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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0030,City Radio Stores,historic,shopfront,37 Bond Street,Ealing,West London,England,UK,electronics,radio,shop,retail,1929,closing,2024,independent,high-street,heritage,signage,electrical,stock,landmark,business,history,Art,Deco,traditional,urban,valve,valves,wireless
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EY3CNN - . City Radio Stores historic shopfront at 37 Bond Street in Ealing, West London, England, UK. Photographed on 27 November 2023. The recorded location is 37 Bond Street, Ealing, London W5 5AS, England, UK. The long-established electronics and radio shop traded from the distinctive frontage from 1929 until closing in 2024, ending almost a century of business in the area. Its old-fashioned signage, caged window displays and specialist electrical stock made the premises a recognisable local landmark and a rare survivor from an earlier era of independent high-street retail. The frontage provides a strong visual record of a disappearing form of traditional urban retail. For the story of commercial history, it is useful to note that local businesses provide unusually precise social-history evidence because names, branding and uses change more quickly than the buildings they occupy
A shop, café, pub or service company can disappear while the façade survives, leaving photographs as a record of the previous commercial life of the street. The historical setting for accessibility sign is that wayfinding developed from painted names and fingerposts into standardised road, rail and public-information systems
Local signs still retain distinctive typography or bilingual wording even within increasingly consistent national standards. Seen through utility infrastructure, the earlier context is that electricity distribution developed from local undertakings into regional and national networks, while telecommunications shifted from copper telephone lines towards fibre
Street-level equipment records each stage of that transition. For present-day commercial history, 2026 is significant because current interest in community assets and place-making gives photographs of individual businesses added significance when premises close, rebrand or are converted to new uses. Its associated themes also include energy distribution, communications network, and retail premises.
37 Bond Street, Ealing, London W5 5AS, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,FY4,Lancashire,England,UK,FY4 2AB,Waterloo,kitchen,Lancs,historic,history,cafes,interesting,greasy spoon,greasy spoons,art,deco,old,heritage,blue,sky,blues,MUFC,classic,attractive,ornate,unique,preserved,Man City,MCFC,seaside,coastal,soffit,front,frontage,left out of,business rate cut,left out
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRB2XT - . An identifiable period record of 103 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 2AB in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows The Art Deco cafe at 103 Waterloo Kitchen, 103 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 2AB. The frame also records themes of documentary photography, street-level dining, before-and-after reference, pub heritage, mixed-use redevelopment, period architecture, commercial redevelopment, heritage-led regeneration, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, public-realm investment, historic townscape, neighbourhood drinking venue, built heritage, and urban fabric. The wider contemporary story combines consumer spending, food inflation and the pressure on customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with commercial viability, adaptive reuse and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at 103 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 2AB, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The surrounding story also includes changing streetscape, contemporary social history, regional identity, place-making, food-and-drink business, period detail, community pub, and urban regeneration. Details involving Kitchen, Blackpool, Waterloo, and Lancashire make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 103 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 2AB helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image fixes a local visual benchmark as part of 103 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 2AB's history. It also preserves a point of historical comparison for future local research.
