson, helper of the poor and Agnes Jones, a devoted nurse as well as nationally known figures such as Grace Darling, Elizabeth Fry and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The background to memorial is that ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local evidence
Churchyard monuments, carved stone, stained glass and plaques offer material for genealogy, architectural history, religious practice and remembrance. Current 2026 context around memorial 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. Alternative search wording includes ecclesiastical architecture, parish church, Christian heritage, sacred art, religious symbolism, church interior, place of worship, architectural conservation, local history, faith community, historic fabric, religious heritage, and St James Mount. Additional discoverability terms include Church of England, females, English, tourist, tourism, CofE, architecture, religion, interior, inside, embellishment, Giles Gilbert Scott, and womens. A further layer of meaning comes from ecclesiastical architecture, parish church and Christian heritage. The image also relates directly to parish church, Christian heritage and sacred art.
St James' Mount, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,English,England,Merseyside,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,UK,L1 7AZ,L1,CofE,architecture,history,historic,religious,religion,interior,inside,embellishment,Giles Gilbert Scott,of,women,womens,window,windows,lady,chapel,portrait,portraits,Elizabeth Barrett Browning,Kitty Wilkinson,Agnes Jones,Elizabeth Fry,Grace Darling,protestant,feminism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PK2AHY - . Gift of girls friendly society stained glass windows lady chapel, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral,St James' Mount, Liverpool,Merseyside, England, UK, L1. Photographed on 1 April 2023. The recorded location is St James' Mount, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ. The portrait windows of noble women on the west wall of the Chapel are famous. Restored after the Second World War, they show women from different areas of life, including local heroes like Kitty Wilkinson, helper of the poor and Agnes Jones, a devoted nurse as well as nationally known figures such as Grace Darling, Elizabeth Fry and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Looking at churchyard, the longer history is that parish churches and cathedrals are among Britain's richest sources of architectural and social history
Medieval fabric, later chapels, organs, altars, monuments and inscriptions can coexist within a single building, revealing generations of craftsmanship and evolving liturgy. In 2026, churchyard remains relevant because historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for tourism, music, community use and local identity
Images of interiors, memorials and churchyards can support stories about conservation, heritage skills and the continuing reuse of sacred buildings. Other strongly related concepts include ecclesiastical architecture, Christian heritage, sacred art, religious symbolism, church interior, place of worship, architectural conservation, local history, faith community, historic fabric, religious heritage, St James Mount, and Church of England. Relevant long-tail terms include females, English, tourist, attraction, attractions, CofE, architecture, religious, religion, inside, embellishment, Giles Gilbert Scott, and womens. Its wider context brings together ecclesiastical architecture, Christian heritage and sacred art. A further layer of meaning comes from Christian heritage, sacred art and religious symbolism.
St James' Mount, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ
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Keywords: Manchester,city,centre,Greater,England,UK,M4,Hilton House,71 Oldham St,M4 1LW,shop,store,friendly service,for,and,males,females,BDSM,art,sex shop,sex,aids,cap,hat,sexy,blue,sign,outside,external,erotic,sex toy,sex toys,easy,access,stores,shops,men,women,positions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD2NB - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Hilton House, 71 Oldham St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1LW in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The main point of reference is Adult Superstore, friendly service for ladies and gents, Hilton House, 71 Oldham St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1LW. The surrounding context encompasses local enterprise, street-level business, destination shopping, period architecture, commercial streetscape, town-centre economy, adaptive reuse, shopfront economy, period detail, commercial redevelopment, built heritage, consumer retail, historical comparison, and customer footfall. The wider contemporary story combines store closures, business rates and how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heritage conservation, adaptive reuse and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at Hilton House, 71 Oldham St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1LW, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. Other useful contextual ideas include visual archive, changing streetscape, regional identity, architectural character, place-making, social history, town-centre renewal, and public-realm investment. The recorded references to Manchester, Adult, friendly, Hilton, and Superstore preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Hilton House, 71 Oldham St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1LW helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image fixes evidence of changing use for later comparison. Image 2JTD2NB also remains a dated record of Hilton House, 71 Oldham St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1LW.
Hilton House, 71 Oldham St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1LW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Blackpool,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,Past Present Future,on promenade,FY1,Palm,palms read,reading,read,Clairvoyants,Crystal,Ball,balls,Past,your,Present,Future,on,seaside,pasttime,see,future,in,the,stars,aimed,at,females,women,superstition,GMTV,Granada,TV
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM32P - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The principal subject is Romany Lavinia, Palmist, Clairvoyant, Crystal Ball, Past Present Future, on promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1. Another layer of the photograph includes contemporary social history, public-realm investment, commercial redevelopment, place identity, urban fabric, social history, historical comparison, heritage-led regeneration, urban regeneration, period detail, built heritage, archival record, before-and-after reference, and visual archive. Current relevance extends to construction costs and heritage conservation, particularly through the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare period objects and surrounding context with whatever follows after refurbishment. The subject also sits alongside mixed-use redevelopment, public realm, adaptive reuse, architectural character, community identity, place-making, civic architecture, and changing land use. The combination of Lavinia, Crystal, Future, Lancashire, and Present anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of the recorded location 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 construction costs and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Another useful connection is town-centre regeneration and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space when considered against later change at the recorded location. The frame retains details of everyday use for later comparison.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Blackpool,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,Past Present Future,on promenade,FY1,Palm,palms read,reading,read,Clairvoyants,Crystal,Ball,balls,Past,your,Present,Future,on,seaside,pasttime,see,future,in,the,stars,lady,ladies,women,see your future,superstition,very superstitious,A-board,Aboard,come inside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM32Y - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The frame specifically shows Romany Lavinia, Palmist, Clairvoyant, Crystal Ball, Past Present Future, on promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1. The surrounding context encompasses civic architecture, place-making, mixed-use redevelopment, local history, commercial redevelopment, changing land use, contemporary social history, social history, place identity, community identity, local character, public realm, regional identity, and historical comparison. From a 2025-onward perspective, construction costs and town-centre regeneration are closely linked to this subject, alongside the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. The wider setting retains connections with archival record, public-realm investment, visual archive, period architecture, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, town-centre renewal, and urban regeneration. The recorded references to Romany, Future, Palmist, Lavinia, and Clairvoyant preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to construction costs and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres when considered against later change at the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of commercial viability and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,West Oxfordshire,England,UK,OX7 5NA,the,old,town hall,history,PC,at,Ladies,woman,women,toilet,toilets,public,female,restroom,restrooms,lavatory,lavatories,gender-separated,spaces,space,gender-critical,feminism,ciscentric,heteronormative,bodily,functions,transphobic,trans-exclusionary,positions,womanhood,OX7
