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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,NCR Voyix,SelfServ,checkout,scanner,POS,retail technology,payment,grocery,shopping,till,touchscreen,barcode,customer,British retail,queue,store,digital retail,contactless,retail jobs,loss prevention,UK,retail,automated,card,only,touchscreen terminal,customer-operated till,Britain,modern,supermarkets,labour,entry-level jobs,cash is king,cash is not king,inconvenience,card only,Morrisons supermarket
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FD8FJD - A card-only self-service checkout at a Morrisons market.htm Target=_Blank>supermarket in Britain, showing an NCR-branded self-checkout installation with touchscreen, scanner, weighing area and payment keypad. The precise model number cannot be confirmed from the image alone, but it is clearly a modern customer-operated supermarket till designed to let shoppers scan and pay without a traditional cashier. The on-screen prompt asking whether the customer wishes to continue at a card-only checkout adds an extra editorial angle, because cashless self-service can be awkward and inconvenient for some shoppers, especially older customers, people with large baskets, those who prefer to budget in cash, or anyone who simply wants the reassurance of a staffed till. Many customers find these machines impersonal and slightly clumsy to use, with repeated prompts, bagging-area checks, age-restricted approvals and the occasional need to summon staff anyway, all without the ease and friendliness of a human checkout assistant. In British high streets and supermarkets, the familiar friendly checkout lady or helpful till operator has increasingly been replaced by one roving staff member overseeing several machines. That makes this image relevant to 2026 debates about automation, customer service and jobs. The Office for National Statistics has specifically cited supermarket self-checkouts as an example of automation reducing the need for as many employees working at checkouts, while also noting wider labour-market risks for lower-skilled and routine roles. Morrisons, which serves around 9 million customers a week and employs more than 118,000 colleagues, operates in a highly competitive market where cost control and modernisation are constant pressures. There is a historical irony too: Morrisons once promoted self-service as a retail innovation, but by 2026 the argument has shifted towards what is lost when convenience and efficiency displace human interaction and place routine front-end supermarket roles
Morrisons supermarket, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_42~2,self service,payment,cash,card,touchscreen,retail technology,automation,grocery,shopping,till,POS,customer,barcode,retail jobs,loss prevention,British supermarket,UK,British retail,high street,shop,terminal,scan,scanner,scanning,groceries,automated,labour,displacement,front end,productivity,unemployment,worker,workers,displaced,redundant
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCW90K - A Sainsbury's self-service checkout in a UK supermarket, showing an NCR-branded touchscreen terminal configured for both cash and card payment. The hardware appears to be from NCR's FastLane SelfServ family, combining a barcode scanner and weighing area with payment and cash-handling modules
the precise sub-model cannot be confirmed from this photograph alone. The screen shows a white baguette and a £38.52 subtotal, while Argos branding and supermarket shelving are visible behind. By 2026 this type of checkout has become an everyday symbol of retail automation and debate about convenience, productivity and employment. Sainsbury's reported that self-service had risen to more than 70% of supermarket transactions by 2024/25, compared with about 40% five years earlier, while its front-end programme was expected to save around £70 million and had reduced front-end labour costs as productivity increased. The ethical argument is not simply whether machines take jobs , but how the gains are shared. Self-checkouts can shorten queues, offer customer choice and allow staff to be redeployed to replenishment, online fulfilment, security and customer assistance. Critics point out that shoppers perform scanning and payment work once done by paid checkout operators, potentially reducing entry-level and routine retail opportunities, increasing pressure on fewer attendants and creating accessibility problems for customers who need human help. ONS has cited supermarket self-checkouts as an example of automation reducing the need for checkout staff. Sainsbury's nevertheless still recruits colleagues to support staffed checkouts, self-service tills and kiosks, showing a change in retail work rather than its complete disappearance. In 2026 the company is also expanding NCR Voyix next-generation checkout technology, remote approvals and video analytics, making this older terminal a useful record of the move from staffed tills towards automated supermarkets.
Sainsbury's supermarket, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1342,rail,train,travel,UK,discount,transport,passenger,fare,old,older,person,Senior Railcard,over 60,railway,journey,journeys,smartphone,over 60 rail discount,one third rail discount,discounted train fares,cheaper rail fares,train ticket savings,railway fare savings,rail travel discount UK,three year Railcard,3 year,apps,card,savings,cost,affordability,affordable,subsidy,subsidised,day trip,trips
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7WXB - Digital Senior Railcard displayed on a smartphone resting across a printed British railway timetable, illustrating how passengers aged 60 and over can plan rail journeys while using a digital Railcard to reduce the cost of train travel in Great Britain. The personalised card is shown in the Railcard app with holder photograph, name, validity information, QR code and National Rail branding visible on the phone screen, while timetable columns beneath reinforce the journey-planning theme.
A Senior Railcard gives eligible passengers one third off most Standard and First Class Anytime, Off-Peak and Advance fares, subject to ticket conditions and time restrictions. It currently costs £35 for one year or £80 for three years, with the three-year version available online. Digital Railcards can be stored on compatible smartphones or other devices, allowing travellers to carry proof of entitlement without needing a separate plastic or paper card.
The image combines traditional printed railway information with modern mobile technology and can illustrate rail journey planning, cheaper train fares, digital ticketing, retirement travel, public transport affordability, domestic tourism and the cost of living. It is suitable for editorial coverage of National Rail, fare increases, concessionary travel, smartphone apps, sustainable transport, rail policy and the changing way passengers buy and validate discounted tickets. Senior Railcard holders can use the discount for both short and long-distance journeys throughout Great Britain, although morning restrictions apply to some journeys made wholly within the London and South East Network Railcard area. The juxtaposition of a paper timetable and smartphone also symbolises the transition from traditional railway information to app-based travel planning, mobile ticketing and digital passenger services on the modern British rail network. It also reflects increasing use of mobile technology by older rail passengers.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1342v,rail,railway,passengers,Railcard,digital,smartphone,travel,UK,Senior,card,third,off,years,mobile,phone,Railcards,discounts,discount,cost of living,timetables,BR,British Rail,British railways,Plymouth rail timetable,Plymouth railway,railway timetable,printed timetable,historic timetable,vintage railway timetable,rail travel discount,over 60 travel,senior travel,concessionary,app,railcard on smartphone,one third off,age,60,over
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAFB7P - Digital Senior Railcard displayed on a smartphone laid across an old printed railway timetable featuring Plymouth services, creating a striking contrast between historic and modern ways of planning and paying for rail travel in Britain. The image brings together traditional paper railway information with the contemporary Railcard app and mobile technology now used by passengers on the national rail network. The Senior Railcard is available to people aged 60 and over and provides one third off most Standard and First Class rail fares across Great Britain, including Anytime, Off-Peak and Advance tickets, subject to restrictions. National Rail offers Railcards in digital form for storage on a mobile phone or tablet, reflecting the wider shift from printed timetables, ticket-office transactions and paper tickets towards apps, eTickets and digital journey planning. Plymouth has a long railway history as an important rail gateway for Devon and South West England, with services connecting the city with London, Bristol, Exeter and Cornwall. The juxtaposition provides a visual story about changing generations of railway travel: printed tables of times and routes beneath a modern smartphone carrying a passenger's photographic proof of entitlement to discounted fares. It also illustrates wider themes around the cost of train travel, concessionary fares for older people, retirement and leisure travel, social mobility, public transport accessibility and the increasing digitisation of everyday services. For many older passengers the Senior Railcard can make day trips, holidays, family visits and longer journeys more affordable, while its migration onto smartphones demonstrates how digital identity and mobile ticketing are becoming normal parts of British public transport. The composition combines railway nostalgia and ephemera with debates about rail fares, affordability, digital transformation, inclusion and the future of passenger rail in Britain.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,advert,adverts,kiosk,selfservice,ordering,self-order,terminal,touchscreen,fast food,digital,Big Tasty,burgers,chain,franchise,fastfood,junk food,food,takeaway,quick service,BigMac,Big Mac,QSR,card payment,contactless,card,Applepay,payment,UK,public,pubic,dirty screens,hand hygiene,shared surfaces,obesity,public health,up selling,burger
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGG7E7 - Editorial photograph of McDonald's self-service ordering kiosks inside a fast food restaurant, with a large touchscreen promoting a Double Big Tasty meal and a second ordering point visible in the background. The image is useful for stories about stock-photo/gotonysmith-Digital.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>digital ordering, restaurant automation, fast food marketing, upselling, consumer choice, junk food, unhealthy eating, portion size, obesity, public health and the changing experience of buying takeaway meals. The illuminated burger advertising, card payment reader and standing kiosk design show how quick-service restaurants encourage customers to browse, customise and pay without speaking to a cashier, while the bright product photography and menu prompts can steer people toward larger or more indulgent items. The photograph also has strong relevance for hygiene and infection-control debates around public touchscreens, but the specific screen shown should not be described as dirty or contaminated unless separately tested. A 2018 London Metropolitan University test, reported with Metro, found bacteria on self-ordering touchscreens sampled in London and Birmingham restaurants, including gut and faecal bacteria, making the image suitable for wider editorial themes around shared surfaces, hand hygiene and public health. NHS advice says washing hands properly removes dirt, viruses and bacteria and helps stop infections spreading to other people and objects. The indoor setting has artificial restaurant lighting, tiled flooring and visible customers, with no sky, weather or season clues. This is a contemporary stock image for fast food, digital transformation, touchscreen kiosks, card payments, labour-saving technology, queue management, menu psychology, high street food chains, McDonald's branding, value meals, burger promotions, customer self-service, food temptation and the tension between convenience, public health advice and the commercial design of quick-service restaurants.
McDonalds, 33/35 Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England LS1 6HD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,ATM,cash,machine,note,UK,10,20,dispensed,dispensing,ten,twenty,English,BOE,automated teller machine,money,withdrawal,British,currency,new,royal,portrait,monarch,change,circulation,cash is king,co-circulation,cash economy,cost of living,home,budget,budgeting,banking,card,debit,cashless society,student bank account,king
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEE46 - A hand holds a newly dispensed King Charles III Bank of stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England £10 note in front of a UK ATM cash machine, showing the new monarch's portrait entering everyday public use through ordinary cash withdrawals. The close-up view of the polymer ten pound note, cash slot and keypad makes this a strong editorial image for stories about British money, personal finance, banking, access to cash, ATM services, the cash economy and the historic currency change following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Banknotes featuring King Charles III were first issued on 5 June 2024, appearing on the existing £5, £10, £20 and £50 designs with no other design changes. The Bank of England has said Queen Elizabeth II notes remain legal tender and co-circulate with the new King Charles III notes, meaning both portraits can be used together during the gradual transition. This image is commercially useful for illustrating the first appearance of new UK banknotes in daily life, cash withdrawals, banknote security, polymer money, consumer spending, household budgets, retail payments, digital banking debates and financial inclusion. The photograph also works for articles on the continuing need for cash among older people, vulnerable households, small traders, rural communities and people who prefer physical money for budgeting. The ATM keypad, cancel and enter buttons, and the hand gripping the note add practical detail, making the image more grounded than a studio banknote shot. It can support features on the future of cash, bank branch closures, free-to-use cash machines, contactless payments, inflation, the cost of living, economic confidence and the symbolic role of monarchs on British currency. As a documentary stock image, it captures a small but recognisable moment in UK financial history, when King Charles III banknotes moved from official release into the ordinary routine of taking money out of a cashpoint.