103 Waterloo Rd, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY4 2AB
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,City Centre,scouse,with art-deco carving,art,artistic,stone work,stonework,exhaust,river,with,art-deco,carving,light,artdeco,history,historic,heritage,deco,art deco,design,carvings,lamp,post,lamp post,lamppost,posts,green,gold,painted,tunnels,exhausts,ornate,wall,figures,figure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCW1W7 - . Made at Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN in 2022, 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 Historic Mersey Tunnel exhaust lamp, with art-deco carving, Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN. The setting additionally reflects historic streetscape, seaside souvenir, conservation architecture, regional identity, everyday life, coastal tourism, contemporary social history, coastal visitor economy, British seaside culture, heritage landmark, coastal leisure, heritage asset, documentary photography, and place identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by retail pressure, town-centre renewal and the continuing question of the role of regeneration in keeping coastal destinations competitive. From a 2025-onward perspective, maintenance and adaptive reuse are closely linked to this subject, alongside keeping older structures useful without erasing their character. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN before different community use alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include local landmark, local history, day-trip culture, public realm, architectural character, urban fabric, built heritage, and archival record. Elements such as Liverpool, Merseyside, Historic, carving, and Tunnel add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark for future local research. The view records a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city centre,Merseyside,historic,history,Pier Head,the,Liverpool,England,UK,L3 1HN,L3,art,deco,1920,heritage,old,olden,days,buildings,building,carved,carving,stone,concrete,construction,carvings,interesting,playful,disgn,style,sculpture,sculptured,proud
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JD0ME7 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside.htm Target=_Blank>Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. At the centre of the view is Historic Mersey Tunnel exhaust, Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN. Further facets of the scene include architectural character, traditional holiday town, heritage asset, documentary photography, seaside retail, everyday life, coastal leisure, built heritage, social history, architectural detailing, tourism retail, resort heritage, conservation architecture, and heritage landmark. The modern context includes continuing discussion of planning control, local identity and the tension between conservation and redevelopment. For current editorial use, domestic tourism and weather dependence provide additional context, especially through the vulnerability of resort economies to seasonality and changing visitor habits. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN before changed technology alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside visual archive, local history, British seaside culture, local landmark, before-and-after reference, historic streetscape, changing land use, and period streetscape. References to Mersey, Tunnel, Liverpool, Merseyside, and exhaust give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN, 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 planning control and the tension between conservation and redevelopment as part of the longer story of Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN.
Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city centre,Merseyside,L3 1HN,L3,was,green,artdeco,art-deco,art,deco,would,be,used,for,collecting,toll,tools,charges,England,UK,tunnels,tunnel,charge,historic,history,tour,tourist,attraction,office,ticket,preserved,heritage,old,olden,days,buildings,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JD0MEA - The Queensway tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. Locally, it is often referred to as the Birkenhead tunnel or old tunnel, to distinguish it from the newer Kingsway tunnel (1971), which serves Wallasey and the M53 motorway traffic. At 3.24 kilometres (2.01 mi) in length, it is the longest road tunnel in the UK.
Tolls have been a feature of tunnel use since the Queensway Tunnel opened in 1934. Although residents were originally told tolls would be removed when debts were repaid, this position was dropped long ago. Debts and tolls were increased when the Kingsway Tunnel was built in 1971 to relieve congestion in the first tunnel. The County of Merseyside Act 1980 enshrined in law the right to continue collecting tolls once the debts were repaid. The later 2004 Act created a legal position where tolls charged must rise in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) as published in November.
Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city centre,Merseyside,L3 1HN,L3,was,green,artdeco,art-deco,art,deco,would,be,used,for,collecting,toll,tools,charges,England,UK,tunnels,tunnel,charge,historic,history,tour,tourist,attraction,office,ticket,preserved,heritage,old,olden,days,buildings,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JD0MEB - The Queensway tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. Locally, it is often referred to as the Birkenhead tunnel or old tunnel, to distinguish it from the newer Kingsway tunnel (1971), which serves Wallasey and the M53 motorway traffic. At 3.24 kilometres (2.01 mi) in length, it is the longest road tunnel in the UK.
Tolls have been a feature of tunnel use since the Queensway Tunnel opened in 1934. Although residents were originally told tolls would be removed when debts were repaid, this position was dropped long ago. Debts and tolls were increased when the Kingsway Tunnel was built in 1971 to relieve congestion in the first tunnel. The County of Merseyside Act 1980 enshrined in law the right to continue collecting tolls once the debts were repaid. The later 2004 Act created a legal position where tolls charged must rise in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) as published in November.
Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city centre,Merseyside,L3 1HN,L3,was,green,artdeco,art-deco,art,deco,would,be,used,for,collecting,toll,tools,charges,England,UK,tunnels,tunnel,charge,historic,history,tour,tourist,attraction,office,ticket,preserved,heritage,old,olden,days,buildings,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JD0MEC - The Queensway tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. Locally, it is often referred to as the Birkenhead tunnel or old tunnel, to distinguish it from the newer Kingsway tunnel (1971), which serves Wallasey and the M53 motorway traffic. At 3.24 kilometres (2.01 mi) in length, it is the longest road tunnel in the UK.