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPB8W1 - As one of the few explicitly gender-separated spaces, the toilet has become a prominent site of conflict and a focal point for gender-critical' feminism. In this article we draw upon an AHRC-funded project, Around the Toilet, to reflect upon and critique trans-exclusionary and trans-hostile narratives of toilet spaces. Such narratives include ciscentric, heteronormative and gender essentialist positions within toilet research and activism which, for example, equate certain actions and bodily functions (such as menstruation) to a particular gender, decry the need for all-gender toilets, and cast suspicion upon the intentions of trans women in public toilet spaces. These include explicitly transmisogynist discourses perpetuated largely by those calling themselves gender-critical' feminists, but also extend to national media, right-wing populist discourses and beyond. We use Around the Toilet data to argue that access to safe and comfortable toilets plays a fundamental role in making trans lives possible. Furthermore, we contend that whether naive, ignorant or explicitly transphobic trans-exclusionary positions do little to improve toilet access for the majority, instead putting trans people, and others with visible markers of gender difference, at a greater risk of violence, and participating in the dangerous homogenisation of womanhood. More at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038026120934697
Chipping Norton, West Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX7 5NA
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,West Oxfordshire,England,UK,OX7 5NA,the,old,town hall,history,PC,at,Ladies,woman,women,toilet,toilets,public,female,restroom,restrooms,lavatory,lavatories,gender-separated,spaces,space,gender-critical,feminism,ciscentric,heteronormative,bodily,functions,transphobic,trans-exclusionary,positions,womanhood,OX7
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPB8W3 - As one of the few explicitly gender-separated spaces, the toilet has become a prominent site of conflict and a focal point for gender-critical' feminism. In this article we draw upon an AHRC-funded project, Around the Toilet, to reflect upon and critique trans-exclusionary and trans-hostile narratives of toilet spaces. Such narratives include ciscentric, heteronormative and gender essentialist positions within toilet research and activism which, for example, equate certain actions and bodily functions (such as menstruation) to a particular gender, decry the need for all-gender toilets, and cast suspicion upon the intentions of trans women in public toilet spaces. These include explicitly transmisogynist discourses perpetuated largely by those calling themselves gender-critical' feminists, but also extend to national media, right-wing populist discourses and beyond. We use Around the Toilet data to argue that access to safe and comfortable toilets plays a fundamental role in making trans lives possible. Furthermore, we contend that whether naive, ignorant or explicitly transphobic trans-exclusionary positions do little to improve toilet access for the majority, instead putting trans people, and others with visible markers of gender difference, at a greater risk of violence, and participating in the dangerous homogenisation of womanhood. More at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038026120934697
Chipping Norton, West Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX7 5NA
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,W1F 0SF,shop,18+,rainbow,LGBT,LGBTQ,sex,store,stores,Sohos,men,blokes,porn,supplier,of,books,DVDs,magazines,film,films,adult store,hardcore,softcore,clothing,clothes,aid,aids,women,mens,devices,vibrators,positions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJYRE4 - . Photographed at Brewer St, London, England, UK, W1F 0SF in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The image documents Sohos original adult store - Brewer St, London, England, UK, W1F 0SF. The setting additionally reflects public realm, regional identity, social landscape, place identity, queer London, before-and-after reference, community identity, local identity, community safe space, urban social history, everyday life, queer social space, street-level documentary, and LGBTQ community venue. For current editorial use, LGBTQ heritage and Pride visibility provide additional context, especially through how Soho remains a symbolic centre of LGBTQ nightlife. Current relevance extends to commercial change and regeneration, particularly through the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. The image fixes signage and branding within Brewer St, London, England, UK, W1F 0SF at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The subject also sits alongside everyday street life, local character, community life, contemporary social history, LGBTQ social history, local history, changing streetscape, and pedestrian environment. The combination of Brewer, adult, Sohos, store, and original anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Brewer St, London, England, UK, W1F 0SF, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Its period value extends to LGBTQ heritage and how Soho remains a symbolic centre of LGBTQ nightlife within the specific setting of Brewer St, London, England, UK, W1F 0SF. The record includes a point of historical comparison for future local research. The frame retains part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
Brewer St, London, England, UK, W1F 0SF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,Westminster,Whitehall,England,UK,in,of,II,war,world,British,bronze,black,helmet,uniforms,sculpted,ATS,2005,Second World War,return,to,domestic,roles,domesticity,female,Womens,contribution,contributions,effort,women,woman,females,Womens Royal Naval Service,WRNS,Womens Auxiliary Air Force,WAAF
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07A98 - Remembering the 7 million women who contributed to the war effort by working in hundreds of vital jobs
This huge, bronze monument memorialises the women of World War II. It was unveiled in 2005 and the gold lettering on it is said to mimic the font of wartime ration books.
Around the outside, you can see 17 different sculpted uniforms and helmets. These uniforms represent hundreds of vital jobs undertaken by over 7 million women during the Second World War. However, when the war ended and the men returned to their jobs, women were forced to quietly hang up their uniforms and resign
they were expected to return to their lives before the war, often in more domestic roles.
Women's contribution to both the First and Second World Wars have often been historically overlooked. Unlike men, most women were not on the front line, and instead worked on the land, they were called up to be mechanics, engineers, munitions workers and air raid wardens. Women drove buses and fire-engines.
However, there were over 640,000 women in the armed forces during World War II including the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS). Lilian Bader joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and trained to be an Instrument Repairer
in fact, she was one of the first women to qualify in that post. She became a Leading Aircraftwoman at RAF Shawbury and was then promoted to Acting Corporal.
Women like Georgina Masson, pictured below, joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) which was the women's branch of the British army. Georgina, who was born in Oxford, travelled to Trinidad where she worked as a stenographer for Ford. However, she returned to Britain in 1943 to assist the war effort, and became the first black woman Officer in the ATS. Georgina can be seen holding a copy of Picture Post magazine which features her on the cover, dressed in her ATS uniform.
Whitehall, Westminster, London, England, UK, W1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,NW1 2AY,office,offices,Elizabeth Anderson,and,architecture,Victorian,1866,Camden,Area Health Authority,architect,J. M. Brydon,JM Brydon,woman,women,womens,hospitals,clinic,clinics,history,historic,heritage,old,brick,buildings,Elizabeth,Garrett,Anderson,sunny,blue sky,blue skies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108BP - . An identifiable period record of 130 Euston Rd, London, England, UK, NW1 2AY in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The scene records Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetric Hospital, 1866, now occupied by the Unison Union, 130 Euston Rd, London, England, UK, NW1 2AY. The locality and subject together evoke regional identity, heritage tourism, Thames city view, Westminster landmark, changing land use, historic London streetscape, public realm, documentary photography, capital landmark imagery, place identity, everyday life, capital-city heritage, iconic London transport, and local history. Current relevance extends to housing pressure and security, particularly through the pressure of visitor economies and housing costs on central neighbourhoods. The archival value lies partly in recording public access and movement around 130 Euston Rd, London, England, UK, NW1 2AY before different community use alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects period detail, metropolitan identity, changing streetscape, London visitor economy, London cityscape, urban tourism, social history, and before-and-after reference. The combination of Unison, Union, Anderson, Euston, and Garrett anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around 130 Euston Rd, London, England, UK, NW1 2AY, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of housing pressure and the pressure of visitor economies and housing costs on central neighbourhoods within the real-world context of 130 Euston Rd, London, England, UK, NW1 2AY. A further contemporary connection is housing pressure and how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity within the specific setting of 130 Euston Rd, London, England, UK, NW1 2AY.
