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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,George Orwell,Penguin,book,paperback,literature,author,writer,Lancashire,Manchester,Greater,map,social,history,poverty,workingclass,industry,industrial,1937,documentary,British,reading,publishing,August,2026,heritage,north,reportage,1930s,Britain,Great Depression,miners,pit,villages,pits,unemployment,economic,low wages,overcrowded
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAP8H2 - George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier, shown in a Penguin paperback edition laid across a street map of the Wigan coalfield in Greater Manchester, England. Orwell, whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair, travelled through industrial northern England in early 1936 after being commissioned by publisher Victor Gollancz to investigate unemployment, housing, poverty and working conditions in depressed communities. He spent time in Wigan as well as Manchester, Barnsley and Sheffield, staying in modest lodgings, visiting working-class homes, attending political meetings and descending a coal mine. The resulting book, published in 1937, combined social reportage about miners, low wages, overcrowding, poor housing and hardship with a wider political argument about socialism and class. Wigan was then heavily shaped by coal mining and industry, and Orwell used the town as a lens through which to describe the human consequences of the inter-war depression. The book remains closely associated with Wigan's industrial identity, even though the famous 'pier' was not a seaside structure but a local name associated with canal-side coal handling. Nearly ninety years later, its themes still resonate in debates about regional inequality, deprivation, insecure work, housing costs and the long economic transition of former mining and manufacturing districts. Towns across the wider Wigan borough, including Ashton-in-Makerfield, continue to carry visible traces of that industrial past while pursuing regeneration and new employment. Ashton-in-Makerfield lies in the Makerfield parliamentary constituency, won by Labour's Andy Burnham in a June 2026 by-election. Burnham became Prime Minister on 20 July 2026, giving the constituency unusual contemporary political significance. The image links Orwell's landmark documentary writing with the geography of the Lancashire coalfield and modern debate over investment, inequality and economic renewal in post-industrial communities
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4093,council,Warrington,Cheshire,books,reading,community,UK,IMG,4093,Book,share,Wrights,Green,Appleton,Thorn,Parish,readers,library,people,children,less,second hand,secondhand,paperbacks,generosity,novels,gift,gifted
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAFBF3 - Close view inside the Wright's Green community book share near Appleton Thorn, Warrington, showing donated books arranged for residents to borrow, exchange or take away. The small free library is a practical example of community-led sharing that encourages reading while extending the useful life of books. Such schemes are particularly valuable in villages where access to a conventional public library may require travel. The image is suitable for editorial coverage of literacy, books, reading, libraries, volunteering, reuse, community cohesion, rural amenities and grassroots initiatives. Book exchanges also support the circular economy by keeping unwanted items in use and can become informal social focal points for neighbours. The visible mix of titles reinforces the low-cost and inclusive nature of the scheme, where participation does not normally require membership, technology or payment. Photographed at Wright's Green, Appleton Thorn, in August 2026. The photograph also has value as a record of everyday life in a North West English town at a time of substantial change to high streets, transport, housing and local services. Familiar signs, shops, pubs, roads and community facilities can become important visual evidence as regeneration projects progress and commercial uses change. The scene can support local-history comparisons as well as contemporary reporting on town-centre investment, household costs, accessibility, sustainability and the survival of traditional amenities. It is an unstaged editorial view, showing the subject in its normal physical and social setting.