Tolls have been a feature of tunnel use since the Queensway Tunnel opened in 1934. Although residents were originally told tolls would be removed when debts were repaid, this position was dropped long ago. Debts and tolls were increased when the Kingsway Tunnel was built in 1971 to relieve congestion in the first tunnel. The County of Merseyside Act 1980 enshrined in law the right to continue collecting tolls once the debts were repaid. The later 2004 Act created a legal position where tolls charged must rise in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) as published in November.
Pier Head Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,Levelling up,Northern Powerhouse,offices,office,block,LCVS,Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services,L2,Liverpool,city,centre,architecture,icon,iconic,ex,Blackburn,building,Art-Deco,art,deco,ArtDeco,artdeco,history,historic,heritage,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,renovated,redeveloped,maintained,well,flag,flagpole
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDR5M - . This scene at 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AH 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 subject captured here is Ex Blackburn Assurance Art-Deco building, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AH. The subject also carries associations with community life, pedestrian environment, documentary photography, urban social history, contemporary city life, period detail, social history, period building, historical comparison, urban change, heritage landmark, public realm, period streetscape, and everyday life. From a 2025-onward perspective, energy retrofit and adaptive reuse are closely linked to this subject, alongside the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. The wider contemporary story combines local identity, footfall and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AH before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes townscape record, city-centre activity, social landscape, archival record, conservation architecture, historic streetscape, architectural detailing, and conservation interest. Elements such as building, Art-Deco, Assurance, Merseyside, and Blackburn add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AH may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The view records a point of historical comparison for later comparison. Image 2JDDR5M also remains a dated record of 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AH.
151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AH
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Keywords: City Centre,City,Centre,dusk,pub,pubs,bars,bar,classic,CAMRA,real,ale,realale,real ale,art,deco,artdeco,art-deco,The Black Friar,at,night,dusk,drinking,beer,beers,gin,palace,gin palace,pano,panorama,classic,Henry Poole,Herbert Fuller-Clark,Art Nouveau,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,London,Greater,problem,with,problem with,issue with,LDN,City,Centre,cities,Urban,Urbanist,town,infrastructure,transport,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,attraction,attractions,pubs,bars,of,London,classic,tourist,attraction,travel,vacation,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,Greater London,British Isles,City Centre,Pubs Of London,must see
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6K3 - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6KE - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6M8 - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6MF - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6MJ - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6N3 - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6NP - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6P2 - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6PK - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6R5 - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6RB - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6W3 - . Recorded at Surbiton, Kingston, West London, England, UK in 2016, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The scene records Bus stop outside Surbiton Railway Station,SW Trains, West London, England,UK and bus transport links. The wider scene also brings together regional identity, roadside stop, local character, changing land use, documentary photography, local mobility, place identity, transport accessibility, changing streetscape, passenger transport, street-side transport, community identity, public transport stop, and local history. Today's relevance is strengthened by passenger information, rural transport and the continuing question of the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. Small period details of public access and movement at Surbiton, Kingston, West London, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with everyday life, surface public transport, roadside transit, contemporary social history, visual archive, bus route infrastructure, historical comparison, and before-and-after reference. Details involving Trains, outside, Railway, Station, and links make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Surbiton, Kingston, West London, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate passenger information and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing in a form that can be compared with future views of Surbiton, Kingston, West London, England, UK. The image also provides a reference for passenger information and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare within the real-world context of Surbiton, Kingston, West London, England, UK.
