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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,_681IMG_2230,wrought-iron,gate,wooden,coffins,interior,funeral,undertaker,funerary,burial,memorial,display,arched,ornate,metalwork,architecture,heritage,tradition,solemn,mourning,death,cultural,religious,historic,craftsmanship,indoor,decorative,wood,entrance,chapel,Copenhagan,in the crypt beneath,Christians Church,Copenhagen
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3WND2 - . Decorative wrought-iron gate with wooden coffins visible inside an interior, Copenhagen - wooden coffins in the crypt beneath Christians Church. Photographed on 28 May 2025. The recorded location is Germany. The image shows ornate black metalwork beneath an arched opening, with polished wooden coffins visible beyond the gate. The scene suggests a traditional undertaker, funerary display or historic interior connected with burial customs. Its visual interest lies in the contrast between the curving ironwork, warm interior lighting and the solemn subject matter of funeral furnishings and memorial culture. In relation to local history, historical context shows 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. As of 2026, the position for local history 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. Additional natural-language search terms include ecclesiastical architecture, parish church, Christian heritage, sacred art, religious symbolism, church interior, place of worship, architectural conservation, faith community, historic fabric, religious heritage, _681IMG_2230, and architecture. Additional subject vocabulary includes heritage, mourning, death, cultural, craftsmanship, and indoor. Seen through stained glass, the earlier context is that ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local evidence
Churchyard monuments, carved stone, stained glass and plaques provide material for genealogy, architectural history, religious practice and remembrance.
Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Cheshire,England,WA1 2EW,WA1,final,Hancock,&,and,Wood,retail,shopping,department,shopper,shoppers,retail signage,shopfront sign,economic downturn,struggling high street,retail crisis,local business closure,sale promotion,liquidation sale,town centre retail,British high street,Warrington,advertising a Final Clearance sale,reflecting retail closure on the UK high street,pedestrianised,cafe,savings,cuts,prices,permanent,closure,112 years,Hancocks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RX189J - Hancock & Wood department store on Bridge Street in Warrington town centre, photographed in daylight with a prominent Final Clearance banner, 70% off sale messaging and posters in the windows as the long-established family business prepares to close in 2026 after 112 years. Founded in 1914 by Frederick Hancock, the independent store traded from the same site for more than a century and remained one of Warrington's oldest and best-known retailers. Passed down through generations of the Hancock family, the business became a familiar part of the town's shopping life, combining fashion, gifts, accessories and a cafe under one historic high street frontage. This image captures a poignant late chapter in the store's story. The yellow vertical clearance sign, advertising substantial reductions, signals the wind-down of a landmark local business rather than a routine seasonal promotion. In announcing the closure, the owners said the decision had not been taken lightly and pointed to the growing burden of employment costs, public utilities, business rates and the volume of legislation now facing independent retailers. Their statement also thanked staff, customers and suppliers, past and present, for helping sustain the business over its long history. The photograph reflects wider pressures on traditional bricks-and-mortar town-centre retailing in Britain. Large premises, staffing, energy costs, insurance, compliance requirements and stockholding all weigh heavily on independents, while online shopping, retail parks and changing consumer habits continue to erode footfall. Even much-loved local stores with loyal customers can struggle to remain viable in such conditions. As a documentary image, this scene records both the visible final clearance sale and the broader decline of long-established department stores on the British high street, preserving a moment of commercial and social history in Warrington.
Hancock & Wood, Bridge Street, Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, WA1 2EW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,tower,wood,style,black and white,Cheshire,heritage,history,estate agents,exterior,CW9 5DD,mock Tudor architecture,Tudor revival design,half timbered facade,black and white architecture,historic streetscape,town centre Northwich,commercial reuse historic building,estate agency frontage,corner building High Street,decorative gables,clock turret feature,bunting street decoration,urban regeneration Cheshire,high street change UK,heritage style architecture,documentary architecture photography,blue sky daylight,no people,British,town,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ2X - This image shows the Leaders estate agents office located at 20“22 High Street in Northwich, Cheshire, housed within a striking black-and-white timber-framed building designed in a Tudor revival style. The building occupies a prominent corner position in the town centre and features decorative gables, leaded windows, and a small clock turret, all characteristic elements of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century mock Tudor commercial architecture.
Although the building appears historic, its design reflects a period when many English towns adopted Tudor revival styling to convey tradition, reliability, and civic pride, particularly for banks, offices, and commercial premises. The strong visual contrast of the half-timbered facade makes the structure a local landmark and an instantly recognisable feature of Northwich High Street.
In its current use as an estate agency, the building illustrates the adaptive reuse of heritage-style architecture for modern commercial purposes. Estate agents, financial services, and professional firms frequently occupy such buildings, benefiting from their prominent presence and the sense of permanence they convey in a changing high-street environment.
The image was taken in daylight under clear blue skies, with bunting strung across the street suggesting a civic event or seasonal decoration. As a documentary photograph, it captures both architectural character and contemporary town-centre life, reflecting the ongoing evolution of Northwich's high street while retaining visual links to the town's architectural past.
Leaders Estate Agents, 20""“22 High Street, Northwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, CW9 5DD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Merseyside,England,tourism,L1,L1 7AZ,St James Road,St James Mt,Church of England Cathedral of the Diocese of Liverpool,inside,architecture,building,history,historic,COE,Jesus,crucifix,nailed,nails,to,the,cross,artist,crucifixion,sculpture,art,statue,son of god,carved,by,Charles Lutyens,spontaneous work,wood,steel,and,Liverpools Anglican Cathedral
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PK7XBY - Charles Lutyens's Crucifixion recently installed at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral
By Marianna Lutyens
A 15-ft high, wood and steel sculpture of a crucifixion by Charles Lutyens, first seen in his exhibition of work, Being in the World, at St Paul's Church, Bow Common, London has recently been installed in Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral.
Called Outraged Christ , this was a spontaneous work ” it wasn't commissioned ” created intermittently over a number of years. With the intent of having an encounter with this ˜Man' and with the reality of the event taking place, the sculpture was driven by such questions as Who was this Man? , What did He look like? and Why was this crucifixion remembered for 2,000 years over and above the countless other crucifixions that have taken place? It is a moving and powerful image which, in its making, disclosed itself to Charles as an Outraged Christ . Deeply engaged with this extraordinary event, Charles thought, If the resurrection happened, then was it not already inherent in the crucifixion?
The Grade II-listed St Paul's Church, designed by architects Robert Maguire and Keith Murray and consecrated in 1964, was recently voted Best modern church in Great Britain . It also contains the stunning 800-sq ft mosaic mural, also by Charles, called Angels of the Heavenly Host , the largest single artist-created mosaic mural in the British Isles. Asked by the architects to provide a design for this work I said, at the time, ˜Sorry, it is not possible for me to design an angel, angels appear', recalls Charles. But, incredibly, the architects then said, ˜All right, appear us an angel'. Charles recently gave a talk, in situ, for English Heritage about the mural and its making.
St James Mt, St James Road, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Welsh language,indoor market,Cardiff city centre,Wales,traditional shopping,market hall sign,heritage,jeweller,Welsh culture,Cymraeg language,bilingual Wales,heritage signage,Cardiff history,local produce market,independent traders,Victorian architecture,arched entrance,decorative sign,festive lights,tourism Wales,travel photography,documentary photography,editorial image,UK heritage,wood,wooden,inside,interior,tourist,travel,tourism,clocks,wall,on
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X72 - This image shows bilingual signage at the entrance to Cardiff Market, also known in Welsh as Marchnad Caerdydd, located in the heart of Cardiff city centre. The sign prominently displays the Welsh-language name above the English wording Cardiff Market , reflecting Wales's official bilingual status and the everyday public use of the Welsh language.
Cardiff Market is a Grade II listed Victorian indoor market dating back to the late 19th century and has long been a focal point for local trade, food retail, and social life in the Welsh capital. The use of Welsh alongside English on public signage is part of a wider national effort to promote and normalise the Welsh language in civic spaces.
The photograph captures the arched architectural detail of the market entrance, with decorative lighting adding warmth and atmosphere, suggesting an evening or festive setting. The combination of historic typography, traditional materials, and bilingual text highlights the intersection of heritage, language, and contemporary urban life in modern Wales.
This image is well suited to editorial use covering Welsh language policy, bilingual Britain, Welsh culture and identity, historic markets, Cardiff tourism, and the preservation of civic heritage in Wales.