Wright's Green, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4094,bus,Warrington,Cheshire,books,reading,community,UK,IMG,4094,Wrights,Green,book,share,shelter,encuraging,sharing,people,children,less,second hand,secondhand,paperbacks,generosity,novels,gift,gifted
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAFBY3 - Community book share at Wright's Green near Appleton Thorn, Warrington, installed in or beside a rural bus shelter and offering free books for local residents to take, read and exchange. Small neighbourhood libraries and book swaps have become a popular low-cost way of encouraging reading, reusing unwanted books and creating informal community facilities in places without a nearby library branch. The image is suitable for editorial coverage of literacy, reading, community initiatives, book sharing, reuse, volunteering, rural services, social connection and local government. The modest roadside setting illustrates how existing public infrastructure can be adapted for an additional community purpose with little complexity or expense. It also provides a positive visual for stories about the circular economy and reducing waste by passing books on rather than discarding them. Photographed at Wright's Green in August 2026, the book share reflects grassroots efforts to maintain local amenities and neighbourly interaction. The photograph also has value as a record of everyday life in a North West English town at a time of substantial change to high streets, transport, housing and local services. Familiar signs, shops, pubs, roads and community facilities can become important visual evidence as regeneration projects progress and commercial uses change. The scene can support local-history comparisons as well as contemporary reporting on town-centre investment, household costs, accessibility, sustainability and the survival of traditional amenities. It is an unstaged editorial view, showing the subject in its normal physical and social setting.
Wright's Green, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Derbys,HighPeak,SK13,High Peak,George St,new,used,Glossop,England,UK,SK13 8AY,retail,store,local,town,centre,buildings,millstonegrit,central,Glossopian,Glossopians,blue sky,blue skies,Character,milltown,bookstore,bookstores,bookshop,bookshops,book,books,reading,independent
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y810 - . An identifiable period record of 14-16 George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows George Street Books, 14-16 George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY - Community Bookshop. Other connected aspects include everyday life, urban fabric, community identity, public-realm investment, destination shopping, before-and-after reference, visual archive, social history, regional identity, commercial streetscape, changing land use, town-centre economy, heritage-led regeneration, and high-street commerce. The modern context includes continuing discussion of store closures, town-centre regeneration and how physical retail adapts to online competition. For current editorial use, planning and public-realm investment provide additional context, especially through the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around 14-16 George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY before redevelopment alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects historical comparison, bricks-and-mortar retail, consumer retail, place-making, adaptive reuse, mixed-use town centre, historic townscape, and shopfront economy. Elements such as Books, Community, 14-16, George, and Bookshop add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 14-16 George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison within the wider story of 14-16 George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY.
14-16 George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbys, England, UK, SK13 8AY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,M3,UK,M3 1WY,rail,Staffordshire tiles,letters,lettering,bookstall,with,art,architecture,design,books,book,reading,material,materials,magazines,periodical,periodicals,original,Victorian,traditional,rail company,history,historical,interior,inside,concourse,mosaic,mosaics,sign,signs,shop
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JY55P5 - Architecture and features
The original M&LR single-storey offices facing Hunt's Bank Approach were built in the Italianate style in sandstone ashlar with slate roofs in 1844. They were later enlarged and given a second storey. William Dawes built the station's larger extension for the L&YR in 1909. It is at right-angles to the north end of the old station giving the enlarged station an L-shaped plan. Facing Victoria Station Approach, its façade is in the Edwardian neo-Baroque style, four storeys high and 31 bays to the rounded corner at the south-east end. The ground floor windows have rounded heads and those on the floors above are square. The ornate glass and iron canopy along the façade displays the names of destinations that the station served in Art Nouveau lettering. The canopy was damaged by the Provisional IRA's 1996 bomb placed in a street adjacent to the Arndale Centre and was restored four years later.
Heritage features in the concourse were restored during the 2013-15 renovation, they include the café with its glass dome and mosaic lettering which was originally the first-class dining room, the adjacent bookstall, and the original 1909 wood-panelled booking hall. In the entrance is a large, white glazed tiled map showing the former network of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
Underneath the map is a bronze World War I war memorial with effigies of Saint George and Saint Michael at each end which was installed in 1923. At the south end of the concourse is the 'soldier's gate' which opened to the former fish docks from where thousands of soldiers departed for World War I and where a bronze plaque was erected to commemorate them. The gateway was restored in 2015 and a steel screen inserted featuring a map of World War I Commonwealth grave cemeteries in Northern France and Belgium.