Surbiton, Kingston, West London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6WD - . This dated editorial view of Surbiton, Kingston, West London, England, UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. At the centre of the view is Surbiton Railway Station,SW Trains, West London, England,UK. The subject also carries associations with contemporary social history, bus infrastructure, public transport stop, local character, public realm, regional identity, period detail, public transport information, local mobility, local bus network, changing land use, documentary photography, street-side transport, and changing streetscape. Today's relevance is strengthened by decarbonisation, passenger information and the continuing question of how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Surbiton, Kingston, West London, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. The photograph additionally reflects place identity, bus route infrastructure, surface public transport, transport accessibility, community identity, passenger transport, archival record, and everyday life. The recorded references to Railway, Station, Surbiton, London, and Trains preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Surbiton, Kingston, West London, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another strand within the photograph is decarbonisation and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing in a form that can be compared with future views of Surbiton, Kingston, West London, England, UK. The setting also helps illustrate local connectivity and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport within the real-world context of Surbiton, Kingston, West London, England, UK.
Surbiton, Kingston, West London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM48 - . This location-specific image from 133 Dale Street, Liverpool, England L2 2JH in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The photograph centres on Ship & Mitre pub,Ales,Stouts, Liverpool, UK. The wider scene also brings together drinks packaging, contemporary social history, visual archive, fermented drink production, regional drinks industry, changing streetscape, community identity, cider-making heritage, Herefordshire cider tradition, documentary photography, social history, drinks manufacturing, bottle-filling machinery, and orchard-to-bottle industry. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with responsible drinking, brand heritage and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production. Small period details of building condition and alterations at 133 Dale Street, Liverpool, England L2 2JH may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. A second descriptive layer includes public realm, local history, place identity, archival record, industrial beverage equipment, factory bottling line, local character, and beverage production. Elements such as Liverpool, Stouts, and Mitre add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 133 Dale Street, Liverpool, England L2 2JH, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for responsible drinking and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing within the real-world context of 133 Dale Street, Liverpool, England L2 2JH. Another useful connection is packaging and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production within the specific setting of 133 Dale Street, Liverpool, England L2 2JH.
133 Dale Street, Liverpool, England L2 2JH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8DB - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
Pollard and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that it is of exceptional quality in national terms. The Grade II* listing means that it is included among particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's architectural gems
Hope st, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L7 7EE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8DK - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
Pollard and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that it is of exceptional quality in national terms. The Grade II* listing means that it is included among particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's architectural gems
Hope st, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L7 7EE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8DR - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
Pollard and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that it is of exceptional quality in national terms. The Grade II* listing means that it is included among particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's architectural gems
Hope st, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L7 7EE
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Keywords: GB,great,britain,hope,st,street,tourist,trail,tourism,famous,pubs,bars,pub,bar,artdeco,art,deco,victorian,Cain,Cains,Tetley,GB,Great,Britain,British,CAMRA,real,ale,The,Phil,grade,2,gradeii,listed,building,exuberant,free,style,of,architecture,in,Gold,Liverpool,maritime,England,UK,blue,heritage,plaque,gotonysmith,Art,Nouveau,hardman,st,street,most,richly,decorated,of,Liverpools,Victorian,public,houses,Gem,gems,Pollard,and,Pevsner,in the Buildings of England series,state,that,it,is,the,most,richly,decorated,of,Liverpools,Victorian,public,houses,and that,.,The,Grade,II*,listing,means,that,it,is,included,among,. Pye describes it as one of Liverpools architectural gems,heritage,Liverpools,scouse,Merseyside,L7 7EE,L77EE,bar,bars,boozer,bar,bars,boozer,pub,pubs,bars,bar,hotpixuk,@hotpixuk,@hotpixuk,Phillharmonic,Philharmonic pub liverpool pub,Liverpool Pubs,pubs,bars,bar,history,historic,it is of exceptional quality in national terms,particularly important buildings of more than special interest,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Liverpool Pub,Liverpool Pubs,Liverpool Pub,Liverpool Pubs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8E0 - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
Pollard and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that it is of exceptional quality in national terms. The Grade II* listing means that it is included among particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's architectural gems
Hope st, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L7 7EE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3APB - . The 69 Sixty Nine Building, Glasgow Scotland UK. Photographed at Glasgow, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 29 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Sixty, Nine, Glasgow, sixtyniner, mutual, pleasure, sexy, 69er, 69r and entrance, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. 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.