Cardiff Market (Marchnad Caerdydd), Cardiff city centre, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 1AU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,cold,cool,weather,temperature,temperatures,heating,energy,costs,cost,not,switching,on,wooden,industrial,bulb,showing,in,scale,section3,bills,bill,The Energy Saving Trust,60,degrees,18,room,home,wood,30,30f,frozen,factories act,climate change
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K6C9CT - . This location-specific image from England, Great Britain , UK in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The image documents Wooden industrial bulb thermometer, showing cold temperature in Fahrenheit - factory act 1937 Section 3 copyright,. The surrounding context encompasses period detail, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, independent retail, customer footfall, specialist retailer, small business, visual archive, social history, everyday life, local enterprise, bricks-and-mortar retail, community identity, and specialist shop. From a 2025-onward perspective, footfall and business rates are closely linked to this subject, alongside how commercial property costs affect small retailers. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around England, Great Britain , UK before refurbishment alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are street-level business, public realm, changing streetscape, documentary photography, regional identity, place identity, archival record, and shopfront economy. References to temperature, Section, industrial, Wooden, and Fahrenheit give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at England, Great Britain , UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is footfall and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets without losing the local specificity of England, Great Britain , UK. The scene further reflects independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses in a form that can be compared with future views of England, Great Britain , UK. The view records a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,SK6,Peak Forest canal,No 8,No8,rural,country,countryside,towpath,walk,walks,mechanism,gate,gates,wood,wooden,lock,locks,history,historic,tourist,tourism,flight,flights,six,transport,navigation,boating,Marple,Greater Manchester,outdoors,walking,route
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4CAEG - . This dated editorial view of Peak Forest canal, Marple Locks, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is No 8, Locks on the Peak Forest canal, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 6BN. Further facets of the scene include documentary photography, inland boating, community identity, canal infrastructure, managed navigation, navigation engineering, archival record, everyday life, social history, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, working waterway, blue-green corridor, and canal heritage. The wider contemporary story combines biodiversity, public access and how navigation heritage coexists with modern flood and environmental management. As a dated visual record of Peak Forest canal, Marple Locks, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, the frame retains lettering, decoration and surface detail, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include changing streetscape, industrial waterway history, local history, changing land use, regional identity, heritage boating, historical comparison, and public realm. Details involving Forest, Marple, canal, Stockport, and Locks make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Peak Forest canal, Marple Locks, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is biodiversity and how navigation heritage coexists with modern flood and environmental management within the real-world context of Peak Forest canal, Marple Locks, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK. The image fixes period character for future local research. It also preserves a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
Peak Forest canal, Marple Locks, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,SK6,Peak Forest canal,No6,No 6,rural,country,countryside,towpath,walk,walks,mechanism,gate,gates,wood,wooden,lock,locks,history,historic,tourist,tourism,flight,flights,six,transport,navigation,boating,Marple,Greater Manchester,outdoors,walking,route
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4CAEJ - . This scene at Peak Forest canal, Marple Locks, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The location is represented through No 6, Locks on the Peak Forest canal, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, SK6 6BN. The setting additionally reflects inland navigation, canal infrastructure, canal heritage, archival record, blue-green corridor, visual archive, everyday life, changing streetscape, inland boating, waterborne transport, period detail, local character, towpath landscape, and navigation engineering. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with maintenance funding, biodiversity and the transition of industrial waterways toward leisure and heritage use. Small period details of period objects and surrounding context at Peak Forest canal, Marple Locks, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. A second descriptive layer includes community identity, place identity, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, documentary photography, public realm, changing land use, and managed navigation. References to canal, Stockport, Forest, Marple, and Locks give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Peak Forest canal, Marple Locks, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate maintenance funding and how navigation heritage coexists with modern flood and environmental management within the specific setting of Peak Forest canal, Marple Locks, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK. It also preserves details of everyday use for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2M4CAEJ.
Peak Forest canal, Marple Locks, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,land,country,rural,farm,for,over,behind,green belt land,Grappenhall,Warrington,trees,field,fields,crop,cropped,developing,dusk,dawn,English,partnerships,Homes England,woodland,wood,forest,sunsets,countryside,farmland,farm land,sun,night,evening,tree
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NKAB - . This authentic period view of Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4 in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The principal subject is Sunset over Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4. Other connected aspects include social history, rural economy, community identity, agricultural landscape, public realm, summer fieldwork, documentary photography, local character, place identity, before-and-after reference, archival record, farm produce, period detail, and changing streetscape. For current editorial use, supply chains and crop yields provide additional context, especially through how hotter and wetter weather affects crop reliability. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4 at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. The surrounding story also includes crop production, regional identity, historical comparison, cereal crop, arable farming, changing land use, food supply chain, and grain harvest. Details involving Massey, Brook, green, Sunset, and Grappenhall make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4, 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 supply chains and the relationship between rural landscapes and national food security within the specific setting of Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4. The record includes a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
Massey Brook green belt land, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,at,image,picture,traditionally,decorated,barges,barge,decoration,registered,490,Skinners,OC,red,paint,painted,traditional,history,historic,heritage,castle,castles,museum,art,painting,Canal paintings,panel,Pamela,wood,wooden,frame,roof,top,of,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1YKWR - . An identifiable period record of National Waterways Museum, South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The main point of reference is Barge decoration, Josh Skinner, OC 5565, Registered 490 Coventry, traditionally decorated barge, castle image. The wider scene also brings together heritage boating, waterborne freight, archival record, public-realm investment, historic townscape, historical comparison, documentary photography, community identity, place identity, local history, adaptive reuse, social history, mixed-use redevelopment, and urban fabric. The wider contemporary story combines public access, heritage conservation and how museum collections preserve working waterway history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with housing pressure, heritage conservation and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around National Waterways Museum, South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW before changed technology alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include before-and-after reference, boat museum collection, civic architecture, towpath landscape, inland navigation, canal transport, commercial redevelopment, and visual archive. Elements such as Registered, decoration, Skinner, castle, and Coventry add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image fixes a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Rd, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,1960s,1960,walnut,wood,knob,Ferguson 401,Ferguson,radiogram,with,viny,12 inch,12,LP,plays,speakers,Ferguson Radio Corporation Ltd,Radio Corporation Ltd,401RG,1955,Broadcast Receiver,or,past WW2,Tuner,piece,of,furniture,Garrard,RC 80M,record changer,EL84,output valves,SW,FM,LW,MW,Superheterodyne,ZF/IF 470/10700 kHz
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K23M58 - Number of Tubes
9
Valves / Tubes
Main principle
Superheterodyne (common)
ZF/IF 470/10700 kHz
Wave bands
Broadcast, Long Wave, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.
Details
Record Player (perh.Changer)
Power type and voltage
Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-250 Volt
Loudspeaker
2 Loudspeakers
Power out
6 W (undistorted)
Material
Wooden case
from Radiomuseum.org
Model: 401RG - Ferguson Radio Corporation Ltd
Shape
Console with any shape - in general
Dimensions (WHD)
36 x 31.5 x 16 inch / 914 x 800 x 406 mm
Notes
Originally fitted with Garrard RC 80M record changer.
Speakers
Bass 12 inches, Treble 6 x 4 inches.
2 x EL84 output valves are connected as a long tail pair, giving an output of 6 watts at less than 1% distortion.
FM coverage is 87 to 101 MHz, note
on this radio the FM band is called Band 2
SW coverage it is 15.7 to 55.4 meters.
Mentioned in
-- Original-techn. papers.
Author
Model page created by Peter Hoddow. See Data change for further contributors.
London, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,renovation,Liverpool,cargo,ship,wood,boat,now,being,sold,to,used,by,of,Abel,&,sons,1860,barge,river,Mersey,Builder,Speakman,William,Chester,named,called,towed,no engine,heritage,olden days,preserved,renovating,museum,boats,ships,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K23M6C - Mossdale was built in 1876 by the Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Company, Chester. She is a Mersey Flat and was towed by horses or tugs. Her hull was carvel construction of oak, elm and pitch pine and she traded between Ellesmere Port and Liverpool. Originally known as RUBY, she was renamed MOSSDALE when bought by Abel & Son of Runcorn in the 1930s. They extensively rebuilt and deepened her to obtain maximum load for minimum displacement. She was found abandoned at Ellesmere Port in 1970 and is now preserved on shore at the Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port.
Mossdale's fabric is representative of a typical wooden Mersey flat, being built of oak frames on pitch pine planking doubled where necessary to achieve her shape. Her large foredeck windlass fitted her to work in the tidal Mersey, with a smaller windlass used when warping her into docks. In 1933, Mossdale underwent a major re-build which included lengthening her to 72 feet. Her increased length represents an important period in her working life, marking the development in trade caused by the industrial revolution and the need for her to carry a greater cargo to pay her way. With no means of propulsion, she would generally have been towed by a horse or tug.
Mossdale was never rigged as a sailing flat, but is a good example of a regional river barge from North-West England. She has a substantial rudder, a typical flat bottom, a round bilge and bluff square bows.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K307TX - . An on-location photograph from National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The photograph centres on Blue framed Grand Union Canal Company Notice, The towing path is private property, and may be used only for the purposes of the navigation. The locality and subject together evoke place identity, working waterway, regional identity, navigation engineering, canal heritage, boat museum collection, historic narrowboat, changing streetscape, local mobility, bus route infrastructure, passenger transport, historical comparison, everyday life, and archival record. From a 2025-onward perspective, volunteering and heritage conservation are closely linked to this subject, alongside the cost of maintaining ageing locks, boats and canal structures. The wider contemporary story combines passenger information, bus funding and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense urban centres. Future viewers can use this scene from National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after redevelopment. The location also brings in street-side transport, documentary photography, canal transport, towpath landscape, public realm, public transport stop, bus infrastructure, and local history. Details involving private, Notice, Company, purposes, and towing make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The view records a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,All Saints Vicarage,Bell Ln,Warrington WA4 2SX,entrance,Vicarage,Cheshire,England,wood,to,carved,Naylor,family,Joan,and,&,Ellen,history,historic,front,outside,inside,carving,embossed,dark,mahogany,carpentry,village,All Saints Drive,All Saints Dr,church,churches,entry,cover,covered,gate,gates
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTWGJE - . This scene at All Saints Vicarage, Bell Ln, Thelwall, Warrington WA4 2SX in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The principal subject is Wooden entrance to All Saints,church,, Bell Ln, Thelwall, Warrington , Cheshire, England,WA4 2SX. The surrounding context encompasses period architecture, religious heritage, public-realm investment, sacred decoration, historic townscape, ecclesiastical art, civic architecture, historic church fabric, local history, sacred architecture, heritage-led regeneration, urban fabric, parish church heritage, and changing land use. From a 2025-onward perspective, cultural heritage and historic fabric are closely linked to this subject, alongside how sacred art preserves religious, artistic and community history. The wider contemporary story combines commercial viability, construction costs and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves building condition and alterations at All Saints Vicarage, Bell Ln, Thelwall, Warrington WA4 2SX, details that may look very different after different community use. The wider setting retains connections with liturgical art, urban regeneration, visual archive, regional identity, architectural character, town-centre renewal, archival record, and faith heritage. The combination of Wooden, Saints, church, Thelwall, and entrance anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at All Saints Vicarage, Bell Ln, Thelwall, Warrington WA4 2SX helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate cultural heritage and how sacred art preserves religious, artistic and community history within the specific setting of All Saints Vicarage, Bell Ln, Thelwall, Warrington WA4 2SX.