The station received Grade II listed building status in 1988
Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1WY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,shelf,Bookshelf of Everymans,volume,volumes,old,fashioned,multiple,many,collectable,collection,bound,hard back,before wikipedia,a,set,of,knowledge,tomes,series,green,1940s,book,books,history,historic,tome,spine,spines,bookbinding,old books,very old books,read,good,reading,secondhand,AI firms
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07ABN - . Made at the recorded location 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 location is represented through Volumes, Bookshelf of Everymans Encyclopaedia books. The frame also records themes of town-centre trading, local history, place identity, independent retail, everyday life, local character, specialist shop, changing streetscape, archival record, retail property, high-street commerce, before-and-after reference, community identity, and visual archive. The modern context includes continuing discussion of business rates, consumer spending and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after changed technology. The surrounding story also includes local enterprise, small business, commercial frontage, period detail, shopfront economy, customer footfall, changing land use, and street-level business. The recorded references to Bookshelf, Everymans, Volumes, Encyclopaedia, and books preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is business rates and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of the recorded location. The wider significance includes independent business and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is consumer spending and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets when considered against later change at the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpix,HotpixUK,books,book,good books,relax book,Relax,good book,promotion,reading,physical,happy,stories,story,novel,transport yourself,calming book,de-stress,de-stress with a book,reduce stress,mindful,an open book,open book,enjoying,enjoy,read,relaxed,relaxing,Booker,prize,prizes,lists,best,awarded,award
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AKWHFE - . An on-location image from England, Great Britain , UK in 2020, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The view centres on Relax with a book, promotion of reading and physical books. The photograph also reflects regional identity, adaptive reuse, public realm, historic commercial architecture, heritage asset, social history, historic context, historic townscape, documentary photography, period streetscape, historical comparison, cityscape history, community identity, and changing streetscape. The subject remains useful for current coverage of redevelopment pressure and maintenance costs, not least because of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. As a piece of social history, the scene fixes signage, materials, design and everyday use within England, Great Britain , UK. The subject sits alongside archival record, contemporary social history, period detail, conservation interest, changing land use, architectural detailing, visual archive, and architectural character. Elements such as Relax, reading, books, physical, and promotion add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. A later view of England, Great Britain , UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is redevelopment pressure and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character in a form that can be compared with future views of England, Great Britain , UK. The image also provides a reference for planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the real-world context of England, Great Britain , UK. Another useful connection is heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the specific setting of England, Great Britain , UK.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpix,HotpixUK,books,book,good books,relax book,Relax,good book,promotion,reading,physical,happy,stories,story,novel,transport yourself,calming book,de-stress,de-stress with a book,reduce stress,mindful,an open book,open book,enjoying,enjoy,read,relaxed,relaxing,Booker,prize,prizes,lists,best,awarded,award
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AKWHFP - . Photographed at England, Great Britain , UK in 2020, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. At the centre of the frame is Relax with a good book, promotion of reading and physical books. The locality and subject together evoke public realm, conservation interest, contemporary social history, archival record, period building, community identity, cityscape history, documentary photography, changing streetscape, local character, place identity, historic frontage, regional identity, and local history. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with energy retrofit, heritage conservation and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity. For place-based research, the photograph preserves the visual character of the locality at the time within the setting of England, Great Britain , UK. A second layer of the scene includes period streetscape, before-and-after reference, built heritage, architectural character, architectural detailing, historic context, historic commercial architecture, and historical comparison. Details involving books, Relax, physical, reading, and promotion give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The surrounding context at England, Great Britain , UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character as part of the longer story of England, Great Britain , UK. The scene further reflects maintenance costs and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity when considered against later change at England, Great Britain , UK. Its period value extends to embodied carbon and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment without losing the local specificity of England, Great Britain , UK.