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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,housing debt,cost of living,King Charles notes,polymer banknotes,British money,pound sterling,cash,coins,letter tiles,housing crisis,landlord notice,tenant hardship,poverty,debt crisis,Universal Credit,UK,English,NOSP,possession,section 8,section 21,history,no fault,arrears,recovery,tenancy,sustainment,low income,households,budgeting,crisis,debt,advice,welfare reform,council,housing,rent controls
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKDAPR - Concept photograph shows the words Eviction Notice arranged in cream letter tiles across British cash, including King Charles III polymer banknotes and UK coins. The close-up composition links money, rent arrears, housing insecurity, landlord notices, debt, poverty and the cost of living in one direct visual idea. It is suitable for editorial and commercial use around private renting, social housing, homelessness prevention, tenant hardship, Universal Credit, mortgage pressure, council housing waiting lists, rent increases, possession action and the emotional impact of losing a home. The King Charles III notes add a contemporary UK cash detail: Bank of England notes carrying the King's portrait first entered circulation in June 2024, with the existing £5, £10, £20 and £50 designs otherwise unchanged. The use of cash rather than a digital banking screen also makes the image relevant to stories about budgeting, low income households, cash use, access to banking, food and fuel choices, emergency payments, discretionary housing payments and the difficult arithmetic faced by people trying to keep a roof over their head. Eviction in England can involve formal legal notices and court processes, including possession claims linked to rent arrears or other grounds. The image does not show a real eviction document or a named household, so it works as a clean, reusable symbolic illustration rather than a case-specific news photograph. The colourful notes, coins and word tiles create a sharp visual metaphor for the point where financial stress becomes a housing crisis. It could accompany articles by charities, councils, housing associations, advice agencies, law centres, newspapers, campaign groups and policy researchers discussing arrears recovery, tenancy sustainment, landlord and tenant law, poverty, welfare reform, inflation, insecure renting, homelessness services, vulnerable residents, debt advice and the human consequences of unaffordable housing.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Agrigento,IMG_0137,Souvenir coin,medal,vending,machines,Valley of the Temples,Sicily,Italy,souvenir,tourism,visitor,attraction,heritage,coins,commercial,retail,archaeological,site,spending
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJ11T0 - . Souvenir coin and medal vending machines at the Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Photographed on 20 April 2026. The machines allow visitors to purchase commemorative tokens and pressed or souvenir medals associated with the major tourist attraction. Their brightly coloured panels stand beside Mediterranean vegetation and visitor pathways. The image provides a practical example of how major heritage destinations supplement admissions with retail and souvenir opportunities and can illustrate stories about tourism economics, visitor experience and commercial activity around archaeological sites. The background to memorabilia is that collectable items gain meaning through provenance and context
A board game, badge, souvenir or branded package may connect a national event or local place with mass manufacturing and personal memory. Within the history of cashpoint, banknotes, coins, cheques and branch buildings document the everyday financial system before contactless cards and mobile payments became dominant
Regional banks and savings institutions also left distinctive architecture and branded paper evidence. Current 2026 context around memorabilia is that online resale, nostalgia and interest in vintage design have made many ordinary twentieth-century objects active collecting categories rather than disposable goods. Against the 2026 backdrop for cashpoint, personal finance is increasingly app-based , making paper cheques, older banknotes and physical branch networks useful contrasts with instant electronic payments and online account management. Alternative search wording includes material culture, consumer object, vintage object, branding, design history, consumer culture, retro, household object, manufactured object, product history, social history, currency, sterling, banking, ATM, financial inclusion, payment methods, and bank branch. Additional discoverability terms include money, financial services, IMG_0137, and spending.
Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,1100,Warrington,village,historic,heritage,WA4 2SU,WA4,viking,History and Heritage Day,years,festival,9-24th,September,Sep,2023,Wirral,renactment,Wirral Ship Fellowship,early,medieval,Living History,group,show,demonstration,demonstrations,costume,costumed,in,coins,coin,maker,making
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RY1R0G - Wirhalh Skip Felagr “ The Wirral Ship Fellowship, is Merseyside's leading Viking, Saxon and Norman re-enactment group. Wirhalh Skip Felagr focuses primarily upon the Hiberno Norse Vikings who settled the Wirral in 902AD. We also portray other cultures from the beginning of the Viking invasion in 793AD to beyond the Norman Conquest in 1066AD.
Wirhalh Skip Felagr offers the following services:
Early medieval living history - Period crafts and/or combat displays for all types of events.
Costumed historical interpretation - For Museums and the wider heritage industry.
Educational visits - Historical activities for schools, libraries etc.
Talks and lectures - On Viking / Saxon life and history.
Practical demonstrations/workshops - Traditional skills displays and courses.
Costumed performers - Background extras and props for film / TV / publicity / media / news work.
Read more at http://www.wirralvikings.org.uk/
Bell Ln, Thelwall village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,company,companies,bills,meter,water,waste,increasing,privatised,private,dividend,utilities,utility bills,treatment,increased,household,budget,poverty,payment,next,payments,DD,Direct Debit,costs,cash,notes,and,coins,English,England,Warrington,Cheshire,water companies,UK,GB,British,expensive,poor service
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PNHGXK - . Increasing privatised water utility bills, supply, wastewater treatment charges, with cash notes and coins. Photographed on 19 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include company, companies, bills, meter, water, waste, increasing, privatised, private, dividend, utilities, utility bills, 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 treatment, increased, household, budget, poverty, payment, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,english,UK,saving,savings,pound,pounds,cash,money,invested,into,investment,prepare,preparation,plan,sterling,risk,risks,private,regulator,stopping,stop,contributing,cut,back,pensions,state,personal,Wales,coins,word,scam,scams,problem,problems,charges,shortfall
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NBWGJ2 - Concept still life showing British pound banknotes and coins arranged around a paper label reading Pension , illustrating pension saving, workplace pension contributions and the investment of retirement money in England and Wales. The image uses familiar UK cash, including Bank of England notes and pound coins, to represent regular contributions into a pension pot, long-term saving, financial planning and retirement income. In defined contribution pensions, money paid by the worker, employer and tax relief is invested with the aim of building a fund for later life, although the value can rise or fall depending on markets and charges. UK workplace pension rules are based on automatic enrolment, where eligible employees are usually enrolled into a pension scheme and employers must contribute. Official guidance states that all employers must provide a workplace pension scheme, while MoneyHelper explains that the usual minimum total workplace pension contribution is 8%, commonly made up of employee contributions, government tax relief and an employer contribution. This image is useful for editorial and commercial themes including pensions, savings, retirement planning, personal finance, cost of living, investment risk, pension pots, employer contributions, financial advice, tax relief, pensions policy, household budgeting and long-term security. It can also illustrate debates about pension adequacy, low savings rates, ageing populations, retirement income gaps and whether workers are contributing enough for later life. The close-up arrangement of cash gives the photograph a simple, direct financial message without showing a person, making it suitable for articles, explainers, reports and web pages about pensions in England, Wales and the wider UK. The image should be treated as a general pension concept rather than advice about any specific pension product, provider or investment choice.