All Saints Vicarage, Bell Ln, Thelwall, Warrington WA4 2SX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,cluster,fresh eco,decay,cycle,nature,recycling,growing,on,recently,woods,chopped,down,tree,Cheshire,England,UK,brown,pattern,group,wood,rot,polypores,circular,fruiting,bodies,conks,conk,nutrient cycling,edible,inedible,medicinal,value,medicine,pathogens
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD3KP - Polypores are a group of fungi that form large fruiting bodies with pores or tubes on the underside (see Delimitation for exceptions). They are a morphological group of basidiomycetes-like gilled mushrooms and hydnoid fungi, and not all polypores are closely related to each other. Polypores are also called bracket fungi or shelf fungi, and they characteristically produce woody, shelf- or bracket-shaped or occasionally circular fruiting bodies that are called conks.
Most polypores inhabit tree trunks or branches consuming the wood, but some soil-inhabiting species form mycorrhiza with trees. Polypores and the related corticioid fungi are the most important agents of wood decay, playing a very significant role in nutrient cycling and aiding carbon dioxide absorption by forest ecosystems.
Over one thousand polypore species have been described to science, but a large part of the diversity is still unknown even in relatively well-studied temperate areas. Polypores are much more diverse in old natural forests with abundant dead wood than in younger managed forests or plantations. Consequently, a number of species have declined drastically and are under threat of extinction due to logging and deforestation.
Polypores are used in traditional medicine, and they are actively studied for their medicinal value and various industrial applications. Several polypore species are serious pathogens of plantation trees and are major causes of timber spoilage.
Conks, the fruiting bodies of polypores, lie in a close planar grouping of separate or interconnected horizontal rows. Brackets can range from only a single row of a few caps, to dozens of rows of caps that can weigh several hundred pounds.
Grappenhall Heys,Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,wood,wooden case,cased,clocking,in,of,shift,workers,recorder,made,punch,card,Huddersfield,labour,payroll,pay,payment,control,time,system,systems,Yorkshire,at,Salts Mill,mill,factory,ltd,recorders,print,red,black,on time,late
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA26 - . This location-specific image from Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The location is represented through Gledhill-Brook time recorder made in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, at Salts Mill. The frame also records themes of town-centre renewal, regional identity, period detail, built heritage, documentary photography, archival record, historic townscape, community identity, visual archive, local character, local history, public realm, contemporary social history, and urban regeneration. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heritage conservation, commercial viability and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. The surrounding story also includes period architecture, commercial redevelopment, architectural character, everyday life, place identity, adaptive reuse, changing land use, and civic architecture. Elements such as Yorkshire, Gledhill-Brook, Huddersfield, Salts, and recorder 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. Another strand within the photograph is heritage conservation and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition within the specific setting of Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK. It also preserves period character as part of Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK's history.
Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK
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Keywords: @hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,CW5,lock,boatyard,boat yard,boats,barge,Nantwich Marina,Chester Road,Cheshire,England,CW5 8LB,basin,barges,yard,blue sky,canal,canals,Shroppy,Union,waterway,waterways,wood,arts,project,Canal and River Trust,Canal & River Trust,tourist,attraction,tourism,representation,artist,history,heritage,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNHKAY - . An identifiable period record of Nantwich Marina, Basin End, Chester Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 8LB in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The main point of reference is Arts Along the Canal, Wooden horse - Nantwich Marina, Basin End, Chester Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 8LB. Other connected aspects include roadside stop, before-and-after reference, transport accessibility, bus route infrastructure, public realm, community identity, social history, historical comparison, changing streetscape, documentary photography, public transport information, changing land use, period detail, and surface public transport. The wider contemporary story combines bus service funding, accessibility and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around Nantwich Marina, Basin End, Chester Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 8LB before changed technology alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are street-side transport, roadside transit, local bus network, bus infrastructure, regional identity, passenger transport, public transport stop, and everyday life. References to Chester, horse, Canal, Along, and Wooden give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Nantwich Marina, Basin End, Chester Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 8LB, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of bus service funding and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare within the specific setting of Nantwich Marina, Basin End, Chester Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 8LB.
Nantwich Marina, Basin End, Chester Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 8LB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Cheshire,town,centre,Anglican,church,history,historic,building,listed,grade I,architecture,CW5,CW5 5RQ,colourful,coloured,windows,and,&,stained glass window,in,crucifix,cross,carved,wooden,wood,statues,statue,inside,interior,saints,flowers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNN57B - St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It has been called the Cathedral of South Cheshire and it is considered by some to be one of the finest medieval churches, not only in Cheshire, but in the whole of England. The architectural writer Raymond Richards described it as one of the great architectural treasures of Cheshire, and Alec Clifton-Taylor included it in his list of outstanding English parish churches.
The building dates from the 14th century, although a number of changes have since been made, particularly a substantial 19th-century restoration by Sir George Gilbert Scott. The church and its octagonal tower are built in red sandstone. Features of the church's interior include the lierne-vaulted ceiling of the choir, the carved stone canopies of the sedilia in the chancel, and the intricately carved wooden canopies over the choirstalls together with the 20 misericords at the back of the stalls. The church is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich
Church Lane, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5RQ
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,village,Cotswold,Cotswolds,England,UK,Eastcombe Baptist Church,Dr Crouchs Road Eastcombe Near,Stroud,GL6 7EA,GL6,building,architecture,summer,offerings,for,wood,slot,donations,offerings for incidental expenses,pay,payment,payments,support,supporting,the,clergy,expense,expensed,getting by,wooden,box,collection,collections
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM9P2A - . An on-location photograph from Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The image documents Offerings box, for expenses Eastcombe Baptist Church, Dr Crouch's Road Eastcombe Nr, Stroud , Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EA. The image also relates to passenger transport, local mobility, public transport information, contemporary social history, public realm, local bus network, faith heritage, Christian iconography, stained-glass craftsmanship, street-side transport, sacred architecture, church conservation, historical comparison, and sacred space. For current editorial use, accessibility and cultural heritage provide additional context, especially through how places of worship combine active religious use with tourism and heritage. Current relevance extends to local connectivity and accessibility, particularly through how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB, details that may look very different after conservation work. A second descriptive layer includes public transport stop, surface public transport, heritage worship space, religious artwork, historic glazing, local character, visual archive, and cathedral interior. Elements such as Crouch's, Offerings, Church, Baptist, and Gloucestershire add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The record includes a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Eastcombe village, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7EB
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,packed for Henry A Lane,London,by Industria Argentina,beef,farming,South America,wooden,wood,boxes,box,packed,packing,for,Henry A Lane,Henry,Lane,by,6x6,LB,2720,GRM,Industria,wooden box,package,Henry A Lane & Co Ltd,industry,processed,industrial,13,No13,Henry Lane,Co Ltd,tins
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP9HR3 - . An identifiable period record of London, England, UK in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Corned Beef wooden box, packed for Henry A Lane, London, by Industria Argentina - what a carbon footprint. The image also relates to architectural detail, local character, historic streetscape, period building, documentary photography, changing land use, heritage landmark, community identity, adaptive reuse, local history, period detail, social history, contemporary social history, and before-and-after reference. The wider contemporary story combines redevelopment pressure, heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. Future viewers can use this scene from London, England, UK to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after new ownership. Further associations within the scene are everyday life, period architecture, regional identity, place identity, urban fabric, historical comparison, changing streetscape, and conservation architecture. The combination of London, carbon, Industria, wooden, and Henry anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For London, 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 wider significance includes redevelopment pressure and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the specific setting of London, England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is energy retrofit and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility as part of the longer story of London, England, UK. The setting also helps illustrate adaptive reuse and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility when considered against later change at London, England, UK.
London, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Little Compton,Warwickshire,England,UK,OX7 5QB,a,at,stones,wish,wishes,decorations,belief,hope,fabric,tape,tapes,ribbon,hangs,hanging,placed,there,tree,trees,woods,forest,wood,woodland,woodlands,left,tied,knotted,attached,added
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP9HYB - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Little Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Ribbons tied to tree at Rollright stones, Little Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB. The broader subject matter reaches into historical comparison, architectural detail, local history, contemporary social history, local character, documentary photography, public realm, cityscape history, archival record, changing land use, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, heritage landmark, and built heritage. Today's relevance is strengthened by embodied carbon, heritage conservation and the continuing question of the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at Little Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The photograph additionally reflects adaptive reuse, period building, place identity, architectural character, historic townscape, period architecture, visual archive, and regional identity. The recorded references to Warwickshire, Ribbons, Rollright, stones, and Compton preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Little Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character in a form that can be compared with future views of Little Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB. The period view preserves period character for future local research.