130 Euston Rd, London, England, UK, NW1 2AY
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GotonySmith,wig,wigs,wiggy,coloured,colored,shop,head wig,Bridge Street,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,hair,Beautyworx,hairpiece,Ponytail,straight,curly,wavy,long,short,Hair pieces for women,female,women,pieces,hair weaves,fake hair,fashion,vogue,fashionable,synthetic hair,artificial hair,alopecia,treatment,accessory,periwig,cancer treatment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880EX - A wig is a head or hair accessory made from human hair, animal hair, or synthetic fiber. The word wig is short for periwig, which makes its earliest known appearance in the English language in William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Some people wear wigs to disguise baldness
a wig may be used as a less intrusive and less expensive alternative to medical therapies for restoring hair or for a religious reason.
Art of wigs has become a billion dollar industry within the 21st century. India is the main source of hair. Manufacturing and processing, mainly takes place in China. A merkin is a pubic wig often worn as a decorative item or for theatrical and fashion purposes.
They are also worn by individuals who are experiencing hair loss due to medical reasons, such as cancer treatment.
8 Bridge St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GotonySmith,wig,wigs,wiggy,coloured,colored,shop,head wig,Bridge Street,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,hair,Beautyworx,hairpiece,Ponytail,straight,curly,wavy,long,short,Hair pieces for women,female,women,pieces,hair weaves,fake hair,fashion,vogue,fashionable,synthetic hair,artificial hair,alopecia,treatment,accessory,periwig,cancer treatment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880EY - A wig is a head or hair accessory made from human hair, animal hair, or synthetic fiber. The word wig is short for periwig, which makes its earliest known appearance in the English language in William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Some people wear wigs to disguise baldness
a wig may be used as a less intrusive and less expensive alternative to medical therapies for restoring hair or for a religious reason.
Art of wigs has become a billion dollar industry within the 21st century. India is the main source of hair. Manufacturing and processing, mainly takes place in China. A merkin is a pubic wig often worn as a decorative item or for theatrical and fashion purposes.
They are also worn by individuals who are experiencing hair loss due to medical reasons, such as cancer treatment.
8 Bridge St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GotonySmith,wig,wigs,wiggy,coloured,colored,shop,head wig,Bridge Street,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,hair,Beautyworx,hairpiece,Ponytail,straight,curly,wavy,long,short,Hair pieces for women,female,women,pieces,hair weaves,fake hair,fashion,vogue,fashionable,synthetic hair,artificial hair,alopecia,treatment,accessory,periwig,cancer treatment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880F0 - A wig is a head or hair accessory made from human hair, animal hair, or synthetic fiber. The word wig is short for periwig, which makes its earliest known appearance in the English language in William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Some people wear wigs to disguise baldness
a wig may be used as a less intrusive and less expensive alternative to medical therapies for restoring hair or for a religious reason.
Art of wigs has become a billion dollar industry within the 21st century. India is the main source of hair. Manufacturing and processing, mainly takes place in China. A merkin is a pubic wig often worn as a decorative item or for theatrical and fashion purposes.
They are also worn by individuals who are experiencing hair loss due to medical reasons, such as cancer treatment.
8 Bridge St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,1828,1906,Outcast,women,house,Butler,buildings,Josephine Butler,House,plaque,famous,Josephine Butler Memorial Trust,St James House,Liverpool Cathedral Office,20 St James Rd,Liverpool L1 7BY,saga,of,civic,shame,social,reformer,reform,building,heritage,architecture,Mersey,industry,industrial,redevelopment,redeveloping,district,area,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CC79NJ - . An authentic period record of Josephine Butler Memorial Trust, St James House, Liverpool Cathedral Office, 20 St James Rd, Liverpo, retaining the practical visual detail that later redevelopment, rebranding or altered use can remove. The location is represented through Josephine Butler House, helping outcast women, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool, Merseyside,England, UK. The picture additionally relates to constituency politics, regional identity, electoral messaging, policy controversy, Westminster politics, archival record, social history, before-and-after reference, local character, campaign literature, everyday Britain, party-political communication, local history, and public policy. In the mid-2020s, electoral messaging and constituency representation keep this subject current, particularly through comparing earlier political promises with later policy. Future viewers can use this scene from Josephine Butler Memorial Trust, St James House, Liverpool Cathedral Office, 20 St James Rd, Liverpo to compare landscape and surrounding development with whatever follows after later redevelopment. The setting also brings in visual archive, social landscape, place identity, civic debate, built environment, historical comparison, contemporary history, and changing streetscape. Elements such as Parliament, Upper, helping, Liverpool, and women add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Josephine Butler Memorial Trust, St James House, Liverpool Cathedral Office, 20 St James Rd, Liverpo, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another strand within the photograph is electoral messaging and preserving campaign language that can quickly date within the specific setting of Josephine Butler Memorial Trust, St James House, Liverpool Cathedral Office, 20 St James Rd, Liverpo.
Josephine Butler Memorial Trust, St James House, Liverpool Cathedral Office, 20 St James Rd, Liverpo
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,English,light,pink,red,womens fashion retailer,retailer,womens,women,fashion,clothes,clothing,trend,on trend,scarlet,House of Celeb Boutique,House of,Celeb Boutique,designer,British,CEO,fashion line,lines,Mistress Rocks,famous,brand,brands,design,designs,business,buying,selling,co,company,Westfield stratford city,Montfichet Rd
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABY91G - House of CB is a women's fashion retailer founded by British Conna Walker in 2010, and known for its figure-hugging clothing. House of CB is known for its form-fitting and tailored pieces, producing designer-inspired party clothing. The brand was founded by a then 17 year old, Conna Walker from her bedroom, with a £3,000 loan from her father. The brand includes a full collection of womenswear that also covers lingerie, swimwear, shoes, and accessories. In 2016 Walker introduced House of CB's younger sister brand, Mistress Rocks. House of CB garments have been worn by Hollywood celebrities, such as Beyoncé, Gigi Hadid, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, and the Kardashians
Westfield stratford city, 132-133 The St, Montfichet Rd, London, England, UK, E20 1EN
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,X,ladies,women,Girls,sex,illuminated,evening,night,dusk,nighttime,nightclub,club,girls neon sign,girls red neon,A girls neon sign,advertising,bright,electric,exotic,dancing,SoHo,strippers,flesh,experienced girls,red light district,GirlsGirlsGirls,keep,the,red light,on,red girl,scarlet,Angela Rayner,transphobia,clubbing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE026Y - . Recorded at Soho,London,England,UK in 2019, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. The main subject is Girls,Girls,Girls,red neon,XXX,X-Rated. The frame also contains themes of documentary photography, period detail, everyday life, before-and-after reference, community identity, public realm, changing streetscape, regional identity, contemporary social history, visual archive, local character, visitor instruction, venue rules, and place identity. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes customer management alongside clear communication, with particular attention to the importance of clear wording in shared public environments. As a piece of social history, the scene fixes period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment around Soho,London,England,UK. The surrounding context also covers visual regulation, public information notice, public-facing notice, changing land use, safety messaging, instructional sign, historical comparison, and site information. References to Girls and X-Rated help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. A later view of Soho,London,England,UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects customer management and the importance of clear wording in shared public environments as part of the longer story of Soho,London,England,UK. Its period value extends to clear communication and the importance of clear wording in shared public environments when considered against later change at Soho,London,England,UK. The location additionally provides evidence of clear communication and the importance of clear wording in shared public environments without losing the local specificity of Soho,London,England,UK.