King Charles III £10 £20 Bank of England note dispensed from a UK ATM cash machine, marking the new
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,parking charges,crowded,access,WA5 1QG,WA5,patient,parking,visitor,high,cost,charges,pay on exit,contactless,card,estate,old,urban,pressure,public sector,healthcare,fees,cost of visiting hospital,ANPR,transport,car,enforcement,fines,penalty,charge,public,anger,kiosk,touchscreen payment,digital payment,cashless,appointment,outpatient,medical centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFEG29 - A parking payment machine at Warrington Hospital on Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, photographed outside the hospital building and showing the on-screen prompt for visitors leaving the car park. The image illustrates the everyday pressure on NHS hospital parking at an older, busy urban hospital site, where patients, relatives, carers, staff and contractors all compete for limited spaces close to wards, clinics and emergency services. The black touchscreen terminal includes contactless payment, card reader, PIN pad, coin and receipt slots, and a printed instruction panel, making it useful for editorial coverage of hospital access, patient experience, car parking charges, transport policy and NHS estate constraints. Warrington Hospital is the main acute hospital serving the Warrington area and sits close to residential streets, local roads and public transport routes rather than on a spacious out-of-town campus. The scene is relevant to stories about crowded hospital car parks, rising demand for outpatient and visitor access, disabled parking, blue badge access, pay-on-exit systems, ANPR-controlled parking, contactless payment machines and the wider frustration felt by people trying to reach appointments on time. The photograph can also illustrate the practical cost of visiting hospital, the debate over whether NHS parking fees are fair, and the infrastructure issues created when old hospital sites have to serve modern levels of car use. Visible NHS branding, the Trust identity, the payment terminal, screen interface and brick wall setting give the image a clear documentary link to healthcare administration, hospital travel planning and public sector customer experience in North West England. Bright daylight and hard shadows suggest a clear sunny day, with reflections on the glossy black machine adding a candid, real-world feel.
Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 1QG
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,dispenser,hole in the wall,town,centre,banking,cash point,Sankey Street,high street,card,security,fraud,purple,branding,ISA,advert,Cash ISA,season,new,tax year,April,financial,year,marketing,tax-free,savings,personal,finance,debit,UK,consumer,money,cash,withdrawal,advertising,screen,evening,cash is king
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E4248B - A NatWest ATM in Warrington is photographed at dusk, with bright purple stock-photo/gotonysmith-Branding.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>branding and a screen advert promoting ISA saving at the start of the new UK financial year. The cash machine display asks It's ISA time. Why wait to save tax-free? and refers to making the most of the annual ISA allowance, creating a strong editorial image for personal finance, savings, tax-free accounts, high street banking and the continuing role of ATMs in the cash economy. NatWest says the current tax year Cash ISA allowance is £20,000, and its ISA guide explains that the tax year runs from 6 April to 5 April, so April is a key period for banks and financial firms to promote new ISA subscriptions. The image is commercially useful for stories about ISA season, savings rates, personal budgeting, tax-free interest, bank advertising, financial planning, cash machines, high street banking, branch closures, digital banking and access to cash. It also works for articles about the mixed reality of modern banking, where app-based savings products and QR-code advertising sit inside a physical ATM used by customers who still need notes, balance checks or cash services. The purple NatWest brand colour, illuminated sign, card reader, keypad, payment logos and ISA message give the photograph clear documentary value for consumer finance and banking features. It can illustrate how banks use cashpoint screens as advertising space for savings products, especially around the new financial year when many savers review allowances, interest rates and tax planning. As a stock image, it links the familiar street-level cash economy with wider questions about tax-efficient saving, financial literacy, changing banking habits and the gradual shift from branch-based banking to digital self-service.
NatWest ATM in Warrington at dusk, showing purple branding and a Cash ISA advert for the April new t
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,tickets,in,card,cards,BR,staff,closing,ticket offices,losing,losses,screen,message,technology,digital,issuing,issue,printer,not,working,ATM,for,buying,train ticket,train tickets,British Railways,public,transport,cost,expensive,blue screen,cannot,print
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T3EFT2 - This editorial photograph captures Out of Order Northern Rail Ticket Machine, in Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA1. The row metadata places the subject at Warrington Central, Winwick Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7FW. The spreadsheet date indicates 18 October 2023, so the picture can also work as a time-specific archive record. Plainly, the image is useful because it shows Warrington, Out of Order, Northern Rail, Ticket, machine, rail, railway, Central, with search-relevant terms including Warrington, Out of Order, Northern Rail, Ticket, machine, rail, railway, Central, station, contactless, Cheshire, England, UK, tickets. Transport pictures are especially useful because they show the infrastructure and passenger experience behind policy debates about connectivity, reliability and regional investment. Warrington sits between Liverpool and Manchester and is often used as a practical example of a North West town balancing commuter growth, older industrial roots, retail change, new development, road traffic, local services and community identity. Transport images are useful because they show the lived reality behind policy debates about public transport, reliability, fares, regional connectivity, disabled access, climate goals, commuter patterns and the social value of buses and railways. The image can work as a lead picture, a supporting cutaway, a contextual inset or a visual metaphor for wider stories about place, services, consumer behaviour, heritage, transport, culture and public life. Historically and socially, this kind of image can help connect past and present: older streets, civic institutions, transport systems, shops, signs, political messages or public services are not frozen museum pieces, but part of how people understand modern life, local identity and economic change.
Warrington Central, Winwick Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,history,historic,heritage,Man,blue,blues,st,street,Maine Rd,the,season ticket,ticket,tickets,season,1981/82,1981,1982,seat,stand,stands,standing,physical,old,card,paper,fan,fans,support,supporters,1980s,adult,1st,year,yr,M14 7WE
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RXX289 - Taken on 25 Sep 2023, this photograph shows Season Ticket season 1981/82, Manchester City Football club - Kippax St - Maine Road. The location is Kippax St, Manchester, England, UK, M14 7WE. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains aged paper, printed match details and period typography, making the football memorabilia visually authentic. The Maine Road season-ticket reference points to Manchester City before the Premier League era, when the Kippax was central to matchday identity and football support was documented through simple paper tickets. It would work for sport-history features, football nostalgia, fan culture, memorabilia collecting, stadium stories, matchday economics and the growth of football as a global commercial product. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Manchester, city, centre, Manchester City, MCFC, football, club, Kippax, Maine Road, history, historic, heritage, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. This makes the image useful for comparison pieces, then-and-now features, local news, regeneration stories and plain-English explainers aimed at a general audience. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, publ.
Kippax St, Manchester, England, UK, M14 7WE
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Keywords: Greater Manchester,centre,England,UK,NW,North West,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the,CoOp,Co Op,OL12,OL12 0NU,99tea,99,package,packaging,packet,packets,of,card,cardboard,independent,retail,food,product,brewing,tea leaves,leaf,British,English,Great Britain,drink,Indian Tea,northern
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCA2GP - . Packet of CoOp 99 Tea, from 1960s. Photographed on 10 June 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Toad Lane, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK OL12 0NU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Greater Manchester, North West, CoOp, Co Op, OL12, OL12 0NU, 99tea, package, packaging, packet, packets, card, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. 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. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include cardboard, independent, retail, food, product, brewing, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Toad Lane, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK OL12 0NU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,train,England,UK,rail,CW2 6HR,CW2,Nantwich Road,Crewe,coin,operated,card,cards,BT,telephones,box,boxes,at,on,the,4,call,calls,emergency,use,communication,English,GB,technology,unloved,cash,open,handset,payphone,payphones,decline of public payphones,end of landline era
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R8T9G1 - Public British Telecom payphone located on platform 4 at Crewe railway station on Nantwich Road, Crewe, Cheshire. The telephone represents a once-familiar passenger facility from the period before mobile phones became widely available, when travellers relied on station payphones to contact relatives, arrange onward journeys, report delays or make urgent calls while away from home.
The image can be interpreted as a last chance to phone scene, reflecting the declining presence of public telephones across railway stations, town centres and other shared public spaces. For much of the twentieth century, coin-operated and card-operated payphones formed an important part of Britain's communications infrastructure. They offered access to telephone services for people without a home landline and provided a practical connection for passengers waiting between trains.
The payphone's location on a station platform places older telecommunications technology within a busy transport environment. Crewe has long been one of Britain's most important railway junctions, and public telephones would once have been a routine feature among waiting rooms, ticket offices, refreshment facilities and passenger information points. Their use declined sharply as personal mobile phones and smartphones became the normal means of communication.
Surviving station payphones now have historical and nostalgic interest as examples of everyday public infrastructure approaching obsolescence. They also raise questions about emergency access, digital exclusion and the continuing needs of passengers who may not own a mobile phone, have sufficient battery power or receive a reliable signal.
The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of British Telecom, public payphones, railway station facilities, communications history, technological change, mobile phone adoption, disappearing street furniture, analogue equipment, transport heritage and the transition from shared public services to personal digita
Nantwich Road, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW2 6HR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,fuel,petrol,diesel,technology,carbon,footprint,unleaded,points,here,Warrington,WA4 6QE,filling,station,Nectar,coffee,Causeway,price,per,litre,prices,sign,entrance,exit,fuels,EG,Synergy Supreme+99 Unleaded,Synergy Supreme+ Diesel,95,Synergy Unleaded 95,Allstar,card
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R0X31R - . ESSO EG Causeway filling station - Spar,Greggs,Starbucks, Nectar Wilderspool ,Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6QE. Photographed on 8 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Wilderspool ,Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6QE, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Cheshire, WA4, fuel, petrol, diesel, technology, carbon, footprint, unleaded, points, here, Warrington, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Transport context makes the photograph useful for stories about rail travel, passenger journeys, stations and interchanges, public transport investment, regional connectivity and the everyday experience of moving through the UK rail network. Railway architecture, passenger facilities, route identity, signage and operational infrastructure are important documentary themes, particularly as stations and services are modernised or altered over time. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. 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.
Wilderspool ,Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6QE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,city,centre,Eurovision 2023,tourism,tourist,attraction,the,John,Lennon,Paul,lyric,McCartney,on,red,brick,wall,walls,music,in,heart,all,you,need,is,lovers,Valentines,day,backstreet,street,card,cards,romance,romantic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJW6P2 - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2023, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The photograph centres on Beatles lyric Graffiti on brick walls in Liverpool - All you need is love. A broader reading of the photograph includes visual street culture, contemporary mural, temporary artwork, changing land use, mural culture, visual archive, street-level design, creative placemaking, historical comparison, changing streetscape, local history, before-and-after reference, social history, and graffiti heritage. For current editorial use, gentrification and public art provide additional context, especially through how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare lettering, decoration and surface detail with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The subject also sits alongside public-realm art, urban graphics, community identity, place identity, street creativity, regional identity, urban artwork, and archival record. References to lyric, brick, Graffiti, Liverpool, and walls give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at the recorded location 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 gentrification and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Another useful connection is creative industries and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time when considered against later change at the recorded location. The scene further reflects gentrification and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,Waverley,GU7,shop,store,art,the,England,UK,GU7 1HL,arts,brush,brushes,accessories,paint,paints,retail,retailer,community,tourist,attraction,crafts,material,materials,grey,exterior,frontage,front,door,outside,card,cards,pens
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYM4 - . This location-specific image from 45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL in 2023 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The frame specifically shows The Godalming Art Shop, 45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL. The subject also carries associations with trackside heritage, rail modernisation, everyday life, documentary photography, integrated transport, archival record, period detail, before-and-after reference, local history, visual archive, public transport network, contemporary social history, place identity, and mass transit. From a 2025-onward perspective, fares and public ownership are closely linked to this subject, alongside how rail stations anchor city-centre mobility and regeneration. As a dated visual record of 45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL, the frame retains landscape treatment and surrounding development, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include transport interchange, railway branding, regional rail, station environment, rail corridor, changing land use, community identity, and commuter travel. The combination of Bridge, Godalming, Waverley, and Surrey anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at 45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is fares and how rail stations anchor city-centre mobility and regeneration in a form that can be compared with future views of 45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL. The view records period character for later comparison.