Little Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,England,UK,Herefordshire,alcohol,drinking,fermentation,alcoholism,alcoholics,cyder,1920,as,it,was,in,offices,manager,typewriter,desk,lamp,heater,electric,ledger,telephone,Bakelite,certificate,certificates,wood,wooden,panelling,panels,BW,Black and White,Black & White,monochrome,history,historic,pomology
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPF7J1 - . This dated editorial view of Hereford city, Herefordshire, England, UK in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is HP Bulmer boardroom, as it was in 1920s, Hereford city, Herefordshire, England, UK - Monochrome. The broader subject matter reaches into beverage production, historical comparison, public realm, archival record, documentary photography, everyday life, local history, historic beverage advertising, Herefordshire cider tradition, before-and-after reference, orchard-to-bottle industry, factory bottling line, drinks manufacturing, and cider brand history. Today's relevance is strengthened by tourism, regional food heritage and the continuing question of how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing. As a dated visual record of Hereford city, Herefordshire, England, UK, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are social history, changing land use, cider-making heritage, period detail, industrial beverage equipment, visual archive, drinks packaging, and place identity. Details involving Bulmer, Monochrome, boardroom, Herefordshire, and 1920s make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Hereford city, Herefordshire, 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 tourism and the relationship between orchard agriculture, regional identity and branded cider without losing the local specificity of Hereford city, Herefordshire, England, UK. The period view preserves part of the area's social history for future local research.
Hereford city, Herefordshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,RBKC,England,UK,Royal Borough,of,Kensington,Chelsea,shop,store,W11,86,Portobello Rd,W11 2QD,&,art,wooden,box,printed,market,tourist,tourism,wood,rectangle,rectangular,Alice,Alices House,artworks,art works,boxes,drawer,storage,seller,retailer,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KWRD - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The scene records Alices, Portobello Road, Purveyor Of Junk & Works of Art, 86 Portobello Rd, London W11 2QD. The wider scene also brings together period detail, transport accessibility, documentary photography, metropolitan identity, iconic London transport, public realm, bus infrastructure, capital-city heritage, passenger information, London visitor economy, visual archive, social history, historic London streetscape, and community identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into heritage conservation and tourism, not least because of how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain. Today's relevance is strengthened by passenger information, bus funding and the continuing question of the challenge of maintaining reliable local services. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at the recorded location, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. Other useful contextual ideas include local bus network, contemporary social history, changing land use, city branding, capital landmark imagery, local mobility, street-side transport, and archival record. The recorded references to Purveyor, Portobello, Alices, and Works preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to heritage conservation and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain within the specific setting of the recorded location. The scene captures a point of historical comparison as part of the recorded location's history.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,historic,history,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK,number50,timber,building,brick,mix,wooden door,old,50 Church street,tudor,frame,framed,style,CW9,rural,farming,village,villages,tourist,tourism,attraction,agriculture,near,timberframe,timber-framed,wood,cottages,doorway
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DD8JBA - . This authentic period view of High St, Great Budworth, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, CW9 6HF in 2020 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The scene records Number 50,Church Street,Great Budworth,traditional timber framed house,Gt Budworth,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK,. The subject also carries associations with public realm, everyday life, local character, urban social history, community life, period detail, pedestrian environment, social history, changing streetscape, historic streetscape, local history, regional identity, heritage asset, and archival record. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into redevelopment pressure and heritage conservation, not least because of the tension between conservation and redevelopment. Today's relevance is strengthened by street safety, commercial change and the continuing question of the relationship between public space and local social life. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at High St, Great Budworth, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, CW9 6HF, details that may look very different after new ownership. The location also brings in period streetscape, heritage landmark, visual archive, conservation interest, local landmark, urban fabric, street-level documentary, and historical comparison. Details involving timber, traditional, Budworth, Northwich, and Number make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at High St, Great Budworth, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, CW9 6HF matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene captures a point of historical comparison for later comparison. Image 2DD8JBA also remains a dated record of High St, Great Budworth, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, CW9 6HF.
High St, Great Budworth, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, CW9 6HF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,area,English,Englishman,Englishmans,home is his castle,keep out,an,no,access,without,permission,trespassing,trespass,green,wood,woodland,walking,route,restricted,restriction,please,keep,out,indicates,indicating,a,boundary,boundaries,fence,and,notice,fencing,gate,summer,country,countryside,right to roam,private
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DD8JBD - . An on-location photograph from Cheshire, England, UK in 2020, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The defining feature is Green Private Land Sign, No Public Right Of Way - please keep out - Fence and notice, indicating a boundary. A broader reading of the photograph includes social landscape, summer city life, urban gathering place, before-and-after reference, community recreation, community life, period detail, documentary photography, interactive public realm, pedestrian square, street-level documentary, historical comparison, family recreation, and changing land use. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into city-centre footfall and inclusive design, not least because of the growing need for shade, water and cooling during hotter summers. Today's relevance is strengthened by community use, footfall and the continuing question of the relationship between public space and local social life. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around Cheshire, England, UK before different community use alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside informal play space, changing streetscape, place identity, local character, everyday street life, pedestrian environment, archival record, and seasonal outdoor activity. The recorded references to please, Green, Fence, Public, and Private preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Cheshire, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is city-centre footfall and the growing need for shade, water and cooling during hotter summers as part of the longer story of Cheshire, England, UK. The scene captures part of the area's social history within the wider story of Cheshire, England, UK.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,letters,pensioner,pensioners,older,old,adult,issues,supported,housing,lives,life,keeping,well,safe,Old Age,pension,retired,retirement,dignity,growing,gracefully,slogan,slogans,Scrabble letters,Scrabble words,Scrabble word,tile,tiles,wood,wooden,elderly care,oaps
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE024P - . An authentic period view of Britain , UK in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The location is represented through Old,OAP,Care,Elderly,quality,support, in Scrabble letters. Other connected aspects include before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, place-making, built environment, regional music scene, nightlife culture, residential environment, visual archive, grassroots gig, music subculture, public realm, concert photography, housing affordability, and independent music. For contemporary context, music tourism and independent promotion are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the fragility of local music scenes. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about planning, housing supply and how housing quality affects everyday wellbeing. For future researchers, the frame preserves period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment as seen at Britain , UK. A second layer of the scene includes music heritage, place identity, changing land use, community identity, popular-music history, regional identity, affordable homes, and changing streetscape. The combination of Scrabble, Elderly, quality, letters, and support anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Britain , UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is music tourism and the fragility of local music scenes within the real-world context of Britain , UK. The wider significance includes tenant rights and the importance of maintenance, accountability and tenant rights within the specific setting of Britain , UK. Another strand within the photograph is heritage and the archival value of recording bands and venues before they disappear as part of the longer story of Britain , UK.
Britain , UK
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,UK Housing,UKHousing,letter,words,socialhousing,word,in,Compliance,trades,Safety,Schedule of Rates,DLO,SORs,Direct Labour,Organisation,Building Services,Better Data,Trades,slogan,slogans,Scrabble letters,Scrabble words,Scrabble word,tile,tiles,wood,wooden,operatives,operative,repair,work,working
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE0251 - . Made at Britain , UK in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The photograph records Compliance,Better Data,DLO,Trades,Scrabble letters. The setting also relates to patient care, community housing, health-service capacity, visual archive, public healthcare, risk management, affordable homes, neighbourhood regeneration, public-health provision, changing land use, housing provision, treatment access, housing quality, and health compliance. Today's wider story includes workforce capacity, maintenance compliance and the practical question of the relationship between public policy and frontline safety. For contemporary context, energy retrofit and housing supply are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the importance of maintenance, accountability and tenant rights. From an archival perspective, the scene fixes evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life around Britain , UK. Further connections include documentary photography, changing streetscape, historic context, built environment, place-making, everyday life, historical comparison, and regional identity. References to Compliance, Trades, Better, Scrabble, and letters help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. Around Britain , UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes workforce capacity and the relationship between public policy and frontline safety when considered against later change at Britain , UK. Another strand within the photograph is affordability and the importance of maintenance, accountability and tenant rights without losing the local specificity of Britain , UK. The record includes a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
Britain , UK
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,word,in,letter,words,socialhousing,UKHousing,UK Housing,slogan,slogans,Scrabble letters,Scrabble word,tile,tiles,wood,wooden,electrics,electric,safe,operatives,operative,repair,work,working,certificate,certification,certificates,PartP,Part P,yellow,spelled,spelt
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE026D - . This location-based editorial photograph from Britain , UK in 2019 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The view centres on Electrical Compliance Safety,in,Scrabble letters. The wider subject matter also includes occupational safety, place-making, health-service capacity, housing affordability, clinical services, historical comparison, archival record, risk management, housing quality, residential environment, public healthcare, community identity, residential development, and housing provision. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about treatment access, risk control and the practical importance of prevention and early intervention. The present-day relevance extends to repairs and planning, while a wider concern is the importance of maintenance, accountability and tenant rights. For future researchers, the view leaves evidence of evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life around Britain , UK. The surrounding context also covers before-and-after reference, workplace protection, place identity, health compliance, patient care, changing streetscape, built environment, and preventive safety. The combination of letters, Electrical, Compliance, Scrabble, and Safety anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Britain , UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual story.htm Target=_Blank>history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of treatment access and the practical importance of prevention and early intervention within the specific setting of Britain , UK. A further contemporary connection is repairs and the importance of maintenance, accountability and tenant rights as part of the longer story of Britain , UK. The scene captures part of the area's social history for future local research.