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED33D - The West Port is a street in Edinburgh's Old Town, Scotland, located just south of Edinburgh Castle. It runs from Main Point (the junction of Bread Street, Lauriston Street, East Fountainbridge and High Riggs) down to the south west corner of the Grassmarket. Its name derives from the fact it sloped up from the West Port, which was the only westwards exit from the city when the city walls stood, allowing one to pass through the Flodden Wall. The port (gate) itself was demolished in 1786.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE742 - . This authentic period view of 174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E in 2013 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. At the centre of the view is Stained glass window at the Black Friar pub, Blackfriars, London, England UK EC4V 4E. The setting additionally reflects historic hostelry, local character, before-and-after reference, Thames city view, traditional pub, public realm, historical comparison, visual archive, real-ale culture, visitor hospitality, cask-beer tradition, period detail, urban tourism, and night-time economy. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into tourism and pub closures, not least because of the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing. Today's relevance is strengthened by tourism, air quality and the continuing question of the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism. Small period details of period objects and surrounding context at 174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The photograph additionally reflects capital-city heritage, community identity, community drinking venue, beer-led hospitality, local history, Westminster landmark, iconic London transport, and capital landmark imagery. Details involving Black, Stained, Blackfriars, glass, and Friar make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at 174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is tourism and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces in a form that can be compared with future views of 174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E. Image DCE742 also remains a dated record of 174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E.
174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE749 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E in 2013, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Black Friar pub, Blackfriars, London, England UK EC4V 4E. A broader reading of the photograph includes historical comparison, local history, social history, beer-led hospitality, changing streetscape, city branding, public realm, contemporary social history, documentary photography, iconic London transport, community identity, community drinking venue, before-and-after reference, and Westminster landmark. The wider contemporary story combines consumer spending, staffing pressure and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heritage conservation, visitor economy and the pressure of visitor economies and housing costs on central neighbourhoods. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at 174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E, details that may look very different after conservation work. The subject also sits alongside Thames city view, urban tourism, licensed hospitality, local social venue, visual archive, place identity, traditional pub, and everyday life. The recorded references to Blackfriars, Black, and Friar preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at 174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for consumer spending and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing without losing the local specificity of 174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E. The image fixes period character within the wider story of 174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E.
174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE754 - Unique' is a much overworked word when it comes to describing pubs. But that's exactly what the Black Friar is. There's nothing else anywhere remotely like its fabulous decorative scheme, either in style or content. On a sharply triangular site opposite Blackfriars station, the pub was built in 1871-2, but what makes it so special is a remodelling from about 1905 by the then publican, Alfred Pettitt, and his architect H. Fuller-Clark. Fuller-Clark trained at the Lambeth School of Art and began practice in 1893. His artist was Henry Poole R.A., and both men were committed to the Arts & Crafts Movement which embraced a love of high-quality materials, hand craftsmanship, and often a very free, original approach to design.
Before entering the pub there is much to admire on the exterior. There is a deep mosaic fascia carrying the words Saloon / 174 / The Black Friar / 174 / Brandies on New Bridge Street side. A grand segmental arched entrance on the far left is surmounted by stone carved figures and above it a colourful mosaic of two monks fishing. The exterior lobby itself has walls and ceiling of marble. All along the exterior (well illuminated at night) are beautiful copper signs most featuring one or two friars such as a ˜Worthington Ales in Bottle'
two ˜Worthington Ales on Draught' ones
˜To the Saloon', ˜Booths Gin'
and a couple of ˜Saloon Bar' signs, one of which bears a couple of friars pointing you towards the saloon and helpfully tells you it is 9 yards away. Above the corner door (no longer in use) is a ˜174' in mosaic
a large stone figure of a friar
and a clock with a mosaic face. Above the Queen Victoria Street entrance on the right is a mosaic of a friar with wine in carafes flanked by stone carvings of friars. The fascia on this side has ˜Brandies' in mosaic.
Throughout the pub are friars “ or at least jolly, modern reinvented versions of them “ they appear everywhere in sculptures, mosaics and metal reliefs.