45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Britain,Contactless,accepted,Gpay,ApplePay,insert any of the,below cards here,Credit Card Terminal,Credit Card,Terminal,card,terminal,Contactless payment Axept - Optomany - PAX S300 EMV Ready,Optomany,PAX,EMV,Ready,tap and go,tap,and,go,cashless,wall mounted,fixed,Visa,Mastercard,contactless,GPay,screen,buttons,insert,slot,any card,debit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R15NE7 - . Contactless payment Axept - Optomany - PAX S300 EMV Ready Credit Card Terminal. Photographed on 15 January 2023, this winter image stock-photo/gotonysmith-Record.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Contactless, accepted, Gpay, ApplePay, insert any of the, below cards here, Credit Card Terminal, Credit Card, Terminal, card, Contactless payment Axept - Optomany - PAX S300 EMV Ready, Optomany, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. 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. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include PAX, EMV, Ready, tap and go, tap, cashless, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,gig,Newcastle NX,unreserved,facility,fee,fees,S?C,service,card,entrance,band,bands,event,performances,2023,tour,price,commission,pricing,increase,resale,secondary,market,markets,reselling,reseller,resellers,paper,physical,barcode,barcoded
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GAGA - . This location-specific image from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, NE1 5PG in 2023 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The principal subject is Inhaler, gig ticket, Newcastle NX ,170223. The setting additionally reflects commercial streetscape, before-and-after reference, everyday life, consumer retail, archival record, changing streetscape, local character, regional identity, shopfront economy, commercial frontage, small-business culture, changing land use, community identity, and public realm. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into store closures and consumer spending, not least because of the role of independent businesses in maintaining active town centres. As a dated visual record of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, NE1 5PG, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects social history, independent retail, customer footfall, street-level trading, bricks-and-mortar business, documentary photography, local history, and visual archive. Elements such as ticket, Inhaler, Newcastle, and 170223 add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, NE1 5PG may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for store closures and how commercial property shifts between retail, leisure and residential use as part of the longer story of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, NE1 5PG. Another useful connection is consumer spending and the short lifespan of branding, displays and shopfront identities when considered against later change at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, NE1 5PG. The scene captures a point of historical comparison for future local research.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, NE1 5PG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,UK,Marks,Spencer,city,centre,M1,7 Market St,M1 1WT,crowd,crowds,shoppers,footfall,cafe,Autograph,Blue Harbour,clothing,clothes,Food,M&S,bureau de change,British,icon,iconic,shop,entrance,Cafe Revive,card,Percy Pigs,group PLC,Sir Stuart Rose,St Michael,marksandspencer.com,Archie Norman,bank,credit card,Sparks card,2022
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG3XB2 - . Made at 7 Market St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1WT 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. At the centre of the view is Marks and Spencer, flagship store, 7 Market St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1WT,at night. The broader subject matter reaches into independent retail, everyday life, bricks-and-mortar retail, documentary photography, street-level business, specialist shop, regional identity, changing streetscape, small business, visual archive, period detail, changing land use, local history, and local enterprise. The wider contemporary story combines commercial rents, footfall and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. Small period details of signage and branding at 7 Market St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1WT may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The surrounding story also includes retail property, before-and-after reference, archival record, social history, customer footfall, community identity, public realm, and town-centre trading. Elements such as night, store, Spencer, Manchester, and Marks add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around 7 Market St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1WT, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is commercial rents and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses in a form that can be compared with future views of 7 Market St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1WT. The wider significance includes town-centre regeneration and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the real-world context of 7 Market St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1WT.
7 Market St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1WT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Avanti West Coast,tickets to everywhere,train tickets,WCML,rail travel UK,card,contactless,cash,payment,collect,collection,tickets,UK,ticket vending machine,TVM,passenger ticketing,buy tickets machine,collect tickets,debit card payment,credit card payment,cashless ticketing,singles and returns,British rail fares,public transport technology,modern rail infrastructure,documentary photography,editorial image,stations,increase,increases,fare,fares,out of order
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X75 - This image shows a self-service railway ticket machine operated by Avanti West Coast at Warrington Bank Quay railway station in Cheshire. Branded with the slogan Tickets to everywhere , the machine allows passengers to purchase and collect train tickets for journeys across the UK rail network.
The ticket vending machine supports the purchase of single and return fares, as well as ticket collection for journeys booked online, reflecting the growing shift toward automated and cashless ticketing in British railway stations. Card payment facilities, on-screen instructions, and integrated printers are designed to reduce queues at staffed ticket offices and improve passenger convenience.
Warrington Bank Quay is a major interchange station on the West Coast Main Line, serving long-distance intercity services linking London with the North West, North Wales, and Scotland. Self-service machines like this play an important role in managing high passenger volumes, particularly during peak travel periods.
Photographed indoors under station lighting, the image is well suited to editorial use covering UK rail transport, passenger services, ticketing technology, public transport modernisation, and the everyday experience of travelling by train on Britain's mainline railway network.
Warrington Bank Quay railway station, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1NW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wales,UK,United Kingdom,recycling truck,recycle,green,Bro Morgannwg,yn ailgylchu,your,our,Welsh,card,cardboard,glass,steel,cans,aluminium,plastic,plastics,paper,newspaper,newspapers,vehicle,recycling,for,council,Vale Of Glamorgan,recycles,Britain,British,The Alps,Alps,depot,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K6D45X - . An identifiable period record of Vale Of Glamorgan Council, Barry, South Wales, UK in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Vale Of Glamorgan Council vehicle, recycling truck - glass, paper , plastic. A broader reading of the photograph includes hospitality economy, visual archive, licensed hospitality, period detail, social history, place identity, traditional pub, night-time economy, local social venue, local character, licensed trade, historic hostelry, everyday life, and before-and-after reference. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and tourism, particularly through the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at Vale Of Glamorgan Council, Barry, South Wales, UK, details that may look very different after replacement signage. Further associations within the scene are visitor hospitality, historical comparison, real-ale culture, cask-beer tradition, regional identity, contemporary social history, community identity, and local history. References to Council, glass, recycling, vehicle, and Glamorgan give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Vale Of Glamorgan Council, Barry, South Wales, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of consumer spending and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity without losing the local specificity of Vale Of Glamorgan Council, Barry, South Wales, UK. A further contemporary connection is business rates and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces in a form that can be compared with future views of Vale Of Glamorgan Council, Barry, South Wales, UK.
Vale Of Glamorgan Council, Barry, South Wales, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,station,train,trains,kids,travel,transport club,voucher,vouchers,stickers,card,member,£2,application,forms,1980s,1908,promotion,promotional,poster,RailRiders,promoting,cheap,cheaper,trans,5,14,years,year old,year olds,history,heritage,historic,railcard,discount
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JX2T5X - . This authentic period view of Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The scene records Poster for British RailRiders, 5 to 14 year olds travel club, 1980s poster. The setting additionally reflects place identity, transport accessibility, local character, visual archive, everyday life, local mobility, street-side transport, mechanical signalling, surface public transport, contemporary social history, bus infrastructure, trackside history, passenger transport, and changing land use. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with decarbonisation, rail reform and the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling. The modern context includes continuing discussion of integrated transport, passenger information and the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. For later comparison, the photograph preserves building condition and alterations at Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, details that may look very different after refurbishment. A second descriptive layer includes historical comparison, regional identity, bus route infrastructure, working railway heritage, archival record, rail corridor, public transport stop, and historic rolling stock. Details involving RailRiders, 1980s, Poster, British, and travel make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of decarbonisation and the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling within the real-world context of Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK. It also preserves a point of historical comparison for future local research.
Crewe,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,wood,wooden case,cased,clocking,in,of,shift,workers,recorder,made,punch,card,Huddersfield,labour,payroll,pay,payment,control,time,system,systems,Yorkshire,at,Salts Mill,mill,factory,ltd,recorders,print,red,black,on time,late
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA26 - . This location-specific image from Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The location is represented through Gledhill-Brook time recorder made in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, at Salts Mill. The frame also records themes of town-centre renewal, regional identity, period detail, built heritage, documentary photography, archival record, historic townscape, community identity, visual archive, local character, local history, public realm, contemporary social history, and urban regeneration. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heritage conservation, commercial viability and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. The surrounding story also includes period architecture, commercial redevelopment, architectural character, everyday life, place identity, adaptive reuse, changing land use, and civic architecture. Elements such as Yorkshire, Gledhill-Brook, Huddersfield, Salts, and recorder add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is heritage conservation and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition within the specific setting of Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK. It also preserves period character as part of Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK's history.
Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,wood,wooden case,cased,clocking,in,of,shift,workers,recorder,made,punch,card,Huddersfield,labour,payroll,pay,payment,control,time,system,systems,Yorkshire,at,Salts Mill,mill,factory,ltd,recorders,print,red,black,on time,late
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA36 - . An on-location photograph from Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is Gledhill-Brook time recorder made in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, at Salts Mill. The broader subject matter reaches into built heritage, regional identity, historic townscape, everyday life, archival record, documentary photography, social history, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, mixed-use redevelopment, place-making, local character, public-realm investment, and period architecture. For current editorial use, public-realm investment and planning provide additional context, especially through how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. The archival value lies partly in recording public access and movement around Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK before changed technology alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include public realm, town-centre renewal, local history, civic architecture, heritage-led regeneration, visual archive, community identity, and changing land use. The recorded references to Huddersfield, Salts, recorder, Gledhill-Brook, and Yorkshire preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is public-realm investment and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space without losing the local specificity of Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK. The record includes a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,town,centre,coin,coins,note,ten,five,pound,pounds,notes,jam,gas,electric,electricity,cash,topup,top,up,card,pay,as,you,go,smart,poor,energy,warning,Ofgem,help,regulation,Martin Lewis,lid,glass,jar,household budget
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRR0AG - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The subject captured here is A jar for heating money, to be used to top up a card fuel meter. The surrounding context encompasses public realm, town-centre renewal, community identity, everyday life, urban fabric, local character, visual archive, contemporary social history, commercial redevelopment, historic townscape, historical comparison, archival record, public-realm investment, and social history. From a 2025-onward perspective, public-realm investment and heritage conservation are closely linked to this subject, alongside the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around the recorded location before new ownership alters the character of the place. The location also brings in period architecture, changing streetscape, built heritage, adaptive reuse, before-and-after reference, regional identity, urban regeneration, and documentary photography. Details involving money, heating, and meter make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. 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 public-realm investment and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity within the real-world context of the recorded location. The wider significance includes adaptive reuse and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity within the specific setting of the recorded location. The view records evidence of changing use as part of the recorded location's history.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Cheshire,32,Pepper Street,Nantwich,CW5 5FH,CW5,in Nantwich,in,at,service,services,dollar,Euro,cambio,Travel Money Card,going,travelling,abroad,prepay,prepaid,payemt,payments,card,0%,commission,zero,percent,charge,charges,dispute,problem,office,work,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNN5AC - . An identifiable period record of 32 Pepper St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5FH in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Post Office counters, Travel Money sign, in Nantwich - 32 Pepper St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5FH. The subject also carries associations with community noticeboard, wayfinding marker, route marker, visual archive, community identity, regional identity, period detail, historical comparison, postal history, navigation aid, local character, visitor guidance, contemporary social history, and public realm. The modern context includes continuing discussion of postal services, mail history and the continuing collector interest in discontinued states, currencies and postal systems. For current editorial use, inclusive design and navigation provide additional context, especially through the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments. As a dated visual record of 32 Pepper St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5FH, the frame retains period objects and surrounding context, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are local information board, postal artefact, public-facing notice, changing streetscape, street furniture, everyday life, changing land use, and postal ephemera. Details involving Pepper, Travel, counters, Office, and Money make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 32 Pepper St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5FH helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison for future local research. The record includes part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
32 Pepper St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5FH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,centre,England,UK,GL5,in,GL5 1DR,store,retail,grocery,paper,The Citizen,old,fashioned,corner,PP,PayPoint,convenience,traditional,sign,front,exterior,outside,yellow,Pay Point,card,bill,bills,counter,receipt,AllPay,PRN,Payment Reference Number,demise,closure,shops
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5TR - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Acre Street Stores, in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK,GL5 1DR in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The subject captured here is Traditional cornershop Newsagent, Pay Point, Acre Street Stores, in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK,GL5 1DR. Other connected aspects include revision resource, academic testing, secondary education, education publishing, advanced mathematics, historical comparison, changing land use, community identity, regional identity, contemporary social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, archival record, study material, student revision, and documentary photography. The wider contemporary story combines exam reform, mathematics skills and the pressure placed on students by high-stakes assessment. Small period details of public access and movement at Acre Street Stores, in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK,GL5 1DR may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. Other useful contextual ideas include assessment material, local history, everyday life, visual archive, exam practice, before-and-after reference, school examination, and qualification assessment. Elements such as Point, Gloucestershire, Stores, Newsagent, and Stroud add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Acre Street Stores, in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK,GL5 1DR matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is exam reform and the pressure placed on students by high-stakes assessment without losing the local specificity of Acre Street Stores, in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK,GL5 1DR. The image fixes evidence of changing use as part of Acre Street Stores, in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK,GL5 1DR's history.