Britain , UK
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,Brick Lane,east end,London E1,in Scrabble Letters,royal,wedding,romance,on wall,letters,word,art,artist,lady,Diana,Spencer,slogan,slogans,Scrabble letters,Scrabble words,Scrabble word,tile,tiles,wood,wooden,Royal Family,monarchy,Megs,Meg,ginger,Streetart,words,by,Wabi Sabi,WabiSabi,Windsor
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE024K - . A dated documentary view of 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London, England,UK, E1 6QR in 2019, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The image documents When Meghan Met Harry, Brick Lane, east end, London E1, in Scrabble Letters, Streetart words by Wabi Sabi. A broader reading of the scene brings in nightlife culture, archival record, historical comparison, engineering heritage, regional music scene, concert photography, industrial material culture, working-industry history, building-material production, contemporary social history, factory history, performance culture, documentary photography, and visual archive. Today's wider story includes factory closures, manufacturing history and the practical question of recording industries that shaped northern towns. For contemporary context, regional culture and rising costs are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the archival value of recording bands and venues before they disappear. With the passage of time, the photograph preserves the combination of built form, activity and local identity in the immediate surroundings of 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London, England,UK, E1 6QR. Other useful associations include labour history, music heritage, local character, place identity, everyday life, industrial archaeology, public realm, and industrial supply chain. Elements such as Meghan, words, London, Harry, and Streetart add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. For 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London, England,UK, E1 6QR, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes factory closures and the historical importance of everyday manufactured objects and materials within the specific setting of 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London, England,UK, E1 6QR.
91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London, England,UK, E1 6QR
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,pumpout,wood,wooden,painted,Warrington,waterway,WA4,Diesel Pump out,Cheshire,England,WA4 6LE,Thorn Marine,Chandlery Boat Hire,Diesel,Pump out,Stockton Heath,South Warrington,London Bridge,warehouse,warehousing,shop,store,retail,towpath,tow path,Manchester ship Canal Company,Peel Ports,Rambling Thorn,exterior,outside,historic,old boathouse,Boatyard and shop,British Waterways,boat hire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEJ88 - History of Thorn Marine
The Bridgewater canal reach Stockton heath about 1772, the area around London Bridge and Thorn Marine developed over the next few years and became known as Stockton Quays, there was warehousing, an inn, toll house,Blacksmiths, stabling, barns, and bank riders cottages. one of these bank riders cottages became Thorn Marine.
A very successful packet boat service started up running from the London Bridge Inn to Manchester allowing the gentry to travel in style and comfort on the last part of there journey to Manchester, good were also shipped from the warehouse over the road, The boats were in them days pulled by horses, and unusually the horse for the packet boat were trotted along the towpath and were ridden by Bank riders who lived in what is now Thorn Marine.
The quays at thorn marine were also used by Caldwells to ship there tools spades, picks, etc for the gold rush in america and the First World War. The good were shipped to Liverpool where they were loaded onto sea going ships
During the First and second world wars the canal was also used to move munitions and men to Liverpool to be shipped across for the war effort.
Since we took over
We passed Thorn Marine in the spring of 1991 on our 25' Dawncraft Hammie on a two week trip around the Cheshire ring, we noticed it was looking a bit unloved and there was a for sale sign out side.
A few phone calls on our return home we discovered it was still for sale, but not with the agents anymore. After nearly 12 months of negotiations with the vendor and The Manchester ship Canal Company, we finally moved in on the 11th April 1992.
Over the next few years Margaret turned the business around from a fancy good shop back to a chandlery with help from Brian and Nigel when they were not working in their own careers. Brian decided in 1997 to stop paining and decorating and joined Margret working full time in the shop.
In 1997 we too delivery of Rambling Thorn our purpose built day boat
Bridgewater Canal,Stockton Heath,South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6LE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,NQ4,Northern Quarter,Tib St,Craft Village,M4,crafts,City Centre,pallet,wood,M4 5JD,pallets,Megham Darby,craft,village,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,exhibition,exhibitions,Feb,May,40,forty,fortieth,space,corner
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEKM - . This descriptive scene sets out a moment within 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD, as it appeared in 2019. The principal point of reference is 40 Years and Counting, Megham Graydon Darby, Manchester Craft Village, North West England, UK, M4 5JD. Other aspects of the setting include social landscape, regional identity, social context, local identity, cultural landscape, place-based history, documentary record, contemporary social history, changing Britain, place and memory, everyday Britain, and community environment. For present-day editorial use, regional identity can also illustrate debates about business turnover and changing use, particularly where these affect preservation of everyday detail. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of 17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. The surrounding story includes public realm, modern history, everyday infrastructure, urban and rural change, documentary photography, community life. Further recorded details include Oak street, Manchester City Centre, exhibition, platform, art. Further aspects present in the subject include visual record, and local character. In the mid-2020s, ordinary infrastructure is increasingly discussed through altered public space and business turnover, with attention turning to before-and-after study. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for social change, historic fabric, planning and redevelopment, movement through the area, and everyday services without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. In historical comparison, the image can help trace architecture and streetscape, public access, neighbourhood identity, ownership or occupation, and transport patterns in a form that can be compared with later photographs.
17 Oak St, Manchester, UK, M4 5JD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Somerset,South West England,UK,Woman in black,walking past graffiti,colorful,contract,lady,walking past,TA1,black,dressed,in,past,art,street,street art,county,town,centre,urban,Wood,st,cool,female,trendy,contrast,contrasts,wall,billboard,boards,tag,tags,tagged,Hip-Hop,HipHop
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTJN - . This location-led image captures the social and built context of Wood street, Taunton, Somerset, South West England, UK, TA1 1UN, as recorded during 2018. The source caption identifies Woman in black walking past colourful graffiti, in Wood street, Taunton, Somerset, South West England, UK, TA1 1UN. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are community art, urban artwork, mural culture, street-level design, temporary artwork, creative regeneration, city artwork, public art, public realm art, visual placemaking, creative streetscape, and local identity. The wider contemporary story of visual placemaking now includes regeneration alongside community participation, while policy and investment increasingly consider stronger place identity. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of Wood street, Taunton, Somerset, South West England, UK, TA1 1UN may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. Beyond the immediate subject, the setting involves art-led regeneration, street creativity, urban visual culture, contemporary mural, urban graphics, community expression. Other local associations include walks. The location further reflects graphic intervention, and illustrated hoarding. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, public art also connects with graffiti versus commissioned work, community participation and efforts aimed at creative reuse of redevelopment sites. Taken together, these details make the photograph a useful record of patterns of everyday use, the condition of buildings, regional identity, local business activity, and public-realm details as an authentic period reference. The combination preserved here provides evidence of local character, period design, changes of use, the appearance of the built environment, and public activity at this precise location.
Wood street, Taunton, Somerset, South West England, UK, TA1 1UN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Flame,flames,grate,lit,guard,fire behind,winter time,Flames,burn,burning,real fire,cast iron grate,wintertime,Fireplace,orange,warming,smell of a real fire,coal,fire,coal fire,huddle,by a fire,fireplace,carbon fuels,smoke,fireplace smoke,ventilation,childhood memories,fire guard,open fires,wood burning,well-tended,wood,wood smoke,carcinogen,cozy fire,kitchen
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GT2F - . An on-location image preserves the working environment around the recorded location, in a scene preserved from 2018. The principal recorded subject is Flames from a real fire, in a cast iron grate, winter time, lovely orange warm glow. The scene also brings together local character, social landscape, documentary photography, community life, changing Britain, modern history, urban and rural change, community environment, cultural landscape, social context, visual record, and place and memory. In the mid-2020s, everyday local life is increasingly discussed through new technology and redevelopment, with attention turning to preservation of everyday detail. Because this is a time-specific record of the recorded location, later comparison can reveal changes in signage, ownership, land use, transport, street furniture, building condition and the way the public uses the surrounding space, specifically in relation to Flames from a real fire. The scene also relates to regional identity, contemporary social history, local identity, place-based history, public realm, everyday Britain. The scene is further associated with fire behind a guard, vigorous flames, smell of a fire, fireguard, pleasure of a real fire. Further aspects present in the subject include everyday infrastructure, and documentary record. Current debate around place and memory often combines the passage of time, altered public space and the practical challenge of preservation of everyday detail. In historical comparison, the image can help trace movement through the area, everyday services, planning and redevelopment, historic fabric, and social change within the surrounding area. The lasting documentary value lies in its record of architecture and streetscape, ownership or occupation, neighbourhood identity, transport patterns, and public access as part of the area's longer social history. The dated view captures the surrounding streetscape as part of the area's social history.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P6336G - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P6337F - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P6337R - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P63384 - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P63389 - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Keywords: Glasgow,in,wood,Swoosh,Europe,City,Centre,Orange Nike,shop logo,shop window,Swoosh Logo,City Centre,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scotland,British,Scotland,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,brand,logos,trading,shoes,shoe,running,runner,popular
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H9PM3A - . This location-specific image from Buchanon St,Glasgow,Scotland,UK in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The main point of reference is Orange Nike shop logo in shop window,Glasgow. A broader reading of the photograph includes visual archive, place identity, customer footfall, documentary photography, period detail, small business, historical comparison, commercial frontage, public realm, everyday life, local trading, specialist retailer, before-and-after reference, and retail property. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into online shopping and consumer spending, not least because of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding. Future viewers can use this scene from Buchanon St,Glasgow,Scotland,UK to compare transport arrangements and footfall with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. The subject also sits alongside changing land use, town-centre economy, archival record, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, independent retail, regional identity, social history, and shopfront economy. The combination of Orange, window, and Glasgow anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Buchanon St,Glasgow,Scotland,UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects online shopping and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets within the specific setting of Buchanon St,Glasgow,Scotland,UK. Its period value extends to store closures and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets as part of the longer story of Buchanon St,Glasgow,Scotland,UK. The scene captures a trace of local identity as part of Buchanon St,Glasgow,Scotland,UK's history. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark for future local research.
