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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4660,barber shop,mens,grooming,Latchford,Warrington,independent,business,high,street,haircut,beard,trim,skin,fade,small,shopfront,Barber,frontage,pole,graphics,social,media,icons,barbers,illegal,activity,paying,cash,rates,tax,taxes,rundown,run down,high streets,decline,declining
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC893Y - . Sya barber frontage with barber-pole graphics and social media icons is one of the independent barber businesses serving Latchford, a residential district of Warrington. Men's grooming shops have been a notable growth category on British high streets since the 2010s, with many businesses drawing on Turkish, Kurdish, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean barbering styles such as hot-towel shaves, beard shaping and highly finished skin fades. It is important not to infer the proprietor's nationality from appearance alone, but the visual language of contemporary barber shops has become a recognisable part of town-centre and neighbourhood retail. These businesses often occupy compact units, trade long hours and depend heavily on repeat local customers. Their expansion has helped refill premises left by older retail uses while also creating intense competition. The photograph can illustrate independent enterprise, male grooming, migration-influenced retail culture, small-business economics and the changing mix of services on UK high streets. As a documentary stock image, the scene has value beyond its immediate subject because signs, clothing, street furniture and commercial presentation all date the moment. Future comparisons can show how policy, technology, fashion and the built environment changed after 2026. Search relevance also extends to barber, documentary photography, local reporting, public policy and mid-2020s social change. The subject provides a concrete visual reference for editors needing a real location rather than a generic illustration of barber. Because the photograph is tied to a specific date, it can later be compared with subsequent changes in signage, ownership, regulation, public use or the surrounding streetscape. It additionally captures ordinary material culture of 2026, including the graphic design, technology, clothing or infrastructure through which broader trends become visible at street level.
Knutsford Road, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4658,barber shop,mens,grooming,Latchford,Warrington,independent,business,high street,haircut,beard,trim,skin,fade,small,shopfront,barber,gold,lettering,barbers,illegal,activity,paying,cash,rates,tax,taxes,rundown,run down,high streets,changing high street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC8995 - . Sam cut barber shopfront with gold lettering is one of the independent barber businesses serving Latchford, a residential district of Warrington. Men's grooming shops have been a notable growth category on British high streets since the 2010s, with many businesses drawing on Turkish, Kurdish, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean barbering styles such as hot-towel shaves, beard shaping and highly finished skin fades. It is important not to infer the proprietor's nationality from appearance alone, but the visual language of contemporary barber shops has become a recognisable part of town-centre and neighbourhood retail. These businesses often occupy compact units, trade long hours and depend heavily on repeat local customers. Their expansion has helped refill premises left by older retail uses while also creating intense competition. The photograph can illustrate independent enterprise, male grooming, migration-influenced retail culture, small-business economics and the changing mix of services on UK high streets. The photograph also fixes the appearance of the place in the mid-2020s, preserving details that may later disappear through redevelopment, rebranding or changes in regulation. It is suitable for editorial use on social history, local identity, consumer behaviour and the way everyday streets respond to wider economic forces. It additionally captures ordinary material culture of 2026, including the graphic design, technology, clothing or infrastructure through which broader trends become visible at street level. For archive users, the frame is a useful factual record of how Sam Cut barber shopfront with gold lettering appeared before later redevelopment, replacement or rebranding altered the scene. Search relevance also extends to barber, documentary photography, local reporting, public policy and mid-2020s social change. The subject provides a concrete visual reference for editors needing a real location rather than a generic illustration of barber.
Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A0122,DART,train,mural,78 Talbot Street,Dublin,Ireland,Kameleon Turkish Barber,street,art,green,commuter,graffiti,portraits,barber,shop,railway,transport,public,urban,culture,business,regeneration,city-centre,Irish,visual,neighbourhood,identity
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM2JFH - DART train mural at 78 Talbot Street in Dublin 1, Ireland, beside Kameleon Turkish Barber. The large street artwork covers the upper wall with a stylised green commuter train, colourful graffiti lettering and painted portraits, while the barber shop occupies the ground floor. The mural combines railway imagery with Dublin street culture and gives the otherwise functional commercial building a striking visual identity. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of DART, Dublin railways, street art, murals, graffiti, Talbot Street, public art, urban culture, commuter trains, Irish transport, local businesses, barber shops, regeneration and city-centre streetscapes. The strong green train motif is likely to attract buyers looking for an unusual visual representation of Dublin public transport rather than a conventional railway photograph. It also works for stories about mural art, neighbourhood identity, independent businesses and the way transport imagery becomes part of popular urban culture.