Acre Street Stores, in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK,GL5 1DR
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,outdoor,Retail,chain,specialising,in,camping,gear,tents,outdoor clothing,footwear,Cheshire,UK,WA1,restructuring,restructured,Peter Cowgill,JD Sports,JD,administration,in-administration,bankrupt,saved,retailer,discount,card,discounted,price,prices,JD Sports Fashion plc,GoCamping,GoWalking,GoClimbing,GoSkiing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKMW7T - Go Outdoors has been placed in and acquired back out of administration in a pre-pack deal by its former and now current owner JD Sports.
A fundamental restructuring of the retailer has been deemed necessary with coronavirus having forced the closure of its 67 stores across the country.
Statements from JD Sports explain that one effect of the enforced COVID-19 shutdown was bringing into sharper focus the operating costs of the business , with a particular issue being its extremely inflexible property leases.
Those leases are said to have entailed upwards only rent reviews, which contributed to JD Sports taking the view that it would need to fundamentally overhaul Go Outdoors in order to justify retaining it as part of its wider group.
Advisers were appointed to support the process of Go Outdoors potentially being sold in May but it was subsequently decided that a pre-pack administration deal would be the best route forward.
A consideration of £56.5 million has been paid by JD Sports to reacquire Go Outdoors, with plans in place to see the employment of more than 2,000 staff of the business transferred alongside ownership of its assets.
JD Sports has said it is the group's intention to retain the majority of Go's retail estate and preserve as many job as possible .
Go Outdoors primarily sells fishing, camping and cycling equipment across its 67 outlets in the UK and via its online presence.
Retail businesses were already faced with a tough operating environment prior to the coronavirus crisis but the COVID-19 lockdown has heaped further financial pressures on to the sector in recent months.
Peter Cowgill, JD Sports' executive chairman, said in a statement: As a consequence of COVID-19, Go Outdoors was no longer viable as previously structured and would have absorbed capital at an unsustainable rate for the foreseeable future.
Having investigated all available options for the business, we firmly believe that this restructuring will provide Go Outdoors
Wilson Patten St, Warrington, Cheshire, UK, WA1 1PS
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Cheshire,Warrington,WBC,summer,village,cheshire villages,Costellos,Dunham,Massey,Ales,Ale,Real Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Brewing Company,independent,brewer,brewers,regional,notice,of cards,cards,on a,WA13,WA13 0AB,card,name cards,business,businesses,advert,adverts,advertisement,advertisements
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JBJ8BK - . Recorded at 18 Bridgewater Street, Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AB in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The scene records Notice board of cards, The Tap, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AB. The wider scene also brings together pedestrian environment, local history, local identity, visual archive, changing land use, local information board, documentary photography, city-centre activity, social landscape, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, wayfinding system, contemporary social history, and orientation signage. The wider contemporary story combines clear communication, public safety and how small pieces of street furniture can become useful historical evidence. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with public-realm change, commercial change and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. The image fixes public access and movement within 18 Bridgewater Street, Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AB at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. The surrounding story also includes local character, public-facing notice, place identity, everyday life, contemporary city life, community identity, archival record, and community noticeboard. References to cards, Notice, and board give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at 18 Bridgewater Street, Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AB matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is clear communication and the importance of accessible information in hospitals, stations and public spaces within the real-world context of 18 Bridgewater Street, Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AB.
18 Bridgewater Street, Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK, WA13 0AB
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,sign,at Vine Inn,Dunham Massey,Samual Smiths pub,Cheshire,England,UK,cash in hand,easy money,ready cash,accepted here,Brewery policy,pub,bar,cost,cashless,inconvenient,WA14,no credit cards,no cards,accepted,we,accept,only,money,notes,coins,note,coin,payment,payments,debit,cards,card,no,laundering,black economy,cash is king
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFW8C - . A grounded documentary photograph made at arns Ln, Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire,England, UK, WA14 5RU in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The photograph records Cash Only,Sorry for any inconvenience,sign,at Vine Inn,Dunham Massey,Samuel Smiths pub,Cheshire,England,UK. The frame also contains themes of licensed hospitality, local trading, town-centre economy, cask-beer tradition, changing streetscape, social drinking culture, commercial frontage, local character, independent trading, hand-pulled beer, public realm, high-street commerce, pub trade, and historical comparison. The subject remains useful for current coverage of consumer spending and pub closures, not least because of the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing. Today's wider story includes changing footfall, online shopping and the practical question of the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres. For retrospective editorial use, the frame records local appearance, occupation, access and public activity at arns Ln, Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire,England, UK, WA14 5RU. Further connections include local history, British brewing tradition, beer appreciation, retail vacancy, visual archive, beer judging, place identity, and customer footfall. Details involving Massey, Samuel, inconvenience, Sorry, and Dunham give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. By fixing the subject within arns Ln, Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire,England, UK, WA14 5RU, 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 consumer spending and the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues within the specific setting of arns Ln, Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire,England, UK, WA14 5RU.
arns Ln, Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire,England, UK, WA14 5RU
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,SIP,PCN,sign,charges,tariff,recover parking charges,recover,parking charges,appeal,car park,pay station,Cheshire,WA1,social values,living wage,complaints,complaint,Pay here,cash,coin,card,contactless,parking charge,parking charge notice,fine,penalty,SIP Car Parks Limited,Sip Car parks,pay,by,phone,simple intelligent parking
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT36M - . This period scene at Arpley Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The defining feature is SipCarparks Arpley Road pay station Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT. The wider subject matter also includes online identity, rail corridor, rail modernisation, regional identity, historic context, connected society, historical comparison, digital interface, connected device, public transport network, public realm, smartphone culture, archival record, and mobile internet. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes fares alongside station investment, with particular attention to reducing congestion and car dependency. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with privacy, mobile dependence and the tension between convenience, privacy and digital exclusion. From an archival perspective, the scene keeps a record of the visual character of the locality at the time within the setting of Arpley Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT. Further connections include mobile computing, rail transport, rail mobility, visual archive, place identity, consumer electronics, local character, and digital technology. References to station, SipCarparks, Arpley, and Warrington help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. A later view of Arpley Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects fares and reducing congestion and car dependency without losing the local specificity of Arpley Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT. The view records evidence of changing use within the wider story of Arpley Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT.
Arpley Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,SIP,PCN,sign,charges,tariff,recover parking charges,recover,parking charges,appeal,car park,pay station,Cheshire,WA1,social values,living wage,complaints,complaint,Pay here,cash,coin,card,contactless,parking charge,parking charge notice,fine,penalty,SIP Car Parks Limited,Sip Car parks,pay,by,phone,simple intelligent parking
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT36K - . An authentic period view of Arpley Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The subject recorded here is SipCarparks Arpley Road pay station Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT. Further facets of the subject include local character, period detail, connected society, historical comparison, visual archive, digital technology, public realm, railway branding, station environment, digital interface, rail mobility, online service, community identity, and transport interchange. The subject remains useful for current coverage of reliability and integrated transport, not least because of reducing congestion and car dependency. Today's wider story includes software change, online identity and the practical question of how phones have become gateways to everyday services. For local-history research, the frame preserves local appearance, occupation, access and public activity at the recorded site in Arpley Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT. The photograph additionally reflects contemporary social history, place identity, public transport network, app-based service, railway heritage, smartphone culture, connected device, and changing land use. Elements such as station, Arpley, Warrington, and SipCarparks add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Arpley Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is reliability and reducing congestion and car dependency within the real-world context of Arpley Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT. The period view preserves period character within the wider story of Arpley Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT.
Arpley Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1WT
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,snow,cold weather,winter,weather,Christmas,card,scene,cold,colder,tourist,tourism,travel,Oxfordshire,market,town,centre,in winter,Roman,stone,buildings,architecture,Cotswold Architecture,Cotswolds,Cotswold,South West England,market place,market pl,white,pink,teal,grade II,listed,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3AC - Cirencester, occasionally /ˈsɪstər/ (About this soundlisten)
see below for more variations) is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 80 miles (130 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn. The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
The Church of St. John Baptist, Cirencester is renowned for its Perpendicular Gothic porch, fan vaults and merchants' tombs.
The town also has a Roman Catholic Church of St Peter's
the foundation stone was laid on 20 June 1895. Coxwell Street to the north of Market Square is home to the Baptist Church that was founded in 1651 “ making it one of the oldest Baptist churches in England. Its current building was started in 1856.
To the west of the town is Cirencester House, the seat of Earl Bathurst and the site of one of the finest landscape gardens in England, laid out by the first Earl Bathurst after 1714.
Abbey House, Cirencester was a country house built on the site of the former Cirencester Abbey following its dissolution and demolition at the English Reformation in the 1530s. The site was granted in 1564 to Richard Master, physician to Queen Elizabeth I. The house was rebuilt and altered at several dates by the Master family, who still own the agricultural estate. By 1897 the house was let, and it remained in the occupation of tenants until shortly after the Second World War. It was finally demolished in 1964.
On Cotswold Avenue is the site of a Roman amphitheatre.
Market Pl, Cirencester, England, UK, GL7 2NX
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,snow,cold weather,winter,weather,Christmas,card,scene,cold,colder,tourist,tourism,travel,Oxfordshire,market,town,centre,in winter,Roman,stone,buildings,architecture,Cotswold Architecture,Cotswolds,Cotswold,South West England,Corinium,GL7,artist,rabbit sculpture,rabbits,Lady-Hare,ears,rabbits ears,Market Place
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3AF - Cirencester, occasionally /ˈsɪstər/ (About this soundlisten)
see below for more variations) is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 80 miles (130 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn. The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
The Church of St. John Baptist, Cirencester is renowned for its Perpendicular Gothic porch, fan vaults and merchants' tombs.
The town also has a Roman Catholic Church of St Peter's
the foundation stone was laid on 20 June 1895. Coxwell Street to the north of Market Square is home to the Baptist Church that was founded in 1651 “ making it one of the oldest Baptist churches in England. Its current building was started in 1856.
To the west of the town is Cirencester House, the seat of Earl Bathurst and the site of one of the finest landscape gardens in England, laid out by the first Earl Bathurst after 1714.
Abbey House, Cirencester was a country house built on the site of the former Cirencester Abbey following its dissolution and demolition at the English Reformation in the 1530s. The site was granted in 1564 to Richard Master, physician to Queen Elizabeth I. The house was rebuilt and altered at several dates by the Master family, who still own the agricultural estate. By 1897 the house was let, and it remained in the occupation of tenants until shortly after the Second World War. It was finally demolished in 1964.
On Cotswold Avenue is the site of a Roman amphitheatre.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,snow,cold weather,winter,weather,Christmas,card,scene,cold,colder,tourist,tourism,travel,Oxfordshire,market,town,centre,in winter,Roman,stone,buildings,architecture,Cotswold Architecture,Cotswolds,Cotswold,pork,butchers,Jesse Smith,traditional,pork butchers,pork butcher,South West England,Black Jack St,Black Jack Street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3AG - Cirencester, occasionally /ˈsɪstər/ (About this soundlisten)
see below for more variations) is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 80 miles (130 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn. The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
The Church of St. John Baptist, Cirencester is renowned for its Perpendicular Gothic porch, fan vaults and merchants' tombs.
The town also has a Roman Catholic Church of St Peter's
the foundation stone was laid on 20 June 1895. Coxwell Street to the north of Market Square is home to the Baptist Church that was founded in 1651 “ making it one of the oldest Baptist churches in England. Its current building was started in 1856.
To the west of the town is Cirencester House, the seat of Earl Bathurst and the site of one of the finest landscape gardens in England, laid out by the first Earl Bathurst after 1714.
Abbey House, Cirencester was a country house built on the site of the former Cirencester Abbey following its dissolution and demolition at the English Reformation in the 1530s. The site was granted in 1564 to Richard Master, physician to Queen Elizabeth I. The house was rebuilt and altered at several dates by the Master family, who still own the agricultural estate. By 1897 the house was let, and it remained in the occupation of tenants until shortly after the Second World War. It was finally demolished in 1964.
On Cotswold Avenue is the site of a Roman amphitheatre.