Buchanon St,Glasgow,Scotland,UK
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Keywords: Great,Saints,inside,and,religion,Christian,Christianity,Wooden,wood,Alleluia,carving,carved,hallelujah,St Marys,All Saints Church,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,United,Kingdom,GB,English,British,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,United Kingdom,Great Britain,ornate,history,historic,brown,dark,CW9,CW9 6HF
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GGWHA4 - . Made at High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 6HF in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The frame specifically shows St Marys & All Saints Church Gt Budworth Interior, Cheshire, England,UK - Wooden Alleluia carving. The setting additionally reflects everyday life, visual archive, parish history, local history, documentary photography, faith community, heritage worship space, regional identity, community identity, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, social history, changing land use, and Christian heritage. The modern context includes continuing discussion of community use, faith communities and the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity. As a dated visual record of High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 6HF, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are archival record, sacred space, contemporary social history, religious heritage, public realm, historic church fabric, historical comparison, and ecclesiastical art. Elements such as Marys, Alleluia, Church, Budworth, and Saints add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 6HF, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is community use and the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity within the specific setting of High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 6HF. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use within the wider story of High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 6HF.
High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GGWHA8 - . This location-specific image from High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 6HF in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The scene records St Marys & All Saints Church Gt Budworth Interior, Cheshire, England,UK - Wooden Alleluia carving. A broader reading of the photograph includes parish history, changing land use, public realm, community identity, contemporary social history, religious heritage, ecclesiastical art, documentary photography, sacred architecture, archival record, visual archive, before-and-after reference, faith community, and everyday life. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with energy use, faith communities and how churches combine active worship with heritage and community roles. As a dated visual record of High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 6HF, the frame retains lettering, decoration and surface detail, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with regional identity, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, period detail, Christian heritage, sacred space, religious landmark, and historic church fabric. The recorded references to Budworth, carving, Marys, Saints, and Church preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 6HF, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate energy use and the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity without losing the local specificity of High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 6HF. It also preserves a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 6HF
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Keywords: city,centre,army,Flanders,Frederic,Edward,memorial,in,st,saint,John,Johns,interior,inside,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,capital,capt,5th,Highlanders,and,Royal,Flying,Corps.,Killed,in,action,in,the,air,Flanders 3rd January,St John,GoTonySmith,research,history,historic,wood,wooden,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,5th Seaforth Highlanders,Royal Flying Corps,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PM1 - Arthur Frederic Edward Pitman grave monument in St John interior interior church memorials, Edinburgh, Scotland,UK
Capt Arthur Frederic Edward Pitman of the 5th Seaforth Highlanders and Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action in the air
Flanders 3rd January 1918.
St Johns Church, Lothian Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYAX35 - The barley mow is a timber-framed public house that has been much altered. The front facing Market Place is in elaborate black-and-white work, including quatrefoils, standing on a red sandstone plinth. It is in three storeys, including two jettied gables, and two continuous rows of small-pane windows. Inside the public house is a mixture of original 17th-century and later panelling
Old Marketplace, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW509 - . Wood carved last supper scene from St Marys Ardley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. The photograph was taken on 19 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Wood, carved, last, supper, scene, Marys, Ardley, St Marys, religion religious church of England Oxfordshire and United Kingdom Oxen Oxon art artwork catholic cross crucifix disciples, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
St Marys Ardley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: West Oxfordshire,England,UK,classic,architecture,neogothic,Wood,Green,United,Kingdom,with,a,poppy,November,wwI,WWII,world,war,list,of,names,of,the,fallen,wooden,memorial,and,crucifix,cross,crucified,christ,rememberance,England,UK english curches historic,GoTonySmith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW52R - . Holy Trinity Church, Woodgreen Witney, Pipe Organ, West Oxfordshire, England, UK. Photographed at Woodgreen, Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 19 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Holy, Trinity, Church, Woodgreen, Witney, Pipe, Organ, neo-Gothic, West Oxfordshire and classic, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has direct relevance to remembrance, commemoration, war memorials, civic ceremony and the public spaces used to remember military service and loss. It can support editorial features about Remembrance Sunday, Armistice commemorations, poppies, cenotaphs, wreath laying, local military history, veterans and civic participation. Inscriptions, floral tributes, flags, stonework, surrounding streets and temporary commemorative displays can provide important documentary detail for historical and news use. A dated image of a memorial is especially valuable because ceremonies, wreaths, signage and the surrounding public realm change from year to year. Search themes include remembrance, cenotaphs, war memorials, poppies, veterans, civic ceremony, military history, Armistice and public commemoration. Temporary wreaths, poppies and ceremonial displays can make one year's view materially different from another, increasing the archive value of the photograph. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Woodgreen, Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Keywords: night,shot,England,UK,at,GB,Great Britain,council,Town Hall,town,hall,town hall,international,lights,blue sky,people,enjoying,enjoy,citizens,drink,beer,popular,Santa,on,busy,crowded,crowds,Gotonysmith,packed,santa,covered,bulbs,wood,wooden,shed,sheds
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DMG - . Manchester city Xmas German markets Nov/Dec, England, UK at dusk, Santa on Town Hall. Photographed at Albert Square, Manchester, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 06 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Manchester, Xmas, German, markets, Nov/Dec, evening, Manchester City Council, dusk, nightshot and night, 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Albert Square, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: wood,art,artist,cut,music,musical,carving,burr,expert,experts,case,panel,ornate,panels,Upright Piano,wooden Fretwork,Grand Piano,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,history,historic,technique,techniques,making,manufacture,manufacturing,filigree,pattern,patterned,maker,makers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXM8F - . Upright Piano, wooden Fretwork. Photographed at Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 06 September 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 Upright, Grand, Piano, wooden, Fretwork, carved, carver, walnut, panels and panel, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject is relevant to industry, manufacturing, engineering, infrastructure, employment and the physical sites that support production and utilities. It can illustrate editorial coverage of factories, warehouses, industrial heritage, construction, logistics, investment, redevelopment, energy, engineering and the changing economic use of land. Machinery, structures, signage, yards, plant and surrounding buildings provide documentary evidence of a working or former industrial environment rather than an abstract business concept. The dated photograph also has archive value for future comparison as industrial sites are modernised, repurposed, demolished or incorporated into regeneration schemes. Search themes include industry, manufacturing, engineering, factories, warehouses, infrastructure, employment, logistics, industrial heritage and redevelopment. The view has particular archive value where working sites, plant or industrial buildings are later modernised, repurposed or demolished. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYD4D - . An on-location photograph from Lacock, Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG in 2013, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is Carved Lecturn Angel,Lacock Abbey,Lacock,Wiltshire, England, SN15. The wider scene also brings together contemporary social history, church interior, visual archive, regional identity, archival record, ecclesiastical art, local character, community identity, local history, heritage worship space, faith community, parish history, sacred architecture, and sacred space. For current editorial use, historic fabric and accessibility provide additional context, especially through the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around Lacock, Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG before refurbishment alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with public realm, religious landmark, everyday life, religious heritage, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, and Christian heritage. The recorded references to Abbey, Angel, Carved, Lacock, and Wiltshire preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Lacock, Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Its period value extends to historic fabric and the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity as part of the longer story of Lacock, Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG. The location additionally provides evidence of faith communities and the challenge of maintaining historic fabric amid rising costs when considered against later change at Lacock, Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG.
Lacock, Chippenham, England, UK, SN15 2LG
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Keywords: Scheirwater,&,Lloyd,English,Oak,clock,L3,8EW,L38EW,wooden,classic,old,historic,over,door,doorway,corner,of,circular,interior,inside,victorian,fashioned,gotonysmith Scheirwater & Lloyd Liverpool English Oak clock,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,clocks,books,shelves,Liverpool Central Library,England,UK,L3 8EW,the,Hornby Library,wood,shelving,gotonysmith,Scheirwater & Lloyd Liverpool English Oak clock
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB6P3D - The Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library are two grade II* listed buildings on William Brown Street, Liverpool, England which now form part of the Liverpool Central Library. The Scheirwater Lloyd clock sits over the entrance to the Hornby library from the Picton Reading Room.
Chairman of the William Brown Library and Museum Sir James Picton laid the foundation stone of the Picton Reading Room in 1875. It was designed by Cornelius Sherlock, and modelled after the British Museum Reading Room, and was the first electrically lit library in the UK.
It was completed in 1879. The front is semicircular with Corinthian columns, and the shape was chosen by the architect to cover the change in the axis of the row of buildings at this point. The Hornby Reading Room (named after Hugh Frederick Hornby) by Thomas Shelmerdine was added in 1906. It stands behind the older building and the interior is decorated in the Edwardian Imperial style
Liverpool Central Library, Liverpool, England, UK L3 8EW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB6P44 - The Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library are two grade II* listed buildings on William Brown Street, Liverpool, England which now form part of the Liverpool Central Library. The Scheirwater Lloyd clock sits over the entrance to the Hornby library from the Picton Reading Room.
Chairman of the William Brown Library and Museum Sir James Picton laid the foundation stone of the Picton Reading Room in 1875. It was designed by Cornelius Sherlock, and modelled after the British Museum Reading Room, and was the first electrically lit library in the UK.
It was completed in 1879. The front is semicircular with Corinthian columns, and the shape was chosen by the architect to cover the change in the axis of the row of buildings at this point. The Hornby Reading Room (named after Hugh Frederick Hornby) by Thomas Shelmerdine was added in 1906. It stands behind the older building and the interior is decorated in the Edwardian Imperial style
Liverpool Central Library, Liverpool, England, UK L3 8EW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB6P5X - The Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library are two grade II* listed buildings on William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, which now form part of the Liverpool Central Library.