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Eire,Ireland,art,artwork,playwright,pub,bar,drinker,drinking,happy birthday,life size,Dublins,Dubliners,portrait,reading,a,book,drink,in,hand,his,bronze,47-48,Temple Bar,Dublin 2,D02 N725,St Patricks Day,the,author,of,Ulysses,iconic,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGANW - . Photographed at 47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Ireland in 2019, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The image documents James Joyce bronze life-size statue, by Ian Pollock, Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland. A broader reading of the photograph includes changing land use, urban artwork, community identity, local history, contemporary social history, pub interior heritage, licensed trade, street-level design, place identity, community drinking venue, everyday life, documentary photography, local character, and creative placemaking. For current editorial use, consumer spending and business rates provide additional context, especially through pressure on hospitality margins in a high-cost economy. Current relevance extends to tourism and gentrification, particularly through the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and graffiti. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at 47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Ireland, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. The wider setting retains connections with historic hostelry, traditional pub, temporary artwork, night-time economy, regional identity, visual street culture, changing streetscape, and urban graphics. References to Ireland, James, Temple, Joyce, and Dublin give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of 47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Ireland may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is consumer spending and the role of historic venues in tourism and neighbourhood identity within the specific setting of 47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Ireland. The record includes a trace of local identity for future local research.
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,British,Perthshire,Scotland,UK,FK19 8PA,book,books,public,borrow,a,village,in,an,old,telephone,box,recycled,recycling,pull,door,to,read,reading,readers,kiosk,stocked,up,exchange,scheme,hoping,regular,basis,leave,take,one,GPO,Telecom
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XMY0 - . This authentic period view of Balquhidder village, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PA in 2019 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The defining feature is Balquhidder village, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, village book exchange, in an old red public telephone box. A broader reading of the photograph includes traditional pub, community drinking venue, social history, everyday life, local history, public realm, historic hostelry, regional identity, local social venue, archival record, pub heritage, cask-beer tradition, hospitality economy, and changing land use. From a 2025-onward perspective, pub closures and business rates are closely linked to this subject, alongside the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around Balquhidder village, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PA before changed technology alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes licensed trade, local character, licensed hospitality, community identity, contemporary social history, visitor hospitality, changing streetscape, and night-time economy. The recorded references to Perthshire, village, telephone, Balquhidder, and public preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Balquhidder village, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PA, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is pub closures and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s without losing the local specificity of Balquhidder village, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PA. The view records a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene. The image fixes a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
Balquhidder village, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK19 8PA
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,Merseyside,book,books,readers,reading,libraries,English,inside,interior,Victorian,building,Frederick,Hugh,hall,city,centre,design,William,Brown,Street,history,historic,buildings,shelves,shelf,light,lighting,ceiling,Britain,great,dome,Architecture,librarians,L3,L38EW
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGPHAA - The library is located in several adjoining historic buildings on William Brown Street. Its first building was the William Brown Library and Museum building which was completed in 1860 to the designs of John Weightman Surveyor to Liverpool Corporation, (not to be confused with his near contemporary John Grey Weightman)[1] and which it has always shared with the city's museum, now known as World Museum Liverpool. The library was then extended further to the right with the addition in 1879 of the Picton Reading Room and to the rear with the Hornby Library in 1906. All three of these are Grade II* listed buildings and are built in a classical style similar to other buildings on the street.
Liverpool Central Library during rebuild
Interior view of the library prior to its 2013 refurbishment
Previous to the creation of this public library was England's first subscription library (1758-1942), latterly known as The Lyceum, Liverpool, but often referred to as the Liverpool Library.
750,000 people visited the museum in 2017. In 2018, the library won The Bookseller's Library of the Year Award
1840 William Brown St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK, L3 8EW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJP2H - The Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library are two grade II* listed buildings on William Brown Street, Liverpool, England which now form part of the Liverpool Central Library.