174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE76F - . Saloon bar 9 ft 9ft engraved in copper plate, outside the historic Black Friar pub , Blackfriars London England UK. Photographed on 10 August 2013. The recorded location is Black Friar Public House, 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EG UK. The Black Friar is one of London's most distinctive historic pubs, occupying a triangular site near Blackfriars station. The present building was remodelled around 1905 in an elaborate Arts and Crafts style, with decorative mosaics, sculpture, copperwork and inscriptions that play on the medieval Black Friars associated with the area. Small engraved details such as saloon signs and measurements form part of a remarkably complete decorative scheme. Historically, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and evolving names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history. As background, heritage photography is particularly useful where buildings or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. In 2026, in England the sector remains under pressure from operating costs and business rates, although eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief/27
That makes historical and contemporary pub photographs particularly relevant to coverage of hospitality, community assets and evolving town centres. Against the 2026 backdrop, conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change.
Black Friar Public House, 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EG UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE76T - . Booths Gin in copper engraving plate, outside the historic Black Friar pub , Blackfriars London England UK. Photographed on 10 August 2013. The recorded location is Black Friar Public House, 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EG UK. The Black Friar is one of London's most distinctive historic pubs, occupying a triangular site near Blackfriars station. The present building was remodelled around 1905 in an elaborate Arts and Crafts style, with decorative mosaics, sculpture, copperwork and inscriptions that play on the medieval Black Friars associated with the area. Small engraved details such as saloon signs and measurements form part of a remarkably complete decorative scheme. Historically, food culture links domestic cooking with commercial production, markets, cafés, pubs and regional specialities
Photographs of ingredients, dishes and branded products can therefore support both lifestyle subjects and social-history stories about consumption. Historically, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and evolving names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history. As background, heritage photography is particularly useful where buildings or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. In 2026, food affordability, provenance, packaging waste and the environmental impact of supply chains remain prominent themes
Images of local produce, imported goods, home cooking and food retail can connect everyday consumption with those broader economic and sustainability debates. Additional natural-language search terms include food photography, consumer food, hospitality, diet, and nutrition.
Black Friar Public House, 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EG UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE7J7 - Unique' is a much overworked word when it comes to describing pubs. But that's exactly what the Black Friar is. There's nothing else anywhere remotely like its fabulous decorative scheme, either in style or content. On a sharply triangular site opposite Blackfriars station, the pub was built in 1871-2, but what makes it so special is a remodelling from about 1905 by the then publican, Alfred Pettitt, and his architect H. Fuller-Clark. Fuller-Clark trained at the Lambeth School of Art and began practice in 1893. His artist was Henry Poole R.A., and both men were committed to the Arts & Crafts Movement which embraced a love of high-quality materials, hand craftsmanship, and often a very free, original approach to design.
Before entering the pub there is much to admire on the exterior. There is a deep mosaic fascia carrying the words Saloon / 174 / The Black Friar / 174 / Brandies on New Bridge Street side. A grand segmental arched entrance on the far left is surmounted by stone carved figures and above it a colourful mosaic of two monks fishing. The exterior lobby itself has walls and ceiling of marble. All along the exterior (well illuminated at night) are beautiful copper signs most featuring one or two friars such as a ˜Worthington Ales in Bottle'
two ˜Worthington Ales on Draught' ones
˜To the Saloon', ˜Booths Gin'
and a couple of ˜Saloon Bar' signs, one of which bears a couple of friars pointing you towards the saloon and helpfully tells you it is 9 yards away. Above the corner door (no longer in use) is a ˜174' in mosaic
a large stone figure of a friar
and a clock with a mosaic face. Above the Queen Victoria Street entrance on the right is a mosaic of a friar with wine in carafes flanked by stone carvings of friars. The fascia on this side has ˜Brandies' in mosaic.
Throughout the pub are friars “ or at least jolly, modern reinvented versions of them “ they appear everywhere in sculptures, mosaics and metal reliefs.
174 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4E
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8226734780 - 'View this whole set of portraits here. If you do Twitter add me here.