14 Black Jack St, Cirencester GL7 2AA
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,snow,cold weather,winter,weather,Christmas,card,scene,cold,colder,tourist,tourism,travel,Oxfordshire,market,town,centre,in winter,Roman,stone,buildings,architecture,Cotswold Architecture,Cotswolds,Cotswold,South West England,Black Jack St,Black Jack Street,Cotswold stone buildings,GL7,purple,golden cross pub,icy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3AH - Cirencester, occasionally /ˈsɪstər/ (About this soundlisten)
see below for more variations) is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 80 miles (130 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn. The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
The Church of St. John Baptist, Cirencester is renowned for its Perpendicular Gothic porch, fan vaults and merchants' tombs.
The town also has a Roman Catholic Church of St Peter's
the foundation stone was laid on 20 June 1895. Coxwell Street to the north of Market Square is home to the Baptist Church that was founded in 1651 “ making it one of the oldest Baptist churches in England. Its current building was started in 1856.
To the west of the town is Cirencester House, the seat of Earl Bathurst and the site of one of the finest landscape gardens in England, laid out by the first Earl Bathurst after 1714.
Abbey House, Cirencester was a country house built on the site of the former Cirencester Abbey following its dissolution and demolition at the English Reformation in the 1530s. The site was granted in 1564 to Richard Master, physician to Queen Elizabeth I. The house was rebuilt and altered at several dates by the Master family, who still own the agricultural estate. By 1897 the house was let, and it remained in the occupation of tenants until shortly after the Second World War. It was finally demolished in 1964.
On Cotswold Avenue is the site of a Roman amphitheatre.
Black Jack St, Cirencester GL7 2AA
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,snow,cold weather,winter,weather,Christmas,card,scene,cold,colder,tourist,tourism,travel,Oxfordshire,market,town,centre,in winter,Roman,stone,buildings,architecture,Cotswold Architecture,Cotswolds,Cotswold,South West England,Black Jack St,Black Jack Street,Cotswold stone buildings,GL7,purple,golden cross pub,icy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3AJ - Cirencester, occasionally /ˈsɪstər/ (About this soundlisten)
see below for more variations) is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 80 miles (130 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn. The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
The Church of St. John Baptist, Cirencester is renowned for its Perpendicular Gothic porch, fan vaults and merchants' tombs.
The town also has a Roman Catholic Church of St Peter's
the foundation stone was laid on 20 June 1895. Coxwell Street to the north of Market Square is home to the Baptist Church that was founded in 1651 “ making it one of the oldest Baptist churches in England. Its current building was started in 1856.
To the west of the town is Cirencester House, the seat of Earl Bathurst and the site of one of the finest landscape gardens in England, laid out by the first Earl Bathurst after 1714.
Abbey House, Cirencester was a country house built on the site of the former Cirencester Abbey following its dissolution and demolition at the English Reformation in the 1530s. The site was granted in 1564 to Richard Master, physician to Queen Elizabeth I. The house was rebuilt and altered at several dates by the Master family, who still own the agricultural estate. By 1897 the house was let, and it remained in the occupation of tenants until shortly after the Second World War. It was finally demolished in 1964.
On Cotswold Avenue is the site of a Roman amphitheatre.
Black Jack St, Cirencester GL7 2AA
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,snow,cold weather,winter,weather,Christmas,card,scene,cold,colder,tourist,tourism,travel,Oxfordshire,market,town,centre,in winter,Roman,stone,buildings,architecture,Cotswold Architecture,Cotswolds,Cotswold,South West England,Black Jack St,Black Jack Street,sign,dog,dogs,bowl,pub,bar
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3AK - Cirencester, occasionally /ˈsɪstər/ (About this soundlisten)
see below for more variations) is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 80 miles (130 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn. The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
The Church of St. John Baptist, Cirencester is renowned for its Perpendicular Gothic porch, fan vaults and merchants' tombs.
The town also has a Roman Catholic Church of St Peter's
the foundation stone was laid on 20 June 1895. Coxwell Street to the north of Market Square is home to the Baptist Church that was founded in 1651 “ making it one of the oldest Baptist churches in England. Its current building was started in 1856.
To the west of the town is Cirencester House, the seat of Earl Bathurst and the site of one of the finest landscape gardens in England, laid out by the first Earl Bathurst after 1714.
Abbey House, Cirencester was a country house built on the site of the former Cirencester Abbey following its dissolution and demolition at the English Reformation in the 1530s. The site was granted in 1564 to Richard Master, physician to Queen Elizabeth I. The house was rebuilt and altered at several dates by the Master family, who still own the agricultural estate. By 1897 the house was let, and it remained in the occupation of tenants until shortly after the Second World War. It was finally demolished in 1964.
On Cotswold Avenue is the site of a Roman amphitheatre.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,snow,cold weather,winter,weather,Christmas,card,scene,cold,colder,tourist,tourism,travel,Oxfordshire,market,town,centre,in winter,Roman,stone,buildings,architecture,Cotswold Architecture,Cotswolds,Cotswold,South West England,fish van,market day,Cotswold stone buildings,Fresh,Grimsby Fish,van,Market Place,Cirencester,GL7 2NX
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3AM - Cirencester, occasionally /ˈsɪstər/ (About this soundlisten)
see below for more variations) is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 80 miles (130 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn. The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
The Church of St. John Baptist, Cirencester is renowned for its Perpendicular Gothic porch, fan vaults and merchants' tombs.
The town also has a Roman Catholic Church of St Peter's
the foundation stone was laid on 20 June 1895. Coxwell Street to the north of Market Square is home to the Baptist Church that was founded in 1651 “ making it one of the oldest Baptist churches in England. Its current building was started in 1856.
To the west of the town is Cirencester House, the seat of Earl Bathurst and the site of one of the finest landscape gardens in England, laid out by the first Earl Bathurst after 1714.
Abbey House, Cirencester was a country house built on the site of the former Cirencester Abbey following its dissolution and demolition at the English Reformation in the 1530s. The site was granted in 1564 to Richard Master, physician to Queen Elizabeth I. The house was rebuilt and altered at several dates by the Master family, who still own the agricultural estate. By 1897 the house was let, and it remained in the occupation of tenants until shortly after the Second World War. It was finally demolished in 1964.
On Cotswold Avenue is the site of a Roman amphitheatre.
5 Market Place, Cirencester, England, GL7 2NX
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,snow,cold weather,winter,weather,Christmas,card,scene,cold,colder,tourist,tourism,travel,Oxfordshire,market,town,centre,in winter,Roman,stone,buildings,architecture,Cotswold Architecture,Cotswolds,Cotswold,South West England,winter in Cottswolds,Apsley Hall,Old Hospital Annexe,Old,Hospital,Annexe,entrance,steps
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3AP - Cirencester, occasionally /ˈsɪstər/ (About this soundlisten)
see below for more variations) is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 80 miles (130 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn. The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
The Church of St. John Baptist, Cirencester is renowned for its Perpendicular Gothic porch, fan vaults and merchants' tombs.
The town also has a Roman Catholic Church of St Peter's
the foundation stone was laid on 20 June 1895. Coxwell Street to the north of Market Square is home to the Baptist Church that was founded in 1651 “ making it one of the oldest Baptist churches in England. Its current building was started in 1856.
To the west of the town is Cirencester House, the seat of Earl Bathurst and the site of one of the finest landscape gardens in England, laid out by the first Earl Bathurst after 1714.
Abbey House, Cirencester was a country house built on the site of the former Cirencester Abbey following its dissolution and demolition at the English Reformation in the 1530s. The site was granted in 1564 to Richard Master, physician to Queen Elizabeth I. The house was rebuilt and altered at several dates by the Master family, who still own the agricultural estate. By 1897 the house was let, and it remained in the occupation of tenants until shortly after the Second World War. It was finally demolished in 1964.
On Cotswold Avenue is the site of a Roman amphitheatre.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@Hotpixuk,shop,retail,PP Paypoint,Eastover,Bridgwater,Somerset,England,South West England,UK,TA6,St John St,independent,tobacconist,tobacconists,1950s,1960s,PP,Paypoint,Pay Point,card,pay,payment,payments,sweets,and,&,cigarettes,cigarette,smokes,tabs,demise,of,the,neighbourhood,store,traditional,urban
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF144N - . An on-location image from 77 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX in 2019, 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 Traditional sweet shop, Eastover,Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK,TA6. The photograph also reflects access-control notice, instructional sign, site information, regional identity, public information notice, historical comparison, visual regulation, period detail, urban commerce, community identity, visitor instruction, retail property, high-street commerce, and rule enforcement. The present-day relevance extends to town-centre regeneration and changing footfall, while a wider concern is bringing underused premises back into productive use. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes liability alongside clear communication, with particular attention to the role of signs in shaping behaviour without staff intervention. For later comparison, the scene keeps a record of evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life within the setting of 77 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX. Further connections include retail vacancy, public realm, shopfront economy, town-centre economy, social history, public-facing notice, local character, and commercial frontage. The combination of Somerset, sweet, Eastover, Traditional, and Bridgwater anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of 77 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to town-centre regeneration and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names without losing the local specificity of 77 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX. Image 2AF144N also remains a dated record of 77 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX.
77 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,Neon,lights,night,dusk,advert,advertising,London,SoHo,South East England,City Centre,City,tourist,tourism,travel,neon,hearts,Love,red,white,orange,14th February,Oxford Street,lit,display,Saint Valentines Day,14th Feb,Oxford St,St Valentine,My Valentine,wife,girlfriend,lover,mistress,card
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3B6 - Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Western Christian feast day honoring one or two early saints named Valentinus. Valentine's Day is recognized as a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and romantic love in many regions around the world, although it is not a public holiday in any country.
There are numerous martyrdom stories associated with various Valentines connected to February 14, including a written account of Saint Valentine of Rome's imprisonment for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire. According to legend, Saint Valentine restored sight to the blind daughter of his judge, and he wrote her a letter signed Your Valentine as a farewell before his execution.
The Feast of Saint Valentine was established by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496 to be celebrated on February 14 in honour of the Christian martyr, Saint Valentine of Rome, who died on that date in AD 269. The day first became associated with romantic love within the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it grew into an occasion in which couples expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as valentines). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards. In Europe, Saint Valentine's Keys are given to lovers as a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giver's heart, as well as to children to ward off epilepsy (called Saint Valentine's Malady).
Saint Valentine's Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Church.
Oxford St, London, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,subway,railway,city centre,train,transport,passenger,passengers,orange,rolling stock,Metro Cammell,Glasgow District Subway,narrow guage,Outer Circle,Inner Circle,integrated,electric,branding,corporate identity,adult,allday,all-day,smartcard,system,ticket,card,inside,carriage,station,held,fingers,holding,holding a smartcard,economic,travel,SPT Smart,ticket to ride
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P53BW1 - The Glasgow Subway is an underground metro line in Glasgow, Scotland. Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro. It is the only heavy rail underground metro system in the United Kingdom outside London, and also the only one in the United Kingdom which operates completely underground. It is also one of the very few railways in the world with a track running gauge of 4 ft (1,219 mm). Formerly a cable railway, the Subway was later electrified, but its twin circular lines were never expanded. The line was originally known as the Glasgow District Subway, but was later renamed Glasgow Subway Railway. It was so called when taken over by the Glasgow Corporation who renamed it the Glasgow Underground in 1936. Despite this rebranding, many Glaswegians continued to refer to the network as the Subway. In 2003 the name Subway was officially readopted by its operator, the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT). A £40,000 study examining the feasibility of an expansion into the city's south side is in progress.
The system is not the oldest underground railway in Glasgow
that distinction belongs to a 3.1 mi (5.0 km) section of the Glasgow City and District Railway opened in 1863, now part of the North Clyde Line of the suburban railway network, which runs in a sub-surface tunnel under the city centre between High Street and west of Charing Cross. Another major section of underground suburban railway line in Glasgow is the Argyle Line, which was formerly part of the Glasgow Central Railway.
The Subway runs from 06:30 to 23:40 Monday to Saturday and 10:00 to 18:12 on Sunday.