West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,saving,savings,pound,pounds,cash,money,invested,into,investment,prepare,preparation,plan,sterling,risk,risks,Public Pensions Agency,private,regulator,stop,contributing,cut,back,SPPA,BOS,RBOS,of,bank,pensions,state,personal,coins,Clydesdale,notes,opt out,word,scam,scams,limits
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NBWGKR - Concept still life showing British pound banknotes and coins arranged around a paper label reading Pension , illustrating pension saving, workplace pension contributions and the investment of retirement money in England and Wales. The image uses familiar UK cash, including Bank of England notes and pound coins, to represent regular contributions into a pension pot, long-term saving, financial planning and retirement income. In defined contribution pensions, money paid by the worker, employer and tax relief is invested with the aim of building a fund for later life, although the value can rise or fall depending on markets and charges. UK workplace pension rules are based on automatic enrolment, where eligible employees are usually enrolled into a pension scheme and employers must contribute. Official guidance states that all employers must provide a workplace pension scheme, while MoneyHelper explains that the usual minimum total workplace pension contribution is 8%, commonly made up of employee contributions, government tax relief and an employer contribution. This image is useful for editorial and commercial themes including pensions, savings, retirement planning, personal finance, cost of living, investment risk, pension pots, employer contributions, financial advice, tax relief, pensions policy, household budgeting and long-term security. It can also illustrate debates about pension adequacy, low savings rates, ageing populations, retirement income gaps and whether workers are contributing enough for later life. The close-up arrangement of cash gives the photograph a simple, direct financial message without showing a person, making it suitable for articles, explainers, reports and web pages about pensions in England, Wales and the wider UK. The image should be treated as a general pension concept rather than advice about any specific pension product, provider or investment choice.
Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,UK,a,on,cooking,stove,kitchen,energy,poverty,inflation,costs,twenty,pound,BOE,Bank Of England,English,coins,coin,can,we,afford,to,cold,food,with,the,of,hot,meal,meals,using,money,Wales,english,welsh,electricity,and,Iran war
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MN7NHH - Concept image showing English sterling banknotes and stacked coins beside a lit domestic gas hob, illustrating the way rising gas prices and wider household energy costs affect home budgets in England and across the United Kingdom. The photograph combines visible cash with a blue gas flame to symbolise utility bills, inflation, cost of living pressure, and the strain placed on ordinary households as domestic fuel charges increase. The use of Bank of England notes makes the image especially relevant for English, UK-wide and Westminster-focused coverage of consumer finances, energy affordability, and the real cash impact of bill rises on family spending. It suggests the practical reality of budgeting in the kitchen, where money for heating, cooking and essential energy use must compete with food, rent, mortgage payments, transport, council tax and other everyday commitments. The gas burner acts as a strong visual shorthand for domestic fuel consumption, meter readings, tariffs, supplier charges, standing charges, and the continuing public debate around energy prices, affordability, and support for households under financial pressure. Suitable for editorial use on stories about gas bills, utility costs, fuel poverty, personal finance, inflation, debt, arrears, economic hardship, and household budgeting, the image also works more broadly as a symbol of financial stress, shrinking disposable income, and the choices facing low and middle income homes during periods of high energy prices. Because the money is shown as physical notes and coins rather than a digital banking screen, the image has an immediate, everyday realism that suits newspaper, magazine, business and consumer reporting on the burden of rising gas bills. It also lends itself to stories about winter heating worries, the energy price cap, consumer confidence, household resilience, budgeting advice, and the continued political sensitivity of domestic utility costs in Britain.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Scottish,plastic,with,sterlings,coin,coins,in,use,two pound,2,quid,squid,20p,20 pence,laid,on,top,BOS,Bank Of Scotland,five,ten,5,10,pounds,pound,RBOS,royal,Royal Bank Of Scotland,promises to pay,the bearer on demand,Alba,cash,inflation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG45A8 - . An identifiable period record of Glasgow Cross,High Street,Glasgow Cross,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1 5ES in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Scottish polymer notes with sterling pound coins, in use in Scotland, UK - five pound, ten pound BOS Bank Of Scotland. Other connected aspects include shopfront economy, specialist retailer, customer footfall, local history, community identity, before-and-after reference, high-street commerce, everyday life, small business, documentary photography, town-centre trading, independent retail, archival record, and changing land use. Today's relevance is strengthened by independent business, footfall and the continuing question of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. Future viewers can use this scene from Glasgow Cross,High Street,Glasgow Cross,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1 5ES to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. A second descriptive layer includes local character, place identity, specialist shop, commercial frontage, social history, retail property, regional identity, and historical comparison. Elements such as polymer, sterling, Scottish, coins, and pound add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Glasgow Cross,High Street,Glasgow Cross,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1 5ES may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses in a form that can be compared with future views of Glasgow Cross,High Street,Glasgow Cross,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1 5ES. The period view preserves evidence of changing use within the wider story of Glasgow Cross,High Street,Glasgow Cross,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1 5ES.
Glasgow Cross,High Street,Glasgow Cross,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1 5ES
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Scottish,plastic,with,sterlings,coin,coins,in,use,two pound,2,quid,squid,20p,20 pence,laid,on,top,Royal bank of Scotland,PLC,promises to pay,the bearer on demand,Scots,issue,issued,Scottish Sterling,2022,currency,finance,woman,female,Mary Somerville,astronomer,and,mathematician
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG4612 - . This dated editorial view of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The location is represented through Mary Somerville featured on a Scottish polymer notes with sterling pound coins, in use in Scotland, UK - ten Pound , Royal bank of Scotland. The surrounding context encompasses visual archive, regional identity, public realm, local history, town-centre trading, local enterprise, high-street commerce, before-and-after reference, independent retail, changing streetscape, archival record, small business, documentary photography, and period detail. Today's relevance is strengthened by commercial rents, business rates and the continuing question of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. The image fixes commercial use and occupation within Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. Other useful contextual ideas include social history, community identity, local character, specialist retailer, commercial frontage, place identity, specialist shop, and everyday life. The recorded references to Somerville, Royal, pound, polymer, and coins preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets without losing the local specificity of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE. The setting also helps illustrate town-centre regeneration and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets in a form that can be compared with future views of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE.