This is an old shot that I spotted while trying to dig something else out that an old friend had reminded me of. One of my most favourite portraits I have ever taken of a friend who I was on a degree course with. She now lives in Turkish Cyprus and teaches information technology (IT) at the university there.
The statue looks very bronze, although it was actually plaster. The fireplace was original, in the house situated behind where the old bus depot was in Fallowfield, on the edge of Moss Side, Manchester UK. Alexander Avenue used to terminate at the bus depot, google maps shows the depot intact, although it has now been flattened.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3804831303 - 'Today a proper old gin palace, following a boozy theme from yesterday ( www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3805649308/in/photostream/ ).
The Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool, England is situated on the junction of Hope Street and Hardman Street, diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. It appears in numerous CAMRA guides.
I have always referred to as the Philharmonic Pub or simply the Phil. It was originally designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas for the brewers Robert Cain &
Company and opened in 1898. The exterior is in the Art Nouveau style.
The interior has dark wood-panelled walls with copper reliefs, Art Deco lighting and mosaic floor and bar. The main bar is highly decorated with glass grapes and a nearly life-sized golden eagle. As well as the main bar area, the pub also has the spacious Grande Lounge at the rear of the building, and two smaller drinking snugs named Brahms and Liszt. The Grande Lounge has just been restored to the way it was meant to be when the pub was first opened. The current dining room is located on the first floor.
The men's toilets are famous for their original, ornate marble urinals, Women are permitted to visit as part of organised tours. The building is a Grade II listed.
I had a few nice pints here a while ago when I spent a few years working at Littlewoods in Liverpool. I always try to drop in now whenever I have the chance :-)
Another classic historic pub here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3828202662/
Have a look at some of my other Liverpool images on Flickr - w=33062170@N08\'>www.flickr.com/search/?q=Liverpool&
w=33062170@N08 .
Keep in touch, add me as a contact www.flickr.com/relationship.gne?id=33062170@N08
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HTFW - . Liverpool Pools Building 1995 with dog and man. Image toned blue. Photographed on 15 October 1995. The recorded location is Old Littlewood's Pools Building, edge Lane Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK L13 5TF. Taken with Infra Red Kodak HE film. 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. Historically, alternative photographic processes can make familiar subjects appear unfamiliar
Black-and-white and sepia evoke older photographic traditions, selective colour isolates a chosen detail, and infrared can render foliage and skies with striking tonal separation. 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. In 2026, these effects can be produced digitally with ease, but their usefulness still depends on the underlying subject and the visual information retained
Older examples also document the aesthetics of an era when strong selective colour and infrared processing were especially popular in creative digital photography. The historical context is that architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal changing technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history. Further editorial search language includes building façade, historic building, built environment, streetscape, architectural detail, period architecture, adaptive reuse, and urban design.
Old Littlewood's Pools Building, edge Lane Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK L13 5TF
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8226773550 - 'View this whole set of IR images here. If you do Twitter add me here.
The Littlewoods Pools Building, Edge Lane is a real Liverpool landmark.
This art-deco building was the headquarters of the Littlewoods Pools company. In its heyday this building held thousands of workers but since the decline in popularity of 'doing the pools' the listed building now lies empty, possibly awaiting conversion to apartment. Another victim of the national Lottery. The other was Littlewood's bitter rival, Vernons.
A Liverpool Echo Newspaper Article earlier this year, in May 2012 suggested this iconic building could face demolition if a new use for it cannot be found.
'The huge art-deco complex has been empty for more than a decade and several attempts to regenerate it have failed to get off the ground. The council will now meet with the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to discuss a strategy for a number of sites along Edge Lane.
Sources told the ECHO that the land occupied by the 1930s Littlewoods building, next to Liverpool Innovation Park, will be high on the agenda.
While the HCA said an unnamed developer was keen to put forward proposals, it added there was \u201climited time\u201d to fund the refurbishment of the building and no formal agreement had been reached.
Cllr Malcolm Kennedy, cabinet member for regeneration, today said he wanted to secure a future for the landmark building.
Heritage experts also said it was surprising the building had never been given listed status, but a new use could be found for the site if its most iconic elements could be saved.'