The chairman of the William Brown Library and Museum, Sir James Picton, laid the foundation stone of the Picton Reading Room in 1875. It was designed by Cornelius Sherlock, and modelled after the British Museum Reading Room, and was the first electrically lit library in the UK. It was completed in 1879 formally opened by the Mayor of Liverpool, Sir Thomas Bland Royden. The front is semicircular with Corinthian columns, and the shape was chosen by the architect to cover the change in the axis of the row of buildings at this point. The Hornby Reading Room (named after Hugh Frederick Hornby) by Thomas Shelmerdine was added in 1906. It stands behind the older building and the interior is decorated in the Edwardian Imperial style
Liverpool Central Library, Liverpool, England, UK L3 8EW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB6PET - . BrooklynMixer SeventyEight, 78, a doorway in Seel Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BH. Photographed on 23 July 2013. Historically, town and city centres are continually rewritten by new buildings, transport schemes and changing commercial uses
Photographs preserve the everyday fabric between major landmarks, including underpasses, arcades, back streets and small businesses that may disappear during redevelopment. Historically, historic and contemporary architecture can be read as a record of investment, planning and changing urban functions
Civic, commercial, industrial and residential buildings each contribute to the character of a townscape, particularly where older structures are adapted rather than demolished. In 2026, current regeneration programmes make older urban photographs particularly useful
They allow comparison of high streets, underpasses, shopping areas and public spaces before redevelopment, while also documenting local identity that may not survive physical change. In 2026, the reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside conservation, embodied carbon and town-centre regeneration
Images of older façades and converted premises can therefore illustrate both architectural heritage and the practical pressures of adapting buildings for new uses. The historical context is that city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban change than landmark images alone. In the longer view, urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration.
Seel Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB6PJ9 - . This dated editorial view of William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L3 8EW in 2013 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents Liverpool Picton Library, revolving door, Merseyside, North west England, UK. The surrounding context encompasses before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, place-based commemoration, cultural memory, archival record, DJ culture, changing land use, everyday life, social history, music-scene memorial, local remembrance, regional identity, memorial culture, and popular-music heritage. Current relevance extends to local history and venue closures, particularly through how memorials preserve figures from regional music scenes outside formal institutions. Future viewers can use this scene from William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L3 8EW to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after changed technology. The photograph additionally reflects place identity, changing streetscape, period detail, regional music heritage, public realm, music memorial, historical comparison, and visual archive. Details involving Library, Picton, Liverpool, Merseyside, and revolving make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L3 8EW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is local history and the importance of documenting club and dance-music history when considered against later change at William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L3 8EW. The wider significance includes nightlife history and how public plaques turn personal remembrance into shared cultural memory without losing the local specificity of William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L3 8EW.
William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L3 8EW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE53CY - . Montecute wooded carved Totem pole, Montecute, South Somerset, South West England, UK, TA15 6XP. Photographed at Montecute, South Somerset, South West England, UK,, TA15 6XP. The photograph was taken on 13 June 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 carved wood, Totem, Totem pole, Montecute, carved Totem pole, Montecute carved Totem pole, South Somerset, carving, art and ornate, 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DE53CY, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Montecute, South Somerset, South West England, UK,, TA15 6XP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HWR9 - . White English Snowdrops in morning dew Cheshire, England UK. Photographed on 14 February 2013. The recorded location is Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. In historical terms, plant details are valuable both aesthetically and scientifically, showing petals, leaves, seed heads and moisture at a specific stage of growth
Repeated seasonal photography can also provide a simple record of phenology. From a heritage perspective, landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental evolution and shifting patterns of use. During 2026, shifting seasonal patterns are of growing interest because climate change can alter flowering times, frost dates and plant distribution
Close nature images can therefore support stories about gardens, biodiversity and phenology as well as decorative use. As of 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. In the longer view, close botanical photographs record shape, colour, surface and season in a way that wider landscape photographs cannot
Familiar plants such as snowdrops and teasels also carry cultural associations with the changing year, gardens and countryside. As background, flowers and foliage provide precise seasonal markers
Snowdrops are associated with late winter and early spring, while seed heads and autumn leaves show later stages of the plant cycle
dew, frost and backlighting can further emphasise structure. Against the 2026 backdrop, current interest in biodiversity and climate gives seasonal flower and foliage photographs documentary value beyond their visual appeal, particularly where flowering or autumn colour can be compared over time.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HTJD - Calocera viscosa, commonly known as the yellow stagshorn, is a jelly fungus, a member of the Dacrymycetales, an order of fungi characterized by their unique tuning fork basidia.
It has bright orange, yellow or occasionally white branching basidiocarps, which are somewhat gelatinous in texture and slimy to the touch (hence the specific name). It is relatively large for a jelly fungus, and can reach up to ten centimetres in height.[2] It is widespread and common, and its bright colour makes it stand out in its habitat. It grows on decaying conifer wood, typically stumps and roots, although this may not be obvious if the wood is covered in leaf litter. It fruits throughout the year, but is most commonly seen in autumn.
It is not poisonous, but its tough gelatinous texture and nondescript taste and odour make it unattractive as a food. Its striking colour has led to it being used as a garnish on occasion, however
Humbie East Lothian Near Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0XDX3 - Wilhelm Carl Friedrich Sauer (March 23, 1831 “ April 9, 1916) was a Prussian pipe organ builder. One of the famous organ builders, Sauer and his firm built over 1,100 organs during his lifetime, amongst them the organs at Bremen Cathedral, Jerusalem's Church, and Berlin Cathedral, which is considered to be his final great masterpiece
Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0XDX6 - Wilhelm Carl Friedrich Sauer (March 23, 1831 “ April 9, 1916) was a Prussian pipe organ builder. One of the famous organ builders, Sauer and his firm built over 1,100 organs during his lifetime, amongst them the organs at Bremen Cathedral, Jerusalem's Church, and Berlin Cathedral, which is considered to be his final great masterpiece
Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin, Germany
![iPod Shuffle2 - Funghi [Grappenhall Heys Puffball mushrooms, England, UK] 6325077829 puffball,puff,ball,mushroom,fungi,funghi,wood,autum,Grappenhall Heys,walled,garden,Grappenhall,Heys,Cheshire,Warrington,UK,England,Autumn,October,fall,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,tonysmithhotpix,nature,natural,fungus,division,Basidiomycota,Hymenogastrales,Lycoperdon,perlatum,or,pyriforme](https://live.staticflickr.com/6033/6325077829_5c8778988e_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6325077829 - 'Punishment Of Luxury - Funghi - Play this track here.
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'Secrets' was the first Punilux track I came across. I still have the 7' vinyl in my loft as well as the excellent 'Puppet Life'. They took their name from an 1891 painting by Giovanni Segantini in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
Punishment of Luxury, also known as Punilux, are a four-man post-punk band from Newcastle, England, who were active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They released an excellent album 'Laughing Academy' on UA (United Artists), and another on Red Rhino Records. They reformed in the late 1980s and again in 2007.
From a background working in left-wing English fringe theatre groups, Punishment Of Luxury were a four-man post-punk band formed in December 1976 in Newcastle. The band consisted initially of Brian Bond (born Brian Rapkin - vocals), Neville Luxury (born Neville Atkinson - guitar, vocals), Red Helmet (guitar, vocals), Jimi Giro (bass guitar, vocals), and 'Liquid' Les Denham (drums).
They released a single, 'Puppet Life' on the Small Wonder label in July 1978. In 1979 they signed to United Artists and released the singles 'Engine Of Excess' and 'Secrets', and the album Laughing Academy. 1980 saw the release of the single 'Laughing Academy'. An extensive European tour followed and United Artists sent the band into the studio to record another album, a concept album to be called Gigantic Days. However while the recording was still going on, United Artists were taken over by EMI, who dropped the band.
Neville, Bond, and Giro recruited guitarists Steve Sekrit (born Steven Robson) and Tim Magenta to a new lineup, now going by the name Punilux. They released a further album on the Red Rhino label, 7 in 1983, with Magenta replaced by Rab Aitch, before Neville Luxury went solo, releasing the mini-album Feels Like Dancing Wartime in 1984. The album Gigantic Days was finally released, on CD, in 1998 by Overground Records.
The albums are tricky to track down, but worth the effort.
The distinguishing feature of all puffballs is that they do not have an open cap with spore-bearing gills. Instead, spores are produced internally, in a spheroidal fruiting body called a gasterothecium (gasteroid ('stomach-like') basidiocarp). As the spores mature, they form a mass called a gleba in the centre of the fruiting body that is often of a distinctive color and texture.
The basidiocarp remains closed until after the spores have been released from the basidia. Eventually, it develops an aperture, or dries, becomes brittle, and splits, and the spores escape. The spores of puffballs are statismospores rather than ballistospores, meaning they are not actively shot off the basidium.
The fungi are called 'puffballs' because clouds of brown dust-like spores are emitted when the mature fruiting body bursts, or in response to impacts such as those of falling raindrops. Puffballs and similar forms are thought to have evolved repeatedly (that is, in numerous independent events) from hymenomycetes by gasteromycetation, through secotioid stages.
Thus, 'Gasteromycetes' and 'Gasteromycetidae' are now considered to be descriptive, morphological terms (more properly gasteroid or gasteromycetes, to avoid taxonomic implications) but not valid cladistic terms.
These two were spotted in an autumnal wood, near plenty of decaying leaves and branches.