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Scottish,plastic,with,sterlings,coin,coins,in,use,two pound,2,quid,squid,20p,20 pence,laid,on,top,BOS,Bank Of Scotland,five,ten,5,10,pounds,pound,RBOS,royal,Royal Bank Of Scotland,promises to pay,the bearer on demand,Alba,cash,inflation,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG461J - . An on-location photograph from Glasgow Cross,High Street,Glasgow Cross,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1 5ES in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The defining feature is Scottish polymer notes with sterling pound coins, in use in Scotland, UK - five pound, ten pound BOS Bank Of Scotland. The wider scene also brings together town-centre trading, place identity, specialist shop, period detail, bricks-and-mortar retail, specialist retailer, before-and-after reference, visual archive, local enterprise, social history, street-level business, high-street commerce, public realm, and small business. From a 2025-onward perspective, town-centre regeneration and store closures are closely linked to this subject, alongside the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at Glasgow Cross,High Street,Glasgow Cross,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1 5ES, details that may look very different after different community use. The location also brings in local history, shopfront economy, regional identity, changing land use, documentary photography, retail property, historical comparison, and contemporary social history. The combination of Scottish, notes, sterling, pound, and polymer anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Glasgow Cross,High Street,Glasgow Cross,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1 5ES may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is town-centre regeneration and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of Glasgow Cross,High Street,Glasgow Cross,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1 5ES. The view records a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Glasgow Cross,High Street,Glasgow Cross,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1 5ES
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Scottish,plastic,with,sterlings,coin,coins,in,use,two pound,2,quid,squid,20p,20 pence,laid,on,top,promises to pay,the bearer on demand,Twenty Pounds,Clydesdale,bank,by order,of the,board of directors,Scots,issue,issued,Scottish Sterling,2022,currency,finance,Robert the Bruce
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG468R - . Recorded at Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The location is represented through Scottish polymer notes with sterling pound coins, in use in Scotland, UK - Twenty Pounds Clydesdale. The surrounding context encompasses contemporary social history, period detail, bricks-and-mortar retail, town-centre trading, local character, shopfront economy, changing land use, small business, changing streetscape, commercial frontage, visual archive, public realm, specialist shop, and archival record. The modern context includes continuing discussion of town-centre regeneration, footfall and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. Future viewers can use this scene from Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE to compare lettering, decoration and surface detail with whatever follows after new ownership. Other useful contextual ideas include regional identity, place identity, local history, local enterprise, street-level business, independent retail, community identity, and before-and-after reference. Elements such as Twenty, Clydesdale, sterling, polymer, and pound add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is town-centre regeneration and how commercial property costs affect small retailers in a form that can be compared with future views of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE. The wider significance includes commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE.
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, G1 1QE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Bank of Scotland,Royal Bank of Scotland,Clydesdale Bank,sterling,coins,SNP,yes,campaign,jack,bank,doubt,financial,risk,cost,of,using,how,long,will,use,the,switching,to,the Euro,switch,before,new,state,country,sterlingisation,Westminster,White Paper,central,Scottish Reserve Bank,banknotes,economy,Brexit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K8NARD - . 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 Will Scotland use the Sterling pound after a successful referendum to leave the United Kingdom, if so for how long - Sterling Scottish and BOE notes. Other connected aspects include city branding, social history, local history, local character, place identity, everyday life, contemporary social history, metropolitan identity, urban tourism, community identity, heritage tourism, London cityscape, Thames city view, and historic London streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, visitor economy and tourism are closely linked to this subject, alongside how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around the recorded location before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes visual archive, Westminster landmark, archival record, historical comparison, capital-city heritage, London visitor economy, changing streetscape, and iconic London transport. The combination of referendum, pound, notes, successful, and Scottish anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate visitor economy and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain within the real-world context of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for tourism and the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism within the specific setting of the recorded location. The view records a trace of local identity within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Bank of Scotland,Royal Bank of Scotland,Clydesdale Bank,Bank Of England,sterling,coins,SNP,yes,campaign,jack,bank,doubt,financial,risk,cost,of,using,how,long,will,use,the,switching,to,the Euro,switch,before,GBP,pounds,An independent Scottish currency,sterlingisation,White Paper,central,timetable,banknotes,economy,rejoin
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K8NARG - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The subject captured here is Will Scotland use the Sterling pound after a successful referendum to leave the United Kingdom, if so for how long - Sterling Scottish and BOE notes. The frame also records themes of street-level business, changing streetscape, archival record, historical comparison, high-street commerce, independent retail, regional identity, customer footfall, changing land use, bricks-and-mortar retail, local history, social history, small business, and public realm. Today's relevance is strengthened by town-centre regeneration, footfall and the continuing question of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around the recorded location before different community use alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes commercial frontage, town-centre trading, place identity, retail property, local enterprise, specialist retailer, everyday life, and specialist shop. The combination of notes, pound, leave, referendum, and successful anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate town-centre regeneration and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses when considered against later change at the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for commercial rents and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Image 2K8NARG also remains a dated record of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UC,safety,net,with,cash,pound,notes,pounds,money,coin,coins,application,form,forms,applying,state,aid,apply,for,delays,payment,payments,helpline,coach,issue,issues,stopped,reduced,sanction,sanctioned,England,Wales,incapacity,work,working,claim,claims
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K56PH8 - . This scene at England, UK in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The principal subject is UC Universal credit - capability For Work Questionnaire, with cash, pound notes. The wider scene also brings together local history, community identity, public transport stop, public realm, changing streetscape, bus route infrastructure, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, everyday life, local character, bus infrastructure, visual archive, passenger transport, and transport accessibility. For current editorial use, accessibility and bus funding provide additional context, especially through the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network. As a dated visual record of England, UK, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes contemporary social history, social history, surface public transport, regional identity, passenger information, place identity, public-transport wayfinding, and period detail. The combination of Questionnaire, notes, capability, pound, and credit anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at England, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes accessibility and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare when considered against later change at England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is local connectivity and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare without losing the local specificity of England, UK. The record includes a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UC,safety,net,with,cash,pound,notes,pounds,money,coin,coins,application,form,forms,applying,state,aid,apply,for,house keys,key,HB,socialhousing,social housing,delays,payment,payments,helpline,coach,issue,issues,stopped,reduced,sanction,sanctioned,England,Wales
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K56PJX - . Photographed at England, UK in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The frame specifically shows UC Universal credit - capability For Work Questionnaire, with cash, pound notes, house keys. The broader subject matter reaches into local character, visual archive, street-side transport, bus route infrastructure, contemporary social history, everyday life, passenger transport, bus infrastructure, local mobility, social history, public-transport wayfinding, historical comparison, period detail, and changing streetscape. For current editorial use, bus funding and integrated transport provide additional context, especially through the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network. Small period details of signage and branding at England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. Other useful contextual ideas include local bus network, documentary photography, changing land use, public realm, passenger information, regional identity, archival record, and transport accessibility. The recorded references to notes, capability, Universal, house, and credit preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at England, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is bus funding and the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network within the specific setting of England, UK. The wider significance includes decarbonisation and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing as part of the longer story of England, UK. The record includes period character within the wider story of England, UK.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UC,safety,net,with,cash,pound,notes,pounds,money,coin,coins,application,form,forms,applying,state,aid,apply,for,house keys,key,HB,socialhousing,social housing,delays,payment,payments,helpline,coach,issue,issues,stopped,reduced,sanction,sanctioned,Scotland,UK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K56PK2 - . This dated editorial view of Scotland, UK in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The scene records UC Universal credit - capability For Work Questionnaire, with cash, pound notes, house keys. The surrounding context encompasses local history, changing streetscape, bus route infrastructure, street-side transport, local mobility, social history, before-and-after reference, public realm, documentary photography, transport accessibility, local character, passenger transport, community identity, and everyday life. Current relevance extends to integrated transport and service frequency, particularly through the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. As a dated visual record of Scotland, UK, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes visual archive, regional identity, public-transport wayfinding, archival record, place identity, local bus network, bus infrastructure, and roadside transit. Details involving notes, pound, house, credit, and Questionnaire make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Scotland, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is integrated transport and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing as part of the longer story of Scotland, UK. The scene further reflects passenger information and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing when considered against later change at Scotland, UK. Its period value extends to decarbonisation and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing without losing the local specificity of Scotland, UK. The frame retains details of everyday use within the wider story of Scotland, UK.
Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL50 4AF,Cheltenham Town centre map,town,centre,disused,for,map machine,tourist,to,map,dispensing,cityscapemaps,information,battery driven,battery powered,double lock,high security,old-fashioned,mapping,paper,fold,folded,traditional,dispenser,machine dispensing,town map,town maps,history,historic,lever,coins,coin,only
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9G5 - . This scene at St Georges Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4AF in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The main point of reference is Disused map dispensing machine, for Cheltenham Town centre, was available here,for just a £1, St Georges Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 4AF. Further facets of the scene include changing streetscape, changing land use, historic streetscape, inland navigation, regional identity, contemporary social history, place identity, inland transport history, everyday life, navigation engineering, canal carrying trade, heritage boating, historic narrowboat, and period detail. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with industrial heritage, heritage conservation and the value of canals as both heritage assets and blue-green corridors. The modern context includes continuing discussion of adaptive reuse, embodied carbon and how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition. The image fixes local activity and public use within St Georges Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4AF at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes period building, built heritage, conservation interest, period architecture, community identity, waterborne transport, heritage landmark, and lock flight. The combination of Gloucestershire, Disused, centre, Cheltenham, and Georges anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at St Georges Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4AF matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. It also preserves details of everyday use as part of St Georges Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4AF's history.
St Georges Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 4AF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,England,UK,old,style,1950s,1940s,GB,British,phone,with,button,buttons,history,communication,telecoms,GPO,BT,British Telecom,OpenReach,old fashioned,1900s,press,to be heard,coins,coin,return,returned,Scotland,Wales,London,phonebox,antique,tech,technology
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K244BY - How to make a phone call from a button A and button B public phone
In order to make a call from a public phone box, you had to have the right coins. This was not too onerous because coins were in everyday use as there were no credit cards. Nevertheless, it was not at all unusual to be stopped in the street and asked if one had change for a phone call. People always tried to oblige each other in this respect, and I never knew of anyone getting mugged when they got out a purse or delved into their pockets for money.
Callers put their coins into the coin slot, dialled the number they wanted and pressed Button A to be heard or Button B to get their money back if no-one answered.
Great Britain
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,parking,park,car,Cheshire,UK,WA1,card,coin,coins,notes,payment,payments,pay for,free,pay before leaving,pay here,insert,ANPR,WBC,Borough Council,charge,for,to,vehicle,charges,cards,contactless,debit,6pm,Sunday Free,ticket,tickets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYNXTB - . An identifiable period stock-photo/gotonysmith-Record.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>record of Golden Square Shopping Centre, parking , Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Golden Square Shopping Centre, parking pay station, Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1. The wider scene also brings together public realm, place identity, urban regeneration, rail infrastructure, rail transport history, historic townscape, signal-box architecture, station environment, period detail, commercial redevelopment, town-centre renewal, documentary photography, contemporary social history, and local character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of decarbonisation, railway preservation and the role of rail in lower-carbon regional transport. For current editorial use, town-centre regeneration and housing pressure provide additional context, especially through how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around Golden Square Shopping Centre, parking , Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 before different community use alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes public-realm investment, historic rolling stock, before-and-after reference, civic architecture, architectural character, everyday life, freight wagon, and rail corridor. The recorded references to parking, Golden, Centre, Square, and station preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Golden Square Shopping Centre, parking , Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2JYNXTB.
Golden Square Shopping Centre, parking , Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1
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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,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,penny falls,classic,arcade,Cromptons,ten,pence,two bob,two shilling,pusher,game,games,broom,brooms,coin,coins,drop,dropped in,other,prizes,prize,gambleaware,Begambleaware,gamble,gambling,pennies,push,fall,falls,chance,of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM41R - These games are characterized by multiple levels filled with medals or coins. Behind these platforms are mechanical brooms that push the coins forward. When a coin is dropped in, it falls onto one of the platforms and has the chance of pushing other coins (and possibly prizes placed on top of the coins) off the edge and being awarded to the player, unless they fall in the left and right 'lose' side of the edge. Timing in dropping the coin is a skill factor in the game.
In the United Kingdom, pusher games ” often called penny falls ” are very popular in arcades, and can often be found at tourist attractions such as theme parks and bowling alleys. Often, these machines use real coins rather than tokens (usually a low denomination such as the 2p or 10p), but otherwise behave in the same way as games that operate with medals or tokens.
Variations on the pusher game can be much more complex. They often involve a Plinko-style chute that causes the coin to drop in which there are different slots the dropped medal can fall into, causing various in game effects. Some slots may have the machine drop in more coins, others may initiate a video slot machine built into the machine. From the video slot machine more coins and other bonuses can be awarded.
Many pusher games are connected to one another, some even with shared platforms, to form mega jackpots, sometimes as many as 100,000+ medals. Sometimes a video mini game can be activated, in which coins must be dropped or rolled to hit specific targets, or buttons on the machine must be pressed in order to play. For example, a mini game could involve pressing a star shaped button to make Mario jump and hit coin blocks, which could give coins.
Another aspect of the pusher games is that they are often themed on things targeted towards children, such as video game and cartoon characters.
Blackpool South Pier, Lancashire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,in,the,Marsh,Moreton-In-The-Marsh,Moreton,Cotswold,town,Gloucestershire,England,UK,Moreton in the Marsh,Evenlode,valley,old-fashioned,two,fibreglass,charity,charities,blind,people,person,Labrador,Labradors,chained,to,a,lamp,lamppost,RNIB,collecting,box,money,charities for,coin,coins,slot,cash
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNBXP1 - . Made at High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, UK in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is Vintage Guide Dogs charity collecting box, High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, UK. The surrounding context encompasses documentary photography, community identity, archival record, commercial streetscape, visual archive, place identity, independent retail, changing streetscape, everyday life, public realm, local trading, regional identity, commercial frontage, and social history. The modern context includes continuing discussion of online shopping, business rates and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. As a dated visual record of High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, UK, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside small business, street-level business, local enterprise, customer footfall, specialist retailer, town-centre economy, before-and-after reference, and local character. The recorded references to Moreton-in-Marsh, Cotswolds, collecting, Guide, and charity preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate online shopping and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding in a form that can be compared with future views of High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,liquid,inflation,cost of living,crisis,struggles,England,Wales,Scotland,earnings,salary,flag,UK,GB,coin,coins,pound,STLG,spending,power,bank of England,cost of living crisis,Sterling pound notes,BOE,pound coin,steeper,bills,costs,savings,civil disobedience,UK cost of living crisis,real wages,fiscal,disruption,rising cost of living,living wage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG0P77 - The UK cost of living crisis is a period starting in 2021 in which prices for essential goods in the United Kingdom began increasing faster than household income, resulting in a fall in real income. This is caused in part by a rise in inflation in the UK. While all in the UK are affected by rising prices, the impact has been felt most by those with low income. The UK government has responded in various ways, such as by making provision for a £650 grant for each of the UK's lower income households.
Both global and local factors have contributed to the UK's cost of living crisis. According to Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, about 80% of the causes driving the cost of living crisis are global. These include the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an ongoing chip shortage, an energy crisis in 2021“2022, a supply chain crisis in 2021“2022 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The UK was reported to be among the worst affected among the world's advanced economies. In 2021, the UK's inflation was less than that of the US, but high US inflation was not generally experienced as a cost of living crisis due to the stimulus cheques that had been distributed to American households. Though in 2022 the cost of living crisis was also reported as being a global phenomenon, having impacts that include those living in the US, across Europe, and as risking an apocalyptic impact for those in the developing world.