78 Talbot Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,textile,Lancs,England,UK,English,mills,Cottonopolis,manufacture,Mill,Burnley,history,tourism,steam,powered,weaving,mill,made in USA,box,wall,mounted,operator,Barber Warp Tying,machine,Barber & Colman,Manchester,Barber,Colman,ltd,tools,toolkit,boxes,warp tying,operator tools
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMKE1D - . Box of operators tools, Barber Warp Tying machine, Barber & Colman Manchester, made in USA. Photographed on 6 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Queen Street Mill, Harle Syke, Briercliffe, Burnley BB10 2HX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include textile, Lancs, mills, Cottonopolis, manufacture, Mill, Burnley, history, tourism, steam, powered, weaving, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. Industrial subject matter gives the image strong relevance to manufacturing, engineering, energy, utilities, machinery, skilled work and Britain's industrial heritage. The photograph can support stories about technological change, preservation, infrastructure, deindustrialisation, redevelopment and the reuse of former working sites for culture, housing, tourism or new commercial purposes. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Queen Street Mill, Harle Syke, Briercliffe, Burnley BB10 2HX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL52,47,GL52 2NE,history,historic,shop,store,name,The Ruby Key,Hair Studio,barber,barbers,tiled,tiles,WW Dowty,photographer,shopfront,retail,photo,studio,old,shops,studios,outside,exterior,door,doorway,tile,steps,ornate
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7JH7M - . This authentic period view of 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The photograph centres on WW Dowty Photographic Studio, historic shopfront, 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE. The locality and subject together evoke town-centre economy, commercial streetscape, documentary photography, public realm, independent retail, shopfront economy, architectural character, local character, historic streetscape, small-business culture, high-street commerce, consumer retail, urban fabric, and heritage asset. For current editorial use, energy retrofit and redevelopment pressure provide additional context, especially through how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition. Current relevance extends to business rates and town-centre regeneration, particularly through how physical shops adapt to online competition. The image fixes signage and branding within 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. A second descriptive layer includes period architecture, archival record, heritage landmark, period detail, customer footfall, visual archive, brand display, and social history. The combination of Photographic, Cheltenham, historic, Gloucestershire, and Winchcombe anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of energy retrofit and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition within the real-world context of 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE.
47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL52,47,GL52 2NE,history,historic,shop,store,name,The Ruby Key,Hair Studio,barber,barbers,tiled,tiles,WW Dowty,photographer,shopfront,retail,photo,studio,monochrome,BW,Black and White,black & white,old,shops,studios,outside,exterior,door,doorway,town
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7JH7Y - . This authentic period view of 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE in 2022 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 WW Dowty Photographic Studio, historic shopfront, 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE. The frame also records themes of town-centre economy, community identity, commercial streetscape, historic townscape, commercial frontage, shopfront economy, adaptive reuse, bricks-and-mortar business, historic streetscape, changing land use, public realm, retail property, everyday life, and independent retail. From a 2025-onward perspective, heritage conservation and planning control are closely linked to this subject, alongside the balance between conservation and modern commercial use. The wider contemporary story combines brand consolidation, consumer spending and how commercial property shifts between retail, leisure and residential use. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. The wider setting retains connections with documentary photography, local character, heritage asset, place identity, consumer retail, built heritage, customer footfall, and period building. Details involving Cheltenham, Photographic, Studio, historic, and Dowty make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The view records details of everyday use within the wider story of 47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE.
47 Winchcombe St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,England,UK, GL52 2NE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Safe Hands Barbers,48 Argyle Street,Scotland,UK,G2 8AH,GB,trim,haircut,haircuts,scissor,scissors,barber,hair,gents,stylist,stylists,front,exterior,outside,famous,hairdressers,hairdresser,art,painting,street,streetart,48,Argyle Street,Argyle St,door,doorway,entry,entrance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PE1J39 - . A carefully observed scene shows the setting around 48 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8AH, UK, in a 2018 record. The image record centres upon Safe Hands Barbers - scissors art, 48 Argyle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G2 8AH, UK. Related ideas embodied by the location include place and memory, urban and rural change, documentary photography, local character, cultural landscape, visual record, local identity, modern history, social context, community environment, public realm, and place-based history. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, everyday local life also connects with business turnover, changing use and efforts aimed at a clearer record of local change. The photograph fixes 48 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8AH, UK at one identifiable stage in its history, providing a reference against which later refurbishment, closure, demolition, conversion, new ownership or altered public use can be assessed. The surrounding story includes documentary record, regional identity, changing Britain, community life, everyday infrastructure, everyday Britain. The record also refers to SafeHands Barbers, SafeHands, city centre. The same setting also brings together contemporary social history, and social landscape. Modern coverage of the public realm frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of altered public space, redevelopment and before-and-after study. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for public activity, period design, the appearance of the built environment, local character, and changes of use within the surrounding area. In historical comparison, the image can help trace physical infrastructure, community life, signage and branding, commercial identity, and local continuity as part of the area's longer social history. That gives this view of 48 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8AH, UK continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison.