While most puffballs are not poisonous, some often look similar to young agarics, especially the deadly Amanitas, such as the Death Cap mushroom. It is for this reason that all puffballs gathered in mushroom hunting should be cut in half lengthwise. Young puffballs in the edible stage, before maturation of the gleba, have undifferentiated white flesh within
whereas the gills of immature Amanita mushrooms can be seen if they are closely examined.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BKC2ER - . This period photograph records Cheshire, England, UK as an identifiable real-world setting rather than a generic illustration. The main point of reference is Pocock Safety Egg box, Pocock's Patent,wooden box, Cheshire, England, UK. The setting additionally reflects archival record, community identity, built heritage, public realm, urban fabric, changing streetscape, documentary photography, regional identity, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, architectural character, social landscape, visual archive, and place identity. The subject remains useful for current coverage of embodied carbon and energy retrofit, not least because of the contrast between historic fabric and modern development. Future viewers can use this scene from Cheshire, England, UK to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after closure or conversion. Other connected aspects are urban change, period building, local history, period detail, cityscape history, everyday Britain, local character, and heritage landmark. Elements such as Pocock's, Safety, Patent, wooden, and Pocock add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. The period setting at Cheshire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is embodied carbon and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them within the specific setting of Cheshire, England, UK. The scene further reflects planning control and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development as part of the longer story of Cheshire, England, UK. Its period value extends to maintenance and preserving local identity during urban change when considered against later change at Cheshire, England, UK. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for Cheshire, England, UK and the changing story of the subject shown.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BGRC1G - They are hardy tuberous geophytes. In a thickened underground stem, they can store a large amount of water to survive arid conditions. The tuber is flattened and finger-like. The long leaves are lanceolate and, in most species, also speckled. They grow along a rather long stem which reaches a height of 70“90 cm (28“35 in). Leaves higher on the stem are shorter than leaves lower on the stem. The inflorescence, compared to the length of the plant, is rather short. It consists of a compact raceme with 25-50 flowers. These develop from axillary buds. The dominant colors are white and all shades of pink to red, sprinkled with darker speckles. These terrestrial orchids grow in basic soils in wet meadows, bogs, heathland and in areas sparsely populated by trees. They are distributed throughout the subarctic and temperate northern hemisphere. It is found across much of Europe
Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BGRC1M - They are hardy tuberous geophytes. In a thickened underground stem, they can store a large amount of water to survive arid conditions. The tuber is flattened and finger-like. The long leaves are lanceolate and, in most species, also speckled. They grow along a rather long stem which reaches a height of 70“90 cm (28“35 in). Leaves higher on the stem are shorter than leaves lower on the stem. The inflorescence, compared to the length of the plant, is rather short. It consists of a compact raceme with 25-50 flowers. These develop from axillary buds. The dominant colors are white and all shades of pink to red, sprinkled with darker speckles. These terrestrial orchids grow in basic soils in wet meadows, bogs, heathland and in areas sparsely populated by trees. They are distributed throughout the subarctic and temperate northern hemisphere. It is found across much of Europe
Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX3H - Hypholoma fasciculare, commonly known as the sulphur tuft, sulfur tuft or clustered woodlover, is a common woodland mushroom, often in evidence when hardly any other mushrooms are to be found. This saprophagic small gill fungus grows prolifically in large clumps on stumps, dead roots or rotting trunks of broadleaved trees. Here seen in North West England in Cheshire (Grappenhall Heys, near Warrington)
The Sulphur Tuft is bitter and poisonous
consuming it can cause vomiting, diarrhea and convulsions. The principal toxic constituents have been named fasciculol E and fasciculol F.
Grappenhall Heys, South Warrington, North west England, Cheshire UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4325899655 - 'An old retired woodworker wittling in his shed, south Warrington, Grappenhall, Cheshire UK.
Oh heaven!
Not for me, I would rather get someone in so I dont have to get it rectified later :-)
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Warrington District Camera Club are looking for similar models and subjects for studio nights like this.
They are looking for interesting studio subjects for a number of future Monday night photo club nights in Grappenhall, Warrington Cheshire.
Sessions start at 7.30pm until about 9.30pm and expenses etc will be paid, as well of course subjects receiving images and prints from the session. In some cases this can be a useful additional to a portfolio etc for securing other modelling work.
They do like unusual subjects and if you are part of another group as part of an interest or hobby, please get in touch.
Over the years WDCC have had circus performers, musicians, dancers, performers, a clown, wheelchair tennis professionals, threatre / amateur theatricals group, an old woodworker and beekeeper, exotic animals keeper, hair and beauty students, bird of prey owner and numerous more unusual and standard model subjects. Male or female, old or young, if you might be interesting to photograph, WDCC would like to hear from you.
Some of the people who have visited WDCC in the past for studio nights before are shown below:
Battle re-enactment group
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Padgate collegiate hair and beauty NVQ students
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Interesting senior chap
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Warrington Community Circus
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Male musician
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Male / Female couple
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Tai Chi Instructor and Students
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Female models
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If you think that you could be interested in being a subject for us or know someone, get in youch either on Flickr mail to HotpixUK or 'wdcc [at] live.co.uk'. telephone 07092182899.',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N14 - St Wilfrid's Church is in the village of Davenham, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich.
History
A church on the site was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. A later church was built in the 14th century and its chancel was rebuilt in 1680 and again in 1795.[3] The present church dates from 1842 to 1844 when the body of the church was replaced, and the tower and spire were repaired, the architect being Edmund Sharpe of Lancaster. The nave was lengthened by one bay, heightened and widened, and galleries were inserted on three sides. The tower was damaged when it was struck by lightning on 16 July 1850.[3] A new tower was designed by Sharpe and his partner at the time, E. G. Paley. The chancel and transepts date from 1870 by the later partners in the practice, Paley and Austin.
Architecture
Exterior
The church is built in red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a west tower, a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chancel with a north vestry and a south chantry chapel, and a southwest porch. The tower has an octagonal spire with three tiers of lucarnes.
Interior
In the chancel is a two-arched sedilia. The reredos contains an alabaster relief depicting The Last Supper. The monuments in the church include ones to William Tomkinson who died in 1770 by Benjamin Bromfield, to Mrs France who died in 1814 by S. and F. Franceys of Liverpool, to Mrs Harper dated 1833 by Francesco Pozzi of Florence with a relief of a mother and child, and to Frederick and Cecil France-Hayhurst who died in 1915, by Underwood. In the south aisle is a war memorial chapel designed by Sir Robert Lorimer. It contains a reredos with carvings of personifications of virtues, framed by carved friezes, and posts surmounted by angels
57 Church St, Davenham, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 8NF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NMG - Walton, St John Evangelist Church interior outside Warrington Cheshire
St John's the Evangelist's Church, Warrington is in Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. It was built as a private estate church towards the end of the 19th century but is now an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGC7T5 - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2009 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on St Marys Linton, Forest Of Dean Church, Gloucestershire, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes changing streetscape, ecclesiastical decoration, sacred space, ecclesiastical art, visual archive, cathedral interior, contemporary social history, sacred architecture, regional identity, medieval church setting, changing land use, historical comparison, historic glazing, and local history. The wider contemporary story combines church maintenance, historic fabric and how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around the recorded location before conservation work alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes local character, Christian iconography, community identity, heritage worship space, stained-glass craftsmanship, everyday life, faith heritage, and religious heritage. The combination of Forest, Gloucestershire, Marys, Linton, and Church anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate church maintenance and how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for historic fabric and the role of cathedrals as cultural landmarks beyond their congregations in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Another useful connection is historic fabric and the role of cathedrals as cultural landmarks beyond their congregations within the real-world context of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HWKM - Humbie is a hamlet and rural parish in East Lothian, Scotland lying in south-east of the county, approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Haddington and 15 miles (24 km) south-east of Edinburgh. Humbie as it is known today was formed as the result of the union between Keith Marischal and Keith Hundeby in 1618.
Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH36 5PJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJYRCY - . Recorded at 45 Rupert Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 7PJ 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 location is represented through The White Horse Sam Smiths pub, Soho, 45 Rupert Street Soho London, England, UK, W1D 7PJ - in monochrome. The image also relates to local history, documentary photography, everyday life, commercial hospitality, urban social history, night-time economy, townscape record, local character, restaurant culture, period detail, changing land use, community life, customer-facing service, and independent food retail. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and hospitality costs, particularly through the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into regeneration and local identity, not least because of the relationship between public space and local social life. Future viewers can use this scene from 45 Rupert Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 7PJ to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after replacement signage. A second descriptive layer includes hospitality trade, pedestrian environment, casual dining, food-and-drink business, urban change, destination dining, before-and-after reference, and everyday street life. Details involving Rupert, White, Horse, Smiths, and monochrome make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within 45 Rupert Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 7PJ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is consumer spending and the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy within the specific setting of 45 Rupert Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 7PJ.
45 Rupert Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 7PJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE764 - Wooden Bar clock Princess Louise Pub Holborn London City England
The Princess Louise is a public house on High Holborn, London, famous for its remarkable interior, with wood panelling and a series of 'booths' around an island bar. It is a tied house, being owned by the Samuel Smith Brewery of Tadcaster, Yorkshire.
The building is protected by its Grade II listing[1] and has what has been described as a rich example of a Victorian public house interior, by William B Simpson and Sons
who contracted out the work. As it is considered so historically significant even the men's toilets, with their marble urinals, are listed. The pub, which is also listed on CAMRA's national inventory of historic pub interiors, was refurbished in 2007.
Being located near Bloomsbury, the British Museum and the University of London, it is patronised by professors and other educationalists.
In June 2009, the pub was joint winner of the best refurbishment class of the 2008 Pub Design Awards awarded annually by CAMRA.[4] Author Peter Haydon included the Princess Louise in his book The Best Pubs in London and rated it No. 5 in the capital, saying it had possibly the best preserved Victorian pub interior in London.
The Princess Louise is also notable for having been the venue for a number of influential folk clubs run by Ewan MacColl and others, which played an important part in the British folk revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s
208 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EP United Kingdom