Chairman of the William Brown Library and Museum Sir James Picton laid the foundation stone of the Picton Reading Room in 1875. It was designed by Cornelius Sherlock, and modelled after the British Museum Reading Room, and was the first electrically lit library in the UK.
It was completed in 1879. The front is semicircular with Corinthian columns, and the shape was chosen by the architect to cover the change in the axis of the row of buildings at this point. The Hornby Reading Room (named after Hugh Frederick Hornby) by Thomas Shelmerdine was added in 1906. It stands behind the older building and the interior is decorated in the Edwardian Imperial style
William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, UK L3 8EW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJP2Y - The Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library are two grade II* listed buildings on William Brown Street, Liverpool, England which now form part of the Liverpool Central Library.
Chairman of the William Brown Library and Museum Sir James Picton laid the foundation stone of the Picton Reading Room in 1875. It was designed by Cornelius Sherlock, and modelled after the British Museum Reading Room, and was the first electrically lit library in the UK.
It was completed in 1879. The front is semicircular with Corinthian columns, and the shape was chosen by the architect to cover the change in the axis of the row of buildings at this point. The Hornby Reading Room (named after Hugh Frederick Hornby) by Thomas Shelmerdine was added in 1906. It stands behind the older building and the interior is decorated in the Edwardian Imperial style
William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, UK L3 8EW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJPK3 - The Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library are two grade II* listed buildings on William Brown Street, Liverpool, England which now form part of the Liverpool Central Library.
Chairman of the William Brown Library and Museum Sir James Picton laid the foundation stone of the Picton Reading Room in 1875. It was designed by Cornelius Sherlock, and modelled after the British Museum Reading Room, and was the first electrically lit library in the UK.
It was completed in 1879. The front is semicircular with Corinthian columns, and the shape was chosen by the architect to cover the change in the axis of the row of buildings at this point. The Hornby Reading Room (named after Hugh Frederick Hornby) by Thomas Shelmerdine was added in 1906. It stands behind the older building and the interior is decorated in the Edwardian Imperial style
William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, UK L3 8EW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJPKD - The Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library are two grade II* listed buildings on William Brown Street, Liverpool, England which now form part of the Liverpool Central Library.
Chairman of the William Brown Library and Museum Sir James Picton laid the foundation stone of the Picton Reading Room in 1875. It was designed by Cornelius Sherlock, and modelled after the British Museum Reading Room, and was the first electrically lit library in the UK.
It was completed in 1879. The front is semicircular with Corinthian columns, and the shape was chosen by the architect to cover the change in the axis of the row of buildings at this point. The Hornby Reading Room (named after Hugh Frederick Hornby) by Thomas Shelmerdine was added in 1906. It stands behind the older building and the interior is decorated in the Edwardian Imperial style
William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, UK L3 8EW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0JXN - An old red British Telephone box turned into a village lending library, next to an old pillarbox (still emptied)
The kiosk in the centre of Great Budworth is now being stocked up with books after the parish council bought it from British Telecom for £1.
We are going to use it as a book exchange and are hoping people drop off books.
Children in the village are among those involved in the project.
A three month trial period is under way to see how well the scheme works.
If it is deemed a success then it will become permanent.
High st, Great Budworth, Cheshire East, England CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0K2X - An old red British Telephone box turned into a village lending library.
The kiosk in the centre of Great Budworth is now being stocked up with books after the parish council bought it from British Telecom for £1.
We are going to use it as a book exchange and are hoping people drop off books.
Children in the village are among those involved in the project.
A three month trial period is under way to see how well the scheme works.
If it is deemed a success then it will become permanent.
High st, Great Budworth, Cheshire East, England CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0K74 - An old red British Telephone box turned into a village lending library.
The kiosk in the centre of Great Budworth is now being stocked up with books after the parish council bought it from British Telecom for £1.
We are going to use it as a book exchange and are hoping people drop off books.
Children in the village are among those involved in the project.
A three month trial period is under way to see how well the scheme works.