Cllr Kennedy said: \u201cWe are looking at all sites up the Edge Lane corridor, including the innovation park, and there will be a concentrated effort between the two organisations.
\u201cThe Littlewoods building is not listed, although there have been attempts to do so.
\u201cWe would want to keep it because it is quite an iconic building \u2013 a Liverpool landmark. But it is going to be a struggle because the building is deteriorating quickly.\u201d
Read more: Liverpool Echo www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2012/05...
This was a shot taken on Kodak Infra Red Film around 1994 and was a winner in the Mersey River Festival that was organised by the now defunct Merseyside Development Corporation. This was set up by Tory MP Michael Hestletine after the riots of 1981 in the city.
I worked for Littlewoods in The JM Centre, Old Hall Street Liverpool between 1986 &
1989. Unfortunately I never visited this site. Due to the security needed, it was authorised persons only.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPH6X7 - . Made at Omsk, Russia in 2022, 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 image documents Slava Fridge watch - Product of the Soviet Russia Moscow Second watch factory 1975, with day/date in Russian. Another layer of the photograph includes mechanical movement, mechanical watchmaking, place identity, archival record, horological history, changing streetscape, historical comparison, period detail, vintage timepiece, local history, social history, contemporary social history, everyday life, and local character. Today's relevance is strengthened by vintage design, second-hand markets and the continuing question of the growth of collecting around distinctive period dials and movements. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around Omsk, Russia before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes documentary photography, public realm, visual archive, period watch dial, watchmaking heritage, watch collector interest, vintage wristwear, and changing land use. The recorded references to Russian, Fridge, Moscow, Product, and Soviet preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Omsk, Russia, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene further reflects vintage design and the growth of collecting around distinctive period dials and movements in a form that can be compared with future views of Omsk, Russia. Its period value extends to mechanical craftsmanship and the contrast between mechanical timekeeping and modern connected wearables within the real-world context of Omsk, Russia. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark within the wider story of Omsk, Russia.
Omsk, Russia
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE774 - . To The saloon copper plate engraving, outside the historic Black Friar pub , Blackfriars London England UK. Photographed on 10 August 2013. The recorded location is Black Friar Public House, 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EG UK. The Black Friar is one of London's most distinctive historic pubs, occupying a triangular site near Blackfriars station. The present building was remodelled around 1905 in an elaborate Arts and Crafts style, with decorative mosaics, sculpture, copperwork and inscriptions that play on the medieval Black Friars associated with the area. Small engraved details such as saloon signs and measurements form part of a remarkably complete decorative scheme. As background, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. The historical context is that older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. In historical terms, architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal changing technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history. Against the 2026 backdrop, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets.
Black Friar Public House, 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EG UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8DCPF - The Earl of Doncaster Hotel, Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD works because it is rooted in a named place or object, allowing the scene to carry both literal information and wider social context. The Earl of Doncaster Hotel is a striking inter-war hotel, known for Art Deco character and a scale that reflects Doncaster's historic role as a racing, railway and regional business town. The subject works for travel, hospitality, South Yorkshire heritage, hotel architecture, conferences, town-centre economies and the survival of distinctive independent landmark hotels. With Doncaster, DN2 6AD present in the description, the scene has stronger value for geographically targeted stories rather than only broad national illustration. The combination of doncaster, hotel, bennetthorpe, doncaster, yorkshire makes the subject useful beyond a simple record shot, because it can speak to place, habit and social change.
The Earl of Doncaster Bennetthorpe Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6MPR - Photo shows Typical 1930s English brick built semi-detached house with triangles over bedrooms, front garden shared chimney Warrington UK. The image is useful for lifestyle, housing, domestic life, gardens, weather, landscape, property, heritage interiors and everyday British place imagery. These subjects can illustrate how people live with buildings, seasons, homes, public spaces and rural or suburban surroundings. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Warrington, UK, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Season, sky and weather should be read from the photograph where visible
the caption suggests an everyday real location rather than a staged scene. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA4 2PL