Causes unique to the UK include labour shortages related to foreign workers leaving due to Brexit, and additional taxes on households. Factors that have worsened the crisis since 1 April 2022 include Ofgem increasing the household energy price cap by 54%, an increase in National Insurance, and a rise in Council Tax. Household income, whether from wages or benefits, has not generally kept pace with rising prices. In April 2022, UK real wages fell by 4.5%, the sharpest fall since records began back in 2001
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_cost_of_living_crisis
Threadneedle St, London, England, UK, EC2R 8AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,liquid,inflation,cost of living,crisis,struggles,England,Wales,Scotland,earnings,salary,flag,UK,GB,coin,coins,pound,STLG,spending,power,bank of England,cost of living crisis,Sterling pound notes,BOE,pound coin,steeper,bills,costs,savings,civil disobedience,UK cost of living crisis,real wages,fiscal,disruption,rising cost of living,living wage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG21X3 - The UK cost of living crisis is a period starting in 2021 in which prices for essential goods in the United Kingdom began increasing faster than household income, resulting in a fall in real income. This is caused in part by a rise in inflation in the UK. While all in the UK are affected by rising prices, the impact has been felt most by those with low income. The UK government has responded in various ways, such as by making provision for a £650 grant for each of the UK's lower income households.
Both global and local factors have contributed to the UK's cost of living crisis. According to Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, about 80% of the causes driving the cost of living crisis are global. These include the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an ongoing chip shortage, an energy crisis in 2021“2022, a supply chain crisis in 2021“2022 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The UK was reported to be among the worst affected among the world's advanced economies. In 2021, the UK's inflation was less than that of the US, but high US inflation was not generally experienced as a cost of living crisis due to the stimulus cheques that had been distributed to American households. Though in 2022 the cost of living crisis was also reported as being a global phenomenon, having impacts that include those living in the US, across Europe, and as risking an apocalyptic impact for those in the developing world.
Causes unique to the UK include labour shortages related to foreign workers leaving due to Brexit, and additional taxes on households. Factors that have worsened the crisis since 1 April 2022 include Ofgem increasing the household energy price cap by 54%, an increase in National Insurance, and a rise in Council Tax. Household income, whether from wages or benefits, has not generally kept pace with rising prices. In April 2022, UK real wages fell by 4.5%, the sharpest fall since records began back in 2001
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_cost_of_living_crisis
Threadneedle St, London, England, UK, EC2R 8AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,liquid,inflation,cost of living,crisis,struggles,England,Wales,Scotland,earnings,salary,flag,UK,GB,coin,coins,pound,STLG,spending,power,bank of England,cost of living crisis,Sterling pound notes,BOE,pound coin,steeper,bills,costs,savings,civil disobedience,UK cost of living crisis,real wages,fiscal,disruption,rising cost of living,living wage,laundering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG21X4 - The UK cost of living crisis is a period starting in 2021 in which prices for essential goods in the United Kingdom began increasing faster than household income, resulting in a fall in real income. This is caused in part by a rise in inflation in the UK. While all in the UK are affected by rising prices, the impact has been felt most by those with low income. The UK government has responded in various ways, such as by making provision for a £650 grant for each of the UK's lower income households.
Both global and local factors have contributed to the UK's cost of living crisis. According to Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, about 80% of the causes driving the cost of living crisis are global. These include the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an ongoing chip shortage, an energy crisis in 2021“2022, a supply chain crisis in 2021“2022 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The UK was reported to be among the worst affected among the world's advanced economies. In 2021, the UK's inflation was less than that of the US, but high US inflation was not generally experienced as a cost of living crisis due to the stimulus cheques that had been distributed to American households. Though in 2022 the cost of living crisis was also reported as being a global phenomenon, having impacts that include those living in the US, across Europe, and as risking an apocalyptic impact for those in the developing world.
Causes unique to the UK include labour shortages related to foreign workers leaving due to Brexit, and additional taxes on households. Factors that have worsened the crisis since 1 April 2022 include Ofgem increasing the household energy price cap by 54%, an increase in National Insurance, and a rise in Council Tax. Household income, whether from wages or benefits, has not generally kept pace with rising prices. In April 2022, UK real wages fell by 4.5%, the sharpest fall since records began back in 2001
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_cost_of_living_crisis
Threadneedle St, London, England, UK, EC2R 8AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,liquid,inflation,cost of living,crisis,struggles,England,Wales,Scotland,earnings,salary,flag,UK,GB,coin,coins,pound,STLG,spending,power,bank of England,cost of living crisis,Sterling pound notes,BOE,pound coin,steeper,bills,costs,savings,civil disobedience,UK cost of living crisis,real wages,fiscal,disruption,rising cost of living,living wage,hotpix.org.uk,nest egg
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG21X8 - The UK cost of living crisis is a period starting in 2021 in which prices for essential goods in the United Kingdom began increasing faster than household income, resulting in a fall in real income. This is caused in part by a rise in inflation in the UK. While all in the UK are affected by rising prices, the impact has been felt most by those with low income. The UK government has responded in various ways, such as by making provision for a £650 grant for each of the UK's lower income households.
Both global and local factors have contributed to the UK's cost of living crisis. According to Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, about 80% of the causes driving the cost of living crisis are global. These include the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an ongoing chip shortage, an energy crisis in 2021“2022, a supply chain crisis in 2021“2022 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The UK was reported to be among the worst affected among the world's advanced economies. In 2021, the UK's inflation was less than that of the US, but high US inflation was not generally experienced as a cost of living crisis due to the stimulus cheques that had been distributed to American households. Though in 2022 the cost of living crisis was also reported as being a global phenomenon, having impacts that include those living in the US, across Europe, and as risking an apocalyptic impact for those in the developing world.
Causes unique to the UK include labour shortages related to foreign workers leaving due to Brexit, and additional taxes on households. Factors that have worsened the crisis since 1 April 2022 include Ofgem increasing the household energy price cap by 54%, an increase in National Insurance, and a rise in Council Tax. Household income, whether from wages or benefits, has not generally kept pace with rising prices. In April 2022, UK real wages fell by 4.5%, the sharpest fall since records began back in 2001
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_cost_of_living_crisis
Threadneedle St, London, England, UK, EC2R 8AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,liquid,inflation,cost of living,crisis,struggles,England,Wales,Scotland,earnings,salary,flag,UK,GB,coin,coins,pound,STLG,spending,power,bank of England,cost of living crisis,Sterling pound notes,BOE,pound coin,steeper,bills,costs,savings,civil disobedience,UK cost of living crisis,real wages,fiscal,disruption,rising cost of living,living wage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG21XA - The UK cost of living crisis is a period starting in 2021 in which prices for essential goods in the United Kingdom began increasing faster than household income, resulting in a fall in real income. This is caused in part by a rise in inflation in the UK. While all in the UK are affected by rising prices, the impact has been felt most by those with low income. The UK government has responded in various ways, such as by making provision for a £650 grant for each of the UK's lower income households.