Soho,London,England,UK
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,lap dance,lapdancing,lap dancing,neon,girls,strippers,luxe surroundings,emporium,VIP,lounge,nightclub,G1,Glasgow lap dance,Glasgow lap dancing,nightlife,night,life,entertainment,sexy,women,metoo,#MeToo,macho,seedy,David Bowie,Bowie,Diamond Dolls,dolly,girl,dancing,night club,clubbing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2NT - Something of a lap dancing super club, Diamond Dolls is a three-floor den of luxe surroundings and raucous entertainment in Central Glasgow. Adding a touch of class to the usual lapdancing club experience, Diamond Dolls ethos is to go a little further, with friendly door staff, good tunes, opulent decor and nice lighting. An array of spaces cater for various group sizes with diamond and platinum floors, VIP lounges, plush booths available for large groups as well as as personal dance platforms and spaces with large screens for sporting events. The lap dancing emporium draws gents out for stag dos and birthday parties as well as a corporate clientele.
For business clients, the Business Lounge upstairs offers an executive approach to proceedings with luxe decor. Meanwhile a VIP lounge offers waitress service that includes premium bottle service as well as free priority admission for your party. Stags get special treatment at Diamond Dolls with packages including a variety of shows available, free t-shirts, entry discounts and a personal Stag HQ Commander.
39 Mitchell St, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G1 3LN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Silverstone,Grand Prix,British,F1,Formula One,Formula 1,Formula1,UK,GB,GP F1,fan,fans,Great Britain,Towcester,Northamptonshire,NN12 8TN,Raikkonen,iceman,Finnish,Finland,flag,with flag,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,Farewell Kimi,women,girls,females,Finn,two girls,girls holding flag,two women
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy W42N80 - Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkimi ˈmɑtiɑs ˈræikːønen]
born 17 October 1979), nicknamed Iceman, is a Finnish racing driver currently driving in Formula One for Alfa Romeo Racing. He won the 2007 Formula One World Championship in his first season at Scuderia Ferrari. After nine seasons racing in Formula One he left the sport to compete in the World Rally Championship in 2010 and 2011, returning to Formula One from 2012. In addition to this title, Räikkönen also finished second overall in 2003 and 2005, and third in 2008, 2012 and 2018. Räikkönen has won 21 Grands Prix, making him the most successful Finnish driver in terms of Formula One race wins. He is the only driver to take a race win in the V10, V8 and the hybrid V6 engine eras.
Räikkönen entered Formula One as a regular driver for Sauber-Petronas in 2001, having competed in only 23 car races previously. He joined McLaren Mercedes in 2002, and became a title contender by finishing runner-up in the championship to Michael Schumacher in 2003, and Fernando Alonso in 2005. Räikkönen's 2002, 2004 and 2006 seasons were plagued by severe unreliability from his McLaren cars, prompting a move to Ferrari in 2007. This change saw him crowned Formula One World Drivers' Champion that season, pipping both McLaren driversLewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonsoto the title by just one point. In 2008 he equalled the record for the greatest number of fastest laps in a season for the second time.
Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8TN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,art,outside,exterior,gable,end,face,woman,female,Mr Cenz,Mr,Cenz,artist,1F London Rd,1F London Road,blue,L3 8HR,Contrast Mural,fest,festival,girl,women,feminine,ladylike,painting,iF,London Rd,city,centre,impressionistic,street art,street,arts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475FD - . This scene at 1F London Road, Liverpool., Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR in 2019 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 frame specifically shows Mr Cenz Street art, on gable end, of Lord Warden, 1F London Road, Liverpool., Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR. Another layer of the photograph includes everyday life, place identity, documentary photography, transport accessibility, visual street culture, archival record, local mobility, public transport stop, urban artwork, historical comparison, visual archive, public art, contemporary mural, and mural culture. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with gentrification, creative industries and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. The modern context includes continuing discussion of local connectivity, service frequency and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at 1F London Road, Liverpool., Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes local bus network, before-and-after reference, creative district, public-realm art, changing land use, temporary artwork, passenger transport, and changing streetscape. The combination of Liverpool, Merseyside, Warden, and gable anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For 1F London Road, Liverpool., Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. It also preserves a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference.
1F London Road, Liverpool., Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Great Britain,Association,Castle St,Somerset,town,stone,marble,midwives training,Bridgwater District Nursing Association,Casle street,Bridgwater,Caslte street,Caslte st,Mary,Stanley,training,home,district,nurses,nurse,association,King,Sq,Square,honourable,Mrs,lady,female,remarkable,women,memorial,remembering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2T4 - The Mary Stanley Training Home was founded in 1921 as the headquarters of the Bridgwater District Nursing Association and as a training centre for midwives. After 1948 the work of the Nursing Association and the Home were divided, the Home becoming part of the Bridgwater, Minehead and Butleigh Hospital Committee. Nursing care was provided to the poor in their own homes, continuing the work of the Queen Victoria Nursing Institute, which was created in 1902. Hospital care for pregnant women was provided by the maternity and midwifery wards at the hospital. There was also a small ward for premature babies. The Home was funded by voluntary donations and fund raising until the National Health Act of 1948. The records also include the patient registers of the Queen Victoria Nursing Institute (see above) for the years, 1893-1921,1924-1928 and 1938-1942, and the case notes of Bridgwater Infirmary, 1913-1942. The latter include patient record cards for Army and RAF personnel and Italian prisoners of war.
Casle street, Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,porn,fruity,Showgirl Vintage Set Poker Playing Cards Sexy Ladies Pinup Glamour,pinup,poker,sexy,Showgirl,Vintage Set,sexist,risque,girls,women,females,pin-up,1950s,1960s,pin-up glamour girls,glamour girls,dirty,dirty girls,legs,leggy,erotic,stockings,lingerie,fetish,saucy playing cards,tease me cards,tease,art,girlie,fun,deck,52 cards,52 weeks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGP32A - . A dated documentary view of England, UK in 2019, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The view centres on Pornographic Playing Cards, Sexy playing cards, Vintage playing cards, glamour playing cards, Showgirl Vintage Set Poker Playing Cards Sexy Ladies. A broader reading of the scene brings in contemporary social history, changing land use, period building, heritage landmark, historic townscape, archival record, built heritage, everyday life, historic context, period streetscape, conservation interest, architectural detailing, architectural character, and traditional masonry. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about energy retrofit, heritage conservation and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the photograph preserves signage, materials, design and everyday use in the immediate surroundings of England, UK. Other useful associations include place identity, local character, historic frontage, historical comparison, regional identity, conservation architecture, period detail, and heritage asset. The recorded references to Playing, Cards, Showgirl, Ladies, and Poker preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character without losing the local specificity of England, UK. A further contemporary connection is planning control and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment in a form that can be compared with future views of England, UK. The wider significance includes energy retrofit and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them within the real-world context of England, UK.