If it is deemed a success then it will become permanent.
High st, Great Budworth, Cheshire East, England CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0KBB - An old red British Telephone box turned into a village lending library.
The kiosk in the centre of Great Budworth is now being stocked up with books after the parish council bought it from British Telecom for £1.
We are going to use it as a book exchange and are hoping people drop off books.
Children in the village are among those involved in the project.
A three month trial period is under way to see how well the scheme works.
If it is deemed a success then it will become permanent.
High st, Great Budworth, Cheshire East, England CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4432952215 - 'A tattoo being born at at the Manchester 2010 GMEX (Manchester Central) convention.
There are some cracking books on tattooing around. They are great for inspiration and like this chap, if I was having a large scale piece of work done it would be the ideal coffee table book to be browsing. Tat history is over 5000 year-old as proved by a tattooed mummy found in modern day Egypt. there are many fine books that document and illustrate it.
Here are some of my favourites that I have read, owned, enjoyed, had stolen or lost during the years.
The Sketchbook: 80 Unique Designs by the World's Finest Tattoo Artists.
A perfectly tattooed body requires the skills of a professional and talented artist, who creates a unique and personal design. These designs are often inspired by one or more of the various tattoo styles of Japanese, Maori or other tribal origin. 'The Sketchbook' offers the reader a selection of 80 of these unique designs by well-known and less famous, but very promising, tattoo artists from around the world. Each artist was requested to create a sketch unrestrained by commercial demands and which reflects their own personal interests.
Bodies of Inscription : A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community
this is a pretty academic book. The new tattoo community described here is demographically quite different from the old. It is more female, more middle-class, and more educated, whereas the earlier society of tattoo collectors was primarily working class and male. DeMello lays out some of the social history of tattooing to prepare for her discussion of the changes in tattooing in the past 20 years. From handpicked prison tattoos to the latest in today's 'tribal' design, from gang symbols to feminist ones, tattoos themselves have changed to meet changing demands and fashions.
The Tattoo Encyclopedia: A Guide to Choosing Your Tattoo
As they should, tattoos continue to move into the mainstream and grow in popularity. For people pondering getting a tattoo, however, the choice of images can be overwhelming. A comprehensive, informative exploration of the colorful world of tattoos, The Tattoo Encyclopedia presents concise descriptions of symbols both common and unusual and sheds light on their historic, religious, and cultural significance.
Bushido
Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo. This includes over 200 cracking photos by the classic tat2 photographer Jai Tanju. The text is based largely on Takahiro Kitamuras experiences as customer and student of the famed Japanese tattoo master, Horiyoshi III.
Tattoo Art Tribal Vol.II
Tattoo Art has been producing high quality tattoo designs for over a decade. Professional tattoo artists worldwide have used Tattoo Art's wide assortment of designs to satisfy all their customer needs. The quality and variety of the tattoo designs produced by Tattoo Art has placed them among the industry leaders. Its a great index of proven designs.
Also, call me a luditte, but if it was a choice between an electronic version of one of these books (ie Kindle download), or shiny paper, i would go for the latter every time. When my Billy bookcase sags, it actually smiles. :-)
Some more tattoo's and piercing here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4407631870/ and www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4271674913/
Another from Manchester 2010 here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4427429577/
(2010 week 9)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3813064314 - 'A grab shot taken while backpacking around Vietnam
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCT2 - The Beano is a long running British children's comic, published by DC Thomson.
The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. In September 2009, The Beano's 3,500th issue was published. The Beano is currently edited by Craig Graham. Each issue is published on a Thursday, with the issue date being that of the following Saturday.
Its characters include Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids, The Numskulls, Roger the Dodger, Billy Whizz and Ball Boy. Earlier characters who have been phased out include Ivy the Terrible, Calamity James, The Three Bears and Pansy Potter. Some old characters, like Biffo the Bear, Lord Snooty, Baby Face Finlayson and Little Plum, have more recently made a return as funsize quarter-page strips.