48 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8AH, UK
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Keywords: 63,sixty,three,sixtythree,number,numbers,integers,integer,tonysmith,barbers,barber,board,style,63style,restyle
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 1349446351 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
63 is a deficient composite number with an aliquot sum of 41. It also a highly cototient number.
It is a number of the form 2n - 1 (with n=6), but it is not a Mersenne prime since n is not prime and 63 is certainly not prime either. It is also a Woodall number i.e. of the form n*2n - 1 with n=4.
It is the third Delannoy number. Also, the sum of the powers of 2 from 0 to 5, equivalently it is a repdigit in bases 2 (111111), 4 (333), and 8 (77). In base 10 it is a Harshad number.
The Stoner 63 is a machine gun. In computing, 63 is ASCII for question mark: '?'. Its the code for international direct dial calls to the Philippines. Its the number of groats in a guinea in British pre-decimal currency. There are 63 Salakapurusas (great beings) in Jain cosmology.
The Class of '63 was a TV movie starring James Brolin (1973) and at my barbers, you can look like someone from the cast!
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scotish,Scottish,Scotch,British,Scotland,Alba,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Scottish Nationalism,barbrs,haircut,mens,old town,historic,Traditional,barbers,Traditional barbers,Edinburgh,barber,EH8
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKFH - . Traditional barbers established 1890, Woods Barber Shop, 12 Drummond St, Edinburgh EH8 9TU. Photographed at 12 Drummond St, Edinburgh , Scotland, UK, EH8 9TU. The photograph was taken on 31 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with hairdresser, haircut sSir?, Drummond Street, Old Town, Barber Shop, Drummond St, Woods Barber Shop, Woods, Wood and Tony, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
12 Drummond St, Edinburgh , Scotland, UK, EH8 9TU
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Keywords: boy,child,barbers,first,visit,trip,cut,trim,barber,hair,haircut,face,head,faces,365days,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,HOT PIX,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3960530592 - 'Always a right of passage, that first trip to the proper barbers.
Have a look at some of my other hair images on Flickr -
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Keywords: Haircut,sir,barbers,Razors,Latchford,Village,Warrington,A50,Frank,trimmer,clipper,clip,bald,chair,mirror,barber,stylist,hair,style,hairstyle,shave,man,cutting,cut,cuts,trim,clippers,365days,HDR,high dynamic range,salon,stylists,scissors,no1,no4,beyond,fringe,hairport,permanent,waves,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3810551197 - 'Best haircut in Latchford (Warrington, Cheshire , England UK).
A traditional british barbers. No nonesense !
Have a look at some of my other Warrington images on Flickr -
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(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899 ',
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,London,city,centre,central,historic,contraceptive,contraceptives,durex,neon,sign,red,lit,lighted,light,ad,an,illuminated,barbers,1960,1960s,barber,shop,salon,anything for the weekend,something for the weekend,orange,advertisement,male,rubber,company,LRC,brand,antique,birth-control,Fetherlite,condoms
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3Y98K - Durex is a brand of condoms and personal lubricants owned by the British company Reckitt Benckiser. It was initially developed in London under the purview of the London Rubber Company and British Latex Products Ltd, where it was manufactured between 1932 and 1994. The London Rubber Company was formed in 1915, and the Durex brand name (Durability, reliability, and excellence) was launched in 1929, although London Rubber did not begin manufacturing own-brand condoms until 1932, in collaboration with a rubber technology student from Poland named Lucian Lundau. The first book on The London Rubber Company and the history of Durex condoms, written by Jessica Borge, was published in September 2020 by McGill-Queen's University Press.
The London Rubber Company later merged with SSL International, since 2010 which has been owned by the Anglo-Dutch company Reckitt Benckiser. It is one of the best-selling condom brands around the world, with 30% of the global market. In 2006, Durex condoms were the second-best-selling brand of condoms in the United States, with Trojan condoms being the first. It is supplied by, among others, the company Karex.
In 2007 the last factory making Durex condoms in the UK stopped manufacturing and production has since moved to China, India and Thailand. The modern range includes a wide variety of latex condom, including the Sheik and Ramses brands in North America, and the Avanti condom. Durex also provides a range of lubricants and sex toys.
Although Durex was not an official sponsor of the Olympic Games, Durex provided 150,000 free condoms to more than 10,000 athletes that competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
England, Great Britain , UK