England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,porn,fruity,Showgirl Vintage Set Poker Playing Cards Sexy Ladies Pinup Glamour,pinup,poker,sexy,Showgirl,Vintage Set,sexist,risque,girls,women,females,pin-up,1950s,1960s,pin-up glamour girls,glamour girls,dirty,dirty girls,legs,leggy,erotic,stockings,lingerie,fetish,saucy playing cards,tease me cards,tease,art,girlie,fun,deck,52 cards,52 weeks,hardcore,hard core
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGP32F - . Photographed at England, UK in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The photograph records Pornographic Playing Cards, Sexy playing cards, Vintage playing cards, glamour playing cards, Showgirl Vintage Set Poker Playing Cards Sexy Ladies. The setting also relates to visual archive, everyday life, public realm, regional identity, period streetscape, historic context, archival record, historical comparison, cityscape history, historic commercial architecture, period building, community identity, place identity, and social history. For contemporary context, planning control and adaptive reuse are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. As a documentary source, the scene fixes the visual character of the locality at the time at England, UK. Other useful associations include heritage landmark, contemporary social history, heritage asset, architectural character, architectural detailing, traditional masonry, built heritage, and urban fabric. Elements such as Cards, glamour, Poker, Showgirl, and Pornographic add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The period setting at England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is planning control and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment in a form that can be compared with future views of England, UK. The wider significance includes historic townscape and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment within the real-world context of England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the specific setting of England, UK.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,North West England,Warrington,Cheshire,GB,town,town centre,Rough Sleeper,sleeper,WA1 1NB,Rough Sleepers,men,women,In,Warrington Town Centre,Winmarleigh Street,Rough,Sleeper,Homeless,Town Centre,warrington,problem,challenge,Shelter,Big Issue,Crisis,charity,charities,UKhousing,SocialHousing,Warrington Homelessness,Cheshire Homelessness,disgrace,winter,poverty,Deprevation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG992J - The UK homeless charity Shelter put the 2017 figure for the whole of the UK's homeless at 300,000. Recorded deaths among rough sleepers and those in temporary accommodation more than doubled in the five years to 2018. Homeless people die much younger than the general population, research by the Office for National Statistics shows. Homeless men die on average aged 44 while homeless women die on average aged 42. Homeless deaths have been rising stradily in the five years to 2018. Suicide, drug and alcohol abuse are the most common causes of death among homeless people. Jon Sparkes of Crisis urged the government to put causes of homelessness right, like building the number of social homes we need and making sure our welfare system is there to support people when they fall on hard times. The charity, Crisis attributes rising homelessness to a shortage of social housing, housing benefits not covering private rents and there not being homeless prevention schemes for people leaving care. Crisis wants the government to change polixy.
Crisis estimates there are roughly 12,300 rough sleepers in the UK and also 12,000 people sleeping in sheds, bins, cars, tents and night busses. The figure is derived from research by Heriot-Watt University. Rough sleeping has risen by 98% since 2010, sleeping in tents and the like rose 103%. In England rough sleeping rose by 120%, in Wales it rose by 75% and in Scotland it fell by 5%. Scotland has more inclusive homelessness laws, since 2012 guaranteeing a right to settled accommodation for all homeless people, including young single men, while England only houses those in priority need, like families with dependent children. Jon Sparkes of Crisis said, Christmas should be a time of joy, but for thousands of people sleeping rough, in tents or on public transport it will be anything but. While most of the country will be celebrating and enjoying a family meal, those who are homeless will face a struggle just to stay safe and escape the c
Winmarleigh St, Warrington, WA1 1NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG996J - The UK homeless charity Shelter put the 2017 figure for the whole of the UK's homeless at 300,000. Recorded deaths among rough sleepers and those in temporary accommodation more than doubled in the five years to 2018. Homeless people die much younger than the general population, research by the Office for National Statistics shows. Homeless men die on average aged 44 while homeless women die on average aged 42. Homeless deaths have been rising stradily in the five years to 2018. Suicide, drug and alcohol abuse are the most common causes of death among homeless people. Jon Sparkes of Crisis urged the government to put causes of homelessness right, like building the number of social homes we need and making sure our welfare system is there to support people when they fall on hard times. The charity, Crisis attributes rising homelessness to a shortage of social housing, housing benefits not covering private rents and there not being homeless prevention schemes for people leaving care. Crisis wants the government to change polixy.
Crisis estimates there are roughly 12,300 rough sleepers in the UK and also 12,000 people sleeping in sheds, bins, cars, tents and night busses. The figure is derived from research by Heriot-Watt University. Rough sleeping has risen by 98% since 2010, sleeping in tents and the like rose 103%. In England rough sleeping rose by 120%, in Wales it rose by 75% and in Scotland it fell by 5%. Scotland has more inclusive homelessness laws, since 2012 guaranteeing a right to settled accommodation for all homeless people, including young single men, while England only houses those in priority need, like families with dependent children. Jon Sparkes of Crisis said, Christmas should be a time of joy, but for thousands of people sleeping rough, in tents or on public transport it will be anything but. While most of the country will be celebrating and enjoying a family meal, those who are homeless will face a struggle just to stay safe and escape the c
Winmarleigh St, Warrington, WA1 1NB
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Keywords: M3,wall,mounted,plaque,painted,sign,signwriter,Recorders,men,women,Manchester Cathedral,Victoria St,Victoria Street,M3 1SX,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4EE5P - . Photographed at Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX in 2016, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The main point of reference is List of Salford Town clerks,Manchester Cathedral,Victoria St, Manchester M3 1SX. Other connected aspects include everyday life, public realm, ecclesiastical art, historical comparison, local character, changing land use, visual archive, Christian iconography, regional identity, heritage worship space, church conservation, religious artwork, faith heritage, and stained-glass craftsmanship. From a 2025-onward perspective, historic fabric and faith communities are closely linked to this subject, alongside how places of worship combine active religious use with tourism and heritage. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX, details that may look very different after new ownership. The subject also sits alongside religious heritage, medieval church setting, documentary photography, social history, period detail, place identity, ecclesiastical decoration, and cathedral interior. The recorded references to Manchester, Cathedral, Salford, Victoria, and clerks preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate historic fabric and how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs as part of the longer story of Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX. The image also provides a reference for energy costs and how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs when considered against later change at Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX.
Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX
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Keywords: erecting,grass,camp,camping,campsite,sunshine,sun,summer,tent,men,women,males,females,building,knowhow,know,how,practical,skills,skill,Silverstone,Glasto,Random people,putting up tents,in a field,Putting up,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,camper,campers,field,site,people,on,assembling,dry,sunny,Woodlands,nylon
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYH1Y3 - . This location-specific image from Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England,UK in 2015 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The defining feature is Random people on camp site struggling putting up tents in a field. Another layer of the photograph includes documentary photography, visual archive, social history, town-centre trading, small business, historical comparison, local character, changing streetscape, commercial frontage, specialist retailer, changing land use, period detail, street-level business, and high-street commerce. For current editorial use, online shopping and independent business provide additional context, especially through how commercial property costs affect small retailers. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England,UK before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with public realm, community identity, before-and-after reference, local history, bricks-and-mortar retail, retail property, contemporary social history, and independent retail. The recorded references to field, tents, struggling, putting, and Random preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England,UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects online shopping and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England,UK. Its period value extends to footfall and how commercial property costs affect small retailers in a form that can be compared with future views of Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England,UK.
Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England,UK
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Keywords: erecting,grass,camp,camping,campsite,sunshine,sun,summer,tent,men,women,males,females,building,knowhow,know,how,practical,skills,skill,Silverstone,Glasto,Random people,putting up tents,in a field,Putting up,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,camper,campers,field,site,people,on,assembling,dry,sunny,Woodlands,nylon
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYH1YB - . This authentic period view of Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England,UK in 2015 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The scene records Random people on camp site struggling putting up tents in a field. The surrounding context encompasses community identity, retail property, local enterprise, historical comparison, specialist retailer, commercial frontage, visual archive, changing land use, before-and-after reference, public realm, bricks-and-mortar retail, archival record, social history, and town-centre trading. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into town-centre regeneration and independent business, not least because of the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England,UK before redevelopment alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside contemporary social history, high-street commerce, regional identity, shopfront economy, period detail, independent retail, place identity, and everyday life. The combination of tents, putting, people, field, and Random anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England,UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy when considered against later change at Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England,UK. A further contemporary connection is town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England,UK.
Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England,UK
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Keywords: City Underground platform,England,UK,GB,Great,Britain,transport,people,looking,at,a,fun,shot,LU,circle,district,line,flesh,underwear,bra,stockings,suspenders,rude,Muslim,woman,lady,islam,gotonysmith,of,ad,advert,promotion,scanty,clad,women,western,sexy,sells,bedtime,fantasy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EBFWFE - . 'All I want' poster, for lingerie at Moorgate, London City Underground platform, stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England, UK. Photographed at Moorgate, London, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 17 November 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. 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 All I want poster for lingerie at Moorgate, London, passenger, inspecting, clash, culture, poster, advertisement, female and sex, 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.
Moorgate, London, England, UK
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Keywords: demo,UK,A,demonstration,united,kingdom,naked,people,eccentric,eccentrics,wierd,strange,folk,ride,rider,odd,demonstrator,demonstrating,green,party,issue,issues,Hyde,HydePark,World,Naked,Bike,Ride,regents,get,your,kit,off,full,nudity,on,show,protest,against,oil,dependency,and,the,way,the,of,the,gotonysmith,riders,cycle,bare,as,car,automobile,semi-naked,seminaked,women,girls,females,event
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5N - The relaxed attitude to suitable bike riding attire this most compelling of spectator sports has a serious agenda: it's a protest against oil dependency and the way the cult of the car dominates contemporary life.
It's also an unfettered celebration of individuality of the human body. Many of the 1000 plus people expected to turn out will opt to bike in the buff. And if you too long to through caution and clothes to the wind, but feel a bit bashful, you can always take something along that's easy to put on when the procession gets held up by traffic, as it inevitably will.
Hyde Park, London, England, UK
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Keywords: mode,fashion,style,stylish,design,store,window,showing,fashion,clothing,London,UK,green,pink,girl,female,woman,women,womens,clothing,jacket,pant,pants,Knightsbridge,England,GB,109,Knightsbridge,London,SW1X,7RJ,SW1X7RJ,109-125,shop,front,shopfront,glass,window,Gotonysmith,Mike Ashley,Frasers,rescue,takeover,Frasers Group
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B29 - Elaborately styled mannequin in a Harvey Nichols department store window in Knightsbridge, London, displaying luxury fashion clothing against a dramatic illuminated retail backdrop. The female-form mannequin has a white theatrical face, striking red lipstick, ornate decorative headwear and statement earrings, and is dressed in a patterned tailored jacket over a pale high-neck blouse with lace detailing, patterned trousers and a black studded handbag. Pink fabric at the wrist adds a bright accent, while green horizontal light trails and reflective glass create a futuristic visual-merchandising effect around the figure. The image illustrates high-end fashion presentation, designer retail, creative window dressing and the theatrical approach traditionally associated with luxury department stores. Harvey Nichols was founded in 1831 and its Knightsbridge flagship is one of London's best-known premium shopping landmarks, serving customers in an area associated with international fashion brands, affluent consumers and visitor spending. The retailer became the focus of major British business news in August 2026 when it entered administration and Mike Ashley's Frasers Group acquired the business through a pre-pack deal. The transaction included six UK stores, among them the Knightsbridge flagship, together with the online business, inventory and more than 1,000 employees. Frasers chief executive Michael Murray warned that significant restructuring would be needed, including a review and rationalisation of the store portfolio, organisational structure, operating model and costs, as the group sought to create a sustainable future for the historic retailer. This London shop-window scene can therefore illustrate both the glamour and creativity of luxury fashion retail and the commercial pressures facing traditional British department stores, including changing consumer behaviour, operating costs, online competition and weaker discretionary spending.
109 - 125 Knightsbridge London, England, UK SW1X 7RJ
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Keywords: 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,of the,Women,Woman,section,Cheltenham,Branch,Gloucester,ensign,union flag,Union Jack,blue,yellow,inside,inside church,hanging
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYY29 - . Flag of the Royal British Legion, Womans Section, Winchcombe Branch, St Peters Church, Cheltenham, Gloucester, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 09 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. The scene is closely associated with St Peters, Winchcombe, Church, Royal British Legion, Flag of the Royal British Legion, Flag, Womans Section, Winchcombe Branch, St Peters Church and Gloucestershire, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJP21 - . Grappenhall WI Womens Institute, at Grappenhall Community Library, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL. The photograph was taken on 22 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. The scene is closely associated with community groups, Warrington, Grappenhall library, Grappenhall Community Library, Womens Institute, Grappenhall, Grappenhall WI, ladies, lady and Tony, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJP3H - . WI Group at Grappenhall Community Library, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA4 2PL. The photograph was taken on 22 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. The scene is closely associated with community groups, Warrington, lady, ladies, Grappenhall WI, Womens Institute, Grappenhall, Grappenhall Community Library, Grappenhall library and Tony, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
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Keywords: lady,ladys,ornate,pub,bar,public,house,english,british,GB,light,daylight,toilets,doorway,entrance,to,a,gotonysmith,PC,facilities,females,women,trans,discussion,dispute,restrooms,safe,access,gender identity,row,politically correct,woke,woman,debate,transphobia,gender diverse,hinge,bumble,apps,dating
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJPGN - . Ladies stained glass pub toilet door in blue , England , UK. Photographed at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK. 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 scene is closely associated with Ladies, stained, glass, toilet, door, public conveniences, conveniences, transgender, Angela Rayner and lady, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. Where brewery names, pumps, windows, pub signs or period fittings are present, they add useful detail for features on brewing history, hospitality branding and traditional licensed interiors or exteriors. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DDJPGN, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HW61 - . Recorded at the recorded location in 2012, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. At the centre of the view is Wedding & civil partnership Fayre, Wilmslow Hotel, Cheshire, England, UK. The surrounding context encompasses place identity, local character, documentary photography, changing land use, visual archive, archival record, local social venue, social history, public realm, night-time economy, community identity, local history, everyday life, and before-and-after reference. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and business rates, particularly through the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against conservation work. The surrounding story also includes pub heritage, hospitality economy, licensed hospitality, historical comparison, community drinking venue, period detail, historic hostelry, and licensed trade. The recorded references to Wedding, Hotel, Wilmslow, civil, and partnership preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. In this frame, the recorded location turns the broader subject into a place-specific record. Another strand within the photograph is consumer spending and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s within the real-world context of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate changing drinking habits and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing within the specific setting of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for changing drinking habits and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Image D8HW61 also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6466351895 - 'Van Halen - 'jamies Crying' - Play this track here.
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'Jamie's Cryin' is a song by Van Halen from their 1978 debut album, Van Halen. The song was written and recorded live during the three week sessions for the album. The song discusses a woman who meets a man that only wants a one-night stand. She turns him down, but is sad for what might have been. Drummer Alex Van Halen identifies this song as his least favorite Van Halen song.