England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCT8 - The Beano is a long running British children's comic, published by DC Thomson.
The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. In September 2009, The Beano's 3,500th issue was published. The Beano is currently edited by Craig Graham. Each issue is published on a Thursday, with the issue date being that of the following Saturday.
Its characters include Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids, The Numskulls, Roger the Dodger, Billy Whizz and Ball Boy. Earlier characters who have been phased out include Ivy the Terrible, Calamity James, The Three Bears and Pansy Potter. Some old characters, like Biffo the Bear, Lord Snooty, Baby Face Finlayson and Little Plum, have more recently made a return as funsize quarter-page strips.
England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE0287 - The Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize - more at https://bricklanebookshop.org/history/
Our Short Story Prize was launched in 2019. Our aim is to celebrate short stories, to give new writers the chance to be published, and to offer some financial assistance to write. Each year we publish an anthology of the twelve longlisted stories. We're on the lookout for new, exciting, and diverse voices
Brick Lane Bookshop was originally part of The Tower Hamlets Arts Project (THAP), which was formed in the 1970s out of a protest.
In 1974, Thames Television launched the ˜Eyesights' scheme. With money channelled through the Great London Arts Association, the idea was that professional artists would be commissioned to create giant posters for display in the borough “ with over half the amount being earmarked for the hire of hoardings alone.
The ˜Eyesights' scheme was inevitably renamed ˜Eyesore' by local people already involved in arts and community activities who thought that the money could be put to much better use. A crowded public meeting in February 1975 called for an alternative, bolder plan, bringing together existing and fledgling arts activities under a coordinating body to be called the Tower Hamlets Arts Project (THAP).
Rather than it being about artists coming into the area, it should be about those already here! And after some initial eye-rolling, Thames Television eventually saw the sense of the argument. The Borough Council assisted by appointing an Arts Officer, Phil Shepherd, to support the new scheme. THAP was launched at the start of 1976 and celebrated its achievements a year later with a month-long ˜Big Show' at the Whitechapel Art Gallery. Critics were bemused at finding this international venue, which had presented the works of Picasso and Frida Kahlo, awash with East End poets, Stepney filmmakers, amateur rock bands, truanting schoolkids, improvised theatre shows and messy experiments in silkscreen printing.
166 Brick Lane Bookshop, Brick Lane, near Spitalfields, east end,London,England,UK, E1 6RU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCH4 - Barter Books is a second-hand bookshop located in the historic English market town of Alnwick, Northumberland owned and run by Stuart and Mary Manley. It has over 200,000 visitors a year, 40% of whom are from outside the area, and is one of the largest second-hand bookstores in Europe.[1] It is considered a local tourist attraction and has been described as the British Library of second-hand bookshops.
The bookshop is located within the Victorian Alnwick railway station, designed by William Bell and opened in 1887. It was in use until the closure of the Alnwick branch line in 1968. Barter Books was opened in 1991.
The shop is notable for its use of a barter system, whereby customers can exchange their books for credit against future purchases. Standard cash purchases are also available.
Barter Books has also been subject to crime on occasions. On the 3rd May 2007, a local newspaper, the Northumberland Gazette, reported that a book worth over £2,000 was returned to the book shop 5 years after it was stolen. It has also been subject to a scam which allowed thieves to take £200 in cash. However, the crime was dealt with in court.
Keep Calm and Carry On poster (1939)
Barter Books hit the headlines in 2000 when the owner discovered, in a box of old books bought at an auction, an old World War II poster from 1939. The slogan, Keep Calm and Carry On, and the simple design has turned it into an international phenomenon, and has been on the walls of places as diverse as Buckingham Palace, 10 Downing Street and the US Embassy in Belgium
Barter Books, Alnwick Station, Wagonway Road, ALNWICK, Northumberland, NE66 2NP