Glasgow, UK
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Keywords: bendy bus,braille,british,button modern Edinburgh lothian command,congestion,driver,efficient Lothian Scotland,out of focus Braile blind transport issues stopping,switch company technology,traffic,uk,vehicle,scania DAF interior inside,municipal,city,GoTonySmith,press,urban,suburban,signal,Warrington,WBT,ariva,Stagecoach,First,FirstGroup,group,National,express,alarm,to,driver,halt,Oyster,card,Inside a bus,Press Stop,National Express,strike,strikes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DND - Photo shows Red Stop button on a public bus, Lothian Scotland, out of focus (with Braille ) at night. The image is useful for illustrating British and Irish pub culture, real ale, traditional bars, hospitality, visitor economy stories and the continued importance of pubs as social places. Where a named pub, brewery, beer pump, pint glass or drinking street is visible, it can support articles on licensed premises, cask ale, CAMRA interest, tourism, nightlife, local character and changing high streets. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Scotland, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Visible wording, branding or signage noted in the supplied caption should be kept as search evidence because it helps buyers looking for specific editorial concepts, public messages, commercial streets, transport detail or local identity. Weather and season may be visible outside or through the setting
the subject has clear hospitality and leisure value. 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.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Gray recycle food waste,clinical sanitary waste,hazardous electrical waste,textiles,and,paper,or,card,board,cardboard,confusion,about,what,to,put,in,into,a,garbage,can,container,GoTonySmith,mix,mixed recycling,protocol,process,glass,cans,sensible,responsible,separation,separating,office,factory,workplace,making an effort,the,mixing,your,recycle,management
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW4HD - . Mixed Recycling Bin in Blue & Grey for waste. Who knows what to put in these?. Photographed at England, Great Britain , UK. The photograph was taken on 19 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Mixed, Recycling, Bin, Blue, Grey, waste, Gray recycle food waste, clinical sanitary waste, hazardous electrical waste and textiles, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is useful for editorial coverage of eating out, restaurant culture, food presentation, hospitality and the way international cuisine has become part of everyday dining in British cities. Food, crockery, tableware, menus, serving dishes and restaurant surroundings can provide strong visual cues for features about cuisine, ingredients, dining habits, tourism, leisure spending and the hospitality economy. The image is documentary rather than studio food photography, giving it relevance to real-world restaurant reviews, travel features, local food guides and stories about consumer choice. It also records the appearance and presentation of a meal at a particular time and place, useful for archive, lifestyle and social-history contexts. Search themes include restaurant dining, cuisine, food presentation, hospitality, eating out, table settings, tourism, consumer lifestyle and the local food economy. Because this is a real meal in a real venue rather than a studio arrangement, it has particular value for travel, dining and social-history features. 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.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW52F - The M6 Toll, also called the Birmingham North Relief Road / BNRR, connects M6 Junction 4 at the National Exhibition Centre to M6 Junction 11A at Wolverhampton with 27 miles (43 km) of six-lane motorway.
The weekday cash cost (2014) is £5.50 for a car and £11.00 for an HGV. The M6 Toll is part of the (unsigned in the UK) E-road E05 and is subject to the same regulations and policing as other motorways in the UK.
Great Wyrley, Staffordshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Gt,South,Staffordshire,England,UK,GB,road,charge,charges,charging,gate,tag,village,lane,lanes,barrier,nighttime,dawn,blue,sky,hour,car,vehicles,stationary,red,light,lights,yellow,digital,sign,signs,Wereleia,M6T,department,of,transport,private,Motorway,price,construction,HGV,Expressway,Gotonysmith,United,Kingdom,roads,barriers,collection,regulations,statutory,instrument,dept,speed,limit,limits,prices,expensive,junction,junctions,Birmingham,North,Relief,Road,BNRR,six-lane,6,lane,express,Midland,Ltd,M6Toll,Wolverhampton,Traffic,rates,charges,card,payment,payments,convenient,RFID,RFIDtag,DART-TAG,DART,MEL,Macquarie,Infrastructure,Group,MIG,Atlas,Roads,investment,plaza,plazas,30mph,Shunpiking,the,avoidance,or,boycott,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW52G - The M6 Toll, also called the Birmingham North Relief Road / BNRR, connects M6 Junction 4 at the National Exhibition Centre to M6 Junction 11A at Wolverhampton with 27 miles (43 km) of six-lane motorway.
The weekday cash cost (2014) is £5.50 for a car and £11.00 for an HGV. The M6 Toll is part of the (unsigned in the UK) E-road E05 and is subject to the same regulations and policing as other motorways in the UK.
Great Wyrley, Staffordshire, England, UK
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Keywords: ClearChannel bus shelter ad,Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,scan,QR,reader,code,use,your,phone,to,interact,smart,smartphone,tech,technology,emerging,advertising,advertise,tap,radio,target,(acting,like,a,credential),NFC initiator (as a reader) and NFC peer to interact,GoTonySmith,blue,black,proximity,card,technology,Channels,Mobile,Platform,brings,Metro,Channels,busstop,stop,mobile,enabled,mobile-enabled,mobileenabled,informationlink,point,scan,scanner,street,shopping,link,linked,linking
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PR7 - On tapping or scanning their smartphone over the QR code or NFC tag to the right of the poster, a unique url will open in their phone's browser. If the campaign is mobile-platform enabled, this will lead straight to the advertiser's website or content
if not, they will be taken to a standard Clear Channel landing page. On a scroller or digital panel (where multiple advertisers are involved), on scanning or tapping, the consumer will be presented with a list of advertisers whose campaigns are mobile platform enabled for them to select from.
Near field communication (NFC) is a set of ideas and technologies that enable smartphones and other devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, typically a distance of 10 cm (3.9 in) or less. Each full NFC device can work in 3 modes: NFC target (acting like a credential), NFC initiator (as a reader) and NFC peer to peer. Most of the first business models like advertisement tags or other industrial applications have not been successful, always overtaken by another technology (3D barcodes, UHF tags, ...)
The main advantage of NFC is that NFC devices are often cloud connected. Connected credentials can be provisioned over the air unlike a standard card (Hotel or visitor applications). All connected NFC enabled smartphones can be provisioned with dedicated apps, which gives any application hundreds of millions of potential dedicated readers in opposition of the traditional dedicated infrastructure of ticket, access control or payment readers. All NFC peers can connect a third party NFC device with a server for any action or reconfiguration.
Knutsford Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGA1AW - The Fall Set List Manchester Cathedral 15-05-2014
The Remainderer
Cowboy George
Auto Chip 2014“2016
Bury Pts. 1 + 3
White Lightning
Pledge
Sir William Wray
Happi Song
Mister Rode
Amorator!
Facebook Troll
Strychnine
Wolf Kidult Man
Hittite Man
Encore:
Blindness
Encore 2:
Aborted Reformation
Mr. Pharmacist
Manchester evg News Review - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/gig-review-fall--manchester-7129956
I've seen Mark E Smith at a range of venues, from sweaty club gigs to confusing 100,000 Gorillaz fans at Glastonbury's main stage, but to see Manchester's most dissident music icon at the city's cathedral felt like it would be a surreal experience.
When the man himself strode past paying customers into the main nave of the grand old building, with the assurance of a man who very much owned the place, it was a double-take moment which seemed fitting of the whole event.
The Fall have been an unusually settled outfit in recent years, now on their fourth consecutive studio album with the same line-up.
For a band which has clocked up almost 70 members “ one of whom was reportedly fired by its iconic frontman and dictator-in-chief for ordering a salad “ it's been a period of relative calm which could have brought accusations of sterility.
The rousing opener ˜Your Future, Our Clutter' quickly dispels any fears of the serene venue taking away any of The Fall's traditional sting, if anything the acoustics of the cathedral add another layer to Smith's barking, hectoring vocals.
The follow-up number ˜I'm not from Bury' seems appropriate as the Prestwich rock deity holds his hometown crowd in the palm of his hand, especially the ones craning their necks around the cathedral's dramatic pillars as he prowls around the stage like an overlord searching for something that needs correcting.
In nearing 40 years as The Fall's supreme leader Smith has exhibited a fondness for ˜live-mixing' during sets “ a tweak of an amp here etc
Victoria St, Manchester , England, UK, M3 1SX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXPHX - . Panorama across city of Edinburgh, from castle to St Giles Kirk, Royal Mile, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1. 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 wider composition gives a broader sense of the surroundings, showing the principal subject in relation to more of the streetscape, landscape or public space. The scene is closely associated with Panorama, across, Edinburgh, castle, St Giles, wide, moody, pano St Giles Kirk, Royal Mile and UK wide wideshot shot angle wideangle banner churches skyline, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91FGW - . Putting a green Lloyds Avios account card into a co-op cash machine. Photographed on 8 June 2013. The recorded location is Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL, United Kingdom. From a heritage perspective, printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, labels, cards, stamps, posters and logos combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use, so surviving examples can become valuable records of popular culture and commerce. The historical context is that financial objects and premises connect economic history with daily life
Banknotes, coins, savings products, cheques, branch buildings and ATMs show how people stored and accessed money before digital banking reduced the visibility of many traditional banking services. As of 2026, digital-first communication means many everyday printed objects are disappearing
Older tickets, labels, cards and signs therefore provide useful material for stories about changing design, retail and consumer behaviour. The subject remains topical in 2026 because cash is used less often than in previous decades but remains important, particularly for vulnerable consumers and some small businesses
FCA access-to-cash rules require designated banks and building societies to assess local provision and address significant gaps, making images of ATMs, notes and former branches relevant to financial inclusion. As background, graphic design turns practical information into a visual object
Typefaces, colour, layout and printing methods can identify a period or brand, while small items such as tickets and cards preserve events, prices and messages that may exist nowhere else in physical form. In the present 2026 context, digital-first communication means many everyday printed objects are disappearing
Older tickets, labels, cards and signs therefore provide useful material for stories about changing design, retail and consumer behaviour.
Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91FHM - . Putting a Nationwide account card into a co-op ATM cash machine yellow. Photographed on 8 June 2013. The recorded location is Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL, United Kingdom. In historical terms, ephemeral design is especially useful to social historians because it was created for immediate use rather than posterity
A ticket, label or novelty card can reveal contemporary humour, branding, consumer habits and printing style in a compact object. Looking at the subject's development, cash, banknotes and banking equipment document the everyday financial system before contactless cards and mobile payments became dominant
Bank structures, notes, coins, cheques and cash machines also trace the history of regional banking, savings institutions and the changing design of money. During 2026, much ticketing, advertising and personal communication is digital, making earlier printed ephemera increasingly distinctive as evidence of pre-digital communication
Physical cards, labels and tickets also provide a contrast with QR codes, apps and paperless transactions. For the 2026 context, access to cash remains a live issue despite the growth of cards and mobile payments
FCA rules now require major banks and property societies to protect reasonable community access to cash, so photographs of cashpoints, banknotes and closed branches can illustrate the tension between digital banking and physical financial services. In the longer view, printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, labels, cards, stamps, posters and logos combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use, so surviving examples can become valuable records of popular culture and commerce. Closely related image-search terms include graphic design, visual communication, print design, retro design, consumer culture, paper ephemera, graphic history, design detail, currency, sterling, and personal finance.
Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL, United Kingdom
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Keywords: Putting,a,Nationwide,account,card,into,a,co-op,cash,machine,yellow,gotonysmith,England,UK,United,Kingdom,push,pushing,chip,and,pin,hand,finger,ATM,cashmachine,Magnetic,strip,plastic,plasticcard,creditcard,credit,debit,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,ATMs,closed,reduced,availability,local,to use,using
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91FJ0 - . Putting a Nationwide account card into a co-op ATM cash machine yellow. Photographed on 8 June 2013. The recorded location is Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL, United Kingdom. Historically, graphic design turns practical information into a visual object
Typefaces, colour, layout and printing methods can identify a period or brand, while small items such as tickets and cards preserve events, prices and messages that may exist nowhere else in physical form. From a heritage perspective, banking imagery can range from grand Victorian branch architecture to the small physical objects of personal finance
Together, notes, coins, cards, cheques and cashpoints chart a shift from cash and branch-based services towards electronic and online banking. In 2026, digital-first communication means many everyday printed objects are disappearing
Older tickets, labels, cards and signs therefore provide useful material for stories about changing design, retail and consumer behaviour. As of 2026, cash is used less often than in earlier decades but remains significant, particularly for vulnerable consumers and some small businesses
FCA access-to-cash rules require designated banks and building societies to assess local provision and address significant gaps, making images of ATMs, notes and former branches relevant to financial inclusion. The historical context is that ephemeral design is especially useful to social historians because it was created for immediate use rather than posterity
A ticket, label or novelty card can reveal contemporary humour, branding, consumer habits and printing style in a compact object. The subject remains topical in 2026 because much ticketing, advertising and personal communication is digital, making older printed ephemera increasingly distinctive as evidence of pre-digital communication
Physical cards, labels and tickets also offer a contrast with QR codes, apps and paperless transactions.
Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL, United Kingdom
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Keywords: numbers,number,numero,19,nineteen,umber19,numbernineteen,tarot,card,cards,playing,hipstamatic,square,tony,smith,tonysmiththathousingitguy,housingtechnology,spain,spanish,espana,espaniol,frame,phone,iphone
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7514251572 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
19 is the 8th smallest prime number. The sequence continues 23, 29, 31, 37...
19 is the seventh Mersenne prime exponent.
19 is the aliquot sum of two odd discrete semiprimes, 65 and 77 and is the base of the 19-aliquot tree.
19 is a centered triangular number, centered hexagonal number and a Heegner number.
In Islam its the number of angels guarding Hell ('Hellfire') according to the Qur'an: 'Over it is nineteen' (74:30). 19 is the debut album from English soul and jazz singer Adele, the 21st century Alison Moyet. In golf the '19th hole' is the clubhouse bar (where you would find me, golf ruining a good walk!).
The Sun, is the 19th Tarot card. The Sun is a card that indicates the universe is conspiring in your favor. Consider this as more than a simple victory
this is a mastery of much of what is before you. Perhaps you are starting over. This is a card that indicates that your good choices are adding up to create a great life.
Dominating the illustration is the sun itself. The face on the sun is an illustration of your higher mind. This is the concept of blending a built-in knowledge of your purpose in life with your intuition on how to maximize this purpose. The serene face of the sun in this card reflects the peace you are at when you know yourself. Or so gipsy Rose says......
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Enjoy this fine track from The Rolling Stones.
Also it was the average age of the US Vietnam combat soldier.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6002902103 - 'Blondie - Call Me- ob=av2n\' rel=\'nofollow\'>Play this track here.
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Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s at CBGB's in New York.
Their first two albums contained strong elements of these genres, and although successful in the United Kingdom and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the United States until the release of Parallel Lines in 1978. Over the next three years, the band achieved several hit singles and became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles incorporating elements of disco, pop, rap, and reggae, while retaining a basic style as a New Wave band.
Blondie broke up after the release of their sixth studio album The Hunter in 1982. Debbie Harry continued to pursue a solo career with varied results after taking a few years off to care for partner Chris Stein, who was diagnosed with pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease of the skin.
The band reformed in 1997, achieving renewed success and a number one single in the United Kingdom with 'Maria' in 1999. The group toured and performed throughout the world during the following years, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Blondie has sold 40 million records worldwide and is still active today, with a new album, Panic of Girls, released 30 May 2011 in the UK.
Prostitution itself is legal in the UK: a person can buy sexual services and working as a private prostitute or outcall escort is legal \u2013 but many related activities are not. This includes kerb crawling, pimping, keeping a brothel, advertising the services of call girls by placing cards (\u201ctart cards\u201d) in phone boxes, like these here and having sex in public. The laws apply to both male and female prostitutes and male and female clients.
Under the Street Offences Act 1959, it is illegal for a prostitute to wait for or solicit business in a street or public place, effectively making street prostitution illegal. Although assistance should be given to assist offenders in finding a route out of prostitution, prostitutes may be punished. Usually first or second time offenders will be cautioned, third and fourth time offenders are usually arrested and charged and on the fifth offence an anti-social behaviour order may be issued on conviction.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6159147798 - 'Siouxsie and the Banshees - Metal Postcard Mittageisen - Play this track here.
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'Mittageisen' is a single by the English band Siouxsie and the Banshees. Originally appearing on the band's 1978 debut album The Scream (an album I played to death when it first came out) as 'Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)', the track was re-recorded in 1979 with this time the lyrics sung in German.
The title 'Mittageisen' is a word play based on the German words 'Mittagessen' (literally: 'noon meal', i.e. Lunch) and Eisen ('iron'). The title was inspired by John Heartfield's photocollage Hurrah, die Butter ist Alle! ('Hurray, the Butter is Finished!'), that was also used as front cover art.
John Heartfield's photocollage was initially used on the frontpage of the 'Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung / Workers Illustrated Journal', published on 19 December 1935. Heartfield (1891\u20131968) was an early member of the Club Dada, which started 1916 as Cabaret Voltaire in Z\u00fcrich. The picture with the title 'Hurrah, die Butter ist Alle! / Hurray, the butter is finished!' shows a family who eats various pieces of metal. The trigger for it was the following quote from Hermann G\u00f6ring: 'Iron made a nation always strong, butter and lard made only the people fat.'
'Mittageisen' was composed by Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux, John McKay, Kenny Morris and Steven Severin, the lyrics were translated by Dave Woods.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,3d,9d,5d,11d,single Bury bus tickets,from 1960s,Lancashire,England,UK,bus tickets,Bury,Manchester,3pence,9pence,5pence,buses,ticket,fare,price,Preprinted bus Tickets,Preprinted tickets,Preprinted,Bury Corporation Transport,Bury Corporation,Transport,card,paper,heritage,old,olden days,1960s,1970s,return,concession,ticket to ride,to,ride
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BN3883 - . A detailed documentary view from the recorded location, preserving the appearance and character of the subject at a particular point in time. At the heart of the image is 3d,9d,5d,11d,day return,single Bury Corporation bus tickets, from 1960's, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK - Preprinted bus Tickets. Its broader subject matter includes everyday Britain, railway branding, passenger railway, passenger connectivity, period detail, social history, railway heritage, local history, mass transit, changing streetscape, local character, place identity, historical comparison, and before-and-after reference. Today's wider story includes fares, integrated transport and the practical question of making passenger rail simpler and more dependable. Small period details of transport arrangements and public activity at the recorded location may become more significant with time, especially following closure or conversion. Further associations include contemporary history, urban change, built environment, visual archive, regional rail, rail corridor, public realm, and documentary photography. References to return, tickets, 1960's, Lancashire, and Greater give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. That also gives the frame relevance to fares and making passenger rail simpler and more dependable within the real-world context of the recorded location. Another useful connection is rail reform and reducing congestion and car dependency within the specific setting of the recorded location. The scene further reflects reliability and preserving railway heritage while modernising the network as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for the recorded location and the changing story of the subject shown.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BN3887 - . Photographed at the recorded location, the scene provides a dated reference to the subject and the surrounding social, commercial or physical environment. The scene records 3d,9d,5d,11d,day return,single Bury Corporation bus tickets, from 1960's, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK - Preprinted bus Tickets. The frame also records themes of public transport network, local character, trackside infrastructure, railway branding, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, changing streetscape, station environment, rail corridor, rail mobility, period detail, commuter travel, local history, and everyday Britain. For contemporary context, accessibility and rail reform are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes reducing congestion and car dependency. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and construction around the recorded location before new ownership alters the character of the place. The wider local story also touches on social landscape, urban change, transport interchange, visual archive, archival record, public realm, rail modernisation, and contemporary history. Elements such as Corporation, 1960's, return, tickets, and Lancashire add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene retains a connection with accessibility and making passenger rail simpler and more dependable within the specific setting of the recorded location. That also gives the frame relevance to integrated transport and reducing congestion and car dependency as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Another useful connection is reliability and making passenger rail simpler and more dependable when considered against later change at the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,industry,factory,mill,history,machines,cloth,manufacture,Lancashire,Victorian,mass production,Industrial Revolution,Textile manufacturing,Manchester factory,manufacturing cotton and cloth,cotton yarn,Cotton Mill,Cottonopolis,Inside a Manchester Cotton Mill,loom,making cotton cloth,making fabric,weaved,looms,mechanical,system,industrial,historic,preserved,being,produced,calico,card
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JK0 - A cotton mill is a building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802.
The mechanisation of the spinning process in the early factories was instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. Limited companies were developed to construct mills, and the trading floors of the cotton exchange in Manchester, created a vast commercial city. Mills generated employment, drawing workers from largely rural areas and expanding urban populations. They provided incomes for girls and women. Child labour was used in the mills, and the factory system led to organised labour. Poor conditions became the subject of exposés, and in England, the Factory Acts were written to regulate them.
The cotton mill, originally a Lancashire phenomenon, was copied in New England and later in the southern states of America. In the 20th century, North West England lost its supremacy to the United States, then to Japan and subsequently to China.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4695553569 - 'The Queen in a deck of french playing cards are often assigned names. These have origins in the bible or from history. The queen of diamonds is Rachel, spades Athena, Hearts Judith and clubs cryptically Argine, which is an anagram of Regina, Latin for 'queen'.
The headress of the english queen playing card resembles a Tudor design. Possibly Elizabeth of York, queen consort of Henry VII of England as is often mentioned in tales and legend is depicted.
Playing cards were found in China as early as the 9th century during the Tang Dynasty (618\u2013907), when relatives of a princess played a 'leaf game'. Its thought that playing cards first entered Europe in the late 14th century, probably from Mamluk Egypt, with suits very similar to the tarot suits of Swords, Staves, Cups and Coins (also known as disks, and pentacles) and those still used in traditional Italian, Spanish and Portuguese decks.
The earliest cards were made by hand, like those designed for Charles VI
this was expensive. Printed woodcut decks appeared in the 15th century. The 78-card Tarot deck, and subsets of it, were used for a variety of European trick-taking games. Allegorical meanings for each card existed as of the earliest days of the deck, but it wasn't until the late 1700s's that the works of Antoine Court de Gebelin made decks based on the Tarot de Marseille popular for divinatory purposes.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N9E - . Tape measure marked in imperial feet and inches. Photographed on 27 September 2009. The recorded location is England, United Kingdom. Historically, measuring tools are simple but revealing pieces of material culture
Feet and inches were once the everyday language of British construction and domestic measurement, and dual imperial-metric tapes became common as the country moved gradually towards metric units rather than changing overnight. In the longer view, printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, labels, cards, stamps, posters and logos combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use, so surviving examples can become valuable records of popular culture and commerce. In 2026, britain continues to be predominantly metric for trade and education, while imperial measures survive in familiar areas such as road distances in miles, draught beer in pints and many construction or DIY conventions
A clearly marked imperial tape therefore illustrates the persistence of older measurement language in everyday life. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that much ticketing, advertising and personal communication is digital, making older printed ephemera increasingly distinctive as evidence of pre-digital communication
Physical cards, labels and tickets also provide a contrast with QR codes, apps and paperless transactions. The historical context is that a tape measure marked in feet and inches belongs to the long history of Britain's imperial system, standardised in the nineteenth century and retained in many trades even as metric measurement became the official norm
Builders, joiners, engineers and DIY users have often worked with dual-scale tools because older plans, materials and habits remain expressed in inches and feet. Additional subject vocabulary includes measuring tape, imperial units, measurement tool, construction measurement, and traditional units.
England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: Skye,Torin,Panorama,Great,Scenery,Vista,from,Skyes,South.,Dramatic,Mountains,across,a,sea,loch,lined,with,brown,seaweed,lochs,Torrin,Skye,Torrin,Panorama,Great,Scenery,Vista,from,Skyes,South.,Dramatic,Mountains,across,a,sea,loch,lined,with,brown,seaweed.postcard,post,card,Na,Torrain,gotonysmith,Skye,Torrin,Panorama,Great,Scenery,Vista,from,Skyes,South.,Dramatic,Mountains,across,a,sea,loch,lined,with,brown,seaweed.,Torin,(Scottish,Gaelic,Na,Torrain),is,a,settlement,on,the,island,of,Skye,in,Scotland.,The,crofting,and,fishing,village,lies,on,the,eastern,shore,of,Loch,Slapin,5 miles (7 km) southwest of Broadford (An t-Àth Leathann),on,the,road,to,Elgol,(Ealaghol).,There,is,a,mixture,of,Victorian,white-washed,cottages,and,modern,flat-pack,houses.,The,village,boasts,good,views,of,Blaven,and,Loch,Slapin.,Torrin,sits,on,Durness,limestone.,There,is,an,abundance,of,trees,and,varied,plant,flora,including,more,than,a,dozen,species,of,orchids.,Much,of,the,area,is,designated,a,Site,of,Special,Scientific,Interest,and,a,Special,Area,of,Conservation,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0MFD - Skye Torrin Panorama Great Scenery Vista from Skyes South. Dramatic Mountains across a sea loch lined with brown seaweed.