For recording of the song vocalist David Lee Roth wanted to go for a cleaner 'poppier' sound and quit smoking and drinking for a week before the final version was to be recorded. The band noticed the difference on Roth's vocals on what was to be the album version and Ted Templeman ordered him outside to smoke a cigarette. He smoked one, and drank half a bottle of whiskey, returning half an hour later and recording the track with more huskiness to his voice in about 45 minutes.
Eddie Van Halen's melodic line in the song's chorus bears a strong resemblance to the guitar melody in Lalo Schifrin's 1976 jazz instrumental 'Baia.'
'Jamie's Cryin'' was sampled in the 1988 single ' Wild Thing' by Tone Loc.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6125027070 - 'Carlos Santana - Black Magic Woman - ob=av3n\' rel=\'nofollow\'>Play this track here.
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'Black Magic Woman' is a song written by Peter Green that first appeared as a Fleetwood Mac single in various countries in 1968, subsequently appearing on the 1969 Fleetwood Mac compilation albums English Rose (US) and The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK).
In 1970, it became a classic hit by Santana, as sung by Gregg Rolie, reaching no 4 in the U.S. and Canadian charts, after appearing on their Abraxas album, becoming more closely associated with Santana than Fleetwood Mac.
Santana is a band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song 'Soul Sacrifice' at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill. This initial exposure made their first, eponymous album a hit at the time, followed in the next two years by successful follow-ups Abraxas and Santana III.
Over the next few years, lineup changes were common and frequent, and although retaining a basis of Latin rock, Carlos Santana's increasing involvement with guru Sri Chinmoy took the band further into more esoteric music, which continued for many years, although never quite losing the initial Latin influence.
In 1998, the group was inducted into the Rock &
Roll Hall of Fame, with Carlos Santana, Jose Chepito Areas, David Brown, Mike Carabello, Gregg Rolie and Michael Shrieve being honored.
Santana has achieved a total of eight Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards which were all awarded in 2000. Carlos also won two Grammy Awards as a solo artist in 1989 and 2003.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DD4JBJ - . On Westminster Tube Station, London, stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England UK. Photographed at Westminster, London, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 05 August 2011. 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 Westminster, Tube, Station, London, people, boys, girls, woman, women and men, 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Westminster, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BJ1GDP - A beauty salon or beauty parlor (beauty parlour), or sometimes beauty shop, is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for men and women. Other variations of this type of business include hair salons and spas.
There is a distinction between a beauty salon and a hair salon and although many small businesses do offer both sets of treatments
beauty salons provide extended services related to skin health, facial aesthetics, foot care, nail manicures, aromatherapy even meditation, oxygen therapy, mud baths and many other services.
Unisex offer services to men and women
Lanzarote, Spain, Europe
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Valley Girl - 'Frank Zappa' - Play this track here.
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Wikipedia describes Valley Girl (or Val, Val Gal) 'as a stereotype leveled at a socio-economic and ethnic class of American women who can be described as colloquial English-speaking, materialistic, self-centered, hedonistic, and often sexually promiscuous. Valspeak is also a form of this trait, based on an exaggerated version of '80s California English'.
'Valley Girl' is a song by the musician Frank Zappa and his 14 year-old daughter, 'Moon Unit Zappa'. It was released on Zappa's 1982 album 'Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch'. Moon supplied Frank with much of the content speaking typical 'Valley girl' phrases. Zappa intended to lampoon the image, but the single also helped popularized the valley girl stereotype in the states.
Sadly no longer with us, over 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concr\u00e8te works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.
Zappa was married to Kathryn J. 'Kay' Sherman from 1960 to 1964. In 1967 he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, with whom he remained until his death from prostate cancer in 1993. They had four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen.
Zappa was very anti-censorship. In September 1985, Zappa testified before the United States Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee, attacking the Parents Music Resource Center or PMRC, a music organization, co-founded by Tipper Gore, former wife of then-senator Al Gore. PMRC consisted of many wives of politicians, including the wives of five members of the committee, and was founded to address the issue of song lyrics with sexual or satanic content.
He stated 'The establishment of a rating system, voluntary or otherwise, opens the door to an endless parade of moral quality control programs based on things certain Christians do not like. What if the next bunch of Washington wives demands a large yellow 'J' on all material written or performed by Jews, in order to save helpless children from exposure to concealed Zionist doctrine?'
Zappa's passion for American politics became a bigger part of his life. He had always encouraged his fans to register to vote on album covers, and throughout 1988 he had registration booths at his concerts. He even considered running for President of the United States. Now maybe that might have changed history, and saved a few lives.
Frank Zappa was truly a giant. Everyone must have at least one Zappa album, even if its the compilation, 'Strictly Commercial'. Give 'Sheik Yerbouti' and 'Joes Garage' a look too.
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In the Greater Los Angeles area, the term 'Valley Girl' apparently originated and still refers to girls from the San Fernando Valley. In context it is associated with a spoiled girl from an upper-middle class background who socializes with other 'valley girls' in cliques. In regions neighboring the San Fernando Valley, people will often call a girl a 'valley girl' or tell her to 'go back to the valley' if she is showing signs of materialism and/or idiotic behavior.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer parodied the valley girl, with the main character, Buffy Summers, often saving the males of the programme. Buffy's contemporaries Cordelia and Harmony more closely fit to the conventions of the Valley girl.
The nearest thing in the UK is the classic 'Essex Girl' stereotype. Someone please ask me and I will tell them the classic cucumber/Essex girl joke (Amber - step up to the plate dear!).
In Ireland apparently D4 denotes upper middle class females associated with shopping in Dundrum Town Centre, the upmarket shopping centre adjacent to Dundrum village. Ugg boots and fake tan features, so I am told.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3960538350 - 'Shot taken from St Wilfrids church graveyard with the colourful backdrop of tonights deep red sunset.
Bringing in the hay - www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3839976273/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3874777801 - 'Polaroid of gothic Mechelle in leather top
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3813002066 - 'A strange flat grave stone in the lower grave yard near Lymm Dam, Cheshire UK.
It had a single carnation decaying on it.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3828201350 - 'Another Autumn shot here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4009260974/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYH1YH - . This scene at the recorded location in 2015 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 subject captured here is Crowd of people all with cameras,phones & tablets at an event. The surrounding context encompasses place identity, before-and-after reference, bricks-and-mortar retail, period detail, specialist shop, shopfront economy, social history, historical comparison, everyday life, community identity, regional identity, small business, customer footfall, and local enterprise. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with store closures, commercial rents and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The image fixes materials and architectural details within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The surrounding story also includes commercial frontage, high-street commerce, changing streetscape, town-centre trading, street-level business, public realm, local history, and changing land use. Details involving phones, Crowd, event, tablets, and cameras make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes store closures and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is footfall and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate commercial rents and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPF7K8 - Vintage illustrated advertising poster promoting Henley's Cyder with the headline Send More Henley's Cyder and the supporting slogan It's Delicious . The design features a glamorous young woman in the fashionable style of the 1920s, seated sideways on a red upholstered chair beside an ornate wooden table. She wears a pale peach or cream sleeveless dress with a loose skirt, elegant shoes and carefully styled short hair associated with the flapper era. Her pose is relaxed and theatrical, creating the polished aspirational image commonly used in early twentieth-century drinks advertising.