Both global and local factors have contributed to the UK's cost of living crisis. According to Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, about 80% of the causes driving the cost of living crisis are global. These include the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an ongoing chip shortage, an energy crisis in 2021“2022, a supply chain crisis in 2021“2022 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The UK was reported to be among the worst affected among the world's advanced economies. In 2021, the UK's inflation was less than that of the US, but high US inflation was not generally experienced as a cost of living crisis due to the stimulus cheques that had been distributed to American households. Though in 2022 the cost of living crisis was also reported as being a global phenomenon, having impacts that include those living in the US, across Europe, and as risking an apocalyptic impact for those in the developing world.
Causes unique to the UK include labour shortages related to foreign workers leaving due to Brexit, and additional taxes on households. Factors that have worsened the crisis since 1 April 2022 include Ofgem increasing the household energy price cap by 54%, an increase in National Insurance, and a rise in Council Tax. Household income, whether from wages or benefits, has not generally kept pace with rising prices. In April 2022, UK real wages fell by 4.5%, the sharpest fall since records began back in 2001
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_cost_of_living_crisis
Threadneedle St, London, England, UK, EC2R 8AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,liquid,inflation,cost of living,crisis,struggles,England,Wales,Scotland,earnings,salary,flag,UK,GB,coin,coins,pound,STLG,spending,power,bank of England,cost of living crisis,Sterling pound notes,BOE,pound coin,steeper,bills,costs,savings,civil disobedience,UK cost of living crisis,real wages,fiscal,disruption,rising cost of living,living wage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG21XC - The UK cost of living crisis is a period starting in 2021 in which prices for essential goods in the United Kingdom began increasing faster than household income, resulting in a fall in real income. This is caused in part by a rise in inflation in the UK. While all in the UK are affected by rising prices, the impact has been felt most by those with low income. The UK government has responded in various ways, such as by making provision for a £650 grant for each of the UK's lower income households.
Both global and local factors have contributed to the UK's cost of living crisis. According to Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, about 80% of the causes driving the cost of living crisis are global. These include the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an ongoing chip shortage, an energy crisis in 2021“2022, a supply chain crisis in 2021“2022 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The UK was reported to be among the worst affected among the world's advanced economies. In 2021, the UK's inflation was less than that of the US, but high US inflation was not generally experienced as a cost of living crisis due to the stimulus cheques that had been distributed to American households. Though in 2022 the cost of living crisis was also reported as being a global phenomenon, having impacts that include those living in the US, across Europe, and as risking an apocalyptic impact for those in the developing world.
Causes unique to the UK include labour shortages related to foreign workers leaving due to Brexit, and additional taxes on households. Factors that have worsened the crisis since 1 April 2022 include Ofgem increasing the household energy price cap by 54%, an increase in National Insurance, and a rise in Council Tax. Household income, whether from wages or benefits, has not generally kept pace with rising prices. In April 2022, UK real wages fell by 4.5%, the sharpest fall since records began back in 2001
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_cost_of_living_crisis
Threadneedle St, London, England, UK, EC2R 8AH
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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,pint of beer,money,fiver,bitter,pub,how much,cost,of,drinking,alcohol,Scottish,beer,beers,on,a,bar,table,snug,saloon,bars,pubs,pint pot,straight,glass,full,pints,change,cash,coin,coins,pay,payment,costs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGP301 - . A dated documentary view of Stirling, Scotland, UK in 2019, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The subject recorded here is Pint of beer on abar table, UK Sterling money, Scotland,Scottish money,Scottish notes. Other connected aspects include documentary photography, historical comparison, local history, British brewing tradition, before-and-after reference, cask-beer tradition, archival record, hand-pulled beer, social drinking culture, changing land use, brewing heritage, everyday life, visual archive, and licensed hospitality. In the mid-2020s, staffing pressure and consumer spending keep the subject current, particularly through the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues. As the area changes, the image captures signage, materials, design and everyday use in this part of Stirling, Scotland, UK. The subject sits alongside beer judging, pub trade, period detail, beer festival scene, regional identity, changing streetscape, place identity, and beer tourism. Elements such as Scottish, notes, table, money, and Scotland add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. A later view of Stirling, Scotland, UK 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 staffing pressure and the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing without losing the local specificity of Stirling, Scotland, UK. Another useful connection is consumer spending and the tension between heritage drinking culture and changing consumer habits in a form that can be compared with future views of Stirling, Scotland, UK. The scene further reflects beer duty and the tension between heritage drinking culture and changing consumer habits within the real-world context of Stirling, Scotland, UK.
Stirling, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Collection of UK penny coins,penny coins,1ps,1p,1pence,1pences,pences,coppers,copper,one penny,many,pennies,British,decimal,coins,actually,made,from,copper-plated,steel,rather,than,bronze,or,pence,new penny,crowned,crown,portcullis,with,chains,chain,circles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGPHAW - . This documentary view of England, Great Britain , UK in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The view centres on Collection of UK penny coins, 1ps decimal coin, legal tender, actually made from copper-plated steel, rather than bronze. The scene additionally carries associations with historic townscape, cityscape history, period detail, community identity, conservation architecture, historic frontage, local history, adaptive reuse, period building, local character, heritage asset, archival record, urban fabric, and historical comparison. The subject remains useful for current coverage of energy retrofit and maintenance costs, not least because of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. As a documentary source, the scene fixes small features of identity that written records may overlook as seen at England, Great Britain , UK. The surrounding context also covers historic context, architectural character, conservation interest, built heritage, traditional masonry, changing land use, visual archive, and historic commercial architecture. Details involving copper-plated, decimal, Collection, actually, and bronze give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The surrounding context at England, Great Britain , UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character in a form that can be compared with future views of England, Great Britain , UK. The image also provides a reference for embodied carbon and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them within the real-world context of England, Great Britain , UK.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MXFF3W - 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
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5W1 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3855 - . Fringe Busker in Princes St, Edinburgh Festival week - upside down in a bucket, Scotland, UK, EH2 2AN. Photographed at Princes St, Edinburgh city, Scotland, UK, EH2 2AN. The photograph was taken on 30 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Busker, Princes, Edinburgh, upside, down, busking, upsidedown, give, generously and street, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. 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.
Princes St, Edinburgh city, Scotland, UK, EH2 2AN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3874 - The pawnbrokers' symbol is three spheres suspended from a bar. The three sphere symbol is attributed to the Medici family of Florence, Italy, owing to its symbolic meaning of Lombard.[12] This refers to the Italian province of Lombardy, where pawn shop banking originated under the name of Lombard banking. The three golden spheres were originally a symbol medieval Lombard merchants hung in front of their houses, and not the arms of the Medici family. It has been conjectured that the golden spheres were originally three flat yellow effigies of byzants, or gold coins, laid heraldically upon a sable field, but that they were converted into spheres to better attract attention.
Most European towns called the pawn shop the Lombard. The House of Lombard was a banking community in medieval London, England. According to legend, a Medici employed by Charlemagne slew a giant using three bags of rocks. The three-ball symbol became the family crest. Since the Medicis were so successful in the financial, banking, and moneylending industries, other families also adopted the symbol. Throughout the Middle Ages, coats of arms bore three balls, orbs, plates, discs, coins and more as symbols of monetary success. Pawnbrokers (and their detractors) joke that the three balls mean Two to one, you won't get your stuff back.
Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers. The symbol has also been attributed to the story of Nicholas giving a poor man's three daughters each a bag of gold so they could get
Frederick St Edinburgh New Town Scotland UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG387G - . Fringe Busker in Princes St, Edinburgh Festival week - upside down in a bucket, Scotland, UK, EH2 2AN. Photographed at Princes St, Edinburgh city, Scotland, UK, EH2 2AN. The photograph was taken on 30 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Busker, Princes, Edinburgh, upside, down, busking, upsidedown, give, generously and street, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. 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.
Princes St, Edinburgh city, Scotland, UK, EH2 2AN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BGRC2C - A new type of coin-box was introduced, the well-known Button A and Button B prepayment equipment, and for over 25 years its design remained unchanged despite various developments in the design of kiosks. It was usually installed in both automatic and central battery manual exchange areas. To make a call in automatic areas, users inserted the appropriate fee which prepared the circuit for dialling. In manual areas, callers were connected to the operator on insertion of the call fee and, in both cases, the caller then depressed Button A. This allowed the coins to be deposited into the cash box and the call to be transmitted. If a call could not be connected for some reason, or if there was no reply, Button B was depressed, the line was disconnected for five to seven seconds and all the coins were returned to the caller.
Although 6d (2p) and 1/- (5p) slots were available for other calls, the minimum fee necessary to make a local call at the time was 2d. The mechanism was originally designed to check the presence of two pennies by a weighing operation. It was set to a minimum and maximum acceptable weight for the coins as a safety margin, but as the fee was gradually increased to 3d and then 4d the safety margin became smaller and eventually unacceptable. A mechanical counter was considered too expensive as the modifications needed would have been too many and too complex. To overcome this problem a new mechanism was devised by Hall Telephone Accessories Ltd and was in effect a combination of the two basic methods: three pennies were checked by weight and the mechanism waited for the insertion of the fourth penny before allowing the call. The system required the smallest amount of additional equipment and could be easily fitted. A limitation was that it could not be easily adapted for an increase beyond 4d.
In 1959 the first versions of the new Pay-on-Answer payphones were being introduced and at the end of the 1950s began to supersede the 'Button A and B' models.
Great Britain, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4806595334 - 'Cash Money - 'Prince Charles &
City Beat Band ' - Play this track here.
?Whats this iPod Shuffle set all about? Read about it here
'Prince Charles and the City Beat Band' recorded three albums on Virgin Records from the early to mid 80's, and achieved their biggest successes on the European charts. Charles Alexander fronted the group as the lead singer and multi instrumentalist. The futuristic wind synthesizer called the 'Lyricon' was the instrument that made his brand of next generation p-funk unique, and the group's sound incorporated many of the devices that would propel rap music to the forefront of the American music scene.
My introduction to them was via a 12' single Karen a friend from Uni let me borrow. From the first play I was hooked. Give this a listen, if you have any soul leanings I think you may like this.
To check out his style from this era, track down any of the following albums:
Gang War (Solid Platinum) 1981
Combat Zone (UK Virgin) 1983
Stone Killers (ROIR) 1983 (UK Virgin) 1984
With the emergence of rap, Prince Charles disbanded his funk group and began focusing on audio engineering. After the switch, 'Prince Charles Alexander' became a multi-platinum recording engineer, mixing engineer and producer for a large client base including Mary J. Blige, the Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy, Usher, Boyz II Men, Brandy, Babyface, Sting, Aretha Franklin and many more. Sean \u201cPuffy\u201d Combs utilized the technical expertise of Prince Charles, Tony Maserati and Paul Logus as his first string mixing engineers, a move that helped to launch and sustain the Bad Boy record label for many years. Charles\u2019 accolades include more than 40 Platinum and Gold certifications from the RIAA, 3 Grammy wins and 7 Grammy nominations from NARAS and a Victoire de la Musique (the French equivalent of a Grammy).
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Dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants (Latin: nanos gigantium humeris insidentes) is a Western metaphor meaning 'One who develops future intellectual pursuits by understanding the research and works created by notable thinkers of the past'
a contemporary interpretation.
However, the metaphor was first recorded in the twelfth century and attributed to Bernard of Chartres. It was famously uttered by seventeenth-century scientist Isaac Newton. British scientist Stephen Hawking also wrote a bestselling book called 'On the Shoulders of Giants' based on Newton's quotation.
Also of course the quotation can also be found on many British Sterling two pound coins. The British two pound (\u00a32) coin was first issued as a commemorative coin in 1986 to celebrate the Commonwealth Games in Scotland. Six further commemorative issues followed between 1989 and 1996. These coins did not circulate in large numbers.
After a review of the UK coinage, it was decided that a general-circulation \u00a32 coin was needed, and a new bi-metallic design was issued in 1998 (dated 1997). There is an urban myth about the coin is that putting it in the freezer overnight causes the cupro-nickel centre to pop out, a claim which had been true of some early mintings of the similarly bimetallic Canadian 2 dollar coin.
Due to the coin being bi-metallic it is difficult to reproduce. Most counterfeits that have been produced have a painted outer ring which soon wears off, and are easy to detect and deface. I have had one and they are b**gers to get rid off.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HG6T4T - Robert Rob Roy MacGregor (Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair
baptised 7 March 1671 “ died 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. The name Roy comes from Gaelic Ruadh meaning Red, and referred to his red hair. Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were Donald Glas MacGregor and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Macdonalds of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother. In January 1693, at Corrie Arklet farm near Inversnaid, he married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar (1671-1745), who was born at Leny Farm, Strathyre. The couple had four sons: James, Ranald, Coll and Robert (known as Robin Oig or Young Rob). They also adopted a cousin named Duncan.
Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder,Sterling,Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4309722723 - 'A view from the collection plate, St Mary and All Saints church, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire.
A church in a delightful setting of thatched cottages and the George and Dragon pub. If you visit on a sunday, check out the cakes and afternoon teas served by the church helpers (summer only).
Parisioners use the collection envelope to leave an abbonymous donation. These days they can gift aid it etc, this was not the case in the 1960's when a ten bob not would be a quite vast sum and six pence (from two three penny bits) maybe more the norm to be dropped into the plate.
The nickel brass threepence was used between 1937\u20131970. A strange coin sometimes called 'thripp'nce', 'thrupp'nce', 'threpp'nce' or 'thripp'ny bit', 'thrupp'ny bit' by grannies and others alike.
The english brown ten bob note note here was issued by issued by the Bank of England. It started to disappear when the multi-edged fifty pence piece was introduced, a great silver medalion of a thing, larger than the one today in circulation.
have a look at this other beaufiful church artifact here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3916729604/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF23PW - A view from the collection plate, St Mary and All Saints church, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire.
A church in a delightful setting of thatched cottages and the George and Dragon pub. If you visit on a sunday, check out the cakes and afternoon teas served by the church helpers (summer only).
Parishioners use the collection envelope to leave an anonymous donation. These days they can gift aid it etc, this was not the case in the 1960's when a ten bob not would be a quite vast sum and six pence (from two three penny bits) maybe more the norm to be dropped into the plate.
The nickel brass threepence was used between 1937“1970. A strange coin sometimes called thripp'nce, thrupp'nce, threpp'nce or thripp'ny bit, thrupp'ny bit by grannies and others alike.