Torin (Scottish Gaelic: Na Torrain) is a settlement on the island of Skye in Scotland.
The crofting and fishing village lies on the eastern shore of Loch Slapin, 5 miles (7 km) southwest of Broadford (An t-Àth Leathann), on the road to Elgol (Ealaghol). There is a mixture of Victorian white-washed cottages and modern flat-pack houses. The village boasts good views of Blaven and Loch Slapin.
Torrin sits on Durness limestone. There is an abundance of trees and varied plant flora, including more than a dozen species of orchids. Much of the area is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation.
There are five working crofts in Torrin with cattle and sheep. The common grazing extends north onto the surrounding red granite hills Beinn Dearg Mhòr (709m) and Beinn Dearg Bheag (584m) and beyond the head of Loch Slapin .
Skye Torrin Panorama North West Scotland (Inner Hebrides)
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GB,council,vote,voting,ID,electoral,roll,tax,polling,day,2,two,poll,card,British,England,English,Thursday,general,Two,election poll cards,poll card,pool cards,for,election of candidates,candidate,local,district,UK,union,flag,flags,Conservative,Green,ReformUK,Nigel Farage,disillusionment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KMB - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is Two election poll cards, for election of candidates, councillors on a UK union flag. Another layer of the photograph includes period detail, everyday life, small business, historical comparison, regional identity, documentary photography, public realm, specialist shop, specialist retailer, high-street commerce, local history, place identity, archival record, and social history. From a 2025-onward perspective, consumer spending and store closures are closely linked to this subject, alongside the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around the recorded location before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with local enterprise, town-centre trading, contemporary social history, independent retail, street-level business, shopfront economy, changing land use, and customer footfall. Elements such as union, cards, councillors, election, and candidates add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate consumer spending and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for independent business and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of the recorded location. The view records a point of historical comparison for future local research.
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Keywords: BR,British,Rail,Fam,child,Children,offpeak,off,peak,off-peak,cheap,travel,transport,train,trains,Warrington,to,Manchester,NW,North,West,NorthWest,England,commuter,travel,traveler,rail,card,TOC,discount,cheaper,Family Rail Card,British Family Rail Card,Cheap Travel,train operating companies,GoTonySmith,Warringtonians,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,train operating company
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9D43 - . Family & friends UK railcard with tickets. Photographed at Warrington, stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England, United Kingdom. The photograph was taken on 06 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Family, friends, railcard, tickets, Rail, Fam, child, Children, offpeak and off, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene has strong relevance to railway travel, public transport, passenger infrastructure and the everyday operation of Britain's rail network. It can illustrate editorial stories about stations, train journeys, commuting, regional connectivity, rail investment, rolling stock, freight, signals, platforms, accessibility and the relationship between railways and the places they serve. Visible railway furniture, signs, tracks, platforms, trains, signals or station buildings help place the photograph firmly in the practical environment experienced by passengers and railway staff. As a dated documentary image it also offers a useful record of transport infrastructure, branding and passenger facilities at the time the photograph was made. Search themes include British rail travel, railway stations, passenger journeys, tracks, platforms, signals, rolling stock, freight, regional connectivity and transport infrastructure. The scene is particularly useful for illustrating how railway facilities, signs and operational surroundings looked at a known point in time. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference ED9D43, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Warrington, England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,Lancashire,England,UK,WN1 1BH,town,centre,member,members,gent,male,man,Station Road,UK WN1 0SD,membership,card,Casino Club,music,1973,1970s,nightclub,venue,disco,discotheque,all-nighter,all-nighters,Russ Winstanley,Ian Fishwick,Kev Roberts,Jackie Wilson,Edwin Starr,Junior Walker,Tobi Legend,sign,famous,historic,WCSC
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7M6 - The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it became known as a primary venue for Northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), the Catacombs (Wolverhampton) and the Golden Torch (Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent). It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England. In 1978, allegedly the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino The Best Disco in the World, ahead of New York City's Studio 54. Although there is no tangible evidence of this award ever being publicised.
This England, a TV documentary about the Wigan Casino, was filmed in 1977. Russ Winstanley and Dave Nowell wrote a history of the club, Soul Survivors, The Wigan Casino Story, which was published in 1996.
Wigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress. Local DJs Brian Rigby and Alan Cain approached lease owner Gerry Marshall to run all-nighters. Venue manager Mike Walker brought in Russ Winstanley, who had a DJ set at the local rugby club, to the Casino. At 2 am on Sunday 23 September 1973, Wigan Casino started its first-ever Northern soul all-nighter, with Winstanley as the DJ. After Winstanley and his helper Ian Fishwick, Kev Roberts was the third DJ at Casino all-nighters, who was quickly joined by Richard Searling Soul performers that performed there include Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker.
Young people from all over the UK regularly attended Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. There were long queues to get in. The second dance floor, Mr M's, stayed open until 6 am and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs including Dave Evison and Steve Whittle. All-nighters generally ended with three songs that became known as the '3 before 8': Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend, Long After Tonight Is All Over by Jimmy Radcliffe, and I'm on My Way by Dean Parrish.
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,Lancashire,England,UK,WN1 1BH,town,centre,member,members,gent,male,man,Station Road,UK WN1 0SD,membership,card,Casino Club,music,1973,1970s,nightclub,venue,disco,discotheque,all-nighter,all-nighters,Russ Winstanley,Ian Fishwick,Kev Roberts,Jackie Wilson,Edwin Starr,Junior Walker,Tobi Legend,WCSC
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7MM - The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it became known as a primary venue for Northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), the Catacombs (Wolverhampton) and the Golden Torch (Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent). It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England. In 1978, allegedly the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino The Best Disco in the World, ahead of New York City's Studio 54. Although there is no tangible evidence of this award ever being publicised.
This England, a TV documentary about the Wigan Casino, was filmed in 1977. Russ Winstanley and Dave Nowell wrote a history of the club, Soul Survivors, The Wigan Casino Story, which was published in 1996.
Wigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress. Local DJs Brian Rigby and Alan Cain approached lease owner Gerry Marshall to run all-nighters. Venue manager Mike Walker brought in Russ Winstanley, who had a DJ set at the local rugby club, to the Casino. At 2 am on Sunday 23 September 1973, Wigan Casino started its first-ever Northern soul all-nighter, with Winstanley as the DJ. After Winstanley and his helper Ian Fishwick, Kev Roberts was the third DJ at Casino all-nighters, who was quickly joined by Richard Searling Soul performers that performed there include Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker.
Young people from all over the UK regularly attended Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. There were long queues to get in. The second dance floor, Mr M's, stayed open until 6 am and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs including Dave Evison and Steve Whittle. All-nighters generally ended with three songs that became known as the '3 before 8': Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend, Long After Tonight Is All Over by Jimmy Radcliffe, and I'm on My Way by Dean Parrish.
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRR0AD - . Recorded at the recorded location in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The subject captured here is A jar for heating money, to be used to top up a card fuel meter. The frame also records themes of regional identity, public realm, visual archive, urban regeneration, social history, adaptive reuse, commercial redevelopment, place identity, changing streetscape, period architecture, before-and-after reference, archival record, everyday life, and period detail. The wider contemporary story combines commercial viability, construction costs and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at the recorded location, details that may look very different after new ownership. The photograph additionally reflects changing land use, heritage-led regeneration, local character, documentary photography, built heritage, place-making, town-centre renewal, and urban fabric. Elements such as meter, heating, and money add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate commercial viability and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition within the specific setting of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for planning and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Another useful connection is construction costs and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition when considered against later change at the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire,England,UK,Non-Fiction,non,fiction,6d,book,cover,front,James,McQueen,complete,and,unabridged,frame,yellow,lemon,Careful,care,books,paperback,1950,literature,novel,novels,&,distressed,card,covering,example,work,be careful,take care,taking care
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9GC - . An identifiable period record of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Framed James McQueen yellow book cover, Be Careful What You Wish For, 6d, Penguin, Non-Fiction. Further facets of the scene include changing land use, local character, everyday life, adaptive reuse, historic streetscape, before-and-after reference, place identity, built heritage, regional identity, local history, conservation architecture, historical comparison, community identity, and urban fabric. The modern context includes continuing discussion of heritage conservation, tourism and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition. As a dated visual record of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes historic townscape, social history, visual archive, architectural detailing, changing streetscape, archival record, period building, and heritage asset. Elements such as Penguin, McQueen, cover, James, and yellow add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character without losing the local specificity of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark within the wider story of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50. Image 2M6W9GC also remains a dated record of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50.
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire,England,UK,Non-Fiction,non,fiction,6d,book,cover,front,James,McQueen,complete,and,unabridged,frame,blue,cyan,books,paperback,1950,literature,novel,novels,&,distressed,card,covering,example,work,have fun,once,awful
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9GD - . An identifiable period record of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The image documents Framed James McQueen blue book cover, I had fun once it was awful, 6d, Penguin, Non-Fiction. The frame also records themes of period detail, place identity, heritage asset, contemporary social history, period building, archival record, local history, everyday life, social history, urban fabric, built heritage, conservation interest, architectural character, and conservation architecture. The modern context includes continuing discussion of planning control, redevelopment pressure and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition. Future viewers can use this scene from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after different community use. The surrounding story also includes public realm, traditional materials, historic streetscape, historic townscape, historical comparison, adaptive reuse, heritage landmark, and changing land use. Details involving awful, McQueen, cover, Non-Fiction, and Framed make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50, 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 planning control and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition in a form that can be compared with future views of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50. Another useful connection is tourism and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the real-world context of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50.
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3AB - Cirencester, occasionally /ˈsɪstər/ (About this soundlisten)
see below for more variations) is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 80 miles (130 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn. The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
The Church of St. John Baptist, Cirencester is renowned for its Perpendicular Gothic porch, fan vaults and merchants' tombs.
The town also has a Roman Catholic Church of St Peter's
the foundation stone was laid on 20 June 1895. Coxwell Street to the north of Market Square is home to the Baptist Church that was founded in 1651 “ making it one of the oldest Baptist churches in England. Its current building was started in 1856.
To the west of the town is Cirencester House, the seat of Earl Bathurst and the site of one of the finest landscape gardens in England, laid out by the first Earl Bathurst after 1714.
Abbey House, Cirencester was a country house built on the site of the former Cirencester Abbey following its dissolution and demolition at the English Reformation in the 1530s. The site was granted in 1564 to Richard Master, physician to Queen Elizabeth I. The house was rebuilt and altered at several dates by the Master family, who still own the agricultural estate. By 1897 the house was let, and it remained in the occupation of tenants until shortly after the Second World War. It was finally demolished in 1964.
On Cotswold Avenue is the site of a Roman amphitheatre.
Market Pl, Cirencester, England, UK, GL7 2NX
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Keywords: Friends & family,Friends and Family,off-peak,reduced,travel,prices,cost,saving,savings,adult,child,2-part,return,Family,BR,British,rail,British Rail,transport,travel,public,public transport,out,and,rail,card,TOC,Family Rail Card,British Family Rail Card,Cheap Travel,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,TOC,discount,cheaper,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,train operating company,train operating companies,railcard
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PRF - Photo shows Tickets with a UK rail family railcard - Friends & Family. The image can support editorial features on public transport, commuting, passenger information, ticketing, rail and bus infrastructure, regional connectivity, station environments and sustainable travel. Transport images like this are especially useful where operator branding, vehicle type, platform or street context is visible, because they locate policy themes in a real everyday setting rather than an abstract transport graphic. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near UK, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Visible wording, branding or signage noted in the supplied caption should be kept as search evidence because it helps buyers looking for specific editorial concepts, public messages, commercial streets, transport detail or local identity. Lighting, passenger density and weather should be checked from the image, but the subject is clearly a live transport or travel setting. 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.
Manchester, UK