The woman holds a red telephone receiver to her ear, visually reinforcing the instruction to send more cider and turning the sales message into a playful domestic scene. On the table is a clearly displayed bottle of Henley's Cyder together with a stemmed glass containing a pale sparkling drink. The bottle, label and glass are positioned prominently so that the product remains central to the composition despite the striking female figure.
Deep red curtains, rich wooden furniture and warm orange lighting give the poster an opulent, intimate atmosphere. The large pale blue lettering contrasts strongly with the darker background, while the hand-painted illustration and flowing typography create a distinctive period appearance. The image reflects historic approaches to alcohol marketing, where glamour, sophistication and lifestyle imagery were used to associate cider drinking with pleasure, elegance and social status.
The poster is an example of vintage British commercial art and beverage advertising, with appeal for collectors of brewery and cider memorabilia, pub decoration, advertising ephemera, retro graphic design and Art Deco influenced illustration. It also provides a visual record of changing attitudes towards alcohol promotion, female representation, fashion and consumer culture during the interwar period. The vivid colours, stylised composition, product placement
Hereford, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CC79NP - . An authentic period record of Josephine Butler Memorial Trust, St James House, Liverpool Cathedral Office, 20 St James Rd, Liverpo, retaining the practical visual detail that later redevelopment, rebranding or altered use can remove. The scene records Josephine Butler House, helping outcast women, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool, Merseyside,England, UK. Other aspects of the subject include government policy, regional identity, community identity, public administration, archival record, local character, policy controversy, public realm, visual archive, Westminster politics, electoral messaging, campaign literature, before-and-after reference, and local history. Today's wider story includes electoral messaging, constituency representation and the practical question of comparing earlier political promises with later policy. Future viewers can use this scene from Josephine Butler Memorial Trust, St James House, Liverpool Cathedral Office, 20 St James Rd, Liverpo to compare ownership and occupation with whatever follows after changing public expectations. The wider local story also touches on historical comparison, public policy, urban change, democratic accountability, period detail, parliamentary correspondence, civic debate, and party-political communication. The recorded references to helping, Butler, women, Upper, and Liverpool preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. The period setting at Josephine Butler Memorial Trust, St James House, Liverpool Cathedral Office, 20 St James Rd, Liverpo 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 electoral messaging and preserving campaign language that can quickly date in a form that can be compared with future views of Josephine Butler Memorial Trust, St James House, Liverpool Cathedral Office, 20 St James Rd, Liverpo.
Josephine Butler Memorial Trust, St James House, Liverpool Cathedral Office, 20 St James Rd, Liverpo
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTR45E - . Recorded at Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The frame specifically shows Salts Village bakery with awning down , 8 Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK, BD18 3LA. The broader subject matter reaches into before-and-after reference, bus infrastructure, consumer retail, social history, roadside transit, historical comparison, passenger transport, everyday life, commercial frontage, public realm, mixed-use town centre, customer footfall, destination shopping, and changing streetscape. Today's relevance is strengthened by town-centre regeneration, business rates and the continuing question of the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. From a 2025-onward perspective, bus funding and local connectivity are closely linked to this subject, alongside how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. Other useful contextual ideas include street-side transport, surface public transport, street-level business, public transport stop, contemporary social history, place identity, public-transport wayfinding, and bus route infrastructure. Elements such as Victoria, Village, Shipley, Bradford, and Yorkshire add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF21YG - This is a bingo hall in Edinburgh, in Nicholson Street, up from North Bridge.
Bingo or Housey Housey as some pensioners still call it is a gambling game of unknown origin. Players mark off numbers on a ticket as they are randomly called out, in order to achieve a winning combination.
The first column contains numbers from 1 to 9, The second column numbers from 10 to 19, The third 20 to 29 and so on up until the last column, which contains numbers from 80 to 90 (the 90 being placed in this column as well).
When called, numbers often aquire the types of preambles below:
Kelly's Eye 1, One Little Duck 2, Cup of Tea 3, Knock at the Door 4, Man Alive 5, Tom's Tricks 6, Lucky 7, Garden Gate 8, Doctors Orders 9, Tony's Den 10, Legs Eleven 11, One Dozen 12, Unlucky for Some 13, Key of the Door 21, Dirty Gertie 30, Down on your Knees 43, Heinz Varieties 57.
Nicholson St, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, EH8 9DT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE026P - Girls,Girls,Girls,red neon,XXX,X-Rated has the strength of a real-world scene: ordinary enough to be believable, but specific enough to support precise editorial use. Red neon advertising adult entertainment uses a deliberately blunt visual language of sex, night-time commerce and urban spectacle. The subject can illustrate red-light districts, nightlife, censorship, gender politics, neon typography, city economies after dark and the uneasy boundary between entertainment, exploitation and visual culture. The location wording gives the subject enough geographic context for local and regional editorial use while avoiding a generic studio feel. It can work both as a straightforward location record and as a wider editorial illustration of the habits, services, buildings, symbols and small commercial details that shape everyday life.
Soho,London,England,UK
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Keywords: Shopper tempted by sales in Covent garden London,England,UK,retail,retailing,crash,improves,improvement,online,high,street,highstreet,st,shops,clothes,female,lady,women,temptation,but,now,pay,later,global,recession,UK,great,Britain,shoe,shop,window,London,GB,expensive,luxury,goods,cheap,cheaper,Gotonysmith,threat,threats,pound,poundshop,poundshops,poundland,pretty,back,to,us,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HF98 - The Many Reasons Why Women Love Shoes So Very Much
By the time you've reached the shoe store, the body has begun to release dopamine and serotonin as well as norepinephrine and oxytocin
Women love shoes
it's an indisputable fact! Some women love high heels
some women love shoes that are bejewelled and bedazzled, some love Western boots, some love gladiator sandals, some love ballet pumps and some love thick, heavy boots. Whatever your shoe of choice, we know you love them. Ladies stalk through the pages of fashion magazines or blogs, searching for discounted designer fashion, we trawl through vintage and second-hand shops looking for just the right pair of already worn-in leather, we window shop with eyes lit up like Christmas trees. No judgement here
shoes are the best! The question is, why do women love shoes so much? I mean, in the end, they're really just safety coverings for your feetaren't they? Let's unpack some of the reasons why women love shoes so much.
Shoes: A Love Story
There's the obvious reason, of course: shoes are pretty. I can't count the times I have seen a gorgeous woman walking down the street. Her hair is blowing softly in the breeze, her face alight with happiness, her outfit perfectly coordinated and thenboom, bad shoes. A bad shoe can destroy all the beauty in a perfect outfit, in the same way, a beautiful shoe serves to complement it. A lovely pair of shoes is the star on top of the tree
no outfit is quite complete without it! There's a shoe to suit every kind of woman. If you like adding a little height and extending those gorgeous legs, then high heels are for you. Platforms, stilettos, bootsand the list goes on
Curator of a recent exhibition at F.I.T. in New York, Valerie Steele, believes that shoes become an extension of a woman's body and that they say a lot about our social status, sexuality, ethics and attitude. Valerie wondered if perhaps, the sculptural quality of shoes is part of the reason
Covent Garden, London, England, UK