The english brown ten bob note note here was issued by issued by the Bank of England. It started to disappear when the multi-edged fifty pence piece was introduced, a great silver medalion of a thing, larger than the one today in circulation
Saint Mary's Church, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, Northwest England, UK, CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJX0FE - . Recorded at London, England, UK 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 image documents NatWest cheques, paying in slips, banking history - English Sterling notes and cash. The image also relates to built heritage, local history, townscape record, traditional structure, urban fabric, city-centre activity, contemporary city life, social history, historic frontage, conservation architecture, street-level documentary, historic townscape, archival record, and changing land use. Current relevance extends to local identity and maintenance, particularly through how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into local identity and commercial change, not least because of how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at London, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following replacement signage. Other useful contextual ideas include period building, local landmark, public realm, place identity, urban social history, heritage asset, changing streetscape, and community identity. Details involving paying, history, notes, cheques, and slips make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For London, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to local identity and how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use as part of the longer story of London, England, UK. The location additionally provides evidence of regeneration and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments when considered against later change at London, England, UK.
London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K56PJH - . This dated editorial view of England, UK in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on UC Universal credit - capability For Work Questionnaire, with cash, pound notes. The subject also carries associations with before-and-after reference, street-side transport, archival record, public transport stop, changing streetscape, bus route infrastructure, everyday life, local mobility, social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, place identity, surface public transport, passenger transport, historical comparison, and local character. The wider contemporary story combines bus funding, integrated transport and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare. Future viewers can use this scene from England, UK to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after redevelopment. The wider setting retains connections with period detail, local history, passenger information, documentary photography, public realm, contemporary social history, bus infrastructure, and changing land use. The recorded references to Universal, pound, notes, capability, and credit preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of England, UK 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 bus funding and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare within the specific setting of England, UK. Another useful connection is reliability and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing as part of the longer story of England, UK. The scene further reflects local connectivity and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare when considered against later change at England, UK. The image fixes part of the area's social history for later comparison.
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PNHGXE - . Increasing privatised water utility bills, supply, wastewater treatment charges, with cash notes and coins. Photographed on 19 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include company, companies, bills, meter, water, waste, increasing, privatised, private, dividend, utilities, utility bills, 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 treatment, increased, household, budget, poverty, payment, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CW6M7F - . Recorded at Scotland, UK, this image forms part of the visual story.htm Target=_Blank>history of the locality and the activity, building, object or service shown. At the heart of the image is The Royal bank of Scotland PLC, ten Pound note, with pound coins, Scottish Sterling Currency,plastic notes. Other aspects of the subject include documentary photography, place identity, historic townscape, period detail, architectural contrast, cityscape history, archival record, changing streetscape, community identity, heritage landmark, public realm, local history, traditional masonry, and conservation interest. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with embodied carbon, heritage conservation and preserving local identity during urban change. The photograph fixes commercial identity and local use within Scotland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. A second layer of the scene includes built heritage, contemporary history, period building, heritage asset, visual archive, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, and everyday Britain. Elements such as Scotland, plastic, Pound, notes, and Currency add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. The period setting at Scotland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the specific setting of Scotland, UK. The image also provides a reference for maintenance and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character as part of the longer story of Scotland, UK. The wider significance includes energy retrofit and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development when considered against later change at Scotland, UK. The image adds a further period reference to the visual history of Scotland, UK.
Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJX0FH - . This dated documentary view of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The principal subject is NatWest cheques, paying in slips, banking history - Scottish money / notes. The subject also carries associations with before-and-after reference, historic streetscape, architectural character, visual archive, urban fabric, local history, public realm, conservation interest, social history, local landmark, everyday life, changing streetscape, regional identity, and place identity. The wider contemporary story combines redevelopment pressure, energy retrofit and the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. As a dated visual record of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are traditional structure, heritage asset, built heritage, archival record, contemporary social history, conservation architecture, community identity, and architectural detailing. Details involving history, money, banking, NatWest, and cheques make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 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 redevelopment pressure and the tension between conservation and redevelopment without losing the local specificity of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1. The setting also helps illustrate planning control and keeping older structures useful without erasing their character in a form that can be compared with future views of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1
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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,glass,jar,cash is king,rises
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,liquid,inflation,cost of living,crisis,struggles,England,Wales,Scotland,earnings,salary,flag,UK,GB,coin,coins,pound,STLG,spending,power,bank of England,cost of living crisis,Sterling pound notes,BOE,pound coin,steeper,bills,costs,savings,civil disobedience,UK cost of living crisis,real wages,fiscal,disruption,rising cost of living,living wage,nest egg,stacks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG21XE - The UK cost of living crisis is a period starting in 2021 in which prices for essential goods in the United Kingdom began increasing faster than household income, resulting in a fall in real income. This is caused in part by a rise in inflation in the UK. While all in the UK are affected by rising prices, the impact has been felt most by those with low income. The UK government has responded in various ways, such as by making provision for a £650 grant for each of the UK's lower income households.
Both global and local factors have contributed to the UK's cost of living crisis. According to Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, about 80% of the causes driving the cost of living crisis are global. These include the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an ongoing chip shortage, an energy crisis in 2021“2022, a supply chain crisis in 2021“2022 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The UK was reported to be among the worst affected among the world's advanced economies. In 2021, the UK's inflation was less than that of the US, but high US inflation was not generally experienced as a cost of living crisis due to the stimulus cheques that had been distributed to American households. Though in 2022 the cost of living crisis was also reported as being a global phenomenon, having impacts that include those living in the US, across Europe, and as risking an apocalyptic impact for those in the developing world.
Causes unique to the UK include labour shortages related to foreign workers leaving due to Brexit, and additional taxes on households. Factors that have worsened the crisis since 1 April 2022 include Ofgem increasing the household energy price cap by 54%, an increase in National Insurance, and a rise in Council Tax. Household income, whether from wages or benefits, has not generally kept pace with rising prices. In April 2022, UK real wages fell by 4.5%, the sharpest fall since records began back in 2001
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_cost_of_living_crisis
Threadneedle St, London, England, UK, EC2R 8AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,money,cash,Scottish,Scotish,notes,coin,change,HBOS,BOS,Banknote,banknotes,bank note,pound,sterling,pounds,fiver,Clydesdale Bank,Clydesdale,coins,Scots,debt,loans,credit union,rising,bills,struggling,accepted,legal,currency,polymer note,plastic note,Clydesdale Bank 5 Pounds banknote,2015 series,cash economy,financial inclusion,consumer payments,cost of living
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CW6MAC - Clydesdale Bank five pound note, a fiver, with pound and twenty pence coins, Scottish Sterling currency is a useful documentary subject because it fixes a recognisable place, object or activity in its real setting rather than presenting it as a staged illustration. Scottish banknotes and coins make a strong personal-finance subject, especially because Scottish sterling is legal currency but often misunderstood or questioned outside Scotland. The scene can illustrate cash use, regional banking, financial literacy, tourism, retail acceptance, cost-of-living stories and the continuing cultural identity carried by physical money. The location detail, Bank, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include Victorian bank, financial architecture, adaptive reuse, historic pub, cask ale, real ale, pint glass and brewery heritage, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. It would suit newspaper, magazine, web, council, transport, heritage, housing, retail, travel or social-commentary use where a believable, unpolished view of real life is more valuable than a generic illustration.
Scotland, UK
